THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
 Ex Libris 
 
 Katharine F. Richmond 
 
 and 
 Henry C. Fall
 
 X> P / 
 
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 ONE THOUSAND 
 HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Brief Biographical Sketches of New 
 Hampshire Men and Women, Na- 
 tive or Resident, Prominent in Public, 
 Professional, Business, Educational, 
 Fraternal or Benevolent Work. 
 
 EDITED AND COMPILED BY 
 
 HENRY HARRISON METCALF 
 
 ASSISTED BY 
 
 FRANCES AI. ABBOTT 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 THE RUM FORD PRINTING COMPANY 
 
 CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 1919
 
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 FOREWORD 
 
 It is not claimed for this little volume that it is a complete "Who's Who" 
 for the State of New Hampshire. The purpose of the compiler has been 
 to bring together, in compact form, so as to be readily accessible for refer- 
 ence in newspaper offices, libraries and elsewhere, brief biographical 
 sketches of one thousand representative New Hampshire men and women, 
 native or resident. Undoubtedly a thousand more, equally worthy of 
 mention, might have been included, had time and opportunity permitted, 
 and it is to be hoped that another volume, embracing the same, may be 
 hereafter brought out by some interested person. 
 
 As in "Who's Who" in America and New England, the design has been 
 to include only living subjects, and this purpose has been departed from 
 in only two or three exceptional cases. Nevertheless quite a number of 
 those whose sketches are presented have died since they were arranged for 
 and printed, the fact of death in each case so far as known being noted in 
 the "Addenda," along with material facts, developing in regard to other 
 subjects since their sketches were put in type, and the noting of certain 
 errors which have been detected in some cases, while doubtless others 
 have been overlooked. It is practically impossible to avoid mistakes, 
 typographical and otherwise, in a work of this kind; but it is hoped that 
 this volume is as free therefrom as is usually the case. The pages devoted 
 to "Addenda and Errata" are inserted before the body of the work, and 
 attention thereto should be duly given. 
 
 The abbreviations used are simple and readily understood, such as "b." 
 for born, "d." for died, "s." for son, "d"au." for daughter, "m." for married, 
 and the customary abbreviations for names of states, orders, organizations, 
 societies, etc. It has not appeared necessary to insert a table of abbre- 
 viations. 
 
 The printing of the volume having been commenced as soon as material 
 came to hand and was properly prepared, the sketches are necessarily not 
 arranged in alphabetical order. To have done that would have involved 
 delay until the last sketch was procured before printing was commenced, 
 and a consequent delay of many months more before the appearance of the 
 work. No inconvenience results however, since an alphabetical index of 
 subjects has been prepared, reference to which will enable one to find any 
 particular sketch as readily as would have been the case with an alpha- 
 betical arrangement of sketches.
 
 A distinguishing feature of this work, and one which adds immensely to 
 its interest and value, in these days when illustration is a leading feature 
 even of the daily newspapers of the country, is the presentation of portraits 
 of subjects. More than half of the sketches are accompanied by portraits 
 of the parties in question. This feature obtains in the latest edition of 
 the Canadian "Who's Who," and vastly enhances its interest. That it 
 will be appreciated by the general public is not to be doubted. 
 
 The compiler has had the preparation of this work in mind for many 
 years. His only regret is that he has not been able to make it more com- 
 plete. New Hampshire has always been prolific of men and women who 
 have been active and prominent in the varied fields of human effort, at 
 home and throughout the country, and is no less so at the present than 
 in the past . The recorded achievements of her sons and daughters in former 
 years, constitute an important part of the nation's history. The work of 
 her children, native and resident, who are still on the stage of action, is 
 equally worthy of record. Scattered in various volumes are biographical 
 sketches of many of these. Tens of thousands of dollars have been ex- 
 pended for the presentation of the same in state and county genealogical 
 and biographical publications of various descriptions the work upon 
 which, literary and mechanical, has been done abroad, and the money for 
 which has been taken outside the state. This volume is entirely a New 
 Hampshire product. All the work, editorial and mechanical, has been 
 done in the state, and the comparatively small amount of money expended 
 therefor has remained in the state instead of going abroad for the benefit 
 of outsiders. 
 
 If interest in the state of their birth or residence, and pride in the worthy 
 record of its sons and daughters, is in some degree stimulated by this vol- 
 ume, and it proves what it is designed to be a read}' and convenient ref- 
 erence book for every day use, the compiler will feel that his labor of the 
 last two years has not been entirely in vain, and will indulge the hope that 
 some one else may be sufficiently interested, in the not distant future, to 
 continue the enterprise, and prepare and publish another volume along 
 the same line, for which ample field will be found. 
 
 H. II. METCALF. 
 
 CON-CORD, N. II.. Mav, 1919.
 
 ADDENDA AND ERRATA 
 
 Abbott, Frances Hale, p. 139; should be printed 
 Abbot. 
 
 Anderson, George Weston, p. 311; appointed 
 U. S. District Judge, July, 1918; trustee ma- 
 jority stock B. & M. R. R., held by N. Y., 
 N. H. & Hartford R. R., Dec. 27, 1918. 
 
 Ballard, William Preston, p. 169; grandson, 
 Frank Edward Silva, b. Nov. 8, 1918. 
 
 Bancroft, Charles Parker, p. 171; trustee N. H. 
 State Hospital. 
 
 Barnabee, Henry Clay, p. 134; d. Dec. 16, 1917. 
 
 Bartlett, Benjamin T., p. 544; erroneously 
 printed Benjamin G; trustee N. H. State In- 
 dustrial School. 
 
 Barton, Jesse Morton, p. 105; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918; acting Gov- 
 ernor of New Hampshire, Dec. 31, 1918 to 
 Jan. 2, 1919. 
 
 Benton, John Edwin, p. 57; solicitor U. S. In- 
 terstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 
 since Feb., 1918. 
 
 Bingham, Harry, p. 18; chairman Grafton 
 County Legal Advisory Board, X. H. Dis- 
 trict Selective Service. 
 
 Brackett, John Q. A., p. 71; d. April 6, 1918. 
 
 Brennan James P., p. 119; secretary Hillsbor- 
 uugh County Selective Service Board, Div. 
 Xo. 2. 
 
 Britton, William John, p. 95; elected solicitor 
 for Carroll County, for 1919-20, Nov., 1918. 
 
 Brown, Alice, p. 2(><>; born Dec. 5, 1857, in- 
 stead of 1887 as printed. 
 
 Brown, George Henry, p. 441; president Cen- 
 tral X. H. Congregational Club two years; 
 Mason, 32d degree. 
 
 Brown, John Henry, p. 413; trustee X. H. Hos- 
 pital, 1919-. 
 
 Bugbee, Marion Louise, p. S3; member Com- 
 mittee on Aid to Dependents of Soldiers and 
 Sailors, Aug. 17, 1917; served with Childrens' 
 Bureau, American Red Cross, in France, 
 March 1, to Oct. 1, 1918. 
 
 Burroughs, Sherman Everett, p. 35; re-elected to 
 U. S. house of representatives, Xov., 1918. 
 
 Buxton, Willis George, p. 105: member X. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918. 
 
 Carter, Solon Augustus, p. 115; d. Jan. 28, 1918. 
 
 Chandler, William Eaton, p. 3; d. Xov. 3, 1917. 
 
 Chase, Arthur Horace, p. 51; chief clerk, Dis- 
 trict Board of Appeals, X. H. Selective Serv- 
 ire, 1918; s. Robert M., lieutenant Coast Ar- 
 tillery Corps, U. S. A., April, 1918, to date. 
 
 Chase, Olin Hosea, p. 27; m., Dec. 20, 1917, 
 Hattie A. Reed, Newport, X. H.; removed to 
 61 Rumford St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Chase, William Martin, p. 19; d. Feb. 3, 1918. 
 
 Child, Edwin Leighton, p. 353; master Pem- 
 broke Grange, 1916-17; member Canton 
 Wildey, Xo. 1, P. M.; s. Ford Leighton, b. 
 Feb. 22. 1895, instead of Feb. 2 as printed; 
 Roswell Towle, b. May 12, 1898. 
 
 Claggett, Fred Porter, p. 359; medical referee 
 for Sullivan County, 1919-. 
 
 Clark, Allan Chester, p. 331; d. Sept. 23, 1918; 
 s. Allan Chester Jr., b. Oct. 17, 1918. 
 
 Clow, Fred Ellsworth, p. 438; trustee N. H. 
 State Sanatorium. 
 
 Colby, Ira Gordon, p. 153; member X. H. con- 
 stitutional convention, 1918; Judge Advocate 
 General staff of Gov. John H. Bartlett. 
 
 Colony, Horatio, p. 467; d. Nov. 11, 1917 
 killed by automobile accident. 
 
 Cook, George, p. 5; chairman X. H. Selective 
 Service Board, 1917-19. 
 
 Corning, Charles Robert, p. 7; president X. H. 
 Historical Soc., 1919-, Concord Charity Or- 
 ganization, 1919. 
 
 Couch, Benjamin Warren, p. 6; member X. H. 
 house of representatives, 1919-20; director 
 Mechanicks Xational Bank, X. H. Spinning 
 Mills, Beecher Falls Co. 
 
 Cummings, Allen Curtis, p. 186; resigned as 
 Master of Stevens high school, Claremont, 
 on account of ill health, in April, 1918, and 
 has been recuperating at his old home at 
 North Thetford, Vt.; resumes work in the fall. 
 
 Curtis, Warden Allan, p. 417; should be printed 
 Wardon. 
 
 Dixon, Frank Haigh, p. 421 ; Professor of Trans- 
 portation, Princeton University, 1919. 
 
 Donovan, Michael Henry, p. 54; s. Daniel B., 
 b. Xov. 3, 1S7S; civil engineer; six years resi- 
 dent engineer in charge of barge canal section 
 between Utica and Oneida Lake, X. Y.; engi- 
 neer in charge of road construction at Camp 
 Merritt, X. J., 1917-18; fatally injured at 
 Dumont, X. J., and d. at Englewood, June 
 13, 1918; John B. (Harvard 1906) studied law, 
 now in insurance in Xew York City; Joseph 
 C. (Boston Univ. Law School, 1917) lawyer 
 in practice in Concord. 
 
 Drake, James Frank, p. 94: Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Ordnance Department, U. S. A., Pittsburgh 
 Pa.; chairman Committee on Claims, Pitts- 
 burgh Division. 
 
 Drew, Irving Webster, p. 149; appointed U. S. 
 senator by Goy. Keyes, Sept. 1, 1918, to fill 
 vacancy occasioned by death of Jacob II . 
 Gallinger. 
 
 Dudley, Harry Hubbard, p. 305; s. Charles H., 
 second lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, U. S. A., 
 Regular Army, 191S-. 
 
 Duncan, Charles, p. 98; secretary State Board 
 of Health since Sept. 6, 1918. 
 
 Eastman, Samuel C., p. 37; d. Aug. 31, 1917.
 
 OXE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Edes, Samuel Harcourt, p. 30; Captain Co. G, 
 103d Infantry. 26th Division; sailed for 
 France Sept.! 1917; transferred, 1918, to 
 Headquarters 6th Army Corps; still on duty 
 in France; m. Aug. 30, 1917, Nellie E. Pres- 
 by, dau. of Hon. Winthrop B. Presby, a 
 lawyer of Portland, Ore., and native of Brad- 
 ford, N. H. 
 
 El we 11, Rufus Newell, p. 7; appointed N. H. 
 Insurance Commissioner, Nov. 16, 1917; d. 
 Feb. 9, 1919. 
 
 Emerson, Charles Sumner, p. 15; chairman 
 Hillsborough County, Dist. No. 2, Selective 
 Sen-ice Board; s. Dean A. (Dartmouth '14, 
 Thayer School '18), lieutenant in Aviation 
 branch, A. E. F.; Sumner B. (Dartmouth '17), 
 lieutenant balloon section, Aviation branch. 
 
 Emerson, Francis P., p. 202; Maj. Med. Res. 
 Corps, 1918. 
 
 Evans, Alfred, p. 207; member N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention 1918; retired as judge of 
 Probate, from ape limitation. March 31, 1919. 
 
 Fairbanks, George Arlington, p. 65; retired; a. 
 Harold G., enlisted May 5, 1917; served in 
 Portsmouth C. A. C. at Fort Constitution, on 
 guard duty at Fort Devens and Springfield, 
 Mass.; transferred, with rank of sergeant, 
 April 22, 1918, to Intelligence Dept,, War 
 College, Washington; commissioned 2d lieu- 
 tenant, Q. M. C., July 25, 1918, and went over- 
 seas Aug. 7; connected with Chief Purchasing 
 Office, and located in Spain. 
 
 Farmer, William Parker, p. 159; president Man- 
 chester Historical Ass'n. 
 
 Farrand, George Edward, p. 38; appointed 
 postmaster of Concord, Sept. 19, 1918. 
 
 Faulkner, Philip Handerson, p. 391; trustee 
 N. H. State Sanatorium. 
 
 Felch, Albert Dustin, p. 73; delivered historical 
 address at 150th anniversary of town of Sun- 
 apee, Sept. 2, 1918. 
 
 Fowler, George Winthrop, p. 58; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1919-20. 
 
 Fowler, William Plumer, p. 147; Acting Cor- 
 poration Counsel, City of Boston, 1917-18; 
 d. July 3, 1918. 
 
 French, James Edward, p. 181; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918; house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1919-20. 
 
 Frisselle, Frank Monroe, p. 191; returned to 
 the Manchester Union, 1919. 
 
 Gallinger, Jacob Harold, p. 15; d. at Franklin, 
 N. H., Aug. 17. 1918. 
 
 Goss, Winifred Lane, p. 226; mother's name 
 should be printed Lorena instead of Lorena. 
 
 Gould, Alfred Josiah, p. 102; member Sullivan 
 County Pomona Grange, instead of Merri- 
 mack County as printed; d. Dec. 14, 1918. 
 
 Graves, Robert John, p. 89; Major U. S. Medi- 
 cal Reserve Corps, U. S. General Hospital 
 No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Green, Henry Francis, p. 5; d. May 9, 1917. 
 
 Gunnison, William Towne, p. 47; m. Grace Hor- 
 ney, not Homey; sons, Arvin, Dartmouth 
 22, Golf Champion of N. H.; John Vinal, 
 Student at Phillips Exeter Academy. 
 
 Hall, Daniel, p. 101 ; wife d. Dec. 1, 1918. 
 
 Hamlin, Frank Wilbert, p. 480; trustee N. H. 
 State Industrial School. 
 
 Hammond, Otis G., p. 51; wife d. Feb. 10, 1918. 
 
 Harriman, Walter C., p. 193; d. June 29, 1918. 
 
 Harris, Sarah Neal, p. 504; d. March 5, 1917. 
 
 Hatch, Albert Ruyter, p. 106; member legal ad- 
 visory board, Rockingham County, N. H. 
 Selective Service. 
 
 Hening, Crawford Dawes, p. 77; wife died June 
 5, 1918. 
 
 Hirst, Edgar Clarkson, p. 30; general manager 
 N. E. Sawmill Units, Bonar Bridge, Scot- 
 land, June, 1917 to Sept., 1918; Industrial 
 Examiner, U. S. Forest Service, and Assistant 
 to State Fuel Administrator, Hovey E. Slay- 
 ton, fall of 1918; sons, Heston, b. Nov. 8, 
 1915, John Minot, March 5, 1918. 
 
 Hodgman, Burns Plummer, p. 43; director First 
 National Bank, Concord; treasurer and di- 
 rector Eagle and Phenix Hotel Co.; treasurer 
 and director Hill Associates; director Concord 
 Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; clerk Concord Water 
 Board; Chairman Concord Public Safety 
 Committee; and Chairman Fuel Committee 
 for Concord during the war. 
 
 Hollis, Allen, p. 49; N. H. director W. S. S. 
 
 Hollis, Henry French, p. 81; member U. S. 
 Liquidation Commission, adjusting claims 
 growing out of the war in Europe. Appointed 
 Feb., 1919. 
 
 Hook, Andrew Jackson, p. 33; member N. H. 
 Senate, 1919-20; vice-president N. H. Old 
 Home Week Ass'n. 
 
 Hopkins, Ernest Martin, p. 243; chief of In- 
 dustrial Relations Branch of the Quarter- 
 master's Corps, Feb. 20, 1918 to Deo. 15, 
 1918 Assistant to the Secretary of War. 
 
 Howard, Charles Danforth, p. 127; residence, 
 100 School St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Howard, Charles Wopdbury, p. 59; disbursing 
 officer and agent United States and State of 
 New Hampshire, Selective Service board, 
 district of New Hampshire. 
 
 Hoyt, Horace F., p. 163; member N. H. consti- 
 tutional convention 1918; doorkeeper N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1919-20. 
 
 Hutchins, Harry Burns, p. 236; resigned as 
 president of Univ. of Mich., March, 1919, to 
 take effect with close of college year; will 
 engage in literary work. 
 
 Hutchins, JohnCorbin, p. 74; trustee N. H. Col- 
 lege, 1918; mem. State Bd. of Education, 1919. 
 Ives, Henry Goodson, p. 59; enlisted, Aug. 21, 
 
 1917, at Montreal, in 5th Royal Highlanders, 
 re-enforcing the"Black Watch, "or 1st Quebec 
 Reg.; served in the orderly room till March, 
 
 1918, when detailed for service with the 
 British Chemical Co., at Trenton, Ont., under 
 control of the Imperial Munitions board; dis- 
 charged Feb. 2, 1919. Resigned as pastor at 
 Andover, N. H., and accepted a call to Unity 
 Church, Amherst, Mass., m., Jan. 19, 1918, 
 Grace E. Mackintosh, Sharon, Mass. 
 
 Jackson, James Robert, p. 71; secretary N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1889; d. Nov. 22,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Jackson, Lydia Drew, p. 81; teacher of French, 
 St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., 1918-19. 
 
 Jackson, Robert, p. 58; vice-president L. H. 
 Shattuck, Inc. 
 
 Jameson, John Butler, p. 257; b. Aug. 2, 1873, 
 great great grandson Capt. Thomas Jameson, 
 who settled in Antrim in 1783; Democratic 
 candidate for U. S. senator to fill the vacancy 
 occasioned by the death of Jacob H. Gallin- 
 ger, Nov., 1918, lacking less than 1,000 votes 
 of election. 
 
 Jewett, Stephen Shannon, p. 119; member" legal 
 advisory board for Belknap County, N. H. 
 District, Selective Service; trustee N. H. 
 State Prison, appointed April, 1919. 
 
 Johnson, Jesse p. 283; d. Oct., 1918. 
 
 Johnson, Perley Albert, p. 16; chairman New- 
 port Chapter, American Red Cross; Federal 
 food administrator for eastern Sullivan dis- 
 trict; member Liberty Loan and W. S. S. 
 Committees. 
 
 Keeler, Irad Eugene, p. 25; re-elected Register 
 of Probate, Nov., 1918. 
 
 Keyes, Frances Parkinson, p. 335; author "The 
 Old Gray Homestead," Houghton, Mifflin 
 Co., 1919. 
 
 Keyes, Henry Wilder p. 211; elected U. S. sen- 
 ator for six years, to succeed Henry F. Hollis, 
 Nov., 1918. 
 
 Kimball, George Merrill, p. 277; president N. H. 
 Savings Bank, succeeding the late Samuel C. 
 Eastman. 
 
 Lake, Harry Foss, p. 51; Democratic candidate 
 for Congress, 2d N. H. District, 1918; chair- 
 man N. H. War Speakers' Bureau. 
 
 Lauder, George Burns, p. 259; daughter, Mil- 
 dred, graduated from St. Mary's School, 
 1913. 
 
 Leonard, Charles Hall, p. 330; d. Aug. 27, 
 1918. 
 
 Lyford, James Otis, p. 53; son Richard (Har- 
 vard 1918) First Class private, Battery A., 
 101st Regiment, Field Artillery, 26th Divi- 
 sion; served in France from September, 1917 
 to April, 1919. 
 
 Mann, William Hazelton Gage, p. 290; in- 
 structor Dartmouth College, S. A. T. C., 
 1918. 
 
 Martin, Nathaniel Everett, p. 89; Democratic 
 candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 
 Nov.. 1918. 
 
 Mason, Nathaniel Robert, p. 198; chief of staff, 
 Base Hospital 51, Toul, France, 1918; recom- 
 mended for promotion to major, and com- 
 mission made out when the armistice was 
 signed. 
 
 McAllister, George Isaac, p. 440; A. (). U. M. 
 should be A. (). U. \V. 
 
 McCollister, Lee Sullivan, p. 407; should be 
 printed McCollester. 
 
 McCrillis, John, p. 24; s. John, b. Jan. 1, 1897, 
 (Dartmouth 20); instructor in Thayer School 
 Training Detachment, June to Dec., 1918; 
 William Henry, b. April 24, 1S9S (Worcester 
 Academy, 20), U. S. Marine Corps, Oct., 
 1918 to March 12, 1919. 
 
 McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin, p. 333; trus- 
 tee N. H. State Prison. 
 
 McLane, John Roy, p. 159; s. Charles Bancroft, 
 b. March, 1919. 
 
 McQuaid, Elias Alfred, p. 383; on staff of New 
 York World, 1919-. 
 
 Merrill, Robert Josiah, p. 54; resigned as in- 
 surance commissioner, Nov., 1917, to become 
 secretary of the United Life & Accident Ins. 
 Co., Concord. 
 
 Miller, Ida Farr, p. 62; member Soc. for 
 Pr'exertation of N. E. Antiquities, not Pre- 
 rention as printed. 
 
 Merrill, Arthur Putnam, p. 170; member N. H. 
 state senate, 1919-20 (president). 
 
 Morrison, Henry Clinton, p. 77; assistant secre- 
 tary Connecticut State Board of Education 
 since 1918; removed to Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Moses, George Higgins, p. 127; elected U. S. 
 Senator from New Hampshire to fill unex- 
 pired term of the late Jacob H. Gallinger, 
 Nov. 5, 1918; assigned to committees on agri- 
 culture, the library and printing; s. Gordon, 
 now midshipman, U. S. Naval Academy, 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Murchie, Alexander, p. 47; secretary Demo- 
 cratic state committee, Feb. 1, 1918, to Sept., 
 1918 chairman since; legal adviser for New 
 Hampshire, to the U. S. Custodian of Alien 
 Property; dau. Jean, b. Nov. 30, 1917. Resi- 
 dence, 7 Pine St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Murchie, Robert Charles, p. 9. major. National 
 Army, Adjutant General's Dept.; graduate 
 Army General Staff College, Dec. 31, 1918; 
 honorably discharged, Feb., 1919. 
 
 Murphy, David Edward, p. 261; President Con- 
 cord Board of Trade, 1906-10. 
 
 Niles, Edward Cullen, p. 49; resigned as Public 
 Service Commissioner, July 27, 1918, to be- 
 come assistant to the director of Public Serv- 
 ice, U. S. Railroad Administration, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. 
 
 Niles, Harold Herbert, p. 451; trustee of N. H. 
 State Prison, 19 19-. 
 
 Parker, Edward Melville, p. 91: chaplain N. H. 
 State Guard; s. Henry Melville, b. Jan. 9, 
 1919; named for his grandfather, a Massa- 
 chusetts lawyer, native of Jaffrey, N. H. 
 
 Parker, Hosea Washington, p. 9; member and 
 temporary president N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 191S. 
 
 Pearson, Edward Nathan, p. 3; trustee Kimball 
 Union Academy; vice-president Northern 
 Bunkers Ass'n, vice-president and director 
 N. H. Bible Soc. 
 
 Pillsbury, Rosecrans William, p. 55; proprietor 
 Manchester Mirror, 1918-. 
 
 Powers, Samuel Leland, p. 49; s. Leland, b. 
 July 1, 1S90; Dartmouth, A.B. 1910 (Phi. 
 Beta Kappa), A.M. 1911; Harvard. LI..B. 
 1914; admitted to the bar and since a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Powers & Hall, Boston; 
 member Mass, house of representatives 
 191S-19 (chairman committee on bills in the 
 third reading: m., 1913, Barsheba T. Thru-- 
 wit, Denver, Colo.; two children, Pollv and
 
 Vlll 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Samuel Leland. Residence, Newtonville, 
 Mass. 
 
 Powers, Wilbur Howard, p. 33; s. Walter (Dart- 
 mouth 1906, Harvard Law School, 1909), 
 Major in Ordnance Department, A. E. F., 
 serving in France. 
 
 Quimby, Frank Pierce, p. 103; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918. 
 
 Rainie, Herbert Williamson, p. 425; s. Donald 
 Garland, b. March 6, 1919. 
 
 Ranney, William Bradford, p. 313, member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1919-20; 
 chairman Merrimack County delegation. 
 
 Richardson, Albert James, p. 62; president Lit- 
 tleton Board of Trade. 
 
 Richardson, Ellen Ruddick, p. 121; d. March 10, 
 1919. 
 
 Robie, Edward, p. 98; d. Sept. 20, 1917. 
 
 Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney, p. 28; trustee Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. 
 
 Rossi ter, William S., p. 118; called to Washing- 
 ton in July, 1918, as member of staff of Dean 
 E. F. Gay, director of the Central Bureau of 
 Planning and Statistics; prepared progress 
 reports of the Navy for the President: re- 
 signed Feb., 1919; chairman joint committee 
 of the American Statistical and American 
 Economic Ass'ns to advise the director of the 
 Census on the 14th Census of the United 
 States; President of the Rumford Printing 
 Co., since the death of William E. Chandler. 
 
 Rowe, Stewart Everett p. 39; re-elected treas- 
 urer Rockingham, County, Nov., 1918; 
 commander N. H. Division, S. of V., 1918. 
 Ch. Rock. Co. United War Works Campaign. 
 
 Sargent, Orison Clark, p. 219; d. Feb. 26, 1919. 
 
 Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte, p. 146; 
 War historian for town of Warner; press 
 correspondent, Dept. of N. H., National 
 W. R. C. 
 
 Shockley, Alice Porter, p. 45; president New 
 Bedford College Club, vice-president New 
 Bedford Woman's Club, vice-president 
 Y. W. C. A., supervisor New Bedford Junior 
 Red Cross. 
 
 Slayton, William Harvey, p. 239; superintendent 
 of schools, Portsmouth, N. H., since 1918. 
 
 Smith, Edward M., p. 50; d. .March 13, 1919. 
 
 Spaulding, Rolland Harty, p. 21; N. II. Direc- 
 tor U. W. W., trustee N. H. Historical Soc.; 
 m., Dec. IS, 191S, Vera A. Going, Rochester, 
 N. H. 
 
 Stone, George Weare, p. 158; member N. IT. 
 constitutional convention, 1918; secretary 
 Division 1. Merrimack County legal advisory 
 board, N. H. Selective Service. 
 
 Storrs, John Williams, p. 293; member N. H. 
 Public Service Commission since Dec. 23, 
 1918. 
 
 Streeter, Frank Sherwin, p. 15: President State 
 Bd. of Education, 1919-. 
 
 Sullivan, Dennis Edward, p. 103; Captain 
 U. S. Medical Reserve Corps, Base Hospital,. 
 Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y., July 5 to 
 Dec. 14, 1918; detailed to duty, Harvard 
 S. A. T. C., Dec. 2 to Dec. 12. 
 
 Taylor, Levi Colby, p. 91; m., Dec. 8, 1874, in- 
 stead of 1879 as printed. 
 
 Thayer, William Wentworth, p. 61; in charge of 
 War Trade Board, American Embassy, 
 London, England. 
 
 Theriault, Marcel, p. 269; general manager 
 Abbot-Downing Co., Concord, 1919-. 
 
 Towle, Fred Scales, p. 217; Captain Medical Re- 
 serve Corps, U. S. A.; d. Oct. 10, 1918, in a 
 fire at U. S. Base Hospital, Colonial, N. J. 
 
 Tufts, James Arthur, p. 09; member N. H. 
 senate, 1919-20; chairman committee on 
 education. 
 
 Turner, Huffman George, p. 407; should be 
 printed George Huffman. 
 
 Tuttle, James Patterson, p. 97; resigned as. 
 Attorney General, April 16, 1918, to return to 
 private practice in Manchester. 
 
 Wallace, James Burns, p. 170; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918. 
 
 Walker, Charles Rumford, p. 6; member Mer- 
 rimack County Selective Service Board, 
 District No. 1; s. Charles R., Jr., first lieu- 
 tenant, U. S. Coast Artillery, in service since 
 Oct., 1917; served in England; last at Fort 
 Eustis, Ya. 
 
 Wason, Edward Hills, p. 251 ; re-elected to Con- 
 gress Nov., 191S; m. and has a son. 
 
 Wason, George Butler, p. 167; re-elected to- 
 Massachusetts executive council, Nov., 1918. 
 
 Watson, Irving Allison, p. 22; d. April 2, 1918. 
 
 Webster, Harold Adams, p. 134: m., June 1, 
 1918, Charlotte White, Concord. Residence,. 
 Concord, N. H.; son, Harold Adams, Jr., b. 
 April 18, 1919. 
 
 Webster, Rev. Lorin, p. 363; Author "Chips 
 from a Busy Workshop" (volume of verse), 
 The Gorham Press, 1919. 
 
 Wendell, Caroline R., p. 167; temporary presi- 
 dent N. H. W. C. T. U., March, 1919-. 
 
 Whipple, Sherman Leland, p. 131; counsel for 
 U. S. Shipping Board, 1918-; s. Sherman Le- 
 land, Jr.; returned from service in France, 
 entered Harvard R. O. T. C., and later sta- 
 tioned at Camp Lee, Ya.; m., April 15, 1919, 
 Margaret Cassandra Jones, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Whitcher, William Frederick, p. 113; d. May 
 31, 191S. 
 
 Willis, Eben Marston, p. 106; d. Jan. 1, 1919. 
 
 Winslow, Sherburn J., p. 430; d. Feb. 19, 1919. 
 
 Wood, Mary Inez Stevens, p. 17'J; New Hamp- 
 shire director, w. s. s. 
 
 Woodbury, Gordon, p. 66, in Y. M. C. A. service- 
 in France, 1918. 
 
 Woolson, Augustus A., p. 202; d. Dec. 15, 191S.
 
 HON. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER
 
 ONE THOUSAND 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Chandler, William Eaton 
 
 Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., Con- 
 cord, N. H., Dec. 28, 1835; s. Nathan 
 S. and Mary Ann (Tucker) Chand- 
 ler; ed. public and private schools, 
 Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, N. H., 
 academies, and Harvard Law School, 
 LL.B. 1854; admitted to the bar, 1855, 
 commencing practice in Concord; re- 
 porter of N. H. Supreme Court, 1859; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1862-3-4 and 1881 (speaker in 
 1863-4); member, N. H. constitutional 
 conventions, 1876, 1902; solicitor and 
 judge-advocate-general, U. S. Navy 
 Dept., March 9 to June 17, 1865; first 
 assistant secretary of the treasury, 
 June 17, 1865 to Nov. 30, 1867; ap- 
 pointed solicitor-general of United 
 States, March 31, 1881, but rejected 
 by the Senate; secretary of the navy, 
 1882-5; inaugurated the "new navy" 
 movement and built four cruisers; 
 organized Greeley relief expedition, 
 1884; U. S. senator, 1887-1901; presi- 
 dent, Spanish Treaty Claims Commis- 
 sion, 1901-7; Unitarian; Republican; 
 secretary, Republican state committee 
 of New Hampshire, 1858-60; secretary, 
 Republican national committee, 1868 
 -76; delegate-at-large, Republican na- 
 tional convention, 1876, 1902; leader 
 in movement for erection of a statue 
 of President Franklin Pierce, and mem- 
 ber of the commission which carried 
 out the project in 1914; founder 
 and president of Daniel Webster 
 Birthplace Ass'n; received honorary 
 degree of A.M. from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege in 1866, and LL.D. in 1901; con- 
 tributing editor of Concord Monitor 
 and Statesman for more than forty 
 years, and author of many monographs 
 and pamphlets discussing public ques- 
 tions; m., 1st, June 29, 1859, Ann 
 Caroline, dau. Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore, 
 
 who d. March 20, 1871; 2d, Dec. 23, 
 1874, Lucy Lambert, dau. Hon. John 
 P. Hale, who d. Oct. 15, 1915; children, 
 Joseph Gilmore, b. 1860; William 
 Dwight, b. 1863; Lloyd Horwitz, b. 
 1869; John P. Hale, b. 1885. Address, 
 Concord, N. H.; summer home, 
 Waterloo, N. H. 
 
 Pearson, Edward Nathan w' 
 
 Teacher, editor, bank official; b., 
 Boscawen, N. H., Sept. 7, 1859; s. 
 
 John Couch and Elizabeth (Colby) 
 Pearson; ed. Kiinball Union Academy, 
 Penacook Academy, and Dartmouth 
 College, Phi Beta Kappa, A.B. 1881, 
 A.M. 1883; public school teacher, 
 Washington, D. C., 1881-2; city edi- 
 tor, associate editor, managing editor,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Concord Evening Monitor, 1882-98; 
 business manager, Republican Press 
 Ass'n, 1892-8; business manager, Rum- 
 ford Printing Co., 1898-9; public 
 printer, 1893-7; N. H. secretary of 
 state, March, 1899 to May, 1915; di- 
 rector and cashier, First National Bank, 
 Concord; director, Peterboro & Hills- 
 boro R. R., Concord Mutual Fire 
 Insurance Co., United Life & Accident 
 Insurance Co., Concord Investment 
 Co., Concord Shoe Factory; Republi- 
 can; Congregationalist; member, Wono- 
 lancet Club, Capital Grange, P. of H.; 
 m., Dec. 6, 1882, Lebanon, N. H., 
 Addie Maria Sargent; children, Edward 
 N. Pearson, Jr., Robert H. Pearson 
 (Dartmouth, 1907), d., John W. Pear- 
 son (Dartmouth, 1911), Mildred (Mrs. 
 Howard A. Morrison. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 >' McDuffee, Willis 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Rochester, 
 N. H., March 15, 1868; s. Franklin and 
 
 Mar}' Frances (Hayes) McDufTee; ed. 
 public schools and Dartmouth College, 
 
 A.B. 1890; six months' tour abroad 
 following graduation; editor of the 
 Rochester Courier and president Cour- 
 ier Publishing Co. since Oct., 1891; 
 Republican; representative in N. H. 
 legislature, 1895-6; member, Rochester 
 school board, three years; trustee, 
 Rochester public library, 1899 to date; 
 trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture 
 and Mechanic Arts, 1914-16; director, 
 Rochester National Bank; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Mason, Knight Templar; 
 was one of the originators of the Pro- 
 gressive movement in New Hampshire, 
 but refused to support Roosevelt in 
 1912, and presided at the meeting of 
 "Taft Progressives" which was largely 
 responsible for the Republican pri- 
 maries going for Taft; personal cam- 
 paign manager for Rolland H. Spauld- 
 ing in his successful campaign for 
 governor in 1914; m., July 22, 1897, 
 Dora Haley; children, Franklin, b. 
 May 2, 1898; Maude Chase, b. 
 June 12, 1901. Residence, Rochester, 
 N. H. 
 
 Colby, Frederick Myron 
 
 Author and probate attorney; b., 
 Warner, N. H., Dec. 9, 1848; s. Levi O. 
 and Mary (Durrell) Colby; ed. public 
 schools and Colby Academy; com- 
 menced writing in early life, for various 
 publications, including the Youth's 
 Companion, St. Nicholas, and other 
 periodicals for the young; author of an 
 interesting series of articles on "His- 
 toric Mansions of New Hampshire"; 
 long time contributor to the Grajiite 
 Monthly, writing on topics of local, 
 state and general interest; author of 
 various published volumes, including 
 "Pharaoh's Daughter," "Bonnie Lads 
 and Bonnie Lasses," "Kings and Girl 
 Queens," etc.; Liberal; Democrat; 
 member, board of education, 1878- 
 SS; town treasurer, 1885-0, 1895; 
 postmaster of Warner, 1894-9; super- 
 intendent, Simonds Free High School, 
 1910-15; Democratic candidate for 
 Congress, N. H. second district, 1908; 
 member, Manchester Press Club, Won- 
 olancet Club, Concord; m., 1st, Dec. 
 25, 1882, H. Maria George of Warner,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 authoress, who d. March 29, 1910; 2d, 
 June 29, 1915, Ella S. Palmer. Resi- 
 dence, Warner, N. H. 
 
 Cook, George 
 
 Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Nov. 16, 
 1848; s. Solomon and Susan Ann 
 (Hayes) Cook; ed. Franklin, N. H., 
 Academy, Concord high school, Univer- 
 sity of Vermont Medical College, 
 Dartmouth Medical College, M.D., 
 1869; practiced at Henniker, N. H., 
 1869-70; Hillsborough, 1870-5; Concord 
 since 1875; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 superintendent of schools, Hillsborough, 
 1874; city physician, Concord, 1878- 
 84; member, N.H. house of represent- 
 atives, 1883-4; inspector, state board 
 of health, 1885; assistant surgeon, 
 N. H. N. G., 1879; surgeon, 1882; 
 medical director, 1884; surgeon-general, 
 1893-4; U. S. pension examining 
 surgeon, 1889-93; member, staff, 
 Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, since 
 Oct. 20, 1884; president, X. H. 
 medical examining and registration 
 board since 1897; member, N. H. 
 Medical Soc., Center District Medi- 
 cal Soc. (president, 1882), Ass'n. 
 Military Surgeons of U. S., American 
 Medical Ass'n.; major and chief sur- 
 
 feon, 1st Div., 2d Army Corps, U. S. V. 
 panish American War; Mason, 
 Odd Fellow, S. of V., member, X. H. 
 Historical Soc.; grand president, 
 Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity for 
 ten years; vestryman, St. Paul's Epis- 
 copal church, Concord, for thirty 
 years past; member, X. H. Draft Re- 
 gistration Board. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Green, Henry Francis 
 
 Merchant, banker, manufacturer; 
 b., Lyndon, Vt., Feb. <i, 1844; s. Harry 
 and Marilla (Smith) Green; ed. pub- 
 lic schools; engaged for a time in rail- 
 way service in Vermont and in manu- 
 facturing in Indiana; settled in Little- 
 ton, X. H., in March, 1X77; engaged 
 for two years in the grocery trade with 
 Charles Eaton, then entered the service 
 of the Saranac Glove Co., with which 
 he has since continued, except for a 
 
 short period, pending reorganization, 
 when he was engaged in lumbering. 
 Since the reorganization he has been 
 vice-president and treasurer of the 
 Saranac Glove Co.; president, Little- 
 ton National Bank, and trustee, 
 Littleton Savings Bank; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; long active in 
 party affairs; selectman, 1892-9; 
 member board of education eleven 
 years; several years general manager, 
 Littleton Water & Light Co.; repre- 
 sentative in the X. H. legislature, 1883 
 
 and 1901, serving as chairman com- 
 mittee on appropriations the latter 
 year; six years member, board of 
 commissioners for Grafton County; 
 member, X. H. executive council, 
 1S99-1901; member, constitutional 
 convention, 1902; member, state 
 board of bank commissioners, 1905-11 
 chairman, hoard of selectmen, and 
 member, Carnegie Library building 
 committee, 1905; Mason, 32d degree, 
 and Knight Templar; in., June 18, 
 1872, Jennie Smith, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Residence, Littleton, X. 11.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Walker, Charles Rumford 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Feb. 13, 1852; s. Joseph B. and 
 Elizabeth L. (Upham) Walker; de- 
 scendant in the fourth generation from 
 
 Rev. Timothy Walker, first minister of 
 Concord; ed. Concord public schools, 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1870, Yale 
 University, 1874, Harvard Medical 
 School, 1878, supplemented by ex- 
 tended study in Europe, at Dublin, 
 London, Vienna and Strassburg; com- 
 menced practice in Concord in 1881, 
 where he has continued; member, 
 N. H. Medical Soc. (president in 1899), 
 American Medical Hoc.; on staff and 
 consulting staff, Margaret. PilLsbury 
 Hospital, Concord, since its foundation; 
 consulting staff X. H. Memorial Hospi- 
 tal for women and children; physician 
 at St. Paul's School, sixteen years; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican; mem- 
 ber, Concord board of aldermen, 1892; 
 representative in N. H. legislature from 
 Ward 5, 1894; trustee and member of 
 the investment committee. X. H. Sav- 
 ings Bank; president, board of trustees, 
 
 Rolfe & Rumford Asylum; member, 
 board of trustees and treasurer of the 
 Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture 
 Fund; member, Concord water board; 
 member, Wonolancet Club, Snowshoe 
 Club; m., Frances Sheaf e, Jan. 18, 
 1888; children, Sheafe Walker, b. Nov. 
 16, 1888; Charles R. Walker, Jr., b. 
 July 31, 1893. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Couch, Benjamin Warren ' 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 
 19, 1873; s. Benjamin Warren and 
 Susan Cornell (Woodward) Couch; 
 ed. Concord high school, Dartmouth 
 College, 1896, Harvard Law School, 
 1899; admitted to the bar, June, 
 1899; entered office of Leach & 
 Stevens; admitted to the firm, Jan. 
 1, 1901; now member of the firm 
 
 of Stevens, Couch & Stevens formed 
 Jan. 1, 1914; Unitarian; Republi- 
 can; member and president, Con- 
 cord city council, 1905-6; member, 
 Concord police commission, 1906- 
 9; trustee, X. H. State Hospital,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 1907-13; member,. N. H. house of 
 representatives and chairman ju- 
 diciary committee, 1911-13-15-17; 
 member, N. H. Board of Control, 1913- 
 15; chairman, State Board of Trustees, 
 1917- ; trustee, Merrimack County Sav- 
 ings Bank; treasurer, Concord Gas 
 Light Co.; Mason; member, Wonolan- 
 cet, Passaconaway, Beaver Meadow 
 and Bow Brook clubs; m., Nov. 10, 
 1900, Gertrude A. Underbill of Con- 
 cord. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Elwell, Rufus Newell 
 
 Lumberman, general insurance 
 agent, manufacturer; b., Detroit, Me., 
 Aug. 24, 1862; s. George H. and Han- 
 nah E. (Prentiss) Elwell; ed. common 
 schools and Maine Central Institute; 
 removed with parents to Newton, 
 N. H., when 18 years of age; has re- 
 sided in Exeter for the last thirty 
 years; extensively engaged in lumber- 
 ing in New Hampshire and Maine; 
 manages a general insurance agency 
 (fire and casualty) in Exeter, with 
 over seventy sub-agencies; director 
 of Exeter Co-operative Bank for the 
 last thirty years; director and man- 
 ager, Abbot Downing Co., of Concord; 
 Baptist ; Republican ; member, staff of 
 Gov. Hiram A. Tuttle, 1891-3, with 
 rank of colonel; U. S. collector of 
 customs at Portsmouth, 1898-1905; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, eight years, taking a prominent 
 part in the work of legislation, both 
 on the floor and in the committee 
 room; speaker, 1905-6; associated with 
 the Odd Fellows, Red Men, Sons of 
 Veterans, Derryfield Club of Man- 
 chester and the American Peace So- 
 ciety; m., March 14, 1888, Mary E. 
 Boswell. They have two children, 
 George W. and Clinton W. Residence, 
 Exeter, N. II. 
 
 Corning, Charles Robert 
 
 Lawyer, author; b., Concord, X. H., 
 Dec. 20, 1S55; s. Robert Nesmith and 
 Mary Lougee (Woodman) Corning; 
 ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Ando- 
 ver) Academy, private teachers; studied 
 law with Marshall it Chase and at 
 
 Harvard Law School; admitted to the 
 bar March, 1882; Republican, elected 
 to N. H. house of representatives, 
 1878 and 1883; member, state sen- 
 ate, 1889; assistant attorney, U. S. 
 Department of Justice, 1892-5; mayor 
 of Concord, 1903-9; member, Concord 
 board of education, 1881-2, 1884-7, 
 chairman, 1899-1908; judge of probate 
 for Merrimack county since 1899; 
 trustee, Concord city library, 1887-91 ; 
 trustee, N. H. state library, 1887-92; 
 trustee, N. H. normal school, 1906-13; 
 
 member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. of Concord, member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc.; author of "Aalesund to 
 Tetuan," a volume based on travels in 
 Europe and of many historical ad- 
 dresses, biographies and monographs; 
 delivered the historical address at the 
 5()th anniversary of th<> city of Con- 
 cord, Aug. 21, HM)5. and the' 15()th an- 
 niversary celebration of Concord, 
 June 7, 1915; received honorary 
 degree of A.M. from Dartmouth 
 College in 1SS7. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H.
 
 Hox. HOSEA W. PARKER
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Parker, Hosea Washington 
 
 Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., 
 Lempster, N. H., May 30, 1833; s. 
 Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker; 
 ed. Tubbs Union Academy, Green 
 Mountain Liberal Institute and Tufts 
 College; studied law with Edmund 
 Burke of Newport; admitted to the 
 bar in 1859; commenced practice in 
 Claremont in 1860 and there con- 
 tinued; has been counsel for the town 
 of Claremont for nearly fifty years, 
 and president of the Sullivan County 
 bar since 1905; was tendered a com- 
 plimentary banquet by the bar on his 
 eightieth birthday anniversary; Demo- 
 crat; served many years on town and 
 state committees; represented Lemp- 
 ster in the N. H. house of representa- 
 tives in 1859 and 1860, and presided 
 at the legislative reunion in Concord 
 in 1915; member, U. S. house of 
 representatives, 1871 to 1875, serving 
 on the education and patents commit- 
 tees and largely responsible for the re- 
 fusal of patent extensions resulting in 
 the overthrow of the sewing machine 
 monopoly; Universalist; superinten- 
 dent, Claremont Universalist Sunday 
 school for the last fifty-seven years; 
 twice president of the Universalist gen- 
 eral convention, and president of the 
 state convention for the last twelve 
 years; Mason, Knight Templar, elected 
 Eminent Commander Sullivan Com- 
 mandery in 1869, serving twenty-one 
 years in all ; trustee of Tufts College, and 
 for some years president of the board; 
 received honorary degree of A.M., in 
 1883, and of LL.D. from Tufts in 1912; 
 in., May 30, 1861, Caroline Lovisa 
 Southgate, who d. Sept. 14, 1904; 
 their dau., Lizzie S., b. June 17, 1865 
 (Smith College, 1888), is the wife of 
 Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D.D., dean 
 of the Tufts College Divinity School. 
 Residence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Murchie, Robert Charles 
 
 Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud- 
 brightshire, Scotland, Jan. 22, 1885; 
 s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie) 
 Murchie; removed to America in 
 early childhood; ed. Concord high 
 
 school and University of Michigan, 
 Law Department, graduating LL.B. 
 in 1909; admitted to the New Hamp- 
 shire bar, June 26, 1909; employed 
 for a time in the office of Henry F. 
 Hollis; subsequently became a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Remick & Hollis; 
 upon dissolution of this firm became 
 a member of the firm of Hollis & 
 Murchie and so continues; Democrat; 
 elected solicitor of Merrimack County 
 
 in Nov., 1912; re-elected in 1914; 
 resigned, Jan. 1, 1917, to enter upon 
 his duties as representative from 
 Ward 3, in the N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, to which he hud been 
 elected in November previous; mem- 
 ber of the house judiciary committee; 
 secretary, N. II. Democratic state 
 committee, since 1912; member, Dem- 
 ocratic national committee for New 
 Hampshire, since June, 1916; spoke 
 extensively for the Democratic party 
 on the stump in the last three cam- 
 paigns; affiliated with the Elks. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H .
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Parker, Hiram 
 
 Farmer and merchant; b., Lempster, 
 N. H., July 3, 1830; s. Benjamin and 
 Olive (Nichols) Parker; ed. Ijempster 
 
 town and high schools; resided on the 
 old homestead and engaged actively 
 in agriculture for man}' years; served 
 for twelve years or four terms, from 
 1875 to 1887, as a member of the 
 N. H. board of agriculture for the 
 County of Sullivan; for the last 
 thirty years or more has conducted a 
 general country store at Lempster 
 "Street," the principal village of the 
 town; Universalist ; Democrat; has 
 served his town many years as select- 
 man, clerk and moderator, and unani- 
 mously re-elected to the latter office at 
 the last election, at St> years of age; 
 postmaster at Lempster for twenty-four 
 years, from 18X9; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, IXI>.'}-1; dele- 
 gate in N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1912; leading spirit in celebration 
 of "Old Home Day," which has been 
 observed in Lempster since its institu- 
 
 tion in 1899; vice-president, N. H. 
 Old Home Week Ass'n; member, 
 Silver Mountain Grange, P. of H., 
 Lempster; m., Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G. 
 Moore, who d. Dec. 13, 1911; children, 
 Fred C. (N. H. College, 1879), Jennie 
 L. (Mrs. H. F. Olmstead), Carl A. 
 Residence, Lempster, N. H. 
 
 Allison, Henry Darracott 
 
 Merchant, real estate, postmaster; 
 b., Dublin, N. H., Feb. 2, 1869; s. 
 James and Sarah Jane (Darracott) 
 Allison; ed. public schools, Bryant 
 & Stratton Business College, Boston, 
 1888; after graduation was em- 
 ployed for a time as bookkeeper and 
 taught penmanship, then entered mer- 
 cantile business in his native town and 
 has since continued; Unitarian; Pro- 
 gressive; representative in N. H. leg- 
 islature in 1913-11, serving as chair- 
 man, committee on public improve- 
 
 ments, and member of the committee 
 of five on rcdistricting the state, 
 also chairman of the Progressive legis- 
 lative caucus; chosen candidate of Pro-
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 11 
 
 gressive party for governor in 1914; 
 member and past master, Altemont 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Peterborough, 
 Peterborough Royal Arch Chapter, 
 'St. John's Council and Hugh de 
 Payens Commandery, Keene; Pa- 
 quoig Lodge, I. O. O. F., Marlboro; 
 m., Feb. 3, 1891, Florence Cowing 
 Mason; three children, Hildreth M. 
 (Dartmouth College), Elliott S. (Keene 
 high school), Christine. Residence, 
 Dublin, N. H. 
 
 Weed, Charles Frederick 
 
 Lawyer, banker; b., Claremont, 
 N. H., Oct. 22, 1874; s. Charles Harvey 
 and Hattie Maria (Redfield) Weed; ed. 
 Stevens High School, Claremont, Trin- 
 ity College, Hartford, Ct., A.B., 1894, 
 A.M., 1897, ARE, PBK; Harvard 
 Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1898; 
 practiced law in Boston eighteen years; 
 president^ Boston Chamber of Com- 
 merce, 1917; vice-president, First 
 National Bank; vice-chairman, Mass. 
 Committee of Public Safety; member, 
 school committee of Brookline; Re- 
 publican; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 10, 
 1901, Mary Duncan Walker of Clare- 
 mont; children, Frances Duncan, b. 
 April 13, 1904; Frederick Redfield, 
 b. June 3, 1906; Mary Duncan, b. 
 Sept. 23, 1916. Residence, 30 Griggs 
 Rd., Brookline, Mass.; office, 53 State 
 St., Boston. 
 
 Swart, William Dumond 
 
 Manufacturer; b., New Kingston, 
 N. Y., July 9, 18.56; s. William R. 
 and Eliza (Dumond) Swart; de- 
 scendant on both sides of Dutch an- 
 cestors among the first settlors of New 
 York; grandson of Samuel Swart, a 
 soldier of the War of 1812; ed. pub- 
 lic schools and Wesleyan Academy, 
 Wilbraham, Mass.; for seven years, 
 from eighteen years of age, in employ 
 of wholesale dry goods houses in New 
 York City; engaged for an equal 
 time in decorative art in Newark, N. J.; 
 traveled two years and, in 1S90, lo- 
 cated in Nashua, N. H., where he has 
 since remained; engaged first in retail 
 lumber business with Charles A. Roby, 
 
 under name of Roby & Swart. Having 
 purchased the Underbill Edge Tool 
 plant in Nashua, in 1894 the retail 
 business was consolidated with F. D. 
 Cook & Co., the manufacturing and 
 wholesale business being retained and 
 conducted by the Roby & Swart Mfg. 
 Co., Mr. Swart being a director in the 
 former company and director and 
 treasurer of the latter; director and 
 treasurer of the Nashua Building Co., 
 
 of the Nashua Paper Box Co. and 
 the American Box and Lumber Co.; 
 president, Nashua Trust Co., Nashua 
 Development Co., Nashua Country 
 Club ; president, Nashua Board of Trade, 
 1893-5, 1897-8; Republican; member, 
 Nashua common council, 1893-5, and 
 president the last two years; repre- 
 sentative in N. H. legislature, 1909-10; 
 senator from District 19, 1911-12, and 
 president of the senate; colonel on 
 staff of ( Jov. (Jeo. A. Hamsdell, 1S77-S; 
 candidate for councilor, receiving a 
 plurality vote, in 1912; councilor, 
 1917-18; delegate at large to Republican 
 national convention at Chicago, 191(5;
 
 12 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Mason, 32d degree, Knight Templar 
 and Shriner; m., Oct. 7, 1890, Lizzie 
 A., dau. of Luther A. Roby; children, 
 Elizabeth and William Roby. Resi- 
 dence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Cheney, Harry Morrison 
 
 Printer and publisher; b., Newport, 
 N. H., March 8, 1860; s. Elias 
 Hutchins and Susan W. (Youngman) 
 Cheney; ed. Colby Academy, New 
 London, N. H., and 1 Bates College, 
 Lewiston, Me., graduating from former 
 
 ship with the Masons (33d degree), 
 Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythias and 
 Elks; secretary of the Masonic grand 
 bodies of New Hampshire, since Dec., 
 1909; m., Dec. 19, 1893, Mary E. 
 Vose; children, Esther, b. April 3, 
 189K; Kathryn, b. April 25, 1897. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Stevens, Henry Webster 
 
 Lawyer: b., Concord, N. H., March 
 5, 1853; s. Lyman Dewey and Achsah 
 Pollard (French) Stevens, his mother 
 
 in 1882 and latter in 18S6; engaged in 
 journalism in Lebanon, after leaving 
 college, in the office of the Lebanon Free 
 I'ress, of which his father was long 
 proprietor, and was himself for a 
 number of years publisher of that 
 paper; Unitarian; Republican, and 
 long active in party affairs; auditor, 
 state printer's accounts, 1889-90; mem- 
 ber, N. H. house of representatives 
 from Lebanon, 1893, 1S95, and speaker 
 in 1903; state senator in 1897-8; mem- 
 ber of council of (!ov. Frank W. 
 Rollins, 1S99-1900; holds member- 
 
 also having been born in Concord in 
 the Countess of Rumford House at the 
 South end of Main St.; ed. Concord 
 schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1875, Boston 
 University Law School, LL.B., 1877; 
 admitted to N. H. bar in 1878 and since 
 in practice of law in Concord, first 
 with his father, Hon. Lyman D. Stev- 
 ens, then with Edward (1. Leach until 
 19(K), when Benjamin W. Couch 
 joined the firm; in 1913 Mr. Leach re- 
 tired and in 1914 William Lyman 
 Stevens was admitted, the firm name
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 13 
 
 being Stevens, Couch and Stevens; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; city so- 
 licitor, 1885-6; alderman, 1894; mem- 
 ber, house of representatives, 1887; 
 state senator, 1901-2; trustee, city 
 library; president, Margaret Pillsbury 
 General Hospital; trustee, N. H. 
 Historical Soc.; vice-president, Me- 
 chanicks National Bank; president, 
 Merrimack County Savings Bank; 
 clerk, Northern R. R.; director, Board 
 of Trade Building Co.; member, 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, 
 Alpha Delta Phi Soc., Wonolancet 
 Club, Concord, N. H., University 
 clubs, Boston and New York; recre- 
 ation, reading and gardening; m., 
 Exeter, N. H., Oct. 27, 1880, Ellen 
 Tuck Nelson, second dau. of William 
 R. Nelson, b. Peekskill, N. Y. Resi- 
 dence, 73 Warren St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Cook, Charles Fred 
 
 Educator; b., Sennett, N. Y., Jan. 24, 
 1866; s. Charles E. and Cyntha A. 
 (Bowen) Cook; ed., Munro Collegiate 
 Institute, 1886, St. Lawrence Uni- 
 versity, Canton, N. Y., 1891; princi- 
 pal, high school, Old Town, Me., 
 1891-3; sub-principal and principal, 
 Coney high school, Augusta, Me., 
 1893-6; headmaster, Concord, N. H., 
 high school since 1906; while in Maine 
 served as president of Maine Teachers 
 Ass'n, Maine Schoolmasters' Club, 
 Maine Ass'n of Colleges and Secondary 
 Schools; in New Hampshire, president, 
 N. H. Teachers' Ass'n, N. H. School- 
 masters' Club; N. H. Classical Ass'n; 
 Mason, lodge, chapter, council, cotn- 
 mandery, Scottish Rite, 32d degree; 
 member, Wonolancet Club; Unitarian; 
 Republican; m., July 12, 1905, Char- 
 lotte Partridge. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Spaulding, William Waldemar 
 
 Teacher, manufacturer, banker; b., 
 Lempster, N. H., March 10, 1846; s. 
 William and Emma Eliza (Miner) 
 Spaulding; ed. (.Ireen Mountain Lib- 
 eral Institute, South Woodstock, 
 Vt., 1861-2; A.B. Tufts College, 1867, 
 A.M. 1907; for fourteen vears a 
 
 teacher, in Adams, Boston and Haver- 
 hill, Mass., in which latter city he has 
 continued to reside; for a number of 
 years a member of the school board 
 and served as its chairman; he is a 
 member of the Whittier Club, the 
 local historical society, and for more 
 than forty years has been a member of 
 the Monday Evening Club, a literary 
 association founded in 1860; is one of 
 the senior trustees of Tufts College, 
 serving on the finance committee; 
 
 from 1881 to 1910 he was engaged in 
 manufacturing shoes, senior member 
 of W. W. Spaulding <t Co., Haverhill, 
 Mass.; for several years director in the 
 Hampton Co., a mercerizing and fin- 
 ishing plant located in Easthampton, 
 Mass.; also interested in cotton manu- 
 facturing from 1S92 to 1916, being a 
 director, and for several years vice- 
 president of the West Boylston Mfg. 
 Co., located in the same town; he 
 was, for many years, trustee of the 
 Hale Hospital, of Haverhill, and for 
 several years its treasurer; he is a 
 director of the Citizen's Co-operative
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 15 
 
 Bank, also of the Morris Plan Insti- 
 tution, recently organized; has been 
 a director of the First National Bank 
 for twenty years and more and is the 
 president of the Haverhill Savings 
 Bank and chairman of its investment 
 committee. By inheritance and other- 
 wise, Mr. Spaulding is Republican in 
 politics and Universalist in religion; 
 he is a strong supporter of the local 
 Universalist church; m., Oakdale, 
 Mass., Nov. 25, 1868, Evelyn Alcie 
 Harris; they have a son and daughter, 
 both of whom, together with their 
 children, are residents of Haverhill. 
 
 Gallinger, Jacob Harold 
 
 Physician, statesman; b., Cornwall, 
 Ontario, Canada, March 28, 1837; s. 
 Jacob and Catherine (Cook) Gallinger; 
 ed. common schools and by private 
 tutors; M.D., Medical Institute, Cin- 
 cinnati, 1858; New York Homeopathic 
 Medical College, 1868; A.M., Dart- 
 mouth, 18S5; of German ancestry on 
 the paternal side, his great-grandfather, 
 Michael Gallinger, having emigrated to 
 this country and settled in New York in 
 1754, later removing to Canada, while 
 his mother was of American stock; one 
 of twelve children, he learned and 
 worked at the printer's trade, before 
 entering upon the study of medicine; 
 located in medical practice in Keene, 
 but removed to Concord in 1862, where 
 he has since resided; early allied himself 
 with the Republican party and entered 
 actively into politics; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, in 1872 and 
 1873, and again in 1891; member, 
 constitutional convention, 1876; 
 state senate, 1878-9-80, being presi- 
 dent the last two years; surgeon- 
 general on staff of Gov. Natt Head, 
 with rank of brigadier-general, 1879- 
 80; chairman of N. H. Republican 
 state committee for eighteen years; 
 at one time N. H. member Republican 
 National Committee; chairman of 
 the New Hampshire delegation in the 
 Republican national conventions of 
 1888,^1900, 1904 and 1908; member, 
 U. S. house of representatives, 
 1885-9; elected U. S. senator for six 
 
 years from March 4, 1891 and four 
 times re-elected, present term ending 
 March 4, 1921, being the oldest mem- 
 ber of the Senate in point of service; 
 president pro tern of the Senate in the 
 sixty-second Congress, minority floor 
 leader since 1915, and long regarded 
 as a leading champion of the protective 
 tariff policy; chairman of the Senate 
 committee on District of Columbia 
 for many years and instrumental in 
 promoting many public improvements; 
 member of the important committees 
 on Appropriations, Finance, Library, 
 Printing and Rules; chairman of the 
 Merchant Marine Commission of 1904- 
 5; member of the board of trustees of 
 the Columbia Hospital for Women, and 
 of the board of visitors to the Providence 
 Hospital; member of the National For- 
 est Reservation Commission, the Na- 
 tional Washington Monument Ass'n., 
 and vice-chairman of the Water Ways 
 Commission; Baptist; Mason, Odd 
 Fellow, Patron of Husbandry, member 
 of University Club and Lock Tavern 
 Club of Washington, D. C.; m., Aug. 
 3, 1860, Mary Anna Bailey, dau. of 
 Maj. Isaac Bailey of Salisbury, who d. 
 in Washington, Feb. 2, 1907, having 
 been the mother of six children, of whom 
 one only, Mrs. H. A. Norton of Winches- 
 ter, Mass., survives, the last to pass 
 away being Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, a 
 successful practitioner in his native city 
 and physician at the New Hampshire 
 State Prison. Residence. Concord, N. H. 
 
 Emerson, Charles Sumner 
 
 Merchant house furnishings; b. r 
 Milford, N. H., April 2, 18(56; s. 
 Sumner B. and Martha A. (Bales) 
 Emerson; ed. Milford public schools, 
 dishing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass.; 
 Republican; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1907, 1909, chairman, 
 committee on public improvements at 
 both sessions and actively instrumen- 
 tal in securing the enlargement and 
 remodeling of the state house and the 
 three trunk line highway bill; moder- 
 ator, Milford, since 1910; president, 
 Milford Building & Loan Ass'n; vice- 
 president, Granite Savings Bunk; pres-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 ident, Milford Hospital Ass'n; Congre- 
 gationalist; ex-superintendent, Sunday 
 school; moderator, N. H. Conference 
 Congregational churches, 1915-16; 
 member, I. O. O. F., lodge, encamp- 
 
 ment and Ilehekah lodge; past grand 
 master, New Hampshire; grand rep- 
 resentative to S. G. L. for ten years; 
 member, Milford board of trade 
 (president, 1901, secretary, 1908-11); 
 member, standing committee, N. H. 
 board of trade on Pilgrim Tercen- 
 tenary; chairman, N. H. committee, 
 Pilgrim Tercentenary; in., June 13, 
 1889, Kstelle F. Abbott; children, 
 Dean A., Suinner H., Ruth, Mark F. 
 Residence, Milford, N. II. 
 
 Johnson, Perley Albert 
 
 Banker, manufacturer; b., I'nity, 
 N. H.,Oct. 24, 1800; s. William H., and 
 Flora (Severns) Johnson; <-d. public 
 schools and St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
 Academy, 1878; was a teacher and 
 bookkeeper for a time; served three 
 years as a clerk in the Barton, Vt., 
 
 National Bank, removed to Newport, 
 N. H., in 1885 to accept the position 
 of cashier of the newly organized 
 Citizens National Bank; Methodist; 
 Republican; member, Newport school 
 board, seven years; town treasurer 
 and treasurer town school district 
 many years; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, and chairman com- 
 mittee on .banks, 1911; cashier, 
 Citizens National Bank of Newport, 
 since organization in 1885; treasurer, 
 Sugar River Savings Bank, since 
 organization in 1895; director, Citizens 
 National Bank, Newport, and People's 
 National Bank of Claremont; one of the 
 original incorporators of the Peerless 
 Mf'g Co., with factories at Newport, 
 N. H., and Barton, Vt., a director from 
 the start, treasurer for many years, 
 now president; member, Knights of 
 
 Pythias, Newport Board of Trade, 
 president 1909-10; in., Jan. 19, 1S80, 
 Katie G. Coe; children, Carroll D., 
 Margaret L. Residence, Newport, 
 N. H.
 
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 17 
 
 Huntress, Harriet Lane 
 
 Deputy Superintendent Public In- 
 struction; b., Meredith (now Cen- 
 ter Harbor), N. H.; daughter of 
 James Lewis and Harriet Perkins 
 (Page) Huntress; ed. in private schools 
 in Massachusetts, graduating from 
 Prospect Hill School, Greenfield, in 
 1879; chief clerk, N. H. Depart- 
 ment of Public Instruction, from April, 
 1889, serving under Superintendents 
 Patterson, Gowing, Folsom and Mor- 
 
 Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam 
 
 (Mrs. Frank A.); manufacturer, club 
 woman; b., Croydon, N. H., March 27, 
 1860; dau. Marshall and Matilda 
 (Carroll) Putnam; ed. public schools 
 and Kimball Union Academj', Meriden, 
 1883; m. Frank A. Sibley of Newport, 
 June 19, 1884. Upon Mr. Sibley's 
 death, Oct. 26, 1909, took charge of 
 the business of the Sibley Scythe Co., 
 at North Newport, which had been in 
 the family for more than seventy years, 
 
 rison, till Sept., 1913, when appointed 
 deputy superintendent, which position 
 she now holds, being the first woman in 
 New England appointed to such po- 
 sition; member of the Concord Wo- 
 man's Club, Country Club, Friendly 
 Club, Woman's City Club of Boston, 
 N. H. Historical Society, Capital 
 Grange, P. of H., Rumford Chapter, 
 D. A. R., Mt. Vernon Ladies' Ass'n 
 (vice-regent for New Hampshire), 
 N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n (member, 
 advisory board); Unitarian. Address, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 and has successfully conducted the 
 same; long interested in club, philan- 
 thropic, benevolent and patriotic 
 work; member, Newport Woman's 
 Club (president, 190S-9); chairman, 
 conservation committee, State Federa- 
 tion, 1912-13; regent, Reprisal Chap- 
 ter, D. A. R., 1911-13; conservation 
 chairman, N. H. D. A. R., 1916-17; 
 member, National Conservation board, 
 D. A. R., 1916-17; deeply interested 
 in conservation of New Hampshire 
 birds and forests; president, Newport 
 Equal Suffrage League; member, board
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 of education, 1908-1910; trustee, 
 Newport Home for Aged Women; 
 raised money for soldiers' monument 
 at North Newport; has traveled ex- 
 tensively in this country and Europe; 
 children, Homer Taft, b. 1887, Dart- 
 mouth A.B., 1907, A.M., 1908, Univer- 
 sity of Goettingen, Germany, 1909-14; 
 Helen, b. 1889, The Elms, Springfield, 
 Mass., 1905-8, Mt. Holyoke College, 
 1908-10, Germany, 1910-11, m. 
 Charles E. Winter, 1912, children, Mary 
 and Frank; Dean Sheridan, b. 1894, 
 Mitchell Military School, Billerica, 
 Mass., 1908-10, 'Germany, 1910-11, 
 Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1911-13, 
 Dartmouth, 1913-14, Massachusetts 
 Institute of Technology, 1914-17. 
 Residence, North Newport, N. H. 
 
 Towne, Omar Alvah 
 
 Printer and publisher; b., Stoddard, 
 N. H., Feb. 2, 1851; s. Hollis and 
 Elzina M. (Corey) Towne; ed. public 
 
 schools, Penacook and Wolfeboro 
 academies; commenced business as a 
 printer and bookseller in Franklin in 
 
 1875; bought the Franklin Transcript 
 in 1884 and the Merrimack Journal m 
 1889, and consolidated the papers 
 under the name of the Journal-Tran- 
 script, which he still publishes, and is 
 also engaged in real estate business; 
 Baptist; Republican; member, Frank- 
 lin board of education, twenty-two 
 years from 1888; member, N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention, 1889; justice, 
 Franklin police court, 1905-13; justice, 
 Franklin municipal court, since 1915; 
 secretary and treasurer, Franklin 
 Building & Loan Ass'n; clerk, Webster 
 Birthplace Ass'n; clerk, Franklin 
 Hospital Ass'n; clerk and treasurer, 
 Gyro Pump Co.; president, N. H. 
 board of trade, 1915-16; member and 
 first president, N. H. Weekly Pub- 
 lishers Ass'n; member, N. H. Press 
 Ass'n, president 1914-15; member, 
 Merrimack Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F., 
 \Vebster Encampment No. 13, Meri- 
 dian Lodge No. 60, A. F. & A. M., 
 St. Omar Chapter, R. A. M., No. 22, 
 Pythagorean Council No. 6, Laconia; 
 Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and 
 N. H. Consistory; m., June 6, 1884, 
 Elizabeth C. Morrill, who d. Feb. 17, 
 1916; one dau., Addie E. Residence, 
 Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Bingham, Harry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Columbus, O., March 14, 
 1864; s. Edward F. and Susan (Gun- 
 ning) Bingham, his father, a brother 
 of the late Harry and George A. 
 Bingham, of Littleton, having been a 
 circuit court judge in Ohio, and later 
 chief justice of the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia; ed. Columbus 
 public schools, Columbus high school, 
 1882; studied law in the office of 
 Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor at 
 Littleton, 1884 to 1887; admitted to the 
 New Hampshire bar at Concord, July, 
 1887; removed to Washington, D. C. ; 
 Episcopalian; Democrat; captain, U. S. 
 Vol. Inf., Spanish War, June 20, 1898, 
 to March 1, 1899; assistant U. S. 
 district attorney, Washington, D. C., 
 1900-5; returned to Littleton, April, 
 1912, at the time of the death of his 
 brother-in-law, William H. Mitchell,
 
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 and took up practice of law in suc- 
 cession to the firm with which he had 
 studied; Judge of Probate for the 
 County of Grafton since Dec. 2, 
 
 1913; m., Sept. 10, 1902, Frances 
 Thompson, dau. of the late Hon. John 
 G. Thompson of Ohio. Residence, 
 Littleton, N. H. 
 
 Carpenter, Philip 
 
 Lawyer; h. Bath, X. H., March 9, 
 1S56; s. Alonzo P. and Julia R. 
 (Goodall) Carpenter; ed., St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt., Academy, 1S73, Dartmouth 
 College, 1877; studied law; admitted 
 to the X. H. bar, and practiced in 
 Bath and Lancaster, X. H., 1880-5; 
 since iXSo in New York City; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; judge advocate 
 general, X. H., staff of Gov. Moody 
 Currier, 1885-7; first associate district 
 attorney, Xew York county, 1897; 
 member, Union League, Republican 
 and Dartmouth Clubs, New York City, 
 Xew Hampshire Soc. and Dartmouth 
 Alumni Ass'n in New York, X. H. 
 Historical Soc.; Mason; m. Sept. 3, 
 
 1880, Fanny Hallock Rouse. Office, 
 111 Broadway, Xew York City; resi- 
 dence, 85 Berkeley Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. 
 
 Chase, William Martin 
 
 Jurist; b., Canaan, X. H., Dec. 27, 
 1837; s. Horace and Abigail S. (Martin) 
 Chase; ed. public schools, Canaan 
 Union Academy, Kimball Union 
 Academy, Dartmouth College, B. S. 
 1858, hon. A.M. 1879, LL.D., 1898, 
 admitted to X T . H. bar, 1862, and in 
 practice in Concord, as a member of 
 the firms of Marshall & Chase, Sargent 
 & Chase and Chase & Streeter, till 
 1891, when appointed associate justice 
 of the X. H. supreme court, serving 
 till 1907, when he resumed practice 
 alone; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 clerk, N. H. senate, 1871; member, 
 Concord board of education, for twenty 
 years; trustee, N. H. state library, 1874, 
 X T . H. state normal school, 1876-8; 
 member, Concord board of water 
 
 commissioners, 1S77-91; chairman, 
 commission to revise and codify the 
 laws of New Hampshire under act of
 
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 21 
 
 1889, upon whose report the Public 
 Statutes were enacted in 1891 ; member, 
 N. H. senate, 1909-10, serving on 
 judiciary revision of statutes and other 
 committees; director, First National 
 Bank of Concord, from 1870; clerk, 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad; trustee, 
 Dartmouth College, since 1890 and 
 clerk of the corporation; member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., N. E. Historic-Geneal- 
 ogical Soc., Wonolancet Club, Con- 
 cord, honorary member Dartmouth 
 Phi Beta Kappa Soc.; engaged as a 
 lawyer in much important litigation, 
 and extensively consulted as counsel; 
 m., March 18, 1863, p:ilen S. Abbott; 
 one s., Arthur H. Chase. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Spaulding, Holland Harty 
 
 Manufacturer, ex-governor; b., 
 Townsend Harbor, Mass., March 15, 
 1873; s. Jonas and Elvira (Chase) 
 Spaulding; ed., Phillips Andover Acad- 
 emy, Andover, Mass., class of 1893; 
 entered business in 1895, and has since 
 continued, in the firm established by 
 his father, now Jonas Spaulding Sons 
 Co. (Inc.), manufacturers of leather- 
 board, counters, novelties, etc., at 
 Townsend Harbor, Mass., Rochester, 
 North Rochester and Milton, N. H., 
 and Tonawanda, N. Y.; vice-presi- 
 dent, Spaulding & Frost Co., Fremont, 
 N. H.; director, Spaulding & Sons 
 (Ltd.), London, England, Inter- 
 national Leather Co., Atlas Leather 
 Co., First National Bank, Rochester, 
 N. H., United Life and Accident Ins. 
 Co., Concord, N. H.; Protestant; Re- 
 publican; delegate, Republican national 
 convention, 1912; governor of New 
 Hampshire, 1915-16; vice-president, 
 New Hampshire Defence League, 1917; 
 vice-chairman, executive committee, 
 New Hampshire Committee of Safety. 
 Residence, North Rochester, N. H. 
 
 v 
 Bean, Edwin Curtis 
 
 Secretary of state; b., Gilmanton, 
 N. H., Feb. 20, 1854; s. John C. and 
 Clirnenia (Burleigh) Bean; ed. com- 
 mon schools, Tilton Seminary and 
 private tutors; engaged for thirty years 
 
 in mercantile business in Belmont, 
 N.H.; Baptist; Republican; town clerk, 
 1881-2; postmaster, 1878-84; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1887, 
 1913, 1915 (speaker in 1915); delegate 
 to Republican national convention, 
 1904; delegate, N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1912; colonel on staff of 
 Gov. John McLane, 1905-6; secretary 
 
 of state since 1915; trustee, City 
 Savings Bank, Laconia, lona Savings 
 Bank, Tilton; president, N. H. Retail 
 Merchants Ass'n three years; member, 
 Lawrence Grange, P. of H., Knights of 
 Pythias, Mason; m., Oct. 10, 1882, 
 Marietta Bowman, East-port, Me.; 
 children, Helen M., John C. (d. March 
 23, 1910), Arthur E., Edna C. Resi- 
 dence, Belmont, N. H. 
 
 Felker, Andrew Llewellyn 
 
 Farmer; b., Barrington, N. H., July 
 6, 1869; s. Andrew J. and Lydia A. 
 (Seavey) Felker; ed. Pond Hill school, 
 Barrington, Austin Academy, Straff ord, 
 New Hampton Literary Institution, 
 New Hampton, N. II.; engaged in farm-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 ing in the town of Meredith since 
 Jan., 1897; Free Baptist; Independent 
 Democrat; selectman, Meredith, 1898- 
 9; member, school board, ten years; 
 appointed commissioner of agriculture 
 
 by Gov. Samuel D. Felker in 1913; 
 twice nominated for reappointment by 
 Gov. Holland H. Spaulding in 191tj, 
 council refusing confirmation on par- 
 tisan grounds; renominated by Gov. 
 Henry W. Keyos in 1917, and unani- 
 mously confirmed; member. Chocorua 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,' Meredith, 
 Wicwas Lake Grange, P. of II., 
 master, 1904; district deputy; lectu- 
 rer, N. H. State Grange, "1910-14, 
 overseer since 1914; secretary, N. II. 
 Old Home Week Ass'n since 1914; has 
 spoken extensively on agricultural and 
 kindred topics at fanners' institutes, 
 Grange gatherings and various public 
 meetings throughout the state; in., Dec. 
 f), 1X<>4. Eva .1. Perkins of Meredith; 
 three sons, Louis K. and Harold P., 
 students at New Hampshire College, 
 and Walter A. Residence, Laconia, 
 N. II.: address, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Watson, Irving Allison 
 
 Physician; b., Salisbury, N. H., Sept. 
 6, 1849; s. Porter B. and Luvia E. 
 (Ladd) Watson; ed. common schools, 
 Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Colle- 
 giate Institute; studied medicine; at- 
 tended lectures, Dartmouth Medical 
 College and University of Vermont; 
 grad. from latter, M.D., 1871 (A.M., 
 Dartmouth, 1885) ; practiced Groveton, 
 N. H., 1871-81; since then in Concord; 
 several years superintendent of schools 
 at Groveton, member N. H. legislature, 
 1879-81 ; secretary N. H. state board of 
 health since organization, Sept., 1881; 
 secretary N. H. commissioners of lun- 
 acy; registrar vital statistics of New 
 Hampshire; president of state board 
 cattle commissioners from 1891 to 
 1913; secretary, American Public 
 Health Ass'n, 1883-97; president, Inter- 
 national Conference State and Provin- 
 
 cial Boards of H( 
 secretary-general, 
 medical congress; 
 American Medic 
 member, Academi 
 
 alth, 
 first 
 perm 
 
 al A.> 
 Xac 
 
 1903; 
 
 Pan- 
 
 anent 
 
 istant 
 American 
 member, 
 honorarv 
 de Medi-
 
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 cinade Mexico; member, Soci^t^ Fran- 
 caised' Hygiene of Paris; president, N. 
 H. Medical Soc., 1903; National Ass'n 
 for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- 
 culosis; compiled and edited: Physicians 
 and Surgeons of America; N. H. regis- 
 tration reports since 1881; reports 
 state board of health since 1882; re- 
 ports American Public Health Ass'n, 
 1883-97; Reports N. H. commissioners 
 of lunacy; author of many papers on 
 medical and sanitary subjects; m., 1872, 
 Lena A. Farr of Littleton, N. H., who 
 d. Jan. 30, 1901; one dau., Bertha M. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Gay, George Washington 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Swan- 
 zey, N. H., Jan. 14, 1842; s. Willard 
 and Fanny (Wright) Gay; ed. com- 
 mon schools, Mt. Caesar Seminary, 
 Swanzey, Powers Institute, Bernards- 
 town, Mass., Harvard Medical School, 
 M.D., 1868, A.M. Dartmouth, 1895; 
 has practiced continuously in Boston 
 since graduation, specializing in surgery ; 
 surgeon, Boston City Hospital, since 
 1872; instructor in clinical surgery, 
 1888-1900, Harvard Medical School, 
 and lecturer, 1900-07; member, Mass. 
 Medical Soc. (president, 1906-8), Amer- 
 ican Medical Soc., American Surgical 
 Ass'n, British Medical Ass'n, St. Bot- 
 olph Club, N. H. Historical Soc.; presi- 
 dent, Suffolk Storage Warehouse Co.; 
 trustee, Wrentham School for Feeble- 
 minded; Unitarian; m., 1st, Nov., 1868, 
 Mary E. Hutchinson, whod. Feb., 1873; 
 2d, Nov., 1875, Grace Greenleaf Ha- 
 thorne. Office, 665 Boylston St., Bos- 
 ton, Mass.; residence, Chestnut Hill, 
 Mass. 
 
 Allen, Carl Addison 
 
 Physician; b., Lempster, X. H., Oct. 
 27, 1847; s. Stephen and Phoebe 
 (Lewis) Allen; ed. common schools, 
 private academies, Kimball Union 
 Academy, Meriden, 1S71; Long Island 
 College Hospital, M.D., 1874; com- 
 menced medical practice at Acworth, 
 N. H., Dec., 1874, continuing till 1890 
 when he removed to Holyoke, Mass., 
 where he continues; Congregationalist; 
 
 Independent; superintendent of schools, 
 Lempster, 1872, Acworth, 1876-86; 
 president, Connecticut River Medical 
 Soc., president, Hampden County 
 Medical Soc.; president, Holyoke Medi- 
 cal Soc.; president, Holyoke Anti- 
 Tuberculosis Soc.; Secretary, Holyoke 
 chapter, American Red Cross ; member, 
 I. O. O. F.; m., 1st, Sophie E. Stearns, 
 May 19, 1875, who d. Dec. 19, 1888; 2d, 
 March 25, 1891, Hattie M. Murdough; 
 children, Walter S. (Amherst, 1900), 
 
 superintendent of the laboratory of the 
 General Chemical Co., New York; 
 Fred H. (Amherst, 1902, Harvard 
 Medical School, 1907), in practice in 
 Holyoke, specializing in diseases of chil- 
 dren; Sophie E. (Mt. Holyoke, 1909), 
 secretary to the dean of Columbia Col- 
 lege, New York; Carl W. (Massachu- 
 setts Agricultural College, 1914), chem- 
 ist in employ of the General Chemical 
 Co., New York; Raymond P.. pay- 
 master, Fan Alpaca Co., Holyoke; Le- 
 land C. at home. Residence. Holyoke, 
 Mass.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Bean, George Fremont 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., March 
 24, 1857; s. Stephen Sibley and Nancy 
 E. (Colby) Bean; ed. Warner public 
 schools, Simonds free high school, 
 Warner, Colby Academy, New London, 
 N. H., 18S7, Brown University, 
 A.B., 1881, A.M., 1884; studied law 
 with Hon. Samuel C. Eastman of 
 Concord, and graduated, LL.B., from 
 Boston University Law School, 1885; 
 admitted to the bar in Boston same 
 
 year and has been in general practice 
 there since, establishing his residence 
 in Woburn; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; mayor of Woburn, 1901-2; 
 member, Woburn school board from 
 1896 to 1908, half the time as chairman, 
 and declining further election; member, 
 Mass, house of representatives, 1910; 
 trustee, Choate Memorial Hospital, 
 Woburn; trustee, Warren Academy; 
 chairman, trustees of the Brown 
 Alumni Loyalty Fund; member, advi- 
 sory board of the Brown Alumni; 
 member, Towanda Club of Woburn; 
 in., Sept. 2, 1890, E. Maria Blodgett, 
 
 who d. April 16, 1917; Mrs. Bean was 
 a sister of the late Judge John T. Blod- 
 gett of the supreme court of Rhode 
 Island, a graduate of Wellesley, a 
 teacher and earnest worker along edu- 
 cational, church and charitable lines; 
 children, Esther (Mrs. Orel M. Bean), 
 Wellesley, 1909; Stephen Sibley, 
 Brown, 1914. Residence, Woburn, 
 Mass.; office, Rice Building, Boston. 
 
 Perley, Sir George Halsey 
 
 Lumber manufacturer; high com- 
 missioner; b., Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 12, 
 1857; s. William G. and Mabel Tick- 
 nor (Stevens) Perley; ed. Ottawa 
 grammar school, St. Paul's School, 
 Concord, N. H., Harvard University, 
 A.B., 1878; vice-president, Hull Lum- 
 ber Co.; president, Argenteuil Lumber 
 Co.; director, Bank of Ottawa; many 
 years vice-president, Canada Atlantic 
 Railway ; elected to House of Commons 
 for Argenteuil, 1904, 1908, 1911; on 
 defeat of the Laurier Administration, 
 in 1911, became a member of the 
 Privy Council, and accepted a seat in 
 the Borden Cabinet without portfolio; 
 in charge of office of High Commissioner 
 for Canada, in London, since June, 
 1914; m., 1st. June 4, 1884, Annie 
 Hespeler Bowlby, who d. Aug. 10, 1910; 
 2d, June 11, 1913, Emily Colby White; 
 one dan. Residence, 233 Metcalfe 
 St.; office, Citizen's Building, Ot- 
 tawa, Ontario. 
 
 McCrillis, John 
 
 Lawyer, insurance, banker; b., 
 Goshen, N. H., Aug. 5, 1858; s. Wil- 
 liam H. and Abby (Huntoon) McCril- 
 lis; ed. Newport high school, Kimball 
 Union Academy, Dartmouth College, 
 1883; principal, Morris, Minn., 
 high school, 1883-4, Springfield, Vt., 
 high school, 1884-6; read law with 
 Albert S. Wait of Newport; admitted 
 to the bar, 1889; clerk of Supreme 
 or Superior Court for Sullivan County 
 since 1886; extensively engaged in 
 insurance; Unitarian; Democrat; 
 many years member N. II . Democratic 
 state committee; member, Newport 
 board of education, 1887-90; auditor,
 
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 Sullivan County, ten years; trustee, 
 N. H. State Hospital, ten years; mem- 
 ber, Newport water and sewer com- 
 mission, eight years, cemetery com- 
 mission, seven years; president, First 
 
 National Bank of Newport; trustee, 
 Newport Savings Bank; director, Dex- 
 ter Richards & Sons Co.; treasurer, di- 
 rector and clerk, Brampton Woolen Co.; 
 member and past master. Mount Vernon 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport; Sulli- 
 van Commandery, K. T., Claremont; 
 m., Sept. 26, 1895, Mary E. Wilmarth 
 of Newport; two sons, John Wilmarth 
 and William Henry. Residence, New- 
 port, N. H. 
 
 Keeler, Irad Eugene 
 
 Register of probate of Merrimaek 
 County; b., Greenport, N. Y., March 
 7, 1X08; s. Rev. Samuel Crofut and Lydia 
 (Williams) Keeler, both of whom were 
 natives of Connecticut; his father 
 divided about equally between the 
 states of New York and New Hamp- 
 shire a service of nearly half a century 
 in the Methodist ministry, tilling 
 
 many of the leading pastorates and 
 rising to a presiding eldership in the 
 latter state. He has been a resident of 
 New Hampshire since 1877; educated 
 in the public schools, graduating from 
 Keene high school in 1886; after a 
 year of clerical work in New York 
 City, he came to Concord, in 1887, 
 where he has since resided; was for 
 twenty-five years a .correspondent 
 consecutively of the Manchester Union? 
 Manchester Minor, Boston Globe and 
 various metropolitan dailies; also con- 
 ducted a general insurance business; 
 a tenor soloist and member of several 
 choirs of Capital city churches and of 
 various secular organizations during a 
 period of twenty-five years; Repub- 
 lican; member of the legislature of 
 1911 from Ward 0, Concord, serving 
 on appropriations and insurance com- 
 mittees; nominated in 1912 for regis- 
 
 ter of probate for Merrimack County, 
 carrying 31 out of 37 towns and wards, 
 in competition with two well-known 
 and active opponents; elected to this 
 office in 1912, and twice re-elected
 
 LILIAN C. STHEETER
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 27 
 
 without opposition in the primaries 
 and having the highest majority over 
 his Democratic opponents of any 
 candidate on the Republican ticket; 
 member, Eureka Lodge No. 70, A. F. 
 & A. M., South Congregational Church, 
 Capital Grange, Wonolancet Club and 
 N. H. Historical Society; m., Dec. 17, 
 1901, Edith M. Burleigh of Concord; 
 one son, Richard Hall. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Streeter, Lilian Carpenter 
 
 (Mrs. Frank S.) ; b., Bath, N. H., July 
 22, 1854; dau. Chief Justice Alonzo P. 
 and Julia R. (Goodall) Carpenter 
 (grand-daughter of Rev. David Good- 
 all, first minister of Littleton, N. H.); 
 ed. by private teachers and at St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; m., Bath, N. 
 H., Nov. 14, 1877, Frank Sherwin 
 Streeter of Concord; Episcopalian, 
 member St. Paul's church, Concord; 
 active in social, charitable and philan- 
 thropic work; founder and first presi- 
 dent of the Concord Woman's Club, 
 and of the N. H. Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, of which latter she is now honor- 
 ary president; one of the organizers of 
 the Concord Charity Organization, and 
 vice-president from 1903 till 1910; 
 secretary, N. H. Board of Charities 
 and Correction, from 1899 to 1901, and 
 chairman 1901-11; chairman, Com- 
 mittee on Dependent Children, State 
 Conference of Charities and Cor- 
 rection, since 1901; chairman, N. H. 
 Children's Commission, 1913-15, her 
 report having been called for from all 
 over the country by social workers and 
 state and college libraries; secretary, 
 Concord District Nursing Association, 
 from its organization in 1899 till 1909 
 and president from 1909 to 1913 now 
 honorary president; member, Ameri- 
 can Academy of Political and Social 
 Science National Conference of Chari- 
 ties and Corrections, National Organi- 
 zation for PubliclIealthNursingjmem- 
 ber of the Social Service Commission 
 of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of 
 New Hampshire; member of the Social 
 Service Commission of the Provin- 
 cial Synod of New England the only 
 
 woman on the board; representative 
 from New Hampshire at the National 
 Conference on Dependent Children, 
 held at the White House in Jan., 1909, 
 on call of President Roosevelt; mem- 
 ber, visiting committee, Orphans' 
 Home, St. Paul's School, Concord; 
 member, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R.; 
 treasurer, National Society Colonial 
 Dames of America, for New Hampshire; 
 member, executive committee, N. H. 
 Branch National Civic Federation; 
 member, Woman's, Shakespeare, 
 Friendly, Golf and Country clubs, 
 Concord, and Mayflower Club, Boston, 
 Mass.; anti-suffragist. Residence, 
 Concord, N.H. 
 
 Pillsbury, Albert Enoch 
 
 Lawyer; b., Milford, N. H., Aug. 
 19, 1849; s. Josiah Webster and Eliza- 
 beth (Dinsmoor) Pillsbury; ed. Law- 
 rence Academy, Groton, Mass., grad- 
 uating 1867, Harvard University, 
 1867-9 (honorary A.M., 1891; LL.D., 
 Harvard University, 1913); admitted 
 to the Massachusetts bar in 1870, and 
 since in practice in Boston; Repub- 
 lican; member, Mass, house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1876-7-8; Senate, 1884- 
 5-6 (president, 1885-6); attorney- 
 general of Massachusetts, 1891-4; 
 lecturer on constitutional law, Boston 
 University Law School, 1896; director 
 and trustee in various banking insti- 
 tutions; trustee, Lawrence Academy; 
 member, World Peace Foundation, 
 International Law Ass'n, American 
 Academy of Political and Social 
 Science, N. H. Historical Society, 
 Algonquin, Art and University clubs, 
 and various other organizations. Res- 
 idence, 175 Bay State Road; office, 
 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Chase, Olin Hosea 
 
 Printer and publisher; b., Spring- 
 field, N. II., Aug. 24, 1S75; s. Hosea B. 
 and Eveline H. (Kidder) Chase; ed. 
 Newport High School; learned print- 
 er's trade in Republican Champion 
 office, Newport, commencing in 1893 
 and continuing in that establishment 
 until May, 1917, becoming editor and
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 publisher Jan . , 1 900 ; Republican ; served 
 as town clerk of Newport for twelve 
 years, from March, 1904; representa- 
 tive in N. H. legislature in 1913-14 
 and 1915-16, being elected speaker of 
 the house upon the resignation of 
 
 Edwin C. Bean to take the office of 
 secretary of state; commissioner of 
 motor vehicles since Sept., 1916; 
 second lieutenant in First N. H. Vols. 
 in the Spanish war, and captain for five 
 years in the N. H. National (iuard; 
 Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner; 
 unmarried. Residence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney 
 
 Woolen manufacturer; b.. West 
 Newbury, Mass., Nov. 25, 1881; s. 
 Charles F. and Alice Greenleaf 
 (Purington) Rollins; ed. Newburyport, 
 Mass., high school, Dartmouth College, 
 1904; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 treasurer, Dexter Richards & Sons Co., 
 Newport, N. H.; president, X. H. 
 Manufacturers Ass'n, 1915-16; trustee, 
 Richards Free Library, since 1910; 
 member, school board, 1913; trustee, 
 
 Carrie F. Wright Hospital, 1913; 
 Mason; member, Sullivan Command- 
 ery, K. T., Claremont; Bektash 
 Temple, N. M. S., Concord; University 
 Club, Boston; University Club, New 
 York; m., Aug. 17, 1909, Louise F., 
 dau. of the late Col. Seth M. Richards 
 of Newport; children, Bettina, b. 1910; 
 Linda, b. 1911; Louise, b. 1915. Resi- 
 dence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Chamberlin, Henry Eastman 
 
 City clerk; b., Newbury, Vt., May 
 28, 1854; s. Charles and Ruth (East- 
 man) Chamberlin; ed. public schools; 
 went west in early youth and learned 
 railway telegraphy, at Union City, 
 Ind., returning in 1873; employed as 
 train dispatcher for the Northern 
 R. R., at Concord, under George E. 
 Todd, 1873 to 1875, when appointed 
 
 station agent at Penacook, continuing 
 eighteen years; superintendent, Concord 
 Street Ry., from April, 1893 till April, 
 1901; superintendent, Street Ry., 
 Dallas, Tex., 1902; city clerk and 
 overseer of the poor, Concord, N. H.,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 29 
 
 since 1903; Republican; member, 
 Concord board of aldermen, from Ward 
 1, 1893-4; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1897-8; Mason, mem- 
 ber lodge, chapter, council and com- 
 mandery, S. of V., past commander, 
 N. H. Div.; m., Nov. 23, 1875, Mary 
 E. Livengood; three daus., Myla, 
 lyla, and Ruth Elizabeth. Residence, 
 West Concord, N. H. 
 
 Cutter, Guy Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Jaffrey N. H., Aug. 1, 
 1882; s. Lucius A. and Corrisende 
 
 mission, 1915, reappointed 1917; mem- 
 ber, I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club, 
 Concord; m., June 30, 1915, Marion L. 
 Burns. Address, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Mclntyre, Daniel 
 
 Clergyman; b., Jamestown, Scot- 
 land, May 23, 1866; s. Finlay and 
 Ann (Donald) Mclntyre; came to 
 Dover, N. H., May 29, 1873; ed. pub- 
 lic schools. Dover, graduating from 
 high school in 1886; Bowdoin Col- 
 lege, Brunswick, Me., 1892; Andover, 
 Mass., Theological Seminary, 1894; 
 
 (Lawrence) Cutter; ed. Jaffrey and 
 Winchendon, Mass., high schools, 
 Clark College, 1905, Harvard Law 
 School, 1908; admitted to the bar in 
 Massachusetts, 190S, in New Hamp- 
 shire in 1909; practiced three years, 
 with offices in Jaffrey and Winchen- 
 don, Mass., residing in Jaffrey, where 
 he still retains his legal residence; 
 Congregationalist; Democrat; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives from 
 Jaffrey, 1909-11-13; state auditor, 
 1914; member, X. H. bank com- 
 
 ordained and installed pastor, Con- 
 gregational church, Barrington, N. H., 
 Sept. 5, 1S94, continuing till 1900, East 
 Fail-field, Vt., 1900-03, Pawlet, Vt., 
 1903-6, Townshend, Vt., 1906-11, 
 Westminster West, Vt., 1911-14, 
 Barnstead, X. H., 1914-16; became 
 pastor of Second Congregational 
 church at Ossipee, and chaplain of 
 Carroll County almshouse and jail, 
 July 1, 1916; Republican; super- 
 intendent, of public schools, Town- 
 shend, Vt., 1907-11; Mason, Odd
 
 30 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Patron 
 of Husbandry; m., Mary Louise Hol- 
 land Drew, Feb. 2, 1900; children, 
 Jonathan Drew, b. July 19, 1901; 
 Carrie Ellen, b. July S, 1908; Mary 
 Elizabeth b. May 17, 1917. Residence, 
 Ossipee, N. H. 
 
 Edes, Samuel Harcourt 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Newport, 
 N. H., Nov. 9, 1881; s. George C. and 
 Elizabeth Mary (Lyons) Edes; ed. 
 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport, and 
 N. H. Historical Soc.; unmarried. 
 Residence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Hirst, Edgar Clarkson 
 
 Forester; b., Yellow Springs, Ohio, 
 Aug. 31, 1882; s. John Janney and 
 Mary (Bowe) Hirst; ed. Yellow 
 Springs public schools, Antioch Pre- 
 paratory School, Ohio State University 
 (B.A), Yale Forest School, (M.F.); en- 
 gaged in lumbering previous to appoint- 
 
 Xewport high school, University of 
 (Jeorgia, University of Virginia; editor 
 and proprietor of the .V. //. Argus mid 
 Spectator, at Newport since 1907; 
 captain, company M, 1st N. H. 
 Infantry, serving seven months in 
 the expedition to the Mexican border, 
 191t>-17; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 member, N. H. senate from Dis- 
 trict No. 7 a normally Republican 
 district in legislature of 1913-14, 
 serving on committees on judiciary, 
 education, state hospital and soldiers' 
 home, and joint standing committee 
 on engrossed hills; member, Mt. Vernon 
 
 ment asstate forester of New Hampshire 
 when the department was organized 
 on its present basis, in 1909. In addi- 
 tion to regular duties has spoken 
 extensively on forestry topics, at 
 farmers' institutes, board of trade 
 gatherings, (Jrange meetings, etc.; 
 Unitarian; Mason; member, Delta 
 Epsilon fraternity, Cosmos Club, 
 Washington, D. C., Wonolancet Club, 
 Concord; m., Dec. 1, 1914, Mary 
 Walker Stillings, dan. Dr. F. A. 
 Stillings of Concord; one son. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 31 
 
 Everett, Frederic Elwin 
 
 Civil engineer: b., New London, N. 
 H., April 16, 1876; s. Benjamin G. 
 and Sarah E. (Johnson) Everett; ed. 
 
 Colby Academy, New London, class 
 of 1896; three years in Massachu- 
 setts Institute of Technology; en- 
 gineer, park department, Cambridge, 
 Mass., 1900-6; division engineer, N. 
 H. highway department, 1906-14; 
 N. H. Commissioner of Highways 
 since 1915; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 Mason, Knight Templar, member, 
 Wonolancet Club, Patron of Hus- 
 bandry; m., Sept. 12, 1900, Gertrude 
 E. Lamson; children, Douglas Newton, 
 Barbara, Miriam. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N.H. 
 
 Halloran, James Ambrose 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. II., Oct. 11, 
 1870; s. Dennis and Mary (O'Brien) 
 Halloran; ed. Concord public schools 
 and by private tutors; studied law in 
 the office of the late Judge John M. 
 Mitchell of Concord; graduated, LL.B., 
 
 from the Harvard Law School in 1897 
 and admitted to the Massachusetts 
 bar; associated in practice with Hon. 
 Geo. Fred Williams, ex-minister to 
 Greece, whose partner he was for 
 many years, prior to 1910 under firm 
 name of Williams & Halloran ; member, 
 bar of U. S. Supreme court; counsel 
 for Town of Norwood, Mass., since 
 1907, and incumbent of various other 
 town offices; experienced in corpora- 
 tion matters; associate justice, North- 
 ern Norfolk District court; director, 
 Norwood National Bank, Norwood, 
 and Prudential Trust Co., Boston, 
 Mass.; (trustee, Norwood Civic Ass'n; 
 member, Norfolk County Bar Ass'n, 
 Massachusetts Bar Ass'n, American 
 Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts State Board 
 of Trade (vice-president eleven years), 
 Norwood board of trade (president, 
 1903-5), Boston Athletic Ass'n, Har- 
 
 vard and Economic clubs; Catholic; 
 Independent Democrat; unmarried. 
 Residence, Norwood, Mass.; office, 
 15 State St., Boston.
 
 HON. WILBUR H. POWERS
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 33 
 
 Powers, Wilbur Howard 
 
 Lawyer; b., Croydon, N. H., Jan. 
 22, 1849; s. Elias and Emeline (White) 
 Powers; ed. common schools, Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, 1871, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1875, Boston Univer- 
 sity Law School, 1878; admitted to 
 the bar in New Hampshire, Aug., 
 1878, and in Massachusetts in No- 
 vember following, opening an office and 
 commencing practice in Boston Jan. 
 22, 1879, where he has since continued; 
 the late Henry H. Folsom was for 
 some years associated with him, and, 
 later, his son, Walter Powers, was ad- 
 mitted to the firm, which was known as 
 Powers, Folsom & Powers; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member, Mass, house 
 of representatives, 1890-91-92; park 
 commissioner, Hyde Park, 1893-1902, 
 chairman three years; member, school 
 committee, Hyde Park, 1900-9, chair- 
 man seven years; presidential elector, 
 1896; holds membership with the 
 Masons, Golden Cross, Royal Arca- 
 num, Sons and Daughters of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution; president, National 
 Fraternal Congress of America, 1913- 
 14; retains a deep interest in his 
 native town and state, and was orator 
 of the day at the 150th anniversary 
 celebration in Croydon, Aug. 24, 
 1916; m., 1st, May 1, 1888, Emily 
 Owen, who d. Dec. 13, 1912; 2d, 
 Lottie I. Koehler (nee Mills \ May 17, 
 1914; children, Walter Powers, b. 
 Aug. 3, 1885, now in partnership with 
 his father; Myra, b. May 20, 1889, 
 d. March 4, 1916. Office, 209 Wash- 
 ington St., Boston; residence, 114 
 Naples Rd., Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Ahern, William Joseph 
 
 Secretary, N. H. board of charities 
 and corrections; b., Concord, N. H., 
 May 19, 1855; s. William and Bridget 
 (Leary) Ahern; ed. Concord public 
 schools; engaged many years in mer- 
 cantile life; Catholic; Democrat; com- 
 missioner, Merrimack county, 1887-91, 
 chairman last two years; deputv sheriff 
 and jailer, 1891-2; member, "N. H. 
 house of representatives, eleven terms, 
 serving generally on appropriations 
 
 committee (chairman in 1913), a longer 
 legislative service than that of any 
 man now living with a single excep- 
 tion; secretary, state board of charities 
 and correction, since 1901 ; chairman, 
 trustees State School for Feeble Minded, 
 1901-14; chairman, Board of Control 
 of State Institutions, 1914-15; active in 
 party affairs and several times member 
 
 of Democratic state committee, treas- 
 urer, 1001-2; delegate Democratic Na- 
 tional Convention, 1000; member, A. 
 O. H., Knights of Columbus, Foresters 
 of America, Elks and Wonolancet Club; 
 m., Nov. 30, 1876, Catherine Cotter; 
 children, Frank G., Mary Grace (Mrs. 
 John F. Sullivan), William ,1. Jr., 
 John Mite-hell, Robert Leo. Residence, 
 Concord, X. II. 
 
 Hook, Andrew Jackson 
 
 General business; b., Cornish, N. H., 
 Dec. 7, 1864; s. Moody and Eliza B. 
 (Carroll) Hook; ed. common schools 
 and Bryant it Strat ton's Business 
 College, Manchester; in employ of A. 
 C. Carroll & Son, general merchants, at
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Warner, for six years; landlord, 
 Kearsarge Hotel, one year, in retail 
 grain trade, seven years; postmaster of 
 Warner, 1898 to 1910; since then has 
 maintained a general business office 
 conducting a large lumber, real estate 
 and insurance business. He is a 
 trustee of the Sugar River Savings 
 Bank of Newport and agent for the 
 Citizens National Bank of that town. 
 Republican; has served as town clerk, 
 selectman, member of the high school 
 
 Brown, Edmund H. 
 
 Register of deeds Merrimack Countv ; 
 b., Fisherville (now Penacook), N. H., 
 Oct. 29, 1857; s. Henry H. and Lucre- 
 tia (Symonds) Brown; ed. Penacook 
 Academy (class of 1876), Massachu- 
 setts Institute of Technology, special 
 course; superintendent, Concord Axle 
 Co., 1887-97; member, mercantile firm 
 of Foote, Brown & Co., Penacook, 
 1897-1911; register of deeds for Mer- 
 rimack County since 1911; Repub- 
 
 committee, and has been town treasurer 
 for the hist twenty years; member of 
 the N. H. house of representatives, 
 1917-18, serving on the committee on 
 insurance, and chairman of the com- 
 mittee on liquor laws, taking an active 
 part in the enactment of the Lewis pro- 
 hibitory bill, also as chairman of the 
 Merrimack County delegation. He is 
 a 32d degree Mason and Shriner, also a 
 Patron of Husbandry and present sec- 
 retary of the N. H. Grange Life Insu- 
 rance Assn.; in. Nov. 24. 1SSS, Florence 
 Bell Colby of Warner; no children. 
 Residence, Warner, N. H. 
 
 lican; representative from Ward 1, 
 Concord, in N. H. legislature, 1893-4, 
 1905-6; state senator from District 
 No. 11 (old), 1895-6; trustee, Colby 
 Academy; director, Concord Axle Co., 
 trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank; 
 Baptist; member, Penacook Baptist 
 church, forty-six years (deacon twenty 
 years); member, Horace Chase Lodge, 
 A. F. <t A. M. (past master), Trinity 
 Chapter, Horace Chase Council, Mt. 
 Horeb Comrnandery (commander); re- 
 ceived all Scottish rite degrees to and 
 including the 32d; m., Oct. 11, 1881, 
 Marv Belle Proctor; children, Helen
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 35 
 
 L., b. Oct. 3, 1882; Howard H., b. 
 June 15, 1884; William P. (died in 
 infancy). Residence, Penacook, N. H. 
 
 Fellows, William Bainbridge 
 
 Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H., July 5, 
 1858; s. Col. Enoch Q. and Mary E. 
 (Quimby) Fellows; ed. Tilton Seminary, 
 1876, 'Dartmouth College, 1880; 
 studied law with Hon. E. A. Hibbard 
 of Laconia; admitted to the bar, Sept., 
 1883, in practice at Tilton since 1885; 
 Republican; sergeant-at-arms, N. H. 
 senate, 1881; clerk, U. S. senate com- 
 mittee on claims, 1885-7; solicitor, Bel- 
 knap county, 1889-91, 1893-7; judge 
 of probate, Belknap county, 1895-1909; 
 N. H. state auditor, 1909-11; secretary, 
 state board of equalization, 1901-8; 
 member, N. H. special tax commission, 
 1908; member and secretary, N. H. 
 tax commission, since 1911; member, 
 N. H. constitutional conventions, 
 1902, 1912; treasurer, town of Tilton, 
 1902, 1906; trustee. Tilton Seminary, 
 1896; trustee, Tilton & Northfield 
 Library Ass'n, 1887- ; trustee, Hall 
 Memorial Library building, 1901- ; 
 m., 1st, Nov. 1, 1881, Ida G. Scribner, 
 who d. Jan. 14, 1908; 2d, Aug. 24, 1909, 
 Clara D. Merriman; children, by first 
 wife, John H., Paul R. Residence, 
 Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Burroughs, Sherman Everett 
 
 Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, N. H., 
 Fob. 6, 1870; s. John H. and Helen 
 M. (Baker) Burroughs; descendant, 
 on paternal side, of George Burroughs 
 who served under General Heath at 
 tho siege of Boston, and on the ma- 
 ternal side, of Captains Joseph Baker 
 and John Lovewell of Indian and 
 Colonial War fame; ed. public schools 
 of Dunbarton and Bow, Concord 
 high school, class of 1890, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., class of 1894, Columbian 
 University Law School, LL.B., 1896, 
 LL.M. 1897; admitted to the District 
 of Columbia bar, 1896, New Hamp- 
 shire bar, 1897; commenced practice 
 in Manchester in 1897; continued alone 
 two years, then becoming a member of 
 
 the firm of Taggart, Tuttle, Burroughs 
 & Wyman, where he has continued, 
 the firm now being Taggart, Burroughs, 
 Wyman & McLane; Republican; 
 private secretary to Congressman 
 Henry M. Baker, 1894-7; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1901- 
 3; elected to the U.S. house of repre- 
 sentatives, to fill the vacancy occa- 
 sioned by the death of Cyrus A. 
 Sulloway, May 29, 1917; member, 
 state board of equalization, 1909-10; 
 
 member, state board of charities and 
 corrections, 1901-1917; chairman from 
 1911; president, N. H. Children's Aid 
 and Protective Spc.; Episcopalian; 
 treasurer, Grace Episcopal church, and 
 trustee. Orphans' Home, Concord, 
 N. H.; member, Washington Lodge, 
 A. V. & A. M., Manchester; Scottish 
 Rite Mason; member, Derryfield and 
 Country clubs; m., April 21, 1898, 
 Helen S. Phillips; four sons, Robert 
 Phillips, John Hamilton, Sherman 
 Everett, Jr., and Henry Baker. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H.
 
 Ho.v. SAMUEL 0. EASTMAN
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 37 
 
 Eastman, Samuel Coffin 
 
 Lawyer, banker, manufacturer; b., 
 Concord, N. H., July 11, 1837; s. 
 Seth and Sarah (Coffin) Eastman, and 
 descendant of Capt. Ebenezer East- 
 man, first settler of Concord; ed. public 
 schools, Rockingham Academy, Hamp- 
 ton Falls, N .H ., Brown University, A. M ., 
 1857, Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1859; 
 commenced practice of law in Concord 
 and has since continued, giving special 
 attention to insurance and corporation 
 law; Episcopalian; Republican; city 
 treasurer of Concord during Civil 
 War period; for twelve years member 
 of the Concord board of education; 
 member N. H. house of representa- 
 tives in 1883, and elected speaker; 
 again member of house in 1893, 
 serving on judiciary committee and 
 chairman national affairs; president, 
 Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co., which 
 he organized in 1895; president, N. H. 
 Savings Bank, for the last twenty 
 years; president, Concord <fc Ports- 
 mouth R. II.; president, Eagle & 
 Phenix Hotel Co.; director and treas- 
 urer, Profile & Flume Co.; pres- 
 ident, N. H. Spinning Mills; presi- 
 dent, Abbot & Downing Co.; several 
 years director and treasurer, Eastern 
 R. R. in New Hampshire; some time 
 president of the Margaret Pillsbury 
 General Hospital; member, Reorgan- 
 ization Committee, St. Louis & San 
 Francisco R. R.; member, N. 11. 
 Historical Society, which he has served 
 as corresponding secretary, librarian 
 and president, and was instrumental, 
 with B. A. Kimball, in establishing 
 location of its new building, as he was, 
 with W. E. Chandler, in fixing the 
 .site of the U. S. Government build- 
 ing; president, Associated Alumni of 
 Brown University, 1906-7; member, 
 Union Club of Boston and Alpha 
 Delta Phi and University Club, of 
 New York; member and past presi- 
 dent, N. H. Bar Ass'n; member, 
 American Bar Ass'n., and delegate- 
 at-large to the Universal Congress 
 of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis 
 in 1904; for some years part owner 
 of the Concord Monitor and In- 
 dependent Democrat, writing ex- 
 
 tensively for the same, also serving 
 as legislative reporter for the Monitor; 
 has traveled extensively in Europe 
 and written interestingly of his travels; 
 versed in various languages and has 
 translated books from the French, 
 Danish and Norwegian; edited East- 
 man's White Mountain Guide Book; has 
 delivered various public lectures based 
 on observations in foreign lands and 
 other subjects; president of the day at 
 Concord's 150th anniversary celebra- 
 tion, June 7, 1915; received honorary de- 
 gree of LL.D. from Brown University on 
 lj()th anniversary of his graduation, June, 
 1917; m., July 11, 1861, Mary Clifford, 
 daughter of Judge Albert G. Greene of 
 Providence, R. I., who d. Oct. 19, 1895; 
 two children, a son, dying in infancy, and 
 a daughter, Mary C., educated at Vassar 
 College, and first president of the 
 Friendly Club of Concord, who d. Dec. 
 25, 1913. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Henry Currier 
 
 Merchant; b., Hopkinton, N. H., 
 Sept. 30, 1849; s. George and Rosetta 
 (Currier) Brown; ed. common School 
 and Hopkinton, Contoocook and Colby 
 academies; removed to Concord in 1870 
 and entered the employ of the Prescott 
 Organ Co., learning the business; was 
 subsequently engaged as clerk in mer- 
 cantile establishments, till 1890, when 
 he engaged in the clothing trade, with 
 Charles C. Currier, under firm name of 
 Brown fc Currier, continuing till 1898, 
 when Mr. Currier retired and Bennett 
 Batchelder came into the firm since 
 known as Brown <t Batchelder; Repub- 
 lican; member, Concord board of educa- 
 tion, nine years, common council two 
 vears; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1909-10; trustee, Loan & 
 Trust Savings Bank since Sept. 30, 1901 ; 
 member, investment committee, since 
 Jan., 1902, president since April 7, 1913; 
 Baptist; deacon, Pleasant St. church, for 
 more than thirty years; in., Nov. 25, 
 1S72, Sarah B. Sweatt of Webster; chil- 
 dren, Eleanor Abbott (Mrs. John C. Til- 
 ton), Vassar, 1903; Grace Currier, 
 Mt. Holyoke, 1911, N. E. Conservatory 
 of Music, 1915. Residence, Concord, 
 N.H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Farrand, George Edward 
 
 Merchant; b., Pcnacook, N. H. 
 (Ward 1, Concord), May 1, 1872; s. 
 William and Elizabeth (Jones) Far- 
 
 rand; cd. public schools of Pena- 
 cook and Manchester; Democrat; 
 member, X. H. house of representa- 
 tives, from Ward 1, Concord, 1909-10, 
 1911-12; candidate in the primary 
 for senatorial nomination, 1912; dele- 
 gate in constitutional convention, 
 1912; state treasurer, 1913-14; bank 
 commissioner, 191"); acting postmaster 
 of Concord, July, 1917; chairman, 
 Democratic State Committee, 1914 
 and since; Episcopalian; Knight, of 
 Pythias, member, N. H. Historical 
 Soc., and Wonolancet Club; m., June 
 21, 1S99, Huth A. Minot of Con- 
 cord; children, Kli/abeth Howland, 
 Marv Minot. Residence, 1'enacook, 
 N .11. 
 
 Kempton, Elisha Moody 
 
 Teacher, farmer; b., Claremont, N. 
 H., May 22, 1S31: s. Klisha and Har- 
 
 riet (Vickery) Kempton; ed. public 
 and high schools in Sullivan County; 
 taught school many terms in early 
 life; engaged in farming in Acworth; 
 enlisted as private in Third N. H. 
 Regiment in the Civil War, Aug. 19, 
 1861; appointed corporal Sept. 13, 
 1862; wounded at Morris Island, 
 siege of Charleston, July 10, 1863; 
 discharged for disability, Nov. 10, 
 1863; Baptist; Republican; register 
 of deeds for Sullivan County, 1872-6; 
 register of probate for the past thirty 
 years; Mason and member G. A. R., 
 past commander Fred Smyth Post of 
 Newport; m., 1st, March 30, 1870, 
 Louisa E. Alden, who d. June 7, 1883; 
 2d, May 11, 1885, Sarah Isabel Strong; 
 children, Mary Louisa, a teacher since 
 graduation at New London Academy; 
 Alvan Alden, graduate of Colby Acad- 
 
 emy and Brown University, associate 
 principal of Vermont Academy at Sax- 
 tons River, where he d. in 1905, and 
 Will Elisha, employed in his father's 
 office. Residence, Newport, N. H.
 
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 39 
 
 Chase, Levin Joynes 
 
 Manager, Concord Electric Co.; 
 b., Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1862; 
 s. Reginald Heber and Susan (Stan- 
 wood) Chase; ed. Philadelphia private 
 schools; engaged for many years in 
 employ of Wells-Fargo Express Co., 
 at San Francisco, Cal.; became man- 
 ager of the Concord Electric Co., 
 Jan. 1, 1909; Episcopalian; Repub- 
 lican; represented Ward 3, Concord, 
 in N. H. house of representatives in 
 
 Rowe, Stewart Everett 
 
 Lawyer, poet; b., Jan. 22, 1881; s. 
 Benjamin F. and Hattie A. (Truett) 
 Rowe; ed. Kensington north district 
 school, Exeter high school, 1899, 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1904, Bos- 
 ton University Law School; studied 
 law three years with the late Attorney- 
 General Edwin G. Eastman; admitted 
 to New Hampshire bar July 1, 1911, 
 and since in practice in Exeter; Re- 
 publican; moderator, clerk, auditor 
 
 1913 and 1915; member, Sons of the 
 American Revolution, Elks, Wono- 
 lancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf 
 Club, Snowshoe Club, Concord Board 
 of Trade president since Sept., 1915; 
 trustee, Concord public library; fre- 
 quent speaker upon board of trade 
 topics and questions of public interest, 
 and earnest advocate of equal suffrage, 
 to which cause he gave hearty sup- 
 port during his service in the legis- 
 lature; .in., Jan. '_', 1905, Bertha 
 Louise Adams. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 library trustee, member school board, 
 ballot and election inspector, tax col- 
 lector and delegate to the constitu- 
 tional convention of 1912, in which he 
 took an active part, while a resident 
 of Kensington; moderator, school meet- 
 ing in Exeter, where he now resides; 
 treasurer, Hockingham County, elected 
 Nov., 191t>; Congrcgationalist, clerk of 
 Phillips church, Exeter; member, Odd 
 Fellows, Sons of Veterans, Senior Vice 
 Commander X. H. Division, Patron of 
 Husbandry, Gamma Eta Gamma Legal 
 Fraternity; Swamscott Club; cam-
 
 (!K\. WILLIAM F. THAYER
 
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 41 
 
 paign and Memorial Day speaker; 
 active in politics and frequent con- 
 tributor to the press in verse and 
 prose; m., March 26, 1913, Lillian 
 A. Whitman of West Barnstable, 
 Mass. Residence, Exeter, N. H. 
 
 Thayer, William Fiske 
 
 Banker; b., Kingston, X. H., March 
 13, 1846; s. Calvin and Sarah Wheeler 
 (Fiske) Thayer; ed. public schools and 
 Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 
 N. H.; commenced business life as 
 clerk in Concord, X. H., postoffice, 
 becoming chief clerk; entered First 
 Xatipnal Bank as clerk in 1871 ; became 
 cashier in 1874 and has been president 
 since 1885; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; quartermaster general on staff 
 of Gov. John McLane; city-treasurer, 
 Concord, for thirty-four years; treasu- 
 rer. Republican state committee, since 
 1892; delegate in Republican national 
 conventions in 1908 and 1912; treasurer. 
 Union Trust Co.; director, Xorthern 
 R. R.,; Mason, K. T.; m., Oct. 20, 
 1874, Sarah Clarke Wentworth, who 
 d. Jan. 24, 1916; children, Margaret 
 (Mrs. Frank J. Sulloway),- William W. 
 Residence, Concord, X. H. 
 
 Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr 
 
 Educator; public service commis- 
 sioner; b., Thetford, Vt., Oct. 3, 1845; 
 s. Joseph Hewes and Elizabeth (Chase) 
 Worthen; ed. Thetford. Vt., academy, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1872, A.M., 
 1875; principal, Woodstock, Vt., high 
 school, 1872-4; tutor in mathematics, 
 Dartmouth College, 1S74-6; tutor in 
 Greek and mathematics, 1876-8: in- 
 structor in mathematics, 1879-83; 
 assistant professor, 1883-93; head of 
 department of mathematics, 1893-1911 ; 
 other positions hold at the college at 
 different times, instructor in gymnas- 
 tics, clerk of the faculty, inspector of 
 college buildings, director of gymnas- 
 ium, director of summer school for 
 teachers: Congregationalist, eleven 
 years deacon of college church: Demo- 
 crat, elected to X. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives from Hanover, 1904, though 
 the town was normally Republican, 
 
 three to one; defeated as a Democrat 
 for X. H. Senate, 1906, by less than 500 
 votes in a district Republican by 1,300; 
 justice of the peace; justice of the 
 Hanover police court fourteen years; 
 precinct commissioner; trustee, Mary 
 Hitchcock hospital, Howe library and 
 Thetford academy; member, Phi Beta 
 Kappa and Kappa Kappa Kappa 
 societies at Dartmouth, Dartmouth 
 Scientific Ass'n, American Mathemati- 
 cal Soc., American Ass'n for the 
 
 Advancement of Science, etc.; mem- 
 ber. X. H. public service commission, 
 since 1911; m., 1st, Louise M., dau. 
 Brias D. and Adeline (Dodge) Wilcox, 
 who d. 1878; one child, Louise W. 
 (Smith, 1901); 2d, Elizabeth A., dau. 
 Gov. Peter T. and Almira (Hopkins) 
 Washburne; three children, Thacher W. 
 (A.B., Dartmouth, 1907, A.M. and 
 M.D.. 1911), Joseph W. (A.B., Dart- 
 mouth, 1909. B.C.L., Oxford. 1913), 
 Mary (Mrs. Gray Knapp. Smith, 1914). 
 Residence, Hanover, X. H.; address, 
 State House, Concord. X. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 McGregor, George Wilbur 
 
 Physician; b., Bethlehem, N. H., 
 June 15, 1853; s. Willard A. and 
 Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor; ed. 
 
 Tilton Seminary, New Hampton Insti- 
 tution, 1S75, Dartmouth Medical Col- 
 lege, 1S7S; studied with Dr. L. B. 
 How of Manchester; practiced a short 
 time in Lunenburg, Yt., then removed 
 to Littleton where he has continued in 
 successful practice; Congregationalist; 
 Democrat; has served on the hoards of 
 health and education in Littleton, 
 represented the town in the legislature 
 in 1905 and has been four times elected 
 moderator; was a member of the execu- 
 tive council of the state, 1913-14, and 
 of the state board of control, 1913-15; 
 member of the N. H. delegation 
 in the Democratic national conven- 
 tion at Baltimore in 1912; Knight 
 Templar Mason, Knight of Pythias, 
 and an ex-president of the Grafton 
 County and N. H. Medical societies; 
 in., Feb. 21, 1SSO, Klla Augusta 
 Katon of Franconia. Residence, Little- 
 ton, N. H. 
 
 Shepard, Joseph Eastman 
 
 Farmer, fruit-grower and general 
 contractor; b., West Concord, N. H., 
 Nov. 18, 1865; s. Omar L. and Martha 
 S. (Jackson) Shepard; ed. public 
 schools, Pembroke Academy and Prof. 
 J. H. Larry's School of Practice; 
 always interested in apple culture and 
 among the first to practice spraying, 
 commencing in 1886, and continuing 
 successfully; had charge for two years 
 of the farming interests of the late 
 Moses Humphrey, president of N. H. 
 board of agriculture; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; active in political affairs 
 and for sixteen years president, Ward 
 3, Republican club; moderator for 
 several years and representative in 
 N. H. legislature, 1903-4; assessor for 
 Ward 3 under old city charter, con- 
 tinuously except 1903-4, till adoption 
 of new charter, serving as clerk of the 
 board four years, and chairman, two 
 
 years; only member of old board 
 elected under the new charter, in 1911, 
 and chairman since that time; in 1912, 
 with his associates, Messrs. Morris
 
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 43 
 
 and Donovan, inspected and revalued 
 all the real estate in Concord; member, 
 Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F., Concord; 
 Patron of Husbandry, past master, 
 Capital Grange, and charter master, 
 Penacook Park Grange, West Concord, 
 which he helped organize twenty-six 
 years ago; past secretary, lecturer and 
 treasurer, Merrimack County Pomona 
 Grange; secretary, Merrimack County 
 Pomona Grange Fair Ass'n, and 
 president, N. H. Grange Fair Ass'n; 
 m., Sept. 19, 1891, Lilian Rose; chil- 
 dren, Ernest Rose, Joseph Phillips, 
 Mary Grace and Ella Almira. Address, 
 West Concord, N. H. 
 
 Hunt, Edwin Sumner 
 
 Lawyer, banker; b., Charlestown, 
 N. H., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Thomas J. 
 and Clara M. (Swett) Hunt; ed. 
 Charlestown public schools, Vermont 
 Academy, Saxton's Rivor, Vt., 1886, 
 Amherst College, A. B., 1890, Columbia 
 L'niversity, LL.B., 1895; practiced 
 law in New York City, 1895 to 1901; 
 in Wuterbury, Conn., 1901 to 1906; 
 treasurer, Waterbury Savings Bank, 
 since 1906, also director and secretary; 
 director, Citizens National Bank, 
 Waterbury; tax collector, Waterbury, 
 1904-5; president, Savings Bank Ass'n 
 of Connecticut, 1912-14; Episcopalian; 
 Republican; member, Waterbury Club, 
 Country Club; m., June 11, 1900, Helen 
 Trowbridge Hunt; three children. 
 Residence, Waterbury, Conn. 
 
 Pingree, Samuel Everett 
 
 Lawyer; b., Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 
 2, 1832; s. Stephen and Judith (True) 
 Pingree; ed. Salisbury, Andover and 
 Mclndoes Falls academies and Dart- 
 mouth College, 1857; studied law with 
 Hon. A. P. Huntoon of Bethel, Yt., 
 admitted to the Vermont bar in 1859; 
 settled at Hartford, Vt., and has then- 
 continued, with offices at Hartford and 
 White River Junction, practicing in 
 Grafton and Sullivan counties, N. H., 
 as well as in Vermont; Baptist; 
 Democrat previous to the Civil War, 
 Republican since; town clerk of Hart- 
 ford since 1S59, except during tin- 
 
 Civil War; lieutenant-governor of Ver- 
 mont, 1882-4; governor, 1884-6; chair- 
 man, Vt. railroad commission, 1886 
 to 1894; president and trustee, White 
 River Savings Bank, 1886 to 1912; 
 private, lieutenant, captain, major, 
 lieutenant colonel in Third Vermont 
 Regiment in the Civil War, and 
 twice wounded in battle; colonel, 
 
 Eighth Regiment, Vt. National Guard, 
 1864-5; member, T. S. Medal of 
 Honor Legion and Modern Wood- 
 men of America (honorary); m., Sept. 
 15, 1S69, Lydia M. Steele of Stan- 
 stead, P. Q.; one son, William S. 
 Pingree (Norwich I'niv. and Boston 
 Univ. Law School), now state's attorney 
 for Windsor County, Yt. Residence, 
 Hartford, Vt. 
 
 Hodgman, Burns Plummer 
 
 Lawyer, clerk, I'. S. District Court; 
 1).. Littleton, N. II.. Dec. 30, 1875; s. 
 Charles and Sarah K. (Taylor) Hodg- 
 man; ed. Littleton high school, Boston 
 University Law School, 1X98, mm 
 I'liK/c; admitted to N. H. bar, 1898,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 45 
 
 and commenced practice of law with 
 Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, at 
 Littleton, with whom he had been 
 associated since 1891; remained with 
 the firm until Nov. 24, 1899, when made 
 deputy clerk, U. S. courts; appointed 
 clerk U. S. District court for N. H., 
 Aug. 1, 1900, also U. S. commissioner; 
 Episcopalian ; Republican ; never sought 
 public office but has served as master 
 in chancery in many important cases 
 in the federal and state courts; m., 
 Jan. 16, 1901, Anne L. Hackett. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Streeter, Frank Sherwin 
 
 Lawyer; b., East Charleston, Vt., 
 Aug. 5, 1853; s. Daniel and Julia 
 (Wheeler) Streeter; ed. public schools, 
 St. Johnsbury Academy, Bates Col- 
 lege and Dartmouth College, grad- 
 uating from the latter in 1874; 
 taught school at Ottumwa, Iowa; re- 
 turned east and studied law with 
 Alonzo P. Carpenter of Bath, N. H., 
 chief justice, N. H. supreme court; 
 admitted to the bar, March, 1877; 
 commenced practice in Orford, but 
 soon removed to Concord, where he 
 has continued, in various partnerships, 
 but for some years past as head 
 of the firm of Streeter, Demond, 
 Woodworth & Sulloway; has been 
 largely engaged in corporation prac- 
 tice, and was for many years counsel 
 of the Boston & Maine H. R.; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; member, N. H. 
 legislature, in 1S85, serving on ju- 
 diciary committee; president, Repub- 
 lican state convention, 189(5; pres- 
 ident, N. II. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1902; judge advocate general, 
 staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-0; 
 member, International Joint Com- 
 mission, March, 1911 to Aug., 1913; 
 delegate at large, Republican national 
 convention, 189(5; member, Republican 
 national committee, 1907-8; member, 
 Republican state committee, since 1892; 
 trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1892 
 (life member since 1897); member, 
 N. H. Historical Soc. (president, 1914- 
 Kij, American Historical Ass'n. X. 
 H. Bar Ass'n (president, 1903-4), 
 
 American Bar Ass'n; delegate, Uni- 
 versal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, 
 St. Louis, 1904; member, N. H. League 
 to Provide for National Defence and to 
 Enforce International Peace (president 
 since March, 1916); member, executive 
 committee, League to Enforce Peace, 
 since organization; member, National 
 Security League; member, Snowshoe 
 Club and Wonolancet Club (president 
 last fifteen years), Concord, N. H.. 
 Metropolitan, Cosmos, University ana 
 Chevy Chase clubs, Washington, D. C., 
 Algonquin and Union clubs, Boston, 
 Mass., and Derryfield Club, Manches- 
 ter; Odd Fellow; Mason, 32d degree; 
 LL.D., Dartmouth, 1913; m., Nov. 14, 
 1877, Lilian, dau. Alonzo P. and Julia 
 (Goodall) Carpenter of Bath; children, 
 Julia (Mrs. Henry Gardner), b. Sept. 
 8, 1878; Thomas W., b. July 20, 1883. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Burleigh, Alvin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 
 19, 1842, s. Samuel C. and Sally Heath 
 (Whipple) Burleigh; ed. Dartmouth 
 college, A.B. 1871; served in the 15th 
 N. H. Infantry in the Civil War; 
 studied law, admitted to .the N. H. 
 bar in 1873, and has since practiced in 
 Plymouth, having been long associated 
 in partnership with the late George H. 
 Adams; Republican, member and 
 speaker, N. H. house of representatives, 
 1887-8; sometime trustee N. H. Nor- 
 mal School; chairman, Plymouth 
 school board; director, Plymouth 
 Guaranty Savings Bank; Methodist; 
 trustee, 'Plymouth M. E. Church; 
 trustee, Tilton Seminary; president, 
 Emily Balch Hospital Ass'ns; m., 
 Jan. (5, 1873, Elvira Pane of Haverhill. 
 Residence, Plymouth, X. H. 
 
 Shockley, Alice Porter 
 
 (Mrs. A. Lincoln Shockley), teacher, 
 musician, club woman; b.. Concord, 
 X. II., Oct. 31, 1SS7; dau. Gen. 
 Howard L. and Alice R. (Hammond) 
 Porter; descended from Colonial and 
 Revolutionary stock on both paternal 
 and maternal sides; ed. Haverhill, 
 Mass., high school, 190(5, Wellesley
 
 46 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 College, 1910; after graduation from 
 college taught history and English 
 in Leicester, Mass., academy; later 
 was head of the English department in 
 
 Arlington, Mass., high school, leaving 
 to accept a similar position in New 
 Bedford, where she met Doctor 
 Shockley. Since her marriage, Feb. 10, 
 1916, she lias continued her interest 
 along educational lines, being a member 
 of the executive committee of the large 
 New Bedford Woman's Club, and 
 chairman of its education committee; 
 vice-president of the Young Women's 
 Christian Ass'n and chairman of that 
 education committee; a very active 
 member of the New Bedford College 
 Club, the Wellesley Club of South- 
 eastern Massachusetts, the Boston 
 Wellesley Club and the old Dartmouth 
 Historical Soc. She has always been 
 especially interested in music, having 
 been president of the (lice club and the 
 mandolin club in her high school 
 course, president of the mandolin 
 dub of Wellesley College and a member 
 of the college ehoir; she was an editor 
 
 of the College News, one of the editors 
 of the class Alumnae Record, and is 
 permanent corresponding secretary 
 of her college class. Since her extended 
 trip through California and the 
 Hawaiian islands, she has given illus- 
 trated lectures on her travel through 
 the so-called "Garden of the World." 
 Residence, 591 County St., New Bed- 
 ford, Mass. Summer home, Padana- 
 ram. 
 
 Aspinwall, Ada Mae 
 
 Musician; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 
 10, 1866, dan. Charles C. and Ednah 
 (Eastman) Aspinwall; ed. Concord 
 public schools, New England Con- 
 servatory of Music and by private 
 teachers, including G. H. Howard, 
 Milo Benedict and Arthur Foote; 
 teacher of pianoforte in Concord since 
 1S90, first teacher in the city to take 
 up the work of instruction in the 
 
 "Progressive Series of Piano Lessons"; 
 organist and choir director at the First 
 Tniversalist church in Concord for 
 the last twenty-five years; pianist and
 
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 accompanist for the Concord Choral 
 Union, and its successor, the Concord 
 Oratorio Society, since organization, 
 appearing in festival and concert work 
 with the most noted artists, also as 
 accompanist in outside festival work 
 and chamber concerts; member, Con- 
 cord Woman's Club, Music Club, 
 Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Capital 
 Grange, P. of H., Fidelity Rebekah 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F. Residence, 68 
 Washington St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Murchie, Alexander 
 
 Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud- 
 brightshire, Scotland, March 1, 1887; 
 s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie) 
 Murchie; removed with parents to 
 Concord, N. H., in childhood; ed. 
 
 Ass'n, Wonolancet Club, Concord; 
 m., July 19, 1910, Gladys Nelson Ham- 
 mond; daughter, Janet, died in infancy. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Gunnison, William Towne 
 
 Lawyer, b., Greenville, Miss., Sept. 
 22, 1869; s. Arvin Nye and Sarah 
 Helen (Putnam) Gunnison; ed. Mil- 
 ford, N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1892, Har- 
 vard Law School, LL.B., 1895; ad- 
 mitted to the bar the same year, and in 
 practice in Rochester since Sept., 
 1895, as a partner with Ex.-Gpv. 
 Samuel D. Felker; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; member, N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention of 1902; judge, 
 Rochester district court, 1913-15; 
 
 Concord high school and law depart- 
 ment of the University of Michigan; 
 
 studied with Henry F. llollis 
 to the bar in 1909; member, 1 
 
 admitted 
 iw firm of 
 
 llollis & Murchie; Democrat: city 
 solicitor of Concord since 1911; mem- 
 ber, N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar 
 
 judge, Rochester municipal court, 
 1915; member, N. H. public service 
 commission since 1916; director, Roch- 
 ester Loan A: Banking Co.; Mason; 
 in., Oct. 11, 189S, Grace Homey; two 
 sons, Arvin and John Vinal. Resi- 
 dence, Rochester, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 49 
 
 Powers, Samuel Leland 
 
 Lawyer; b., Cornish, N. H., Oct. 26, 
 1848, s. Larned and Ruby (Barton) 
 Powers; ed. Kimball Union Academy, 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth 
 College A.B., 1874; studied law with 
 Verry & Gaskill of Worcester, Mass., 
 and at the University of New York; 
 admitted to the bar in 1875, and com- 
 menced practice in company with his 
 college classmate, Samuel W. McCall, 
 in Boston. For some years past he has 
 been head of the firm of Powers & Hall, 
 with extensive practice, at 101 Milk 
 St., Boston; Unitarian; Republican. 
 Residing in the city of Newton since 
 1881, he has held various local offices; 
 elected to Congress from the twelfth 
 Massachusetts district, serving in the 
 fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth Con- 
 gresses, with membership on the judici- 
 ary and District of Columbia commit- 
 tees; heard often in debate in Congress, 
 and a frequent campaign and after- 
 dinner speaker; member. Mass, state 
 board of education; president, Boston 
 Art Club, Middlesex Club of Mass.; 
 member, Exchange Club of Boston, 
 Newton Club of Newton, Atlantic Con- 
 ference; m., June 21, 1878, Eva Crowell; 
 one son, Leland. Residence, Newton, 
 Mass.; office, 101 Milk St., Boston. 
 
 Hollis, Allen 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Dec. 20, 
 1871; s. Major Abijah and Harriet Van 
 Mater (French) Hollis; ed. Concord 
 public schools, and Harvard Law 
 School; studied in the office of Chase & 
 Streeter, and admitted to the bar in 
 1893, and since in practice in Concord; 
 served as special counsel for the state 
 in the railroad rate investigation before 
 the Public Service Commission in 
 1911-12, also for the special rate com- 
 mittee of the N. H. legislature of 1913, 
 and associated with the attorney- 
 general in the Grand Trunk R. R. tax 
 appeal case in 1912; he is extensively 
 interested in public utilities; reorgan- 
 ized, in 1901, the properties now owned 
 by the Concord Electric Co., of which 
 corporation he has been president since 
 1904; president, Exeter, Hampton & 
 
 Amesbury St. Railway Co., Exeter & 
 Hampton Electric Co., White Mt. 
 Telephone <fe Telegraph Co.; vice-presi- 
 dent, Laconia Gas & Electric Co., and 
 Exeter Railway & Lighting Co.; di- 
 rector, Concord Shoe Factory, and 
 Charles H. Tenney & Co. (public utility 
 operating engineers); vice-president, 
 secretary and director, United Life & 
 Accident Insurance Co.; trustee, North 
 Boston Lighting Properties; fifteen 
 years clerk of the Union Trust Co., 
 Concord, resigning to become a director 
 (Class C) in the Federal Reserve Bank 
 of Boston; president, N. H. Forestry 
 Soc.; secretary and treasurer, Squam 
 Lake Improvement Ass'n ;director,Con- 
 necticut Valley Waterways Ass'n.; vice- 
 president, N. H. Fish and Game League 
 and Lake Sunapee Fishing Ass'n; 
 Royal Arch Mason; member, Wono- 
 lancet, Canoe, and Beaver Meadow 
 Golf clubs of Concord, Harvard and 
 Exchange of Boston ; Congregat ionalist ; 
 Republican; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives in 1907 and 1909, 
 serving on judiciary committee; assist- 
 ant secretary, Republican national 
 convention, 1908; moderator, Ward 
 4, Concord, 1910-16; m., Nov. 10, 
 1897, Amoret Nichoson of Dubuque, 
 la.; children, Allen, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1900; 
 Franklin, b. March26, 1904. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Niles, Edward Cullen 
 
 Lawyer; b., Hartford, Conn., March 
 28, 1865; s. William Woodruff and 
 Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; ed. public 
 and private schools, Concord, N, H., 
 St. Paul's School, Trinity College, 
 1887, Harvard Law School, 1892; 
 commenced practice of law in Berlin, 
 N. H., in 1892; removed to Concord in 
 1896 where he continued in practice, 
 in various partnerships, till 1915, hav- 
 ing been associated at different times 
 with the late Harry G. Sargent, Henry 
 F. Hollis, Arthur P. Morrill, James W. 
 Remick and Robert W. Upton; Repub- 
 lican; town clerk anil member, board 
 of education, in Berlin, 1895-6; com- 
 mon council and board of aldermen, 
 Concord, 1901-5; president, Concord
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 board of education, since 1910; member, 
 constitutional convention, 1902; chair- 
 man, N. H. public service commission, 
 since its establishment in 1911; first 
 
 vice-president, and member, valuation 
 and legislative committees, National 
 Association of Railway Commissioners; 
 member, commission to revise the 
 charter of the city of Concord; counsel 
 on constitutional questions to the Tax 
 Revision Commission of 1908; Episco- 
 palian, chancellor, and member, stand- 
 ing committee of the diocese of New 
 Hampshire; deputy to the general 
 convention of the Episcopal church, 
 1904-16; judge of the ecclesiastical 
 court of review, province of New 
 P^ngland; Mason; member, Wonolancet 
 club, Concord; in., 1st, July 12, 1S93, 
 Ethel Abbe, who d. 1910; 2d, July 31, 
 191(), Ellen Tower Abbe; three children 
 by h'rst wife, Edward Abbe (Trinity, 
 1916, Harvard Law School, Rhodes 
 scholar), James Huntington, Rose 
 Terry. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Smith, Edward M. 
 
 Lawyer and insurance agent; b., 
 Alstead, N. H., Feb. 6, 1838, s. Alden 
 and Lurinda (Partridge) Smith; ed. 
 select schools, Alstead Academy, and 
 law department of the University of 
 Albany, graduating LL.B., March, 
 1861;~admitted to the N. Y. bar, 
 March 4, 1861; admitted to Cheshire 
 County, N. H., bar, Oct., 1864, 
 and since in practice at Alstead, 
 where he has done an extensive office 
 and general business, including the 
 settlement of nearly four hundred 
 estates; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 tax collector, 1881, and for fourteen 
 years; member of school board twelve 
 years; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1889; town counsel for the 
 last thirty years; member, National 
 Geographic Soc., Washington, D. C., 
 
 Alstead and Langdon Thief Detecting 
 Soc.; m., Nov. 24, 1SSO, Fannie 
 Washburn, who d. Dec. 5, 1913. Resi- 
 dence, Alstead, N. H.
 
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 51 
 
 Chase, Arthur Horace 
 
 Lawyer, librarian; b., Concord, N. 
 H., Feb. 16, 1864; s. William M. and 
 Ellen S. (Abbott) Chase; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1882; Dartmouth College, 
 1886; studied law in office of Chase 
 & Streeter, Concord; attended Boston 
 University Law School one year; 
 admitted to the bar in 1890; member, 
 firm of Streeter, Walker & Chase till 
 Jan. 1, 1895, when appointed librarian 
 of the N. H. state library, which 
 position he still occupies; clerk, N. H. 
 supreme court since 1914; secretary, 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n; served ten years in 
 N. H. N. G. retiring; with rank of 
 major; Congregationalist ; Republican; 
 Mason, 32d degree; member, Alpha 
 Delta Phi and Sphinx societies of 
 Dartmouth, Wonolancet, Passaconway 
 and Outing clubs of Concord; m., Sept. 
 16, 1889, Alice M. Fisk; children, 
 Marjorie Fisk, Vassar, 1914 (Mrs. 
 Henry W. Merrill); Robert Martin, 
 Dartmouth, 1917. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 ^/Hammond, Otis Grant 
 
 Librarian; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 May 4, 1869; s. Isaac Ware and 
 Martha Ann (Kirnball) Hammond; ed. 
 Concord high school, Trinity College; 
 honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1908, 
 Trinity, 1912; assistant state historian, 
 New Hampshire, 1890-1915; assistant 
 state librarian, 1896-1913; superintend- 
 ent and secretary, N. H. Historical 
 Soc., since 1913; president, Concord 
 Foundry & Machine Co.; captain, 
 Company E, 1st N. H. Vols., Spanish- 
 American war; captain and adjutant, 
 1st Inf., N. H. N. G.; major and aide-de- 
 camp, staff of Gov. Spaulding; major, 
 1st Inf., N. H. State Guard; member, 
 N. H. Historical Soc., American Anti- 
 quarian Soc., American Historical Ass'n; 
 N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc.; Ma- 
 sons, A K E, Wonolancet and Heaver 
 Meadow Golf clubs, Concord; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; in., Jan. 19, 1S98, 
 Jessie A. Preseott; one dau., Priscilla. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Lake, Harry Foss 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., Nov. 
 28, 1876; s. Moses R. and Mary J. 
 (Batchelder) Lake; ed. Pembroke Acad- 
 emy, 1894, Middlebury College, 1899, 
 having spent one year in teaching be- 
 fore entering college; studied law in the 
 office of the late Hon. John M. Mitchell 
 of Concord, and one year at Boston 
 University Law School; admitted to 
 the bar in June, 1904, immediately 
 becoming a member of the firm of 
 
 Mitchell, Foster & Lake; upon Mr. 
 Mitchell's appointment to the superior 
 court bench in 1910, became member 
 of the firm of Foster & Lake and 
 so continues; Methodist; Democrat; 
 elected member of the board of educa- 
 tion for Union School District, Con- 
 cord, for three years, April, 1917; mem- 
 ber, Pembroke Grange, P. of H.; in., 
 Nov. 29, 1904, Fanny M. Sutton of 
 Burlington, \"t., a classmate at Mid- 
 dlebury ; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. 
 Residence, Concord, N. 11.
 
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 53 
 
 Lyford, James Otis 
 
 Lawyer, editor, publicist; b., Boston, 
 Mass., June 28, 1853; s. James and 
 Mary I. (McLane) Lyford; ed. Boston 
 public schools, Tilton, N. H., Seminary, 
 graduating in 1872; educated for the 
 bar, and practiced law at Tilton, 
 N. H., from 1880 to 1882; editor, 
 People newspaper, Concord, N. H., 
 1877 to 1879; personal clerk to Gen. 
 R. X. Batchelder, depot quarter- 
 master, Washington, D. C., from 1882 
 to 1887; chairman of N. H. savings 
 bank commission from 1887 to 1895; 
 city auditor, Concord, N. H., 1896 
 to 1898; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1893, 1895, 1897, and 
 1915; and active in leadership on the 
 floor and in committee in all sessions; 
 member, N. H. constitutional con- 
 ventions, 1876, 1902, and 1912; naval 
 officer of customs, District of Boston 
 and Charlestown, Mass., 1898 to 1913; 
 editor, Nashua Telegraph, 1914 and 
 1915; secretary, Concord board of 
 trade, 1914-15; secretary, N. H. 
 Republican state committee, 1896; 
 chairman, N. H. savings bank commis- 
 sion since 1915; trustee, Tilton Semi- 
 nary; editor, History of Concord, 
 X. H., 1903; author, Life of Edward 
 H. Rollins, 1907, and History of 
 Canterbury, X. H., 1911; Republican; 
 Unitarian; member, Wonolancet Club, 
 Concord; Derryfield, Manchester; and 
 City and Algonquin clubs, Boston; 
 m., May 2, 1882, Susan Ayer Hill, of 
 Concord, X. H., daughter of William 
 P. and Clara West Hill; and grandaugh- 
 ter of Gov. Isaac Hill; children, 
 Agnes McLane, b. April 6, 1884, d. 
 Jan. 21, 1901; Katharine Batchelder, 
 b. Nov. 11, 1888, d. Feb. 1, 1893; 
 Richard Taylor, b. Jan. 6, 1896. 
 Residence, Concord, X. H. 
 
 Woodworth, Mary Parker 
 
 (Mrs. Albert B.); b., Sugar Hill, 
 Lisbon, X. H., May 3, 1849; dau. 
 Charles and Amelia (Bennett) Parker; 
 ed. St. Johnsbury Academy (being the 
 only girl in a graduating class of nine) 
 and Vassar College, entering in the 
 sophomore year and graduating in 1S70 
 
 the first Xew Hampshire graduate; 
 taught at St. Johnsbury Academy and 
 St. Agnes Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt.;m. 
 the late Albert B. W r oodworth, after- 
 ward mayor of Concord, Sept. 30, 
 1873; interested in music, literature 
 and social and educational work; first 
 woman member of the Concord board 
 of education, serving nine years, 
 1890-9, and declining a re-election; pres- 
 cient, Concord Woman's Club, 1897-9; 
 chairman, Scholarship Fund, X. H. 
 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, de- 
 igned to aid in the normal training 
 of girls for teaching in rural schools, 
 since its establishment in 1904; mem- 
 ber of the Vassar and Collegiate 
 Alumnae Ass'ns, and twice president 
 of the Boston branch; Episcopalian, 
 communicant of St. Paul's Church, 
 Concord; president of X. H. Diocesan 
 Woman's Auxiliary to the General 
 Board of Missions since 1912; writer 
 and speaker in behalf of causes in 
 which she is interested; children, Ed- 
 ward Knowlton, of the law firm of 
 Streeter, Demoml, Woodworth and
 
 54 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Sulloway; Grace, and Charles Parker, 
 assistant treasurer of the Woodstock 
 Lumber Co. at Boston, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Merrill, Robert Josiah 
 
 Insurance commissioner; b., Clare- 
 mont, N. H., Oct. 18, 1878; s. Martin 
 V. and Helen E. (Barker) Merrill; 
 ed. public schools, Claremont and 
 Charlestown, Charlestown high school, 
 1895; taught school three years in 
 Charlestown; law clerk and court 
 stenographer in Claremont till 1905 
 when engaged in insurance business in 
 that town; Episcopalian; progressive 
 Republican; representative in N. H. 
 legislature from Claremont, 1907, 1909 ; 
 state senator, 1911, serving on judi- 
 
 ciary committee; appointed insurance 
 commissioner for the state of New 
 Hampshire, Nov., 1911, since con- 
 tinuing in that office; rn.. Sept. 14, 1904, 
 Abbie M. Robertson. Residence, 
 Concord, N. II . 
 
 Donovan, Michael Henry 
 
 Machinist ;b., Concord, N. H.,Sept. 6, 
 1853; s. Daniel and Mary (Donovan) 
 Donovan; ed. Concord public schools; 
 in service of Concord, Northern and 
 Boston & Maine railroads, 46 years; 
 
 Catholic; Democrat; chairman, Demo- 
 cratic city committee, 1907-11; 
 member, Concord board of assessors, 
 since 1911; member, Concord Lodge, 
 No. 1210, B. P. (). E., Foresters of 
 America, Capital Grange, P. of H.; 
 interested in music, church singer for 
 man}' years; in., June 11, 1876, Eliza- 
 beth Jane Bland; they have eleven 
 living children, seven .sons and four 
 daughters. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Musgrove, Mary Donker 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Bristol, 
 N. H., Oct. 22, 1S75; dan. Richard W. 
 and Henrietta M. (Guild) Musgrove; 
 ed. Bristol .schools and New Hampton 
 (N. H.) Institution, 1896; engaged since 
 graduation in the office of the Bristol
 
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 55 
 
 Enterprise; first associated with her 
 father, and since his death, in February, 
 1914, as editor of the Enterprise, and 
 proprietor of the "Musgrove Printing 
 House," with an extensive line of job 
 work, including considerable state 
 printing; Methodist; recording stew- 
 ard, M. E. church in Bristol since 
 1914; member and secretary, Saw- 
 hegeuit Chapter, O. E. S.; member, Red 
 Cross and Bristol Suffrage Ass'n. 
 Residence, Bristol, N. H. 
 
 Plummer, John Wesley 
 
 State treasurer; b., Hebron, N. H., 
 Sept. 1, 1871; s. Philip and Eliza J. 
 (Ferrin) Plummer; ed. Concord public 
 schools; employed as mercantile clerk 
 and bookkeeper in Concord till 1901; 
 member, Concord common council, 
 
 1899-1902, president, 1901-2; deputy 
 state treasurer from 1901 to 1915; 
 treasurer from 1915; Christian Scien- 
 tist; Republican; Mason, Knight 
 Templar; m., Jan. 22, 1895, Etta F. 
 Sleeper; one dau., Laura. Residence, 
 Concord, X. II . 
 
 Pillsbury, Rosecrans William 
 
 Lawyer, manufacturer, publisher, 
 farmer; b., Londonderry, N. H., Sept. 
 18, 1863; s. William S. and Sarah A. 
 (Crowell) Pillsbury; ed. Pinkerton 
 and Phillips (Andover) Academies and 
 Dartmouth College, class of 1885; 
 
 studied law with Robert J. Peaslee, 
 and at Boston University Law School; 
 admitted to the bar in 1890; long en- 
 gaged with his father in shoe manufac- 
 turing in Derry; treasurer and manager, 
 Union Publishing Co.. publishing Man- 
 chester Daily and Weekly Union, 1896 
 to 1911; extensively engaged in 
 agriculture in Londonderry, making a 
 specialty of apple culture on an 
 unusual scale; Republican; represent- 
 ative from Londonderry in X. H. 
 legislature in 1897, 1905 and 1909, 
 serving the last year as chairman of 
 special committee on railroad rates; 
 candidate for Republican gubernatorial 
 nomination and strongly supported 
 in 1906, 1914 and 1916; trustee, N. H. 
 College of Agriculture and Mechanic 
 Arts for sixteen vears; alternate in
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 57 
 
 Republican national convention, 1892, 
 and delegate in 1904, serving on com- 
 mittee to notify Theodore Roosevelt 
 of his nomination; Presbyterian; 
 Mason, 32d degree and K. T., Knight 
 of Pythias, Patron of Husbandry, first 
 master of Derry Grange; m., 1st, in 
 1885, Annie E. Watts of Manchester, 
 who d. Aug. 10, 1911; 2d, at Yokohama, 
 Japan, Feb. 25, 1913, Mrs. Harriet F. 
 Valentine; children, Maria (Mrs. 
 Harold S. Taylor), Horace Watts 
 (F. S. Navy), Dorothy. Residence, 
 Londonderry, N. H. Derry P. O. 
 
 Fernald, Josiah Eastman 
 
 Banker; b., London, N. H., June 16, 
 1856; s. Josiah and Mary Esther 
 (Austin) Fernald; ed. public schools of 
 Loudon and Pittsfield, N. H., academy; 
 came to Concord in March, 1875, and 
 entered employ of the National State 
 Capital Bank, working his way up from 
 messenger boy to president, holding 
 latter position since 1905; vice-presi- 
 dent, Loan & Trust Savings bank ; pres- 
 ident, Concord Axle Co.; president, 
 New England Cable Co. ; treasurer, 
 Capital Fire Insurance Co.; treasurer, 
 Abbot-Downing Co.; treasurer and 
 trustee of Mary Baker Eddy estate; 
 treasurer, N. H. Centennial Home for 
 the Aged; treasurer, Concord board of 
 trade since organization ; member, First 
 Baptist church, Concord; holds the 
 medal of the Mass. Humane Soc. for 
 gallantry in saving life at Ogunquit, 
 Me., July 29, 1899; m., Dec. 8, 1880, 
 Anna White; children, Edith F. (Mrs. 
 James A. Giberson), Alary F. (Mrs. Ed- 
 ward S. Willis), Huth F. (Mrs.Engelhart 
 W. Hoist). Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Musgrove, Frank Abbott 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Bristol, 
 X. H., July 19, 1X72; s. Capt. Richard 
 \V. Musgrove, a veteran of the Civil 
 War, and Henrietta M. (Guild) Mus- 
 grove; ed. Bristol graded schools, New 
 Hampton Institution, 1892, Dartmouth 
 College, 1899; in college 1 member Var- 
 sity track and baseball teams; member. 
 Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Casque 
 and Gauntlet senior society; editor- 
 
 in-chief of Dartmouth, senior year; 
 trained in newspaper work from boy- 
 hood; proprietor, DartmouthPress,since 
 graduation in 1899; representative in 
 General Court, 1907, 1909, 1911; 
 speaker in 1911; state senator, 1915; 
 supervisor of census, 1910; state audi- 
 tor, 1911-13; secretary, Republican 
 state committee, 1910; chairman, Pro- 
 gressive state committee, 1912; now 
 president and manager of The Dart- 
 mouth Press (Inc.), book and job 
 printers, Hanover, N. H., and editor 
 and publisher of The Hanover Gazette. 
 Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Benton, John Edwin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Maidstone, Vt., May 14, 
 1875; s. Josiah H. and Harriet B. 
 (Niles) Benton; ed. Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1896, Boston LTniversity 
 
 School of Law, 1898; began legal prac- 
 tice in the office of Charles F. Choate, 
 Jr., Boston, in 1898, removed to Berlin, 
 N. H., in 1901, and to Keene in 1903, 
 where he lias since resided ; Episcopalian ; 
 Republican; city solicitor of Berlin,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 1902; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, from Ward 4, Keene, 1907; 
 city solicitor of Keene, 1909; mayor, 
 1910; member, N. H. public service 
 commission, 1911-15; Mason; mem- 
 ber, Lodge of the Temple, Cheshire 
 Royal Arch Chapter, Hugh de Payens 
 Commandery, B. P. O. E., P. of H., 
 University Club, Washington, D. C.; 
 m., Sept. 4, 1909, Kate Lanmou Nims. 
 Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Morris, James Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Aug. 15, 1862; s. 
 Thomas and Ann (Connelly) Morris; 
 ed. Concord public schools; studied 
 law with Albin & Martin; admitted to 
 the N. H. bar, July 20, 1888; Catholic; 
 Democrat; city auditor of Concord, 
 
 1899, 1000; secretary, Democratic city 
 committee, 1907-11; member and 
 clerk of Concord board of assessors 
 since the new charter went into effect, 
 in 1911; member, Concord Lodge, 
 No. 1210, H. P. O. K., Wonolancet 
 Club, Concord Gun Club; unmarried. 
 Residence, Concord, N. II . 
 
 Fowler, George Winthrop 
 
 Editor, farmer, banker; b., Pem- 
 broke, N. H., Nov. 1, 1864; s. Win- 
 throp and Anne Lydia (Locke) Fowler; 
 ed. Pembroke Academy, 1882, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1886; Congregational- 
 ist; Democrat; member, Pembroke 
 school board, nine terms; member, N. 
 H. constitutional convention, 1912; 
 member and clerk, N. H. board of 
 control, 1913-15; state purchasing 
 agent, 1913-15; director, Suncook 
 Valley R. R.; director, N. H. P'ire 
 Insurance Co.; trustee, Pembroke 
 Academy and president of the board; 
 treasurer, Suncook Bank, since organ- 
 ization, Oct., 1916; member. Pembroke 
 Grange, P. of H; reared to farm life 
 and always interested in agriculture, 
 in which he is incidentally engaged to a 
 considerable extent, but devoted him- 
 self for some time to the Newspaper 
 business, as editor of the Nashua Ga- 
 zette, 1890 to 1895; editor, Manchester 
 Union, 1895-1905, editor and business 
 manager, 1905-13; m., 1st, in 1888, 
 Etta Bartlett, who d., 1905; 2d, Grace 
 M. Smith; children, George Sherburne, 
 b. 1890; Harold Bartlett, b. 1898; Win- 
 throp John, b. 1904; Mary Anne, b. 
 1910; Charles Smith, b.1914. Resi- 
 dence, Pembroke, N. H. 
 
 Jackson, Robert 
 
 Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., May 21, 
 1880, but reared in Littleton, his 
 parents' permanent home; s. James R. 
 and Lydia A. (Drew) Jackson; ed. 
 Littleton high school, Dartmouth 
 College, 1900, Harvard Law School; 
 pursued legal study in the office of 
 1 T . S. Judge Edgar Aldrich, and of 
 Remick & Niles, Concord; Admitted 
 to the bar in 1907, and practiced for 
 a time with Remick & Niles, and later 
 with Judge James W. Remick; member 
 of firm of Remick & Hollis, 1910 to 
 1912, Remick & Jackson, 1912 to 191<i 
 and since in practice above; Episcopa- 
 lian; Independent Democrat; chairman, 
 Democratic city committee, Concord, 
 1914-18; member, N. H. excise com- 
 mission, 1915- ; secretary, N. H. com- 
 mittee of public safety, 1917-; in.,
 
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 59 
 
 Oct. 14, 1909, Dorothy Witter Branch 
 of Manchester; children, Sarah Branch, 
 July 26, 1910; Hope, b. Jan. 21, 1915. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Ives, Henry Goodson 
 
 Clergyman and farmer; b., London, 
 England, May 26, 1872; s. James 
 Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins 
 (Johns) Ives; ed. English private 
 schools, University of Pennsylvania, B. 
 Sc. 1897, Harvard University, S.T.B. 
 1904; Democrat; Unitarian; pastor 
 Unitarian Church, Andover, since 1904, 
 also pastor All Souls' Union Church, 
 Potter Place, built 1911; field agent, 
 Proctor Academy, Andover, 1904-16; 
 assistant curator, W. S. Vaux Collec- 
 tion of Minerals, Academy of Natural 
 
 Anti-Saloon League, Red Cross League, 
 National Municipal League, Harvard 
 Club, and Twentieth Century Club of 
 Boston, Pennsylvania Alumni Soc., 
 Harvard Alumni Soc., Merrimack 
 County Farmer's Ass'n. Deeply in- 
 terested in agriculture and engaged in 
 breeding registered Hereford cattle at 
 his farm i n Andover, believing that the 
 cheap pasture lands of New Hampshire 
 are well adapted for beef. M., Feb. 2, 
 1909, Susan Whiting of Newton, Mass., 
 who d. Dec. 6, 1913. Residence, 
 Andover, N. H. 
 
 Howard, Charles Woodbury 
 
 Furniture manufacturer, adjutant 
 general; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct. 28, 
 1869; s. Joseph Woodbury and Nancy 
 
 Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., 1S91-3; 
 Good Templar, Mason; member, 
 Eastern Star, Patrons of Husbandry, 
 Mineralogical Club of Philadelphia, 
 National Economic League, American 
 Ass'n for Advancement of Science, 
 N. H. Peace Soc., N. IL Woman Suf- 
 frage Ass'n, N. H. Single Tax Soc., 
 
 Jane (Hesselton) Howard; ed. Nashua 
 public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 class of 1X90; Unitarian; Republican; 
 member, Nashua common council, 
 board of education, six years; N. II. 
 house of representatives, 1905, 1907; 
 senate, 1915; enlisted as private in 
 N. H. N. (I., March 17. 1X91; second
 
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 61 
 
 and first lieutenant, Co. K, 2d X. H. 
 regiment; adjutant, 2d Infantry; ap- 
 pointed asst. adjutant general, 1st 
 Brigade, March 7, 1899, continuing till 
 Dec. 1, 1907, when lie became a major 
 in the adjutant general's department, 
 serving till May, 1915, when he he- 
 came the adjutant general; trustee, 
 Hunt Home for the Aged; member, 
 Nashua Country Club; member, A. F. 
 & A. M., to and including the 33d de- 
 gree; past commander in chief, N. H. 
 Consistory; Knight Templar; m., June 
 14, 1894, Blanche Louise, daughter of 
 Josephus Baldwin, first mayor of 
 Nashua; children, Wooclbury Howard, 
 h. 1902, Lucy Baldwin, b. 1905. Resi- 
 dence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Fahey, John H. 
 
 Newspaper publisher, investment 
 banker; b., Manchester, N. H., Feb. 
 19, 1873; s. Peter and Maria Fahey; 
 ed. public schools; graduate of Man- 
 chester high school; began newspaper 
 work as reporter on Manchester papers; 
 manager, Associated Press, New Haven, 
 Conn.; New England Supt., Associated 
 Press, Boston; editor and publisher, 
 Boston Traveler, 1903-10; second vice- 
 president. Associated Press, 1909-10; 
 now president and publisher, Worces- 
 ter Evening Pod, and engaged in in- 
 vestment banking business in Boston; 
 long active in business men's organiza- 
 tions; one of the organizers of the 
 Boston chamber of commerce and 
 even years director and member 
 executive committee; member, organ- 
 ization committee, Chamber of Com- 
 merce of the United States, later chair- 
 man executive committee, president, 
 
 1914 and 1915, now honorary vice- 
 president; member, permanent com- 
 mittee of International Congress of 
 Chambers of Commerce; appointed by 
 President Wilson member of interna- 
 tional high commission organized in 
 
 1915 under allspices of U. S. govern- 
 ment to promote uniform legislation 
 among the countries of the Western 
 Hemisphere; chairman, delegation of 
 American chambers of commerce visit- 
 
 ing European countries in 1911; mem- 
 ber, U. S. commission visiting South 
 America in 1916; member, American 
 chamber of commerce in Paris, honorary 
 member, Bolsa de Comercio, Buenos 
 Ayres, Worcester chamber of commerce ; 
 chair man of t he American commit t ee on 
 commercial arbitration between Argen- 
 tina and the United States; awarded 
 decoration of the Order of the Golden 
 Sheaf by Chinese government in 1916 
 for service in promoting commercial 
 relations between China and the United 
 States; director and chairman, execu- 
 tive committee, Commercial Research 
 Co.; director, American Core-Twine 
 Co.; president, Jiffy Brush Co.; mem- 
 ber, Bankers' Club, New York, Boston 
 City Club, Economic Club, Tedasco 
 Country Club, Brae-Burn Country 
 Club, National Americanization Com- 
 mittee, executive committee, League 
 to Enforce Peace; Catholic; m., Mar- 
 garet Quinn, Boston, 1901; two dau., 
 Margaret and Eleanor. Address, Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Thayer, William Wentworth 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April 
 15, 1884; s. William Fiske and Sarah 
 C. (Wentworth) Thayer; ed. Concord 
 public schools, including Concord high 
 school, Harvard University, B.A., 1905, 
 LL.B., 1910, Oxford University, B.A., 
 1908, M.A., 1913; admitted to the bar, 
 1910; practiced in office of Streeter, 
 Demond & Woodworth till 1913, and 
 alone since; Congregationalist ; Repub- 
 lican; elected solicitor for the County 
 of Merrimack in Nov., 1916, for the 
 term beginning April. 1917; appointed 
 by the court to fill vacancy occasioned 
 by resignation of Solicitor Murchie, 
 Jan., 1917; trustee, Union Trust Co.; 
 director, First National Bank of Con- 
 cord; assistant treasurer, Northern 
 R. R.; director, American Peace 
 Soc.; vice-president, Concord Char- 
 ity Organization; president, Alumni 
 Ass'n of American Rhodes Scholars; 
 member, Kearsarge Lodge, K. of P., 
 Capital Grange, P. of H. Residence, 
 Concord, N . H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Miller, Ida Farr 
 
 (Mrs. Edwin C.); club woman and 
 lecturer; b., Littleton, N. H., April 
 26, 1863; dau. Maj. Evarts \V. and 
 Ellen F. (Burpee) Farr; ed. public 
 schools, St. Mary's Academy, Man- 
 chester, N. H., Museum of Fine Arts 
 School, Boston, and Wellesley Col- 
 lege; past president, Melrose (Mass.) 
 Woman's Club and Kosmos Club, 
 Wakefield, Mass.; organizer and past 
 president, New Hampshire's Daugh- 
 ters Society, Boston; chairman, For- 
 estry Committee, Mass. State Federa- 
 tion of Women's clubs; member, For- 
 estry Committee, N. H. State Federa- 
 tion of Women's clubs, 1908-11; mem- 
 ber, Wakefield, Mass., school board 
 since 1906; member, N. E. Historic- 
 Genealogical Soc.; member, Society 
 for Prevention of N. E. Antiquities; 
 past matron, O. E. S.; organizer and 
 first regent, Faneuil Hall Chapter, 
 D. A. R., etc.; lecturer on forestry and 
 historical subjects; m., Jan. 30, 1884, 
 Edwin Child Miller; children, Barbara 
 (Miller) Wicker, Henry Franklin, 
 Edith Louise. Residence, Wakefield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Ray, Robert Allen 
 
 Lawyer, judge of probate; 1)., Palmer, 
 Mass., April 7, 1851; s. Alexander 
 Hamilton and Sarah Jane (Maynard) 
 Ray; ed. Burr & Burton Seminary, 
 Manchester, Vt., Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy and Dartmouth College, A.B. 
 1877, A.M. 1885; studied law; admitted 
 to bar. 1879, and practiced from 1879 to 
 1889, in Concord, N. H.. in partnership 
 with Reuben E. Walker, now associate 
 justice N. H. supreme court, and with 
 him edited and published "Ray A: 
 Walker's N. H. Citations"; later for 
 some years principal of Hinsdale, N. H., 
 high school, removing thence to Keene, 
 in IS'lH, to resume practice; Baptist; 
 Republican; member from Ward 6, 
 Concord, in N. H. house of represen- 
 tatives, 1SS."); judge of probate for 
 Cheshire County since 1906; also acted 
 as judge in Sullivan County probate 
 court several months, during a va- 
 cancy, in 1917; member, Sons of Vet- 
 
 erans; m., 1st, March 18, 1881, 
 Harriet Annett Ballou, who d. 1900; 
 2d, May, 1907, Clara Adell Case; 
 one dau., Agnes Helen (Mrs. Fred H. 
 Robbins, Philadelphia, Pa.). Resi- 
 dence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Richardson, Albert James 
 
 Farmer, postmaster; b., Lyndon, 
 Vt., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Henry and Mary 
 J. (Clark) Richardson; removed to 
 Littleton, N. H., in infancy, and edu- 
 cated in Littleton public schools; en- 
 
 gaged extensively in agriculture and 
 dairying for a series of years; Demo- 
 crat; member of school board; select- 
 man, 1907-8; inspector for N. H. 
 license commission, several years pre- 
 vious to Jan., 1914, when appointed 
 postmaster of Littleton; Patron of 
 Husbandry and long active in the or- 
 der, serving as master of White Moun- 
 tain Grange two years, Northern N. H. 
 Pomona (irange four years, and execu- 
 tive committee, N. H. State (irange, 
 six years; member, Burns Lodge, A. F. 
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 Commandery and Bektash Temple; 
 m., Oct. 6, 1888, Lillian M. Curtis; 
 one daughter, Edith Mabelle. Resi- 
 dence, Littleton, N. H. 
 
 Plummer, William Alberto 
 
 Jurist; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Dec. 
 2, 1865; s. Charles E. and Mary H. 
 (Moody) Plummer; ed. Gilmanton 
 Academy, Dartmouth College, Boston 
 University School of Law, 1889; lo- 
 cated in practice in Laconia; Congre- 
 gationalist; Democrat; member, La- 
 conia school board, nineteen years 
 (president sixteen years) ; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1893, 
 1907; justice, N. H. superior court, 
 Dec., 1907 to Dec., 1913, since then 
 justice, supreme court; member, 
 Knights of Pythias, Elks, Masons, 33d 
 degree (Grand Master, Grand Lodge 
 of N. H., 1806-8); member, N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., X. H. His- 
 torical Soc.; director, Laconia Nat'l 
 Bank; trustee and vice-president, City 
 Savings Bank of Laconia; director, La- 
 conia Building & Loan Ass'n.; m., Jan. 
 1, 1890; one son, Wayne M., b. March 
 21, 1891, Boston University School of 
 Law, 1917, admitted to X. H. bar, June 
 30, 1917. Residence, Laconia, X. H. 
 
 Mitchell, Abram Whittemore 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Lemp- 
 ster, X. H., Feb. 8, 1862; s. Andrew J. 
 and Mary (Whittemore) Mitchell; ed. 
 common and high schools, Kirnball 
 Union Academy, 1883, Xew York Uni- 
 versity Medical School, 1887; located 
 in practice at Epping, X. H.; Metho- 
 dist; Independent; member, school 
 board and board of health, Epping; 
 physician to Rockingham County In- 
 stitute for thirty years; member and 
 past president of Rockingham County 
 Medical Soc. and X. H. Medical Soc.; 
 president, Epping Water Co.; Odd 
 Fellow and Mason to and including 
 32d degree. Knight Templar and 
 Shriner; in., Oct. 17, 1888, Hattie F. 
 Perkins; children, Avis W. (Mrs. C. 
 Cann), Karl P., Richard A., Philip W. 
 Residence, Epping, X. II. 
 
 Smith, Ezra M. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Langdon, N. H., Jan. 
 25, 1838; s. Orrin and Marinda (Par- 
 tridge) Smith; ed. Cold River Acad- 
 emy, Tubbs Academy. Law Depart- 
 ment, University of Albany, LL.B. 
 1861; admitted to N. H. bar, May, 
 1864; commenced practice in Peter- 
 borough, N. H., June 1, 1865, and has 
 since continued; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; ten years a member of 
 the school board; selectman, twenty- 
 
 five years (many years chairman of the 
 board); member, X. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, six terms, taking active 
 part in committee work and debate; 
 state senator, 191.5-16; member, con- 
 stitutional conventions, 1S76, 1912; 
 member, Peterborough Grange, P. of 
 H., Peterborough Lodge, Xo. 15, I. (). 
 O. F., Union Encampment, Xo. 6; m., 
 Oct. 4, 1886, Mary S. Fairbanks; chil- 
 dren, Etta M. (Harlan B. deceased), 
 Orrin F. Residence, Peterborough, 
 X. H.
 
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 65 
 
 Fairbanks, George Arlington 
 
 Woolen manufacturer, farmer; b., 
 Newport, N. H., March 24, 1863; s. 
 George H. and Helen M. (Nourse) 
 Fairbanks; ed. public schools, graduat- 
 ing from Newport high school, June 
 24, 1881, followed by one year at Tilton 
 Seminary; a successful merchant in 
 Newport for fourteen years; with 
 George A. Dorr purchased Granite 
 State Mills, April 1, 1899, and from a 
 business practically dormant, it has 
 today over one hundred fifty employes 
 on its pay-roll, working in day and 
 night shifts; director of Citizens' Na- 
 tional Bank for fifteen years, its presi- 
 dent since 1913; trustee and treasurer, 
 Carrie F. Wright Hospital, since its 
 establishment; for many years a 
 trustee, M. E. church, and for a long 
 time a member and generous contrib- 
 utor to its welfare. Continually identi- 
 fied with the best interests of Sullivan 
 County Y. M. C. A., he has been a 
 liberal supporter in all its work; mem- 
 ber school board for twelve years and 
 active worker for the welfare of pupils 
 and teachers; trustee, Tilton Seminary; 
 Mason, member and past high priest, 
 Chapter of Tabernacle, No. 19, R. A. 
 M.; Shrine; Republican; candidate for 
 presidential elector, 1916, member, 
 house of representatives, 1917-18 and 
 chairman railroad committee; occupies 
 a spacious home on a knoll overlooking 
 the town, on the spot where stood the 
 house of his birth; m., Oct. 22, 1885, 
 Margaret A. Gilmore of Newport; 
 three children, Helen M., a successful 
 kindergartner, Marian S., graduate of 
 Boston University and vocal soloist in 
 local churches, Harold G., graduate of 
 Tilton Seminary and now learning the 
 woolen business in his father's mill. 
 Residence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln 
 
 Lawyer; b., Meredosia, 111., April 5, 
 1860; s. Eli Allen and Harriett W. 
 (Weeks) Boutwell; removed to Hop- 
 kinton, N. H., when two years of age 
 and reared in that town where his great- 
 grandfather, Maj. William Weeks, of 
 Washington's staff, had settled in 1792, 
 
 on land said to have been granted him 
 by the government and a portion of 
 which he, himself, now owns; ed. com- 
 mon schools, Hopkinton and Contoo- 
 cook academies, New Hampshire Col- 
 lege, 1882, and Boston University Law 
 School, 1886; spent some time in 
 teaching, at Claremont, N. H., gram- 
 mar school, Boston Asylum Farm 
 School, and Eliot Evening School, Bos- 
 ton, meanwhile taking up the study of 
 
 law, first with the late John Y. Mug- 
 ridge of Concord, N. H., and later with 
 Wilbur H. Powers of Boston; admitted 
 to Massachusetts bar in 1886 and com- 
 menced practice in Boston in Aug. of 
 that year, continuing alone about 
 twenty years, since then in partnership 
 with William H. Hastings of Maiden, 
 under firm name of Boutwell <t Hast- 
 ings, offices in Rogers Bldg., Washing- 
 ton St.; Baptist; Republican; mem- 
 ber, Maiden, Mass., common council, 
 1893-4 ; Mass, house of representatives, 
 1895-6-7-8, taking a prominent part in 
 legislation each year; city solicitor, 
 Maiden, since 1907; trustee, New
 
 66 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Hampshire College, since 1910 and 
 president of the board since 1913; first 
 vice-president. Second National Bank 
 of Maiden; director, F. W. Ransholb 
 Co., Samuel E. Jordan Brush Co.; Ma- 
 son, Odd Fellow; member, Boston City 
 Club, University Club of Maiden, Mai- 
 den Deliberative Assembly, Middlesex 
 Club, Mass. Republican Club; a fre- 
 quent public speaker on political, pa- 
 triotic and other occasions; m. Nellie 
 C. Booth, Dec. 28, 1886; one son, 
 Louis E., b. Feb. 15, 1892, Boston Uni- 
 versity School of Law, 1917. Resi- 
 dence, Maiden, Mass. 
 
 Gile, John Martin 
 
 Surgeon; b. Pembroke, N. H., March 
 8, 1864; s. Brainerd and Mary A. 
 (Kimbal!) Gile; ed. Pembroke Acad- 
 emy, Dartmouth College, 1887, Dart- 
 
 H. Republican state convention, 1910; 
 member, N. H. executive council, 
 Fourth District, 1911-12; member, 
 American Medical Ass'n, N. H. and 
 Mass. Medical Socs.; trustee, Dart- 
 mouth College; trustee, Mary Hitch- 
 cock Memorial Hospital; Mason; 
 member, Graduates Club, Kappa 
 Kappa Kappa, Hanover Country Club; 
 director, Lake Tarleton Club; m., June 
 8, 1892, Vesta Fowler; children, John 
 F., Archie B., Madelain, Dorothy. 
 Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Woodbury, Gordon 
 
 Lawyer, farmer, journalist; b., New 
 York City, Sept. 17, 1863; s. Freeman 
 Perkins and Harriet A. (McGaw) 
 Woodbury, his father being a descend- 
 ant of John Woodbury (Beverly, Mass., 
 1624) and his mother a granddaughter 
 
 mouth Medical School, 1X91; com- 
 menced practice at Tewksbury, Mass.; 
 Professor of Practice of Medicine, 1S9(> 
 -1910; Dean and Professor of Clinical 
 Surgery, 1910 -., Dartmouth Medi- 
 cal School; Republican; president, N. 
 
 of Matthew Thornton, signer of the 
 Declaration of Independence; ed 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1882, Har- 
 vard College, 1886, Columbia Univer- 
 sity Law School, 1888; located in 
 Bedford, N. II., in 1889, upon the old
 
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 McGaw homestead, his mother's birth- 
 place, where he has continued his legal 
 residence, engaging extensively in agri- 
 culture; Presbyterian; Democrat ; rep- 
 resentative from Bedford in N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1891, serving 
 on committee on revision of the stat- 
 utes; candidate for senator in District 
 No. 19, 1892; member, N. H. delega- 
 tion in Democratic national convention, 
 1896; delegate in N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1902; member, advisory 
 council, N. H. Dept. of Agriculture; 
 1913-15; Democratic candidate for Con- 
 gress, First N. H. District, 1916; editor 
 and publisher, Manchester Daily and 
 Weekly Union, 1896-1906; ed. History 
 of Bedford, 1903; Mason; member, 
 Derryfield Club, Manchester; m. 
 April 18, 1894, Charlotte E., dau. Gep. 
 E. Woodbury, Methuen, Mass.; chil- 
 dren, Eliza Gordon (Bryn Mawr), 
 Peter, George. Residence, Bedford, 
 N. H., Manchester P. O. 
 
 Baynes, Ernest Harold 
 
 Naturalist, lecturer; b., Calcutta, 
 India, May 1, 1868; s. John and 
 Helen Augusta (Nowill) Baynes; ed. 
 College of the City of New York; re- 
 porter for A T . Y. Times, 1891-2; 
 assistant to his father in photographic 
 modeling, 1893-1900; has written and 
 lectured extensively on natural history 
 since 1900; contributed series of ar- 
 ticles on "Wild Life in the Blue Moun- 
 tain Forest" to Boston Transcript in 
 1904; member, American Bison Soc., 
 Harvard Travelers Club, Tavern Club, 
 Boston, Meriden, N. H., Bird Club, 
 general manager; chairman, Sullivan 
 Co. Boy Scout Commission. Resi- 
 dence, Plainfield, N. H. 
 
 Haynes, Martin Alonzo 
 
 Printer and editor; b., Springfield, 
 N. H., July 30, 1842; s. Elbridge Gerry 
 and Caroline R. (Knowlton) Haynes; 
 ed. public schools, Manchester, N. H.; 
 learned the printer's trade, also served 
 on report orial staff of both the Union 
 and Mirror in Manchester; served 
 three years as a volunteer private in 
 the Second N. H. regiment in the 
 Civil War; established the Luke Vil- 
 
 lage Times, at Lake Village (Gilford), 
 N. H., now Lakeport (Ward 6, Laco- 
 nia), in 1868 and conducted the same 
 for twenty years ; Universalist ; Repub- 
 lican; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, from Gilford, 1872-3; 
 clerk, N. H. supreme court for Belknap 
 County, 1876-83; member, U. S. house 
 of representatives (First N. H. Dis- 
 trict) in 48th and 49th Congresses, 
 
 1883 to 1887; U. S. Internal Revenue 
 agent many years, serving in different 
 sections of the country, and for a time 
 transferred from the Treasury to the 
 War Department, and, under commis- 
 sion of Elihu Root, Secretary of War, 
 established the Internal Revenue in 
 the Philippines; holds membership 
 with the Odd Fellows and G. A. R., 
 department Commander for the latter, 
 1S81-2; as president of the X. H. 
 Veterans Ass'n' in 1SS2, made the an- 
 nual reunions at Weirs a fixture; in., 
 March 9, 1S63, Cornelia T. Lane; 
 children, Mary Addie (Mrs. Eugene S. 
 Daniell). Cornelia A., adopted. Resi- 
 dence. Lakeport, N. H.
 
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 69 
 
 Nash, John Barzillia 
 
 Lawyer; b., Windham, Me., May 17, 
 1848; s. Barzillia and Lqvina (Hick) 
 Nash; ed. common and private schools 
 and Gorham, Me., Academy; studied 
 law and located in practice in Conway, 
 N. H.; admitted to the N. H. bar in 
 1878; Universalist; Democrat; delegate 
 in N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1889; representative in N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1891, 1893; solicitor 
 for Carroll county, four years; Demo- 
 cratic nominee for Congress 1894, 1896; 
 president, N. H. Democratic state 
 convention, 1896; delegate in Demo- 
 cratic national convention at Kansas 
 City in 1900, and elected to the Denver 
 convention in 1908, but unable to 
 attend; appointed I". S. naval officer 
 of customs, port of Boston and Charles- 
 town, by President Wilson in 1913, and 
 still in that office; has spoken exten- 
 sively on the stump for the Democratic 
 party in many campaigns; m., Nov., 
 1871, Susan J. Libby; children, Nathan 
 G., Jessie (Mrs. Clifford H. Craig). 
 Residence, Conway, N. H., P. (). ad- 
 dress, Intervale. 
 
 Porter, Eleanor Hodgman 
 
 Musician and author: b., Littleton, 
 N. H., Dec. 19, 1868; dau. Francis F. 
 and Llewella (Woolson) Hodgman; ed. 
 public schools, N. E. Conservatory of 
 Music, and by private teachers; in., 
 May 3, 1X92, "John Lyman Porter of 
 Corinth, Vt. ; Congregationalist; en- 
 gaged for several years as choir and 
 concert singer, and music teacher; 
 since 1901 devoted to authorship; has 
 written several published volumes that 
 have attracted wide attention, "Polly- 
 anna" being the most notable, as well 
 as a great number of short stories for 
 magazines and newspapers. Resi- 
 dence, Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Tufts, James Arthur 
 
 Educator; b., Alstead, N. II., April 
 26, ISoo; s. Timothy and Sophia P. 
 (Kingsbury) Tufts; <>d. Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1874, Harvard College, A.M., 
 1878, A.M. Dartmouth. 1914; Pro- 
 fessor of English, Phillips Exeter Acad- 
 
 emy, since 1878; Unitarian; Pro- 
 gressive Republican; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1905, 1907 
 and chairman committee on education 
 each year; trustee, N. H. College of 
 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Robin- 
 son Seminary, Exeter, Exeter Public 
 library, Kensington Social Library; 
 member, Modern Language Ass'n of 
 
 America, American Dialect Soc., Amer- 
 ican Philological Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n 
 Colleges and Preparatory Schools; 
 honorary member, Cliosophic Soc., 
 Princeton Univ., associate member, 
 N. H. Soc. Cincinnati; m.. Dee. 21, 
 1878, Effie Locke: children, Effie Mir- 
 iam (d.), Irving Elting, Theodora. Del- 
 mont Locke. James Arthur, Jr., Helen. 
 Residence, Exeter, N. II . 
 
 Minot, Fanny Elizabeth Pickering 
 
 (Mrs. James); b., Marnstead, N. H.; 
 dau. Hazen and Martha Ann (Drew) 
 Pickering; ed. Concord high school, 
 lS6. r ), Wheaton Seminary, Norton, 
 Mass., 1S67 (valedictorian of each 
 class); in., Capt. James Minot, cashier
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Mechanicks National Bank, May 13, 
 1874 (d. Nov. 15, 1911); member, 
 South Congregational church ; national 
 president, Woman's Relief Corps, 1904 
 
 -5; member, Concord board of educa- 
 tion, since 1908 (secretary); Woman's 
 Club of Concord (president, 1904-5); 
 president, N. H. Female Cent Inst., 
 1901-8; president, Concord Female 
 Charitable Hoc., 1911-15; member, 
 educational committee. General Fed- 
 eration Women's Clubs, 1912-14; 
 regent, Rumford Chapter, I). A R., 
 1905-8; president. Federation of 
 Women's Missionary Societies, Con- 
 cord; member, Woman's Board of 
 Missions (life), Avon (Shakespeare) 
 Club, Friendly Club, Charity Organ- 
 ization Soc., District Nursing Ass'n, 
 Red Cross, Nat. League for Woman's 
 Service, \\hcaton Seminary Alumnae 
 Ass'n, X. H. Historical Soc. Resi- 
 dence, 23 S. State St., Concord, N. II. 
 
 F. and Sarah J. (Dodge) Perley; ed. 
 Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 
 1873, Dartmouth College, 1878; 
 teacher, 1878 to 1883 principal 
 Charlestown, N. H., high school; 
 studied law with Hon. Ira Colby of 
 Claremont, N. H.; admitted to the 
 N. H. bar in 1883, Mass, bar, 1883, 
 Minn, bar in 1884, having removed to 
 the latter state and located at Moor- 
 head, Clay co., opposite Fargo, N. D., 
 where he has continued in legal practice 
 and also engaged extensively in the 
 handling of loans and real estate, con- 
 ducting the "George E. Perley Farm 
 Loan and Land Agency;" Christian 
 Scientist; Progressive Republican; 
 alderman, city of Moorhead, four years; 
 member, Minn, house of representa- 
 tives, 1903, 1905, chairman, committee 
 on education, the latter year; member, 
 Moorhead board of education, fifteen 
 years; trustee, Fargo College, Fargo, 
 
 Perley, George Edmund 
 
 Lawyer, loans, real estate; 
 ster, N. II., Aug. 19. 1x53; 
 
 I)., Lemp- 
 s. Asburv 
 
 N. D., twenty-five years; Royal Arca- 
 num: m.. May 9, 1884, M. Etta Jones; 
 one daughter, Grace Perley Hess, Min- 
 neapolis. Residence, Moorhead, Minn.
 
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 Jackson, James Robert 
 
 Lawyer, writer; b., Barnet, Vt., Oct. 
 5, 1838; s. William and Prucia (Mor- 
 rill) Jackson; removed with his par- 
 ents to Littleton, N. H., in childhood; 
 ed. Littleton public schools and in the 
 law office of Hon. Harry Bingham; 
 Episcopalian; Democrat; clerk, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1871; L T . S. 
 Consul to Sherbrooke, 1893-7; author, 
 History of Littleton; m. July 16, 1879, 
 Lydia Drew, Dover, N. H.; children, 
 Robert (Dartmouth, 1900), Andrew 
 (Dartmouth, 1903), Harry B., William 
 M., Elizabeth, Katharine (d.), Rachel. 
 Residence, Littleton, N. H. 
 
 Brackett, John Q. A. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., June 
 8, 1842; s. Ambrose S. and Nancy 
 (Brown) Brackett; ed. public schools, 
 Colby Academy, New London, 1861, 
 Harvard College, 1865 (class orator), 
 Harvard Law School, 1868; located in 
 practice in Boston and there continued; 
 Unitarian; Republican; member, Bos- 
 ton common council, 1873-6 inclusive 
 (president, 1886); member, Mass, 
 house of representatives, 1877-81 and 
 1884-6 inclusive, chairman judiciary 
 committee, 1884, speaker, 1885, 1886; 
 lieutenant governor, 1887-9 inclusive; 
 governor of Massachusetts, 1890; dele- 
 gate-at-large, Republican national 
 convention, 1892 (member committee 
 on resolutions) ; presidential elector- 
 at-large, 1896, and chairman, Massa- 
 chusetts electors; again, in 1900, elee- 
 tor-at-large; president, Middlesex 
 (Republican) Club, 1893-1901; de- 
 clined a public dinner tendered by 
 Governor Walsh and the living ex- 
 governors of the state on the occasion 
 of his seventy-second birthday anni- 
 versary in June, 1914, but was made a 
 special guest of the Middlesex Club at 
 its annual meeting, June 6, in honor of 
 his birthday and the twenty-first anni- 
 versary of his election as president of 
 the club, as well as the twenty-fifth 
 anniversary of the movement resulting 
 in his nomination for governor. In 
 May, 1917, elected delegate from the 
 Eighth Congressional district to the 
 Massachusetts constitutional conven- 
 
 tion, and on the evening of June 5, the 
 night before the meeting of the con- 
 vention, in recognition of his seventy- 
 fifth birthday, his election as a delegate, 
 and as the senior living ex-governor of 
 the state, he was given a public dinner 
 at Hotel Somerset in Boston, by the 
 Boston Club, largely attended by 
 prominent men of both parties through- 
 out the state; long prominent as a 
 public speaker, delivering many nota- 
 ble addresses on important occasions, 
 
 aside from political speeches in many 
 campaigns, among them being those at 
 the Bradford centennial in 1887, the 
 dedication of the Pilgrims monument 
 at Plymouth, Mass., and the centen- 
 nial anniversary of the birth of Gen. 
 Nathaniel P. * Banks in Waltham, 
 Mass., Jan. 30, 1916; member. Joseph 
 Warren Lodge, A. F. & A. M.. Middle- 
 sex Club, Boston Club, Arlington Boat 
 Club; director. Exchange Trust Co., 
 Boston; vice-president. Mass. Real 
 Estate Exchange; m., June 20, 1878, 
 Angejine M. Peck; children, John Gay- 
 lord (Harvard, 1901, Law School, 1004) 
 and Beatrice. Residence, Arlington, 
 Mass.
 
 MARILLA M. KICKER
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Ricker, Marilla Marks Young 
 
 Lawyer, author, humanitarian; b., 
 New Durham, N. H., March 18, 1840; 
 dau. Jonathan B. and Hannah D. 
 (Stevens) Young; ed. public schools, 
 Colby Academy, New London, N. H., 
 1861; m., 1863, John Ricker of M ad- 
 bury, N. H., who died Oct. 6, 1868; 
 went abroad in 1872, spending some 
 years in study in Germany, thoroughly 
 mastering the language of that coun- 
 try; returning home took up the study 
 of law in Washington, D. C., with Al- 
 bert G. Riddle and Arthur B. Williams; 
 admitted to the District of Columbia 
 bar in 1882, taking the examination 
 with eighteen men, all of whom she 
 outranked; practiced in Washington 
 for many years, where she became 
 known as "the prisoners' friend," from 
 her custom of aiding poor and friend- 
 less prisoners; associated with Col. 
 Robert G. Ingersoll in the famous 
 "Star Route" trials; appointed exami- 
 ner in chancery by the supreme court 
 of the District of Columbia, 1884, also 
 U. S. commissioner, in which capacity 
 she heard many cases; admitted to the 
 N. H. bar in 1 890, being the first woman 
 admitted; admitted to the bar of the 
 supreme court of the United States, 
 1891. Woman suffragist and pioneer 
 worker and speaker for the cause; first 
 woman in New Hampshire to demand 
 the right to vote, and paying taxes 
 under protest since refusal. Republi- 
 can; offered herself as a candidate for 
 the gubernatorial nomination of the 
 party in 1910; Free Thinker, writing 
 much and strongly in championship of 
 Free Thought doctrines; author of 
 "The Four Gospels," 1911, "I Don't 
 Know, Do You?" 1915, and "I Am 
 Not Afraid, Are You?" 1917. An 
 early abolitionist, pioneer suffragist, 
 and ardent disciple of Paine and Inger- 
 soll, she has traveled widely and spoken 
 much and forcefully, as well as written, 
 in advocacy of her principles. Resi- 
 dence, Dover, N. II . 
 
 Felch, Albert Dustin 
 
 General business; b., Sunapee, N. II., 
 March 23, 1SIJ3; s. John and Sarah 
 
 J. (Bartlett) Felch; ed. Sunapee pub- 
 lic schools; Progressive; Republican; 
 justice of the peace, notary public, 
 health officer, trial justice, member, 
 school board, six years, tax collector, 
 1892, member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1911, chosen by the largest 
 majority ever given a candidate in the 
 town with a single exception, and serv- 
 ing as chairman of committee on roads,, 
 bridges and canals, and as a member 
 
 of the rate committee investigating 
 B. & M. R. R. fares and freights; Pro- 
 gressive candidate for state senator in 
 Seventh district in 1912; secretary, 
 Sunapee Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; secre- 
 tary and treasurer, Lake Sunapee Pro- 
 tective Corporation; treasurer, town 
 trust fund; local examiner, state au- 
 tomobile department; treasurer. Trow 
 Lumber Co., several years previous to 
 191(i; Methodist: superintendent of 
 Sunday school five years; treasurer, 
 board of trustees, Sunapee M. E. 
 church; m., May 2, 1SSS, Lilla Ingalls;
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 children, Ruth A., serving in state auto- 
 mobile department, as stenographer 
 and notary public, Rose C., trained 
 nurse. Residence, "Pleasant Place," 
 .Sunapee, N. H. 
 
 Hutchins, John Corbin 
 
 Druggist and jeweller, lumberman; 
 b., Wolcott, Vt., Feb. 3, 1864; s. Lewis 
 S. and Mama M. (Aiken) Hutchins, 
 and grandson of Parley Hutchins of 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, who settled in 
 this country immediately after the 
 
 Revolution; ed. public schools and 
 Hardwick, Vt., academy, graduating in 
 1883; taught .school and pursued post- 
 graduate course; removed to North 
 Stratford, N. H., in 1SS4, where he 
 entered a drug and jewelry establish- 
 ment, learned the business, and two 
 years later purchased, and lias since 
 conducted the same, while for the last 
 few years engaging extensively in lum- 
 bering operations; attends Baptist 
 church; Democrat; has held all town 
 offices; member. N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives. ls)9, state senate, 1913, 
 
 serving on education (chairman), 
 banks, manufactures and revision of 
 the laws committees, and recognized 
 minority leader; delegate in National 
 Democratic Conventions of 1908 and 
 1916; candidate for Democratic guber- 
 natorial nomination in 1914 and de- 
 feated by only two votes, and nomi- 
 nated by a large majority in 1916; 
 president, Farmers Guaranty Savings 
 bank of Colebrook; director, Farmers 
 and Traders National bank; trustee, 
 Guaranty Trust Co., Berlin; director 
 and vice-president, Coos Telephone 
 Co.; affiliated with the Odd Fellows, 
 Elks, Knights of Pythias (Grand 
 Chancellor, New Hampshire, 1900), 
 Masons, 32d degree and Knight Tem- 
 plar; m., Oct. 24, 1889, SaideeH. Mayo; 
 children, Ralph M., Paul A. Residence, 
 North Stratford, N. H. 
 
 Dearborn, Josiah Greene 
 
 Teacher, lawyer; b., Weare, N. H., 
 March 20, 1829; s. Josiah and Sarah 
 (Greene) Dearborn; descendant in 
 seventh generation from Godfrey 
 Dearborn, one of the company from 
 Exeter, England, who, under the leader- 
 ship of Rev. John Wheelock, founded 
 Exeter, N. H., in 1639; ed. public 
 schools, Francestown Academy, New 
 Britain, Conn., Normal School; taught 
 several years in Manchester schools; 
 subrnaster in Lyman Grammar School, 
 Boston, 1865 to 1870, meanwhile enter- 
 ing senior class at Dartmouth College 
 and graduating in 1867; master in 
 Boston Latin School, 1870 to 1X74; 
 Liberal; Democrat; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1854, 1855, 
 and oldest surviving member present 
 at the "Legislative Reunion" in Con- 
 cord in 1915; register of probate for 
 Hillsborough County, 1860-5; N. H. 
 state treasurer, 1874-5; postmaster of 
 Manchester, 1889-93; member, N. H. 
 Bar Ass'n; member, Manchester board 
 of education, 1885; auditor for Hills- 
 borough County many years; trustee, 
 Merrimack River Savings bank, twen- 
 ty-five years; m., Oct. 16, 1851, Sabrina 
 L. Hayden, who d. Aug. 14. 1880; 
 children, Julia A. (Mrs. Luther C.
 
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 Baldwin), Cora M., Josephine G. (Mrs. 
 G. F. Russell). Residence, South 
 Weare, N. H. 
 
 Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson 
 
 Farmer, educator, publicist; b., Gil- 
 manton, N. H., Feb. 4, 1847; s. George 
 W. and Mary A. (Brown) Sanborn; 
 ed., Pittsfield and Gilmanton acade- 
 mies and private library; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; superintendent 
 of schools, Gilmanton, 1868, 1869; 
 member, N. H. board of agriculture, 
 1873-82; member, N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1875 and 1876, serving as 
 chairman of committee on Agricul- 
 tural college; appointed superintend- 
 ent of the State college farm at Han- 
 over, 1876, and in that year began 
 publication of monthly bulletins of re- 
 search work which were continued dur- 
 ing the six years of his connection there; 
 these covered various fields, including 
 plant and animal nutrition, and were 
 the first regular publications of the 
 kind in the country; in Sept., 1882, 
 made dean of the agricultural depart- 
 ment of the University of Missouri, and 
 while there continued elaborate investi- 
 gations of various problems, and car- 
 ried on many important experiments; 
 served as secretary of the Missouri 
 board of agriculture, 1882-6, and gath- 
 ered the material for the state's agri- 
 cultural exhibit at the World's Fair in 
 New Orleans; secretary of the Kansas 
 City Fat Stock Show, and state statis- 
 tician for Missouri for U. S. Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture, 1884-7; in 1889 
 became president of and organized the 
 Agricultural and Mechanical College 
 of Utah, and was director of the expe- 
 riment station; during five years here 
 organized the faculty, its courses of 
 study, its extensive research work, and 
 Utah's agricultural exhibit at the Co- 
 lumbian Exposition at Chicago; re- 
 turned to New Hampshire in 1894 to 
 become agricultural editor of the Mir- 
 ror and Farmer, and to resume tem- 
 porarily suspended work of organizing 
 on a large scale extensive and intensive 
 farming on his estate in Gilmanton, 
 where he has redeemed and added to 
 
 the machine tillage area 170 acres, so 
 that about 500 acres are included in 
 one body out of the hill estate of 2,000 
 acres; served three years as trustee of 
 the State College, and again in the 
 legislature in 1909, being chairman of 
 committee on national affairs; trustee 
 of Gilmanton Academy; chairman, 
 town school board; an officer of the 
 N. E. Milk Producers' Union, and, 
 since 1911, member of the advisory 
 council of the State Department of 
 
 Agriculture; Patron of Husbandry and 
 past master, Catamount Grange, Pitts- 
 field; has lectured extensively before 
 farmers' institutes and other organiza- 
 tions, in New England, New York and 
 the West, and written much for the 
 press; author of the section on agricul- 
 ture in Gateley's great work on the 
 World's Progress. The New Hampshire 
 and Utah state colleges have conferred 
 on him the degree of B.S., M.S. and 
 LL.D. ; he is now elaborating his youth's 
 dream of a fine hill estate around the 
 site first deeded to his ancestor for 
 colonial services; in., June 4, 1872,
 
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 77 
 
 Belle Grayham Osborne; children, 
 Harry Wilson, b. July 14, 1875; Alice, 
 b. Dec. 13, 1878; Carl J., b. Aug. 9, 
 1887. Residence, Gilmanton, N. H., 
 Pittsfield P. O. 
 
 Carr, Clarence Edgar 
 
 Lawyer, manufacturer, publicist; b., 
 Enfield, N. H., Jan. 31, 1853; s. John 
 P. and Emily A. (Cochran) Carr; re- 
 moved with his parents to Andover, 
 when ten years of age, where he has 
 since resided; ed. public schools, Ando- 
 ver, New London and Kimball Union 
 academies and Dartmouth College, 
 1875; studied law with the late Hon. 
 John M. Shirley of Andover; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1878 and prac- 
 ticed several years in partnership with 
 Mr. Shirley, but abandoned practice 
 on account of health and in 1883, en- 
 gaged in hame manufacturing business 
 with father and elder brother, retiring 
 therefrom in 1912; Democrat; mem- 
 ber, N. H. house of representatives, 
 1878, 1879, serving on normal school 
 and judiciary committees and chair- 
 man of special railroad committee; sev- 
 eral years member Democratic state 
 committee; president, Democratic 
 state convention, 1902; Democratic 
 candidate for governor, 1908, 1910, 
 making a vigorous campaign each year; 
 Unitarian; president, N. H. Unitarian 
 Conference, twelve years; director, 
 American Unitarian Ass'n, 1906-12, a 
 vice-president since 1912; trustee and 
 treasurer, Proctor Academy, formerly 
 N". H. Unitarian Educational Society; 
 president, N. H. Defense League, 1916; 
 chairman, executive committee, N. H. 
 League to Provide for National De- 
 fense and to Enforce International 
 Peace, 1916-; member, executive com- 
 mittee, N. H. Committee on Public 
 Safety, also of executive committee, 
 N. H. Red Cross Ass'n; first president, 
 United Life and Accident Insurance 
 Co., Concord, now chairman board of 
 directors and executive committee; a 
 trustee of John H. Pearson fund, also 
 of Franklin Savings Bank; member, 
 Kearsarge Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and 
 Blackwater Grange, P. of H., Andover; 
 
 m., 1st., Ella, daughter of Rev. Thomp- 
 son Barren, who d. in 1876 leaving one 
 daughter, Ella, educated at Wellesley 
 and Radcliffe colleges and in Germany, 
 now living in Andover; 2d, Carrie E., 
 daughter of Amos H. and Emeline M. 
 Proctor two sons, Proctor (Harvard, 
 1904), general sales agent, U. S. Hame 
 Co., Buffalo, N. Y. (married, one 
 daughter), and John P. (Harvard, 1911, 
 Law, 1914), now a lawyer in Boston, 
 Mass. Residence, Andover, N. H. 
 
 Hening, Crawford Dawes 
 
 Lawyer, supreme court reporter; b., 
 Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1866; s. 
 Edmund W. and Mary (Dawes) Hen- 
 ing; ed. Episcopal Academy, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa.; studied law in the office of 
 Charles Biddle, Philadelphia; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1894, and com- 
 menced practice in Lancaster the same 
 year; subsequently practiced for a 
 time in Berlin, N. H. ; later returned to 
 Philadelphia, where he served as as- 
 sistant city solicitor, 1911-14; again 
 took up his residence in Lancaster, and 
 engaged in the work of preparing a 
 digest of the N. H. law reports; ap- 
 pointed reporter for the N. H. supreme 
 court, 1916; Episcopalian; m., in 1896, 
 Mabel Thompson; children, Sally F., 
 Edmund W., Alice C. Residence, Lan- 
 caster, N. H. 
 
 Morrison, Henry Clinton 
 
 Educator; b., Oldtown, Me., Oct. 7, 
 1871; s. John H. and Mary Louise 
 (Ham) Morrison; great-grandson of 
 John Morrison of Sutherlandshire, 
 Scotland, who settled at St. James, 
 N. B., in 1803; ed. public schools and 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895, being 
 valedictorian of his class; principal, 
 high school, Milford, N. H., 1895-9; 
 superintendent schools, Portsmouth, 
 N. H., 1899-1905; state superintend- 
 ent of public instruction since Oct. 25, 
 1905; a consistent and presistent ad- 
 vocate of all measures calculated to 
 promote the efficiency of the state's 
 educational system, especially state su- 
 pervision of the public schools, which 
 has been extended under his adminis-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 tration till it covers nearly the entire 
 state; member, N. H. Teachers' Ass'n 
 (president, 1903) ; many years director, 
 National Educational Ass'n; member, 
 
 American Institute of Instruction (pres- 
 ident, 1908-9); Mason, Patron of 
 Husbandry, member, N. H. Historical 
 Soc., Concord Board of Trade, Wono- 
 lancet Club, Phi Beta Kappa and Psi 
 Upsilon fraternities and Casque and 
 Gauntlet Soc. at Dartmouth; received 
 degree of M. Sc. from the New Hamp- 
 shire College in 1906; Episcopalian; 
 Independent in politics; in., July 29, 
 1902, Marion Locke, Andover, Mass.; 
 children, John A., Hugh S., Robert D. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Cressy, Frank 
 
 Manager, Cressy <fc Co. ; b., Bradford, 
 X. H., Oct. 21. 1S40: s. William P. and 
 Mary G. (Gould) Cressy; ed. public 
 schools and Colby Academy, New Lon- 
 don, N. II.; taught school several 
 years; established a graded school in 
 Bradford; appointed I". S. mail clerk 
 in 18t)5. running between Bradford and 
 
 Manchester; in November of that 
 year became a clerk in office of Sixth 
 Auditor of the Treasury, Washington, 
 D. C., serving till Aug., 1873, and 
 twice promoted; transferred to N. E. 
 division, U. S. Railway Mail Service, 
 and served as first local agent at Con- 
 cord, N. H., for two years; again trans- 
 ferred to train service, running between 
 Boston and St. Albans, Vt. , till 1884, 
 when he resigned, and became travel- 
 ing salesman for Blanchard <fc Co , flour 
 and grain dealers, of Concord; two 
 years later joined the firm of Moseley 
 <fe Co., in the same business, traveling 
 for them over New Hampshire and 
 Vermont, till, in 1898, he bought out 
 the business, which he has since suc- 
 cessfully conducted under the name of 
 Cressy & Co., his son Harry R. later 
 becoming a member of the firm; Uni- 
 tarian, Republican; member, Concord 
 board of aldermen, 1901-2; member, 
 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1892; 
 member, Boston chamber of commerce 
 and two years president N. E. Grain 
 Dealers' Ass'n ; member Concord board
 
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 of trade (president, 1913-15), Wono- 
 lancet Club, White Mountain Travel- 
 ers' Ass'n (twice president and treas- 
 urer the last twenty years); ardent 
 equal suffragist, ready after-dinner 
 speaker; m., March 31, 1862, Annette 
 M. Ring, who d. Dec., 1916; children, 
 Will Martin, Mary F. (d. Feb., 1917), 
 Harry R. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Rolfe, Jennie Clapp 
 
 (Mrs. Benjamin S.); b., May 13, 
 1855, Nashua, N. H.; dau. Henry W. 
 and Sabina A. (Taylor) Clapp; de- 
 
 Woman's Club, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women 
 and Children (life member and on 
 board of monthly visitors), Friendly 
 Club and Red Cross, also of several 
 local charity associations; m. Benja- 
 min Stodder Rolfe, June 6, 1877; child, 
 Benjamin Henry Rolfe, b. Nov. 27, 
 1886, who m. Josephine James, Oct. 12, 
 1909. Residence, 48 South St., Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Blake, Amos Jewett 
 
 Lawyer; b., Rindge, N. H., Oct. 20 
 
 scended from Thomas Clapp, who set- 
 tled in Dorchester, Mass., July, 1633; 
 ten ancestors who fought in the Revo- 
 lution; graduated from Concord high 
 school, 1874; charter member, Rum- 
 ford Chapter, D. A. R. (registrar four 
 years, regent 1914-17); number in 
 National D. A. R., 25, 774; chairman, 
 committee to secure N. H. state flag 
 for Continental Hall, Washington; 
 member, committee to secure final pav- 
 ment on Continental Hall; member, 
 South Congregational church, Concord 
 
 1836; s. Ebenezer and Hephsibeth 
 (Jewett) Blake; ed. public schools, 
 Marlow Academy, Mt. Caesar Semi- 
 nary, Swanzey, Green Mt. Liberal 
 Inst., Woodstock, Vt., Appleton Acad- 
 emy, New Ipswich, 1859; studied law 
 with F. F. Lane of Keene; admitted 
 to N. H. bar, 1862; U. S. district 
 court, 1867; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; superintending school committee 
 Rindge, two years, Fitzwilliam, eleven 
 years; selectman, Fitzwilliam, three 
 years; moderator, ten years; member,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 81 
 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1872-3, 
 1901 ; state bank commissioner, 1876- 
 9; assistant assessor, U. S. internal 
 revenue, 1862-70; member, N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1889, 1902, 
 1912; census enumerator, 1880, 1890; 
 trustee and president, Fitzwilliam Sav- 
 ings Bank, for several years; super- 
 visor, Fitzwilliam town library, for 
 thirty-five years; historical student 
 and writer; author, "Life and Charac- 
 ter of Gen. James Reid," published in 
 Vol. 1, Proceedings of the X. H. His- 
 torical Soc.; sketch of Fitzwilliam, 
 Granite Monthly, June, 1898, and 
 "Life and Character of Col. Amos 
 A. Parker," Granite Monthly, Oct.- 
 Dec., 1904; Free Mason since 1862; 
 member, X. H. Historical Soc., Sons 
 of the American Revolution; m., 1st, 
 Dec. 26, 1865, Ann E. Howe; who 
 d. June 22, 1867; 2d, Jan. 2, 1883, 
 Flora E. Stone; one son, Leroy S. 
 Blake, of Fitzwilliam, b. Nov. 5, 1883. 
 Residence, Fitzwilliam, N. H. 
 
 Hollis, Henry French 
 
 Lawyer, U. S. Senator; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Aug. 30, 1869; s. Maj. Abijah 
 and Harriette Van Mater (French) 
 Hollis; ed. Concord high school, class 
 of 1886, private tutors, Harvard Col- 
 lege, 1892, A.B., Magna cum laude, hav- 
 ing engaged in civil engineering work 
 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 
 R. R., between high school and college 
 courses; studied law at the Harvard 
 Law School and in Concord offices and 
 admitted to the bar in March, 1893; 
 commenced practice in Concord imme- 
 diately upon admission, having been 
 associated for six years with the late 
 Hon. Harry G. Sargent and Edward 
 C. Xiles, for six years later with the 
 late Attorney General, Edwin G. East- 
 man, later with Hon. James \V. Rem- 
 ick, Alexander Murchie, Robert Jack- 
 son and Robert C. Murchie, under the 
 firm name of Remick & Hollis, and 
 finally with the Murchie brothers in 
 the firm of Hollis <k Murchie, enjoying 
 an extensive practice in all connections: 
 Democrat; member, Concord board of 
 education, 1896-9; Democratic candi- 
 
 date for Congress, second N. H. dis- 
 trict, 1900; candidate for governor, 
 1902, 1904; chairman, Democratic 
 state committee, 1902; member, Dem- 
 ocratic congressional committee, 1900- 
 01; elected U. S. Senator from New 
 Hampshire by the legislature on the 
 42d ballot, to succeed Henry E. Burn- 
 ham, March 13, 1913, being the first 
 Democrat elected to the Senate from 
 the state since 18.52; assigned to serv- 
 ice on the Senate committees on en- 
 rolled bills (chairman), banking and 
 currency, civil service and retrench- 
 ment, District of Columbia, expendi- 
 tures in the Interior Department, 
 transportation and sale of meat prod- 
 ucts, University of the United States 
 and woman suffrage; author and mana- 
 ger in Senate of National Farm Loan 
 Act; Unitarian; member, Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Harvard; Harvard Club, Bos- 
 ton; Metropolitan and Chevy Chase 
 clubs, Washington; Regent, Smithson- 
 ian Institution, 1914 ; m., June 14, 
 1893, Grace Bruerton Fisher, Norwood, 
 Mass.; children, Henry French, Jr. 
 (Cornell, 1917); Anne Richardson, 2d. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Jackson, Lydia Drew 
 
 (Mrs. James R.) teacher, lecturer; 
 b., Newmarket, N. H., Dec. 3, 1854; 
 dau. George K. and Lucy (French) 
 Drew; ed. public schools, Dover, N. 
 H. (high school, 1874); taught five 
 years in Dover grammar schools before 
 marriage to James R. Jackson of Lit- 
 tleton, July 16, 1879; has since taught 
 in Littleton and Lancaster high schools 
 and given instruction to hundreds of 
 private pupils; Episcopalian; member 
 and past president, Friday club of Lit- 
 tleton; honorary member, Unity 
 Club, Lancaster the only woman thus 
 recognized; trustee, Littleton public 
 library; secretary, Littleton branch, 
 X. H. Chapter, American Red Cross; 
 has given numerous lectures on educa- 
 tional and historical subjects before 
 women's clubs and other organizations 
 throughout northern Xew Hampshire 
 (see sketch of James H. Jackson). 
 Residence, Littleton, X. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Thompson, Edwin Payson 
 
 Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., July 
 28, 1852, on farm purchased by his 
 grandfather in 1836, which he now 
 
 owns; s. William B. and Luezer J. 
 (Asher) Thompson; od. public and 
 private schools and dilmanton Acad- 
 emy; studied law with Col. Thomas 
 Cogswell of Clilmanton and Hon. Eras- 
 tus P. Jewell of Laconia; admitted to 
 the bar, April 1, 1X76; practiced in 
 company with Colonel Cosgwell at 
 (lilmanton one year, and alone until 
 Oct., 1X79, when he removed to Bel- 
 inont and was in practice there until 
 appointed clerk of the supreme court, 
 for Belknap County, Jan. 1, lXX. r >, con- 
 tinuing till April 'l, 1901, when the 
 court was abolished and he was ap- 
 pointed clerk of the superior court, 
 since continuing; held residence in 
 Belmont till 1900, when he removed to 
 Laconia; Republican; town treasurer 
 in Helmont and moderator for sixteen 
 years; delegate in X. 11. constitutional 
 convention of 1XX9, and in convention 
 (jf 1902 from Ward 4, Laconia, being 
 
 one of twenty members serving in both 
 conventions; member, Laconia city 
 council, seven years, from March, 1905, 
 and sometime acting mayor; trustee, 
 City Savings Bank, Laconia, since 
 1907; director, Laconia Building and 
 Loan Ass'n, since 1904; director, La- 
 conia National Bank, since 1909; di- 
 rector and treasurer, Casino Building 
 Co.; member, Belknap County Bar 
 Ass'n, and N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec. 
 9, Ib96, Minnie E. James, dan. of 
 Orrin F. and Bedora (Durgin) James, 
 b. Thornton, N. H., Sept. 17, 1867; no 
 children. Residence, Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Roberts, Ernest Porter 
 
 Banker; b., Brunswick, Me., Feb. 
 18, 1869; s. John and Lydia Sylvester 
 (Porter) Roberts; ed. Concord public 
 schools; employed as clerk in general 
 freight office, Concord R. R.; money 
 order clerk in Concord postoffice under 
 
 Postmaster Henry Robinson; clerk in 
 superintendent's office, Concord Div., 
 B. & M. R. H.. under Supt. Horace E. 
 Chamberlin; entered N. H. Savings-
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 83 
 
 Bank as clerk, Feb. 1, 1899; appointed 
 treasurer, N. H. Savings Bank, Aug. 3, 
 1914, being fifth in succession since the 
 founding of the bank in 1830; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; clerk of Ward 
 4, Concord; treasurer, First Congrega- 
 tional Church, Concord; director, 
 Concord Y. M. C. A.; treasurer, Red 
 Cross war fund; Mason; member, 
 Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 14, 1899, 
 Esther Burpee Jackman; children, 
 Porter, b. June 26, 1903; John Harlan, 
 b. Jan. 16, 1909, Mary Elizabeth, b. 
 June 28, 1913. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H.; Sunapee Lake (summef). 
 
 Hazelton, Gerry Whiting 
 
 Lawyer; b., Chester, N. H., Feb. 24, 
 1829; s. William and Mercy J. (Coch- 
 ran) Hazelton; ed. Pinkerton Acad- 
 emy, Derry, and by private tutor; 
 studied law in New York and removed 
 to Wisconsin in 1856, locating at Co- 
 lumbus; Republican; member, Wis- 
 consin state senate, 1861 and 1862, and 
 president pro tern; district attorney for 
 Columbia County, 1864-6; U. S. col- 
 lector internal revenue, 1867-8; mem- 
 ber, U. S. house of representatives, 
 1871-5; U. S. district attorney for 
 Wisconsin, 1875-85; U. S. commis- 
 sioner since 1898; removed to Mil- 
 waukee in 1875, when he accepted the 
 office of district attorney at the re- 
 quest of President Grant, at the time 
 of the "Whiskey Frauds" excitement, 
 the former incumbent having been sus- 
 pended; Elder in Presbyterian church, 
 for twenty years; member and former 
 president, Milwaukee Bar Ass'n; hon- 
 orary member, Wisconsin State Bar 
 Ass'n; member and former president, 
 'Old Settlers' Club and Phantom Club 
 a social and literary organization; 
 former trustee, Fox Lake Seminary and 
 Carroll College; author of many pub- 
 lished articles upon legal, historical and 
 biographical subjects, including one on 
 the "Construction of the Federal Con- 
 stitution," published in the American 
 Ma<j<izinc of \alidital History, "John 
 Jay and the Treaty of 1794," New 
 York Leyal Times, "The Author of the 
 Book of Job," Bibliolheca Magazine, 
 
 and sketches of Webster, Hamilton, 
 Franklin, Greeley, Blaine and Thurlow 
 Weed, published in volumes issued by 
 the Phantom Club; m. in 1854, Martha 
 L. Squire, Great Barrington; one 
 daughter, Anna. Residence, Milwau- 
 kee, Wis. 
 
 Bugbee, Marion Louise 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Hartford, 
 Vt., Sept. 2, 1871; dau. Jonathan and 
 Ellen A. (Lewis) Bugbee; ed. Tilden 
 Seminary, West Lebanon, N. H., 1889, 
 
 Woman's Medical College, N. Y. In- 
 firmary, M.D., 1897; postgraduate 
 course, Polyclinic and Postgraduate 
 hospital, New York City; in general 
 practice, Hartford, Vt.', 1898-1909; 
 physician in charge, N. H. Memorial 
 Hospital for Women and Children, 
 since 1909; member, American Medi- 
 cal Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc., Center 
 District and Merrimack County Medi- 
 cal Soc., Concord Woman's Club, 
 Concord Woman's College Club, Rum- 
 ford Chapter, I). A. H.. Concord Dis- 
 trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Charity
 
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 85 
 
 Organization Soc. (member tuberculosis 
 committee), N. H. Charities and Cor- 
 rections, N. H. Children's Aid and 
 Protective Ass'n; president, Associates 
 N. H. Memorial Hospital; member, 
 National Security League, Council of 
 National Defense, Concord Equal Suf- 
 frage League.- Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Douglas, Orlando Benajah 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Corn- 
 wall, Vt., Sept. 12, 1836; s. Amos and 
 Almira (Balcom) Douglas; academic 
 education, Brandon, Vt.; M.D., Uni- 
 versity Medical College, New York 
 University, 1877; private, lieutenant 
 and adjutant, 18th Mo. Vols. and act- 
 ing assistant adjutant-general in Civil 
 War; twice wounded; assistant surgeon, 
 1877-83, surgeon and director, 1883- 
 1902, consult ing surgeon, 1902 , Man- 
 hattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital; 
 professor, diseases of nose and throat, 
 New York Post-Graduate Medical 
 School and Hospital, 1889-1901; presi- 
 dent, 1891, and treasurer, 1879-87, 
 Med. Soc. of County of New York; 
 treasurer, N. Y. Acad. Medicine 1888- 
 98; member, N. Y. State Med. Soc., 
 N. H. Med. Soc., N. H. Surg. Soc., 
 N. H. Ass'n Military Surgeons; hon- 
 orarv member, Vt. Med. Soc.; com- 
 mander, Dept. of N. H., G. A. R., 
 1914-15; companion, first class, Loyal 
 Legion, U. S. A.; medical director of 
 Survivors of Battle of Shiloh; Mason 
 (32d degree, Shriner) ; medical director, 
 Dept. N. H., G. A. R.; president, 
 N. H. Orphans' Home 1904 ; vice- 
 president, Soc. for Protection N. H. 
 Forests; member, State Ex. Corn., 
 Y. M. C. A. of N. H., 1902 ; past 
 treasurer, N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; 
 lifelong advocate of prohibition; mem- 
 ber, Baptist church, 1855 ; Sunday- 
 School teacher, 1857- ; Republican; in. 
 1st, Mary A. Rust of Orwell, Vt,, Dec. 
 27, 1864 (d. Aug. 31, 1873); 2d, May 
 L., dau. Rev. A. C. Manson, Sept. 16, 
 1875 (d. Jan. IS, 1913). Son, Edwin 
 Rust Douglas, mechanical engineer, 
 M.E., Stevens Institute, Hoboken; 
 Sc.M., Harvard University; b., 1872; 
 
 m. Caroline Sleeper; res. Philadelphia. 
 Grandchildren: Dorothy, Henry and 
 Mary. Doctor Douglas is the author 
 of "Is the Cure of Chronic Nasal 
 Catarrah as Difficult as Has Been Sup- 
 posed?" "The Upper Air-Passages and 
 Their Diseases"; "Modern Methods of 
 Treating Diseases of the Nose and 
 Throat." Residence, Auburn St., Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Kellom, Franklin Pierce 
 
 Journalism, banking; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Aug. 16, 1852; s. Stephen W. 
 
 and Sarah E. (Ferrin) Kellom; ed. 
 Concord public schools; employed four 
 years in youth as mercantile clerk; 
 connected with the New Hampshire 
 Patriot and People and Patriot, Con- 
 cord, as bookkeeper, cashier and busi- 
 ness manager from 1873 to 1892; 
 Democrat; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives from Ward 3, Concord, 
 1881; treasurer, Merrimack County, 
 1893-4; U. S. national bank examiner, 
 1893-7; removed to Winchester, N. 
 H., and became cashier of the Win-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Chester National Bank, 1897, since 
 continuing; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives from Winchester, 1903, 
 serving on committees on banks and 
 apportionment; engaged extensively in 
 lumbering for the last five years; Meth- 
 odist; m., April 8, 1884, Mary M. 
 Pat ton; children, James S. (Wesleyan 
 University, 1914); Franklin Patton 
 (Wesleyan University, 1916); George 
 C. (Wesleyan University, 1919). Resi- 
 dence, Winchester, N. H. 
 
 Little, Cyrus Harvey 
 
 Lawyer; b., Sutton. N. H., Aug. 14, 
 
 1859; s. Lieut. Hiram K. (of Co. F, 
 llth X. H. Vol. Regt., who was mor- 
 tally wounded in front of Petersburg, 
 Va., and died in Government Hospital, 
 David's Island, New York Harbor, 
 July 4, 1S(>4) and Susan H. (Wood- 
 ward) Little; descendant in ninth gen- 
 eration of George and Alice (Poor) 
 Little, who settled at Newbury, Mass., 
 in 11)40; great grandson of Bond Little, 
 who served with distinction in French 
 
 and Indian and Revolutionary wars; 
 connected on his mother's side with the 
 Harvey family, of which Congressman 
 Jonathan Harvey and Governor Mat- 
 thew Harvey were members; left an 
 orphan at age of five; ed. New Hamp- 
 ton Literary Institution, Bates College, 
 A.B., 1884; engaged in mercantile 
 business for a time; member, school 
 board, Sutton, 1885-9; studied law 
 with Hon. James F. Briggs and Hon. 
 Oliver E. Branch, Manchester; Bos- 
 ton University Law School, LL.B., 
 1896; has practiced in Manchester 
 since 1896; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1897-1902 (speaker, 
 1901-2) ; member, state constitutional 
 convention, 1902; chairman, state 
 board of license commissioners, 1903- 
 13; trustee and president, board of 
 corporators, New Hampton Literary 
 Institution; has delivered many ad- 
 dresses on historical, political and other 
 subjects; Republican; Congregation- 
 alist; Mason, Knight Templar; mem- 
 ber, Sons of American Revolution, 
 Massachusetts Commandery, Military 
 Order of the Loyal Legion, N. H. Bar* 
 Ass'n, and N. II. Historical Soc. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Whipple, Henry Chandler 
 
 Woolen manufacturer; b., Hanover, 
 N. II., June 25, 1846; s. David C. and 
 Clementine (Chandler) Whipple; ed. 
 Hanover public schools; employed in 
 country store in Hanover for ten years; 
 removed to Enfield, becoming a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Dodge, Davis & Co., 
 in 1873, continuing till 1884, when the 
 business was removed from the Shaker 
 Mills to the Holden Mill in Bristol, 
 purchased by the firm; resident man- 
 ager till 1887 when the firm was incor- 
 porated; treasurer since, and president 
 since 1897; Congregationalist ; Demo- 
 crat; member, N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1912; president, Bristol 
 National Bank; trustee, Bristol Sav- 
 ings Bank; Mason, Knight Templar; 
 m., June 2, 1875, Lilla J. Plummer, 
 Enfield; children, Fay, Margaret, 
 Ashley P. Residence, Bristol, N. H.
 
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 De Meritt, Jennie Mabelle 
 
 Librarian, historian; b., Madbury, 
 N. H., June 2, 1863; dau. Ezra E. and 
 Louisa (De Meritt) De Meritt; ed. 
 public school, private tutors and Rob- 
 inson Female Seminary, 1882; Uni- 
 tarian; Progressive; assistant in Bos- 
 ton Athenaeum Library, Boston, Mass., 
 Feb., 1892 to Feb., 1901; at present 
 engaged in historical work in same 
 library; member, board of education, 
 Madbury, 1914-17; for eleven sue- 
 
 cessive years active member, X. H. 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, serv- 
 ing as chairman of literature and li- 
 brary extension committees, 1906-08; 
 chairman, reciprocity and club exten- 
 sion committee, 1908-9; second vice- 
 president, 1909-11; first vice-presi- 
 dent, 1911-13; president, 1913-15; 
 General Federation State Secretary, 
 1915-17; during her incumbency as 
 president occurred two important 
 events the institution of the system 
 of district conferences, upon various 
 subjects, held throughout the state, 
 and the joint publication of the wo- 
 
 man's edition of the Manchester Union, 
 whereby $1,800 was realized for 
 advancing the work of the Federation; 
 member, Dover Woman's Club, since 
 1904, president, 1907-8, Margery Sul- 
 livan Chapter, D. A. R., Dover, vice- 
 regent, 1905-06, historian, 1915-17, and 
 chairman various committees for historic 
 work; N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Equal 
 Suffrage Ass'n, Dover Equal Suffrage 
 League; active member, New Hamp- 
 shire's Daughters, in Boston, Mass., and 
 of the Boston Browning Soc. since 1894. 
 Residence, Madbury, N. H. 
 
 Woodward, Sarah Jones 
 
 Educator; b., Concord, N. H., June 
 1, 1883; dau. Charles Webster and 
 Susan Jones (Wentworth) Woodward; 
 ed. Concord high school, 1901, Wel- 
 lesley College, B.A., 1905, M.A., 1911, 
 Teachers College, Columbia Univer- 
 sity certificate to teach Greek and 
 Latin, 1907; teacher in Lancaster, Pa., 
 1907-8, Kansas City, Mo., 1908-9; 
 Wellesley College, 1909-12, psyclu>l- 
 ogy, 1911 alumnae editor, 1912 official 
 college reporter; Packer Collegiate In- 
 stitute, Brooklyn, X. Y., 1912 psy- 
 chology and philosophy; pursued grad- 
 uate work at Columbia University, 
 1905-Feb., 1907, in education and 
 Greek and Latin; Cornell University 
 Summer School, 1915, psychology, 
 philosophy and mathematics. In col- 
 lege at Wellesley, member, freshman 
 crew, class and college basket-ball 
 teams for four years; class indoor meet 
 team, four years; president, Athletic 
 Association, senior year; Tree Day 
 solo dancer; village senior; Shakes- 
 peare Society; took clown's part in 
 three public outdoor plays. In teach- 
 ers College, member, basket-ball team; 
 president, Self Government Ass'n of 
 Whittier Hall dormitory for 350 
 women. Member, Wellesley College 
 Alumnae Ass'n, New York Wellesley 
 Club, Wellesley Teachers Ass'n, Wel- 
 lesley Shakespeare Soc., Ass'n of Math- 
 ematics, Teachers of Middle States and 
 Maryland, Private School Teachers 
 Ass'n of Xew York, AE Sorority 
 of Columbia University; Episcopalian; 
 suffragist. Residence, Concord, N. H.
 
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 Martin, Nathaniel Everett 
 
 Lawyer; b., London, N. H., Aug. 9, 
 1855; s. Theophilus B. and Sarah L. 
 (Rowell) Martin; great-grandson of 
 James Martin of Pembroke, a soldier 
 of the Revolution; ed. common schools 
 and Concord high school, class of 1876; 
 studied law with Sargent & Chase; ad- 
 mitted to the bar Aug. 14, 1879; lo- 
 cated in practice in Concord and has 
 since continued; has had several part- 
 ners; now head of the firm of Martin 
 & Howe; Democrat; solicitor of Mer- 
 rimack County, 1887-8, and first solici- 
 tor in the state to rigidly enforce the 
 prohibitory liquor law; mayor of Con- 
 cord, 1899-1900; member, constitu- 
 tional convention, 1912; state senator, 
 1915-16, 1917-18; delegate in Demo- 
 cratic national convention at St. Louis, 
 1904; treasurer, Concord Building and 
 Loan Ass'n, since organization Sept., 
 1887; member, Rumford Lodge, I. O. 
 O. F., Canton Wildey, P. M., Concord 
 Lodge, B. P. O. E., Wonolancet. Club, 
 Concord Gun Club (president); in- 
 terested in agriculture owning the an- 
 cestral farm in Loudon; also, in lum- 
 bering and real estate; in. 1st, March 
 27, 1902, Jennie P. Lawrence, who d. 
 Oct. 20, 1911; 2d, June 14, 1915, Mar- 
 garet W. Clough. Residence, Concord, 
 X. H. 
 
 Blanchard, Grace 
 
 Authoress, librarian; b., Dunleith, 
 111.; dan. George A. and Frances (Sar- 
 gent) Blanchard; removed to Concord, 
 X. II., in early childhood; ed. Concord 
 public schools, Smith College, North- 
 ampton, Mass., 1882; frequent con- 
 tributor to magazines and newspapers 
 for manv years; author, "Phil's Happy 
 Girlhood," 1910, "Phillida's Glad 
 Year," 1913; librarian, Concord Public 
 Library, since 1895; has frequently 
 spoken before library associations on 
 pertinent topics, and at woman's club 
 meetings; Unitarian; member, Con- 
 cord Woman's Club, Stratford (Shakes- 
 peare) Club, Concord Woman's Col- 
 lege Club and the X. H. Smith College 
 Club. Residence, Concord, X. H. 
 
 Graves, Robert John 
 
 Surgeon; b. June 22, 1878, Bosca- 
 wen, X. H.; s. Dr. Eli Edwin and 
 Martha A. (Williams) Graves; ed. 
 Concord high school, 1896, Harvard 
 University, 1900, Harvard Medical 
 School, 1903; interne, Massachusetts 
 General Hospital two years, Boston 
 Lying-in Hospital, six months; studied 
 in the hospitals of Germany, France 
 and Switzerland, 1914; practised, Con- 
 cord, N. H., 1905 ; Fellow, Ameri- 
 
 can College of Surgeons; surgeon to 
 Boston & Maine R. R. and Margaret 
 Pillsbury General Hospital; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; member, 
 ^Esculapian Club, Boston, Harvard 
 Club, Boston, Mass. Medical Spc., 
 X. H. Medical Soc., American Medical 
 Ass'n, Center District Medical Soc., 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Wonolancet, 
 Bow Brook and Passaconaway clubs, 
 Concord, and the Masons, Odd Fel- 
 lows, Elks, and Capital Grange, P. of 
 H.; m. Oct. 10, 1905, Helen McGregor 
 Ayers, dau. of Augustine R. and Clara
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 (Kimball) Ayers; children, Katharine, 
 b. Aug. 3, 1906; Jane Phillips, b. Jan. 
 28, 1909; John Kimball, b. April 29, 
 1912. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Bridge, John Davis 
 
 Printer and publisher; b., Warwick, 
 Mass., Aug. 23, 1859; s. Henry M. 
 and Elizabeth T. (Cady) Bridge; re- 
 moved with parents to Colebrook, N. 
 H., in infancy; ed. in public schools; 
 learned the printer's trade in office of 
 Colebrook Neirs; bought the paper, 
 
 ing plant in Northern New England; 
 Democrat; Mason; Odd Fellow; mem- 
 ber, Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 28, 
 1888, Angie B. Watson of Littleton; 
 one son, Harold W. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Dolloff, Charles Hall 
 
 Physician; Superintendent N. H. 
 State Hospital; b., Cambridge, Mass., 
 Dec. 29, 1877; s. Benjamin W. and 
 Henrietta (Hull) Dolloff; ed. Everett, 
 Mass., high school, 1896, Dartmouth 
 
 and, later, bought the Colebrook Sen- 
 tinel and united the two; after a time 
 sold out, and worked as a compositor 
 on Boston and New York papers; in 
 1SH7 purchased the Journal at Little- 
 ton, N. II., and published the same for 
 three years; removed to Lancaster and 
 published the COOH Di'tuornit about a 
 dozen years, meanwhile publishing 
 papers in Haverhill, Whitefield, Grove- 
 ton and Berlin; removed to Concord 
 in 1902, to become manager of the 
 Rumford Press, which, since that time, 
 has become the most extensive print- 
 
 College, 1900, Dartmouth Medical 
 School, M.D., 1903; interne, U. S. 
 Marine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.; ap- 
 pointed assistant physician, N. H. State 
 Hospital, Oct., 1903; assistant super- 
 intendent, 1907; superintendent, July, 
 1917; consulting physician, Margaret 
 Pillsbury General Hospital; Mason; 
 member, Merrimack County Medical 
 Soc., N. H. Medical Soc., American 
 Medical Psychological Ass'n, N. E. 
 Soc. of Psychiatry, Wonolancet Club, 
 Beaver Meadow Golf Club; Baptist; 
 Republican; rn. Sept. 1, 1909, Gladys
 
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 91 
 
 Marie Booth; one daughter, Elizabeth, 
 b. March 3, 1916. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Parker, Edward Melville 
 
 Clergyman, Protestant Episcopal 
 Bishop of New Hampshire; b., Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., July 11, 1855; s. Henry 
 Melville and Fanny Gushing (Stone) 
 Parker; descendant on both paternal 
 and maternal sides from English Puri- 
 tan stock, his first American paternal 
 ancestor being Abraham Parker of 
 Chelmsford, Mass. (1649), while his 
 great-great-grandfather, Abel Parker, a 
 soldier of the Revolution, fought at 
 Bunker Hill, and was buried at Jaffrey, 
 N. H.; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 N. H., and Oxford University, Eng- 
 land, B.A., 1878, M.A., 1881; was at 
 St. Paul's, as a student, from 1868 to 
 1874; studied five years at Kelle Col- 
 lege, Oxford, one year being devoted 
 to graduate work; master at St. Paul's 
 School, 1879-1906; in charge of St. 
 John's Church, Dunbarton, 1880-1906, 
 and of church work in Eavst Weare, 
 1893-1906; bishop coadjutor of New 
 Hampshire, 1906-14; bishop since 
 1914; deeply interested in sociological 
 work, especially as it relates to the 
 condition of our immigrant population; 
 member, Stark Grange, P. of H., Dun- 
 barton; president, N. H. Conference 
 of Charities and Corrections; m., 1st, 
 in 1885, Grace Klmendorf, Racine, Wis., 
 who d. 1888; 2d, 1914, Isabella Good- 
 rich, Concord, N, H.; children, Ed- 
 ward L., b. Jan. 21, 1888; Caroline 
 Williams, b. Nov. 9, 1915. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Taylor, Levi Colby 
 
 Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Dec. 
 12, 1841; s. Erastus Day and Mary 
 (Colby) Taylor; ed. public schools 
 and Henniker, X. H., Academy; 
 studied dentistry in the office of Dr. 
 George Bowers, an eminent dentist of 
 Springfield, Vt.; began practice in 
 Holyoke, Mass., in 1868, continuing 
 till 1X75, when lie removed to Hart- 
 ford, Conn., upon solicitation of the 
 famous Dr. John M. Riggs, with whom 
 
 he was for a time associated, and where 
 he has since remained in practice; lec- 
 turer on Oral Prophylaxis and Ortho- 
 dontia, N. Y. College of Dental and 
 Oral Surgery, 1892-1904; president, 
 Connecticut Valley Dental Soc., 1877- 
 8; first president, Hartford Dental Soc.; 
 member, Connecticut Dental Ass'n, 
 Massachusetts Dental Ass'n, North- 
 eastern Dental Ass'n, National Dental 
 Ass'n; honorary member, N. H. 
 Dental Ass'n, Institute of Stomatology 
 
 of N. Y. ; Congregationalist ; Progressive 
 Republican; m., Dec. 8, 1879, Nellie 
 Thayer, Peterboro, N. H.; children, 
 Charles Brackett (d.), Maude Winifred 
 (Tufts, M.D., .1905), Leon Everett, 
 Residence, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Keyes, Anson L. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb. 
 6, 1843; s. Orison and Lucina Ann 
 (McClure) Keyes; ed. Kimball Union 
 Academy, Dartmouth College, 1872, 
 Albany Law School, 1873; studied law 
 and settled in practice in Faribault, 
 Minn., since continuing; Congrega-
 
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 tionalist; Republican; member, Fari- 
 bault board of education, 1894-5; 
 county attorney, Rice County, Minn., 
 1889, 1890, 1897, 1898; city attorney, 
 Faribault, 1893-6; local attorney for 
 Rock Island and Pacific R. R.; Mason; 
 m., June 30, 1873, Harriet A. Lufkin; 
 one daughter, Mrs. Luella K. Strong. 
 Residence, Faribault, Minn. 
 
 Carpenter, Frank Pierce 
 
 Merchant, manufacturer, banker; b-, 
 Chichester, N. H., Oct. 28, 1845; s. 
 David M. and Mary (Perkins) Car- 
 penter; ed. public schools of Concord, 
 N. H. (high school 1863); went to 
 Manchester in 1864, where he entered 
 the flour and grain business; in 1885 
 bought the Amoskeag Paper Mills of 
 which he is still president; treasurer, 
 Mechanics' Savings Bank; director, 
 Amoskeag National Bank; director, 
 N. H. Fire Insurance Co. and member 
 of Finance committee; director, Amos- 
 keag Mfg. Co.; vice-president and di- 
 rector, Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co. of 
 Berlin, N. H.; director of the Boston 
 and Maine Railroad, and Federal 
 Trustee of the Boston and Maine stock 
 owned by N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R. 
 Co.; president of the Morris Plan Co.; 
 regular attendant at the Franklin St. 
 Congregational Church, Manchester, 
 and president of its Society; Demo- 
 crat ; chairman of commission which 
 erected statue of President Franklin 
 Pierce in 1914; received honorary de- 
 gree of A.M. from Dartmouth College 
 in 1915; the donor of the Carpenter 
 Memorial Library to the city of Man- 
 chester, in memory of his wife. [This 
 building, by far the largest and best 
 equipped of any city library in the 
 state, compares in dignity and beauty 
 with the buildings of the N. H. His- 
 torical Library and the N. PL State 
 Library at Concord. EDITOR.] in., 
 Sept. " 12, 1872, Elenora Blood, 
 daughter of Aretas Blood, who d. Jan. 
 30, 1910; children, Aretas Blood, b. 
 Feb. 14, 1875, who m. Alice Burnham; 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. May 11, 18X2, in. 
 Charles B. Manning; four grandchil- 
 dren. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Scales, John 
 
 Teacher, editor, historian; b., Not- 
 tingham, N. H., Oct. 6, 1835: s. Samuel 
 and Betsey (True) Scales; ed. Colby 
 Academy and Dartmouth College, 
 Phi Beta Kappa, A.B., 1863, A.M., 
 1866; from 1863 to 1883 principal of 
 these academies in succession, Straf- 
 ford Academy, Wolfeborough Acad- 
 emy, Gilmanton Academy, and Frank- 
 lin Academy, Dover, N. H., the latter 
 from 1869 to 1883; editor and publisher, 
 
 Dover Enquirer and Doirr Daili/ 
 He publican, 1883 to 1898; editorial 
 writer for Foster'* Democrat, 1906 to 
 1912; editor of history of class of 1S63, 
 Dartmouth College, also a volume of 
 Historical Memoranda of Old Dover, 
 History of Straff ord County, N. H.; 
 also copy for a history of Dover, ready 
 for the printer (1917); member of the 
 advisory board of editors, who super- 
 vised the proofs of Stackpole's History 
 of New Hampshire, published in 1916; 
 he has delivered numerous historical 
 addresses, manv of which have been
 
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 published; member of the N. H. His- 
 torical Soc.; N. H. Soc. of Colonial 
 Wars; N. H. Soc., Sons of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution; Northam Colonist 
 Historical Soc.; Piscataqua Pioneers; 
 Masons; St. Paul Commandery, 
 Knights Templar; First Parish Church 
 (1033); member of school committee; 
 trustee of Normal School at Plymouth ; 
 in., Oct. 20, 1865, Ellen A. Tasker; 
 their son, Burton True Scales (part- 
 mouth, 1895, is a professor in Girard 
 College, Philadelphia. Resident of 
 Dover since 1869. 
 
 Danforth, Mary Shepherd 
 
 Physician; b., Derry, N. H., May 18, 
 1850; d. Charles and Rebecca F. 
 (Batchelder) Danforth; ed. public 
 schools, Manchester, N. H., Pinkerton 
 
 Academy, Dcrry, 1869, Woman's Med- 
 ical College, Philadelphia, M.D., lS7f>; 
 secured her education by her own ef- 
 forts, teaching in different places, being 
 for some time principal of the grammar 
 school at Danielson, Conn.; com- 
 menced practice in Manchester .N. II., 
 
 May 10, 1876, and has since continued; 
 admitted to membership in the N. H. 
 Medical Soc. in 1878, being the first 
 woman accorded membership in that 
 organization, and undoubtedly the 
 first member of any state medical so- 
 ciety in the country; delegate in 1882, 
 from Center District Medical Society, 
 to American Medical Ass'n. meeting in 
 Washington, D. C.; Baptist; member, 
 Woman's Advance Club, Manchester, 
 N. H. Medical Soc., American Medical 
 Ass'n; unmarried. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Drake, James Frank 
 
 Publisher; b., Pittsfield, N. H., 
 Sept. 1, 1881; s. Nathaniel Seavey 
 and Mary Agnes Rogers (Green) 
 Drake; descendant of Robert Drake, 
 who settled in America about 1640; ed. 
 Pittsfield, N. H., high school, Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., 1902, Master of Com- 
 mercial Science, Tuck School of Ad- 
 ministration and Finance (Dartmouth), 
 1903; Episcopalian; Independent: 
 secretary, Springfield, Mass., board of 
 trade, 1903-8; secretary, Phelps Pub- 
 lishing Co., 1908-Nov., 1914, and since- 
 director and treasurer; also treasurer. 
 Patriot Publishing Co., Worthington 
 Realty Trust, Myrick Building Trust, 
 Home Correspondence School, all of 
 Springfield; vice-president, Mass, state 
 board of trade, 1903-8 ; director. Spring- 
 field board of trade, 1908-15. vice- 
 president, 1914-15; trustee, Spring- 
 field city library, 1910-12; member, 
 Springfield common council, 1908- 
 12 (president. 1910-12), Springfield 
 River Front, Advisory Commission, 
 1910-12, Springfield Municipal Bldg. 
 Commission, 1909-13, Springfield City 
 Planning Commission since 1913; mem- 
 ber, American Philatelic Soc., S. A. H., 
 Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. A., 
 Dartmouth Alumni Council, Spring- 
 field Fish and Game Ass'n, Theta Delta 
 Chi Fraternity, Country Club of Spring- 
 field (secretary, 1906-11), University 
 Club, Washington, D. C.; part author, 
 "Springfield Present and Prospective," 
 1905; recreations, tennis, fishing, hunt-
 
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 ing; m., July 25, 1907, Mildred Augusta 
 Chase of Plymouth, N. H.; children, 
 Ruth Elliott, Virginia, James Frank, 
 Jr., and Constance Chase. Residence, 
 91 Mulberry St.; address, care of 
 Phelps Publishing Co., Springfield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Britton, William John 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., June 
 18, 1872; s. John and Margaret 
 (Macauley) Britton; ed. public school, 
 Brewster Free Academy, Boston Uni- 
 versity Law School; law student with 
 W. D. H. Hill; admitted to the bar, 
 June 22, 1905, and has since practiced 
 in Wolfeboro; Progressive Republican; 
 moderator and town clerk of Wolfeboro, 
 holding the latter office fourteen 
 
 ballot, the Democratic nominee having 
 withdrawn; received the votes of the 
 Progressives and of some Republican?, 
 at one stage of the contest for the 
 United States senatorship in that legis- 
 lature; member, N. H. board of 
 license commissioners, 1913-15; mem- 
 ber and past master, Morning Star 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Wolfeboro, 
 Eastern Star, and Carroll Chapter, 
 R. A. M. and Pilgrim Commandery, 
 K. T., of Laconia; also of the Odd 
 Fellow and Rebekah lodges and 
 Lake Shore Grange, P. of H., of 
 Wolfeboro. Residence, Wolfeboro, 
 N. H. 
 
 Chase, Ira Arthur 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bristol, N. H., March 
 
 years; member, X. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1<H)3, serving on com- 
 mittee on revision of the statutes; 
 solicitor of Carroll County, 1913-14; 
 member, X. H. house of representa- 
 tives, again in 1913, nominated as 
 Progressive candidate for speaker, and 
 elected to that office upon the sixth 
 
 25, 1854; s. Ira Stephen and Cordelia 
 Page Simonds Chase; ed. Bristol pub- 
 lic schools, Xew Hampton Literary 
 Institution (1872), Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1877; studied law and located in 
 practice in Bristol, where he has con- 
 tinued; Congregationalisl ; Republican; 
 assistant clerk, X. H. senate, 1X81-3;
 
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 clerk, 1885-7; member, N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1897; senate, 1901; 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; 
 moderator, Bristol, the last twenty-five 
 years; member, Bristol board of educa- 
 tion, 1883-8 and since 1907; trustee, 
 Minot-Sleeper library, Bristol, since 
 1884; clerk, Mason-Perkins Paper Co. 
 since 1886 and of Bristol Water Power 
 Co. since 1884; director, Bristol Aque- 
 duct Co., and Bristol Cemetery Ass'n; 
 was for many years a member of the 
 N. H. Antiquarian Soc.; past master, 
 Union Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., 
 Bristol, and past grand master M. W. 
 G. L. of Masons in New Hampshire; 
 m., July 6, 1881, Abby Maria Taylor. 
 Residence, Bristol, N. H. 
 
 Tuttle, James Patterson 
 
 Lawyer, attorney-general; b., New 
 Boston, N. H., July 17, 1856; s. James 
 Moore and Rachel Patterson (McNeil) 
 Tuttle; od. New Boston public schools, 
 Francestown Academy, Gushing Acad- 
 emy (1880), Boston University Law 
 School (1885); admitted to the bar in 
 1885 and commenced practice Sept. 1, 
 of that year in Manchester; continued 
 alone till July 1, 1901, when he became a 
 member of the firm of Taggart, Tuttle 
 & Burroughs Taggart, Tuttle, Bur- 
 roughs & Wygman after Jan. 1, 1904 
 withdrawing in 1912 upon appointment 
 as attorney-general; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; superintendent of schools, 
 New Boston, 1881, 1882; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1887; 
 solicitor, Hillsborough County, 1893- 
 1903; attorney-general of New Hamp- 
 shire since Jan. 22, 1912; member, Joe 
 English Grange, P. of H., Ridgeley 
 Lodge and Wonolancet Encampment, 
 I. O. O. F., Bible Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M.; m., Jan 1, 1887, Elizabeth J. 
 Bunton (Colby Academy and N. H. 
 State Normal school); children, Doro- 
 thy Moore, (Simmons, 1913) wife of 
 Dr. David B. Hagerman, Grand Rapids, 
 Mich; Rachel Winifred, (Mt. Holyoke, 
 1914) Florence Elizabeth, (Mt/ Hol- 
 yoke, 1916) Margaret Esther, (Welles- 
 ley, 1917). Residence, Manchester, 
 N. H. 
 
 Woodward, Nellie Fostina Tupper 
 
 (Mrs. Josiah Nichols Woodward); 
 b., Nashua, N. H.; dau. of Freeman 
 Eastman and Susan Elvira (Howe) 
 Tupper; ed. in public and private 
 schools of Nashua; m., Jan. 6, 1881, 
 Dr. Josiah Nichols Woodward (d. 
 Nov. 28, 1910); member of the Nash- 
 away Woman's Club, president, 1909- 
 11, treasurer, 1902-4, member of 
 civics committee; president of N. H. 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, 1911-13, 
 
 inaugurated the State Endowment- 
 Fund known as the Prosperity Fund of 
 the N. H. Federation, served on staff 
 of editors for the Woman's Edition of 
 the Manchester Union published in the 
 interest of the Fund; chairman, polit- 
 ical science committee of Federation, 
 1915-17; General Federation State 
 Secretary, 1913-15; member of the 
 Fortnightly Club, Matthew Thornton 
 Chapter, 1). A. H., Woman's Auxiliary 
 of Y. M. C. A., King's Daughters' 
 Benevolent Ass'n, Nashua Equal Fran- 
 chise League (president); honorary 
 vice-president of the Audubon Soc.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 of New Hampshire; director, N. H. 
 Children's Aid and Protective Soc.; 
 member, N. H. Daughters of Boston; 
 Congregationalist. Residence, Nashua, 
 N. H. 
 
 Robie, Edward 
 
 Clergyman; b. Gorham, Me., April 
 5, 1821 ; s. Dea. Thomas S. and Clarissa 
 (Adams) Robie; ed. Gorham Academy, 
 1836, Bowdoin College, 1840, Andover 
 Theological Seminary, 1843, Univer- 
 
 sity of Halle, Germany (two years); 
 teacher of languages, Gorham Acad- 
 emy, 1846-8; assistant professor of 
 Hebrew, Andover Theological Sem- 
 inary, 1848-;") 1; pastor, Congregational 
 church, Greenland, N. H., 1851-1917. 
 He was ordained and installed, Feb. 
 25, 1852, but had supplied the pulpit 
 from September previous. His pas- 
 torate surpasses in length that of any 
 other pastor of his time, and is ex- 
 ceeded by only two in the history of 
 the Statf those of Rev. Labati Ains- 
 worth of JafTrey which continued 
 seventy-five years and five months, 
 
 and Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington, 
 sixty-seven years and seven months. 
 He received the degree of D.D. from 
 Dartmouth College in 1876, and from 
 Bowdoin in 1893. In 1893, when over 
 seventy years of age, he took a special 
 course at Harvard in order to master 
 certain subjects with which he pro- 
 posed to deal in his sermons. During 
 his remarkable pastorate in this little 
 country town he has officiated at about 
 two hundred marriages and six hun- 
 dred funerals; m., Dec. 28, 1852, 
 Susan P., dau. of Thomas and Eliza- 
 beth (Lord) Jameson, of Effingham, 
 N. H., d. June 12, 1878. Residence, 
 Greenland, N. H. 
 
 Duncan, Charles 
 
 Physician, bacteriologist; b., Chelsea, 
 Mass'., March 18, 1872; s. James and 
 Margaret (Patterson) Duncan; ed. 
 Chelsea high school, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1898, Harvard Medical School, 
 1903; appointed bacteriologist, N. H. 
 State Board of Health in 1903 and has 
 since continued; bacteriologist and 
 pathologist, N. H. State Hospital, 
 Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital 
 and N. H. Memorial Hospital for 
 Women and Children; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member, Con- 
 cord board of education, 1915-; ward 
 supervisor, 1917-; member, Center 
 District and Merrimack Countv Med- 
 ical Soc. (secretary, 19 13-); "N. H. 
 Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n; 
 Theta Delta Chi and Casque and 
 Gauntlet college societies; Wonolancet 
 Club; m., June 28, 1905, Charlotte 
 llsley, Chelsea (A.B. Radcliffe, 1900); 
 children, Lawrence llsley, b. Oct. 5, 
 1906; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8 r , 1908; Mar- 
 garet, b. Feb. 27, 1913. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Baker, Dana Wingate 
 
 Insurance and real estate; b., Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., Aug. 1, 1861; s. Samuel 
 and Caroline (Wingate) Baker, great- 
 grandson of Paine Wingate, of the Con- 
 tinental Congress and colleague of John 
 Langdon in the first U. S. Senate; ed. 
 Exeter public schools and Phillips Exe-
 
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 ter Academy, having removed to Exe- 
 ter with his family in 1872; employed 
 eight years as a drug clerk, in youth, 
 and, later engaged for eleven years in 
 the retail boot and shoe trade; en- 
 
 gaged in insurance and real estate 
 business the last twenty years; general 
 agent for Connecticut General Life 
 Insurance Co., as well as conducting a 
 large miscellaneous business; Con- 
 gregationalist, member of Phillips 
 Church, Exeter, clerk of the church and 
 treasurer of the parish for several years 
 past; Republican; moderator, 1914, 
 1916; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1911-12, 1913-14; presi- 
 dent, Rockingham County Republican 
 Club, 1913-15; first treasurer, Exeter 
 school board under the new law; past 
 president, Pacataqua Congregational 
 Club; several years secretary, Exeter 
 board of trade; member, I. (). (). F. 
 (past grand of Sagamore Lodge); P. 
 of H. (past master Oilman Grange); 
 I. (). R. M. (past Sachem Wehanow- 
 nowit Tribe) ; member, Renaissance 
 Club, Music Club, etc., Exeter; m., 
 
 Sept. 7, 1886, Fannie E. French; 
 two daughters, Florence (Robinson 
 Sem., 1909, Bradford Acad., 1912); 
 Beatrice (Robinson Sem., 1911, Brad- 
 ford Acad., 1913). Residence, Exeter, 
 N. H. 
 
 Junkins, William Oliver 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Berwick, 
 Me., May 13, 1845; s. Alexander and 
 Elizabeth Leighton (Staples) Junkins; 
 ed. common schools, Elliot and South 
 Berwick, Me., academies, Bowdoin 
 College Medical Department, 1870; 
 located in practice at Kittery Point, 
 Me., in 1870, soon removing to Green- 
 land, N. H., where he continued twenty 
 years; removed to Portsmouth in 1891 
 remaining in practice there till 1917; 
 Methodist; Democrat; mayor of Ports- 
 mouth, 1895, 1896; U. S. pension ex- 
 aminer under Presidents Cleveland 
 
 and Wilson; president, Candelaria 
 Fruit Co., Porto Rico; Mason, 32d 
 degree, Knight Templar and Shriner; 
 charter member, Portsmouth Lodge, 
 B. P. O. E.; member, Portsmouth
 
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 Yacht Club; m., Sept. 5, 1872, Julia 
 E. Hill, d. March 7, 1916. Residence, 
 Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens 
 
 (Mrs. Joseph Henry Dearborn), 
 club-woman, owner and manager of 
 extensive real estate; b., Concord, 
 N. H., dau. of Major Josiah and Ann 
 H. (Head) Stevens. Major Stevens 
 served in the Second N. H. Vols. 
 during the Civil War. Mrs. Stevens 
 was the sister of Gov. Natt Head of 
 Hooksett. Their daughter, Mrs. 
 Dearborn, was born on the estate lying 
 on the road to St. Paul's School, which, 
 later, was sold to Rev. Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. 
 Mrs. Eddy made her home here during 
 the last fourteen years of her life in 
 Concord. Sarali F. (Stevens) Dear- 
 born was educated in the public schools 
 of Concord and Manchester, X. H., 
 graduating from the Manchester high 
 school, 1872. State Regent, X. H. 
 D. A. R., 1910-11; president, X. H. 
 Daughters in Boston, 1912-14; pres- 
 ident, Historic Art Club, Manchester; 
 member, Grace Episcopal church, 
 Manchester, Buntin Chapter D. A. R., 
 Suncook (regent, 1896-8), X. H. Soc. 
 Colonial Dames of America, Woman's 
 City Club, Boston, Brookline Woman's 
 Club, Massachusetts, Presidents' Club, 
 Boston, Order of Eastern Star, Order 
 of Rebekahs, Past Master of Pem- 
 broke Grange, P. of H., noted for 
 having the first set of woman officers 
 in the country; X. II. Historical Soc.; 
 m., Nov. 9, 1880, Joseph Henry Dear- 
 born, wholesale manufacturer, Har- 
 vard University, A.B. 1871, who d. 
 March 24, 1911; children, Jenness 
 Stevens Dearborn, b. Aug. 17, 
 
 1881, N. H. College, class of 1904, 
 who m. Edith Dalton of Suncook, June 
 19, 1907; Joseph Jewell, b. Dec. 6, 
 
 1882, A.B. Harvard, 1907, post- 
 graduate in forestry, superintendent, 
 Diamond Match Co., Athol, Mass., 
 who m. Inez Jones Emery, Sept. 24, 
 1910; Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 17, 
 1885, who in. Arthur Dryden Camp- 
 bell of Boston, Xov. 6, 1915; grand- 
 
 children, Lucy, Joseph Henry, Frances, 
 Joanne, Lewis Emery Dearborn. 
 Residence, Pembroke Street (Suncook), 
 N. H.; York Beach, Me.; Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 Hadlock, Albert Emerson 
 
 Lawyer; b., Amherst, N. H., Feb. 
 9, 1863; s. John and Sarah E. (Carlton) 
 Hadlock; ed. public schools of Milford, 
 N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 Dartmouth College, 1887, Harvard 
 Law School, 1893; entered the office 
 of Evarts, Choate and Beaman as a 
 clerk in 1893, immediately after grad- 
 uation from law school, and has en- 
 gaged in general practice of the law 
 since that time, when the duties of 
 public office have not required all his 
 time; Republican; secretary to the 
 president of the borough of Richmond, 
 city of Xew York, 1898-1902; assistant 
 corporation council, 1902-4; chief of 
 law and adjustment division, depart- 
 ment of finance, city of New York, 
 1910-16; deputy comptroller of the 
 city of New York since 1916; member, 
 *T fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet Soc. 
 (one of the founders), Bar Ass'n of the 
 City of Xew York, and City Club ; 
 m.," 1902, Marion Canfield; children, 
 Albert Emerson, Jr., Canfield and 
 Marion. Address, Municipal Building, 
 Xew York. 
 / 
 Hall, Daniel 
 
 Lawyer, publicist; b., Barrington, 
 X. H.,' Feb. 28, 1832; s. Oilman and 
 Eliza (Tuttle) Hall; ed. public schools, 
 Straff ord Academy, X. II . Conference 
 Seminary, Tilton, Dartmouth College, 
 1854, teaching school in winter to aid 
 in payment of college expenses; studied 
 law in the office of Daniel M. Christie; 
 admitted to the bar, May, 1860; school 
 commissioner for Strafford County,. 
 1859-60; clerk, special committee of 
 the U. S. Senate investigating the 
 surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard, 
 1861, and later clerk, U. S. Senate 
 Committee on Naval Affairs, of which 
 John P. Hale was chairman; commis- 
 sioned as aide-de-camp on the staff of 
 Gen. A. W. Whipple, with the rank of
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 captain, in March, 1862, and partici- 
 pated in the battles of Fredericksburg, 
 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, being 
 slightly wounded in the latter; Provost 
 Marshal, 1st N. H. District, 1864-5; 
 
 clerk, S. J. court for .Stratford County, 
 1866-74; judge, Dover police court, 
 1X68-74; reporter, X. H. supreme 
 court, 1876-7; I'. S. naval officer of 
 customs, Boston, 1877-85; Free 
 Thinker; Republican; president, N. H. 
 Republican state convention, 1X76; 
 chairman, Republican state committee, 
 1S74-7; delegate to Republican na- 
 tional convention, 1876, and chairman, 
 N. H. delegation; colonel on the staff 
 of (!ov. Walter Harriman and judge 
 advocate under ( lov. Frederick Smyt h ; 
 member, board of managers, X. II. 
 Soldiers' Home, Tilton. 18X9; mem- 
 ber, Loyal Legion of the I'nited States 
 and Post 17, G. A. R.; commander, 
 N. II. Department. G. A. R.. 1X02 I',; 
 trustee. Stratford savin us bank, IXXIi ; 
 director. Stratford Nat 'I Hank, 1X97 ; 
 trustee, Dover public library, Went- 
 worth Home for the Aged; he is a 
 
 graceful writer and speaker and has 
 delivered numerous occasional ad- 
 dresses, notably that at the dedication 
 of the statue of John P. Hale in Con- 
 cord, in August, 1892; m. Jan. 25, 1877, 
 Sophia, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah 
 (Hanson) Dodge of Rochester; one 
 son, Arthur Wellesley, b. Aug. 30, 1878 
 (Harvard, 1902), now practicing law 
 in Dover. Residence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Gould, Alfred Josiah 
 
 Farmer, fruitgrower; b., Newport, 
 N. H., Jan. 18, 1840; s. Gideon and 
 Sally (Ward) Gould; ed. public school 
 and Newport Academy; owns and 
 occupies the old homestead established 
 by his grandfather, Nathan Gould, a 
 century and a quarter ago; extensively 
 and successfully engaged in fruit culture, 
 along with general farming; Liberal; 
 Republican; member, Newport board 
 
 of selectmen, four years; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1889; 
 member, Sugar River Lodge. I .().(). !'., 
 Sullivan Grange, P. of II., Merrimack 
 Countv Pomona Grange; director,
 
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 103 
 
 First Nat'l Bank, Newport; trustee, 
 Newport savings bank (president for 
 ten years); m. 1st, Sarah Jane Ayers, 
 Cornish, Dec. 15, 1861, d. Oct. 6, 1864; 
 2d, Orpha A. Honey, Lempster, Feb. 
 3, 1866, d. April 18, 1902; 3d, Ida M. 
 Parker, Newport, May 4, 1905; one 
 daughter, Mary Alice, b. June 1, 1886 
 (Newport high school, 1905). Resi- 
 dence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Sullivan, Dennis Edward 
 
 Physician; b., Augusta, Me., Aug. 
 23, 1863; s. Daniel W. and Catherine 
 (Mann) Sullivan; ed. public schools of 
 Augusta, Bowdoin College Medical 
 School, Brunswick, Me. (two years), 
 Bellevue Hospital, New York, M.D., 
 1885; Catholic; Democrat; member, 
 Concord board of education since 1908; 
 N. H. state board of health, since 1913; 
 secretary, N. H. Medical Soc.; mem- 
 ber, American Medical Soc.; U. S. 
 pension examining board; staff of 
 Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital 
 since 1885; member, Wonolancet Club, 
 Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order 
 of Hibernians; m. Mary E. Scanlan, 
 July 9, 1889; children, Edward Scan- 
 Ian, b. Jan. 25, 1892 (A.B. Harvard, 
 1914, M.D. Harvard Medical School, 
 1918); Paul Mann, b. May 1, 1887, 
 entered Harvard, 1915. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Quimby, Frank Pierce 
 
 Secretary, Concord Building and 
 Loan Ass'n; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Sept. 22, 1856; s. John and Lydia 
 (Colby) Quimby; ed. Concord public 
 schools and Bryant it Stratton Busi- 
 ness College, Manchester; entered em- 
 ploy of Concord R. R. as section hand 
 in 1871, passing through the various 
 positions as switchman, yard brake- 
 man, fireman and clerk in the treasur- 
 er's office; appointed chief clerk and 
 paymaster upon the organization of the 
 Concord it Montreal R. R. corpora- 
 tion, serving in such capacity until the 
 lease of the road to the Boston it 
 Maine, when he was made assistant 
 paymaster of the entire system, with 
 headquarters at Concord; Jan. 1, 
 
 1912, after more than forty years of 
 faithful service, he resigned this 
 position to assume the duties of secre- 
 tary of the Concord Building Ass'n, 
 which office he still holds; Republi- 
 can; alderman from Ward 7, Concord, 
 four years; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1893; in this year he 
 introduced a bill in the house which 
 was passed in that body, but defeated 
 in the senate, providing that "All 
 money loaned upon real estate, in the 
 
 state of New Hampshire, where the 
 rate of interest does not exceed five 
 per cent, shall be exempt from taxa- 
 tion." (This measure, of which Mr. 
 Quimby was the author, has recently 
 become the law of the state.) Chair- 
 man, Republican city committee, ten 
 years; Past Master, Eureka Lodge, 
 A. F. it A. M.; Past High Priest, 
 Trinity Royal Arch Chapter; member 
 Horace Chase Council, Mt. Horeb 
 Commandery, K. T.; Past Potentate, 
 Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine; mem- 
 ber and Worthy Patron, Epiphany 
 Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star;
 
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 105 
 
 charter member of the Wonolancet 
 Club, Concord; m., May 6, 1880, 
 Millie B. Smith, d. July 29, 1899; one 
 dau., Marie B., b. March 13, 1893. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Buxton, Willis George 
 
 Lawyer and insurance agent; b., 
 Henniker, N. H., Aug. 22, 1856; s. 
 Daniel M. and Abbie A. (Whittaker) 
 Buxton; ed. Clinton Grove and New 
 London academies, Boston University 
 Law School, 1879; admitted to the bar 
 in 1879 and commenced practice in 
 Hillsborough, remaining till 1882, when 
 he removed to Penacook (Boscawen 
 side); partner one year with the late 
 Judge Nehemiah Butler; since in 
 practice alone; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican till 1912, since then Pro- 
 gressive; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives. 1895, serving as chair- 
 man of committee on elections, and 
 member committee on revision of 
 statutes; member, N. H. Senate, 1897, 
 serving as chairman judiciary com- 
 mittee; delegate in N. H. constitu- 
 tional conventions, 1889, 1902, 1912; 
 delegate to Progressive national con- 
 ventions of 1912 and 1916; served 
 twenty-two years as member of Re- 
 publican state committee and five 
 years as member of Progressive state 
 committee; associate justice of the 
 Concord district court two years, and 
 since justice of the Boscawen munici- 
 pal court; many years town treasurer, 
 library trustee, member of local board of 
 health and board of education; treasurer 
 and superintendent, Penacook and Bos- 
 cawen water precinct; Knight Templar 
 Mason and Odd Fellow; member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., Union Club; trustee, 
 Merrimack Co. Savings Bank; trustee 
 and secretary, X. II. Orphans' Home, 
 Franklin, since 1895; m., June 4, 1884, 
 Martha .1. Flanders; a daughter, Grace 
 H., died in childhood. Residence, Bos- 
 cawen (Penacook P.O.), N. H. 
 
 Barton, Jesse Morton 
 
 Lawyer; b., Newport, N. II., Jan. 
 21, 1870; s. Levi \V. and Elizabeth F. 
 (Jewett) Barton; ed. public schools, 
 
 Kimball Union Academy, 1888, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1892; principal, Pena- 
 cook grammar school, 1892-3; principal, 
 Simonds free high school, Warner, 
 1903-6; studied law with his father, 
 with the late Albert S. Wait of Newport, 
 and at the Boston University Law 
 School; was admitted to the bar, March, 
 1899, and has since practiced in New- 
 port; Methodist; Republican; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1901-2; 
 member, N. H. constitutional conven- 
 
 tions, 1902, 1912; judge of probate for 
 Sullivan County, 1906-17; trustee, 
 N. H. Industrial School, appointed by 
 Gov. Henry B. Quinby; member and 
 president, X. II. state senate, 1917-18; 
 chairman, Republican state committee, 
 May, 1912 to Oct., 1914; Mason, Odd 
 Fellow; trustee, Newport Savings 
 Bank, Richards Free Library, Method- 
 ist church; president, Newport board 
 of trade; in.. Sept. 29, 1911, Kmma 
 Byars; one dau., Jean Elizabeth, b. 
 March 4, 1914. Residence, Newport, 
 N. H.
 
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 Hatch, Albert Ruyter 
 
 Lawyer; h., Portsmouth, X. H., 
 Aug. 10, 1882; s. John and Alice 
 Spencer (Benton) Hatch; ed. Ports- 
 mouth High School, 19(X), Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., 1904; Harvard Law- 
 
 March Hatch, 2d. 
 St., Portsmouth; 
 
 N. H. 
 
 Office, 45 Pleasant 
 home, Greenland, 
 
 School, LL.B., 1907; admitted to the 
 bar June 27, 1907; commenced practice 
 with John W. Kelley, and remained 
 with him, under firm names of Kelley, 
 Harding & Hatch and Kelley & Hatch 
 until his death in 1912, since when he 
 has practiced himself under the firm 
 name of Kelley & Hatch; Episcopalian, 
 member and vestryman, St. John's 
 Episcopal church, Portsmouth; He- 
 publican; solicitor for Rockingham 
 County, 1915-17; chairman, Greenland 
 Republican town committee, 1912-; 
 member, St. John's Lodge, A. F. A: A. 
 M., 15. P. O. F... K. of P.. Warwick 
 Club, Portsmouth Athletic Club, 
 Portsmouth Country Club, treasurer 
 and director, Finery Rubber Heel Co.; 
 director, Southern N. H. Agricultural 
 Ass'n; in. Rosalie I-'. Fittlefield, Jan. 
 10, 190."); children, Harris and Francis 
 
 Willis, Eben Marston 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Clarernont, X. H., 
 May 11, 1871; s. Algernon and Susan 
 L. (Marston) Willis; ed. Concord 
 public schools, high school class of 1889; 
 entered employ of Page Belting Co., 
 of Concord immediately after grad- 
 uation and has been connected there- 
 with ever since in one capacity or 
 another, having been treasurer and 
 general manager since 1914; Universa- 
 list (grandson of Rev. Lemuel Willis, 
 a prominent Universalist clergyman 
 seventy-five years ago); Republican; 
 member, Concord common council, 
 1897-8, board of aldermen, 1899-1900, 
 1901-2; member, X. H. house 1 of rep- 
 
 resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-n ; director, 
 Page Belting Co., Mechanicks Na- 
 tional Bank, Capital Fire Insurance 
 Co.; trustee, Merrimack Co. Savings 
 Bank; vice-president and director, 
 Northern Securities Co.; Mason, 32d
 
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 107 
 
 degree; member, Wonolancet and Snow- 
 shoe clubs; m., Oct. 2, 1895, Lena Vira 
 George; one dau., Mary Elizabeth, b. 
 July 25, 1899 (Wellesley, 1920). 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Button, Samuel Train 
 
 Educator; b., Hillsborough, N. H., 
 Oct. 16, 1849; s. Jeremiah and Rebecca 
 (Train) Dutton; ed. Yale College, A.B., 
 1873; A.M., 1890; LL.D., Baylor Uni- 
 versity, 1912; Superintendent schools, 
 South Xorwalk, Conn., 1872-8; princi- 
 pal, Eaton School, New Haven, 1878- 
 82; Superintendent schools, New- 
 Haven, 1882-90, Brookline, Mass., 
 1890-1900; professor of school admin- 
 istration, Teachers College (Columbia 
 University), 1900-1915; professor 
 emeritus since 1915; lecturer on Peda- 
 gogy, Harvard, 1896-7, University of 
 Chicago, 1897-8, Boston University, 
 1898; secretary, N. Y. Peace Soc.; 
 chairman, Nat'l Arbitration and Peace 
 Congress, 1907; trustee, Constanti- 
 nople College for Women, Canton, 
 China, Christian College, World Peace 
 Foundation, American Scandinavian 
 Foundation; honorary secretary, Japan 
 Soc.; member, International Commis- 
 sion on the Balkan War, 1913; member, 
 Yale and Authors clubs, New York; 
 author, "Social Phases of Education," 
 "School Management," etc.; associate 
 editor, Christian Work; m., Oct. 8, 1874, 
 Cornelia North, New Haven, Conn. 
 Residence, Hartsdale, N. Y.; address, 
 70 Fifth Ave., New York. 
 
 Emerson, Charles Franklin 
 
 Educator; b., Chelmsford, Mass., 
 Sept. 28, 1843; s. Owen and Louisa 
 (Butterfield) Emerson; ed. Westford, 
 Mass., Academy, Appleton Academy, 
 New Ipswich, N. H. and Dartmouth 
 College, 1868, having taught school in 
 Massachusetts a part of three years 
 before entering college; upon gradua- 
 tion appointed instructor in gymnastics 
 in Dartmouth College, and instructor 
 in mathematics in the N. H. College 
 of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 
 
 then connected with Dartmouth; also 
 tutor in mathematics in Dartmouth, 
 1868-72; associate professor of natural 
 philosophy and mathematics, 1872-78; 
 Appleton professor of natural philoso- 
 phy, 1878-99; dean of the college, 1893- 
 1913, retiring in the latter year, after 
 forty-five years of continuous service 
 the longest record held at that time 
 by any person connected with the in- 
 stitution; Congregationalist ; member, 
 Church of Christ, at Dartmouth; 
 Republican; served fifteen years as 
 chairman of supervisors of check lists 
 
 for Hanover; member, N. II. house 
 of representatives, 1915-16, 1917-18; 
 member, Alpha Delta Chi, and Phi 
 Beta Kappa societies; life member, 
 American Ass'n for Advancement of 
 Science; in., Jan. 20, 1875, Caroline 
 Flagg; two daus., Martha Flagg, 
 librarian of the State College at Dur- 
 ham, and Emily Sophia, wife of Prof. 
 Edmund E. Day of Harvard Univer- 
 sitv. Residence, Hanover. N. H.
 
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 109 
 
 Knowlton, Edgar Jay 
 
 Journalist; b., Sutton, N. H., Aug. 
 8, 1856; s. James and Mary F. (Mar- 
 shall) Knowlton; ed. common schools; 
 entered office of the Manchester Union, 
 under Campbell & Hanscom, as an 
 apprentice to learn the printer's trade, 
 when sixteen years of age; later be- 
 came a reporter and soon promoted to 
 city editor, which position he held 
 when Stilson Hutchins purchased the 
 Union in 1879 and made it a morning 
 paper, and in which he continued till 
 June, 1880, when he became editor of 
 the Daily Union at Lockport, N. Y., 
 but returned to Manchester the follow- 
 ing year to become city editor of the 
 Mirror and American, continuing till 
 1884, when he became city editor of 
 the Union, serving till Feb., 1890, 
 when he resigned to accept the posi- 
 tion of secretary of the Manchester 
 board of trade; elected mayor of 
 Manchester in Nov., 1890, and re- 
 elected, two years later by the largest 
 majority that had ever been given a 
 candidate for the office; resigned in 
 May, 1894, to accept the office of post- 
 master of Manchester, to which he had 
 been appointed by President Cleve- 
 land, and which he held till July 1898; 
 previously, in 1886, elected to the N. II. 
 house of representatives from Ward 6, 
 Manchester. When not in office he has 
 been connected with one or the other 
 of the Manchester daily newspapers; 
 is now and has been for several years 
 past, on the staff of the Mirror; also 
 many years correspondent of the Boston 
 Globe; Universalist; Democrat; ap- 
 pointed by Governor Keyes, in 1917, a 
 member of the State Board of Trus- 
 tees of State Institutions; member for 
 twenty years of the Manchester board 
 of water commissioners and many years 
 clerk of the board; author, city garden 
 plan of 1917, utilized by 1500 people; 
 member, P. of II., K. P., I. (). R. M.; 
 in., Nov. 2, 1880, (Jencvieve I. Blan- 
 chard, Nicholville, N. Y., d. April 28, 
 1912; two daughters, Bessie (Jencvieve 
 (Mrs. Arthur (). Friel, Brooklyn, N. Y.) 
 and Belle Frances. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. II. 
 
 Mitchell, John Louis 
 
 Lawyer; b., Hooksett, N. H., Feb. 
 1, 1873; s. Abram and Angeline D. 
 (Eastman) Mitchell; ed. Pembroke 
 Academy, 1890, Dartmouth, 1895; 
 studied law in the office of Page & 
 Bartlett of Portsmouth while serving 
 as principal of the Whipple grammar 
 school, 1896 to 1901; admitted to the 
 bar and commenced practice in 1901 ; 
 member, firm of Page, Bartlett & 
 Mitchell; Unitarian; Democrat; city 
 
 solicitor, Portsmouth, 1905-6; mem- 
 ber, board of instruction, 1905-8, 191(5-; 
 N. II. constitutional convention, 1912; 
 legal representative of the government 
 in appeal eases from exemption board 
 in 1st Hockingham district, 1917; 
 member, Warwick Club; in., Dec. 19, 
 1907, Alma Natalie Kirsch; one son, 
 John S., b. April 15, 1911. Residence, 
 Portsmouth, N. II. 
 
 Blaisdell, Carlyle W. 
 
 Violinist, musical instructor and 
 conductor; b.. Concord, N. H., Nov. 
 11, 1S7S; s. Henri (I. and Lilla D.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 (Leonard) Blaisdell; ed. public and 
 private schools, Concord and Laconia. 
 He is of the third generation of one of 
 New England's best known musical 
 families, personally ranking among its 
 leading violinists; leader of the famous 
 Blaisdell Orchestra for twenty years; 
 conductor of the New England Sym- 
 phony Orchestra, and violin instructor 
 of long experience; prominent in musi- 
 cal festival, concert and general orches- 
 tral work, playing and conducting in 
 
 different parts of the country; asso- 
 ciated in concerts with the most noted 
 singers, and offered a position with the 
 famous Boston Symphony Orchestra; 
 his experience in orchestral work com- 
 pares favorably with that of any man 
 of his age; member, St. Paul's Episco- 
 pal church, Concord. B. P. (). E., 
 Wonolancet Club, American Federa- 
 tion of Musicians, and Lake Winnipe- 
 saukee Club; motor boating is his 
 diversion; won the New England 
 championship for speed boat racing 
 in 1916 after ten vears of winning; 
 rn. Florence M. To'of, Sept. 1, 1899; 
 
 one son, Paul Henry, b. May 9, 1908. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H.; summer, 
 Weirs, N. H. 
 
 Sanborn, Alden F. 
 
 Farmer and lumberman; b., Fre- 
 mont, N. H., Aug. 20, 1855; s. Aloah 
 and Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed. 
 public schools and New Hampton 
 Literary Institution, 1877; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; chairman, 
 board of selectmen, fourteen years; 
 member, board of education, twelve 
 years; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1895-6; member, state 
 board of agriculture, 1902-13; member 
 and treasurer, Rockingham County 
 Farmers' Ass'n since its organization; 
 Mason; Patron of Husbandry, past 
 master Fremont Grange; owns and 
 occupies the old homestead which has 
 been held in the family for over 150 
 years, and has also been extensively 
 engaged in lumbering; in., Jan. 26, 
 1882, Luna A. Gove, of Raymond; 
 two sons, Moses Hermon (N. H. Col- 
 lege, 1908) and Edson Dana (N. H. 
 College, 1910), president, N. H. C. 
 Alumni Association, 1917. Residence, 
 Fremont, N. II . 
 
 Burnham, William Henry 
 
 Educator; l>., Dunbarton, N. II., 
 Dec. 3, 1855; s. Samuel and Hannah 
 (Dane) Burnham; ed. Harvard College, 
 A.B., 1882, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 
 1888; instructor, Wittenberg College, 
 1882-3, State Normal School, Pots- 
 dam, N. Y., 1882-5, Johns Hopkins, 
 1892-1900; assistant professor peda- 
 gogy, 1900-06; pedagogy and school 
 hygiene, Clark University, Worcester, 
 Mass., since 1906; member, American 
 Psychological Ass'n, Soc. College 
 Teachers of Edn.; member, permanent 
 com., International Congress, Schools 
 of Hygiene; member Council, American 
 School of Hygiene Ass'n; assistant 
 editor, Pedagogical Seminary; author, 
 articles on Hygiene in Universal Cyclo- 
 pedia; departmental editor (Hygiene), 
 Cyclopedia of Education. Home, Dun- 
 barton, N. H.; address, Worcester, 
 Mass.
 
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 111 
 
 Day, Arthur Kehew 
 
 Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Sept. 
 12, 1862; s. Warren Kelsey and Martha 
 Shackford (Brooks) Day; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1881, Harvard University, 
 A.B., 1886, Harvard Medical School, 
 
 M.D., 1889; attending physician, 
 Margaret PilLsbury General Hospital, 
 Concord, twenty-five years; state bac- 
 teriologist, April, 190*1 to Oct., 1903; 
 pathologist, X. H. Memorial Hospital 
 for Women and Children, Concord, 
 189,5-; examining surgeon, U. S. Pen- 
 sion Bureau, 1897-; member, X. H. 
 Medical Soc., Merrimack County Med- 
 ical Soc. (president, 1911); first lieuten- 
 ant and assistant surgeon, 1st X'. H. 
 Vols., during the Spanish War (1898), 
 following three years' service as assist- 
 ant surgeon, X. H. X. G.; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member, X. H. house of 
 representatives, 1907-8; author, "Pul- 
 monary Tuberculosis Its Marly Diag- 
 nosis and Treatment," "Modified Milk 
 as a Food for Infants"; in., March 23, 
 1892, Annie But lor Stevens, Boston, 
 Mass.; children, Helen Downing, b. 
 
 July 19, 1893; Philip Stevens, b. Sept. 
 8, 1894 (West Point Military Academy, 
 1917); Robert Brooks, b. March 9, 
 1896, sergeant, 101st U. S. Engineers. 
 Residence, Concord, X. H. 
 
 Pender, John 
 
 Insurance; b., Sturbridge, Mass., 
 June 7, 1843; s. Hugh and Margaret 
 Lenox (Paton) Pender; ed. public 
 schools and private tutors; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; alderman, 
 Portsmouth, X. H., 1869-70; mayor, 
 1902; member, X. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1871, 1872, 1897, 191^17; 
 X. H. senate, 1911; sheriff, Rocking- 
 ham County, 1898-99-1900; member, 
 staff of Gov. Samuel W. Hale; chair- 
 man, X. H. Ocean Boulevard Comm.; 
 secretary and treasurer, Portsmouth 
 Building and Loan Ass'n; member, 
 
 X. H. Historical Soc., St. Andrew's 
 Lodge, A. F. <fc A. M. (Grand Master, 
 Grand Lodge of Xew Hampshire, 
 1892-3), Damon Lodge, K. of P., 
 X. H. Lodge, I. (). O. F., Portsmouth 
 Lodge, B. P. 0. K., Warwick Club; has
 
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 113 
 
 conducted a large and successful in- 
 surance business in Portsmouth since 
 1885; has contributed extensively to 
 the Metropolitan press, and for several 
 years successfully conducted the Ports- 
 mouth Evening Post; m., Nov. 20, 1863, 
 Ellen S. Ryan, Newton, Mass., who d. 
 Jan. 26, 1907; children, George E. 
 (Dartmouth, 1893, N. Y. University 
 Med. Col., 1896), medical referee for 
 Rockingham Co.; Horace G. (Dart- 
 mouth, 1897, Harvard Law School, 
 1900), graduate manager of athletics 
 at Dartmouth College; John L. of the 
 Boston Globe staff, and Helen P., wife 
 of Harry E. Boynton, treasurer of the 
 Portsmouth Savings Bank. Residence, 
 Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Whitcher, William Frederick 
 
 Clergyman and journalist; b., Ben- 
 ton, N. H., Aug. 10, 1845; s. Ira and 
 Lucy (Royce) Whitcher; ed. public 
 schools, N. H. Conference Seminary, 
 Tilton and Wesleyan University, 
 Middletown, Conn., graduating from 
 the latter, with honors, in 1871; 
 from the Theological Department of 
 Boston University in 1873, and was for 
 nine years a member of the Southern 
 N. E. Methodist Episcopal Confer- 
 ence, holding pastorates in Provi- 
 dence and Newport, R. I., and New 
 Bedford, Mass. Abandoning the min- 
 istry he was for eighteen years en- 
 gaged in journalistic work in Boston, 
 as reporter and editor, first with the 
 Traveler, and later with the Adver- 
 tiser, with residence in Maiden, where 
 he served several years as member and 
 chairman of the school board; re- 
 moved to Woodsville, N. PL, in 1898, 
 where he purchased the Woodfsi'ille 
 Xews and conducted the same till 
 19 It); Republican; moderator for the 
 town of Haverhill sixteen years; mem- 
 ber of N. H. house of representatives, 
 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1911; member 
 of the judiciary committee each year; 
 trustee, N. H. state library, nine years; 
 earnest advocate of the measure 
 providing for the erection by the state 
 of a statue of (Jen. Franklin Pierce, 
 and one of the speakers at the dedica- 
 
 tion of the same, Nov., 1914; mem- 
 ber, N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1912; has served as director and clerk 
 of trustees of Woodsville Savings 
 Bank and clerk and treasurer of Opera 
 Block Ass'n; member and president, 
 N. H. Soc. S. A. R.; Phi Beta Kappa, 
 Alpha Delta Chi, A. F. & A. M., R. A., 
 A. O. U.; deeply interested in his- 
 torical matters; has written "Some 
 Things about Coventry, Ben ton" and 
 Descendants of Chase Whitcher, and 
 numerous genealogical works, and is 
 engaged in the preparation of a "His- 
 tory of Haverhill"; m., 1st, Dec. 4, 
 1872, Jeannette Marie Burr, Middle- 
 town, Conn., d. Sept. 22, 1894; 2d, 
 Nov. 4, 1896, Marietta H. Hadley, 
 Stoneham, Mass.; one son, Burr 
 Royce Whitcher (Dartmouth, 1902), 
 a practicing physician in West Somer- 
 vifJe, Mass. Residence, Woodsville, 
 N. H. 
 
 Parks, Isabel Merial 
 
 Educator; b., Davenport, Iowa, 
 Nov. 13, 1857; dau. Milo Kent and 
 Althera M. (Hosmer) Parks; ed., 
 Davenport high school, 1876, Salem, 
 Mass., Normal School, 1880 (four 
 years' course), special student, Rad- 
 cliffe College, 1894-5; teacher, St. 
 Agnes' Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt,, 1880-1, 
 1882-3; first assistant, Littleton, N. H., 
 high school, 18S3-93; head instructor, 
 Miss Comegys and Miss Bell's School, 
 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1895-8; 
 instructor, St. Mary's School for Girls, 
 Concord, N. II., 1S93-4; assistant prin- 
 cipal, 1898-1900; head mistress, 1900-; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member, 
 Concord Woman's Club, Friendly 
 Club, Woman's College Club, N. H. 
 Conference of Charities and Correct ions, 
 N. H. Children's Aid and Protective 
 Soc., Concord Charity Organization 
 Soc., Concord S. P. C. A., District 
 Nursing Ass'n, American Red Cross, 
 X. E. Ass'n of Teachers of English, 
 Nat. Home Economics Ass'n, N. H. 
 State Teachers' Ass'n, Woman's Aux. 
 to Board of Missions of the P. E. 
 Church of America. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. II .
 
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 Rand, John Prentice 
 
 Physician; b., Francestown, N. H., 
 Nov. 8, 1857; s. Thomas Prentice and 
 Lydia (Wheeler) Rand; descendant of 
 Robert Rand, immigrant ancestor, who 
 settled at Charlestown, Mass., in 1635; 
 engaged on his father's farm in youth, 
 and taught school to obtain money for 
 preparatory education; graduated from 
 Francestown Academy in 1880 and 
 N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College 
 and Flower Hospital, M.D., 1883; 
 
 associated in practice in Monson, Mass., 
 with his elder brother, Dr. N. W. Hand, 
 till 188S, when he took a post-graduate 
 course at the New York Polyclinic and 
 removed to Worcester, Mass., practic- 
 ing there ten years, then returning to 
 Monson, on account of his brother's 
 death, and continuing practice till 
 1905, then again locating in Worces- 
 ter, where he now resides; member, 
 savings bank and public library cor- 
 porations while in Monson, also mem- 
 ber school committee; now consulting 
 physician, Westborough state hospital, 
 attending physician, Worcester Hahne- 
 
 mann hospital; member, American Inst. 
 of Homeopathy, National Ass'n for 
 the Study and Prevention of Tuber- 
 culosis, Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Homeo- 
 pathic Medical College and Flower 
 Hospital (president, 1908), Mass. 
 Homeopathic Medical Soc. (president, 
 1907), Mass. Surgical and Gynecolog- 
 ical Spc. (president, 1899), Sons of the 
 American Revolution, Worcester Cor- 
 poration, Sons and Daughters of New 
 Hampshire (president, 1891-2); asso- 
 ciate editor, North American Journal 
 of Homeopathy, 1910-12; trustee, 
 Mass. State Sanatorium, 1903-10; 
 lecturer for ten years, from 190(5, upon 
 the "History of Medicine" and "Hom- 
 eopathic Therapeutics" in Boston Uni- 
 versity School of Medicine; author, 
 with N. W. Rand, of "Random Rimes," 
 volume of original verse (1897), three 
 editions; has also published occasional 
 poems and medical papers; member, 
 A. F. & A. M., and Economic Club; 
 Congregationalist; Independent; m., 
 1st, Jan. 17, 1889, Harriet M. Ander- 
 son, of Monson, Mass. (Mt. Holyoke), 
 d. May 6, 1892; one child, Frank 
 Prentice Rand, teacher of English, 
 Mass. Agricultural College; 2d, Sept. 
 3, 1904, Lena M. Adams (Wcsleyan, 
 A.M.), of Weathersfield, Conn. 'Ad- 
 dress, 5 Benefit St., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Wood, Leonard 
 
 Major general, U. S. A.; b., Winches- 
 ter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1860; s. Charles ,T. 
 and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood; ed. 
 Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., 
 Harvard Medical College, M.D., 1884; 
 LL.D, Harvard, 1899, Williams, 1902, 
 University of Pennsylvania, 1903; ap- 
 pointed assistant surgeon, U. S. A., 
 Jan. 5, 188(5; captain and assistant, 
 surgeon, Jan. 5, 1891; colonel, 1st 
 U. S. Vols. (Hough Riders), May 8, 
 1898; brigadier general, July 8, 1898, 
 for services at Las Guasimas and San 
 Juan Hill; major general, Dec. 7, 1898; 
 honorably discharged from volunteer 
 service April 12, 1S99; military gov- 
 ernor of Cuba, Dec. 12, 1S99 to April 
 20, 1902; brigadier general, V. S. A. 
 Feb. 4, 1901; major general, Aug. 8,
 
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 1902; governor Moro province, Philip- 
 pine Islands, July, 1903 to April, 
 1906; commander, Philippine Division, 
 U. S. A., 1906-8; commander, Depart- 
 ment of the East, 1908-9 ; special ambas- 
 sador to Argentine Republic, 1910; 
 chief of staff, U. S. A., 1910-14; com- 
 mander, Department of the East, 
 1914-17, Southeastern Department, 
 191T-; awarded Congressional medal 
 of honor, March 29, 1898, "for distin- 
 guished conduct in campaign against 
 the Apache Indians, while serving as 
 med'cal and line officer"; m. Louisa A. 
 Condit Smith, Washington, D. C., 
 Nov. 18, 1890. 
 
 Perlry, Mary Elizabeth 
 
 Educator: b., Lempster, N. H., July 
 2, 1863; dau. Asbury F. and Sarah J. 
 (Dodge) Perley; ed. N. H. Conference 
 Seminary, Tilton, Boston schools 
 (high), Washington State University, 
 A.B. ; University of Wisconsin (master's 
 degree in German; special advanced 
 study in Hanover, Berlin and Paris); 
 teacher of modern languages in Tilton 
 Seminary six years; professor of mod- 
 ern languages at Tabor College. Tabor, 
 Iowa; professor of German at. Fargo 
 College, Fargo, N. D., since 1906; as 
 an avocation writes occasional Sunday 
 newspaper articles and short stories. 
 She has also written German playlets, 
 adapted to high school or college dra- 
 matics, several of which have been pre- 
 sented in the schools of North Dakota 
 and Wisconsin. Residence. Fargo, 
 N.D. 
 
 Carter, Solon Augustus 
 
 Ex-state treasurer; b., Leominster, 
 Mass., June 22, 1837; s. Solon and Lu- 
 cretia (Joslin) Carter; ed. public schools 
 of Leominster; taught district schools 
 in youth; removed to Keene, N. H., 
 where he became superintendent of the 
 gas works in 1859; Aug., 18(52, enlisted 
 in 1 1th Regiment, N. H. Vols., in the 
 Union service, continuing till July, 
 18(53; commissioned by President Lin- 
 coln assistant adjutant general of vol- 
 unteers, with rank of captain, July 2f>, 
 18(54, and served with a division of 
 
 colored troops till close of war; bre- 
 vetted lieutenant colonel; Unitarian; 
 many years moderator of the Concord 
 Unitarian Soc. and past president, 
 N. H. Unitarian Ass'n; Republican; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1869-70; state treasurer of New 
 Hampshire, 1872-1913 the longest 
 term ever filled by any incumbent; 
 past commander, Keene Post, G. A. R.; 
 past president, N. H. Veterans' Ass'n; 
 member (senior vice commander), 
 
 Loyal Legion; chief of staff of Gov. 
 Benjamin F. Prescott; Mason, 33d 
 degree; M. W. Grand Master, 1878-9; 
 R. E. Grand Commander, K. T., 1875; 
 director, First Nat'l Bank, Concord; 
 president, Union Trust Co.; member, 
 Concord water board, twenty-four veal's, 
 (president, fifteen years); president 
 State Dwelling House Fire Insurance. 
 Co.; member, Wonolancet Club, N. 11. 
 Historical Soc.; in., Dec. 13, 1860, 
 Emily A. Conant, d. June 2, 1916; chil- 
 dren,' Edith 1 1 inks, b. Jan. 1, 1864 
 (Concord high school, 1881), employed 
 since graduation as assistant in state
 
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 treasurer's office, having charge of two 
 or more important departments; 
 Florence Gertrude, b. Feb. 24, 1866, 
 m. Edward P. Comins and d. June 8, 
 1905 their dau., Sara Comins, b. Sept. 
 7, 1892, grad. Smith College, 1915. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Runnells, John Sumner 
 
 Lawyer; president of The Pullman 
 Co.; b., Effingham, X. H., July 30, 
 1844; s. John and Huldah (Staples) 
 Runnells; great-grandson of Ralph 
 Farnham, last survivor of the battle of 
 Bunker Hill, who died in 1860, aged 
 105 years; ed. New Hampton In- 
 stitution, Amherst College, 1865; com- 
 menced the study of law with Wheeler 
 <fc Hall of Dover, X. H., but removed 
 to Des Moines, la., where he com- 
 pleted his studies and was admitted 
 to the bar in 1873, having meanwhile 
 served as U. S. Consul at Tunstall, 
 England, in 1869 and 1870; Epis- 
 copalian; Republican; reporter, su- 
 preme court of Iowa, 1875-81; L T . S. 
 district attorney for Iowa, 1881-5; 
 chairman, Republican state central 
 committee, 1879, 1880; member, Re- 
 publican national committee, 1880-4; 
 delegate in Republican national con- 
 vention of 1880, voting for James G. 
 Blaine until the last ballot, when he 
 voted for General Garfield; continued 
 legal practice in Des Moines, largely 
 along corporation lines, till 1888, 
 when he removed to Chicago, where he 
 soon became general counsel of The 
 Pullman Co., holding this position until 
 1895, when he was made vice-presi- 
 dent and in 1911 became president, 
 since continuing. He takes a par- 
 donable pride in the reform in methods 
 and practices effected by the manage- 
 ment of this great company, employ- 
 ing from 2().(KX) to 30,000 men, in- 
 creasing efficiency and production, 
 and reducing expenses and waste, 
 while insuring a more liberal reward 
 for labor. Connected with many 
 corporations, being a director of The 
 Pullman Co., the National Biscuit 
 Co., the Guaranty Trust Co. of Xew 
 York, the Merchants' Loan and Trust 
 
 Co., Chicago, the Pullman Trust 
 and Savings Bank, Chicago, and the 
 Roseland State Savings Bank, Chi- 
 cago; member of the Society of 
 Colonial Wars; active in club life in 
 Chicago, having been president of the 
 Chicago Club ten years, and president 
 at various times of the Union Club, 
 the Saddle and Cycle Club and others; 
 m., March 31, 1869, Helen Ruther- 
 furd, dau. of Hon. Nathaniel B. Baker, 
 Governor of New Hampshire, 1854; 
 children, Mabel (Mrs. Robert I. 
 Jenks, Xew York), Lucy (Mrs. Albert 
 A. Jackson, Philadelphia), Clive( vice- 
 president of the Pullman Co., Chicago; 
 educated at Pomfret and Harvard) and 
 Alice (Mrs. William James, Cambridge, 
 Mass.). Residence, 1525 No. State 
 Parkway, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Scales, Burton True 
 
 Musician and educator; b., Dover, 
 N. H., Aug. 10, 1873; s. John and Ellen 
 (Tasker) Scales; ed. Dover high school 
 and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1895; 
 made special study of music in Boston 
 and New York; graduate of X T ew 
 School Methods in Public School Music; 
 managing editor of The Dartmouth, 
 in college; member of the editorial staff 
 of the Dover Daily Republican, 1895-7; 
 supervisor of music in Dover and 
 Newmarket public schools, 1897-9; sec- 
 retary of N. H. Music Teachers' Ass'n, 
 1896-9; instructor in music at the 
 Plymouth, N. H., Normal School's sum- 
 mer session, 1898-1908; director of 
 music and aid to the Headmaster of the 
 William Penn Charter School for Boys, 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 1899-1914; director 
 of music, Girard College, Philadelphia, 
 19 14-; director of the University of 
 Pennsylvania Glee Club, and Mask 
 and Wig Glee Chorus, 19 10-; lecturer 
 at the Institute of Musical Art, New 
 York City; instructor in the Music 
 Department of the New York Univer- 
 sity Summer School, 190813; in- 
 structor in music at Cornell University 
 Summer School, 1914-. In college he 
 was member of the Delta Kappa 
 Kpsilon Fraternity; Casque and Gaunt- 
 let Soc.; Republican; Presbyterian;
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 member of Moses Paul Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., Dover, N. H.; N. H. Soc. 
 S. A. R.; Musical Art Club, Philadel- 
 phia; m., Sept. 10, 1900, Kate Hub- 
 bard Reynolds of Dover; children, 
 Catherine Bradstreet, b. Jan. 11, 1903; 
 Benjamin Reynolds, b. March 24, 
 1907. Residence, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Rossiter, William S. 
 
 Publisher; b., West field, Mass., 
 Sept. 9, 1861; ed. Columbia (now 
 George Washington) University, Am- 
 
 herst College, A.B., 18S4; assistant 
 business manager and special writer, 
 N. Y. Tribune, 1884-8; circulation 
 manager, A*. Y. Press, 188S-9; co- 
 organiser, 1889, and member till 1900, 
 N. Y. Printing Co.; expert special agent 
 printing and publishing twelfth U. S. 
 Census, 1900; chief clerk of the Census 
 and chief of publication division. 1904 
 to July 1, 1909; resigned to engage in 
 private business; vice-president, Hum- 
 ford Press, Concord. N. H., 1909-; 
 member. American Economic Ass'n, 
 National Municipal League, American 
 Political Science Ass'n, American 
 Statistical Ass'n, Cosmos Club, Wash- 
 ington, 1). C., Republican Club, New 
 
 York; author, "An Accidental Romance 
 and Other Stories," 1895; report on 
 Printing and Publishing, Census of 
 1900 and 1905; "A Century of Popu- 
 lation Growth in the U. S."; "The 
 Population Problem in Vermont, " 19 1 1 ; 
 magazine contributor and writer on eco- 
 nomic and statistical subjects; Repub- 
 lican; Congregationalist; deacon, South 
 Congregational church, Concord; m. 
 Nellie C. Budd, New York, Oct. 21, 
 1891; one dau., Marjorie (Smith, 1917). 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Ayers, Helen McGregor 
 
 Teacher, club woman; b., London, 
 N. H., Dec. 26, 1843 (reared in Can- 
 terbury); dau. Jonathan and Mary 
 (Rogers) Ayers; ed. Tilton Seminary, 
 Boscawen Academy and by private 
 
 instruction; preliminary teaching in 
 country schools; teacher, 1865-83, 
 Concord, N. H., Fort Wayne, Ind., 
 Denver, Col., as assistant and principal 
 of grammar schools, also high school 
 work; member, South Congregational 
 church and president, Woman's
 
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 Board of Foreign Missions, 1890-6, also 
 president, Home Missionary Soc., sev- 
 eral years; Republican; national secre- 
 tary, W. R. C., 1904-5, and department 
 secretary, 1907-8; regent, Rumford 
 Chapter, D. A. R., 1912-14; on com- 
 mittee for Preservation of Historic 
 Spots, Nat. Soc. of D. A. R.; one of the 
 founders and for many years president, 
 Avon (Shakespeare) Club; director, 
 Concord Female Charitable Soc.; 
 charter member, Concord Woman's 
 Club; member, Concord District 
 Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization 
 Soc., Concord S. P. C. A., American 
 Red Cross. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Jewett, Stephen Shannon 
 
 Lawyer; b., Gilford, N. H., Sept. 
 18, 1858; s. John Glines and Carrie 
 
 E. (Shannon) Jewett; ed. public 
 schools, Laconia, Gilford ' Academy; 
 studied law with the late Hon. Charles 
 
 F. Stone, admitted to the bar, March, 
 1880, and has since practiced law in 
 Laconia; member, bar of U. S. dis- 
 trict, circuit and supreme courts; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; en- 
 grossing clerk, N. H. legislature, 1883; 
 clerk, supreme court for Belknap Co., 
 1884; assistant clerk, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1887-9; clerk of same, 
 1891-3; member, N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 189.5-7, speaker the former 
 year; member, X. H. senate, 1899; 
 member, N. II. executive council. 
 1907-8; secretary, Republican state 
 committee, 1890-1; chairman of same, 
 1892-4; delegate at large and chair- 
 man, X. II. delegation to Republi- 
 can national convention at St. Louis, 
 1896; city solicitor, Laconia, eighteen 
 years; member, staff of Gov. David 
 II. Goodale, with rank of colonel, 
 1888-9; many years member Bel- 
 knap Rifles, Co. K, X. H. X. (J.; Ma- 
 son, 33d degree, past grand master, 
 grand lodge of X. II.; past grand 
 commander of grand commandery of 
 Knights Templar; past grand master, 
 grand council; member, Bektash Tem- 
 ple, Mystic Shrine. Concord; society of 
 Veteran Free Masons, X. II.; Knights 
 of Pythias and Elks; member, American 
 
 Bar Ass'n, N. H. Bar Ass'n, Belknap 
 and Carroll Co. Bar Ass'ns, Home 
 Market Club, Boston, Derryfield Club, 
 Manchester, N. H. Historical Soc., N.H. 
 Soc. S. A. R., N. H. Horticultural Soc., 
 American Fisheries Soc.; director, 
 Laconia Nat'l Bank, Laconia Building 
 and Loan Ass'n; trustee, City Sav- 
 ings Bank, Laconia; director, Ma- 
 sonic Temple Ass'n of Laconia; clerk, 
 Winnipesaukee Telephone Co.; m., 
 June 30, 1880, Annie L. Bray; one 
 
 son, Theo Stephen Jewett, b. Dec. 24, 
 1891 (Dartmouth, 1913), now in part- 
 nership with his father. Received hon- 
 orary degree of A. M., Dartmouth, 
 1913. Residence, Laconia, X. II. 
 
 Brennan, James F. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Peterborough, X. II., 
 March 31, 1853; s. Hubert and 
 Mary (Mahoney) Brennan; ed., public 
 schools, Peterborough Academy, Mary- 
 land I'niversity, 1884; admitted to the 
 bar in 1SS4 and commenced practice 
 in Peterborough, where he has con- 
 tinued, with success; Catholic; Demo-
 
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 crat; member, N. H. house of represent- 
 atives, 1913-4, 1915^6, 1917-8, being 
 the first Democratic representative 
 from this overwhelmingly Republican 
 town in sixty years; candidate of his 
 party for speaker in 1915 and 1917, 
 and minority floor leader; introduced 
 twenty-six measures in the house dur- 
 ing those sessions, of which twenty- 
 three were enacted into law, including 
 that establishing the new department 
 of weights and measures; member 
 state board of library trustees, 1903-9, 
 state board of charities and correction. 
 1899 to the present time; member 
 staff of Gov. Felker, with rank of 
 major, 1913-5; appointed on the new 
 state library commission by Gov. 
 Keyes, 1917 and elected its chairman; 
 member of the Peterborough, the 
 American-Irish and the N. H. Histori- 
 cal Societies and is historiographer of 
 the first two; many years a member of 
 the Democratic state committee and 
 of the executive committee of that body 
 and a frequent speaker for his party 
 on the stump; delegate to Democratic 
 national convention, 1916; chairman 
 executive committee, Peterborough 
 board of trade; deeply interested in his- 
 torical matters, particularly the history 
 of hisown town, of which he has the most 
 complete record extant; has travelled 
 extensively in America and Europe. 
 Residence, Peterborough, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Calvin Luther 
 
 Jurist; b., Goshon, N. H., April 20, 
 1854; s. John H. and Orrisa (Maxfield) 
 Brown; removed with his parents to 
 Minnesota in 1855, residing at Shak- 
 opee till 1S71, when they removed to 
 Willmar, which has since been the 
 family home; received a high school 
 education and studied law in his 
 father's office; admitted to the bar in 
 Feb., 187<>, and in 1S7S located in 
 practice at Morris, Minn.; served as 
 county attorney, 1S82 to 1887, and 
 as district court judge from 1887 to 
 1899, when he was appointed associate 
 justice of the supreme court of Min- 
 nesota, and in 1912 was made chief 
 justice, which position he now holds, 
 
 having removed to Minneapolis in 
 1904; descendant of William Brown, 
 of Bradford (son of John Brown of the 
 same place); private in Col. Henry 
 Dearborn's regiment, N. H. Conti- 
 nentals, in the war of the Revolution; 
 Congregationalist; member, Sons of the 
 American Revolution, Loyal Legion, 
 Masons, American Bar Ass'n, and other 
 civil associations and clubs; m., Sept. 1, 
 1879, Annette Marlow; children, Alice A. 
 (Mrs. B. J. Branton, Willmar), Montre- 
 
 ville J. (Univ. of Minn., 1907), Edna M. 
 (Univ. of Minn., 1910) and Margaret 
 E., now a student in the University. 
 Residence, Minneapolis; official ad- 
 dress, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Richardson, Ellen Ruddick 
 
 (Mrs. George W. Richardson); b., 
 St. John, N. B., Dec. 27, 1848; dau. Dr. 
 James and Ellen (Skinner) Ruddick; 
 ed. private schools, St. John, and public 
 schools, South Boston, Mass.; deeply 
 interested in temperance and charitable 
 work; president, Grafton Co. W. C. 
 T. U. eleven years; president, N. II.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 W. C. T. U. since 1899; widely known 
 speaker on temperance topics; charter 
 member, N. H. Peace Soc.; member, 
 Concord Equal Suffrage League, Friend- 
 ly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Wo- 
 
 man's Council of National Defense, 
 Woman's Liberty Loan Com., N. H. 
 Woman's Memorial Hospital Ass'n 
 (monthly visitor), W. R. C., N. H. 
 Settlement Ass'n; trustee, W. C. T. U. 
 Mercy Home, Manchester; member, 
 Baker Memorial M. K. church, Con- 
 cord; in. George W. Richardson, Dec. 
 24, 1S70; resided at East Haverhill, 
 N. H., 1870 to 1908, where her husband 
 was a merchant and postmaster, remov- 
 ing to Concord in the latter year; one 
 son, Guy Richardson, b. Dec. 9, 187.'}, 
 editor Our Dumb Animal*, Boston; Sec- 
 retary, Nat'l Humane Educational Soc. 
 and Mass. S. P. C. A. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. II . 
 
 Mitchell, William Hugh 
 
 Educator and farmer; b., Acworth, 
 X. H., April 10, 1S72; s. Jonathan T. 
 and Amelia T. f Dodge; Mitchell; ed. 
 
 Kimball Union Academy and Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1898, A.M., 1904; 
 served in Co. E., 1st N. H. Vols., 
 Spanish American War, in expedition 
 to Porto Rico, May to Dec., 1898; 
 Teacher, Kenyon Military Academy, 
 Garnbier, O., 1899-1902; instructor, 
 Dartmouth College, 1902-4; Kenyon 
 Military Academy, 1904-6; University 
 School, Cleveland, O., 1906-9; Berk- 
 shire Hills School, Great Harrington, 
 Mass., 1909-10; Hill School, Potts- 
 town, Pa., 1910-11; Nichols School, 
 Buffalo, N. Y., 1911 to the present 
 time; deeply interested in his work of 
 preparing boys for college and for life, 
 and successful in winning their confi- 
 dence and respect; Congregationalist; 
 Independent; member. N. H. Histori- 
 cal Soc., American Historical Ass'n, 
 American Political Science Ass'n; 
 retains his interest in New Hampshire 
 
 and his native 1 town, where, in company 
 with his brother, Martin L. Mitchell, 
 he is the owner of several farms; his 
 specialties in teaching are mathematics 
 and history, but he takes due pride in
 
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 his connection with agriculture, which 
 he hopes, ultimately, to make more in- 
 timate. Residence. 44 Elmwood Ave. , 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Nason, William Francis 
 
 Lawyer, b., Sanford, Me., Nov. 22, 
 1857; s. Joseph T. and Susan E. 
 (Frost) Nason; ed. public schools, 
 South Berwick, Me., Kennebunk high 
 school; studied law with Bud C. 
 Carter at Wolfeboro; admitted to the 
 bar, Jan., 1879, and commenced prac- 
 tice in Dover that year; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; city solicitor of 
 Dover seven terms, county solicitor 
 three terms; mayor of Dover, 1896-7; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1887-1901-3, 1907-9; member 
 judiciary committee each term, chair- 
 man ways and means, 1909; associate 
 justice, Dover police court, 1892; 
 judge, municipal court, 1915-; member, 
 A. F. & A. M.; m., July 3, 1902, Dr. 
 Inez H. Ford. Residence, 9 Hamilton 
 St., Dover, N. H. 
 
 Upham, Warren 
 
 Geologist, librarian, archaeologist; 
 b., Amherst, N. H., March 8, 1850; s. 
 Jacob and Sarah (Hayward) Upham; 
 ed., common schools, Amherst, N. H., 
 Appleton Academy (now McCollurn 
 Institute), Mont Vernon, and Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1894, 
 D.Sc., 1906; assistant on state geologi- 
 cal surveys, New Hampshire, 1875-8; 
 Minnesota, 1879-85, and 1893-4; 
 United States, 1885-95; librarian and 
 secretary, Minnesota Historical Soc., 
 1895-1914, and its archaeologist since 
 1914; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 corresponding member, N. H. Histori- 
 cal Soc., member, Boston Soc. of Natu- 
 ral History, Geological Soc. of America, 
 American Ass'n for Advancement of 
 Science 1 , Minnesota Historical Soc., 
 Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n, 
 Archaeological Soc., of America, Vic- 
 toria Institute, London, etc.; author, 
 chapters in Vols. I and III, Geology of 
 New Hampshire 1874-8; "Upham and 
 Amherst, N. H., Memories" (with 
 sister, Mrs. Mary U. Kelley), 1897, 66 
 
 pp.; two papers in "Colonial Amherst,', 
 1916; many chapters in Reports of 
 Geology of Minnesota, 1884, 1888, 
 1899; The Glacial Lake Agassiz, mono- 
 graph XXV, 1896, U. S. Geological 
 Survey; "Greenland Icefields and Life 
 in the North Atlantic, with Causes of 
 the Ice Age" (with Prof. G. F. Wright), 
 1895; editor, and author of papers for 
 Vols. VIII-XV, 1898-1915, Minn. 
 Hist. Soc. Collections; "Minnesota in 
 Three Centuries," Vol. I, 1908; also 
 
 many geological reports and papers in 
 scientific magazines, chiefly relating to 
 glacial subjects; "Groseilliers and Mad- 
 isson, the First White Men in Minne- 
 sota, and the Progress of Discovery of 
 the Mississippi River," in Vol. X, 
 Minn. Hist. Soc. Collections; in., Oct. 
 22, 1SS5, Addie M. Bixby, Aurora, 
 Minn.; one dan., Pearl, b. and d., Sept. 
 26, 1SS7. Residence, St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Amsden, Charles Hubbard 
 
 Manufacturer, U. S. customs official ; 
 b., Boscawen, N. H., July S, 1S4S; s. 
 Henry Hubbard and Mary (Mu/./.ey)
 
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 125 
 
 Amsden; ed. public schools and Apple- 
 ton Academy, New Ipswich; entered 
 his father's office and in 1867 became a 
 partner with his father and brother in 
 the furniture manufacturing business. 
 In 1869 his father died and his brother 
 two years later, when he took up and 
 carried on the business alone, greatly 
 increasing the volume so that in the 
 course of twenty years more than 
 $1,000,000 had been paid in wages to 
 employes. In partnership with John 
 Whittaker in lumber business several 
 years, cutting 3,000,000 feet annually; 
 one of the organizers of the Concord 
 Axle Co., and a director and president 
 for more than ten years; director in 
 Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, 
 Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Ports- 
 mouth and Portland and Ogdensburgh 
 R. R.; president of Penacook & Bos- 
 cawen water board, having been one of 
 the originators and active promoters of 
 the water works system; instrumental 
 in establishment of the Concord Mfg. 
 Co.'s business (now Brampton Mills) 
 at Penacook, and secured the establish- 
 ment there of the Whitney Electrical 
 Instrument Co., formerly of Manches- 
 ter, and erected a building for its use. 
 Upon withdrawal of the foreign insur- 
 ance companies from the state, upon 
 the enactment of the "Valued Policy" 
 law of 18K7, Mr. Amsden was instru- 
 mental, with other prominent manufac- 
 turers, in organizing the N. H. Manu- 
 facturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 
 of which he was chosen president, the 
 purpose being to protect the interests 
 of manufacturers in the existing emer- 
 gency. Before removing from Pena- 
 cook to Boston he presented W. I. 
 Brown Post, G. A. R. of Penacook, an 
 elegant memorial volume, at a cost of 
 SI 00, containing the record of each 
 Penacook soldier in the Civil War. He 
 secured t lie extension of Concord Street 
 Ry. to Contoocook River Park, and 
 sold the land for same at a nominal 
 price; retired from business in 1893. 
 Democrat; alderman from Concord, 
 Ward One, 1S73-5, being a citizens' 
 candidate and unanimously elected the 
 latter year, an honor never accorded 
 
 any other candidate in the ward; state 
 senator, 1883-4; Democratic candidate 
 for governor, 1888 and 1890, receiving 
 the largest vote ever cast for a candi- 
 date of that party in the state, there 
 being, however, no choice by the peo- 
 ple, a majority of all the votes being 
 then required, the election went to 
 the legislature, and, through the seat- 
 ing, contrary to precedent, of certain 
 members, elected "if entitled," under 
 the new census not then officially pro- 
 claimed, the choice was given to the 
 Republican candidate. Represented 
 New Hampshire at the centennial cele- 
 bration of the inauguration of Wash- 
 ington as president, in New York, in 
 1889; president, N. H. Democratic 
 state convention, 1892; president, 
 N. H. Board of Commissioners for the 
 World's Columbian Exposition, Chi- 
 cago, 1893; Baptist denomination, and 
 one of its most liberal supporters; 
 Mason; member, Horace Chase Lodge, 
 Penacook, Mt. Horeb Commandery, 
 Concord, Aleppo Temple, Boston; mem- 
 ber, New Hampshire Club, Boston, Bos- 
 ton City Club; president, Boston Mer- 
 cantile Library Ass'n; appointed dep- 
 uty naval officer of customs at Boston, 
 July 12, 1894, serving until a change 
 of administration; continued in custom 
 house service, thereafter, and now 
 (1917) acting deputy naval officer; in., 
 1st, Oct. 29, 1870, Helen Ardelle 
 Brown, who d. Aug. 6, 1891; children, 
 Henry Hubbard, b. July 15, 1872; 
 Mary Ardelle, b. Jan. 31, 1878, d. Oct. 
 20, 1883; Ardelle Brown, b. Dec. 3, 
 1885, d. June 9, 1887; 2d, Nov. 26, 
 1908, Alma E. Deane, Middlebury, Vt. 
 Residence, 20 Oakley Rd., Belrnont, 
 Mass. 
 
 Wood, George Albert 
 
 Insurance, real estate; b., .South 
 Acworth, N. II., Aug. 24, 18<>2; s. 
 James A. and Mary E. (Bowers) Wood; 
 ed. public and select schools, South 
 Acworth, and Vermont Academy, 
 Saxtons River, Vt.: entered the U. S. 
 railway mail service in 1SS3, continuing 
 with promotions, till 1S9S; chief deputy 
 collector, U. S. Internal Revenue,
 
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 District of New Hampshire (including 
 Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont), 
 1898-1913; elected president, First 
 Division, National Association of Rail- 
 way Postal Clerks, 1896, and secretary, 
 National Association, the following 
 year, when he commenced and carried 
 out the organization of a mutual acci- 
 dent insurance department, also for 
 ten years edited the official magazine 
 of the Association; relinquishing his 
 connection with the Association, and 
 
 retiring from the internal revenue office, 
 upon the advent of the Democratic ad- 
 ministration in 1913, opened a real 
 estate and insurance office in Ports- 
 mouth, and now conducts the same; 
 Unitarian; Republican; resided in Med- 
 ford, Mass., from 1889 to 1898, then 
 removing to Portsmouth; member, 
 Portsmouth board of aldermen, 1901-2; 
 member, X. 11. house of representa- 
 tives, 1915-16, 1917-1S; lias served as 
 as president and secretary of the Saga- 
 more Club of Medford, and Unitarian, 
 Warwick, and Paul Jones clubs, Ports- 
 mouth Improvement Co., and Associ- 
 
 ates Land Co., of Portsmouth; m., Oct, 
 14, 1884, Mary I. Stevens of Saxtons- 
 River, Vt.; children, Helen Margaret, 
 Wellesley, 1907 (Mrs. Gordon M. 
 Campbell, Wellsville, N. Y.); Albert 
 J., connected with the Western Elec- 
 tric Co., Chicago; Mary Elizabeth, 
 Wellesley, 1909 (Mrs. Robert L. 
 Lament, Manchester, Conn.); Keith 
 A., Dartmouth, 1913. Residence, 
 Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 ^Quimby, Fred Elihu 
 
 Publisher and printer; b., South 
 Berwick (Junction), Me., Dec. 15, 
 1857; s. Elihu Hayes and Sarah Eliza- 
 beth (Tibbetts) Quimby; ed. high 
 school and supplementary studies; 
 engaged many years in printing and 
 publishing business in Dover, mainly 
 in connection with the Dover Enquirer; 
 Methodist; Republican; supervisor of 
 check lists several years; member, 
 school committee, 1886 to 1891 in- 
 clusive; member, Dover common 
 council, 1892, 1893 (president in 1893); 
 city clerk from March 24, 1894 to date; 
 member, Olive Branch Lodge, No. 6, 
 K. of P.; Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 16, 
 I. O. O. F.; Prescott Encampment, No. 
 23, 1. 0. O. F. ; Dover Lodge, No. 184, B. 
 P. O. E.; Strafford Lodge, No. 29, 
 
 A. F. & A. M.; Belknap Chapter, No. 8, 
 R. A. M. ; St. Paul Commandery, K. T. ; 
 Grand Lodge, K. of P.; Grand Lodge, 
 
 B. P. O. E.; Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. 
 M.; Grand Chapter, R. A. M.; member, 
 N. H. Genealogical Soc. and secretary 
 from date of incorporation; member, 
 Northam Colonists Historical Soc.; 
 m., Nov. 10, 1878, Marietta Scales; 
 children, Edward Harold, b. Oct. 2, 
 1880: William Leroy, b. June 29, 1883. 
 Residence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Doe, Haven 
 
 Railroad agent; b., Rollinsford, N. 
 H., April 23, 1870; s. Chief Justice 
 Charles and Edith Haven Doe; ed. 
 Berwick, Me., and Philips Exeter acad- 
 emies and Mass. Inst. of Technology; 
 lias been engaged for many years as 
 station agent of the B. & M., railroad 
 at Somersworth; Agnostic; Democrat;
 
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 held about every town office in Rollins- 
 ford and Somersworth; member, N. 
 H. house of representatives, 1893-4; 
 member, state senate, 1907-9; member, 
 Masons and Eagles; director, Salmon 
 Falls Mfg. Co., thirteen years; director 
 and treasurer, Somersworth & Berwick 
 Community Farm Ass'n.; m., Mora 
 Hubbard, Rollinsford, Dec. 28, 1895; 
 children, Edith, b. Dec. 25, 1896; Joseph 
 Roberts, b. Aug. 27, 1903; Mary, b. 
 Oct. 18, 1906. Residence, Somers- 
 worth, N. H. 
 
 Cheney, Elias Hutchins 
 
 Printer, publisher, dean of New 
 Hampshire journalists; b., Holclerness 
 (now Ashland), N. H., Jan. 28, 1832; 
 s. Moses and Abigail (Morrison) 
 Cheney; ed. public schools and Phillips 
 Exeter Academy; entered office of the 
 Peterboro Transcript as an apprentice, 
 and, in 1853, became editor and pro- 
 prietor of the paper; in 1855 removed 
 to Concord where he published the N. 
 H. Phenix; subsequently he was em- 
 ployed in the office of the N. H. Sen- 
 tinel at Keene, and the Sullivan Repult- 
 lican at Newport, and in 1861, pur- 
 chased the Free Press at Lebanon, to 
 whose readers he is still known as the 
 "senior editor"; Baptist; Republican; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 18(57, state senate, 1885; U. S. 
 Consul, Matanzas, Cuba, 1892-5; 
 Curacao, Dutch West Indies, for 
 fifteen years from 1899; in., 1st, Jan. 
 22, 1852, Susan Youngman, Peterboro, 
 d. Dec. 29, 1904; four children, Fred 
 Willard, Harry Morrison, Susan Young- 
 man (d. in infancy), Helen (Irey; 2d, 
 Oct. 11, 1907, Mrs. Clara M. (Hardin) 
 Smith, Brewer, Me. Residence, Leba- 
 non, N. H. 
 
 Howard, Charles Danforth 
 
 Chemist; 1)., West ford, Mass., July 
 31, 1873; s. Calvin L. and .Jennie 
 (Hale) Howard; ed. West ford Acad- 
 emy, Worcester Polytechnic Insti- 
 tute, 1893; postgraduate assistant 
 with Dr. Wolcott (libbs (professor of 
 chemistry emeritus, Harvard I'niv.), 
 Newport, R. L, 1S93-4; assistant chem- 
 
 ist, N. H. College Experiment Station, 
 Durham; associate chemist, West 
 Virginia University Experiment Sta- 
 tion, Morgan town, West Va. ; chemist, 
 N. H. board of health since 1905; 
 collaborating chemist, U. S. Bureau of 
 Chemistry, Washington, D. C.; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Republican ; member, 
 American Chemical Soc., American 
 Public Health Ass'n, N. E. Water 
 Works Ass'n, Ass'n of Official Agri- 
 cultural Chemists, Wonolancet Club; 
 
 honorary member, N. H. Medical 
 Soc.; Fellow, American Ass'n for the 
 Advancement of Science; chairman, 
 N. H. Committee on Dust and Fumes 
 in Factories; member, Council of 
 National Defense; m., Aug. 5, 1901, 
 Pittsburgh, Pa., Ada Yates; children, 
 John Adams, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Char- 
 lotte Danforth, b. July 16, 1916. 
 
 Moses, George Higgins 
 
 Journalist, diplomat ; b., Lubec, Me., 
 Feb. 9, 1869; s. Hev. Thomas (lannett 
 and Ruth (Smith) Moses; ed. Phillips 
 Exeter Academy anil Dartmouth Col-
 
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 lege, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1893; entered 
 office of Monitor and Statesman, Con- 
 cord, immediately after graduation and 
 has continued since, serving as re- 
 porter, news editor, editorial writer and 
 editor; president, Monitor and States- 
 man Co., since 1898; Congregationalist 
 member standing committee, South 
 Congregational Church Soc., Concord, 
 three years; Republican; private sec- 
 retary to governor of New Hampshire, 
 1889-91, 1905. secretary to chairman, 
 Republican state committee, 1890; 
 secretary, N. H. Forestry Commission, 
 1893-6; member, Concord board of 
 education, 1902-3, 1906-9, 1913-16; 
 U. S. Envoy Extraordinary and Min- 
 ister Plenipotentiary to Greece and 
 Montenegro, April, 1909 to Nov., 1912; 
 delegate at large to Republican na- 
 tional convention, Chicago, 1908, 1916; 
 president, N. H. Republican state con- 
 vention, 1914; chairman advisory com- 
 mittee, Republican state committee, 
 1914, 1916; president, Greek Products 
 Co., New York (office, 32 Nassau St.) 
 since 1913; member staff, Republican 
 Publicity Ass'n, (Real Estate Trust 
 Bldg.), Washington, D. C.; member, 
 Athenian Club, Athens, Greece; Uni- 
 versity, Army and Navy and National 
 Press clubs, Washington, D. C., Re- 
 publican club, New York, Wonolancet 
 and Passaconoway clubs and Capital 
 Grange, P. of H. Concord; author, 
 "John Stark," 1890; editor, "New 
 Hampshire Men," 1893; magazine 
 contributor, lecturer and campaign 
 speaker; m., Oct. 3. 1893, Florence 
 Gordon, Franklin, N. IF.; one son, 
 Gordon, b. Oct. 5, 1900 (Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1918). Home, 5 
 Auburn St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Preston, Frank Buchanan 
 
 Insurance and real estate; b., Straf- 
 ford, N. H., Feb. 11, 1856; s. Wingate 
 T. and Mary (Jewell) Preston; ed. 
 public schools, Franklin Academy, 
 Dover, and New Hampton Literary 
 Institution; Free Baptist, president, 
 True Memorial Soc., F. B. Church, 
 Rochester; Democrat; moderator, 
 Rochester, 1887-8; member, N. H. 
 
 constitutional convention, 1889, 1912; 
 Democratic candidate for presidential 
 elector, 1900; mayor, Rochester, 1913- 
 14; member, Democratic state com- 
 mittee, six years; member, Rochester 
 school board, six years (president, two 
 years) ; trustee, Gafney Home for the 
 Aged; president, People's Building and 
 Loan Ass'n, since incorporation in 
 1909; member, I. O. O. F., Rebekah 
 Lodge, Rochester Grange, P. of H., 
 and Eastern N. H. Pomona Grange; 
 
 m., May 28, 1881, Fannie C. Foss, d. 
 May 10, 1907; three children, Vinton 
 W., b. Rochester, May, 1882 (New 
 Hampton Inst., 1902); Mary Florence, 
 b. June 25, 1891 (New Hampton Inst., 
 1909); Verne F., b. Dec. 15, 1893 (New 
 Hampton Inst., 1915, Boston Univ., 
 1919). Residence, Rochester, N. H 
 
 Welch, John Tapley 
 
 Journalist, public official; b., Dover, 
 N. H., Dec. 15, 1856; s. Joseph Wil- 
 liams and Mary Elizabeth (Tapley) 
 Welch; ed. public schools and Dart- 
 mouth College; Congregationalist; Re-
 
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 publican; reporter on Whiteside Senti- 
 nel, and correspondent, Chicago Times, 
 Morrison, 111., 1877; city editor, Dover 
 Daily Republican, 1880; several years 
 Dover correspondent, Boston Globe; 
 city editor, Dover Daily Times, 1889; 
 clerk, Dover police court, 1881-2; reg- 
 ister of probate, Strafford County, 
 1882-7; member, N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1889-^90; chief time clerk, 
 government printing office, Washing- 
 ton, 1890-4; member, N. H. state sen- 
 
 ate, 1897-8; postmaster, Dover, 1898- 
 1915; city treasurer, Dover, 1915 to 
 date; member, school committee, 1882- 
 8; trustee, Dover public library, 1883- 
 8; member, I. O. O. F., K. of P., S. A. 
 R., N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Gen- 
 ealogical Soc., Bellamy Club, Dover; 
 m., Dec. 1, 1884, Elizabeth A. Mc- 
 Danicl; one son, George Gregg, b. 
 Sept, 18, 1885, d. March 24, 1915. 
 Residence, Dover, X. H. 
 
 Hazlett, Charles Albert 
 
 Banker, historian; b., Portsmouth, 
 X. II., July 21, 1.S47; s. William and 
 
 Hannah S. (Davis) Hazlett; ed. Ports- 
 mouth schools, high school, 1863; con- 
 fidential clerk to Gov. Ichabod Good- 
 win, 1863-72; connected with First 
 National Bank of Portsmouth (founded 
 1824) since 1872; cashier for more than 
 thirty years, beginning 1884; now vice- 
 president; trustee, Piscataqua savings 
 bank; agent, N. H. Fire Insurance Co., 
 Manchester, more than forty years; 
 trustee, Portsmouth public library, 
 since 1884; park commissioner; presi- 
 dent, Portsmouth Improvement Ass'n, 
 1903; life trustee, Weeks Memorial Li- 
 brary, Greenland, N. H.; for many 
 years warden of records of North Con- 
 gregational parish (founded 1640) ; sec- 
 retary, T. B. Aldrich Memorial; trustee 
 of Soc. for Care of South Cemetery; 
 president, Piscataqua Pioneers; chair- 
 man, John Langdon Club; director, 
 N. H. Pioneers; member, N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., N. H. Genealogical Soc., 
 St. Andrews Lodge, A. F. and A. M., 
 Osgood Lodge, I. O. O. F., Warwick 
 Country and Portsmouth Auto clubs; 
 for several years member of city coun- 
 cil, also assessor; Republican; Congre- 
 gationalist; m., Josephine Richardson, 
 Manchester, X. H., Dec. 10, 1884; 
 author of "Portsmouth Historical and 
 Picturesque," "Portsmouth in 1824"; 
 editor, "Historical Calendar of Ports- 
 mouth" (pub. 1907), "History of Rock- 
 ingham County" (pub. 1915); advisory 
 editor of "History of Xew Hampshire" 
 (four vols., 1916). Residence, Ports- 
 mouth, X. H. 
 
 Hollis Abijah 
 
 Granite business; b., Milton, Mass., 
 Xov. 13, 1837; s. Thomas and Deborah 
 Clark (Allen) Hollis; ed. public schools, 
 Milton, Milton Academy, Chauncey 
 Hall School, Boston, Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1858, Harvard Law School, 
 LL.B., 1860; enlisted in the Civil AVar, 
 Aug. 26, 1862, becoming second lieu- 
 tenant, 45th Mass. Vols.; later captain, 
 56th Mass. Vols.; breyetted major, 
 April 2, 1865; Agnostic; Democrat; 
 moved to West Concord, X. H., Xov. 
 1, 1865, and engaged in the granite 
 business, retiring in 1895; selectman for
 
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 several years; representative, N. H. 
 legislature, 1876; member, constitu- 
 tional convention, 1889, 1902, 1912. 
 Major Hollis is a great lover of nature 
 and the outdoor life, is much interested 
 in forestry and for many years was an 
 enthusiastic fox-hunter, m., July 9, 
 1864, Harriette Van Mater French, 
 Cambridge, Mass., dau. Judge Henry 
 Flagg French, gr. dau. Chief Justice 
 William M. Richardson of N. H.; d. 
 May 29, 1911; children, (1) Thomas, 
 b. May 5, 1865, m., 1st, Mary Letch- 
 worth Coonley of Chicago, 2d, Mary 
 Dwight Brooks, Pearl Creek, N. Y., 
 children, Thomas, John Coonley, How- 
 ard Coonley; (2) Anne Richardson, b. 
 July 9, 1867, m. Dr. Arthur Hutchins 
 Cilley of New York City, children, 
 Grace (d.), John Kelly; (3) Henry 
 French (see p. 81); (4) Allen (see p. 
 49); (5) Harriette Van Mater, b. Sept. 
 21, 1874, d. April 10, 1877; (6) Mary 
 French, b. April 27, 1880, m. Ralph 
 E. Dakin of Concord, Mass., children, 
 Morrill, Harriette Van Mater, Mary 
 and Hollis. Residence, West Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Fletcher, Robert 
 
 Educator, civil engineer; b., New 
 York City, Aug. 23, 1847; s. Edward 
 H. and Mary A. (Hill) Fletcher (both 
 from Cavendish, Vt.); ed. public 
 schools, College of City of New York 
 (three years); U. S. Military Academy, 
 West Point, 1868; second lieutenant, 
 U. S. Artillery, serving at Brownsville, 
 Tex. and Fort Trumbull, New London, 
 Conn.; instructor in mathematics, U. 
 S. Military Academy, 1869-70; re- 
 signed to become senior professor and 
 director, T haver School of Civil Engi- 
 neering, at Dartmouth, 1871, serving 
 to the present time; consulting engineer 
 on water works and sanitation; engi- 
 neer in charge of construction of Han- 
 over water works, Knfield, N. II., 
 water works, reservoir for Hartford, 
 Vt., water works, steel bridges four 
 spans each across Connecticut River 
 at West Lebanon and White River at 
 Hartford, Vt.; conducted part of the 
 New Hampshire-Vermont Boundary 
 
 survey, 1917; contributor to technical 
 papers and N. H. Bulletins on sanita- 
 tion and engineering construction; 
 Baptist; Republican; school trustee, 
 seventeen years; member, N. H. state 
 board of health since 1895 (president 
 since 1913); president and engineer, 
 Hanover Water Works Co.; member, 
 American Soc. C. E., forty-four years, 
 member and past president, Soc. for 
 Promotion of Engineering Education; 
 fellow, A. A. A. S., *B K (hon.), 
 
 Graduate Club, Hanover; received hon- 
 orary A.M., Dartmouth, 1871, Ph.D., 
 1881; in., July 2, 1872, Ellen M. Hunt- 
 ington; children, Mary A., Robert H. 
 Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Whipple, Sherman Leland 
 
 Lawyer; b., New London, N. H., 
 March 4, 1862; s. Dr. Solomon Mason 
 and Henrietta Kimball (Mersey) Whip- 
 pie; descendant of Matthew Whipple, 
 a freeman of Ipswich Hamlet, now 
 Hamilton, Mass., in 1638, and great- 
 grandson of Moses Whipple, one of the 
 first settlers of Crovdon, N. H., and
 
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 long a leading citizen of the town, who 
 commanded the town company at 
 Bennington, where he served under his 
 kinsman, General William Whipple, 
 signer of the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence, in command of the Second N. H. 
 Brigade; ed. public schools, Colby 
 Academy, 1877, Yale College, A.B., 
 1881 (a Commencement orator), and 
 Yale Law School, LL.B., 1884 (Town- 
 Bend orator). Admitted to the bar, 
 Connecticut and New Hampshire in 
 1884, Massachusetts, 1885; practiced 
 a few months in Manchester, N. H., 
 and in 1885 removed to Boston, where 
 he has established a practice in his 
 profession said to be the largest in New 
 England. He has conducted heavy 
 litigation in many notable causes in- 
 volving large sums of money and 
 attracting considerable popular interest ; 
 in 1917 he acted as counsel for the 
 Committee on Rules of the House in 
 conducting the famous "Leak Investi- 
 gation" as to advance information to 
 the Stock Exchange relating to the 
 President's Peace Note to belligerents; 
 Democratic nominee for United States 
 Senator in Massachusetts legislature 
 in 1911 and 1913; delegate-at-large to 
 the constitutional convention of 1917; 
 member of Committees on Rules and 
 Procedure and Initiative and Refer- 
 endum; member of American, Massa- 
 chusetts State, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bos- 
 ton bar associations; University, Algon- 
 quin, Country, Yale (Boston), Yale 
 (New York), and Twentieth Century 
 clubs; lives at Brookline; summer 
 residence at Plymouth, where he owns 
 an estate of some 1500 acres devoted 
 to fanning Guernsey cattle and Chev- 
 iot sheep, especially; 'owner of the 
 historic grove at Brook Farm and 
 Pulpit Rock, where John Eliot, "the 
 Apostle," preached to the Indians; 
 in., Dec. 27, 1893, Louise (d. July 20, 
 1914), daughter of the late Hon. Lucien 
 B. Clough; children, Dorothy (Mrs. 
 Russel Thurston Fry), Katharyn Carle- 
 ton (Mrs. Lothrop Withington), Sher- 
 man Leland, Jr., volunteer in American 
 Field Service work in France. 
 
 Waterman, Thomas Palmer 
 
 Lumberman, banker; b., West Leb- 
 anon, N. H., Dec. 10, 1844; s. Silas and 
 Sarah (Wood) Waterman; grandson of 
 Thomas Waterman, first male child 
 born in Lebanon; ed. public schools 
 and Kimball Union Academy, Meri- 
 den; engaged in lumber business from 
 early life, owning and operating a mill 
 on the Mascoma River, on the first 
 privilege utilized by the early settlers 
 of the town; Congregationalist; Re- 
 
 publican; long prominent in public af- 
 fairs of the town, serving sixteen years 
 as a member of the board of selectmen, 
 as a member of the N. H. legislature in 
 1878 and 1879 and again in 1913-14, 
 and delegate in the N. II. constitutional 
 convention of 1912; he is president of 
 the People's Trust Co. of Lebanon, a 
 member of the Langdon Club, and 
 served several years as a member of 
 the board of trustees of the Rockland 
 Military Institute; Patron of Hus- 
 bandry and member of Lebanon and
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Mascoma Valley Pomona Grange; m., 
 Dec. 11, 1886, Rosamond Wood; one 
 dau., died in infancy. Residence, West 
 Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Warren, Joseph 
 
 Farmer, lumberman, brick manu- 
 facturer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July 12, 
 1857; s. Hugh T. and Lydia A. (Moore) 
 Warren; ed. common schools and Pem- 
 broke Academy; engaged for several 
 years in the manufacture of brick in 
 
 Pembroke, then removing to Rochester 
 where he continued extensively in the 
 business, making as many as 17,000,000 
 brick in a season; Democrat; member, 
 Rochester board of aldermen, 1892- 
 3-4; member, X. H. house of represent- 
 atives, 1903, 1913; mayor of Roches- 
 ter, 1910, 191 1-, chosen for second 
 term without opposition; inspector of 
 state highways, 1914; appointed com- 
 missioner of insurance in Dec., 1914, by 
 Gov. Samuel I). Felker and removed by 
 legislative address for partisan reasons, 
 in January, 1915; appointed postmaster 
 of Rochester bv President Wilson, Feb. 
 
 3, 1916, since continuing; m., Aug. 4, 
 1878, Addie G. Elliott of Pembroke; 
 one daughter, Sarah W. (Mrs. Albert 
 D. Jones of Rochester). Residence, 
 Rochester, N. H. 
 
 Barnabee, Henry Clay 
 
 Musical comedian; b., Portsmouth, 
 N. H., Nov. 14, 1833; s. Willis Barna- 
 bee; ed. public schools; mercantile 
 clerk in youth in Portsmouth and Bos- 
 ton; appeared in entertainments of 
 Boston Mercantile Library Ass'n, com- 
 mencing in April, 1854, and soon de- 
 veloped much talent as a singer and 
 comedian; sang many years in church 
 choirs in and around Boston, including 
 nineteen years as a member of the quar- 
 tette of the Church of the Unity; in 
 1865 gave up mercantile life and or- 
 ganized the Barnabee Operetta Co., 
 which was succeeded in 1870 by the 
 Barnabee Concert Co.; subsequently 
 appearing in monologue work in ly- 
 ceum courses; joined the Boston Ideal 
 Opera Co., in 1879, appearing as Sir 
 Joseph Porter in "Pinafore" and in 
 other leading r61es; in 1887, with Tom 
 Karl and others, organized The Bos- 
 tonians, in which he created leading 
 opera roles, notably the "Sheriff of Not- 
 tingham" in Robin Hood; first ap- 
 peared in vaudeville in Brooklyn, Sept. 
 12, 1904; member, Ancient and Hon- 
 orable Artillery Co., Boston; author, 
 "My Wanderings," 1913; m., 1859, 
 Clara, dau. Maj. Daniel George of 
 Warner, X. II. Residence, Jamaica 
 Plain, Mass. 
 
 Webster, Harold Adams 
 
 Commissioner of weights and meas- 
 ures; b., Ashland, N. H., Aug. 12, 1885; 
 s. Rev. Lorin and Jennie Josephine 
 (Adams) Webster; ed. public schools 
 of Ashland and Plymouth, and Hol- 
 derness School for Boys, 1904; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; member, school 
 board and library trustee, Ashland; 
 member, X*. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1913-14, 1917-18, serving each 
 session on appropriations committee; 
 appointed commissioner of weights and 
 measures, by Governor Keyes, upon the
 
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 establishment of the office, in 1917; 
 for several years curator of the Holder- 
 ness School, of which his father has 
 long been rector; also for some time 
 
 a director of Camp Wachusett, a sum- 
 mer camp for boys at Squam Lake; 
 member, Derryfield Club, Manchester, 
 Wonolancet, Concord. Residence, Hol- 
 derness, N. H., Plymouth, P. O. 
 
 Bartlett, Edwin Julius 
 
 Educator; b., Hudson, O., Feb. 16, 
 1851; s. Samuel Colcord and Mary 
 Bacon (Learned) Bartlett; ed. Chicago 
 public schools, Lake Forest Academy, 
 18GS, Dartmouth College, 1872, 
 Rush Medical College, 1879; associate 
 professor of Chemistry, Dartmouth 
 College, 1879-83, professor since 1883; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; mod- 
 erator, town of Hanover, 19()(>-ll>; 
 member, X. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1913; president trustees, Mary 
 Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Han- 
 over; Fellow, American Ass'n for Ad- 
 vancement of Science; honorary mem- 
 ber, N. II. Medical Soc.; member, 
 
 American Chemical Soc., N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Psi Upsilon, Alpha Kappa 
 Kappa, Delta Omicron Gamma College 
 organizations, Graduate Club, Hano- 
 ver, Ouroboros Club; m., July 9, 1879, 
 Caroline Elizabeth Rice, Milwaukee, 
 Wis. Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Colony, John Joslin 
 
 Woolen manufacturer; b., Keene, 
 N. H., Nov. 14, 1864; s. Horatio and 
 Emeline E. (Joslin) Colony; ed. Keene 
 schools and Harvard University, A.B. , 
 1885; Unitarian; Democrat; member' 
 Keene city council, school committee' 
 N. H. house of representatives from 
 Ward 5, Keene, 1893; delegate from 
 N. H., Democratic national convention, 
 1908; treasurer, Cheshire Mills, Harris- 
 ville, N. H.; director, Ashuelot Nationa 
 Bank, Keene, Winchester Nationa 
 Bank, Winchester, N. H; Mason 
 Knight Templar, Patron of Husbandry ; 
 
 m.,Oct. Iti, 1907, Charlotte Whitcomb 
 children. Kmeline ,)., b. Nov. L'.~, 11C8 
 John J., , Jr., June 11, 191 5. Rc>u!ince 
 Keene, N. H.
 
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 French, Emma Blood 
 
 Philanthropist; b., Manchester, N. 
 H., Oct. 15, 1863; dau. Aretas and 
 Lavinia (Kendall) Blood; ed. in the 
 Manchester schools and at Dr. Gan- 
 nett's boarding-school, Chester Square, 
 Boston, Mass.; m. Dr. L. Melville 
 French of Manchester, June 1, 1887 
 (d. Dec. 21,1914); daughter, Margaret 
 Lavinia, b. April 20, 1888, m. Carl 
 Spencer Fuller of Manchester, June 9, 
 1910; grandchildren, Mary Spencer, 
 1911, and Henry Melville, 1914. In 
 1916 Mrs. French erected and en- 
 dowed a building for the Manchester 
 Institute of Arts and Sciences, an in- 
 stitution in which she had long been 
 interested. This building is adjacent 
 to the Carpenter Library, erected in 
 memory of her sister, Elenora Blood 
 Carpenter, by the latter 's husband, 
 Frank P. Carpenter. With Mrs. Car- 
 penter, Mrs. French gave the maternity 
 and children's ward to the Eliot Hos- 
 pital and endowed it; and in 1918 Mrs. 
 French built and endowed the L. Mel- 
 ville French children's ward for the 
 same hospital. Mrs. French started 
 the first Shakespeare Club in Man- 
 chester, 1872; president of the Woman's 
 Aid and Relief Home, founded by her 
 parents, 1899-s vice-president, Pem- 
 broke Sanitarium; director, District 
 Nursing Ass'n; member, Franklin 
 Street Congregational church, N. H. 
 Soc. of Colonial Dames, D. A. R., 
 Board of Council of the Manchester 
 Institute, Y. M. C. A., Children's 
 Home, Red Cross, Navy League, 
 Y. W. C. A. War Relief (patron), 
 N. H. Memorial Hospital for \Vomen 
 and Children at .Concord. Residence, 
 North River Road, Manchester, and 
 Little Boar's Head, N. H. 
 
 Brennan, Vincent John 
 
 Woolen manufacturer; b., Manches- 
 ter, N. H., Sept. 25, 1847; s. William 
 J. and Mary (Murphy) Brennan; eel. 
 public schools; removed to Rockford, 
 Conn., in childhood and reared there; 
 entered the New England Mill in Rock- 
 ford in early life continuing five years 
 and becoming an overseer at the age of 
 
 21; superintendent of carding in Salis- 
 bury Mills, Amesbury, Mass., six years; 
 Asabet Mfg. Co.'s Mills, Maynard, 
 Mass., superintendent of carding five 
 years; superintendent, Ottequechee 
 Woolen Co., North Hartland, Vt., six 
 years; superintendent, A. G. Dewey & 
 Co., Quechee, Vt., twelve years; re- 
 moved to Newport, N. H., in 1906 as 
 general agent of the Brampton Mills, 
 since continuing; served also as general 
 agent, Dexter Richards & Sons Mills, 
 
 1912-16; Catholic; Democrat; member, 
 Newport board of trade; m., 1st, April, 
 1871, Cora F. Keyes, Orland, Me., d. 
 Feb., 1891; 2d, Nov., 1891, Edith L. 
 Reed; children, Vincent John, Jr., su- 
 perintendent, Brampton Mills; Ralph 
 A. (Philadelphia Textile School); Maud 
 E. (Wheaton College, 1914, Mary- 
 land College, 1916). Residence, New- 
 port, N. H. 
 
 Chandler, Fred Gray 
 
 Teacher, farmer; b., Penacook, 
 N. II . (Concord, Ward One), Dec. 31, 
 1X45; s. Nathan and Louisa (Ferrin)
 
 138 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Chandler; descendant in the tenth gen- 
 eration from William Chandler, the 
 immigrant ancestor, who settled in 
 Roxbury, Mass., 1637, and in the fifth 
 generation from Rev. Timothy Walker, 
 first minister of Concord (1730-82); 
 ed. Penacook schools, Elmwood Acad- 
 emy, Boscawen; teacher of schools in 
 Boscawen and Webster, and principal 
 of Penacook grammar school several 
 years, since when he has followed agri- 
 culture on the ancestral homestead, 
 
 specializing in dairy fanning; member, 
 Congregational Church since early 
 youth; Republican, suffragist, prohibi- 
 tionist; member, board of selectmen, 
 several years; member, Concord com- 
 mon council, 1876-8; in., June 21, 
 1877, Mary S. Abbott ; one dau., Annie 
 Mary, b. July 12, 1880, studied piano 
 with Milo Benedict, organ with John 
 Herman Loud, Boston, musical theory 
 with Claude P. Landi (now of Rome, 
 Italy), school methods with Charles S. 
 Conant; teacher of the piano, and or- 
 ganist, Baptist church, Penacook, since 
 1903; for several years supervisor of 
 
 music in the Penacook schools. Resi- 
 dence, Penacook, N. H. 
 
 Colby, James Fairbanks 
 
 Lawyer, educator; b., St. Johnsbury, 
 Vt., Nov. 18, 1850; s. James K. and 
 Sarah A. (Pierce) Colby; ed. St. Johns- 
 bury Academy, 1868; Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1872, Columbian (now George 
 Washington) University, LL.B., 1875; 
 practiced law in New Haven, Conn., 
 1878-85; instructor in economics 
 and history, Sheffield School, Yale Uni- 
 versity, 1879-81; lecturer on inter- 
 national law, Yale Law School, 1883^5; 
 Parker professor of law and political 
 science, Dartmouth College, since 1885; 
 honorary A.M., Yale, 1877; LL.D., 
 Dartmouth, 1901; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; member, N. H. forestry 
 commission, 1893-8; N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1902; member, N. H. 
 Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Amer- 
 ican Political Science Ass'n, American 
 Soc. International Law; editor, Manual 
 of N. H. Constitution, 1st ed., 1902, 
 2d ed., 1912; Maitland and Montagu's 
 Sketch of English Legal History, and 
 legal and political essays; unmarried. 
 Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Day, Harry Brooks 
 
 Organist, musician and composer; b., 
 Newmarket, N. H., Sept. 5, 18.58; s. 
 Warren K. and Martha (Brooks) Day; 
 moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.; 
 ed. Concord high school, 1878, studied 
 music in United States, England and 
 Munich, grad. Akademie der Ton- 
 kunst Mimchen, 1899; ten years, or- 
 ganist and choirmaster, St. Ann's 
 church, Lowell, Mass.; then at New- 
 ton, Mass.; musical director and or- 
 ganist at the Cambridge Theological 
 School; visiting choirmaster of St. 
 Mary's, Newton, Church of the Mes- 
 siah, Auburndale, St. Paul's, Brookline 
 and St. John's, Cambridge, also director 
 of the Neighborhood Choristers, 150 
 voices; director of music in the Newton 
 Club and organist for the festival sen-- 
 ices of the Mass. Choir (Juild; at Mu- 
 nich, 1x97-9, special pupil of Joseph 
 Hheinburger, chosen from sixty appli-
 
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 cants; then in London, studying boy- 
 choir training and organ accompani- 
 ment at St. Paul's Cathedral; since 
 1900 has lived at Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 organist at Epiphany, St. Michael's and 
 St. Luke's, officiating twelve years at 
 the latter church; Episcopalian; mem- 
 ber, Altair Lodge, Brooklyn, American 
 Guild of Organists, St. Wilfred Club, 
 Clef Club (president), N. Y. Musicians' 
 Club and many other musical organ- 
 izations; composer of Kobold Song, 
 
 schools, Wilton, N. H., Pembroke 
 Academy, Gushing Academy, Ash- 
 burnham, Mass., 1887, Smith College, 
 B.L., 1891, Woman's Medical College 
 of the New York Infirmary, M.D., 
 1896; assistant physician in various 
 state and private hospitals for the care 
 of the insane, in Massachusetts, since 
 1898; now assistant physician in the 
 Boston State Hospital; Congregation- 
 alist; member, American Medico- 
 Psychological Ass'n, American Medi 
 
 The Sirens, Locliinvar, Easter Cantata 
 and Christmas Postlude, orchestral ac- 
 companiment; for the organ, Nocturne 
 in D Flat, Allegro Symphonique, Suite 
 in C Major, Prelude, Romanza Finale, 
 Legende in A Flat Major, also of much 
 church music and hymns, carols and 
 songs; m. Roselle M. Barker, Oct. 18, 
 1900. Residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. and 
 Peterboro, N. II. 
 
 Abbott, Florence Hale 
 
 Physician; b., Wilton, N. II., Oct. 
 20, 1867; dau. Harris and Caroline 
 Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed. public 
 
 cal Ass'n, Mass. Medical SOP., X. E. 
 Soc. of Psychiatry, Ass'n of Collegiate 
 Alumnae, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n, 
 College Club, Boston, Nat'l Geographic 
 Soc.; unmarried; anti-suffragist; taught 
 in Pembroke Academy, 1X91-2, and in 
 Bermuda (private family), 1S92-3. 
 Address, Boston State Hospital, Matta- 
 pan, Mass. 
 
 Greenleaf, Charles Henry 
 
 Hotel proprietor; b., Danville, Vt., 
 July 23, 1X41; s. Seth and Lydia Hal 
 (Burnham) Greenleaf: ed. public and 
 private schools. Concord, N. 11.; con-
 
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 menced hotel life in the summer of 
 1857 at the Profile House, White Mts., 
 remaining there four seasons, then two 
 seasons at the Crawford House, then 
 two years in New York and Washing- 
 ton, returning to the Profile House in 
 1865 as a member of the firm of Taft, 
 Tyler & Greenleaf, succeeded in 1868 
 by Taft & Greenleaf, which continued 
 until 1897, although Mr. Taft died in 
 1881. In 1897 a stock company was 
 formed, with Mr. Greenleaf as presi- 
 dent and general manager, which has 
 continued to the present time. Since 
 1886 Mr. Greenleaf has also been a 
 member of C. H. Greenleaf & Co., op- 
 erating Hotel Vendome, Boston. No 
 hotel man in the country has had a 
 longer experience or a wider acquaint- 
 ance among the highest class of tour- 
 ists. Baptist; Republican; member, 
 staff of Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott, 
 with rank of Colonel, 1877-8; delegate, 
 Republican national convention, 1888; 
 member, N. H. house of representatives, 
 1895-6, 1901-2; N. H. senate, 1897-8; 
 executive council, 1905-6; presidential 
 elector, 1908; eleven years treasurer 
 and manager, Profile & Franconia 
 Notch R. R.; m., 1st, May 2, 1867, 
 Abbie Frances Burnham, Plymouth, 
 N. H., who d. April 17, 1914; 2d, June 
 25, 1915, Miss Mabelle Furst, Lock 
 Haven, Pa. Address, Profile House, 
 N. H., or Hotel Vendome, Boston. 
 
 Wellington, Leonard 
 
 Lawyer; b., Walpole, N. H., Sept. 12, 
 1841; s. William and Achsah (Kidder) 
 Wellington; ed. Walpole schools, Mt. 
 Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, Bernards- 
 ton, Mass., Academy, Kimball Union 
 Academy, Meriden, Albany, N. Y., 
 Law School, 1865; studied in office of 
 the late Don H. Woodward of Keene; 
 admitted to the bar in 1865 and has 
 practiced there since; in partnership 
 with Mr. Woodward ten years from 
 July, 1866, since then alone; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; member, 
 Keene board of health, fifteen years; 
 solicitor for Cheshire Count}', 1869-71; 
 member, Lodge of the Temple, A. F. & 
 A. M., Keene; in., Jan. 19, 1870, Har- 
 
 riet Lyon Chandler; two sons, Clarence 
 E., b. April 11, 1872, and Lyon 
 Chandler, b. Jan. 24, 1879. Residence, 
 Keene, N. H. 
 
 Kimball, Henry Ames 
 
 Iron founder; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Oct. 19, 1864; s. Benjamin Ames and 
 Myra Tilton (Elliott) Kimball; ed. 
 Phillips Andover Academy and by 
 private tutors in Europe; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member, South 
 
 Congregational Church, Concord; di- 
 rector of and liberal contributor to 
 Concord Y. M. C. A.; in 1887, ad- 
 mitted (on examination) a Fellow of the 
 Society of Science, Letters and Art, 
 London, England; life member, N. II . 
 Historical Soc., and recording secre- 
 tary, 1905-13; member, Sons of the 
 American Revolution and the Society 
 of Colonial Wars; partner and asso- 
 ciate manager, Ford fc Kimball and the 
 Cushman Electric Co.; trustee, Merri- 
 mack County Savings Bank; director, 
 Mount Washington R. R.; author 
 genealogy, "The Elliotts of Boscawen,
 
 142 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 N. H.," Rumford Press, 1918; m., Nov. 
 17, 1904, Charlotte Atkinson, dau. 
 John Harrison and Josephine B. (At- 
 kinson) Goodale, Nashua, N. H. (Wel- 
 losley, 1898). Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Baker, Walter Smith 
 
 Merchant tailor; b., Wellfleet, Mass., 
 Jan. 15, 1850; s. Capt. David and 
 Betsey M. (Higgins) Baker; grandson 
 Eleazer Higgins of Wellfleet who served 
 
 under Washington and during the Rev- 
 olution was captured by the British and 
 imprisoned in England; also, descended 
 in the eighth generation from Stephen 
 Hopkins of the Maytloircr; ed. schools 
 of Wellfleet, including high school; 
 moved to Concord, N. 11.., 1X74; mer- 
 chant tailor in Concord, 1875-1914; 
 director of Concord V. M.C. A. twenty- 
 five years and of N. H. Anti-Saloon 
 Leairue since organization, 1S99; trus- 
 tee of Tilton Seminary, Tilton, X. H.; 
 charter member, Baker Memorial 
 (Methodist Episcopal) church and sec- 
 retarv and treasunr of board of trus- 
 
 tees of church; delegate to Ecumenical 
 Convention, Indianapolis, 1914; mem- 
 ber, N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Sons 
 of American Revolution and Concord 
 Equal Suffrage League; Republican- 
 Prohibitionist; m. Martha Sparrow of 
 Wellfleet, Feb. 11, 1875; children, 
 Helen M., ed. Goucher College, teacher 
 in private schools; Bessie J., Teachers' 
 College, Columbia University and Miss 
 Wheelock's Kindergarten, Boston, 
 kindergarten teacher, public schools, 
 Somerville, Mass.; Walter Stanley, 
 B.S., Wesleyan University, 1901, has 
 succeeded his father in business, m. 
 Alice Holbrook of Philadelphia, Feb. 
 22, 1908 (ch.: Robert Holbrook, Alice, 
 Helen Elizabeth, Louise); James Her- 
 bert, B.S., Wesleyan University, 1903, 
 bond salesman for E. H. Rollins' Sons, 
 d. Sept. 9, 1910; Leland Vincent, Con- 
 cord high school, 1908, International 
 Y. M. C. A. College, 1916, enlisted 
 U. S. Signal Corps, 1917, studying 
 U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, 
 Princeton, N. J. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Hackett, Wallace 
 
 Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H., May 
 1, 1856; s. William H. and Mary W. 
 (Healey) Hackett; ed. public and priv- 
 ate schools, and Harvard Law School, 
 1879; studied in the office of his grand- 
 father, the late Hon. W. H. Y. Hackett, 
 and has practiced law in Portsmouth 
 since admission to the bar in 1879, but 
 has devoted his attention largely to 
 business affairs; Unitarian; Republi- 
 can; city solicitor, three years; mayor 
 of Portsmouth, 1907-8; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1909-10; 
 president, Republican state convention, 
 1908; member, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Aldrich Memorial Ass'n (president), 
 A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E.; m., 1883, 
 Abby M. Winchester; one dau., 
 Marion. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Hanson, Benjamin Frank 
 
 Liveryman; b., Somersworth, N. H., 
 Dec. 12, 1X48; s. Benjamin F. and 
 Mary E. (Libbey) Hanson; ed. public 
 schools, Sanford, Me., and Lebanon
 
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 143 
 
 Me., Academy; engaged in the livery 
 business in Somersworth since early 
 life; Baptist; Democrat; city treasurer, 
 Somersworth, three years; commis- 
 sioner, Strafford County, six years; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1913; mayor of Somersworth, 
 five terms; judge, Somersworth dis- 
 trict court, 1913-15; director, Somers- 
 worth National Bank; chairman, board 
 of cemetery trustees; president, Han- 
 son Family Ass'n; member, A. F. & 
 
 (Lawrence) Gerrish; ed. public schools 
 and Phillips Andover, Mass., Academy, 
 1874. For a time, after graduating at 
 Andover, he was employed in the N. H. 
 Savings Bank, Concord, but, prefer- 
 ring an outdoor life, he purchased a 
 farm at Boscawen Plain, where he has 
 since lived. Congregationalist ; Repub- 
 lican; selectman, Boscawen, 1880-4, 
 1891-6, 1901-17; commissioner, Merri- 
 mack County, 1886-8; treasurer, 1892- 
 6; trustee, N. H. Savings Bank, since 
 
 A. M., lodge, chapter and command- 
 ery; Patron of Husbandry, past master, 
 Somersworth Grange, Eastern N. H. 
 Pomona Grange; district and Pomona 
 deputy, N.H. State Grange; m., Oct. 25, 
 1866, Fannie T. Thompson, Shapleigh, 
 Me.; one son, Bert, b. July 26, 1867 
 (Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale College, 
 1890, Cornell University Law School, 
 1893). Residence, Somersworth, N.H. 
 
 Gerrish, Frank Lawrence 
 
 Farmer; b., Bosoawen, N. If., May 
 
 19, 1S55; s. Enoch and Miranda (). 
 
 1911; life member, N. H. Historical 
 Sor.; with John and Benjamin A. Kim- 
 ball, donor of the Boscawen public 
 librarv building, dedicated Aug. 20, 
 1913; m., March 22, 1888, Isabel Sea- 
 vey. Residence, Boscawen, N. II . 
 
 Emery, Fred Parker 
 
 Educator; b., Pembroke. N. H., 
 April 11, 1865; s. Natt M. and Abbie H. 
 (Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke Acad- 
 emy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1S87, 
 A.M., 1890, Universities of Paris and 
 Berlin; instructor in English, Massa- 
 chusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-
 
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 145 
 
 91; professor of English, Dartmouth 
 College, since 1894; Republican; mem- 
 ber, KKK, <t>BK, St. Botolph 
 Club, Boston, Mass.; editor of text- 
 books for college work in English; m., 
 1889, Mary Elizabeth Chesley. Resi- 
 dence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Walker, Reuben Eugene 
 
 Jurist; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb. 15, 
 1851; s. Abial and Mary (Powers) 
 Walker; ed. Warner public schools, 
 Colby Academy, New London, 1871, 
 Brown University, A.B., 1875; LL.D., 
 Dartmouth, June 1916; studied law 
 with Sargent & Chase, Concord; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1878, and com- 
 menced practice in Concord; in part- 
 nership five years with Robert A. Ray 
 under name of Ray & Walker, subse- 
 quently some years alone; member, 
 firm of Streeter, Walker & Hollis, 1891 
 to 1901; Unitarian; Republican; super- 
 intending school committee, Warner; 
 solicitor, Merrimack County, 1889-91; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1895, N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1902; appointed associate 
 justice, N. H. supreme court, March 
 28, 1901; trustee, Concord public 
 library since 1901 (president since 
 1903); member, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, 
 (vice-president for New Hampshire), 
 Brown Alumni Ass'n, American Uni- 
 tarian Ass'n, Council of National De- 
 fense, Wonolancot Club; co-author, Ray 
 & Walker's N. H. Citations; m., June 
 18, 1875, Mary E. Brown, d. June 21, 
 1903; one dau. Bertha May. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Rolofson, Mary Currier 
 
 (Mrs. Warren T. Rolofson); writer; 
 b., Went worth, N. H.. May 24, 1XC.9; 
 dau. Lorenzo and Josephine (Pillsbury) 
 Currier; ed. public schools, St. Johns- 
 bury, Yt., Academy, 1XX9, Smith Col- 
 lege, and special course in English lit- 
 erature at Wellesley, 1X95: a lover of 
 literature from childhood, she began 
 writing early, contributing many stories 
 anil poems to well-known periodicals. 
 Published works: "Among the ( Iranite 
 
 Hills," 1894; "A Summer in New 
 Hampshire," 1904; "A Few Songs," 
 1905; "Songs to One Silent," 1905. 
 Congregationalist; m., July 30, 1907, 
 Warren T. Rolofson; removed in 1914 
 to Powell, Wyoming, with her husband, 
 where they located a claim on the 
 Shoshone Project of U. S. Reclamation 
 Service and now reside. 
 
 Laycock, Craven 
 
 Dean of Dartmouth College; b., 
 Bradford, England, Sept. 30, 1866; s. 
 
 John and Martha (Berry) Laycock; 
 came to New Hampshire in 1XX2; ed. 
 common school in England, N. II. Con- 
 ference Seminary, Tilton, 1X92; Dart- 
 mouth College, 1896; instructor, Art 
 of Public Speaking, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1X97-1900; assistant professor of 
 Oratory, 1900-10; professor of Oratory, 
 1910-13; assistant dean, 1911-13, dean, 
 191 3-; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member of the N. H. bar. having 
 practiced law for some years in Han- 
 over: member. A. !'. A: A. M., Delta 
 Kappa Kpsilon and Casque and Gaunt-
 
 146 
 
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 let societies; author, "Argumentation 
 and Debate," 1904, Manual of Argu- 
 mentation, 1906; m., April 19, 1900, 
 Florence Annette Hill, of Tilton, N.H.; 
 two daughters. Residence, Hanover, 
 N. H. 
 
 Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte 
 Writer; b., Maxfield, Me., April 28, 
 1875; dau. Franklin and Mary E. 
 (Bryant) Tourtelotte; ed. public 
 schools and Foxcroft, Me., Academy, 
 
 1890; direct descendant, on paternal 
 side, of Gabriel Bernon, Duke of Bur- 
 gundy, who renounced his title and 
 estates and led to this country the first 
 Huguenot Colony in New England; on 
 maternal side a near kinswoman of the 
 late William Cullen Bryant, whose 
 literary talent she reflects in large 
 measure; has written extensively for the 
 press since early youth, and many of 
 her poems have been widely copied; 
 Baptist; member, P. of II. (Gth de- 
 gree), D. A. R., \V. R. C., S. of V. Aux- 
 iliary, Suffrage Club; ardent advocate 
 of woman's enfranchisement, and fre- 
 
 quent reader and speaker at public 
 gatherings; m., Aug. 12, 1906, Joshua A. 
 Sherman. Residence, Warner, N. H., 
 Contoocook, R. F. D. 
 
 Hanson, Bert 
 
 Lawyer; b., Sanford, Me., July 26, 
 1867; s. Benjamin F. and Fannie 
 (Thompson) Hanson; ed. public schools 
 of Somersworth, N. H. (in which town 
 he was reared), Phillips Exeter Acad- 
 emy, 1886, Yale College, A.B., 1890, 
 Cornell University Law School, LL.B., 
 1893; admitted to the New York bar 
 in 1894, and in practice in New York 
 City since 1895; Democrat; third 
 deputy commissioner of police in New 
 York City, under Gen. Theodore A. 
 Bingham from Jan., 1907 to June, 1909; 
 appointed assistant attorney-general 
 in charge of customs cases, by Presi- 
 dent Wilson in May, 1914, which posi- 
 tion he still holds; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., Zeta Psi Fraternity; National 
 Democratic Club, Cornell University 
 Club, Yale Club and Reform Club 
 (trustee), of New York City; Metro- 
 politan Club and University Club, 
 Washington, D. C., and Municipal 
 Art Soc. (director), New York City; 
 unmarried. Residence, 50 Vander- 
 bilt ave.; business address, 48 Broad- 
 way, New York City. 
 
 Owen, Ellery Scott 
 
 Bond salesman; b., July 17, 1860, 
 Belchertown, Mass.; s. Rev. Eleazar 
 and Mary Abigail (Walker) Owen; 
 ed. public schools of Springfield and 
 Westfield, Mass., and Portsmouth, 
 N. H., Portsmouth high school, 1877; 
 in 1882 began travelling for the 
 Boston publishing house of D. Lothrop 
 & Co.; 1886-92, associated with the 
 Kansas City Investment Co., first at 
 Kansas City, last three years in Hart- 
 ford, Conn., managing their branch 
 office; 1892-1909, represented Conn. 
 General Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, 
 during greater part of the time man- 
 ager for New Hampshire, moving from 
 Portsmouth to Concord in 1902; since 
 1900 N. II . representative of Baker, 
 Ayling & Young, investment bankers
 
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 of Boston; independent Republican; 
 member, South Congregational church, 
 Concord (deacon since 1904), moder- 
 ator of the N. H. State Congregational 
 Conference, 1906; director, Portsmouth 
 
 Y. M. C. A. and instrumental in organ- 
 izing the same, 1888; director, Concord 
 Y. M. C. A., 1903-14 (president two 
 years); member, state executive com- 
 mittee of Y. M. C. A. for N. H., 1892- 
 1912 (chairman, 1901-3, an incorpora- 
 tor, 1904, treasurer, 1904-7); member, 
 Belknap Lodge, No. 14, I. O. O. F., 
 Meredith, N. H., Wonolancet Club, 
 Concord, Concord board of trade; m., 
 1st, June 14, 1888, Elizabeth Moody 
 Flagg, dau. John H. and Emma D. 
 (Moody) Flagg, Portsmouth, X. H. 
 (d. June 22, 1894); 2d, Oct. 14, 1896, 
 Alice Goldsmith Holmes, dau. Rev. 
 Theodore J. and Ellen L. (Goldsmith) 
 Holmes, Hopkinton, Mass.; children, 
 Forest Flagg, b. Hartford, Conn., May 
 23, 1890, A.B., Dartmouth, 1913; Mar- 
 gory Heard, b. Portsmouth, July 1, 
 1893 (d. Feb. 7, 1895); Margaret, b. 
 Portsmouth, July 28, 1897, Mount 
 
 Holyoke College, 1919; Harold Holmes, 
 b. Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1899, Amherst 
 College, 1921; Eleanor, b. Concord, 
 Aug. 25, 1910 (d. Dec. 2, 1913). Resi- 
 dence, 79 Warren St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Fowler, William Plumer 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 3, 
 1850; s. Judge Asa and Mary Cilley 
 (Knox) Fowler; ed. Concord high 
 school, 1867, Dartmouth College, A.B., 
 1872; studied law in the office of 
 Sumner Albee, Boston, and at Boston 
 University Law School; admitted to 
 the bar in Boston in 1875, and since 
 then in practice in that city; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; appointed member 
 of the Board of Overseers of the Poor 
 of Boston in April, 1889, elected chair- 
 man of the board in 1891, and since 
 annually re-elected; chairman, Licens- 
 
 ing Board, City of Boston; Institution 
 Registrar, City of Boston; director, 
 Manchester fc Lawrence R. R.; presi- 
 dent, Manchester Mills; director, \Va r- 
 ren Brothers Co.; in conjunction with
 
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 his sister, Clara M. Fowler, gave the 
 city of Concord the Fowler Library 
 building in 1888; m., Oct. 14, 1899, 
 Susan Farnham Smith; children, Wil- 
 liam Plumer, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1900, 
 (Dartmouth, 1921); Katharine Stev- 
 ens, b. June 12, 1902; Philip, b. June 6, 
 1906. Office, 18 Tremont St.; resi- 
 dence, 1 Plymouth St., Boston, Mass., 
 and Little Boar's Head, N. H. 
 
 Drew, Irving Webster 
 
 Lawyer; b., Colebrook, N. H., Jan. 
 8, 1845; s. Amos Webster and Julia 
 Esther (Lovering) Drew; ed. public 
 and private schools, Colebrook acad- 
 emy, Kimball Union Academy, 1866, 
 Dartmouth College, 1870; studied law 
 in the office of Ray & Ladd at Lan- 
 caster; admitted to the bar in Novem- 
 ber, 1871, and succeeded Hon. Wil- 
 liam S. Ladd, upon his appointment as 
 a justice of the Supreme Court, in 
 partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray, 
 under the firm name of Ray & Drew; 
 subsequently the firm became suc- 
 cessively, Ray, Drew & Heywood, Ray, 
 Drew & Jordan, Drew & Jordan, 
 Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Drew, Jor- 
 dan, Buckley & Shurtleff , Drew, Shurt- 
 leff & Morris, and Drew, Shurtleff, 
 Morris & Oakes, Mr. Drew's connec- 
 tion continuing to the present time; 
 admitted to practice in U. S. Courts in 
 1877; Episcopalian; Democrat till 
 1896, Republican since; moderator 
 town of Lancaster; member, N. H. 
 state senate, 1883-4, N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1902, 1912; delegate 
 in Democratic national conventions of 
 1880, 1892 and 1896 (withdrew); 
 major 3d Reg. N. H. N. G., 1876-9; 
 director, Lancaster National Bank; 
 trustee and president, Shvooganock 
 Guaranty Savings Bank; president, 
 Upper Coos R. R.; trustee and presi- 
 dent, Lancaster Library; member, 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n. (president, 1899), 
 N. H. Historical Soc., A. F. <fe A. M. 
 (Knight Templar), I. O. O. F.; presi- 
 dent of the day at Lancaster's one 
 Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 
 Celebration, Aug. 12, 1914; in., Nov. 
 4, 1S69, Caroline Hatch Merrill, 
 
 Colebrook; children, Paul b. Feb. 20, 
 1872 d. Oct. 1, 1872; Neil Bancroft, 
 b. Sept. 9, 1873, d. May 7, 1905; Pitt 
 Fessenden, b. Aug. 27, 1875, m. Mabel 
 Swain; Sara Maynard, b. Dec. 19, 
 1876, m. Edward Kimball Hall. Resi- 
 dence, Lancaster, N. H. 
 
 Odlin, Arthur Fuller 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April 
 25, 1860; s. Woodbridge and Abby 
 Pratt (Comstock) Odlin; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1876, Dartmouth College, 
 Boston University Law School, 1885; 
 Unitarian; Republican since 1896 (for- 
 merly Cleveland Democrat) ; attorney- 
 general, Porto Rico, 1899-1901; judge, 
 Court of First Instance, Philippine 
 Islands, 1901-4; vice-president, Florida 
 State Bar Ass'n, 1916-17; m., Oct. 5, 
 1886, Mary Emma Allen, Lancaster, 
 N. H., children, Lawrence Allen, b. 
 1889, now assistant paymaster, U. S. 
 Navy; Evelyn, b. 1893, m. Oct. 11, 
 1917, James Kennedy Atwood, Jackson- 
 ville, Fla. Judge Odlin has appeared, 
 occasionally, on the public lecture plat- 
 form, and has written occasional arti- 
 cles for legal magazines, generally in 
 English, sometimes in Spanish. Resi- 
 dence, Arcadia, Fla. 
 
 Abbot, Charles Greeley 
 
 Astronomer; b., Wilton, N. H., May 
 31, 1872; s., Harris and Caroline Ann 
 (Greeley) Abbot; ed. Wilton high 
 school, 1888, Phillips Andover Acad- 
 emy, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
 nology, S.B., 1894, S.M., 1895; Con- 
 gregationalist, Republican; director, 
 Astrophysical Observatory, Smith- 
 sonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 
 1906 to the present time; member, 
 National Academy of Sciences, Royal 
 Astronomical Soc. of Great Britain, 
 Soc. Astron. de France, Meteorologisehe 
 Gesellschaft of Germany, Academy of 
 Modena, Italy, etc.; discovered vari- 
 ability of the sun; invented numerous 
 scientific instruments, some widely in 
 use in the world; author of "The Sun," 
 and numerous scientific articles; m., 
 Oct. 13, 1897, Lillian K. Moore. Resi- 
 dence, Washington. I). C.
 
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 Jones, Fred Andros 
 
 Lawyer; b., Stoneham, Mass., April 
 9, 1884; s. Andros B. and Lizzie J. 
 (Young) Jones; ed. Nashua high school, 
 Dartmouth College, 1906, and Harv- 
 ard Law School; admitted to N. H. 
 bar, 1909; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives from Lebanon, 1913-14; 
 member, executive committee, Repub- 
 lican state committee since 1914; mod- 
 erator, Lebanon, since 1914; judge, 
 
 Lebanon municipal court, since 1915; 
 member, A. . & A. M. (32d degree), 
 Knight Templar and Shriner, B. P. 
 O. E., K. of P., P. of H., S. of V., Lang- 
 don Club and Sunset Club; m. Mary 
 Elizabeth Bennett, Sept. 23, 1907; 
 children, Eleanor, Lucille, Robert. 
 Residence, Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Wallace, Ellen Alfreda 
 
 Physician; b., Hill, N. H., April 24, 
 1853; dau. Edmund Rundlett and 
 Mary Johnson (Flanders) Wallace; ed. 
 New Hampton Literary Institution, 
 1S73, Medical College, New York 
 
 Infirmary, 1887; Congregationalist; 
 member, Manchester Medical Soc., 
 Hillsboro County Medical Soc., N. H. 
 Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n, 
 W. C. T. U., Florence Nightingale Club, 
 Manchester Federation Woman's 
 Clubs, staff of Beacon Hill Hospital, 
 president trustees, N. H. Memorial 
 Hospital for Women and Children, 
 Concord. Residence, Manchester, 
 N.H. 
 
 Roote, Clarence Burgess 
 
 Educator; b., Francestown, N. H., 
 Oct. 3, 1853; s. Martin Nelson, and 
 Abigail Kimball (McEwen) Roote; ed. 
 Francestown Academy, 1872, Williams 
 College, 1876, Boston University Law 
 School; admitted to Massachusetts 
 bar, 1884; headmaster, Northampton, 
 Mass., high school since 1888; member, 
 Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Psi societies, 
 Massachusetts High School Masters' 
 Club, Headmasters' Club of Western 
 Mass., Mass. State Teachers' Ass'n, 
 Classical Ass'n, of New England, 
 Monday Evening Club, Northampton, 
 Lay Readers' League; Episcopalian; 
 Democrat; senior warden and lay 
 reader, St. John's Church, Northamp- 
 ton; member, Board of Religious Edu- 
 cation, Diocese of Western Mass.; 
 three times delegate to Provincial 
 Synod, Province of New England; m., 
 Oct. 3, 1882, Idelle M. Bothwell. Resi- 
 dence, Northampton, Mass. 
 
 Foster, George J. 
 
 Newspaper publisher; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Feb. 13, 1854; s. Joshua L. and 
 Lucretia A. (Gale) Foster; ed. public 
 schools, Portsmouth high school, 1869; 
 learned the newspaper business in his 
 father's office and has been connected 
 with Foster's Democrat in Dover for the 
 last forty-five years, or more, most of 
 the time as publisher; Methodist; 
 Republican; member, Dover school 
 board, twenty-nine years (chairman, 
 1903-8); member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 189)3-4; mayor of 
 Dover, 1906, 1909-10; trustee, Straf- 
 ford Savings Bank, Wentworth Plome 
 for the Aged; Mason, 32d degree,
 
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 K. of P., I. O. R. M., B. P. O. E., 
 Bellamy Club, Dover; m., July 22, 
 1880, Annah C. Clark; children, Bertha 
 F. (Mrs. Harry C. Glidden), b. Aug. 3, 
 
 1883; Arthur, b. March 29, 1885; 
 Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1887. Residence, 
 Dover, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Frank Herbert 
 
 Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Feb. 
 2, 1854; s. Oscar J. and Lavinia (Por- 
 ter) Brown; ed. Claremont high school, 
 Dartmouth College, Boston University 
 Law School, 1876; admitted to the bar 
 in Boston and in New Hampshire, 1876, 
 and, after a time in Boston and Con- 
 cord, commenced practice in Clare- 
 mont in 1879, where he has since con- 
 tinued, serving as counsel for various 
 corporations; organizer and counsel for 
 Claremont Railway and Lighting Co.; 
 Republican; moderator; member, 
 Stevens high school committee; solici- 
 tor for Sullivan County, 1899-1907, 
 1909-13; member, N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1901-3-5; m., Oct. 9, 
 1887, Susan Farwell Patten of Clare- 
 
 mont; one dau., Ruth Porter, b. Con- 
 cord, N. H., Sept. 19, 1878 (Smith, 
 1900), wife of Dr. Harmon Newell 
 of Claremont. Residence, Claremont, 
 N. H. 
 
 Bridgman, Don Seavey 
 
 Agriculture and business (retired); 
 b., Hanover, N. H., April 4, 1856; s. 
 John Ladd and Hortensia Arnold 
 (Wood) Bridgman; ed. Norwich, Vt., 
 (Norwich Fitting School, 1876) and 
 Hanover, N. H.; engaged for many 
 years extensively in farming, dairying 
 being his specialty, producing butter 
 for the Boston market, keeping over 
 seventy cows and operating an up-to- 
 date creamery; poultry and swine were 
 also prominent lines; in recent years 
 has devoted his attention to the care 
 of large real estate interests in Han- 
 over village; Baptist; Republican; 
 member, Hanover school board, nine 
 
 and a half years from 1896; member, 
 board of selectmen, eighteen years 
 from 1899; superintendent, Hanover 
 Water Works Co., from 1916; Mason,
 
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 32d degree, I. O. O. F., P. of H. ; promi- 
 nent many years in Grange work, Gen- 
 eral Deputy, N. H. State Grange, two 
 terms, 1900-10; in., Oct., 30, 1882, 
 Jennie May Burton. Residence, 
 Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Proctor, Edna Dean 
 
 Poet; b. Sept. 18, 1829, Henniker, N. 
 H.; dau. John and Lucinda (Gould) 
 Proctor; ed. in early years at home by 
 her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Semi- 
 nary and at Concord, N. H., but in a 
 larger way by life and the society of 
 thinking men and women. Miss Proc- 
 tor, New Hampshire's poet, born on 
 Proctor Hill overlooking the fair Con- 
 toocook river ("Monadnock's child of 
 snowdrifts born"), has made the hills 
 and vales of her native state known 
 round the world. A traveller in many 
 lands, intimately associated since young 
 womanhood with gifted and famous 
 people, she is still a genuine daughter 
 of New England. Her devotion to the 
 scenes of childhood does not preclude 
 her love for alien lands. In fact, her 
 wide-reaching sympathies have made 
 her peculiarly successful in interpreting 
 the spirit of foreign scenes and peoples. 
 Longfellow showed his appreciation of 
 this by including so many of her pro- 
 ductions in his "Poems of Places." 
 Born with "eyes from out the East" 
 she has a marvellous understanding of 
 the Orient. Allah, Arabia, Islam live 
 in her verse with its lyric impetuosity 
 and impassioned fervor. Love of na- 
 ture, of humanity and all that is high- 
 est and best in art are her distinguish- 
 ing characteristics. Her song, "Blazon 
 Columbia's Emblem, the Bounteous 
 Golden Corn," should ere this have 
 made the maize our national flower 
 for never has fitting symbol been so 
 gloriously celebrated. Her "Song of 
 the Ancient People," relating to the 
 Pueblo Indians, was so highly consid- 
 ered that the late Mrs. Mary Hemen- 
 way of Boston (Hememvay Southwest- 
 ern Archeol. Expedition) was at much 
 expense for its illustrations and it is 
 now read and studied in the schools. 
 Her "Russian Journey" was the fruit 
 
 of two years of travel in Europe. In- 
 cidental references in her poems show 
 her familiarity with most of the f&- 
 mous scenes and objects of the world. 
 Her recent poem, "The Glory of Toil," 
 has evoked much interest. In the last 
 decade she has crossed the Andes, 
 spending a season in South America; 
 but she rarely fails to visit her native 
 town each summer. Her inspiring per- 
 sonality as well as her genius have 
 made her an uplifting influence where- 
 ever she has dwelt. For many years 
 her home was in Brooklyn, N. Y., but 
 she has spent much time in Washing- 
 ton and Atlantic City. Her books are : 
 "Poems" (1866), "A Russian Journey" 
 (1871), "Poems" (1890), "A Russian 
 Journey" (revised 1890), "The Song 
 of the Ancient People" (1892), "The 
 Mountain Maid" (1901), "Songs of 
 America" (1905), "The Glory of Toil," 
 (1916). Res., Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Winchell, F. Mabel 
 
 Librarian; b., Boston, Mass.; dau. 
 Rensselaer and Harriet Newell 
 (Brooks) Winchell; ed. public schools, 
 Lowell School, Boston, and Amherst 
 College Library School; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; librarian, Manches- 
 ter public library, since 1902; member, 
 N. H. Public Library Commission, 
 1917-, American Library Ass'n, N. H. 
 Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club, 
 Manchester Institute of Arts and 
 Sciences; Library Art Club (vice-presi- 
 dent), Manchester Boys Club (trustee), 
 Manchester Historic Ass'n, Manches- 
 ter Federation Woman's Clubs, N. H. 
 Federation Women's Clubs, N. II. 
 Children's Aid and Protective Soc., 
 National Security League, Red Cross, 
 Woman's Auxiliary to Y. M. C. A., 
 Manchester District Nursing Ass'n, 
 N. II . Ass'n for Prevention of Tuber- 
 culosis, etc. Residence, Manchester, 
 N. II. 
 
 Colby, Ira Gordon 
 
 Lawyer; b.. Claremont, N. II.. Jan. 
 11. 1X72; s. Ira and Louisa M. (Way) 
 Colby; ed. Stevens high school, Clare- 
 mont, 1890; Dartmouth College, IS'J-i,
 
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 Boston University Law School, 1897; 
 admitted to the bar in 1897, and prac- 
 ticed in Claremont since then; in 
 partnership with his father until the 
 
 death of the latter, June 27, 1908, and 
 afterwards alone; Methodist; Repub- 
 lican; supervisor of checklist since 
 1899; member, N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1902, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1905; trustee, Fiske 
 Free Library, since 1905; member, 
 Stevens high school committee, fifteen 
 years; trustee, trust funds, town of 
 Claremont; director, People's Na- 
 tional Bank, Monadnock Mills; mem- 
 ber, Alpha Delta Phi, Dartmouth, Phi 
 Delta Phi, B. V. Law School; in., 
 June 7, 1899, Mary Agnes Coburn; 
 children, Harriet Louise, Caroline 
 Leland, Ira Gordon, Jr., Margaret 
 Coburn, Grace Mary. Residence, 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Currier, Frank Dunklee 
 
 Lawyer; b., Canaan, X. H., Oct. 30, 
 1853; s. Horace S. and Emma C. (Plast- 
 ridgc) Currier; ed. Kimball Union 
 
 Academy and Dr. Hixon's School, 
 Lowell, Mass.; studied law, admitted 
 to the bar in 1874, and commenced 
 practice in Canaan, 1875; Republican; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1879; 1899-1900 (speaker) ; clerk, 
 N. H. senate, 1883-4; president, 1887- 
 8; secretary, Republican state com- 
 mittee, 1882-90; naval officer, port of 
 Boston, 1890-4; member, U. S. house 
 of representatives, 1901-13; defeated 
 for re-election by Raymond B. Stevens; 
 since in retirement. Residence, Ca- 
 naan, N. H. 
 
 Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 14, 
 1858; s. Alonzo L. and Mary S. (Car- 
 roll) Chamberlin; ed. common schools; 
 studied law and admitted to the New 
 Hampshire bar in Concord, July, 1895; 
 in practice since in Lebanon; Uni- 
 
 tarian; Democrat, active in party 
 affairs and member of the Democratic 
 state committee, eight years; ap- 
 pointed postmaster of Lebanon by 
 President Wilson in 1914, and now in
 
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 office; member, Rising Sun Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M. Residence, Lebanon, 
 N. H. 
 
 Carlton, Charles Elijah 
 
 Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 1, 
 
 1872; s. Elijah Winship and Sarah 
 Alner (Gawler) Carlton; ed. Concord 
 public schools, high school, 1889; Epis- 
 copalian; Republican; entered employ 
 of the banking house of E. H. Rollins 
 & Sons, in Concord, in 1891; removed 
 to Boston with the corporation in 1892, 
 and has continued with the same since; 
 elected treasurer in 1916, which posi- 
 tion he now holds; treasurer, Colorado 
 Securities & Realty Co.; member, Miz- 
 pah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge 
 Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Com- 
 maiidery K. T., Aleppo Temple, Mys- 
 tic Shrine, Engineers Club, Economic 
 Club. Residence, 19 Trowbridge St., 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Bugbee, Perley Rufus 
 
 Banker; b., Corinth, Vt., Nov. G, 
 
 1865; s. Justin and Abbie M. (Dana) 
 Bugbee; ed. public school, North 
 Pomfret, Vt., Dartmouth College, 
 1890; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 treasurer, Hanover village precinct, 
 eleven years; commissioner, Hanover 
 village precinct, 1901-9; chairman, 
 Hanover board of education, 1909-18; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1913-14, 1915-16; cashier and 
 director, Dartmouth Nat'l Bank; 
 treasurer and trustee, Dartmouth 
 Savings Bank; clerk and treasurer, 
 Hanover Water Works Co., since 
 organization, May, 1893, director since 
 1904; incorporator and treasurer, Stock- 
 bridge Ass'n (boys' club), since organ- 
 ization in 1897; treasurer, Dartmouth 
 College Alumni Ass'n, since 1897; 
 secretary, treasurer and trustee, Howe 
 
 Library, since organization in 1900; 
 member, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Grad- 
 uates' Club; in., Oct. 16, 1901, Eliza- 
 beth C. Campbell; one dau., Elizabeth 
 Mary. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
 
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 Felker, Samuel Demeritt 
 
 Lawyer; b., Rochester, N. H., April 
 16, 1859; s. William H. and Deborah 
 A. (Demeritt) Felker; ed. Rochester 
 schools, New Hampton Literary In- 
 stitution, 1878, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B., 1882, Boston University Law 
 School, LL.B., 1887; admitted to the 
 bar in 1887 and since in practice in 
 Rochester; for some time past senior 
 member of the firm of Felker & Gunni- 
 son; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 member, N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion 1889; N. H. state senate, 1891-2; 
 mayor of Rochester, 1896-7; city 
 solicitor, 1899-1913; governor of New 
 Hampshire, 1913-14, elected by the 
 legislature in joint convention though 
 receiving 34,203 votes, at the polls, to 
 32,504 for Franklin Worcester and 
 14,401 for Winston Churchill in the 
 November election at which the con- 
 stitutional amendment providing for 
 plurality election was ratified by the 
 people; chairman, Rochester school 
 board, four years; judge, Rochester 
 municipal court, since 1915; director, 
 Rochester Trust Co., member, City 
 Club; received hon. A.M., Dartmouth, 
 and LL.D., N. H. State College, 1913; 
 m., June 26, 1900, Mary J. Dudley, 
 Buffalo, N. Y. (Wellesley, 1883). 
 Residence, Rochester, N. H. 
 
 Clay, Charles Leonidas 
 
 Educator, manufacturer; b., An- 
 dover, N. H., Oct. 9, 1844; s. Horace 
 S. and Mary A. (Sawyer) Clay; ed. 
 public schools, Andover and New 
 London academies, Colby College, 
 1868; taught for thirteen years in St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt., and Grafton, Water- 
 town, Whitinsville, Ilolbrook and Bel- 
 mont, Mass.; removed, in 1881, to 
 Littleton, N. II., where he remained 
 till 1895, and where lie was mainly 
 instrumental in the organization of 
 the Granite State Glove Co. at the 
 "Scythe Factory" village, now Ap- 
 thorp, with whose management he was 
 connected, and which was the precursor 
 of further extensive industrial develop- 
 ment promotive of the growth and 
 prosperity of the town; served from 
 
 1886 to 1895, as a member of the 
 Littleton board of education; trustee 
 of library, 1894-5; removed to Massa- 
 chusetts in the latter year, where he 
 was engaged for fourteen years as 
 superintendent of schools in the Harv- 
 ard district and six years in the Dana 
 district, returning, then, to Littleton; 
 Congregationalist; Independent Demo- 
 crat; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d 
 degree), P. of H., Delta Kappa Epsilon 
 Fraternity; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1873, 
 
 Stella Louise Redi gton, Littleton, d. 
 May 24, 1SSS; children, Paul Reding- 
 toni b. Feb. Hi, 1S75 (Dartmouth 1897), 
 lawyer, Lawrence, Mass.; Ruth Stow- 
 cll, b. Aug. S. 1x77 (dishing Academy), 
 in., June :>, 1901. William G. McCrillis, 
 druggist, Bristol, X. 11.; Grace Ely, b. 
 Fel). 2"), 1XXO I Andover Seminary), 
 in. Daniel H. Dickinson, civil engineer, 
 West Somerville, Mass.; Starr Sawyer, 
 1). Oct. IX, 1SX1. d. May 19, 1886; 
 2d. Oct. I'.t. 1X'.)2. Emma Fellows Lan- 
 caster, Tilton, d. Dec. 12. 11114; one 
 son, Charles Lancaster, b. Dec. 6, 1S96 
 (Springfield, Mass., Central high school,
 
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 1915, Dartmouth College, 1919); 3d, 
 Oct. 3, 1916, Delia Bingham Mitchell, 
 Littleton. Residence, Littleton, N. H. 
 
 Eastman, Clarence Willis 
 
 Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 
 3, 1873; s. Charles L. and Sarah 
 (French) Eastman; ed. public schools 
 of Concord, N. H., and Worcester, 
 Mass., Worcester Polytechnic Insti- 
 tute, B.S., 1894; instructor of Modern 
 Languages, W. P. I., 1894-5; graduate 
 
 study, University of Gottingen, 1K95-6; 
 University of Leipzig, 1896-8; Ph.D., 
 Leipzig, 1898; instructor in German, 
 1898-1901, assistant professor of Ger- 
 man, 1901-7, State University of Iowa; 
 in charge of German work, University 
 of Missouri Summer School, summers 
 of 1903 and 1905; instructor, Univer- 
 sity of Chicago, summer quarter, 1902; 
 associate professor of German language 
 and literature, Amherst College, since 
 1909; traveled abroad, summers of 
 1909 and 1912; member of Plattsburg 
 Training Camp, Aug., 1916; in charge 
 of military training, Amherst College, 
 
 spring of 1917; Episcopalian; Inde- 
 pendent; member, Amherst Golf Club, 
 Holyoke Canoe Club, Faculty Club 
 (Amherst), Modern Language Ass'n of 
 America, Modern Language Ass'n of 
 New England, Sons of the American 
 Revolution, Federal Training Camps 
 Ass'n; m., Aug. 29, 1906, Ann Hull 
 Dey; children, Anthony Dey, b. July 
 8, 1908, Philip Dey, b. Nov. 25, 1909; 
 Karl Dey, b. June 17, 1912. Residence, 
 Amherst, Mass. 
 
 Chase, Charles Parker 
 
 Educator, banker; b., West New- 
 bury, Mass., May 6, 1845; s. Samuel S. 
 and Eunice (Colby) Chase; ed. Phillips 
 Andover Academy and Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872; tutor in 
 Greek, Dartmouth College, 1870-2; 
 professor of Latin, Olivet College, 
 Mich., 1872-8; instructor in political 
 economy, Dartmouth, 1884-92; treas- 
 urer, Dartmouth College, from 1890 - 
 now treasurer emeritus; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; cashier, Dartmouth 
 National Bank, 1878-92, president 
 since; vice-president, Dartmouth Sav- 
 ings Bank; president, Grafton County 
 Electric Light & Power Co.; member, 
 University Club, Boston, and Delta 
 Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa 
 College societies; m., July 7, 1874, 
 Fanny Huntington, Hanover. Resi- 
 dence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Stone, George Weare 
 
 Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Nov. 
 11, 1857; s. Charles J. F. and Abbie 
 Anna (Weare) Stone; ed. New London 
 Literary and Scientific Institute (now 
 Colby Academy), 1874, Dartmouth 
 College, 1878, Boston University Law 
 School, 1882; studied law with Hon. 
 John M. Shirley at Andover; admitted 
 to the bar in 1882; in partnership with 
 Mr. Shirley in practice from Jan., 
 1883 till the death of the latter in 1887, 
 since then alone; Unitarian; Democrat; 
 superintendent of schools, 1879-80; 
 member, board of education, nine 
 years; N. H. house of representatives, 
 1885, 1887 (Democratic candidate for 
 speaker, 1887); N. II. constitutional
 
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 convention, 1902, 1912; clerk, Concord 
 & Claremont R. R.; trustee, Proctor 
 Academy; trustee, N. H. State Library 
 since Dec., 1913; member and clerk, 
 
 Merrirnack Co. Draft Board, No. 2, 
 1917-; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H. ; 
 m., April 28, 1887, Stella M. Prince, d. 
 Dec. 28, 1914; children, Florence G., 
 b. March 20, 1889, d. Feb. 2, 1906; 
 Charles S., b. Aug. 3, 1892 (Dart- 
 mouth, 1913); left Harvard Law 
 School, 1917, to enter Plattsburg 
 Training Camp; now lieutenant, Na- 
 tional army; Fred W., b. Jan. 19, 1899 
 (Proctor Academy, 1917). Residence, 
 Andover, X. H. 
 
 McLane, John Roy 
 
 Lawyer; b., Milford, X. H., Jan. 7, 
 1886; s. John and Kllen L. (Tuck) 
 McLane; (John McLane was governor 
 of New Hampshire, 1905-6); ed. St. 
 Paul's School, Concord, X. H., Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1907, Oxford 
 University, B.A., 1909 (Rhodes 
 Scholar), Harvard Law School, LL.B., 
 1912; member of firm, Taggart, Wy- 
 man, McLane and Starr, Manchester; 
 
 Episcopalian; Progressive Republican; 
 Mason; treasurer, N. H. Children's 
 Aid and Protective Soc.; trustee, St. 
 Paul's School, 19 17-; trustee, Elliot 
 Hospital; member, Dartmouth Alumni 
 Council; director, Y. M. C. A.; m., 
 June 12, 1915, Elisabeth Bancroft 
 (Smith, 1914), dau. Dr. Charles P. 
 and Susan C. (Wood) Bancroft of 
 Concord, N. H. (see Bancroft); son, 
 John Roy McLane, Jr., b. Feb. 19, 
 1916. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Farmer, William Parker 
 
 City assessor of Manchester; b. r 
 Manchester, N. H., July 19, 1856; s. 
 Peter and Mary (Gault) Farmer; ed. 
 Manchester public schools, high school, 
 1876; Methodist; Democrat; alderman, 
 Ward 6, Manchester, 1889-90; city 
 assessor since 1905; present clerk, 
 Ass'n of N. H. Assessors; delegate to 
 Democratic national convention, Den- 
 
 ver, Colo., nominating William J. 
 Bryan for President, 1900; member, 
 I. (). O. F., K. of I'., I. O. R. M. (past 
 Sachem, Manesquo Lodge), P. of II.,
 
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 161 
 
 seventh degree (past master, Amos- 
 keag Grange); m., 1st, Jan. 12, 1882, 
 Lucy A. Foss, b. July 11, 1860, d. July 
 15, 1893; 2d, June 23, 1896, Imogene 
 F. Joy; one son, Martin Parker, b. 
 April 25, 1884, paying teller, Amos- 
 keag Savings Bank. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Matthews, Joseph Swett 
 
 Lawyer, Assistant attorney general; 
 b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 21, 1861; 
 s. George B. and Emily (Howard) 
 Matthews; ed. Franklin high school, 
 1879, Dartmouth College, 1884; studied 
 law with Reuben E. Walker, of Concord, 
 now associate justice N. H. supreme 
 court; admitted to the bar in 1891 and 
 since in practice in Concord; member 
 firm of Matthews & Sawyer, 1898-1905, 
 afterwards alone; Episcopalian; Repub- 
 lican; member, Concord board of al- 
 dermen, two terms; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1907-8, chair- 
 man, committee on ways and means; 
 legacy tax attorney, 1906-13; assist- 
 ant attorney general of New Hamp- 
 shire, 1915 -devoting attention to mat- 
 ters of civil procedure; conducted the 
 research work and wrote New Hamp- 
 shire's answer in the boundary contro- 
 versy between New Hampshire and 
 Vermont; trustee, Merrimack County 
 Savings Bank; treasurer trustees, Pro- 
 testant Episcopal Church in N. H.; 
 member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., Concord, \Vonolancet Club; 
 m., Dec. 10, 1890, Clara Helen Web- 
 ster; children, Emily Webster, b. Aug. 
 27, 1892 (St. Mary's School, 1911, 
 Hollins College, Hollins, Va., two years, 
 New England Conservatory), Jane 
 Webster, b. May 23, 1896 (St. Mary's 
 School, 1914, WeUesley, 1919). Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Whippen, Frank Warren 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lynn, Mass., June 
 20, 1856; s. Henry Cass and Lydia 
 (Richards) Whippen; ed. Lynn schools 
 and Tufts College, A.B., 1878, B.D., 
 1881; ordained to the Universalist 
 ministry at Shelbourne Falls, Mass., 
 Oct. 12, 1882; has been pastor of the 
 11 
 
 Universalist Church at Kingston for 
 nearly twenty years past, the church 
 at Kensington for a considerable part 
 of that time having also been in his 
 charge; for ten years last past, he has 
 been secretary of the Universalist 
 State Convention, and for the last 
 six years state superintendent of 
 churches; Republican; member, Kings- 
 ton school board many years; trustee, 
 Nichols Memorial Library; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1913- 
 
 14; 1915-10; member, I. O. O. F. 
 (Past Grand, Columbian Lodge, No. 
 85); m., ( Aug. 26, 1885, Miranda S. 
 Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; six 
 children, Henry Cass (Tufts, 1907), d. 
 Feb. 11, 1912; Elsie S. (Sanborn 
 Seminary, 1906, now of Concord); 
 Leonard S. (Tufts, 1913), civil engi- 
 neer, now in U. S. Army service; 
 Annie (Mrs. John Bragdon, Kingston) ; 
 Norman (N. H. College, 1918), in 
 Medical Corps, U. S. Army; Elbert W. 
 (Tufts, 1917), licensed preacher, pursu- 
 ing Theological studies. Residence, 
 Kingston, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Adams, Wesley 
 
 Farmer, b., Nelson, N. H., July 2, 
 1872; s. Israel and Ruby Ann (Elliott) 
 Adams; ed. Londonderry public schools, 
 Pinkerton Academy, Deny, and Bryant 
 & Stratton's Business College; Presby- 
 terian ; Republican ; selectman, London- 
 derry, 1905-6; moderator, London- 
 derry town and school meetings; 
 deputy sheriff, Rockingham County 
 since 1905; member, advisory board, 
 N. H. Department of Agriculture, 
 
 1914; member, St. Mark's Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M., Deny: prominent in the order 
 Patrons of Husbandry, having been a 
 district deputy of the State ('.range 
 four years, gatekeeper two years, 
 steward six years, overseer four years, 
 and master four years 1913 to 1917, 
 inclusive and now serving a three 
 years' term as member of the executive 
 committee, elected Dec., 1917; m., June 
 21, 190S, Mabel M. Xevins. Resi- 
 dence, Londonderry, X. 11. (Deny 
 P. O.). 
 
 Tucker, William Jewett 
 
 Clergyman, educator; b., Griswold, 
 Conn., July 13, 1839; s. Henry and 
 Sarah (Lester) Tucker; ed. Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., 1861; Andover Theolog- 
 ical Seminary, 1866; D.D., Dart- 
 mouth, 1875, U. of Vt., 1904; LL.D., 
 Williams, 1893, Yale 1895, Wesleyan, 
 1903, Columbia, 1906; ordained in the 
 Congregational ministry, 1867; pastor, 
 Franklin St. Church, Manchester, 
 1867-75, Madison Square Presbyterian 
 Church, New York City, 1875-9; 
 professor of sacred rhetoric and lec- 
 turer on pastoral theology, Andover 
 Theological Seminary, 1879-93; presi- 
 dent, Dartmouth College, 1893-1909; 
 president emeritus since 1909; asso- 
 ciate editor, Andover Review, 1884-93; 
 lecturer, Lowell Institute, 1894; Ly- 
 ra an Beecher lecturer, Yale Divinity 
 School, 1897; University preacher, 
 Harvard, 190(M)1; member, Phi Beta 
 Kappa, American Academy Arts and 
 Sciences, N. H. Historical Soc., Uni- 
 versity Club, Boston; author, "From 
 Liberty to Unity," 1902; "The Making 
 and the Unmaking of the Preacher," 
 1909; "Public Mindedness," 1910; 
 "Personal Power," 1910; "The Func- 
 tion of the Church in Modern Society," 
 1911 ; contributor to various periodicals; 
 m., 1st, Jime 22, 1870, Charlotte H. 
 Rogers, Plymouth, N. H., d. Sept. 15, 
 1882; 2d, June 23, 1887, Charlotte B. 
 Cheever, Worcester, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Sanborn, John Page 
 
 Publisher; b. Fremont, N. H., Sept. 
 9, 1844; s. Alvah and Nancy (Page) 
 Sanborn; ed. New Hampton Institute 
 and Dartmouth College, 1869; taught 
 school two years in Ohio and Maine; 
 editor, Newport, R. I., Daily News, 
 1871 ; in Nov., 1872, became editor 
 and proprietor of the Newport Mercury, 
 which he has since conducted, and 
 which claims the distinction of being 
 the oldest paper in the country a large 
 printing and publishing plant is con- 
 nected with the paper; Republican;
 
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 member, Newport School Committee, 
 1874-81; R. I. house of representatives, 
 1879-82 (speaker in 1881-2); state 
 senate, 1885-6, and again in 1889 and 
 several successive years (president, 
 three years); again member of the 
 house in 1898-9, and of the senate 
 since 1906; member, Northern Pacific 
 Railway Commission, 1882; delegate 
 in Republican national convention, 
 1880, 1884; member, R. I. commission, 
 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; 
 ex-corn. Centennial Celebration, Perry's 
 Lake Erie Victory, 1913; conspicuous 
 in Masonry, past Grand High Priest, 
 Royal Arch Masons of R. I., Past 
 Grand Commander, Grand Command- 
 ery K. T. of Mass, and R. I.; Supreme 
 treasurer, N. E. O. P., twenty-five 
 vears; treasurer, R. I. Soc., S. A. R.; 
 m. April 7, 1870, Isabella M. Higbee, 
 Newport, N. H.; children, S. Florence 
 (Mrs. A. S. Howard), Alvah H., John 
 Royal. Residence, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Hoyt, Horace F. 
 
 Farmer and business interests; b., 
 Enfield, N. H., Oct. 26, 1842; s. Horace 
 F. and Caroline E. (Hardy) Hoyt; ed. 
 public schools of Hanover, in which 
 town he has had his home since early 
 childhood; Baptist, Republican; cast 
 his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for 
 president, and has missed voting at no 
 election since, except the primary of 
 
 1916, when he was ill in a hospital; 
 selectman, Hanover, 1868-73; com- 
 missioner for Grafton County, 1894- 
 1912, nominated by acclamation eight 
 times; member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1893, chairman, committee 
 on retrenchment and reform; 1915, 
 chairman, committee on county affairs 
 (vice-president Farmers' Council), 
 
 1917, chairman, committee on county 
 affairs, member, committee on equali- 
 zation of taxes; superintendent, Han- 
 over Town Farm, 1887-90; served as 
 tax collector for Hanover twenty-eight 
 years in succession; trustee of public 
 funds; director and treasurer, Hanover 
 public library; president, Etna Cream- 
 ery Ass'n; director and trustee, Baptist 
 church, Etna; director, Dartmouth 
 
 Savings Bank; Mason for more than 
 fifty years, member, Franklin Lodge, 
 and St. Andrew's Chapter, R. A. M., 
 Lebanon, and has taken the Templar 
 degrees; Patron of Husbandry forty- 
 two years, chaplain, Mascoma Valley 
 Pomona Grange twenty-seven years, 
 and N. H. State Grange eleven years, 
 and still in office; gave much time and 
 effort to the establishment of a public 
 library at the village of Etna, which has 
 now over 2,600 volumes and many 
 
 pamphlets, and is housed in a fine 
 brick building, with slated roof and 
 hardwood floors; m., Nov. 5, 1868, 
 Minnie R. Coates, d. Jan. 23, 1913; 
 two children, Willis P., b. Nov. 7, 
 1869, d. Jan., 1907; Caro E. (Mrs. 
 John D. Aver) b. July 6, 1874, d. June 
 22, 1897. Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 (Etna P.O.). 
 
 Brackett, Charles Albert 
 
 _ Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Jan. 
 2, 1850; s. Joseph and Lydia Lucretia 
 (Hunt) Brackett ; ed. public schools and 
 under tutelage of parents; commenced
 
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 study of dentistry in 1870 with Dr. 
 Levi C. Taylor, then of Holyoke, Mass., 
 now of Hartford, Conn, (see page 91), 
 meanwhile pursuing the course of 
 study in the dental department of 
 Harvard University, from which he 
 graduated, D.M.D., in 1873, immedi- 
 ately locating in practice in Newport, 
 R. I., where he has since continued. 
 Instructor in dental therapeutics, 
 Harvard Dental School, 1874-80; 
 assistant professor, 1880-3; professor 
 of dental pathology and therapeutics, 
 1883-90; professor of dental pathology 
 since 1890 making forty-four years 
 teaching service at Harvard; president, 
 R. I. State Board of Registration in 
 Dentistry, 1888-97; delegate, Inter- 
 national Medical Congress, London, 
 1881; ninth International Medical 
 Congress, Washington, 1887; World's 
 Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago, 
 1893; member corporation, Newport 
 Hospital; chairman, committee for 
 drafting new city charter, Newport, 
 1906; trustee, People's Free Public 
 Library, Newport; director and vice- 
 president, Aquidneck National Bank 
 and Newport & Fall River St. Railway 
 Co.; director, Newport Trust Co.; 
 member, R. I. (ex-president), Mass. 
 and N. H. Dental Socs., Northeastern 
 Dental Ass'n (ex-president), First Dis- 
 trict Dental Soc., New York, Ameri- 
 can Academy of Dental Science (ex- 
 president), National Dental Ass'n; 
 trustee and consulting dental surgeon, 
 Newport Hospital; member, Repre- 
 sentative City Council, Newport, since 
 1906; member, Harvard Club of Rhode 
 Island, Harvard Club of Boston and 
 many other organizations; Unitarian; 
 Republican; m., Feb. 3, 1886, Mary 
 Irish Spencer, Newport. Residence, 
 102 Touro St., Newport, R. I. 
 
 DeMerritt, John 
 
 Railway and army service; b., 
 Madbury, N. H., Aug. 8, 1856; s. Ezra 
 Edric and Louisa (DeMerritt) DeMer- 
 ritt; ed. public schools, Coe's Academy, 
 Northwood, N. H., Phillips Academy, 
 Andover, Mass. (1875-7), Colby Acad- 
 emy, New London, N. H., 1878; 
 
 entered service of B. & M. Railroad, 
 as station agent at Madbury, 1879; 
 worked up through various depart- 
 ments, to the position of city pas- 
 senger and ticket agent at Boston, 
 Mass., which he held till 1897, when he 
 resigned; Unitarian; Republican; mem- 
 ber, N. H. house of representatives, 
 1887, serving on finance committee; 
 sergeant-at-arms, N. H. state senate, 
 1897, 1901; appointed paymaster, 
 U. S. V., Spanish War, by President 
 
 McKinley, May, 1898, with the rank 
 of major, being the third of his name 
 in direct descent to hold this title, the 
 first being one of the heroes serving 
 at the capture of Fort William and 
 Mary, at Newcastle, in December, 
 1774, and the second receiving his 
 commission from Gov. John Langdon; 
 assigned to the staff of Maj. Gon. 
 Wesley Merritt, Dept. of the Pacific; 
 on duty at San Francisco during the 
 organization of the department, and, 
 later from Aug., 1898 to Feb., 1899, 
 at Manila, Philippine Islands, when 
 he was transferred to the staff of Maj.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Gen. Elwell S. Otis; on account of pro- 
 longed illness from fever, he was 
 obliged to return to the States in May, 
 1899, since when he has made his home 
 on the ancestral estate in Madbury. 
 Maj. DeMerritt has a large and 
 interesting collection of fire arms, and 
 other military weapons, which he has 
 gathered as souvenirs. Residence, 
 Madbury, N. H., (Dover P. O.). 
 
 Black, Archibald 
 
 Minister; b., Rothesay, Bute, Scot- 
 
 land, May 24, 1877, s. Hugh and Isa- 
 bella (McDougall) Black; ed. Rothesay 
 Academy, 1892, Glasgow University, 
 B.A., 1900, United Free Church Hall, 
 Glasgow, and Union Theological Semi- 
 nary, New York, B.D., 1909; while in 
 Glasgow University, editor of The 
 Lord Rector, sub. editor Glasgow 
 University Magazine; prize man in 
 English literature and vice-president 
 of Liberal Club; ordained by New York 
 Presbytery, 1909; minister, Bedford 
 Park Presbyterian church, New York 
 Citv, 1909-14, South Congregational 
 
 church, Concord, N. H., 1914-; 
 trustee, N. H. Home Missionary Soc., 
 secretary (unpaid), Congregational 
 American Missionary Ass'n; member, 
 Central Congregational Club of N. H., 
 Merrimack Ass'n Congregational 
 Churches, Concord Ministers' Confer- 
 ence, Anti-Saloon League (Mem. Head- 
 quarters Com.), Nat. Security League, 
 N. H. Children's Aid and Protective 
 Soc., N. H. Historical Soc., Wonolancet 
 and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs; m., 
 May 6, 1913, Ruth Hunter, New 
 Rochelle, N. Y.; one son, Robert 
 Hunter, b. April 8, 1915. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Herbert, John 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Nov. 
 2, 1849; s. Samuel and Lydia Maria 
 (Darling) Herbert; ed. public schools, 
 Rumney, N. H., and Boston, Mass.; 
 Dartmouth College (1871); principal 
 of New Ipswich Appleton Academy 
 for three years; studied law with his 
 father; was admitted to the bar in 
 1875; began practice in Boston in 1880, 
 with ex-Senator Bambridge Wadleigh 
 and Frederick P. Fish, and has since 
 practiced there; member of the Boston 
 Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts Bar Ass'n 
 and American Bar Ass'n; is or has been 
 president of the Appalachian Mountain 
 Club, Congregational Club of Boston 
 and vicinity, Municipal League of 
 Somerville, Independent Club of 
 Somerville, Appleton Academy Ass'n, 
 Scientific Temperance Ass'n, Progress- 
 ive League of Somerville, Mystic 
 Valley Club, Somerville Citizen Co., 
 Federation of Churches of Somerville, 
 E. T. Cowdrey Co., Bear Creek Oil Co., 
 and Eastern Forge Co. of Massachu- 
 setts; director of the Somerville Journal 
 Co., Merchants Co-operative Bank of 
 Boston, The Congregational Sunday- 
 School and Publishing Soc., Somer- 
 ville Board of Trade, and Somerville 
 Young Men's Christian Ass'n; a visitor 
 of Tufts College; member of the 
 Twentieth Century Club, executive 
 committee of the Republican Club of 
 Massachusetts, Economic Club, Mass- 
 achusetts Press Ass'n, and New
 
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 Hampshire Club; is a member of the 
 Winter Hill Congregational Church, 
 of John Abbott Lodge of Masons, and 
 of De Molay Commandery; prior to 
 1912 he was a Republican, but he 
 then joined the Progressive party and 
 was the Progressive candidate for 
 Congress in the ninth congressional 
 district of Massachusetts; in 1913 was 
 the Citizens' candidate for mayor of 
 Somerville; in 1914 was chairman of a 
 committee to prepare a new charter 
 for the city of Somerville; m., 1st, 
 Aug. 1, 1872, Alice C. Guy of Peacham, 
 Vt., d. Feb., 1914; children, Carl G., 
 and Lena F.; m. 2d, June 24, 1915, 
 Blanche E. Roscoe, of Flint, Mich., 
 child, John Herbert, Jr. Residence, 
 Somerville, Mass. 
 
 Wason, George Butler 
 
 Banker; b., New Boston, N. H., 
 April 20, 1869; s. George A. and Clara 
 L. (Hills) Wason; ed. public schools of 
 New Boston and Nashua (high school, 
 1889); removed with his parents to 
 Nashua at the age of fifteen; entered 
 employ of Wason, Pierce & Co., 
 wholesale grocers, in July, 1889, 
 working through all departments till 
 1896, and representing the firm in 
 southern New Hampshire; upon 
 death of Mr. Pierce, in 1896, became 
 & member of the firm, assuming direc- 
 tion of the financial end of the business; 
 and upon the death of his uncle, 
 Robert B. Wason, in 1906, became the 
 head of the firm; in 1906-7 Mr. 
 Wason was president of the Boston 
 Wholesale Grocers Ass'n, and in 1911 
 of the National Wholesaler's Ass'n of 
 America, traveling 50,000 miles in 
 the interests of the organization, and 
 securing the enactment by Congress 
 of the federal law compelling the state- 
 ment of net weight on packages, thus 
 protecting the public from short 
 weight; upon the organization of the 
 Liberty Trust Co. of Boston, in 1907, 
 he was chosen its president, which 
 position he still holds; Republican; 
 member of Ward Ten Committee, 
 Cambridge, where he has resided since 
 1889; delegate from Eighth Mass. 
 
 Congressional district in Republican 
 national convention, 1916; elected to 
 the Governor's Council from fourth 
 councillor district, Nov., 1917; member, 
 A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), B. P. O. E., 
 P. of H., Boston City Club, Cambridge 
 Club (director), Belmont Spring Coun- 
 try Club, Nashua Country Club, Cam- 
 bridge Board of Trade; (he owns the 
 Wason and Hills homestead in New 
 Boston, N. H., where he has a fine 
 herd of registered Hereford cattle and 
 
 where he spends his summers); m., 1st, 
 April 20, 1896, Lillian Maud Fletcher, 
 South Orange, N. J., d. May 7, 1907; 
 2d, June 9, 1909, Estella L. Kierstead; 
 children, George F. (Harvard, 1920), 
 Richard A. (Chauncy Hall School). 
 Residence, Cambridge, Mass.; business 
 address, 197 Washington St., Boston. 
 
 Wendell, Caroline R. 
 
 Social anil philanthropic worker; b., 
 Dover, N. H.; dan. Daniel H. and 
 Huldali (Jenness) Wendell, her father 
 being sixth in descent from Evert
 
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 169 
 
 Jansen Wendell, the first of the name 
 to come to America from Holland, in 
 1640, and a third cousin to Wendell 
 Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
 (The coat of arms of the Wendell 
 family in Holland, a copy of which is 
 owned by Miss Wendell, represents a 
 merchant ship, under full sail, and two 
 anchors crossed. This was stained in 
 nine panes of glass in the east window 
 of the old Dutch church at Albany, 
 N. Y., demolished in 1805.) Miss 
 Wendell was educated in the Dover 
 high school and by private instruction ; 
 member, St. John's M. E. Church of 
 Dover; many years vice-president for 
 New Hampshire National Ass'n for the 
 Advancement of Women, of which Julia 
 W r ard Howe was president; member, 
 National Conference of Charities and 
 Corrections (corresponding secretary 
 for New Hampshire several years) ; 
 since 1892 president, N. H. W. C. T. U., 
 Mercy Home for Girls in Manchester; 
 member, Committee on Dependent 
 Children, State Conference of Charities 
 and Corrections; director, N. H. Anti- 
 Tuberculosis Ass'n; corresponding sec- 
 retary, N. H. W. C. T. U., 1879-92, 
 president, 1892-9 and since then viee- 
 president-at-large; since 1899 member 
 board of managers, Wentworth Home 
 for the Aged, Dover; member, Visiting 
 Committee, N. H. Memorial Hospital 
 for Women and Children, Concord; 
 seven years member, N. H. Daughters, 
 Boston; member, local and state Equal 
 Suffrage organizations, Northam Colo- 
 nists, Dover Woman's Club and W. C. 
 T. U. Residence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Ballard, William Preston 
 
 Farmer; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 
 18, 1849; s. Dea. John and Hannah 
 Gerrish (Abbott) Ballard; ed. public 
 schools of Concord, including high 
 school; graduating in first class of 
 N. H. State College (then connected 
 with Dartmouth), 1871; member, 
 board of town school district, six 
 years, Capital Grange of Concord, 
 having held most of the offices, in- 
 cluding those of steward, chaplain 
 and master and having taken the 
 
 seventh degree; master, MerrimackCo. 
 Pomona Grange, and present chaplain; 
 deputy in State Grange; deacon of the 
 First Congregational church several 
 years; lives on the ancestral farm near 
 Little Pond, which has descended in 
 direct line from the great-grandfather, 
 Nathan Ballard, who first settled there 
 in 1792 (Deacon Ballard specializes in 
 dairy farming); Republican; m., 1st, 
 Dec. 2, 1874, Mary E. Bartlett of 
 Bath, N. H., d. Jan. 14, 1899; 2d, 
 
 March 9, 1905, Mrs. Mary G. (Martin) 
 Philbrick; children, Eugene Preston, 
 b. March 31, 1878, d. April 6, 1884; 
 Lucy Mabel, b. April 20, 1880, m. 
 George L. Spofford, June 6, 1900; 
 George Edwin, b. Aug. 10, 1883, m. 
 Mary O. Hannaford, April 13, 1906, d. 
 March 11, 1916, leaving four children, 
 John Roger, b. Aug. 24, 1907, Grace, 
 b. Sept, 1, 1909, Eunice Mae, b. June 
 8, 1911, George William, b. Feb. 27, 
 1913; Lena Frances, b. June 4, 18S9, 
 m. George A. Silva, April 28, 1910; 
 children, George Preston, b. Dec. 20, 
 1911; Gertrude, b. and d. Nov. 20,.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 1912, Evelyn Mae, b. April 5, 1916. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Wallace, James Burns 
 
 Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Aug. 14, 
 1866; s. William Allen and Mary Dun- 
 can (Currier) Wallace; ed. public 
 schools, N. H. College of Agriculture, 
 St. Johnsbury Academy, Dartmouth 
 College, 1887, Columbia University 
 Law School; admitted to the bar in 
 New York and practiced in that state 
 till 1906, when he returned to Canaan, 
 where he has since been located in 
 practice; Congrogationalist; Republi- 
 can; member, Canaan school board, 
 1901-8; trustee, town library since 
 1907; trustee, town funds since 1916; 
 moderator since 1914; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives 1909-10; state 
 senator, 1913-14; member, N. H. exec- 
 utive council 1915-16: member, A. F. 
 
 & A. M., lodge, consistory, command- 
 fry and shrine; P. of H./B. 1'. (). ]]., 
 K. of P., Knights of Khorossan; tn., 
 Dec. 22, 1SS<), Alice Hutchinson. Re- 
 sidence, Canaan, N. H. 
 
 Morrill, Arthur Putnam 
 
 Lawyer, insurance; b., Concord. 
 N. H., March 15, 1876; s. Obadiah and 
 Lilla (Walker) Morrill; ed. Concord 
 schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, 
 Yale University, Ph.B., 1896; Harvard 
 
 Law School (two years) ; admitted to 
 X. H. bar, 1900; member, firm of 
 Sargent, Niles & Morrill till 1904, when 
 he joined the insurance firm of Morrill 
 it Danforth with which he continues; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member, 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; 
 member, N. II . house of representa- 
 tives, 1915-16, 1917-1S (speaker); 
 president, Ward 5 Republican Club; 
 chairman, Merrimack Co., Republican 
 Club; member executive committee, 
 Republican state committee, 1915; 
 trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank, 
 Concord; treasurer and director, State 
 Dwelling House Ins. Co.; vice-chair- 
 man, N. H. branch American Red 
 Cross; member, Concord Committee 
 of Public Safety; executive committee, 
 X. H. Speakers' Bureau for War Pur- 
 poses; member, Wonolancet, Beaver
 
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 Meadow Golf, Snowshoe and Concord 
 Canoe clubs, A. F. & A. M.; m. Nov. 
 5, 1901, Florence E. Prescott; children, 
 Catherine, b. Oct. 29, 1902, d. Feb. 
 22, 1908; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1903; 
 Virginia, b. April 30, 1905. Residence, 
 Concord, N.H. 
 
 Moore, Herbert Fisher 
 
 Educator; b., Penacook, N. H., July 
 10, 1875; s. John Howard and Isabel 
 Nancy (Brown) Moore; ed. Concord 
 high school, N. H. State College, 1898, 
 Cornell University, M.E., 1899, Master 
 of Mechanical Engineering, 1903; in- 
 structor in Machine Design, Cornell, 
 1900-03; instructor of Mechanics one 
 year, and assistant professor two years, 
 1904-7, University of Wisconsin; assist- 
 ant professor of engineering materials, 
 University of Illinois, 1907-14; research 
 professor since 1914; Congregation- 
 alist; member, Kappa Sigma, Sigma 
 Chi (honorary scientific), Tau Beta Pi 
 (honorary engineering), University 
 Club, Urbana, 111., Players" Club, 
 University of Illinois, American Soc. 
 for Testing Materials, American Soc. 
 of Mechanical Engineers, Soc. for 
 Promotion of Engineering Education; 
 author, "Text Book of Engineering 
 Materials," and numerous articles and 
 bulletins of the Illinois Engineering 
 Experiment Station; has devised sev- 
 eral machines and appliances for testing 
 the strength of materials; m., Sept. 11, 
 1902, Grace Agnes Mark, Gilsurn, 
 N. H.; children, Margaret, b. Aug. 23, 
 1907; Mark Brown, b. Sept. 15, 1910. 
 Residence, Urbana, 111. 
 
 Bancroft, Charles Parker 
 
 Physician; b., Jan. 11, 1852, St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt., s. Dr. Jesse P. and 
 Elizabeth (Speare) Bancroft; ed. Con- 
 cord schools, Phillips Andover Acad- 
 emy, 1870, Harvard University, A.B., 
 1874, Harvard Medical School', M.D., 
 1878; house officer, Boston City Hospi- 
 tal, eighteen months; assistant, N. H. 
 State Hospital, nine months; general 
 practice, Boston, 1879-82; superin- 
 tendent, N. H. State Hospital, 1882- 
 1917, succeeding his father, Dr. J. P. 
 
 Bancroft, who was superintendent for 
 twenty-five years. This record of 
 sixty years' service by father and son is 
 
 frobably unequalled in the country, 
 n 1890 Dr. Bancroft carried out the 
 movement, initiated by his father, for 
 state care of the insane, which trans- 
 ferred patients from the county poor- 
 farms and placed them under the care 
 of the state where better treatment is 
 possible. This necessitated the erec- 
 tion of eight new buildings at the 
 State Hospital, 1900-11. In 1888 
 he established a training-school for 
 nurses, one of the pioneer schools in 
 hospitals for the insane; and many 
 years ago he established shops for 
 vocational and industrial training at 
 the State Hospital. At his suggestion 
 the state bought about 300 acres of 
 farm land for the colony care of the 
 insane. Contributor to Wood's "Ref- 
 erence Handbook of the Medical 
 Sciences;" author of 14 monographs: 
 "Inquiry into the Causes of Insanity 
 with Especial Reference to Prevention 
 and Treatment," 1884; "Automatic 
 Muscular Movements Among Insane," 
 1891; "Physical Basis pf Sin," 1894; 
 "Two Cases of Homicidal, Amnesic, 
 Transitory Frenzy," 1897; "Sub-Con- 
 scious Homicide and Suicide," 1898; 
 "Legal and Medical Insanity," 1900; 
 "Paresis," 1904; "Reconciliation of 
 the Disparity between Hospital and 
 Asylum Trained Nurses," 1904; 
 "Women Nurses on Male Wards in 
 Hospitals for the Insane," 1906; 
 "Reception Hospitals and Psycho- 
 pathic Wards in State Hospitals for 
 the Insane," 1907; presidential ad- 
 dress, "Hopeful and Discouraging 
 Aspects of the Psychiatric Outlook," 
 1908; "Is there an Increase Among 
 the Dementing Psychoses?" 1914; 
 "Some Perils Confronting the State 
 Care of the Insane," 1914; "Ought 
 Limited Responsibility to be Recog- 
 nized by the Courts?" 1910; often 
 summoned before the courts as a 
 medico-legal export in the capacity of 
 an alienist. Vice-president, N. H. 
 Medical Soc.; member, Boston Soc. 
 for Psychiatry and Neurology, Am.
 
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 Psychological Ass'n, N. E. Soc. of 
 Psychiatry, Boston City Hospital 
 Alumni Ass'n, haying been president 
 of the last four; director, Mechanicks' 
 National Bank; trustee and member, 
 investment committee, N. H. Savings 
 Bank; president N. H. State Board of 
 Charities and Corrections; member, 
 Concord Park Commission, Constitu- 
 tional Convention (1912), N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Wonolancet Club, N. H. 
 Harvard Club, N. H. Soc. for Preser- 
 vation of Forests, N. H. Conference 
 of Charities and Corrections, National 
 Conference of Charities and Correc- 
 tions, N. H. S. A. R., South Congre- 
 gational church (trustee), University 
 and Harvard clubs and Appalachian 
 Mountain Club (Boston); Republican; 
 m., Aug. 6, 1884. Susan Cushing Wood; 
 children, Charles Parker (dec.), 
 Jennette, Elisabeth, Miriam. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H., and Pasquaney 
 Lodge, Newfound Lake, N. H. 
 
 Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood 
 
 (Mrs. Charles P. Bancroft); club 
 woman and social worker; b., Milford, 
 Mass., March 15, 1861; dau. Barthol- 
 omew and Jennette (Burke) Wood; ed. 
 schools of Newton, Mass., High school, 
 1878; taught in private school, Phila- 
 delphia, and public schools of Massa- 
 chusetts five years; m., Newton Center, 
 Mass., Aug. 6, 1884, Dr. Charles P. 
 Bancroft of Concord, N. H.; member, 
 South Congregational church, Concord 
 Woman's Club (president, 1S95-7), 
 N. H. Federation of Woman's Clubs 
 (serving on several standing commit- 
 tees, president, 1899-1901) ; treasurer, 
 N. H. State Conference of Charities 
 and Corrections, 190 1-; trustee of 
 the N. H. School for the Feeble- 
 Minded, 1900-13; member, Concord 
 Board of Education, 1899-1908; 
 director, N. H. Children's Aid and 
 Protective Soc., 1913-; trustee, N. H. 
 Memorial Hospital for Women and 
 Children (secretary, 1912-); member, 
 Concord Female Charitable Soc. (presi- 
 dent, 1899-1902), Woman's Com- 
 mittee, Council of National Defense, 
 N. H. Division; member, executive 
 
 committee, N. H. Branch National 
 Civic Federation, Soc. for Preservation 
 of N. H. Forests, Stratford (Shake- 
 speare) Club (president, 1917 -), 
 Country Club, Friendly Club, District 
 Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization 
 Soc., Mayflower Club and .Woman's 
 E. and 1. Union (Boston); executive 
 committee, N. H. Equal Suffrage 
 Ass'n, Concord Equal Suffrage League 
 (president, 1916 -); has frequently 
 spoken before clubs on charitable, 
 
 educational and suffrage work; chil- 
 dren, Charles Parker, b. May 28, 1886, 
 d. Sept. 28, 1887; Jennette, b. Sept. 22, 
 1888, A. B., Vassar College, 1911, m. 
 Asa Shiverick of Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 
 22, 1913, children, Jane and Asa, Jr.; 
 Elisabeth, b. May 17, 1891, A.B., Smith 
 College, 1914, m. John R. McLane of 
 Manchester, N. H., June 12, 1915, son, 
 John R., Jr.; Miriam, b. April 24, 1894, 
 Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., 1914, 
 nurse in training, Peter Bent Brigham 
 Hospital, 1917-. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H.,and Pasquaney Lodge, Newfound 
 Lake, N. H.
 
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 Beckwith, Hira Ransom 
 
 Architect and builder; b., Lempster, 
 N. H., Sept. 28, 1852; s. Ransom P. 
 and Emily L. (Parker) Beckwith; ed. 
 public schools, Marlow Academy and 
 
 Stevens High School; removed to 
 Claremont with his mother after his 
 father's death, when eleven years of 
 age; learned the carpenter's trade with 
 the late B. P. (lilman of Claremont; 
 studied architecture in Boston, and 
 at the age of 21 formed a partnership, 
 with the late Levi Chase, carrying on 
 business together as contractors and 
 builders for a number of years, since 
 when he has continued alone, doing an 
 extensive business at home and abroad; 
 many of the finest residences in Clare- 
 mont have been designed and built by 
 him, and some of the most substantial 
 public buildings and business blocks 
 are of his design, and their construction 
 superintended by him, including Hotel 
 Claremont, Union Block, and the town 
 Hall and Opera House; the Richards 
 Free Library and Sullivan County 
 Court house at Newport and other 
 
 important buildings at Windsor, White- 
 River Junction and Bellows Falls, Vt., 
 and in Massachusetts are of his design; 
 Universalist ; Democrat; assessor, 1908; 
 Mason, member Hiram Lodge, and 
 Sullivan Commandery of Claremont, 
 Bektash Temple, Concord; m., 1st., 
 1878, Libbie A. Martin, Springfield, 
 Vt., d. 1902; 2d, 1910, Mrs. Etta M. 
 Wolcott Benjamin. Residence, Clare- 
 mont, N. H. 
 
 Smith, Jonathan 
 
 Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H., 
 Oct. 27, 1842; s. John and Susan 
 (Stearns) Smith; ed. New Hampton 
 Institution, New Hampton, N. II., 
 1867, Dartmouth College, 1871; stud- 
 ied law with Cross & Burnham, 
 Manchester, N. H.; admitted to Hills- 
 borough County bar in 1875; practiced 
 in Manchester till 1878 when he re- 
 moved to Clinton, Mass., where he has 
 
 since resided; Unitarian; Republican; 
 city solicitor of Manchester, 1876-8; 
 town solicitor, Clinton, 1SS9, 1891; 
 chairman Clinton board of health, 
 1SS5, 1S90; member, Mass, house of
 
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 representatives, 1886; special justice, 
 second district court of Eastern Wor- 
 cester, 1882 to 1907; standing justice 
 of same court from 1907 to date; 
 president, Clinton Home for Aged 
 People, 19 10-; president, Clinton 
 Historical Soc., 1902-; member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., Mass. Historical Soc., 
 N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc.; hon- 
 orary member, Peterborough His- 
 torical Soc.; Master Trinity Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., 1887, 1888; High 
 Priest, Clinton Chapter, R. A. M., 
 1885-6; district deputy Grand High 
 Priest, 1893-4-5; Grand King, Grand 
 Chapter Massachusetts, 1896; deeply 
 interested in the history and genealogy 
 of his native town, and has published 
 several books pertaining thereto in- 
 cluding: "The Home of the Smith 
 Family," "The Reunion of the Smith 
 Family," "A New Hampshire Farm 
 and its Owner," "Peterborough, New 
 Hampshire in the American Revolu- 
 tion," and "Old Trinity Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., 1778, 1892, of Lancaster, Mass"; 
 has also prepared many articles for 
 the Mass. Historical Soc., appearing 
 in the records of its proceedings, and 
 written much for periodicals and news- 
 papers upon the history of Peter- 
 borough; in., 1st, Dec. 13/1876, Tirzah 
 A. R. Dow, d. Aug. 28, 1881; 2d Feb. 
 23, 1886, Elizabeth C. Stearns; one 
 dau., Susan Dow (Smith, 1902), teacher 
 of English in Clinton high school. Resi- 
 dence, Clinton, Mass. 
 
 Carroll, Annie Wilkins 
 
 (Mrs. Charles Herbert Carroll); b., 
 Bedford Center, N. H., Aug. 23, 18G6; 
 dau., Dr. William Wesley and Persis 
 Lucinda (Morse) Wilkins. Dr. Wilkins 
 enlisted in 2(1 X. H. Vols., May 9, 
 1861; was acting assistant surgeon in 
 the Navy, Oct. 21, 1861-Dec. 22, 
 1862, serving on board the Shepard 
 Knapp; second assistant surgeon, Aug. 
 19, 1863-July 21, 1864. Mrs. Carroll 
 was educated in the Manchester schools 
 and by private instruction; student of 
 the piano with Frederick W. Batchelder 
 of Manchester and Walter II. Lewis, 
 Boston, 1875-85; studied art in Bos- 
 
 ton with Samuel L. Gerry, Edward L. 
 Champney, George W. Seavey and 
 Melbourne L. Hardwick, 1885-91;. 
 portrait painter; studied in Paris, 
 France, with F. Lasar, 1903; Epis- 
 copalian (St. Paul's church); mem- 
 ber, Concord Woman's Club (presi- 
 dent, 1917-), Music Club, Rumford 
 Chapter, D. A. R. (treasurer, 1904-), 
 Friendly Club, District Nursing 
 Ass'n, Concord Female Charitable 
 Soc., N. H. Children's Aid and Pro- 
 
 tective Soc., Red Cross, Woman's 
 Council of National Defense, Soc. for 
 the Preservation of N. II. Forests; 
 in. Charles Herbert Carroll of Concord, 
 Sept, 17, 1S91; son, Charles Wilkins, 
 b. 1892; d. 1895. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Pike, Edwin Bertram 
 
 Manufacturer; 1)., Salem, Mass., 
 July 24, 1866; s. Edwin B. and Ade- 
 laide (Miner) Pike; ed. Haverhill, 
 N. II., and St. Johnsbury, Vt., Acade- 
 mies and New Hampton Institution 
 and Commercial College, New Hamp-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 177 
 
 ton, N. H. (St. Johnsbury, 1884, New 
 Hampton, 1885); descendant of John 
 Pike who emigrated from Yorkshire, 
 England, to Salisbury, Mass., in 1635; 
 both his paternal and maternal ances- 
 tors for six generations have been New 
 Hampshire citizens; traveling sales- 
 man, A. F. Pike Manufacturing Co., 
 1886-7; member firm of Danforth & 
 Pike, manufacturers' agents, Boston, 
 1888-9; general superintendent, Pike 
 Mfg. Co., Pike, N. H., 1890-6; treas- 
 urer, Pike Mfg. Co., 1893-8; president, 
 Pike Mfg. Co., since 1908; president, 
 Cortland Grinding Wheel Corporation, 
 Cortland, N. Y.; president, Manufac- 
 turers' Corundum Co., Toronto, Ont.; 
 president, Lake Tarleton Club, Pike, 
 N. H.; vice-president, D. A. Brebner, 
 Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.; vice-president 
 and director, National Bank of New- 
 bury, Newbury, Vt.; vice-president 
 for New Hampshire, National Ass'n 
 of Manufacturers, 1908-12; president, 
 White Mountain Board of Trade, 1911 ; 
 president, Cottage Hospital, Woods- 
 ville, N. H., 1905-13; director, Eastern 
 States Agriculture & Industrial Expo- 
 sition, Springfield, Mass.; Congrega- 
 tionalist; member, Congregational 
 Church, Haverhill, and Bethany Con- 
 gregational Church, Pike, N. H.; 
 Republican; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1903-4; major on 
 staff of Gov. Robert P. Bass, 1911-12; 
 Mason, 32d degree; past master Graf- 
 ton Lodge, No. 46, Haverhill; member, 
 Franklin Chapter, Lisbon, Omega 
 Council, Plymouth, Edward A. Ray- 
 mond Consistory, Nashua, St. Gerard 
 Commandery, Littleton, Bektash 
 Temple, Concord; member, N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Soc. for Protection N. H. 
 Forests, American Forestry Ass'n, Na- 
 tional Conservation Soc., Appalachian 
 Mountain Club; m., Feb. 18, 1911, 
 Mamie Pearson; children, Constance 
 Harrison, b. Feb. 13, 1913; E. Bertram, 
 Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1915; Deborah, b. April 
 1, 1917. Residence, Pike, N. H. 
 
 Wadleigh, Fred Tilton 
 
 Clothing merchant; b., Sanbornton, 
 N. H., Nov. 2, 1870; s. John B. and 
 
 12 
 
 Aruthesa (Tilton) Wadleigh; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, New Hampton Institute, 
 1891 (valedictorian); Baptist; progress- 
 ive Republican; member and chair- 
 man, Milford water board; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8, 
 serving on committee on revision of 
 statutes, and introducing a bill pro- 
 viding for the direct primary, which 
 became the law at a subsequent session; 
 member, N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion of 1912, serving on the special 
 
 committee on woman suffrage, and 
 signing the minority report in favor 
 of the amendment; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., and 1. O. O. F.; taught school 
 in youth, but has been engaged in the 
 clothing trade in Milford for the last 
 twenty-five years; great-grandson of 
 James Wadleigh, a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution and one of the early settlers of 
 Sanbornton; m., April 19, 1899, Alice 
 Bancroft Conant at Boston; children, 
 Theodore Conant, b. Dec. 16, 1900, 
 Winthrop, b. Jan. 23, 1902, Ruth, b. 
 Oct. 18, 1903; Eleanor, b. Jan. 8, 1908. 
 Residence, Milford, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Hering, Hermann Siegfried 
 
 Christian Science lecturer; b., Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1864; s. Dr. 
 Constantino and Therese (Buchheim) 
 Hering (Dr. C. Hering was the eminent 
 physician whom Hahnemann called 
 the "Father of Homeopathy in Amer- 
 ica"); ed. in private schools. Univer- 
 sity of Pennsylvania, 1886 (B.S. and 
 M.E. degrees), also City and Guilds of 
 London Inst., London, Eng.; special 
 course with Prof. W. E. Ayrton, Lon- 
 
 don, 1889; professor of mechanics and 
 electrical engineering in Manual 
 Training School, Philadelphia, 1887- 
 91; associate in electrical engineering, 
 Johns Hopkins University, 1891-9, 
 engaged in lecturing and research 
 work, making several original investi- 
 gations and publishing results in 
 pamphlet form; since 1S99 Christian 
 Science practitioner; before giving up 
 professional work, member Inst. of 
 Elec. Engineers, London, Eng., Am. 
 Inst. of Elec. Engineers, New York, 
 Engineers' Club of Philadelphia and 
 Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia; became 
 
 interested in Christian Science in 1893, 
 devoted three years to a careful invest- 
 igation of the doctrine before uniting 
 with the denomination; reader, Chris- 
 tian Science church, Baltimore, 1897- 
 1902; made a teacher of Christian 
 Science by the Mass. Metaphysical 
 College, 1901; first reader of The 
 Mother Church, Boston, 1902-5, 
 later president of church and member 
 of board of lectureship; first reader, 
 Christian Science church, Concord, 
 N. H., 1906^9; since 1905 lecturer on 
 Christian Science in many parts of the 
 world, including the North American 
 continent from Mexico to Alaska, 
 Europe, Australia and New Zealand; 
 m., Marian White of Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 9, 1887; son, John Constantine, 
 b. May 27, 1888, d. Sept. 17, 1888. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Bachelder, Nahum Josiah 
 
 Farmer, ex-governor; b., Andover, 
 N. H., Sept. 3, 1854; s. William A. and 
 Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, New Hampton Institution, 
 Franklin Academy; hon. A.M., Dart- 
 mouth, 1891; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; superintending school com- 
 mittee, Andover, three years; secretary 
 N. H. Board of Agriculture, 1887-1913; 
 Commissioner of Immigration during 
 the continuance of the office; member 
 and president, N. H. board of Cattle 
 Commissioners for several years; 
 trustee, N. II . College of Agriculture 
 and Mechanic Arts, 1903-14; Mason 
 (32d degree); Patron of Husbandry; 
 master, Highland Lake Grange, East 
 Andover, four years; first lecturer, 
 Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, 1886; 
 secretary, N. H. State Grange, 1883- 
 91; master, 1X91-1903; lecturer, 
 National Grange, 1899-1905; member 
 and chairman legislative committee, 
 National Grange, several years, and 
 instrumental in securing the establish- 
 ment by Congress of the parcel post 
 and postal savings banks; several 
 years secretary, N. IT. Grange Fair 
 Ass'n and subsequently secretary, 
 Concord State Fair Ass'n; some time 
 treasurer, Granite State Dairymen's
 
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 Ass'n; many years agricultural editor, 
 Manchester Mirror and Farmer and 
 for some time editor of National Grange 
 Weekly, organ of the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry; president, N. H. Board of 
 Trade", five years; secretary, N. H. 
 Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914; 
 upon conclusion of his service as secre- 
 tary of the Board of Agriculture, 
 Governor Bachelder devoted himself 
 entirely to the management and culti- 
 vation of Highland Farm, his ancestral 
 home in Andover, where his great 
 grandfather, Josiah Bachelder, settled 
 in 1782, and which has since remained 
 in the family, the farm and outlands 
 now including nearly one thousand 
 acres; m., June 30, 1887, Mary A. 
 Putney of Dunbarton; children, Ruth, 
 b. May 22, 1891; Henry Putney, b. 
 March 17, 1895, ed. Concord high 
 school and N. H. College, now engaged 
 with his father on the home farm. 
 Residence, East Andover, N. H. 
 
 Reed, George Harlow 
 
 Clergvman; b., Worcester, Mass., 
 March 24, 1858; s. Samuel G. and 
 Cleora E. (Harlow) Reed; descended 
 on mother's side from Governor 
 Bradford and John Alden; ed. Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1883 (class or- 
 ator), Bangor Theological Seminary, 
 1886, Boston University (special 
 course); pastor, Winslow Congrega- 
 tional church, Taunton, Mass., 1887- 
 91; North Congregational church, 
 Hayerhill, Mass., 1891-8; First Congre- 
 gational church, Concord, N. H., 1898-; 
 (this church, founded in 1730, is 
 famous for its long pastorates, Dr. 
 Reed being only sixth in succession to 
 hold the office); D.D., Dartmouth 
 College, 1910; trustee, Bangor Theolog- 
 ical Seminary, 1915 -; trustee, N. H. 
 Congregational Ministers' and Widows' 
 Fund, 1899- ; director and secre- 
 tary-, N. H. Bible Soc., 1913-; 
 trustee and vice-president, N. H. Home 
 Missionary Soc.; pres., N. H. Prisoners' 
 Aid Ass'n; chairman, committee on 
 Penal Institutions, N. H. Conference 
 of Charities and Corrections; director, 
 N. H. Anti-Saloon League; corporate 
 
 member, A. B. C. F. M., 1913-16; 
 Republican ; member, Congregational 
 Club, Y. M. C. A., Phillips Exeter 
 Alumni Ass'n, Bangor Theological 
 Alumni Ass'n, Beaver Meadow Golf 
 Club and S. P. C. A.; m., 1st, July 16, 
 1889, Ellen Virginia Deane, dau. Dr. 
 Asahel S. and Virginia (Hughes) 
 Deane of Taunton, Mass., d. June 16, 
 1906; 2d, May 3, 1910, Helena B. 
 Quinby, dau. Edwin S. and Helen M. 
 (Gilman) Quinby, Bangor, Me.; one 
 
 dau., Margaret, Concord High School, 
 1911, one year Wheaton Seminary, 
 Plymouth, N. H., Normal School, 
 1915; teacher at Plymouth Normal, 
 1915-. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Wood, Mary Inez Stevens 
 
 (Mrs. George A. Wood) ; club woman, 
 publicist; b., Jan. 18, I860, Woodstock, 
 Vt.; dau. John L. and Jean Ains- 
 worth (Brand) Stevens; ed. Black River 
 Academy, Ludlow ; Vermont Academy, 
 Saxtons River, Vt., 1883, and private 
 tutors; taught school one term, and m., 
 Oct. 18, 1884, George A. Wood of
 
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 181 
 
 South Acworth; resided at West Leba- 
 non, N. H., till 1889, removing, then, 
 to West Medford, Mass., and in 1898 
 to Portsmouth, N. H., which has since 
 been her home; Unitarian; suffragist; 
 in Medford served on the board of ed- 
 ucation; auditor and chairman educa- 
 tion committee, Medford Woman's 
 Club; president, local Consumers' 
 League; director, Massachusetts Con- 
 sumers League; in Portsmouth, mem- 
 ber and president, Graffort (Woman's) 
 Club; president, Civic Ass'n; presi- 
 dent, Portsmouth District Nursing 
 Ass'n; president, Woman's Realty 
 Co.; vice-president, Portsmouth Char- 
 ity Organization; president, Woman's 
 Alliance of the Unitarian Church ; super- 
 intendent, Sunday School; member, 
 Portsmouth Board of Instruction ; mem- 
 ber and vice-president, N. H. Woman 
 Suffrage Ass'n; president, N. H. Fed- 
 eration of Women's Clubs, 1903-5; 
 manager, Bureau of Information, Gen- 
 eral Federation of Women's Clubs; 
 member, N. H. state board of Chaiities 
 and Corrections; chairman, N. H. Divi- 
 sion, Woman's Committee, National 
 Council of Defense; Home Economics 
 Director for N. H., under Federal 
 Food Administration; has written and 
 spoken extensively in behalf of the 
 various causes in which she is engaged, 
 particularly for woman suffrage, of 
 which she has long been an ardent ad- 
 vocate, and food conservation in con- 
 nection with war work to which she 
 has given much time since the United 
 States entered into the war with Ger- 
 many. (See George Albert Wood, p. 
 126.) 
 
 French, James Edward 
 
 Retired merchant ; b., Melvin Village, 
 Tuftonboro, N. H., Feb. 27, 1845; s. 
 James and Evaline A. (Moulton) 
 French; ed. public schools and N. H. 
 Conference Seminary, Tilton; removed 
 with his parents to Moultonboro, in 
 1851, and has resided there since, 
 except for two years 1867-9 in 
 Somersworth; engaged in mercantile 
 business till 1884, when he retired; 
 Methodist; Republican; moderator, 
 
 Moultonboro, 1879-1918; town treas- 
 urer many years; railroad commis- 
 sioner, 1879-83; U. S. Collector of 
 Internal revenue, 1889-93; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1878 
 79; member, N. H. senate, 1887; 
 member, house of representatives, 
 1897-1917, having had longer legisla- 
 tive experience than any man in the 
 state now living; from his long service 
 as chairman of the house committee 
 on appropriations has come to be known 
 
 as the "watch dog of the treasury"; 
 member, board of trustees of State 
 institutions, 1915-17; director, Pemi- 
 gewassett II. R.; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., P. of H.; m., 1st, July 2, 1867, 
 Martha E. Hill, Somersworth, d. May 
 7, 1907; 2d, March 15, 1914, Martha 
 A. Hersom, Somersworth. Residence, 
 Moultonboro, N. H. 
 
 Huse, Raymond Howard 
 
 Clergyman; b., Woburn, Mass. 
 July 24, 1S89; s. John S. and Abbie 
 (Plumer) Huse; ed. Nute High School,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Milton, N. H., Drew Theological Semi- 
 nary, 1903; Methodist; Prohibitionist; 
 pastor at Sanbornville and Brookfield, 
 1903-4-5; ordained deacon at Clare- 
 mont, 1905; pastor at Exeter, 1906-7- 
 8-9; ordained elder at Laconia, 1907; 
 superintendent, Dover district, N. H. 
 M. E. Conference, 1910 to Sept., 1915; 
 pastor, Baker Memorial M. E. Church, 
 Concord, since latter date; member, 
 M. E. General Conference, 1916; 
 trustee, N. H. M. E. Conference; presi- 
 dent, Interdenominational Commission 
 
 of N. H., 1916-17; member, Board of 
 Examiners, Conference Relations Com- 
 mittee, Conference Claimants Com- 
 mission, Sustentation Commission, 
 X. II. Conference M. E. Church; .secre- 
 tary, N. H. Anti-Saloon League; 
 author, "Songs of an Itinerant," 1906; 
 "The Soul of a Child," 1914; "Letters 
 on the Atonement," 1917; "Conversa- 
 tions on the Christian Faith," 1918; 
 "Songs of the Sunset," in preparation; 
 in., Sept. 1, 1906, Mabel Hale Ridg- 
 way, N'ewburyport, Mass. Residence, 
 Concord, X. II. 
 
 Morse, Harris A. 
 
 Printer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 
 3, 1865; s. Ezekiel W. and Mary A. 
 (Stanley) Morse; ed. public schools 
 and Contoocook Academy ; successively 
 employed by Concord Axle Co., at 
 Penacook, and Davis Bros., paper 
 makers, Warner, and then engaged in 
 the printing business, first with the 
 Hopkinton Times, at Contoocook, then 
 with the Valley Times at Pittsfield, 
 and subsequently, four years with the 
 People and Patriot, Concord, where he 
 was foreman of the composing room; 
 June 1, 1889, he removed to Tilton 
 where he conducted a job printing 
 house, selling blank book, stationery 
 and school supplies in connection, 
 meanwhile taking an active interest in 
 public affairs; Congregationalist; Dem- 
 ocrat; town clerk of Tilton, 1901-3, 
 town treasurer, 1902, selectman, 1905- 
 14; member, N. H. house of represent- 
 atives, 1905-6; auditor for Belknap 
 County, 1907-14; appointed postmas- 
 ter of Tilton by President Wilson, 
 April 1, 1914, and continues in that 
 office, to the satisfaction of the public; 
 member of the Congregational church 
 at Tilton, which he has served in va- 
 rious positions; member and past 
 master of Doric Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 of Tilton, and of the Kearsarge Club; 
 m., Oct. 19, 1887, Nettie F. Hill, Pitts- 
 field; one son, Errol S., b. March 3, 
 1889, student in N. H. College, Dur- 
 ham. Residence, Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Kingsbury, William Josiah 
 
 Insurance agent, florist; b., Queechee, 
 Vt,, Nov. 10, 1866; s. Josiah Ware 
 Babcock and Mary Hill (Jackson) 
 Kingsbury; ed. public schools and 
 Pinkerton Academy, Derry, X. II.; 
 Baptist; Republican; teller, Newmarket 
 National Bank, 1892-6; teller, Derry 
 National Bank, 1896-1902, then re- 
 tiring to devote himself to insurance 
 work; Patron of Husbandry, past mas- 
 ter, Xutfield Grange, No. 47, Derry, 
 past master, West Rockingham Po- 
 mona Grange; treasurer, Echo Lodge, 
 No. 61, I. O. O. F.; member, Rocking- 
 ham Lodge, K. of P.; financial score-
 
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 tary, Honesty Lodge, No. 79, N. E. 
 O. P.; financier, Derryfield Lodge, 
 No. 13, A. O. U. W., for twelve years; 
 member, J. O. U. A. M.; auditor, 
 
 Deny town school district; since 1908 
 has built up a greenhouse industry in 
 Derry, with five houses and 8,500 feet 
 of glass; attended the World's fair in 
 California in 1915, and has travelled 
 extensively in the United States, 
 Mexico and Canada; m., June 20, 
 1900, Alice Chapman. Residence, 
 Derry, N. H. 
 
 Woodman, Frederic Thomas 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., June 
 28, 1872; s. Alfred and Maria T. 
 (Gallup) Woodman; ed. public schools, 
 White River Junction, Vt., high school, 
 and private teachers; his paternal an- 
 cestor came from England to this coun- 
 try in 1631, and the maternal in 1628; 
 removed in infancy onto a farm in 
 Plainfield, X. H., which had been 
 granted to the Gallups, his mother's 
 family, by King George the Third in 
 1765, and remained in the family until 
 
 their removal to California in 1908; 
 studied law with the late John L. 
 Spring of Lebanon, and admitted to 
 the bar in June, 1898; opened an office 
 in Sanborn's Block in Concord in the 
 spring of 1899 and there practiced, a 
 part of the time in company with 
 Judge Geo. M. Fletcher, until his re- 
 moval to California early in 1908, 
 where he was admitted to the bar in 
 Los Angeles in April, and continued 
 practice; Republican; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1903-4, serv- 
 ing on the judiciary committee and as 
 chairman of the Merrimack County 
 delegation; moderator, Ward 6, 1907; 
 president, Los Angeles Harbor Com- 
 mission, 1912-16; mayor of Los An- 
 geles since Sept. 5, 1916; member, 
 A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), I. O. O. F., 
 Sons of the Revolution, Society of 
 Colonial War, Sons of Veterans, Union 
 League Club; vice-president and di- 
 
 rector, First Xational Bank of Wil- 
 mington, Cal.; in. Ktta M. Sanborn, 
 Feb. 6, 190S, d. April 16, 1916. Resi- 
 dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
 
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 Hill, Frank Pierce 
 
 Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 
 22, 1855; s. Cyrus and Nancy (Walker) 
 Hill; ed. public schools, Dartmouth 
 College, B.S., 1876, Litt.D., 1906; 
 librarian, Lowell, Mass., 1881-5; 
 started first public library in New Jer- 
 sey (under act of 1884) at Paterson, 
 1885; inaugurated Salem, Mass., public 
 library, 1888-9; in latter year inaug- 
 urated Newark, N. J., public library, 
 of which he was librarian till 1901, 
 since which date he has been librarian 
 of the Brooklyn, N. Y., public library; 
 member, American Library Ass'n, 
 (secretary, 1891-5, president, 1906); 
 member, American Bibliographical 
 Soc.; as chairman of the American 
 Library Ass'n War Finance Committee, 
 was instrumental in securing $1,500,000, 
 through subscriptions, for the purpose 
 of creating library buildings in the 
 thirty-two camps and cantonments 
 established by the War Department 
 and furnishing reading matter to sol- 
 diers and sailors engaged in the world 
 war, both here and abroad; m., Mav 
 17, 1880, Annie M. Wood, Lowell, 
 Mass. Residence, 373 Washington 
 Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; address, Pub- 
 lic Library, Brooklyn. 
 
 Rogers, Fred Ashley 
 
 Farmer; b., Hartland, Vt., Sept. 20, 
 1866; s. Daniel Peabody and Purah 
 Eliza (Lovejoy) Rogers; ed. public 
 schools, Perkins Academy, Woodstock, 
 Vt., Troy, N. Y., Business College, 
 1885; taught school winters and did 
 farm work in summer while securing 
 his education, and has since been en- 
 gaged in agriculture; located in Plain- 
 field, N. II. , Jan., 1901, buying a farm 
 of 350 acres near Meriden Village, to 
 which he has added 200 acres; pursues 
 mixed farming, keeping over 100 head 
 of cattle, with horses, sheep and swine 
 to match; Congrcgationalist; Repub- 
 lican; chairman, board of selectmen, 
 Plainfield, five years; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives and chairman 
 committee on agriculture, 1917; Patron 
 of Husbandry and active worker in the 
 order; member executive committee, 
 
 N. H. State Grange, 1913-17; master,. 
 N. H. State Grange, 19 17-; member 
 advisory council, N. H. Board of Agri- 
 culture, Sept., 1915-; m., Feb. 26, 
 1890, Addie May Round, Reading, Vt.; 
 children, Carrie E. Westgate, b. March 
 1, 1891 (Kimball Union Academy, 
 1910); Lena A. Read, b. Oct. 13, 1892 
 (K. U. A., 1910); Harriet A., b. Nov. 
 7, 1894 (K. U. A., 1913), teacher; Fred 
 A., Jr., b. March 4, 1898 (K. U. A., 
 1917), enlisted in U. S. A., Sept. 15, 
 
 1917, promoted to corporal Dec. 1, 
 in service in Medical Officers' Training 
 Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Flora 
 Belle, b. Nov. 22, 1902, now in K. U. 
 A.; Wendell R., b. March 14, 1906; 
 Herman D., b. April 30, 1908. Upon 
 assuming office as Master of the N. H. 
 State Grange Mr. Rogers at once 
 took steps to interest the farmers in 
 a state-wide movement for wood- 
 cutting in order to increase the fuel 
 supply, and for increasing maple sugar 
 production, to relieve the sugar short- 
 age. Residence, Plainfield, N. H., 
 Meriden P. O.
 
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 Cummings, Allen Curtis. 
 
 Educator; b., Nov. 30, 1868, North 
 Thetford, Vt. ; s. Harlan P. and Alpa M. 
 (Baxter) Cummings; ed. Thetford, Vt., 
 Academy and Dartmouth College, A. 
 B., 1892 (commencement oration and 
 honorable mention in political science) ; 
 A.M., Dartmouth, 1895; has attended 
 several sessionsHarvard Summer school. 
 Principal high school, Littleton, Mass., 
 1892-5; Ayer, Mass., 1895-8 ; instructor, 
 St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1898- 
 
 1901; principal, Orange, Mass., high 
 school, 1904-12; head-master, Stevens 
 High School, Claremont, X. H., since 
 1912; Conrgegationalist ; Republican; 
 secretary-treasurer, N. H. School-mas- 
 ters Club; member, New England His- 
 tory Teachers Ass'n; Phi Beta Kappa 
 and K. K. K. societies, Dartmouth; A. 
 F. & A. M., and Eastern Star; unmar- 
 ried. Residence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Hill, Howard Fremont 
 
 Journalist; clergyman; b., Concord, 
 N. H., July 21, 1846; s. John M. and 
 Elisabeth Lord (Chase; Hill; grandson 
 
 of Gov. Isaac Hill; descendant of Han- 
 nah Eames, killed by the Indians in the 
 Framingham, Mass., Massacre, 1676; 
 ed. Concord High School, 1863, Nor- 
 wich (Vt.) Univ., 1863-5; Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870; 
 Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., B.D., 1879; A.M., Tri- 
 nity, 1885, Bishops' College, 1888, 
 University of Vermont, 1911; Ph.D., 
 Dartmouth, 1887 (on examination for 
 work) ; D.D., Norwich University, 1891; 
 Episcopalian; Democrat; member, Con- 
 cord common council, 1907-8; board 
 of aldermen, 1909-10; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1895-7; N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1912; chap- 
 lain, Vermont legislature, 1882; chap- 
 lain, Vermont National Guard, thirteen 
 years; trustee, University of Vermont, 
 1886-9; trustee, Norwich University, 
 1895-1915; member, editorial board, 
 Concord History Committee; editor, 
 N. H. Patriot, 1868-73; ordained dea- 
 con, P. E. church, 1875, priest, 1877; 
 rector, P. E. church, Ashland and Hol- 
 derness, 1875-9; Montpelier, Vt., 1879- 
 89; Amesbury, Mass., 1889-91; Pitts- 
 field, N. H., 1895-1905; chief examin- 
 ing chaplain, P. E. Diocese of New 
 Hampshire; held same office in Ver- 
 mont; editor, Church Fly-Leaf since 
 1897; member, A. F. & A. M., 33d 
 degree, Grand Cross of Constantine, 
 Royal Order of Scotland; ex-president 
 and present secretary-treasurer, N. H. 
 Soc. S. A. R.; member, Soc. Colonial 
 \Vars; m., Oct. 17, 1870, Laura L. 
 Tibbetts, Concord; children, John M., 
 b. Oct. 30, 1871, d. Dec. 4, 1872; Maria 
 D. (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), b. Dec. 
 11, 1873, d. June 2, 1908; Grace W. 
 (Mrs. Zoheth S. Freeman, New York), 
 b. June 21, 1876. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon 
 
 (Mrs. James Farnsworth); club 
 woman; b., Ashley, Mass., June 4, 
 1861; dau. Joel and Abby S. (Under- 
 wood) Sheldon; ed. private teacher; 
 for twenty years, 1896-1912, cashier 
 and bookkeeper for the Holbrook- 
 Marshall Co., Nashua, N. H.; 1896-
 
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 1912, rec. sec., council member and 
 treasurer, N. H. Branch Order of King's 
 Daughters, president, 1912-17; inter- 
 national treasurer, Order King's Daugh- 
 ters, 19 14-; treasurer, 1 Nashaway 
 Woman's Club, 1914-15, vice-presi- 
 dent, 1916, president,^ 1917-; presi- 
 dent, Cross Bearers' Circle, Universa- 
 list Church, Nashua, 1908-; treasurer, 
 King's Daughters Benevolent Ass'n 
 caring for a children's home, 1912-; 
 member, Thornton Chapter, D. A. R., 
 and Nashua Grange, P. of H. ; active in 
 the Red Cross, Liberty Loan drive, 
 and other forms of war relief work; 
 Universalist; m., Nov. 8, 1910, James 
 Farnsworth. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Spaulding, Oliver Lyman 
 
 Lawyer; b., Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 2, 
 1833; s. Lyman and Susan (Marshall) 
 Spaulding; ed. public schools, Mel- 
 ville Academy, Jaffrey, and Oberlin 
 College, 1855; studied law, admitted 
 to the bar in 1858, and located in prac- 
 tice at St. Johns, Mich.; Episcopalian, 
 senior warden of church at St. Johns, 
 twenty-five years; Republican; regent, 
 University of Michigan, 1858-65; Sec- 
 retary of State of Michigan, 1867-71; 
 special agent, U. S. Treasury Dept., 
 1875-81; member, 47th Congress, 
 Sixth Michigan district, serving on 
 committees on Indian Affairs and Mili- 
 tary Affairs, 1881-3; chairman, com- 
 mission to Hawaii to investigate reci- 
 procity treaty between United States 
 and Hawaii, 1883; delegate, Republi- 
 can national convention, 1896; asst. 
 sec'y, U. S. Treasury, 1890-3, 1897- 
 1903; president, Pan-American Cus- 
 toms Congress, 1902; declined ap- 
 pointment as judge of Utah Terri- 
 tory, 1870, also appointment as judge 
 tendered by the governor of Michigan, 
 1889; captain, major, lieutenant-colo- 
 nel and colonel, 23d Micliigan Volun- 
 teers in Civil War, and brevet brigadier 
 general; member, A. F. & A. M., hold- 
 ing chief office in the several Masonic 
 grand bodies in Michigan; member, 
 Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and Army and 
 Navy Club; m., 1st, May 29/1856, 
 Jennie Mead, d. Nov. 11, 1857; 2d, 
 
 1859, Minerva Mead, d. 1861; 3d, 
 Aug. 12, 1862, M. Cecelia Swegles, 
 dau. Hon. John Swegles, former Audi- 
 tor General of Michigan; children, 
 Frank Mead, b. Nov. 4, 1861, mer- 
 chant at St. Johns, Mich. ; Edna Cece- 
 lia, b. Nov. 17, 1870 (Wellesley, 1892); 
 Oliver Lyman, Jr., b. July 17, 1875 
 (Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1895, LL.B., 
 1896), appointed second lieutenant of 
 Artillery by President McKinley in 
 1898, now colonel in the regular army; 
 
 John Cecil, b. Jan. 7, 1879 (Univ. of 
 Mich., 1897, Law Dept., George Wash- 
 ington Univ., 1901), Lawyer, Detroit, 
 Mich.; Thomas Marshall, b. May 18, 
 1882 (Univ. of Mich., B.A., West 
 Point, 1905), now major in the U. S. 
 Coast Artillery. Homo, 2224 N St., 
 Washington, D. C.; legal residence, St. 
 Johns, Mich. 
 
 Sawyer, William Henry 
 
 Lawyer; Associate Justice, N. H. 
 Superior Court; b.. Littleton. N. H., 
 Aug. 18, 1S()7; s. Eli D.. and Sarah O. 
 (Pierce) Sawyer: lineal descendant,
 
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 on maternal side, of Robert Cushman, 
 who promoted the Mayflower expedi- 
 tion, chartered the vessel, was the 
 financial agent of the Pilgrim Company, 
 and, in Dec., 1621, preached at Ply- 
 mouth the first sermon in New Eng- 
 land ever printed, and whose son, 
 Thomas, married Mary Allerton, 
 also a Mayflower passenger and the 
 last survivor of the party, from whom 
 Judge Sawyer is descended; ed. Little- 
 ton high school and Boston University 
 School of Law, 1890, taking the three 
 years' course in the latter in two years; 
 studied a year in the office of the late 
 Hon. Harry Bingham; admitted to 
 the bar in Concord, July 25, 1890, 
 and practiced in the office of Bingham 
 & Mitchell in Concord till Jan., 1904; 
 was alone three years and then formed 
 a partnership with Joseph S. Matthews, 
 now assistant attorney general, which 
 continued about six years, then prac- 
 ticed alone for a time, and was sub- 
 sequently in partnership with the late 
 Gen. John H. Albin until the latter's 
 retirement; Congregationalist ; Demo- 
 crat; candidate of his party for various 
 offices; member, N. H. Executive 
 council, elected in a strong Republican 
 district, 1913; member, Concord board 
 of education, 1909-15; appointed 
 Associate; Justice, N. H. Superior 
 Court, Dec. 12, 1913; m., Nov. 18, 
 1891, Carrie B. Lane, Whiteficld, X. H; 
 children, Howard Pierce, b. Aug. 13 
 1892 (Dartmouth, 1915, Yale Medical 
 College, 1918), now serving in the 
 Yale Mobile Field Hospital, American 
 Expeditionary Force, in France; Helen 
 Lane, b. March 13, 1895 (Mt. Holyoke, 
 1917), teacher of Ancient history, Con- 
 cord high school; Marion Fair, b. Julv 
 22, 189(5 (Mt. Holyoke, 1919); Robert 
 Cushman, b. March 13, 1899; Charles 
 Murray, b. Feb. 2, 1906. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Holt, Hermon 
 
 Lawyer; b., Woodstock, Vt., Sept, 
 7, 1845; s. Nathan L. and Rebecca 
 Maria (Mack) Holt; ed. Randolph, 
 Vt., Academy, Kimball Union Acad- 
 
 emy, 1866, Dartmouth College, 1870; 
 studied law, admitted to the bar and 
 commenced practice in Claremont in 
 1873, and has there continued; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1889-90, 
 N. H. senate, 1894-5; served several 
 years as a member of the Stevens High 
 School committee and also of the town 
 school committee ; trustee and president, 
 Claremont Savings Bank; retired from 
 active practice, he spends the summer 
 
 season on a farm, a mile out of town, and 
 the winters in the old Farwell home, 
 built by his wife's grandfather 100 years 
 ago; m., Oct. 6, 1875, Clara Elizabeth, 
 dau. Charles R. and Clarissa E. (Per- 
 kins) Farwell; children, Hermon, Jr., b. 
 Nov. 14, 1876 (Dartmouth, 1897, Har- 
 vard Law School, 1901), lawyer in Bos- 
 ton; Clara Farwell (Mrs. Edward K. 
 Woodworth), b. May 22, 1879, d. July 
 20, 1917; Frances Glidden (Mrs. Henry 
 C. Hawkings, Jr.), b. June 7, 1881; 
 Marion Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1886. 
 Residence, Claremont, N. H.
 
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 Charron, Henry Emery 
 
 Clothing merchant; b., Vercheres, 
 P. Q., March 5, 1861; s. Jean Baptiste 
 and Hermine (Cormier) Charron; ed. 
 
 Eublic schools of Canada and United 
 tates; engaged in the clothing trade 
 for thirty-five years, conducting an 
 extensive business for himself in Clare- 
 mont the last ten years; Catholic; 
 Democrat; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives from Claremont; 1913- 
 14, 1915-16; Democratic candidate for 
 state senator, 1916, running largely 
 ahead of his ticket; member N. H. Con- 
 stitutional Convention, 1918; treasurer, 
 board of cemetery commissioners, for 
 the town of Claremont; member, St. 
 Jean Baptiste Soc., Knights of Colum- 
 bus (Columbian Council No. 1820), B. 
 P. O. Elks, Franco Canado American 
 Soc.; m., March 8, 1886, Almaide 
 
 Geoffrion, d. Juno 15, 1H97; children, 
 Emeria, b. Feb. 14, 1SS7; Victor F., 
 b. Dec. 31, 1S91; Theresa and Aloysia, 
 b. Oct. 4, 1S93. Residence, Clare- 
 mont, X. H. 
 
 True, Reuben Cutler 
 
 Farmer; b., Lebanon, N. H., Dec. 
 14, 1847; s. Bradley and Sarah A. 
 (Smith) True; ed. public schools and 
 Kimball Union Academy, 1869; Con- 
 
 gregationalist; Republican; member, 
 board of selectmen, Lebanon, 1887, 
 1888; N. H. house of representatives, 
 1889, 1913, 1915; constitutional con- 
 vention, 1912; member, A. F. & A. M., 
 Knight Templar and Shriner, P. of 
 H., N. H. Historical Soc.; m., Nov. 14, 
 1883, H. Lillian Child, Cornish; chil- 
 dren, Mary Cutler, b. Nov. 30, 1886, 
 d. Nov. 27, 1898; William Bradley, 
 b. June 3, 1890 (Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy, 1909); Olive Lillian, b. Sept, 18, 
 189'8 (Kimball Union Academy, 1916, 
 N. H. State College, 1921). Residence, 
 West Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Barnard, Harry Everett 
 
 Chemist; b., Dunbarton, N. H., 
 Nov. 14, 1874; s. Nelson H. and 
 Celestia A. (Ryder) Barnard; ed. 
 public schools and N. 11. College of
 
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 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, B.S., 
 1899; Ph.D., Hanover College, 1913; 
 assistant chemist, N. H. Experiment 
 Station, 1899; U. S. Smokeless powder 
 factory, Indian Head, Md., 190(^1; 
 trustee, N. H. College, 1903-6; chemist, 
 N. H. State Board of Health, 1901-5; 
 Indiana State Board of Health since 
 1905; state food and drug commis- 
 sioner, Indiana, since 1907; state com- 
 missioner of weights and measures 
 since 1911, food and drug inspection 
 chemist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 
 since 1907; president, Indiana Sanitary 
 and Water Supply Ass'n; member, 
 American Chemists Soc. (founder and 
 first president, Indiana Section) ; mem- 
 ber, Soc. Official Agrl. Chemists, Nat'l 
 Ass'n State Food Commissioners, Fed- 
 eral Food Standards Com., Indianap- 
 olis Tech. Soc., Indiana member, Lake 
 Michigan Water Commission; hon- 
 orary member, N. H. Medical Soc.; 
 member executive committee, Nat'l 
 Conservation Congress, 1912; Irving- 
 ton Athenaeum, Indianapolis Literary 
 Soc.; m., June 20, 1901, Marion 
 Harvie, Providence, R. I. Residence, 
 5543 University Ave., Indianapolis, 
 Ind. 
 
 Ayers, Philip Wheelock 
 
 Forester; b/, Winterset, la., May 26, 
 1861; s. Elias J. Ayers; ed. Cornell 
 University, Ph.B., 1884, Johns Hop- 
 kins, Ph.D., 1888; tutor and fellow, 
 Johns Hopkins, 1886-8; general secre- 
 tary, Associated Charities, Cincinnati, 
 O., 1889-95; studied penal and chari- 
 table institutions in Europe, 1895; 
 general secretary, Bureau of Asso- 
 ciated Charities, Chicago, 1895-7; 
 assistant secretary, Charity Organiza- 
 tion Soc., New" York, '1897-1900; 
 Forester of the N. H. Soc. for the 
 Protection of Forests since 1900; 
 superintendent, Summer School of 
 Philanthropic Work, New York Charity 
 Organization, 1898-1905; m. Alice 
 Stanlev Taylor, Newton, Mass., Aug. 
 8, 1899. Residence, Franconia, N. 11., 
 business address, 4 Joy St., Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 Frisselle, Frank Monroe 
 
 Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Dec. 
 22, 1862; s. Isaac Monroe and Annie 
 (Steele) Frisselle; ed., Boston public 
 schools, Harvard preparatory course, 
 Boston Latin School; Episcopalian; 
 Republican; city editor, Manchester 
 Daily Union, 1890-2, night editor, 
 1905-13; city editor, Manchester Mir- 
 ror and American, 1913-; deputy chief, 
 Manchester fire department, 1897- 
 1900; first secretary, N. H. State Fire- 
 
 men's Ass'n; president, Animal Rescue 
 League, 1911-17; member, Lake Winni- 
 pesaukee Improvement Ass'n, Man- 
 chester Historic Ass'n, Sarsfield Boat 
 Club, Manchester; author, "Kismet 
 Poems," "Lady Franklin Boy Greeley 
 Relief Expedition" (delivered in lec- 
 ture form) and many fugitive poems 
 and local historical pamphlets; orig- 
 inator of ''Observant Citizen" column, 
 Manchester I'nion; editor "O. CV 
 column, Manchester Mirmr; for ten 
 years Associated Press correspondent
 
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 for Manchester; dramatic editor, Man- 
 chester, for twenty years; m., Feb. 
 4, 1899, Carrie Stearns Corliss. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H.; summer 
 home, Beaver Island, Lake Winni- 
 pesaukee, N. H. 
 
 Jones, Edwin Frank 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 April 19, 1859; s. Edwin R. and Mary 
 A. (Farnham) Jones; ed. Manchester 
 schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1880; 
 studied law with the late Judge David 
 Cross of Manchester; admitted to the 
 bar Aug. 23, 1883, and commenced 
 practice as a partner of the late Wil- 
 liam J. Copeland; after Mr. Copeland's 
 death, in 1886, continued alone for 
 sixteen years, then becoming a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Burnham, Brown, 
 Jones & Warren, which, with some 
 changes in membership, is now the 
 firm of Jones, Warren, Wilson & 
 Manning, with an extensive general 
 practice, Mr. Jones devoting himself 
 mainly, however, to the interests of 
 various large corporations; Unitarian; 
 Republican; assistant clerk, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1881, clerk, 
 1883, 1885; city solicitor of Manches- 
 ter, twelve years, from 1887; treas- 
 urer, Hillsborough County, 1887-95; 
 delegate in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1902, and member, standing 
 committee on future mode of amend- 
 ing the constitution; delegate, again, in 
 the convention of 1912, and president 
 of the convention; a frequent speaker 
 on the stump in the interests of his 
 party, and orator of the day at many 
 civic celebrations and historical anni- 
 versaries; president of the Republican 
 state convention in 1900; delegate-at- 
 large from New Hampshire in the 
 Republican national convention at 
 Chicago, in 1908; trustee' of Manches- 
 ter city library since 1906; many years 
 trustee of Pine Grove Cemetery; 
 member, N. H. Bar Ass'n (president, 
 1906-8); American Bar Ass'n; Mason, 
 member, Washington Lodge (Master 
 in 1891), Mt. Horeb Chapter, Adoniram 
 Council and Trinity Commandery of 
 Manchester; X. H. Consistory (32d <!<- 
 
 13 
 
 gree), and Shriner; district deputy 
 grand master, Grand Lodge of N. H. 
 in 1896, and grand master in 1910; 
 I. O. O. F.; member, Manchester Com- 
 mittee of Public Safety, and chairman 
 Speakers' Bureau, N. H. Committee of 
 Public Safety; member, Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Derryfield and Intervale 
 Country clubs, Manchester Boston Art 
 Club, Boston; m., Dec. 21, 1887, Nora 
 F. Kennard of Manchester; one dau., 
 Rebecca, b. July 17, 1889, d. Oct. 26, 
 1902. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 . 
 
 Churchill, Winston 
 
 Author; b., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 10, 
 1871; s. Edward Spaulding and Emma 
 Bell (Elaine) Churchill; ed. U. S. 
 Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1894 
 (hon. A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1914, LL.D., 
 1915); Episcopalian; Progressive Re- 
 publican; member, N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; aide on 
 staff of Gov. Nahum J. Bachelder, 
 1903; Progressive candidate for gov- 
 ernor of New Hampshire, 1912; mem- 
 ber, Century Club, New York; Tennis 
 and Racquet, Union and Tavern clubs, 
 Boston; author, "The Celebrity," 1898; 
 "Richard Carvel," 1899; "The Crisis," 
 1901; "The Crossing," 1904; "Conis- 
 ton," 1906; "Mr. Crewe's Career," 
 1908; "A Modern Chronicle," 1910; 
 "The Inside of the Cup," 1913; "A Far 
 Country," 1915; "The Dwelling Place 
 of Light," 1917; traveled in Europe, 
 1917-18, writing impressions of the 
 war for the American press; m., Oct. 
 22, 1895, Mabel H. Hall. Residence, 
 Cornish, N. H. (Windsor, Vt., P. O.). 
 
 Harriman, Walter C. 
 
 Lawyer; 1)., Warner, X. H., Sept. 8, 
 1849; s. Gen. Walter and Almira 11. 
 (Andrews) Harriman; ed. public 
 schools and Colby Academy, New Lon- 
 don, X. H.; commenced the study of 
 law in 1873, and pursued the same in 
 the office of Lyman D. Stevens and 
 that of Tappan & Albin in Concord; 
 admitted to the bar in 1876, and the 
 following year commenced practice 
 in Portsmouth; Univorsalist; born a 
 Democrat, and raised his first flag for
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Douglas and Johnson, in the campaign 
 of I860; he has affiliated with the 
 Republican party generally since at- 
 taining his majority, but stands for 
 country first in all emergencies; ap- 
 
 pointed solicitor for Rockingham 
 County, by (lov. B. F. Prescott, to 
 succeed the late William B. Small, and 
 twice subsequently elected by the 
 people to the same office; removed to 
 Nashua, where he continued practice 
 for several years, serving also six years 
 as a member of the Nashua board of 
 education the last year as president; 
 member, N. II. constitutional con- 
 vention from Nashua in 1902. (As a 
 boy of fifteen Mr. Harriman was with 
 his father, General Harriman, in the 
 war, on the march to Appomattox, saw 
 the last battle fought and was at the 
 surrender of Lee); m., Sept. 3, 1878, 
 Mabel A. Perkins of Portsmouth; 
 children, Walter Hart-well, b. Sept. 19, 
 1881 ass't supt. Universal Winding Co., 
 Providence, R. I.; Alrnira Andrews 
 (Mrs. Omar Swenson, Concord), b. Nov. 
 25, 18S2. Residence, Warner, N. II. 
 
 Myers, Walter Crane 
 
 Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. Y., 
 Dec. 24, 1858; s. Abram and Martha 
 (Osterhoudt) Myers; ed. Kingston 
 High School, Rochester University, 
 1883, Rochester Theological Seminary, 
 1887; Y. M. C. A. secretary, Water- 
 bury, Conn., Norristown, Pa., Williams- 
 port, Pa.; general work, Mass. State 
 Y. M. C. A. committee, 1901-4; pas- 
 tor, First Baptist church, Reading, 
 Mass., 1904-12; First Baptist church, 
 Concord, N. H., 1912-; member, Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, I. O. O. F., Baptist 
 Ministers' Conference (Boston), Salis- 
 bury Baptist Ass'n, and many other 
 religious and philanthropic organiza- 
 tions; independent in politics; m., 
 1st, June, 1884, Ella Valkenburgh, 
 Kingston, N. Y., d. May, 1901; 2d, 
 Oct. 28, 1908, Jennie Florence Meins, 
 
 Brookline, Mass.; one son, Clifford 
 Ernest, b. April, 188(5; ed. Kingston 
 High School, Normal School, West- 
 chester, Pa.; travelling salesman; en- 
 listed June, 1917, Company B, First
 
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 Reserve Engineer Corps, now in 
 France. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Conn, Charles Fuller 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Nov. 11, 1865; s. Dr. Granville P. and 
 Helen M. (Sprague) Conn.; ed. Con- 
 cord schools, high school, 1883, Dart- 
 mouth College, B.S., 1887; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; served as brake- 
 man on Concord & Montreal R. R. 
 summer of 1883, before entering col- 
 lege; ticket agent, Passumpsic R. R., 
 Hanover, 1884-7; brakeman and par- 
 lor car conductor, White Mountain 
 trains, summer seasons, 1885-6-7; 
 traveling agent, Providence & W T orces- 
 ter R. R., Oct., 1887 to May, 1888; 
 purser, Fall River Line, Providence & 
 Stonington Steamship Co.; traveling 
 agent (traffic and claims), Providence, 
 R. I.; special agent (traffic) and gen- 
 eral agent, Boston, of same and New 
 York, Providence and Boston R. R., 
 May, 1888 to June, 1893, when steam- 
 ship and railroad companies were 
 leased; purser, Fall River Line, Old 
 Colony Steamboat Co., June, 1893 to 
 Feb., 1894; auditor, Old Colony 
 Steamboat Co., New Haven, Conn., 
 Feb., 1894 to July, 1896; treasurer, 
 Boston Terminal Co., July 1, 1896, 
 during construction of South Station, 
 and treasurer, purchasing agent and 
 paymaster, Boston Terminal Co., to 
 March 31, 1901 (resigned); with West- 
 inghouso, Church, Kerr & Co., chiefly 
 engaged in making examinations and 
 reports on railroad projects and 
 properties, April 1, 1891 to Oct. 1, 
 1891; manager for same company 
 from Oct. 1," 1891 to Feb. 1, 1904, 
 as chief engineer of construction and 
 contractors for power plant and equip- 
 ment in the construction of the Lack- 
 awanna and Wyoming Valley proper- 
 ties; vice-president and general man- 
 ager, Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley 
 Railroad Co., at Scranfon, Pa., from 
 beginning of operation, Feb. 1, 1904, 
 to Jan., 1913; also president, Lacka- 
 wanna <fe Wyoming Valley Power Co., 
 and Meadow Brook Stone Co.; presi- 
 dent and general manager, Giant Port- 
 
 land Cement Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 
 Feb., 1913 to date; m., Nov. 7, 1889, 
 Mabel S. Dwight, Concord, N. H.; one 
 son, Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1890 (Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1910, Dartmouth 
 College, 1914). Residence, Wayne, 
 Pa.; business address, Fifteenth and 
 Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Mason, Ellen McRoberts 
 
 (Mrs. Mahlon L. Mason); writer, 
 club-woman; b. North Baldwin (Quaker 
 Brook), Me.; dau. John and Charity 
 (Davis) McRoberts (her father, born in 
 Belfast, Ireland, son of a Scotch 
 mother and Irish father, who was an 
 army officer, came to this country in 
 youth and was at first engaged in rail- 
 road building); ed. public schools and 
 academies, and Farmington, Me., 
 Normal School; taught school for 9, 
 time and was married April 21, 1873, 
 to Mahlon Lee Mason, proprietor of 
 the Sunset Pavilion, a widely known 
 summer hotel at North Conway, where 
 her home has since been. Endowed 
 with literary taste and a talent for writ- 
 ing, she cultivated these and made fre- 
 quent contributions, both in prose and 
 verse, to the Portland Transcript, the 
 Press and other Maine papers; also let- 
 ters and stories published in the Boston 
 Courier; served for a dozen years as 
 the "East Side" correspondent of the 
 Boston Herald; was a constant con- 
 tributor to the White Mountain FIcho 
 during the period of its publication, 
 and more recently wrote for Among 
 the Clouds. She is also a forceful and 
 convincing public speaker. She has 
 traveled in Germany, having been there 
 when the old Emperor William died; 
 saw the troops swear allegiance to his 
 son, Frederick, and realized the ap- 
 proaching prominence of the Hohen- 
 zollern regime. Her letters to the 
 Boston Sunday Herald at that time 
 attracted wide attention. She has 
 translated many stories and poems 
 from the German, some of which have 
 been published in ihedranite Monthly, 
 as have various historical articles from 
 her pen; she is also represented in the 
 "Poets of Maine" and the "Poets of
 
 Kl.LEN McRoBERTS MASON
 
 CAPT. NATHANIEL R. MASON, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.K.C., U.S.A.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 New Hampshire''; served six years on 
 the Conway school board and was 
 mainly instrumental in securing ex- 
 pert supervision for the schools, her 
 personally obtained opinions upon the 
 subject having also been used by State 
 Superintendent Morrison, in his work 
 of extending the system through the 
 state; she was also instrumental in 
 establishing a school library at North 
 Conway, effected the centralization of 
 the schools in the villages of the town, 
 and took the initiative in bringing to 
 North Conway the first meeting of the 
 American Institute of Instruction, in 
 1898; vice-president, N. H. Federation 
 of Women's Clubs, 1896-7, and inaug- 
 urated the custom of holding yearly 
 field-meetings, the first one being held 
 at North Conway, July 8-9, 1896, while 
 she was president of the North Con- 
 way Woman's Club; first chairman, 
 Forestry Committee, N. H. Federation, 
 1897-1905, and during this service in- 
 duced many of the Women's Clubs of 
 the state to become life members of 
 the Society for the Protection of N. H. 
 Forests, of which she was a charter 
 member and had the honor of naming, 
 having also written much upon the 
 subject of forest preservation; clerk of 
 North Conway Public Library Ass'n 
 for the last thirty years; member, 
 book committee, of the same and of 
 the building committee erecting the 
 handsome stone structure for housing 
 the library; member, New England 
 Woman's Press Ass'n; president of the 
 local S. P. C. A., Suffragist; Episco- 
 palian, and clerk of the corporation of 
 Christ Church, North Conway for 
 nearly thirty years past. One eon, 
 Dr. Nathaniel R. Mason (see next 
 sketch). Residence, North Conway. 
 
 Mason, Nathaniel Robert 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., North 
 Conway, N. H., April 26, 1S76; s. 
 Mahlon Lee and Ellen (McRoberts) 
 Mason (great-great-grandson of Capt. 
 Nathaniel Hutchins of French and 
 Indian and Revolutionary war fame); 
 ed. under his mother's tutelage till 
 nearly ten years of age. Pierce grammar 
 
 school, Brookline, Mass., private study 
 in Germany, Bridgton, Me., high 
 school, Phillips Andover Academy, 
 1893, Yale University, A.B. 1897 (with 
 honors), Harvard Medical School, M.D. 
 1901; was a summer reporter for the 
 Boston Herald and other papers in 
 boyhood, and a clerk in the Sunset 
 House, his father's hotel, in vacation, 
 while at Yale and Harvard; Episco- 
 palian (vestryman, Christ church, 
 North Conway); Republican; com- 
 menced professional practice in Boston, 
 at "The Marlboro," on Marlboro St., 
 in the fall after graduation; pursued 
 general practice four years, after that 
 specializing in obstetrics and gyne- 
 cology; assistant in Obstetrics and 
 Gynecology, Harvard University Medi- 
 cal School; First Ass't Visiting Sur- 
 geon for Diseases of Women, Boston 
 City Hospital; Ass't Visiting Physi- 
 cian, Boston Lying-in Hospital; has 
 carried out important original inves- 
 tigations in the Laboratory for Surgi- 
 cal Research of Harvard Medical 
 School; frequent contributor to the 
 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; 
 member Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 
 Yale, Mass. Medical Soc., Mass. Medi- 
 cal Benevolent Soc., Boston Medical 
 Library, Obstetrical Soc. of Boston, 
 American Medical Ass'n, American 
 College of Surgeons, Ass'n of Military 
 Surgeons of U. S., Union Boat Club; 
 member of the first military instruc- 
 tion camp, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the 
 summer of 1915; received commission 
 as first lieutenant in the Medical Re- 
 serve Corps of the U. S. Army, Oct. 12, 
 1916; commissioned as captain in the 
 Medical Section of the Officers' Re- 
 serve Corps, Dec. 7, 1917; assigned to 
 active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Ft. 
 Oglethorpe, Ga., Jan. 10, 1918, serving 
 as instructor in surgery; ordered by the 
 War Department to Rockefeller In- 
 stitute, New York, for a further course 
 in Medical Research; assigned to the 
 Division of Surgery, for foreign service, 
 at Base Hospital Fifty-one; in., Aug. 
 31, 1911, Eunice Ireland, dau. Rev. 
 Warren Rasselas Ireland, Winchester, 
 Mass.; two children, Charity Adeline,
 
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 199 
 
 b. May 21, 1913; and Mahlon Rasselas, 
 b. April 6, 1915. Office and residence, 
 483 Beacon St., Boston; summer home, 
 North Conway. 
 
 Silver, Ernest Leroy 
 
 Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Sept. 
 29, 1876; s. Clinton Leroy and Paulina 
 Clymelia (Ayer) Silver; ed. Pinkerton 
 Academy, Derry, N. H., 1894, Dart- 
 mouth College, B.Litt., 1899; super- 
 intendent of schools, Rochester, N. H., 
 1900-04, Portsmouth, 1905-9; princi- 
 pal, Pinkerton Academy, 1909-11; di- 
 rector, N. H. State Normal School, 
 Plymouth, since 1911; Methodist 
 (trustee, M. E. Church, Plymouth); 
 Progressive Republican; served as 
 president of Strafford and Rockingham 
 County Teachers' Ass'ns, and N. H. 
 State Teachers' Ass'n; many years mem- 
 
 ber, N. II . Educational Council; presi- 
 dent, Schoolmasters' Club; director, 
 American Institute of Instruction; 
 member, National Educational Ass'n 
 and National Ass'n of Normal School 
 Presidents; A. F. <t A. M., St. Johns' 
 
 Lodge, Portsmouth; m., 1889, Hattie 
 May Plummer. Residence, Plymouth, 
 N. H. 
 
 Nolin, William Peter 
 
 Merchant; postmaster of Claremont; 
 b., Claremont, N. H., April 6, 1875; 
 
 s. Pierre and Mary (Gillette) Nolin; 
 ed. public schools of Claremont; en- 
 gaged in the grocery business estab- 
 lished by his father in 189.5, and since 
 incorporated as P. Nolin & Sons, doing 
 an extensive business; now president 
 of the corporation, and also president 
 of the Nolin Shoe Co.; Roman Cath- 
 olic; Democrat; appointed postmaster 
 of Claremont by President Wilson; 
 active member of Claremont board of 
 trade and interested in all public im- 
 provements; member, committee on 
 public playground; director, People's 
 National Bank; member and past vice- 
 president, N. H. Retail (Irocers Ass'n; 
 member, Knights of Columbus, Elks, 
 Moose, Foresters of America, I /Union 
 Canadienne Francaise. St. Jean Bap- 
 tistc Soc., Naturalization Club; m.
 
 Hox. JAMES W. REMICK
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 201 
 
 Laurs N. Courchene, Sept. 16, 1902; 
 children, Francis Harry, b. May 15, 
 1906; William Esdrase, b. Aug. 25, 
 1908. Residence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Remick, James Waldron 
 
 Lawyer; b., Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 30, 
 1860; s. Samuel Kelley and Sophia 
 (Cushman) Remick; ed. public schools, 
 Colebrook, N. H. Academy, Michigan 
 University, LL.B., 1882; admitted to 
 the N. H. bar, 1882; commenced prac- 
 tice at Colebrook, remaining for two 
 years, when he formed a partnership 
 with the late Hon. Ossian Ray, with 
 office in Littleton, to which town he 
 removed; later was associated with 
 his brother, the late Gen. Daniel C. 
 Remich, under the firm name of Rem- 
 ich & Remick; appointed U. S. district 
 attorney for New Hampshire by Presi- 
 dent Benjamin Harrison at the age of 
 twenty-eight years, holding the office 
 four years; appointed an associate 
 justice of the N. H. supreme court in 
 1901, when he removed to Concord; 
 resigned from the bench in 1904, to 
 resume private practice, becoming a 
 member of the firm of Sargent, Remick 
 & Niles, and subsequently being asso- 
 ciated with Henry F. Hollis, present 
 U. S. senator from New Hampshire, 
 under the name of Remick & Hollis, 
 which latter firm was dissolved in 1911, 
 and the firm of Remick & Jackson 
 (Robert Jackson) formed, continuing 
 five years, since when Judge Remick 
 has practiced alone; Unitarian; Inde- 
 pendent Republican; member, Little- 
 ton board of health, 1887-9; board of 
 education, 1889-1901, the last six 
 years as chairman; member, N. H. 
 and American Bar Ass'ns, Derryfield 
 Club, Manchester, Wonolancet, Beaver 
 Meadow Golf and Snowshoe clubs, 
 Concord; trustee, John H. Pearson 
 fund; m., Dec. 5, 1888, Mary S. Pendle- 
 ton, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Remick, Mary Pendleton 
 
 (Mrs. James W. Remiok) ; club- 
 woman; b., Bangor, Me., July 31, 1864, 
 dau. Nathan P. and Helen M. (Smith) 
 
 Pendleton; ed. private schools, Marl- 
 boro and Southboro, Mass., and Hart- 
 ford, Conn.; secretary, N. H. Confer- 
 ence of Charities and Corrections, 
 1907 ; trustee and secretary, Pem- 
 broke Sanatorium for Advanced Cases 
 of Tuberculosis; trustee, N. H. Mem- 
 orial Hospital for Women and Children; 
 eight years president, Hospital Asso- 
 ciates, when $6,000 was raised for the 
 Maternity Fund; president, Concord 
 Woman's Club, 1911-13; first vice- 
 
 president, Friendly Club; served as 
 chairman of committee on Industrial 
 and Social Conditions and Prison 
 Reform for the General Federation of 
 Woman's Clubs, 1912-1(5; first vice- 
 president, N. PI. Federation of Woman's 
 Clubs, 1916 ; chairman, Civil Service 
 Reform, N. H. Federation; chairman, 
 legislative committee of N. H. Federa- 
 tion; chairman of garments and surgi- 
 cal dressings under the N. H. Chapter 
 of American Red Cross; member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., N. H. Prison Ass'n, 
 Stratford (Shakespeare) Club, Concord 
 Equal Suffrage League; Unitarian; m.,
 
 202 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Dec. 5, 1888, Hartford, Conn., Judge 
 James Waldron Remick ; lived at Little- 
 ton, N. H., 1888-1902; since then, Con- 
 cord, N. H.; dau., Gladys, b. Littleton, 
 Oct. 31, 1891; ed. Mount Ida School, 
 West Newton, Mass.; m. Jesse Scott 
 Wilson, Sept. 30, 1915. 
 
 Emerson, Francis Patten 
 
 Physician (specialty, ear, nose and 
 throat since 1898); b., Candia, N. H., 
 June 10, 1862; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie 
 
 (Patten) Emerson; desc. Michael Em- 
 erson, Haverhill, MUSH., 1034; ed. public 
 schools, Pembroke (N. II.) Acad- 
 emy, private tutor, M.I)., Coll. Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons (Columbia Univ.), 
 N. V. City, 1886; F. A. C. S., assoc. in 
 Laryngology, Harvard Graduate Medi- 
 cal School; instructor in Otology, Har- 
 vard University Medical School; asst. 
 Aural Surgeon, Mass. Charitable 
 Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1910; 
 member, American Medical Ass'n 
 (chin., section Laryngology and Otol- 
 ogy, HUT), Mass. Med. Soc.. Vt. State 
 Medical Sue. fhon.i, American I.arvn- 
 
 gol., Rhinol. and Otolog. Soc., Ameri- 
 can Otolog. Soc., N. E. Otolog. and 
 Laryngol. Soc.; Boston Chamber of 
 Commerce, Harvard Club, W : oodland 
 Golf Club, Washington Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M.; Independent Republican; 
 non-sectarian; m., Nov. 16, 1886, Rena 
 P. Colby of Boston; children, Guy C., 
 b. Aug. 22, 1887, Chester, Vt., m., 
 Louise Boyd Brown, Sept. 12, 1916; 
 Margaret, b. May 29, 1894, Boston, m. 
 Donald Ballou Chapman, Dec. 21, 
 1915. Residence, 124 Longwood Ave., 
 Brookline, Mass. Office, 520 Common- 
 wealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Kingsbury, Edward Newell 
 
 Physician; b., Francestown, N. H. 
 Sept. 7, 1853; s. John Langdon and 
 Abigail (Hyde) Kingsbury; of the 
 eighth generation from Joseph Kings- 
 bury, Watertown, Mass., 1632, one of 
 nineteen men granted land by the 
 General Court, 1636, to organize the 
 town of Dedham, Mass.; ed. Frances- 
 town and Colby (New London) acade- 
 mies, Amherst College, 1878, Hahne- 
 mann Medical College, M.D. 1880; 
 practiced in Spencer, Mass., 1880-3, 
 Newton Center, Mass., 1883-5, Woon- 
 socket, R. I., since 1885. Member 
 staff of Woonsocket hospital, 1910-16, 
 member medical board since 1912, 
 chief of staff since 1916; president, 
 Woonsocket District Medical Soc., 
 1917-; member, R. I. Homeopathic 
 Medical Soc., Mass. State Homeo- 
 pathic Soc., Mass. Surgical and Gyne- 
 cological Soc., American Institute of 
 Homeopathy, Delta Upsilon, Winne- 
 suket Country Club; rn., May 5, 1881, 
 Clara A. Coffin, Newton Center, Mass., 
 dau. 1). N. B. and Sarah (Hayward) 
 Coffin; children, Newell Coffin, b. 1882; 
 Mabel Hyde, b. 1884 (Mrs. Thomas G. 
 Wright) and Mary Richards Kings- 
 bury, 1). 1886. Residence, Woon- 
 socket, R. I. 
 
 Woolson, Augustus A. 
 
 Banker; real estate and insurance; 
 b., Lisbon, N. H., June 15, 1835; s. 
 Amos and Hannah I). (Temple) Wool- 
 son: ed. public schools, Kimball Union
 
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 203 
 
 Academy, Meriden and Newbury (Vt.) 
 Seminary; went West at twenty-one 
 years of age, but returned, in a year or 
 two, to Lisbon where he has since been 
 in business; engaged for many years in 
 general mercantile business, as a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Wells & Woolson; 
 later formed a partnership in real estate 
 and insurance, with his nephew, Augus- 
 tus M. Clough, continuing to the 
 present time; Stand pat" Republican 
 ("having no use for the initiative and 
 referendum, or the primary, not be- 
 lieving in self appointed candidates, 
 or two elections in one"); town clerk 
 of Lisbon, 1861-2; moderator, 1866 to 
 1908, except during the years of Demo- 
 cratic ascendency in town, from 1878 
 to 1886; town treasurer, fourteen years; 
 chairman supervisors of check list, 
 twenty years; member, N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1875 to 1878 
 (speaker in 1877 and 1878); deputy 
 sheriff, five years; assistant assessor, 
 U. S. Internal Revenue, 1865 to 1873 
 when the office expired by limitation; 
 delegate in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1889, 1902; director, Lisbon 
 Savings Bank and Trust Co. (which 
 he was largely instrumental in organ- 
 izing), twenty-eight years and presi- 
 dent of the same, sixteen years; presi- 
 dent of the Lisbon Village Library 
 Ass'n, whose organization he also 
 promoted, for more than thirty years; 
 village commissioner, seven years; 
 principal pension attorney for Lisbon 
 and vicinity since the close of the Civil 
 War. Residence, Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 Clough, Clarence Edward 
 
 Coal and lumber merchant; b., Dan- 
 bury, N. H., Feb. 25, 1872; s. George 
 B. and Phoebe R. (Wiggin) Clough; 
 ed. Colby Academy, New London, 
 N. H., 1891, Yale University, 1895, 
 University of Chicago Divinity School, 
 1898; Baptist; entered the ministry 
 and served five years as pastor of the 
 church at Bloomington, Ind.. during 
 which time a new stone church edifice 
 was built and the membership doubled; 
 subsequently retired, and for the last 
 fifteen years has been engaged in the 
 
 coal and lumber business in Lebanon, 
 taking an active interest in church and 
 public affairs, serving as deacon of the 
 Baptist church and member of the 
 Lebanon board of education; ex-presi- 
 dent, N. H. Baptist State Convention; 
 treasurer and chairman executive com- 
 mittee, trustees of Colby Academy; 
 Republican; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1909-10, and a leader 
 of the progressive Republicans in that 
 body; member, A. F. & A. M., and 
 
 Langdon Club (chairman executive 
 committee): trustee, Mascoma Sav- 
 ings Bank of Lebanon; in., Sept. 25, 
 1897, Mary E. Shepard of New Lon- 
 don (Colby Academy, 1891, Smith 
 College, 1897); children, Dorothy, b. 
 Sept. 2, 1898; Shepard Bancroft, b. 
 Dec. (5, 1901; Nathaniel Paul, b. 
 Sept. 30, 1906; Barbara May, b. March 
 11, 1910; Reginald Theodore, b. Oct. 
 28, 1914. Residence, Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Jackman, Charles Lyman. 
 
 Insurance; b.. Concord, N. H., Aug. 
 4, 1871; s. Capt. Lyman and Sarah
 
 CHARLES L. JACKMAN
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 205 
 
 Freese (Tilton) Jackman; direct de- 
 scendant of James Jackman, an original 
 settler of Newbury, Mass.; his great- 
 grandfather served in the Revolution, 
 his grandfather, Maj. Royal Jackman, 
 with two brothers, served in the war 
 of 1812, and his father, Capt. Lyman 
 Jackman, who wrote the history of the 
 Sixth N. H. Volunteers, served during 
 the Civil War, was wounded in the 
 second battle of Bull Run, and was 
 confined for a time in Libby prison; 
 ed. Concord public schools, high school, 
 1890; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 engaged in fire insurance, with his 
 father, after leaving school, and has 
 continued, developing an extensive 
 business, and is connected with various 
 corporations in other lines; president, 
 Capital Fire Insurance Co., Concord, 
 N. H., First Investment Co., Contoo- 
 cook Valley Paper Co., Henniker, 
 N. H., Underwriters Fire Insurance 
 Co., Concord, Eastern Fire Insurance 
 Co., Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Co., Page Belting Co., Northern 
 Securities Co.; vice-president, Manu- 
 facturers & Merchants' Mutual Insur- 
 ance Co., Concord, Concord Real 
 Estate Co.; manager, New England 
 Underwriters Agency (Inc.), Concord; 
 treasurer, Concord Building Co., Con- 
 cord, Concord Y. M. C. A., Jackman 
 & Lang (Inc.); assistant treasurer, 
 United Life and Accident Insurance 
 Co., Concord; director, State Capital 
 Co., Concord, Concord & Claremont R. 
 R., Concord Shoe Factory, National 
 State Capital Bank, Home Realty Co., 
 F. G. Guilds Co., Pittsfield, Mass.; 
 member South Congregational Church, 
 Cemetery Commission, Wonolancct, 
 Kancamagus, Passaconaway, Beaver 
 Meadow Golf and Bow Brook Squash 
 clubs, Concord; A. F. & A. M., Knight 
 Templar and Shriner; member, N. H. 
 Historical Soc. and American Geo- 
 graphical Soc., New York; m., 1st, 
 Oct. 11, 1893, Minnie M. Day, Con- 
 cord, d. Sept. 13, 1898; 2d, May 17, 
 1900, Mary E. Rolfe; children, Mar- 
 garet Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1904; Roma A., 
 b. Aug. 2, 1909, d. Jan. 11, 1912; 
 Ruth 1. Lemrnon (adopted). Resi- 
 
 dence, Concord, N. H. and Jacksland 
 Farm, Riverhill, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Gordon, George Henry 
 
 Railroad employee; b., Canaan, N. 
 H., Sept. 27, 1859; s. William and 
 Augusta (Sleeper) Gordon; ed. public 
 schools, Canaan, N. H., and Washing- 
 ton, D. C., Proctor Academy, Andover, 
 N. H.; served as station agent for the 
 Northern R. R., at Danbury, N. H., 
 several years after leaving school, and 
 
 five years as postmaster; removed to 
 Canaan in 1886, and has been railroad 
 station agent there since that time; 
 Baptist; Republican; town clerk of 
 Canaan since 1888; member, high 
 school board, seven years; member, 
 N. II. house of representatives, 1893- 
 4, 1905-6; N. H. senate, 1899-1900; 
 A. F. <fc A. M., Knight Templar and 
 Shriner; K. of P.; New England Rail- 
 road Agents Ass'n; B. ct M. Railroad 
 Veterans Ass'n; m., Sept. 25, 1880, 
 Emma F. Noyes; children, Ralph \V., 
 b. Feb. 25, 1882; Earle C., Dec. 12, 
 1887 (clerk, X. H. senate); Harold G.,
 
 206 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 b. Dec. 31, 1889; Vaughn L., b. May 
 7, 1892; Mamie G., b. Oct. 7, 1893; 
 Ethelyn A., b. July 1, 1899; Ruth C., 
 b. Jan. 10, 1902. Residence, Canaan, 
 N. H. 
 
 Wells, Christopher Henry 
 
 Lawyer, journalist, Judge of Pro- 
 bate; b., Somersworth, N. H., July 6, 
 1853; s. Nathaniel and Eliza (Thorn) 
 Wells; ed. Somersworth high school, 
 1871, Bowdoin College, 1875; studied 
 law and admitted to the N. H. bar, 
 
 Aug. 10, 187.X ; practiced sonic years in 
 company with his father's old partner, 
 William R. Burleigh, and in 1883, pur- 
 chased the Free Press newspaper and 
 printing establishment, devoting his 
 attention largely, thereafter, to journal- 
 ism; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member, X. II . house of representa- 
 tives, 1881-3; X. II. constitutional 
 convention, 1889; aide-de-camp, with 
 rank of colonel, staff of Gov. Charles 
 H. Sawyer, 1887-8; mayor of Somers- 
 worth, 1894-8; justice, Somersworth 
 police court, Jan., 1900 to July, 1914; 
 Judge of Probate for StrafTord County 
 
 since March 15, 1898; chairman com- 
 mittee appointed by Gov. Chester B. 
 Jordon to prepare rules of procedure, 
 and uniform blanks for use in probate 
 courts of the state, 1901-3; president, 
 First National Bank of Somersworth; 
 vice-president and trustee, Somers- 
 worth Savings Bank; owner and treas- 
 urer, since 1883, Somersworth Free 
 Press; member, Strafford County and 
 New Hampshire Bar Ass'ns, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., N. H. Soc. Laws of the 
 American Revolution; N. H. Weekly 
 Publishers Ass'n, Scottish Rite Mason 
 (32d degree), Knight of Pythia, Patron 
 of Husbandry, etc.; m., June 15, 1887, 
 Oriana Hartford, Dover; no children. 
 Residence, Somersworth, N. H. 
 
 Brooks, John Graham 
 
 Author, lecturer; b., Acworth, X.H., 
 July 19, 1846; s. Chapin Kidder and 
 Parmelia (Graham) Brooks; S.T.B. 
 Harvard Divinity School, 1875; stud- 
 ied three years at the Universities of 
 Berlin, Jena and Freidburg, and be- 
 came a lecturer on economical subjects; 
 instructor two years, in Harvard 
 University; several years lecturer, 
 extension dept., University of Chicago; 
 two years expert, U. S. Dept. of Labor, 
 at Washington, making report of 1893, 
 upon Workingrnen's Insurance in Ger- 
 many; lecturer, University of Cali- 
 fornia; president, National Consumers' 
 League; author, "The Social Unrest," 
 1903; "As Others See Us," 1908; "An 
 American Citizen," 1910; "American 
 Syndicalism," 1913. Address, 8 Fran- 
 cis Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Morrill, Osma Cornelia Baker 
 
 (Mrs. Shadrach C. Morrill); b., 
 Concord, N. H., March 7, 1855, dau. 
 Bishop Osman C. and Mehitable 
 (Perley) Baker. (In 1847 Bishop 
 Baker was a prime mover in organiz- 
 ing the Biblical Institute at Concord, 
 N. H., the first Methodist Theological 
 school in this country, which in 1868 
 became the nucleus of Boston Univer- 
 sity.) Ed. Concord High School, 1872 
 (valedictorian); member, Baker Me- 
 morial M. E. Church; first president for
 
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 N. H. of Nat. Fed. of Musical Clubs, 
 1909-15; chairman of first Music 
 Committee in N. H. Federation of 
 Woman's Clubs; Conference president 
 of the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. 
 of the M. E. Church; member, Concord 
 board of education, 1915-; trustee of 
 Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, 
 1906-; member, Stratford (Shakes- 
 speare) Club (president, 1892-5), Con- 
 cord Woman's Club (charter member, 
 chairman of Household Economics, 
 also of Music Committee), Concord 
 Music Club (president, 1908-10) ; Dis- 
 trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Female 
 Charitable Soc. and Red Cross; m., 
 May 22, 1883, Dr. Shadrach Gate 
 Morrill, who d. Oct. 9, 1904; children, 
 Ashley Baker, b. Sept. 6, 1884, B.S. 
 Harvard University, 1908, M.D. Har- 
 vard Medical School, 1911, studied 
 Vienna, Paris and London, 1912, physi- 
 cian, Chicago, 111., 1912-17, captain, 
 Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, U. 
 S. A., 1917-; Margaret, b. Jan. 28, 
 1886, Concord High School, 1906, 
 Garland Training School, Boston, 
 1908, kindergartner in the Concord 
 schools, d. Sept. 2, 1917; Gladys, b. 
 June 28, 1887; Mary Stearns, b. June 
 22, 1892, d. Dec. 4, 1903. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Evans, Alfred Randall 
 
 Lawyer; b., Shelburne, N. H., March 
 21, 1849; s. Otis and Martha (Pinkham) 
 Evans; grandson of Daniel Evans, an 
 early settler of Shelburne; ed. public 
 schools, Lancaster Academy, Lewiston, 
 Me., Latin School, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1872 ; studied law and admitted to 
 the Coos County bar in 1875, also to 
 the bar of U. S. Circuit Court in 1880; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; repre- 
 sented Shelburne in N. H. house of 
 representatives in 1874-5, and 1878; 
 Removed to Gorham in 1880; served 
 as chairman of the board of selectmen 
 and of the superintending school com- 
 mittee; appointed Judge of Probate 
 for Coos County in 1895 and has held 
 the office since that time; delegate in 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902 
 and 1912; quartermaster-general on 
 
 staff of Gov. Charles M. Floyd, 1907- 
 8, and on staffs of Governors Quinby 
 and Bass, as quartermaster-general of 
 N. H. N. G.; president, Berlin and 
 Gorham Bar Ass'n, since organization; 
 organizer, trustee and for many years 
 main supporter of Gorham Public 
 Library; president, Gorham Savings 
 Bank, and of the Berlin National 
 Bank for ten years after organization; 
 member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree); 
 secretary, Gorham Lodge, No. 73, more 
 
 than thirty years; honorary member, 
 N. H. Veterans Ass'n; m., 1st, June 
 1, 1880, Dora J. Briggs, d. May 10, 
 1908; 2d, Dec. 14, 1911, at Lisbon, 
 N. H., Mrs. Marion J. (Bowles) Aid- 
 rich, of Colebrook. Residence, Gor- 
 ham, N. H. 
 
 Morris, George Franklin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Vershire, Vt., April 13, 
 Istiti; s. Josiah S. and Lucina C. (Mer- 
 rill) Morris, and grandson of William 
 M. and Esther P. (Southworth) Morris; 
 <>d. common schools of Corinth, Vt., 
 Corinth Academy and State Normal
 
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 School, Randolph, Vt., 1885; taught 
 for some years in the schools of Vershire, 
 Newbury and Concord, Vt., and in the 
 high schools of Wells River, Vt., and 
 Woodsville, N. H., for two seasons in a 
 summer school for instruction of 
 teachers, at Wells River, and was for 
 four years examiner of teachers for 
 Orange County, Vt.; read law during 
 vacations with Smith & Sloane, at 
 Wells River, was admitted to the 
 Vermont bar at Montpelier, Oct., 1891, 
 subsequently to the New Hampshire 
 bar, and at once commenced the prac- 
 tice of law at Lisbon, N. H., where he 
 remained till March 19, 1906 when he 
 became a member of the firm of Drew, 
 Jordan, Shurtleff & Morris at Lan- 
 caster (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris & 
 Oakes) where he has since resided. 
 As a member of the leading law firm in 
 northern New Hampshire, for the last 
 dozen years he has had a wide pro- 
 fessional experience. Since 1914 he has 
 been a member of the board of State 
 bar examiners, succeeding Judge Wil- 
 liam M. Chase. In 1917 he was chosen 
 president of the N. H. Bar Ass'n. 
 Republican; delegate from Lisbon in 
 the N. H. constitutional convention of 
 1902, and member of the N. H. house 
 of representatives from that town in 
 1905; solicitor for Grafton County, 
 1899-1903; several years member of 
 Lisbon board of education and has 
 served the last ten years in Lancaster 
 in the same capacity. Mr. Morris is 
 much interested in botany, and has a 
 large collection of the flora of northern 
 New Hampshire; also extensively 
 engaged in agriculture, being the owner 
 of one of the finest farms in Coos 
 County, and is president of the Coos 
 County Farm Bureau; m., May 1C), 
 1894, Lula J. Aldrich of Lisbon (see 
 sketch of Mrs. Morris) ; one son, Robert 
 Hall, b. Aug. 21, 1907. Residence, 
 Lancaster, N. H. 
 
 Morris, Lula J. Aldrich 
 
 (Mrs. George F. Morris); club- 
 woman; b., Libson, N. H., Aug. 4, 
 1872; dau. Charles and Persis (Hall) 
 Aldrirh; ed. public schools, Lisbon 
 
 high school, 1891; resided in Lisbon, 
 except for a year's absence, in Creston, 
 la., until removal with her husband to 
 Lancaster in 1906; assistant post-mis- 
 tress in Lisbon for six years after 
 graduation from high school. Mrs. 
 Morris has always been interested in 
 the social life and events of the towns 
 where she has resided, and is widely 
 known among the club-women of the 
 state; served as president of Friends in 
 Council in Lisbon, 1905-6, and of Unity 
 
 Club, Lancaster, 1911-12; treasurer, 
 N. H. .State Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, 1913-14; auditor of the same, 
 1915-16; prominent in the Order of the 
 Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Ma- 
 tron, Lafayette Chapter, Lisbon, in 
 1901, and as Grand Matron of the 
 order in New Hampshire in 1909; at 
 present, a director of N. H. Division, 
 Women's Committee, Council of Na- 
 tional Defense, and chairman, Lan- 
 caster Branch of the Red Cross, and 
 active in both positions. From 1899 to 
 1906 Mrs. Morris worked in her hus- 
 band's office, making a study of law in
 
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 the meantime, and while never applying 
 for admission to the bar, the knowledge 
 of law and familiarity with court pro- 
 cedure acquired made her a valuable 
 assistant in his work. 
 
 Keyes, Henry Wilder 
 
 Farmer, Governor of New Hamp- 
 shire; b., Newbury, Vt., May 23, 1863; 
 s. Henry and Emma F. (Pierce) Keyes; 
 great-grandson of Col. Danforth Keyes, 
 a soldier of the Revolution and personal 
 friend of General Washington; ed. Bos- 
 ton public schools, Adams Academy, 
 Harvard College, A.B., 1887; promi- 
 nent in athletics in college, and captain 
 of a crew which defeated Yale; marshal 
 of his class, for commencement week, 
 at graduation; traveled in Europe after 
 leaving college, visiting Friesland, the 
 home of Holstein cattle where he made 
 personal selection of superior stock for 
 the celebrated "Pine Grove Farm," at 
 North Haverhill, of which his father 
 had been the owner, and which he has 
 since conducted, with great success, 
 breeding fine cattle, horses, sheep and 
 swine, and taking deep interest in all 
 lines of agricultural progress; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1891-2, 1893 
 -4, 1915-16; N. H. senate, 1903-4; 
 trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture 
 and the Mechanic Arts, 1893-6; mem- 
 ber, N. H. board of license commission- 
 ers, 1903-13; excise commission (chair- 
 man), 1915-16; Governor of Xew 
 Hampshire, 1917-18; member, board 
 of selectmen of Haverhill, eighteen 
 years, most of the time chairman of 
 the board; director and president of 
 the Passumpsic and Connecticut Rivers 
 R. R.; director, N. E. Telephone t 
 Telegraph Co.; president, Woodsville 
 National Bank; vice-president, Nashua 
 River Paper Co., Pepperell, Mass.; 
 member, A. F. & A. M. and P. of II.; 
 m., June 8, 1904, Frances Parkinson, 
 dau. John H. and Louise (Johnson) 
 Wheeler, Newbury, Vt.; children, 
 Henry Wilder, Jr., "b. March 22, 1905; 
 John 'Parkinson, b. March 26, 1907; 
 Francis, b. Dec. 4, 1912. Residence, 
 North Haverhill, N. H. 
 
 Stickney, Edward Huntington 
 
 Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H., Oct. 
 10, 1853; s. Benjamin and Phebe (Pul- 
 sifer) Stickney; ed. Kimball Union 
 Academy, Dartmouth College, 1878, 
 Andover Theological Seminary, 1881; 
 went West in 1881, and was settled as 
 a home missionary, at Detroit, Mich., 
 remaining till 1885, when he removed 
 to Harwood, N. D., then a part of the 
 territory of Dakota, where he was mis- 
 sionary pastor till April, 1889, when he 
 
 entered the general work as a mission- 
 ary for the Congregational S. S. and 
 Pub. Soc.; in 1N91 was made superin- 
 tendent for the entire state, and has 
 continued since, having also, for a 
 number of years, worked in northern 
 Minnesota, and for three years had 
 the whole of Montana in his care. In 
 Aug., 1909, he was made joint mis- 
 sionary and S. 8. superintendent for 
 North Dakota, and has since continued 
 in that position; one of the founders of 
 Fargo College, Fargo, N. D., and for 
 many years secret :iry of its board of 
 trustees; received the honorary degree
 
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 of D.D. from Fargo in 1910 and from 
 Dartmouth in 1915; m., Sept, 6, 1881, 
 Laura Hewitt Washburn; children, 
 Bertha Campbell; Park Washburn 
 (Dartmouth, 1908, Thayer School, 
 1909), civil engineer, N. P. R. R.; 
 George Edwin (Fargo, 1914, Chicago 
 Theological Seminary, 1917), pastor, 
 Congregational church, Burlington, 
 Wis., now in Army Y. M. C. A. work. 
 Residence, Fargo, N. D. 
 
 Farnum, Charles Henry 
 
 Farmer; b., West Concord, N. H., 
 
 Dec. 30, 1X37; s. Dea. Benjamin and 
 Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed. Con- 
 cord schools and Colby Academy, New 
 London, N. H.; in Jan., 1X60, went to 
 California by way of the Isthmus, 
 remaining there till June, 1X6X, since 
 when he has been engaged in agricul- 
 ture at West Concord, on ancestral 
 land, belonging to his great-great- 
 grandfather, Ephraim Farnum, one of 
 the first settlers of Concord. He 
 represents one of three families in 
 Concord, living on land directlv de- 
 
 scended from the original proprietors 
 of "Pennycook," settled in 1725, the 
 others being Mr. Andrew J. Abbott, of 
 West Concord, his neighbor, and Miss 
 Eliza L. \Valker, of 276 No. Main St., 
 who lives in the very house of her great- 
 great-grandfather, Rev. Timothy 
 Walker, the first minister; Republican; 
 Congregationalist, member, West 
 Concord Congregational Church; life 
 member, N. E. Agricultural Soc.; mem- 
 ber, N. H. Dairymen's Ass'n; Merri- 
 mack County Grange Fair Ass'n; m., 
 Nov. 29, 1870, Annie E. Farnum, d. 
 March 31, 1917; a daughter died in 
 infancy. Residence, West Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Farnum, Lewis Calvin 
 
 Railway official; b., West Concord, 
 N. H., Sept. 28, 1846; s. Dea. Benja- 
 min and Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed. 
 West Concord schools and New Lon- 
 don Academy; went West in 1868; 
 conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee 
 and St. Paul R. R. forty-three years; 
 Republican; Christian Scientist; mem- 
 ber, A. F. and A. M., Blue Lodge 
 Chapter and Cornmandery, McGregor, 
 Iowa, Wisconsin Consistory, Milwau- 
 kee, Wis.; m., Aug. 9, 1874, Jennie 
 Amelia Tiffany, Mason City, Iowa; 
 one child, Emma Fay, b. Oct/28, 1875, 
 grad. McGregor high school, also 
 N. E. Conservatory of Music, Bos- 
 ton, Mass.; m., 1894, Fred G. Bell 
 of McGregor, manager and owner of 
 the oldest grain house in Iowa, known 
 as Cilchrist & Co., founded by his 
 father, Dea. Colin Bell, who started 
 the business at McGregor in 1854, 
 coming from West Charlton, N. Y. 
 Residence, McGregor, Iowa. 
 
 Jones, William Safford 
 
 Clergyman; b., Exeter, N. H., 
 March 10, 1879; s. Daniel Smith and 
 Harriet Maria (Smith) Jones; ed. 
 Boston public schools, private tutor, 
 Meadville (Pa.) Theological School, 
 1X96, Divinity School, Harvard Uni- 
 versity, resident graduate, 1896-7, 
 1899-1900; Unitarian; Minister, Chan- 
 ning Memorial Church, Newport,
 
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 R. I., since November, 1905; member, 
 A. F. & A. M., Chaplain, St. Paul's 
 Lodge, No. 14, Newport; Board of 
 Reference, Charity Organization Soc., 
 Newport; trustee, Natural History 
 Soc.; visiting committee, Woman's 
 College, Brown University; historian, 
 R. I. Soc. Sons of the Revolution; life 
 member, American Unitarian Ass'n 
 and Boston Young Men's Christian 
 Union; American Soc. for Psychical 
 Research; Meadville Alumni Ass'n; 
 Harvard Divinity Alumni Ass'n; Har- 
 vard Club of R. I.; author of many 
 printed sermons and articles; collab- 
 orator, "Getting Together: Essays by 
 Friends in Council, on the Regulative 
 Ideas of Religious Thought"; speaker 
 for the U. S. government under the 
 authority of the Committee on Public 
 Information as a "Four Minute Man"; 
 m., June 30, 1902, Edith Adams 
 Nichols; one son, Edward Nichols 
 Jones, b. July 16, 1904. Residence, 
 "The Parsonage," 29 Kay St., New- 
 port, R. I. 
 
 Shepard, Annie Bartlett 
 
 (Mrs. Frederick Johnson Shopard); 
 home-maker and club-woman; b., Not- 
 tingham, N. H., Feb. 18, 1861; dau. 
 Thomas Bradbury and Victoria (Cilley) 
 Bartlett, granddaughter Judge Brad- 
 bury Bartlett and Col. Joseph Cilley of 
 Nottingham, both serving in the War 
 of 1812 and the latter wounded at 
 Lundy's Lane, also great-granddaugh- 
 ter Gen. Thomas Bartlett and Gen. 
 Joseph Cilley, officers in the American 
 Revolution: ed. public schools, Haver- 
 hill, Mass., and Lasell Seminary, Au- 
 burndale, Mass.; state regent, N. H. 
 D. A. R., 1907-9; president, N. H. 
 Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1915- 
 17; director in General Federation of 
 Woman's Clubs, 1916-18; member, 
 Derry Woman's Club, Molly Reid 
 Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc. Colonial 
 Dames, N. H. Historical Soc., N. K. 
 Historic Genealogical Soc., N. H. 
 Woman's Dept. Nat. Civic Fed., State 
 Advisory Com. on Food Conservation 
 (Chairman Derry District), Derry 
 Parent-Teacher Ass'n, Derrv Red 
 
 Cross (Chairman East Derry Auxiliary) 
 Congregationalist, anti-suffragist; m., 
 Sept. 27, 1887, Frederick Johnson 
 Shepard, banker, Derry, N. H.; chil- 
 dren, (1) Frederick Johnson, Jr., b. 
 Dec. 10, 1889, Mass. Inst, Tech., 1912; 
 m. Jan. 27, 1915, Caroline Rothwell 
 Clark of Boston; one child, Helen 
 Rothwell; commissioned First Lieu- 
 tenant Ordnance Dept., U. S. A., Oct., 
 1917; (2) Alan Bartlett, b. Sept. 5, 
 1891, Dartmouth College, 1913, Tuck 
 
 School, 191-1; commissioned First 
 Lieutenant, Infantry Reserve at Platts- 
 burg, Nov., 1917; (3) Henry Bradbury, 
 b. Nov. 23, 1S93, Phillips Andover, 
 1912, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916; com- 
 missioned, Ensign, Naval Reserve 
 Ordnance Dept., Oct., 1917. Resi- 
 dence, East Derry, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Frank Parker 
 
 Merchant and lumberman; b., Bow, 
 N. H., March 21, 1S-17; s. Parker an.l 
 Clara A. (Gault ) Brown; ed. public 
 schools, Colby Academy, New Lon- 
 don, N. H., Concord Business College;
 
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 removed to Whitefield in 1870, where 
 - he was long engaged in lumbering and 
 mercantile business, but for some time 
 past has been a 'grain dealer; Baptist; 
 Republican, and for many years active 
 in party affairs; member, N. H. house 
 of representatives from Whitefield, 
 1876-7; Commissary General on the 
 staff of Gov. Moody Currier; delegate, 
 Republic National Convention, Phila- 
 delphia; member, N. H. senate, 1899; 
 executive council, 1907, fish and game 
 commissioner 1908-13; Mason (32d 
 degree); I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 20, 1874, 
 Kate Howard Crockett, Boston, Mass. 
 (Mrs. Brown has been active and 
 prominent in charitable and benevo- 
 lent work, and has long served as a 
 member of the State Board of Chari- 
 ties and Correction); one son, Forest 
 Gault, b. Aug. 7, 1885, a graduate of 
 the Whitefield high school, has a wife 
 and two children, Gault and Ruth, and 
 is associated with his father in the 
 grain business. Residence, White- 
 field, N. H. 
 
 Hartford, Fernando Wood 
 
 Publisher; b., Chateaugay, N. Y., 
 Nov. 14, 1876; s. Mark and Eliza J. 
 (Silver) Hartford; ed. public schools 
 and Morse Business College, Manches- 
 ter, N. H.; his first newspaper work was 
 done at the age of ten years, as a 
 carrier for the Manchester Morning 
 I'nion; at thirteen engaged with the 
 Union as an office boy, subsequently 
 serving as a bookkeeper and general 
 utility man until at sixteen, he was 
 sent to Portsmouth, at $9.00 per week, 
 to establish a circulation in that part 
 of the State; subsequently he served 
 for fifteen years in various clerical 
 capacities, at the Portsmouth Navy 
 Yard, attaining the position of chief 
 clerk to the purchasing paymaster 
 this early connection accounting for 
 the deep interest he has ever since 
 taken in the Navy Yard and its work; 
 publisher, Portsmouth Herald, since 
 1891, acquiring the Daily Chronicle 
 and N. H. Gazette (weekly) in 1893, 
 all of which he has since published; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican ; mem- 
 
 ber, Portsmouth city council, 1892, 
 school board six years; member, N. H. 
 house of representatives 1895; dele- 
 gate to Republican national conven- 
 tion, Chicago, 1912; N. E. Railroad 
 Conference, 1914; president and treas- 
 urer, Chronicle and Gazette Publishing 
 
 president, Portsmouth Theatre 
 director, Citizens Material Ry. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Co. member and organizer of the 
 
 Portsmouth Board of Trade; member, 
 
 N. H. Press Ass'n (ex-president), Pil- 
 
 grim Publicity Ass'n; Knights of the 
 Golden Eagle, Knights of Pythias. 
 Elks and Grange; Warwick, Ports- 
 mouth Athletic, Country and City 
 clubs, and Boston Press club; ac- 
 tively instrumental in the inauguration 
 and establishment of the new ship- 
 building plant at Newington, and 
 secretary of the corporation; m., June 
 7, 1890, Lizzie Hill Downing of Eliot . 
 Me.; children, Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs. 
 A. W. Scarborough), b. Aug. 21, 1891 
 (Bradford Academy, 1912); Emma 
 Helen (Mrs. William A. Nelson), b. 
 Sept. 18, 1893 (Smith College, 1916);
 
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 Justin Downing, b. July 21, 1900, now 
 in U. S. Naval Academy. Resi- 
 dence, Miller Ave.; office, 23 Pleasant 
 St. .Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 x Hannaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal 
 
 Historian, club woman; b., Mere- 
 dith, N. H., Oct. 2, 1853; dau. and 
 only child of Smith and Sarah Elisa- 
 beth (Smith) Neal; ed. public schools, 
 Sanbornton, N. H., and Tilton Semi- 
 nary; resided in Sanbornton, N. H., 
 till 1898 when she removed to Illinois; 
 m., Jan. 1, 1890, John P. Hannaford, 
 native of New Hampton; joined sec- 
 ond Baptist Church, Sanbornton Bay, 
 N. H., with her mother, in 1870, and 
 retains membership there; member, 
 board of directors, Farmers State 
 Bank, of Chadwick, 111., where she re- 
 sided a few years before removal to 
 Rockford, 111., their present home; has 
 devoted much time to historical and 
 genealogical work; published in 1915, 
 "Family Records of Branches of Sev- 
 eral New Hampshire Families," and is 
 still collecting data along this line; 
 active in club work and has served on 
 the Illinois Federation Board of 
 Women's Clubs; member, Chicago 
 chapter, Daughters of the American 
 Revolution, Colony of New England 
 Women, Chicago Chapter; N. H. 
 Historical Soc. and N. E. Historic- 
 Genealogical Soe., Boston, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, 514 N. WinnebagoSt., Rockford, 
 111. 
 
 Towle, Fred Scates 
 
 Physician; b., Boston, Mass., Dec. 
 28, 1863; s. Charles A. and Maria 
 (Scates) Towle; ed. Boston high school 
 and Columbian Medical College, 1893; 
 pursued post-graduate studies in New 
 York hospitals; practiced a short time 
 in Boston, and located in Portsmouth 
 in 1S94, where he has since continued, 
 establishing an extensive practice; 
 Baptist; Republican; has served as 
 city physician, chairman, Portsmouth 
 Board of Health, surgeon for B. <fr. M. 
 R. R.; member of staff of the Cottage 
 Hospital, surgeon-general on staff of 
 (iov. deorge A. Ramsdell; member, 
 
 N. H. Executive Council for District 
 No. 1, 1905-6; chairman, Medical Ad- 
 visory Draft Board; member, N. H. 
 Medical Soc. (president, 1917-18), 
 N. H. Surgical Club, Portsmouth, 
 Strafford County, and Rockingham 
 County medical societies, and American 
 Medical Ass'n; Mason (32d degree), 
 I. O. O. F., R. A. (State Medical Ex- 
 aminer); S. A. R.; m., March, 1885, 
 Martha Home Perry, Boston; one son, 
 Charles Augustus, educated at Ports- 
 
 mouth High School, and New York 
 Military Academy, Cornwall-on-the- 
 Hudson; married Marion ('.. Roby, 
 daughter C. A. Roby, Nashua, N. H., 
 died Oct. 2, 1916, aged 30 years. Resi- 
 dence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 
 Folsom, Channing 
 
 Educator, fanner; b., Newmarket, 
 X. H., June 1, 1S4S; s. Dr. William and 
 Irena (Lamprey) Folsom; ed. public 
 schools, Phillips Kxeter Academy, 
 IStili, Dartmouth College. 1870 (A.M. 
 IMS/)); taught school in Durham and 
 Newmarket while in college; later
 
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 taught two years in Amesbury, Mass., 
 and four years in Portsmouth; became 
 principal of the Belknap Grammar 
 school in Dover in 1874 continuing till 
 1877, when he went to the Eliot School 
 in Boston, remaining till April, 1882, 
 when he was made superintendent of 
 schools in Dover, continuing until 
 appointed Superintendent of Public 
 Instruction for the State of New Hamp- 
 shire, in Oct., 1898, which latter office 
 he held till 1904; Methodist; Republi- 
 can; member, A. F. & A. M., Rising 
 Star Lodge, Newmarket (past master, 
 Moses Paul Lodge, Dover), Belknap 
 Chapter and St. Paul Commandery, 
 Dover, N. H. Consistory, 32d degree; 
 prominent for a time in Patrons of 
 Husbandry, and first master of Dover 
 Grange; m., Nov. 12, 1870, Ruth F. 
 Sawyer of Newmarket; children, 
 Henry H., b. 1871, d. 1914 (Dartmouth, 
 1892) ; Alice Irene, b. 1873, m. George 
 G. Towle, Dover; Arthur Channing, 
 b. 1875, in business in San Francisco, 
 Cal.; Emily S., b. 1876, m. Perley A. 
 Young, Newmarket; Mary H., b. 1881, 
 m. Edward J. Ackroyd, Somerville, 
 Mass. Residence, Newmarket, N. H.; 
 address, Newfields, R. F. D. 
 
 Sargent, Orison Clark 
 
 Clergyman; b., Pittsford, Vt., Oct. 
 1, 1849; s. Leonard and Sophia (Allen) 
 Sargent, grandson of Junia Sargent, a 
 "Green Mountain" boy who fought at 
 Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen; ed. 
 Fairfax Literary and Scientific Insti- 
 tute, Vt., Colgate Academy, Colgate 
 University, A.B., 1875, A.M. and B.D., 
 1878; Phi Beta Kappa; filled Baptist 
 pulpit at Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y., 
 one year while theological student; or- 
 dained. Jewett City, Conn., July, 1878, 
 preached there till 1884; Randolph, 
 Mass., 1884-8; asst. pastor, Second Ave. 
 Baptist Church, New York City, 1888 
 -9; Claremont, N. II., 1889-1901; gen- 
 eral secretary and superintendent of N. 
 H. Baptist Convention, 1901-14; Re- 
 publican; member, Am. Baptist Foreign 
 Miss. Soc. (life), Am. Baptist Home 
 Miss. Soc. (life), N. H. Bible Soc. 
 
 (director), Ministers' Conference of 
 Boston, Concord Ministers' Confer- 
 ence, N. H. Historical Soc., Concord 
 Equal Suffrage League, Anti-Saloon 
 League, N. H. Y. M. C. A. (hon.), 
 W. C. T. U. (hon.), Nat. Geographic 
 Soc.; president, N. H. Y. P. S. C. E. 
 three years during Claremont pastor- 
 ate; owner and editor of the N. H. 
 Evangel, a Baptist State paper, 1907- 
 14; contributor to the Watchman and 
 Examiner (Boston), including letters 
 from Europe, California and Jamaica; 
 
 also to Z ion's Advocate of Maine; m.. 
 Anne Phidelia Sears of Delhi, N. Y.. 
 June 25, 1878; children, Clark Sears. 
 b. Dec. 2, 1879, d. Aug. 11, 1880; 
 Elizabeth Sears, b. Oct. 1, 1SS1, A.B., 
 Mount Holyoke College, 1903. teacher 
 in high schools, Woodstock, Vt., 1904- 
 6, Franklin, N. H., 1906-7, Concord, 
 N. II., 1907-; president, Concord 
 Woman's College Club, 19 17-. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H.
 
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 Hobbs, Frank Pierce 
 
 Railroading, hotel and livery busi- 
 ness, lumbering, real estate and fire 
 insurance; b., Winona, Minn., Sept. 6, 
 1855; s. Ezra T. and Hannah M. 
 (Cogswell) Hobbs; ed. public schools 
 of Ossipee and Tamworth, N. H.; em- 
 ployed by the Eastern R. R. in youth, 
 serving successively as brakeman, bag- 
 gage master, telegraph operator and 
 station agent at Wolfeboro, until 1888, 
 when he resigned, and engaged in hotel 
 and livery business, conducting first the 
 "Lake Shore" and later the Wolfeboro 
 Hotel, which he remodelled and named 
 "Hobbs-is-Inn," continuing till June, 
 1907, when he retired to go into real 
 estate, lumbering and insurance; Uni- 
 tarian; Democrat; he served forty 
 years as a member of the N. H. Demo- 
 cratic state committee; sheriff of Car- 
 roll County, 1899, 1900; deputy sheriff, 
 Carroll, Belknap and Strafford Coun- 
 ties, many years; postmaster Wolfe- 
 boro, 1894-8, 1913 and since; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1911- 
 12, 1913-14; member, N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1912; justice, Wolfe- 
 boro District Court, 1913-15; chair- 
 man, Carroll County War Savings 
 Committee, 1918; member, Morning 
 Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Fidelity 
 Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., and Carroll 
 Lodge, No. 7, A. O. U. W., of Wolfe- 
 boro; m., Dec. G, 1882, Emily S., dau. 
 Otis and Shua (Libbey) Evans, of 
 Wolfeboro; two daughters, Shua and 
 Mary. Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H. 
 
 Robbins, Joseph Henry 
 
 Clergyman; b., Yarmouth, Nova 
 Scotia, Aug. 21, 1846; s. Chandler and 
 Hannah (Holmes) Robbins, great- 
 grandson of Joseph Robbins who 
 fought under Washington at battle of 
 Princeton and in the capture of the 
 Hessians at Trenton; also descended 
 from Isaac Allerton and John Howland, 
 both Mayflower Pilgrims; Acadia Uni- 
 versity, Nova Scotia, B.A. 1873, M.A. 
 1883; ordained Baptist minister, Raw- 
 don, Nova Scotia, 1X73; pastorates, 
 1873-1902, Rawclon, Cambridge, Bear 
 River and Middleton, N. S., Spring- 
 
 field, Saxton's River and Chester, Vt., 
 Claremont and Concord, N. H.; 
 Superintendent, N. H. Anti-Saloon 
 League and editor, N. H. Issue, 1902- ; 
 Independent; member, N. E. Evange- 
 listic Ass'n, Lord's Day League of 
 N. E., Salisbury Baptist Ass'n, N. H. 
 Baptist United Convention, Good Will 
 Farm Home Ass'n, Franklin, N. H. 
 (trustee), Concord Ministers' Confer- 
 ence, Concord Equal Suffrage League, 
 Capital Grange, P. of H.; author of 
 
 N. H. Prohibitory law passed in 1917; 
 m., Dec. 24, 1872, Yarmouth, N. S., 
 Mary Gould Scott; children: (1) 
 Joseph Chandler, b. March 20, 1874, 
 Brown University, A.B. 1897, Newton 
 Theological Seminary, 1901; served 
 in Spanish-American War, Co. E, 1st 
 N. H. Vols. 1898; seven years mission- 
 ary in the Philippines, foreign secretary 
 Am. Bapt. For. Miss. Soe., 1916-, m. 
 Effie Starkey of Troy, N. H.; children: 
 Mary, d. in the Philippines, Ruth 
 Margaret, Joseph Chandler, Louise 
 Mary; (2) Louise May, b. April 14, 
 1875, ed. Leland Stanford University, 
 California, d. Jan. 17, 1917. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. II.
 
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 Henderson, James William 
 
 Printer, lawyer, real estate operator; 
 b., Rochester, N. H., Feb. 18, 1840; s. 
 William Millet and Maria (Diman) 
 Henderson; ed. public schools, Roches- 
 ter Academy and Franklin Academy, 
 Dover; taught school in Rochester 
 and Farmington in youth; learned the 
 printer's trade in the office of the 
 Dover Enquirer, and was subsequently 
 employed in the Mass. State printing 
 office, on the Boston Journal and 
 
 Dover newspapers; member, Dover 
 board of education, 1870-5; read law 
 in the office of (leorge W. Stevens of 
 Dover; went to St. Augustine, Fla.. in 
 1877, where he continued the study of 
 law, was admitted to the Florida bar, 
 and subsequently to the U. S. District 
 and Supreme Courts; appointed acting 
 state's attorney for St. John's Co., by 
 Judge J. M. Baker of the Fourth Judi- 
 cial District; meanwhile lie was also 
 engaged in extensive real estate opera- 
 tions in St. Augustine, including the 
 proprietorship of a big hotel, upon 
 the site of which, after its destruction 
 
 by fire, he erected a large brick block, 
 now the home of the Masons, Odd Fel- 
 lows and other fraternal orders. He 
 also purchased at a special Master's 
 sale, the St. Augustine & South Beach 
 Railway & Bridge Co.'s property, con- 
 sisting of half a dozen miles of railroad 
 and a drawbridge, spanning the Mal- 
 ansas River, which some two years later 
 was disposed of to a Boston syndicate. 
 Methodist; Democrat; served several 
 years as a member of the N. H. Demo- 
 cratic state committee, and was active 
 in local and state politics; in the state 
 convention of 1875, presented the name 
 of Capt. Daniel Marcy of Portsmouth, 
 for the gubernatorial nomination, in a 
 forceful and convincing speech; m., 
 May 18, 1878, Ellen Compton, dau. 
 Jacob Compton of Chicago, an accom- 
 plished woman of fine artistic tastes, 
 who d. April 26, 1909. (Just previous to 
 marriage he had purchased in Dover, the 
 fine old residence of the late Judge Dur- 
 rell of Louisiana fame, which he occu- 
 pied as a summer home.) Two sons: 
 William H., b. New York City, May 27, 
 1879, d. St. Augustine, Fla., March 
 14, 1880; J. Compton, b. Clifton House, 
 Niagara Falls, July 8, 1880; ed. Dover, 
 St. Augustine and Chicago public 
 schools, South Division high school, 
 Chicago, Phillips Exeter Academy, and 
 South Western Univ., Jackson, Tenn. r 
 LL.B.; admitted to the bar of Tennes- 
 see and Florida, and became a partner 
 with his father in the firm of Hender- 
 son & Henderson, St. Augustine and 
 Chicago. Mr. Henderson has impor- 
 tant real estate interests in Dover, St. 
 Augustine and Chicago, and divides his 
 time between the three cities. 
 
 Hall, Newton Marshall 
 
 Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H.,. 
 Jan. 10, 18(55; s. Marshall Parker and 
 Susan Marice (James) Hall; ed. Man- 
 chester high school, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.IJ. 1888, A.M. 1891, D.D. 1908, 
 Andover Theological Seminary, 1891; 
 professor, English Language and Liter- 
 ature, Iowa College, 1891-3; pastor, 
 First Presbyterian Church, Owonta, 
 X. V., 1894-9; pastor, Xorth Congre-
 
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 gational Church, Springfield, Mass., 
 1899- ; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member-at-large, Springfield board of 
 education, 1912-; chairman, board, 
 1916; Vice-president, Mass. Soc. 
 S. A. R., 1913-15; president, George 
 Washington Chapter, S. A. R., 1910- 
 12, Chaplain, 1900-10; president, 
 Springfield Congregational Union, 
 1914-17; president, Connecticut Val- 
 ley Congregational Club, 1913-14; 
 director, Mass. Home Miss. Soc., 1912- 
 18; member, Nat'l Municipal League, 
 Springfield Country Club, Reality Club, 
 Conn. Valley Congregational Club, 
 9AX; author, "Civic Righteousness 
 and Civic Pride," "The Golden Book," 
 "The Bible Story," "Biblical Dramas," 
 "Early Days of Israel," "Days of the 
 Kings of Israel," "Adult Bible Classes," 
 "The Critical Study of the Bible"; m., 
 Aug. 20, 1891, Louise Buffum Varney, 
 d. 1914; one daughter, Louise Marshall 
 Hall. Residence, Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Erskine, James Buddington 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b. South 
 Scituate, R. I., May 15, 1855; s. James 
 and Ellen (Cromwell) Erskine; ed. 
 common schools, Jencks Mowry Mt. 
 Pleasant high school, at Mt. Pleasant, 
 R. I., M.D., University of New York, 
 1885; spent the following year in study 
 in hospitals of Great Britain and Paris; 
 on return located in practice at Bristol, 
 R. I., but, two years later, removed to 
 Colebrook, N. H., where he continued 
 ten years, meanwhile attending the 
 New York Post Graduate School and 
 visiting the hospitals of that city; 
 studied in the Metropolitan schools of 
 London in 1898, and upon his return to 
 America, located in Tilton, N. H., 
 where he has since remained, having 
 established a much-needed private 
 hospital and conducted it with much 
 success; has specialized in surgery, suc- 
 cessfully performing nearly every 
 known operation in that line. Resi- 
 dence, Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Metcalf, Harry Bingham 
 
 Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 
 25, 1871; s. Henry Harrison and Mary 
 
 Jane (Jackson) Metcalf; ed. public 
 schools of Manchester and Concord 
 (Concord high school, 1889); Dart- 
 mouth College, B.S. 1893, M.S. 1896; 
 in high school, founder and first editor 
 of The Volunteer; in senior college year, 
 editor of The Dartmouth; on editorial 
 staff of the Boston American since its 
 foundation; previously on Boston Her- 
 ald and various New Hampshire papers; 
 Unitarian; Independent Democrat; au- 
 thor, "Stray Notes of Song" (volume 
 
 of verse), 1900; in., Dec. 18, 1899, 
 Katherine A. Sheehan of Lebanon, 
 N. II. Residence, S7 Brantwood Rd., 
 Arlington, Mass. 
 
 Hoyt, Charles Burleigh 
 
 Farmer; b., Sandwich, N. H., Dec. 
 12, 1859; s. Benjamin Burleigh and 
 Caroline Elizabeth (Quimby) Hoyt; ed. 
 public schools and New Hampton 
 Literary Institution; Methodist; 
 Republican; moderator and chairman, 
 selectmen of Sandwich many years 
 (now serving on the latter board); 
 member, school board, several terms;
 
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 225 
 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1903, 1915; member, N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention, 1918; colonel 
 on staff of Gov. N. J. Bachelder; 
 member, A. F. & A. M., Eastern Star, 
 Patrons of Husbandry, past master, 
 Mt. Israel Grange, Sandwich, and 
 Carroll County Pomona Grange; past 
 general deputy, N. H. State Grange; 
 past master, South Dakota State 
 Grange; m., Oct. 23, 1903, Miss 
 Florence Webster of Sandwich. Resi- 
 dence, Center Sandwich, N. H. 
 
 Sawyer, Roland Douglas 
 
 Clergyman, publicist, writer; b., 
 Kensington, N. H., Jan. 8, 1874; s. 
 Stephen and Phoebe (Blake) Sawyer; 
 Congregationalist ; Fundamental Dem- 
 ocrat; educated for the ministry at 
 Revere Lay College and Boston Uni- 
 versity; has held pastorates at Brock- 
 ton, Hanson, Haverhill and Ware (all 
 in Massachusetts) ; instructor, Revere 
 Lay College, 1900-04; organized Anti- 
 Profanity League, 1902, conducting 
 work until 1907, when the League had 
 30,000 members; helped organize Popu- 
 list party in New Hampshire, 1894; 
 delegate to various political conven- 
 tions in Massachusetts, 1904 to 1907; 
 delegate to national convention, Inde- 
 pendence League, 1908; became Social- 
 ist in 1908; national lecturer and con- 
 tributor to the Socialist press till 1913; 
 candidate for Governor of Massachu- 
 setts, 1912; Democratic-Labor mem- 
 ber of Mass, house of representatives, 
 1914-18; delegate Mass, constitutional 
 convention, 1917-18; author, "Making 
 of a Socialist," "Walt Whitman, the 
 Prophet-Poet," "Summer Days at 
 Kensington," and various pamphlets 
 on political and economic subjects; 
 contributor, Arena Magazine, New 
 York Call and Hearst newspapers; 
 affiliated with Patrons of Husbandry, 
 Odd Fellows and Moose; m., June 29, 
 1898, Mary L. Palmer of Kensington; 
 children, Ruth, b. June 22, 1899; 
 Rachel, b. May 12, 1901; Roland, b. 
 Dec. 26, 1902; Robert b. Aug. 24, 1904; 
 Rosalind, b. June 17, 1900; Ramona, 
 15 
 
 b. Sept. 16, 1911. Residence, Ware, 
 Mass.; summer home, Mother-Earth 
 Camp, Kensington, N. H. 
 
 Morrison, Obe Gray 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Northfield, N. H., 
 Oct. 15, 1851; s. Thomas L. and 
 Susan (Cappen) Morrison; ed. Tilton 
 public schools; in youth entered employ 
 of the Elm Mills Co. on Northfield side 
 of the Winnipesaukee River, where he 
 continued twenty years, mastering the 
 
 details of woolen manufacturing; later 
 engaged in business for himself, in a 
 new plant, with modern equipment, 
 but under the old name, and is today, 
 president and treasurer of the Elm 
 Mills Woolen Co., Tilton: Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member, school 
 board, fifteen years (chairman, six 
 years); member, N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1885-0 and 1915-16; state 
 senator, 1917-18; member, Doric 
 Lodge, A. F. fc A. M., Tilton; Knight 
 Templar; m., Jan. 1, 1874, Mary F. 
 Munsey; one dau., Edith (Mrs. \Valter
 
 226 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Booth), b. May 8, 1877. Residence, 
 Northfield; P. O. Address, Tilton, 
 N. H. 
 
 Goss, Winifred Lane 
 
 (Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss); 
 bank cashier and club-woman; b., 
 Pittsfield, N. H., April 30, 1875; dau. 
 Charles Henry and Almira Lovena 
 (Perkins) Lane; ed. Pittsfield schools, 
 K. U. A., Meriden, N. H., 1894; asst. 
 cashier, Merchants' National Bank 
 
 (Dover, N. H.), founded by her hus- 
 band; director, Merchants' National 
 Bank, trustee, Fanners' Savings Bank, 
 Pittsfield, N. H.; member of Congre- 
 gational Church, Pittsfield, the church 
 of her forbears, whose first clerk was 
 her maternal great-grandfather, Deacon 
 Jonathan Perkins, who also served as 
 deacon from the organization of the 
 church, 1789, till his death, forty years 
 later; her esteemed father was warden 
 and treasurer of this church many 
 years and bequeathed a trust fund 
 whose income is to be used for the 
 repair of the church buildings. Mrs. 
 
 Goss is superintendent of Junior Sun- 
 day-school and member of Religious 
 Education committee, First Parish 
 Church, Dover; member Margery 
 Sullivan Chapter, D. A. R. (regent, 
 1905-7 and member, board of mana- 
 gers, 1907-); state regent, N. H. 
 D. A. R., and member, National 
 Board, 1913-15; regent, D. A. R. 
 Chapter, S. S. Rotterdam, Mediter- 
 ranean cruise, 1914; member, state 
 executive board, D. A. R., 1917-18, 
 state executive board, Am. Red Cross; 
 treasurer, Dover Chapter, Am. Red 
 Cross, Dover Branch Woman's Civic 
 Fed., Dover Musical Soc., also of 
 N. H. Y. W. C. A. War Fund; several 
 years director and corresponding-sec- 
 retary, Dover Children's Home; di- 
 rector, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro- 
 tective Ass'n; member, N. H. Soc. of 
 Colonial Dames of America, Tuesday 
 Study Club and Middlebrook Golf 
 Club (Dover), Dist. Nursing Ass'n 
 and other local missionary, philan- 
 thropic and social clubs; m., June 26, 
 1895, Pittsfield, N. H., Charles Car- 
 penter Goss; one child, Charles Lane 
 Goss, b. Feb. 24, 1903, member of 
 Dover High School, 1921. Residence, 
 74 Silver St.., Dover, N.H. 
 
 Clarke, Olive Rand 
 
 (Mrs. John B. Clarke) ; newspaper 
 and club-woman; b. Warner, N. H., 
 May 26, 1841; dau. Joseph Noyes and 
 Olive (Whittier) Rand; ed. Warner 
 and Contoocook schools, Hopkinton 
 Academy, Contocook Academy, 1858; 
 taught school for several years; con- 
 nected with the Manchester Mirror, 
 1864-86; has written extensively for 
 the press; letters from California 
 and the Northwest, 1884, afterwards 
 published in book form under the title 
 of "A Vacation Excursion"; letters 
 from Mexico, 1886; letters from Spain, 
 France, Italy, Central Europe and the 
 Near East, 1894; trustee of the N. H. 
 State Industrial School, 1888-1911, 
 originally appointed by Governor 
 Sawyer; secretary of the Manchester 
 Woman's Aid and Relief Soc. since its 
 organization, 1873-; first correspond-
 
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 227 
 
 ing secretary of N. H. Federation of 
 Woman's Clubs (declined presidency 
 of the Federation in 1899 and 1901); 
 chairman of Forestry committee, 
 N. H. Federation, 1905-7; chairman, 
 Press committee, N. H. Federation, 
 1907-17; founded New Century Club 
 of Manchester (men and women), 
 1898 ; president of Manchester City 
 Federation, 1896-8; president, Man- 
 chester Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1907- ; 
 vice-president, Warner Equal Suffrage 
 League; on advisory board of N. H. 
 Equal Suffrage Ass'n. 1917-; member, 
 Manchester Shakespeare Club, several 
 
 B:ars; member, Molly Stark chapter, 
 . A. R. (charter), Children's Aid and 
 Protective Ass'n, Soc. for Protection of 
 N. H. Forests, N. H. Peace Soc.; m., 
 July 1, 1886, Col. John Badger Clarke, 
 editor and proprietor of the Manchester 
 Mirror (d. Oct. 29, 1891). Residence, 
 Manchester and Warner, N. H. 
 
 Tufts, Edith Souther 
 
 Registrar of Wellesley College; b., 
 Dover, N. H., Jan. 29, 1862, dau. 
 Charles Augustus and Anne Blanchard 
 (Souther) Tufts; ed. public schools of 
 Dover, N. H., Wellesley College, B.A. 
 1885, M.A. 1895, studied at Yale 
 University, 1894-5; teacher at Dana 
 Hall School, Wellesley, 1885-94, 1895- 
 8, Norwich Free Academv, Norwich, 
 Conn., 1898-1900, Commonwealth 
 Avenue School, Boston, 1900-02; in- 
 structor in Greek at Wellesley College, 
 1902-3; registrar, Wellesley College, 
 1903- ; Episcopalian; member, Boston 
 College Club, Boston Wellesley College 
 Club. Residence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Stearns, Edward Roland 
 
 Clergyman; b., Biddeford, Me., Nov. 
 10, 1867; s. John Frye and Mary 
 (Emmons) Stearns; ed. Thornton Aca- 
 demy, Saco, Me., 1885, A.B., Bowdoin 
 College, 1889, Andover Theological 
 Seminary, 1892; minister, Congrega- 
 tional church, New Vinevard, Me., 
 1892-6, Warren, Me., 1896-1902, 
 Lancaster, N. H., 1902-12; field secre- 
 tary of the N. II. Congregational Min- 
 
 isters and Widows' Fund, 1912-15; 
 secretary of the General Conference of 
 Congregational Churches of N. H. and 
 N. H. Home Missionary Soc., 1915- ; 
 editor, N. H. Congregational Record, 
 1914- ; Independent; member, South 
 Congregational Church, Concord, 
 N. H., ^7 fraternity, Mason, 32d 
 degree, N. H. Consistory, North Star 
 Lodge, Lancaster, Nat. Council Con- 
 gregational Churches, Concord Min- 
 
 isters' Union, Merrimack Ministers' 
 Ass'n, Central Congregational Club, 
 N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Bible Soc. 
 (director), Y. M. C. A., Council of 
 Nat. Defense; trustee, Euphrates Col- 
 lege, Harpoot, Turkey; m., Frances 
 Alice Voter, Sept. 15, 1896, New Vine- 
 yard, Me., children, Mary Everett, b. 
 March 10, 1898, Mt. Holyokc College, 
 1921; John Frye, b. Jan. 14, 1900, 
 Phillips Andover Academy, 1918; 
 Elisabeth, b. July 29, 1901. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H.
 
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 229 
 
 Kimball, Benjamin Ames 
 
 Railway official, banker; b., Bos- 
 cawen, N. H., Aug. 22, 1833; s. Ben- 
 jamin and Ruth (Ames) Kimball; his 
 father dying soon after his birth, re- 
 moved with his mother to Concord 
 when sixteen years of age; ed. Concord 
 high school, Hildreth's Preparatory 
 School, Derry, Dartmouth College 
 Scientific Dept., graduating B.S., with 
 highest honors in 1854; immediately 
 after graduation entered the service 
 of the Concord R. R., as a draftsman; 
 two years later became superintendent 
 of the locomotive department; after 
 eleven years' service resigned as master 
 mechanic to attend to private business; 
 has been a partner in the firm of Ford 
 & Kimball, manufacturers of brass and 
 iron castings, car wheels, etc., since 
 1865; founder, director and president 
 of the Cushman Electric Co., Concord; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; mem- 
 ber, X. H. house of representatives, 
 1872; delegate in N. H. constitutional 
 conventions of 1876, 1889 and 1902; 
 member, N. H. executive council, 1884; 
 alternate delegate, Republican national 
 convention, 1880; delgate at large, 
 1892; commissioner from New Hamp- 
 shire in a convention of commissioners 
 from the several states arranging for 
 the celebration of the 100th anniver- 
 sary of the promulgation of the Con- 
 stitution of the United States, Sept. 15, 
 16 and 17, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.; 
 member of the Commission to erect the 
 N. H. State Library building, 1889; 
 trustee and president of the old Con- 
 cord Savings Bank; trustee Merrimack 
 Co. Savings Bank; director, Mechan- 
 icks National Bank, Concord, since 
 organization, and president since 1884; 
 chosen director of the Manchester & 
 North Weare R. R., in 1873; succeeded 
 Gov. Onslow Stearns as a director of 
 the Concord R. R., Jan., 1879, and 
 since annually elected in the corpora- 
 tion and its successor, the Concord & 
 Montreal R. R., and president of the 
 same, and many leased roads, since 
 1895; incorporator and director, Man- 
 ufacturers & Merchants Mutual Fire 
 Ins. Co.; member and trustee, N. H. 
 
 Historical Soc., and chairman of the 
 committee having in charge the erec- 
 tion of its elegant new building, the 
 gift of Edward Tuck of Paris, to which 
 work he gave much time and care; 
 member, Alpha Omega Chapter, Dart- 
 mouth; member, board of visitors, 
 Chandler Scientific School, 1890-5; 
 trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1895 
 and chairman finance committee; 
 member, American Social Science 
 Ass'n, since 1890; member, I. O. O. F., 
 and South Congregational Soc. of 
 Concord; m., Jan. 9, 1861, Myra 
 Tilton Elliott of Canterbury; one son 
 Henry Ames (see page 141). Resi- 
 dence, 44 So. Main St. .Concord, N. H.; 
 summer home, "The Broads," Lake 
 Winnepesaukee. 
 
 Keyes, Arthur Louis 
 
 Banker, insurance; b., Wilton, N. H., 
 Dec. 2, 1862; s. George H. and Abby 
 A. (Gutterson) Keyes; ed. public 
 schools, Francestown Academy (grad- 
 uate), Tufts College; Unitarian; Re- 
 publican; member, Milford school 
 board, six years, and has held various 
 other minor town offices; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1897-9 
 and 1899-1900; N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1912 and 1918; trustee 
 and treasurer, Granite Savings Bank of 
 Milford, since organization in 1899; 
 director and clerk, Milford Home for 
 Aged Women; member, I. O. R. M.; 
 has been engaged in fire insurance busi- 
 ness in Milford since 1894, when he 
 bought out the long established agency 
 of the late Judge Robert M. Wallace; 
 m., Dec. 12, 1894, Marion H. Robbe 
 of Peterborough. Residence, Milford, 
 N.H. 
 
 Jones, Elgin Alonzo 
 
 Survevor, real estate, probate prac- 
 tice; b., Marlow, N. H., July 30, 1852; 
 s. John Q. and Cynthia (Gould) Jones; 
 seventh in line from Hugh Jones, 
 Salem, Mass., 1035-1690 (his father, 
 John Q. Jones, was a leading citizen of 
 his town and county for many years); 
 ed. Marlow and Mont Yernon acad- 
 emies and Dartmouth College, 1874;
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 resided in Marlow until 1911, following 
 the business of a civil engineer, and 
 taking an active part in public affairs 
 and in all matters pertaining to the 
 welfare of the community; with his 
 father gave Jones Hall to the town, 
 and after the disastrous fire of 1916, 
 gave the ladies of the M. E. Church a 
 
 new chapel building; Christian; Demo- 
 crat; deeply interested in education, 
 having served for a time as principal of 
 Marlow Academy, and as superintend- 
 ent of schools for the town, and was 
 instrumental in organizing the first 
 county school board in the state; 
 served for more than thirty years in 
 different town offices in Marlow, and 
 represented the town in the legislature 
 of 1911, in which year he removed to 
 Keene, though still holding extensive 
 real estate interests in his old home 
 town. In Keene he has conducted an 
 extensive probate business in addition 
 to real estate, of which he has the care 
 and managemen of large amounts. 
 He is a trustee and auditor of Cheshire 
 County Savings Bank, director of 
 
 Ashuelot National Bank, and an 
 auditor of Cheshire County; m., 
 Nov. 24, 1880, Sarah C. Boynton, 
 Grafton, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Cavanaugh, John Bernard 
 
 Lawyer; b. June 19, 1871; s. Thomas 
 J. and Mary A. (Gallagher) Cava- 
 naugh; ed. Park St. grammar school, 
 Manchester high school, 1889, Boston 
 University Law School; studied law 
 in the offices of Drury & Peaslee and 
 George W. Prescott of Manchester 
 and admitted to the bar and com- 
 menced practice in 1897; Catholic; 
 Republican; member, N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1899, 1901, 1903; 
 N. H. senate, 1905; constitutional 
 convention, 1912, 1918; executive 
 
 council, 1915-16; Manchester board 
 of health, 1911-14; member, Knights 
 of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hiber- 
 nians, Catholic Order of Foresters, 
 Sons of Veterans, Manchester His- 
 torical Soc.; m., Margaret E. McDer- 
 mott, Aug. 15, 1906. Residence, Man- 
 chester, X. H.
 
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 Chapman, Charles E. 
 
 Educator; b., Franklin, N. H., June 
 3, 1880; s. Frank H. and Ella Frances 
 (James) Chapman; ed. Franklin high 
 school, Peekskill, N. Y., Military 
 Academy, Andover Academy, 1898, 
 Princeton Univ., Tufts College, A.B., 
 1902, Harvard, LL.B., 1905, Univ. of 
 California, A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1915, 
 Univ. of Seville, Spain (in residence) 
 1913; teacher of History in the Univ. 
 of California; representative of the state 
 and Univ. of California at the second 
 Serra Centenary in Petra, Majorca, 
 1913; representative of the Univ. of 
 California at the Congress of Bibli- 
 ography and History, Buenos Aires 
 Argentina, 1916, and member of 
 permanent committee of said Congress. 
 Author of "The Founding of Spanish 
 California," "A History of Spain," 
 "Catalogue of Materials in the Ar- 
 chivo General de Indias on the History 
 of the Pacific Coast and the American 
 Southwest," "A Californian in South 
 America," and numerous historical 
 articles; editor of the Spanish Ameri- 
 can Historical Review; member Cali- 
 fornia Historical Survey Commission, 
 American Historical Ass'n; m., June 
 22, 1907, Elizabeth A. Russell, Win- 
 chester, Mass.; one son, Seville Dudley 
 Chapman. Residence, Berkeley, Cal. 
 
 Stacy, Thomas Hobbs 
 
 Clergyman; b., North Berwick, Me., 
 July 26, 1850; s. Daniel Lowe and 
 Elizabeth Ann (Hobbs) Stacy; ed. 
 West Lebanon (Me.) Academy, pri- 
 vate tutor, Bates College, A.B., 1876; 
 B.D. (Cobb Divinity School) 1879; 
 D.D., 1906. Taught in Bates College 
 three years, in Cobb Divinity School 
 one year; ordained to the Free Baptist 
 ministry, Sept. 17, 1879; pastor, Fair- 
 port, N. Y., 1879-82; Lawrence, 
 Mass., 1882-6; Auburn, Me., 1886-93; 
 Saco, Me., 1893-1902; Concord, N. H., 
 since Feb., 1902. Member, F. B. 
 General Conference ten times; cor- 
 responding secretary, F. B. Foreign 
 Miss. Soc., 1882-94; made tour of the 
 world as Mission Secretary, 1890-1; 
 member, General Conference Board, 
 
 since 1904-, executive committee, since 
 1905 (recording secretary both bodies) ; 
 member, committee of twelve on con- 
 ference with other Christian people, 
 1905-10 (now committee of five and 
 secretary of same); president, Minis- 
 ters' Conference, Maine F. B. Ass'n, 
 1894-1902; trustee, Bates College; 
 trustee, New Hampton Lit. Inst.; 
 president, N. H. Sunday School Ass'n, 
 1903-4 (since member executive com- 
 mittee); member, board of managers, 
 
 American Bap. Foreign Miss. Soc., 
 191 1-; member, Federal Council, 
 Churches of Christ in America; secre- 
 tary, N. H. Interdenominational Com- 
 mission, 1906-. <t>BK. Author, "In 
 the Path of Light Around the World," 
 1895; "Conditions of Spiritual Life," 
 1901; "Life of O. R. Bachelor, M.D., 
 D.D., Fifty-three Years Missionary 
 to India," 1904; "Wayside Garniture," 
 1912; "Historical Sketch, Bengal Mis- 
 sion," 1912, and many articles, prose 
 and poetry; m., 1st, Aug. 27, 1879, 
 Clara I. Farnham, Kennebunk, Me., 
 d. March 20, 1884; 2d, Dec. 26, 1891,
 
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 Leonora M. Harlow, Auburn, Me.; 
 children, Anne Clarabel, b. Jan. 5, 
 1881 (Mrs. Frank I. Spooner, Salt 
 Lake City); Elizabeth May, b. March 
 14, 1894. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Burlingame, Harriet Grace Boyd 
 
 (Mrs. William Burlingame); club- 
 woman; b., Providence, R. I., Sept. 4, 
 1852; dau. Colville Dana and Harriet 
 M. (Campbell) Boyd; descendant of 
 Chad Brown, Gregory Dexter, Thomas 
 Angell and Obadiah Holmes, founders 
 of Rhode Island; ed. Swansea, Mass.. 
 and Providence, R. I., schools; Con- 
 gregationalist, member First Church 
 in Exeter; member and past president, 
 Exeter Woman's Club; president, N.H. 
 Federation Women's Clubs, 1910-11; 
 member Colonial Dames; Eastern Star 
 (Grand Matron, 1907); president, 
 N. H. Cent Institution and Home 
 Missionary Union the oldest woman's 
 organization in the United States; 
 member, Exeter Current Events Club; 
 treasurer, Exeter Relief Soc.; director, 
 Children's Aid Ass'n; Red Cross; 
 chairman, local committee, Woman's 
 Section, Council of National Defense; 
 m. William Burlingame, Aug. 22, 1877; 
 children (1) Harold Dana, b. June 23, 
 1879 (ed. Phillips Exeter and Worces- 
 ter, Mass., academies), HI. Mary 
 Henderson, Lynn, Mass.; with Stand- 
 ard Steel Car Co., Butler, Pa.; (2) 
 Amy, b. April 15, 1884 (Vassar, 1906); 
 m. 1914 William J. E. Sander, lawyer of 
 Boston; (3) Robert Anson, b. Feb. 24, 
 1886 (Phillips Exeter, 1904, Lehigh 
 Univ., 1908), m., 1911, Estelle Wal- 
 bert, So. Bethlehem, Pa.; (4) Ella Wins- 
 low, b. Nov. 22, 1887 (Simmons Col- 
 lege), m., 1910, Henry Lewis, banker 
 of Portland, Me. Residence, Exeter, 
 N.H. 
 
 Hough, Arthur Hugh 
 
 Banker; b., Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 
 28, 1882; s. Rev. Alfred James and 
 Celia Elizabeth (Harrington) Hough; 
 ed. public schools; Congregationalist; 
 Independent; treasurer, People's Trust 
 Co., Lebanon, N. H. (previously 
 for twelve years teller, First National 
 
 Bank, White River Jet., Vt.); treas- 
 urer, town of Lebanon; president, 
 Lebanon chamber of commerce; vice- 
 president, Trust Co. Section, Amer- 
 ican Bankers' Ass'n; director, Graf ton 
 County Electric Light and Power Co.; 
 member, A. F. & A. M., P. B. O. E., 
 Sunset Club; located in Lebanon in 
 1913 and organized the People's Trust 
 Co. the first Trust Co. charter granted 
 
 in sixteen years; m., Oct. 20, 1899, 
 Elizabeth Irene Edson; children, 
 Katherine Celia, b. Jan. 22, 1911; 
 Alfred George, b. Jan. 22, 1913. Resi- 
 dence, Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 
 
 Weeks, John W. 
 
 Banker, U. S. senator; b., Lancaster, 
 N. H., April 11, 1860; s. \Villiam D. 
 and Mary Helen (Fowler) Weeks; ed. 
 Lancaster schools and U. S. Naval 
 Academy, Annapolis, Md., graduating 
 in 1881; midshipman in U. S. Navy 
 two years, resigning in 1883, to take up 
 the profession of civil engineer; in 1885 
 became a member of the firm of Horn- 
 blower & Weeks, bankers and brokers,
 
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 235 
 
 Boston, Mass., continuing till 1913; 
 served ten years as a member of the 
 Mass. Naval Brigade, the last six 
 years as commander; served in the 
 volunteer navy during the Spanish 
 American War, as commander of the 
 Second Division, U. S. Auxiliary Naval 
 Force on the Atlantic coast; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; member, Newton, 
 Mass., board of aldermen, 1900-02; 
 mayor of Newton, 1903^4; member, 
 U. S. house of representatives, 1905-13; 
 U. S. senator from Massachusetts, 
 19 13-; member, Senate Committee on 
 Banking and Currency and active in 
 the perfecting of the Banking and 
 Currency Act of 1914, to which he 
 gave his support; has been specially 
 active in forest preservation legislation 
 and the establishment of the White 
 Mountain Reserve: other Senate Com- 
 mittees, of which he is a member, are 
 Coast Defenses, Irrigation and Rec- 
 lamation, Library, Military Affairs, 
 Post Offices and Post Roads, and Pub- 
 lic Health and National Quarantine; 
 member, Board of Visitors, U. S. Naval 
 Academy, 1896; chairman, Mass. 
 Republican state convention, 1895; 
 has served as president of the Newton- 
 ville, Mass., Trust Co., and vice-presi- 
 dent, First National Bank of Boston; 
 member, Boston Chamber of Com- 
 merce, University Club, Army and 
 Navy Club, Chevy Chase Club, Metro- 
 politan Club, Exchange; Club, Country 
 Club of Brookline, and Societies of the 
 Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812, 
 Spanish American War, Cincinnati 
 and Military Order of Foreign Wars; 
 m., Oct. 17, 1885, Martha A. Sinclair 
 (dau. Hon. John G. Sinclair, Bethle- 
 hem, N. H.); children, Katharine 
 Sinclair, b. Aug. 19, 1889, (Mrs. John 
 W. Davidge); Charles Sinclair, b. June 
 16, 1892 (Harvard, 1914), 1st Lieut. 
 U. S. Field Artillery, in service in 
 France. Residence, West Newton, 
 Mass.; summer home, Lancaster, N. II. 
 
 Woodworth, Edward Knowlton 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. II., Aug. 
 25, 1875; s. Albert Bingham and Mary 
 (Parker) Woodworth (see page 53); ed. 
 
 Concord High School, 1893, Dart- 
 mouth College, B.L.. 1897, Harvard 
 Law School, LL.B. cum laude, 1900; 
 member of firm, Streeter, Demond, 
 Woodworth and Sulloway; counsel, 
 vice-president and secretary of The 
 Parker-Young Co.; Episcopalian; Re- 
 publican; member, Concord Common 
 Council, 1907-10 (president, 1909-10); 
 vice-president, Dartmouth Alumni 
 Ass'n; trustee, St. Mary's School; 
 director and member, investment com- 
 
 mittee, N. II. Savings B;ink; member, 
 standing committee, N. H. Diocese of 
 the P. E. church, vestryman of St. 
 Paul's church; president, Concord 
 Oratorio Society; trustee, Margaret 
 Pillsburv General Hospital; member, 
 N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. S. A. R., 
 Wonolancet, Golf, Passaconaway and 
 Bow Brook Tennis clubs; Knight Tem- 
 plar; m., Clara Farwell Holt of Clare- 
 mont, N. H., June 25, 1903, d. July 
 20, 1917; children, Constance, b. May 
 10, 1906; Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1909; 
 Margaret, b. Aug. 5, 1912; Mary, b. July 
 19, 1917; Residence, Concord, N. H.
 
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 Hutchins, Harry Burns 
 
 Educator, president of the University 
 of Michigan; b., Lisbon, N. H., April 
 8, 1847; s. Carlton B. and Nancy 
 Walker (Merrill) Hutchins; ed. Ver- 
 mont Conference Sem., Newbury, Vt., 
 Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn, 
 (leaving on account of ill health) ; 
 special study in anatomy, physiology 
 and surgery at Vermont Univ. and 
 Dartmouth College; Univ. of Michigan, 
 Ph.B., 1871 (class orator and commence- 
 
 ment speaker) ; supervisor of schools, 
 Owosso, Mich., 1S71-2; instructor in 
 history and rhetoric, Univ of Mich., 
 1872-3; asst. professor, 1873-5; in prac- 
 tice of law, with Thomas M. Crocker, 
 at Mt. Clemens and Detroit, Mich., 
 1875-83; Jay professor of Law, Univ. 
 of Mich. 1884-7; culled to Cornell 
 Univ., Ithaca, X. Y., to organize a law 
 department, and continued at its head 
 until 1895, when it had become one 
 of the leading law schools of the coun- 
 try; recalled to Ann Arbor as dean of 
 the law department of Michigan 
 Univ. in 1X95, then the largest insti- 
 
 tution of its class in the Union; 
 acting president of the University 
 during absence of President Angell in 
 Turkey, 1897-8, and again inl 1909-10; 
 president since June, 1910; under 
 appointment of the supreme court of 
 Michigan, he revised and annotated 
 several volumes of the supreme court 
 reports; he also published in 1894 an 
 American edition of "Williams on 
 Real Property" revised, annotated, and 
 adapted to American Jurisdictions, 
 and "Hutchins's Equity Cases" in 
 1900. In addition to his professional 
 work he has given numerous addresses 
 before educational and other learned 
 bodies, including the Charter Day 
 Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary 
 of the Univ. of California, and con- 
 tributed a biography of the late Judge 
 Thomas M. Cooley to the "Great 
 American Lawyers." Member, New 
 York Bar Ass'n, American Historical 
 Ass'n, and the Mich. Political Science 
 Ass'n. He received the degree of 
 LL.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin in 
 1897 and the same degree has been 
 conferred upon him by Wesleyan Univ., 
 Notre Dame Univ., and the Univ. of 
 California; m., Dec. 26, 1872, Mary 
 Louise, daughter of Thomas M. 
 Crocker, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; one son, 
 Harry Crocker, b. Aug. 14, 1880 (Uni- 
 versity of Mich. B.S. in Mechanical 
 Engineering, 1903), civil engineer in 
 New York City till Jan., 1918, when 
 called into public service as civil engi- 
 neer in Quartermaster General's De- 
 partment, Washington, D. C. Resi- 
 dence, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
 
 Folsom, William Odlin 
 
 Insurance and surveying; b., Henni- 
 ker, N. H., Sept. 28," 1838 (in same 
 house in which Edna Dean Proctor 
 was born) ; s. John O. and Mary 
 (Fletcher) Folsom; ed. public schools 
 and Henniker Academy; reared to 
 farm life, and in 1861 had charge of 
 Horace Greeley's farm at Chappaqua, 
 N. Y.; taught school thirteen winters; 
 learned the trade of a stonecutter and 
 followed the same ten years; was in 
 trade in Henniker, 1869-71; traveled
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
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 in the West in 1872; in trade at Temple- 
 ton, Mass., from Nov., 1872 till fall 
 of 1875, when he opened a general 
 store in Henniker, continuing in busi- 
 ness twenty years; Universalist ; Demo- 
 crat; selectman in Henniker, 1863; reg- 
 ister of deeds for Merrimack County, 
 1867-8; postmaster of Henniker, 1893- 
 7; member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1907-8; justice of the peace for 
 fifty years; has been engaged in fire 
 insurance since 1876, and has also done 
 most of the surveying and civil engi- 
 neering in town in that time; promi- 
 nent in Odd Fellowship, being a char- 
 ter member of Crescent Lodge of 
 Henniker, instituted in 1876 and 
 previously initiated in Rumford Lodge 
 of Concord; was grand master of the 
 N. H. Grand Lodge in 1887, and grand 
 representative to the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge in 1888 and 1889; member, 
 A. F. & A. M., having passed the 
 chairs in Aurora Lodge and Woods 
 Chapter"of Henniker; m. 1st, in 1861, 
 Carrie F. Foster of Henniker, d. 1866; 
 2d, in 1869, Julia F. Whitney, also of 
 Henniker; one daughter, Carrie E., 
 b. Feb., 1873 (Mrs. Edward K. Cogs- 
 well). Residence, Henniker, N. H. 
 
 Abbot, Stanley Harris 
 
 Farmer, land surveyor; b., Wilton, 
 N. H., Oct. 20, 1863; s. Harris and 
 Caroline Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed. 
 public schools and Gushing Academy, 
 Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; resides on 
 farm where his grandfather and great 
 uncle, a hundred years ago, originated 
 and developed the potato starch pro- 
 cess; specially interested in forestry and 
 music; member or director of local 
 church choir for more than thirty 
 years; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member, school board, 1906-15; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1917-18, serving on agricultural 
 committee; member, N. H. Vocational 
 Education Commission, 19 17-; mem- 
 ber and director, N. E. Milk Producers 
 Union (president, 1905-14); Patrons of 
 Husbandry; m., Nov. 15, 1894, Mary 
 Kimball, Lowell, Mass.; children, 
 Leonard Harris, b. Sept. 19, 1895 
 
 (Clark College and Worcester Poly- 
 technic Inst., leaving in junior year 
 to accept position in Smithsonian 
 Institute, Washington, D. C.); Marion 
 Kimball, b. March 5, 1898 (grad. 
 Wilton high school, now in Keene 
 Normal school); Howard Stanley, b. 
 Jan. 7, 1900 (Wilton high school, now 
 in N. H. College, Durham); Edith 
 Hale, b. Nov. 7, 1901; Sidney Greeley, 
 
 b. Aug. 19, 1903; Charles Mack, b. 
 March 15, 1905; Helen, b. July If), 
 1906 (the last four are now students in 
 the Wilton high school). Residence, 
 Wilton, N. H. 
 
 Chase, Russell MacMurphy 
 
 (Mrs. Charles B. Chase); musician. 
 b., Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 29, 1871; 
 dau. Rev. Jesse Gibson and Lucy 
 Stuart (James) MacMurphy; ed., 
 Home School, Racine, Wis., New Eng- 
 land Conservatory of Music (piano), 
 1892, Berlin, Germany, 1X95-6; head 
 of Piano Department, St. Mary's 
 College, Dallas, Tex., 1S92-5, 1896-7; 
 West Virginia University, 1S97-1903;
 
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 239 
 
 piano instructor, University of Wis- 
 consin, 1903-4, 1907; Wheaton Col- 
 lege, Wheaton, 111., 1906-11; president, 
 N. H. Federation of Music Clubs, 1915- 
 18; chairman, music committee, N. H. 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, 1916- 
 18 (member since 1912); director, 
 MacDowell Club School of Music, 
 1912-18; director, MacDowell clubs, 
 Wheaton College and Derry, N. H., 
 and Derry, N. H., Woman's Club, 
 1914-17; has given piano and lecture 
 recitals in various states from coast to 
 coast during the last twenty-five years; 
 Episcopalian; m. Charles Burnside 
 Chase, Derry, Sept. 2, 1911. Resi- 
 dence, Derry, N. H. 
 
 Towle, Loren Delbert 
 
 Real estate operator; b., Newport, 
 N. H., March 25, 1874; s. George H. 
 and Mary A. (Coward) Towle; ed. 
 public schools, Newport high school, 
 1892; Eastman Business College, 
 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1893; engaged in 
 real estate business in Boston in April, 
 1894, and has since continued; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican ; member, New- 
 ton, Mass., board of aldermen, 1910- 
 11; director, International Trust Co.; 
 trustee, Newton Savings Bank, Newton 
 Hospital; member, Boston Chamber 
 of Commerce, Boston Real Estate 
 Exchange, Mass. Horticultural Soc., 
 Bostonian Soc., Boston City Club, 
 Twentieth Century Club, Braeburn 
 Country Club, Newton, Common- 
 wealth Country Club, Newton Golf 
 Club (president), Hunnewell Club, 
 Newton Improvement Ass'n (presi- 
 dent, 1911); member and deacon Eliot 
 Congregational Church, Newton ; 
 trustee and director, Newton Y. M. 
 C. A.; director, American Congrega- 
 tional House Ass'n; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., Dalhousie Lodge, Newton (life 
 member), Newton Chapter, R. A., 
 Gethsemane Commandery, K. T. Mr. 
 Towle has always taken a deep interest 
 in the welfare of his native town, and, 
 on June 24, 1916, made a gift of $75,000 
 for the erection therein of a modern 
 high school building, m., June 28, 
 1899, Helen M. Leland; children, 
 
 Evelene M., b. March 18, 1902, Char- 
 lotte F., b. May 18, 1906. Residence, 
 215 Franklin St., Newton, Mass. 
 
 Slayton, William Harvey 
 
 Superintendent of schools; b., Leb- 
 anon, N. H., March 17, 1878; s. George 
 W. and Caroline (Thomas) Slayton; 
 ed. Lebanon high school, 1897, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1904 (on editorial 
 staff of The Dartmouth in college); 
 superintendent of schools in Rochester, 
 
 1905-07; Franklin, 1907-13 ;Claremont,. 
 1913-18; Portsmouth, 1918-; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; member, Chi 
 Phi fraternity; N. II. State Teachers' 
 Ass'n (president, 1914); N. H. School- 
 masters' Club (president, 1915); N. H. 
 Educational Council; instructor in 
 English, Keene summer school, 1915; 
 Institute lecturer for state department 
 of Public Instruction; m. July 19, 
 1905, Marion B. Dewey, Montpelier, 
 Vt., children, Rachel Dewey, b. Feb. 
 16, 1909; Norman Thomas, b. July 16, 
 1910; Marion, b. Oct. 11, 1912. Resi- 
 dence, Portsmouth, N. H.
 
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 Flint, William Willard 
 
 Lavvver, registrar; b., Colebrook, 
 N. H.", Aug. 16, 1850; s. Lyman 
 Thomas and Hannah Wilmarth (Wil- 
 lard) Flint; ed. public schools of Con- 
 cordhigh school, 1865, Dartmouth 
 College, 1871, Columbian University 
 Law School, Washington, D. C., 1874; 
 Episcopalian (lay reader); Republi- 
 can; clerk in U. S. Treasury Dept., 
 Washington, 1871-5; in law practice 
 at Clinton, Mass., for a short time, but 
 
 returned to Concord on account of his 
 father's death in 1S76; became con- 
 nected with St. Paul's School in 1878, 
 and has been its registrar for many 
 years, still continuing; member. Con- 
 cord board of education, 1876-86; 
 trustee, Concord public library, since 
 1885; member, X. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1893-4, X. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1912; trustee and 
 treasurer, Orphans' Home, Concord; 
 member, X. H. Soc. Sons of the Amer- 
 ican Revolution, X". H. Historical 
 Soc.; corresponding member, Xuttall 
 Ornithogical Club, Cambridge, Mass.; 
 
 formerly a voluntary observer of the 
 Weather Bureau, and furnished for the 
 History of Concord a chapter com- 
 piled from weather records of nearly 
 fifty years; m., 1st, Jan. 4, 1888, 
 Caroline Chapman, Sackville, N. B., 
 d. Dec. 30, 189S; 2d, July 23, 1901, 
 Susan Eliza Cogswell, also of Sackville; 
 one son, William Willard Flint, Jr. (see 
 next sketch). Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Flint, William Willard, Jr. 
 
 Student, war-worker; b.. Concord, 
 N. H., July 7, 1892; s. William Willard 
 and Caroline (Chapman) Flint; ed. 
 St. Paul's School, Concord, 1908, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1912, Prince- 
 ton University, A.M.; at St. Paul's he 
 won the Ferguson Scholarship; in his 
 sophomore year, at Dartmouth he took 
 the leading part in "Oedipus Tyran- 
 nus," the Greek play given by the 
 classical students of the college; he 
 also won several scholarship prizes, 
 was editor of the Dartmouth Literary 
 Magazine and at graduation was poet 
 and valedictorian of his class. He 
 continued classical study in the grad- 
 uate school at Princeton, receiving his 
 A.M., and in December, 1913, was 
 awarded the Rhodes scholarship from 
 Xew Hampshire in Oxford University, 
 England, where, in Balliol College, for 
 three years from the autumn of 1914, 
 he was student of the classics and 
 philosophy, receiving the degree of 
 A.B. Granted leave of absence in the 
 winter of 1914-15, he assisted in the 
 work of the Belgian Relief Commission, 
 within the German lines. With other 
 Rhodes men he had the advantage of 
 training in the Officers' Training Corps, 
 and early in 1918 was given a responsi- 
 ble position in the Quartermaster's De- 
 partment, London, at Headquarters 
 of American troops in England. 
 
 Drury, Samuel Smith 
 
 Clergyman; b., Bristol, R. I., 1878; 
 s. Samuel Smith (M.D.) and Hannah 
 Wheeler (Goodwin) Drury, both de- 
 ceased; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1901, Berke- 
 ley Divinity School, S.T.B., 1910,
 
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 . 
 
 Trinity, L.H.D., 1910, Dartmouth, 
 D.D., 1917; Episcopalian, deacon, 
 1905; priest, 1908; chaplain to Bishop 
 Brent, Philippine Islands, 1905-7; 
 rector, Calvary Church, Providence, 
 R. I., 1908; St. Stephen's Church, Bos- 
 ton, 1908-10; vice-rector, 1910-11, rec- 
 tor, 1911- St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 N. H.; author, "Christian Increase," 
 1910; m., Apr. 18, 1911, Cornelia Froth- 
 ingham Wolcott, daughter of Gov. 
 Roger and Edith (Prescott) Wolcott 
 (great granddaughter, William H. Pres- 
 cott, the historian) of Massachusetts; 
 children, Samuel Smith Drury, Jr., 
 Roger Wolcott and Edith Prescott. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Hale, William Gardner 
 
 University professor; b., Savannah, 
 Ga., Feb. 9, 1849; s. William Bradford 
 Hale of Savannah and Upton, Mass., 
 and Elizabeth (Jewett) Hale of Peter- 
 borough, N. H. His boyhood was 
 mostly spent in Peterborough, and 
 it is to this town that he has always 
 felt himself to belong. Graduated at 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1866, Har- 
 vard College, 1870; appointed Tutor in 
 Latin at Harvard, 1874, and served 
 there, with a year of absence at the 
 Universities of Leipzig and Goettingen, 
 until 1880; professor of Latin at 
 Cornell University, 1880; head of the 
 Latin department at the University 
 of Chicago since 1892; first chairman, 
 1895-9, and first director, 1895-6, of 
 the American School of Classical 
 Studies in Rome; received the degree 
 of LL.D. from Union and Princeton 
 universities in this country, and from 
 St. Andrews and Aberdeen in Scotland; 
 member of various philological asso- 
 ciations in America and England, and 
 of the Archaeological Institute of 
 Berlin, Rome, and Athens; associate 
 editor of several philological journals 
 in America and England; member of 
 the advisory board of the Loeb Classi- 
 cal Library. While Mr. Hale holds 
 that the preeminent value of classical 
 studies lies in their power to develop 
 the literary sense, his own published 
 work has been mainly on the linguistic 
 1C 
 
 side, and, in particular, in the field of 
 syntax. Nor has it been confined to 
 Greek and Latin. He has worked and 
 published in the syntax of the Romance 
 languages, especially French, Spanish 
 and Italian, and the syntax of English 
 and German. He is chairman of the 
 Joint Committee on Grammatical 
 Nomenclature commissioned by the 
 National Education Ass'n, the Modern 
 Language Ass'n, and the American 
 Philological Ass'n, to prepare a re- 
 
 formed terminology for use in the 
 schools of the United States. The 
 results are being rapidly incorporated 
 into our school grammars, especially 
 of English. Mr. Hale, though brought 
 up a Republican, is independent in 
 politics. He worked for the first 
 election of G rover Cleveland, opposed 
 the Philippine War, and made the 
 first campaign of publication (begin- 
 ning in the N. Y. Times, Sept. 5, 
 1914) in favor of the participation of 
 America in the war to save civiliza- 
 tion, democracy, and herself, and to 
 establish a world-court with power
 
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 to enforce peace; m., June 13, 1883, 
 Harriet K. Swinburne of Newport, 
 R. I.; children, Swinburne, b. April 5, 
 1884; Virginia Swinburne, b. May 10, 
 1887; Margaret, b. Jan. 27, 1891; 
 Gardner, b. Feb.. 1, 1894. Residence, 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 Hopkins, Ernest Martin 
 
 Educator; president of Dartmouth 
 College; b., Dunbarton, N. H., Nov. 
 6, 1877; s. Andoniram Judson and 
 Mary (Martin) Hopkins; ed. Wor- 
 cester Academy, Worcester, Mass., 
 1896, and Dartmouth College, A.B. 
 1901 ; secretary to President Tucker, 
 1901-05; secretary of Dartmouth 
 College, 1905-10; engaged from 1910 
 to 1916 in different positions having to 
 do with the adjustment of industrial 
 relations; connected with the Western 
 Electric Co., New York; William 
 Filene's Sons Co., Boston, the Curtis 
 Publishing Co., Philadelphia, and the 
 New England Telephone and Tele- 
 graph Co., Boston; elected president 
 of Dartmouth College by the board of 
 trustees in June, 1916, and inaugurated 
 in October of the same year; appointed 
 personal aide to General Goethals on 
 Industrial Relations, February, 1918, 
 and entered immediately upon work 
 in that capacity; Congregationalist; 
 Independent Republican; member, 
 Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Ep- 
 silon; received honorary A.M. from 
 Dartmouth College in 1908, Litt.D., 
 Amherst, 1916; LL.D., Colby, 1916, 
 Rutgers, 1916; m., Feb. 2, 1911, Celia 
 Stone; one daughter, Dorothy Ann, 
 b. May 1, 1917. Residence, Hanover, 
 N. H. 
 
 French, Horace 
 
 Merchant and postmaster; b., Bed- 
 ford, X. H., Feb. 16, 1837; s. Phineas 
 and Betsey (Foster) French; ed. public 
 schools and Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, 1861; walked to White 
 River Junction, Vt., at outbreak of 
 the Civil War, and enlisted in the 
 Third Vermont Regiment, May 5, 
 1861; served four vears and three 
 
 months, engaged in twenty-two battles ; 
 was one year in a Confederate prison, 
 and was mustered out as a captain; 
 located in West Lebanon in 1870, 
 where he has since resided; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1881, 
 and 1917 when eighty years of age; 
 postmaster at West Lebanon, sixteen 
 years; deacon, Congregational Church, 
 over forty years, and still in office; 
 member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H., and 
 
 local clubs; in., April 4, 1865, Mary E. 
 Gillette of Hartford, Vt. (golden 
 wedding observed in 1915 with over 
 four hundred people attending); chil- 
 dren, Bessie Foster (artist), b. Jan. 
 1, 1866, d. May 7, 1903; Nathan and 
 Martin (twins), b. Sept. 18, 1867, d. 
 in childhood; Samuel Pingree, b. May 
 6, 1871 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1S93, Har- 
 vard, A.M., 1904); Frederick Reginald, 
 b. Sept. 25, 1872 (Dartmouth, 1896); 
 Robert Horace, b. June 11, 1876, d. 
 in infancy; Ernest Eugene, lawyer, b. 
 May 3, 1878 (Dartmouth, A.B.l 1S98, 
 Univ. of Gal., L.B., 1904); John Me-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Questen, civil engineer, b. April 21, 1897 
 (Dartmouth, B.S., 1899), d. Aug. 26, 
 1906. Residence, West Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Stevens, Jabez Howes 
 
 Farmer, traveling salesman; b., 
 Newmarket, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. 
 Nathaniel and Elizabeth T. (York) 
 
 
 A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., 
 and P. of H., being a past master of 
 Scam mell Grange of Durham; m., 1st, 
 Feb. 10, 1879, Ada J. Drew, Strafford, 
 N. H., d. Oct. 24, 1903; 2d, Nov. 2, 
 1904, Marguriete M. G. Thompson, of 
 Portland, Me.; one daughter, Florence 
 L., b. Oct. 26, 1882, m. March 17, 1902, 
 Walter J. Dunlap, Augusta, Me. Resi- 
 dence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Stevens; ed. Durham public schools, 
 Franklin Academy, Dover, Bryant & 
 Stratton Commercial College, Manches- 
 ter; Congregationalist ; Republican; en- 
 gaged in the hay trade for some years 
 at Durham and has been a traveling 
 salesman for the International Har- 
 vester Co. of America for the last fif- 
 teen years or more; active in public 
 affairs, serving as tax collector, over- 
 seer of the poor, selectman five years 
 (twice chairman of the board), member, 
 N. H. house of representatives in 1895; 
 deputy sheriff for Strafford Countv, 
 1895-8, resigning to take the office of 
 Commissioner for Strafford County, to 
 which he had been elected, and to 
 which he was re-elected two years later, 
 serving as clerk of the board ; member, 
 
 Hayes, Charles Carroll 
 
 Real estate and loans; b., New Lon- 
 don, N. H., May 31, 1855; s. John M. 
 and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes; ed. public 
 schools of Manchester, N. H.; Baptist; 
 Democrat; mayor of Manchester, 1913 
 -14; president, Democratic state con- 
 vention, 1912; trustee, Mechanics Sav- 
 
 ings Bank, Manchester; member, A. F. 
 & A. M. (33d degree), Elks, Moose, 
 Grange, Derryfield, Calumet and Coun- 
 try clubs, Manchester; member, Man- 
 chester chamber of commerce (ex- 
 president and treasurer); president, 
 Rirnrnon Mfg. Co.; clerk, Manchester 
 Shoe Mfg. Co.; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1885,
 
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 Belle J. Kennard, d. July 31, 1890; 2d, 
 June 20, 1900, Carrie M. Anderson; 
 children, John Carroll, b. Aug. 7, 1886, 
 now in his country's service in France; 
 Louise Kennard, b. Jan. 16, 1888 
 (Wellesley 1909), Annie Belle, b. July 
 31, 1890; Marion, b. June 28, 1902. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Chapin, Bela 
 
 Printer, farmer, poet; b., Newport, 
 N. H., Feb. 19, 1829; s. Phineas and 
 Lydia (Osgood) Chapin; learned print- 
 er's trade in youth, in office of National 
 Eagle, Claremont, and worked for a 
 time in different offices, then pursued a 
 three years' course of study at Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Meriden; subse- 
 quently pursued his trade for a number 
 of years in Concord and other places; 
 proprietor of the Dartmouth Press at 
 Hanover from 1866 to 1870; returned 
 to Claremont and bought a farm at the 
 base of Green Mountain, where he 
 continued its cultivation, but spending 
 much time in his library in writing and 
 study, having a fine collection of books 
 and many rare volumes. He has 
 written much meritorious verse which 
 has appeared in different publications; 
 compiled the volume known as the 
 "New Hampshire Poets," published 
 in 1883, embracing selections from 
 300 poetical writers of which 3,000 
 copies were sold; m., March 3, 
 18.58, Sarah Clark Melendy. Resi- 
 dence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Bass, Robert Perkins 
 
 Industrial counsellor; ex-Governor 
 of New Hampshire; b., Chicago, 111., 
 Sept. 1, 1873; s. Perkins and Clara 
 (Foster) Bass; ed. Boston, Mass., 
 schools, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896, 
 Harvard Graduate School, Harvard 
 Law School; in business in Chicago for 
 some time, but has had his residence in 
 Peterborough, X. H., his mother's old 
 home for many years past, where he 
 has been much interested in agriculture 
 and forestry, as well as general public 
 affairs; Progressive Republican ; mem- 
 ber, X. H. house of representatives, 
 
 1905-6, 1907-8, serving as chairman of 
 the committee on retrenchment and 
 reform in the latter session, and con- 
 ducting a thorough investigation of the 
 various departments of the state gov- 
 ernment; senate, 1909-10; drafted and 
 largely instrumental in the enactment 
 of the present primary law; member, 
 N. H. Forestry Commission, 1906-10 
 (chairman the last two years); di- 
 rector, American Forestry Ass'n (presi- 
 dent, 1911-12); member of various 
 
 clubs; appointed in Oct., 1917, assist- 
 ant and counsellor to Raymond B. 
 Stevens, vice-chairman of the U. S. 
 Shipping Board at Washington, in 
 dealing with labor problems; upon the 
 departure of Mr. Stevens for England 
 in Jan., 1918, as American delegate to 
 the Interallied Shipping Council, was 
 placed in charge of labor matters in- 
 volved in the operation of vessels, serv- 
 ing as chairman of the Xational Ad- 
 justment Commission. His services to 
 the government are gratuitous, he be- 
 ing one of the so-called "dollar-a-year" 
 men. m., Jan. 20, 1912, Edith Harlan
 
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 Bird, dau. Charles S. Bird, East Wai- 
 pole, Mass.; three children, Edith, 
 Perkins, Joanne. Residence, Peterbor- 
 ough, N. H. 
 
 Aiken, Edwin Joseph 
 
 Clergyman; b., Hyde Park, Vt., 
 May 3, 1849; s. Orrin Livingston and 
 Laura (Edmunds) Aiken; ed. schools 
 of New York; merchant from 1870 to 
 1884; ordained to the Congregational 
 ministry, Oct. 1, 1885; pastor, East 
 Congregational church, Concord, N. H., 
 1885-92; since then has preached in 
 more than six hundred churches in 
 nine different states; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., I. O. O. F., Central Congrega- 
 tional Club, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 American Bible Soc., National Council 
 of Congregational Churches; elected 
 superintendent of the N. H. Bible Soc., 
 1892; secretary, 1898 to 1912; treas- 
 urer, 1913, and still superintendent 
 and treasurer; treasurer, N. H. Con- 
 gregational Ministers' and Widows' 
 Fund since 1896; president of the Asso- 
 ciation of New England and N. Y. City 
 Bible Societies, the last ten years; au- 
 thor, "First Hundred Years of the New 
 Hampshire Bible Society"; m. Annah 
 E. Greene, May 20, 1869; one daughter, 
 Julia Mildred, b. Nov. 3, 1871, d. Dec. 
 13, 1878. After traveling throughout 
 our homeland and the Canadas, in 
 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Aiken visited Great 
 Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, 
 Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland 
 and France. During 1900 they again 
 visited England, Belgium, France and 
 Germany, also Denmark, Norway, 
 Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, 
 and several of the smaller provinces 
 of the Austro-Hungariun monarchy. 
 During 1903 they visited Portugal, 
 Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece, Turkey 
 in Europe and Asia, the historic 
 places of Palestine, Egpyt and France. 
 During 1905 they visited the West 
 Indies and South America. In 1907 
 they again visited Spain, Italy and 
 Egypt, also Arabia, Ceylon, Siam, the 
 Malay Peninsula, China, Japan, Ha- 
 waiian Islands and Mexico. Mr. 
 
 Aiken attended the centennial con- 
 ference of missions at Shanghai, was 
 present at the bombardment of the 
 city of Wu-Chang in the valley of the 
 Yangtze Kiang, China, and attended 
 the Students' Christian Federation of 
 the World Conference at Tokyo, Japan. 
 During 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Aiken 
 again visited England, Ireland and 
 Wales. In 1910 Mr. Aiken, being a del- 
 egate to represent the American Bible 
 Society at the World Missionary Con- 
 ference held at Edinburgh, spent 
 several w r eeks in Scotland, England 
 and Wales. During 1913 Mr. and 
 Mrs. Aiken again sailed for the South 
 Continent, visiting the Republics of 
 Brazil, Uraguay, Argentine and Ven- 
 ezula and made a second cruise of the 
 West Indies and Bahama Islands. He 
 has lectured extensively upon the dif- 
 ferent tours, in connection with Bible 
 Society work. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Gallagher, Edward John 
 
 Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 
 23, 1890; s. James and Julia Martin 
 Gallagher (natives of Ireland); ed. 
 Sacred Heart School, Concord; left 
 school in ninth grade owing to illness 
 which continued three years; engaged 
 in newspaper work since seventeen 
 years of age, mainly on the Patriot, of 
 which he has been the owner since 
 1910; Catholic; Democrat; trustee 
 Concord public library; member, 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; 
 Major on staff of Gov. Samuel D. 
 Felker; member, Ancient Order of 
 Hibernians (state secretary, 1912-14, 
 state president, 1914-16), also Knights, 
 of Columbus, Elks and other organiza- 
 tions; executive committee, Concord 
 Chapter, American Red Cross; treas- 
 urer, N. H. Patriot Co.; director, 
 Champion Press Ass'n, Newport; m., 
 Jan. 27, 1914, Etta Gates, Loogootee, 
 Ind., daughter of Hon. George W. and 
 Maria (Spalding) Gates, descendants 
 of Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana 
 pioneers and Revolutionary patriots. 
 Mr. Gates is cashier and manager of 
 the First National Bank of Loogootee,
 
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 v/ 
 
 has been twice mayor of Loogootee, 
 chairman, Democratic state committee 
 of Indiana for several campaigns, and 
 held various important offices in Martin 
 County. Mrs. Gallagher is a grad- 
 uate of Shoals, Ind., high school, and 
 \vas for a time a teacher: one daughter, 
 Alma, b. Nov. 29, 1917. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Hall, Dwight 
 
 Lawyer ;.b., Dover, N. H., April 13, 
 1871 ; s. Hon. Joshua G. and Susan Eliz- 
 abeth (Bigelow) Hall; ed. Phillips 
 (Andover) Academy, 1890, Dartmouth 
 College, 1S94, Boston University 
 School of Law, 1897; admitted to the 
 
 bar and immediately commenced prac- 
 tice in Dover, since continuing; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Republican; U. S. ref- 
 eree in bankruptcy, 1S9H-1901; solici- 
 tor, city of Dover, 1X99-1001; solici- 
 tor, Striiffonl County, 1904-10; mayor 
 of Dover, 1910-12; chairman. Repub- 
 lican state committee, 1914-1(5; chair- 
 man, N. II . Excise Commission, 191(5- 
 18; member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the 
 
 American Revolution, Soc. Colonial 
 Wars, Knights of Pythias; director, 
 Strafford National Bank; trustee, Straf- 
 ford Savings Bank; m., Aug. 16, 1899, 
 Frances C. Smith. Boston, Mass. Res- 
 idence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Pearson, Harlan Colby 
 
 Editor; b., Webster, N. H., Nov. 24, 
 1872; s. John Couch and Elizabeth 
 
 (Colby) Pearson; graduate of Dart- 
 mouth (Phi Beta Kappa) 1X93; con- 
 nected with the Conconi Evening 
 Monitor in an editorial capacity since 
 leaving college; also at various times 
 editor of the Granite Monthly, the 
 National Grange Weekly, the Brown 
 Book and New Hampshire Farms for 
 Summer Homes; secretary to Senator 
 William E. Chandler, 1893-4, and 
 during their respective terms to Gov- 
 ernors Bachelder, McLane, Floyd, 
 Quinby, Spaulding and Keyes; in., 
 Nov. 30, 1896, Laura Prucia Metcalf 
 of Concord; children, Caroline (Rad- 
 clirTc, 1919), Richard M. (Dartmouth, 
 1920), and John M.; attends the
 
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 Universalist church; votes the Re- 
 publican ticket; member of the Psi 
 Upsilon fraternity. Residence, 37 
 South Spring St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Allen, Edwin Morris 
 
 Pharmacist; b., East Middlebury, 
 Vt., April 2, 1866; s. Lieut. T. Wilfred 
 
 and Emma A. (Farr) Allen; ed. public 
 schools of Keene, N. H., East Middle- 
 bury and Vergennes, Vt., and Colum- 
 bus, ()., high school; learned the drug 
 business with John B. Coburn of 
 Canaan and became a registered 
 pharmacist in 1886, while in employ of 
 Dr. George E. Leet who succeeded 
 Mr. Coburn at Canaan; purchased 
 the business of Doctor Leet in 1888, 
 and has continued the same, enlarging 
 and improving it till he now has one of 
 the largest and best equipped establish- 
 ments in this line in the state; Demo- 
 crat; active in party affairs until his 
 appointment as postmaster of Canaan, 
 March 1, 1916, in which office he 
 continues; member, N. H. Pharma- 
 ceutical Ass'n (president, 1908-9); 
 
 director, People's Trust Co., Lebanon; 
 president, Canaan-Enfield Electric Co. ; 
 charter member, Mt. Cardigan Lodge, 
 No. 31, K. of P.; member, Indian 
 River Grange, P. of H., Canaan 
 Social Club; m. Roxie L. Davis, Nov. 
 29, 1888; one daughter, Lena, b. Aug. 
 9, 1890, wife of Benjamin F. Harrigan 
 of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Resi- 
 dence, Canaan, N. H. 
 
 Metcalf, Frank Arthur 
 
 Publisher, educator; b., Acworth, 
 N. H., Dec. 14, 1873; s. Frank M. arid 
 Jennie E. (Mitchell) Metcalf; ed. 
 Kimball Union Academy, 1896, Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1900; member, 
 Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho; 
 m., Aug. 7, 1901, Jennie Louise Bryant, 
 
 of Enficld, X. H.; Democrat; registrar, 
 THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
 Springfield, Mass., 1900-1904; presi- 
 dent and managing director, TUK HOME 
 CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL, since 1904; 
 has organized many courses of study and 
 planned and projected many success- 
 ful publications, including THE WRIT-
 
 HON. EDWARD H. WASON
 
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 251 
 
 ER'S LIBRARY; founder and managing 
 editor, The Writer's Monthly. Resi- 
 dence, Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Wason, Edward Hills 
 
 Lawyer, farmer; b., New Boston, 
 N. H., Sept. 2, 1865; s. George Austin 
 and Clara Louisa (Hills) Wason; ed. 
 public schools, Francestown Academy, 
 N. H. College of Agriculture and the 
 Mechanic Arts, B.S. 1886; studied 
 law with George B. French of Nashua 
 and at the Boston University Law 
 School, graduating LL.B., in 1890, 
 and in practice in Nashua since that 
 date; Congregationalist ; Republican; 
 member, Nashua board of education, 
 1891-5 (president the latter year); 
 city solicitor, 1894-5; solicitor, Hills- 
 borough County, 1902-6; sergeant-at- 
 arms, N. H. senate, 1887-9; asst. 
 clerk, 1891-3; clerk, 1895; president, 
 Nashua common council, 1897-8; 
 member, N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1899, 1909, 1913; member, 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902, 
 1912; elected representative from 2d 
 N. H. district in the Congress of the 
 United States for two years from 
 March, 1915 to 1917, Nov., 1914; re- 
 elected Nov., 1916; member, Com- 
 mittee on Agriculture an appro- 
 priate appointment, as he is greatly 
 interested in agriculture, owning a 
 large farm in the town of Merrimack, 
 where registered Guernseys and other 
 choice lines of stock are raised; has 
 served as president of the New Oak 
 Park Fair Ass'n, and treasurer of the 
 N. H. Fair Ass'n of Nashua, and many 
 years as a trustee of the N. H. College 
 of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 
 He is a 32d degree Mason, Knight of 
 Pythias, Patron of Husbandry and an 
 Klk; president of tl)p Nashua Inst. for 
 Savings and the Nashua Coal & Coke 
 Co., and a member of the Nashua 
 Country Club. Residence, Nashua, 
 N. H. 
 
 Paul, George Washington 
 
 Printer, accountant and probate 
 business; b., Claremont, N. H., Aug. 
 17, 1S50; s. Jeremiah and Betsey (Full- 
 
 erton) Paul; ed. Claremont public 
 schools; printer and accountant from 
 1869 to 1887, since then extensively 
 engaged in probate business, having 
 administered nearly two hundred 
 estates; attends Methodist Church; 
 Democrat; postmaster of Claremont 
 eight years, serving two terms by 
 appointment of President Cleveland; 
 collector of taxes, 1892-3; trustee, 
 Fiske Free Library, 1903-4; water 
 commissioner, 1903; selectman, 1905 to 
 
 1911 and 1914 to 1917 (chairman each 
 year), then declining re-election; mem- 
 ber, N. H. house of representatives, 
 190.5-6; delegate to N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1918; member, board of 
 trustees for the George H. Stowell Trust 
 Estate for erection and maintenance of 
 the Stowell Memorial Hospital at Clare- 
 mont; member, board of trustees of 
 town trust funds; director, People's 
 National Bank; in., April 20, 1S76, 
 Mary Ann Robinson, d. July 26, 1917. 
 One (laughter, Bessie Irene. Resi- 
 dence, Claremont, N. II.
 
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 253 
 
 Poor, Ruel Whitcomb 
 
 Banker; president, Garfield National 
 Bank, New York; b., New London, 
 N. H., Sept. 29, 1860; s. William Gay 
 and Delina A. (Freeto) Poor; ed. pub- 
 lic schools and Wilton (Me.) Academy; 
 in employ of Page Belting Co., Con- 
 cord, N. H., 1877-81; Littleton Sav- 
 ings and National banks, Littleton, 
 N. H., 1881-8; cashier of the latter, 
 January to November, 1888, when he 
 resigned to go to Garfield National 
 Bank, New York City, in which he be- 
 came assistant cashier in 1891, cashier 
 in 1892 and president in 1902, since 
 continuing. He is also director and 
 president of the Garfield Safe Deposit 
 Co., trustee of West Side Savings Bank, 
 director of the Butterick Co., the 
 Butterick Publishing Co., all of New 
 York City, and of the Ansco Co., 
 Binghampton, N. Y. He is a member 
 of the Chamber of Commerce of the 
 State of New York; of Burns Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., Littleton, N. H., St. 
 Gerard Commandery, Littleton, and 
 Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M., of New 
 York, (D. D. G. M. 5th Masonic Dis- 
 trict N. H. 1888), of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution, the N. H. Soc. 
 of New York, the Maine Soc., Ameri- 
 can Geographical Soc., Metropolitan 
 Museum of Art, American Museum of 
 Natural History, Union League Club, 
 Bankers' Club, Manhattan Club, New 
 York Athletic Club and the Masonic 
 Club; Episcopalian Republican; m., 
 Oct. 18, 1884, Ida M. Sawyer of Wil- 
 ton, Me.; children, Helen Hilda, b. June 
 25, 1899; Ruella, b., July 17, 1905. 
 Residence, 320 West 101st St., N. Y. 
 City; business address, 200 Fifth Ave. 
 
 Melendy, Jesse George 
 
 Chemist, chemical plant executive; 
 b., Milford, N. H., Sept. 30, 1877; s. 
 George Lorenzo and Adelaide Esther 
 (Burpee) Melendy; ed. public schools, 
 New London, N. H., Colby Academy, 
 New London, 1897, Brown Univ., B.Pli., 
 1901 ; active in undergraduate foot- 
 ball and track athletics; taught in St. 
 George's School, Newport, R. I., 1901- 
 
 2; since 1902 with General Chemical 
 Co., 25 Broad St., New York, starting 
 as analyst, becoming investigator; then 
 assistant superintendent, Camden,N. J. 
 works, 1904-8; assistant superintendent 
 Bayonne, N. J., works, 1908-10; 
 superintendent, Cleveland, O., works, 
 1910^13 ; superintendent, Buffalo, 
 N. Y., works, 1913-17; superintendent 
 Delaware works, near Wilmington, 
 1917-; Republican; Unitarian; mem- 
 ber, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Sigma Xi, University Club, 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y.; vice-president, Buffalo, 
 Eng. Soc., 1915-17; vice-president, 
 Western New York Section, Am. 
 Chem. Soc., 1914-16, president, 1916- 
 17; member executive committee, 
 Cleveland Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 
 1912-13; executive committee, Buffalo 
 Section, A. S. M. E., 1916-17; parish 
 council, First Unitarian church, 
 Buffalo, 1916-17; vice-president, Dela- 
 ware Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 191S- 
 member. Visiting (advisory) Com- 
 mittee in Chemistry, Brown Univ.;
 
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 255 
 
 m., April 20, 1904, Jessie May Cofran, 
 Boston, Mass. ; child, Adelaide Burpee, 
 b. June 28, 1906. Residence, Wilming- 
 ton, Del. 
 
 Bailey, Benjamin Franklin 
 
 Physician; president of the Dr. 
 Benj. F. Bailey Sanitorium, Lincoln, 
 Neb.; b., Littleton, N H., June 22, 
 1860; s. William and Marriete Andress 
 (Barnes) Bailey; ed. schools of Little- 
 ton and Claremont, N. H., Boston, 
 Mass., and Hahnemann Medical Col- 
 lege, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881; prac- 
 ticed medicine in Wareham, Mass., 
 from March, 1881 to March, 1882, 
 and in Manchester, N. H.,from March, 
 1882 to June, 1886, when he went west 
 on account of ill health; in September 
 following he located at Lincoln, Neb., 
 where he was in practice until he 
 opened his sanitorium in July, 1901, 
 which he has since conducted; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Republican ; member, 
 Nebraska State Board of Health, and 
 president of the same for ten years; 
 president, American Institute of Home- 
 opathy; president, Missouri Valley 
 Homeopathic Ass'n; president, Ne- 
 braska State Homeopathic Soc.; presi- 
 dent, American Institute of Drug 
 Proving; member, American Medical 
 Ass'n, American Endocrinology Soc., 
 American Ass'n for Advancement of 
 Science, American Soc. for Prevention 
 of Tuberculosis, and many others; 
 member, Sons of the American Revo- 
 lution, and Rotary, Commercial and 
 Country clubs (director of former); 
 m., Feb. 8, 1882, Minnie F. Bryant, 
 Wareham, Mass. Residence, Green 
 Gables, Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 Russell, Frank Webster 
 
 Soldier, merchant (retired); b., 
 Plymouth, N. II., June 22, 1847; s. 
 William Wallace and Clara Jane 
 (Smith) Russell; ed. Miss Gilmore's 
 private school, Concord, N. H., Phil- 
 lips (Andover) Academy, Boston Latin 
 School, Detroit, Mich., high school, 
 New Haven Commercial Institute, 
 
 New Haven, Conn., U. S. Military 
 Academy, West Point, 1868; commis- 
 sioned 2d lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, 
 serving in the South and West till 
 1872, when he resigned, returned to 
 Plymouth and engaged in general 
 mercantile business in the firm estab- 
 lished by his grandfather, Moor Rus- 
 sell, in 1798, continuing till retire- 
 ment in 1911; served in the N. H. 
 National Guard as captain and aide 
 on staff of Brig. Gen. D. M. White, 
 1884; ass't, inspector general, 1885-9; 
 captain, Co. G, 3d N. H. Infantry, 
 May 3, 1898; mustered into U. S. 
 service, May 11, and promoted major, 
 1st N. H. Infantry, July 2, 1898; mus- 
 tered out, Oct. 3, 1898; continued in 
 state service as major, 3d Infantry; 
 on reorganization made major, 2d 
 Infantry, March 7, 1899, continuing 
 till expiration of commission in 1905, 
 then declining further service; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; member, 
 Plymouth town history committee; 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; 
 N. H. Soc. S. A. R., Military Order 
 Foreign Wars, American Legion, Ass'n 
 Graduates U. S. Mil. Acad., A. F. & 
 A. M., 32d degree and K. T.; m., Oct. 
 1, 1873, Louisa Webster Hale, d. May 
 6, 1905; children, Clara Louise, died 
 in infancy; William Wallace, b. May 
 22, 1876 (Plymouth high school, 1891, 
 Holderness School, 1893), treasurer 
 National Life Ins. Co., Montpelier, 
 Vt.; George Moor, b. April 28, 1878 
 (U. S. Military Acad., 1901), major, 
 field artillery, in National Army in 
 service in France; Susan Carleton, b. 
 Oct. 31, 1879 (X. H. Normal School, 
 1898, Vassar College, 1904); teacher, 
 now living with her father; Walter 
 Hall, b. May 21, 1882 (Dartmouth, 
 1904, Mich. Univ. Law School, 1906), of 
 the Russell Lumber Co., Port Arthur, 
 Ont.; Louis Webster, b. March 22, 1885 
 (Dartmouth, 1906), with Alexander 
 Hamilton Inst., of New York, located 
 at Akron, ().; Frank Henry, b. June 
 18, 1887, d. May 2, 1904; Mary Louise, 
 died in infancy. Residence, Plymouth, 
 N. H.
 
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 257 
 
 Jameson, John Butler 
 
 Mining, insurance, manufacturing 
 and general business; s. Nathan 
 Cleaves and Idabel (Butler) Jameson; 
 ed. public schools and college of the 
 City of New York; Presbyterian; 
 Democrat; chairman, N. H. Demo- 
 cratic state committee, 1906-12, and 
 active in the management of party 
 affairs; delegate to Democratic na- 
 tional convention, Kansas City, 1900; 
 chairman, N. H. Committee on Public 
 Safety, 1917-18, taking an active part 
 in organizing the state for work in sup- 
 port of the national government in the 
 prosecution of the war against German 
 aggression; treasurer, United Life 
 and Accident Ins. Co., Concord; 
 director, First National Bank, Con- 
 cord; officer and director in various 
 other corporations; interested in vari- 
 ous business enterprises in New Hamp- 
 shire, Missouri and Oklahoma; received 
 honorary degree of Doctor of Science 
 from N. H. State College, May 1,1918; 
 m., Nov. 19, 1913, Marion Dudley 
 Eidlitz, New York City; children, John 
 Butler, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1915; Robert 
 Dudley, b. Jan. 30, 1916; Jane, b. Nov. 
 20, 1917. Residence, Antrim, N. H.; 
 business address, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot 
 
 (Mrs. Arthur S. Wilder); b., Wilton, 
 N. H., April 22, 1862; clan. Harris and 
 Caroline A. (Greeley) Abbot; great- 
 granddaughter of Major Abiel Abbot 
 of Wilton, commissioned officer in 
 Colonial Army, great-grand-niece of 
 Nathan Hale, also of Rev. Abiel Abbot 
 of Peterboro, N. H. (see pp. 139); ed. 
 public schools; Gushing Academy, Ash- 
 burnham, Mass., 1882; Smith College, 
 B.A. 1889; teacher for ten years pre- 
 vious to marriage; principal high school, 
 Brewer, Me. 1889-91; principal high 
 school, Peterboro, N.H., 1891-5; assist- 
 ant. Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, 
 N. H., 1895-6; principal high school, 
 Sterling, Mass., 1896-8; member, 
 Congregational church, Smith College 
 Alumnae Ass'n; active in church and 
 war relief work; in., Aug. 9, 1898, 
 Arthur Silas Wilder; children, Florence 
 
 C., b. Aug. 3, 1899; Katharine A., b. 
 Aug. 12, 1901; Frank H., b. April 26, 
 1903; Edwin A., b. March 13, 1906; 
 Anna Hale, b. Jan. 14, 1909. Resi- 
 dence, Sterling Junction, Mass. [See 
 Dr. Florence Hale Abbot, p. 139; 
 Charles Greely Abbot, p. 149; Stanley 
 Harris Abbot, p. 237.] 
 
 Emery (William) Stanley 
 
 Clergyman; b., Portsmouth, R. I., 
 May 6, 1858; s. Charles and Susan 
 
 Lavinia (Kelly) Emery; ed. St. Paul's 
 School, Concord, N. H., 1876; Trinity 
 College, B.A., 1881; General Theologi- 
 cal Sem., New York, B.D., 1884; 
 ordained deacon, 1884; priest, 1887; 
 master, St. Paul's School, 1884-6; in 
 charge, Church of St. John the Baptist, 
 Sanborn ville, N. H., 1887-92; vicar, 
 Calvary Chapel, New York, 1892-7; 
 rector, Christ Church, Norwich, Conn., 
 1897-1900; rector, Trinity Church, 
 Tilton, N. H., and in charge, St. Jude's 
 Mission. Franklin, 1900-1908; vice-rec- 
 tor St. Paul's Church, Concord, N. H., 
 1908-. Republican: member, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 house of representatives from Tilton, 
 1907-8; member executive committee, 
 N. H. State Conf. Charities and Cor- 
 rections; standing committee, Diocese 
 of New Hampshire, Protestant Epis- 
 copal Church; m., Jan. 18, 1887, Ethel 
 Naunton Julian, St. Andrews, N. B.; 
 four daughters and two sons. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Otis, Edward Osgood 
 
 Physician; b., Rye, N. H., Oct. 29, 
 1848; s. Israel Taintor and Olive 
 
 Morgan (Osgood) Otis; ed. Phillips 
 Kxeter Academy, Harvard College, A.B., 
 1871, M.I)., 1S77; commenced practice 
 1879, in Boston in 1S80, specializing in 
 pulmonary diseases, particularly tuber- 
 culosis, and writing and speaking on 
 its prevention; sometime visting phy- 
 sician for Free Home for Consumptives 
 in Boston and connected with various 
 medical institutions; physician to tuber- 
 culosis department, Boston Dispensary'; 
 professor of Pulmonary Diseases and 
 Climatology, Tufts College .Medical 
 School since 1901 ; late visiting and con- 
 
 sulting physician, Mass. State Sanato- 
 rium ;delegate,Congress of Tuberculosis, 
 London, 1901; International Congress 
 on Tuberculosis, Rome, 1912; member, 
 advisory board, Dennison (settlement) 
 House, Boston; trustee, Exeter, N. H., 
 Cottage Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., 
 Colored School; member, American 
 Climatological Ass'n (president, 1898), 
 American Public Health Ass'n, Na- 
 tional Ass'n for Study and Prevention 
 of Tuberculosis, American Ass'n for the 
 Advancement of Science, and many 
 medical societies; ex-president, Boston 
 Ass'n Relief and Control of Tuberculo- 
 sis; cor. member, International Anti- 
 Tuberculosis Ass'n; member, S. A. R., 
 Soc. Colonial Wars, Harvard Club of 
 Boston; author, 1909; "Tuberculosis 
 Its Cause, Cure and Prevention," 1914, 
 " Pulmonary Tuberculosis," 1917; and 
 various contributions to medical publi- 
 cations; m., June4, 1894, Marion Faxon; 
 children, Olive, John F., Edward O., Jr., 
 William F., Brooks. Residence, 381 
 Beacon St., Boston. 
 
 Dunlap, Roger Allen 
 
 Clergyman; b., Charlestown, N. H., 
 June 10, 1878; s. George Harlan and 
 Mary Catharine (Folger) Dunlap; ed. 
 public schools, Nelson, N. PI., and Rock 
 Island and Stanstead, P. (,)., Concord 
 high school, 189<>; Dartmouth College, 
 1900, Hartford (Conn.) Theological 
 Seminary, 1903; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; pastor, Paterson, N. J., 1903- 
 9: Windsor Locks, Conn., 1909 1917; 
 Second Parish Church, Portland, Me., 
 1918; Chaplain Connecticut house of 
 representatives, 1915; member Phi 
 Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi fra- 
 ternities; m., Nov. 18, 1903, Alice Gates; 
 children, Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1900, 
 Catharine Alice, b. May 15. 1911. 
 Residence, Portland, Me. 
 
 Patten, Helen Philbrook 
 
 Author; social worker; b., New Bed- 
 ford, Mass., April 21, 18<>5; dau.of Rev. 
 Nathan Page and Hannah Hill (San- 
 born) Philbrook; ed. Tilton Seminary, 
 1884, Framingham. (Mass.) Normal 
 School, ISSS, Social Service Dept.,
 
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 Simmons College, 1914, Social Service 
 crouse, Boston I'niv., 1914; taught in 
 the Misses Patten's School, Middle- 
 town, Conn., 1889, 1891-2; Affordby 
 School, Baltimore, Md., 1890-1; active 
 in social service, Middletown, Conn., 
 Girls Club, 1915; District Worker for 
 South End Settlement House, 1916-7; 
 author "The Year's Festivals" (Dana 
 Estes Co.), 1903; compiler "The Music 
 Lover's Treasury," 1905; compiler "In- 
 timations of Immortality" (Small & 
 Maynard), 1907; contributor of many 
 articles and poems to various news- 
 papers and magazines; m., Sept. 1, 
 1892, D. Warren Patten, Tilton,N. H. 
 Residence, Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Husband, Richard Wellington 
 
 Professor classical languages, Dart- 
 mouth College; b.. Nov. 27, 1869, Mil- 
 ton, Ontario, Canada; s. Richard and 
 Eleanor (Teeple) Husband; ed. Leland 
 Stanford Univ., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1896; 
 Univ. of Toronto, A.B., 1896; Dart- 
 mouth College, A.M., 1915; instructor, 
 Mills College, 1898-9, Stanford Univ., 
 1899-1900; instructor and professor, 
 Dartmouth College, 1900-; Episcopal- 
 ian; Republican; office manager N. H. 
 District Board 1917-; secretary N. H. 
 Committee on Public Safety, 1917; N. 
 H. War Historian, 1917-; member 
 Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, 
 American Philological Ass'n (execu- 
 tive committee), Simplified Spelling 
 Board (executive committee), Amer- 
 ican Ass'n of University Professors; 
 contributor of many articles on lin- 
 guistic subjects, Roman history, and 
 Roman criminal law in Transactions 
 of the American Philological Ass'n, and 
 in various classical periodicals; author, 
 "The Prosecution of Jesus" (Princeton 
 Univ. Press), 1916; m., June 20, 1901, 
 Helene Borgman; one son, Richard B., 
 1). Aug. S, 1004. Residence, Hanover, 
 N. 11. 
 
 Lauder, George Burns 
 
 Electrical Engineer; b., Concord, N. 
 II., Jan. 28, 1866; s. James Nelson and 
 Eliza Martha (Clark) Lauder; ed. 
 Concord schools, private 1 instruction. 
 
 Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1889; with the 
 Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburg, 
 Pa., 1890; Electric Lighting Co., Den- 
 ver, Col., 1891-3; first electrical in- 
 spector, N. H. Board of Underwriters, 
 1893-8; manager, Concord Electric Co., 
 1898-1909; consulting engineer, 1909-. 
 Republican; Episcopalian; life mem- 
 ber, Humanitarian Soc., London, 
 Eng. ; member Vivisection Investiga- 
 tion League, New York City; Concord 
 S. P. C. A. (president, 1913-7); Am. 
 
 Soc. of Median. Engineers, N. II. Soc. 
 Protection of Forests, Am. Soc. for 
 Protection of Forests, Mass. Inst. 
 Tech. Club, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Concord Charity Organ. Soc., Y. M. 
 C. A., Wonolancet, Beaver Meadow 
 (!olf and Snowsho:- Clubs; actively 
 connected with Red Cross work, city 
 and state; office manager. N. II. War 
 Savings Com.; with his family has 
 adopted French Orphan, No. 9()0, in 
 Lift ''.s French Orphan Fund; m. Eva 
 Belle Sanborn of Concord, June 17, 
 1896; children, Mildred, l>. April 4,
 
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 261 
 
 1897, St. Mary's School, 1893, B.A., 
 Wellesley College, 1918, at the Vassar 
 Training Camp for Nurses, "The 
 Woman's Plattsburg"; Dorothy, b. 
 Nov. 10, 1901, St. Mary's School, 
 Abbot Academy, 1920. Residence, 20 
 Franklin Street, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Murphy, David Edward 
 
 Merchant; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. . 
 15, 1859; s. Bartholomew and Mary 
 (McCue) Murphy; ed. Concord public 
 schools; employed as a clerk in the 
 dry goods trade in Concord, at the 
 age of sixteen, continuing for twelve 
 years, when he engaged in business for 
 himself in which he has continued to 
 the present time, developing one of the 
 largest and most popular dry goods de- 
 partment stores in northern New Eng- 
 land, including Nos. 76 to 82 No. Main 
 St.; Catholic; Democrat; many years 
 member, Democratic state committee; 
 Democratic candidate for councilor in 
 District No. 5, in 1916, running largely 
 ahead of his ticket; trustee, N. H. In- 
 dustrial School, 190,3-13; member, 
 N. H. Committee of Public Safety; 
 State Merchant Representative, United 
 States Food Administration; director, 
 First National Bank, Concord; trustee, 
 Union Trust Co.; member, Knights of 
 Columbus, Elks, Wonolancet Club; 
 member, commission having in charge 
 the erection of a statue of President 
 Franklin Pierce, and marshal of the 
 day at dedication of the same; member, 
 Pierce birthplace preservation com- 
 mission; m., April 26, 1905, Katharine 
 Louise Prentis, New York. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Wason, Eugene 
 
 Physician; b., New Boston, N. II., 
 April 25, 1844; s. Abraham and Sarah T. 
 (Lamson) Wason; ed. public schools of 
 New Boston andCambridgeport, Mass.; 
 Dartmouth Medical College, M.D., 
 1872; A.M.(hon.) Norwich University, 
 1909; practiced medicine in Nashua, N. 
 H., 1S69 to 1874; subsequently in Lon- 
 donderry and Hancook; since 1894 in 
 Milford; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 member Knights of Pythias, G. A. R. 
 (N. II. Department Commander, 1918- 
 
 19); city physician and member board 
 of health, Nashua, 1872-4; member 
 Milford board of health several years; 
 member N. H. Medical Soc.; N. H. 
 Surgical Club; m., Aug. 13, 1866, 
 Hattie Wilkins, d.; one son, Arthur, b. 
 March 20, 1888. Residence, Milford, 
 N. H. 
 
 Metcalf, Henry Clifton 
 
 Merchant; b., Lempster, N. H., 
 July 10, 1881; s. Clifton A. and Ma- 
 tilda J. (Scales) Metcalf; ed. public 
 
 schools of Alstead; in trade in that 
 town since twenty-one years of age; 
 Universalist ; Democrat; town clerk 
 since 1912; trial justice since 1915 
 (appointed by Gov. Rolland H. Spauld- 
 ing); member, N. II. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1917-18, serving on rail- 
 road committee and joining in minority 
 report against the reorganization bill 
 member, A. F. cV- A. M., 1. (). (). F. 
 m.. July 10. 1906; Mabel M. Hatch 
 Alstead: children. Alma E., b. May 17 
 1907; Clarence W., b. April 13, 1910 
 Carroll IL, b. November 29, 1912 
 Residenrr, Alstead, N. II .
 
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 Saltus (Amasa) Wright 
 
 Clergyman; b., Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 Oct. 3, 1859; s. Nicholas and Maria 
 Seymour (Sanford) Saltus; ed. St. 
 Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1878, 
 Columbia Law School, law office of 
 Anderson and Man, New York; ad- 
 mitted to the New York bar, 1883, 
 studied divinity with Dr. Henry A. 
 Coit, rector of St. Paul's School; or- 
 dained deacon, 1891, priest, 1893; in 
 charge of St. Mary's church, Penacook, 
 
 1893-4; curate of St. Mark's, Orange, 
 N. J., and House of Prayer, Newark, 
 N. J., 1894-8; curate at St. Paul's 
 Chapel, St. Paul's School, and chap- 
 lain of Orphans' Home, 1X98-1900; in 
 charge of St. Mary's, Penacook, 1900-; 
 Republican; Episcopalian; member, 
 Kumford (Irange, P. of II., F.ast Con- 
 cord, Fish and (lame Club (president. 
 1914-); chaplain of First Infantry, 
 N. H. National (luard. under Colonel 
 Koby, three years; in.. June 6, 18X0, 
 Bayonne, N. J., Louisa Smith Pickslay. 
 Residence, Concord. N. II. 
 
 Brown, Harry James 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., 
 March 2, 1873; s. James B. and Eva M. 
 (Merrill) Brown; ed. Concord (N. H.) 
 high school, 1891, Dartmouth College, 
 1895, Columbian University Law School 
 (Washington, D. C.), LL.B., 1897, 
 LL.M., 1899; admitted to the bar in 
 1899, and began practice the same year 
 with Eastman & Hollis in Concord, N. 
 H., continuing with the same till 1903, 
 since when he has been alone; Republi- 
 can; connected with the Department 
 of Agriculture in Washington from 
 1895 to 1899; member Concord common 
 council, 1905-6; secretary Republican 
 state committee, 1908; in general law 
 practice; served for several sessions 
 past as a legislative attorney for B. & M . 
 Railroad; member A. F. &. A. M. (lodge, 
 chapter, temple, consistory 32d degree 
 and shrine); Wonolancet, Snowshoe 
 and Bow Brook Clubs, Concord; m., 
 Nov. 21, 1907, Mary K. Bride. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Tutherly, Herbert Everett 
 
 Soldier; b., Claremont, N. H., April 
 5, 1848; s. William E. and Lorette C. 
 (Rossiter) Tutherly; ed. Claremont 
 schools, Kimball Union Academy, Mer- 
 iden, U. S. Military Academy, West 
 Point, 1871; commissioned 2d lieut., 
 U.S. Cavalry, June, 1872; 1st lieut,, 1st. 
 Cavalry, April, 1879; captain, Dec., 
 1890; major, llth Cavalry, Feb., 1901; 
 lieut. -colonel, 9th Cavalry, July, 1905; 
 retired upon his own application after 
 thirty-eight years service, Oct. 1, 1906; 
 on duty with N. H. Militia by order of 
 the President, 1906-10; brigadier gen- 
 eral and adjutant general of N. H. N. 
 G., 1910-15; .-aw much active service in 
 Indian Campaigns while in U. S. Army; 
 prof, military science, Univ. of Vt. 18X1 
 -5; Cornell Univ., 1X89-92; Univ. of Vt. 
 again, 1X93-97; commanded squadron 
 U. S. Cavalry in Cuba during Spanish 
 American war, and recommended for 
 brevet as major for gallantry at battle 
 of San Juan Hill, July 1 arid 2, 1898; 
 Episcopalian ; Republican; engaged in 
 agriculture at Claremont since retire- 
 ment: in., Mav 29. 1878, Mary Maroa
 
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 . 
 
 Cotton of Claremont; one son, George 
 Cotton, d., Chelsea, Vt. Residence, 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney 
 
 Composer and pianist; b., Henniker, 
 N. H., Sept. 5, 1867; dau. Charles Ab- 
 bott and Clara Imogen (Marcy) 
 Cheney; studied first with her mother, 
 from whom she inherited her musical 
 ability; played difficult music, includ- 
 ing Beethoven and Bach, at seven 
 years of age; at eight years of age 
 was taken to Boston, where she 
 studied with W. L. Whittemore, 
 Ernest Paraho, Junius W. Hill and 
 Carl Baermann; made debut as pian- 
 ist; played with the Boston Symphony 
 and Thomas Orchestras; later appeared 
 in many large cities, giving entire pro- 
 grams of her own work. Among her 
 compositions are her "Gaelic Sym- 
 phony," first given in Boston in 1896; 
 a Mass in E-flat, sung at the Handel 
 and Hadyn Soc., Boston, 1892; "Fes- 
 tival Jubilate," for women's voices' 
 sung at the dedication of the women's 
 building, at the World's Columbian 
 Exposition, Chicago, 1893; also num- 
 erous cantatas and piano works, and 
 many songs sung by leading singers 
 throughout the country; m., Dec. 2, 
 1885, Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach, 
 a distinguished physician of Boston, 
 who died June 28, 1910. Residence, 
 28 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Simonds, Katherine Call 
 
 Musician, dramatic soprano, author 
 and composer; b., Franklin, N. H., 
 Dec. 12, 1865; dau. Joseph L. and Mar- 
 tha Ann (Severance) Call; ed. public 
 schools of Franklin; taught school four 
 years; studied voice culture with Mrs. 
 Gertrude Franklin Salisbury and Miss 
 Clara Munger of Boston; taught vocal 
 music to large classes; has sung in, and 
 directed, many church choirs; sang as 
 soprano in the First Baptist Church, 
 Concord, Franklin St. Congregational 
 Church, Manchester, Pilgrim Church, 
 Nashua, Unitarian Church, Franklin 
 and others; now director and soprano 
 of the Christian Church Choir, Franklin; 
 
 has conducted many choruses and done 
 much general musical work; author and 
 composer of many songs several of 
 which have been published by C. W. 
 Thompson & Co., Boston; two Prohibi- 
 tion songs, "The Nation's Going Dry" 
 and "The Land Where Old Glory 
 Waves," words and music by Mrs. 
 Simonds, were recently published by 
 the National W. C. T. U. Publishing 
 House, Evanston, 111.; her latest and 
 most popular song, "There's a Soldier 
 
 Lad in Khaki Over There," written, 
 set to music copyrighted and published 
 this year, has been sung by her to great 
 audiences in many places, including 
 Tremont Temple, Boston, where twice 
 three cheers were given for the song and 
 singer by the vast crowd in attendance; 
 gives entire concert program of her 
 own songs; member of the Christian 
 church; Prohibitionist; Equal Suffra- 
 gist; state secretary Prohibition party; 
 president Franklin Equal Suffrage 
 Club; president Franklin W. C. T. U.; 
 president Merrimack Co. W. C. T. U.; 
 state musical director, W. C. T. U.;
 
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 265 
 
 vice-president Golden Rule Farm 
 Homes Ass'n; Red Cross singer and 
 worker, responding to constant calls 
 for service; delegate to National Prohi- 
 bition ConventionjSt. Paul, Minn. ,1916, 
 where she sang "The Land Where Old 
 Glory Waves"; also to National W. C. 
 T. IJ. Convention, Washington, 1917, 
 where she sang "New Hampshire 
 Voted Dry," written to celebrate the 
 prohibition victory in this state, to a 
 capacity audience in Poli's theatre; m., 
 Nov. 25, 1885, Arthur B. Simonds, s. 
 of the late John W. Simonds, N. H. 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 Residence, Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Stevens, Raymond Bartlett 
 
 Lawyer, Ex-Congressman; b., Bing- 
 hampton, N. Y., June 18, 1874; s. 
 Pliny Bartlett and Lillian (Thompson) 
 Stevens; ed. Harvard Univ. 2 years, 
 class of 1897; Harvard Law School, 3 
 years, class of 1899; admitted to New 
 Hampshire bar in 1899; in practice of 
 law at Lisbon, N. H., five years then, on 
 account of ill health, engaged in agri- 
 culture in Landaff; Democrat; member 
 N. H. house of representatives from 
 Landaff, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913; chair- 
 man Democratic legislative caucus in 
 1911, and member of the Judiciary and 
 Ways and Means Committees, also of 
 the Special Committee on Railroad 
 Rates to whose work he devoted much 
 attention; elected to the U. S. house of 
 representatives from the Second N. H. 
 District in Nov., 1912, over Frank I). 
 Currier, Republican, but did not take 
 his seat in the house until his work in the 
 state legislature was completed, and 
 declined salary up to that time; mem- 
 ber Committee on Interstate and For- 
 eign Commerce, 63d Congress, and ac- 
 tively instrumental in preparation and 
 enactment of the measure creating and 
 establishing the Federal Trade Com- 
 mission: nominated in the N. H. Demo- 
 cratic primary, in 1914, as the part}' 
 candidate for U. S. Senator, and ran 
 largely ahead of his ticket but failed of 
 election; special counsel for the Federal 
 Trade Commission, 1915-16; member 
 and vice-chairman I". S. Shipping 
 
 Board, 1916- ; appointed American 
 delegate to the Interallied Shipping 
 Council in London, 1918, and now 
 serving in that capacity; m., August 3, 
 1915, at Landaff, Mrs* Everesta Spink 
 Cunniff; one son. Residence, Landaff, 
 N.H. 
 
 Edgerly, Joseph Gardner 
 
 Educator; b., Barnstead, N. H., Oct. 
 12, 1838; s. Samuel Johnson and Eliza 
 (Bickford) Edgerly; ed. Manchester 
 
 public schools, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B., 1S67 (Phi Beta Kappa); Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; taught school 
 five years before entering college; 
 elected superintendent of schools, Man- 
 chester, N. 11., the day after gradua- 
 tion from college', serving eight years, 
 1867-75; superintendent of schools, 
 Fitchburg, Mass., 1S75, to 1914; since 
 retired; member American Institute of 
 Instruction, N. E. Ass'n School Super- 
 intendents (ex-pres.); president, N. H. 
 Teachers Ass'n 1874; Hillsborough Co. 
 Teachers Ass'n: Worcester Co. (Mass.) 
 Teachers Ass'n; A. F. A: A. M. (K. T.); 
 I. O. 0. F., H. P. O. E., K. of P.; in.,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 April 10, 1877, Mary J. Graves, Groton, 
 Mass.; one child, Louise Graves, b. 
 1879, d. 1901. Residence, Fitchburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 Abbott, Warren 
 
 Teacher, farmer, bank messenger; b., 
 Webster, N. H., March 20, 1838; s. 
 Jabez and Eunice (Boody) Abbott; ed. 
 public schools and Elmwood Academy, 
 Boscawen, N. H.; taught school winters 
 from eighteen years of age, and engaged 
 in farming in summer till twenty-six, 
 
 when he wont to California and was 
 there engaged in teaching for eighteen 
 years, with much success, having re- 
 ceived a life certificate as a teacher after 
 ten years service, and was the nominee 
 of his party for superintendent of 
 schools in Contra Costa county; re- 
 turned to the old homestead in Web- 
 ster and engaged in agriculture in 1S82, 
 continuing until about twenty years 
 ago, when he removed to Penacook; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; several 
 years superintendent of schools in 
 
 Webster, selectman three years, and 
 member N. H. house of representatives 
 in 1891-2; treasurer of Merrimack 
 county, 1893-4, 1895-6, 1915-16. Pa- 
 tron of Husbandry, and past master and 
 lecturer of Daniel Webster Grange, 
 Webster; also of Merrimack Co. 
 Pomona Grange, of which he was a 
 charter member and the first overseer; 
 for the last ten years he has served as 
 bank messenger between Concord and 
 Penacook; m., Oct. 12, 1891, Mrs. 
 Jennie A. Abbott, of Anoka, Minn. 
 Residence Penacook, N. H. 
 
 Smith, Jeremiah 
 
 Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., July 14, 
 1837; s. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hale) 
 Smith; A.B., Harvard, 1856; A.M., 
 1859; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1883; studied 
 law with Daniel M. Christie and at Har- 
 vard Law School; admitted to the bar in 
 1861; practiced in Dover, 1861-7; ap- 
 pointed associate justice of the N. H. 
 supreme court in 1867, serving till 
 resignation, on account of ill health, in 
 1874; partially resumed practice in 
 1882; appointed Story Professor of Law 
 in the Harvard Law School in 1890, and 
 removed to Cambridge; resigned pro- 
 fessorship in 1910; trustee, Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1868 7 74, 1898-1902. 
 Visitor, Chandler Scientific School, 
 Dartmouth, 1885-92; m., Aprils, 1865, 
 Hannah Webster, Dover, N. H., d. Dec. 
 19, 1904; one son, Jeremiah Smith, Jr., 
 lawyer of Boston, b. Dover, N. H., Jan. 
 14, 1870; A.B., Harvard, 1892; trustee 
 of Phillips Exeter Academy; now (1918) 
 serving in France as captain in Quarter- 
 masters' Department, V. S. Expedi- 
 tionary Force. Residence, 4 Berkeley 
 Street, Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Brown, Alice 
 
 Author; b., Hampton Falls, N. H., 
 Dec. 5, 1SS7; spent her girlhood on a 
 farm; ed. Robinson Seminary, Exeter, 
 X. H.; taught school for a few terms, 
 but soon took up writing as a profes- 
 sion, having removed to Boston; en- 
 gaged for several years on staff of 
 Youth's C<n>i iHitiion; author, "Fools of 
 Nature" (Hovel); "Meadow Grass,"
 
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 collection of New England stories; " By 
 Oak and Thorn" a record of English 
 Days; "Robert Louis Stevenson" a 
 study in collaboration with Imogen 
 Guiney; "Three Heroines of New Eng- 
 land Romance" (with Harriet Pres- 
 cott Spofford and Imogen Guiney); 
 "Life of Mercy Otis Warren"; "The 
 Road to Castalay" (poems); "Tiverton 
 Tales" (collection of stories); "The 
 Day of His Youth"; "The King's 
 End"; "Margaret Warrener"; "Para- 
 dise"; "High Noon"; "The Manner- 
 ings"; "The Country Road"; "The 
 Court of Love"; "Rose McLeod"; 
 "The Story of Thyrza"; "Country 
 Neighbors"; "John Winterbourne's 
 Family"; "The One Footed Fairy and 
 Other Stories"; "Secret of the Clan/' 
 "The Flying Teuton," etc. Residence, 
 11 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Humphrey, Alice Caroline 
 
 Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 8, 
 1874; dau. Stillman and Mary Eliza- 
 beth (Hoag) Humphrey; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1892, Smith College, 1892- 
 4, Radcliffe College, 1914-5, Bureau 
 of University Travel, 1911, Summer 
 School, Middlebury College, Vt., 1913; 
 teacher of Greek, Latin and Ancient 
 History, St. Mary's School, Concord, 
 N. H., 1895-; Episcopalian; member 
 N. E. Classical Ass'n, N. H. Smith 
 College Club, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Concord Woman's College Club (direc- 
 tor), Concord Woman's Club (rec. sec., 
 19 IS-), Concord Music Club, Outing 
 Club (Camp Weetamoo), Friendly Club, 
 Suffrage League, Daughters of the 
 King, Beaver Meadow Golf Club; 
 author of BUT Sketches, 1912; contrib- 
 utor of poems to Art and Archaeology 
 and American Story Magazine. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. II. 
 
 Nute, Eugene Pearl 
 
 Shoe manufacturer; secretary, N. II. 
 Board of Underwriters; b., Farmington, 
 N. H., June 14, 1X52; s. Alonzo and 
 Mary (Pearl) Nute; descendant of 
 James Nute, who came to Portsmouth, 
 N. H., from England in 1(531, and sub- 
 sequently settled in Dover; great- 
 
 grandson of Jotham Nute, an early set- 
 tler of Milton and a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution, serving throughout the war, 
 whose discharge signed by General 
 Washington is now in his possession; 
 ed. public schools, New London, N. H., 
 and Phillips (Andover) Academies; en- 
 gaged for twenty years in the manu- 
 facture of shoes at Farmington; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Republican; member N. 
 H. house of representatives, 1883; 
 appointed U. S. Marshal for the Dis- 
 
 trict of New Hampshire, March 4, 
 1898, resigned, June 30, 1914, to accept 
 the position of secretary of the N. H. 
 Board of Underwriters, which he now 
 holds; member A. F. & A. M., K. of P., 
 Loyal Legion; in., June 4, 1SS1, Nellie 
 S. Parker of Farmington: children, 
 Stanley Pearl, b. Dec. 9, 1SS5 (Dart- 
 mouth, 190S), in insurance business in 
 Detroit, Mich.; Harry A., b. March 15, 
 1891; Molly, 1). April 7, 1X93, teacher. 
 Residence, Farmington, N. II.
 
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 Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury 
 
 Manufacturer; railway official; b., 
 Somerville, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838; s. 
 Israel \V. and Adaline (Richardson) 
 Sulloway; ed. public schools, Barre 
 (Vt.) Academy, Green Mountain Lib- 
 eral Inst., So. Woodstock, Vt., Canaan 
 Academy; learned hosiery manufac- 
 turing business in his father's mill at 
 Enfield, N. H., operating some of the 
 first machines made by the late Walter 
 Aiken; commenced business in hosiery 
 manufacturing in Franklin with Walter 
 Aiken in 1860, continuing four years; 
 then in company with Frank H. Dan- 
 iell till 1869, after which he operated 
 the Sulloway Mills alone, the same 
 being incorporated Jan., 1888, exten- 
 sive additions and improvements hav- 
 ing been made from time to time till 
 now this is the largest woolen hosiery 
 manufacturing plant in the country, 
 employing 650 operatives and produc- 
 ing 2,000 dozen pairs per day, nearly 
 all at the present time on war orders for 
 the U. S. government; Unitarian; 
 Democrat till 1896, since Independent; 
 member X. H. house of representatives, 
 1871, 1872, 1874 and 1875 (chairman 
 committee on manufactures, 1874) ; 
 X. H. railroad commissioner, 1874; 
 Democratic candidate for Congress in 
 Second X. H. district in 1877, and 
 twice renominated; member first city 
 council of Franklin, continuing several 
 years; member X. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1889, X. H. Senate, 1891; 
 delegate to Democratic national con- 
 vention in 1876, and all subsequent 
 conventions, to and including 1896, 
 and Xew Hampshire member Demo- 
 cratic Xat'l Com. for same period; 
 director Xorthern Railroad since 1880, 
 and president since 1885; director B. & 
 M. Railroad for twenty-five years 
 previous to 1916; president Concord & 
 Claremont and Peterboro it Hillsboro 
 Railroads since 1889; director Lake 
 Champlain A: St. Johnsbury R. R.; 
 several years director Me. Central R. 
 R.; president and treasurer Sulloway 
 Mills; president Franklin Xat'l Bank 
 since organization in 1879; president 
 Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin Light 
 
 & Power Co., Acme Machine & Needle 
 Co.; trustee Amoskeag M'f'g Co.; 
 director Monadnock Mills, Andros- 
 coggin Pulp Co., Concord Axle Co.; 
 trustee Franklin Hospital, X. H. Or- 
 phans Home; member A. F. &. A. M. 
 (lodge and chapter), P. of H.; m., June 
 5, 1866, Susan R. Daniell; children, 
 Alice M., b. Aug. 5, 1871 (Mrs. Fred L. 
 Thompson, Bellows Falls, Vt.); Rich- 
 ard W., b. Feb., 1876; Frank J., b. Dec. 
 11, 1883. Residence, Franklin, X. H. 
 
 Theriault, Marcel 
 
 Lawyer; b., St. Jacques, X. B., Nov. 
 22, 1885; s. Adolph and Hermine 
 
 (Plourde) Theriault; ed. Nashua, X. II., 
 public schools, Boston Univ. Law 
 School, 1914; Catholic; Republican; 
 member X. H. senate, 1917-8 u'hair- 
 man committee on Judiciary) ; State 
 Board Trustees of State Institutions, 
 1917-; member Republican state com- 
 mittee; Secretary Hillsborough Co., 
 Republican Club; Gamma Eta Gamma 
 law fraternity; president Montcalrn 
 Associates; partner in Nashua Steam
 
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 Press and Boiler Works; m., May 6, 
 1906, Anita Jodoin, d. Jan. 16, 1913; 
 children, George French, b. April 19, 
 1911; Albert Marcel, b. Dec. 17, 1912. 
 Residence, Nashua, X. H. 
 
 Foss, George Ernest 
 
 Educator; commercial secretary; s. 
 Horace Malvin and Abbie Hannah 
 (Green) Foss; b. Pittsfield, N. H., March 
 10, 1873; ed. Pittsfield high school, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1897. Born 
 
 on a farm; traveled three miles each way 
 to attend high school; on graduation 
 from college became principal of Pitts- 
 field grammar school for one year; 
 principal, Meredith (X. II.) high school, 
 one year; principal. Dover N. II., 
 grammar schools, two years; principal, 
 grammar school, Springfield, Mass., 
 thirteen years; in latter position made 
 special contribution to method of 
 school organization by introducing the 
 flexible system of grading, whereby a 
 program is made to suit the needs of 
 each student who is allowed to take 
 
 work in each subject at the point where 
 he is ready to work, without regard to 
 so-called grades, and to move in each 
 subject as rapidly as progress is earned, 
 regardless of progress in other subjects; 
 which is merely the application of the 
 old district school system to a large 
 graded city school, and is apparently, 
 the first such application made in the 
 United States; it shortens the time 
 that many a pupil would otherwise 
 spend in public schools, and brings him 
 earlier through high school, college and 
 into his life work; Congregationalist; 
 Independent Republican; became sec- 
 retary Springfield, Mass., chamber of 
 commerce in May, 1914, and continues; 
 work in this field received recognition 
 by appointment as director of the 
 National Ass'n of Commercial Organ- 
 ization Secretaries, Sept., 1917. Mem- 
 ber A. F. &. A. M., Educational Club, 
 Nayasset Club, Reality Club; m., June 
 28/1899, Martha Longfellow Brown; 
 one son, b. May 21, 1903. Residence, 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Brown, Alice Van Vechten 
 
 Teacher of Art; b., Hanover, N. H.; 
 dau. Rev. Samuel G. and Sarah (Van 
 Vechten) Brown; ed., private schools 
 and tutors; Art Students League of 
 New York (four years) and with vari- 
 ous studios and artists; traveled and 
 studied abroad. Assistant director 
 and director Norwich Art School, 
 Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; professor 
 of Art, Wellesley College since 1X97; 
 member Archeological Institute of 
 America and other art associations. 
 Residence, Wellesley College, Welles- 
 ley, Mass. 
 
 Edgerly, John Albert 
 
 Farmer, lumber dealer and summer 
 boarding; b., Tuftonborough, N. H., 
 Sept. 11, ixr>r>; s. Charles G. and Mary 
 10. CDoe) Edgerly; ed. common schools 
 and Tuftonborough and Wolfeboro 
 Academy; member 2d Christian Church 
 of Tuftonborough; fifteen years super- 
 intendent of Sunday School; president, 
 Rockingham Christian Conference two 
 years; Carroll Co. S. S. Ass'n, two
 
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 years; Republican; member school 
 board five years; selectman five years; 
 moderator twelve years; present town 
 treasurer; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1903, voting against 
 the repeal of the Prohibitory law, hav- 
 
 ing always been a strong temperance 
 advocate (chairman State College 
 committee); member N. H. senate, 
 1909-10, voting for the Preston amend- 
 ment; Patron of Husbandry, having 
 been lecturer, overseer and master of 
 Tuftonborough Grange, also of Carroll 
 Co. Pomona Grange, and district and 
 Pomona deputy of the State Grange; 
 m., Dec. 25, 1880, May C. Blake, d. Jan. 
 8, 1917; one son, Edwin B. Edgerly, 
 b. March 24. 1SS4; m. Oct. 14, 1914, 
 Caroline L. Grossman; their son, John 
 Irving, b. July 27, 1915. Residence, 
 Tuftonborough, N. H., Mirror Lake 
 P. 0. 
 
 Shurtleff, Merrill 
 
 Lawyer, 1)., Colebrook, N. II., March 
 10, 1876; s. William H. and Marv J. 
 
 (Merrill) Shurtleff; ed. public schools, 
 Holderness school, 1887-8, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., 1892; read law in office 
 of Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Lan- 
 caster; admitted to the bar in 1896, 
 and continued with the firm, in prac- 
 tice (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris & 
 Oakes); Episcopalian ; Republican; N. 
 H. Fish and Game Commissioner, 
 1902-8; ex-judge Lancaster Police 
 Court; U. S. Commissioner for New 
 Hampshire; member A. F. & A. M., 
 Lancaster Club; m., June 14, 1897, 
 Emilie Porter, Lancaster; children, 
 William Porter, b. April 29, 1898; 
 Merrill, Jr., June 11, 1902. Residence, 
 Lancaster, N. H. 
 
 Demond, Fred Clarence 
 
 Lawyer; b., Freeport, Me., Nov. 13, 
 1875; s. George Nelson and Mary Eme- 
 
 hue (Field) Demond; ed. common and 
 high schools, Freeport, Me.; studied law 
 with Streeter, AValker A: llollis Con- 
 cord, N.H.; admitted to the bar March, 
 1S99, and lias since been in practice in 
 Concord, associated with the firm with
 
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 273 
 
 V 
 
 which he studied, and its successors, 
 the firm name now being Streeter, De- 
 mond, Woodwprth & Sulloway; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; member, Concord 
 common council, 1903-4; board of alder- 
 men, 1905-6; Concord City charter 
 revision committee, 1908; member state 
 board of bar examiners since 1913; N. 
 H. constitutional convention, 1918 
 (member committee on Judiciary de- 
 partment); clerk Page Belting Co.; 
 member N. H. Bar Ass'n; American 
 Bar Ass'n; N. H. Historical Soc.; 
 Wonolancet, Snow Shoe and Passa- 
 conoway Clubs, Concord; m., Jan. 16, 
 1906, Mary Peabody Adams, Gorham, 
 N. H. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Elisha Rhodes 
 
 Banker; b., Providence, R. I., March 
 28, 1847; s. Colville Dana and Mary 
 Eliza (Rhodes) Brown; descendant on 
 the paternal side of Rev. Chad Brown, 
 first pastor of the First Baptist Church 
 of Providence, and the first Baptist 
 Church in America; and, on the maternal 
 side, of Roger Williams, founder of 
 Rhode Island; removed with his par- 
 ents to Dover, N. H., in 1850; educated 
 in the Dover public schools and by 
 careful reading continued through life, 
 he having secured a large and well se- 
 lected library; served four years as a 
 mercantile clerk, and on Dec. 10, 1867, 
 entered the Strafford National Bank 
 of Dover as a teller, continuing with 
 that institution to the present time, 
 having been made cashier, Jan. 1, 
 1876, a director, Jan. 12, 1886, vice- 
 president, June 30, 1890 and president, 
 April 26, 1897, which position he still 
 holds, as, also, that of president of the 
 Strafford Savings Bank, of which he 
 was one of the incorporators, March 
 25, 1876; a trustee March 31, 1883, vice- 
 president, March 24, 1890, and became 
 president, Oct. 21, 1891. His fiftieth 
 anniversary, or the golden jubilee of 
 his service as a banker was duly ob- 
 served lust December. Congregation- 
 alist, member First Church in Dover, 
 and deacon since 1885; Republican: 
 appointed by Gov. Charles H. Sawyer. 
 Commissioner for New Hampshire to 
 is 
 
 attend the celebration of the Centennial 
 of the inauguration of George Wash- 
 ington as President of the United 
 States, Feb. 5, 1889; delegate from 
 Ward Four, Dover, in N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1912; trustee, Dover 
 Public Library; for some years trustee 
 of Franklin Academy, and president of 
 the board; trustee Went worth Home 
 for the Aged and president since 1908; 
 member, official board, Dover Chil- 
 dren's Home; trustee Pine Hill Ceme- 
 tery; member N. H. Soc. Sons of the 
 American Revolution, Soc. Colonial 
 Wars (Governor 1900-1901), Knight 
 Templar and 32d degree Mason, 
 I. O. O. F., N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Dover Historical Soc., National Con- 
 servation Ass'n, National Audubon 
 Soc., National Geographic Soc., Amer- 
 ican Forestry Soc., N. E. Historic- 
 Genealogical Soc., American Civic Alli- 
 ance, N. H. Peace Soc., N. H. Soc. for 
 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (vice- 
 president), and the Bellamy Club of 
 Dover; m., Oct. 18, 1S70~, Frances 
 Bickford of Dover; children, (1) Al- 
 phonso Bickford, b. Jan. 23, 1872, 
 (Yale, 1894, Harvard Med., 1897), d. 
 Oct. 17, 1906; (2) Harold Winthrop, b. 
 Nov. 8, 1875 (Harvard, 1897), treas- 
 urer Strafford Savings Bank; (3, 4) 
 Raymond Gould, Philip Carter, b. 
 Aug. 27, 1885 -Philip graduated from 
 Harvard in 1906 and Mass. Inst. of 
 Tech., 1908; Raymond, Harvard, 1907 
 and from the Law School in 1910, and 
 is in practice in New York, while 
 Philip is in business in Dover. Resi- 
 dence, Dover, N. II. 
 
 Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin 
 
 (Mrs. William A. Adams); b., 
 Thornton's Ferry, N. II., Nov. 24, 
 1874: dun., George Byron and Sarah 
 Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. Mc- 
 Gaw Normal Institute, Reed's Ferry, 
 N. H., Wellesley College, B.A., 1S98; 
 Congregationalist; Woman suffragist; 
 teacher for two years after graduation, 
 English department, St. Margaret's 
 School, Buffalo, N. Y.; in., Dee. 26, 
 1904, William A. Adams (Harvard, 
 '98); children, William Byron, Mary
 
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 Griffin, d.; treasurer Ladies Aid Soc., 
 Congregational church, Brookfield, 111.; 
 member and officer of Brookfield 
 Woman's Club; chairman Library 
 Com.; member Woman's Club. Resi- 
 dence, Brookfield, 111. 
 
 Niles, William Porter 
 
 Clergyman; b., Warehouse Point, 
 Conn., Nov. 29, 1869; s. William 
 
 Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles, 
 his father having been for more than 
 forty years bishop of the P. E. Dio- 
 cese of N. H. ; ed. Holderness school, Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., St. Paul's school, Con- 
 cord, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 
 B.A., 1893, M. A., 1896, General Theo- 
 logical Seminary, New York, Oxford 
 University, England; Episcopalian; 
 Republican; taught at Holderness 
 School, Plymouth, 1893-6; ordained 
 deacon, 1899, priest, 1900; priest in 
 charge of St. James church, Laconia, 
 N. II., 1899-1902; rector, Church of the 
 Good Shepherd, Nashua, since 1902; 
 deputy to General Convention of Prot- 
 estant" Eni<"o;i:il church, 1907, 1910, 
 
 1913 and 1916; member board of man- 
 agers of Diocesan Missions; trustee St. 
 Mary's school, Concord; secretary 
 Convocation; Knight Templar and 32d 
 degree Mason; member Psi Upsilon 
 Fraternity, Nashua Country Club; m., 
 April 30/1903, Serena Gertrude San- 
 ders, Laconia, N. H.; children, Serena 
 Olmsted, b. Jan. 16, 1904; William 
 Woodruff, b. Oct. 7, 1905; George 
 Sanders, b. Nov. IS, 1908. Residence, 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Langdell, Samuel Frank 
 
 Manufacturer and dealer in lumber; 
 b., New Boston, N. H., Jan. 8, 1876; s. 
 George and Lydia Shaw (McNeil) 
 Langdell; ed. public schools, New Bos- 
 ton, and Bryant & Stratton's Business 
 
 College, Manchester; Baptist; Repub- 
 lican; resided on the old homestead in 
 New Boston, which he had purchased; 
 having gone into the lumber business, 
 and the same increasing, he left the 
 farm and removed to Goffstown village 
 in 1906; and in 1913 removed to Man- 
 chester, where in 1918 he organized the
 
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 Langdell Lumber Co., with a capital of 
 $250,000, which is doing a business not 
 surpassed in extent in Southern New 
 Hampshire, the offices occupying the 
 entire front of the 8th floor of the 
 Amoskeag Bank building. In New 
 Boston served as selectman, and as 
 superintendent of the Baptist Sunday 
 school; has also served as superintend- 
 ent of the First Baptist S. S. in Man- 
 chester; member and past master of 
 Joe English Grange, New Boston; 
 president and treasurer of Langdell 
 Lumber Co.; m., June 6, 1900, Annie 
 L. Anderson; children, Merritt R., b. 
 Aug. 24, 1904; Ralph E., b. June 17, 
 1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Averill, Elisabeth 
 
 Educator, b., Boston, Mass., March 
 31, 1861; dau. John Prescott and Abby 
 (Foss) Averill. (Mr. J. P. Averill 
 graduated from Dartmouth in 1842 
 and for many years was a teacher in 
 Boston.) Miss Averill graduated from 
 the Melrose (Mass.) high school, 1880, 
 and studied four years in France and 
 Germany till Dec., 1885; taught in 
 private school*, Atlanta, Ga., and 
 Nashville, Tenn., 1885-91; head of 
 department of modern languages, 
 Concord (N. H.) high school, 1891-; 
 member South Congregational church, 
 State Educational Council for many 
 years, N. E. Modern Language Ass'n 
 (Boston group), N. H. State Teachers's 
 Ass'n, Merrimack Valley Teachers' 
 Ass'n, Concord Teachers' Ass'n, 
 Concord Woman's Club (serving on 
 various committees), N. H. Female 
 Cent Union, Concord Female Chari- 
 table Soc. (founded 1812), Red Cross; 
 has often spoken before clubs in the 
 South and in New Hampshire and 
 Massachusetts. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Hardy, Willis Chenery 
 
 Commercial traveler and farmer; b., 
 West Cambridge (now Arlington), 
 Mass., Nov. 11, 1851; s. Solon and 
 Martha (Chenery) Hardy; removed 
 to Hollis, N. II., "in 1867; educated in 
 public and high schools, West Cam- 
 
 bridge and Hollis; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; trustee town funds; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1909-10, serving on committee on Agri- 
 culture; N. H. senate, 1917-18, serving 
 on committees on Judiciary, Agricul- 
 ture, Elections, and as chairman of 
 Committee on Education; member of 
 the Grange, Sons of the American 
 Revolution, Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, and the White Mountain, 
 Cape Cod, National and United Com- 
 
 mercial Travelers Associations; m., 
 Nov. 2, 1898, Lymena Thompson, 
 Boston, Mass.; one son, Donald T., 
 now in school. Residence, Hollis, 
 N. H., Nashua, R. F. I). 
 
 Stevens, Roland Eugene 
 
 Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H., 
 Nov. 24, 1808: s. Frederick L. and 
 Mary E. (Kimball) Stevens; ed. St. 
 Johnsbury. Vt., Academy, Dartmouth 
 College, AB., 1S95; assistant instruc- 
 tor in psychology, Dartmouth, 1895-0; 
 principal Hanover (N. H.) high school,
 
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 277 
 
 1896^7; studied law with Ex-Gov. S. 
 E. Pingree, Hartford, Vt., and at New 
 York Law School, completing course in 
 1900; admitted to Vermont bar and 
 commenced practice that year at White 
 River Junction, Vt.; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; president Hartford Me- 
 morial Ass'n; incorporator Mary Hitch- 
 cock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.; con- 
 nected with various corporations, I. O. 
 O. F., Dartmouth Club, Boston, Mass., 
 Graduates Club, Hanover, N. H.; m., 
 Nov. 7, 1900, Annie L. Morris, Hart- 
 ford, Vt.; four sons, Robert M., Philip 
 R., Roland E., Jr., and Paul. Resi- 
 dence, Hartford, Vt.; office, White 
 River Jet., Vt. 
 
 Kimball, George Morrill 
 
 Physician till 1898, later in business; 
 b., Dardanelle, Ark., June 27, 1855; s. 
 Samuel Sparhawk and Hannah L. (Ma- 
 son) Kimball; ed. public and private 
 schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy 
 1K75, Yale College, A.B., 1879, Harvard 
 Medical School, M.D., 1884, house 
 pupil Mass. Gen. Hospital, July, 1883 
 to Feb., 1885, Boston Lying-in Hospital, 
 April, 1885 to Aug., 1885 inclusive; 
 practiced medicine in Concord thirteen 
 years; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member Concord Board of Education, 
 1901-10; member Concord board of 
 aldermen, 1909-10; trustee N. H. Sav- 
 ings Bank, president since 1917; presi- 
 dent Boscawen Mills; president and 
 treasurer, Concord Mutual Fire Ins. 
 Co., Vice-president N. II . Spinning 
 Mills (Penacook); director Concord & 
 Montreal R. R., Eagle <fc Phenix Hotel 
 Co., Abbot & Downing Co., Page Belt- 
 ing Co., Mechanicks Nat'l Bank; mem- 
 ber Shareholders Committee of the N. 
 E. Co.; life member N. H. Historical 
 Soc.; trustee N. H. State Hospital sev- 
 eral years, also assistant surgeon Mar- 
 garet Pillsbury Gen. Hospital; surgeon 
 general on staff of Gov. Charles M. 
 Floyd two years, also subsequently on 
 staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby; mem- 
 ber N. H. Medical Soc., Merrimack Co. 
 Med. Soc., Union Club (Boston), Army 
 and Navy Club (New York), Wono- 
 lancet Club, Concord; in. Oct.' 14, 1886, 
 
 Annie Louise Gage, Boston, Mass.; chil- 
 dren, Robert Gage, b. April 15, 1888, 
 m. June, 1916, Natalie Allen, Paw- 
 tucket, R. L; Louise Mason, b. June 2, 
 1896 (Abbot Academy, 1916). Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Cobleigh, Marshall Day 
 
 Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Dec. 
 17, 1864; s. Ashbel \\. and Hannah 
 (Montgomery) Cobleigh; ed. public 
 schools of Littleton; studied law with 
 
 Harry L. Heald and Hon. James W. 
 Remick at Littleton; admitted to the 
 bar at Concord, March 17, 1S99; prac- 
 ticed in Littleton till April 30, 1900, 
 when he removed to Lebanon, continu- 
 ing till Dec. 1, 1911; then removing to 
 Nashua, where he continues, being 
 senior member of the firm of Cobleigh 
 & Theriault. Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; supervisor, Littleton, 1895- 
 99; special justice, Littleton police 
 court, 1S99-1900; solicitor Grafton 
 county, 1903-9; member N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention from Ward 1,
 
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 279 
 
 Nashua, 1918; member P. of H., K. 
 of P., and the Langdon Club of Leb- 
 anon; m., April 29, 1890, Alice J. Al- 
 drich; children, Gerald F., b. Dec. 19, 
 1883 (Dartmouth, 1915, admitted to 
 the bar June, 1917); Neal \V., b. June 
 9, 1901. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Kimball, Martha Smith 
 
 Club-woman and social service 
 worker; b., Portsmouth, N. H.; dau. 
 Edward Payson and Martha Jane 
 (Thompson) Kimball; ed. Portsmouth 
 public schools, Smith College, 1892; 
 Congregationalist; Equal Suffragist; 
 president, N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 
 since 1913; incorporator, Portsmouth 
 Historical Soc.; trustee, Portsmouth 
 Public Library, 1915 ; member, 
 Graffort (Woman's) Club, Equal Suf- 
 frage League, Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary, 
 Country Club, Civic Ass'n, Ports- 
 mouth; vice-president, Woman's Re- 
 alty Co.; director, Army and Navy 
 Ass'n; Guardian of Sagamore Camp 
 Fire and Leader of Portsmouth Guard- 
 ians; member of County Guardians; 
 director, League of Women Workers; 
 N. H. member, Legislative Committee, 
 National League for Women Workers; 
 member, N. H. Smith College Club, 
 Portsmouth College Club, Smith 
 Alumnae Ass'n, College Club of Boston, 
 Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith 
 Students' Aid Soc., N. H. Conference 
 of Chanties and Corrections, Auto- 
 mobile Ass'n of America; chairman, 
 Portsmouth district, Woman's Com- 
 mittee, Council of National Defense. 
 Residence, Portsmouth and Wilmot, 
 N. H. 
 
 Drake, Nathaniel Seavey 
 
 Shoe manufacturer, real estate and 
 agriculture; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept. 
 16, 1851 ; s. Col. James and Betsey 
 (Seavey) Drake; grandson of Major 
 James Drake, one of the earliest set- 
 tlers of Pittsfield, and a member of its 
 first board of selectmen, in 1782; ed. 
 Pittsfield public schools and Academy; 
 engaged in shoe manufacturing, 1880- 
 1902; since then in real estate and farm- 
 ing; Episcopalian; Democrat; member 
 
 N. H. house., of representatives 1911; 
 senate, 1915; delegate in N. H. consti- 
 tutional convention, 1912; many years 
 town treasurer, moderator, auditor, tree 
 warden and member of school board; 
 director and clerk, Pittsfield Aqueduct 
 Co.; director and clerk, Pittsfield Gas 
 Co. ; member Ex. Com. N. H. Old Home 
 Week Ass'n; vice-president Merrimack 
 Co. Farmers Ass'n; delegate to Na- 
 tional Rivers and Harbors Congress, 
 1911; with sister, Mrs. Georgia B. 
 
 Carpenter, joint donor of Drake Ath- 
 letic Field to town of Pittsfield, 1917; 
 member Catamount Grange, P. of H.; 
 m., March 17, 1S73, Mary A. R. Green; 
 children, James Frank, b. Sept. 1, 1880; 
 Dartmouth, 1902; Major Ordnance Re- 
 serve Corps, U. S. A. (see page 94); 
 Agnes, b. April 2, 1SS3, Lasell Sem., 
 1903. Residence, Pittsfield, N. H. 
 
 Nims, Harry Dwight 
 
 Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., Jan. 9, 
 1875; s. Marshall W. and Ella M. 
 (Goodnow) Nims; ed. Concord public
 
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 schools, high school, 1894; Williams 
 College, 1898; honorary, A.M., 1915; 
 studied law, and in practice of same in 
 New York city since 1900; Dutch Re- 
 form Congregationalist ; Republican ; 
 counsel for U. S. Fuel Administration, 
 Aug., 1917 to May, 1918; member 
 A. F. & A. M., Bar Ass'n, of New York 
 City, University Club, St. Andrews 
 Golf Club; author legal treatise on 
 "Law of Unfair Competition," and 
 various magazine articles; m., Jan. 8, 
 1907, Emma Collier Grant; children, 
 Marshall Grant Nims, William Grant 
 Nims. Residence, Bronxville, N. Y. 
 
 Trickey, William Henry 
 
 Clergyman; b., Exeter, Me., Jan. 
 22, 1841; s. William and Abigail (Nudd) 
 Trickey; ed. public schools of Wolfe- 
 boro, N. H., to which town he removed 
 in 1856; enlisted as a private in 3d 
 N. H. VoLs., July 29, 1861; promoted 
 through each rank to that of major in 
 same regiment; commanded his com- 
 pany in assault on Ft. Wagner, and 
 his regiment in the notable assault on 
 Ft. Fisher; four times wounded during 
 the war and mustered out Aug. 2, 
 1865; Universalist; Republican; re- 
 moved to Dover, N. H., in 1867, and 
 was employed in the manufacture of 
 shoes; member Dover City Council, 
 1870-1, and served same years in N. H. 
 house of representatives; entered U. S. 
 Railway Mail Service in 1874, contin- 
 uing several years; entered Tufts Col- 
 lege Divinity school in 1887, graduat- 
 ing in 1889; held pastorates in the 
 Universalist parishes in Newfields, 
 Claremont and Hinsdale, N. H., and 
 Danvers, Mass. June 1, 1907, he was 
 appointed commandant of the N. H. 
 Soldier Home at Tilton, which position 
 he still enjoys, having been in close 
 affiliation with his comrades since 1801; 
 religious services are held at the Home 
 every Sunday afternoon, in conducting 
 which he alternates with the three 
 other clergymen of the town. Dele- 
 gate from Tilton in the N. II . consti- 
 tutional convention of 1818, and in re- 
 sponse to the request of his associates 
 of the G. A. R., was accorded the honor 
 
 of calling the convention to order. 
 Mason, 32d degree, and member G. 
 A. R. ; department commander for New 
 Hampshire, 1872; commander Mass. 
 Commandery, Loyal Legion of the 
 U. S., 1912; m., Aug. 7, 1864, Celestia 
 C., dau. William Deland, of Wolfeboro, 
 N. H., d. May 10, 1915; children, Wil- 
 liam D., b. Nov. 17, 1866; John H., b. 
 Oct. 23, 1868, d. July 18, 1869. Resi- 
 dence, Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Johnson, Martha Evelina 
 
 Tax collector; b., Laconia, N. H., 
 March 5, 1876, dau. Nathan, Jr. and 
 
 
 Abbie Dewey (Wiley) Johnson; ed. La- 
 conia high school, 1895; employed in 
 various city offices, 1901-05; ap- 
 pointed collector of taxes, 1905, and 
 reappointed thirteen successive times, 
 holding the office at present; member 
 of First Church of Christ, Scientist, 
 Laconia Woman's Club, Rebekah 
 Lodge, Laconia Suffrage League. Miss 
 Johnson is a great-great-granddaugh- 
 ter of Capt. Daniel Henchman of Bos- 
 ton who served in the Continental
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Army. His daughter, Dorothy Hench- 
 man, married Thomas Hancock, 
 brother of John Hancock. Capt. Dan- 
 iel Henchman commanded the troops 
 who ended King Philip's War. His 
 son, Daniel Henchman, Miss Johnson's 
 great-grandfather, was the first printer 
 and the first school-master in Boston. 
 The first Bible printed in this country 
 was issued from his office. Residence, 
 Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Stearns, George Landon 
 
 Sheriff of Hillsbo rough County; b. 
 Manchester, N. H., June 4, 1864; s. 
 
 John Edward and Sarah (Woodbridge) 
 Stearns; ed. public schools; Manchester 
 high school, 1882. Baptist ; Republican; 
 employed by P. C. Cheney Paper Co. 
 eighteen years, gaining business educa- 
 tion; twelve years clerk of Manchester 
 Common Council; thirteen years dep- 
 uty collector I*. S. Internal Revenue; 
 sheriff of Hillsborough County since 
 1914; member I. O. O. F., and all Ma- 
 sonic bodies including Washington 
 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Mt. Horeb 
 Chapter, R. A., Adoniram Council, 
 Trinity Commandery, K. T.; N. H. 
 Consistory, 32d deg. and Bektash Tem- 
 ple, M. S. Organist at Free Baptist 
 Church eleven years, and First Baptist 
 Church the last twelve years. M., Dec. 
 25, 1893, Alice Thompson; children, 
 Edith Landon, b. April 29, 1895, Man- 
 chester high school and Simmons Col- 
 lege, 1916, and now teacher of Domestic 
 Science in Manchester high school; 
 Elinor Eastman, b. August 9, 1900, 
 student in Manchester high school. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Foster, William Albert 
 
 Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 
 3, 1872; s. George A. and Georgia M. 
 (Ladd) Foster; ed. Concord public 
 schools, high school, 1891; Dartmouth 
 College, 1895; Harvard Law School, 
 1898; admitted to the bar in 1898, 
 and commenced practice in the office 
 of Hon. John M. Mitchell, with whom 
 he was associated until his elevation to 
 the bench, when he continued, with 
 Harry F. Lake, who had also been ad- 
 mitted to the firm; Unitarian; Re- 
 publican; member N. H. Constitu- 
 tional convention of 1902; member 
 Wonolancet, Bow Brook and Beaver 
 Meadow Golf Clubs; trustee and 
 member investment committee, Loan 
 and Trust Savings Bank; director 
 State Dwelling House Ins. Co.; di- 
 rector Stratton & Co.; director and 
 clerk Boston Fruit Co.; director and 
 clerk Contoocook Valley Paper Co.; 
 rn., June 28, 1904, Ethel Rollins Rob- 
 inson, Concord; children, Helen, 1). 
 Oct. 27, 1905; Katherine, b. Nov. 4, 
 1910; Robert E., b., July 30, 1912. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Clough, Joseph Messer 
 
 Machinist; soldier; mail agent; b., 
 Sunapee, X. II., June 15, 1828; s. 
 Hugh B. and Hannah (Messer) Clough; 
 ed. public schools and Norwich (Vt.) 
 Univ.; taught school; engaged as a 
 machinist and mill operative in Man- 
 chester, Suncook and Lowell, Mass.;
 
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 commander of City Guards in Man- 
 chester and member of Lowell City 
 Guards, commanded by Gen. B. F. 
 Butter; enlisted in 1st N. H. Vols. 
 April 26, 1861, and made first lieut., 
 Co. H.; reinlisted in 4th N. H. regi- 
 ment, Sept. 10, 1861, and appointed 
 captain of Co. H.; wounded in mine 
 explosion at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, 
 and discharged Sept. 17; appointed 
 lieutenant colonel, 18th N. H. Vols., 
 Sept., 1864; wounded in night attack 
 on Ft. Stedman, March 29, 1865; 
 brevetted brigadier general, and mus- 
 tered out July 29, 1865. Returned to 
 New London, and engaged for thirteen 
 years as route agent in U. S. railway 
 mail service; commanded First Bri- 
 gade, N. H. N. G., for seven years 
 prior to 1884; Republican; member, 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1866, 
 1897; senate, 1881-2; m., 1st, Abiah 
 Bucklin, d. Dec. 17, 1873; 2d, 1874, 
 Cornelia Smith (Chase). Residence, 
 New London, N. H. 
 
 Johnson, Jesse 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bradford, Vt., Feb. 2, 
 1842; 's. Elliot and Sarah (Taylor) 
 Johnson; ed. Dartmouth College, 
 1863; read law and engaged in prac- 
 tice in Brooklyn, N. Y.; U. S. District 
 Attorney, Eastern District of New 
 York, 1889-93; member New York 
 constitutional convention, 1894 (chair- 
 man committee on Cities); justice su- 
 preme court of New York, 1897-8. 
 Author "Testimony of the Sonnets as 
 to the Authorship of the Shakespearean 
 Plays and Poems," 1898; "Glimpses of 
 Europe," 1906; in., 1st, Sarah E. Rus- 
 sell, Brooklyn, d. 1897; 2d, 1902, Ada- 
 line Pritchard, Worcester, Mass.; re- 
 tired some years since. Residence, 
 "Brookside," Orford, N. II. 
 
 Churchill, Mabel Harlakenden Hall 
 
 (Mrs. Winston Churchill); b., New 
 Haven, Conn.; dau. George B. and 
 Lucretia (Allen) Hall; ed. Mary In- 
 stitute, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Comegys' 
 School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Episcopa- 
 lian; Woman Suffragist; member 
 N. II. Woman Suffrage Ass'n (Vice- 
 
 president), National Woman Suffrage 
 Ass'n, Chilton Club, Boston, Mass. ; 
 m., Oct. 22, 1895, Winston Churchill; 
 children, Mabel Harlakenden, John 
 Dwight, James Creighton. Residences 
 Cornish, N. H., Windsor, Vt., P. O. 
 
 Woodbury, Elmer Ellsworth 
 
 Farmer; builder; b., Woodstock, 
 N. H., Feb. 27, 1865; s. David and Ma- 
 hitable (Russell) Woodbury; ed. public 
 schools of Woodstock and Franconia; 
 
 Republican; selectman, six years, town 
 clerk and member of school board 
 several years; member N. II. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1902 (member 
 committee on Legislative Department); 
 house of representatives, 1909 (chair- 
 man committee on Elections'); state 
 senate, 1915-6 (chairman Forestry 
 Committee and member Finance 1 com- 
 mittee); constitutional convention, 
 1918; member K. of I'., P, of H., master 
 home Grange three years; master Po- 
 mona Grange, one year; deputy State 
 Grange three years; writer of some
 
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 note, under pen name of "Justus Con- 
 rad" for various periodicals; a leader in 
 the movement for the development of 
 the Lost River region and securing the 
 construction of the Kinsman Notch 
 State road; m., Sept. 4, 1885, Florence 
 E. Chase of Concord; children, David 
 Eugene, b. June 21, 1886; Amos Scott, 
 Nov. 17, 1888; Florence Evelyn, July 
 17, 1905. Residence, Woodstock, 
 N. H. 
 
 Keenan, George William 
 
 Musician, violinist and conductor; 
 b., Penacook, N. H., July 11, 1890; only 
 s. Peter A. and Mary (Nolan) Keenan; 
 od., Penacook high school, 1908. 
 Began study of the violin at the age of 
 twelve years, and two years later or- 
 ganized Keenan's Orchestra, which did 
 much successful public work for the 
 next six years; studied for two years 
 1908-10 in Boston, with Joseph Emile 
 Daudelin of the Paris Conservatoire, 
 at the same time acting as teacher of 
 violin at Colby Academy, New Lon- 
 don, N. H.; in 1910 went to Paris, 
 France, and studied for two years 
 under Professors Charles Huguenin and 
 Joseph White, and with M. Bertheliet 
 at the Conservatoire Nationale de 
 Musique; from Paris went to Brussels, 
 Belgium and successfully passed the 
 entrance examinations to the Royal 
 Conservatory, studying there for two 
 years, 1913-4, under Cesar Thomson; 
 returned to America at the beginning 
 of the war, in 1914, and accepted the 
 position of leader of the orchestra at 
 the Odeon Theatre, Marshalltown, 
 Iowa; since 1915 has been at the head 
 of the Violin Department at the Kansas 
 State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kan- 
 sas, and during the time has conducted 
 the two orchestras of the college; has 
 received favorable press notices in 
 Paris and Brussels papers, also in 
 American papers and magazines, in- 
 cluding Musical America, New York, 
 and has flattering recommendations 
 and testimonials from prominent people 
 of Paris and Brussels, including the 
 nobility of the latter city. Catholic. 
 Residence, Kmporia. Kan. 
 
 Doyen, Charles Augustus 
 
 Brigadier General, U. S. Marine 
 Corps; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 3, 
 1859; s. Edward Nevins and Mary 
 Elizabeth (Tucker) Doyen; ed. Concord 
 public schools, U. S. Naval Academy, 
 Annapolis, Md., 1881; midshipman U. 
 S. Marine Corps, two years; 2d lieuten- 
 ant, July, 1883, serving several years in 
 that rank and then promoted 1st lieu- 
 tenant; successively promoted to cap- 
 tain, major, lieutenant colonel and 
 
 colonel, attaining the latter rank .in 
 1898; has seen service in all parts of the 
 world; stationed off Cuba and Porto 
 Rico during the Spanish War; at the 
 Philippine Islands 1904-t) and again in 
 1913-14; in command of F. S. Marine 
 Barracks at Washington at the outbreak 
 of war with Germany; promoted Briga- 
 dier General March 22, 1917; left 
 Washington for France, in command of 
 the 5th regiment, I". S. Marines, June 
 7, 1917, and saw active service in the 
 front line trenches in the Verdun sector; 
 invalided home in Mav, 191S, and later
 
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 assigned to command at the Marine 
 training camp, Quantico, Va.; m., 1st, 
 Lura Bell Dennison, d.; 2d, Nov. 16, 
 1892, Claude Fay, Annapolis, Md.; two 
 daughters, Alice Ruth, b. May 16, 
 1894: Fay Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1901. 
 Residence, Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Buss, George Washington 
 
 Farmer and lumber manufacturer; b., 
 Acworth, N. H., Feb. 22, 1856; s. Rod- 
 ney and Almena (Huntley) Buss; ed. 
 
 Acworth town and high schools; resides 
 on the old homestead and is engaged in 
 agriculture and the manufacture of 
 lumber; Republican; prominent in 
 town and county affairs, having served 
 as health officer, member of the board 
 of education, tax-collector, selectman, 
 moderator, and member of the X. H. 
 house of representatives in 1905-6 
 when lie was chairman of the committee 
 on mileage; also member of the board 
 of commissioners for Sullivan county 
 from April 1. 1905 to April 1, 1911; post- 
 master at East Acworth from 1887 to 
 1S96; active in ''Old Home Day" ob- 
 servances, and member of the committee 
 
 of arrangements for the celebration of 
 the 150th anniversary of the settlement 
 of the town, Aug. 21, 1918; m., Oct. 28, 
 1878, Flora E. Bailey of Claremont; 
 two sons, Roy H., b. Feb. 25, 1882 (m., 
 Jessie B. Webster of Acworth, Nov. 6, 
 1906 and has two sons, Ezra George and 
 Herman Webster); associated with his 
 father in the lumber business; Raymond, 
 b. Nov. 22, 18S4 (Brown Univ. 1909, 
 m. Leah H. Holt of Providence, R. I.); 
 cashier of the Xarragansett Electric 
 Light and Power Co. Residence, East 
 Acworth, X'. H. 
 
 Goodell, Richard Carter 
 
 Manufacturer; president Goodell 
 Co.; b., Antrim, X. H., Aug. 10, 1868; 
 s. David H. and Hannah Jane 
 (Plumer) Goodell; ed. public schools, 
 and Colby Academy, Xew London, 
 X". H.; Baptist (treasurer and deacon 
 Baptist church, Antrim); Republican; 
 member staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby ; 
 N. H. delegate Alaska-Yukon Exposi- 
 tion, Seattle, 1909; trustee Colby 
 Academy, two years; chairman, trus- 
 tees James A. Tuttle Library, Antrim; 
 treasurer Cemetery Ass'n; president 
 Goodell Co., Antrim; director Hills- 
 boro Electric Light Co., Hillsboro; 
 member X. H. Manufacturers Ass'n, 
 and American Hardware Manufactur- 
 ers Ass'n; vice-president X. PI. Anti- 
 Saloon League; manager, for twenty- 
 five years, Maple Grove Stock Farm, 
 Antrim, X. H; official judge for Hol- 
 stcin-Friesian Ass'n; m., 1st, Aug. 10, 
 1892, Una White of Concord, X. H., 
 at Los Angeles, Cal., d. April 5, 1895; 
 2d, Feb. 22, 1S99, Amy Clark Martin, 
 formerly of Concord. Residence, An- 
 trim, X. H. 
 
 Wiggin, Joseph 
 
 Lawyer; b., Exeter, X. H., March 7, 
 1S71; s. Joseph Furnald and Ruth 
 Kurd (Ilollis) Wiggin; ed. Harvard 
 Univ., A.B. 1893: Harvard Law School, 
 LL.B. 189(5; admitted to the bar and 
 commenced practice in Boston im- 
 mediately after graduation and has 
 there continued; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; City Solicitor, Maiden,
 
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 Mass., 1899-1907; member school 
 board, 1909-13; vice-president First 
 National Bank, Maiden, Mass. ; trustee 
 and member board of investments, 
 Maiden Savings Bank; trustee and 
 treasurer Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, 
 N. H.; trustee Maiden Public library; 
 member, American, Massachusetts and 
 Middlesex Bar Associations; Boston 
 Social Law Library; A. F. & A. M.; m., 
 Jan. 2, 1901, Grace Parker Corbett, 
 Maiden. Residence, 55 Clarendon St., 
 Maiden, Mass.; Office, 27 State St., 
 Boston. 
 
 McCollester, Sullivan Holman 
 
 Clergyman, educator, author; b., 
 Marlboro, X. H., Dec. 18, 1826; s. 
 Silas and Achsah (Holman) McColles- 
 ter; ed. Norwich (Vt.) Univ., A.B., 
 1850, A.M., 1853; student Harvard 
 Divinity School, 1863; D.D., St. Law- 
 rence Univ., Canton, X. Y., 1873; 
 Litt.D., Buchtel College, Ohio, 1908; 
 Universalist ; Republican; principal 
 Walpole (X. H.) Academy, 1850-3; 
 Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, X. H., 
 1850-8; Valley Seminary, Westmore- 
 land, X. H., 1858-62; ordained to the 
 Universalist Ministry, 1853; pastor at 
 Westmoreland and West Chesterfield, 
 1857-61; principal Westbrook (Me.) 
 Seminary, 1862-9; pastor Universalist 
 Church," Nashua, X. H., 1869-73; 
 president Buchtel College, Akron, ()., 
 1873-8; pastor Bellows Falls, Vt,, and 
 Dover, X. H., until 1885, since when 
 his attention has been given largely 
 to travel, authorship, missionary labor 
 and school supervision. He has visited 
 many foreign countries, and written 
 much for the press and published 
 several books; member X. H. house of 
 representatives from Marlboro, 1889- 
 90; several years president X. II. Uni- 
 versalist State Convention and life 
 member board of trustees of same; m., 
 1st, Xov. 23, 1852, Sophia Fanny 
 Knight, Durnmerston, Vt., <!.; 2<i, 
 Nov. 17, 1903, Emma Parker, Xatick, 
 Mass., d.; 3d, Dec. 15, 1905, Elizabeth 
 E. Randall, Waltham, Mass.; one son, 
 Lee Sullivan, b. Westmoreland, X". H., 
 June 5, 1859. Residence, Marlboro, 
 X. H. 
 
 Edgerly, James Bartlett 
 
 Banker; b. Farmington, N. H., Jan. 
 29, 1834; s. Josiah Bartlett and Cor- 
 delia (Waldron) Edgerly; ed. public 
 schools of Farmington, Gilmanton 
 Academy; Congregationalist; Republi- 
 can; served in Union Army in Civil 
 War, 1861-2; engaged in shoe manu- 
 facturing in Farmington, 1863-79; 
 cashier Farmington National Bank 
 since latter date; trustee Farmington 
 Savings Bank, director National Bank; 
 
 member X . H . Soc., Sons of the American 
 Revolution, A. F. & A. M., G. A. R.; 
 m., 1st, April, 18(53, Maria T. Fernald, 
 d.; 2d, Dec. 1884, Martha E. Dodge; 
 two children, Agnes A. and Annie M. 
 (Mrs. Elmer F. Thayer). Residence, 
 Farmington, X. H. 
 
 f 
 
 Lord, John King 
 
 Educator; b., Cincinnati, ()., Oct. 
 21, 1848; s. John King and Laura 
 Esther (Smith) Lord; cd. Dartmouth 
 College, A.B., 186S: A.M., 1S71 ; Ph.D., 
 1893; LL.D., Dartmouth and Univ. of 
 Maine, 190S: teacher, Appleton Acad-
 
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 289 
 
 crriy, New Ipswich, N. H., 1868-9; 
 tutor Latin, 1869-72, associate pro- 
 fessor Latin and rhetoric, 1872-80, 
 Evans professor oratory and belles 
 lettres, 1880-2; associate professor 
 Latin language and literature, 1882- 
 92; Daniel Webster professor since 
 1892; acting president, 1892-3, acting 
 president of the faculty, 1893-1909, 
 Dartmouth college; m., Jan. 20, 1873, 
 Emma P'uller Pomeroy. Residence, 
 Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Howard, Alfred Franklin 
 
 Lawyer, secretary Granite State 
 Fire Ins. Co.; b., Marlow, N. H., Feb. 
 16, 1842; s. Ervin and Philinda (Sim- 
 onds) Howard; ed. Marlow Academy, 
 N. H. Conference Seminary, Tilton, N. 
 H.; studied law with Hon. W. H. H. 
 Allen and Hon. Shepard L. Bowers of 
 Newport; admitted to the bar, Sept., 
 1868, located in practice at Portsmouth 
 where he has since resided; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; city solicitor, 
 Portsmouth, 1869-71, deputy collector 
 U. S. Customs 1870-1; collector twelve 
 years; police commissioner twelve 
 vears; delegate to N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1876. 1902, 1918; secretary 
 and director Granite State Fire Ins. 
 Co., since organization in 1885; director 
 N. H. National Bank; trustee Ports- 
 mouth Trust and Guarantee Co., Pis- 
 cataqua Savings Bank; director Ports- 
 mouth Fire Ass'n, Piscataqua Hre 
 Ins. Co.; trustee N. H. Historical Soc.; 
 Member A. F. &. A. M. (St. Andrews 
 Lodge, Washington Chaper, De Witt 
 Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth); 
 Warwick Club; m., 1st, Oct., 1869, Eliza 
 Fiske, Marlow, N. H., d. Aug., 1877; 
 2d, April, 1880, Mabel Young Smith; 
 one son, Arthur Fiske Howard, b. June, 
 1874. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Stevens, Edwin Dearborn 
 
 Physician; b., Montgomery, Mass., 
 s. Rev. N. Franklin and Mary E. 
 (Dearborn) Stevens (lineal descendant, 
 in 8th generation, of Sir Godfrey Dear- 
 born who came from England in 1637, 
 and of Revolutionary ancestry on both 
 paternal and maternal sides); His great 
 
 20 
 
 grandfather Isaac Stevens, a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier, built and kept the old 
 tavern for years in Hartland, Vt.,and 
 was also sheriff in Windsor County; ed. 
 Powers Institute, Bernardstown, Mass., 
 Montpelier, Vt. Seminary, Boston 
 Univ., M.D., 1895; after hospital clin- 
 ical work commenced practice of med- 
 icine in Francestown in Dec. 1895, where 
 he has contined, with success; Republi- 
 can; chairman board of health, fifteen 
 years, member board of education six 
 
 years, justice of the peace and notary 
 public; member N. H. house of Repre- 
 sentatives, 1917-18 (member committee 
 on public health); Sons of America 
 Revolution, A. F. &. A. M., Eastern 
 Star, I. O. O. F., P. of H.; Am- 
 erican Institute, Contoocook Valley 
 Medical Soc., N. H. Medical Soc., 
 Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Soc., 
 Mass. Medical Soc.; in., Dec. 16, 1903, 
 Anne Elizabeth Hulme, daughter of 
 the late John T. Hulme, journalist, long 
 prominently connected with various 
 New Hampshire newspapers. Resi- 
 dence, Francestown, N. H.
 
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 Townsend, Manley Bacon 
 
 Minister, secretary N. H. Audubon 
 Soc., lecturer and writer on nature 
 topics; b., New Britain, Conn., Oct. 8, 
 1868, 8. Charles Henry and Laverna 
 (Bacon) Townsend; ed. New Britain 
 schools, high school, 1889, Canton, N. 
 Y. Theological School; ordained to 
 Universalist ministry, 1892; did mis- 
 sionary work in Maine, organizing and 
 building churches at Machias, Dover, 
 Deering and Dixfield ; superintendent of 
 
 schools at Dixfield; entered the Unitar- 
 ian fellowship in 1904, becoming pastor 
 at Randolph, Mass.; chairman special 
 committee on enforcement of liquor 
 laws at Randolph ; pastor, Unity church, 
 Sioux City, Iowa, 1908-12; First Uni- 
 tarian Congregational church, Nashua, 
 N. 1 1., 1912-; trustee, Proctor Academy, 
 Andover, N. II., 1913-; secretary of N. 
 II. Audubon Soc. since its organixation, 
 1914; member A. F. <fe A. M., Royal 
 Arch Chapter, North Middlesex Min- 
 isters' Ass'n, Nashua Ministers' Ass'n, 
 N. II. Unitarian Ministers' Ass'n, Am. 
 Unitarian Ass'n (life) N. II. Humane 
 Soc., Wilson Ornithological Club, Soc. 
 
 for the Protection of N. H. Forests, N. 
 H. Anti-Saloon League, Nat. Defense 
 League, Hillsborough Co. Game and 
 Protective Ass'n, Nashua Good Cheer 
 Soc., Patrons of Husbandry; has lec- 
 tured extensively on topics like "Get- 
 ting Back to Nature" and "Friendly 
 Visiting with the Birds"; has contrib- 
 uted articles on bird life to the maga- 
 zines and has a book in preparation; m., 
 June 24, 1896, Dora Pennell, Machias, 
 Me.; children, Laverna Bacon and 
 Alice. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Fellows, Nellie E. Newton 
 
 (Mrs. Frank Beldin Fellows) ; teacher; 
 b., East Fairfield, Vt., dau. Lyman and 
 Phoebe (Foster) Newton; ed. Bing- 
 ham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt., 1884. 
 Taught school ten years in Vermont, 
 and Nashua, N. H.; chairman, school 
 board, Newbury, N. H., 1914-; presi- 
 dent W. R. C. Bradford, N. H., 1912; 
 president N. H. Branch, Order of 
 King's Daughters, 1917- ; member 
 Sunapee Lake Grange, P. of H., Red 
 Cross, Woman's Council of National 
 Defense; Methodist, member Main 
 St. M. E. Church, Nashua, N. H.; m., 
 March 13, 1895, Frank Beldin Fel- 
 ows. Resided in Nashua, 1895 to 
 1907 since then in Newbury. 
 
 Mann, William Hazeltine Gage 
 
 Civil engineer; b., Boscawen (Pena- 
 cook), N. H., Dec. 22, 1871; s. Sam- 
 uel R. and Mary It. (Gage) Mann; ed. 
 public schools, Boscawen, Concord 
 high school, 1889, Dartmouth College 
 (C. S. D.), B.S., 1893, M.S., 1896; en- 
 gaged in engineering since 1893; with 
 Mississippi River Commission, 1893; 
 Berlin Iron Bridge Works, 1895; New 
 York, New Haven & Hartford R. It., 
 1896 Boston & Albany It, R., 1897-8; 
 Rutland Canadian, 1899, 1900; O'Brien 
 & Sheehan, 1901; Rutland R. It., 
 1902; junior member firm of Lloyd & 
 Mann, civil engineer, Concord, N. II., 
 since 1903; Congregationalist; Demo- 
 crat; member Sigma Chi fraternity; 
 Boston Soc. Civil Engineers; Thayer 
 Soc Civil Engineers; m., April 30, 1901, 
 Marion L. Marvin, New York. Resi- 
 dence, Boscawen, N. H., Penacook, 
 P. O.
 
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 Allen, Fred Hovey 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lyme, N. H., Oct. 
 1, 1845; s. Philander and Rhoda 
 (Lord) Allen; ed. Boston University, 
 Hartford Theological Seminary, 1875; 
 Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Engaged in 
 journalism before studying for the 
 ministry; ordained, Congregational 
 ministry, 1874; acting pastor, North 
 Brookfield, Mass., 1875-6; pastor E. 
 Street and Olivet churches, Boston, 
 1877-80; Abington, Mass., 1894-5; 
 Rockland, Mass., 1895-1902; lecturer 
 on art topics; member Society of 
 American Authors, National Geo- 
 graphic and other societies; correspond- 
 ing member Brooklyn Inst. Arts and 
 Sciences. Author, "Glimpses of 
 Parisian Art," 1882; "Masterpieces of 
 Modern German Art," 1884; "Mod- 
 ern German Masters," 1885; "Great 
 Cathedrals of the World," 1886; 
 "Famous Paintings," 1887, and vari- 
 ous other works, and editor of many 
 pulications. M. April 26, 1881, M. 
 Cora Bumpus, Auburn, Me. Address, 
 Hotel Majestic, New York. 
 
 Whittemore, Arthur Oilman 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July 
 26, 1856; s. Aaron and Ariannah 
 (Barstow) Whittemore; descendant on 
 paternal side of Thomas Whittemore, 
 who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 
 1642, and on the maternal side from 
 Elder William Brewster; ed. Pem- 
 broke Academy, Harvard Law school, 
 1879; admitted to the bar and com- 
 menced practice in Dover, continuing 
 to the present time; Episcopalian 
 (member St. Thomas' church, Dover); 
 Republican; water commissioner for 
 Dover. 13 years; mayor, 1901-2-3, 
 when ho helped establish the Public 
 Library in a new building secured by 
 gift of Andrew Carnegie, also secured 
 the building of the new high school 
 house, on the newly acquired grounds 
 forming Hale Park, where the library is 
 also located; presided on the occasion 
 of the visit of President Roosevelt, in 
 1903; member N. II. board of railroad 
 commissioners, 1903-11, chairman the 
 last three years; many years attorney 
 
 and vice-president, Straffprd Savings 
 Bank; several years president of the 
 Dover Board of Trade; one of the 
 founders of the Bellamy Club of Dover; 
 m., June 27, 1887, Caroline B. Rund- 
 lett (Mrs. Whittemore is a past presi- 
 dent of the Dover Woman's Club); 
 children, Manuel (Dartmouth College, 
 1911, Harvard Law School, 1914), 
 practicing law in New York; Caroline 
 (Radcliffe College, 1919). Residence, 
 Dover, N. H. 
 
 Wellman, James Albert 
 
 Insurance; N. H. Agent Nat'l Life; 
 b., Cornish, N. H., May 4, 1867; s. 
 
 Albert Erasmus and Emily Dodge- 
 (Hall) Wellman; descendant in tenth 
 generation from Gov. William Brad- 
 ford and Elder Brewster of the Ply- 
 mouth Colon}-; ed. public schools, 
 Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 
 and Dartmouth College, 1889; en- 
 gaged as special agent of the Connec- 
 ticut Mutual Life Ins. Co., at Burling- 
 ton, Vt., till 1895, when he accepted 
 position as general agent for New
 
 JOHN WILLIAMS STORKS
 
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 293 
 
 Hampshire of the National Life Ins. 
 Co., of Vermont, locating in Manches- 
 ter where he has continued; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; director Man- 
 chester Nat'l Bank, Manchester Safe 
 Deposit and Trust Co., Morris Plan 
 Ass'n, Suncook Valley R. R., Manches- 
 ter Y. M. C. A.; president Agents' 
 Ass'n, National Life Ins. Co.; member 
 Manchester Public Safety Com.; 
 County agent, Northern Hillsbprough, 
 for sale of War Savings Certificates; 
 Mason, 32d degree and K. T., I. O. O.F., 
 Sons of the American Revolution., 
 Soc. of Colonial Wars, Order of De- 
 scendants of Colonial Governors; m., 
 June 23, 1898, Florence Vincent, Bur- 
 lington, Vt.; two daughters, Harriet 
 Vincent, b. Feb. 22, 1900; Dorothy 
 Hall, b. Oct. 30, 1901. Residence, 
 Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Storrs, John Williams 
 
 Civil engineer and bridge builder; b. 
 Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 24, 1858; s. 
 William W. and Elizabeth A. (Roberts) 
 Storrs; moved to Concord, N. H., in 
 childhood; ed. in Concord schools; 
 studied engineering with the late 
 Charles C. Lund; with the B. & M. 
 R. R., 1890-1911; since 1906 has C9n- 
 ducted a private bridge engineering 
 business; chief engineer of Public 
 Service Com., 191 1-; Republican; 
 first state highway engineer for New 
 Hampshire, appointed by Gov. Bach- 
 elder, 1903-5; member, I. O. O. F., 
 Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Boston 
 Soc. of Civil Engineers; author of 
 "Storrs: A Handbook for the Use of 
 Those Interested in the Construction 
 of Short Span Bridges," 74 p., ill., 
 1918; m., Carrie Etta Dow of Con- 
 cord, Apr. 29, 1885; child, Edward 
 Dow Storrs, b. Feb. 20, 1886, Concord; 
 m. Ethel May Foster of Concord, May 
 4, 1909; in partnership with his father. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Smalley, Fred Charles 
 
 Granite and marble manufacturer; b., 
 Shrewsbury, Vt., November 18, 1866; 
 s. Christopher and Virginia (Guard) 
 Smalley; ed. Ludlow, Vt., Albany, 
 
 N. Y.; traveling salesman, Boston firm, 
 for central states, headquarters at St. 
 Louis, 1895-6; president S. J. Nason 
 Co., m'f'rs. of granite and marble, So. 
 Berwick, Me., 1896-1902; engaged in 
 same line in Dover, N. H., 1898-1903, 
 with partner, under firm name of 
 Smalley & White; sold interest in the 
 So. Berwick Co., in 1903 and bought 
 entire interest in the Dover plant, 
 which he has retained to the present 
 time; purchased granite and marble 
 
 works in Portsmouth in 1906 and also 
 retains the same; his business extends 
 over a large territory and he is noted 
 for fine work; liberal supporter of all 
 public interests in Dover; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member Dover city coun- 
 cil 1911-12, alderman 1913-14; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives 
 1915-16; mayor of Dover 1918-; 
 member A. F. & A. M., St. Paul Com- 
 mandery, K. T., Olive Branch Lodge 
 K. of P.; Bellamy Club. Dover; m., 
 1st, Aug. 9, 1899, Grace M. Hanson, 
 So. Berwick, Me., d. March 26, 1916; 
 2d, Feb. 21, 1918, Mabellc Porter
 
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 Weeks, Greenland, N. H.; children, 
 Virginia G., b. May 29, 1899 (Dover 
 high school, 1918); Elizabeth M., b. 
 Sept. 18, 1904; Frederick C., b. Aug. 22, 
 1905; Henry R., b. Oct. 27, 1913. 
 Residence, Dover, N. H. 
 
 Sanders, Charles Henry 
 
 Merchant; b., Penacook (Ward One 
 Concord), N. H., Sept. 12, 1851; s. 
 Jacob P. and Sarah Ann (Dutton) 
 Sanders; ed. public schools, Penacook 
 
 Academy, X. II. College of Agricul- 
 ture and Mechanic Arts, 1871, Thayer 
 School of Engineering, one year, Mass. 
 Inst. of Technology, one year; en- 
 gaged as an architect till 1876, when 
 entered mercantile life with his father, 
 in Penacook, and has since continued 
 the business, dealing in boots, shoes, 
 and clothing; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; superintendent Congrega- 
 tional Sunday School, Penacook, many 
 years: for some time member Pena- 
 cook school commit tee; alderman, Ward 
 1, 1X97: trustee Concord public, library 
 
 for thirty years; trustee Loan and 
 Trust Savings Bank and member invest- 
 ment committee many years; one of the 
 organizers of the Penacook Electric 
 Light Co., serving as director, treas- 
 urer and manager; president Wood- 
 lawn Cemetery Ass'n; trustee N. H. 
 Orphans Home, Franklin; member 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Appalachian 
 Mountain Club, Boston (life member) ; 
 Mason, 32d degree and Knight Tem- 
 plar; m., May 24, 1876, Sarah Emme- 
 line Abbott. Residence, Penacook, 
 N. H. 
 
 Niles, Mary 
 
 Registrar, b., Hartford, Conn., Sept. 
 12, 1867, dau. Rt. Rev. William Wood- 
 ruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; 
 moved to Concord, N. H., in infancy; 
 ed. Concord high school, 1885; studied 
 five years at St. Mary's School, Con- 
 cord, two years with S. B. Whitney, 
 organist and composer, Boston; taught 
 at St. Mary's School; Episcopalian; 
 supervisor primary dept., St. Paul's 
 Sunday school; corresponding secretary 
 and treasurer, St. Mary's Alumnae 
 Ass'n, 1909- (having edited two Reg- 
 isters of the Alumnae); treasurer and 
 business manager of the Church Fly- 
 Leaf, 1903-; registrar of the Diocese 
 of New Hampshire, 1913-; member 
 Concord Fern. Char. Ass'n (corres- 
 ponding secretary, 1914-), N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Stratford (Shakespeare) 
 Club, Outing Club (Camp Weetamoo), 
 Wild Flower Club, Olmsted Family 
 Ass'n, District Nursing Ass'n, Friendly 
 Club, Red Cross; contributor to the 
 press. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Niles, Bertha 
 
 Teacher of art; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Apr. 29, 1874, dau. Rt. Rev. William 
 Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; 
 ed. St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., 
 1891, took post-graduate course there 
 two years, five years at the Art Stu- 
 dents' League, Xew York, supplemented 
 by two years of study in Paris and 
 Munich; elected member Art Stu- 
 dents' League (equivalent to a de- 
 gree), 1900; taught in St. Catherine's
 
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 Hall, Augusta, Me., 1898-9; teacher 
 of art, St. Mary's School, Concord, 
 1900-; Episcopalian; warden, St. Anna 
 Guild, St. Paul's parish, 1915-16; 
 teacher, St. Paul's Sunday school; 
 member, St. Mary's Alum. Ass'n (pres- 
 ident, 1907-9), Friendly Club (director, 
 1914-16, 2d vice-president, 1916-18), 
 Hathaway Outing Club (president two 
 years), Hathaway Shakespeare Club, 
 Concord Oratorio Soc. (on executive 
 committee), Wild Flower Club, Equal 
 Suffrage League, S. P. C. A., Con- 
 cord Fern. Char. Soc., Red Cross; 
 contributor to the press; has pub- 
 lished drawings and verse for Camp 
 Wyonegonic, Denmark, Me.; designer 
 of St. Mary's School seal. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Leach, Edward Giles 
 
 Lawyer, b., Meredith, N. H., Jan. 
 28, 1849 ; s. Levi and Susan C. (Sanborn) 
 Leach; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B., 
 1871; studied law and admitted to the 
 bar in 1874; in practice in Franklin 
 and Concord; member firm of Leach 
 & Stevens, later Leach, Stevens & 
 Couch; Unitarian; Republican; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1893-4; senate, 1901-2; executive 
 council, 1905-6; city solicitor, Frank- 
 lin, 1894-1906; solicitor Merrimack 
 county many years; president Man- 
 ufacturers and Merchants Ins. Co., 
 since organization in 1884; member 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec. 24, 1874, 
 Agnes A. Robinson; two sons. Resi- 
 dence, Franklin, X. H. 
 
 Coburn, Jesse Milton 
 
 Physician; b., Pittsfiold, X. H., 
 March 27, 1853; s. Rev. Jesse Milton 
 and Almira (Morse) Coburn; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Hahnemann Medical Col- 
 lege, Philadelphia, Pa.; M.D., Boston 
 Univ. School of Medicine, LS74. Has 
 practiced in South Xorwalk, Conn., 
 .since 1893; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; mayor South Xorwalk, 
 1889-1900; chairman board of educa- 
 tion; secretary and treasurer Mayor's 
 Ass'n of Conn.; member Conn. State 
 Medical Ass'n, Xorwalk Med. Ass'n, 
 
 Sons of the American Revolution, 
 Conn. Historical Soc.; m., Aug. 4, 
 1879, Abbie M. Cutler, Shrewsbury, 
 Mass.; two sons, Harrie C. and Aaron 
 C. Residence, So. Xorwalk, Conn. 
 
 Sawyer, Enos Kittredge 
 
 Merchant, b., Franklin, X. H., Aug. 
 4, 1879; s. George W. and Louise C. 
 (Barnes) Sawyer; ed. public schools, 
 Phillips (Andover) Academy, 1878, 
 Dartmouth College; engaged with his 
 
 father in the meat, grocery and pro- 
 vision trade in Franklin and has con- 
 tinued therein; Democrat; many 
 years chairman Democratic City Com- 
 mittee of Franklin; elected mayor of 
 Franklin in 1909 and unanimously re- 
 elected the following year; member 
 X. H. state senate from Dist. Xo. 6 in 
 1913 and president of the senate: can- 
 didate for congressional nomination in 
 the primary in 1914 with a substantial 
 support; appointed Federal Director
 
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 297 
 
 for New Hampshire and Vermont of 
 United States Employment Service. 
 1918; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge, 
 chapter and council), Elks, and For- 
 esters; m., Feb. 28, 1911, Mabel E. 
 White, graduate of Mass. Normal Art 
 School, and teacher of art in Franklin 
 high school. Residence, Franklin, 
 N. H. 
 
 Cressy, Will Martin 
 
 Actor and Playwright; b., Bradford, 
 N. H., Oct. 29, 1863; s. Frank and 
 Annette M. (Ring) Cressy; ed. public 
 schools, Concord, N. H., high school; 
 commenced active life as a traveling 
 salesman, but soon relinquished this 
 vocation for the stage, having been 
 known as a versatile amateur actor in 
 youth. His first professional engage- 
 ment was with Frost & Fanshawe in 
 1889; subsequently for six years with 
 Denman Thompson in his "Old Home- 
 stead" company, appearing in the 
 well-remembered part of "Cy Prime," 
 wherein he laid the foundation for the 
 remarkable popularity he has since en- 
 joyed. Not only is he a master in his 
 line as an actor and entertainer, but 
 he undoubtedly leads the world as an 
 author of vaudeville sketches, or one 
 act plays, having produced about one 
 hundred and fifty, and is credited with 
 having written about half of all the 
 playlets now being presented in vaude- 
 ville. January 19, 1900, Mr. Cressy 
 married Blanche Dayne of Troy, N. Y.. 
 who was also a member of the "Old 
 Homestead" company, and together, 
 under the widely familiar name of 
 Cressy & Dayne, they have since been 
 entertaining the amusement loving 
 public of this and other lands, hav- 
 ing visited England, Ireland, Scot- 
 land, Wales, Holland, Belgium, France, 
 Japan, China, the Philippines, Hawaii, 
 and other countries, and presented their 
 plays in most of them. Much time has 
 been devoted by Mr. Cressy in the last 
 three years to giving illustrated free 
 lectures to orphans and poor children 
 in the theatres on Saturday mornings, 
 free transportation being given them 
 by the Rotary Club. Since the war 
 
 broke out he has been deeply inter- 
 ested in all the "drives." He is the 
 author of about twenty popular war 
 poems which have been put into book 
 form and sold, the proceeds being sent 
 to some war fund. He has turned over 
 $5,000 to the Tobacco fund alone; has 
 earned thousands for the Y. M. C. A., 
 Red Cross, and War Savings Stamp 
 drives, and, during the various Liberty 
 Loan drives was instrumental in selling 
 hundreds of thousands of dollars worth 
 of bonds. He is one of eight "Four 
 Minute Men" at large, appointed by 
 the President to speak on patriotic 
 subjects, and made twenty-nine 
 speeches during a two weeks stay in 
 San Francisco. With his wife he en- 
 listed in the summer of 1918, to go to 
 France for five months for free service 
 in the Theatrical Over Seas League 
 for the entertainment of the American 
 troops. Mr. Cressy has written three 
 books that have had wide circulation, 
 and is a constant correspondent of 
 various newspapers and magazines; 
 he is a Christian Scientist, a Republi- 
 can and a member of the B. P. O. E. 
 Permanent residence, Concord, N. H.; 
 summer home, "Cressy Point," Suna- 
 pee Lake, Newbury, X. H. 
 
 Emerson, Henry A. 
 
 Paper manufacturer; b., Concord, 
 N. H., May 1, 1837; s. Fenner H. and 
 Clarinda Baker Emerson; ed. public 
 schools and Franklin and Penacook 
 Academies; entered a paper mill at 
 Pepperell, Mass., at seventeen years of 
 age and learned the business; became 
 a member of the Contoocook Valley 
 Co., at West Henniker, N. H., and was 
 president and manager from 1880 till 
 retirement a few years since; Congre- 
 gationalist; Democrat for many years, 
 latterly acting with the Republicans; 
 member N. H. house of representatives 
 as a Democrat in 1S7(> and 1877, and 
 in 1905, as a Republican ; member sen- 
 ate in 1915; member I. O. (). F., and 
 Wonolancot Club of Concord; m., Jan. 
 1, 1X64, Louise M. Lydston of Litch- 
 field, d., Feb. 7, 1910. Residence, 
 Henniker, N. H.
 
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 Thome, John Calvin 
 
 Shoe merchant, local historian, b., 
 Concord, N. H., Nov. 6, 1842, s. Calvin 
 and Cynthia (Morgan) Thome; ed. 
 Concord schools, K. U. A., Meriden, 
 N. H., 1864; entered into partnership 
 with his father, 1864, the business being 
 established 1835, now the oldest in 
 Concord under one family name; upon 
 his father's death, 1884, became sole 
 owner; when the business was incor- 
 porated as the Thome Shoe Store Co., 
 
 1011, became president, retiring in 
 1014; Republican; president of Con- 
 cord common Council, 1X77-8; alder- 
 man, 1883-4; member First Congre- 
 gational church, serving -s deacon 
 1S01-1913, treasurer, 1870-1013, clerk 
 of the society at the time of the dedi- 
 cation of the present building, 187t'; 
 member Merrimack Valley Congrega- 
 tional Club (president two years), Con- 
 cord Congregational Union, N. H. 
 Congregational Ministers' and Widows' 
 Fund (treasurer 17 years during which 
 the fund was increased from 10,000 to 
 sto.OOOi. Prisoners' Aid Ass'n -treas- 
 
 urer 20 years), N. H. Bible Soc. (di- 
 rector 1881-1918, also vice-president, 
 president 1918-), N. H. Historical Soc. 
 (corresponding secretary 1913-, also 
 member of standing committee), N. H. 
 Soc. of Colonial Wars (governor 1903- 
 6); deputy governor-general Nat. Soc. 
 of Colonial Wars, 1912-18; trustee 
 N. H. Savings Bank since 1880; mem- 
 ber Concord Board of Education (1882- 
 8), Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests, 
 Children's Aid and Protec. Soc., Char- 
 ity Org. Soc., N. H. Audubon Soc., Red 
 Cross, Nat. Security League, Nat. 
 Geographic Soc. Contributor to 
 Granite Monthly, also letters from 
 Europe, Mexico, the West and South 
 to the A. H. Statesman and Concord 
 Monitor; occasional addresses before 
 societies and clubs. Publications: 
 Rev. Israel Evans (1902), Rev. Enoch 
 Coffin (1902), History and Manual of 
 the First Congl. Church, 1730-1907 
 (published and presented 600 copies), 
 John Calvin (1909), Thorne Genealogy, 
 1200-1900. (1913), Chronicle of N. H. 
 Soc. of Colonial Wars, 1894-1914, with 
 Sketches of Deceased Members (1914); 
 in., Mary Gordon Nichols, July 8, 
 1873. (See following sketch.) Resi- 
 dence, 216 North Main St., Concord, 
 and Thornecroft Lodge, Pembroke, 
 N.H. 
 
 Thorne, Mary Gordon (Nichols) 
 
 (Mrs. John C. Thorne), club-woman; 
 b., Tremont, 111., dau. Nathaniel Gor- 
 don and Lucia Jane (Lovejoy) Nich- 
 ols; ed. Normal University, Blooming- 
 ton, 111.; has livt d at Concord, N. H., 
 since her marriage in 1873; member 
 First Congregational church; presi- 
 dent Woman's Board of Foreign Mis- 
 sions several years; organized Young 
 People's Missionary Soc. of fifty mem- 
 bers, 1898; pr sident Ladies' Social 
 Circle 4 many years; has taught in 
 Sunday school forty-four years and still 
 continues with a class of 35 women; 
 organized Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary dur- 
 ing administration of Walter B. Ab- 
 bott (1XS7-90), president many yearn, 
 carrying through several large enter- 
 tainments to raise monev for a build-
 
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 ing; president Concord Female Chari- 
 table Soc., 1902-5; life member and 
 trustee of N. H. Memorial Hospital for 
 Women and Children and a liberal con- 
 tributor to the furnishings and repairs; 
 vice-president of the Hospital Asso- 
 
 ciates; president of Concord Woman's 
 Club, 1915-17, having previously been 
 vice-president and chairman of various 
 committees. (During Mrs. Thome's 
 presidency the club co-operated with 
 the city authorities in "Clean-up- 
 Week," helped establish the free 
 dental clinic in the public schools and 
 organized the Concord Red Cross, the 
 largest chapter in the state. (Mrs. 
 Thorne represented the club at the 
 Thirteenth Biennial Convention of the 
 Xat'l Federation in X'ewYork.) Mem- 
 ber Forestry committee of X. H. 
 Federation; member Am. Federation 
 of Arts, X. H. Historical Soc., X. H. 
 Soc. of Charities and Corrections, Soc. 
 for Protection of X*. H. Forests, Chil- 
 dren's Aid and Protective Soc., Con- 
 conl Filial Suffrage I.eauue, Dist. 
 Xursing Ass'n, Charity Organization 
 
 Soc., W. C. T. U., Friendly Club (one 
 of the organizers); m., John C. Thorne 
 (see preceding), July 8, 1873. Adopted 
 daughter, Elsie Chandler Thorne, b. 
 Concord, N. H.; (St. Mary's School, 
 1908); student at Gordon Bible Col- 
 lege, Boston. Residence, Concord, and 
 Pembroke, N. H. 
 
 Crosby, Eva May (Emery) 
 
 Hospital superintendent, b., Ossin- 
 ing, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1877, dau. Asa and 
 Hattie L. (Currier) Emery; desc. from 
 John Emery, who settled in Xewbury- 
 port, Mass., in 1635; great great grand- 
 daughter Noah Emery, who fought in 
 Revolution; Asa Emery served in both 
 the Army and Navy during Civil War; 
 ed. Taunton, Mass., and Concord, N-H. ; 
 Concord high school 1896; Training 
 
 School of X". II. Mem. Hospital for 
 Women and Children, Oct. 23, 1900; 
 Episcopalian : member Concord Nurses' 
 Club (president, 1914-16), C.radu- 
 uate Xurses' Ass'n of X T . H. (pres- 
 ident 1915-1(5), Red Cross Nursing
 
 Hox. HENRY B. QUINBY
 
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 301 
 
 Service, Newport Woman's Club; m., 
 Edgar E. Crosby, Oct. 18, 1905; superin- 
 tendent of N. H. Mem. Hospital, Con- 
 cord, Mar. 1, 1903-Oct. 1, 1905; nurse at 
 the Infirmary, St. Paul's School, Con- 
 cord, N. H., Jan. 8, 1914-Oct. 12, 1917; 
 superintendent of Carrie F. Wright Hos- 
 pital, Newport, N. H., Oct. 13, 1917-. 
 Residence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Quinby, Henry Brewer 
 
 Manufacturer; Ex-governor; b., 
 Biddeford, Me., June 10, 1846; s. 
 Thomas and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby 
 (grandson of Moses Quinby, & member 
 of the first graduating class of Bowdoin 
 College); ed. New Hampton Literary 
 Institution, Nichols Latin School, 
 Lewiston, Me., Bowdoin College, 
 Brunswick, Me., A.B. 1869, A.M. 
 1872, LL.D., 1909; M.D. National 
 Medical College, Washington, D. C., 
 1880; A.M., LL.D., Dartmouth 1909; 
 served for some time as a special agent 
 of the Quartermaster's department, 
 U. S. A., in Washington and the West, 
 and took the course in medicine while 
 stationed in Washington; connected 
 with the Cole Manufacturing Co. at 
 Lakeport, of which he has long been 
 president, and treasurer for more than 
 forty years, and engaged in various 
 other industrial enterprises; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member staff of Gov. 
 Ezekiel A. Straw, with rank of colonel, 
 1872-3; member N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1887-8, taking an active 
 part in debate and committee work; 
 member N. H. senate 1889-90; execu- 
 tive council, 1891-2 Ich. state prison 
 com.); Governor of New Hampshire, 
 1909-10, the important work of the 
 state house enlargement being carried 
 out during his administration, also the 
 trunk line roads located and partly 
 built: active in party affairs, serving 
 many years as a member of the Repub- 
 lican state committee; delegate-at-Iarge 
 in the Republican national convention 
 in 1892; president Republican state 
 convention 1896, delivering a notable 
 address; chairman committee on reso- 
 lutions. 1902 and 1908. Trustee N. PL 
 State hospital. 1897-9; president La- 
 
 conia National Bank, City Savings 
 Bank, Laconia Hospital; Masonic 
 Temple Ass'n., Laconia; trustee New 
 Hampton Institution, member board 
 of overseers, Bowdoin College, N. H. 
 Historical Soc., (trustee), Pepperell 
 Ass'n, Sons of the American Revolu- 
 tion; Mason of the 33d degree, and 
 past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge 
 of New Hampshire; trustee Masonic 
 Home, Manchester; m., June 22, 1870, 
 Octavia M. Cole of Lake Village (now 
 Lakeport), N. H., dau. Hon. Benjamin 
 J. Cole; children, Henry Cole, b. July 9, 
 1872, lawyer in New York City; Can- 
 dace Ellen (Mrs. Hugh N. Camp), New 
 York. Residence, Lakeport, N. H. 
 
 White, Eliza Orne 
 
 Author; b., Keene, N. H., August 2 
 1856; dau. William Orne and Marga- 
 ret Eliot Harding White (her father 
 was a Unitarian clergyman, for twenty- 
 seven years, pastor of the Unitarian 
 church in Keene, and her mother a 
 daughter of Chester Harding the por- 
 trait painter); ed. public schools of 
 Keene and Miss Hall's school, Rox- 
 bury, Mass.; traveled abroad in 1876- 
 7 and again in 1914, having been in 
 England when the war broke out; has 
 lived in Brookline, Mass., since 1881, 
 where her family located after the 
 close of her father's Keene pastorate; 
 author of many novels and stories, 
 most of which have been published by 
 Houghton & Mifflin, Boston; among 
 the novels are: "Miss Brooks," "Win- 
 terborough," "The Coming of Theo- 
 dora," "A Browning Courtship" and 
 "John Forsythe's Aunts," while her 
 children's stories include "When Molly 
 was Six, ""Little Girls of Long Ago," 
 "An Only Child" and "A Borrowed 
 Sister." Some of her books have been 
 published in London and many have 
 had a wide sale. "William Orne White 
 A Record of Ninety Years" (a trib- 
 ute to her father's memory) was issued 
 last year. "The Blue Aunt," a patri- 
 otic story for small children, is now in 
 press; Unitarian; member Boston Au- 
 thor's Club: Woman's Alliance. Resi- 
 dence, Brookline, Mass.
 
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 Farmer, James Clifton 
 
 Farmer; deputy commissioner of 
 agriculture; b., Newbury, N.H., April 
 15, 1887; s. Charles M. and Elizabeth 
 (Catlow) Farmer; ed. Providence, R. 
 I., grammar school. Colby Academy, 
 New London, N. H.; learned machin- 
 ist's trade in youth, serving three years 
 as an apprentice with the Brown & 
 Sharpe M'f'g Co., Providence, R. I., 
 from 1903 to 1906; since engaged in 
 agriculture at Newbury, N. H., making 
 
 a specialty of poultry and market gar- 
 dening, with special reference to the 
 summer business at Sunapee Lake; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member 
 school board, town of Newbury, 1913- 
 14, library trustee, 1915-17; member 
 advisory board, N. H. Department of 
 agriculture, 1915-17; appointed deputy 
 commissioner of agriculture, July 18, 
 1917, and now in office; Patron of Hus- 
 bandry, including state and national de- 
 grees; master Sunapee Lake Grange, 
 No. 112, Newbury, 1910, 1911, 1913; 
 deputy N. H. State Grange, 1912-13, 
 assistant steward 1914-17, steward 
 1917-; superintendent poultry depart- 
 
 ment, Rockingham Fair, Salem Depot, 
 N. H., 1912-15, inclusive; frequent in- 
 stitute speaker on poultry and market 
 gardening topics. Residence, Newbury 
 N. H. 
 
 Edgerly, Winfield Scott 
 
 Soldier; brigadier-general, U. S. A.; 
 b., Farmington, N. H., May 29, 1846; 
 s. Josiah Bartlett and Cordelia Waldron 
 Edgerly; ed. public schools, EfTingham 
 Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 
 N. Y., 1870; appointed 2d lieutenant, 
 7th Cavalry, June 15, 1870; 1st lieu- 
 tenant, June 25, 1876; captain, Sept. 
 22, 1883; major 6th Cavalry, July 9, 
 1898; transferred to 7th Cavalry, Jan. 
 5, 1899; lieutenant colonel 10th Cav- 
 alry, Feb. 19, 1901 ; transferred to 7th 
 Cavalry, March 20, 1901; colonel 2d 
 Cavalry, Feb. 17, 1903; brigadier-gen- 
 eral, June 23, 1905; retired, Dec. 29, 
 1909; served in Indian Wars, Spanish 
 American War and the Philippines; 
 commanding Dept. of the Gulf, 1907; 
 Republican; member of S. A. R., Army 
 and Navy Clubs, Washington; New 
 York, Manila; Capital City, Atlanta, 
 Ga.; m., Oct. 27, 1875, Grace Colby 
 Blum, St Paul, Minn. Residence, 
 Farmington, N. H. 
 
 McCollester, Lee Sullivan 
 
 Clergyman; b., Westmoreland, N. 
 H., June 5, 1859; s. Sullivan Holrnan 
 and Sophia Fanny (Knight) McColles- 
 ter; ed. Tufts College, A.B., 1881, B.D. 
 1884, D.D., 1899; ordained to the 
 Universalist ministry. 1884; pastor 
 Universalist Church, Claremont, N. H., 
 1884-9, Church of Our Father, Detroit, 
 Mich., 1889-1912; Dean of Crane 
 Divinity School, Tufts College, Mass., 
 1912-; president Universalist General 
 Convention, 1915-; trustee Buchtel 
 College, Akron, O.; member Sons of 
 the American Revolution, Soc. of 
 Colonial Wars, Phi Beta Kappa, Mas- 
 ons (32d degree and K. T.), New Eng- 
 land, University, Boston City and Min- 
 isters Clubs: author, "Passing of the Old 
 Homestead," "A New Emphasis on 
 Four American Affirmations"; m., 1st.,
 
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 Aug. 21, 1884, L. A. Wright, Troy, N. 
 H., d. Aug. 1, 1885; 2d, May 1, 1889, 
 Lizie S. Parker, Claremont, N. H.; one 
 son, Parker McCollester. Residence. 
 Tufts College, Mass. 
 
 Corey, Francis A. 
 
 Magazine and newspaper writer; b., 
 Fitzwilliam, N. H., Feb. 9, 1843; s. 
 Abram and Hannah (Perkins) Corey; 
 went West while a lad; graduated from 
 Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., 1867; 
 began writing for Ballou's Monthly mid 
 True Flag while a boy in school; taught 
 for a short time, but soon after graduat- 
 ing devoted his entire time to writing 
 for the press; wrote for most of the 
 leading story papers in their day, gen- 
 erally using a pseudonym, more fre- 
 quently that of "Rett Winwood"; a 
 contributor to Chimney Corner and 
 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; 
 wrote serials for Boston Globe, most of 
 which were syndicated; has written for 
 the McClure Newspaper Syndicate; 
 published a few books; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; m., March 1, 1871, 
 Rebecca Elena Douds of Canton, Ohio, 
 who died Jan. 1873; one son, Leslie D., 
 supply sergeant in Mississippi regiment; 
 2nd, 'Mrs. Ellen Medill Dilley of Can- 
 ton, Ohio, sister of Hon. Joseph Medill 
 of the Chicago Tribune, who d. Feb. 
 1881; 3rd, Mary J. Beckley of Keene, 
 N. H., Feb. 1885. Residence, Keene, 
 N. H. 
 
 Frost, Robert 
 
 Educator; author; b., San Francisco, 
 Gal., March 26, 1875; s. William Pres- 
 cott and Belle (Moody) Frost; ed. 
 Dartmouth College, Harvard Univer- 
 sity; engaged in Agriculture at Deny, 
 N. H., 1900-1905; teacher of English, 
 Pinkerton Academy, Derry, 1905-11; 
 teacher of psychology, X. H. State 
 Normal School, Plymouth, 1911-12; 
 studied in England, 1912-15; now pro- 
 fessor of English, Ainherst College; 
 author, "A Boy's \Vill" (poems), 1913; 
 "North of Boston," 1914; "Mountain 
 Interval," 191(5; in., Dec. 28, 1895, 
 Elinor M. White, Lawrence, Mass. 
 Residence, Franconia, N. II. 
 
 Jones, Seth Warner 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., -Canter- 
 bury, N. H., June 23, 1864; s. Charles 
 and Sarah (Pickard) Jones; ed. Lowell, 
 Mass., high school, University of 
 Maryland Med. School 1894. In 
 practice at Franklin, N. H., many 
 years; Unitarian; Democrat; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1903, 
 1913 (chairman Democratic caucus 
 latter year); N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1912; mayor of Franklin, 
 
 1911-12; U. S. Collector Internal 
 Revenue since Jan. 1, 1914; Mason 
 lodge, commandery and shrine; in., 
 July 19, 1892, Susan Ann French, 
 Chichester, N. H.; children, Compton 
 Wilson, b. Sept. 23, 1895 (ed. Tilt on 
 Seminary), income tax inspector, U. S. 
 Internal Revenue service; Warner 
 Edrick, b. June 17, 1897 (studied at 
 Phillips Exeter and Harvard), entered 
 U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,. 
 June, 191(5. Residence, Franklin,. 
 N. H. Address, Portsmouth, N. H.
 
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 Dudley, Harry Hubbard 
 
 Banker; b., Concord, N. H., June 11, 
 1859; s. Hubbard T. and Antoinette 
 (Gordon) Dudley; ed. Concord public 
 schools, high school, 1878; private 
 study with Amos Hadley one year; in 
 employ of Concord R. R. one year as 
 clerk in freight department; clerk in 
 First National Bank several years; 
 subsequently for some time with E. H. 
 Rollins & Sons, bankers, becoming 
 treasurer of the corporation; chosen 
 cashier of Mechanicks National Bank, 
 Concord, in February 1894, since con- 
 tinuing; Episcopalian; treasurer and 
 junior Warden, St. Paul's Episcopal 
 church, Concord; senior Warden, St. 
 Andrew's church, Hopkinton; trustee 
 of the Protestant Episcopal church in 
 N. H.; treasurer board of managers for 
 missions, diocese of N. H.; Republican; 
 member Concord board of aldermen 
 two years; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1901-2; N. H. senate, 
 1903-4; Commissary General on Staff 
 of Gov. Frank W. Rollins, 1899-1900; 
 now, and for many years, member 
 Concord board of education, also 
 board of water commissioners; presi- 
 dent, trustees N. H. Centennial Home 
 for the Aged; trustee, Merrimack Co. 
 Savings Bank; director. Concord Gas 
 Light Co. and Concord Light & Power 
 Co.; treasurer, N. H. Public Safety 
 Com.; treasurer, N. H. War Relief 
 Com.; treasurer, Beecher's Falls Co., 
 of Vermont, N. H. Spinning Mills, 
 Penacook, Home Realty Co., Concord; 
 trustee, trust funds, City of Concord; 
 president Board of Trade Building Co., 
 Concord; treasurer Minot Cemetery 
 Ass'n, Concord; member N. H. His- 
 torical Soc.; Capital Grange, P. of H.; 
 Wonolancet Club (president when 
 club house was built, now treasurer) ; 
 Snow Shoe Club; Beaver Meadow Golf 
 Club; Beech Hill Golf Club, Derry- 
 field Club, Manchester; m., Oct. 30, 
 1883, Anne Bartlett Minot, Concord; 
 children, Dorothea M., b. March 7, 
 1889, d. Dec. 13, 1902; Charles H., b. 
 June 26, 1892 (Dartmouth, A.B. 1916; 
 sergeant Medical Corps, II. S. A.); 
 Thomas M., b. Nov. 29, 1899; Concord 
 21 
 
 High School 1916, now in Dartmouth 
 Med. School. Residence, Concord, N. 
 H.; summer home, Hopkinton. 
 
 Jewell, John Woodman 
 
 Merchant; insurance agent; b., 
 Strafford, N. H., July 26, 1831; s. John 
 Milton and Nancy (Colley) Jewell; 
 eighth in descent from Thomas Jewell 
 who settled in Braintree, Mass., in 
 1639; ed. public schools, Strafford and 
 Gilmanton Academies; clerk in general 
 
 store, Bow Lake, Strafford, 1854-64; 
 bought the store, and continued trade, 
 1864-91; engaged in insurance at Dover 
 since 1891, as general agent of the 
 Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co., 
 and continues actively in the business; 
 Democrat, and prominent in party 
 affairs in county and state for fifty 
 years; postmaster at Strafford, 1857^67; 
 member X. II . house of representatives 
 from Strafford, 1862, and representa- 
 tive jrom Dover in 1902, forty years 
 later, also in 1905; sheriff of Strafford 
 County, 1874-76; member N. H. exec- 
 utive council, 1885-7; State senator, 
 1911-12 (elected in a Republican dis- 
 trict by 339 majority); justice of the
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 peace and quorum for 60 years; m. f 
 Oct. 9, 1853, Sarah Folsom Gale, dau. 
 of Bartholomew and Abigail (Morrison) 
 Gale of Gilmanton; children, Abby S. 
 (m. Rev. W. W. Brown, Evansville, 
 Wis.); John Herbert, b. Sept. 10, 1859 
 (m. Elona G. Manning, Nottingham); 
 Mertie Folsom, b. Sept. 10, 1863 (m. 
 Herbert Waldron, Strafford), who re- 
 sides with her father, being the only 
 surviving child. Residence, Dover, 
 N. H. 
 
 Sherry, George Henry 
 
 Pharmacist; postmaster of Dover; b., 
 Dover, N. H., June 29, 1871; s. John 
 
 and Julia (Scully,) Sherry; ed. Dover 
 public schools; parochial schools of 
 Dover, Jersey City, N. J., and New 
 York City; became a registered phar- 
 macist in Dover and pursued that busi- 
 ness until 1916; Catholic; Democrat, 
 member board of aldermen of the city 
 of Dover, 1907, 1908, 1909; Democratic 
 candidate for State Senator, 1908; 
 Democratic, candidate for Mayor, 1910; 
 member X. H. house of representatives, 
 1911-12, taking an active part in the 
 
 proceedings, on the Democratic side; 
 delegate in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1912; member house of repre- 
 sentatives again in 1913, during which 
 session, after protracted ballotting, 
 Henry F. Hollis, the Democratic nomi- 
 nee, was chosen United States Senator. 
 Mr. Sherry was secretary of the Demo- 
 cratic legislative caucus, and manager 
 of pairs and quorum on the Democratic 
 side, and by his alertness and sagacity 
 contributed largely to the election of 
 Mr. Hollis; received a recess appoint- 
 ment as postmaster of Dover in 1915 
 and his regular commission in March, 
 1916; member Holy Name Soc., and 
 the A. O. H., of Dover; m., Jennie 
 Cecelia Earlv; children, Malona, Marie 
 G., George H., Jr., and Mildred V., 
 the latter died in 1913. Residence, 
 Dover, N. H. 
 
 Cochran, John Milton 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pembroke, X. H., April 
 11, 1849; s. Martin H. and Miriam 
 (Rowoll) Cochran; ed. public schools 
 and Pembroke Academy; studied law 
 with Hon. Ira A. Eastman of Concord, 
 X. H.; admitted to Massachusetts bar 
 in 1871 and has practiced in South- 
 bridge, Mass., since 1872; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; town solicitor; 
 special justice first District Court, South- 
 ern Worcester District since 1899; 
 vice-president and attorney, South- 
 bridge Savings Bank, and attorney for 
 various other corporations; member 
 Mass, house of representatives, 1880; 
 Capt. Co. K, Mass. Volunteer Militia; 
 president, Quinabaug Historical Soc.; 
 prominent in Masonry and past master 
 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; mem- 
 ber and ex-president Southbridge 
 Club; m., May 12, 1875, Lizzie White- 
 house, Pembroke, X. H.; one son, 
 Charles M. Residence, Southbridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 Dearborn, George Vann Ness 
 
 Psychologist, educator, author; b., 
 Nashua, N. H., Aug. 15, 1869; s. 
 Cornelius Vann Ness and Louie Fran- 
 ces (Eaton) Dearborn (9th generation 
 from Godfrey Dearborn; 8th genera-
 
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 tion from Thomas Eaton of Haverhill, 
 Mass.) ; ed. Dartmouth College, Litt.B. 
 1890; Columbia, M.D. 1893; Harvard, 
 A.M. 1896; Columbia, Ph.D. 1899; 
 assistant in philosophy, Harvard, 
 1896; assistant in physiology, Harvard 
 Med. School, 1899; assistant professor 
 and director of laboratory of physiol- 
 ogy, 1900; professor, physiology, 1901- 
 16, Tufts College; professor, philos- 
 ophy of physical education, Sargent 
 Normal School, Cambridge, 1906-; 
 instructor psychology, School of Eugen- 
 ics, Boston, 1912-15, consulting phys- 
 iologist, Forsyth Dental Infirmary, 
 Boston, 1913-; member Medical 
 Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1918; Staff 
 of the Forsyth Infirmary for Children, 
 Boston, Theta Delta Chi, Founders 
 and Patriots of America, Boston 
 Authors Club, American Philosophical 
 Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n, 
 Mass. Medical Soc., etc.; correspond- 
 ing member, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Institut Solvay, Brussels. Author, 
 "A Text Book of Human Physiology," 
 "The Influence of Joy," "Motor- 
 Sensory Development," "How to 
 Learn Easily," "The Psychology of 
 Clothing," "The Physiology of Exer- 
 cise" (with F. H. G. Miner), "The 
 Sense of Feeling," and of about 150 
 scientific articles; editor of "The Life of 
 the Child Library," and "Our Senses 
 Series;" associate editor of "Medi- 
 cine and Surgery" and "The Journal 
 of Abnormal Psychology," m., June 
 18, 1893, Blanche Velina Brown, 
 Bloomington, 111.; one daughter, Lucia 
 Eaton, now a junior at Wellesley 
 College. Residence, Mason St., Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. 
 
 Preston, George Cutler 
 
 Cleneral merchant, lumberman and 
 probate business; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 August 17, 1848; s. Luke AVoodbury 
 and Mary Frances (Fairbanks) Preston, 
 ed., public schools, Francestown Acad- 
 emy, 1868; has been engaged in general 
 mercantile business in Henniker for 
 the last fifty years; also quite exten- 
 sively in the lumber business, and has 
 given much attention to the settlement 
 
 of estates; one of five owners of the 
 Henniker Inn and president of the 
 company; Congregationalist; Republi- 
 can; postmaster of Henniker 1872-84; 
 town clerk several years; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1891-2, 
 State Senate, 1893-4; trustee Loan & 
 Trust Savings Bank, Concord; trustee 
 Henniker town funds; trustee and treas- 
 urer. Tucker Free Library, Henniker; 
 president Preston Bros. Co., Henniker; 
 member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., 
 
 Good Templars, Bear Hill Grange, 
 P. of H., N. PI. Historical Soc., Red 
 Cross; m., Nov. 6, 1871, Emma Jane 
 Boynton, Francestown, N. H.; one 
 son, Harry Boynton, b. Dec. 3, 1882 
 (Dartmouth 1905, Phi Beta Kappa), 
 sub master Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden. Residence, Henniker, N. H. 
 
 Burgum, Edwin Berry 
 
 Educator; b., Concord, X. H., 
 March 11, 1S94; s. Edwin Gannell 
 and Addie M. (Berry) Burgum; ed. 
 Concord high school, 1911; Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa)
 
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 309 
 
 1915; Harvard A.M., 1916; Instructor 
 in English and Lecturer in American 
 Literature, University of Pittsburgh 
 Pittsburgh, Pa.; Unitarian; Demo- 
 crat; member Modern Language Ass'n, 
 Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsyl- 
 vania, Harvard Club of Pittsburgh, 
 American Historical Ass'n. Home, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 ^Anderson, Isabel Weld (Perkins) 
 
 (Mrs. Larz Anderson), writer; b., 
 Boston, Mass., March 29, 1876, only 
 child of Commodore George Hamilton 
 (U. S. N.) and Anna Minot (Weld) 
 Perkins; ed. Miss Winsor's School, 
 Boston; m., June 10, 1897, Larz Ander- 
 son, who was minister to Belgium, 1911 
 -12; ambassador to Japan, 1912-13; 
 Unitarian; member of N. H. Soc., 
 Colonial Dames of America and many 
 clubs and philanthropic organizations; 
 deeply interested in her father's native 
 state, in which she has two summer 
 homes, and to which she presented, 
 April 25, 1902, the bronze statue of 
 Commodore Perkins, by Daniel Chester 
 French, adjacent to the western front of 
 the State House in Concord; has traveled 
 extensively and resided abroad with her 
 husband; first Commandant, D. C. Red 
 Cross Refreshment Corps; inspector of 
 Canteens, American Red Cross in 
 France 1 ; received Japanese Red Cross 
 Medal, Japanese Red Cross Order of 
 Merit ; Order of Merit of Japan with 3d 
 Class Order of the Crown. Author of 
 "The Great Sea Horse," 1909; "Captain 
 Ginger's Fairy," 1910; "Captain Gin- 
 ger's Playmates," 1911; "Captain Gin- 
 ger Aboard the Gee Whiz," 1911; 
 "Captain Ginger Goes Traveling," 
 1911; "Captain Ginger's Eater of 
 Dreams," 1911; "Captain Ginger's 
 Sun Boy," 1911 ; "every Boy and Other 
 Children's Plays," 1914; "The Spell 
 of Japan," L914; "The Spell of Bel- 
 gium," 1915; "The Spell of the Hawai- 
 ian Islands and the Philippines," 1916; 
 "Odd Corners," 1917. George Wash- 
 ington University, Washington, D. C., 
 in recognition of her literary work, con- 
 ferred upon her in 191S, the honorary 
 degree of Litt.I). Residence, "Weld,' 1 
 
 Brookline, Mass.; 2118 Massachusetts 
 Ave., Washington, D. C.; "The Box," 
 Webster, N. H., and the Perkins Home- 
 stead, Contoocook, N. H. 
 
 Weaver, George Albert 
 
 Physician; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Aug. 5, 1868; s. George and Mary 
 
 Elizabeth (Spencer) Weaver; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Manchester, Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1892; Medical Dept., Yale 
 Univ., M.D. 1897; commenced prac- 
 tice in Warren, N. H., in 189S, contin- 
 uing to 1915; removed to Bradford, Vt., 
 in 1916, where he continues in practice; 
 Episcopalian; no political affiliation 
 one of the original members of the Pro- 
 gressive party in New Hampshire and 
 a member to the last, unchanged and 
 unrepentant, each succeeding year 
 strengthening his belief that the course 
 taken by the Progressives will have the 
 approval of impartial history; member 
 Federal Board of Examining Surgeons 
 for Grafton Co., 1912 to 1916; candi- 
 date of the Progressive party for Con- 
 gress in 2d N. H. District, 1914; secre- 
 tary and treasurer Grafton Co. Medical 
 Soc., thirteen years, 1904 to 1916 in- 
 clusive; in., May 4, 1904, Etta Emily
 
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 Harrington; children, Constance, b. 
 Aug. 20, 1905, Sherman, b. July, 16, 
 1907; Residence, Bradford, Vt, 
 
 O'Leary, Thomas Mary 
 
 Vicar General of the Catholic dio- 
 cese; b., Dover, X. H., Aug. 16, 1875, 
 
 s. Michael and Margaret (Holden) 
 O'Leary; ed. public and parochial 
 schools'. Dover; B.A. 1892, Mungret 
 College, Limerick, Ireland; Grand 
 Seminary, Montreal, Canada, 1S97; 
 ordained priest of the Roman Catholic 
 church, 1897; assistant priest, St. 
 Anne's church, Manchester, 1897-$; 
 assistant priest, St. John's church, 
 Concord, X. H. , 1898-1904; chancellor 
 of the diocese and secretary to Bishop 
 Delany, 1904-15; rector of the cathe- 
 dral, Manchester, 1910-15; vicar gen- 
 eral of the diocese, Dec. 1914-; per- 
 manent, rector of St. John's church, 
 Concord. Jan., 1915-; editor of Tin- 
 (!ui<liin, 1904-'-: rontributor to the 
 Catholic Encyclopedia: state chaj)lain 
 of Kniutits of Columbus; on executive 
 
 committee War Savings Stamps; mem- 
 ber of Bishop's Council, 1914-; dio- 
 cesan examiner of the clergy, 1914-. 
 Residence, Concord, X. H. 
 
 Demers, George Arthur 
 
 Priest, b., Quebec City, Canada, 
 Feb. 10, 1876, s. Edward and Alma 
 (Couture) Demers; ed. Levis College, 
 Quebec, University of St. Joseph, X. B., 
 Grand Seminary of the Sulpician Fa- 
 thers, Montreal, 1901; ordained priest 
 by Bishop Bradley, 1901, Somersworth, 
 X. H.; assistant, Berlin, X. H., three 
 months; assistant, church of St. 
 Francis Xavier, Nashua, N. H., 1901- 
 4; assistant, St. Martin's Church, Som- 
 ersworth, N. H., 1904-6; adminis- 
 trator, St. Mary's Church, Newmarket, 
 N. H., 1906; pastor of St. Anthony's 
 
 church, Sanbornville, X T . II., building 
 the first church and rectory, 1907-1914; 
 pastor, Sacred Heart church, Concord, 
 X. II., 1914- ; state chaplain for 
 X. II., Order of Catholic Foresters of 
 America. Residence, Pleasant Street, 
 Concord, X. 1 1.
 
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 Nealley, John Haven 
 
 Dry goods merchant; b., So. Ber- 
 wick, Me., August 4, 1853; s. Benjamin 
 Mason and Mary (Pray) Nealley 
 (descended from William Nealley, one 
 of the first settlers of Nottingham, 
 
 about 1719); ed. public schools of 
 Biddeford, Me., and Bryant & Stratton 
 Commercial. College, Boston; clerk for 
 some years in the dry goods store of his 
 brother, the late Hon. B. Frank Neal- 
 ley; when the latter became Mayor of 
 Dover he bought the establishment and 
 continued the extensive business until 
 1913, when sixty years of age, having 
 been successful throughout, then re- 
 tired from active management, though 
 retaining an interest; Congregational- 
 ist; Republican; member Dover board 
 of aldermen, 1902, 1903; mayor 1904, 
 1905; member N. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives 1889-90; delegate in N. II. 
 constitutional convention, 1902; state 
 senator, 1907-8; Mason, prominent in 
 all branches of the order, and for 
 twenty-seven vears recorder of St. Paul 
 
 Commandery, K. T.; m., Sept. 12 1877, 
 Emma C., dau. Thomas Hanson and 
 Caroline (Torr) Gushing. Residence, 
 Dover, N. H. 
 
 Anderson, George Weston 
 
 Lawyer; Interstate Commerce Com- 
 missioner; b., Ac worth, N. H., Sept. 1, 
 1861; s. David Campbell and Martha 
 Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; de- 
 scendant in the seventh generation 
 from James Anderson, one of the first 
 sixteen settlers of the town of London- 
 derry, N. H.; ed. public schools, Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Gushing Aca- 
 demy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882 (vale- 
 dictorian); Williams College, A.B. 1886 
 Boston University Law School, LL.B. 
 (Summa cum laude) 1900; taught school 
 at intervals while obtaining his educa- 
 
 tion, including two years as principal 
 of the Mt. Pleasant Grammar School, 
 Nashua; commenced law practice in 
 Boston, where he was for six years 
 partner with George Fred Williams; 
 counsel for the Citv of Boston in the
 
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 313 
 
 celebrated Bay State gas investigation 
 in 1893; Unitarian; Democrat; member 
 of the School Committee, City of Bos- 
 ton, 1895-1900; Democratic candi- 
 date, Attorney-General, Mass., 1911- 
 12; Mass. Public Service Commission 
 for term of four years, July 1, 1913 
 (resigned); appointed U. S. District 
 Attorney, Mass., Nov. 1, 1914- 
 Oct. 1917; member U. S. Interstate 
 Commerce Commission, Oct., 1917-; 
 Mason, Phi Beta Kappa; member 
 Boston Chamber of Commerce, Amer- 
 ican Bar Ass'n, Mass., Bar Ass'n, 
 Boston Bar Ass'n, American Statis- 
 tical Ass'n, American Economic Ass'n; 
 American Association for Labor 
 Legislation, American Academy of 
 Political and Social Science; trustee of 
 World Peace Foundation, Charles- 
 bank Homes, Gushing Academy; mem- 
 ber Boston City, Algonquin, Twen- 
 tieth Century, Brae Burn Country 
 Clubs, Boston, Cosmos Club, Washing- 
 ton, D. C.; m., 1st, 1897, Minnie E. 
 Mitchell, Mason, N. H., d. 1906; 2d, 
 Jan. 25, 1908, Addie Earle Kennerson, 
 Boston; children, Clare Mitchell, b. 
 June 24, 1898; Robert Duncan, b. 
 April 18, 1900; Richard Brigham, Nov. 
 23, 1901. Residence, 219 Fisher Ave., 
 Brookline, Mass.; business address, 
 Interstate Commerce Commission, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Martin, Frederick Roy 
 
 Journalist; assistant general mana- 
 ger of The Associated Press; b., North 
 Stratford, N. H. Nov. 17, 1871; s. 
 John Douglas and Caroline (Thompson) 
 Martin; ed. in public schools, Lowell, 
 Mass., and Harvard College, A.B. 
 1893; A.M., honorary, Brown Univer- 
 sity, 1902; on staff of the Boston Jour- 
 nal, 1893-1898; editor and publisher of 
 the Providence Journal, 1898-1912; 
 director of The Associated Press, of 
 which he became assistant general 
 manager in 1912; member of Sons of 
 American Revolution and Soc. of 
 Colonial Wars, m., Anna Frances 
 Wayne, Sept. 9, 1909; one dau. Nancy, 
 b. Jan. 31, 1911. Residence, Now York 
 City. 
 
 Ranney, William Bradford 
 
 Printer and publisher; b., Lynn, 
 Mass., June 23, 1875; s. Charles Free- 
 man and Caroline D. (Pratt) Ranney; 
 ed. Newport, Vt., public schools and St. 
 Johnsbury Academy; engaged for a 
 time with his father in the printing 
 business at Newport, Vt.; bought the 
 Penacook News plant, at Penacook, 
 in November, 1904, and has greatly 
 enlarged and improved the same, carry- 
 ing on, in connection with the paper 
 
 an extensive job printing business; 
 Congregationalist; clerk of the society 
 and deacon of the Congregational 
 church at Penacook; Republican; 
 treasurer of the town of Boscawen 
 since March, 1907. Mason, member 
 lodge, chapter, council and command- 
 ery, Past Patron Eastern Star; Patron 
 of Husbandry, past master Halloween 
 Grange, Penacook and of Merrimack 
 County Pomona Grange; president 
 X. H. Weekly Publishers' Association, 
 1918; m., Oct. 28, 1898, Alice M. Bur- 
 bank of Webster; children, Dorothy, 
 b. Sept. 3, 1901; Katharine, b. Sept. 
 30, 1906. Residence, Boscawen, N. H., 
 Penacook P. O.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Sulloway, Frank Jones 
 
 Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 
 11, 1883; s. Hon. Alvah W. and Susan 
 K. (Daniell) Sulloway; ed. Franklin 
 high school, St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 1901; Harvard University, 1905; Har- 
 
 vard Law School, 1907; admitted to 
 Massachusetts bar, 1906, New Hamp- 
 shire, 1907; practiced law in Boston 
 with Hill, Barlow & Homans from 
 1907 till 1911; member firm Strecter, 
 Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway, Con- 
 cord, N. H. since 1911; Unitarian; 
 Republican; N. II. ballot law commis- 
 sioner, 1915-; director Concord <fc 
 Claremont R. R.; chairman Concord 
 Chapter, American Red Cross; mem- 
 ber B. P. (). K.; Wonokncet, Passa- 
 conway. Bow Brook clubs. Concord; 
 Harvard Club, Boston Athletic Ass'n, 
 Intervale Country Club, Boston; 
 Spee, D. K. K. and Hasty Pudding 
 clubs (Harvard), Phi Delta' Phi (Har- 
 vard Law); m., Sept. 24, 1913, Mar- 
 garet Thayer, Concord, N. H.; children, 
 Gretchen, b., Oct. 10, 1914; d. Feb. 
 0, 19U>: Alvah W. Sulloway, 2d, b. Nov. 
 25, 19Hi. Residence. Concord, N. H. 
 
 Harris, Almon Greene 
 
 Woolen manufacturer; b., Boscawen, 
 N. H., Jan. 24, 1870; s. Ezra Sheldon 
 and Sarah (Greene) Harris; ed. public 
 schools, Boscawen; Concord high school, 
 1888; Comer's Commercial College, 
 Boston, Mass.; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; selectman, Boscawen, seven 
 years (chairman three years); member 
 board of education fifteen years, present 
 chairman ; many years member board of 
 water commissioners; treasurer Harris- 
 Emery Company, woolen manufac- 
 turers, Boscawen, N. H.; director 
 Agawan Co., Agawan, Mass.; Mason, 
 32d degree and Knight Templar; has 
 served as District Deputy Grand Lec- 
 turer, and District Deputy Grand 
 
 Master, 4th Masonic District of N. H.; 
 m., Oct. 3, 1912, Margaret Carroll, 
 Boscawen; children, Carol, b. Dec. 6, 
 1913; Almon Greene, Jr., b. April 1, 
 1917. Residence, Boscawen, N. H., 
 Penacook P. O.
 
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 315 
 
 Tripp, Walter Henry 
 
 Farmer; General Merchant, Insur- 
 ance Agent; b., Epsom, N. H., April 
 24, 1875; s. James H. and Sarah L. 
 (Moses) Tripp; ed. public schools and 
 Pembroke Academy; Congregational- 
 
 ist; Democrat; selectman, Epsom, 180S 
 to 1903 (chairman the last year); mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1903^1, being the first Democrat 
 elected in the town for twenty-five 
 years, serving as clerk of committee 
 on Labor and as clerk of the Merrimack 
 County delegation; member Epsom 
 board 'of education, 1901 to 1910. 
 1911 to present time; postmaster at 
 Short Falls since 1905; express agent, 
 B. it M. R. H., since 1905; trustee Loan 
 it Trust Savings Bank, Concord; 
 trustee Pembroke Academy; treasurer, 
 I! range Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. II.; 
 member Patrons of Husbandry, Past 
 Master Suncook Valley Pomona 
 (irange, and for ten years an elective 
 officer in the N. II. State (irange; 
 member I. (). O. F; drand Master 
 
 Grand Lodge of N. H., 1914-1915, 
 Representative to Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge 1916; m., Oct. 12, 1898, Alice 
 Maud Fowler, Epsom ; children, Harold 
 James, b. March 5, 1900; Russell 
 Fowler, Oct. 20, 1904; Robert Moses, 
 March 9, 1912. Residence, Epsom, 
 N. H.; Short Falls P. O. 
 
 Lamprey, Maitland Charles 
 
 Educator; b., Groton, X. H., Sept. 
 30, 1838; s. Ephraim and Bridget 
 (Phelps) Lamprey; ed. New Hampton 
 Institution, Dartmouth College, 1863, 
 A.B. 1865, A.M., later. Enlisted 
 while in college, Oct. 1862 in the 16th 
 N. H. Regiment for service in the 
 civil war; discharged, August 20, 1863; 
 teacher, Marshalltown, la., 1867-70; 
 professor of languages, Kansas State 
 
 Normal School, 1870-71 ; principal 
 Berwick Academy, Me., 1873 1; prin- 
 cipal high school, Ellsworth, Me., 
 1874-5; Rochester, N. II., high school, 
 1876-7; Easton, Mass., high school, 
 1877-1901; Unitarian: Republican;
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 317 
 
 delegate from Ward 7, Concord, N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1902; mem- 
 ber Psi Upsilon college fraternity, 
 S. A. R., Eastondale Post, G. A. R., 
 Mass.; delegate in National Encamp- 
 ment, 1898; member Council of Ad- 
 ministration, Dept. of Mass.; m., 
 July 12, 1869, Abbie Colburn Davis, 
 Yarmouth, Me.; children, Mary 
 Layinia, b. April 29, 1870 (Boston 
 University, 1891), librarian Ames Free 
 Library, Easton, Mass.; Charles Mait- 
 land, b. Feb. 15, 1872 (Dartmouth, 
 1892), principal General Martin 
 school, Boston, Mass. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Clough, William Rockwell 
 
 Mechanical engineer, inventor and 
 manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Nov. 8, 1844; s. John Chesley and 
 Lydia Jones (Treddick) Clough: (Mr. 
 Clough naturally regards Alton, his 
 father's home and birthplace, as his 
 own native town, however, as his par- 
 ents were only stopping temporarily in 
 Manchester at the time of his birth); 
 ed. Alton public and high schools, 
 Franklin Academy, Dover, Eastman 
 Business College, Poughkecpsie, N. Y., 
 1864; went to the front as a member of 
 the Fiftieth Massachusetts regiment in 
 the Civil War, serving in the Mississippi 
 Valley from New Orleans to Vicksburg 
 and at the siege of Port Hudson; return- 
 ing home engaged as an expert account- 
 ant in Boston, and subsequently in the 
 IT. S. Internal Revenue Service under 
 William Plumer, collector of Internal 
 Revenue, meanwhile working on va- 
 rious mechanical inventions, one of 
 which, the Gem paper clip, now in 
 universal use, he patented and sold; 
 and another the miniature or wire cork- 
 screw he retained and developed, in- 
 venting later, also, the automatic 
 machinery for its production. Remov- 
 ing to New York he engaged in the 
 manufacture of these corkscrews, 
 under the firm name of Clough & 
 Williamson, with factory at Newark, 
 N. J. Called home by his father's 
 death, he there established a branch 
 manufactory- at South Alton, the entire 
 
 business being subsequently removed 
 there, and later to Alton village where 
 has been developed the present exten- 
 sive business, supplying the world in 
 large part with its product, through 
 this and branch plants in various for- 
 eign countries, in which he has traveled 
 extensively; Non-Sectarian; Republi- 
 can; for some time member of Alton 
 board of education and justice of the 
 police court; member N. H. house of 
 representatives in 1897-8 and 1899- 
 1900, and again in 1917-18, serving at 
 each session as chairman of the com- 
 mittee on National Affairs, and being 
 instrumental, at the last session, in 
 securing Ambassador Naon of Argen- 
 tina to address the House on the Ex- 
 pansion of Trade Relations with South 
 America; President Rockwell Clough 
 Co. (inc.), Alton; former president 
 Clough & Williamson Co., Newark, 
 N. J.; Mason, 32d degree; past master, 
 K. T. and Shriner; past patron, O. E. S., 
 member G. A. R., Ancient & Honorable 
 Artillery Co., and Algonquin Club, 
 Boston; past commander Co. H, 9th 
 Reg't. N. G. S. N. Y.; m., April 28, 
 1904, Nellie Sophia Place, Alton; 
 children: Rockwell, Jr., b., Apr. 5, 1908; 
 Gertrude, daughter by a former mar- 
 riage. Residence, Alton, N. H. 
 
 Bailey, Solon Irving 
 
 Astronomer; b., Lisbon, N. H., 
 Dec. 29, 1854; s. Israel C. and Jane 
 (Sutherland) Bailey; ed. Tilton Semi- 
 nary; Boston University, A.B. 1881, 
 A.M. 1884; A.M., Harvard, 1888; 
 sent to Peru, South America, in 1889, 
 to determine location for Harvard Col- 
 lege observatory, Arequipa being de- 
 cided upon, whore a Southern observa- 
 tory was established, and where lie had 
 charge of the work for cloven years; 
 established, in 1893, a meteorological 
 station on the summit of El Misti, 
 19,000 feet above the sea, where obser- 
 vations were carried on for ten years; 
 assistant professor of astronomy, Har- 
 vard University, 1893-8; associate pro- 
 fessor, 1898-1913; Phillips professor, 
 1913-; member American Academy 
 Arts and Sciences, Geographical Soc.
 
 318 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 of Lima, Peru; m., 1883, Ruth Poulter, 
 Concord, N. H. Residence, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass.; Address, Harvard Ob- 
 servatory. 
 
 Wright, Robert Morrill 
 
 Lawyer; b., Sanbornton, N. H., Oct. 
 31, 1877; s. Rev. Elisha H. and Ambro- 
 sia R. (Morrill) Wright; born on the 
 farm owned in the Morrill family for 
 more than one hundred and twenty- 
 five years, and which is still his 
 
 homo; lineal descendant on his 
 father's side of Henry Wright, who 
 came to Dorchester, Mass., about 1634, 
 removing thence to Providence, R. I., 
 and related on his mother's side to 
 Abraham Morrill, who lived in Cam- 
 bridge and Salisbury, Mass., and died 
 in the latter place in 1662, and Henry 
 Morrill, early settler of llawke, now 
 Danville, N. H.; ed. public schools; 
 Franklin high school, 1896, X. H. Col- 
 lego, 1900, Boston University School of 
 
 Law; taught school for some time after 
 leaving college, in Hill and Belmont, 
 and was afterward an instructor in the 
 Stearns School for Boys, Hartford, 
 Conn.; was in business four years in the 
 town of Hill and then took up the study 
 of law in the office of Streeter & Hollis 
 in Concord; attended the Boston Uni- 
 versity Law School in 1910, and, after 
 the withdrawal of Mr. Hollis from the 
 firm continued his studies with him and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1912, and 
 engaged in practice in Concord, remov- 
 ing to Franklin in 1916, where he con- 
 tinues, but always held his legal resi- 
 dence in Sanbornton; Protestant; Repu- 
 blican; selectman in Sanbornton five 
 years (two years chairman); chairman 
 Republican club since 1910; member N. 
 H. constitutional convention, 1912, 
 1918; N. H. house of representatives, 
 1915-16 (chairman committee on in- 
 corporations and member committee 
 on revision of the statutes), 1917-18, 
 member judiciary committee; member 
 A. F. & A. M. ; P. of H. ; m., 1st, Aug. 30, 
 1911, Nettie G. Straw, d. Sept. 14, 1916 
 2d, Oct., 1917, Mildred H. Stearns; one 
 son, Robert Morrill, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 
 1913. Residence, Sanbornton, N. H.; 
 P. O. address, Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Plimpton, George Lincoln 
 
 Educator; b., Sturbridge, Mass., 
 July 8, 1865; s. James Hervey and 
 Elizabeth (Fairbank) Plimpton; ed. 
 Hitchcock PVee Academy, Brimfield, 
 Mass., 1887; Wesleyan Univ., Middle- 
 town, Conn., A.B. 1891; instructor, 
 1891-6, Tilton Seminary, Tilton, 
 N. H.; principal since 1906; member 
 N. H. Ass'n Classical Teachers, Head 
 Masters' Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, 
 Delta Kappa l^psilon, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Methodist; m., Aug. 10, 1892, Etta 
 lone Ferrv, Palmer, Mass. Residence, 
 Tilton, X" H. 
 
 Dillingham, Thomas Manley 
 
 Physician and surgeon; farmer ; b., 
 Dover, Me., 1850; s. William Addison 
 Pitt and Caroline Price (Townsend) 
 Dillingham; ed. Waterville, Me., 
 Classical Inst., Dartmouth College,
 
 319 
 
 Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 1874, 
 and European study; commenced 
 practice in Augusta, Me., removed to 
 New York City in 1889, and there 
 continued till, after 35 years of medical 
 practice, he bought a farm in Roxbury, 
 
 X. H., upon which he now resides; Swo- 
 denborgian ; past president Swedenborg- 
 ian Soc. of N. Y. ;!Independcnt Republi- 
 can; member N. II. house of represen- 
 tatives from Roxbury, 1915-10; mem- 
 ber of N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1918; X. Y., Mass, and Me. Medical 
 Societies; American Inst. of Home- 
 opathy; ex-president International 
 Hahnemannian Association; Dart- 
 mouth Chapter Theta Beta Phi; New 
 York City and Republican Clubs; 
 m., Harriet Ashy Carleton. Residence, 
 Roxbury, X. H., Marlborough P. O. 
 
 Tracy, Charles Alden 
 
 Educator; head -master Kimball 
 Union Academy; b., Cornish, X. H., 
 Nov. 16, 1872 ; s. Stephen Alden and 
 Agnes (Bailey) Tracy; ed. Kimball 
 
 Union Academy, 1893, Dartmouth 
 College, B.L., 1897; principal high 
 school, Middletown Springs, Vt., 
 1897-9; Hillsborough, N. H., 1899- 
 1901; superintendent of schools, Clare- 
 mpnt, N. H., 1901-5; head-master 
 Kimball Union Academy, 1905-; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; dele- 
 gate N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1912; treasurer board of trustees, 
 Kimball Union Academy; president 
 Meriden Electric Light and Power Co.; 
 clerk Meriden Water Co.; member 
 P. of H., A. F. & A. M., N. H. Histori- 
 cal Soc.; m., January, 1902, Grace 
 
 Powell; children, Elizabeth Alden, 
 Stephen Powell, Charles Alden, Jr. 
 Residence, Meriden, X. H. 
 
 Bassett, Whitman Sears 
 
 Clergyman, Chaplain X. II. State 
 Prison; b., South Chatham, Mass., 
 Xov. 1, 1S72; s. Charles and Martha 
 (Sears) Bassett; ed. Xichols Latin 
 School, Lewiston, Me., 1S95; Bates 
 College, 1W9; Xewton Theolotiiral
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 321 
 
 Seminary, Newton Center, Mass., 
 1904; Baptist; Republican; pastor 
 Baptist Church, Penacook, N. H., 1904- 
 1912; Chaplain N. H. State Prison, 
 1912-; member Bates College Club; 
 Bates Chapter Delta Sigma Rho; m., 
 Jan. 4, 1906, Mabel T. Jordan, Lewis- 
 ton, Me., d. June 28,1910; children: 
 Martha T., b. Nov. 9, 1906; Calvin J., 
 b. June 27, 1908. Residence, Pena- 
 cook, N. H. 
 
 Verrette, Moise 
 
 Merchant; mayor of Manchester; 
 b., Stanfold, Canada, March 1, 1857; 
 s. Moise and Elizabeth (Bourgoin) 
 Verrette; ed. public schools; removed 
 with his parents to Manchester, N. H., 
 in childhood, where he has since lived; 
 engaged in grocery and provision busi- 
 ness in 1885, in which he has contin- 
 ued, building up an extensive trade, 
 wholesale and retail; Catholic; Demo- 
 crat; delegate-at-large to National 
 Democratic Convention at St. Louis, 
 1916; member N. H. executive council, 
 1917-18 (first man of French Canadian 
 birth to hold the office); mayor of 
 Manchester, 1918-19; member Canado- 
 American Ass'n, St. John Baptist Soc., 
 Club Jqliet, Manchester; m., July 12, 
 1886, Virginie Pigeon; children: Virgile 
 M., b. Aug. 1, 1889 (Mount St. Louis 
 College, Montreal, 1908), now mayor's 
 secretary; Lionel G., b. Sept. 15, 1890, 
 manager of store; Avite J., b. July 30, 
 1892, now in U. S. Army serv- 
 ice; Adrien, b. July 18, 1897, now in 
 St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, study- 
 ing for the priesthood; Armand L., b. 
 Aug. 20, 1898 (Class of 1919, Assump- 
 tion College, Worcester, Mass.). Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Paul, Amasa Copp 
 
 Lawyer; 1)., Wakefield, N. H., Sept. 
 12, 1857, s. Hiram and Mary Porter 
 (Copp) Paul, dose, from Daniel Paul 
 who settled at Kittery, Me., before 
 1640 and from William Copp, who 
 came over in 1(535, from whom Copp'a 
 Hill, Boston, is named; great great 
 grandson of Capt. David Copp, a Rev- 
 olutionary soldier, one of the original 
 
 settlers of Wakefield; ed. in New 
 Hampshire public schools and was for 
 two years a member of class of '78, 
 Dartmouth College; taught in public 
 schools of Washington four years; 
 LL.B., National Univ. Law School, 
 1880; LL.M., Columbian Univ. (now 
 George Washington Univ.), 1882; as- 
 sistant examiner U. S. Patent Office, 
 1881-4; in June, 1884, removed to 
 Minneapolis where he has specialized in 
 the law of patents and trade-marks 
 
 and is recognized as a leading authority 
 in these branches of the law; author 
 of "Paul on Trade-Marks'' (1903), 
 which has had a wide circulation; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; life mem- 
 ber Minneapolis Soc. of Fine Arts and 
 Minn. Hist. Soc.; member, Minneap- 
 olis Athletic (president, 1901-2), 
 Minikahda and Automobile Clubs, 
 Masons (32d degree), Shriners, B. P. 
 O. E.; actively interested in civic af- 
 fairs; m., May 11, 1881, Ella Morti- 
 mer, dau. Dr. Mortimer Williams of 
 Moorefield, \V. Va., d., Dec. 20, 1908. 
 Residence, Minneapolis, Minn.; office, 
 854 Securitv Building.
 
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 Bickford, John Calvin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Brown's Ridge, Wolfe- 
 boro, N. H., Dec. 18, 1842; s. John 
 Wilmot and Abra Wentworth (Lord) 
 Bickford; ed. public schools and Wolfe- 
 boro and Tuftonboro Academy; 
 worked on father's farm in youth; 
 entered brother's store in Ossipee as a 
 clerk at twenty years of age, becoming 
 proprietor on brother's death, July 
 1863, and continued business four 
 years, then engaged three years in 
 
 insurance business, meanwhile remov- 
 ing to Dover, N. H.; removed to Man- 
 chester, Sept. 2X, 1S71, where he has 
 since resided; entered law offices of 
 Sulloway & Topliff in 1X71, and ad- 
 mitted to the bar, May 1S74, since 
 when he has been in practice; Congre- 
 gationalist ; Republican; postmaster at 
 Ossipee two years; V. S. revenue 
 ganger, two years, while studying law, 
 moderator of his ward several years; 
 appointed clerk of the Manchester 
 
 Police Court in 1877, and served over 
 thirty-six years; member N. H. house 
 of representatives in 1881, 1901 and 
 1915; N. H. senate, 1903; Mason since 
 1864 and treasurer of Washington 
 Lodge, Manchester, with which he is 
 now affiliated, over thirty years; mem- 
 ber K. of P., Golden Cross and A. O. 
 U. W.; was Supreme Master Workman 
 of the latter organization from June, 
 1899 to June, 1900, during which time 
 over 35,000 new members were ad- 
 mitted to the order; director and ad- 
 visory counsel of the Home Benefit 
 Ass'n, of Boston; m., 1st, Jan. 1864, 
 Pamela S Thurston, Ossipee, d. Nov. 
 1878; 2d, March, 1880, Emma S. 
 Fitts, Manchester; one son, Charles 
 Wilmot Bickford, b. Dec. 20, 1865, 
 superintendent of schools, Lewiston, 
 Me. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Batchelder, Ernest Allen 
 
 Art instructor and designer; b., 
 Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s. 
 Charles and Mary (Sleeper) Batchelder; 
 ed. Mass. Normal Art School, Boston, 
 Mass.; School of Arts and Crafts, 
 Birmingham, Eng.; director of art, 
 Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasa- 
 dena, Cal., 1901- ; director Handi- 
 craft Guild, Minneapolis, Minn., 
 1903-8; manufacturer interior fur- 
 nishing in tile, metal and enamel, 
 Pasadena, Cal., 1910- ; member 
 International Jury of Awards, St. 
 Louis exposition, 1904; American 
 Commission, International Congress 
 of Art, Dresden, Germany, 1911; 
 author "Principles of Design," 1901; 
 "Design in Theory and Practice," 
 1910. Residence, 62(5 Arroyo Drive, 
 Pasadena, Cal. 
 
 Barton, Ralph Martin 
 
 Educator; b., Newport, N. H., July 
 21, 187f); s. Charles W. and Ida 
 E. (Walker) Barton; ed. Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1904; student in math- 
 ematics, Harvard, 1907-8; Univer- 
 sity of Chicago, 1912; superintendent 
 of schools, Sunapee and Goffstown, 
 N. H., 1898-1902; instructor in math- 
 ematics, Dartmouth, 1903-8, assistant
 
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 323 
 
 
 professor, 1908-12; professor and 
 head of department of mathematics, 
 University of New Mexico, 1912-3; pro- 
 fessor and head of department of math- 
 ematics and physics, Lombard College, 
 1914-5, dean and acting president, 
 1915-6; instructor in mathematics, 
 University of Minnesota, 1916- ; 
 member American Mathematical Soc., 
 Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n (secretary, 
 1908-1 1 ) ; Congregationalist ; Repub- 
 lican; m., 1st, Sept. 12, 1899, Verna 
 C. Gate, Haverhill, Mass., d. 1906; 
 2d, Dec. 31, 1913, Clara Belle Porter, 
 Duluth, Minn. Residence, 1092 15th 
 Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Beede, Joshua William 
 
 Geologist; b., Raymond, N. H., 
 Sept. 14, 1871; s. Hiram Pratt and 
 Lydia M . (Brown) Beede ; ed. Washburn 
 College, Kan., B.S. 1896, A.M. 1897, 
 University of Kansas, Ph.D. 1899; 
 leacher of science, Atchison County 
 high school, Effingham, Kan., 1899- 
 1901; instructor in geology, Indiana 
 University, 1901-6, assistant profes- 
 sor, 1906-9, associate professor, 1909- 
 17; geologist, department of economic 
 geology and technology, University of 
 Texas, 1917- ; served as a member of 
 the geological surveys of Kansas and 
 Oklahoma, and as an aid in the U. S. 
 Geological Survey in 1901-2; author of 
 various scientific treatises; member 
 Geological Soc. of America, Pale- 
 ontplogical Soc. of America, and 
 various other scientific organizations; 
 m., Dec. 25, 1899, Frances McKee, 
 Narka, Kan. Residence, 404 W. 38th 
 St., Austin, Tex. 
 
 Madigan, Thomas Henry, Jr. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Westfield, Mass., June 
 29, 1872; s. Thomas Henry and 
 Johanna (Bahen) Madigan; ed. 
 Mechanicsville (N. Y.) academy, 
 Troy (N. Y.) Business College and by 
 private tutors; studied law with Sar- 
 gent, Hollis & Niles, Concord, and was 
 Admitted to the New Hampshire bar 
 in 1899; practiced in Concord till 
 1907, when he removed to Manchester 
 ;,nd has there continued; Catholic; 
 
 Democrat; secretary N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1902; secretary 
 Democratic state committee, 1900-4, 
 chairman, 1904-8; judge advocate, 
 N. H. National Guard, with rank of 
 major, 1899-1907; chairman Demo- 
 cratic city committee of Manchester, 
 1914-17; city solicitor of Manchester, 
 1918-; chairman local draft board, 
 Division No. 2, city of Manchester, 
 
 
 
 1918; member N. H. Bar Ass'n, Ameri- 
 can Bar Ass'n, Knights of Columbus. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Lougee, Arthur Jewett 
 
 Physician and oculist; b., Rochester, 
 N. H., Nov. 1, 1S70; s. Isaac W. 
 Lougee, M.D., and Ellen (Wheeler) 
 Lougee; ed. public schools of Roches- 
 ter, Dartmouth College, A.B 1893, 
 and at the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, New York City, M.D. 
 1896; engaged in medical practice in 
 New York City and state; for several 
 years and for the past fifteen years at 
 Fryeburg, Me., with several periods 
 of post-graduate study and hospital
 
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 325 
 
 work in the lines of his specialty, the 
 eye and ear; Congregationalist ; Repub- 
 lican; member Me. Medical Ass'n, 
 American Medical Ass'n, Masonic 
 order, Psi Upsilon national college 
 fraternity, member of selective service 
 local board; m., Jan. 8, 1906, Lucia 
 Morrill, Conway, N. H. (Wellesley 
 College, A.B. 1890, Columbia Univer- 
 sity, A.M. 1898). Residence, Frye- 
 burg, Me. 
 
 Grattan, Lawrence 
 
 Actor; playwright; b., Penacook, 
 N. H., August 17, 1870; s. Peter and 
 Ann (Keenan) Gahagan; ed. Pena- 
 cook public schools. Began stage 
 career in 1890; starred in repertoire; 
 managed several stock enterprises; 
 created Parsifal in dramatic version; 
 played "Justice Prentiss" in Augustus 
 Thomas's "The Witching Hour," a 
 season's run in Chicago; author of 
 many successful one act farces; now 
 co-starring with his wife in vaudeville; 
 Christian Scientist; member National 
 Vaudeville Artists Ass'n; m., April 30, 
 1907, Eva Taylor, one step-daughter. 
 Address, care Joseph Hart, N. Y. 
 Theatre Bldg., New York City. 
 
 Peaslee, Robert James 
 
 Juris' ; !>., Weare, N. H. Sept, 23, 
 1864; s. Robert and Persis B. (Dodge) 
 Peaslee, ed., public schools, Gushing 
 Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., Bos- 
 ton University Law School, 1886; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1886, and com- 
 menced practice in Manchester; mem- 
 ber firm of Drury (William H.) & 
 Peaslee, 1888-98; Episcopalian; Demo- 
 crat; associate justice N. H. supreme 
 court, 1898-1901, X. H. superior court, 
 1901-8, N. H. supreme court, 1908- ; 
 member Washington Lodge, A. F & 
 A. M., Intervale Country club, Man- 
 chester; director Amoskeag National 
 Bank, Manchester; lecturer on Munic- 
 ipal and Constitutional Law, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1887-9; on Domestic 
 Relations, Boston University Law 
 School, 1911- ; hon. A.M., Dartmouth, 
 1898; revised Manchester City laws 
 and ordinances, 1892; m., 1st Sept. 12, 
 1893, Nellie D. Kiinball, d. July 16, 
 1915; 2d, Sarah Congdon Hazard, 
 
 Feb. 15, 1917. Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 Blunt, Harry Harmon 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Nashua, N. H., 
 Aug. 28, 1875; s. Edward O. and 
 Lucette (Harmon) Blunt; ed. Nashua 
 high school, 1893, and Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1897; Alpha Delta Phi, 
 Sphinx; member of the board of edu- 
 cation of the City of Nashua from 1907 
 to 1913 (president, 1909 to 1913); 
 
 Republican; Christian Scientist; mem- 
 ber Nashua Country Club, Vesper 
 Country Club, Lowell, Mass., Ex- 
 change Club, Boston, Mass.; treas- 
 urer, Wonalancet Co., Nashua. Boston 
 office, 10 High St.; director, Vacuum 
 Co., Boston; member executive com- 
 mittee, American Cotton Waste Ex- 
 change; Nat'l Ass'n of Cotton Manu- 
 facturers; m., July 21, 1910, Irene 
 Marion Bradbury; children; Renee 
 Lucette, b. Feb. 20, 1913, and Nancy, 
 b. Aug. 11, 1917. Residence, 110 
 Concord St., Nashua, N. H. (summer); 
 and 469 Walnut St., Brookline, Mass. 
 (winter).
 
 326 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Willis, John Richard 
 
 Postmaster of Manchester; b., Man- 
 chester, N. H., Feb. 18, 1862; s. 
 Thomas and Bridget (O'Shaughnessy) 
 Willis; ed., parochial schools of Man- 
 chester; Catholic; Democrat; clerk for 
 eleven years in wholesale grocery busi- 
 ness; employed about three years as 
 clerk in the Commonwealth and Second 
 National Banks, Manchester; engaged 
 in the coal trade from 1897 to 1914; 
 assistant postmaster of Manchester, 
 
 under Ex-Mayor E. .1. Knowlton, 
 1S94-1897; postmaster by appoint- 
 ment of President Wilson, since 1914; 
 in., Nov. 6, 1889, Lizzie M. Sullivan, 
 Manchester; children: John S., b. Jan. 
 5, 1894; Russell L., b. April 18, 1895 
 (draftsman Atlantic Ship Corporation) ; 
 Florence L., b. Aug. 16, 1897; Richard 
 T., 1). Dec. 3, 1901; Sylvester E., b. 
 Feb. 27, 1905; Alice Elizabeth, b. Aug. 
 1, 1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Drake, George Robert 
 
 Farmer, secretary N. H. State 
 Grange; b., Pittsfield, N. H., May 9, 
 1848; s. Noah W. and Mary Eliza- 
 beth (Batchelder) Drake; descendant 
 of Robert Drake who settled in Exeter 
 previous to 1640 and subsequently re- 
 moved to Hampton; ed. public schools 
 and Pittsfield Academy; engaged in 
 agriculture in Pittsfield, but taught 
 school winters for some years in early 
 life; removed to Manchester in 1891, 
 where he has since resided; Baptist; 
 Democrat ; member board of education 
 in Pittsfield; member Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry and first master of Cata- 
 mount Grange, Pittsfield and of Eastern 
 N. H. Pomona Grange, deputy N. H. 
 State Grange, treasurer Amoskeag 
 Grange, Manchester, for some years 
 past and secretary N. H. State Grange 
 since 1903; member executive com- 
 mittee, Hillsborough County Farm 
 Bureau, Manchester Food Committee, 
 supervisor Manchester war gardens 
 and manager Manchester public mar- 
 ket; m., April 14, 1875, Jane Graham 
 Clark, Auburn, N. H., d. Dec. 2, 
 1895; children, Ralph Allen, b. May 
 15, 1882 (now in Springfield, Mass.); 
 Ruth Wheeler, b. July 10, 1884 
 (Mrs. Charles G. Goodrich, Trenton, 
 N. J.). Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Shedd, John Graves 
 
 Merchant; b., ALstead, N. H., 
 July 20, 1850; s. William and Abi- 
 gail (Wallace) Shedd; ed. public 
 schools of Alstead and Langdon; 
 employed as clerk in stores in Alstead, 
 N. H., and Bellows Falls and Rut- 
 land, Vt., 1867-72; entered employ 
 of Field, Leiter & Co., Chicago, 111., 
 Aug. 7, 1872, since continuing with 
 that firm and its successor, Marshall 
 Field & Co., of which he is now presi- 
 dent; director Merchants Loan & 
 Trust Co., Commonwealth Edison 
 Co., Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 
 Chicago; Baltimore & Ohio, Illinois 
 Central, Chicago, Rock Island & 
 Pacific railroads; National Bank of 
 Commerce, New York, Baldwin Loco- 
 motive Works, Philadelphia, and vari-
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 327 
 
 ous other corporations and societies; 
 Republican; member Union League, 
 University, Commercial and many 
 other clubs; m., May 15, 1878, Mary 
 R. Porter, Walpole, N. H. Residence, 
 4515 Drexel Boulevard; office, 219 
 West Adams St., Chicago, III. 
 
 Shepard, Ida Frances 
 
 Trained nurse; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Dec. 10, 1864; dau. Emery Nathaniel 
 and Caroline (Simonds) Shepard; ed. 
 Concord public schools; Boston City 
 Hospital Training School, 1900; Episco- 
 palian; superintendent Mary Hitch- 
 cock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, 
 N. H., since June, 1901; member N. H. 
 State Board of Nurses Registration 
 for seven years. Residence, Hanover, 
 N. H. 
 
 Woodbury, Charles Edward 
 
 Physician, alienist, retired; b., Ac- 
 worth, N. H., Nov. 1, 1845; s. Charles 
 Milon and Louise (Graham) Wood- 
 bury; ed. Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, 1866, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1870; Medical Dept., Univ. of 
 New York, M.D., 1873; assistant 
 physician N. H. Asylum for Insane, 
 Concord, 1873; McLean Hospital, 
 Waverley, Mass., 1873-8; Bloomington 
 Asylum, New York, 1881-3; super- 
 intendent R. I. state hospital, 1882- 
 9; inspector of institutions, Mass. 
 State Board of Lunacy and Charity, 
 1891-9; superintendent Foxborough, 
 Mass., state hospital, 1899-1908; Epis- 
 copalian; Democrat; member Boston 
 Soc. of Psychiatry and Neurology, 
 American Medico-Psychological Ass'n, 
 R. I. Med. Soc., Mason, Knight 
 Templar; m., Oct. 13, 1880, Ella 
 Diana Ordway, Chelsea, Vt. Resi- 
 dence, Acworth, N. H. 
 
 Adams, Charles Darwin 
 
 Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Oct. 
 21, 1856; s. Daniel Emerson and Ellen 
 Frances (Kingsbury) Adams; ed. 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1877, A.M. 
 1880; Andovcr Theological Seminary, 
 1879-81; University of Kiel, Ph.D., 
 1891; instructor in Greek, dishing 
 Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 18S1-S; 
 
 professor of Greek, Drury College 
 (Mo.), 1884-93; professor Greek lan- 
 guage and literature, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, since 1893; editor The Classical 
 Journal, 1908-13; president Classical 
 Ass'n of New England, 1906-7; editor 
 Lysias' Selected Speeches, 1906; m., 
 Aug. 24, 1881, Julia A. Stevens, Wil- 
 ton, N. H. Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Whitford, George Langdon 
 
 Lawyer and farmer; b., Concord, 
 N. H., July, 24, 1881; s. Edward L. 
 
 and Mabel (Ordway) Whitford; ed. 
 public schools, Waterloo, N. H., and 
 Washington, D. C., University of 
 Minnesota, Columbian University, 
 Columbian University Law School, 
 1905; Unitarian; Republican; dele- 
 gate from Warner in Republican state 
 conventions, candidate in Republican 
 Second District primary for Congres- 
 sional nomination in 1914; vice-presi- 
 dent National River and Harbor 
 Commission; vice-president National 
 Republican Club, Washington, D C.; 
 member A. F. & A.M., Delta Tau Delta
 
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 329 
 
 Greek letter Fraternity, Chevy Chase 
 Club, Washington, D. C.; m., Oct. 
 25, 1905, Florence Evans; children: 
 Harriet Stearns, b. Sept. 13, 1906; 
 Ordway, b. Oct. 4, 1914. Mr. Whit- 
 ford is a grandson of the late Hon. 
 Nehemiah G. Ordway, once sergeant- 
 at-arms of the National House of Rep- 
 resentatives, and later Governor of 
 Dakota, and a nephew of the late 
 Governor Onslow Stearns. He re- 
 sides at the old Ordway home, Water- 
 loo (Warner), N. H. 
 
 Parsons, Frank Nesmith 
 
 Jurist; chief justice, N. H. Supreme 
 Court; b., Dover, N. H., Sept. 3, 1853; 
 s. Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Nesmith) 
 Parsons; ed. Pinkerton Academy, 
 Derry, N. H., 1870; Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1874; LL.D. 1904; read 
 law with Greenleaf C. Bartlett of Derry, 
 Daniel Barnard and Austin F. Pike 
 of Franklin; admitted to the bar 
 in 1879 and commenced practice in 
 Franklin, where he continued, being in 
 partnership with the late Hon. Austin 
 F. Pike till 1886; Republican; for sev- 
 eral years member Franklin school 
 board; delegate from Franklin in 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1889; 
 State law reporter, 1891-5; member 
 N. H. executive council, 1893-4; first 
 mayor of Franklin, 1895; associate 
 justice, N. H. supreme court, 1895- 
 1902; chief justice, 1902 and since; 
 director Franklin National Bank; 
 trustee Franklin Savings Bank, for- 
 merly director and president Citizens 
 National Bank, Tilton; trustee Pinker- 
 ton Academy (president of the board) ; 
 trustee and president Franklin Hospi- 
 tal; member Franklin board of Water 
 Commissioners since 1901 ; vice-presi- 
 dent N. H. Historical Soc., 1911-17; 
 president 1917- ; member N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n; (president 1912-14); American 
 Bar Ass'n; in., Oct. 26, 1880, Helen F., 
 dau. Hon. Austin F. Pike, d. March 6, 
 1914. Residence, Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Duffy, George Ernest 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Franklin, N. II., 
 Sept. 5, 1870; s. Michael and Mary 
 
 (Fawdrey) Duffy; ed. Franklin high 
 school, class of 1888, Tilton Seminary, 
 and Dartmouth College, B.L. 1894; 
 editor college paper and winner ora- 
 torical prizes; after leaving college 
 entered the employ of the M. T. 
 Stevens Sons Co., becoming superin- 
 tendent of their North Andover, Mass., 
 mill; in 1900 became general manager 
 of the Charles River Woolen Co., with 
 mills at Franklin, Mass., and North 
 Bellingham, Mass.; in 1909 became 
 
 manager of the E. D. Thayer woolen 
 mill at Worcester, Mass., and in 1910 
 took over the controlling interest in 
 the property and formed the George 
 E. Duffy MTg Co., of which he is the 
 president and treasurer; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; Mason, blue lodge, 
 chapter, Knight Templar, iShriner; 
 member Worcester Country Club, 
 Commonwealth Club, Worcester Cham- 
 ber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi 
 national college fraternity and Phi Beta 
 Kappa scholarship soc.; vice-president 
 Park Trust Co., Worcester, Mass.; m.,
 
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 Oct. 16, 1896, Grace Mary Whipple; 
 children: Eunice M., Ralph E., Gladys 
 I. Residence, Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Woodbury, Frank Taylor 
 
 Physician (specialty, obstetrics); b., 
 North Weare, N. H., Dec. 4, 1871; s. 
 Daniel Peterson and Mary Abbie 
 (Taylor) Woodbury, his ancestry on 
 both sides going back to the arrivals 
 on the Mayflower, and including nu- 
 merous soldiers of the French and In- 
 
 dian and Colonial Wars, as well a ethe 
 Revolution and later wars; ed. district 
 schools of Weare, Manchester high 
 school, class of 1889, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, and Harvard Medical School, 
 M.D. 1896; has practiced his profession 
 in Wakefield, Mass., since 1897; 
 selectman of that town in 1905 and 
 1906, trustee of its public library 
 since 1900 and tree warden sine*; 1906; 
 follow of the Mass. Medical Hoc., 
 member of the Golden Rule Masonic 
 lodge, American Medical Soc. and 
 Kappa Kappa Kappa college frater- 
 nity; in., Oct. 20, 1S97, Mary Hodgdon 
 
 Whittle, Weare, N. H.; children: 
 Ruth Amelia, b. June 17, 1902, and 
 Dorcas Lydia, b. Sept. 19, 1907. 
 Residence, 21 Chestnut St., Wakefield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Moulton, Warren Joseph 
 
 Educator; clergyman; b., Sand- 
 wich, N. H., Aug. 30, 1865; s. Gilman 
 and Lydia Ann (Dearborn) Moulton; 
 ed. Boston Univ., Amherst College, 
 B.A., 1888, M.A. 1893; B.D., Yale, 
 1893; University of Gottingen, Ger- 
 many, 1895-8; Ph.D., 1898; teacher 
 Semitic and Biblical department, Yale, 
 1898-1902; ordained to the Congre- 
 gational ministry, 1899; traveled 
 abroad, 1902-3; pastor Athol, Mass. 
 1903-5; professor in Bangor Theo- 
 logical Seminary, since 1905; director 
 American School of Research in Jeru- 
 salem, 1912-3; member Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, Religious 
 Educational Ass'n, etc.; contributor 
 to various religious works; m., June 
 21, 1900, Helen Winifred Shute of 
 Boston. Residence, 331 Hammond 
 St., Bangor, Me. 
 
 Leonard, Charles Hall 
 
 Clergyman and theologian; b., 
 Northwood, N. H., Sept. 16, 1822; s. 
 Lemuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leon- 
 ard; ed. Haverhill, Mass., Academy, 
 Atkinson, N. H., Academy and Brad- 
 ford, Mass., Seminary; Theological 
 Seminary, Clinton, N. Y., 1848; 
 (D.D., St. Lawrence Univ., 1871; 
 LL.D., Tufts, 1905); ordained to the 
 Universalist ministry and became 
 pastor of the Universalist church at 
 Chelsea, Mass., 1848, continuing till 
 1871; established Children's Sunday 
 while in this pastorate, which became 
 a recognized institution for the second 
 Sunday in June throughout the coun- 
 try; became Goddard professor of 
 Homiletics and Pastoral Theology in 
 Crane Divinity School, Tufts College, 
 in 1869 and devoted his attention ex- 
 clusively to the work after 1871; 
 made dean of the school in 1884, 
 continuing 30 years. Honorary mem- 
 ber Phi Beta Kappa, and member
 
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 Whittier Club, Haverhill, Mass.; 
 m., 1846, Phoebe Ann Bassett, New 
 York, d. 1872; Author, "Book of 
 Prayer for Church and Home," 1865; 
 ''Steps in the Religious Life," 1868. 
 Address, Tufts College, Mass. 
 
 Dewey, Henry Sweetser 
 
 Lawyer; b., Hanover, N. H., Nov. 
 9, 1856; s. Israel Otis and Susan 
 Augusta (Sweetser) Dewey; ed. vari- 
 ous schools and academies; Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M. 1881 ; 
 Boston University, LL.B. 1882; ad- 
 mitted to the bar and entered practice 
 in Boston; Congregationalist ; Re- 
 publican; member Republican Ward 
 and City Committees, Boston, 1884-8; 
 Boston Common Council, 1885-7; 
 Mass, home of representatives, 1889-91 
 (Chairman committee on judiciary, 
 and floor leader of the house, 1890-1); 
 private, corporal and sergeant, Mass. 
 First Corps Cadets 1880-9; judge ad- 
 vocate of First Brigade, Mass. Militia, 
 with rank of captain, 1889-1900; judge- 
 advocate-general with rank of Colonel 
 in 1900; brigadier-general, 1900-05; 
 brigadier-general on the retired list 
 since 1911; master in chancery, 1903- 
 12; member county board of bar exami- 
 ners, 1891-7 (chairman, 1895-7); first 
 chairman Mass, state board of bar 
 examiners, 1897-1903; special justice 
 municipal court of Boston, 1896-9; 
 associate-justice, 1899-1902; member 
 Boston Bar Ass'n American Bar Ass'n, 
 International Law Ass'n, Alpha Delta 
 Phi, Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of 
 Colonial Wars, Athletic and Univer- 
 sity clubs, Boston, Alpha Delta Phi 
 Club, New York City, Wissenschaft- 
 lichen Club, Vienna, Austria. 
 
 Morrill, Harley Winslow 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H., 
 March 25, 1872; s. George S., many 
 years chief engineer of the Old Colony 
 Railroad, and Clara (Moody) Morrill; 
 ed. schools of Penacook and Mass. 
 Inst. of Tech.; employed as an engi- 
 neer by the Pennsylvania R. R., 1892- 
 
 3, by the city of Concord, N. H., 1893- 
 
 4, by the New York, New Haven <i 
 
 Hartford R. R., 1894-1901; since 1901 
 employed by the Ludlow (Mass.) 
 M'f'g Associates as superintendent, 
 general superintendent and agent 
 (since January, 1916) of their extensive 
 plant; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 chairman local exemption board for 
 Division Number Seven, State of 
 Massachusetts; member of Horace 
 Chase lodge of Masons, Penacook, 
 N. H., and of Springfield Commandery, 
 K. T., Springfield, Mass.; member 
 
 American Soc. of Mechanical Engi- 
 neers; trustee Ludlow Savings Bank 
 and Springfield Co-operative Bank; 
 m., June 5, 1895, Lillian L. Sargent, of 
 Penacook; daughter, Mildred S., b. 
 Dec. 9, 1896. At the time of writing 
 this sketch (August, 1918) Mr. Morrill 
 was on his way to India on an impor- 
 tant business mission for his company. 
 Residence, Ludlow, Ma^s. 
 
 Clark, Allan Chester 
 
 Journalist, lawyer; b., Center Har- 
 bor, N. H., July 4, 1877; s. Malpheno
 
 II ox. A. CHESTER CLARK
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 333 
 
 C. and Sarah Libby (Bartlett) Clark 
 (kinsman, on maternal side, of Josiah 
 Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of 
 Independence); ed. public schools of 
 Center Harbor, Meredith high school; 
 New Hampton Literary Institution, 
 1901, Dartmouth College one year; 
 engaged on staff of Kennebec Journal, 
 Lewiston, Augusta, Me., 1901; en- 
 gaged in real estate business and the 
 study of law in Meredith, 1903-5; 
 removed to Concord and engaged in 
 newspaper work, as correspondent of 
 the Boston American and other papers, 
 and pursued his legal studies as time 
 permitted, till admission to the bar, 
 June 27, 1913, after which he was in 
 practice in Concord; Unitarian; Dem- 
 ocrat; delegate from his native town 
 in the N. H. constitutional convention 
 of 1902; clerk of the constitutional 
 convention of 1912; appointed Judge 
 of the Concord District Court by 
 Gov. Samuel D. Felker, Aug. 8, 1913; 
 Judge of the Concord Municipal 
 Court by appointment of Gov. Hol- 
 land H. Spaulding, March 10, 1915; 
 made a notable record in criminal 
 administration, especially in the en- 
 forcement of the law regulating the 
 operation of automobiles, establish- 
 ing precedents recognized throughout 
 the country; elected clerk of the con- 
 stitutional convention of 1918; mem- 
 ber and secretary of the N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n, American Institute of Crim- 
 inal Law and Criminology, N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., A. F. & A. M. (lodge, 
 chapter, council and commandery), 
 K. of P. (past chancellor of Concord 
 Lodge and past deputy grand chan- 
 cellor, N. H. Grand Lodge), Capital 
 Grange, P. of II., Wonolancet, Uni- 
 tarian and Beaver Meadow Golf 
 clubs, Concord. Aside from news- 
 paper work Judge Clark has written 
 many magazine articles, and is also 
 known as an occasional orator of more 
 than ordinary ability; m., June 12, 
 1917, Jennie A. Ross of New Bruns- 
 wick. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin 
 
 Traveling salesman; b., Gorham, 
 X. II., June 6, I860; s. John and Janet 
 
 (O'Malley) McHugh; ed. public 
 schools; studied law for a tune in 
 youth with M. A. Hastings, now clerk 
 of Court for Coos County; changing 
 his plans he learned the machinist's 
 trade, and was for a time in charge of 
 a machine shop at Troy, N. Y., and 
 later at Fitchburg, Mass., but re- 
 linquished the business and engaged 
 in general insurance in the latter city 
 for five years, after which he again 
 changed and entered upon the life of 
 
 a commercial traveler, which he has 
 since followed with great success; 
 sold tea and coffee for C. A. Cross & 
 Co. for several years, putting the 
 ''Red Cross," to which he gave the 
 name, upon the market; for the last 
 six years or more has been with Martin 
 L. Hall & Co. of Boston, the oldest cof- 
 fee house in the country, winning wide 
 popularity for himself and his firm; 
 Catholic; Democrat; member X. II. 
 house of representatives, 1917, and 
 carried through the bill providing for 
 the re-survey of the boundary line 
 between New Hampshire and Maine; 
 reflected to the legislature, Xov. 1918; 
 member X'. E. Fat Men's Club; noted
 
 334 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 among his associates as a conversa- 
 tionalist and story-teller. Residence, 
 Gorham, N. H. 
 
 Abbott, Frederick Wallace 
 
 Physician, teacher, medico-legal ex- 
 pert, orator; b., Dover, N. H., March 
 5, 1861; s. Sylvester and Elizabeth 
 Graves (Wortman) Abbott; ed. pub- 
 lic schools of Dover, and Berwick and 
 So. Berwick, Me., Berwick Academy 
 and private schools of Olive Raynes, 
 
 So. Berwick; taught public schools, 
 Berwick, Eliot, and Kennebunk, Me., 
 four years, while preparing for voca- 
 tion; A.B., University of America, 
 1883; at medical department Bow- 
 doin College, 1884-5; M.D., Eclectic 
 Medical College of Me., 1886; H.F. B.S. 
 (Now York City), 1895: A.M., Taylor 
 University and Ph.D.. National Nor- 
 mal University, 1901;F.S.Sc. C London), 
 1908; F.S.P. (England), 1914; F.B.P. 
 (England', 1915; F.P.C. (London), 
 1916; D.P.H., Eclectic Medical Uni- 
 versity, 1917; D.C.L., Potomac Uni- 
 
 versity, 19 18; academician of Toulouse, 
 France; life-member, Institut du Midi, 
 Toulouse; life-member, and medalist of 
 1st class (gold), Italian Academy of 
 Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Sicily; 
 censor Eclectic Medical College 
 of City of New York, 1892- ; pro- 
 fessor eugenics in Eclectic Med- 
 ical University, 1913- ; professor 
 medical ethics in Middlesex College 
 of Medicine and Surgery, and forensic 
 medicine in Middlesex College of 
 Chiropody, University of Massachu- 
 setts, 1916- ; consulting physician to 
 Middlesex Hospital, 1916- ; associ- 
 ate editor, Massachusetts Medical 
 Journal, 1894-1904; secretary-treas- 
 urer alumnae soc. of Potomac Uni- 
 versity, 1900- ; president Mass. Ec- 
 lectic Medical Soc., 1894, New Eng- 
 land Eclectic Medical Ass'n, 1900, 
 Am. Eclectic Materia Medica Ass'n, 
 1905-7, Boston District Eclectic Med- 
 ical Soc., 1910; honorary member 
 fifteen State Eclectic bodies and five 
 others; active member twelve medical 
 societies; member Authors' Club, 
 London; member and examiner many 
 secret fraternities; Free Thinker; 
 Democrat; m., Sept. 2, 1886, Sylvina 
 Apphia Emery, Kennebunk, Me.; 
 children: Susan Elizabeth (Abbott) 
 Tubman, b. March 18, 1890, John 
 Frederick, b. Aug. 4, 1893; nationally 
 known as an orator, especially in fra- 
 ternal, academic, and patriotic circles, 
 and as a medico-legal adviser and wit- 
 ness; practiced at Taunton, Mass., 
 since May 5, 1886. 
 
 Taylor, Maria Sanborn 
 
 (Mrs. John A. Taylor) teacher; 
 home-maker, club-woman; b., Frank- 
 lin, N. H., Nov. 20, 1860; dau. George 
 Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San- 
 born; father noted in musical circles 
 and cornetist in band of 1st N. H. 
 Reg't, 1861; mother daughter of Dr. 
 John S. Lan,e ajid from a prominent 
 Sanhornton, N. H., family; direct 
 descendant on paternal side of John 
 Sandborn (or Sanborn), first of the 
 grantees of the town of Sanbornton, 
 for whom the town was named; direct
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
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 , 
 
 descendant on maternal side of Thomas 
 Dudley, second Governor of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay Colony; also descended 
 from Henry Herrick who settled in 
 Salem, Mass., in 1629, and who traced 
 his ancestry to Ericke, a Danish chief- 
 tain, who invaded Britain in the reign 
 of Alfred; ed. Franklin High school, 
 1879, Franklin Academy, McGaw 
 Normal Institute, N. H. Normal 
 School, Plymouth; taught school three 
 and a half years in Hooksett, Salis- 
 bury, and Franklin, N. H.; Congre- 
 gationalist, member O. E. S. (past 
 officer), U. O. G. C. (past officer), 
 Georgetown Literary Club, Melrose 
 Woman's Club, American Red Cross; 
 trustee, vice-president, and chairman 
 house com. Carleton Home, George- 
 town, Mass., July, 1913 to Oct., 1916; 
 vice-president Maplewood New Cen- 
 tury Club, Maiden, Mass., 1900-3, 
 president 1903-5, honorary member 
 since 1910; secretary Woman's Club, 
 Georgetown, Mass., 1912-13, vice- 
 president, 1913-14, president, 1914-16; 
 m., Nov. 26, 1885, John Alvah Taylor; 
 one daughter, Agnes Dudley, b. Jan. 
 8, 1888, ed. Maiden schools, Miss 
 Kimball's school for Girls, Worcester, 
 Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1908. Resi- 
 dence, 32 Poplar St., Melrose, Mass. 
 
 Keyes, Frances Parkinson Wheeler 
 
 (Mrs. Henry W. Keyes), b., Char- 
 lottesville, Va., July 21, 1885; dau. 
 John Henry and Louise Fuller (John- 
 son) Wheeler; ed. Miss Winsor's 
 school, Boston, Mass., and in Europe; 
 passed examination for Bryn Mawr 
 College, but did not enter, having be- 
 come engaged to Henry W. Keyes, 
 whom she married, June 4, 1904 
 (See sketch, p. 211.) Primarily a 
 home-maker and the worthy mistress of 
 "Pine Grove Farm" on the banks of the 
 Connecticut at No. Haverhill, known 
 as the seat of a generous hospitality 
 in all the north country, Mrs. Keyes 
 is a fine linguist, a great reader, "an 
 entertaining conversationalist, and h:is 
 travelled extensively, both in this 
 country and Europe; Episcopalian; 
 
 member and past president St. Cath- 
 erine's Guild, No. Haverhill, N. H., 
 member N. H. Soc., D. A. R., and 
 Colonial Dames (admitted to the 
 former on records of four officers, and 
 latter on seven), N. H. Civic Federa- 
 tion, Woman's Committee, N. H. 
 Council of National Defense (vice- 
 president), American Red Cross (holds 
 instructor's certificate in Surgical 
 Dressing Work); worked extensively 
 in pushing the several Liberty Loans; 
 member executive committee and book 
 
 committee of No. Haverhill public 
 library since marriage. Of late Mrs. 
 Keyes has developed decided talent as 
 a writer, her contributions finding 
 place in the Atlantic Monthly and 
 other prominent publications, and 
 receiving warm commendation. Her 
 poem "To the Haverhill", given at 
 the launching of the ship named in 
 honor of her homo town, at Newing- 
 ton, Aug. 24, for which she was sponsor, 
 was given wide publication and was 
 much admired. Residence, No. Haver- 
 hill, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 337 
 
 Sanborn, Mary Farley 
 
 Author; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 May 8, 1853; dau., Alden W. and 
 Elizabeth Hazeltine, (Abbott) San- 
 born; ed. Doctor Gannett's school, 
 Boston; afterwards studied vocal 
 music, for the concert stage, with 
 Madame Erminie Rudersdorff; has 
 done much literary work in short ar- 
 ticles, reviewing, etc.; author "Sweet 
 and Twenty," 1890; "It Came to 
 Pass," 1891; "Paula Ferris," 1892; 
 "The Revelation of Herself," 1904; 
 "Lafayette and the Congressman," 
 1905; "The Canvas Door," 1909; 
 m., Oct. 18, 1876, Fred C. Sanborn, 
 Manchester, N. H. Residence, 30 
 Williston Rd., Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Snow, Leslie Perkins 
 
 Lawyer; b., Eaton, N. H., Oct. 19, 
 1862; s. Edwin and Helen M. Perkins 
 Snow (descendant of Nicholas Snow, 
 who came from England to Plymouth, 
 Mass., in 1623); his father, Edwin 
 Snow was a prominent business man 
 and leading Democrat of Carroll 
 county for many years; ed. Bridgton 
 Academy, No. Bridgton, Me., 1881; 
 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1886; Co- 
 lumbian Law School (now George 
 Washington Univ.), LL.B. 1890; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; served as 
 moderator in Eaton and as a member 
 of N. H. house of representatives from 
 that town in 1887-88; special pension 
 examiner for U. S. government, 1887- 
 90, serving in Kansas, Nebraska, Col- 
 orado and Washington, D. C.; ad- 
 mitted to the Maryland bar in 1890, 
 and the New Hampshire bar in 1891, 
 since when he has been in practice in 
 Rochester, at first as a member of the 
 firm of Worcester, Gafney & Snow, 
 subsequently alone; now senior mem- 
 ber of Snow, Snow <fe Cooper; member 
 Rochester school board, 1899-1904; 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; 
 Odd Fellow, 32d 'degree Mason, 
 Knight Templar and Shriner, Theta 
 Delta Chi College fraternity (Pres. 
 N. E. Ass'n 1886); president Roches- 
 tor Nat'l Bank since 1902; vice-presi- 
 23 
 
 dent Rochester Trust Co.; president 
 Gafney Home for the Aged president 
 Rochester Public Safety Com.; Chair- 
 man Liberty Loan Com. ; County chair- 
 man War Savings Com., and various 
 State and New England committees in 
 war activities; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1888, 
 Susan E. Currier, Haverhill, N. H., d. 
 June 6, 1892; 2d June 27, 1894, Norma 
 C. Currier; children, Conrad Edwin, b. 
 August 6, 1889 (A.B. Dartmouth, 1912; 
 Magdalen College, Oxford, Eng., 1914; 
 LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1917); 
 Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp to Gen. 
 Babbitt in American Expeditionary 
 forces in France; Leslie Whitmore, 
 b. Dec. 9, 1890 (A.B. Dartmouth, 
 1912, B.S. Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1914), 
 Captain in American Expeditionary 
 forces in France. Residence, Roches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 Snow, Norma Cutter Currier 
 
 (Mrs. Leslie P. Snow), b., July 3, 
 1863; dau. Franklin Pettingill and 
 Missouri Eliza (Whitmore) Currier; 
 ed., Haverhill Academy, Haverhill, 
 N. H., and Montebello Institute, New- 
 bury, Vt.; after leaving school served 
 from 1883 to 1892 as cashier and book- 
 keeper for the wholesale and retail 
 house of Carter & Churchill, Lebanon, 
 N. H.; m. June 27, 1894, Leslie P. 
 Snow, Rochester, N. H; organized and 
 conducted a kindergarten at Rochester, 
 from 1896 to 1900; Congregationalist 
 and active in religious and social work ; 
 member (by several lines) Daughters 
 of the American Revolution, regent 
 Mary Tarr Chapter, Rochester, 
 1912-14, State secretary, N. H. Chap- 
 ter, 1915-17; president Rochester 
 Woman's Club, 1903-5, 1912-14, secre- 
 tary N. H. Federation Women's Clubs, 
 1913-15, Chairman Reciprocity Com- 
 mittee; member Rochester School 
 Board, 1914 to the present time; chair- 
 man board of managers, Gafney Home 
 for the Aged, Rochester, from organiza- 
 tion in 1904 to the present time; organ- 
 izer and vice-president Rochester Dis- 
 trict Nurse Ass'n; director N. H. Ass'n 
 for Prevention of Tuberculosis; and 
 N. II . Parent and Teachers' Ass'n;
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 339 
 
 chairman Rochester Surgical Dressings 
 Committee; chairman Garment and 
 Surgical Dressings Committee, Roches- 
 ter Chapter Red Cross; member 
 National Committee for Preservation 
 of the Flag, and National Committee 
 of Children of the American Revolu- 
 tion; member Rochester Country Club, 
 president of Monday Club (two years). 
 Primarily a housekeeper and home- 
 maker, Mrs. Snow has manifested a 
 high order of ability in the initiation 
 and direction of organized activities. 
 
 Sanborn, Alice Evelyn 
 
 Educator; librarian; b., Franklin, 
 N. H., Jan. 9, 1864; dau. George 
 Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San- 
 born (for further ancestral facts see 
 sketch of Maria Sanborn Taylor); 
 ed. Franklin public schools, high 
 school, 1881; N. H. State Normal 
 School, 1885; Pratt Institute School 
 of Library Science, 1898; Chau- 
 tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 
 1914; teacher in Franklin, N. .H., 
 1882, 18S5-t5; West Quincy, Mass., 
 1886-8; State Normal School, Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., 1888-96; Newton Cen- 
 ter, Mass., 1896-7; cataloguer in a 
 N. Y. branch library (8 mos.) 1898-9; 
 in Princeton Univ. library (2 yrs., 
 
 5 mos.) 1899-1901; librarian Wells 
 College library, Aurora, N. Y., 1901 
 to date; teacher Chautauqua Sum- 
 mer Library School (five summers), 
 1908-12; member Presbyterian Church, 
 Aurora, N. Y.; American Library 
 Ass'n; N. Y. State Library Ass'n, 
 Graduate Ass'n, Pratt Institute School 
 of Library Science, American Red 
 Cross, Thursday Club, Aurora. Resi- 
 dence, Aurora, N. Y. 
 
 Varney, Charles Wesley 
 
 Insurance; b., Lebanon, Me., June 
 4, 1884; s. David W. and Abbie (Tib- 
 betts) Varney; ed., public schools, 
 West Lebanon, Me., Academy, Bryant 
 
 6 Stratton's Business College, Boston, 
 Mass.; engaged for a time in insurance 
 in Boston, but soon removed to Roch- 
 ester, N. H., where he has established 
 a large business, representing over 60 
 
 companies; Methodist; Republican; 
 actively interested in political life; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1913-14; State senate, 1915-16 (young- 
 est man ever elected) ; executive coun- 
 cil, 1917-18 (youngest man, also, 
 ever chosen councilor); Mason, Knight 
 Templar, 32d degree, and Eastern 
 Star; Odd Fellow; Patron of Husban- 
 dry, Lecturer N. H. State Grange, 
 1913 to 1917; President N. H. Grange 
 Fire Ins. Co.; member N. H. constitu- 
 
 tional convention, 1918, introducing 
 and carrying through resolution for 
 adjournment until after close of the 
 war; member Rochester City Club, 
 Waquoit Club; in. Oct. 13, 1906, 
 Matilda Webster Shepherd; children: 
 Charles W., Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1912; 
 Barbara Shepherd, b. May 1, 1915. 
 Residence, Rochester, N. II. 
 
 Pettee, Charles Holmes 
 
 Educator; dean N. II. College; b., 
 Manchester, N. II., Feb. 2, 1853; ed. 
 Manchester public .schools high 
 school, 1S70; Dartmouth College,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 A.B. 1874; Thayer School, C.E. 1876; 
 instructor in Thayer School and N.H. 
 College (then a department of Dart- 
 mouth), 1876-7; professor of Mathe- 
 matics, N. H. College, 1877-1917; ap- 
 pointed dean in 1888 and still con- 
 tinues; received honorary degree 
 LL.D. from N. H. College in 1913; 
 member American Ass'n for Advance- 
 ment of Science, Soc. for Promotion 
 of Engineering Education, Nat'l Geo- 
 graphic Soc., Patrons of Husbandry 
 
 (Master Graf ton Star Grange, Han- 
 over, N. H., six years, ex-committee 
 N. H. State Grange, two years), Phi 
 Beta Kappa Soc., Kappa Kappa 
 Kappa fraternity; Congregationalist 
 (senior deacon Durham Congrega- 
 tional church); Republican; town 
 auditor in Durham several years; 
 delegate in X. H. constitutional con- 
 vention 1918. While living in Han- 
 over Professor Pettec initiated the 
 movement resulting in the establish- 
 ment of the town water works; he 
 was an early advocate of highway im- 
 irovement, and of state aid to towns 
 
 for such purpose; since removal to 
 Durham, with the college in 1893, 
 has been there interested in public 
 as well as college affairs. He served 
 as acting president of the college for 
 several months each, between the 
 administrations of Presidents Murkland 
 and Gibbs, Gibbs and Fairchild and 
 Fairchild and Hetzel; m., 1877, Lu- 
 ella Elizabeth Swett, at Hanover 
 (a native of Canaan); children; Al- 
 vena, b. 1881, (m. 1905, Edward E. 
 Nelson, mechanical engineer, Garfield, 
 Utah); Horace James, b. 1883, me- 
 chanical engineer with the Decatur 
 Bridge Co., Decatur, 111.; Sarah Eliz- 
 abeth, b. 1886, dietetian, Roosevelt 
 Hospital War Unit, Base Hospital 15, 
 A. E. F., France; Charles Swett, b. 
 1895, first lieutenant, U. S. regular 
 army, 3d division headquarters, A 
 E. F., France. All his children are 
 graduates of N. H. College. Resi- 
 dence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Shpntell, Frederick William 
 
 Investment banker; b., Montpelier, 
 Vt., June 11, 1862; s. Frederick and 
 Emilie (Amiel) Shontell; removed to 
 Penacook, N. H., in boyhood (his 
 father having been killed in the Civil 
 War), and commenced work at eleven 
 years of age in the old John Brown 
 woolen mill; ed. public schools of 
 Montpelier and Penacook; entered 
 employ of Amoskeag Mf'g Co., Man- 
 chester, N. H., April 1, 1876, continu- 
 ing two years; afterwards employed 
 by Plummer & *Holton, merchant 
 tailors, Manchester; was with A. D. 
 Smith, druggist, of Nashua, two years, 
 returning to Manchester in 1895 in 
 service of the Manchester Traction 
 Light & Power Co., continuing till 1910 
 when he engaged in investment bank- 
 ing (head of the firm of Shontell & 
 Varick); Unitarian; Independent Re- 
 publican; Moderator Ward 4; mem- 
 ber N. H. state senate, 1901, A. F. & 
 A. M., 32d degree and Knight Templar, 
 Derryfield and Joliet clubs, Sons of 
 Veterans; m., Oct. 20, 1903, Edith 
 Davis, Manchester. Residence, Man- 
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 Odell, Willis Patterson 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lake Village (now a 
 part of Laconia), N. H., Dec. 14, 1855; 
 s. Joseph L. and Abbie (Swain) Odell; 
 ed., public schools, Tilton Seminary, 
 Boston University, A.B. 1880, A.M. 
 
 1890, Ph.D. 1890; D.D., Allegheny 
 College, 1895; entered ministry of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880; pas- 
 tor, Cliftondale, Mass., 1880-2; Wesley 
 Church, Salem, 1883-5; Center Church, 
 Maiden, 1886-9; Delaware Ave., Buf- 
 falo, N. Y., 1890-4; Richmond Ave., 
 Buffalo, 1895-7; Calvary, New York- 
 City, 1898-1903; Germantown First, 
 Phi'ladelphia, Pa., 1904-6; supplied at 
 Congregational Church, Meredith, N. 
 H., 1909-10; Pastor St. Marks Church, 
 Brookline, Mass., 1911-16; appointee! 
 Superintendent, Boston District, M.E. 
 Churches, 1917, still holding such 
 position. The churches named arc 
 among the best in the denomination, 
 and Dr. Odell has had special success 
 in financing church enterprises, build- 
 ing edifices for several and paying 
 debts for others; member Theta Delta 
 Chi Soc. in College and admitted to 
 Phi Beta Kappa after graduation; A. F. 
 
 & A. M.; Incorporator of Meredith, 
 N. H., Savings Bank; director and vice- 
 president Lakeport Nat'l Bank; direc- 
 tor Citizens Telephone Co., Laconia; 
 trustee Tilton Seminary, Boston Uni- 
 versity, Boston School of Expression, 
 New England Methodist Conference, 
 Wesley Foundation, Harvard Univer- 
 sity. Author "Ministries of Hope." 
 1904, and various pamphlets on reli- 
 gious topics; m., 1st, June 30, 1881, 
 Mary F. French, d. March 26, 1904; 
 2d, Nov. 21, 1906, Eva J. Beede, 
 Meredith, N. H. Dr. Odell has trav- 
 eled widely in his own and foreign 
 countries and lectured much on what 
 he has seen. Residence, 84 Prescott 
 St., Cambridge, Mass.; summer home, 
 Sandown, N. H. 
 
 Odell, Eva Beede 
 
 (Mrs. Willis P. Odell) ; teacher and writ- 
 er; b., Meredith, N. H., Nov. 28. 1852; 
 
 dan. John Way and Caroline Frances 
 (Fogg) Beede; ed. public schools, Mere- 
 dith, Tilton Seminary, Wellesley Col- 
 lege; engaged in teaching several years 
 in Methodist institutions, including 
 the seminaries at Tilton, X. II., Mont-
 
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 pelier and Poultney, Vt., Kent's Hill, 
 Me., and the Centenary Collegiate 
 Institute at Hackettstown, N. J., 
 where she was preceptress for six years. 
 She has traveled extensively in the 
 United States and Europe and lectured 
 much on the places visited; actively 
 engaged in Woman's Club work while 
 a resident of New Hampshire; now a 
 member of the Soc. of New Hamp- 
 shire's Daughters in Boston; Author of 
 two volumes of folk lore stories, en- 
 titled "Roxy's Good Angel and Other 
 New England Tales," and "Miss Pris- 
 sy's Diamond Rings," also a volume of 
 poems entitled "Winnipesaukee and 
 Other Poems"; frequent writer of 
 short articles for newspapers and 
 magazines, including the Granite 
 Monthly; frequently furnishes enter- 
 tainment for societies and private 
 parties by reading her own stories and 
 sketches; m., Nov. 21, 1906, Rev. 
 Willis P. Odell, D.D. (See preceding 
 sketch.) 
 
 Lewis, Samuel De Wolf 
 
 Banker; b., Newport, N. H., Jan. 
 3, 1867; s. Frederick W. and Mary 
 J. (Travis) Lewis; ed. Newport high 
 school, Phillips Exeter Academy; Epis- 
 copalian; Republican; selectman, town 
 of Newport, four years; aid-de- 
 camp, staff of Gov. Frank W. Rol- 
 lins, 1899-1901; cashier First Nat'l 
 Bank of Newport, since 1890, and 
 present vice-president; trustee New- 
 port Savings Bank since 1893; pres- 
 ident Brampton Woolen Co., Newport 
 and Sunapee, N. H.; member A. F. & 
 A. M., Newport Board of Trade, 
 Boston Athletic Ass'n; m., June 4, 
 1890, Maude 1. Bibby, Providence, 
 R. I. (member Colonial Dames and 
 Order of the Crown) ; one daughter, 
 Goldina De Wolf, b. April 30, 1894; 
 educated at St. Mary's School, Con- 
 cord, N. H., and Paris, France; now a 
 pupil of Mme. Marcella iSembrich. 
 Residence, Newport, N. H. 
 
 Ball, Sumner Nehemiah 
 
 Farmer and hotel-keeper; b., Wash- 
 ington, X. II.. June 3, 1854; s. Doxter 
 
 and Hannah (Jefts) Ball; ed. public 
 schools and Tubbs Union Academy, 
 Washington; resided some years in 
 Antrim where he founded and published 
 the Antrim Reporter; returning to his 
 native town he has been extensively 
 engaged in agriculture, is an exten- 
 sive real estate owner and proprietor of 
 the famous Lovewell Hotel; Baptist; 
 Republican; moderator, member of the 
 town board of selectmen nineteen 
 years; member school board twelve 
 
 years; commissioner for Sullivan Coun- 
 ty six years; prominent in public affairs 
 in town and county; Patron of Husban- 
 dry and for eight years Master of Lov- 
 ell Grange, Washington; m., Nov. 26, 
 1884, Carrie B. Brooks; children: 
 John S., b. Aug. 30, 1880 ; Nina M., b. 
 Feb. 27, 1889; Phillips B., b. Oct. 11, 
 1900. Residence, Washington, N. H. 
 
 Tripp, Warren 
 
 Farmer and lumberman; b., Short 
 Falls (Epsom), N. H., Oct. 16, 1839; 
 s. Jeremiah and Chloe P. (Prescott)
 
 344 
 
 ONE THOUSAND XEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Tripp; great grandson of Richard and 
 Ann McClary Tripp, early settlers of 
 Epsom, and born and since residing 
 upon the old family homestead; en- 
 gaged in agriculture from boyhood, 
 but for many years bought and sold 
 cattle extensively, and has since been 
 largely engaged in the manufacture 
 and sale of lumber, for some years in 
 company with the late James B. Ten- 
 nant; Democrat and active in political 
 affairs for many years, serving as se- 
 
 lectman, collector and town treasurer; 
 party candidate for state senator in 
 1894; Patron of Husbandry, first 
 Master of McClary Grange of Epsom; 
 member Suncook Valley Pomona 
 Grange; president N. II. Clrange, 
 State Fair Ass'n, 1802-3, and later 
 general superintendent; member Jewell 
 Lodge. A. F. & A. M., Hiram Chapter, 
 Mr. Horeb Commandery, and the 
 Mystic .Shrine; Evergreen Lodge, 
 I. '( ). (). F., Wonolaneet Club; director 
 Suncook Bank and Mt. Washington 
 R. ]{.; ID., June X, 18(12, Katie M. 
 Bickford, d. Sept. 4, 1910; children: 
 
 Florus W., b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. March 
 29, 1894; Annie M., b. March 11 ; 1868, 
 m. Blanchard Fowler. Residence. 
 Short Falls (Epsom), N. H. 
 
 Cottle, Marion Weston 
 
 Lawyer; b., Buffalo N. Y.; dau. 
 Octavius O. and Fannie (Petrie) Cottle; 
 ed. St. Margaret's School, Buffalo; 
 Wellesley College (special student); 
 New York University, LL.B. 1904; 
 Boston University, LL.M. 1913; Re- 
 publican; in practice of law since 1905; 
 member of the bars of New York, 
 New Hampshire, Massachusetts and 
 Maine, and of the Supreme Court of 
 the United States; lecturer on law for 
 the Redpath Chautauqua System, 
 Washington College of Law, Washing- 
 ton, D. C., and the Brooklyn Institute 
 of Arts and Sciences; member N. H. 
 Bar Ass'n; N. Y. County Lawyers' 
 Ass'n; Women Lawyers' Ass'n; 
 Mass. Ass'n of Women Lawyers; 
 Tau Zeta Epsilon Soc., Wellesley Col- 
 lege; director Carter-Crane Co. (Inc); 
 Associate editor Women Lawyers' 
 Journal; public lecturer on law and 
 suffrage; law offices, No. Conway, N. 
 H., New York City and Tremont 
 Building, Boston, Mass. Residence, 
 New York City; country home, Sylva- 
 of-the-Pines, Intervale, N. H. 
 
 Hoyt-Stevens, Jane Elizabeth 
 
 Physician; b., Concord, N. II., 
 Sept. 23, 1860; dau., Sewel and Han- 
 nah Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoit; ed. 
 Concord public schools, Wellesley 
 College, Woman's Med. Col., N. Y. 
 Infirmary, 1890; University of Leipzig, 
 Germany; assistant N. Y. Infant 
 Asylum '(10th Ave. and 61st St.), 1889- 
 90; resident physician, Lasell Sem- 
 inary, Auburndale, Mass., 1890-1; 
 interne N. E. Hospital, Roxbury, 
 Mass., 1891-2; commenced medical 
 practice in Concord, N. H., June, 1893, 
 continuing since except for absence in 
 foreign travel and study, having made 
 four trips abroad, one of which covered 
 two and a half years, in which she 
 traveled extensively in iMirope and 
 Northern Africa, studying a year and
 
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 a half at the University of Leipzig, 
 and visiting hospitals in many of the 
 great cities; Episcopalian; suffragist; 
 candidate for city physician of Con- 
 cord against several male doctors in 
 1897, and coming within three votes 
 of election; consulting physician on 
 staff of Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, 
 Concord, 1896-7-8; member Amer. 
 Med. Ass'n; N. H. Med. Spc.; Mer- 
 rimack Co. and Center Dist. Med. 
 Socs., Woman's Med. Ass'n, N. Y. 
 City (life); delegate from N. H. Med. 
 Soc. to International Med. Congress, 
 Lisbon, Portugal, 1906; member N. 
 H. Historical Soc. (Necrologist); Con- 
 cord Seaman's Friend Sec. (life, ex- 
 president) ; N. H. Bible Soc. (life) ; Con- 
 cord Female Charitable Soc. (life); 
 Equal Suffrage Ass'n; m., June 26, 
 1907, George Washington Stevens, 
 Claremont, d. April 28, 1916. Resi- 
 dence, 83 No. State St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Bailey, Marshall Henry 
 
 Physician; b., Lisbon, N. H., Jan. 
 24, 1859; s. Israel C. and Jane S. Hunt 
 Bailey; M.D., College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., 1893; 
 commenced practice in Boston, 1896; 
 Medical Adviser Harvard Univ.; phy- 
 sician in charge Stillman Infirmary; 
 Republican; Congregationalist; mem- 
 ber Mass. Medical Soc., Cambridge 
 Medical Improvement Soc., Boston 
 Medical. Library, A. F. & A. M.; m., 
 June 13, 1894, Emma A. Jones, Con- 
 cord, N. H. Residence, 1569 Massachu- 
 setts Ave., Cambridge, Muss. 
 
 Parker, George Amos 
 
 Superintendent of Parks; b., Fitz- 
 william, X. H., April 28, 1853; s. 
 George W. and Julia A. (Depth) 
 Parker; ed. public schools, Mass. Ag- 
 ricultural College, 1876, Boston Uni- 
 versity, Harvard Univ.; headgar- 
 dener, Vassal' College, 1876-9; super- 
 intendent, Cliffdale (Judge Board- 
 man's estate), Ophir Farm (John 
 Roach's estate), supervisor station 
 grounds and approaches N. \ ., X. H. 
 A: H. K. H.; now director Keney Park 
 and superintendent public parks, 
 
 Hartford, Conn.; Congregationalist; 
 Republican ("born and bred"); mem- 
 ber Conn. State Park Commission, 
 Public Market Commission, Hart- 
 ford, Israel Putnam Memorial Camp 
 commission, Conn. Soc., Civil Engin- 
 eers, National Municipal League, 
 American Civic Ass'n, American Soc. 
 Municipal Improvement, S. A. R., 
 A. F. & A. M., Phi Sigma Kappa; 
 University Club, Hartford, Harvard 
 Club of Conn.; m., Dec. 6, 1876, 
 
 Jennie Waterman Richmond, Halifax, 
 Mass., d. 1894; children: Arthur V., 
 A. Richmond, Robert L., Priscilla. 
 Residence, 100 Blue Hill Ave.; office, 
 Municipal Building, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Sanborn, Walter Henry 
 
 Jurist; b., Epsom, X. II., Oct. 10, 
 1S45, s. Henry F. and Eunice (Davis) 
 Sanborn. (Henry F. Sanborn was a 
 state senator and long prominent in 
 public life; Eunice Davis was a 
 granddaughter of Thomas Davis who 
 fought under Prescott at Bunker Hill, 
 served through Ilie Revolution and was
 
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 347 
 
 one of the veterans present addressed 
 by Webster as "Venerable Men" at 
 the laying of the corner-stone of the 
 Bunker Hill Monument in 1825); 
 ed. Pittsfield Academy, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1867 (valedictorian), 
 A.M. 1870, LL.D. 1893; principal 
 Milford, N. H., high school and student 
 at law in the office of Hon. Bain- 
 bridge Wadleigh, Feb. 1867 to Feb. 
 1870; removed to St. Paul, Minn, and 
 was admitted to the bar by the Su- 
 preme Court, Feb. 1871; formed a 
 partnership with his uncle, Gen. John 
 B. Sanborn and practiced with him 
 until commissioned U. S. Circuit 
 Judge for the 8th Judicial Circuit, 
 March 17, 1892, in which position he 
 has continued, having been made pre- 
 siding judge of the U. S. Circuit Court 
 of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, June 4, 
 1903. In his long period of judicial 
 service Judge Sanborn has delivered 
 more than one thousand opinions, 
 many of them involving important 
 and intricate questions of law, which 
 have commanded wide attention, and 
 are cited as authority in all parts of 
 the country; Congregationalist ; Re- 
 publican; member St. Paul City 
 Council, 1878-80, 1885-92; receiver 
 Union Pacific R. R., 1893-8; Chicago 
 & Great Western, 1908-9; St. Louis 
 <fe San Francisco, 1913-15; member 
 A. F. & A. M.; E. C. Damascus Com- 
 mandery No. 1, K. T., St. Paul, 
 1886-8; E. G. C. Grand Commandery, 
 Minnesota, 1889-90; president Union 
 League, 1890, St. Paul Bar Ass'n 
 1890-1; treasurer Minn. Bar Ass'n., 
 1885-92; member S. A. R., Minnesota 
 Historical Soc., Minnesota Club; m., 
 Nov. 10, 1874, Emily F. Bruce, Mil- 
 ford; children: Grace (Mrs. Charles 
 G. Hartin), b. Oct. 1, 1875; Marian 
 (Mrs. Grant Van Sant), b. July 6, 1879 
 (Vassar College) ; Bruce W., b. July 11, 
 1882 (Dartmouth, 1904), (lawyer in St. 
 Paul); Henry F., b. Nov. 11, 1888 (R. R. 
 official, St. Louis, Mo.). Residence, 
 143 Virginia Ave., St. Paul, Minn.; 
 office, P. O. Building, St. Paul; sum- 
 mer home, Epsom, X. II., at the old 
 homestead, held in the family since 
 1752. 
 
 Scammon, John 
 
 Lawyer; b., Stratham, N. H., Sept. 
 3, 1865; s. John James and Rachel 
 (Jewell) Scammon; ed. Exeter high 
 school, Phillips Exeter Academy, Bos- 
 ton University Law School; engaged 
 for a time in mercantile business, and 
 subsequently in railway service, but 
 later resumed the study of law, and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1898, en- 
 tering the office of Eastman & Young 
 in Exeter; on appointment of John 
 
 E. Young to the Supreme Court bench 
 became a member of the firm of East- 
 man, Scammon & Gardiner, and has 
 since continued, the firm, since the 
 death of Gen. Eastman, being Scam- 
 mon & Gardiner; Congregutionalist; 
 Republican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1903 and 1905, serving 
 on judiciary committee each session; 
 member and president N. II. senate, 
 1907; director and president Hampton 
 Water Works Co.; director Union 
 Pub. Co., Manchester; Mason, 32d 
 degree; m., Nov. 27, 1890, Mary G. 
 Dixie, Lynn, Mass.; children: Oscar
 
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 Jewell, b. March 27, 1892; John 
 James, June 22, 1893; Mariana, March 
 17, 1895 (grad. Wheelock School); 
 Henry Glover, May 16, 1897; George 
 Albert, Aug. 20, 1899, sons all in U. S. 
 government service. Residence, Ex- 
 eter, N. H. 
 
 Ryder, Herbert Daniel 
 
 Teacher, lawyer, manufacturer; b., 
 Acworth, N. H., Nov. 12, 1850; s. 
 Daniel A. and Elizabeth A. (Brigham) 
 
 Ryder; ed. public schools, Oberlin, 
 O., Colby Academy, New London, 
 N. H.; Dartmouth College, A.B. 1876, 
 A.M. 1X79; principal Springfield, Vt., 
 high school, three years; studied law 
 with Hon. David Cross and Henry E. 
 Burnhain of Manchester, X. H., and 
 J. W. Pierce of Springfield, Vt.; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1XXO and com- 
 lenced practice in Springfield, re- 
 loving to Bellows Falls a year later 
 here he became principal of the high 
 liool, continuing until 1XX7 when he 
 ecame connected with the manufact- 
 uring firm of Derby and Ball for three 
 
 years; resumed the practice of law in 
 1890 and since 1907 has been the senior 
 member of the law firm of Ryder and 
 Graham; in 1907 became manager of 
 the business conducted under the name 
 of Derby and Ball and has continued 
 the connection ever since; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; chairman Bel- 
 lows Falls board of bailiffs, 1893-5; 
 president of Bellows Falls Village 
 corporation, 1918; deputy collector 
 internal revenue, 1897-1904; state's 
 attorney, Windham County, 1904-6; 
 presidential elector, 1908; member Vt. 
 house of representatives and chairman 
 judiciary committee, 1913; superin- 
 tendent of schools, Bellows Falls, 
 1890-7; chairman school board, town 
 of Rockingham, 1889-1914; examiner 
 of schools for Windham county about 
 twenty years; member Vt. State Board 
 of Education (secretary and treasurer), 
 1913-4; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge, 
 chapter and council), I. O. O. F., P. of 
 H., and Westminster Club; m., Nov. 
 30, 1881, Margaret E. Ball, Spring- 
 field, Vt.; children: Jessie E., b. Feb. 
 18, 1884; Margaret S., b. April 26, 
 1885, m. Edward H. Kenerson, 1905, 
 d. 1909; Helen W., b. June 27, 1887, 
 m. Ralph D. Gilbert, 1912; Charlotte 
 D., b. Sept. 4, 1889, m. Edward H. 
 Kenerson, 1914; Katharine F., b. 
 July 26, 1895; Daniel F., b. Jan. 9, 
 1900; Mary Scott, b. June 18, 1904. 
 Residence, Bellows Falls, Vt. 
 
 Gibson, Harvey Dow 
 
 Banker; b., No. Conway, N. H., 
 March 12, 1882; s. James L. and Ad- 
 die (Dow) Gibson; ed. Bowdoin Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1902; entered employ of 
 American Express Co., and became 
 assistant manager of the financial 
 department of the company in New 
 York; vice-president Raymond ife 
 Whitcomb Co, for a time; in 1912 
 became assistant to the president of 
 Liberty Nat'l Bank, New York; 
 elected vice r president April, 1913, 
 president since Jan. 1, 1917; director 
 Interborough Rapid Transit Co., Pa- 
 cific Fire Ins. Co., Mercantile Trust 
 & Deposit Co., and many other corpor-
 
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 ations; appointed General Manager 
 American Nat'l Red Cross, July, 1917; 
 member War Council and War Fi- 
 nance Com. of same; Overseer Bow- 
 doin College; member Ass'n, for Im- 
 proving Condition of the Poor; Theta 
 Delta Chi, Bankers' Club of America, 
 Union League, New York; Metro- 
 politan Club, Washington, D. C.; 
 Presbyterian; Republican; m., June 
 10, 1903, Carrie Hastings Curtis, 
 Newtonville, Mass. Residence, 52 E, 
 69th St.; business address, 120 Broad- 
 way, N. Y. 
 
 Albee, Ernest 
 
 Educator; b., Langdon, N. H., 
 Aug. 8, 1865; s. Solon and Ellen Lu- 
 cilla (Eames) Albee; ed. University of 
 Vermont, A. B. 1887, Clark Uni- 
 versity, Cornell University, Ph.D., 
 1894 ; instructor in philosophy, Cornell 
 University, Ithaca, N. Y., 1892-1902, 
 assistant professor, 1902-7; professor 
 of philosophy, 1907- ; member Phi 
 Beta Kappa, American Philosophical 
 Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n, 
 City Club, N. Y. City, Town and 
 Gown, Ithaca, Author's, London, 
 Eng. ; editor Philosophical Review, 
 1903-8; Author "A History of English 
 Utilitarianism," 1902. M., Dec. 23, 
 1911, Emily Humphreys Manly. 
 Residence, Ithaca, N. Y. 
 
 Abbott, Leon Martin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Richmond, N. H., Aug. 
 28, 1867; s. Joseph B. and Lydia C. 
 (Martin) Abbott; ed. Keene, N. H., 
 high school, 1885, Mass. Institute of 
 Technology, Harvard College, Harvard 
 Law School, 1887-90; in practice of 
 law in Boston since 1891, member 
 firm of Bates, Nay, Abbott & Dane; 
 Republican; member Boston and Mass. 
 Bar Associations, Boston City Club; 
 prominent in Masonry, Grand Mas- 
 ter Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
 and active 33d degree Mason; trustee 
 of many Masonic and other organiza- 
 tions; m., April 19, 1S94, Florence M. 
 Tallman, Boston. Residence, 797 
 Washington St., Brookline, Mass.; 
 office, Tremont Building, Boston. 
 
 Beal, Frank Johnson 
 
 Merchant; b., Orford, N. H., 
 11, 1862; s. Royal and Josephine 
 (Johnson) Beal; ed. public schools and 
 Orford Academy; engaged in furniture 
 business in Orford for many years; 
 removed to Plymouth in 1903 and en- 
 gaged in the dry goods trade, doing 
 business as "The Beal Co."; Congre- 
 gationalist; Democrat; member N. H. 
 senate from fourth senatorial district, 
 1913-4 (Chairman committee on rail- 
 
 roads), only Democrat ever elected in 
 the district; N. H. Commissioner of 
 Fisheries and Game, 1914-7; member 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; 
 examiner in charge U. S. Department 
 of Labor Service; member A. F. & 
 A. M.; m., July 8, 1891, Elizabeth 
 A very, Orford; children, Ruth Carver, 
 b. IVIarch 15, 1893 (Plymouth high 
 school, 1910, RadclifTe College, 1914), 
 in., June, 1916, Clinton D. Wilson, 
 Danielson, Conn.; Gertrude, b. March 
 2, 1S94, d. Auir. 3, 1S95. Residence, 
 Plymouth. N. H.
 
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 Manahan, William Henry 
 
 Auctioneer; general business; b. , 
 New London, N. H., March 31, 1840; 
 s. John and Lucintha (Felch) Manahan; 
 kinsman of John Manahan, who was 
 born in England in 1744, educated for 
 the army, stationed in Canada, and 
 left with others for New England, 
 joined the patriot forces, fought at 
 Bunker Hill, marched with Arnold 
 through the wilderness to Quebec, was 
 with Stark at Bennington, and ulti- 
 mately located in Francestown; from 
 his younger brother, Adam, born in 
 Ireland about 1760, who came to 
 America in search of John, after the 
 Revolution, William Henry Manahan 
 is descended, his father being Adam's 
 eldest son, He was educated in the 
 public schools, at Colby Academy, New 
 London, and Eaton's Commercial 
 College, Worcester, Mass.; he learned 
 the machinist's trade in youth, later 
 became a practical draughtsman and 
 pursued the calling for several years. 
 In 1862 he located in Hillsbprough, 
 N. H., where he was engaged in lum- 
 bering and milling for several years, 
 adding furniture manufacture to his 
 interests; later commenced operating 
 in real estate, for himself and as agent 
 for others, and from conducting sales 
 necessary to the business, ultimately 
 took up the work of a general auction- 
 eer, and followed the same with re- 
 markable success, establishing a rep- 
 utation second to that of no man in the 
 business in New England; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; moderator of 
 Hillsborough twelve years; justice of 
 the peace and quorum many years, 
 doing a large business; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1885-6, being 
 the first Republican ever elected from 
 Hillsborough; introduced and secured 
 the passage of the act to prevent the 
 double taxation of mortgages; mem- 
 ber N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1889; m., March 31, 18(52, Fannie 
 Harriet Chaffin, Holden, Mass.; chil- 
 dren: Josephine Emily, b. Aug. 14, 
 1863, eel. Worcester Conservatory of 
 Music; Gertrude, b., Sept. 25, 1871 
 (Mrs. Charles H. Adams M.D., Wol- 
 
 laston, Mass.), graduate Plymouth 
 N. H. Normal School, member Old 
 South Chapter, D. A. R., Boston; 
 William Henry, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1877, 
 ed. public schools, Colby Academy 
 and Illinois College of Photography, 
 now in business in Hillsborough. 
 Residence, Hillsborough, N. H. 
 
 Beaton, Alexander Angus 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Flat 
 River, P. E. I., April 7, 1872; s. 
 
 Angus and Christina Ross Beaton; ed. 
 public schools, Dartmouth Medical 
 College, 1897; commenced practice in 
 Webster, N. H., continuing two years; 
 removed to Franklin in 1899, where he 
 has since been in active practice; 
 Presbyterian; Republican; member 
 Franklin City council three years, 
 1910-2; mayor of Franklin two years, 
 1916-7 (elected the last year without 
 opposition, no candidate being nom- 
 inated against him) ; Past Exalted 
 Ruler, Franklin Lodge, B. P. O. E.; 
 Past Noble Grand, Merrimack Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F.; member Webster Encamp-
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 ment, Patriarchs Militant, Colfax 
 Rebekah Lodge; member N. H. Medical 
 Soc., Merrimack Co. Med. Soc. (ex- 
 president) ; president Dartmouth Medi- 
 cal Alumni Ass'n; unmarried. Resi- 
 dence; Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Linehan, John J. 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H., 
 Oct. 9, 1866; s. Col. John C. Linehan, 
 many years state insurance commis- 
 sioner and junior vice commander-in- 
 
 chief of the G. A. R., and Mary E. 
 (Prendergast) Linehan ;ed. in the schools 
 of Penacook and Concord; president 
 and treasurer of the Linehan-Conover 
 Co. of Worcester, corset manufacturers; 
 director of the Park Trust Co., Worces- 
 ter; director of the Corset Manufac- 
 turers' Ass'n of the United States; cor- 
 poration member, St. Vincent Hospital, 
 Worcester; member of the Worcester 
 Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's 
 Republican Club of Massachusetts, 
 Worcester County Republican Club, 
 Shrewsbury Camp, Sons of Veterans, 
 Worcester Lodge, Benevolent and Pro- 
 
 tective Order of Elks, Worcester 
 Country Club, Shrewsbury Club; 
 Roman Catholic; Republican, Roose- 
 velt candidate for delegate to the Re- 
 publican national convention of 1916; 
 "a business man of executive ability 
 and a broad-minded, public -spirited 
 citizen, who believes in helping to 
 upbuild his community"; m. Aug. 29, 
 1893, Elizabeth J. Barrett. Resi- 
 dence, Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Ayers, Joseph Gerrish 
 
 Surgeon; rear-admiral, U. S. N., 
 retired; b., Canterbury, N. H., Nov. 
 3, 1839; s. Charles H. and Almira S. 
 (Gerrish) Ayers; ed. University of 
 Vermont and Columbia University, 
 New York; served in 15th N. H. Vols., 
 as second and first lieutenant, 1862-3; 
 appointed acting assistant surgeon, 
 U. S. N., Dec. 17, 1864; honorably 
 discharged, Sept. 24, 1866; appointed 
 assistant surgeon, Oct. 8, 1866; passed 
 assistant surgeon, Oct. 12, 1869; 
 surgeon, Jan. 7, 1878; medical in- 
 spector, Feb. 25, 1879; medical director, 
 Dec. 12, 1898; retired with rank of 
 rear-admiral, Nov. 3, 1901; fleet 
 surgeon, Asiatic station, 1895-7; m., 
 July 11, 1864, Olinda H. Austin, 
 Sitka, Alaska. Residence, Port Jer- 
 vis, N. Y. 
 
 Andrews, Herbert Marston 
 
 Clergyman; b., Enfield, N. H., 
 Sept. 9, 1851; s. Randall and Rhoda 
 (Choate) Marston; ed. Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1876, A.M. 1881; Grand 
 Union Theological Seminary, 1879; 
 ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal 
 church, 1879, priest, 1880; in pastoral 
 work in New York, 1879-81; rector, 
 Littleton, N. H., 1881-3; stated supply 
 Congregational Church, Bethlehem, 
 N. II., 1883-4; pastor, Franklin, N. H., 
 1884-5; Enfield, N. H., 1885-6; 
 Peacham, Vt, 1887-8; Romeyn 
 Chapel (Presbyterian), New York, 
 1889-90; Missionary Presbyterian 
 Church, U. S., in India, 1890-9; presi- 
 dent Woodstock College, India, 1899- 
 1915; retired. Residence, 2625 Frank- 
 lin St., Bellingharn, Washington.
 
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 353 
 
 Woodward, Susan Jones (Wentworth) 
 (Mrs. Susan Jones Woodward), b. 
 Sandwich, N. H., Aug. 4, 1856, dau. 
 Col. Joseph and Sarah Payson (Jones) 
 Wentworth; descended from Elder 
 William Wentworth of Dover, the 
 first immigrant; great granddaughter 
 John Wentworth of Dover, member of 
 the Continental Congress; also great 
 granddaughter Col. Amos Cogswell 
 of Dover, who served eight years dur- 
 ing the Revolution, was an original 
 member of the Order of the Cincin- 
 nati and afterwards president of the 
 N. H. Branch; ed. Concord high school, 
 1875. Mrs. Woodward was the sec- 
 ond woman to serve on the Concord 
 Board of Education, being appointed 
 Nov. 18, 1895 to fill out the unex- 
 pired term of Parsons B. Cogswell, 
 elected by popular vote, 1896-1902, 
 and served as secretary, 1899-1902; 
 member South Congregational Church, 
 Concord Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Strat- 
 ford (Shakespeare) Club (president, 
 1895-8), Concord Woman's Club, 
 serving as chairman of various com- 
 mittees, Concord Female Charitable 
 Soc. (life), Hospital Associates, District 
 Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization 
 Soc., Woman's Ass'n South church, 
 Red Cross; m., Charles Webster 
 Woodward of Concord, June 26, 1879 
 (he d. Sept. 24, 1900); child: Sarah 
 Jones Woodward, b. June 1, 1883 (see 
 p. 87). Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Chase, Stuart 
 
 Writer, accountant; b. Somers- 
 worth, N. H., March 8, 1888; s. 
 Harvey Stuart and Aaronette (Rowe) 
 Chase; ed. Mass. Institute of Tech- 
 nology, 1907-8; Harvard University, 
 B.S., cum laude 1910; member firm of 
 Harvey S. Chase & Co., Boston; direc- 
 tor N. E. Stamp Co., member American 
 Institute of Accountants, Certified 
 Public Accountants of Massachusetts; 
 Phi Gamma Delta; Author "A Honey- 
 moon Experiment," 1916; contributor 
 to the New Republic, Survey, Good 
 Housekeeping, etc.; m., July 5, 1914, 
 Margaret Hatfield, Newton, Mass. 
 Residence, 1697 Commonwealth Ave., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 24 
 
 Child, Edwin Leighton 
 
 Farmer and butter maker; b., 
 Cornish, N. H., May 15, 1867; s. 
 William H. and Ellen Frances (Leigh- 
 ton) Child; ed. public schools, N. H. 
 State College, University of Vermont 
 Dairy School, 1897; instructor in 
 dairy school for -a time after gradua- 
 tion; superintendent Cornish, N. H., 
 Creamery, 1897-1909; Sanborn's 
 Creamery, Leavitt's Hill, Deerfield, 
 1909-12; Pembroke Creamery (pro- 
 
 prietor) since 1912; Congregatioualist 
 (deacon Pembroke church); Repub- 
 lican; director and first president, 
 Suncook Bank; member A. F. & A. M., 
 Jewell Lodge and Hiram Chapter, 
 Suncook; 1. O. O. F., Howard Lodge 
 (past Noble Grand), Hildreth En- 
 campment; P. of H., Master Park 
 Grange, Cornish Flat, six years, dis- 
 trict deputy, X. H. State Grange, 
 two years; president Suncook Board 
 of Trade, 1915; superintendent of ex- 
 hibits, Granite State Dairymen's 
 Ass'n, 1908-17; received gold medal 
 for butter exhibited at Paris exposi- 
 tion, 1900, and Pan-American, Buffalo, 
 1901; only one coining to New
 
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 Hampshire in each case; m., Feb. 15, 
 
 1894, Ida L. Ford, Danbury, N. H.; 
 children: Ford Leighton, b. Feb. 2, 
 
 1895, d. Jan. 7, 1904; Roswell Towle, b. 
 Oct. 19, 1903 (N. H. College 1921); 
 Edna Lizzie, b. Oct. 19, 1903 (student 
 Pembroke Academy). Residence, Pem- 
 broke, N. H. 
 
 Tuck, Edward 
 
 Retired banker, philanthropist, b., 
 Exeter, N. H., Aug. 24, 1842; s. Amos 
 and Sarah Ann (Nudd) Tuck; ed. 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth 
 ' College, A.B. 1862, LL.D. 1903; U. S. 
 vice-consul, Paris, France, 1864-6; 
 engaged in foreign banking many 
 years, New York and Paris. Gave 
 the Amos Tuck Endowment Fund to 
 Dartmouth College in memory of his 
 father, Dartmouth, 1835, who was 
 also a trustee, 1857-66; erected the 
 building for the Tuck School of Ad- 
 ministration and Finance, Dartmouth, 
 1899, also endowed Foundation for 
 instruction in French Language and 
 Literature, Dartmouth, making a total 
 of more than a million dollars given to 
 this institution; in 1903 founded and 
 endowed Hopital Stell, Reuil, near 
 Paris, greatly enlarged since the be- 
 ginning of the war; 1911, gave to the 
 N. H. Historical Soc. the sumptuous 
 granite building at Concord, costing 
 nearly half a million; this will be 
 supplemented in the near future by a 
 magnificent museum on the same lot 
 for the housing of the valuable Tuck 
 collections. Has made liberal gifts 
 to his native town, including a com- 
 pletely equipped cottage hospital; 
 also to Phillips Exeter Academy. 
 Officier Le"gion d'Honneur, laureate 
 Acade"mie Francaise; member ad- 
 visory council American Red Cross in 
 Europe; N. Y. clubs, Metropolitan 
 and Union League; m., 1872, London, 
 Eng., Julia Stell, dau. William Shorter 
 Stell of Philadelphia. She was made 
 Chevalier de la L6gion d'Honneur, 
 1917, and ably co-operates in all her 
 husband's benevolence. Since 1914 
 Mr. and Mrs. Tuck have devoted their 
 entire time to war relief. "Since the 
 
 days of Lafayette no American has 
 done more to cement the bonds of 
 friendship existing between France 
 and the United States than has Ed- 
 ward Tuck." Residence, 82 Champs 
 Elyse"es, Paris, Vert Mont, Reuil 
 France. 
 
 Baker, Benjamin Ward 
 
 Physician, superintendent N. H, 
 School for Feeble-Minded Children; b., 
 New Boston, N. H., Aug. 6, 1874; 
 s. Benjamin F. and Annie (Ward) 
 
 Baker; ed. McCollum Institute, Mont 
 Vernon, N. H., 1895, Dartmouth 
 Medical College, 1898, post-graduate 
 work at Harvard Medical College, 
 and psychiatrical studies in the hos- 
 pitals of England and Scotland; as- 
 sistant physician and assistant super- 
 intendent, Taunton State Hospital, 
 Taunton, Mass., for eleven years; 
 appointed superintendent of the N. H. 
 School for Feeble-Minded Children, 
 July 1, 1910; Mason; member of Bel- 
 knap County Medical Soc., American
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Medico-Psychological Soc., American 
 Soc. for the Study of the Feeble- 
 Minded, N. H. Soc. Charities and Cor- 
 rections, New England Soc. of Psychi- 
 atry; Episcopalian; Republican; m., 
 May 22, 1912, Mary Andrews of La- 
 conner, Washington; dau., Barbara 
 Ward, b. Jan. 27, 1918. Residence, 
 Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Graves, Eli Edwin 
 
 Physician; b., Jericho, Vt., Sept. 
 9, 1847; s. Daniel H. and Lusetta R. 
 
 (N'ush) ( i raves; cd. public schools, 
 Essex Classical Institute, University 
 of Vermont, Medical Department, 
 M.D. 1H()8; Post graduate work at 
 Post Graduate School of Medicine, 
 Harvard College and Massachusetts 
 General Hospital; located in practice in 
 Boseawen, N. 11., immediately after 
 graduation, Sept. 17, 1808, and con- 
 tinued till removal to Penacook, Oct. 
 20, 1S97; Congregationalist ; Republi- 
 can; superintendent of schools, Bos- 
 eawen, 1S70-1 ; health officer from the 
 establishment of the office; library 
 
 trustee from the establishment of the 
 town library; probation officer; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1888-9; chairman Boscawen water 
 board; moderator Boscawen school 
 meetings since 1870, having been ab- 
 sent but once; member American 
 Medical Ass'n, American Public 
 Health Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc., 
 Center District and Merrimack County 
 Medical Soc., N. H. Surgical Club, 
 N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Horti- 
 cultural Soc., etc.; A. F. & A. M.; 
 I. O. O. F.; now acting medical di- 
 rector of United Life & Accident Ins. 
 Co.; surgeon for B. & M. R. R. for 
 Concord and vicinity; m., Dec. 18, 
 1872, Martha A. Williams, Essex, Vt.; 
 d. Jan. 29, 1893; children: Robert J., 
 b. June 22, 1878 (see sketch, p. 89) ; 
 Katharine L. (Mrs. Henry C. Rolfe), 
 b. March 17, 1880. Residence, Pena- 
 cook, N. H. 
 
 Wyman, Louis Eliot 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lviin, Mass., Aug. 2, 
 1878; s. Louis A." and Edith E. (Mer- 
 riam) Wyman; ed. Lynn public 
 schools, Harvard College, 1900; Har- 
 vard Law School, 1902; removed to 
 Manchester, N. H., in December, 1902, 
 to enter the law firm of Taggart, Tuttle 
 & Burroughs, with which, with some 
 changes in membership he has since 
 been connected; Universalist; Re- 
 publican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1909-10, serving on 
 Judiciary Committee and taking an 
 active part in legislation; member 
 Rotary, Calumet, Derryfield and Inter- 
 vale Country clubs; in., June 1, 1904, 
 Alice S. Crosby, Manchester; children: 
 Eliot N., b. March 26, 1905; Esther 
 M., b. Dec. 19, 1907; Louis C. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Lane, Edward Austin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Carroll, N. H., Nov. 
 27, 1852; s. Richard and Hannah 
 (King) Lane, reared in the town of 
 Whitefield; ed. public schools, Little- 
 ton, N. H., high school; studied law 
 and admitted to the N. H. bar, March, 
 1879, and in Jan., 1905, to the Su-
 
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 preme Court of the United States; 
 commenced practice in Pittsfield in 
 1881; was counsel for respondent in 
 the well-known Munsey extradition 
 case which was twice before the N. H. 
 supreme court and finally went to the 
 Supreme Court of the United States, 
 and in which many mooted extradition 
 
 points were settled; Unitarian; Re- 
 publican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1809-10; trustee and 
 president Farmers Savings Bank of 
 Pittsfield; trustee Pittsfield Academy; 
 has served as trustee of the public 
 library, chairman of the board of edu- 
 cation and president of the Pittsfiekl 
 board of trade; member A. F. & 
 A. M., Eastern Star, K. of P. and 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n; chairman committee 
 to raise Pittsfield's quota for Y. M. C. 
 A. war work member Pittsfield branch 
 Amer. Red Cross, and chairman home 
 service section; member local Liberty 
 Loan Committee; m., May 24, 1882, 
 Annie A. Barter, Concord. Resi- 
 dence, Pittsfield, N. H. 
 
 Cain, John Leavitt 
 
 Physician; b., Goshen, N. H., 
 Sept. 26, 1856; s. George W. and 
 Cynthia J. (Leavitt) Cain; (reared in 
 Croydon where he removed with his 
 parents in childhood); ed. public 
 schools, Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, 1880; Dartmouth College 
 and Dartmouth Medical School, 1884; 
 post-graduate course in Bellevue Med- 
 ical College, N. Y.; commenced prac- 
 tice in Grantham in 1883, continuing 
 four years, when he removed to New- 
 port where he has since remained, es- 
 tablishing a wide practice; Liberal; 
 Democrat; member of board of health 
 for twenty years; member A. F. & 
 A. M., Knight Templar and Shriner; 
 I. O. O. F., and other orders; Sullivan 
 
 Co. Medical Sor., N. H. Medical Soc., 
 American Medical Ass'n.; in., Dec. 19, 
 1900, Lillian G. Mathews, Sunapce; 
 children, John Leavitt, Jr., b. Feb. 20, 
 1904, d. Feb. 25, 1904; William Leav- 
 itt, b. May 29, 1905; John Haeckel, b. 
 July 19, 1906; Cynthia Jane, b. Marcli 
 8, 1910. Residence, Newport, N. H.
 
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 359 
 
 Robie, Charles Warren 
 
 Express manager; b., New Hamp- 
 ton (Winona), N. H., July 28, 1866; 
 s. William R. and Harriet M. (Chase) 
 Robie; ed. public schools, Meredith, 
 N. H., high school; entered the 
 service of the American Express Co. 
 at Plymouth, N. H., at eighteen years 
 of age and continued with the company 
 up to July 1, 1918, when the express 
 companies of the country were unified 
 in one concern, now known as the 
 American Railway Express Co.; went 
 from Plymouth to Lowell, Mass., as 
 a clerk; was soon transferred to Bos- 
 ton, as clerk in the superintendent's 
 office; afterward sent to Springfield, 
 Mass., as route agent; after five years 
 was appointed superintendent, with 
 headquarters at Boston, holding the 
 position ten years; in 1906 was ap- 
 pointed assistant general manager in 
 charge of the New England Depart- 
 ment, which title was afterwards 
 changed to manager, and on July 1, 
 1918, was appointed general manager, 
 New England Department, American 
 Railway Express Co., with head- 
 quarters in Boston; Baptist; Repub- 
 lican; member Boston Chamber of 
 Commerce; City, Exchange, Algon- 
 quin, Economic clubs, Boston; Traffic 
 Club of New England (president, 
 1917); Wonolancet Club, Concord, 
 N. H., and others; accompanied the 
 Boston Chamber of Commerce party 
 on a tour of Europe in 1911; also 
 visited South America with a similar 
 party in 1913; in., Sept. 4, 1890, 
 Lizzie M. Woodward, Lowell, Mass.; 
 one son, Harold William, b. Somer- 
 ville, Mass., July 17, 1892; ed. Mitch- 
 ell's Military School for Boys, 
 Billerica, Mass., Newton Technical 
 high school, N. H. College, and Cor- 
 nell University; enlisted with 14th 
 (Ry.) Engineers, Co. D, June 17, 
 1917, was with the first regiment of 
 American soldiers to parade the 
 streets of London under arms, wont 
 into actual service Aug. 17, was with 
 the British a year and has since been 
 with the American forces. Resi- 
 dence and summer home, Rock Ridge 
 
 Farm, Winona, N. H.; Boston home, 
 City Club; office, 43 Franklin St., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Claggett, Fred Porter 
 
 Physician; b., Newport, N. H., 
 Jan. 18, 1869; s. Rufus P. and Frances 
 F. (Carr) Claggett; ed. Newport high 
 school, Kimball Union Academy, Mer- 
 iden, 1890, Dartmouth College, 1897 
 Dartmouth Medical College, 1897; 
 Boston City hospital, 1897; in practice 
 
 in Newport since graduation; pur- 
 sued a post graduate course at Har- 
 vard in 1910; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; member Newport school 
 board; trustee Carrie F. Wright Hos- 
 pital, member corporation Citizens 
 National Bank; Mason, Knight Tem- 
 plar; member American Med. Ass'n, 
 N. II. Med. Ass'n, N. II. Surgical Club, 
 Sullivan Co. Med. Ass'n.; m., Aug. '2, 
 1898, Gertrude M. Tubbs, Newport; 
 children: Rogers H., b. Aug. 15, 1899 
 (Worcester, Mass., Academy); Louise 
 b. Sept. 12, 1903; Barbara, b. Jan. 27, 
 1912. Residence, Newport, N. H.
 
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 Barnard, Charles Daniel 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bedford, N. H., Feb. 15, 
 1873; s. Henry T. and H. Louisa 
 (Hunter) Barnard; ed. public schools 
 of Bedford and Merrimack, N. H., 
 McGaw Institute, Reed's Ferry, and 
 George Washington University, Wash- 
 ington, D. C.; studied law and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1905, commencing 
 practice as an associate of Hon. Cyrus 
 A. Sulloway and Moodybell S. Ben- 
 nett; Congregationalist ; Republican; 
 
 member N. H. house of representatives 
 from Ward 4, Manchester, 1909-10; 
 secretary to Senator Henry E. Burn- 
 ham, 1910-13; city solicitor of Man- 
 chester, 1913 to Jan. 1918; member 
 A. F. & A. M., Knight Ternplar and 
 Shriner, I. O. O. F., Amoskeag Veterans, 
 Derryfield and Calumet Clubs, Man- 
 chester; nominated as Republican can- 
 didate for councilor from the 3d N. H. 
 district in the September, 1918, pri- 
 mary; m., Dec 31, 1904, Mabelle W. 
 Wright; one son, Charles Henry, b. 
 Sept., 28, 1907 Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 Bailey, Irving Widmer 
 
 Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug. 
 15, 1884; s. Solon I. and Ruth Elaine 
 (Poulter) Bailey; ed. Harvard Uni- 
 versity, A.B. 1907, M.F. 1909; as- 
 sistant in botany, Harvard, 1909-10; 
 instructor in forestry, 1910-12; as- 
 sistant professor since 1912; secretary 
 Bussey Institution for Research in 
 Applied Biology; member forestry 
 committee, National Research Coun- 
 cil; Fellow American Academy, Arts 
 and Sciences; member Soc. of American 
 Foresters, Soc. Naturalists of America; 
 Harvard Club, Boston; m., June 15, 
 1911, Helen Diman Harwood, Little- 
 ton, Mass. Residence, 42 Shepard 
 St., Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Brown, Emma Elizabeth 
 
 Author; illustrator; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Oct. 18, 1847; dau. John F. and 
 Elizabeth (Evans) Brown; ed. public 
 schools and private instruction; author 
 of Lives of Washington, Grant, Gar- 
 field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James 
 Russell Lowell and others, constitut- 
 ing a series of fifteen volumes; "Spare 
 Moment Series" (6 vols.); "From Night 
 to Light"; "The Child Toilers of the 
 Boston Streets"; "Huldah" (verse) and 
 many Sunday School books; frequent 
 contributor to magazines. Residence, 
 1925 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 Remick, Helen Lorraine Benedict 
 
 (Mrs. Charles G. Remick), b. Corn- 
 wall, Vt. ; dau. Abel Jerome and Helen 
 Adaline (Peck) Benedict; ed. Middle- 
 bury, Vt., high school, Petersilea 
 academy, Boston, Mass.; president, 
 Concord Music Club, 1902-5, 1914- ; 
 president Concord Equal Suffrage 
 League, 1913-6 (secretary four pre- 
 ceding years) ; vice-president Concord 
 Oratorio Soc., 1911- ; on committee for 
 biennial of National Federation of 
 Music Clubs, held at Peterboro, N. H., 
 1918; trustee of Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary; 
 for several years chairman of music 
 committee, Concord Woman's Club; 
 for three years on executive board of 
 FYiendly Club; member N. H. Histori-
 
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 cal Soc., Concord Female Charitable 
 Soc., District Nursing Ass'n, Charity 
 Organization Soc., Capital Grange, 
 Woman's Hospital Associates, Friendly 
 Club, Woman's Club, Music Club, 
 N. H. Audubon Soc., Woman's Board 
 of Foreign Missions, Woman's Council 
 of National Defence, Red Cross, 
 Concord S. P. C. A., Wild Flower Club, 
 Equal Suffrage League, Golf Club, 
 Woman's Ass'n South Church, Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; m., Con- 
 cord, N. H., Feb. 4, 1891, Charles 
 Granville Remick, banker; children, 
 Helen Lorraine, St. Mary's School, 
 1914, student New School of Design, 
 Boston, 1914- ; Pauline, St. Mary's 
 School, 1914, student of violin with 
 Jacques Hoffmann, Boston. Resi- 
 dence, Park Ridge, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Burnham, Sylvester 
 
 Clergyman; educator; b., Exeter, 
 N. H., Feb. 1, 1842; s. Edwin and 
 Alice (Dennett) Burnham; ed. Bow- 
 doin College, A.B. 1862, A.M. 1865; 
 Newton Theological Institution, 1873; 
 student at different times in German 
 Universities; ordained Baptist minis- 
 try, 1873; pastor, Amherst, Mass., 
 1873-4; teacher Greek and German, 
 Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1874-5; 
 professor Semitic languages and Old 
 Testament interpretation, since 1875, 
 and dean, 1893-1910, Theological 
 Seminary of Colgate University; mem- 
 ber Soc. of Biblical Literature and 
 Exegesis, American Philological Ass'n, 
 Council of 70 of American Institute of 
 Sacred Literature; author "Manual 
 of Old Testament Interpretation," 
 1882, "Elements of Syriac Grammar," 
 1884, "Element of Biblical Hermenen- 
 tics," 1916; m., June 28, 1876, Miriam 
 M. Tucker, Amherst, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Woodbury, Frank Ernest 
 
 Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, X. H., 
 July 26, 1881; s. Frank C. and Re- 
 becca A. (Merrill) Woodbury; ed. 
 Concord, N. H., high school, 1899, 
 Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Mich., 
 LL.B. 1907; admitted to the New 
 
 Hampshire bar June 1910; commenced 
 practice in Suncook, but removed to 
 Franklin in 1911, where he has con- 
 tinued; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 member, N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1912; judge Franklin Municipal 
 court, 1913-14; member Franklin 
 Lodge, B. P. O. E., Daniel Webster 
 Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, Nes- 
 mith Camp, Modern Woodmen of 
 America; Patrons of Husbandry, Theta 
 Lambda Phi law fraternity; m., Aug. 28, 
 
 1912, Maybelle C. Daniels; children, 
 Frank E., Jr., b. June 12, 1914; Fern, 
 b. Jan. 12, 1916; Mary, b. Sept. 6, 
 1917. Residence, Franklin, X. H. 
 
 Blackburne, Mary Frances Blaisdell 
 
 Author; b., Manchester, N. H., April 
 20, 1874; dau. Clark and Clara M. 
 Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., training school, 1895; 
 taught in Brockton, Mass., 1896-1901, 
 Medford, Mass., 1901-1912; author 
 "Child Life in Tale and Fable," 1899; 
 "Child Life in Many Lands," 1900; 
 "Child Life in Literature," 1900; "The
 
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 363 
 
 Child Life Primer," 1901; "The Blais- 
 dell Spellers," 1901; "The Child Life 
 Fifth Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and 
 His Friends," 1907; "Polly and Dolly," 
 1909; "Tommy Tucker's Book," 1911; 
 "Cherry Tree Children," 1912; "Twi- 
 light Town," 1912; "Pretty Polly 
 Flinders," 1914; "Bunny Rabbit's 
 Diary," 1915; "Mother Goose Chil- 
 dren," 1916; m., March 17, 1917, 
 Edward Best Blackburne. Residence, 
 West Medford, Mass. 
 
 Webster, Lorin 
 
 Clergyman and educator; b., Clare- 
 mont, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. Lorin 
 Atkinson and Sophronia (Pierce) Web- 
 ster; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord; 
 Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.), 
 A.B. 1880, A.M. 1883; Berkeley Divin- 
 ity School, 1883; L.H.D., Trinity, 1908; 
 ordained deacon and priest, P. E. 
 Church, 1883; master Holderness School 
 for Boys, 1883^; rector St. Mark's 
 parish, Ashland, N. H., 1884-92; rector 
 and head master Holderness School 
 for Boys; since 1892; proprietor and 
 director Camp Wachusett (for boys), 
 Asquam Lake, N. H., since 1903; 
 president N. H. Educational Council, 
 1908-10; N. H. Schoolmasters, 1908- 
 9; president Grafton Co. Agricultural 
 Soc., 1893-6; president Plymouth Fair 
 Ass'n, 1896-9; president N. H. Music 
 Teachers' Ass'n, 1899^1902; member 
 Psi Upsilnn Fraternity, Phi Beta 
 Kappa, A. F. & A. M.; author of several 
 musical compositions, one of which has 
 been published in England; m., July 10, 
 1884, Jennie Josephine Adams, Spring- 
 field, N. H.; children: Harold Adams, 
 b. Aug. 12, 1885 (See page 134) ; Bertha 
 Loraine, b. June 24, 1887; Jerome Pierce, 
 b. Aug. 2, 1888. Residence, Holderness 
 School, Holderness, N. H. (Plymouth, 
 P. O.). 
 
 Webster, Jennie Josephine Adams 
 
 (Mrs. Lorin Webster), club-woman; 
 b., Springfield, N. H., dau. Daniel 
 Noyes and Calista A. (Richardson) 
 Adams; ed. in high school and by 
 tutors; m. July 10, 1884, Rev. Lorin 
 Webster, L.H.D.; children: Harold 
 Adams, Bertha Loraine, Jerome Pierce; 
 
 president Pemigewasset Woman's Club, 
 Plymouth, 1900-2, 1903-4; president 
 N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs, 
 1907-9; member N. H. Executive 
 Com., Nat. Civic Federation; N. H. 
 Soc. of Colonial Dames of America; 
 Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests; 
 N. H. Board of Am. Red Cross, 1909, 
 1918; Am. Home Economics Ass'n, 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Friendly Club 
 (Concord), Neighbors' Friendly Club 
 (Holderness); Episcopalian; Suffragist; 
 organized Asquamchumauke Chapter, 
 D. A. R., Plymouth, 1911 (regent from 
 1911); state chairman of Com. for the 
 Preservation of Historic Spots, 
 D. A. R. (Rev. Lorin Webster, 
 Harold A. and Jerome P. Webster 
 are recorded in this work.) Bertha 
 Loraine Webster was graduated from 
 St. Mary's School (Concord), 1905, 
 Vassar College, 1909; studied at the 
 Boston Art Museum; Art Students' 
 League, New York City; taught art in 
 the Misses Tewksbury's School, Scars- 
 dale, N. Y.; m., William Starr, Oct. 10, 
 1917, and lives at Hope House, Easton, 
 Maryland. Mrs. Webster lives at 
 Holderness School, Holderness, (Ply- 
 mouth P. O.),N. H. 
 
 Webster, Jerome Pierce 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Ashland, 
 N. H., Aug. 2, 1888; s. Lorin and Jennie 
 Josephine (Adams) Webster; ed. Hol- 
 derness School, 1906; Trinity College, 
 1910; Johns Hopkins Med. School, 
 1914; surgical interne, Johns Hopkins 
 Hospital, 1914; assistant resident sur- 
 geon, 1915; appointed by Secretary Lan- 
 sing special assistant to Ambassador 
 Gerard, inspecting prison camps in 
 Germany, March 3, 1916; returning 
 home with Ambassador Gerard, was 
 commissioned 1st lieutenant in Medical 
 Officers' Reserves in August, 1917, 
 stationed at Camp Benjamin Harrison, 
 Indiana, and in November transferred 
 to the 30th Engineers, at Camp 
 American University, Washington, 
 D. C.; in service in Franco since De- 
 cember 1917; promoted 1st lieutenant 
 in Medical Corps. U. S. Regular 
 Army, and decorated with the Croix de
 
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 366 
 
 Guerre; Protestant Episcopal; mem- 
 ber Psi Upsilon Fraternity (Trin- 
 ity College), Pithotomy Club (Johns 
 Hopkins Med. School). Residence, 
 Holderness School, Holderness, N. H. 
 (Plymouth P. O.). 
 
 Abbott, Frances Matilda 
 
 Literary and genealogical work; 
 b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 18, 1857, 
 dau. John and Matilda (Brooks) Ab- 
 bott; desc. from Massachusetts pioneers 
 (George Abbot, Andover, 1640; An- 
 thony Morse, Newbury, 1635; Capt. 
 Thomas Brooks, Watertown, 1636; 
 Thomas Boylston, Watertown, 1635; 
 John Cogswell, Ipswich, 1635); great- 
 great-granddaughter of Samuel Brooks 
 of Medford who was first cousin to 
 President John Adams, also nephew 
 to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, F. R. S., who 
 introduced inoculation for smallpox 
 into America (1721); great-grand- 
 daughter of Thomas Brooks of Charles- 
 town, who was first cousin to Gen. 
 John Brooks, governor of Massachu- 
 setts, 1816-23 ; ed. Concord schools, 
 high school, 1875; private instruction 
 with Moses Woolson; A.B., Vassar 
 College, 1881 (first Concord girl to 
 take a degree); contributor to news- 
 papers and magazines, including, The 
 Forum, North American Review, The 
 Century, N. E. Magazine, Popular Science 
 Monthly, Wide Aimke, Youth's Com- 
 panion, Frank Leslie's; wrote section 
 on "Domestic Customs and Social 
 Life" in new History of Concord, 1903; 
 one of the writers of The Genealogical 
 and Family History of New Hamp- 
 shire, 1908; author, "Birds and Flow- 
 ers about Concord, N. H.," 1906, 
 "The Simple Single," 1909; profes- 
 sional genealogist since 1906; edited 
 many local memoirs and biographies; 
 editor of the Woman's Edition of 
 Concord Monitor, May 30, 1896 (first 
 Woman's Edition in state); life mem- 
 ber, Appalachian Mountain Club 
 (Boston), N. H. Memorial Hospital 
 for Women and Children, Concord 
 Female Charitable Soc., Woman's 
 Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A.; mem- 
 ber Stratford (Shakespeare) Club 
 
 (president, 1898-1901), N. H. Histor- 
 ical Soc., Concord Equal Suffrage 
 League, Concord Woman's College 
 Club, Boston Branch of Vassar 
 Alumnae, Ass'n of College Alumnae, 
 Friendly Club, Red Cross, Woman's 
 Ass'n of the South church; founder of 
 the Wild Flower Club (1896) and its 
 president since 1909; Congregation- 
 alist; active suffragist since 1897; 
 press agent N. H. Equal Suffrage 
 Ass'n, 1913-5; in charge of Suffrage 
 Headquarters, Concord, 1914-5; oc- 
 casional speaker on suffrage and nature 
 topics; originator of the movement 
 (1910) to close the Concord retail 
 stores on Monday evenings, thereby 
 shortening the hours of saleswomen. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Morrill, Grace 
 
 Director of Religious Education; b., 
 Concord, N. H., Apr. 15, 1876, dau. 
 Samuel Franklin and Sarah Virgin 
 (Parker) Morrill, descended from 
 Abraham Morrill, Cambridge, Mass., 
 1632, great granddaughter of Gen. 
 Acquilla Davis, Warner, N. H., who 
 served in Revolution and War of 1812, 
 granddaughter Deacon Caleb Parker, 
 Concord; ed., Concord high school, 
 1895, Vassar College, A.B., 1*99; stu- 
 dent Dartmouth School of Religious 
 Education, Hanover, N. H., summer of 
 1916-7; student of Religious Educa- 
 tion, Boston University, 1917-8; sub- 
 stitute teacher for several years, one 
 year i i Concord high school, 1901- 
 2, and later in Pembroke Academy; 
 director of Religious Education, South 
 Congregational Church, 1915- ; mem- 
 ber International Religious Education 
 Ass'n; secretary N. E. League Church 
 Assistants, 1916-7; chairman com- 
 mittee of publicity, National League 
 Church Assistants, 1918-; secretary 
 N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; member 
 Boston Branch Vassar Alumnae Ass'n; 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Concord Wo- 
 man's College Club (president, 1915- 
 7), Concord Woman's Club (member 
 executive board six years), Friendly 
 Club (executive board one year). Con- 
 cord Female Charitable Soc., Charity
 
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 Organization Soc., Woman's Auxiliary 
 of Y. M. C. A., Hathaway Outing 
 Club, Red Cross, South Congregational 
 Church, Woman's Ass'n, South Church, 
 N. H. Female Cent Institution (presi- 
 dent of South Church Auxiliary two 
 years). Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Miller, Edward Sherman 
 
 Dentist; b., Ryegate, Vt,, Feb. 13, 
 1866; s. Edward and Eliza- (Gates) 
 Miller; ed. Peacham, Vt., Academy, 
 St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, class of 
 
 1889, Monmouth College, Harvard Uni- 
 versity, Dartmouth College, A.M. 1893, 
 University of Maryland, D.D.S. 1900; 
 member of the United Presbyterian 
 church; Progressive Republican in poli- 
 tics, but not held closely by party ties; 
 member of the X. H. Dental Soc., Sons 
 of the American Revolution, National 
 Geographic Soc., first president Blue 
 Mountain Outing Club; always much 
 interested in out-door life, in moun- 
 tain climbing, and in travel, spending 
 several years in the West, and in 1916, 
 with his family, taking a 10,000 mile 
 
 tour through Canada to the Pacific 
 Coast and into Mexico; the study of 
 the past history of the earth and the 
 life upon it his favorite study; m., 
 June 29, 1901, Edith B. Gibson; chil- 
 dren: Annie B. and Carmen E., died 
 in infancy; Edward G., b. Oct. 10, 
 1904, and Elmon S. G., b. Nov. 13, 
 1911. Residence, Woodsville, N. H. 
 
 Blaisdell, Albert Franklin 
 
 Physician; author; b., South Hamp- 
 ton, N. H., Aug. 31, 1847; s. John 
 Harper and Lvdia (Tuxbury) Blaisdell; 
 ed. Dartmouth College, A.B. 1869, 
 A.M. 1872, M.D. Harvard, 1879; 
 practiced medicine and surgery, Provi- 
 dence, R. I., 1879 to 1893, when he 
 retired; author, "First Steps with 
 American and British Authors," 1879; 
 "Our Bodies and How We Live," 1884; 
 "How to Keep Well," 1885; "Child's 
 Book of Health," 1886; "Stories of the 
 Civil War," 1890; "Stories from English 
 History," 1897; "Practical Physiol- 
 ogy," 1897; "The Story of American 
 History," 1900; "Life and Health," 
 1902; "English History Story Book," 
 1910; "Child's Book of American His- 
 tory," 1913; "Heroic Deeds of American 
 Sailors," 1915; "American History for 
 Little Folks," 1917; m., Mary Atwood 
 Emery, Chatham, Mass., Dec. 17, 
 1879. Residence, Manchester, Mass. 
 
 Carr, Henry James 
 
 Librarian; b., Pembroke, N. H., 
 Aug. 16, 1849; s. James W. and Jane 
 D. (Goodhue) Carr; ed. public schools, 
 Manchester, N. H., and Grand Rapids, 
 Mich.; served as clerk and cashier in 
 business and railroad offices, 1867 to 
 1886; studied law and was admitted to 
 the Michigan bar in 1870, but did not 
 practice; librarian Grand Rapids pub- 
 lic library, 1886-90; organized Free 
 Public library, St. Joseph, Mo., 1890- 
 1; Librarian public library, Scran ton, 
 Pa., since 1891; member American 
 Librarian Ass'n, (treasurer, 1886-93, 
 recorder, 1894-5, vice-president, 1896, 
 secretary, 1898-1900,president, 1900-1) ; 
 m., May 13, 1886, D. Edith Walbridge, 
 Springfield, 111. Residence, Scranton, Pa.
 
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 Clifford, Thomas Fellows 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Dec. 
 1, 1871; s. Thomas Jefferson and Sara 
 Jackson (Fellows) Clifford; ed. public 
 schools, Concord, N. H., and Boston 
 University Law School; studied in the 
 law offices of Lyman D. Stevens and 
 Leach & Stevens, and admitted to the 
 
 N. II. Bar in March, 1898; located in 
 practice in Franklin, September, 1S99; 
 Unitarian; Republican; assistant clerk 
 N. H. senate, 1897, 1899; clerk N. H. 
 senate, 1901, 1903; justice Franklin 
 Police Court, 1900-5; city solicitor 
 Franklin, 1907-11, 1913-19; solicitor 
 Merrimack County, 1905-13; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1913-15; N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1912; secretary Republican 
 state committee, 1900^4; assistant 
 secretary Republican national commit- 
 tee, 1916; member A. F. & A. M., 
 Wonolancet Club, Concord, Derry- 
 field Club, Manchester; Captain 1st 
 N. H. Volunteer Inf. 1898; on staff of 
 Gen. John N. Andrews, 3d brigade, 3d 
 
 division, I. A. C.; m., Nov. 10, 1908, 
 Marguerite E. Tucker, dau. Dr. and 
 Mrs. Henry Tucker, Brattleboro, Vt.; 
 children: Thomas Henry, b. Jan. 25, 
 1911, and Paul Tucker, b. May 2, 1914. 
 Residence, Franklin, N. H. 
 
 ChUd, William Henry 
 
 Farmer; b., Cornish, N. H., Dec. 22, 
 1832; s. Stephen and Eliza (Atwood) 
 Child; ed. public schools and Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden, 1856; Bap- 
 tist, many years deacon of the church, 
 Sunday School superintendent twenty 
 years; Republican; member Cornish 
 school board, 1886-96; member A. F. 
 & A. M., master Cheshire Lodge, 1869- 
 70, District Deputy Grand Master 
 
 Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 1871- 
 2; member Sons of Temperance many 
 years, Patron of Husbandry since 1873; 
 frequent speaker at Farmers' Institutes 
 and other meetings, on the advantages 
 of tile draining, to which he has re- 
 sorted with great success in the im- 
 provement of swamp lands on his own
 
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 farm; devoted much time between 
 1897 and 1912 to the preparation for 
 the press of the "History of Cornish," 
 published in the latter year, and which 
 may be regarded as the crowning work 
 of his life, it having commanded great 
 commendation as one of the best town 
 histories yet published; m., Jan. 1, 
 1857, Ellen F. Lekhton; five children 
 born to them, one dying in infancy and 
 three sons and one daughter surviving. 
 (See sketch of Edwin L. Child else- 
 where in the volume. ) Residence, Cor- 
 nish, N. H. 
 
 Town, Francis Laban 
 
 Colonel, U. S. Army, retired; b., 
 Jefferson, N. H., Jan. 11, 1836; s. 
 Barton G. and Harriet Frances (Tifft) 
 Towne; ed. in the schools of Lancaster, 
 at Dartmouth College, B.S., Class of 
 1856, and M.D., class of 1860; in 1859 
 appointed school commissioner for 
 Coos county and member of the state 
 board of education; entered the Med- 
 ical Corps, U.S. Army, May 28, 1861, 
 as assistant surgeon, with the rank of 
 first lieutenant; served in the Army of 
 the Cumberland; in 1863 established 
 the Harvey General Hospital at Mad- 
 ison, Wis., for the disabled soldiers of 
 that state, and subsequently was 
 assigned to other important duties; 
 received the brevets of major and lieu- 
 tenant colonel, March 12, 1865, for 
 "faithful and meritorious services 
 during the war"; after the Civil War 
 served on the Indian frontier and with 
 troops at various army posts; pro- 
 moted captain and assistant surgeon, 
 May 28, 1866, major and surgeon, 
 Oct. 20, 1866; lieutenant colonel and 
 deputy surgeon general, July 10, 1889; 
 colonel and assistant surgeon general, 
 Juno 28, 1894; retired as colonel, U. S. 
 Army, Oct. 10, 1896, then serving as 
 chief surgeon of the Military Depart- 
 ment of Texas; Episcopalian; unmar- 
 ried; member of the Army and Navy 
 Clubs of Washington and New York, 
 of the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion, Order of the Indian Wars, etc. 
 Residence, Lancaster, N. H., summers; 
 San Antonio, Texas, winters. 
 
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 Vaughan, Charles Woodward 
 
 Journalist; b., Laconia, N. H., June 
 30, 1862; s. Orsino A. J. and Mary 
 Elizabeth (Parker) Vaughan; ed. pub- 
 lic schools; Congregationalist ; Demo- 
 crat; member first city council of La- 
 conia, police commissioner of Laconia 
 two terms; trustee N. H. State Nor- 
 mal School; director Laconia National 
 Bank; trustee City Savings Bank of 
 Laconia; vice-president and director 
 
 Laconia Building and Loan Ass'n, 
 director Winneposaukee Telephone Co. ; 
 president and general manager La- 
 conia Press Ass'n, publishing the La- 
 conia Democrat, of which he is the 
 editor; member A. F. & A. M., Knight 
 Templar and 32d degree; Patron of 
 Husbandry; in., Oct. 16, 1882, Florence 
 Elliott. Residence, Laconia, N. H. 
 
 
 Shute, Henry Augustus 
 
 Lawyer; writer; b., Exotor, N. H., 
 Nov. 17, 1856; s. George S. and Joanna 
 (Simpkins) Shute; ed. Harvard Col- 
 lege, A B., 1S79; studied law and ad- 
 mitted to the bar, 1SS2; Republican
 
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 police judge, Exeter, since 1882, ex- 
 cept two years; treasurer Farmers' 
 Ins. Co.; author, "Real Diary of a Real 
 Boy," "Love Letters of Plupy Shute," 
 "Real Boys, 1 ' "A Few Neighbors, ' 
 "The Country Band,' "Farming It," 
 "A Country Lawyer, etc.; contributor 
 to various magazines and newspapers; 
 m., 1st, Oct. 18, 1885, Amelia F. Weeks, 
 d. Jan. 26, 1895; 2d, Aug. 12, 1897, 
 Ella Kent. Residence, Exeter, N. H. 
 
 Sargeant, Frank Wadleigh 
 
 Insurance, president, N. H. Fire Ins. 
 Co.; b., Candia, N. H., March 7, 1860; 
 
 s. Jesse W. and Lydia Anne (Emerson) 
 Sargeant; ed. public schools, Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1881; entered the 
 employ of the N. H. Fire Ins. Co. in 
 Manchester in 1882 and has continued 
 his connection therewith to the present 
 time, having been promoted from one 
 position to another, including that of 
 assistant secretary and secretary, until 
 in 1905, he was made president of the 
 Company, in which office he con- 
 tinues; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 
 member Manchester Police Commis- 
 sion; party nominee for executive 
 councilor in 1911, running largely 
 ahead of his ticket; president Suncook 
 Valley R. R.; director Merchants Na- 
 tional Bank, N.H. Fire Ins. Co.; Mason, 
 Shriner; member Derryfield and Calu- 
 met clubs, Manchester; m., Oct. 14, 
 1885, Lizzie A. French, Manchester; 
 children: French Philbrick, b. Feb. 16, 
 1888 (Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910), now 
 in Marine department, Worthington 
 Pump & Machine Co., Chicago; Paul 
 Emerson, b. March 2, 1892, first lieu- 
 tenant of infantry, National Army. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Hadley, Charles John 
 
 Law and Real Estate; b., Weare, N. 
 H., Aug. 25, 1845; s. John L. and Eliza- 
 beth L. (Cilley) Hadley; ed. public 
 schools; Baptist, Democrat; removed 
 to Iowa in 1865 where he studied law 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1871; 
 in 1877 returned to New Hampshire 
 and engaged in agriculture in his 
 native town; held various town offices 
 in Weare and represented the town 
 in the legislature of 1889; removed to 
 Manchester twenty-five years ago, and 
 was for twelve years engaged with A. J. 
 Lane & Co. in the real estate business, 
 since when he has been in the same 
 business individually; member Patrons 
 of Husbandry and Past Master Amos- 
 keag Grange, Manchester; m., July 10, 
 1879, Ella M. Peaslee, Weare; children: 
 John L., b. April 3, 1881; Ralph, b. 
 March 16, 1886 (Brown University, 
 1907, Harvard Law School, 1910). 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Jump, Herbert Atchinson 
 
 Clergyman; b., Albany, N. Y., 
 July 21, 1875; s. Joseph Burnett and 
 Cynthia (Atchinson) Jump; ed. public 
 schools of Albany, Amherst College, 
 1896; Yale School of Religion, 1899; 
 ordained to the ministry, Feb. 8, 1900; 
 held pastorates successively at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y., Brunswick, Me., New 
 Britain, Conn., Oakland and Redlands, 
 Cal. ; came to Manchester as pastor of 
 the First Congregational (Hanover
 
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 Street) Church, Jan. 1, 1917, since con- 
 tinuing; Congregationalist; Independ- 
 ent; member A. F. & A. ML, I. O. O. F., 
 Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Appala- 
 chian Mountain Club; m., April 20, 
 1908, May Brock, Somerville, Mass.; 
 children: Ellis Burnett, b. Dec. 6, 1909; 
 Laurence Atckinson, b. Oct. 17, 1913; 
 Cynthia, b. Jan. 6, 1915. Residence, 
 Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Conant, John Willis 
 
 Musician; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec. 
 20, 1866; s. Lucian W. and Sarah L. 
 (Baldwin) Conant; ed. public schools, 
 Medford, Mass., high school, 1883; 
 student with Calixa Lavallee and 
 Thomas Tapper, Boston, 1884-90; 
 teacher Meadville, Pa., Conservatory, 
 1890-2; studied abroad, 1892-3; or- 
 ganist St. Luke's Church, Scranton, 
 Pa., 1894-1911; Park Street Church, 
 Boston, 1911-3; director of music, 
 National Cathedral School, Washing- 
 ton, D. C., since 1913; teacher, concert 
 organist and pianist; Fellow American 
 College of Musicians, American Guild 
 of Organists; Episcopalian; m., May, 
 1895, Emily Agnes Hobbs, Medford, 
 Mass., d. 1906. Address, National 
 Cathedral School, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Conant, Ernest Bancroft 
 
 Lawyer; b., Enfield, N. H., May 21, 
 1870; s. Washington Irving and Fanny 
 Ann (Skinner) Conant; ed. Harvard 
 University, A.B. 1895; LL.B. 1898; 
 admitted to bar in Boston in 1898 and 
 practiced there till 1903; law lecturer 
 in Boston Y. M. C. A. evening schools, 
 1900-3; professor of law and dean, 
 Washburn College School of Law, 
 Topeka, Kan., 1900-7; professor of 
 law, University of Nebraska, 1907-13; 
 University of the Philippines, Manila, 
 1913-17; University of Michigan, sum- 
 mer session, 1912; Washington Uni- 
 versity, St. Louis, Mo., since 1917; 
 member American Bar Ass'n, Far. 
 Eastern Bar Ass'n, Phi Delta Phi, 
 Mason 32d degree; Episcopalian; m., 
 June 26, 1906, Alice Widney, Alpha, 
 111. Address, Washington University, 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Thorp, Louis Ashton 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., Dec . 
 7, 1876; s. Frank D. and Julia E. 
 (Boutelle) Thorp; ed. public schools of 
 Manchester, Boston University Law 
 School; admitted to the bar in June, 
 1902, and began practice in Manches- 
 ter, Jan. 1, 1903; member of the well- 
 known firm of Thorp & Abbott (Lee C. 
 Abbott engaged in Y. M.C. A. work in 
 France); Republican; assistant clerk 
 of the N. H. senate, 1901-3; clerk, 
 
 1905-7; assistant clerk, N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention, 1902; member of 
 the Derryfield Club of Manchester; 
 m., April 2(5, 1905, Justyne Elizabeth 
 Burgess, New Haven, Conn.; children: 
 Floyd, b. Nov. 6, 1906; Frank J., b. 
 March 27, 1908. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Cole, Samuel Winkley 
 
 Musician; b., Meriden, N. H., Dec. 
 24, 1848; s. Converse and Mary A. 
 (Winkley) Cole; ed. Kimball Union 
 Academy and N. E. Conservatory 
 of Music; began musical career at
 
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 Portsmouth, N. H., 1877; organist 
 Clarendon Street Baptist Church, 
 Boston, 1882-94 ; teacher in and super- 
 intendent of sight-seeing department 
 in N. E. Conservatory of Music since 
 1883; supervisor of music, Brookline, 
 Mass., since 1884, Dedham, Mass., 
 1886-1906; teacher public school 
 music methods, Boston University, 
 1906-13; produced Haydn's Creation 
 with Dedham high school, 1890 and 
 Handel's Messiah, 1891 the first suc- 
 cessful attempt to present an orato- 
 rio by high school pupils; conductor 
 People's Choral Union, Boston, 1897- 
 1911; author and compiler of various 
 musical publications. Residence, Brook- 
 line, Mass.; office, N. E. Conservatory 
 of Music, Boston. 
 
 Cross, Alvin Benton 
 
 Investment banker; b., Wilmot 
 N. H., July 4, 1858; s. Benjamin G. 
 and Sarah P. (Loverin) Cross (ances- 
 tors settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635); 
 ed. public schools, Kearsarge School of 
 Practice, and private tutors; taught 
 school several terms in youth; unani- 
 mously elected superintendent of schools 
 in the town of Wilmot at 21 years of 
 age; entered employ of Nat'l State 
 Capital Bank, Concord, in 1882 and 
 soon appointed assistant cashier, con- 
 tinuing till 1894, when he resigned 
 to become the representative of the 
 well-known banking firm of A. B. 
 Leach & Co., New York, in New 
 Hampshire and Vermont, since con- 
 tinuing in that position; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member N. H. 
 house of representatives from Ward 5, 
 Concord, 1907-8 and 1909-10; chair- 
 man committee on banks each 
 session; member N. H. senate, 1911-12, 
 then also chairman committee on 
 banks; treasurer, N. H. Home Miss. 
 Soc., since 1901; City treasurer, Con- 
 cord 1902-3; served for some time as 
 clerk of the Margaret Pillsbury General 
 Hospital, also as director and president 
 of the Concord Building & Loan 
 Ass'n, and as treasurer of the South 
 Congregational Church; trustee John 
 H. Pearson trust estate, also of the John 
 
 E. Kimball, Martha E. and Wm. B. 
 Durgin and Franklin Evans estates; 
 director Mt. Washington R. R. ; director 
 and vice-president Concord Light & 
 Power Co. ; member A. F. & A. M., lodge, 
 chapter, council, commandery and 
 shrine; m., Nov. 28, 1882, Elizabeth M. 
 Gage, dau. John Chandler and Hannah 
 C. (Stevens) Gage of Boscawen, a grad- 
 uate, of Penacook Academy of which 
 her father was an incorporator and trus- 
 tee; descended from noted Revolution- 
 ary ancestry, actively interested in all 
 that makes for progress, serving on 
 boards of church and civic organ- 
 izations, as treasurer of the Concord 
 Woman's Club, and now chairman of 
 the genealogical department, D. A. R. 
 and member executive board Concord 
 Dist. Nursing Ass'n. Residence, 19 
 Merrimack St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Cross, Allen Eastman 
 
 Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Dec. 30, 1864; s. Hon. David and 
 Anna Q. (Eastman) Cross; ed. Man- 
 chester high school, Phillips (Andover) 
 Academy; Amherst College, 1886; 
 Andover Theological Seminary, 1891; 
 ordained to the Congregational minis- 
 try, 1891; pastor, Cliftondale, Mass., 
 1891-6; Park Church, Springfield, 
 Mass., 1896-1901; associate minister 
 Old South Church, Boston, 1901-11; 
 travelled and studied mission work all 
 over the world at various mission 
 stations, 1912-13 ; pastor Milford, Mass., 
 1914-; contributor to various maga- 
 zines and newspapers, of sermons, ad- 
 dresses, essays, poems and hymns, the 
 most celebrated and widely read of 
 which is the American Army Hymn 
 (1917), which has already appeared in 
 numerous hymnals and patriotic col- 
 lections; received honorary D.D., 
 Dartmouth College, 1906; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member A. F. 
 & A. M., Monday Club of Congrega- 
 tional Ministers, Boston, Mass.; m., 
 June 11, 1896, Ethelyn L. Marshall, La- 
 coma, N. H.; children: Louise Mar- 
 shall, b., Nov. 9, 1902, d. March 30, 
 1915; Anna Emily, b. March 1, 1907. 
 Residence, Milford, Mass.
 
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 McElwain, Herbert Andrew 
 
 Investment banker; b., Enfield, 
 N. H., April 24, 1877; s. James and 
 Ella R. (Gage) McElwain; ed. public 
 schools, Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, 1899, Dartmouth College, 
 entering the latter with the class of 
 1903 and leaving at the close of the 
 second year to engage in business; 
 went to Springfield, Mass., in 1901, 
 where he became manager of salesmen 
 for the Home Correspondence School 
 of that city. In 1907 he formed a con- 
 nection with Alonzo Elliott, investment 
 banker, of Manchester, N. H.; on the 
 death of Mr. Elliott, in 1909, pur- 
 chased the business, which was in- 
 corporated under the name of Alonzo 
 Elliott & Co., of which corporation he 
 is president, and has continued the 
 same with much success, headquarters 
 being established in Beacon Block, 
 Nos. 308-314, Elm St., Manchester; 
 Republican; member Derryfield, Calu- 
 met and Intervale Country clubs, 
 Manchester City and Dartmouth 
 clubs, Boston; Nashua Country Club, 
 Nashua, N. H.; m., April 18, 1909, 
 R. Dorothy Favreau. Residence, 
 Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Cole, John Adams 
 
 Civil engineer; b., Westmoreland, 
 N. H., Dec. 16, 1838; s. John and 
 Elizabeth (Shaw) Cole; ed. Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden, and special 
 studies; in office of Thomas Doane, 
 civil engineer, Boston, Mass., 1856-9; 
 general field agent Christian Commis- 
 sion, 1862 to close of the Civil War, in 
 charge of work in the armies of the 
 Potomac and the James, directing ex- 
 penditure of more than $3,000,000; civil 
 engineer, Washington, D. C., 1867- ; 
 China o, 1873-1904; engineer Lake 
 View and Hyde Park, 111., and consult- 
 ing engineer for many cities; designed 
 and constructed many water-works 
 and sewerage systems; secreta y and 
 treasurer, trustee Howard University, 
 Washington, D. C., 1867-71; president 
 Chicago Tract Soc., 1911-13; member 
 American Soc. Civil Engineers; Pres- 
 byterian; Republican; m., Dec. 15, 
 
 1870, Julia Mead Alvord, Boston, Mass. 
 Residence, 1346 E. 53d St., Chicago, 
 111. 
 
 Fischer, Herbert Brainerd 
 
 Banker; b., Charlestown, Mass., 
 July 26, 1872; s. Anson B. and Caro- 
 line Frances (Cutler) Fischer; ed. 
 public schools, Charlestown and Marl- 
 borough Mass.; employed several years 
 in early life in the service of the Boston 
 & Maine R. R. at Boston; removed to 
 
 Pittsfield, X. H., in 1901, where he has 
 since been connected with the Pitts- 
 field National Bunk and the Farmers' 
 Savings Bank of that town, of which he 
 is cashier and treasurer, respectively; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican; mem- 
 ber N. II . house of representatives, 
 1907-8 (secretary committee on Re- 
 trenchment and Reform); state senate, 
 1919; Pittsfield town treasurer, treas- 
 urer Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield 
 (Jas Co., Red Cross; chairman Pitts- 
 field Liberty Bond Committee; and 
 war speaker; member Corinthian Lodge 
 A. F. & A. M., Pittsfield; president
 
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 Pittsfield Board of Trade; trained 
 musician, for several years organist 
 and choir-master, Pittsfield Congre- 
 gational Church; m., Oct. 3, 1900, 
 Clara H. M. Goss of Pittsfield, d. 
 Sept. 22, 1906; children: Herbert Car- 
 penter, b. Jan. 25, 1902, d. Jan. 31, 
 1902; Robert H., b. March 2, 1905. 
 Residence, Pittsfield, N. H. 
 
 Robertson, John Evans 
 
 Banking, mercantile and express 
 business; b., Warner, N. H., May 9, 
 
 1843; s. Harrison Darling and Sarah 
 (Evans) Robertson; ed. Pembroke 
 and Henniker Academics and private 
 tutors; engaged in produce trade in 
 Montreal, P. Q., in 1864 in firm of 
 Buck, Robertson & Co.; two years 
 later returned to Warner where he was 
 engaged in a general store till 1874, 
 when he removed to Concord and 
 engaged in banking, as assistant cashier 
 of the National Savings Bank. In 
 1882 engaged in the coal, wood and 
 ice business till 1888, when he sold out; 
 later establishing the Concord Ice Co.; 
 
 also organized the Manchester & 
 Concord Express Co.; Episcopalian; 
 Democrat; served as town clerk and 
 selectman in Warner and as member 
 N. H. house of representatives from 
 that town in 1871-2; treasurer of 
 Merrimack County two years; County 
 Commissioner two years; Mayor of 
 Concord, 1887-8; treasurer Woodsum 
 Steamboat Co., Sunapee Lake, many 
 years; A. F. & A. M., Royal Arch 
 Chapter, Mt. Horeb Commandery, 
 K. T., Mystic Shrine; White Mountain 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Concord Lodge, 
 B. P. O. E.; N. H. Historical Soc.; 
 m., Aug. 15, 1864, Martha A. F. Paige 
 of Montreal, at Bradford, N. H., d. 
 Sept. 1, 1906; three children, all born 
 in Warner, (1) Sarah Darlintr, d., Con- 
 cord, Jan. 19, 1887; (2) Shirley Louisa, 
 m., Concord, Oct. 27, 1892, William A. 
 Whitney of Claremont (one son, John 
 Robertson, b. Claremont, June 23, 
 1895, ed. Stevens high school, Clare- 
 mont, Lehiph University, sergeant 
 Q. M.'s Dept., Richmond, Va.); (3) 
 Carlton Evans, m. Caroline E. Crockett 
 of Concord, Jan. 24, 1900. Residence, 
 Concord, and Sunapee, N. H. 
 
 Sanborn, Eugene Dana 
 
 Farmer; fire insurance; b., Fremont, 
 N. H., Sept. 16, 1868; s. Alvah and 
 Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed. public 
 schools, New Hampton Institution, 
 Gushing Academy,Ashburnham, Mass. ; 
 Universalist; Republican; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1901, 
 serving on Agricultural College com- 
 mittee; legislative messenger three 
 sessions; town clerk eight years; mem- 
 ber Fremont board of selectmen twelve 
 years (present chairman) ; A. F. & 
 A. M. (past master Gideon Lodge of 
 Kingston), U. O. A. M., P. of H. (past 
 master Rockingham County Pomona 
 Grange) ; member Rockingham County 
 Farm Bureau; extensively engaged in 
 agriculture, with dairying as a specialty; 
 also does an insurance business as 
 agent of the Granite State and Rocking- 
 ham County companies; m., Dec. 12, 
 1893, May L. Currier; one son, Cur- 
 tice Sherburne, b. March 16, 1901. 
 Residence, Fremont, N. H.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 377 
 
 Ladd, Fred Newton 
 
 Banker, treasurer Loan and Trust 
 Savings Bank; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Jan. 21, 1859; s. William Dudley and 
 Mary Ann (Emerson) Ladd; ed. Con- 
 cord high school, private instruction; 
 started in the National State Capital 
 Bank, 1879, soon after accepting a 
 
 position with the Loan and Trust, 
 which connection has continued ever 
 since; Congregational ist; Republican; 
 trustee Loan and Trust Savings Bank, 
 director Capital Fire Ins. Co., treasurer 
 Concord Masonic Ass'n, treasurer 
 twenty-four years Blazing Star Lodge, 
 chairman Christian Science Churcli 
 Building Fund, member executive 
 committee Liberty Loan Com.; Con- 
 cord; member Mt. Horeb Comman- 
 dery, K. T., Concord, N. H., Wono- 
 lancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf 
 Club (secretary-treasurer), N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Council of National De- 
 fense, Red Cross, Concord Board of 
 Trade, Boys' City Club; m., Dec. 2, 
 1885, Came Idella Sleeper of Concord; 
 
 two children: Dorris, Concord high 
 school, Dana Hall (Wellesley), art 
 student, Boston and New York, m. 
 Emerson Davis of Concord (children, 
 Barbara Annalee, Rosemary); Phyllis 
 Baker, student St. Mary's School, Con- 
 cord. Residence, 113 Center St., 
 Concord, N. H.; Meredith Bay, N. H. 
 
 Huntingdon, William Spooner 
 
 Banker, treasurer Merrimack County 
 Savings Bank; b., Washington, D. C., 
 Jan. 15, 1871, only son of William 
 Spooner, cashier First National Bank 
 (Jay Cooke & Co.), Washington, D. C., 
 and Fanny A. (Dearborn) Huntington; 
 seventh in descent from Christopher 
 Huntington, the first male child b. in 
 
 Norwich, Conn. (1660), who was a 
 grandson of Simon Huntington, the 
 Puritan immigrant; moved to Con- 
 cord, N. H., 1883; ed. Concord high 
 school, 1889; Episcopaliau; Republi- 
 can; treasurer N. H. Historical Soc., 
 treasurer and trustee N. H. Orphans' 
 Home, also Holderneas School for
 
 Hox. CLARENCE B. LITTLE
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 379 
 
 Boys, treasurer Snpwshoe Club, Con- 
 cord; trustee Merrimack County Sav- 
 ings Bank, director Phenix Mutual 
 Fire Ins. Co., director State Dwelling 
 House Ins. Co.; secretary executive 
 committee Concord Liberty Loan Com. ; 
 member Wonolancet and Snowshoe 
 clubs, Eureka Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Trinity Royaj Arch Chapter, Horace 
 Chase Council, Mount Horeb Com- 
 mandery, K. T., N. H. Consistory, 
 32d degree, Bektash Temple, A. A. 
 O. N. M. S.; m., April 17, 1900, Brad- 
 ford, Vt., Katherine L. Parker, dau. 
 Harry Elwood Parker (see sketch 
 elsewhere); child: Parker, b. Jan. 26, 
 1901, Exeter Academy, Dartmouth 
 College, 1922. Residence, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Little, Clarence Belden 
 
 Lawyer; banker; b., Pembroke, 
 N. H., Nov. 18, 1857; s. George Pea- 
 body and Elizabeth Ann (Knox) 
 Little; ed. Pembroke Academy, Dart- 
 mouth College. A.B. 1881; studied 
 law with Chase & Streeter, Concord, 
 and Harvard Law School; admitted 
 to the bar, Sept., 1883, and com- 
 menced practice, Bismarck, N. D.; 
 Presbyterian; Republican; Judge of 
 Probate for Burleigh County, 1884-8; 
 president Bismarck Board of Educa- 
 tion, 1887-91; elected to North Da- 
 kota State Senate, 1889, serving con- 
 tinuously for twenty years; chairman 
 Judiciary Committee entire period; 
 president pro tern, 1897. President 
 J irst Nat'l Bank of Bismarck; pres- 
 ident McKenzie State Bank, Sterling 
 State Bank, Farmers' State Bank, 
 Wing and Motfct State Bank, Beulah 
 Coal Mining Co.; vice-president No. 
 Dakota Historical Soc. ; president 
 Dartmouth College Alumni Council; 
 A. F. & A. M.; Past commander, 
 Tancred Commandery, K. T.; mem- 
 ber, Minnesota, University, and 
 Town and Country Clubs, St. Paul, 
 Minn., Minneapolis Club, Rocky Moun- 
 tain Club, New York; m. Nov. 24, 
 1S85, Caroline Gore Little of Jamaica 
 Plain, Mass.; children: Viroque 
 Mabel, b. Dec. 2, 1886 (Mt. Ida 
 School, Newton, Mass., 1900); George 
 
 Peabody, b. July 13, 1888. Residence, 
 Bismarck, N. D. 
 
 Shea, Michael Francis 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Nov. 15, 1875; s. Michael and Cath- 
 erine (Galway) Shea; ed. Old Park 
 Street Grammar school, St. Joseph's 
 high school, Manchester, Manhattan 
 College, New York, 1898, and Boston 
 University Law School; studied law in 
 the office of Hon. J. W. PYllows, Man- 
 chester, admitted to the bar in Decem- 
 ber, 1901 and has since been in practice 
 in Manchester; Catholic; Democrat; 
 
 member X. H. house of representatives 
 1905-6, 1907-S; X. H. state senate, 
 191718 (member Committee on Re- 
 vision of the Laws, chairman of Com- 
 mittee on Soldiers' Home); member 
 Ancient Order of Hibernians; in., 
 Sept. 20, 1904, Margaret M. Muldoon; 
 children, Francis M., b. June 16, 1905; 
 Kathleen A., b. July 20, 190(5; George 
 C., 1). Feb. 22, 1908; Helen M., b. Xov. 
 16, 1909; Justin R., b. July 31, 1913; 
 Neil J., b. Sept. 27, 1915. Residence, 
 Manchester, N. II .
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 381 
 
 Towne, Hollis Frank 
 
 Farmer; b., Stoddard, N. H., Dec. 
 3, 1857; s. Frank A. and Melissa Ann 
 (Thompson) Towne; ed. in public 
 schools of Stoddard, in which town he 
 spent his early life, and later resided 
 several years in Vermont; in 1890 
 engaged in general mercantile business 
 in the town of Marlow, where he con- 
 tinued until 1899, when he disposed of 
 his business and removed to Newport, 
 N. H., remaining four years. In 
 1904, he purchased the fine farm on the 
 Merrimack River in Hooksett for- 
 merly owned by the late William F. 
 Head, long known as one of the best 
 in Merrimack County, where he has 
 since been actively engaged in agri- 
 culture, his specialty being the breed- 
 ing of registered Ayrshire cattle, of 
 which he has a large herd accounted the 
 finest of the breed in the State; Re- 
 publican; served three years as town 
 treasurer in Marlow; member A. F. 
 & A. M.; past Noble Grand of Forest 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Marlow, and 
 member Grand Lodge; m., 1st., 
 June 7, 1880, Luetta J. Lowell, Mar- 
 low; 2d, Jan. 5, 1900, Belle C. Perry, 
 Rutland, Vt., d. Jan. 23, 1912; 3d, 
 June 7, 1913, Grace R. Young, Deer- 
 field, N. H., d. Nov. 1916. One 
 daughter, Winnifred E., b. Aug. 14, 
 1883, d. Nov. 28, 1914. Residence, 
 Hooksett, N. H. 
 
 Upton, Robert W. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Feb. 3, 1884; ed. pub- 
 lic schools of Bow, N. H., Boston 
 University School of Law, LL.B 
 (Magna cum laude) 1907; admitted to 
 the N. H. bar, 1907; commenced 
 practice in Concord as a member of 
 the firm of Sargent, Niles & Upton; 
 subsequently of Niles & Upton, and 
 since the withdrawal of Mr. Niles from 
 practice to devote his attention to the 
 work of the Public Service Commission, 
 alone in practice in the State and Fed- 
 eral Court; Republican; member N. 
 H. house of representatives from Bow, 
 1911-2, serving on Judiciary and Ways 
 and Means Committees; prepared the 
 original draft of the bill establishing 
 
 the N. H. Tax Commission; also pre- 
 pared the original draft of the Factory 
 Inspection Act of the last legislature 
 and was instrumental in its passage; 
 delegate in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1918; member N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., I. O. O. F. and P. of H., 
 past secretary and lecturer Merri- 
 mack Co. Pomona Grange; member 
 executive committee N. H. Old Home 
 Week Ass'n; m., Sept. 18, 1912 
 Martha S. Burroughs, Bow; children: 
 
 Helen, b. Aug. 15, 1913, d. Dec. 30, 
 1914; Richard E., b. Sept. 13, 1914; 
 Elise, b. May 4, 1916. Residence, 
 Bow, N. H., Concord, P. O. 
 
 Eames, George Herbert, Jr. 
 
 Wholesale and retail grain dealer; 
 b., Keene, N. II., Aug. 25, 1884; s. 
 George H. and Margaret A. (Ander- 
 son) Eames; ed. Keene high school, 
 Colby Academy, New London, Tif- 
 fin's Business College, Keene; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; member Keene 
 City Council, 1915; Board of Aldermen, 
 1916; elected acting mayor by the
 
 382 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Board of Aldermen, June 19, 1916, on 
 the departure of Mayor Cain to the 
 Mexican border with the First N. H. 
 Regiment, and since continuously re- 
 elected by the people to that office; 
 member A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E., 
 and Monadnock Club, Keene; m., 
 Nov. 1, 1905, Amy M. Ballou, one son, 
 Herbert Howell, b. Aug. 5, 1909. 
 Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Hendrick, Nellie Towne 
 
 General Secretary, N. H. Sunday 
 School Ass'n; h., Keene, N. H., Jan. 
 
 5, 1866; dau. John S. and Lucy (Web- 
 ster) Hendrick ; ed. Keene public schools, 
 high school, 1883; taught in same for 
 several years; Congregationalist; Re- 
 publican; member Nashaway Woman's 
 Club corresponding secretary for sev- 
 eral years; member Civics Committee, 
 N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs; 
 Elementary Superintendent, N. H. 
 Sunday School Ass'n for the last ten 
 years; General Secretary X. II. Sun- 
 day School Ass'n for the last six years, 
 
 being one of only three women in 
 North America holding this office out 
 of the total number of sixty-five 
 general secretaries. Founder and dean 
 of the Northern New England School of 
 Religious Education (inc.) at Dart- 
 mouth College, whose fourth session 
 opened at Hanover in August last; 
 delegate from New Hampshire in all 
 International and World S. S. Con- 
 ventions for the last ten years, and 
 speaker in all; m., Oct. 2, 1887, George 
 W. Hendrick, Nashua; one daughter, 
 Marion. (Mrs. George E. Ray, Marble- 
 head, Mass.) b. April 22, 1889 (Tilton 
 Seminary, 1906; R. I. School of De- 
 sign). Residence, 18 Wellington St., 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Wagner, George Augustus 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 May 28, 1873; s. Augustus and Mary 
 (Bastian) Wagner; ed. public schools, 
 Manchester high school, 1889, Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1892, Boston Uni- 
 versity Law School, 1895; admitted to 
 the bar in 1895 and since in practice in 
 Manchester; Unitarian; Republican; 
 city solicitor, Manchester, 1899-1909; 
 judge of probate, County of Hills- 
 borough, 1912-; chairman Republican 
 city committee, 1911-13; secretary 
 Republican state committee, 1915; 
 member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter 
 and council, I. O. R. M., S. of V., In- 
 tervale Country Club, Manchester; 
 director and attorney Manchester 
 Building & Loan Ass'n; m., Anna M. 
 Barndollar, Manchester, May 25, 
 1910; one son, Philip Augustus, b. 
 April 24, 1917. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Bingham, George Hutchins 
 
 Jurist; b., Littleton, N. H., Aug. 19, 
 1864; s. George A. and Eliza I. 
 (Woods) Bingham; ed. public schools, 
 Holderness School for Boys, St. Johns- 
 bury (Vt.) Academy, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1887; Harvard Law School, 
 LL.B. 1881; admitted to the bar, July, 
 1891; entered partnership with his 
 father, the late Hon. George A. Bing- 
 ham, in Littleton, in practice of law,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 383 
 
 continuing until the death of the latter 
 in 1895; removed to Manchester in 
 1898 and formed a partnership with 
 Hon. David A. Taggart, continuing 
 till 1902, after which practiced alone 
 till July, 1902, when appointed Asso- 
 ciate Justice of the N. H. supreme 
 court, serving till June 5, 1913, when 
 he received an appointment as Judge 
 of the U. S. circuit court for the Eastern 
 District of the United States, which 
 position he still holds; Episcopalian 
 (vestryman Grace Episcopal Church, 
 Manchester); Democrat; director Mer- 
 chants National Bank, Manchester; 
 m., Oct. 29, 1891, Cornelia P. Hinckley, 
 Chelsea, Mass.; children, Elizabeth 
 H., b. July 22, 1892 (Mrs. Warren 
 McPherson, Cambridge, Mass.); 
 George H., b. Jan. 6, 1895 (ensign 
 U. S. Navy); Cordelia P., b. July 26, 
 1896 (Smith, 1919); Sylvester H., 
 b. May 22, 1901 (Dartmouth, 1922); 
 Robert P. and Helen W., b. April 21, 
 1903. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Chase, Harvey Stuart 
 
 Public accountant; b., Portsmouth, 
 N. H., June 18, 1861; s. R. Stuart and 
 Ada L. (Harvey) Chase; ed. Mass. 
 Institute of Technology, B.S. 1883; 
 superintendent and treasurer Gas and 
 Water Works, Great Falls (Somers- 
 worth), N. H., 1886-91; officer in 
 various engineering and mining cor- 
 porations in New York and Tennessee, 
 1891-7; auditor and expert accountant 
 in Boston, Mass., since 1897, firm of 
 Harvey S. Chase & Co.; devised 
 systems of uniform reporting and ac- 
 counting for cities, states and public 
 service corporations; member Presi- 
 dent Taft's Commission on Economy 
 and Efficiency, 1911-12; consulting 
 expert accountant, U. S. Treasury, 
 1913; controller Liberty Loan, 1st 
 district, 1917; member American 
 Economic Ass'n, American Statistical 
 Ass'n, National Municipal League and 
 various other organizations; author of 
 many published works; Unitarian; m., 
 Dec. 22, 1886, Nettie V. Rowe, Haver- 
 hill, Mass. Residence, Brookline, 
 Mass.; Office, 84 State St., Boston. 
 
 McQuaid, Elias Alfred 
 
 Newspaper reporter; b., Lowell, 
 Mass., May 10, 1873; s. Hugh and 
 Catherine (Connor) McQuaid. At- 
 tended the public schools and St. Jo- 
 seph's high school, Manchester; 
 learned telegraphy and at 17 joined the 
 reportorial staff of the Manchester 
 Mirror; represented the Union at 
 Chickamauga Park in 1898 and the 
 Mirror at several sessions of the legis- 
 lature; in 1905 joined the staff of the 
 
 Boston Traveler, then under the editor- 
 ship of John H. Fahey; secretary 
 Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, 
 1913; assistant secretary to Governor 
 Walsh of Massachusetts, 1915; now 
 with the Boston Advertiser; m., at 
 Epping, N. H., Sept, 11, 1907, Arc- 
 thusa, younger daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. John Tuttle Bean; four children: 
 Bernard J., b. July 15, 1908; Eileen, 
 b. Oct. 24, 1910; David Forrest, b. 
 Oct. 4, 1912 and Elias, Jr., b. April 21, 
 1917. Address, No. 80 Summer St., 
 Boston; residence, Patten Hill Rd., 
 R. F. D. No. 1, Candia, N. H.
 
 V. RUFUS P. CiAHDNKK
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 385 
 
 Gardner, Rufus Parker 
 
 Clergyman; superintendent N. H. 
 Orphan's Home; b., Orland Me., Sept. 
 14, 1858; s. Jesse and Abigail (Hatch) 
 Gardner; ed. Castine, Me., high 
 school; Bryant & Stratton's Business 
 College, Boston, 1876; Eastern Me. 
 State Normal School, 1878; taught two 
 years in Bucksport, Me., Seminary, 
 and engaged some time in evangelistic 
 work; entered Bangor Theological 
 Seminary in 1883, graduating in 1886; 
 pastor Congregational church, Waldo- 
 boro, Me., 1886-8, Marion, Mass., 
 1888-92, Hampstead, N. H., 1896-1900; 
 superintendent, N. H. Orphans Home, 
 Franklin, N. H., since 1901; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; president 
 corporation of Sanborn Seminary, 
 Kingston, N. H., since 1898; secre- 
 tary Tabor Academy corporation, 
 Marion, Mass.; chairman Executive 
 Committee, Franklin City Hospital; 
 member and past president Franklin 
 Board of Trade; member A. F. & A. M. 
 and I. O. O. F.; m., 1st, Ada Myrick, 
 Hampden, Me., d.; 2d, June 8, 1886, 
 Belle Brown Clement, Freedom, Me.; 
 children, Bessie (Mrs. James S. Shaw), 
 b. Edmunds, Me., April 23, 1881; 
 (Hampstead High School, 1896, Ply- 
 mouth Normal School, 1901, Emerson 
 Hospital Training School for Nurses, 
 1910); Harold Parker, b. Marion, 
 Mass., Dec. 23, 1891 (Phillips Ex- 
 eter Academy, 1909, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1913, post-graduate work, New 
 York College, 1916), statistician New 
 York Central R. R. lines. Residence, 
 Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Sullivan, Patrick Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec. 
 29, 1866; s. John D. and Julia (Sulli- 
 van) Sullivan; ed. public schools, 
 Nashua high school, 1883; Boston 
 University Law School, LL.B. 1890; 
 admitted to the bar, 1890; commenced 
 practice in Manchester, N. H., 1891, 
 and has since continued; Roman 
 Catholic; Democrat; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1893 (mem- 
 ber Committee on Revision of the 
 Statutes) ; solicitor for Hillsborough 
 20 
 
 County, 1911-5, declining farther elec- 
 tion which he might have had notwith- 
 standing the strong adverse political 
 majority in the county; Democratic 
 candidate for Congress, 5th N. H. 
 District, special election, 1917; mem- 
 ber N. H. Bar Ass'n American Bar 
 Ass'n, Knights of Columbus, A. O. H., 
 A. O. U. W., Derryfield Club, Inter- 
 vale Country Club, Manchester; m., 
 June 15, 1898, Nellie J. Harrington, 
 
 Manchester; children, John, b. June 
 16, 1899 (Dartmouth, 1921- now in 
 Naval Unit at Yale); Robert C., b. 
 March 19, 1902, d. April 5, 1905. 
 Residence, 357 Walnut St.; office, 
 Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester. 
 
 Lockhart, Burton Wellesley 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lockhartville, Kings 
 Co., N. S., Jan. 24, 1855; s. Nathan 
 Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Beganson) 
 Lockhart; ed. Acadia College, N. S., 
 1878, Newton Theological Seminary, 
 Newton, Mass., 1882; A.M., Acadia 
 College, 1882; D.D., Dartmouth, 
 1894; pastor Second Baptist Church,
 
 386 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Suffield, Conn., 1882-8; Third Con- 
 gregational Church, Chicopec, Mass., 
 1888-93; Franklin Street Congre- 
 gational Church, Manchester, 1893- ; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; mem- 
 ber VVinthrop Club, Boston, Mass.; 
 m., Dec. 24, 1883, Fanny Mary Upson, 
 Westfield, Mass. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 Hadley, George Plummer 
 
 Insurance; b., Goffstown, N. H., 
 Sept. 30, 1846; s. Peter Eastman and 
 
 Mary (Cochran) Iladley; lineal de- 
 scendant of George iladlev who emi- 
 grated to Ipswich, Mass., from Eng- 
 land, previous to UK!!), and of Roger 
 Eastman who settled in Salisbury in 
 163S; ed. schools of GolTstown, Kim- 
 ball I'nion Academy, ]Sti9, non-grad- 
 uate Dartmouth College, class of 1873; 
 taught successfully in New Hampshire 
 and Massachusetts, afterwards became 
 civil enm'neer, which profession he 
 practiced a number of years. In ad- 
 dition to his insurance business lie de- 
 votes his time to probate business and 
 the settlement of estates involving 
 
 matters of trust and responsibility; 
 takes a commendable interest in all 
 progressive measures, and is a rec- 
 ognized authority on matters per- 
 taining to the history of his native 
 town, having devoted much attention 
 for several years to the collection and 
 arrangement of material for a town his- 
 tory; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 held office of selectman, collector, 
 member of school board, N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1885, constitutional 
 convention, 1912; justice of the peace 
 and notary public ; member I. O. O. F., 
 P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc., New 
 England Historic-Genealogical Soc. ; 
 m. June 10, 1875, Edna V. Carr 
 of Goffstown. Residence, Goffstown, 
 N. H. 
 
 Taylor, Amos Leavitt 
 
 Lawyer and Lecturer; b., Dan- 
 bury, N. H., Feb. 22, 1877; s. Frank 
 Leavitt and Nellie J. (Martin) Taylor 
 (descendant of Anthony Taylor, first 
 of the family in America, at Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., 1636, of Anthony 
 Taylor, founder and first settler of the 
 town of Danbury (1770), fifth genera- 
 tion in America, of Amos Taylor, 
 trial justice at Danbury and many 
 times representative in the legislature, 
 of Moses L. Taylor, trial justice at 
 Danbury, seventh generation, who 
 was his grandfather) ; ed. public 
 schools of Danbury and Franklin, 
 N. H., Phillips Andover Academy, 
 Brown University, A.B. 1901 ; Bos- 
 ton University Law School, LL.B. 
 (cum laude and special mention for 
 graduation thesis) 1903; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member law firm of 
 Adams & Blinn, Boston; lecturer Pace 
 Institute of Accountancy, Boston; 
 Author of "Corporation Law in Mas- 
 sachusetts; member Republican town 
 committee, Belmont, Mass., six years; 
 town counsel for Belmont nine years; 
 delegate, Mass. Republican state con- 
 vention, 1914, 1916; clerk American 
 Water Supply Co. of New England; 
 member corporation and counsel, Bel- 
 mont (Mass.) Savings Bank: clerk 
 and director London Sponging Works
 
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 387 
 
 (inc.); director Pace Agency for Place- 
 ments; director Waverley (Mass.) Co- 
 operative Bank; member Boston Bar 
 Ass'n, Middlesex Bar Ass'n, Mass. Bar 
 Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Bostonian 
 Soc., Economic Club of Boston, Acad- 
 emy of Political Science, N. Y., Oakley 
 Country Club, A. Z. & A. U. Belmont, 
 Phi Gamma Delta (Biown Univ.) 
 Gamma Eta Gamma (Boston Univ.); 
 m., June 16, 1906, Myra Fairbank; 
 children: Amos L. Taylor, Jr., born 
 June 20, 1912; Elizabeth Fairbank 
 Taylor, b. Aug. 2, 1915. Residence, 
 117 School St., Belmont, Mass.; busi- 
 ness address, 40 Court St., Boston. 
 
 Bell, Charles Upham 
 
 Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., Feb. 26, 
 1843; s. James and Judith A. (Upham) 
 Bell; ed. Kimball Union Academy, 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, Bowdoin 
 College, A. B. 1863; studied law with 
 Charles H. Bell and admitted to the 
 bar in Exeter, February, 1866; prac- 
 ticed in Exeter five years, removing to 
 Lawrence, Mass., in 1871; Congrega- 
 tionalist (member South Congrega- 
 tional church, Andover, Mass.); jus- 
 tice superior court of Massachusetts 
 since Sept. 16, 1898; member Mass., 
 Soc. Cincinnati, Mass. Soc. Colonian 
 Wars, G. A. R. (having served as a 
 private in the 42 Mass. Vols. in the 
 Civil War); m., 1st, Nov. 21, 1872, 
 Helen M. Pitman, Laconia, N. H., d. 
 March 28, 1888; 2d, Elizabeth W. 
 Pitman, April 10, 1894, d. June 17, 
 1916; children, by first wife, Alice L., 
 Mary A., Joseph P., Helen P., wife of 
 Rev. George H. Duver. Removed from 
 Lawrence to Andover, Mass., Decem- 
 ber, 1900. 
 
 Allen, John Eliot 
 
 Jurist; b., Claremont, N. H., June 
 26, 1873; s. Judge William H. H. and 
 Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; ed. Clare- 
 mont public schools, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B., 1894; Harvard Law School, 
 LL.B., 189S,; admitted to the bar and 
 commenced practice in Keene, N. H., 
 in 1897; Republican; instructor, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1900-3; Judge of Pro- 
 bate for Cheshire County, 1900-6: 
 
 City Solicitor of Keene, 1900-9; mem- 
 ber of board of education, 1909- ; as- 
 sociate justice N. H. superior court, 
 1917; director Keene Nat'l Bank; 
 member A. F. & A. M., Lodge of the 
 Temple, Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter, 
 Hugh de Payen's Commandery, K. T.; 
 m., June 10, 1901, Amy L. Abbott. 
 Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Parker, Harry Elwood 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Lyman, 
 N. H., June 11, 1853; s. Charles and 
 
 Amelia K. (Bennett) Parker; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Lisbon Academy; studied 
 music in youth and was leader of a 
 military band at Marion, Va., at 16 
 years of age; later learned the print- 
 er's trade and established the Lisbon 
 (N. H.) Globe; removed to Bradford, 
 Vt., in 1881, where he consolidated the 
 two local papers and has since suc- 
 cessfully conducted the United Opin- 
 ion, being now the dean of Vermont 
 journalism; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; engrossing clerk, N. H. legis- 
 lature, 1878-9; postmaster, Bradford, 
 Vt., 1890-4; member Vt. Re-
 
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 publican state committee, . 1894-8; 
 colonel on staff of Governor Fuller, 
 1892-4; member Vt. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1916; president Capital 
 City Press, Montpelier, Vt.; treasurer 
 and manager Opinion Press, Brad- 
 ford, Vt.; vice-president Woodstock 
 (N. H.) Lumber Co.; director The 
 Parker- Young Co., Lisbon, N. H.; 
 member A. F. & A. M. Lodge, Chap- 
 ter, Council, Commandery, Shrine, 
 and 32nd degree, I. O. O. F., all 
 branches, 20 years secretary Grand 
 Lodge of Vermont; B. P. O. E.; 
 P. of H.; A. O. A. M.; m., Sept. 24, 
 1873, Anne M. \Veston, Nashua, N. H.; 
 children; Leslie Weston, b. Apr. 26, 
 1877, d. Feb. 28, 1878; Katherine 
 Louise (Mrs. W. S. Huntington), b. 
 July 9, 1879; Sara Knowles, b. Dec. 3, 
 1881; Charles, b. July 1, 1884; Levi 
 Houghton, b. Jan. 5, 1891, d. Oct. 7, 
 1918 in service. Residence, Bradford, 
 Vt. 
 
 Taggart, David Arthur 
 
 Lawyer; b., Goffstown, N. H., Jan. 
 30, 1858; s. David M. and Esther 
 (Wilson) Taggart; ed. Manchester 
 high school, 1874, Harvard Univer- 
 sity, A.B. 1878; studied law with the 
 late Hon. David Cross of Manchester; 
 admitted to the N. H. Bar, Sept. 1, 
 1881, and has since been engaged in 
 practice in that city; at first for several 
 years in partnership with Judge Cross, 
 many years past head of the firm of Tag- 
 gart, Tuttle, Burroughs & Wyman (now 
 Taggart, Tuttle, Wyman & Starr) ; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; member N. 
 H. house of representatives from 
 Goffstown, 1883; N. H. senate (pres- 
 ident), 1889; Republican candidate 
 for Congress, first N. H. District, 
 1890; member A. F. A: A. M., 32d de- 
 gree and Knight Templar, N. H. 
 Bar Ass'n and American Bar Ass'n; 
 m., Nov. 11, 1SS4, Mary Klbra, dau. 
 Dr. A. B. Story, Manchester; children, 
 Esther M., (Sirs. Ernest R. Cooper), 
 1). March 31, 1886; Ruth Story, 
 (Mrs. Stanley C. Whipple), b. July 
 23, 1891. Residence, Manchester, 
 N.H. 
 
 Norwood, Charles Miles 
 
 Box manufacturer; b., West Brook- 
 field, Mass., Oct. 23, 1844; s. George 
 and Eliza (Baker) Norwood; ed. public 
 and private schools in Massachusetts 
 and Winchester, N. H.; Unitarian; 
 Republican; engaged in manufacture 
 of boxes in Keene for twenty-five 
 years; six years superintendent of 
 Beaver Mills, also doing business in 
 
 his own name, and later as C. M. Nor- 
 wood & Son; sold out in June, 1918 to 
 New England Box Co. ; member Keene 
 city government as councilman and 
 alderman fifteen years; member N.H. 
 house of representatives, 1893-4, 1907 
 -8, 1911-12; N.H. constitutional con- 
 vent ion, 1912: member board of com- 
 missioners for Cheshire County since 
 1914; member A. F. & A. M., lodge, 
 chapter, council, 32 degree, command- 
 ery and shrine; Unitarian Club, S. of 
 V.'; m., Sept. 12, 1866, Louisa M. 
 Tuft, Swanzey, N. H.; one son, Leon 
 
 March 16, 1871, partner with 
 father in business. Residence, 
 
 C., 
 hi 
 
 Keene, N. II.
 
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 Africa, Walter Greenland 
 
 Gas engineer; b. Huntingdon, Pa., 
 April 11, 1863; s. John Simpson and 
 Dorothea (Greenland) Africa; ed. public 
 schools and Huntingdon Academy 
 (now Juniata College); clerk First 
 National Bank, Huntingdon, a year 
 and a half, then for a time with Elkins 
 & Widener, gas operators; subse- 
 quently leased and operated the Hunt- 
 ingdon Gas Works, 1885 to 1887; re- 
 moved to Manchester, N. H., in the 
 
 spring of 1887, and became superin- 
 tendent of the People's Gas Light Co. 
 of which he is now treasurer and man- 
 ager; director Amoskeag Nat'l Bank, 
 Elliott Mf'g Co., American Guild of 
 Gas Managers of New England (presi- 
 dent), American Gas Institute (direc- 
 tor), X. E. Association of Gas Engi- 
 neers (president), and actively identified 
 with various other corporations; A. F. 
 <t A. M., Past Commander Trinity 
 Commandery, K. T., Commander in 
 Chief, X. H. Consistory, Past Poten- 
 tate, Bektash Temple, N. M. S.; mem- 
 
 ber Supreme Council, 33d degree, 
 Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.; 
 m., Nov. 17, 1887, Maude E. Cun- 
 ningham, Huntingdon, Pa.; children, 
 Dorothea C., b. Nov. 18, 1888 (Lasell 
 Seminary); Esther Elizabeth, b. Jan. 
 22, 1890'; Walter Murray, b. April 22, 
 1892; Maude Isabel, b." April 8, 1907. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Chamberlin, Edson Joseph 
 
 Railway president; b., Lancaster, 
 N. H., August, 1852; s. Joseph Mark 
 and Roeann C. Chamberlin; ed. public 
 schools and Montpelier (Vt.) Semi- 
 nary; served as timekeeper and clerk 
 in railway office at St. Albans, Vt., 
 1871-5; secretary to general superin- 
 tendent, Central Vt. Ry., 1875-6; 
 private secretary to general manager, 
 1877-84; superintendent Ogdensburg 
 & Lake Champlain, 1886-1905; vice- 
 president and general manager Grand 
 Trunk Pacific Ry., at Winnipeg, Man., 
 1909-12; president Grand Trunk Ry. 
 System, and Grand Trunk Pacific, 
 1912-7, resigned as president Grand 
 Trunk Pacific, 1917, but continued as 
 president Grand Trunk System and 
 director Grand Trunk Pacific; presi- 
 dent Central Vt. Ry., 1912-17, now 
 director; m., 1876, Sara G. Place, St. 
 Albans, Vt. Residence, Montreal, 
 Canada. 
 
 Bell, Louis 
 
 Electrical engineer; b., Chester, 
 N. H., Dec. 5, 1864; s. Gen. Louis and 
 Mary A. P. (Bouton) Bell; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1884; graduate 
 student Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884; 
 fellow in physics, 1885-8; Ph.D. 1888; 
 professor applied electricity, Purdue 
 Univ., 1888-9; editor Electrical World, 
 New York, 1890-2; chief engineer elec- 
 tric power transmission department, 
 Gen. Electric Co.; consulting engineer 
 in relation to electric power transmis- 
 sion since 1895; lecturer on power 
 transmission, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895- 
 1905; lecturer on public lighting, 
 Harvard Univ. and on illumination, 
 Harvard Med. School, since 1914; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; Fellow American
 
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 Academy Arts and Sciences, American 
 Institute of Electrical Engineers, Na- 
 tional Electric Light Ass'n., and nu- 
 merous other organizations and clubs; 
 m., Dec. 3, 1893, Sarah G. Hemenway, 
 Somerville, Mass. Residence, West 
 Newton, Mass. Office, 120 Boylston 
 St., Boston. 
 
 Beckley, Chester Charles 
 
 Physician; b., Plainfield, N. H., 
 Jan. 25, 1876; s. Charles C. and Kate 
 E. (Daniels) Beckley; ed. public 
 schools, Univ. of Vermont, College of 
 Medicine, M.D. 1898; post graduate 
 work in New York Post Graduate 
 Med. School, Dartmouth Med. School, 
 Clark Univ. and Harvard School of 
 Medicine; located in practice in Lan- 
 caster, Mass., in 1899 and there con- 
 tinues; visiting physician to Clinton, 
 Mass., Hospital, and Lancaster State 
 Industrial School for Girls; member 
 board of health and school physician, 
 Lancaster; director Clinton Anti-tuber- 
 culosis Ass'n, Lancaster Social Serv- 
 ice Ass'n, member Mass. Med. Soc., 
 American Med. Ass'n, Boston Soc. 
 Psychiatry and Neurology, National 
 Ass'n for Study and Prevention of 
 Tuberculosis; Unitarian; Republican; 
 member A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, 
 and Shriner, and Boston Athletic Ass'n. 
 Residence, Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 Barber, Daniel Fletcher 
 
 Hardware merchant; b., Antrim, 
 N. H., Aug. 9, 1855: s. Rev. Daniel W. 
 and Adeline (Haven) Barber; ed. 
 public schools; clerk with A. M. Gard- 
 ner & Co., and Gardner & Chandler, 
 hardware, Boston, Mass., 1869-88; 
 partner Chandler & Barber, whole- 
 sale hardware, 1888-1914, since Chand- 
 ler & Barber Co. (Inc.); made his resi- 
 dence in Newton, Mass., in 1871; 
 alderman, Newton, 1902-4; member 
 Boston Chamber of Commerce; vice- 
 president Nat'l Retail Hardware Ass'n; 
 director N. E. Hardware Dealers 
 Ass'n (president 1896-7, 1910), presi- 
 dent Newton Y. M. C. A., 1888-90; 
 member A. F. & A. M., Boston City 
 Club, Newton Civic Club; in., Oct. 10, 
 
 1888, Artena Olivia Mansfield, East 
 Saugus, Mass.; three children. Resi- 
 dence, 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton, 
 Mass. 
 
 Faulkner, Philip Handerson 
 
 Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., May 30, 
 1883; s. Francis C. and Martha B. 
 (Ripley) Faulkner; ed. Keene schools, 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1901, Har- 
 vard College, A.B. 1905; Harvard 
 Law School, LL.B. 1907; admitted to 
 the bar and commenced practice in 
 Keene in 1907, with Hon. John E. 
 Allen now associate justice N. H. Su- 
 perior Court; Republican; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1911-12; 
 city solicitor, Keene, 1911-15; solicitor 
 
 Cheshire County, 1915-19 (resigned 
 April, 1917), member Keene city gov- 
 ernment, 1918; member staff of Gov. 
 Holland H. Spaulding, 1915-17; secre- 
 tary Republican state committee, 
 1912-14; chairman, 1916-18; director 
 Citizens Nat'l Bank; trustee Cheshire 
 County Savings Bank, Keene; trustee 
 and vice-president Standard Securities
 
 HT. REV. GEOKGE ALBERT GUEKTIN, D. D.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 393 
 
 Co., Boston, Mass., director Conn. 
 River R. R. Co., president trustees of 
 Keene Public Library, director Keene 
 Gas & Electric Co., Laconia Gas & 
 Electric Co.; treasurer and director 
 Greenfield. Mass. Gas Light Co.; gov- 
 ernment Appeal agent Cheshire County 
 Draft Board; chairman Community 
 Labor Board, Keene; president Keene 
 Chapter, American Red Cross; m., 
 June 22, 1916, Katherine H. Kingsbury 
 Keene. Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Guertin, George Albert 
 
 Roman Catholic Bishop of the Di- 
 ocese of Manchester; b., Nashua, 
 N. H., Feb. 27, 1869, s. George and 
 Louise (LeFebvre) Guertin; ed. St. 
 Aloysius' School, Nashua; St. Charles' 
 College, Sherbrooke, Canada; St. 
 Hyacinthe College, Canada; St. 
 John's Boston Ecclesiastical Seminary, 
 Brighton, Mass., 1892; ordained priest 
 of the Roman Catholic Church by 
 Bishop Bradley in St. Aloysius' 
 Church, Nashua, Dec. 17, 1892; 
 assistant priest at St. Augustine's 
 Church, Manchester, 1893-7; as- 
 sistant priest, Sacred Heart Church, 
 Lebanon, 1897-1900; pastor St. An- 
 thony's Church, Manchester, 1900-7; 
 consecrated bishop of the Diocese of 
 Manchester, in St. Joseph's Cathedral, 
 Manchester, by His Excellency, the 
 Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, apos- 
 tolic delegate to the United States, 
 later Cardinal Falconio, March 19, 
 1907; doctor of divinity, Laval Uni- 
 versity, Quebec, 1908; spokesman for 
 Catholic schools at Semi-Centenary of 
 Manchester, 1896; member of French 
 Historical Soc. of the United States, 
 1914; etc., etc. Residence, Manchester, 
 N. H. 
 
 Hartley, William Tenney 
 
 Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Nov. 7, 1868; s. Joseph D. and Mary 
 A. (Tenney) Bartley; ed. public schools, 
 Yale, A. B. 1891. Ph. D. 1895; Andover 
 Theological Sem., 1897, S.T.B. 1899; 
 ordained Congregational Ministry, 
 1897; pastor, Salem, X. II., 1896-1902, 
 Bennington, 1902-7, Bethlehem, 1907 
 
 -11, First Church, Hadley, Mass., 
 1911-13, Middlefield, Mass., since 1913; 
 member North Berkshire Ass'n, Con- 
 gregational Churches, North Berkshire 
 Ministerial Union; m., Feb. 6, 1900, 
 Carrie Belle Webster, Salem, N. H.; 
 one son, Irving Dana. Residence, 
 Middlefield, Mass. 
 
 Babbidge, Paul Freese 
 
 Superintendent Water, Sewer and 
 Drain Department, Keene, N. H.; b., 
 Milford, Me., Jan. 17, 1858; s. John 
 and Angeline (Jellison) Babbidge; ed. 
 public schools and Oldtown (Me.) 
 
 Academy, 1876; Episcopalian; Re- 
 publican; engaged for some time in 
 civil engineering in Minnesota, and 
 subsequently for seven years with 
 George E. Waring, the eminent sani- 
 tary engineer, Newport, R. I.; located 
 in 'Keene, N. II. , June 18, 1888, as 
 superintendent of the city's water, 
 sewer and drain department which 
 position he has since held continu- 
 ously; has always been interested in 
 military affairs, served fovir years in
 
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 early life as a member of the First 
 Reg't, Me. Volunteer Militia, and 
 member of N. H. National Guard 
 from 1888, holding all ranks up to 
 brigadier general with which rank he 
 retired, Dec. 1, 1913; captain, 1st, 
 N. H. Vols, in Spanish War, 1898; 
 Colonel N. H. State Guard, May 3, 
 1917-; member A. F. & A. M., lodge, 
 chapter, council and commandery; 
 Knights of Pythias and Red Men; m., 
 Aug. 7, 1883, Kate M. Barrett, Keene. 
 Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 V Parker, Samuel Sewall 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., May 
 9, 1855; s. Harry Stanley and Hester 
 
 A. (Stevens) Parker; descendant of 
 William Parker (Portsmouth, 1699) 
 and Judge William Parker of ante- 
 Revolution days; ed. public schools, 
 Wolfeboro Academy arid New Hamp- 
 ton Institute; studied law with George 
 N. Eastman of Farmington, Joshua G. 
 Hall and Robert G. Pike of Dover; ad- 
 mitted to the bar and began practice 
 in Furrnington in 1890, and there con- 
 
 tinuing; Congregationalist; Republi- 
 can; member N. H. state senate from 
 District No. 5, 1904-5; trustee Farm- 
 ington Savings Bank; member N. H. 
 Historical Soc., N. H. Forestry Ass'n., 
 Henry Wilson Grange, P. of H. (treas- 
 urer), Woodbine Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., May 10, 1879, 
 Mary E. Home. Residence, Farming- 
 ton, N. H. 
 
 Johnson, Thomas Franklin 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., July 3, 
 1848; s. David and Mary (Washman) 
 Johnson; ed. public schools and Cole- 
 brook Academy; went to Iowa in 
 search of health; studied law with Hon. 
 L. L. Ainsworth, admitted to the bar 
 and practiced one year at Postville, 
 la.; returned to New Hampshire and 
 located at Colebrook, where he has 
 continued in practice; Republican; 
 member N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1902, 1912, N. H. bank commis- 
 sion, 1911-13; m., March 1, 1877, Abi- 
 gail Lovering. Residence, Colebrook, 
 N.H. 
 
 Bach elder, Thomas Cogswell 
 
 Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Nov. 
 6, 1860; s. Samuel F. and Mary B. 
 (Cogswell) Bachelder; ed. Gilmanton 
 Academy, Harvard College, A.B. 1883, 
 A.M. 1886; Harvard Law School, LL.B. 
 1886; in practice of law in Boston since 
 1886; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member Boston City Council, 1894-5; 
 Mass, house of representatives, 1896-7; 
 director American Stave and Cooper- 
 age Co., Harvard Improvement Ass'n; 
 member Mass. Militia three years, 
 Colonial Club, Dorchester; m., Nov. 
 18, 1893, Claudia Wilina Crosby, 
 Boston; two children. Residence, 39 
 Gleason St., Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 Bailey, Charles Hardy 
 
 Physician; b., West Swanzey, N. H., 
 Sept/21, 1856; s. Clark and Carolyn C. 
 (Davis) Bailey; ed. Winchester, N.H., 
 high school, N. II . College, B.S. 1879, 
 Dartmouth Med. College, M.D. 1881; 
 located in medical practice in Gardner, 
 Mass., 1881, and has there continued;
 
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 Republican; member staff Henry Hay- 
 ward Memorial Hospital; school com- 
 mittee, Gardner, since 1903; Mass. 
 Med. Soc., Worcester North District 
 Med. Soc., Gardner Boat Club; m., 
 Aug. 14, 1884, Clara E. Morse, Win- 
 chester, N. H.; three children. Resi- 
 dence, Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Young, John Edwin 
 
 Jurist; b., Stratham, N. H., Jan. 26, 
 1855; s. Mark Fernald and Olive 
 Light (Piper) Young; ed. public 
 schools, Goes Academy, Northwood, 
 N. H., Dartmouth College, A.B., 1878; 
 engaged for a time in farm labor; 
 studied law with Marston & Eastman 
 some time; was variously engaged in 
 the West and South until 1889 when he 
 returned East, resumed his legal study, 
 was admitted to the bar in 1890, and 
 commenced practice with Marston & 
 Eastman, continuing till after the 
 death of Gen. Marston, and later in 
 the firm Eastman, Young & O'Neill, and 
 Eastman & Young till August, 1898, 
 when he was appointed an associate 
 justice of the supreme court of New 
 Hampshire; April, 1901, associate 
 justice superior court; January, 1904, 
 again associate justice of the su- 
 preme court, since continuing; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; in., Jan. 
 16, 1895, Bertha J. Hobbs, Newfields, 
 N. H., d. 1906; one adopted daughter, 
 Priscilla Bertha Young. Residence, 
 Exeter, N. H. 
 
 Barney, Charles Oscar 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Orange, 
 N. H., July 21, 1846; s. Aaron and 
 Sarah Ann (Chase) Barney; ed. public 
 schools, Grafton select school, and 
 Canaan Union Academy; established 
 the Canaan Reporter, a weekly news- 
 paper, in 1867 and has continued its 
 publication from that time, being the 
 oldest newspaper publisher in contin- 
 uous service in the state; Methodist; 
 Republican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1901 ; constitutional 
 convention, 1912; many years special 
 justice Canaan police court; clerk and 
 director Crvstal Lake Water Co., 
 
 Canaan; member N. H. Press Ass'n 
 (president), K. of P. (Grand Chancel- 
 lor, N. H., 1901), P. of H.: m., July, 
 1874, Mary E. Wilmarth. Residence, 
 Canaan, N. H. 
 
 English, Fred Hubbard 
 
 Merchant (retired); b., Hartland, 
 Vt., Jan. 8, 1857; s. John W. and 
 Melissa (Hubbard) English; ed. public 
 schools, Littleton high school; en- 
 gaged for forty years in grocery trade 
 
 in Littleton, recently retiring; Congre- 
 gationalist; Democrat; member Lit- 
 tleton board of health, 1892-4; board 
 of education, 1891-6; member N. H., 
 house of representatives, 1919-20 
 (Chairman Committee on banks); vice- 
 president and director Littleton Xat'l 
 Bank; secretary Littleton Musical 
 Ass'n., 1893-5; director Littleton Shoe 
 Co.; member A. F. it A. M. to and 
 including 32d degree, and past E. 
 Commander St. Gerard Commandery, 
 K. T.; m., July 31. 1882. Claribel 
 Richardson, Littleton. Residence, Lit- 
 tleton, N. H.
 
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 397 
 
 Sullivan, Edmund 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H., April 
 19, 1865; s. Florence and Margaret 
 (Shea) Sullivan; ed. public schools, 
 Lancaster Academy, Law Depart- 
 ment Univ. of Mich., LL.B. 1890; 
 admitted to the Michigan bar, but 
 returned to Lancaster and located in 
 practice there in 1892, where he was 
 for several years in partnership with 
 the late William H. Shurtleff, but in 
 1901 removed to Berlin and formed a 
 partnership with Daniel J. Daley, 
 which has continued, the firm doing an 
 extensive business; Catholic; Demo- 
 crat; auditor, Coos County, 1900-14; 
 member N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1912; chairman N. H. License 
 Commission from August 7, 1913, 
 until legislated out of office on partisan 
 grounds, August, 1915; clerk Berlin- 
 Shelburne Power Co.; appointed mem- 
 ber District Draft Board, July 21, 
 1917; chairman Berlin District Fuel 
 Committee, Oct. 17, 1917; member 
 Community Labor Board, August, 
 1918; member Speakers' Bureau for 
 War Work from organization in 1917 
 and frequently speaking during the 
 war; member Catholic Order of Fores- 
 ters, Knights of Columbus and Elks; 
 m., Nov. 29, 1894, Mary Kenyon; 
 children, Harold C., b. Aug. 25, 1895, 
 in U. S. Navy from the commencement 
 of the war with Germany; Miriam, b. 
 Jan. 25, 1897, at home. Residence, 
 Berlin, N. H. 
 
 Madden, Charles Augustus 
 
 Lawyer; b., Feb. 4, 1881; s. 
 Thomas and Honora (Cain) Madden; 
 ed. public schools of Keene; studied 
 law with his brother, Joseph Madden 
 and was admitted to the bar July 13, 
 1909, since practicing in Keene; Re- 
 publican; member Keene City Coun- 
 cil, 1908; special justice Keene Mu- 
 nicipal Court, appointed March 10, 
 1915; succeeded L. W. Holmes as 
 justice, April 25, 1918; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918; mem- 
 ber Lodge of the Temple, A. F. & 
 A. M.; m., March 14, 1908, Winnifred 
 Comer. Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Sawyer, Herbert Noyes 
 
 Dairy farmer; b., Atkinson, N. H., 
 July 6, 1860; s. Jesse Augustus and 
 Elizabeth Bradley (Noyes) Sawyer; 
 ed. public schools and Atkinson Acad- 
 emy; Universalist ; Republican; mem- 
 ber Atkinson school board since es- 
 tablishment of the present system and 
 chairman for ten years, also chairman 
 joint boards of Atkinson, Hudson, 
 Salem and Danville since the forma- 
 tion of the supervisory district; four 
 years member of board of selectmen 
 of Atkinson (chairman two years); 
 member N. H. House of Representa- 
 
 tives, 1917-18, having received all but 
 five votes cast; vice-president N. H. 
 Dairymen's Ass'n; member N. E. 
 Milk Producer's Ass'n, serving as chair- 
 man of county and state organiza- 
 tions; member"!. O. (). F., J. (). U. 
 A. M. and P. of H.; five years master 
 of Atkinson Grange; four years dis- 
 trict deputy X. H. State Grange, four 
 years general deputy; Overseer N. H. 
 State Grange 1917-'; in., Oct. 17, 1886
 
 398 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Nettie Grace Pettengill; children, 
 Arthur Herbert, b. March 8, 1889 (N. 
 H. College, 1912); Clifford Augustus, 
 Aug. 30, 1S94 (X. H. College, 1915). 
 On Nov. 1, 1915, the two sons took 
 charge of the farm, and have since 
 managed it under the name of H. N. 
 Sawver & Sons. Residence, Atkinson, 
 N.H. 
 
 Fletcher, Lucy Nettie 
 
 Red Cross nurse; b., Grouville, Isle of 
 Jersey, England, Feb. 18, 1886; dau. 
 
 
 Charles George Kllis and Nettie Mur- 
 dock (Binet) Fletcher; granddaughter 
 Rev. William and Lucy Antoinette 
 (M unlock) Binet. Miss Fletcher's 
 father and grandfather were English, 
 but on her mother's side she is de- 
 scended from old Massachusetts fam- 
 ilies, Mason, Dedham, and Robert 
 Murdock, Koxbury, Mass., 1(192. In 
 1902 she came to Concord, N. H., to 
 make her home with her aunts, the 
 Misses Eliza M.. Alice L. and Maude 
 B. Binet; ed. St. Mary's School one 
 year, high school, 1902, Radcliffe 
 
 College, A.B., 1910; Episcopalian; 
 member Boston Woman's College 
 Club, St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n, 
 Radcliffe Alumnae Ass'n; began train- 
 ing as a secretary in the Associated 
 Charities of Boston; graduated from 
 the Mass. General Hospital, Feb., 
 1916; became night supervisor in that 
 hospital till the U. S. Army Base Hos- 
 pital, No. 6, to which she belonged, 
 left for France, June, 1917; became 
 head nurse in one of the medical wards; 
 contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis 
 and died May 6, 1918; buried with 
 full military honors in the first grave in 
 the officers' cemetery. She was the 
 first Red Cross nurse in General 
 Pershing's army to meet death in the 
 performance of duty. Born in Eng- 
 land, reared in America, died in France, 
 she gave her life for humanity. The 
 Spiker of June, 1918, a monthly 
 magazine for the American Army, 
 says: "Miss Fletcher was highly 
 esteemed by all soldiers, especially the 
 Eighteenth Engineers. It was her 
 tireless work and devotion to duty that 
 resulted in her death." Miss Parsons, 
 the chief nurse of the Base Hospital, 
 writes: "She was wonderfully brave 
 and patient and uncomplaining. If 
 all of us could be like her, heaven would 
 come on earth. It was a privilege to 
 have known her." 
 
 Adams, James Meade 
 
 Journalist; b., Nashua, N. II., 
 June 26, 1862; s. James P. and Anna 
 G. (Page) Adams; ed. public schools, 
 Weare, N. H.; engaged in newspaper 
 work from early life; associate editor 
 American Young Folks, Manchester, 
 N. H., 1884; editorial writer, Daily 
 Telegraph, Nashua, N. H., 1889-99; 
 member pioneer American colony in 
 Cuba, 1900; associate editor, N. E. 
 Farmer, 1910-11; contributor in prose 
 and verse to many papers and maga- 
 zines; Unitarian; Republican; mes- 
 senger, N. H. Senate 1887-90; ser- 
 geant at arms, 1895-7; statistical 
 agent for U. S. Dep't of Agriculture 
 for New Hampshire, 1890-3; member 
 N. H-. Press Ass'n, Unitarian Men's
 
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 Club, Brattleboro, Vt.; author, 
 "Pioneering in Cuba," 1901; m., 
 Sept. 22, 1890, Maria Dame, Lynn, 
 Mass.; children, James Greenleaf, 
 b. March 4, 1892; Constance May, 
 March 10, 1894; Leon Mitchell and 
 Lincoln Dame, May 16, 1898. Resi- 
 dence, Brattleboro, Vt. 
 
 Aldrich, George Isaac 
 
 Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Dec. 1, 1853; s. Charles and Ann 
 (Bowen) Aldrich; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1875 (Phi 
 Beta Kappa); Unitarian; Repub- 
 lican; principal Adams Grammar 
 School, Quincy, Mass., 1875-8, super- 
 intendent of schools, Canton, Mass., 
 1878-80; Canton and Milton, 1880-3, 
 Milton and Quincy, 1883-92, Newton, 
 1893-9; acting superintendent, Spring- 
 field, 1900; superintendent schools, 
 Brookline, Mass., 1900- ; mem- 
 ber Mass. State Board of Educa- 
 tion, 1890-1908; member N. E. A. 
 Council of Education, Mass. State 
 Teachers Ass'n, Mass. Schoolmasters 
 Club; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1880, Evelyn 
 L. Holbrook, Hopkinton, Mass., d. 
 1885; 2d, March 31, 1887, Elsie M. 
 Holbrook; one daughter, Evelyn 
 Hope. Residence, 122 Kent St., 
 Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Anthony, Francis Wayland 
 
 Physician; neurologist; b., Great 
 Falls (Somersworth), N. H., Aug. 25, 
 1858; s. Rev. George Nelson and Abbie 
 Clark (Stuart) Anthony; ed. Harvard 
 Univ., A.B. 1879; teacher Patten (Me.) 
 Academy, 1879-80; Weston, Mass., 
 high school, 1882-5; M.D., Harvard 
 Med. School, 1888; house officer, Hav- 
 erhill, Mass., City hospital. 1888-9; 
 physician for same, 1895-1900; 
 physician Halo Hospital; associate 
 medical examiner 4th Essex Mass. 
 District; consulting physician, Dan- 
 vers, Mas^., Insane Hospital; member 
 corporation Waverly School for Feeble- 
 minded; Mass. Med. Soc., Mass. Soc. 
 Examining Physicians (president, 
 1915); Essex North District Med. Soc., 
 Haverhill Med. Club; president Asso- 
 
 , 
 
 ciated Charities, Haverhill, Mass., 
 1910-15; president board of trustees, 
 Haverhill, Y. M. C. A.; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; m., Nov. 12, 
 1879, Alice Goodhue Safford, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass.; two children. Resi- 
 dence, 50 Merrimack St., Haverhill, 
 Mass. 
 
 Wentworth, Joseph 
 
 Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H., 
 Jan. 29, 1877, on the place occupied by 
 his ancestors for three generations; s. 
 of Paul and Ellen Tilton (Dunklee) 
 Wentworth, grandson of Col. Joseph 
 and Sarah Payson (Jones) Wentworth, 
 descended from Elder William Went- 
 
 worth of Dover, X. H., the first immi- 
 grant; ed. Holderness School for Boys, 
 N. H., Phillips Andover Academy, 
 Mass., Dartmouth College, 1900 
 Harvard Law School, 1903; member 
 of firm of Choatc. Hall A- Stewart, 
 Boston; Episcopalian: Republican; 
 member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx 
 at Dartmouth; member Dartmouth 
 Club of Boston, Boston Chamber of
 
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 401 
 
 Commerce, Boston Bar Ass'n. Busi- 
 ness address, 30 State St., Boston, 
 Mass. Residence, Boston and Sand- 
 wich, N. H. 
 Abbott, Alfred Wells 
 
 Physician; b., Concord, N. H., May 
 7, 1842; s. Alfred Chandler and Judith 
 (Farnum) Abbott; ed. Boscawen Acad- 
 emy, 1863, Dartmouth Med. College, 
 1867; commenced the practice of 
 medicine in Kansas, but returned to 
 New Hampshire, locating in Sanborn- 
 ton, whence, after ten years, he re- 
 moved to Laconia and has there con- 
 tinued in practice; he has written 
 many articles along medical lines, 
 some of which have appeared in lead- 
 ing medical periodicals. As an expert 
 witness he has been called to testify in 
 court cases in all parts of the state. 
 He is the owner of the Alfred Abbott 
 farm in West Concord, on the shore of 
 the Merrimack, near Sewall's Falls, 
 which contained one of the finest tim- 
 ber lots in the state, and has been 
 owned by Abbotts in direct lineal de- 
 scent since the first settlement; it is 
 now used by the family as a summer 
 residence; Republican; president Citi- 
 zens' Telephone Co.; trustee Laconia 
 Savings Bank; m., Dec. 30, 1869, 
 Julia A. Clay; children, Clifton S., 
 physician; Blanche Newell, teacher of 
 Latin, Laconia high school. Resi- 
 dence, Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Aldrich, Walter J. 
 
 Physician; b., Lyman, N. H., Nov. 
 3, 1866; s. Albert H. and Rula R. 
 (Tucker) Aldrich; ed. public schools 
 and St. Johnsburv (Vt.) Academy, 
 1888; taught in Kansas in 1889; 
 graduated M.D., from Bellevue Hos- 
 pital Med. School, New York, 1893, 
 and immediately commenced practice 
 in St. Johnsbury, Vt., since continu- 
 ing; member Vermont house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1912-3; Progressive party 
 candidate for governor of Vermont, 
 1914; member Caledonia County and 
 Vermont Med. Soc. and American Med. 
 Ass'n; m., Nov. 1, 1893, Flora FoLsoin, 
 St. Johnsbury; one son, James F. 
 Residence, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
 Mason, Wallace Edward 
 
 Educator; b., North Conway, N. H., 
 June 24, 1861; s. John E. and Lizzie 
 W. (Randall) Mason; ed. Fryeburg, 
 Me., Academy, Bowdoin College, 1882; 
 Harvard and Clark University and 
 Hyannis Summer schools; principal 
 Thomaston, Me., high school, 1883-8, 
 admitted to the bar in Colorado in 
 1889; practiced law in Tennessee, 18S9- 
 91; principal high schools, Orange, 
 Mass., 1892-7; Leominster, Mass., 
 
 1879-1902; district superintendent of 
 schools, Leicester and Charlton, 
 Mass., 1902-6; superintendent of 
 schools and principal high school, 
 North Andover, Mass., 1906-11; di- 
 rector Keene, N. H., Normal School 
 since 1911; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; member N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1918; A. F. it A. M.; past 
 Patron, O. E. S., S. A. R., P. of H., 
 Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi; 
 member National Educational Ass'n, 
 American Inst. of Instruction (presi- 
 dent) ; director Keene Commercial
 
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 Club; m., June 30, 1887, Nettie Rob- 
 inson; children, Harold Elliot, b. Sept. 
 13, 1888, architect in Keene; Donald 
 Robinson, b. March 28, 1891, U. S. 
 Navy; Wallace E., Jr., b. Feb. 9, 
 1894, farmer in Connecticut. Resi- 
 dence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 McFarland, Annie Avery 
 
 Born, Concord, N. H.; dau. Deacon 
 Asa and Clarissa Jane (Chase) Mc- 
 Farland, granddaughter Rev. Asa and 
 Elizabeth (Kneeland) McFarland. 
 Rev. Dr. McFarland was the third 
 
 minister of the First Congrogation- 
 alist church of Concord, 1798-1825. 
 Mrs. E. K. McFarland founded the 
 N. II. Female Cent Institution, 1S04, 
 and the Concord Female Charitable 
 Soc., 1812, probably the oldest philan-* 
 thropic societies in the country founded 
 by a woman. Miss McFarland was 
 educated in private and public schools, 
 graduated from Concord high school; 
 treasurer of N. H. Female Cent In- 
 stitution since 1*7.">: president Con- 
 cord Female Charity Soc., 1904-10; 
 
 secretary Nat. Woman's Home Mis- 
 sionary Federation, 1905-8, 1910- 
 13; president Avon (Shakespeare) 
 Club, 1902-7; on executive committee 
 N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; monthly 
 visitor, N. H. Orphans' Home; mem- 
 ber South Congregational church of 
 which her parents were among the 
 founders (1837) in whose memory she 
 has given a window of Tiffany stained 
 glass; member Woman's Board of 
 Foreign Missions, American Defence 
 Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, N. H. Histor- 
 ical Soc., N. H. Audubon Soc., Soc. 
 for Protection of N. H. Forests, Nat. 
 Geographic Soc., N. H. Ministers' 
 and Widows' Fund (memorial), N. H. 
 Home Miss. Soc. (life), Concord 
 W r oman's Club, Concord Friendly 
 Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity 
 Organization Soc., S. P. C. A., Red 
 Cross, Woman's Ass'n, South church, 
 South Church Relief Soc. (president 
 several years). 
 
 Abbott, Harlan Page 
 
 Surgeon; b., Antrim, N. H., July 10, 
 1860; s. John Rand and Hannah Os- 
 good (True) Abbott; ed. Phillips Exe- 
 ter Academy, 1881, Brown Univ., A.B. 
 1885, A.M. i<S89, Harvard Med. School 
 M.D. 1889; in practice in Providence, 
 R. I., since 1889; engaged in hospital 
 service; now surgeon for ear, nose and 
 throat, Rhode Island Hospital; Bap- 
 tist; Republican; member Providence 
 Med. Ass'n, Rhode Island Med. Soc., 
 American Med. Ass'n and various other 
 medical societies and organizations; 
 Delta Upsilon (Brown Chapter), Medi- 
 cal Improvement, Providence Art and 
 University Clubs of Providence; m., 
 June 25, 1898, Cornelia Seabury Cook, 
 New Bedford, Mass.; two daughters. 
 Residence, 152 Angell St., Providence, 
 R. I. 
 
 Allen, Glover Morrill 
 
 Naturalist; b., Walpole, N. H., Feb. 
 8, 1879; s. Rev. Nathaniel G. and Har- 
 riet Ann (Schoulcr) Allen; ed. Harvard 
 Univ., A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 
 1904; graduate student, 190ti-7; secre- 
 tarv and librarian Boston Soc. Nat-
 
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 ural History, 1901- ; connected with 
 department of Mammals, Harvard 
 Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
 since 1907; member expedition to 
 Bahama Islands, 1904, British East 
 Africa, 1909, Grenada, British West 
 Indies, 1910, Sudan, 1912; Republican; 
 Episcopalian; member Boston Soc. 
 Natural History, American Ornitholog- 
 ical Union, Biological Soc., Washing- 
 ton, D. C., Phi Beta Kappa, Travelers', 
 Naturalists' and Harvard Clubs; m., 
 June 26, 1911, Sarah Moody Gushing, 
 Salem, Mass.; one daughter. Resi- 
 dence, 126 Pleasant St., Arlington, 
 Mass. 
 
 Jackman, Samuel Hason 
 
 Teacher; farmer; b., Enfield, N. H., 
 July 20, 1831, s. William and Lucy 
 (Eaton) Jackman; ed. public schools, 
 Andover (now Proctor) Academy, 
 Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1860; taught school and 
 engaged in farm labor in early life; 
 went to Bureau Co., Illinois, in 1861 
 and taught there till 1863, when he 
 joined an emigrant train for California 
 where he has since resided, teaching in 
 public schools for twenty years, except 
 for three years 1872-3-4 when he 
 was superintendent of schools for the 
 city of Sacramento ; in 1884 abandoned 
 teaching and purchased and operated a 
 ranch till 1909, when he retired; poli- 
 tically a Democrat, then Republican, 
 next a Progressive, now a Prohibition- 
 ist; member A. F. & A. M., joining in 
 1860, Social Lodge, No. 50 of Enfield, 
 and demitted to Tehoma Lodge of 
 Sacramento in 1865; Patron of Hus- 
 bandry, since 1883, holding the princi- 
 pal offices in subordinate and Pomona 
 Granges; m., Aug. 13, 1870 Ann 
 McDaniel. Residence, 2819 E St., 
 Sacramento, Cal. 
 
 Parker, Charles Sullivan 
 
 N. H. Manager Aetna Life Ins. Co., 
 b., North Andover, Mass., Oct. 21, 
 1845; s. Deacon Stephen Hall and 
 Anne Matilda (Abbot) Parker; eighth 
 in descent from Dea. Thomas Parker, 
 Reading, Mass., 1635; great great 
 
 grandson of John Parker and great 
 grandson of Lieut. John Parker, Jr., 
 both of whom were in the battle of 
 Lexington (the latter served through- 
 out the Revolution); grandson of 
 Rev. Joshua Abbot of Concord, N. H., 
 and great grandson of Capt. Joshua 
 Abbot who commanded a New Hamp- 
 shire company at Bunker Hill; ed. 
 Punchard Free School, Andover and 
 Phillips Andover Academy; in early 
 years in mercantile life, Boston, Lowell 
 
 and Lawrence, Mass.; with Page Belt- 
 ing Co., Concord, N. H., 1876-86; 
 insurance business, Concord, 1886- ; 
 member First Congregationalist 
 church (deacon since 190S); Repub- 
 lican; member Common Council; 
 director Page Belting Co.; on Ceme- 
 tery Commission several years; mem- 
 ber Wonolancet Club (charter, 1891), 
 N. H. Historical SOP., S. A. H., Parker 
 Genealogical Soc., I. (). C). F. (joining 
 in 1867), Blazing Star Lodge, Trinity 
 Chapter, Horace Chase Council, 
 Mount Horeb Commandery, A. F. &
 
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 405 
 
 A. M., Concord, N. H. (Past Master 
 of Lodge, Past Commander Mount 
 Horeb), N. H. Consistory, Scottish 
 Rite, 32d degree; m., May 24, 1870, 
 Lawrence, Mass., Kate Maria Shetler; 
 children, (1) Alice Frances, Concord 
 high school, 1894, N. E. Conservatory, 
 Boston, 1896, also post graduate 
 course; m. Albert Britton Smith, 
 Sept. 19, 1905, now living in Marion, 
 Ind.; their children, Francis Parker, 
 Katherine Belle, Elsbeth, Charles 
 Sumner, Harriet Evelyn; (2) Elisa- 
 beth Abbot, Concord high school, 
 1900 (valedictorian), A. B., Smith 
 College, 1904. Residence, 238 North 
 Main St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Harris, Ira Francis 
 
 Banker, traveller, author, lecturer; 
 b., Nashua, N. H., Nov. 9, 1855; s. 
 Robert and Mary (Glines) Harris; 
 descendant in seventh generation from 
 John Harris of Charlestown, Mass. 
 (1658); ed. public schools of Nashua; 
 went West and was variously engaged 
 after leaving school, but returned home, 
 and in 1877 entered employ of Indian 
 Head National Bank of Nashua; 
 promoted assistant cashier in 1886, 
 and cashier in 1895, which position he 
 still holds; Congregationalist ; Demo- 
 crat; cashier Indian Head Nat'l 
 Bank; president Edgewood Cemetery 
 Ass'n; trustee Nashua public library- 
 director Pennichuck Water Works; 
 treasurer Nashua Development Co.; 
 member American Bankers' Ass'n 
 (vice-president for New Hampshire) ; 
 treasurer of Nashua Board of Trade, 
 and New Hampshire Board of Trade 
 many years previous to 1916; ad- 
 ministrator of many estates; traveled 
 extensively in this country and Mexico, 
 and made a lour of the world in 1913; 
 has prepared and delivered many il- 
 lustrated lectures, depicting the coun- 
 tries and scenes through which he has 
 traveled, having an unusually fine 
 collection of views; has also devoted 
 much time to the study of local history, 
 his lectures on "Historic Nashua," 
 "Colonial Homes" and the "Merri- 
 mack Valley," no less than those on 
 
 Mexico and "Around the World," 
 proving deeply interesting, and fre- 
 quently called for; author of "Breezes 
 from the Orient" (travel volume), 1914, 
 and various monographs and historical 
 papers; member A. F. & A. M. in- 
 cluding 32d degree, Knight Templar; 
 m., June 7, 1881, Mary C. Proctor, 
 Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Hall, Harriet James 
 
 Social worker; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 May 24, 1869; dau. Henry Nason 
 
 and Nancic (Crombie) Hall; ed. 
 private and public schools of Man- 
 chester, high school, 1886, St. Mary's 
 School, Concord. N. II., School for 
 Social Workers, Boston, Mass., 1909- 
 10; secretary St. Mary's Alumnae 
 Ass'n, 1893-5; secretary '.Molly Stark 
 Chapter, D. A. H.. 1906-8; visitor for 
 Associated Charities, Boston, 1909-11; 
 trustee St. Mary's School, 1909- ; 
 superintendent St. Stephen's Neighbor- 
 hood Club, Boston, 1910-11; secretary 
 Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
 
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 1911- ; chairman Girls' Club, Man- 
 chester, 1912- ; visitor Home Seivice 
 Section Red Cross, 1918- ; communi- 
 cant and S. S. teacher, Grace church, 
 Manchester (P. E.); member Molly 
 Stark Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc. 
 of Colonial Dames, Manchester Fed- 
 eration of Clubs, Graduate Club of 
 School of Social Workers (Boston), 
 Monday Evening Club (Boston), N. H., 
 Historical Hoc., N. H. Settlement 
 Ass'n, Manchester Historic Art Club. 
 Residence, 289 Merrimack St., Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Tuck, Edward Arthur 
 
 Clergyman; field secretary Lord's 
 Day League; b., Milford, N. H., 
 
 Feb. f>, I860; s. Ebon Baker and Lydia 
 (Trye) Tuck; ed. Milford high school, 
 McCollom Inst., Mont Vernon, X. H., 
 Worcester Academy, Brown Univ. 
 (one year), Amherst College, A.B. 
 1885, studied law in Milford one year, 
 Chicago Theological Sem., Xewton 
 (Mass.) Theological Sem., Rochester 
 (X. Y.) Theological Sem., 1889; 
 
 ordained Baptist minister, Newburg, 
 N. Y., 1891, pastor there till 1896; 
 Nantucket, Mass., 1896-9; traveling 
 evangelist two years ; minister Congre- 
 gational church, Otisfield and Casco, 
 Me., 1901-3; missionary among lum- 
 bermen, Maine and New Hampshire, 
 1904; state missionary, N. H. Home 
 Missionary Soc., 1905; minister at 
 West Stewartstown, N. H., 1906-7; 
 minister Congregational Church, West 
 Concord, N. H., 1908-13; field sec- 
 retary, Lord's Day League, 1913- ; 
 Independent; member A. F. & A. M., 
 Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, 
 X. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Home 
 Missionary Soc., Anti-Saloon League 
 (director)., A. B. C. F. M., South 
 African General Mission (director), 
 China Inland Mission, Concord Equal 
 Suffrage League, W. C. T. U. (hon.), 
 Red Cross, N. H. Audubon Soc., 
 Central X. H. Congregational Club, 
 Merrimack Ass'n Congregational Min- 
 isters; trustee Golden Rule Farm, 
 Franklin, N. H.; m., Feb. 19, 1897, 
 Grace Evelyn Whitson, Newburg, X. Y. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Madden, Joseph 
 
 Lawyer; b., Central Bridge, N. Y., 
 July 1, 1S66; s. Thomas and Honora 
 (Cain) Madden; ed. public schools of 
 Keene, X. H.; studied law with Don 
 H. Woodward of Keene; admitted to 
 the bar March 13, 1889 and since in 
 practice in Keene; Catholic; Demo- 
 crat; member Keene City Council and 
 board of aldermen, and X'. H. house of 
 representatives in 1907-8 and 1909-10, 
 on committee on Revision of Laws in 
 former and judiciary in latter session; 
 member X. H. National Guard and 
 captain of Co. G, six vears, retiring in 
 1916; member A. O. H., B. P. O. E., 
 and Foresters of America; m., June 
 27, 1894. Eugenie Chalifour of Keene. 
 Residence, Keene, X T . H. 
 
 Alexander, Thomas Branch 
 
 Physician; b., Grantham, X*. U., 
 Xov. 12, 1875; s. Thomas Branch and 
 Mary Frances (Maxfield) Alexander; 
 ed. Xewport, Vt., high school, Mont-
 
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 pelicr Sem.. Baltimore Med. College, 
 M.D. 1901; Maryland Univ., 1913; 
 commenced practice in Scituate Har- 
 bor, Mass., in 1901 and has there 
 continued ; Methodist ; Republican ; 
 school physician, Scituate; medical 
 examiner for New York Life and many 
 other insurance companies; member 
 Mass. Med. Soc., American Med. 
 Ass'n, Hatherly Med. Club; m., Oct. 
 15, 1907, Marion Collier 1 \Velch. Scit- 
 uate, Mass. Residence, Scituate Har- 
 bor, Mass. 
 
 Turner, HuffmanGeorge 
 
 Farmer; hotel keeper; b., Bethle- 
 hem, N. H., July 29, 1859; s. James 
 N. and Mary A. (Hall) Turner; ed. 
 public schools of Bethlehem and Lit- 
 tleton high school; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; selectman of Bethlehem 
 twelve years; treasurer of Graf ton 
 Co. four years; county commissioner 
 fifteen years; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1907-8, state senate, 
 1909-10, Executive Council, 1911-12; 
 resides on the farm settled by his 
 great grandfather in 1798, and which 
 has descended in the family from that 
 date; has managed the same and con- 
 ducted a summer hotel business since 
 the beginning of his active career; 
 manager Bethlehem Electric Light 
 Co.; trustee Littleton Savings Bank; 
 administrator and trustee of many 
 estates; Mason (K. T.); in., June 17, 
 1881, Susan R. White, Bethlehem; 
 children, Mary (Mrs. Walter S. Noyes), 
 b. Sept. 9, 1882, Dow Academy, 1900; 
 Helen Esther, b. May 8, 1885, Bethle- 
 hem high school, 1902; James A., b. 
 Dec. 15, 1888, Bethlehem high school, 
 1908, superintendent Bethlehem Elec- 
 tric Co.; Gertrude, b. Nov. 8, 1890, 
 Plymouth Normal School, 1912, 
 teacher in Bethlehem graded schools. 
 Residence, Bethlehem, N. H. 
 
 McCollister, Lee Sullivan 
 
 Clergyman; educator; b., West- 
 moreland, N. H., June 5, 1859; s. Rev. 
 Sullivan Holman and Fanny Sophia 
 (Knight) McCollister; ed. Nashua 
 public schools, Buchtel College, Ohio, 
 
 Tufts College, A.B. 1881, Tufts Theo- 
 logical School, B.D. 1884, London 
 College, London, England; D.D., 
 Tufts, 1892; Universalist; Independent; 
 ordained to the Universalist Minis- 
 try, 1894; pastor Universalist church, 
 Claremont, 1884-8, Church of Our 
 Father, Detroit, Mich., 1889-1912; 
 Dean Crane Theological School, Tufts 
 College, 1912- ; member trustees 
 Universalist Gen. Con. (president 
 since 1913); president Universalist 
 
 Gen. Con., since 1915; Sons of the 
 American Revolution (Chaplain-Gen- 
 eral National Soc.); Soc. of Colonial 
 Wars (past Chaplain Michigan Soc.); 
 A. F. & A. M. 32d degree and K. T. 
 (Detroit Commandery No. 1); Phi 
 Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta; Bos- 
 ton City Club, University Club, Twen- 
 tieth Century Club; m., May 1, 1889, 
 Lizzie S., dau. Hon. Hosea W.and 
 Caroline L. (Southgate) Parker, Clare- 
 mont, N. H.; children, Parker, b. 
 Sept. 5, 1890, Detroit, Mich. (Tufts, 
 1911, Harvard Law School, 1914);
 
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 409 
 
 lawyer, legal department N. Y. C. 
 R. R., 1914-7; lieutenant in Trans- 
 portation Dept., headquarters A.E.F., 
 Brest, France; Catharine, b. Clare- 
 mont, July 4, 1893 (Smith College, 
 1915); government service, General 
 Hospital, No. 6, Fort McPherson, 
 Ga., 1918-. Residence, Tufts College, 
 Mass. 
 
 Bartlett, John Henry 
 
 Lawyer, Governor of New Hamp- 
 shire; b., Sunapee, N. H., March 15, 
 1869; s. John Z. and Sophronia A. 
 (Sargent) Bartlett; ed. Colby Acad- 
 emy, New London; Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1S94; taught school in 
 Portsmouth four years after gradua- 
 tion, as principal of the Haven and 
 Whipple grammar schools and the 
 Portsmouth high school, meanwhile 
 studying law in the offices of John W. 
 Kelly and Hon. Calvin Page; ad- 
 mitted to the N. H. bar in June, 1898, 
 and immediately engaged in practice 
 as a partner with Judge Page under 
 firm name of Page & Bartlett; after- 
 wards Page, Bartlett & Mitchell; 
 Methodist ; Republican ; postmaster of 
 Portsmouth four years, by appoint- 
 ment of President McKinley and four 
 years by appointment of President 
 Roosevelt; aide-de-camp on staff of 
 Gov. John McLane, with rank of Col- 
 onel, and active in making the local ar- 
 rangements for the Russo-Japanese 
 Peace Conference in Portsmouth in 
 1908; president Republican state con- 
 vention, 191(5; member X. H. house of 
 representatives, 1917-18, member Judi- 
 ciary Committee, and introduced the 
 "54 hour act," "free employment 
 agency act," act removing the criminal 
 record of minors, a child welfare act 
 and other reform measures. In 1912, 
 by appointment of Governor Bass, 
 he represented New Hampshire at the 
 sixth annual meeting of the American 
 Academy of Political and Social 
 Science. He is a director of the X. If. 
 Nat'lBank of Portsmouth, Portsmouth 
 Trust & Guarantee Co., Granite State 
 Fire Ins. Co., Piscatnqua Fire Ins. 
 Co., president Allied Theatres Co., 
 
 Union Theatre Co.; trustee R. O. 
 Treadwell estate ; member A. F.& A.M., 
 K.T.,I.O.O.F.,B.P.O.E.,P.ofH.,K. 
 of P., Amoskeag Veterans, N. H. Vet- 
 erans Ass'n (honorary), Warwick Club, 
 Portsmouth Athletic Club, Yacht Club, 
 Country Club, Wonolancet Club, Con- 
 cord, Derryfield, Manchester; many 
 years prominent as a public speaker 
 and occasional orator and in constant 
 service during the late war in patriotic 
 work; unanimously nominated for Gov- 
 ernor of New Hampshire in the 1918 
 primary and elected in November by 
 6,000 majority; m., June 4, 1900, Agnes, 
 dau. of Hon. Calvin Page; one son, 
 Calvin Page, b. Oct. 8, 1901, now a 
 student at Phillips (Andover) Acad- 
 emy. Residence, Portsmouth. 
 
 Atherton, Ella Blaylock 
 
 Physician and surgeon; b., Ulvers- 
 ton, Eng., Jan., 1860; dau. William 
 and Margaret (Schollick) Blaylock; 
 removed to America in infancy; ed. 
 McGill Normal School, Montreal, Can., 
 1880; Woman's Med. School, Queen's 
 Univ., Kingston, Can., 1887; student 
 N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School, 
 1896; teacher, 1880-2; commenced 
 practice of medicine, Xewport, Vt., 
 1887; removed to Nashua, N. H., 
 1888, and has continued in practice 
 there; member staff of Nashua Emer- 
 gency and St. Joseph's hospitals, at- 
 tending physician Home for Aged 
 Women; member Nashua Med. Ass'n 
 (president, 1908), Hillsboro Co. Med. 
 Ass'n, N. H. Med Soc., American Med. 
 Ass'n, N. II. Surgical Club, Orleans 
 Co., Vt., Med. Soc., Fortnightly Club, 
 Nashua; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 8, 
 1898, Capt. Henry B. Atherton, 
 Nashua; two children. Residence, 31 
 Fairmount Heights, Nashua, X. H. 
 
 Cummings, Milon David 
 
 Head of Cummings Brothers monu- 
 mental business; b., Acworth, X. H., 
 March 5, 1844; s. Alvah and Polly 
 (Grout) Cummings, grandson Col. 
 Ebenezer Grout, also Rev. David Cum- 
 mings, Baptist minister of Acworth; 
 seventh in descent from Isaac Cum-
 
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 mings, Topsfield, Mass.; ed. town 
 schools and Tilton Sem.; engaged in 
 monumental business since 1863, old- 
 est man in business on Main street, 
 Concord; Republican; member of 
 Legislature, 1911; member First Bap- 
 
 tist church, Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F.; 
 m., Nov. 19, 1868, Concord, N. H., Sarah 
 Ann Sawyer; children, (1) Ralph 
 Cochran, d. March 15, 1879; (2) Alvah 
 Cochran, high school, 1892, B.S., Dart- 
 mouth College, 1896, Harvard Med. 
 School, 1901, physician, Newton, Mass., 
 m. Jeannette Harris, one child, Ann; 
 (3) Maude; (4) Edward Sawver, 
 high school, Philadelphia Dental Col- 
 lege, 1900, in practice, Concord, 
 N. H., in. Fannie Stimson, one child. 
 Edward Sawyer, Jr.; (5) Samuel 
 Quincy, high school, Boston Univ. 
 Law School one year, associated with 
 his father in business, in. Mary Agnes 
 Donovan; (6) Ralza Milon, high school, 
 1905, A.B., Dartmouth College, 1909, 
 in charge of infant shoe department, 
 Filene's, Boston, m. Genevieve Warner, 
 one child, Jean. Residence, 1 Fiske 
 St., Concord. N. H. 
 
 Holden, Arthur James 
 
 Lawyer; postmaster of Keene; b., 
 Townshend, Vt., Nov. 22, 1863; s. 
 Hollis J. and Ardilla (Puffer) Holden; 
 ed. public schools, Leland and Gray 
 Sem., Townshend, and Glenwood 
 Classical Sem., West Brattleboro, Vt. 
 (1887), meanwhile teaching school in 
 South Windham, Brattleboro and 
 Graf ton; commenced study of law in 
 the spring of 1888, with Carpenter & 
 Towle, Boston, Mass.; employed as 
 clerk for the assessors of Maiden, 
 Mass., three seasons, also as a teacher 
 in the evening schools of that city; 
 attended Albany Law School, fall 
 term of 1889, and Harvard Law School 
 as special student, fall and winter, 
 1890-1; engaged in general insurance 
 with Edward L. Walker at Bellows 
 
 Falls, Vt., spring of 1891, count inning 
 till summer of 1894, when he entered 
 the law school of the Univ. of West 
 Virginia, at Morgantown, graduating 
 LL.B. in 1895, and admtted to the 
 W. Va. bar in June of that year; ad-
 
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 mitted to the N. H. bar on examina- 
 tion, Feb., 1896, when he located in 
 practice in Keene, continuing in prac- 
 tice till commissioned postmaster, 
 Feb. 11, 1914, which position he still 
 holds, having been reappointed in 
 1918; Baptist; Democrat; several 
 years auditor for Cheshire County; 
 twice Democratic candidate for Mayor 
 of Keene, being defeated first by a 
 plurality of fifty-nine votes and the 
 last time by only ten; member, A. F. & 
 A. M., P. of H.; m., Oct. 9, 1895, 
 Mrs. Stella M. (Bemis) Martin of 
 Athens, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Cram, Ralph Adams 
 
 Architect; author; b., Hampton 
 Falls, N. H., Dec. 16, 1863; s. Rev. 
 William A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake) 
 Cram; ed. schools of Augusta, Me., 
 Westford, Mass., and Exeter, N. H.; 
 Litt.D., Princeton, 1910; LL.D., Yale, 
 1915; practising architect since 1889; 
 supervising architect, Princeton Univ.; 
 professor of architecture, Mass. Inst. 
 Tech;, chairman Boston City Planning 
 Board; member American Academy, 
 Arts and Sciences, Nat'l Institute Arts 
 and Letters; ex-president Boston Soc. 
 of Architects; member Royal Geograph- 
 ical Soc. of London, etc.; author, 
 "The Ruined Abbeys of Great Brit- 
 ain," 1906; "Impressions of Japanese 
 Architecture and the Allied Arts," 
 1906; "The Gothic Quest," 1907; 
 "The Ministry of Art," 1914; "Heart 
 of Europe," 1915, etc.; m., Sept. 20, 
 1900, Elizabeth Carrington, of Vir- 
 ginia. Residence, 52 Chestnut St., 
 Boston, and "Whitehall," Sudbury, 
 Mass. Office, 15 Beacon St., Boston 
 and 33 West 42d St., New York. 
 
 Sampson, Cassander Gary 
 
 Clergyman; 1)., Harrison, Me., Sept. 
 2, 1850; s. Thomas Roby and Harriet 
 (Gary) Sampson; ed. public schools of 
 Harrison; North Bridgton, Me., Acad- 
 emy, Bowdoin College, A.B. 1873; An- 
 dover Theological Sem., 1878; or- 
 dained to the ministry, May 18, 1881; 
 pastor at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H. 
 1878-9; Pembroke, 1879-85; Tilt on, 
 
 1885- ; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 trustee N. H. Conference of Congre- 
 gational churches; N. H. Home Mis- 
 sionary Society; N. H. Congregational 
 Ministers' and Widows' Fund; director 
 N. H. Bible Soc. Residence, Tilton, 
 N. H. 
 
 Robie, Samuel Hastings 
 
 Journalist; b., New Hampton, 
 N. H., Aug. 9, 1862; s. William R. and 
 Harriet H. (Chase) Robie; ed. public 
 schools, Meredith high school; en- 
 
 gaged for nearly twenty years with 
 Omar A. Towne in the printing and 
 publishing business, issuing the Frank- 
 lin Transcript, at Franklin, N. H.; 
 since 1902 editor and publisher of the 
 Chelsea Evening Record, Chelsea, Mass.; 
 Republican; City Marshal, Franklin, 
 N. H., 1894-98; chairman Board of 
 Excise, Chelsea, Mass., since 1917 
 (appointed by Gov. Samuel W. 
 McCall); trustee County Savings 
 Bank, director Chelsea Co-operative 
 Bank. Chelsea, Mass.; member I. O.
 
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 413 
 
 O. F., Massachusetts Press Associa- 
 tion; m., September, 1881, Olive L. 
 Mills. Residence, Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 Lewis, Jonathan Snow 
 
 Clergyman; State Commissioner of 
 Law Enforcement; b., Boston, Mass., 
 Nov. 14, 1864; s. Luther and Almira 
 Horton (Smith) Lewis; ed. public 
 schools of Boston, Everett and East- 
 ham, Mass., Newton Theological In- 
 stitution, Newton Center, Mass., B.D., 
 1911 (class president); Baptist; Re- 
 publican; pastor Baptist church, Am- 
 herst, N. H., 1908-18; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1915-16, 1917- 
 18; father of the so-called "Lewis Bill," 
 the passage of which gave the state of 
 New Hampshire her present Prohibi- 
 tory law; N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1918; appointed State Commis- 
 sioner of Law Enforcement by Gov. 
 Keyes, May 1, 1918; president N. H. 
 Anti-Saloon League; director Anti- 
 Saloon League of America; director 
 N. H. United Baptist Convention; 
 prohibition candidate for Secretary of 
 State in Massachusetts, 1906; chair- 
 man Prohibition State Committee, 
 Massachusetts, 1907-8; nominee for 
 Lieutenant-Governor, 1907; delegate 
 from Massachusetts to National Pro- 
 hibition Convention, and member 
 committee on resolutions, 1908; m., 
 1st, March 31, 1886, Jessie A. Harris, 
 Charlemont, Mass., d. Oct. 30, 1900; 
 2d, July 27, 1910, Pearl Luella Wood- 
 ward, Tyngsborough, Mass. (Simmons 
 College, 1908); children, three daugh- 
 ters by first marriage, Elsie M., Ruth 
 E., Ethel J.; one son, F. Woodward, 
 by second marriage. Residence, 62 
 Church St., Concord, N. H. 
 Brown, John Henry 
 
 Public official; b., Bridgewater, 
 N. H., May 20, 1850; s. James and 
 Judith B. (Harran) Brown, ed. public 
 schools and New Hampton Literary 
 Inst., 1870; engaged as railway mail 
 clerk in early life, and later as railroad 
 freight and claim agent; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; served as se- 
 lectman, deputy sheriff, and post- 
 
 master in the town of Bristol, and rep- 
 resented the town in N. H. house of 
 representatives in 1891; postmaster, 
 Concord, N. H., 1905-1917; commis- 
 sary general, staff of Gov. Charles A. 
 Busiel, 1895-6; delegate Republican 
 National Convention, 1896 (original 
 McKinley man); presidential elector, 
 1900; member N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1918; chosen member 
 N.H. executive council at special elec- 
 tion, Sept. 3, 1918, to fill unexpired 
 term of late Hon. E. H. Carroll; elected 
 
 for full term of two years, November, 
 1918, by majority of 2,129; member Un- 
 ion Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Bristol; Pemi- 
 gewassett Chapter, Plymouth; Horace 
 Chase Council, Mt. Horeb Command- 
 ery, Concord; X. H. Consi.story (32d 
 degree); Bektash Temple, N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Wonolancet Club, Con- 
 cord; m., June 10, 1872, Marietta 
 Sanborn Lougee, Laconia, X. H. 
 Residence, 49 South Spring St., Con- 
 cord, X'. H.
 
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 Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow 
 
 Banker; b., Hyannis, Mass., Dec. 
 31, 1875; s. Timothy Alden and Mary 
 Helen (Sparrow) Freeman; tenth gen- 
 eration from Edmund Freeman, Lynn, 
 Mass., 1635, chief founder of Sand- 
 wich, Mass., the first town on Cape 
 Cod; and eighth in descent from Major 
 and Judge John Freeman of Sandwich, 
 who married Mercy, dau. of Gov. 
 Thomas Prenre and granddaughter of 
 
 William Brewster of the Mayflower; 
 ed. public schools of Concord, N. H.; 
 commenced business as a clerk in a 
 private banking house in Concord, 
 and later filled a minor position in 
 Hanover Nat'l Bank, New York; later 
 returned to Concord and held different 
 positions in the Mcchariicks Nat'l 
 Bank of that city; removed again to 
 New York and took up the work of 
 the Credit Department, in the Han- 
 over Nat'l Bank; in 1906 elected 
 cashier of the Merchants Nat'l Bank of 
 that fit y, afterwards becoming a direc- 
 tor and vice-president, which positions 
 
 he resigned in 1908 when he was made a 
 director and chosen vice-president of 
 the Liberty Nat'l Bank, continuing 
 till 1915, when he resigned to go into 
 private life. In the fall of 1917, Mr. 
 Freeman volunteered his services to 
 the U. S. government and became 
 identified with the Alien Property 
 Custodian's office, in the liquidation of 
 various German concerns doing busi- 
 ness in this country and finally was 
 made president of the Translantic 
 Trust Co., formerly an enemy institu- 
 tion in New York, which position he 
 now holds; Episcopalian; Republi- 
 can; president Transatlantic Trust 
 Co. ; director Bank of Alaska, at Skag- 
 way, Anchorage, Wrangell and Cor- 
 dova, Alaska; trustee, under the will 
 of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens 
 (Mark Twain) ; member Union League 
 Club, New York, Bankers' Club of 
 America, New England Soc., Sons of 
 the American Revolution, Hahnemann 
 Hospital, New York; m., Nov. 30, 
 1899, Grace Watson Hill, dau. Rev. 
 Howard F. and Laura S. (Tebbetts) 
 Hill (see p. 186), great granddaughter 
 Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; 
 children: Laura, Mary. Residence, 
 39 West 55th St., New York City. 
 
 Hayes, Frank Lincoln 
 
 Superintendent N. H. State House; 
 b., Dover, N. H., Dec. 18, 1865; s. 
 Washington Paul and Amanda S. 
 (Hall) Hayes; ed. public schools, 
 Dover and Phillips Exeter Academy; 
 engaged for many years in Dover in 
 interior decoration and remodelling; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member 
 Dover City council, 1898-1900; 
 board of aldermen, 1901-2; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1903; superintendent N. H. State 
 House, 191.5- ; member A. F. & A. M., 
 to and including 32d degree, Knight 
 Templar and Shriner, K. of P.; m., 
 July, 1885, Ida M. Winkley. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Copp, Owen 
 
 Physician; b., Salem, N. H., Jan. 
 12, 1858; s. Millet Goodwin and Row-
 
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 415 
 
 ena (Wentworth) Copp; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B. 1881, Harvard, 
 M.D. 1884; assistant physician Taun- 
 ton (Mass.) Insane Hospital, 1885-95; 
 superintendent Mass. Hospital for 
 Epileptics, Monson, Mass., 1895-9; 
 executive secretary, Mass. Board of 
 Insanity, Boston, 1899 T 1911; physi- 
 cian-in-chief and superintendent Pa. 
 Hospital for Insane, Philadelphia, since 
 September, 1911; member American 
 Medico-Psychological Ass'n, N. E. 
 Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, etc.; 
 m., June 15, 1886, Hattie Grace Sar- 
 gent, Methuen, Mass. Address, 44th 
 and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Crocker, Herbert Samuel 
 
 Civil engineer, b., Haverhill, N. H., 
 June 20, 1867; s. Samuel Hooker and 
 Abiah W. (Morse) Crocker; ed. public 
 school and academies, Univ. of Mich. 
 B.S. in Civil engineering, 1889; drafts- 
 man, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 
 Ry ., 1889-91 ; assistant engineer, North- 
 ern Pacific Ry., 1891-4; bridge en- 
 gineer, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo 
 Ry., 1895-6; assistant engineer; Den. 
 ver, Col., Board of Public Works, 
 1897-1901; assistant manager, Ameri- 
 can Bridge Co., Chicago, 1901-6; 
 bridge engineer, Denver City Tramway 
 Co., 1906-7; in private practice since 
 Dec., 1907; supervised construction of 
 all important viaducts in Denver; 
 member for Colorado board of directors 
 for Industrial Preparedness; m., April 
 15, 1905, Edna Louis Mitchell. Res- 
 idence, 1.333 Fillmore St., Denver, Col. 
 Loveland, Israel Albert 
 
 Physician; investment banker, real 
 estate and insurance; b., Gilsum, 
 N. H., Nov. 3, 1850; s. Israel B. and 
 Sarah (Thompson) Loveland; ed. 
 Marlow Academy, Dartmouth Med. 
 College, M.D. 1874; practiced his 
 profession in Westmoreland and Gil- 
 sum; removed to Keene, N. H., in 
 1909 and gave up the practice of medi- 
 cine, but retained his membership in 
 county, state and national medical 
 societies; in Westmoreland he was 
 physician to the Cheshire County 
 Almshouse, and superintendent of 
 schools; in Gilsum he was postmaster 
 
 and executive officer of the board of 
 health; since coming to Keene he has 
 devoted his attention to fire insurance 
 under the name of Loveland & Hop- 
 kins, the real estate business, and 
 especially the handling as owner of 
 extensive timberlands,the selling of high 
 grade securities and legal and corpora- 
 tion work; Republican; a Freemason 
 and Granger; official member Grace 
 M. E. church; president York Corpora- 
 tion Trust and Law Co.; eastern man- 
 
 aging director Realty Bond Co. of 
 Minneapolis, Minn.; senior trustee 
 Securities Co. of Wisconsin under a 
 trust deed securing a large bond issue, 
 and holds other important positions 
 of trust; m., 1st, Oct. 21, 1S75, Lucy 
 Mahala, only child of the late Gen. 
 Daniel W. Bill, d. Nov. 17, 1910, leav- 
 ing two daughters, Fannie V., who 
 married Don W. Felch of Brattle- 
 boro, Vt., and Ada M., wife of W. 
 Bridge Jones of Keene; 2d, Dec. 11, 
 1912, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gunn. 
 Residence, Keene, N. H.
 
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 417 
 
 Page, Calvin 
 
 Lawyer; banker; h., North Hamp- 
 ton, N. H., Aug. 22, 1845; s. Simon D. 
 and Judith (Rollins) Page- ed. Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1863; Harvard Col- 
 lege; studied law with the late Hon. 
 Albert R. Hatch; admitted to the 
 N. H. bar in 1868, and commenced 
 practice in Portsmouth, continuing till 
 1910, when he retired, as head of the 
 firm of Page, Bartlett & Mitchell, hav- 
 ing been identified with much impor- 
 tant litigation; Unitarian; Democrat; 
 chairman Portsmouth high school com- 
 mittee 1883- ; mayor of Portsmouth, 
 1883- 4, 1899; member of N. H. consti- 
 tutional convention, 1889; member 
 N. H. state senate, 1893-4, 1917-18; 
 U. S. Collector of internal revenue, 
 for Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- 
 mont, eight years, under President 
 Cleveland; president N. H. Nat'l 
 Bank, Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee 
 Co., Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Man- 
 chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord & 
 Portsmouth R. R., and director Upper 
 Coos R. R.; member Inter-State 
 Bridge Commission of Maine and New 
 Hampshire; president N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n, 1905, Rockingham Co. Bar 
 Ass'n, 1917; member A. F. & A. M., 
 K. T. Eminent Commander De Witt 
 Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth, 
 three years; Warwick Club; m., Jan. 
 6, 1870, Arabella J. Moran, Ports- 
 mouth; one daughter, Agnes (Mrs. 
 John H. Bartlett), b. Aug. 21, 1871. 
 Residence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Knox, William Franklin 
 
 Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 
 1874; s. William E. and Sarah C. 
 (Barnard) Knox; ed. public schools, 
 Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alma College, 
 Mich., A.B., 1898; employed on Grand 
 Rapids (Mich.) Herald, 1898-1901; 
 publisher Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) 
 News 1901-12; Manchester, N. H., 
 Leader 1912-13; Manchester Union and 
 Leader since 1913; Congregationalist; 
 Republican ; President Union- Leader 
 Publishing Co.; member A. F. & A. M., 
 32d degree and Shriner, Derryfield and 
 Intervale Country clubs, Manchester; 
 
 28 
 
 private 1st U. S. Volunteers (Rough 
 Riders) in Spanish American War; 
 major in Mich. N. G., 1908; member 
 board of U. S. Indian Commissioners by 
 appointment of President Taf t ; Chair- 
 man Mich. Republican State Com- 
 mittee, 1910-2, on staff of Gov. 
 Samuel D. Felker of New Hampshire, 
 1913; in service in U. S. Army in war 
 with Germany, major horse section, 
 battalion of 303d ammunition train, 
 attached to 78th division; had three 
 months of front line activity and was 
 in St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest and 
 Verdun battles; m., Dec. 28, 1898, 
 Annie Reid, Alma, Mich. Residence, 
 Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Curtis, Warden Allan 
 
 Journalist; author; b., in New Mex- 
 ico, February, 1867; s. Capt. Charles 
 Albert (U. S. A.) arid Harriet Louise 
 (Hughes) Curtis; ed. University of 
 Wisconsin, A.B. 1889; engaged on 
 various newspapers in the West and 
 South for many years; removed to 
 Ashland, N. H., some ten years ago, 
 some time contributor to the Boston 
 Transcript, and later several years 
 special correspondent of the Boston 
 Herald; author, "Strange Adventures 
 of Mr. Middleton," 1903. Residence, 
 Ashland, N. H. 
 
 Cummings, Edward 
 
 Clergyman; b., Colebrook, N. H., 
 April 20, 1861; s. Edward Norris and 
 Lucretia Frances (Merrill) Cummings; 
 ed. Harvard college, A.B. 1883, A.M., 
 1885; Harvard Divinity school, 1883-5; 
 Graduate School (Robert Treat Paine 
 fellow in social science), 1888-91; 
 studied sociology in Great Britain, 
 France, Italy and Germany; instructor 
 in Sociology, Harvard, 1891-2, asso- 
 ciate professor, 1893-1900; minister 
 South Congregational Church (Uni- 
 tarian), Boston, since 1900, succeeding 
 the late Edward Everett Hale; lecturer 
 on social science; president Mass. Civic 
 League, Benevolent Fraternity of Uni- 
 tarian Churches; director Mass. Prison 
 Ass'n, Watch and Ward Soc., Industrial 
 Aid Soc., etc.; general secretary World
 
 418 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Peace Foundation; member Twentieth 
 Century Club, Boston City Club; m., 
 June 25, 1891, Rebecca Haswell Clarke, 
 Roxbury, Mass. Residence, 104 Irv- 
 ing St., Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Brinley, Godfrey Malbone 
 
 Clergyman; educator; b., Perth 
 Amboy, N. J., Nov. 22, 1864; s. 
 Edward and Andrewetta Sims (Row- 
 lett) Brinley; ed. The Pingrey School, 
 New Jersey, St. Paul's School, Con- 
 
 cord, N. H., Trinity College, Hartford, 
 Conn., B.A. 1SSS, A.M. 1895; engaged 
 in teaching at St. Paul's School, Con- 
 cord, since 1SSS; Episcopalian; Demo- 
 crat; ordained deacon, Protestant 
 Episcopal church. lX ( .t3; priest, 1S97; 
 chaplain Orphans' Home. Concord, 
 1915-<>; trustee, 1917 . In charge of 
 the Mission of the Holy Spirit, Dan- 
 bury, N. II.; founder and president 
 of St. Paul's School Camp, Danbury; 
 director of the Missionary Soc. of St. 
 Paul's School: member Psi Upsilon 
 Fraternity, University Club, N. V. 
 
 City, Church Club, Manchester, N. H. 
 Morris Country Club, New Jersey; m., 
 June 17, 1902, Elizabeth Agnes, dau. 
 George Macculloch and Elizabeth 
 (Hoffman) Miller, New York City; 
 one daughter, Elizabeth Malbone. 
 Residence, St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 N.H. 
 
 Davis, Nathaniel French 
 
 Educator; b., Lake Village (now 
 Laconia), N. H., June 11, 1847; s. John 
 and Rhoda French (Maxfield) Davis; 
 ed. Brown Univ., A.B. 1870, A.M. 
 1873; studied at Univ. of Gottingen, 
 1892-3; LL.D., Colby Univ., 1894; in 
 engineering department, Providence 
 Water- Works, 1870-1 ; instructor River- 
 view Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, 
 N. Y., 1871-3; vice principal and pro- 
 fessor mathematics, Keystone State 
 Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1873-4; 
 instructor in Mathematics, Brown 
 Univ., Providence, R. I., 1874-9, 
 assistant professor, 1879-89, associate 
 professor, 1889-90, professor pure math- 
 ematics, 1890-1915, professor emeritus, 
 1915- ; secretary N. E. College En- 
 trance Board, 1902-13, president, 
 1913-5; member American Mathemati- 
 cal Soc., Mathematical Ass'n of Amer- 
 ica, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges and 
 Secondary Schools, American Ass'n of 
 University Professors; fellow American 
 Academy of Arts and Sciences; Con- 
 gregational Club of Rhode Island, 
 (president 1901-2), Economic and 
 University Clubs, Providence; in., 
 Dec. 23, '1878, Lydia Martin Bellows. 
 Residence, 159 Brown St., Providence, 
 R. I. 
 
 Davis, Charles Thornton 
 
 Lawyer; judge; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Jan. 12, 18(>3; s. Charles Augustine and 
 Mary (Thornton) Davis; ed. Harvard, 
 A.M.' 1SS4; studied law at Harvard Law 
 School and office of Bacon, Hopkins <fc 
 Bacon, Worcester, Mass. Admitted to 
 Massachusetts bar in 1887, and in 
 general practice in Boston till 1892; in 
 Worcester, Mass., 1893-8; chief exam- 
 iner of titles, Metropolitan Water 
 Board, 1X95-8; appointed Judge of
 
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 419 
 
 Massachusetts Land Court upon its 
 creation in 1898, since continuing; 
 Episcopalian; Democrat; member A. F. 
 & A. M., St. Botolph Club; author 
 "Massachusetts Land Court Decis- 
 ions," 1909; m., Sept. 12, 1888, Frances 
 P. Anderson, Portland, Me. Resi- 
 dence, Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Currier, Charles Francis Adams 
 
 Educator; b., E. Kingston, N. H., 
 March 17, 1862; s. Ezra F. and Isabella 
 T. (Webster) Currier; ed. Harvard, 
 A.B. 1887, A.M. 1888; studied two 
 years in Berlin and Paris; professor of 
 History and Political Science, Mass. 
 Inst: of Tech. since 1891; chairman 
 school board, Winchester, Mass., 1901- 
 12; member American Historical Ass'n; 
 magazine writer; m., Dec. 26, 1892, 
 Florence M. Morton, Somerville, Mass. 
 Residence. Winchester. Mass. 
 
 Cram, William Everett 
 
 Farmer; author; b., Hampton Falls, 
 N. H., June 22, 1871; s. Rev. William 
 Augustine and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake) 
 Cram; brother of Ralph Adams Cram; 
 author, "Little Beasts of Field and 
 Wood," 1900; "American Animals" 
 (with Witmer Stone), 1902; "More 
 Little Beasts of Field and Wood," 
 1912; m., June 30, 1909, Esther L. San- 
 born, West Roxbury, Mass. Residence, 
 Hampton Falls, N. H. 
 
 Dickinson, Leonard Perley 
 
 Educator; b., Hill, N. H., May 3, 
 1876; s. Benjamin F. and Margaret 
 (Wilson) Dickinson; ed. Manchester 
 high school, 1892, Mass. Inst. Tech., 
 1896; instructor in electrical engineer- 
 ing, I'niv. of Maine, 1898-9; Manual 
 Training School, New Haven, Conn., 
 1899-1900; Armour Inst. Tech., Chi- 
 cago, 1900-2; assistant professor phy- 
 sics and electrical engineering. Lafay- 
 ette College, Easton, Pa., 1903-9; 
 professor physics and electrical engi- 
 neering, R. I. State College, since 
 1909; member Alpha Chi Rho, Ameri- 
 can Institute Electrical Engineers, 
 Society for Promotion of Engineering 
 
 Education; m., Dec. 25, 1899, A. 
 Louise McClure, Syracuse, N.Y. Res- 
 idence, Kingston, R. I. 
 
 Foote, Arthur Lowell 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lewiston, Me., Dec. 25, 
 1863; s. William Lowell and Elizabeth 
 Ann (Meserve) Foote; ed. public 
 schools, Great Falls (Somersworth) 
 high school, 1883; studied law with 
 George E. Beacham at Somersworth, 
 admitted to the bar March 11, 1887, 
 
 and commenced practice at Sanborn- 
 ville, N. H., where he has continued; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member 
 Wakefield school board; solicitor for 
 Carroll County, 1S92-4; member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1918; mem- 
 ber A. F. <fe A. M., 1.0. R. M., B. P. 
 (). E.; trustee Wakefield pub. library; 
 member legal advisory board and 
 chairman war instruction board, Car- 
 roll Co.; chairman for \Vakefield and 
 Brookfield Liberty Loan Campaign, 
 and Carroll Co. chairman for Relief in 
 the Near East and Red Cross Home
 
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 421 
 
 Relief; m., June 15, 1888, Carrie Belle 
 Sanborn; d., June 13, 1913; one son, 
 Lowell Sanborn, b. June 2, 1891 (Bow- 
 doin College, 1912), manager Library 
 Bureau, Denver, Col., m. Grace Mara 
 Allen, dau. Lewis F. Allen, Salem, 
 Mass., June 4, 1917, and has one daugh- 
 ter, Grace Shirley. Residence, San- 
 bornville, N. H. 
 
 Brown, Albert Oscar 
 
 Lawyer; banker; b., Northwood, 
 N. H., July 15, 1853; s. Charles O. 
 and Sarah E. (Langmaid) Brown; ed. 
 Goes Northwood Academy, 1874; 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M. 
 1911 ; Boston University Law School, 
 LL.B. 1884; admitted to N. H. bar 
 in 1884, and in practice in Manchester 
 till 1912, having been a member suc- 
 cessively of the firms of Burnham & 
 Brown; Burnham, Brown & Warren, and 
 Burnham, Brown, Jones & Warren; 
 special counsel for New Hampshire in 
 railroad tax appeals in Supreme Court, 
 1910-11; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; chairman, N. H. Tax Commis- 
 sion since 1911; president N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention, 1918; president 
 Amoskeag Savings Bank, 1905-12; 
 treasurer and secretary since 1912; 
 director Arnoskeag Nat'l Bank, Man- 
 chester Traction Light & Power Co., 
 clerk, John B.Varick Co. ; member N. H. 
 Bankers Ass'n, Nat'l Tax Ass'n, Ass'n 
 N. E. Tax Officials, executive commit- 
 tee, U. S. Council of State Banking 
 Ass'ns., N. H. Bar Ass'n, A. F. & A. M., 
 Psi Upsilon, Dcrryfield Club, Manches- 
 ter; trustee Dartmouth College, Goes 
 Northwood Academy, president; in., 
 Dec. 20, 1888, Susie J. Clark, Ayer, 
 Mass. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Mead, Edwin Doak 
 
 Author; lecturer; b. Chesterfield, 
 N. H., Sept. 29, 1849; .s. Bradley and 
 Sarah (Stone) Mead; ed. public schools 
 and academies; worked in youth on a 
 farm and in a store; entered employ of 
 Ticknor & Fields, publishers, Boston, in 
 1866; studied in Europe, 1S75-9; since 
 engaged in lecturing and literary work; 
 editor New England Magazine several 
 
 years; some time president Mass. Good 
 Citizenship Soc., also of American Free 
 Religious Ass'n, and Twentieth Cen- 
 tury Club; director World Peace 
 Foundation; delegate American Peace 
 Soc. to Congresses of Glasgow, Rouen, 
 Lucerne, Munich and London; chairman 
 executive committee, 13th International 
 Peace Congress, Boston, 1904; author, 
 "Martin Luther A Study of the 
 Reformation," "The Philosophy of 
 Carlyle," "The Roman Church and the 
 Public Schools," "Organize the World," 
 "The Influence of Emerson," "The 
 Principles of the Founders," etc.; re- 
 ceived honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 
 1913; m., Sept. 29, 1898, Lucia True 
 Ames. Residence, 19 Euston St., 
 Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Mead, Lucia True Ames 
 
 Author; lecturer; b., Boscawen, 
 N. H., May 5, 1856; dau. Nathan P. 
 and Elvira Ames; conducted classes in 
 Nineteenth Century Thought in Bos- 
 ton, and lectured on economic and 
 social questions and international arbi- 
 tration, for many years; delegate to 
 several peace congresses; national secre- 
 tary \Vornan's Peace Part}'; member 
 Twentieth Century Club; author, 
 "Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers," 
 "Memoirs of a Millionaire," "To 
 Whom Much is Given," "Primer of the 
 Peace Movement," "Patriotism and 
 the New Internationalism," "Swords 
 and Ploughshares," etc.; m., Sept. 29, 
 1898. (See preceding sketch.) 
 
 Dixon, Frank Haigh 
 
 Educator; b., Winona, Minn., Oct. 8, 
 1869; s. Alfred C. and Caroline Dixon; 
 ed. Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1892, Ph.D. 
 1895; instructor in history and assist- 
 ant professor of economics, Univ. 
 of Mich., 1896-8; assistant professor 
 economics, Dartmouth College, 1898- 
 1908; professor since; secretary Amos 
 Tuck School of Administration and 
 Finance, Dartmouth, 1900-4; expert 
 F. S. Interstate Commerce Com., 
 1907-8; chief statistician Bureau 
 Railway Economics, 1910-; member 
 American Economic Ass'n; American
 
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 Statistical Ass'n, etc.; executive com- 
 mittee public safety, 1917-; author 
 "State Railroad Control," 1896; m., 
 April 17, 1900, Alice L. Tucker, Han- 
 over. Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Greet, Benjamin Fuller 
 
 Merchant and lumberman; b., Goffs- 
 town, N. H., Jan. 20, 1864; s. Benjamin 
 and Elizabeth M. (Fuller) Greer; ed. 
 public schools and Pinkerton Academy, 
 Derry, N. H.; engaged on farm till 
 
 twenty-one years of age; merchant in 
 general store for eighteen years; since 
 then extensively engaged in lumbering; 
 Baptist; Progressive Republican ; super- 
 visor, member school board six years; 
 appointed postmaster at (irasmere 
 (GofTstown) in 1XS7. holding till 1904 
 when he resigned; member X. H. house 
 of representatives from GofTstown 
 1901-2, serving on committee on in- 
 corporations; X. H. state senate, 1909- 
 10, on same committee; executive coun- 
 cil, 1911-2. chairman committee on 
 finance; candidate for U. S. Senator on 
 Progressive ticket, 1911: delegate to 
 
 Progressive national convention, 1916, 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; 
 member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and 
 P. of H.; m., June 8, 1892, Florence A. 
 Chappell, Manchester; children, two 
 sons living, Benjamin Fuller, Jr., serv- 
 ing with A. E. F. in France, and Ray- 
 mond Chase, Corp. U. S. T. D., Han- 
 over. Residence, Grasmere (GofTs- 
 town), N. H. 
 
 Nichols, William Theophilus 
 
 Journalist; author; b., Cincinnati, O., 
 March 31, 1863; s. William N.and Isabel 
 M. (Blackman) Nichols; ed. Cincinnati 
 high school, Yale College, A.B., 1884; 
 on editorial staff New Haven Morning 
 News, 1884-7, New York Times, 1887- 
 93, Cincinnati Tribune, 1894; manag- 
 ing editor Manchester Union, 1896- 
 1910; engaged in literary work till 1915; 
 managing editor Manchester Union 
 since; author, "The War for the Island," 
 "Making Good," "The Safety First 
 Club," "The Safety First Club and the 
 Flood"; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 member Derryfield and Intervale Coun- 
 try clubs, Manchester; m., Nov. 18, 
 1896, Helen F. Hull, Cincinnati, O.; 
 two children, Florence Hull, b. Oct. 
 18, 1897 (National School of Domestic 
 Arts, Washington, 1918); Leveret t Hull, 
 b. Oct. 14, 1901 (Norwich University 
 and U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
 Class of 1922). Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 McDougall, Henry C. 
 
 Clergyman; b., Ypsilanti, Mich., 
 Nov. 22, 1850; s. George and Mary 
 (Muir) McDougall; ed. Mich. State 
 Normal School, Ypsilanti, 1872; Univ. 
 of Mich., A.B., 1877; Harvard Di- 
 vinity School, 1886; principal high 
 school, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1878-9, 
 Princeton, 111., 1879-82; ordained to 
 the ministry, Rockland, Mass., Oct. 
 6, 1886; held pastorates at Rockland, 
 Mass., 1886-90, Madison, Wis., 1891; 
 Marblehead, Mass., 1892-9, Frank- 
 lin, N. H., since 1899; Unitarian, In- 
 dependent Republican ; minister at 
 large for New Hampshire since 1907; 
 secretarv N. H. Unitarian Ass'n since
 
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 1899; member boards of education in 
 Rockland, Mass., Marblehead, Mass., 
 and Franklin, N. H.; president Board 
 of Trustees, Proctor Academy; m., 
 July 23, 1890, Marion H. Gleason 
 Abington, Mass.; children, James G., 
 captain coast artillery, U. S. service in 
 France; Kenneth, lieutenant aviation 
 corps, U. S. service in France. Resi- 
 dence, Franklin, N. H. 
 
 Emerson, Benjamin Kendall 
 
 Geologist; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec. 
 20, 1843; s. Benjamin F. and Elisabeth 
 (Kendall) Emerson; ed. Amherst Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1865; Universities of Got- 
 tingen and Berlin, Ph.D. 1870; LL.D. 
 Amherst, 1914; instructor in geology, 
 Amherst 1870-2, professor of Geology 
 and mineralogy, 1872-1917, since then 
 professor emeritus; professor same in 
 Smith College, 1878-1912; assistant 
 geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 
 1890-6, since then geologist; member 
 International Geological Congress, St. 
 Petersburg, 1897 (vice-president) fellow 
 American Academy Arts and Sciences, 
 (vice-president 1896) ; American Geo- 
 logical Soc., American Philosophical 
 Soc., Washington Academy Sciences; 
 m., 1st, April 2, 1873, Mary Annette 
 Hopkins, d. July 31, 1895; 2d, Sept. 4, 
 1901, Anna H. Seelye, Amherst, Mass. 
 Residence, 529 West llth St., New 
 York City. 
 
 Ferry, Edwin Sidney 
 
 Physicist; b., Croydon, N. H., June 
 14, 1868; s. Harvey S. and Hattie W. 
 (Eastman) Ferry; ed. Cornell Univ., 
 B.S. 1889; graduate student, 1891-3; 
 graduate student and fellow in physics, 
 Johns Hopkins, 1893-4; graduate stu- 
 dent, Upsala, Sweden, 1897-8; pro- 
 fessor of physics, Purdue Univ., In- 
 diana, since 1899; member Delta 
 Kappa Epsilon, Signa Xi, American 
 Physical Soc., American Electro- 
 chemical Soc., etc.; author "Elemen- 
 tary Dynamics," 1906, "Practical 
 Physics, 1907; "Pyrometry," 1917; 
 m., Aug. 21, 1900, Ruth M. White, 
 Ithaca, N. Y. Residence, Lafayette, 
 Ind. 
 
 Meader, John Levi 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Gonic (Rochester), 
 N. H., Sept, 11, 1878; s. John E. and 
 Clara E. (Varney) Meader; ed. public 
 schools, Rochester, and Moses Brown 
 School, Providence, R. I.; after leaving 
 school entered employ of the Gonic 
 Mfg. Co., learning the practical end of 
 the business in the different depart- 
 ments; seven years superintendent 
 previous to July, 1915, when he be- 
 came agent, now holding that position; 
 in religion affiliated with the Friends; 
 
 Republican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1907-8; mayor of 
 Rochester, 1917; member X. H. senate, 
 1919-20; member Republican State 
 Committee and chairman Rochester 
 City Committee since 1915; director, 
 clerk and agent Gonic Mfg. Co.; 
 director Peoples Building and Loan 
 Ass'n; director and treasurer Gonic 
 Cemetery Ass'n; member A. F. & A. M. 
 lodge, chapter, council, commandery 
 and shrine; U. (). A. M.; in , Oct. IS, 
 1900, Lila Anna Malvern. Chicago, 
 111. -.children. Lois Julia, b. Oct. 2, 1901;
 
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 425 
 
 Ckra Lola, Oct. 31, 1902; Ann Lela, 
 Aug. 23, 1916. Residence, Gonic, 
 N. H. 
 
 Heard, Arthur Marston 
 
 Banker; b., Sandwich, N. H., Feb. 
 13, 1866; s. William Andrew and Emily 
 (Marston) Heard; ed. Tilton Seminary, 
 1884; Amherst College, 1888; clerk 
 First National Bank, Arkansas City, 
 Kan., 1889-93; national bank examiner, 
 1893-5; cashier Merchants National 
 Bank, Manchester, 1896-1901; Cashier 
 Amqskeag National Bank, 1902-5; 
 president since July, 1905; president 
 Peoples Gas Light Co. ; director Federal 
 Reserve Bank, Boston, N. H. Fire 
 Ins. Co. (finance committee); Man- 
 chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord & 
 Montreal R. R.; trustee Amoskeag 
 Savings Bank, Peoples Savings Bank, 
 member executive committee, N. H. 
 Committee on Public Safety, 1917-; 
 Massachusetts Commandery Loval 
 Legion; A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), 
 Exchange and Union Clubs, Boston; 
 Derryfield and Intervale Clubs, Man- 
 chester; Country Club, Nashua; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Democrat; m., June 12, 
 1895, Ora B. Farrar, Arkansas City, 
 Kan.; children, Marston, b. Dec. 2, 1897 
 (Harvard, 1920) 2d lieut, U. S. Field 
 Artillery; Carlton Farrar, b. March 24, 
 1900 (Amherst, 1921). Student Army 
 Training Corps. Residence, 726 Chest- 
 nut St., Manchester, N. H.; office, 875 
 Elm St. 
 
 Ramie, Herbert Williamson 
 
 Lawyer; b., Aberdeen, Scotland, 
 March 28, 1884; s. William and Jane 
 (Michie) Rainie; came to America with 
 his parents in 1891: ed. public schools 
 of Concord, N. H., Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1906; Harvard Law School, LL.B. 
 1910; admitted to the bar and settled 
 in practice in Concord, where he con- 
 tinues; Methodist; Republican; clerk 
 of Union School District, Concord, 
 1916-; elected solicitor of Merrimack 
 County for two years in November, 
 1918, secretary Concord Board of 
 Trade, 19 IS-; treasurer Concord 
 Charity Organization; member \Vono- 
 
 lancet Club; m., Sept. 29, 1915, Ruth 
 Mildred Garland. As an avocation 
 Mr. Rainie has been greatly interested 
 in music, both vocal and instrumental 
 and is well known as a baritone singer 
 and cornetist; is choir director at the 
 Baker Memorial M. E. church of 
 Concord, a member of the Capital 
 Quartette, and a composer of some note. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Fairbanks, Arthur 
 
 Educator; art director; b., Han- 
 over, N. H., Nov. 13, 1864; s. Prof. 
 Henry and Annie S. (Noyes) Fair- 
 banks; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B., 
 1886; Yale Divinity School, 1887-8, 
 Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., 
 1888-9; Berlin and Freiburg, 1889-90, 
 Ph.D., Freiburg, 1890; Litt.D., Dart- 
 mouth, 1909; instructor in Greek and 
 logic, assistant professor German, 
 Dartmouth, 1890-2; lecturer on social 
 science and the philosophy of religion, 
 Yale 1892-4, instructor in compara- 
 tive religion, 1894-9; acting assistant 
 professor ancient philosophy, Cornell, 
 1899-1900; professor Greek literature 
 and archeology, Univ. of Iowa, 1900- 
 6; professor Greek and Greek arche- 
 ology, Univ. of Mich., 1906-7; director 
 Boston Museum of Fine Arts since 
 August, 1907; member American Phil- 
 osophical Ass'n, Archeological Insti- 
 tute of America, etc.; author various 
 sociological and philosophical treatises, 
 and contributor to religious and 
 philosophical publications; m., May 2, 
 1889, Elizabeth L. Moody, Hanover, 
 N. H. Residence, 20 Elmwood Ave., 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Blakely, Quincy 
 
 Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H., 
 April 12, 1872; s. Rev. Quincy and 
 Gertrude (Sykes) Blakely; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1894 (Phi Beta 
 Kappa), Yale Divinity School, B.D. 
 1S98; ordained and installed pastor 
 Congregational church, South Glaston- 
 bury, Conn., Nov. 4, 1898; pastor 
 Farmington, Conn., since 1905; mem- 
 ber Delta Kappa Epsilon. Casque and 
 Gauntlet fraternities; Twentieth Cen-
 
 4LV, 
 
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 tury Club, Hartford, Conn; m., Oct. 
 10, 1900, Mary Twitchell. Residence, 
 Farmington, Conn. 
 
 Lee, William Andrew 
 
 Plumbing and heating contractor; b., 
 Concord, N. H., April 10, 1861; s. 
 John J. and Kate (Coughlin) Lee; ed. 
 public schools of Concord; learned the 
 plumber's trade in early life and has 
 been extensively engaged as a contrac- 
 tor in plumbing and heating for many 
 
 years past; Catholic; Democrat; mem- 
 ber Concord city council two years, 
 board of Aldermen eight years, assessor 
 ten years, under the old city charter; 
 member X. H. house of representatives, 
 1913-14, 1915-10, 1917-18, 1919-20; 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; 
 president and treasurer Lee Bros. Co.; 
 member Concord Board of Trade; 
 in., Oct. 10, 1883, Johannah Kelloy, 
 Northfield, Vt.; one son, John J., h. 
 Nov. 4, 1893 (ed. Concord public 
 schools and business college), deputy 
 collector ('. S. Internal Revenue. 
 Portsmouth. Residence, Concord, X.H. 
 
 Fisk, Daniel Moses 
 
 Clergyman; educator; b., New Hamp- 
 ton, N. H., April 10, 1846; s. Rev. 
 Ebenezer and Miriam A. (Gordon) 
 Fisk; ed. Brown Univ.; Ph.B. 1869, 
 A.M. 1876; Ph.D., Findlay College, 
 1890; D.D., Hillsdale, 1897; ordained 
 to the Congregational ministry, 1886; 
 professor biology, Hillsdale College, 
 Michigan, 1872-86; pastor Jackson, 
 Mich., 1886-91 ; First Church, Toledo, 
 O., 1891-7; Compton Hill church, 
 St. Louis, Mo., 1897-9; First Church, 
 Topeka, Kan., 1899-1902; professor 
 sociology, Washburn College, Top- 
 eka, Kan., 1899-; dean department 
 of Bible and social service, 1913-; 
 author, "Introduction to Sociology," 
 "Rise of Democracy in Church arid 
 State," etc.; member American Socio- 
 logical Soc.; m., 1st, Aug. 29, 1870, 
 Alma H. Moore, Wilton, N. H., 
 d.; 2d, June 15, 1911, L. Louise Fox, 
 Topeka. Residence, 1516 College Ave., 
 Topeka, Kan. 
 
 Crafts Albert Barnard 
 
 Lawyer; b., Milan, X. H., Sept. 4, 
 1851; s. Frederick A. and Maria L. 
 (Soule) Crafts; ed. Wesleyan Univ., 
 A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874; taught school 
 in Connecticut, 1871-2; studied law; 
 admitted to the R. I. bar 1875; prac- 
 ticed first in Westerly, R. I.; in Provi- 
 dence since 1906; Republican; member 
 R. I. house of representatives, 1904-6; 
 member Alpha Delta Phi, R. I. Bar 
 Ass'n, Edgewood Yatch Club; m., 1st, 
 Oct. 1, 1881, Jennie Louise Blake, d. 
 Nov. 19, 1884; 2d, Dec. 17, 1892, 
 Mary A. Stark. Residence, Edge- 
 wood, Providence, R. I. 
 
 Fiske, Amos Kidder 
 
 Journalist; author; b., Whiteh'eld, 
 X. H., May 12, 1842; s. Henry and 
 Lucinda (Keyes) Fiske; ed. Harvard, 
 A.B. 1866, A.M. 1869; associated with 
 George Ticknor Curtis in preparation 
 of Life of Daniel Webster; on editorial 
 staff of \. Y. Time*, twenty-two 
 years, A'. }'. Mail and Exjrress, 1900- 
 2; associate editor A'. Y. Journal of 
 Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
 
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 since January, 1903; author "Mid- 
 night Talks at the Club," 1890; 
 "Beyond the Bourn," 1891; "The 
 Jewish Scriptures," 1896; "The Myths 
 of Israel," 1897; "The Story of the 
 Philippines," 1897; "The Modern 
 Bank," 1904; "Honest Business," 
 1914, etc.; m., Oct. 27, 1870, Caroline 
 Child. Residence, 144 East 45th St., 
 New York City. 
 
 Farley, Frank Edgar 
 
 Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 April 25, 1868; s. George W. and 
 Lucina C. (Baker) Farley; ed. Harvard 
 Univ., A.B. 1893, A.M. 1894, Ph.D. 
 1897; assistant in English, Harvard, 
 1893-5; Radcliffe, 1894-7; instructor 
 in English, Haverford College, 1897-8; 
 instructor, associate professor and pro- 
 fessor of English, Syracuse Univ., 
 1898-1903; professor of English, Sim- 
 mons College since Oct. 1, 1903; 
 author "An Advanced English Gram- 
 mar," 1913; m., Aug. 5, 1903, Mrs. 
 Amy Elwell Crane, St. Louis, Mich. 
 Residence, 108 Fuller St., Brookline, 
 Mass. 
 
 Ferguson, Frank William 
 
 Architect; b., Portsmouth, N. H., 
 Nov. 3, 1861; s. Stephen and Martha 
 M. (Marden) Ferguson; ed. public 
 schools and Dartmouth College, scien- 
 tific department; member firm of 
 Cram <fc Ferguson, architects of build- 
 ings at U. S. Military Academy, St. 
 Thomas church, New York, Rice 
 Institute, Texas, Princeton Univ., 
 Williams College, etc., fellow American 
 Institute of Architects, Boston Soc. of 
 Architects, Beta Theta Pi; m., Oct. 28, 
 1891, Elizabeth Clark Gardner, Ports- 
 mouth, N. H.; d. 1896. Address, 15 
 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; 33 West 
 42d St., New York. 
 
 Ernst, Clayton Holt 
 
 Journalist; b., Franconia, N. H., 
 Dec. 29, 1886; s. Frederick William 
 and Kmeline (Holt) Ernst; ed. Har- 
 vard, A.B., 1910; Congregationalist; 
 member Delta Upsilon; district com- 
 missioner Bov Scouts of America; 
 
 author (with Norman B. Cole, M.D.) 
 "First Aid for Boys," 1917; short 
 story contributor to magazines; assist- 
 ant editor, The Youth's Companion, 
 Boston, since 1911. Residence, 34 
 Harrington St., Newton, Mass. 
 
 Young, James Burlington 
 
 B., Glasgow, Scotland, March 4, 
 1864; s. Alexander and Arabella (Mc- 
 Ilroy) Young; came to America in 
 early life; ed. Rochester public schools; 
 engaged in teaming and advertising; 
 
 Methodist; Republican; member Roch- 
 ester City council six years; com- 
 missioner for Stratford county since 
 1915; Mayor, Rochester, 1918; mem- 
 ber Humane Lodge, No. 21, A. F. & 
 A. M.; Rising Sun Lodge, No. 7, 
 K. of P., Chancellor Commander four 
 terms; Rochester Commandery, Golden 
 Cross, No. 50, past commander; 
 Rochester Grange, No. S6, master 
 three terms; district deputy N. II. 
 State Grange four years; in., August 
 29, 1S90, Lillian J. Evans. Residence, 
 Rochester, N. II .
 
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 429 
 
 Story, Fred Williams 
 
 Telephone business; b., Hopkinton, 
 N. H., Dec. 9, 1861; s. David Burnham 
 and Sarah J. (French) Story; ed. public 
 schools, Hopkinton, Lake Village and 
 Laconia, N. H.; Unitarian; director 
 N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. of 
 Massachusetts and assistant to the 
 president, director Southern Mass. 
 Telephone & Telegraph Co.; president 
 Aroostook Telephone & Telegraph Co., 
 Moosehead Telephone Co., Maine Tele- 
 phone & Telegraph Co. (all in Maine), 
 Coos Telephone Co., Winnepesaukee 
 Telephone Co., N. H., Franklin County 
 Telephone Co., Vt.; vice-president 
 White Mountain Telephone Co., and 
 Carroll County Telephone Co., N. H. 
 Gramill Telephone Co., N. Y. Heath 
 Telephone Co., Mass., Connecticut 
 Valley Telephone Co. and White River 
 Valley Telephone Co., Vt.; member 
 Mt. Lebanon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 N. H. Consistory, S. P. R. S, 32; 
 Union Royal Arch chapter, Pilgrim 
 Commandery, K. T., Mt. Washington 
 Chapter, O. E. S., Bektash Temple, 
 N. M. S.; Exchange Club, City Club, 
 Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass.; 
 m., Dec. 6, 1887, Dolly Frances Went- 
 worth, dau. Col. Joseph and Sarah 
 Payson (Jones) Wentworth, Concord, 
 N. H. Residence, Boston, Mass., and 
 272 Pleasant St., Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Goddard, Christopher Marsh 
 
 Engineer; b., Claremont, N. H., April 
 16, 1856 ;s. Edward L. and Elizabeth P. 
 Marsh Goddard; ed. Episcopal Acad- 
 emy, Cheshire, Conn. ; Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, B.S. 1877; teacher Natural 
 Sciences, Episcopal Academy, 1877- 
 1880; with Hatch & Foote, ' bankers, 
 New York, 1880-5; electrical engineer, 
 Plainfield, N. J., 1885-90; active in 
 promoting adoption of the Nation- 
 al Electrical Code and insurance 
 rating fire prevention work; Con- 
 gregationalist; Republican; member 
 Council Underwriters' Laboratories, 
 Chicago; National Fire Protection 
 Ass'n (president 1908-9, executive 
 committee, 1902-15) ; American In- 
 stitute Electrical Engineers; Mass. 
 
 State Fire Protection Ass'n; m., Feb. 
 14, 1882, Emillie Georgette Brandner, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. Residence, Newton 
 Center, Mass. 
 
 Gage, Walter Boutwell 
 
 Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., April 
 21, 1872; s. Minot Gardner and Ellena 
 (Boutwell) Gage; ed. Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1890; Harvard, A.B. 1894; 
 Unitarian; Republican; instructor 
 Huckley School, Tarrytown, N. Y., 
 1900-8; headmaster since 1908; m., 
 June 28, 1900, Florence Davis, Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y. Residence, Tarrytown, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Foster, Joseph 
 
 Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (retired); 
 b., Gloucester, Mass., June 7, 1841; 
 s. Joseph and Adelaide Coues (Spald- 
 ing) Foster; ed. public and private 
 schools, Portsmouth, N. H.; entered 
 U. S. Navy, Oct. 3, 1862; appointed 
 acting assistant paymaster, Oct. 19, 
 1863; transferred to the regular navy, 
 Oct. 10, 1866; advanced through vari- 
 ous grades and made pay-director with 
 rank of captain, Aug. 27, 1901; ap- 
 pointed rear admiral and retired after 
 40 years service, Dec. 9, 1902; served 
 during the Civil War in South Atlantic 
 Blockading Squadron; Republican; 
 member Portsmouth, N. H., Board of 
 Instruction, 1909-13; member N. H. 
 Historical Soc., N. E. Historic-Gen- 
 ealogical Soc., G. A. R., S. A. R., 
 Loyal Legion, Soc. of Colonial Wars, 
 etc.; m., 1st, Oct. 1, 1875, Helen 
 Dickey, Lowell, Mass., d. March 27, 
 1904; 2d, March 17, 1906, Josephine 
 Hunt, Broxbourne, Eng. Residence, 
 298 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Gallagher, Thomas 
 
 Congressman; b., Concord, N. H., 
 June 6, 1850; s. John and Margaret 
 (Tighe) Gallagher; ed. public schools; 
 removed to Chicago in 1886; engaged 
 in mercantile business; Catholic; 
 Democrat; member Chicago City 
 Council, 1893-7; board of education 
 1897-1903 (vice-president, three years); 
 ex-chairman Cook County Democratic
 
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 Central Committee; representative 
 from 8th Illinois District, U. S. house 
 of representatives, since 1909; m., 
 Oct. 12, 1886, Margaret Barsh, Chi- 
 cago. Residence, 522 South Sagamon 
 St., Chicago. 
 
 Winslow, Sherburn J. 
 
 General business; b., Nottingham, 
 N. H., March 16, 1834, but removed 
 to Pittsfield in infancy; s. Josiah and 
 Ruth (Tucker) Winslow; ed. public 
 
 schools and Pittsfield, Pembroke and 
 Now London Academies; engaged in 
 farming and teaching until forty years 
 of age, after which engaged extensively 
 in lumbering and contracting; con- 
 structed the water-works for Merri- 
 mack County at Boscawen. also had 
 charge of construction of the 1'ittsfield 
 and Tilton water-works; in 1S94, when 
 the concern was in financial straits, 
 became treasurer of the Exeter Mfg. 
 Co., and raised the necessary funds to 
 put it "on its feet." paying the first 
 dividend for years in ISOti; treasurer, 
 without bond, of the ( 'rockertown 
 
 Lumber Co., spending $200,000 an- 
 nually; Episcopalian (warden and 
 treasurer of St. Stephens Church, 
 Pittsfield, for years); Republican (last 
 survivor of the organizers of the party 
 in Pittsfield, and has voted for every 
 Republican candidate for President); 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1899-1901; chairman selectmen, 1905- 
 6, town treasurer, 1909-13; member 
 school board many years; president 
 Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield Gas 
 Co.; director Suncook Valley and 
 Peterboro & Hillsboro It. R.; treasurer 
 Pittsfield Savings Bank since 1897, 
 deposits doubling in the time; member 
 Corinthian Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Pittsfield; Wonolancet Club, Concord; 
 m., March 19, 1860, Margaret Denni- 
 son; two daughters, Cora and Nellie 
 Mrs. James L. Hook and Mrs. Frank 
 H. Sargent, M. D.; one granddaughter, 
 Margaret L. Hook. Residence, Pitts- 
 field, N. H. 
 
 Foster, Herbert Darling 
 
 Educator; b., West Newbury, Mass., 
 June 22, 1863; s. Davis and Harriet 
 Louisa (Darling) Foster; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B., 1885; Harvard 
 Graduate School, 1891-3, A.M. 1892; 
 Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, Litt.D. 
 1909; professor English and history, 
 Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1885-91; 
 professor of history, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege since 1894, having spent a year 
 previous in European study; editor 
 "A History Syllabus for Secondary 
 Schools," 1904; "The Records of the 
 Town of Hanover, 1761-1818," 1905; 
 "A Svllabus of European History" 
 (with S. B. Fay), 1916, etc.; m., 
 July 7, 1897, Lillian Darlington Smith, 
 Liverpool, Eng. Residence, Hanover, 
 N.H. 
 
 Flanders, James Greeley 
 
 Lawyer; b.. New London, N. II., 
 Dec. 13, 1844; s. Walter Powers and 
 Susan Everett (Greeleyl Flanders; 
 ed. Yale, A.B. 1867; Columbia Law 
 School, 1869; located in practice in 
 Milwaukee, Wis.; member Milwaukee 
 school board, 1X75-7; Wisconsin As-
 
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 sembly, 1877; delegate Democratic 
 National Convention, 1S96; president 
 Yale Alumni Association of Wisconsin, 
 1899-1904; member Milwaukee Bar 
 Ass'n, Wisconsin Bar Ass'n (president 
 1909-10), American Bar Ass'n; presi- 
 dent Milwaukee Public Library, 1911- 
 7, University Club, 1900-2; m., June 
 18, 1873, Mary C. Harvey. Residence, 
 161 Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 French, Leigh Hill 
 
 Physician; soldier; capitalist; b., 
 Dover, N. H., Oct. 1, 1863; s. George 
 F. and Clara Shackford (Hill) French; 
 ed. Portland, Me., high school, Univ. 
 of Minn., M.D. 1894; practiced med- 
 icine in Washington, 1897; captain 
 and inspector of rifle practice, 1898; 
 major 3d Cavalry, II. S. N. (Rough 
 Riders), 1898; studied law and ad- 
 mitted to the bar 1902; engaged in 
 development of Alaska through build- 
 ing of railways and hydraulic running 
 water-ways; president New Rochelle 
 Home for the Aged; member Loyal 
 Legion, Arctic Brotherhood, American 
 Institute Mining Engineers; Athletic, 
 Larchmont and Huguenot Clubs, New 
 York; Cosmos, Chevy Chase and 
 Army and Navy, Washington; author, 
 "Home Nuggets," 1902; "Seward's 
 Land of Gold," 1905; appointed lieu- 
 tenant commander U. S. N., and as- 
 signed to American embassy, Paris, 
 P" ranee, as naval attache, 1918; m., 
 June 27, 1893, Blanche W. Culbertson, 
 Louisville, Ky. Residence, 116 East 
 58th St., New York, N.Y. 
 
 Emery, Natt Morrill 
 
 Educator; b., Suncook, N. H., 
 April 16, 1875; s. Natt B. and Abbie 
 H. (Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke 
 Academy, 1891; Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1895; M.A. Lehigh Univ., 
 1899; Litt.D., business college, 1916; 
 instructor, Tilt on Seminary, Tilton, 
 N. H., 1895-6; instructor in English, 
 Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, Pa., 1896- 
 1902; registrar, 1899-1912; assistant 
 to president, 1907-10; vice-president, 
 19 10-; member Phi Beta Kappa; 
 
 m., June 23, 1904, Bertha Elizabeth 
 Snyder. Residence, 137 East Mar- 
 ket St., Bethlehem, Pa. 
 
 Emerson, Abraham Fitts 
 
 Banker; b., Candia, N. H., June 19, 
 1864; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie (Patten) 
 Emerson; ed. public schools; entered 
 employ of First National Bank and 
 Merrimack River Savings Bank, Man- 
 chester, October, 1884; trustee Merri- 
 mack River Savings Bank since April, 
 1893; secretary of the board since 
 April, 1895; assistant treasurer Mer- 
 
 riniack River Savings Bank since 
 April, 191(5; acting treasurer N. H. 
 College of Agriculture and Mechanic 
 Arts. 1S95-S; treasurer Northern Tel- 
 egraph Co. of New Hampshire; di- 
 rector of Manchester Y. M. C. A., 
 1902-13; member and treasurer Man- 
 chester Food Committee, 1917-18; 
 member Manchester Hoard of Com- 
 merce, Historic Ass'n, Institute of 
 Arts and Sciences: interested in agri- 
 culture ami forestry, and was among
 
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 433 
 
 the first to recognize the importance of 
 conservation and reforestation; set 
 out, under the direction of State 
 Forester Hirst, a large number of 
 white pines on the family estate at 
 Candia, N. H.; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; member A. F. & A. M.; 
 m., May 29, 1895, Emma Etta Smith; 
 children, Howard Patten, b. Dec. 21, 
 1901; Walter Robie, Sept. 10, 1903; 
 Marion, May 27, 1908; Richard Lane, 
 March 12, 1912. Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 Durrell, Jesse Murton 
 
 Clergyman; b., Boston, Mass., June 
 26, 1843; s. William Henry and Sarah 
 (Averill) Durrell; descendant of Philip 
 Durrell, who emigrated from the Isle 
 of Guernsey and settled in the Pis- 
 cataqua region previous to 1679, and 
 of his son, Maj. Benjamin Durrell, of 
 Revolutionary fame; ed. Eliot School 
 and Boston Latin School, Boston, 
 Mass., Tilton Seminary, J869; Boston 
 Univ. School of Theology, 1873. Pre- 
 vious to his course at Tilton and the 
 Divinity school, studied dentistry and 
 practiced for four years, then, feeling 
 a call to the ministry, prepared as be- 
 fore noted; while studying at Tilton 
 preached as supply for the Methodist 
 churches in Tilton and Runmey, and 
 for the Allen St. Church in New Bed- 
 ford, Mass., while a student in Boston; 
 joined the N. H. Conference in 1869; 
 ordained deacon in 1871 and elder in 
 1873, spending a year following in 
 European travel and study; pastor, 
 Bristol, N. H., 1874-6, Wesley Church, 
 Haverhill, Mass., 1877-8, Rochester, 
 N. H., 1879-81; travelled in the East, 
 1882; pastor St. John's Church, Dover, 
 1883-5; Garden St. Church, Lawrence, 
 Mass., 1886-8; St. Paul's, Manchester, 
 N. H., 1889-90; President N. H. Con- 
 ference Seminary and Female College 
 (Tilton Seminary), 1891-5; pastor 
 Main St. Church," Nashua, 1896-1900; 
 Grace Church, Keene, 1901-2; super- 
 intendent Dover District, N. H. M. E. 
 Conference, 1903-4; field agent, Tilton 
 Seminary, since 1905, having com- 
 pleted the task of raising a fund of 
 
 29 
 
 $150,000 for the seminary, with an 
 excess of $30,000 in the spring of 
 1918; Methodist; Republican; member 
 Nashua school board, 1899-1900; pres- 
 ident trustees of Tilton Seminary; 
 member Olive Branch Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M., Plymouth, N. H.; Temple 
 R. A. Chapter, Rochester; St. Paul 
 Commandery, K. T., Dover; Israel 
 Hunt Royal and Select Masters, 
 Aaron Hughes Lodge of Perfection 
 14th degree A. A. S. R.; Oriental Coun- 
 cil of Jerusalem 16th degree; St. George 
 Chapter Rose Croix, 18th degree; N. H. 
 Consistory 32nd degree, Nashua; Pea- 
 body Chapter, O. E. S., Tilton; Vet- 
 eran Ass'n, A. F.& A.M., Concord; Chap- 
 lain Grand Chapter R. A. M., Grand 
 Council R. & S. M., St. George Chap- 
 ter Rose Croix, and Veteran Masons 
 Ass'n m., July 23, 1878, Irene Sarah 
 Clark, Plymouth, N. H.; d. Nov. 9, 
 1914. Residence, Tilton, N. H. 
 
 Gerould, John Hiram 
 
 Educator; b., Stoddard, N. H., Oct. 
 2, 1868; s. Rev. Samuel L. and Laura 
 Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, Litt.B. 1890; Harvard, 
 A.B. 1892 A.M. 1893, Ph.D. 1895; 
 traveled and studied in Europe, 1898-9; 
 teacher natural sciences, Burr and Bur- 
 ton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., 1890-1; 
 associate professor zoology, Dart- 
 mouth 19-; Congregationalist; mem- 
 ber American Genet c Ass'n, American 
 Soc. Zoologists, American Soc. Natu- 
 ralists, American Ass'n for Advance- 
 ment of Science, Kappa Kappa Kappa; 
 m., July 2, 1902, Adah May Hasbrook, 
 Minneapolis, Minn.; children, May Fos- 
 ter, b. Aug. 13, 1903; Elizabeth, 
 Sept. 20, 1904; Virginia, Dec. 10, 1908. 
 Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Rotch, William Boylston 
 
 Journalism and Insurance; b., Am- 
 herst, N. H., June 6, 1S59; s. Albert A. 
 and Helen (BoyLston) Rotch; descend- 
 ant of the Boylston family who were 
 among the early settlers of Boston, 
 Mass.; ed. public schools of Amherst; 
 learned the newspaper business in 
 vouth in the office of the Farmers'
 
 434 
 
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 Cabinet at Amherst, since removed to 
 Milford, of which he has been editor 
 and publisher since 1891 ; also engaged 
 in insurance business; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; member N. H. house 
 of representatives from Amherst, 1895, 
 also town clerk and collector, and first 
 president Amherst Improvement Soc. 
 which he organized; since removal to 
 Milford president Milford improve- 
 ment Soc., secretary and president 
 Milford Republican Club; member 
 
 X. II. constitutional convention, 1902; 
 director City Guaranty Savings Bank, 
 Nashua ; three years secretary to 
 Congressman Currier at Washington; 
 member Republican State Committee 
 since 1<)12, and member executive 
 committee; I. (). (). F.: in., Oct. 10, 
 1SS4, Grace Marston Burrell, Wey- 
 mouth, Mass.; one son, Arthur Boyl- 
 ston, b. March 24, 1SS7, (Dartmouth, 
 190X) now in the publishing business 
 
 with his father, m. April 9, 1910, 
 Serena H. Elliman, New York; one 
 son, William Boylston, 2d. Residence, 
 Milford, N. H. 
 
 Gerould, James Thayer 
 
 Librarian; b., Goffstown, N. H., 
 Oct. 3, 1872; s. Rev. Samuel L. and 
 Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed. 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895; as- 
 sistant librarian General Theological 
 Seminary, New York, 1896-7; depart- 
 ment chief, Columbia Univ. Library, 
 1897-1900; librarian Univ. of Mo., 
 1900-6; Univ. of Minn., 1906; Fellow 
 American Library Institute; member 
 Bibliographical Soc. of America, 
 American Library Ass'n, Delta Kappa 
 Epsilon; director of Chapters, northern 
 division, American Red Cross; director 
 Minneapolis Associated Charities; 
 Episcopalian; Democrat; m., Sept. 
 18, 1900, Mary A. Chamberlain, Ches- 
 ter, N. Y. Residence, 2022 Second 
 Ave., S., Mianeapolis, Minn. 
 
 Gerould, Gordon Hall 
 
 Educator; b., Goffstown, N. H., 
 Oct. 4, 1877; s. Rev. Samuel L. and 
 Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed. 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1899; Litt. 
 B., Oxford Univ., England, 1901; 
 instructor in English, Bryn Mawr Col- 
 lege, 1901-2; associate professor Eng- 
 lish philosophy, 1902-5; assistant pro- 
 fessor English, Princeton Univ., 1905- 
 16; professor English since 1916; 
 author, "The North English Homily 
 Collection," 1902; "Sir Guy of War- 
 wick," 1905; "The Grateful Dead 
 the History of a Folk Story," 1908; 
 "Saints' Legends," 1916; "Peter San- 
 ders, Retired" (novel), 1917; m., June 
 9, 1910, Katharine Fullerton, Brock- 
 ton, Mass. Residence, 341 Nassau 
 street, Princeton, N. J. 
 
 S 
 
 Dow, George Francis 
 
 Secretary Essex Institute; b., Wake- 
 field, N. H.. Jan. 7, 1S68; s. George 
 Prince and Ada Bingham (Tappan) 
 Dow; ed. public schools and private 
 tutors; in trade in Boston from 1886 to 
 1897; secretary of Essex Institute,
 
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 435 
 
 Salem, Mass., and editor of its publica- 
 tion since July, 1898; Congregational- 
 ist; Republican; member Mass, house 
 of representatives from Topsfield, 
 1900; chairman board of trustees, 
 Topsfield town library; founder and 
 secretary Topsfield Historical Soc., 
 and editor of its publications; member 
 Essex Institute, American Historical 
 Ass'n, N. E. Historic-Geneological 
 Soc., American Antiquarian Soc., 
 A. F. & A. M. Residence, Topsfield, 
 Mass. Business address, Salem, Mass. 
 
 Duncan, George Henry 
 
 Druggist; manufacturer; b., Leo- 
 minster, Mass., Dec. 23, 1876; s. George 
 C. and Mary E. (Coolidge) Duncan; ed. 
 Murdock School, Winchendon, Mass., 
 Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 
 class of 1899, leaving at the middle of 
 senior year on account of father's 
 death, whose business as a druggist at 
 East Jaffrey, N. H., he took up and 
 continued; Democrat; selectman, Jaf- 
 frey, 1904; member school board, 
 1907-8, N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1912, 1918, house of representa- 
 tives, 1915 (committee on revision of 
 laws); post-master, East Jaffrey, 1915 
 -17; treasurer Annett Box Co.; mem- 
 ber Charity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 P. of H., Jaffrey Board of Trade (presi- 
 dent three years); an earnest advo- 
 cate of the Single Tax and the Initia- 
 tive and Referendum and active in 
 organizations promoting the same; m., 
 Nov. 19, 1900, Helen Prescott; one son, 
 George Prescott. Residence, East 
 Jaffrey, N. H. 
 
 McLaughlin, Agnes Winifred 
 
 Lawyer; law stenographer; b., 
 Groveton, N. H.; dan. Patrick and 
 Elizabeth (Hopkins) McLaughlin; ed. 
 Lancaster Academy, Burdett's Busi- 
 ness College, Univ. of Maine Law- 
 school; studied with Hon. George A. 
 Wagner of Manchester; admitted to 
 the X. H. bar, June 3, 1917, first 
 woman admitted in the state on exam- 
 ination; Catholic; in academy inter- 
 ested in elocution, debates and athlet- 
 
 ics; while attending business college 
 in Boston member of the Halcyon 
 Club, and identified with the social ac- 
 tivities of the Cathedral of the Holy 
 Cross parish; in Gorham, active in 
 club life, serving on important com- 
 
 mittees, locally and in the state fed- 
 eration. Residence, Gorham X. H.; 
 office, Sheridan Building, Berlin, X. H. 
 
 Shedd, Charles Gale 
 
 Pharmacist; b., South Wallingford, 
 Vt., May 18, 18(55; s. Capt. Charles 
 W. and Sarah Frances (Doty) Shedd, 
 his mother being a direct descendant of 
 Edmund Doty, of the Mayflower party; 
 removed with parents to Keene, N. H., 
 in early life; ed. Keene public schools, 
 high school, 1881; entered the phar- 
 macy where he has since remained, 
 and in which he later became a partner, 
 in 1886, and for many years past has 
 conducted the business, under the 
 name of "The Billiard & Shedd Co.," 
 with an extensive wholesale and retail 
 trade; Unitarian; Republican; ten
 
 MRS. CHARLES GALE SIIEDD
 
 OXE THOUSAND XEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 years member Keene board of health 
 (sometime president) ; member Keene 
 city council (president); member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1900; 
 N. H. state senate, 1907, mayor 
 of Keene, 1911-3; secretary and 
 treasurer trustees Glencliffe sanitor- 
 ium ; vice-president Keene Commercial 
 club; president Keene Forestry Ass'n., 
 Keene Park Corporation, Peoples In- 
 stitute, Keene Chatauqua, Unitarian 
 club, ten years; member N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., Keene Country club, Keene 
 Chorus club (treasurer), A. F. & A. M. 
 up to and including 33d degree (past 
 Grand High Priest Grand Chapter of 
 X. H.), Sons of the American Revolu- 
 tion (past president X. H. Soc.), S. of 
 V., K. of P., I. O. R. M., X. H. X. G., 
 serving four years as hospital steward 
 in the 2d Regiment ; organized the 
 X. H. League for Xational Defense in 
 1915; engaged in voluntary service of 
 the American Red Cross, at the central 
 pharmacy in Paris in 1918; m., Sept. 
 23, 1891, Rhoda Jane Colburn; chil- 
 dren, Gale Colburn and Paul Wesley, 
 b. July 14, 1892 (Phillips Exeter and 
 M. I. T.), the former serving as first 
 lieutenant in 146th Field Artillery, 
 A. E. F., and the latter as first lieu- 
 tenant in the Aviation Corps; Charles 
 Herbert, b. Feb. 7, 1907. Residence, 
 Keene, X. II . 
 
 Shedd, Rhoda Jane Colburn 
 
 (Mrs. Charles Gale Shedd); b., 
 Shrewsbury, Vt., Aug. 17, 1867; dau. 
 Leonard and Mary P. (Martin) Shedd; 
 ed. public schools, and Black River 
 Academy, Ludlow, Vt., 1886; taught 
 school several terms, before marriage, 
 in Swan/ey, Troy and Fitzwilliarn, 
 X. H.; united in marriage with Charles 
 Gale Shedd of Keene. Sept. 22, 1891, 
 and has since resided there, taking an 
 active part in the social life and chari- 
 table work of the city; member Ashue- 
 lot Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution (regent), Colonial 
 Club, Fortnightly Club. Country Club 
 (secretary for the last eighteen years), 
 Hospital Aid Soc. (secretary for twenty 
 years); active in the organization and 
 
 work of Keene Chapter, American Red 
 Cross, and chairman of the same for the 
 first two years. Three children. (See 
 preceding sketch.) 
 
 Donovan, John Joseph 
 
 Civil engineer; b., Rumney, X T . H., 
 Sept. 8, 1858; s. Patrick and Julia 
 (O'SulIivan) Donovan; ed. Plymouth, 
 X. H., Xormal School, 1877; Worcester, 
 Mass., Polytechnic Inst., B.S. 1882; 
 civil engineer Northern Pacific R. R., 
 1882-8; chief engineer Fairhaven and 
 Southern Ry., 1888-91; chief engineer 
 and manager Bellingham Bay and 
 Eastern R. R., 1891-2; chief engineer 
 and general superintendent Belling- 
 ham Bay and British Columbia R. R., 
 1898-1906; since 1906 engaged exclu- 
 sively in lumber business; Catholic; 
 Republican; member city council, 
 Fairhaven, Wash., 1890-2; member 
 committee of fifteen framing charter of 
 the city of Bellingham, Wash.; alter- 
 nate delegate Republican X'ational 
 Committee, 1912; member and past 
 president Bellingham Chamber of 
 Commerce; eight years trustee Belling- 
 ham State Xormal School; vice-presi- 
 dent Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, 
 Columbia Valley Lumber Co., First 
 Xational Bank of Bellingham; presi- 
 dent Washington State Catholic Ass'n; 
 member American Soc. Civil Engineers, 
 Xational Civic Federation, American 
 Irish Historical Soc. American His- 
 torical Ass'n, Xational Municipal 
 League, and numerous other organiza- 
 tions and clubs; m., April 29, 1883, 
 Clara Isabel Xichols, Melrose, Mass. 
 Residence. Bellingham, Wash. 
 
 Clow, Fred Ellsworth 
 
 Physician, b.. Wolfeboro, X. H., 
 Oct. 25, 1881; s. Stephen \\'., and Car- 
 rie (Canney) Clow; ed. Brewster Free 
 Academy, Wolfeboro, Harvard Med- 
 ical School, 1901: commenced prac- 
 tice of medicine in Wolfeboro, after 
 graduation and has since continued; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican; mem- 
 ber state board of registration in med- 
 icine, local board for Carroll County; 
 trustee and physician Iluggins Hos-
 
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 439 
 
 pital, Wolfeboro; lieutenant Medical 
 Reserve Corps, U. S. Army; member 
 A. F. & A. M. (Morning Star Lodge) 
 Knights of Pythias, Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry; m., Oct. 25, 1905, Bessie 
 Frances Beless, Waltham, Mass.; chil- 
 dren: Ethel Alma, b. Aug. 22, 
 1906; Mildred Beless, b. May 24, 1908; 
 Stephen Ellsworth, b. June 9, 1910; 
 John Hildreth, b. March 5, 1913. 
 ,, Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H. 
 
 Wheeler, Bertrand Thorp 
 
 Civil engineer; b., Lempster, N. H., 
 Nov. 25, 1863; s. Daniel Bingham and 
 Maria (Thorp) Wheeler; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, B.S. 1884; pursued the 
 profession of civil engineer for many 
 years in Boston and vicinity; street 
 commissioner of Boston under Mayors 
 Curtis and Hart; assistant engineer of 
 construction, N. Y., N. H. & Hartford 
 R. R.; chief engineer Me. Central R. R. 
 and Portland Terminal Co. since 1912; 
 Unitarian ; Republican ; member Amer- 
 ican Soc. Civil Engineers; m., March 
 27, 1888, Mabel A. Cole, Fitchburg, 
 Mass.; three sons and three daughters. 
 Residence, 35 West St., Portland, Me. 
 
 Dudley, Albertus True 
 
 Teacher; author; b., Paris, N. Y., 
 
 June 18, 1866; s. Rev. Horace Franklin 
 and Josephine (Lamson) Dudley; ed. 
 Harvard, A.B. 1887, and German study; 
 teacher Phillips Exeter Academy, 1887- 
 95, Noble & Greenough's School, Bos- 
 ton, 1896-1917; Republican; anti- 
 suffragist; secretary N. H. Public Li- 
 brary Commission, 1917-; N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1919-20; author, 
 "Following the Rail," 1903; "Making 
 the Nine," 1904; "In the Line," 1905; 
 "With Mask and Mitt," 1906; "The 
 Great Year," 1907; "The Yale Cup," 
 1908; "The School Four," 1909; "At 
 the Home Plate," 1910; "The Pecks 
 in Camp," 1911; "The Half Miler," 
 1913, etc.; m., July 2, 1890, Frances 
 Perry, Exeter. Residence, Exeter, 
 N. II. 
 
 Page, Charles Tilton 
 
 Manufacturer (retired); b., Woburn, 
 Mass., Aug. 5, 1846; s. Moses Webster 
 and Mary Ann (Aver) Page; ed. public 
 
 schools and Eastman's Commercial 
 College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; engaged 
 with his brother, George F. Page, in 
 the manufacture of leather belting at 
 Franklin, N. H., after leaving school, 
 under firm name of Page Bros. ; business 
 removed to Concord in 1871, when the 
 now extensive and widely known Page 
 Belting Co. was formed, of which he 
 became treasurer, continuing in that 
 position until 1913, serving also for 
 three years, 1872-5, as Boston agent of 
 
 the firm, during which time lie resided 
 in Medford, but since then in Concord; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican; active 
 in Y. M. C. A. work and some time 
 president of the Concord Ass'n; presi- 
 dent N. H. Congregational Ministers 
 and Widows Fund; trustee General 
 Conference Congregational churches 
 of New Hampshire; moderator, 1910; 
 president Concord Board of Trade, 
 1910-12: m., June 2, 1870, Almira, dau. 
 Oliver H. and Sarah F. (Bergen) Booth 
 of Lebanon, N. H.; children, Grace 
 Farnum, wife of Dr. H. H. Amsden, b.
 
 440 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Aug. 4, 1872; Elwin Lawrence, b. Feb. 
 22, 1876 (Williams 1900), lawyer in 
 Concord; Wilbur Jewell, b. Jan, 4, 
 1883 (Williams 1906), in employ of 
 U. S. Department of Commerce. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Tobey, Charles William 
 
 Banker; b., Roxbury, Mass., July 
 22, 1880; s. William A. and Ellen H. 
 (Parker) Tobey; ed. Roxbury Latin 
 
 school; engaged in banking in Boston; 
 established his home in Temple. X. H., 
 in 1903, where he purchased a farm and 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits; since 
 1916 lias conducted business as an in- 
 vestment banker in Manchester, with 
 office in Amoskeag Bank building, re- 
 taining his legal residence in Temple; 
 Baptist; Republican; chairman select- 
 men and school board in Temple; 
 member N. II. house of representatives, 
 1915 l(i, member committee on revision 
 of the laws; 1919, speaker; delegate in 
 X. H. constitutional convention, 1918; 
 chairman N.H. Libert v Loan Commit- 
 
 tee, 1918- ; member Miller Grange, P. of 
 H., Temple; director Rotary Club, Man- 
 chester; m., June 4, 1902, Francelia 
 M. Lovett, Roxbury, Mass.; children, 
 Russell B., b. June 10, 1903; Louise 
 Cone, b. July 6, 1907; Francelia M. 
 Cone, b. June 22, 1908; Charles W., 
 Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1911. Residence, 
 Temple and Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Elliot, John Wheelock 
 
 Surgeon; b., Keene, N. H., October, 
 1852; s. John H. and Emily Ann 
 (Wheelock) Elliot; ed. Harvard, A.B. 
 1874; M.D. 1878; Mass. General Hos- 
 pital, 1878; studied in Europe, 1879-80; 
 began practice in Boston, 1881; physi- 
 cian to Boston Dispensary, 1882; 
 assistant surgeon Free Hospital for 
 Women, 1883-7; surgeon, 1894-1907; 
 lecturer on surgery, Harvard Med. 
 School, 1900-5; retired from practice, 
 1913; Fellow American Surgical Ass'n; 
 chairman N. E. Surgical Dressings 
 Com., American Red Cross; director 
 Sullivan Machinery Co.; member Tav- 
 ern Club, Boston; frequent contributor 
 to medical journals; m., May 8, 1883, 
 Mary Lee Morse of Boston. Resi- 
 dence, 124 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Ellis, Carleton 
 
 Chemist; b., Keene, N. H., Sept. 20, 
 1876; s. Marcus and Catharine (Good- 
 now) Ellis; ed. public schools, Mass. 
 Inst. Tech., B.Sc. 1900; instructor 
 Mass. Inst. Tech., 1900-2; engaged 
 extensively in the field of oils, fats, 
 waxes, paints, varnishes, illuminating 
 gas, etc., and has taken out more than 
 200 patents; president Ellis-Foster Co., 
 Hydrogenated Oil Co., X. J. Testing 
 Laboratories; vice-president Chade- 
 loid Chemical Co.; Charter member 
 Inventors Guild; member American 
 Chemical Soc., American Institute 
 Chemical Engineers, Society Chemical 
 Industry, London, Eng., International 
 Congress of Applied Chemistry, etc.; 
 awarded gold medal for inventions at 
 Jamestown exposition, 1907; author 
 various scientific and technical works 
 and contributor to technical journals;
 
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 441 
 
 m., Nov. 28, 1901, Birdelia M. Wood, 
 Dayton, O. Residence, 143 Gates 
 Ave., Montclair, N. J. 
 
 Hall, Walter Perley 
 
 Jurist; b., Manchester, N. H., May 
 9, 1867; s. James Perley and Catherine 
 (Willey) Hall; ed. Worcester, Mass., 
 high school, 1885; Brown Univ., 1885- 
 8; Harvard Law School, 1888-90; 
 honorary A.M., Brown, 1910; admitted 
 to Massachusetts bar 1891; Unitarian; 
 Republican; town solicitor, Clinton, 
 Mass., city solicitor Fitchburg; assist- 
 ant district attorney middle Massa- 
 chusetts district, 1905; first assistant 
 attorney-general, Massashusetts, 1906- 
 7; chairman Mass. R. R. Commission, 
 1908-11; justice superior court Massa- 
 chusetts, Aug. 9, 1911- ; formerly cap- 
 tain Mass. Vol. Mil.; member Repub- 
 lican state committee; presidential 
 elector 1904; member Mass. Bar Ass'n; 
 St. Botolph Club, Boston; m., Dec. 4, 
 1893, Anna Bigelow Davis, Worcester, 
 Mass. Residence, Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Brown, George Henry 
 
 Optometrist; b., Hill, N. H., June 
 1, 1847; s. Samuel and Nancy C. 
 (Swain) Brown; od. public schools, 
 New Plampton Institution, Detroit Op- 
 tical Institute; engaged in the specta- 
 cle business, as it was formerly called, 
 in youth, and has been in the lead in 
 all movements that have made optom- 
 etry the great profession it now is; 
 charter member of the N. E. Optical 
 Ass'n, the first optical organization in 
 the United States, and wont to New 
 York by request to assist in the organ- 
 ization of the second; regent for two 
 years of the N. K. Optical Institute, 
 Boston; charter member of the Ameri- 
 can Optometrical Ass'n, and two years 
 regent; many years president of the 
 Granite State Optometrical Ass'n; 
 chairman N. H. board of examiners in 
 optometry from its establishment in 
 1911 to the present time; instrumental 
 in establishing courses in optometry in 
 several universities; pioneer in ad- 
 vanced eye sight work in New Hamp- 
 shire, and used the first special 
 
 sight- testing apparatus in the state; 
 Congregationah'st (member Hanover St. 
 Congregational Church, Manchester) ; 
 Republican; member N. H. house of 
 representatives in 1878-9, from Tilton; 
 president Tilton & Northfield Fire Ins. 
 Co. several years, and director of Til- 
 ton Nat'l Bank; corporate member of 
 Amoskeag Savings Bank of Manchester; 
 member Manchester Chamber of Com- 
 merce and three years president of 
 same; always interested in agriculture 
 
 as an avocation, and while a resident of 
 Tilton, whence he removed to Man- 
 chester over twenty years ago, pro- 
 prietor of the famous "Brook Hill" 
 farm; since residing in Manchester has 
 continued his interest, acquiring a large 
 amount of land which he has greatly 
 improved, and adapted to the use of 
 modern farm machinery, and for a 
 number of years has been one of the 
 largest growers of hay and potatoes for 
 the local market, with extensive crops 
 in other lines; member A. F. & A. M., 
 Knight Templar and Shriner; m., Dec.
 
 442 
 
 OXE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 25, 1870, Laura E. Thompson; one 
 daughter, Maude E. Brown. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, X. H. 
 
 Huntress, Frank 
 
 Merchant; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb. 
 7, 1847; s. Leonard and Lydia Ann 
 (McKenna) Huntress; ed. public 
 schools and Philips Andover Academy; 
 engaged in the wholesale dry goods 
 trade in Boston many years, and, later, 
 established a train of retail stores in 
 
 Xew Kngland to whose interests his 
 attention lias been devoted, one of 
 these being located in Keene, X. H., 
 where he has made his home; Repub- 
 lican; member X. H. house of repre- 
 sentatives, 1907, 1909, 1911 (chair- 
 man committee on appropriations); 
 senate, 1913 (chairman committee on 
 banks); executive council, 1915-16; 
 house of representatives, 1917; con- 
 stitutional convention. 191S; director 
 Cheshire Xational Bank: trustee Kliot 
 City Hospital; member A. F. & A. M., 
 32d degree and Shriner, Red Men, 
 Elks and Grange; in., 1st, Feb. 3, 
 
 1885, Minnie E. Benton, Ogdensburg, 
 N. Y., d. Nov. 25, 1885; 2d, Oct. 15, 
 1891, Birdia A., dau. Hon. W. P. 
 Chamberlain, Keene; children, Carroll 
 Benton, b. Nov. 25, 1885 (St. Paul's 
 School and Williams College) ; William 
 Chamberlain, b. Sept. 5, 1892, (Dart- 
 mouth 1917) lieutenant. Motor Truck 
 Transport Corps, A. E. F.; Frank 
 Chamberlain, b. Aug. 4, 1894 (Dart- 
 mouth 1917), lieutenant llth machine 
 gun battalion; Harriet Chamberlain, 
 b. Oct. 12, 1898. Residence, Keene, 
 X. H. 
 
 Evans, Ira Hobart 
 
 General business; b., Piermont, 
 X. H., April 11, 1844; s. Dr. Ira and 
 Emeline (Hobart) Evans; ed. public 
 schools and Barre (Vt.) Academy, 
 1862; enlisted in Co. B 10th Vt. Vols. 
 in the Civil War, July 28, 1862; pro- 
 moted first lieutenant, captain and 
 brevet major; awarded Medal of Honor 
 by Congress "for distinguished brav- 
 ery" at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2, 
 1865; honorably mustered out Jan. 
 31, 1867; assistant assessor and deputy 
 collector U. S. Internal Revenue, 
 2d District, Texas, 1868-9; member 
 and speaker Texas house of representa- 
 tives, 1870-1; general manager Texas 
 Land Co., 1872-80; secretary Houston 
 fc Great Xorthern R. R. Co.', 1874-80; 
 president X. Y. & Texas Land Co., 
 Ltd., 1880-6; director Austin Xational 
 Bank since 1S90; director and presi- 
 dent Austin Electric; Ry. Co., 1902-3; 
 president board of trustees Tillotson 
 College, Austin, since 1909; director 
 Austin United Charities Ass'n, since 
 1910; member Texas Soc., S. A. R. 
 (president six years), first vice-presi- 
 dent general Xational Soc., S. A. R. 
 1903-4; Soc. Colonial Wars, Military 
 Order Loyal Legion; American His- 
 torical Ass'n, Soc. Army of the Potomac, 
 Texas Historical Soc., X. H. Historical 
 Soc., Xational Economic League, 
 American Sociological Soc., American 
 Social Science Ass'n, University Club, 
 Austin, Army & Navy Club, Xew 
 York; Congregationalist ; president 
 trustees. First Congregational church,
 
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 Austin, since 1909; moderator North 
 Texas, Congregational Ass'n, 1883-6; 
 vice-president American Missionary 
 Ass'n, 1817-18; member National Serv- 
 ice Commission, Congregational church- 
 es 1917-; m., June 13, 1871, Frances A. 
 Hurlbut, Upper Alton, 111. Residence, 
 209 West 7th St., Austin, Tex. 
 
 Hanscom, Charles Ridgley 
 
 Shipbuilder; b., Portsmouth, N. H., 
 June 6, 1850; s. Pierpont and Eliza J. 
 (Philbrick) Hanscom; ed. public schools 
 and private tutors; draftsman, U. S. 
 Navy Yards, New York, Philadelphia, 
 Boston and Washington, 1873-80; 
 draftsman and naval expert, U. S. 
 Navy Department, Washington, 1880- 
 90; superintendent Bath, Me., Iron 
 Works, 1890-6; general superintendent, 
 1896-1900, building government and 
 merchant vessels; president Eastern 
 Shipbuilding Co., New London, Conn., 
 1900-6 (retired) ; designed and built 
 the Aphrodite and many other notable 
 steam yachts, and numerous large 
 steamers; Universalist; Republican; 
 director Union Bank <fe Trust Co., New 
 London; member Soc. of Naval Archi- 
 tects and Marine Engineers; Mason, 
 K. T.; Thames Club, New London; 
 m., 1st, Feb., 1874, Eva L. Pettigrew, 
 Kittery, Me., d. June, 1874; 2d, Jan. 8, 
 1879, Adah L. Fernald, d. June, 1908. 
 Residence, 335 Pequot Ave., New Lon- 
 don, Conn. 
 
 Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark 
 
 Librarian; b., Wilton, N. H.; s. 
 Moses P. and Charlotte Helen (Clark) 
 Griffin; ed. Boston public schools and 
 private tutors; custodian of shelves, 
 Boston public library, 1871-90, keeper 
 of books, 1890-4; preparing catalogue 
 of books in Boston Athenaeum, 1895- 
 7; assistant and librarian, Library 
 of Congress, Washington, 1897-1900, 
 chief bibliographer, 1900-8, chief assist- 
 ant librarian since Aug. 14, 1908; 
 author of various publications relating 
 to bibliography; contributor to Apple- 
 ton's Cyclopedia of American Biogra- 
 phy; member Soc. Colonial Wars, 
 Bunker Hill Monument Ass'n; in., 
 
 Oct. 23, 1878, Emily C. Osgood, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. Residence, 2150 Florida 
 Ave., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Alexander, J. Grace 
 
 Banker; b., Winchester, N. H., 
 Oct. 26, 1848; dau. Edward and Lucy 
 M. (Capron) Alexander; ed. public 
 schools of Winchester; Universalist; 
 Republican; taught school several 
 years; entered the Winchester Na- 
 tional Bank in 1871 and soon became 
 
 assistant cashier, and treasurer of the 
 savings bank, being the first New 
 Hampshire woman to occupy such 
 responsible position; active member 
 Winchester Universalist Church and 
 Sunday School; treasurer, N. H. 
 Universalist Sunday school conven- 
 tion many years; member, Kleeta 
 Chapter ()'. E.'S. (first Worthy Matron), 
 Arlington (Jrange, P. of H., Current 
 Events Club, Winchester; treasurer 
 school district; trustee public library. 
 Miss Alexander occupies the old 
 Colonial familv home in Winchester,
 
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 where on the evening of her 70th 
 birthday anniversary, she was visited 
 by a host of friends from Winchester 
 and adjoining towns, who extended con- 
 gratulations upon the happy occasion. 
 
 Cox, Guy Wilbur 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Jan. 19, 1871; s. Charles E. and Eve- 
 lyn M. (Randall) Cox; descendant of 
 Edward Cox, a Scotch-Irish settler of 
 Londonderry, N. H., and Charles Cox, 
 one of the first settlers of Holderness; 
 ed. Manchester schools, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1893 (valedictorian) 
 A.M. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School, 
 LL.B. (Magna curn laude) 1896; ad- 
 mitted to the Suffolk bar and com- 
 menced practice in Boston the latter 
 year, there continuing; member firm 
 of Butler, Cox & Murchie; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member Bos- 
 ton City council from Ward Ten, 1902; 
 Mass, house of representatives, 1903, 
 1904 (chairman committee on probate 
 and chancery); senate, 1906, 1907 
 (chairman committees on elections, 
 metropolitan affairs and taxation); 
 chairman Mass, state tax commission, 
 1907; chairman Massachusetts delega- 
 tion to National Tax Conference; dele- 
 gate in Mass, constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1917-18 (chairman committee on 
 taxation); member Putnam Lodge, I. 
 O.O. F., Boston Bar Ass'n, Social Law 
 Library, University Club, Algonquin 
 Club, Boston, etc. Residence, Hotel 
 Westminster; office, 77 Franklin St., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Guernsey, Alice Margaret 
 
 Editor; b., Rindge, N. H., April 16, 
 1850; dau. Rev. J. W. and Lucy Ann 
 (Tucker) Guernsey; ed. Salem, Mass. 
 Normal School, 1871; student at 
 Wellesley College, 1879-80; teacher 
 1872-87; editor books and papers for 
 Woman's Temperance Publicity Ass'n, 
 1887-94; editor and business manager 
 of general publications for Woman's 
 Home Mission Soc., M. E. Church; 
 author "Under Our Flag,'' 1903; "Home 
 Mission Reading,'' 1905; "Citizens of 
 To-morrow," 1907; "A Queen Esther 
 
 Round Robin," 1911; "Lands of Sun- 
 shine," 1916; "Under the North Lights," 
 1917. Residence, East Orange, N. J. 
 
 Sleeper, Charles Martin 
 
 Physician; b., Lakeport (now La- 
 conia,) N. H., June 20, 1856; s. Alvah 
 and Rebecca Gould (Davis) Sleeper; ed. 
 public schools, Bowdoin Med. School, 
 Brunswick, Me., M.D. 1883; located in 
 medical practice at South Berwick, 
 Me., in 1883, and has there continued; 
 Free Baptist; Democrat; member 
 school board and superintendent of 
 schools many years; member board of 
 trustees of Berwick Academy; York 
 County board of pension surgeons, 
 1893-7; chairman York County Demo- 
 cratic Committee; incorporator South 
 Berwick Savings Bank; director Sanford 
 Savings Bank; member Me. house of 
 representatives, 1909, 1911, 1912; ex- 
 ecutive council, 1915-16; York County 
 Med. Soc., Strafford District Med. 
 Soc., Maine Med. Soc., A. F. & A. M., 
 32nd degree, National Geographical 
 Soc.; m., June 25, 1884, Julia Florence 
 Uniacke; children, Bertha Mildred, b. 
 May 4, 1890; Roger Davis, Feb. 16, 
 1893. Residence, South Berwick, Me. 
 
 Sleeper, Alvah Guy 
 
 Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Oct. 23, 
 1872; s". Charles Wellington and Clem- 
 entine (Thompson) Sleeper; ed. Frank- 
 lin high school, Tilton Seminary, Dart- 
 mouth College, 1899, Harvard and 
 Boston University; LL.B., Boston 
 Univ., 1902 (cum laude); admitted to 
 the Massachusetts bar in 1902 and in 
 practice in Boston since then; asso- 
 ciated with the late Alfred S. Hayes 
 till his death in 1912; alone since; has 
 been counsel in many important cases 
 including the Hiram Barker and H. W. 
 Berry will cases, Bromfield St. Church 
 case, and the Margaret Galbraith 
 Chatfield litigation, all involving large 
 amounts; Congirgationalist; Republi- 
 can; member Somerville Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M. (Junior deacon); Mt. Vernon 
 R. A. Chapter, Roxbury, Mass. 
 (King); Boston Council, De Molay 
 Commandery, K. T. Residence, Som- 
 erville. Muss.
 
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 McAllister, George Isaac 
 
 Lawyer; h., Londonderry, N. H., 
 Dec. 11, 1853; s. Jonathan and Caroline 
 (Choate) McAllister; ed. Pinkerton 
 Academy, Derry; Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy, Meriden, N. H., 1873; Dartmouth 
 College, B.S. 1877; studied law with 
 Hon. David Cross and Hon. Henry 
 E. Burnham; admitted to the bar in 
 March, 1881, and since in practice in 
 Manchester; member of the firm of 
 Burnham & McAllister for several 
 
 years; Baptist; Republican; deputy 
 collector Internal Revenue, November, 
 1885 to December, 1880; member 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1002, 1018; A. F. & A. M., Grand 
 Master Grand Lodge of New Hamp- 
 shire, 1000; CJrand Commander Grand 
 Commandery K. T., 1000; received the 
 33 degree (honorary) Ancient Accepted 
 Scottish Rite, 1000; A. (). U. M.; 
 I. (). (). F.; vice-president and chair- 
 man trustees, Masonic Home, Man- 
 chester; member N. H. Bar Ass'n, 
 Hillsborough County Bar Ass'n, Thayer 
 
 Soc. of Engineers, Dartmouth College' 
 Manchester Institute of Arts ana 
 Sciences, Manchester Historic Ass'n; 
 m., Dec. 22, 1886, Mattie M. Hayes, 
 dau. Hon. John M. and Susan E. 
 Hayes, Manchester; children, Bertha 
 Hayes, b. Sept, 27, 1887 (Mrs. Harry 
 F. Hawkins, Manchester), Harold 
 Cleveland, b. March 28, 1893 (first 
 lieutenant U. S. Army, who m. Meribah 
 O. French, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. 
 George A. French, Aug. 16, 1917). 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Harrington, Karl Pomeroy 
 
 Educator; b., Somersworth, N. H., 
 June 13, 1861; s. Calvin S. and Eliza 
 Chase Harrington; ed. Wesleyan Univ., 
 Middletown, Conn., A.B. 1882, A.M. 
 1885; studied at Univ. of Berlin, 1887- 
 9; Yale, 1890-1; teacher, Westfield, 
 Mass., high school, 1882-5; professor 
 Latin, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbra- 
 ham, Mass., 1885-7; tutor in Latin, 
 Weslyan Univ., 1889-91; professor 
 Latin, Univ. of N. C., 1891-9; Univ. of 
 Me., 1809-1905; Wesleyan Univ., 
 since 1905; greatly interested in music; 
 organist and director in M. E. churches, 
 where located; now in Middletown, 
 Conn.; member Phi Beta Kappa, Psi 
 Upsilon, N. E. Ass'n Schools and Col- 
 leges; Classical Ass'n of N. E., National 
 Geographic Soc., etc.; author many 
 educational works; lecturer on classical 
 subjects; m., Nov. 25, 1886, Jennie 
 Eliza Canfield. Residence, Middle- 
 town, Conn. 
 
 Hanson, Charles Lane 
 
 Educator; b., South Newmarket 
 (now Newfields), N. H., May 22, 1870; 
 s. John Clinton and Annie (Lane) 
 Hanson; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 1888; Harvard, A.B. 1802; teacher of 
 English, Worcester, Mass., Academy, 
 1892-5; English high school, Wor- 
 cester, 1895-7; Durfee high school, 
 Fall River, Mass., 1807-8; Mechanic 
 Arts high school, Boston, since 1898; 
 head of the department of English, 
 since 1907; president N. E. Ass'n of 
 Teachers of English. 1905-7; author 
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 to English composition; m., June 25, 
 1902, Bertha Winthrop Flint. Resi- 
 dence, 28 Linnean St., Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 Goodall, Louis Bertrand 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Winchester, N. H., 
 Sept. 23, 1851; s. Thomas and Ruth 
 (Waterhouse) Goodall; ed. public 
 schools and Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, N. H.; engaged in Woolen 
 Manufacturing business in the Mousam 
 River Mills, Sanford, Me., in 1874; 
 director Sanford Mills since 1886; 
 director Mousam River R. R. Co.; 
 organizer Goodall Worsted Co. in 
 1899, and since then treasurer and 
 agent; treasurer Harriman & North- 
 eastern R. R. Co. (Tenn.), Sanford & 
 Cape Porpoise Ry., Sanford Power 
 Co., Goodall Matting Co.; Unitarian; 
 Republican; member staff of Gov. 
 Fernald 1909; member U. S. house of 
 representatives, first Maine district, 
 since 1917; m., July 21, 1877, Rose V. 
 Goodwin, Saco, Me., d. April 15, 1894. 
 Residence, Sanford, Me. 
 Goodrich, Nathaniel Lewis 
 
 Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 
 9, 1880; s. Arthur Lewis and Mary 
 Eastman (Bachelder) Goodrich; ed. 
 public schools; Amherst College, A.B. 
 1901; B.L.S., N. Y. State Library 
 School, 1904; Dartmouth, A.M. 1916; 
 reporter Utica, N. Y. Press, 1901-2; 
 in charge of order section N. Y. State 
 Library, 1904-7; librarian West Vir- 
 ginia Univ., 1907-9; Univ. of Texas, 
 1909-11, Dartmouth College since 
 1912; Congregationalist; Democrat; 
 member American Library Ass'n, Ap- 
 palachian Mountain Club, Theta Beta 
 Pi; m., June 30, 1908, Alice Lyman, 
 Albany, N. Y. Residence, Hanover, 
 X. H. 
 Newton, Earl Frank 
 
 Telephone business; b.. Fairfield, 
 Vt., Aug. S. 1879; s. Frank and Es- 
 tella Josephine (Croft) Newton; 
 moved to Nashua. N. II., 1SS8; eel. 
 Nashua high school, 1S9S, private in- 
 struction the next year under 1'Abbe 
 Marchand of Laval University, Que- 
 bec City, Que.; on staff of L' I in partial 
 
 a French tri-weekly paper, Nashua, 
 1899, 1900; assistant teacher, Milford, 
 N. H., high school, 1901; entered tel- 
 ephone business fall of 1901; moved to 
 Concord, N. H., 1905; since 1914, di- 
 vision toll wire chief in charge of 10,000 
 miles of wire, the toll circuits of the 
 state; since 1915 also in charge of the 
 city plant, Concord; Republican; 
 member Methodist church, Eureka 
 
 Lodge, A. F. fe AM.,. Concord Ora- 
 torio Soc., N. H. State Guard (bugler, 
 Co. M); for several years choir singer 
 (basso); m., Plymouth, N. H., June 
 17, 1909, Ethel Susanna Mitchell 
 (M.D. Tufts Med. College, 1903); 
 children, Nyleen Eleanor, b. Feb. 12, 
 1912; Janice Edith, 1). Feb. 12, 1914. 
 Residence, 50 North Spring St., Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 Warren, George Herbert 
 
 Lawyer; b.. Shirley, Mass., Oct. 15, 
 1S60; s. N. Lafayette and Mary iBar- 
 nard) Warren; ed. public schools, Law- 
 rence Academy, Groton, Mass., 1S82; 
 Williams College, Williamstown. Mass., 
 ISSti; studied law with Burnluun &
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Brown, Manchester, N. H., 1886 to 
 1889, admitted to the N. H. bar on 
 examination in August of the latter 
 year; employed in the office of Burn- 
 ham & Brown until Sept., 1, 1890, when 
 he became a member of the firm of 
 Burnham, Brown & Warren, which 
 continued till January, 1902, when 
 Judge Burnham retired, and Edwin F. 
 Jones was admitted, the firm name 
 continuing Burnham, Brown, Jones & 
 Warren; later Allan M. Wilson and 
 Robert L. Manning entered the firm, 
 with no change in the name; when in 
 March, 1912, Albert O. Brown retired 
 to become treasurer of the Amoskeag 
 savings bank, the firm became Jones, 
 Warren, Wilson & Manning, continuing 
 until the death of Mr. Jones, Oct. 6, 
 1918; in January, 1919, De Witt C.- 
 Howe of Concord was admitted and the 
 firm is now Warren, Howe & Wil- 
 son; Unitarian; Republican; chairman 
 Board of Trustees, State Industrial 
 School, August, 1907 to June, 1913; 
 chairman Board of Trustees of N. H. 
 Public Institutions, June, 1915 to 
 June, 1917; member Derryfield and 
 Intervale clubs, Manchester; Country 
 Club, Nashua; Boston City Club; Wil- 
 liams Club, New York; N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n; American Bar Ass'n; m., Nov. 
 19, 1891, Mary Hale Palmer; children, 
 Helen E., b. Aug. 2, ISO"); Louise, Oct. 
 19, 1896; Mary B., May 2l>, 1901; 
 Robert P., Oct. 24, 1902; Elizabeth H., 
 Dec. 24, 190(5. Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H. 
 
 Warren, Mary Hale Palmer 
 
 (Mrs. George II . Warren), club- 
 woman; b., Groton, Mass., Oct. 9, 1864; 
 dan. Moses Poor and Martha G. 
 (Eaton) Palmer; ed. public schools 
 and Lawrence Academy, (Jroton, 1884, 
 taught school several years before mar- 
 riage; lias traveled extensively over the 
 United States, Cuba, Panama, Alaska, 
 South America, and was on her sixth 
 trip to Europe when the \v;tr broke out 
 in 1914: in., Nov. 19, 1S91, at Groton, 
 Mass., George II . Warren, since when 
 her home h;is been in Manchester (for 
 children see sketch of George II . 
 
 Warren); Unitarian; president Man- 
 chester Woman's Alliance, New Eng- 
 land Associate Alliance (Unitarian), 
 has also served as regent of Molly 
 Stark Chapter, D. A. R., president 
 Manchester Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, president Historic Art Club and 
 New Century Club, Manchester; mem- 
 ber art committee and Bureau of Pub- 
 lic Speakers, N. H. Federation of 
 Women's Clubs, Elliot Hospital Asso- 
 ciates, District Nursing Ass'n, Man- 
 chester Institute Arts and Sciences, 
 Red Cross, Navy League, Anti-Suf- 
 frage Ass'n; president and director 
 Calumet Club, Woman's Auxiliary; 
 speaker in Liberty Loan campaigns. 
 Residence. Manchester, N. H. 
 
 V 
 Rundlett, Louis John 
 
 Educator; b., Bedford, N.H., March 
 14, 1858; s. William Ayers and Louisa 
 (McPherson) Rundlett; ed. Bedford 
 common schools, Manchester public 
 schools, Dartmouth College, A. B., 1881, 
 A.M., 1887; principal, Penacook gram- 
 mar school, 1881-5; superintendent of 
 schools, Concord, since 1885; financial 
 agent, Union School District; Uni- 
 tarian; Democrat; Mason, Horace 
 Chase Lodge, Trinity Chapter, Mt. 
 Horeb Commandery; member, Wono- 
 lancet and Passaconaway clubs and 
 Capital Grange; P. of II., Concord; 
 m., Sept. 5, 1891, Carrie Belle Copley, 
 who d. Sept. 30- 1915; children, Copley 
 McPherson b.' April 22, 1S93 (Dart- 
 mouth, 191(5), enlisted March, 1918, 
 in Co. B, 42d corps U. S. Engineers, 
 and served in France. Lois, b. Sept. 4, 
 1904 (Concord high school, 1919). 
 Residence, Concord, N. II. 
 
 Morrison, William H. 
 
 Clergyman; b., Farmington, Me., 
 Nov. 4, 1850; s. William and Esther 
 (Allen) Morrison; ed. Farmington, 
 Me., Normal School; Wilton Academy; 
 West brook Seminary, 1871; Tufts 
 College-. A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878, B.D. 
 187S, p.D. 1914; ordained in the Uni- 
 versalist ministry, 1S78; pastor, War- 
 ren, Mass., 1878-80; Wakefield, 1880- 
 5; Manchester, N. II., 1885-99; Brock-
 
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 ton, Mass., 1899-1909; Nashua, N. H., 
 since 1909; Republican; member I. O. 
 O. F., A. O. U. W., A. F. & A. M., 
 K. T. ; prelate St. George Commandery, 
 Nashua; m., June 24, 1879, Alice W. 
 Beckford, Salem, Mass. Residence, 8 
 Auburn St., Nashua. 
 
 Masseck, Frank Lincoln 
 
 Clergyman; b., Milford, N. H., 
 March 19, 1865; s. Joseph Sewall and 
 Sarah Frances (Hurd) Masseck; ed. 
 public schools, Manchester, N. H.; St. 
 Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., B.D. 
 1886; summer courses, Harvard and 
 Clark Universities; special courses, 
 School of Social Economics, Ne-\v York; 
 ordained in the Universalist ministry, 
 1888; pastor Universalist churches in 
 Huntington, Brooklyn, Mt. Vornon 
 and Potsdam, N. Y., North Attleboro, 
 Spencer, and Warren, Mass., and 
 Brattleboro, Vt.; now, and for. some 
 years past, pastor at Arlington, Mass.; 
 king of the international order Knights 
 of King Arthur, 1902-15; member 
 A. F. & A. M.; author (with William 
 Byron Forbush) "The Boys Round 
 Table," 1906; m., April 17, 1889, 
 Luella Mary Clark, Potsdam, N. Y.; 
 one dan., Carol Luella. Residence, 
 Arlington, Mass. 
 
 Hackett, Frank Warren 
 
 Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H., 
 April 11, 1841; s. William H. Y. and 
 Olive (Pickering) Hackett; ed. Har- 
 vard College, A.B. 1S(>1, A.M. 1864; 
 studied law at home, with B. H. Brews- 
 ter of Philadelphia and at the Harvard 
 Law School; acting assistant pay- 
 master, U. S. N., 1862-64; admitted 
 to the bar in 18(5(5, and opened a law 
 office in Boston; private secretary to 
 Caleb Gushing, senior counsel Geneva 
 Arbitration Commission, 1872; in 
 practice at Washington, D. C., since 
 1873; Republican; assistant secretary 
 of the Navy April, 1900 to December, 
 1901; member N. II. Historical Soc. 
 (president 1912-13); author "Memoir 
 of W. H. Y. Hackett," 1878; "The 
 Geneva Award Acts," 1882; "A 
 Sketch of the Life and Public Services 
 of William Adams Richardson," 1898; 
 
 "The Gavel and the Man," 1900; 
 "Deck and Field," 1909, etc.; m., 
 April, 1880, Ida, dau. Rear Ad- 
 miral Thomas T. Craven. Residence, 
 "Craighfen," New Castle, N. H.; of- 
 fice, 1211 A. Connecticut Ave., Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 
 Niles, Harold Herbert 
 
 Clergyman; b., Salem, Mass., Dec. 
 26, 1892; s. Charles H. and Henrietta 
 (Parkhurst) Niles; ed. public schools, 
 
 Marlboro, Mass., St. Lawrence Univ., 
 Canton, N. Y., B.D. 1915; ordained 
 to the Universalist ministry at Hender- 
 son, N. Y., 1914; pastor at Henderson 
 and Ellisburg, N. Y., 1913-15; Lyndon- 
 ville, Vt., 191(5-18; Concord, N. H., 
 19 18-; president N. II. Universalist 
 Sunday School Convention 19 18-; 
 president N. H. Young Peoples Chris- 
 tian Union 19 IS-; secretary Concord 
 Ministerial Ass'n; chaplain N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1919; spoke 
 extensively in the Red Cross, Liberty 
 Loan and other war work campaigns; 
 member Sons of Veterans, P. of H.,.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 4, 1915, Hildred 
 Irene Orr, Enosburg Falls, Vt.; chil- 
 dren, Albert C., b. June 24, 1916; 
 Nathan O., b. May 3, 1918. Resi- 
 dence, 98 School St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Thompson, Willis Duer 
 
 Merchant, hardware, wholesale and 
 retail; b., Alton, N. H., Oct. 13, 1853; 
 s. John S. and Charlotte A. S. (Wood- 
 man) Thompson; moved to Concord 
 in childhood; ed. Concord public 
 
 schools; treasurer Thompson & Hoague 
 Co.; director Xat'l State Capital 
 Bank; vice-president Merrimack 
 County Savings Bank; director Page 
 Belting Co., State Dwelling House 
 Ins. Co., Concord Mutual Fire Ins. 
 Co.; Capital Fire Insurance Co. 
 Trustee Margaret Pillsbury General 
 Hospital, Concord public library; for 
 some years park commissioner, also 
 member Concord board of education; 
 on examining board Concord branch of 
 Red Cross; Democrat; member South 
 Congregational church, N. H. His- 
 
 torical Soc., Wonolancet Club; m., 
 Concord, N. H., Oct. 27, 1887, Abby 
 Morris Whiton; children, (1) Ray- 
 mond Whiton, b. Concord, Aug. 8, 
 1888; ed. Concord schools, Lawrence- 
 ville school, N. J., 1906, two years 
 Dartmouth College; with the firm of 
 Thompson & Hoague nine years; m., 
 Margaret 'Carpenter, Oct. 12, 1914; 
 entered the service, June, 1917; seven 
 weeks' training at Tuck School of 
 Military Stores, Dartmouth College, 
 July, August, 1917; Camp Johnston, 
 Jacksonville, Fla., December, 1917- 
 June, 1918; commissioned Second 
 Lieutenant, Q. M.C.; d. Sept, 13, 1918, 
 Boston depot, Q. M. C.; (2) Willis 
 Duer, Jr., b. May 26, 1895; ed. Con- 
 cord schools, A.B., Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1917; enlisted Naval Flying 
 Corps, Flight A, April, 1917, training 
 at Mass. Inst. Tech.; Norfolk, Va., 
 Naval Base, September, 1917-Jan- 
 uary, 1918; commissioned ensign, Pen- 
 sacola, Fla., Feb. 25, 1918; convoying 
 ships in English Channel and patrol 
 work overseas, March 9-December 1, 
 1918. Residence, Pine street, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 Hoitt, Charles William 
 
 Lawyer; b., Newmarket, N. II., 
 Oct. 26, 1S4S; s. William K. A. and 
 Sarah C. (Swain) Hoitt; ed. Dart- 
 mouth, A.B. 1871; taught school three 
 years in Nashua and Boston; studied 
 law with Hon. Samuel M. Wheeler of 
 Dover and (ien. Aaron F. Stevens of 
 Nashua, and was admitted to the bar 
 in 1877, locating in practice at Nashua; 
 Republican; police justice of Nashua, 
 1X89-1907; member N. II. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1889, N. II. house 
 of representatives, 1901, N. II. senate, 
 1903 (president); U. S. District At- 
 torney for New Hampshire, 1907-13; 
 m., Jan. 14, 1875, Harriette Louise 
 Oilman. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Holden, Gerry Rounds 
 
 Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 
 12, 1874; s. Benjamin F. and Sarah E. 
 (Rounds) Holden; ed. public schools; 
 Yale Univ., A.B. 1897; M.D., Johns
 
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 Hopkins, 1901 ; special student, Berlin, 
 1901 ; house surgeon, Roosevelt Hos- 
 pital, New York, 1903; resident gyne- 
 cologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal- 
 timore, 1905; attending gynecologist, 
 St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., 
 1906- ; Florida State Hospital of In- 
 sane, 1910- ; Presbyterian; Fellow, 
 American College of Surgeons; member 
 American Med. Ass'n, Southern, Med. 
 Ass'n, Southern Surgical Ass'n, A. F. 
 & A. M.; m., Nov. 8, 1905, Anne 
 Ridgeway Milliken, Summit, N. J. 
 Residence, 205 Goodwin St., Jackson- 
 ville, Fla. 
 s 
 
 Hayes, Francis Little 
 
 Clergyman; b., New Hampton, N. H., 
 Jan. 5, 1858; s. Benjamin Francis 
 and Arcy (Gary) Hayes; ed. Nichols 
 Latin School, Lewiston, Me.; Halle, 
 Germany; Bates College, A.B. 1880; 
 A.M. 1883; Cobb Divinity School, 
 B.D. 1885; D.D., Bates, 1902; in- 
 structor in Greek, Hillsdale College, 
 Mich., 1880; professor of Greek lan- 
 guage and literature, 1881-3; general 
 secretary Y. M. C. A., Lewiston, Me., 
 1884; ordained Free Baptist minis- 
 trv, 1885; pastor First Church, Bos- 
 ton, 1885-90; First Church, Minneap- 
 olis, Minn., 1890-4; Congregational 
 Church, Manitou, Colo., 1896-1902; 
 First Congregational Church, Topeka, 
 Kan., 1902-11; California Ave. Church, 
 Chicago, 1911-14; Western secretary, 
 Congregational Board, Ministerial Re- 
 lief, 1914- ; president Evangelical Al- 
 liance, Boston, 1889-90; Western Free 
 Baptist Pub. Co., 1890-4; lecturer on 
 homiletics, Biblical Department, Wash- 
 burn College, 1909-10; trustee Wash- 
 burn College, 1902-11; director Chi- 
 cago Theological Seminary, 1905-11; 
 life member American Bible Soc.; m., 
 June 26, 1884, Cora Walker, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. Residence, 5415 University 
 Ave., Chicago. 
 
 Kidder, Daniel 
 
 Mechanical engineer; b., Lowell, 
 Mass., June 15, 1838; s. John and 
 Betsey (Metcalf) Kidder; removed 
 with parents to Groton, N. H., in 1844. 
 
 where he had his home and legal resi- 
 dence till 1908; learned the trade of 
 machinist in youth, and has followed 
 the profession of mechanical engineer 
 most of his life; master mechanic and 
 superintendent Aiken's Knitting and 
 Machine Shops, 1862-70; master me- 
 chanic Mt. Washington Ry., 1870-3, 
 Brown's Lumber Co., Whiteneld, and 
 Whitefield <fe Jefferson R. R., 1873- 
 88; afterward engaged in his profession 
 in different localities until 1909, when 
 
 he removed to Rumney, X. II., and is 
 now practically retired; Universalist; 
 Democrat; held most town offices in 
 Groton for 36 years; member N. H. 
 house of representatives 1S91 and 
 constitutional convention 1902, also 
 representative from Rumney 1915, 
 1917, 1919; member G. A. R.', having 
 served as a private in the First X. II. 
 Yols.; vice-president and director Na- 
 tional Veterans Ass'n; member A. F. 
 & A. M., Maccabees and P. of H., 
 director Union Grange Fair, Ply- 
 mouth, and associated in the manage
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
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 ment of all fairs at Plymouth since 
 1870; m., 1st, May 27, 1862, Emeline 
 Hardy, Groton, d. Jan. 5, 1908; chil- 
 dren, Fred, b. April 16, 1864, farmer 
 in Groton (m. Sept. IS, 1887, Ida M. 
 Dunklee, one daughter, Lena G.); 
 Ada, b. July 22, 1868, (m. Nov. 28, 
 1900, Henry W. Blanchard, one daugh- 
 ter, Helen M., b. Sept. 8, 1902); 2d, 
 March 1, 1909, Carrie Abbott, Rumney. 
 Residence, Rumney, N. H. 
 
 Daley, Daniel James 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lancaster, X. H., 
 July 27, 1858; s. John and Bridget 
 (Dougherty) Daley; ed. public schools 
 and Lancaster Academy; taught school 
 winters and engaged in farm work in 
 summer to meet his educational ex- 
 penses; studied law with William and 
 Henry Heywood of Lancaster and was 
 admitted to the bar in March, 1885, 
 and on Nov. 9 of the same year located 
 in practice in Berlin, where he has since 
 remained; was for a time a partner 
 with Herbert I. Goss, Edward C. Niles 
 being later admitted to the firm. 
 Since 1906 Mr. Daley has been asso- 
 ciated in practice with Edmund Sulli- 
 van; Catholic; Democrat; supervisor, 
 Lancaster, 1882-3; treasurer, Berlin, 
 1886-7; solicitor, Cops County, 1889- 
 93; member Berlin city council, 1901- 
 2-3; board of education, 1907-8-9 
 (chairman in 1909); member N. H. 
 constitutional convention, 1902; mayor 
 of Berlin, 1910, and four times suc- 
 cessively re-elected by large majorities, 
 though the city is strongly Republican; 
 member N. H. senate, 1917, and re- 
 elected for 1919 the only senator re- 
 elected; now director of Berlin Na- 
 tional Bank (president several years) 
 and of the Fidelity Savings Bank; was 
 also for some time president of the 
 Peoples Building & Loan Ass'n; and 
 the Berlin Water Co.; trustee Y. M. 
 C. A., member Berlin Yacht Club; in., 
 May 8, 1886, Ardelle A. Cowan, Lan- 
 caster; one daughter, Helen J., trained 
 musician (studied in Boston and 
 Quiney, Mass.) and teacher of the 
 pianoforte. Residence, Berlin, New 
 Hampshire . 
 
 Noyes, Charles Hermon 
 
 Educator; b., Atkinson, N. H., Dec. 
 30, 1867; s. Hermon and Harriet A. 
 (Bailey) Noyes; ed. Atkinson Acad- 
 emy, Dartmouth College, B.L., 1892; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; teacher 
 in Nashua since graduation; principal 
 high school for eleyen years previous to 
 1918; acting superintendent of schools, 
 1918-19; during absence of Superinten- 
 dent Fassett on year's leave; president 
 Oak Grove Realty Co.; m., June 22, 
 1898, Caroline R. Bemis, Burke, Vt.; 
 children, Hermon Bemis, b. March 18, 
 1899 (Dartmouth, 1921); Rebecca, b. 
 July 15, 1901 (Nashua high school, 
 1919); Beatrice Ellen, July 1, 1903. 
 
 Hartshorn, William Newton 
 
 Publisher; b., Greenville, N. H., 
 Oct. 28, 1843; s. George and Mary 
 A. (Putnam) Hartshorn; ed. public 
 schools, Milford, N. H., Appleton 
 Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H.; Bap- 
 tist; president of the Priscilla Pub. Co., 
 publishers of the Modern Priscilla, Bos- 
 ton, Mass.; chairman executive com- 
 mittee International S. S. Ass'n, 1902 
 -11; president 1911-14; vice-president 
 World's S. S. Ass'n; ex-president Bos- 
 ton Baptist Social Union, and vari- 
 ous state and local, denominational 
 and charitable institutions; m., Oct. 
 28, 1875, Ella S. Ford, Boston, Mass. 
 Residence, 11 Fresh Pond Lane, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. 
 Harris, Thomas Jefferson 
 
 Physcian; b. Claremont, N. H., 
 July 26, 1865; s. Thomas J. and Myra 
 (Beaumont) Harris; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1886; Univ. 
 of Pa., M.D. 1889; post graduate 
 work, Univ of Berlin, 1890-1; prac- 
 ticed in Philadelphia two years, since 
 then in New York City; adjunct pro- 
 fessor, diseases of the nose, throat and 
 ear, N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School; 
 junior surgeon Eye, Ear and Throat 
 Hospital; trustee Jennie Clarkson 
 Home for Children; member N. Y. 
 Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n, 
 Theta Delta Chi, etc.; Baptist; m., 
 Oct. 21, 1896, Lena Breed, Lynn, 
 Mass. Residence, Scarsdale, N. Y.
 
 456 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Greeley, Harry Parker 
 
 Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., March 
 21, 1874; s. Onslow S. and Gertrude 
 E. (Parker) Greeley; ed. Nashua high 
 school; Amherst college, 1898; Bos- 
 ton Univ. Law school, LL.B. 1900; 
 admitted to the bar in 1900 and in 
 practice in Nashua since; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; city solicitor 
 Nashua, 1900, 1901, 1915-19; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1907, 
 serving on Committee on Revision of 
 
 Statutes, X. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1912; counsel for Nashua Build- 
 ing and Loan Ass'n; member Rising 
 Sun Lodge, A. F & A. M. Residence, 
 24 Manchester St., Nashua, N. II. 
 
 Harrwell, Edward Mussey 
 
 Statistician; b., Exeter, N. II., 
 1850; s. Shattuck and Catherine 
 Stowe CMussey) Hartwell; ed. Am- 
 herst College, A.B. 1S73, A.M. 187(5; 
 Ph.D.. Johns Hopkins, 1SS1; M.D., 
 Miami Mod. College, Cincinnati, 1882; 
 LL.D., Amherst, 1S98; vice-principal 
 Orange, N. J., high school, 1874; teacher 
 
 Boston Latin School, 1874-7; asso- 
 ciate in physical training and director 
 gymnasium, Johns Hopkins ITniv., 
 1883-91; director physical training, 
 Boston, Mass., public schools, 1891-7; 
 secretary statistical department, city 
 of Boston since establishment in 1897; 
 chairman Mass. State commission for 
 the blind, 1906-8; special expert agent 
 U. S. Department of Labor in Europe, 
 1888-9; author of many pamphlets 
 and articles upon physical training, 
 school hygiene, the condition of the 
 blind, etc. ; member numerous asso- 
 ciations and clubs; m., July 25, 1889, 
 Mary L. Brown, Baltimore, Md. Res- 
 idence, 24 Burroughs St., Jamaica 
 Plain, Mass. 
 
 Britton, Arthur Harvey 
 
 Hardware merchant; b., Surry, 
 N. H., Sept. 28, 1865; s. George W. 
 and Sarah (Harvey) Britton; ed. public 
 schools, Newport, and Eastman's Na- 
 tional Business College, Poughkeepsie, 
 N. Y., 1883; removed to Concord with 
 his father and engaged in the hardware 
 trade in the establishment of Scribner 
 & Britton, his father being the junior 
 member of the firm, and succeeding to 
 the business on the death of Mr. 
 Scribner; upon the death of his father 
 the business passed into his hands and 
 he has conducted the same for the last 
 twenty years; Universalist (member 
 prudential committee First Universa- 
 list Soc. of Concord); Republican; 
 member N. II. house of representatives, 
 1901-2; commissioner for Merrimack 
 County since 1905 (eight times elected; 
 chairman of the board); director 
 Mechanicks National Bank; member 
 A. F. & A. M.; I. O. (). F. (colonel First 
 Reg't, N. H. Patriarchs Militant); 
 P. of H.; B. P. O. E.; Wonolancet 
 Club; m., Feb. 14, 1895, Myrta M. 
 Chase, Newport, N. II. Residence, 
 Concord, N. II. 
 
 Gale, Stephen Henry 
 
 Shoe manufacturer; b., East Kings- 
 ton, N. H., March 23, 1846; s. Elbridge 
 Gerry and Ann Maria (Barnes) Gale; 
 ed. public schools, Kingston Academy, 
 Boston Cornmerical College; at the age
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 457 
 
 of sixteen went to Haverhill, Mass., to 
 learn the shoe manufacturing business, 
 engaging first in the factory of William 
 M. Chase and later with his brother, 
 John E. Gale; soon started out on a 
 small scale for himself; was then, for a 
 time, a partner with Samuel L. Blais- 
 dell, but in 1869 joined his brother in 
 business under the firm name of Gale 
 Bros., with factory in Haverhill, also 
 building, and subsequently greatly en- 
 larging one in Exeter, N. H., where he 
 removed, later, serving as president and 
 treasurer of the company, whose busi- 
 ness the manufacture of women's 
 shoes became one of the most exten- 
 sive in New England, another factory 
 also being established at Portsmouth; 
 Congregationalist ; Republican ; mem- 
 ber city council and Republican city 
 committee while residing in Haver- 
 hill; commissary general on staff of 
 Gov. John B. Smith of New Hamp- 
 shire, 1893-5; member N. H. Senate, 
 1895-7; alternate delegate Repub- 
 lican National Convention, 1896; 
 member N. H. executive council, 1899- 
 1900; N. H. house of representatives, 
 1905-6, 1907-8; Republican Club, 
 Exeter; Derryfield, Manchester; A. F. 
 & A. M. to and including 32d degree; 
 m., Nov. 22, 1866, Anna M. Brown, 
 Haverhill, Mass. Residence Exter, 
 N. H. 
 
 Fiske, Abby Oilman 
 
 Philanthropy and club work; b., 
 Concord, N. H., dau. Francis Allen 
 and Abby Gilrnan (Perry) Fiske, great- 
 great-granddaughter, Rev. Timothy 
 Walker, first minister of Concord 
 (1730-82) ; grand-daughter of the elder 
 Dr. William Perry of Exeter; tenth in 
 descent from Edward Oilman, Hing- 
 hain, Mass., 1638, who later settled 
 in Exeter, X. H. Miss Fiske's line 
 includes her great-grandfather, Col. 
 Nathaniel Gilman, state treasurer, 
 1805-14; his father, Nicholas Gilman, 
 state treasurer, 1775-82; and the 
 latter's grandfather, Judge Nicholas 
 Gilman, b. 1672; ed. schools of Con- 
 cord, Bradford (Mass.) Academy, 
 1880-2; member board of lady man- 
 
 agers of Rolfe and Rumford Home, 
 Concord, founded by her grand- 
 mother's cousin, the Countess of Rum- 
 ford; president, Concord Female Char- 
 itable Soc., 1916-19; president, N. H. 
 Branch of International Order King's 
 Daughters, 1910-14 and member of 
 Central Council; charter member of 
 N. H. Branch, King's Daughters, 
 1886; president, Concord Diet Kitchen 
 since organization, 1900; member First 
 Congregational church and for thirty- 
 
 five years teacher in the Sunday 
 School; Concord Woman's Club (secre- 
 tary 1901-5); Concord District Nurs- 
 ing Ass'n; Concord Friendly Club 
 (vice-president upon organization); 
 Country Club (charter, 1897); War- 
 wick (Shakespeare) Club (1890-1900); 
 Charity Organization Soc., N. H. 
 Home Mission Soc. and Cent Institu- 
 tion, Woman's Board of Missions; 
 active Red Cross worker in surgical 
 dressings department. Residence in 
 home built by her grandfather, Francis 
 N. Fiske, Concord, X. H.
 
 458 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Thomas, Edwin Herbert 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Lawrence, 
 St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Nov. 19, 
 1857; s. Harris J. and Lucy D. 
 (Wright) Thomas; ed. public schools, 
 Nicholville, N. Y., and St. Albans, Vt.; 
 learned the printer's trade with the 
 St. Albans Messenger; subsequently 
 foreman and superintendent of a Mon- 
 treal, P. Q., printing establishment; 
 served five years, from 18S7, on the 
 reportorial staff of the Rutland, Vt., 
 
 Hcralil; later assisted in establishing 
 the Rutland Daihj Evening A'fir.s; in 
 November, 1X99, purchased the Farin- 
 ington, X. H., \cirs, removing there; 
 in charge of that paper till 1917 when 
 he retired; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 member N. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1915-16, 1917-18, serving on ap- 
 propriations committee each session; 
 delegate" Republican national conven- 
 tion, 1916; secretary and treasurer 
 StrafTord County Republican Club; 
 president Farmington Board of Trade; 
 trustee Farmington Savings Bank; 
 member N. H. Pilgrim Tercentennial 
 
 committee, 1917-, Fraternal Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., Columbian Chapter, 
 O. E. S., Harmony Lodge, K. of P.; 
 m., February, 1880, Jennie I. Shipman, 
 Hardwick, Vt.; two sons, Carl S., b. 
 June 3, 1883, now proprietor Farming- 
 ton News; Guy E., b. Feb. 8, 1889, 
 now associated with the Du Pont Mfg. 
 Co., Portland, Me. Residence, Farm- 
 ington, N. H. 
 
 Rich, George Frank 
 
 Lawyer; b., Bethel, Me., Dec. 1, 
 1868; s. James Frank and Sarah Ellen 
 (Bean) Rich; ed. public schools; 
 Gould's Academy, Bethel, Me.; Univ. 
 of Me., 1892; Univ. of Mich., law de- 
 partment, LL.B. 1893; admitted to 
 X. H. bar, 1894; member firm of 
 Chambcrlin & Rich, Berlin, 1894-1904; 
 Rich & Marble, 1905-17; since then 
 alone in practice; Congrcgationalist; 
 Republican; judge Berlin municipal 
 court, 1894-1913; member city council, 
 Berlin, 1914; mayor of Berlin, 1915-19; 
 member Republican state committee, 
 A. F. & A. M., 32 d degree and Shriner; 
 Knights of Pythias; m., June 10, 1896, 
 Persis M. Mason, Berlin; two children, 
 Robert, b. March 25, 1897 (in U. S. 
 Navy); Barbara, b. Aug. 2, 1904. 
 Residence, 143 Prospect St., Berlin, 
 X. H. 
 
 
 Goldthwaite, James Walter 
 
 Educator; b., Lynn, Mass., March 
 22, 18SO; s. James W. and Olive J. 
 (Parker) Goldthwaite; ed. Lynn, Mass., 
 classical high school, 1898; Harvard, 
 A.B. 1902, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 1906; 
 assistant professor geologv, North- 
 western Univ., 1904-8; assistant pro- 
 fessor geology, Dartmouth, 1908-11, 
 Hale professor geology since 1911; 
 engaged in summers in field work for 
 geological surveys of Wisconsin and 
 Illinois, for the U. S. Geological Survey, 
 and Canadian Geological Survey; Fel- 
 low Geological Soc. of America, Amer- 
 ican Academy of Arts and Sciences, 
 etc.; author various geological reports 
 and publications; Congrcgationalist; 
 m., June 25, 1906, Edith Dunnels 
 Richards, Xewtonville, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, Hanover, X. H.
 
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 459 
 
 Jenks, Arthur Whipple 
 
 Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H., 
 Aug. 9, 1863; s. George E. and Ella J. 
 (Grover) Jenks; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1884, A.M. 
 1887; B.D., General Theological Semi- 
 nary, 1896; D.D., Dartmouth 1911; 
 ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, 1892; priest, 1893; rector St. 
 Luke's Church, Woodsville, N. H., 
 1892-5; professor ecclesiastical history, 
 Nashotah House, Wis., 1895-1901; 
 Trinity College, Toronto, Can., 1901- 
 10; General Theological Seminary, New 
 York, 1910- ; mem., Phi Beta Kappa, 
 Alpha Delta Phi, American Historical 
 Ass'n; author "Beatitudes of the Psal- 
 ter," 1914; "Use and Abuse of Church 
 History," 1915, etc. Address, General 
 Theological Seminary, New York. 
 
 Kendall, John Chester 
 
 Agriculturist and dairy expert; b., 
 Harrisville, N. H., March 13, 1877; ed. 
 public schools, N. H. College, Durham, 
 B.S. 1902; post graduate work, Ohio 
 State Univ.; instructor and assistant 
 professor, in charge of dairying, North 
 Carolina Agricultural College, 1902-7; 
 state dairy Commissioner, Kansas, 
 1907-8; director N. H. Agricultural 
 Experiment Sta., 1910- ; director of 
 extension work ; Unitarian; Republican; 
 member Ass'n for Promotion of Agri- 
 cultural Sciences, Official Dairy In- 
 structors Ass'n, etc.; A. F. & A. M., 
 Kappa Sigma, Alpha Zeta; m., Oct. 2, 
 1912, Marjorie Louise Foster, Maiden, 
 Mass. Residence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Ross, Winfred Smith 
 
 Teacher; scholar; b., Somersworth, 
 N. H., Dec. 3, 1865, in the eleventh 
 generation from Thomas Dudley, num- 
 bering among ancestral relatives John 
 Winthrop, Simon and Anne Brad- 
 street, John Hancock and Israel Put- 
 nam; s. Jonathan Smith Ross, M.D., 
 Surgeon-in-chief Ninth Army Corps, 
 Civil War, and Martha Ann, dau. Aaron 
 Brackett, a maker of Littleton, N. H., 
 and cousin to William Baldwin, Bos- 
 ton philanthropist; A.B., Dartmouth, 
 1887; A.M., Harvard, 1892; two years 
 
 Andover Thepl. Sem. Learned teach- 
 ing under William H. Ladd, 3d prin- 
 cipal Chauncy-Hall School since 1828; 
 taught twenty years, some in famous 
 schools. Student from childhood; 
 expert engrosser and illuminator; 
 verbatim shorthand writer; journalis- 
 tic experience as reporter, proof-reader, 
 editor; speaks or reads fluently ten 
 languages; owns large library master- 
 
 pieces of literature in many languages, 
 rare works of reference, seventy dic- 
 tionaries and enclycopaedias, astronom- 
 ical observatory, five and nine-inch 
 telescopes, microscopes, polariscope, 
 spectroscopes and chemical laboratory; 
 several months trustee Somersworth 
 public library; member Thcta Delta 
 Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, I. O. O. F., 
 Deutscher Orden der Harugari; an 
 officer in Libanus Lodge 49, A. F. 
 & A. M., Somersworth; on two oc- 
 casions recently ran fourteen miles 
 and walked fifty miles without stop- 
 ping; m., 1st, Aug. 8, 1893, Mary 
 Frances Allen, Honeove Falls, N. Y., 
 divorced, 1901 ; 2d, " Feb. 19, 1912,
 
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 461 
 
 , 
 
 Hila Maria Guptill, Berwick, Me., 
 d. Nov. 21, 1917, leaving children 
 Jonathan Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1913, 
 and Martha Brackett, b. May 26, 
 1916. Mr. Ross is at present 
 teaching in Lawrence and Methuen, 
 Mass., doing expert work in higher 
 accountancy and preparing literary 
 work. Residence, Somersworth, N. H. 
 
 Spaulding, Huntley Nowell 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Townsend, Mass., 
 Oct. 30, 1869; s. Jonas and Emeline 
 (Cummings) Spaulding; ed. public 
 schools of Townsend, Phillips (Andover) 
 Academy, 1889; entered business after 
 graduation in the firm established by 
 his father and since continued as 
 Jonas Spaulding & Sons Co. (Inc.), 
 manufacturers of leather-board, count- 
 ers, novelties, etc., at Townsend Har- 
 bor, Mass., Rochester, North Roches- 
 ter, and Milton, N. H., and Tona- 
 wanda, N. Y.; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; Federal Food Admin- 
 istrator for New Hampshire, 1917- ; 
 president N. H. League of Free Nations 
 Ass'n. ; member J. Spaulding & Sons Co. ; 
 treasurer Kenebunk Mfg. Co.; president 
 International Leather Co., president 
 Atlas Leather Co., director Spaulding & 
 Sons (Ltd.), London, England; mem- 
 ber Algonquin Club, Boston, Country 
 Club, Brookline, Mass., Countrv 
 Club, Rochester, N. H., Beaver 
 Meadow Golf Club, Concord, N. II.; 
 Sc.D., New Hampshire College, 1918; 
 m., Aug. 11, 1901, Harriet Mason, 
 St. PauL Minn. Residence, North 
 Rochester, N. H. 
 
 King, Charles Francis 
 
 Geographer; b., Wilton, N. H., Jan. 
 30, 1843; s. Sanford and Susan (Burn- 
 ham) King; ed. Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1867; commenced teaching in 
 1867; principal Dearborn grammar 
 school, Boston, 1887-1913; lectured 
 for many years on methods of teaching 
 geography before educational associa- 
 tions and institutes; founder and mana- 
 ger National School of Methods, 
 Saratoga and Glenns Falls, N. Y.; 
 pres. Mass. Geographical Club; mem- 
 
 ber and secretary Committee of ten on 
 Geography; author "Methods and Aids 
 in Geography," 1888; "Picturesque 
 Geographical Readers for Home and 
 School," 1889; "This Continent of 
 Ours," 1890; "The Land We Live In" 
 (3 vols.), 1892; "Rocky Mountains," 
 1894; "Northern Europe," 1896; 
 "Round About Rambles," 1898; "Ele- 
 mentary Geography," 1903; "Advanced 
 Geography," 1906, etc.; retired, 1913; 
 m., 1st, Aug. 1, 1867, Elizabeth Board- 
 man, Lowell; 2d, July 6, 1897, Gratia 
 Cobb, Philadelphia. Residence, 107 
 Elm Hill Ave., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Keyes, Homer Eaton 
 
 Educator and business director; b. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1875; ed. 
 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Dartmouth 
 College B.L. 1900; traveled and studied 
 in Europe; Princeton, A.M. 1912; in- 
 structor in English, Dartmouth, 1900-3; 
 assistant professor Modern Art, 1906- 
 13; business director, 1913- ; Congre- 
 gationalist; member Phi Beta Kappa, 
 Psi Upsilon, N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Archaeological Institute of America, 
 College Art Ass'n; editor Dana's "Two 
 Years Before the Mast/' 1908; contrib- 
 utor to various publications; m., April 2, 
 1903, Caroline Gardner Abbott, Cleve- 
 land, O. Residence, Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Kimball, Herbert Harvey 
 
 Meteorologist; b., Hopkinton, N. H., 
 Feb. 13. 1862; s. Klbridge Gerry and 
 Mary (Butler) Kimball; ed. public 
 schools, N. H. College, Durham, B.S., 
 1884, M.S. George Washington Univ., 
 1900, Ph.D. 1910; fellow Univ. of Pitts- 
 burgh, 1912-13; Meteorological Observ- 
 er, U. S. Meteorological Service, Wash- 
 ington, D. C., 1884-5; clerk at central 
 office, 1886-1900; assistant editor 
 Monthly Weather Review, 1901-3; 
 librarian, 1904-X; professor of meteor- 
 ology in charge of solar radiation in- 
 vestigations, since July, 1908; member 
 National Geographical Soc., Philo- 
 sophical Soc., Washington, Academy of 
 Arts and Sciences, American Astronom- 
 ical Soc., etc.; Baptist; Independent; 
 author many papers on meteorological
 
 462 
 
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 subjects; m., Nov. 14, 1891, Margaret 
 Gertrude Cowling, Washington. Resi- 
 dence, 1819 Monroe St., N. W., Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 
 Ledoux, Henri Toussaint 
 
 Lawyer; postmaster of Nashua; b., 
 St. Albans, Vt,, Nov. 4, 1873; s. Tous- 
 saint and Elmire (Bourgeois) Ledoux; 
 ed. public and parochial schools, 
 Nashua, N. H.; Theresa Classical Col- 
 lege, Quebec, 1893; Boston Univ. Law 
 
 School, LL.B. 1896; admitted to the 
 bar and commenced practice in Nashua 
 in the latter year, there continuing; 
 Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua 
 common council, 1895, N. II. house of 
 representatives, 1897-9; N. II. consti- 
 tutional convention. 1902; member 
 Nashua board of Public Works, 1903-0; 
 collector of taxes, 1907-13; Democratic 
 candidate for Congress, 2d N. IF. 
 district, 1900; delegate to Democratic 
 national convention, Baltimore, 1912; 
 postmaster of Nashua since April 10, 
 1917; National President L'Union St. 
 Jean Baptiste D'Ameriquc, since 1911; 
 
 director American Historical Soc.; 
 vice-chairman Nashua Chapter Ameri- 
 can Red Cross; secretary-treasurer 
 French American Chamber of Com- 
 merce for New England; director 
 Citizens Guaranty Savings Bank, 
 Nashua, First National Bank, Van 
 Buren, Me.; director and treasurer 
 Union Novelty Co., Leominster, Mass.; 
 m., June 0, 1904, Agnes A. Manseau, 
 Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Thayer, Lucius Harrison 
 
 Clergyman; b., Westfield, Mass., 
 Nov. 28, 1857; s. Lucius Fowler and 
 Martha A. (Harrison) Thayer; ed. 
 Westfield public schools; Amherst 
 College, A.B. 1882; Yale Univ., B.D. 
 1888, Dwight Fellow, 1889; D.D., 
 Dartmouth, 1909; ordained to the 
 Congregational ministry, 1891; pastor 
 North Church, Portsmouth, N. H., 
 since 1890; Congregationalist; Pro- 
 gressive Republican; president N. H. 
 Home Missionary Soc.; member Pru- 
 dential Committee, American Board 
 C. F. M.; member Psi Upsilon college 
 fraternity, Winthrop Club, Boston, 
 Mass.; m., June 29, 1892, Helen Chad- 
 wick Rand; children, Dorothy Gold- 
 thwait, b., Aug. 29, 1X93 (Smith Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1910), Lucius Ellsworth, b. 
 June 19, 189(5 (Amherst, A.B. 1918); 
 Sherman Rand, b. Sept. 28, 1904. In 
 youth Dr. Thayer served for two years, 
 1876-8 as supercargo on the ship Lucy 
 S. Mills, and after leaving college was 
 engaged for a time with the Franklin 
 Foundry <fc Machine Co., Providence, 
 R. I. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand 
 
 (Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer); philan- 
 thropist and social worker; b., Moris- 
 ania, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1803; dan., Albert 
 Tyler and Sophia Anna (Chadwick) 
 Rand; ed. private schools, Brooklyn, 
 N. Y.; Adelphi Academy; Burnham 
 School, Northampton, Mass.; Smith 
 College, A.B. 1884; student, of his- 
 tory Newnham College, Cambridge, 
 Kng., 1880-7; a founder, in 1889, of 
 the College Settlement, Rivington St., 
 New York City; president College
 
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 Settlements Ass'n, since 1907 ? vice- 
 president Smith College Alumnae 
 Ass'n (secretary, 1888-92); alumnae 
 trustee Smith College 1901-07; mem- 
 ber advisory board N. H. Equal Suf- 
 frage Ass'n, College Equal Suffrage 
 League, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, 
 National Congress of Mothers; director 
 N. H. Children's Aid Soc., N. H. Soc. 
 Charities and Corrections; member 
 State Commission for Belgian Relief, 
 Ass'n for Labor Legislation, chairman 
 Smith College Unit war work com- 
 mittee, and active in various other 
 philanthropic and civic organizations; 
 m., June 29, 1892, Rev. Lucius H. 
 Thayer (see preceding sketch). Resi- 
 dence, 664 State St., Portsmouth, 
 N. H. 
 
 Lane, Francis Ransom 
 
 Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Dec. 23, 1858; s. John G. and Caroline 
 (Anderson) Lane; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1881; M.D. 
 George Washington Univ., 1885; A.M. 
 (hon.) Lafayette College, 1907; princi- 
 pal Franklin School, Washington, D. C., 
 1881-2; head of English Dept., Wash- 
 ington high school, 1882-8; principal 
 Central high school, 1888-94; director 
 high schools, Washington, 1894-1902; 
 principal Polytechnic Preparatory 
 School, Brooklyn, 1902-6; director 
 Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit, 
 Md., 1906-8; principal Worcester, 
 Mass., State Normal School, 1909-12; 
 headmaster Brooklyn Polytechnic 
 Preparatory school since 1912; m., 1st, 
 June 23, 1891, Elinor Macartney, d. 
 March 17, 1909; 2d, June 12, 1915, 
 Kathleen Langton. Residence, 3456 
 Broadway, N. Y. 
 Marshall, Roujet DeLisle 
 
 Jurist; 1).. Nashua, N. H., Dec. 27, 
 1S47; s. Thomas and Emeline M. 
 Marshall; removed with parents to 
 Delton, Sank County, Wisconsin, in 
 1854; ed. Delton Academy, Baraboo 
 (Wis.) Collegiate Inst. and Lawrence 
 Univ., LI, .D. 1904; Univ. of Wisconsin, 
 1905; admitted to Wisconsin bar 1873; 
 county court judge, 1876-82; circuit 
 court, 1889-95; supreme court, 1895- 
 
 1917; Republican; m., 1869, Mary E. 
 Jenkins, Baraboo. Residence, Chip- 
 pewa Falls, Wis. 
 
 Amey, Harry Burton 
 
 Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Dec. 
 21, 1868; s. John T. and Emily 
 (Haynes) Amey; ed. Public schools, 
 Lancaster Academy 1890, Dartmouth 
 College, 1894; taught school nine 
 years while securing education ; studied 
 law with Ladd & Fletcher at Lancaster, 
 
 admitted to the bar in T 1898, com- 
 menced practice that year in^ Milton, 
 N. 11., removing thence to Island Pond, 
 Vt., where lie has since remained in 
 practice; Unitarian; Republican; mem- 
 ber Vt. house of representatives, 
 1910; state's attorney for Essex 
 County, 1904-S, 1910-2; state senate, 
 Essex County, 191S-9; attorney 
 Grand Trunk Ry., 1902-10; general 
 counsel, Central Vt., Ry., 1910-13; di- 
 rector Island Pond National Bank; 
 A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and 
 Shriner; m., April, 1S96, Graeia N
 
 464 
 
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 Norton; children, Henry T., b. Nov. 
 21, 1898; Alpa N., b. Sept. 20, 1900. 
 Residence, Island Pond, Vt. 
 
 Hodsdon, Ervin Wilbur 
 
 Physician; b., Ossipee, N. H., April 
 8, 1863; s. Edward Payson and Emma 
 B. (Demeritt) Hodsdon; ed. Dover 
 high school, Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 
 M.D. 1884; interne St. Louis City 
 hospital two years; practiced in Dover 
 and at Center Sandwich before locating 
 
 in Ossipee twenty-three years ago, 
 where he lias since remained in prac- 
 tice; Methodist; Republican; member 
 Ossipee board of health since residing 
 in town, town clerk, selectman four 
 years, member school committee twelve 
 years, postmaster seventeen years, phy- 
 sician to Carroll county farm, medical 
 referee, Carroll county, twelve years; 
 member X. H. house of representatives, 
 1915-1<>, 1917-18, 1919-20; chairman 
 committee on state hospital each ses- 
 sion; member A. F. & A. M. (past 
 
 master); I. O. R. M. (P. S. S.), A. O. 
 U. W., P. of H., K. of P.; N. H. His- 
 torical Soc., N. H. Med. Soc., American 
 Med. Ass'n; m., Feb. 25, 1917, Mary 
 L. Price. Residence, Ossipee, N. H. 
 (Mountain View, P. O.). 
 
 Hill, Joseph Adna 
 
 Statistician; b., Stewartstown, N. H., 
 May 5, 1860; s. Rev. Joseph B. 
 and Harriet (Brown) Hill; ed. Har- 
 vard, A.B. 1885; A.M. 1887; Ph.D. 
 Halle, Germany, 1892; lecturer, Univ. 
 of Pa., 1893; instructor, Harvard Univ., 
 1895; went to Europe for the Mass. 
 Tax Commission, to investigate 
 European systems of taxation, 1897; 
 statistician, U. S. Census Bureau, since 
 1898; appointed chief statistician, 
 1909; member American Economic 
 Ass'n, American Statistical Ass'n (vice- 
 president), Cosmo Club; author "The 
 English Income Tax," 1899; prepared 
 many important reports for the last 
 census; contributor to various eco- 
 nomic journals. Residence, 8 Iowa 
 Circle, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Chellis, Frank Otis 
 
 Lawyer; b., Meriden (Plainfield), 
 N. H.," Aug. 7, 1858; s. Otis H. and 
 Betsey M. (Morrill) Chellis; ed. New- 
 port high school, 1878; Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden, 1880; Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B. 18S5; studied law 
 with Albert S. Wait of Newport three 
 years; admitted to the bar 1888 and 
 entered practice 1 as a partner with Mr. 
 Wait; taught district schools in Croy- 
 don and Enfield before entering college, 
 and was principal of the Newport high 
 school for nine years after admission to 
 the bar; interested in athletic sports 
 while in college, and played two years 
 on the Varsity baseball, and two years 
 on the football team; Unitarian; Demo- 
 crat; has served as town moderator, and 
 two terms as solicitor for Sullivan 
 County (1007-8 and 1913-4), the only 
 Democrat elected to the office in fifty 
 years; several years a member of the 
 Newport school board and superinten- 
 dent of schools; member Newport fire 
 department over twenty years and six
 
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 years member N. H. Firemen's Ass'n; 
 has taken an active part in local politics 
 in his party's interest, and labored for 
 the promotion of the civic, social and 
 educational welfare of the community; 
 gave much time to war work, serving 
 as secretary of the Sullivan County 
 draft board; trustee Sugar River Sav- 
 ings Bank, Carrie F. Wright Hospital; 
 member Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 15, 
 A. F. & A. M. (historian at its 100th 
 anniversary), Chapter of the Taber- 
 nacle, No. 19, and Sullivan Com- 
 mandery, K. T.; Sugar River Lodge 
 No. 1236, Loyal Order of the Moose, 
 Alpha Delta Phi, Newport Playground 
 Ass'n, Outing Club, Board of Trade; 
 m., Dec. 8, 1892, Emma G. Wilmarth; 
 children, Bernice Louise, b. April 20, 
 1894 (Newport high school, 1912, 
 Wellesley College 1916); Robert Wil- 
 marth, b. Dec. 6, 1898 (Newport high 
 school, 1915,- Dean Academy, 1916). 
 Residence Newport, N. H. 
 
 McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell 
 
 (Mrs. James R. McDonald); author; 
 b., Manchester, N. H.; dau. Clark and 
 Clara M. Blaisdell; ed. public schools, 
 Mass. State Normal School, Fram- 
 ingham, 1891 ; taught school in Massa- 
 chusetts, 1892-6; supervisor primary 
 schools, Brockton, Mass., 1896-9; 
 author (with Mary Frances Blaisdell) 
 "Child Life," 1899; "Child Life in 
 Many Lands," 1900; "The Child Life 
 Primer," 1901; "The Blaisdell Spell- 
 ers," 1901; "The Child Life Fifth 
 Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and His 
 Friends," 1907, and many child books 
 of travel; member Boston Authors 
 Club, Women's City Club, N. E. 
 Women's Press Ass'n; m., Aug. 3, 
 1899, James Richard McDonald. 
 Residence, West Medford, Mass. 
 
 Stoddard, Edward Percy 
 
 Insurance and Real Estate, b., Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1877; s. D. Fox 
 and Mary Joy (Pendexter-) Stoddard; 
 ed. Dover and Portsmouth schools and 
 Dartmouth College; reporter for Ports- 
 mouth Times and Manchester Daily 
 Union, 1900-3; U. S. deputy marshal at 
 31 
 
 Concord, 1903-8; in general insurance 
 and real estate business at Portsmouth 
 since latter date; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; member Portsmouth city 
 council, 1910; N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1911-12; 1913-14; cham- 
 pioned the movement for the Ports- 
 mouth armory in the former session; 
 Republican candidate for state 
 senator in District No. 24, 1918; mem- 
 
 ber A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, Knight 
 Templar and Shriner, B. P. O. E., 
 K. of P., Derryfield Club, Manchester; 
 Athletic Club, Warwick Club, Country 
 Club, Portsmouth. Residence, Ports- 
 mouth, N. H. 
 
 Richardson, Henry Sturtevant 
 
 Lawyer; probate judge; b., Brandon, 
 Vt., Sept. 19, 1873; s. Sidney K. and 
 Ella I. (Sturtevant) Richardson; ed. 
 public schools, Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy, 1892; Dartmouth College, 1896. 
 studied law in office of Smith & Smith 
 at Woodsville, N. H.; admitted to the 
 N. H. bar, Juno 18, 1903; located in 
 practice in Claremont; Unitarian; Re-
 
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 467 
 
 publican; judge Claremont police 
 court, 1912-13; member school board, 
 1915-17; solicitor, Sullivan County, 
 1917; judge of probate, 1917- ; trustee 
 Fiske Free Library, 1911- ; member 
 A. F. & A. M. (lodge, chapter, com- 
 mandery and shrine), Sons of Veterans 
 (past commander N. H. division); m., 
 June 12, 1906, Valina J. Darling; one 
 dau., Barbara. Residence, Claremont, 
 N. H. 
 
 Colony, Horatio 
 
 Lawyer; manufacturer; b., Keene, 
 Nov. 14, 1835; s. Josiah and Hannah 
 (Taylor) Colony; descendant of John 
 Colony, Wrentham, Mass., 1640; ed. 
 public and private schools, Keene 
 Academy, Albany (N. Y.) Law School, 
 LL.B. 1860, having studied in the 
 office of Hon. Levi Chamberlain; ad- 
 mitted to the bar in New York and 
 New Hampshire in 1860, and practiced 
 in Keene till 1867, when, having ac- 
 quired an interest in the firm of Faulk- 
 ner & Colony, woolen manufacturers, of 
 which his father had been a member, 
 he relinquished his profession and de- 
 voted himself thereafter to the interests 
 of the firm, of which he became presi- 
 dent and treasurer upon its incorpora- 
 tion; subsequently interested in the 
 Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H., and 
 president and treasurer of the same; 
 Unitarian; Democrat; member first 
 N. H. board of labor statistics, ap- 
 pointed by Governor Weston; first 
 mayor of Keene, 1874-5; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1877; 
 Democratic nominee for speaker and 
 member judiciary committee; delegate 
 Democratic National Convention, New 
 York, 1868; some time president Keene 
 Steam Power Co.; director Cheshire, 
 Ashuelot and Citizens' National banks 
 of Keene, and Winchester National 
 Bank; president Cheshire County 
 Humane Soc.; trustee Thayer public 
 library and president of the board; 
 member A. F. & A. M.. K. T., P. of II.; 
 m., Dec. 10, 1863, Emeline Fames Jos- 
 lin of Keene; d., Oct. 11, 1907; children, 
 John Joslin (see page 135) ; Charles 
 
 Taylor, b. April 20, 1867; Kate (Mrs. 
 James A. Frye). Residence, 104 West 
 St., Keene, N. H. 
 
 Merrill, Charles Clarkson 
 
 Clergyman; secretarial worker; b., 
 Marlboro, N. H., March 3, 1873; s. 
 John L. and Mary L. (Murphy) Mer- 
 rill; ed. Gushing Academy, Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass., 1890, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1894; B.D. Yale Divinity School, 
 1897; ordained Congregational min- 
 istry, 1897; pastor First Church Steu- 
 benville, O., 1897-1902; North Church, 
 Winchendon, Mass., 1902-11; secre- 
 tary National Council Apportionment 
 Commission, Congregational Churches, 
 1911-14; N. E. secretary Laymen's 
 Missionary Movement, Boston, 1914- 
 17; secretary Vermont Domestic Mis- 
 sionary Soc., 1917- ; Independent Re- 
 publican; trustee Gushing Academy; 
 member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa 
 Epsilon; m., Oct. 8, 1907, Bessie Louise 
 Nichols, Winchendon, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, 112 Loomis St., Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Abbott, Sewall Wester 
 
 Lawyer; b., Tuftonboro, N. H., 
 April 11, 1859; s. George and Phebe 
 Jane (Graves) Abbott; ed. public 
 schools of Ossipee; Hebron (Me.) 
 Academy, 1878; Union College of Law, 
 Chicago, 1883; admitted to Illinois bar 
 same year; practiced one year in Chi- 
 cago; returned Fast and commenced 
 practice in Wolfeboro, N. H., Dec. 18, 
 1885 and has there continued; Unita- 
 rian ; Republican ; moderator, Wolfeboro, 
 twenty-two years; member school board 
 twelve years; solicitor for Carroll 
 County, 1903-7; judge of Probate since 
 Dec. 27, 1889; chairman Legal Ad- 
 visory Board, Carroll County, 1917- ; 
 chairman fuel committee, Wolfeboro 
 district 1917- ; president Wolfeboro 
 Woolen Mills; president trustees Hug- 
 gins Hospital since foundation, Dec. 31, 
 1907; trustee Brewster Free Academy 
 since 1895; member A. F. A. M., lodge, 
 chapter, commandery and 32d degree 
 (Past D. D. G. M., N". H. Grand Lodge, 
 and member committee on trials and 
 appeals), O.E.S.; I. ().(). F., Rebekahs,
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 >. B. O. E., P. of H., Sons of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution; m., June 10, 1893, 
 Elma King (Hodgdon). Residence, 
 Wolfeboro, N. H. 
 
 .'MacMurphy, Mary L. Stuart James 
 
 (Mrs. Jesse G. MacMurphy.) 
 'Teacher; lecturer; b., Deerfield, N. H., 
 .Sept. 1, 1846; dau. Joseph Warren and 
 Harriet Neeley (Hoyt) James; ed. 
 Pinkerton Academy, Deny, N. H., 
 Salem, Mass., Normal School, first 
 
 course, 1864; advanced course, 1866; 
 special work Vassal- College and Chi- 
 cago University; in the autumn of 
 1866 became head of the Senior de- 
 partment of the Albany, N. Y., Female 
 Academy; later at request of Eben S. 
 Stearns, principal, accepted the posi- 
 tion of preceptress at Robinson Fe- 
 male Seminary; on April 22, 1870, 
 united in marriage with Rev. Jesse G. 
 MacMurphy, and became a resident of 
 Racine, Wis., where she soon became 
 principal of a college preparatory 
 school, and lecturer to the Avon Art 
 Club; in 1895 she was called to Chicago 
 
 as head of the history department in the 
 Waller High School, remaining until 
 1911, when she returned to New Eng- 
 land, but has retained! a deep interest 
 in the work to which User active life has 
 been devoted and fw which work she 
 had prepared herself by foreign travel 
 and close study. Sfae was a member of 
 the Woman's Chtb and Avon Art Club, 
 Racine, Wis. (president of the former 
 1894-6; director of latter, 1879-94) ; the-, 
 Chicago and Oak Park Woman's Clubs-, 
 and The Gbux Syntelia, Chicago. She 
 is a member of the D. A. R. and the 
 Derry Woman's Club, in both of whijch 
 organizations as well as the Red Cross 
 she is an active worker; she serv*d as 
 chairman of the Art Department, N. H. 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, 1915-~ 
 17. Two children. Residence, Derry 
 Village, N. H. 
 
 Marvin, Winthrop Lippitt 
 
 Journalist; b., New Castle, N. H., 
 May 15, 1863; s. Thomas E. O. and 
 Anne (Lippitt) Marvin; ed. public 
 Schools, Tufts College, A.B. 1884; 
 Litt.D. 1903; reporter and night editor 
 Boston Advertiser, 1884-6; on Boston 
 Journal in various capacities, 1886- 
 1903; member Mass. Civil Service 
 Commission, 1901-4; secretary Mer- 
 chant Marine Commission, Washing- 
 ton, 1904-5; secretary-treasurer Na- 
 tional Ass'n Woolen Manufacturers 
 since 1908; associate editor Marine 
 Journal, New York City; member Phi 
 Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; Uni- 
 versalist; Republican; m., June 17, 
 1885, Nellie Meloon, Portsmouth, 
 N. H. Residence, Marvin's Island, 
 Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 McDaniel, Allen Boyer 
 
 Civil engineer; b., Exeter, N. H., 
 Sept. 5, 1879; s. Benjamin F. and Mary 
 E. (Wellman) McDaniel; ed. Mass. 
 Inst. Tech., B.S. in architectural 
 engineering, 1901; structural engineer, 
 N. E. Structural Co., Boston, 1901-2; 
 Fort Pitt Bridge Works, Pittsburgh, 
 Pa., 1903-5; instructor in civil engi- 
 neering, Case School of Applied 
 Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 1906-7;
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 professor civil engineering, Univ. of 
 South Dakota, 1907-12; assistant 
 professor civil engineering, Univ. of 
 IHiftpis, 1912-16; professor civil engi- 
 nwrring, Union College, Schenectady, 
 N.'Y., 1917- ; fellow American Acad. 
 A*ts and Sciences; member Amer. 
 Sac. Civil Engineers, etc.; m., Oct. 21, 
 1903, Amanda Fowler, Boston, Mass. 
 Residence, Schenectady, N. Y. 
 
 MacGreggor, Henry Frederick 
 
 Railroading and real estate; b., 
 Londonderry, N. H., April 25, 1855; 
 s. Lewis Aiken and Augusta (Watts) 
 Btodgett; ed. Pinkerton Academy f 
 Deny, and Bryant & Stratton Com- 
 merical College, Manchester; removed 
 to Texas in youth; secretary Galveston 
 CHty R. R. Co., 1879-83 ; vice-president 
 and general manager, Houston Rail- 
 way System, 1883-1903; engaged in 
 real estate operations since 1903; vice- 
 president and director, State Land Oil 
 Co.; director, South Texas National 
 Bank, Houston Printing Co., Glen 
 Park Co.; Presbyterian; Republican; 
 chairman, state executive committee, 
 1894-6; Texas member Republican 
 National Committee since 1912; m. r 
 Dec. 10, 1885; Elizabeth Stevens. 
 Residence, 3530 Fannin St., Houston, 
 'Texas. 
 
 Howes, Benjamin Alfred 
 
 Engineer; b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 4 r 
 1875; s. Benjamin Thomas and Maria 
 Adelaide (Holt) Howes; ed. public 
 schools, Mass. Institute Technologv, 
 B.S. 1897; with Frank Sprague, 
 Sprague Multiple Unit System, New 
 Yerk, 1897-1900; with Randfontein 
 Estates, mining equipment and con- 
 struction, South Africa, and Thomas 
 Robins, Paris and London, 1900-3; in 
 research and construction work, 1903- 
 5; in private practice in New York 
 sinre 1905; advisory to various ship- 
 building undertakings in concrete, 
 1918; member American Soc. Mining 
 Engineers, American Concrete Insti- 
 tute, American Soc. Civil Engineers, 
 etc.; author "Building by a Builder," 
 1914, and various technical articles on 
 concrete and building construction; 
 
 -m., Aug. 5, 1908, Ethel D. Puffer, 
 Framingham, Mass. Residence, Scars- 
 dale, N. Y. 
 
 Hoyt, Louis G. 
 
 Lawyer; probate judge; b., Exeter, 
 N. H., Feb. 23, 1856; s. Oilman B. and 
 Marianna (Jewell) Hoyt; ed. Phillips 
 Exeter Academy, 1873; Dartmouth 
 College, 1877; studied law and com- 
 menced practice at Kingston, N. H.>. 
 
 1878; member banking firm of E. H. 
 Rollins & Sons, Boston, 1888-1900; 
 Universalist; Republican; superintend- 
 ent of schools, Kingston, 1880 to 1886; 
 solicitor of Rockingham County, 1892- 
 1900; judge of probate, Rockingham 
 County, since September, 1902; trus- 
 tee Union Five Cent Savings Bank, 
 Exeter; Sanborn Seminary, Kingston; 
 Brown's Academy, East Kingston; 
 secretary, Republican state committee, 
 1899-1901; member Gideon Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M.; author "Hoyt's Probate 
 Practice," "Hoyt's Law of Adminis- 
 tration in New Hampshire." "Hoyt's 
 Homestead Right"; m., March 30, 
 1893, Mary S. Towle. Residence, 
 Kingston, N. H.
 
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 French, George Barstow 
 
 Lawyer; b., Tuftonborough, N. H., 
 Nov. 27, 1846; s. James and Eveline 
 A. (Moulton) French; ed. Tilton Sem- 
 inary, 1868; Dartmouth College, 1872; 
 principal Milford, N. H., high school, 
 1872-4; studied law with Judge Rob- 
 ert M. Wallace of Milford and at Bos- 
 ton Univ. Law School; admitted to 
 Suffolk County, Mass., bar in May, 
 1876, and N. H. bar, September, 1876, 
 since when he has been in practice in 
 
 Nashua; Congregationalist ; Republi- 
 can; member Nashua board of educa- 
 tion several years, N. H. constitu- 
 tional convention, 1880; ch;iirman 
 Legal Advisory Board under Selective 
 Service Act, 1018; member Lincoln 
 Club; president non-partisan Civic 
 League; formerly president Nashua 
 Trust Co., and director Pennichuck 
 Water Works; I). K. E. frater- 
 nity, Dartmouth College; Rising Sun 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; in., Dec. 24, 
 1870, Sarah F. Burnharn. Milford, 
 N.'H.; children, Ruth II. , b. Oct. 17, 
 
 1880 (Smith College, 1002, Teachers 
 College, Columbia Univ. in Domestic 
 Science, 1010), member of Nashua 
 board of education, and for over a year 
 past in Bureau of Military Intelligence, 
 U. S. War Department, Washington; 
 Robert A., b. Sept. 13, 1882 (Dart- 
 mouth, 1005, Harvard Law School, 
 1008), lawyer in practice in Nashua 
 till commissioned captain, Bureau of 
 Military Intelligence, War Depart- 
 ment, Washington, August, 1018; 
 served three terms in N. H. house of 
 representatives, and was associate jus- 
 tice Nashua police court; d. in the serv- 
 ice at Washington, Dec. 17, 1018; Helen 
 B., b. Sept. 5, 1884 (ed. in Nashua 
 high school, Abbott Academy and 
 Smith College one year); George M., 
 b. May 2, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911, 
 Boston Univ. Law School, 1014); prac- 
 ticed law in Springfield, Mass., till 
 June, 1917, when he enlisted in the 
 104th infantry regiment, 26th division, 
 went to France in October, was made 
 a sergeant, served till Oct. 29, 1018, 
 when he was sent to a hospital and 
 was invalided home in November. 
 Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Merrill, William Bradford 
 
 Journalist; b., Salisbury, N. H., Feb. 
 27, 1861; s. Horatio and Sarah B. 
 (Whitman) Merrill; ed. Boston Latin 
 School, 1874-6; finished studies in 
 Paris, France, 1876-8; reporter on 
 Philadelphia Xorth American, 1870; 
 telegraphic editor, 1880, Philadelphia 
 Press; dramatic and Sunday editor 
 1881-5; managing editor '1886-01; 
 managing editor New York Press, 
 1891-5; financial manager New York 
 World, 1001-7; managing editor New 
 York American since February, 1007; 
 author Guide to Railways of the 
 United States, 1881; m., Sept. 12, 1882, 
 Sara Louise Taylor, Georgetown, D. C. 
 Residence, Great Neck, L. I. 
 
 Messer, Loring Wilbur 
 
 Y. M. C. A. secretary; b., Somers- 
 worth, N. H., March 1, 1856; s. Charles 
 and Emily A. (Leathers) Messer; ed. 
 public schools; A.M. Northwestern
 
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 471 
 
 Univ., 1908; with B. & M. R. R., Bos- 
 ton, 1872-4; in dry goods trade, Read- 
 ing, Mass., 1874-81; general secretary 
 Y. M. C. A., Peoria, 111., 1881-3; Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., 1883-8; Chicago, 111., 
 since April, 1888; director and instruc- 
 tor, Y. M. C. A. College, Chicago; 
 trustee International Y. M. C. A. Col- 
 lege, Springfield, Mass. ; director United 
 Charities; member State executive 
 committee, Y. M. C. A.; member execu- 
 tive committee National War Work 
 Council of Y. M. C. A. ass'ns; Union 
 League University Club; Republican; 
 m., Sept. 14, 1887, Elizabeth I. Garce- 
 lon, Lewiston, Me. Residence, 5729 
 Blackstone ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 Morrill, Albro David 
 
 Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug. 
 29, 1854; s. Smith and Mary (Clark) 
 Morrill; ed. Dartmouth College, B.S. 
 1876, M.S. 1879; studied in Univ. of 
 Mich., 1876-7; teacher of science, 
 Lewiston, Pa., 1878-83; professor of 
 chemistry, physics and higher mathe- 
 matics, Belmont College, 1883-8; 
 professor biology and geology, Ohio 
 Univ., Athens, Ohio, 1888-92;" profes- 
 sor chemistry and biology, Hamilton 
 College, 1892-6; professor biology 
 since 1896; fellow American Acad. 
 Arts and Sciences; member Amer. Soc. 
 Naturalists, Amer. Soc. Zoologists, 
 Boston Soc. Natural History; Pres- 
 byterian; Republican ; m., Dec. 23, 
 1879, Lena E. Carver, Binghampton, 
 N. Y. Residence, Clinton, N. Y. 
 
 Gould, Robert Truman 
 
 Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkin- 
 ton, N. H., May 23, 1861; s. Charles 
 and Ruth (Hill) Gould; ed. public 
 schools and Contoocook Academy; 
 Methodist; Democrat; selectman, Hop- 
 kinton, 1907, 1914-15 (chairman of the 
 board); member N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1917-18, serving on Com- 
 mittee on railroads, and joining in 
 the minority report against the "re- 
 organization" bill; member Committee 
 of Public Safety; chairman War Sav- 
 ings Committee, local food representa- 
 tive, member Liberty Loan committee 
 
 and in Red Cross and Red Triangle 
 drives; member Harris Lodge A. F. & 
 A. M.; Patrons of Husbandry (past 
 master Union Grange, No. 56 and 
 Contoocook, No. 216). Mr. Gould re- 
 sides upon the farm on "Gould Hill" 
 in Hopkinton, owned and occupied by 
 the Goulds for four generations; his 
 great-great-grandfather, Joseph Gould, 
 was one of the original proprietors of 
 Hopkinton; Thomas Hill and Moses 
 Hill, his maternal great-grandfather 
 
 and grandfather were both soldiers of 
 the Revolution and fought at Bunker 
 Hill, and the latter was a member of 
 the Committee of Safety in Hopkinton 
 during the Revolution, as was Robert 
 T. Gould during the recent war. The 
 Gould Hill farm is noted for its first 
 class fruit and excellent dairy prod- 
 ucts; m., April 3, 1894, Mary M. 
 Currier; one dan., Jessie, b. May 12, 
 1900, graduate of Hopkinton high 
 school. Residence, Hopkinton, N. H. 
 (Contoocook, P. O.).
 
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 Upham, James Duncan 
 
 Manufacturer; banker; b., Clare- 
 mont, N. H., Nov. 7, 1853; s. James 
 Phineas and Elizabeth Walker (Rice) 
 Upham; ed. public schools, Claremont; 
 Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 
 1870; Dartmouth College, Cornell 
 Univ., B.S., 1874; entered employ of 
 Sullivan Machine Co., Claremont, as 
 clerk and paymaster, continuing until 
 chosen treasurer and manager of the 
 Brandon (Vt.) Italian Marble Co., 
 July, 1886, which position he held until 
 July, 1891, when he returned to Clare- 
 mont to become treasurer and director 
 of the Sullivan Machine Co., serving 
 as such till April, 1892, when the con- 
 cern was reorganized and he became 
 treasurer and director of the Sullivan 
 Machinery Co. of Claremont, N. H., 
 and Chicago, 111., in which position he 
 continues, also member executive com- 
 mittee of said corporation; president 
 Brandon Italian Marble Co., May, 
 1895, until sale of same in December, 
 1909; director, Claremont National 
 Bank since Jan. 10, 1893; vice-presi- 
 dent same from Nov. 10, 1896, to 
 Sept. 19, 1905; president since Sept. 
 19, 1905; director B. & M. R. R. since 
 October, 1913; director United Life 
 and Accident Ins. Co., Concord, N. H., 
 since 1913; first president N. H. Man- 
 ufacturers' Ass'n, 1913-14 and director 
 in same till 1918; vice-president for 
 New Hampshire American Bankers' 
 Ass'n, 1916-17; member and former 
 director, vice-president and president 
 Claremont board of trade; Episcopal- 
 ian; Progressive Republican; trustee 
 town of Claremont trust funds since 
 1903; member N. H. executive council, 
 1907-8; constitutional convention 1912; 
 member N. H. public safety committee 
 of one hundred; chairman Claremont 
 public safety committee; chairman 
 Claremont Liberty Loan Committee; 
 member N. H. League for National 
 Defense, Red Cross, N. H. Children's 
 Aid and Protective Soc., N. H. Ass'n 
 for Prevention of Tuberculosis, N. H. 
 Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
 mals, Soc. for Protection of New Hamp- 
 shire Forests, Lincoln Club, 1906-10; 
 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Claremont 
 Country Club; Zeta Psi (Cornell Univ.), 
 Cornell New England club; m., Oct. 25, 
 1882, Katharine Hall Deane of Clare- 
 mont; children, Katharine Duncan 
 (Mrs. Roy D. Hunter) and Sarah 
 Elizabeth (Mrs. Percy R. Brooks). 
 Residence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Miller, Charles Ransom 
 
 Journalist; b., Hanover, N. H., Jan. 
 17, 1849; s. Elijah T. and Chastina 
 (Hoyt) Miller; ed. Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1872, LL.D. 1905; Litt.D. 
 Columbia, 1915; on staff of Springfield 
 Republican, 1872-5; New York Times 
 since 1875; editor in chief since 1883; 
 director N. Y. Times Co.; director 
 Tidewater Paper Co.; Century, Metro- 
 politan and Garden City Golf clubs, 
 New York; m., Oct. 10, 1876, Frances 
 Daniels, Plainfield, N. H. Residence, 
 21 East 9th St., New York. 
 
 Mitchell, Harry Walter 
 
 Physician; b., Plymouth, N. H., 
 Nov. 6, 1867; s. Harris B. and Frances 
 (Blair) Mitchell; ed. Peacham (Vt.) 
 Academy, Univ. of Vermont, M.D. 
 1896; ass't physician, State Farm, 
 Bridgewater, Mass., 1896-9; Danvers 
 (Mass.) State Hospital, 1899-1907; 
 superintendent Eastern (Me.) State 
 Hospital, 1907-10; Danvers (Mass.) 
 State Hospital, 1910-12; State Hospital 
 for Insane, Warren, Pa., 1912- ; mem- 
 ber American Med. Ass'n, Pa. State 
 Med. Ass'n, Mass. State Med. Soc., 
 Boston Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, 
 etc.; Unitarian; m., Aug. 16, 1902, 
 Mary Paulsell, San Francisco. Resi- 
 dence, Warren, Pa. 
 
 Melville, Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Nelson, N. H., Aug. 25, 
 1858; s. Josiah H. and Nancy R. (Ne- 
 smith) Melville; ed. Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1879; Harvard, A.M. and LL.B., 
 cum laude, 1884; admitted to the bar 
 in 1885, and since in practice in New 
 York City; partner of Roscoe Conkling, 
 1885-8; captain Co. A, 8th N. Y. Vol- 
 unteers, Spanish American War; presi- 
 dent State Board of Managers, Elmira
 
 474 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 and Napanooh reformatories; member 
 N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Naval and Military 
 Order, Spanish American War, Spc. Co- 
 lonial Wars; Republican. Residence, 
 69 East 55th St., New York City. 
 
 Wellman, Justin Owen 
 
 Educator; head master Colby Acad- 
 emy; b., Belgrade, Me., Sept. 19, 1875; 
 s. Owen Rogers and Ella (Russell) 
 Wellman; ed. public schools, Augusta, 
 Me.; Colby College, 1898; principal 
 
 Paris Hill (Me.) Academy, 1898; mas- 
 ter of mathematics, Bangor (Me.) 
 high school, 1899-1901; principal 
 Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton 
 (Me.), 1901-5; headmaster Colby 
 Academy, New London, N. H., 1905 
 to date; Baptist; Republican; town 
 auditor, New London, 1907-10, 1914 
 to date; delegate N. H. constitutional 
 convention, 1912; war historian for 
 New London, 1918- ; chairman town 
 War S. S. committee. 1918- ; four 
 minute speaker in war work cam- 
 paign; trustee New London Hospital 
 Ass'n; trustee N. H. United Baptist 
 
 Convention; member National Edu- 
 cational Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges 
 and Secondary Schools; N. H. Teach- 
 ers' Ass'n; N. E. Ass'n of Mathematics 
 Teachers; collaborator of National 
 Institute for Moral Instruction; A. F. 
 & A. M. to and including 32d degree 
 and K. T., O. E. S. (past Grand Pa- 
 tron); I. O. O. F., P. of H., American 
 Red Cross, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta 
 Upsilon; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Caroline 
 Blanch Walker; children, Eleanor 
 Blanch, b. Feb. 19, 1907; Muriel Jus- 
 tine, b. Sept. 9, 1912. Residence, New 
 London, N. H. 
 
 Gove, Charles Augustus 
 
 Naval officer; b., Concord, N. H., 
 July 5, 1854; s. Col. Jesse A. and Maria 
 Louise (Sherburne) Gove; ed. public 
 schools, U. S. Naval Academy, Annap- 
 olis, 1876; promoted ensign, March 
 29, 1879; lieutenant, Aug. 4, 1891; 
 lieutenant commander, July 1, 1899; 
 commander, May 6, 1905; cap- 
 tain, Jan. 9, 1909; rear admiral, July 
 11, 1914; served on all principal sta- 
 tions and at sea twenty-one years and 
 six months; on U. S. S. Topeka during 
 Spanish American War, 1898; com- 
 mandant of midshipmen at U. S. Naval 
 Academy, 1908-9; commanded the 
 new dreadnought, Delaware 1910, mak- 
 ing the trip around Cape Horn and, 
 later in the naval review off Spithead 
 at the Coronation of King George V, 
 it being the largest warship there; 
 commander U. S. Naval Training 
 Station at San Francisco, 1912-3; 
 retired, Dec. 11, 1914; Episcopalian; 
 A. F. & A. M., member Army and 
 Navy Club, Washington, D. C., Bo- 
 hemian Club, San Francisco; m., May 
 23, 1887, Minnie Webster. Residence, 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Cavis, Kate Chandler 
 
 (Mrs. Harry M. Cavis); b., Balti- 
 more, Md.; dau. Maj. George Henry 
 and Elvira Sargent (Coffin) Chandler; 
 niece of Senator William E. Chandler 
 (see p. 1); granddaughter of Capt. 
 Samuel Coffin, Concord, N. H. (Maj. 
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 1860, f>BK, LL.B., Harvard, 1867; 
 served in the 9th N. H. Volunteers 
 during the Civil War and was wounded 
 in the battle of Spottsylvania) ; Mrs. 
 Cavis was educated in the schools of 
 Concord, N. H., and at the Oldfield 
 School, Baltimore, Md., 1887-9; spent 
 much of her youth in Washington, 
 D. C.; became a permanent resident 
 of Concord, N. H., upon her marriage; 
 communicant of St. Paul's Protestant 
 Episcopal Church, warden of Guild, 
 St. Anna Branch, and active in church 
 work; member board of managers, 
 Orphans' Home at Millville, Stratford 
 (Shakespeare) Club (president, 1908- 
 11), N. H. Historical Soc., Concord 
 Female Charitable Soc., Country Club, 
 Beaver Meadow Golf Club (charter, 
 1897), Friendly Club, District Nursing 
 Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., Hos- 
 pital Associates, S. P. C. A., N. H. 
 Children's Aid and Protective Soc.; m., 
 Washington, D. C., May 12, 1897, 
 Harry Minot Cavis, lawyer of Con- 
 cord, who d. July 8, 1915; one son, 
 George Chandler Cavis, b. Feb. 14, 
 1898; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 N. H., 1916, Yale Univ., 1921; in 
 training, Plattsburgh, N. Y., summer 
 of 1916; served as ambulance driver in 
 France (Yale Unit), five months in 
 1917; second lieutenant, Field Artil- 
 lery, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., 
 1918. Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Runnells, Everett Hazen 
 
 Farmer and contractor; b., Con- 
 cord, N. H., June 7, 1851; s. Deacon 
 Hazen and Sarah E. (Corliss) Runnells; 
 sixth in descent from Sergt. Samuel 
 Runnells, of Bradford, Mass., before 
 1710; fifth in descent from Lieut. 
 Samuel Runnells and fourth in descent 
 from Lieut. Samuel Runnells, Jr., of 
 Boxford, Mass., both of whom served 
 in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-6; 
 grandson of Joseph Runnells, who 
 served in the Revolution; ed. Concord 
 schools; one year (1868), at Oberlin Col- 
 lege, Ohio; Congregationalist; Repub- 
 lican; supervisor of check list, Ward 4, 
 several years; in., Oct. 20, 1880, Clara 
 Frances Potter of East Concord, X. H., 
 
 descended from Robert Potter, Lynn, 
 Mass., 1630, great-granddaughter of 
 Richard Potter, who served in the 
 Revolution under Gen. Sullivan, niece 
 of Gen. Joseph H. Potter, U. S. A. 
 (West Point, 1843); children, (1) Clar- 
 ence Everett, b. Dec. 10, 1881; ed. 
 Concord high school; employed by 
 Lynn, Mass., Electric R. R.; m. June 
 15, 1904, Katharine Isabel McClure, 
 Maynard, Mass.; their children, John 
 Franklin, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Maude 
 
 Frances, Dec. 14, 1915; (2) Maude 
 Edith, b. Nov. 10, 1886, d. Feb. 12, 
 1897; (3) Morrill Potter, b. Jan. 28, 
 1892; ed. Concord schools; foreman in 
 machine shops, U. S. Navy Yard, 
 Portsmouth, N. H.; m. April 8, 1917, 
 Blanche Evelyn Moran, Lowell, Mass.; 
 (4 and 5) twin sons, Ernest Potter and 
 Ellsworth Potter, b. April 7, 1894 (see 
 succeeding sketches). Residence, 6 
 Lyndon St.., Concord, X. II. 
 
 Runnells, Ernest Potter 
 
 Soldier; b., Concord, X. H., April 7, 
 1894; s. Everett Hazen and Clara
 
 476 
 
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 Frances (Potter) Runnells (see preced- 
 ing); ed. Concord high school ; employed 
 National State Capital Bank; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; entered the U. S. 
 service, July 25, 1917; sailed for 
 France, Oct. 3, 1917; in the Medical 
 Corps of the 26th Division, later in the 
 101st Ambulance Corps; cited for 
 bravery by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards 
 in the second battle of the Marne, July 
 18-26, 1918, "for rescuing wounded 
 comrades under heavy enemy fire"; 
 cited by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards 
 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member 
 White Mountain Lodge. I. O. O. F.; 
 employed in the People's Market, 1912- 
 17; entered the U. S. service, July 25, 
 1917; sailed for France, Oct. 3, 1917; 
 in the 103d Machine Gun Battalion, 
 26th Division, 52d Brigade, Co. B; 
 decorated with the Croix de Guerre, 
 Dec. 17, 1918, standing beside his 
 twin brother who received the Ameri- 
 can Cross at the same time (this is 
 believed to be the only instance where 
 twin brothers were simultaneously 
 
 for "exceptionally meritorious service 
 and gallant conduct under a terrific 
 enemy artillery bombardment," Sept. 
 25 and 26, 1918; decorated with Dis- 
 tinguished Sen - ice Cross (American), 
 Dec. 17, 1918 (see succeeding). Resi- 
 dence, 6 Lyndon St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Runnells, Ellsworth Potter 
 
 Soldier (twin brother to preceding); 
 b., Concord, N. H., April 7, 1894; a. 
 Everett Hazen and Clara Frances 
 (Potter) Runnells; ed. Concord schools; 
 
 decorated with French and American- 
 crosses during the Great War); m., 
 May 14, 1917, Amy Isabel Milton, 
 Penacook, N. H. Residence, 6 Lyndon 
 St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Gove Aaron 
 
 Educator; b., Hampton Falls, N. H., 
 Sept. 26, 1838; s. John Francis and 
 Sarah Jane (Wadleigh) Gove; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Illinois Normal Univ., 1861; 
 honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1878;
 
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 477 
 
 LL.D., Univ. of Colorado, 1888; served 
 in Union Army Sept., 1861 to 
 Aug., 1864, when honorably discharged 
 as brevet major; superintendent of 
 schools, Normal, 111, 1864-74; superin- 
 tendent of schools, Denver, Colo., 1874 
 -1904; representative of the beet sugar 
 industry in the arid states 1905- ; com- 
 mander Loyal Legion, Colorado Com- 
 mandery, two years; A. F. & A. M., 33d 
 degree; Grand Commander K. T. of 
 Colorado, three years; president Na- 
 tional Educational Ass'n, three years; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; m., Feb. 
 13, 1865, Caroline Spofford, North An- 
 dover, Mass. Residence, Denver, Colo. 
 
 McLaughlin, George Asbury 
 
 Clergyman; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct. 
 13, 1851; s. John and Mary A. (Towle) 
 McLaughlin; ed. public schools, Wes- 
 leyan University (Conn.), A.B. 1873; 
 A.M. 1875; D.D. Taylor Univ., 1903; 
 ordained M. E. ministry, 1875; pastor, 
 Franklin Falls, N. H., 1875-7; White- 
 field, 1877-9; Littleton 1879-82; First 
 Church, Haverhill, Mass., 1882-5; 
 Laconia, N. H., 1885-8; Exeter. 1888- 
 92; in evangelistic work, Chicago, 
 1892-1912; editor Christian Witness, 
 Chicago, 1901-17; author of several 
 commentaries and pamphlets; Pro- 
 hibitionist; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1875, Mary 
 Ella Henshaw, Middletown, Conn.; 
 d., Jan. 21, 1910; 2d, Oct. 20, 1914, 
 Mrs. Jennie Reeves Walker. Resi- 
 dence, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Marden, Orison Swett 
 
 Author and editor; b., Thornton, 
 N. H., s. Louis and Martha (Cilley) 
 Marden; ed. public schools, Boston 
 Univ., B.S. 1877; A.M. and Bachelor of 
 Oratory, 1879; LL.B. 1882; M.D., 
 Harvard, 1881 ; author "Rushing to 
 the Front," 1894, and about fifty 
 other books; founder of the Success 
 Magazine in 1897, and editor of the 
 same to 1912; editor Consolidated 
 Encyclopedic Library (10 vqls.), 1901; 
 editor New Success Magazine; presi- 
 dent Aldine Club; president League for 
 the Larger Life; m., May, 1905, Clara 
 L. Evans, Louisville, Ky. Residence, 
 Sea Cliff, L. I. 
 
 Rogers, William Nathaniel 
 
 Lawyer; b., Wakefield, N. H., Jan. 
 10, 1892; s. Herbert E. and Lilian A. 
 (Sanborn) Rogers; ed. public schools, 
 Wakefield, Brewster Free Academy, 
 Wolfeboro; Dartmouth College; Uni- 
 versity of Maine School of Law, 1916; 
 admitted to the N. H. bar in 1916 and 
 practiced that year at Sanbornyille and 
 Wolfeboro; since July, 1917, in Con- 
 cord ; member firm of Streeter, Demqnd, 
 Woodworth & Sulloway; Episcopalian; 
 
 Democrat; member N. H. house of rep- 
 resentatives, 1917-18, 1919-20; mem- 
 ber judiciary committee both sessions; 
 Democratic candidate for Congress, 
 1st N. H. District, 1918; for speaker of 
 the house in the legislature of 1919; 
 member Phi Kappa Psi, Dartmouth; 
 Phi Alpha Delta, Univ. of Maine, 
 Knights of Pythias, A. F. & A. M., 
 K. T., N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Aug. 31, 
 1912, Winnie E. Stevens, Farmington, 
 N. H.; children, Pauline E., b. April 
 29, 1913; Una C., b. July 3, 1915. 
 Residence, Sanbornville, X. H.; bus- 
 iness address, Concord, X. II.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 479 
 
 Perry, Daniel Webster 
 
 Paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co.; b., 
 Dublin, N. H., June 21, 1852; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Peterboro high school, 1873; 
 freight cashier, C. R. R.. at Nashua, 
 1873-81; in employ of Fisk Mf'g Co., 
 Springfield, Mass., 1881-4; assistant 
 paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co., Nashua, 
 N. H., 1884-1903; succeeded the late 
 Webster P. Hussey as proprietors' clerk 
 and paymaster in the latter year, con- 
 tinuing until the present time, making 
 thirty-five years of continuous service 
 for this corporation; Universalist; 
 Democrat; member Nashua board of 
 education, 1906-12; treasurer First 
 Universalist Society, Nashua, from 
 1898 to the present time; superintend- 
 ent First Universalist Sunday School, 
 1894-1914; treasurer N. H. Univer- 
 salist State Convention, since Sept. 
 1907; member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.; 
 m., Oct. 8, 1879, Emma Augusta Cook 
 of Nashua; children, Grace M., b. 
 Springfield, Mass., 1882 (Nashua high 
 school, 1901, Teachers' Training School, 
 1903, teacher in Nashua public schools 
 four years; m., 1907, Edward Otis 
 Brown, South Weymouth, Mass); 
 Fanny Gertrude, b. Nashua, N. H., 
 1890 f Nashua high school, 1909, 
 Massachusetts Normal Art School, 
 1914; supervisor of drawing, Milford, 
 N. II., schools, 1914-15; Barre, Vt., 
 schools, 1916-17; now teacher of Art 
 in Rhode Island State Normal School, 
 Providence. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Weeks, Albert J. 
 
 Pharmacist; b., Exeter, N. H., June 
 12, 1866; s. John W. and Caroline A. 
 (Colcord) Weeks; ed. public schools. 
 Exeter; Unitarian; Republican; mem- 
 ber N. II. house of representatives, 
 1909-10, serving on the committees on 
 normal school and public health; 
 trustee Robinson Female Seminary, 
 Exeter Public Library; director Exeter 
 Co-operative Bank; member A. F. & 
 A. M. (lodge, chapter, council and 
 commandery), O. E. S., I. O. R. M. 
 (past Great Sachem), A. O. U. W. 
 (past Master); Royal Arcanum, Grand 
 treasurer, X. H. Grand Council; 
 
 Foresters of America; Sportsman's 
 Club, Exeter; m., June 20, 1893, 
 Gertrude R. Towle, Exeter; children, 
 Harold J., b. Dec. 12, 1894 (Dart- 
 mouth, 1917), second lieutenant, ord- 
 nance department, U. S. A., Middle- 
 town, Pa.; Laura T., b. Dec. 4, 1897 
 (Robinson Female Seminary, 1916). 
 Residence, Exeter, N. H. 
 
 Marshall, Harold 
 
 Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. H., 
 June 8, 1866; s. James F. and Mary 
 Miranda (George) Marshall; ed. public 
 schools and Tufts College; ordained to 
 the Universalist ministry, 1891; pastor 
 successively at Beverly, Swampscott 
 and Melrose, Mass., 1891-1917; now 
 manager Universalist Publishing House, 
 Boston and Chicago; president Mass. 
 Universalist state convention, Boston 
 Flower Mission; founder Marshall Hall 
 Forum; secretary National Open Fo- 
 rum Council; joint author "Democ- 
 racy in the Making," 1915; magazine 
 writer; m., Sept. 11, 1893, Bertha Hills, 
 Boston. Residence, Melrose, Mass. 
 
 Carter, William Scott 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Warner, N. H., 
 Sept. 28, 1842; s. William and Hannah 
 (Badger) Carter; descendant of Thomas 
 Carter, a graduate of St. Thomas 
 College. Cambridge, who came from 
 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in 
 1635, and settled in Dedham, and later 
 in Watertown, Mass., and became the 
 first minister of Woburn; ed. Warner 
 public schools, Henniker Academy and 
 Dartmouth College, leaving the latter 
 in his freshman year and enlisting as a 
 private in Co. D, llth N. H. Volun- 
 teers, for service in the Civil War; ap- 
 pointed commissary sergeant and 
 served with his regiment, at Fredericks- 
 burg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and 
 elsewhere; spent some time in hospital 
 with chills and fever, and subsequently 
 served as quartermaster at a convales- 
 cent camp at Annapolis, Md.; later 
 returned to his regiment and served in 
 Grant's campaign up to the battle of 
 Petersburg; after discharge, in 1S65, 
 entered the employ of H. W. Carter of
 
 480 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Lebanon, conducting a large mercantile 
 business; five years later started in 
 business himself, subsequently forming 
 a partnership with Frank C. Churchill 
 which continued till 1898, when the 
 latter withdrew; since then Mr. Carter 
 has been president and manager of the 
 corporation known as the Carter & 
 Churchill Co., engaged in the manu- 
 facture of shirts, lined coats, overalls, 
 jumpers, etc., in addition to this busi- 
 ness he is also interested in manufac- 
 
 turing in Pawtucket, R. I., and in the 
 South; Republican; has held various 
 town offices and served in the N. H. 
 state senate in 1891-2; auditor state 
 treasurer's accounts, 1891; appointed 
 by Governor Jordan, in 1901, member 
 of commission to determine the position 
 of N. H. regiments in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, and by Governor Bachelder, in 
 1903, to select a monument in com- 
 memoration of their service; president 
 Lebanon Electric Light Co. for eight 
 years previous to 1906; director Leb- 
 anon National Bank; trustee public 
 library; president llth N. H. Reg't 
 Building A.s.s'n; member James B. 
 
 Perry Post G. A. R., and past com- 
 mander N. H. Department; member 
 A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter, com- 
 mandery and shrine; m., Aug. 20, 
 1868, Theodora Bugbee, Lakeport, N. 
 H. Residence, Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Blaisdell, Bertram 
 
 Lawyer; b., Meredith, N. H., April 
 
 13, 1869; s. Philip and Jane (Leayitt) 
 Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Tilton 
 Seminary, 1888; Brown Univ., A.B. 
 1892; teacher in Meredith, 1892-5; 
 studied law and admitted to the N. H. 
 bar, July, 1897; in practice at Meredith; 
 Congregationalist; Democrat; chair- 
 man Meredith school board; special 
 justice Laconia district court, 1913-15; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1915; Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, 
 A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d 
 degree; past grand patron O. E. S. of 
 New Hampshire; trustee Meredith 
 Village Savings Bank; president Mere- 
 dith Casket Co.; member N. H. Bar 
 Ass'n; m., April 25, 1893, Georgia 
 Moulton; children, Beatrice, b. Dec. 
 
 14, 1898; Dorothy F., b. Jan. 19, 1901. 
 Residence, Meredith, N. H. 
 
 Hamlin, Frank Wilbert 
 
 Merchant; banker ; b., North Charles- 
 town, N. H., June 14, 1863; s. George 
 Washington and Ellen L. Hamlin; ed. 
 public schools of Charlestown; proprie- 
 tor of the Hamlin Department Store, 
 Charlestown, N. H., since 1887; 
 Episcopalian (treasurer and junior 
 warden St. Luke's Church) ; Republi- 
 can; justice municipal court; trustee 
 town trust funds, trustee and treasurer 
 Silsby Free Library; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1903; Senate, 
 1909; constitutional convention, 1918; 
 president and director Connecticut 
 River National Bank, Charlestown; 
 member I. O. O. F., Charlestown 
 Lodge, No. 88; Evening Star Encamp- 
 ment, No. 25, Claremont; Canton 
 Oasis, No. 18, Claremont; Rebekah 
 Lodge, No. 77; m., Dec. 26, 1887, Ada 
 E. Perry. Residence, Charlestown, 
 N. H.
 
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 481 
 
 Prescott, Charles Henry 
 
 Editor; banker; b., Barnstead, N. H., 
 Aug. 3, 1857; s. James Lewis and 
 Harriet Morrill (Tripp) Prescott; ed. 
 Berwick (Me.) Academy; Boston 
 Univ.; studied law and admitted to 
 the Maine bar, 1880; founder and sole 
 proprietor Biddeford (Me.) Daily Jour- 
 nal, 1884- ; Republican; member Me. 
 house of representatives, 1883-4; sen- 
 ate, 1895-6; member governor's staff, 
 1893-7; executive council, 1901-6; 
 treasurer York County, Me., 1887-90; 
 delegate at large Republican National 
 Convention, 1888; president York 
 County Savings Bank, First National 
 Bank, Biddeford; director North Ber- 
 wick Mfg. Co., Union Mutual Life 
 Ins. Co., Portland; m., Jan. 17, 1882, 
 Ellen S. Hobbs, No. Berwick, Me. 
 Residence, Saco, Me. 
 
 Porter, John Lincoln 
 
 Surgeon; b., Alstead, N. H., June 2, 
 1864; s. Samuel H. and Harriet (Emer- 
 son) Porter; ed. public schools; North- 
 western Univ., M.D. 1894; interne, 
 St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1894-5; 
 professor orthopedic surgery, Univ. of 
 Illinois Med. School, 1900-17; same 
 in Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 
 since 1917; attending orthopedic sur- 
 geon, St. Luke's Hospital; appointed 
 member advisory board on orthopedics, 
 U. S. A., Aug., 1917; member American 
 Med. Ass'n, American Orthopedic 
 Ass'n (president, 1918-19, Illinois State 
 Med. Soc.); Republican; member Uni- 
 versity, Quadrangle and Flossmoor 
 Country clubs; m., Feb. 9, 1899, Ethel 
 Quigg. Residence, 5116 Kenwood Ave., 
 Chicago. 
 
 Lord, Harry True 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. II., May 
 7, 1863; s. Harrison Dearborn and 
 Juliette (True) Lord; ed. Manchester 
 public schools (high school 1882); 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887; stud- 
 ied law with Hon. David A. Taggart 
 and admitted to the N. H. bar in 
 1894, since when he has been in prac- 
 tice in Manchester; Episcopalian; Re- 
 publican; president Manchester Com- 
 
 mon Council, 1899-1902; member 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1905- 
 6, 1907-8; N. H. Senate (president), 
 1909-10; executive council, 1911-12; 
 member local Draft Board, Div. No. 1, 
 city of Manchester, 1917-19; member 
 A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and 
 Shriner; I. O. R. M.; N.. H. Soc., Sons 
 of the American Revolution (vice- 
 president); Manchester Historical Soc. 
 (treasurer); Calumet Club, Manches- 
 
 ter (secretary, 1893-1914); m., 1st, 
 Sept. 29, 1897, Flora I. Cooper, Man- 
 chester, d.; m., 2d, Oct. 16, 1912, 
 Florence M. Stanley; one daughter, 
 Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1899, now in 
 school of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. II . 
 
 Lund, Fred Bates 
 
 Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 4, 
 1865; s. Charles C. and Lydia (French) 
 Lund; ed. public schools, Phillips An- 
 dover Academy; Harvard College, 
 A.B. 1888 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta 
 Kappa); A.M. 1892; M.D., Harvard
 
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 Med. School, 1892; interne Mass. Gen- 
 eral Hospital, 1900-3; in practice in 
 Boston since latter date; established 
 wide reputation for surgical skill; in 
 U. S. Medical Service in France during 
 war with Germany. Address, 529 
 Beacon St., Boston. 
 
 Kimball, William Henry 
 
 Farmer; lumberman; b., Columbia, 
 N. H., Nov. 18, 1853; s. Edward Walter 
 and M. Jannette (Lucy) Kimball; ed. 
 public schools of Stratford, N. H.; 
 
 engaged in agriculture in early He, and 
 has since carried on extrusive 1 lumber- 
 ing operations; Methodist; Democrat; 
 member Stratford school board sev- 
 eral years; selectman twenty-five years; 
 member X. H. house of representa- 
 tives, 1901-2, 1909-10, 1917-18; com- 
 missary-general of New Hampshire 
 1913-14; member Democratic state 
 committee since 1910; member Knights 
 of Pythias; director Coos County 
 National Bank, Groveton; m., Dec. 31, 
 1885, Kmma J. Buss of Stratford; 
 children, George Marden, b. March 27, 
 
 1891 (Shaw's Business College, Port- 
 land, Me., 1908); Lina Jannette, b. 
 Sept. 1, 1897. Residence, Stratford, 
 N. H. 
 
 Peterson, Oscar William 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lingdal, Wardnas 
 Parish, Ostergolland, Sweden; s. Peter 
 Johan Johanson and Johanna (Anders- 
 dotter) Peterson; ed. public schools in 
 Sweden, Rice Collegiate- Institute, 
 Paxton, 111.; Bangor Theological Sem- 
 inary, 1902; Bowdoin College, Bruns- 
 wick, Me., 1906; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; pastor Congregational 
 churches, Phillips and Strong, Me., 
 1902-4; Cornish and East Baldwin, Me., 
 1904-9; principal Parsonfield (Me.) 
 Seminary, 1909-10; pastor Congrega- 
 tional churches, Brownfield and Den- 
 mark, Me., 1911-13, Newcastle, Me., 
 1913-17, Claremont, N. H., 1917- ; 
 member A. F. & A. M., Phi Beta 
 Kappa; published, 1909, patriotic 
 hymn, "God Save the President"; in 
 1910, "Songs and Lyrics," translated 
 from the Swedish; in 1917, "Abigail 
 Goodhue Bayley," a memoir; exten- 
 sively engaged as a speaker for various 
 war causes; m., 1905, Emma Augusta 
 Stubbs, Strong, Me.; children, Alma 
 Stubbs, Hilda Stubbs. Residence, 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Chutter, Frederick George 
 
 Clergyman; b., Chard, Somerset, 
 England, Sept. 12, 1857; s. George and 
 Hannah Chutter; ed. Phillips Andover 
 Academy, Colburn Institute, Colby 
 College (A.B. and A.M.), Andover 
 Theological Seminary (B.D.), Oxford 
 University, Edinburgh and Paris; 
 preached in various places in Maine and 
 New Hampshire while pursuing his 
 studies; ordained in the Congrega- 
 tional ministry and installed pastor of 
 the church at Littleton, N. H., Sept. 9, 
 1887; resigned on account of ill health, 
 Sept., 1890; traveled in P>urope and 
 the East two years; later for several 
 years in mercantile business in Little- 
 ton; resumed ministerial work as pas- 
 tor of the Congregational Church at 
 Norwich, Vt., and later at Lebanon,
 
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 N. H., where he is now engaged; Re- 
 publican; member Littleton board of 
 education, 1888-90; 1895-8; president 
 trustees Littleton public library sev- 
 eral years; has lectured on various 
 topics suggested by his travels, and 
 published a book on the "Art of the 
 Lagoons"; m., Oct. 19, 1887, Caroline 
 Clark, Newton, Mass.; two children, 
 Mildred Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1892; 
 Reginald Frederick, b. Aug. 23, 1893. 
 Residence, Lebanon, N. H. 
 Riley, Phil Madison 
 
 Editor; writer; b., Belmont, N. H., 
 Sept. 25, 1882; s. James Francis and 
 Elizabeth L. (Williams) Riley; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Burdett's Business College; 
 secretary and director, Laconia, N. H., 
 Lumber Works, 1899-1904; teacher, 
 Waltham, Mass., public schools, 1904- 
 5; associate editor, Photo Era, Boston, 
 1905-10, 1913-16; architectural editor, 
 Country Life in America, 1910-3; on 
 editorial staff, India Rubber World, 
 New York, since 1916; Congregational- 
 ist; Democrat ; co-author, "The Wood 
 Carver of Salem," 1916; "The Colonial 
 Architecture of Salem," 1918; con- 
 tributor to various magazines on archi- 
 tecture and photography; m., Dec. 24, 
 1910, Caroline Mabell Sanderson, 
 Springfield, Mass. Residence, 6 Dear- 
 born St., Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 Tilton, George Henry 
 
 Clergvman; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan. 
 31, 1845; s. William Wells and Sarah 
 Ann (Morrill) Tilton; ed. Williston 
 Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1866; 
 Amherst College, A.B. 1870; Andover 
 Theological Seminary, 1873; ordained 
 to Congregational ministry, Hopkin- 
 ton, N. H., 1874; pastor, Attleboro 
 Falls, Mass., 1874-5; Wolfeboro, N. H., 
 1876-7; Rehoboth, Mass., 1878-91; 
 Lancaster, N. H., 1891-6; Woburn, 
 Mass., since 1896; Republican; mem- 
 ber Rehoboth school board, 1885-6; 
 founder and first president Rehoboth 
 Antiquarian Soc.; interested in his- 
 torical matters and botanical study; m., 
 June 6, 1876, Ella Minerva Mann, 
 Attleboro P'alls, Mass.; two children. 
 Residence, 41 Elm St., Woburn, Mass. 
 
 Brehaut, James William 
 
 Educator; b., Murray Harbor, P. E. 
 Island, July 7, 1863; s. Thomas S. and 
 Janet (Clow) Brehaut; ed. Prince of 
 Wales College, Dalhousie Univ., Har- 
 vard Univ., A.B. 1892; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; principal high school, 
 North Attleboro, Mass., 1894-8; super- 
 intendent of schools, same town, 1898- 
 1907; proprietor Bryant & Stratton 
 Business College, Manchester, N. H., 
 since Aug. 1, 1907; Local War Historian 
 of Manchester; member I. O. O. F.. 
 P. of H.; m. Dec. 27, 1894 Annabell 
 Hawkins; children, Wilfred Hawkins, 
 
 b., Oct. 22, 1895 (Phillips Exeter, 1914; 
 Harvard, 1918), first lieutenant 56th 
 Regiment Coast Artillery Corps, at 
 front from July to Oct. 18, 1918; Eller- 
 ton James, b. April 6, 1897 (Harvard, 
 1918), corporal in S. O. S. of the 
 Quartermaster's Dept., went to France 
 in June, 1918. Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N. H.
 
 CHARLOTTE STEWARTSON SMITH, M.D.
 
 J. BKODIE SMITH
 
 486 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Smith, (Joseph) Brodie 
 
 Electrician; b., Richville, St. Law- 
 rence County, N. Y., April 6, 1861; s. 
 William Priest and Sarah (Hungerford) 
 Smith; ed. public schools of Richville, 
 N. Y., and special course in higher 
 mathematics in Manchester, N. H., 
 fitting himself to become an expert 
 electrician; came to Manchester in 
 1880 and engaged in the drug business 
 with his brother Amasa D.Smith, Ph.C., 
 becoming a registered pharmacist in 
 both New Hampshire and New York; 
 retired from the drug business in 1885 
 to devote his time to electrical work; 
 in 1886 elected the first superintendent 
 of the Ben Franklin Electric Light Co. 
 of Manchester, N. H., which was after- 
 ward consolidated with the Manchester 
 Electric Light Co., and, later, purchased 
 by the Manchester Traction, Light & 
 Power Co.; Republican; vice-president 
 and general manager, Manchester Trac- 
 tion Light & Power Co.; general man- 
 ager Manchester St. Ry., Manchester 
 & Nashua St. Ry., Manchester & Derry 
 St. Ry.; trustee Manchester Savings 
 Bank; president Elliot Hospital trus- 
 tees; director Manchester Chamber of 
 Commerce; member Manchester Water 
 Board, member N. H. Pharmaceutical 
 Ass'n; Associate Member American 
 Institute of Electrical Engineers; secre- 
 tary and treasurer of the Association of 
 Public Utilities of New Hampshire; 
 member council of Manchester Insti- 
 tute of Arts and Sciences; vice-president 
 for New Hampshire, New England 
 Street Railway Club; appointed, April 
 3, 1918, associate member and N. H. 
 director U. S. Naval Consulting Board; 
 president N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of 
 Tuberculosis, 1917-18; member Ridgely 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., also Wonolancet 
 Encampment and Canton Ridgely; 
 member Washington Lodge A. F. & 
 A. M.; Mount Horeb Royal Arch 
 Chapter, Adoniram Council and Trinity 
 Commandery, K. T.; past master Ado- 
 niram Council and past grand master 
 Grand Council of New Hampshire; 
 member Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N. 
 M. S., Concord, N. H.; member 
 Scottish Rite bodies of Nashua, N. H., 
 
 32d degree; received 33d degree in 
 Scottish Rite Masonry at Indianapolis, 
 Ind., in 1905; trustee Masonic Home, 
 Manchester, N. H.; member Rotary, 
 Derryfield, Calumet and Intervale 
 Country clubs, Manchester, and 
 Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N. H. ; 
 m., July 14, 1909, Charlotte Dodd 
 Stewartson, M.D. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Smith, Charlotte Stewartson, M.D. 
 
 Physician; b., West Medway, Mass., 
 Jan. 22, 1864; dau. Robert E. and Sylvia 
 F. (Bisbee) Stewartson; descendant 
 of Charles Bisbee, the seventh pioneer 
 of Sumner, Me., a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution and a direct descendant in the 
 5th generation from Thomas Besbedge 
 (the original spelling) who sailed from 
 Sandwich, England, in the ship, 
 Hercules, and landed at Scituate Har- 
 bor in 1634; from Charles the descent 
 is traced through his son, Elisha, a 
 lieutenant in the Revolution, and his 
 wife Molly Pettingill, their son, Daniel, 
 and his wife Sylvia Stevens, their 
 daughter Sylvia F. Bisbee and her hus- 
 band, Robert E. Stewartson; ed. in the 
 West Medway schools and special 
 courses in Manchester, N. H.; grad- 
 uated M.D., Tufts Medical College, 
 1900; externe one year, Mass. Home 
 Hospital, Boston; interne, one year, 
 Woman's Charity Club Hospital, Bos- 
 ton; in practice of medicine, in Man- 
 chester, N. H., since 1902; member 
 Mass. Med. Soc., N. H. Med. Soc., 
 Hillsborough County Med. Ass'n, 
 Manchester Institute Arts and Sciences; 
 m., July 14, 1909, J. Brodie Smith, 
 Manchester. (See preceding sketch.) 
 
 Richardson, William Cummings 
 
 Architect; b., Concord, N. H., March 
 12, 1854; s. David Cummings and 
 Henrietta G. (Barnard) Richardson; 
 ed. Lawrence, Mass., high school, 1872; 
 special course in architecture, Mass. 
 Inst. Tech., 1873-5; spent several 
 years as assistant in architecture offi- 
 ces and made several trips abroad for 
 observation and study; in practice in 
 Boston since 1881; member firm of
 
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 Hartwell & Richardson many years; 
 now Hartwell, Richardson & Driver; 
 designed Youth's Companion building, 
 Boston; First Church, Plymouth; 
 Springfield, Mass., high school; Abbot 
 Academy buildings, Andover, Mass., 
 Cambridge, Mass., Latin School and 
 other notable structures; Swedenbor- 
 gian; Republican; fellow American 
 Inst. of Architects; Boston Soc. of 
 Architects; A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m., 
 Oct. 5, 1882, Frances Shippen Webster, 
 Northampton, Mass. Residence, New- 
 tonville, Mass. 
 
 Quincy, Josiah Hatch 
 
 Lawyer; b., Rumney, N. H., March 
 8, 1860; s. Samuel Hatch and Sarah 
 Ann (Webster) Quincy; ed. New Hamp- 
 ton Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 Dartmouth College, B.L., 1884 (Phi 
 Beta Kappa), Boston Univ. Law 
 School, LL.B. 1887; admitted to the 
 bar in 1887, and in practice in Boston 
 since; Episcopalian (senior warden 
 Emmanuel Church, West Roxbury); 
 Republican; director Boston Y. M. 
 C. A. sixteen years; director Mass. 
 S. P. C. A., Wells Memorial Ass'n; 
 member Mass, and American Bar 
 Ass'ns, Social Law Library, Boston 
 City Club; m., Oct. 11, 1899, Irene 
 Margaret Brown. Residence, 37 Strat- 
 ford St., Boston. 
 
 Ladd, William Palmer 
 
 Clergyman; b., Lancaster, N. H., 
 May 13, 1870; s. William Spencer and 
 Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd; ed. public 
 schools, Dartmouth College A.B., 1891; 
 studied two years in Europe; B.D. 
 General Theological Seminary, New 
 York. 1897; A.M., Harvard, 1903; 
 ordained deacon, P. E. Church, 1897; 
 priest, 1898; rector St. Barnabas 
 Church, Berlin, N. H., 1897-1902; 
 professor church history, Berkeley 
 Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., 
 since Sept., 1904, acting dean, 1917-18; 
 dean, 1919; examining chaplain, Conn., 
 since 1905, N. H. since 1913; m., Jan. 
 17, 1916, Ailsie Taylor, London, Eng- 
 land. Residence, Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Thurber, Lester Freeman 
 
 Manufacturer; banker; b., Washing- 
 ton, Vt.. Aug. 24, 1858; s. Liberty Free- 
 man ana Sarah E. (Chapman) Thurber; 
 ed. public schools and Goddard Semi- 
 nary, Barre, Vt.; private secretary to 
 Gov. Roswell Farnham of Vermont, 
 1880-2; removed to Nashua, N. H., 
 in 1882, where he has since been ac- 
 tively engaged in business; Congrega- 
 
 tionalist; Republican; served in both 
 branches Nashua city government, six 
 years member board of education 
 (president one year); member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1895, serving 
 on railroad committee; delegate to 
 Republican national convention, Chi- 
 cago, 1908; member executive commit- 
 tee N. H. committee of public safety, 
 1918- ; president Second National 
 Bank, City Guaranty Savings Bank, 
 and WonalancetCo., Nashua; treasurer 
 and manager White Mountain Freezer 
 Co., Nashua (president, 1914); mem- 
 ber N. H. Bankers' Ass'n, A. F. & A. 
 M., 32d degree and Knight Templar; 
 Nashua Country Club and Derryfield
 
 488 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Club Manchester; m., April 25, 
 1885, Lizzie Ellen, daughter of George 
 P. and Elizabeth A. Little, Pembroke, 
 N. H.; children, George Freeman, b. 
 Feb. 5, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911), 
 Dorothy (Mrs. Frederick \V. Cox), b. 
 April 25, 1892. Residence, Nashua, 
 N. H. 
 
 Lamb, Fred William 
 
 Machinist; journalist; b., Manches- 
 ter, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s. Franklin 
 Lee and Josephine Augusta (Savory) 
 
 Lamb; cd. Manchester public schools; 
 employee of the Amoskeag Mfg Co., 
 and associate editor of the Amoskeag 
 Bulletin; Congregationalist ; Republi- 
 can; member X. II. house of represen- 
 tatives, 1911-12 and 1913-14. serving 
 in both terms on education and state 
 library committees, being clerk of the 
 former committee in the latter session; 
 during the sessions of 1915 and 1917 
 served as library messenger of the house 
 of representatives of which lie was again 
 a member for 1919-20, serving on the 
 
 Normal School and School for Feeble- 
 Minded committees and clerk of the 
 former; former member and past presi- 
 dent, N. H. Soc., S. A. R.; former mem- 
 ber and past commander W. W. Brown 
 camp S. of V.; member Amoskeag 
 Textile Club, Franklin St. Congrega- 
 tional Church and the Manchester 
 Historic Ass'n, of which he is curator, 
 corresponding secretary and librarian, 
 being deeply interested in historical 
 pursuits; has written much upon the 
 early history of Manchester and vicin- 
 ity, and also several historical and gen- 
 ealogical monographs, particularly one 
 upon the "Great Tornado in New 
 Hampshire," in 1821; has a fine his- 
 torical library specially covering the 
 Indian, Colonial, Revolutionary and 
 Civil War periods. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Robinson, Maurice Henry 
 
 Educator; economist; b., Meredith, 
 N. H.; s. Joseph Wadleigh and Eli/a 
 Frances (Weld) Robinson; ed. public 
 schools, Dartmouth College, B.L. 1890; 
 Yale, Ph.D., 1902; superintendent of 
 schools in North Dakota and Minne- 
 sota, 1890-6; assistant in political 
 science, Dartmouth, 1896-8; instructor 
 in economics, Yale, 1899-1902; profes- 
 sor of economics, Univ. of Illinois, 
 since Sept., 1902; special expert Census 
 Bureau, 1903, in valuation of railways; 
 expert on supervision of corporations, 
 Illinois efficiency and economy commis- 
 sion, 1914-5; author various economic 
 treatises, including a "History of Tax- 
 ation in New Hampshire"; Episco- 
 palian; m., Sept. 10, 1890, Elinor 
 Corse, West Dover, Vt. Residence, 
 Urbana, 111. 
 
 Robie, Virginia Huntington 
 
 Writer; h., Salmon Falls, N. H.; 
 dau. Rev. Thomas Sargent and Vir- 
 ginia Dare (Pendleton) Robie; ed. pub- 
 lic and private schools, Boston, Mass., 
 School of Decorative Design, Museum 
 of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Institute of 
 Chicago; associate editor, "The House 
 Beautiful," 1903-13; editor, 1913-15; 
 author, "Historic Styles in Furniture,"
 
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 489 
 
 1905, 1916; "By Paths in Collecting," 
 1912; "Quest of the Quaint," 1916; 
 member Pen and Brush Club, New 
 York; Woman's Club, Chicago. Resi- 
 dence, East 29th St., New York; Yar- 
 mouth, Me. (summer). 
 
 Richardson, Leon Josiah 
 
 Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Feb. 22, 
 1868; s. Josiah Crosby and Isabel J. 
 (Chamberlain) Richardson; ed. public 
 schools, Univ. of Mich., A.B. 1890; 
 studied in Europe, 1895-7; teacher, 
 Greek and English literature, Jackson, 
 Mich., high school, 1890-1 ; assistant in 
 Latin, Univ. of California, 1891-2; 
 instructor, 1892-5 and 1897-8; assist- 
 ant professor, 1898-1907; associate 
 professor since 1907; dean Univ. of 
 California summer school several years; 
 president board of trustees, Berkeley 
 public library; adjutant Intercollegiate 
 Intelligence Bureau, Univ. of Cali- 
 fornia, 1917- ; author several educa- 
 tional works; member Berkeley, Fac- 
 ulty and Claremont Country clubs; 
 m., April 26, 1900, Maud Wilkinson. 
 Residence, Berkeley, Cal. 
 
 Learned, Henry Barrett 
 
 Educator; writer; b., Exeter, N. H., 
 March 31, 1868; s. John C. and Lucelia 
 (Wakefield) Learned; ed. Harvard 
 Univ., A.B. 1890; A.M. 1897; Univ. of 
 Chicago, A.M. 1894; Ph.D., Yale, 
 1909; studied at the Univ. of Leipzig, 
 1899-1900; principal private school, 
 Plymouth, Mass., 1890-2; teacher of 
 history, University School, Chicago, 
 1892-3; head of department of history, 
 Armour Institute of Technology, 
 Chicago, 1894-6; assistant in history, 
 Harvard, 1897-8; literary editor Hart- 
 ford Courant, Hartford, Conn., 1900; 
 instructor in history, Sheffield Scien- 
 tific School (Yale), "Hartford, 190CMJ; 
 lecturer on history, Wesleyan Univ., 
 1909-10; in Bureau of Investigation, 
 Dept. of Justice, 1917- ; member Dis- 
 trict o f Columbia Board of Education, 
 1917-20; member American Historical 
 Ass'n, American Political Science Ass'n; 
 trustee All Souls (Unitarian) Church, 
 Washington; author "The President's 
 
 Cabinet," 1911: "The Vice-Presidency," 
 1918; m., June 14, 1899, Emily Cheney, 
 South Manchester, Conn. Residence, 
 2123 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Putnam, George Martin 
 
 Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkin- 
 ton, N. H., Jan. 18, 1864; s. Charles 
 and Almira (Eastman) Putnam; ed. 
 public schools and Contoocook Acad- 
 emy; proprietor of the Mt. Putney dairy 
 farm, on Putney Hill, upon which he 
 
 was born, and for which he has estab- 
 lished a reputation as one of the best 
 dairy farms in New Hampshire, and 
 which is also noted for fruit production; 
 Unitarian; Democrat; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1899-1900, 
 serving on committee on agriculture; 
 N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; 
 N. H. board of agriculture, 1912-13; 
 member Agricultural Advisory Com- 
 mittee, appointed by Governor Bart- 
 lett; member and first president Merri- 
 mack County Farm Bureau; president 
 Merrimack County Farmers' Exchange; 
 president N. H. State Farm Bureau
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 491 
 
 Federation; member State Emergency 
 Food Production Committee, 1918; 
 president West Hopkinton Telephone 
 Co.; member Patrons of Husbandry 
 (past master); m., Jan. 19, 1899, Flora 
 E. Clough, Hopkinton. Residence, 
 Hopkinton, N. H. (Contoocook, P. O.). 
 
 Norris, True Livingston 
 
 Lawyer; editor and publisher; b., 
 Manchester, N. H., May 4, 1848; s. 
 Arthur F. L. and Olive (Wallace) 
 Norris; ed. public schools; served as a 
 private in the 5th Mass. Vols. in the 
 Civil War, 1864-5; studied law and 
 admitted to the bar in 1868; practiced 
 in Boston, 1868-72; Washington, D. C., 
 1872-6; Concord, N. H., 1876-80; on 
 staff of New York Herald, 1883-5, 
 Boston Globe, 1885-8; editor Ports- 
 mouth Times daily, and States and 
 Union, weekly, from 1888, and editor 
 and proprietor from 1893 to 1918; 
 Democrat; member N. H. executive 
 council 1893; resigned to accept ap- 
 pointment as Collector of Customs for 
 the District of New Hampshire, which 
 he held till 1898; New Hampshire mem- 
 ber Democratic national committee 
 1896-1908; delegate at large from New 
 Hampshire to the Democratic national 
 convention at Kansas City in 1900, and 
 St. Louis, 1904; member N. H. con- 
 stitutional convention 1902; trustee 
 N. H. state normal schools, by ap- 
 pointment of Gov. Samuel D. Felker, 
 1913-18; member St. John's Lodge, 
 A. F., & A. M., Portsmouth, Ports- 
 mouth Lodge, No. 9, B. P. O. E., and 
 Storer Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth; m., 
 May 20, 1890, Lillian G. Hurst, Eliot, 
 Me. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Pillsbury, Arthur Judson 
 
 Editor; b., Londonderry, X. H., 
 Jan. 31, 1856; s. Josiah Hobart and 
 Francos Alnora (Pervier) Pillsbury; 
 ed. public schools; Kansas Agricultural 
 College; studied law and admitted to 
 Kansas bar, but went into journalism 
 and published the Tulare Register, 
 1883-1903; editorial writer Oakland 
 Herald (Cal.), 1903-4; secretary Cali- 
 fornia State Board of Examiners, 1904 
 
 -7; editor Sacramento Union, 1907-8; 
 founder California Weekly, organ of 
 Progressive Republicans, and editor 
 same till its merger in the California 
 Outlook, 1911; chairman Industrial 
 Accident Board of California 1911- ; 
 Unitarian; m., Sept. 15, 1881, DeEtta 
 Warren, Lawrence, Kan. Residence, 
 224 Pala Ave., Piedmont Station, Oak- 
 land, Cal. 
 
 Hoyt, Deristhe Lavinta 
 
 Teacher; lecturer; b., Wentworth, 
 N. H.; dau. Dr. Peter Livingston and 
 Elizabeth (Aspinwall) Hoyt; ed. Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Meriden, 1864; 
 teacher Appleton Academy, New Ips- 
 wich, N. H., 1865-7; Reading, Mass., 
 high school, 1869-70; studied in South 
 Kensington, Art School, London, Eng., 
 1872-3; teacher Mass. Normal Art 
 School, 1874-91; lecturer in same on 
 history of painting, 1891-1913; author 
 "Historic Schools of Painting," "The 
 World's Painters and Their Pictures," 
 "Barbara's Heritage." Residence, 
 Maiden, Mass. 
 
 Pollard, John William Hobbs 
 
 Physician; educator; b., Brentwood, 
 N. H., Feb. 22, 1872; s. Francis Dow 
 and Mary Jane (Gray) Pollard; ed. 
 Dartmouth, B.L. 1895; M.D., Univ. 
 of Vermont, 1901; student in physical 
 culture, Harvard summer school, 1896, 
 1902; post-graduate work in medicine, 
 Harvard, 1905-6; physical director 
 and instructor, Union College, Schenec- 
 tady, N. Y., 1897-1900; physical di- 
 rector, Lehigh Univ., 1901-2; Univ. of 
 Rochester, 1902-5; professor of physi- 
 cal education and lecturer on hygiene, 
 Univ. of Alabama, 1906-10; professor 
 of physical education and associate 
 professor of biology, Washington and 
 Lee Univ., 1910-15; professor of hy- 
 giene and physical education, 1915-; 
 president South Atlantic Intercolle- 
 giate Athletic Ass'n, Virginia State 
 Public Health Ass'n; member Ameri- 
 can Ass'n for Advancement of Physical 
 Education, etc., A. F. & A. M., K. T. 
 and 32d degree, X. H. Historical Soc.; 
 commander First Reg. Med. Res.
 
 492 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Corps, 1917 on active duty at Fort 
 Rodman, Mass.; m., Dec. 8, 1898, 
 Kate Marion Blunt, Haverhill, Mass. 
 Residence, Lexington, Va. 
 
 Setzer, William Judson 
 
 Minister; b., Johnson City, Tenn., 
 Nov. 10, 1889; s. Daniel Monroe and 
 Margaret Bell Dora Kate (McNees) 
 Setzer; ed. public schools, Johnson 
 City; Carson-Newman College (Jeffer- 
 son City, Tenn.), A.B. 1913; Newton 
 
 Theological Institution (Newton Cen- 
 ter, Mass.), B.D. 1910; ordained to the 
 Baptist ministry, Jefferson City, Tenn., 
 1911; preacher to rural churches in 
 Tenn., 1911-13; preached at Center- 
 ville C. E. chapel, Beverly, Mass., 
 1913-10; minister of Pleasant St. 
 Baptist Church Concord, N. II., since 
 Feb. 1, 1910; appointed chaplain with 
 rank of lieutenant for overseas service, 
 October, 1918, but prevented from 
 going by the signing of the armistice; 
 member Concord Ministers' Ass'n, 
 Y. M. C. A., United Baptist Conven- 
 tion of New Hampshire, Salisbury 
 
 Ass'n, Newton Theological Institution 
 Alumni Ass'n, N. H. Soc. for Charities 
 and Corrections, Anti-Saloon League, 
 Red Cross, North End Tennis Club. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Sawyer, Frederick W. 
 
 Banker; b., Milford, N. H., April 10, 
 1802; s. Frederick T. and Sarah (Love- 
 joy) Sawyer; ed. Milford high school, 
 Chauncey Hall school, Boston; assist- 
 ant cashier Souhegan National Bank, 
 Milford, 1883-98; cashier, 1898-1919; 
 vice-president, 1911-9; president, 
 1919-; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1901-2, 1903-4 (chairman banking 
 committee) ; treasurer town of Milford, 
 Milford school district and Milford 
 Board of Trade many years; member 
 N. H. Bankers' Ass'n (chairman execu- 
 tive committee), A. F. & A. M., Grand 
 Master Grand Lodge of N. H., 1908-9; 
 m., Oct. 26, 1893, Bertha M. Wilkins, 
 Amherst, N. H.; three children. Resi- 
 dence, 18 Myrtle St., Milford, N. H. 
 
 Sawyer, Edward Allen 
 
 Physician; b., Acworth, N. H., Nov. 
 7, 1857; s. Edward J. and Orpha J. 
 (Allen) Sawyer; ed. Amherst College, 
 A.B. 1881, A.M. 1880; M.D., N. Y. 
 Univ. Med. College, 1883; in practice 
 in Gardner, Mass., since latter date; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; consulting 
 physician, Henry Heywood Memorial 
 Hospital; medical examiner, Worcester 
 North Dist., since 1890, and various 
 insurance companies; local surgeon 
 B. & M. R. R. ; member board of health, 
 and school board, 1885-1905, Mass. 
 Med. Soc. (councilor), A. F. & A. M. 
 (lodge, chapter and commandery); m., 
 Myra B. Tebault, Norfolk, Va.; two 
 children. Residence, 402 Elm St., 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Howland, Fred Arthur 
 
 Lawyer, b., Franconia, N. II., Nov. 
 10, 1804; s. Moses N. and Sylvia Ann 
 (Howland); ed. Phillips Andover Acad- 
 emy, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887; 
 studied law with Hon. \V. P. Dilling- 
 harn, Waterbury, Vt.; member firm of
 
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 493 
 
 Dillingham, Huse & Rowland, 1892- 
 1903; counsel National Life Ins. Co., 
 Montpelier, 1893- ; vice-president, 
 1909; president, 1918; Republican; 
 clerk, Vermont house of representa- 
 tives, 1896; state's attorney, Washing- 
 ton County, Vt., 1896-8; secretary of 
 state, 1898-1902; chairman committee 
 to revise banking laws of Vermont, 
 1910; secretary Vt. Historical Soc.; 
 member Dartmouth College alumni 
 council; m., 1st, Sept. 24, 1894, Rena 
 Forbush, Lancaster, N. H., d. Oct. 24, 
 1894; 2d, Feb. 1, 1899, Margaret 
 Louise Dewey, Montpelier, Vt.; four 
 daughters. Residence, 120 State St., 
 Montpelier, Vt. 
 
 Barry, William Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., March 
 13, 1878; s. Patrick and Honor (Mo- 
 ran) Barry; ed. parochial and pub- 
 lic schools, Nashua; Holy Cross Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1898; Boston Univ. Law 
 School, LL.B. 1901; admitted to the 
 bar and in practice in Nashua to the 
 present time; Catholic; Democrat; 
 city solicitor, 1907-9; mayor of 
 Nashua, 1911-14; director "Nashua 
 Coal and Coke Co.; member Fra- 
 ternal Order of Eagles, B. P. O. E., 
 A. O. H., Knights of Columbus. Resi- 
 dence, 104 Palm St., Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Richards, William Francis 
 
 Manufacturer; banker; b., Newport, 
 N. H., Jan. 28, 1867; s. Dexter and 
 Louisa (Hatch) Richards; ed. Phillips 
 Andover Academy, 1885; Harvard Col- 
 lege, A.B. 1889; traveled in Europe, 
 1889-90; president Dexter Richards 
 Sons Co., Newport, since 1910; presi- 
 dent First National Bank, Newport; 
 trustee Newport Savings Bank; vice- 
 president Colorado National Bank, 
 Colorado Springs, Col.; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; member N. H. house 
 of representatives, 1902-3; colonel on 
 staff of Gov. Chester B. Jordan, 1901-2; 
 member A. F. & A. M., K. T., S. A. R., 
 N. H. Historical Soc., Penowan Club, 
 Newport; Harvard Club, Boston, El 
 Paso Country Club, Colorado Springs; 
 m., April 4, 1914, Leora Moore, Chi- 
 
 cago. Residence, 1325 No. Cascade 
 Ave., Colorado Springs; Newport, 
 N. H. 
 
 Preston, Frank Wesley 
 
 Educator; b., Barrington, N. H., 
 Jan. 2, 1855; s. Nathaniel and Margaret 
 Jane (Home) Preston; ed. Franklin 
 Academy, Dover, N. H.; New Hamp- 
 ton Literary Institution, 1877; A.M., 
 Dartmouth, 1887; special study in 
 science and law, Cornell Univ., 1893; 
 
 teacher, New Hampton Literary Insti- 
 tution, 1878-86; associate principal, 
 1887-97; principal, 1898-1919; now 
 president; Baptist.; Republican; mem- 
 ber N. H. house of representatives, 
 1909 (chairman committee on educa- 
 tion), 1911 (chairman committee on 
 education), 1915 (chairman committee 
 on education and member committee 
 on appropriations); author of the 
 famous ''Preston Amendment," pro- 
 hibiting transportation of spirituous 
 liquors from license into no license 
 towns; member Social Fraternity, New 
 Hamilton Literary Institution; m.,
 
 494 
 
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 Aug. 18, 1879, Adrietta Goodwin 
 Hubbard; children, Nathaniel M., 
 Margaret L., Frank P., Lovell H. 
 Residence, New Hampton, N. H. 
 
 Powers, Jennie B. Carter 
 
 Humanitarian; b., Brattleboro, Vt., 
 Jan. 5, 1869; dau. Capt. E. W. and 
 Isabel Bigelow Carter (Capt. Carter of 
 the Fourth Vt. Vols. in the Civil War, 
 participated in many battles, and re- 
 ceived wounds which made his case one 
 
 of the most famous in the history of 
 medical science. Nursed by his wife, 
 who left their daughter, a few weeks 
 old, in charge of her sister, and re- 
 moved to a private hospital from one 
 in which every patient died of gangrene, 
 he recovered and was subsequently 
 commander of the famous Ransom 
 Post, G. A. R., at St. Louis, and was 
 buried with full military honors, in Jef- 
 ferson Barracks) ; ed. public schools in 
 Canada and Brattleboro, Vt., with a spe- 
 cial course at Mass. Agricultural College, 
 Arnherst; Unitarian ; agent for Cheshire 
 County Humane Soc., and special 
 
 deputy sheriff since 1903; previously 
 for seven years agent of the Vt. State 
 Humane Soc., which position she still 
 holds, but goes into that state only in 
 extreme cases; honorary life member 
 Mass. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty 
 to Animals, and Animal Rescue 
 League of Boston; charter member 
 Audubon Soc., Vt. ; has investigated and 
 attended to over 5,000 cases of cruelty, 
 neglect and crime; arrested about 100 
 persons, and shot about 300 suffering 
 horses and cattle and many smaller 
 animals; has also cared for hundreds 
 of neglected children, for many of 
 whom good homes have been secured; 
 m., 1881, Frank A. Powers (divorced). 
 Residence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Richards, Charles Herbert 
 
 Clergyman; b., Meriden (Plainfield), 
 N. H., March 18, 1839; s. Cyrus S. and 
 Helen D. (Whiton) Richards; ed. Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Yale College, 
 A.B. 1860, Andover Theological Sem., 
 1865; served on Christian Commission 
 in Civil War; pastor Congregational 
 Church, Kokomo, Ind., 1866-7; First 
 Church, Madison, Wis.. 1867-90; Cen- 
 tral Church, Philadelphia, 1890-1903; 
 secretary Church Building Soc., since 
 1903; president Wis. Home Missionary 
 Soc., 1885-90; trustee National Coun- 
 cil Congregational Churches, 1901-7; 
 president Penn. Evangelical Alliance, 
 1890-3; trustee Howard Univ., Wash- 
 ington, D. C.; author many religious 
 books, and editor song books and 
 hymnals; m., 1868, Maria M. Miner, 
 Charles City, Ind. Residence, Mont- 
 clair, N. J. 
 
 Sanderson, Henry Stephen 
 
 Mining engineer; b., Rochester, 
 N.H., Aug. 25, 1878; s.Stephen Francis 
 and Nellie (Strout) Sanderson; ed. 
 public schools; Univ. of Minnesota, 
 Metallurgical Eng., 1901; U. S. min- 
 eral surveyor, 1901- ; consulting engi- 
 neer; director Pingrcy Mine Co.; Meth- 
 odist; Republican; A. F. & A. M., 32d 
 degree; m., Sept. 29, 1903, Margaret 
 Ella Jamieson. Residence, 642 Cor- 
 ona St., Denver, Col.
 
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 495 
 
 Brown, Edmund Towle 
 
 Physician; b., Bridgewater, N. H., 
 July 18, 1871; s. Josiah and Sarah 
 (Towle) Brown; ed. public schools, 
 New Hampton Literary Institution, 
 Univ. of Vt. Med. College, M.D. 1897; 
 postgraduate work, New York, 1898; 
 Univ. of Vienna, Austria, 1909; in 
 practice in Burlington, Vt:, since 1909, 
 specializing in diseases of eye and ear; 
 fellow Amer. Med. Ass'n, Vt. State 
 Med. Soc., A. F. & A. M., K. T. and 
 Shriner; m., Sept. 5, 1899, Mollie J. 
 Hardacre, Winooski, Vt. Residence, 
 381 South Union St., Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Burbank, Charles E. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., July 
 5, 1866; s. Jason and Edna M. (Willey) 
 Burbank; ed. public schools, Boston 
 Univ. School of Law, LL.B. 1894; 
 admitted to bar same year and since 
 in practice in Boston; member firm 
 of Stebbins, Storer & Burbank since 
 1903; Progressive; member Mass, 
 state senate, 1914; Mass. Bar Ass'n, 
 Economic Club; m., Oct. 10, 1906, 
 Lilly Owen Baker, Boston. Residence, 
 East Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 Rublee, George 
 
 Lawyer; b., Madison, Wis., July 7, 
 1868; s. Horace and Kate (Hopkins) 
 Rublee; ed. Groton, Mass., 1886, Har- 
 vard, A.B. 1890; LL.B. 1895; in- 
 structor, Harvard Law School, 1896; in 
 practice in Chicago Rublee & Burl- 
 ing, 1897-8; removed to New York 
 City in 1898, and there in practice; 
 appointed member Federal Trade 
 Commission by President Wilson, 
 March 5, 1915; member commission to 
 report on operation of Adamson eight- 
 hour law, 1916; member Commercial 
 Economy Board, appointed by Coun- 
 cil of National Defence, 1917; special 
 counsel for Treasury Dept., 1917; ap- 
 pointed to represent U. S. Shipping 
 Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora- 
 tion on Priorities Committee of War 
 Industries Board, 1917; Progressive; 
 Trustee Groton School, Mass. ; member 
 Bar Ass'n, City of New York; Univer- 
 
 sity, City and other clubs; m., Jan. 12, 
 1899, Juliet Barrett, Chicago. Resi- 
 dence, Cornish, N. H. 
 Mann, Hosea Ballou 
 
 Railroading and mercantile life; b., 
 Benton, N. H., May 27, 1858; s. George 
 W. and Sarah (Bisbee) Mann (George 
 W. Mann was long prominent in the 
 public and political life of Northern 
 New Hampshire, an active Democrat 
 and many years representative in the 
 
 state legislature) ; ed. public schools 
 and, like several of his brothers long 
 known to the traveling public, engaged 
 in early life in railway service; conduc- 
 tor on White Mountain Division, B. & 
 M. R. R., for eighteen years previous 
 to 1898, when he retired and engaged 
 in the furniture trade in Littleton where 
 he had removed from Woodsville in 
 1886, continuing till 1916; Liberal; 
 Democrat; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1919-20, serving on 
 Committee on Public Improvements; 
 member Littleton Board of Trade; 
 m., Oct. 6, 1886, Ida E. Ladd. Resi- 
 dence, Littleton, N. H.
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 497 
 
 Patterson, Joab Nelson 
 
 Soldier; public official (retired); b., 
 Contoocook (Hopkinton), N. H., Jan. 
 
 2, 1835; s. Joab and Mary (Levering) 
 Patterson; ed. public schools, Contoo- 
 cook Academy, Dartmouth College, 
 1860; taught school winters while 
 securing education; on the outbreak of 
 the Civil War opened a recruiting 
 office at Contoocook and raised a com- 
 pany; was commissioned lieutenant 
 of Co. H, 2d N. H. Regiment, June 4, 
 1861, and promoted to captain May 
 23, 1862 (wounded at Gettysburg July 
 
 3, 1863); lieutenant-colonel, June 21, 
 1864; colonel, Jan. 10, 1865; brevetted 
 brigadier-general for courage and good 
 conduct, to date from March 13, 1865 ; 
 mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865; Episco- 
 palian; Republican; member N. H. 
 house of representatives from Hopkin- 
 ton, 1866^8; appointed U. S. Marshal 
 for the district of New Hampshire in 
 1867, serving nineteen years;- com- 
 mander First Regiment N. H. Militia, 
 1866-8 and brigade commander 1868- 
 71; colonel 3d Regiment N. H. N. G., 
 1878; brigadier-general in command, 
 1889; second auditor, U. S. Treasury, 
 Washington, four years from 1889; 
 captain First Regiment N. H. Volun- 
 teers, in Spanish War, on staff of Gen. 
 J. P. Sanger; superintendent of public 
 buildings in Havana, Cuba, three 
 years; U. S. pension agent at Concord, 
 May, 1908, to Jan., 1913; agent for 
 the state of New Hampshire for trans- 
 portation of soldiers of the state to 
 attend fiftieth anniversary of the Battle 
 of Gettysburg, 1913; member N. H. 
 Soc. O. A. R. (president, 1917), A. F. 
 & A. M., K. T. and 32d degree, Wono- 
 lancet Club, Concord; m., Nov. 12, 
 1867, Sarah Cilley, dau. Rev. Nathaniel 
 and Elizabeth Ann (Cilley) Bouton; 
 children, Louis Marston, b. Nov. 11, 
 1869 (treasurer Me. Central R. R.; 
 m. Alice Harriman Osborn and has two 
 daughters); Julia Nelson, b. Oct. 26, 
 1872, in. Edward Warren Guyol, four 
 children; Allan Bouton, b. Jan. 27, 
 1875 (formerly in United States Forest 
 service; now in Napa, Cal.). Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 33 
 
 Harriman, Alice Stratton 
 
 Teacher; clubwoman; b., Matta- 
 wamkeag, Me., July, 9, 1874; dau. 
 Guilford Dudley and Eva (Wing) 
 Stratton; ed. public schools, Gorham, 
 N. H. (high school, 1892); private 
 training school for kindergartners, 
 Portland, Me., 1895; N. H. State Nor- 
 mal School, Plymouth, 1903; principal 
 of a private kindergarten in Brunswick, 
 Me., two years; public kindergarten 
 in Paterson, N. J., one year; assistant 
 in kindergarten and primary depart- 
 ment, Plymouth Model School, two 
 years; teacher in Laconia graded 
 schools two years; Unitarian; member 
 Laconia Woman's Club (president, 
 1908-9), Laconia Parent-Teacher Ass'n 
 (president, 1913-5), Woman's Alli- 
 ance, Unitarian Church, Laconia (pres- 
 ident, 1909-10); president N. H. Fed- 
 eration Women's Clubs, 1917-19; 
 president N. H. State Parent-Teacher 
 Ass'n, 1916-19; member executive 
 committee N. H. Civic Federation, 
 women's committee, Council of Na- 
 tional Defense, N. H. War Savings 
 Stamp Committee, N. H. Woman's 
 Liberty Loan Committee, N. H. 
 League of Free Nations (executive 
 committee), Children's Aid Protective 
 Soc. (executive committee), Mt. Wash- 
 ington Chapter, O. E. S. (Matron 1911), 
 Interlaken Grange, P. of H., Daughters 
 of the American Revolution, Laconia 
 Park Commission, 1915-20; m., Oct. 
 4, 1904, Alpha H. Harriman, physician, 
 Laconia; one dau., Louise, b. Dec. 17, 
 1906. Residence, Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Sanborn, Frank Berry 
 
 Engineer; b., Hampton Falls. N. H., 
 Jan. 15, 1865; s. Albert J. and Sarah 
 Ann (Johnson) Sanborn; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, B.A. 18S7; Thayer 
 School (Dartmouth), C.E. 1889; Har- 
 vard, M.S. 1898; expert in fire protec- 
 tion engineering; assistant professor, 
 civil engineering, Tufts College, 1899- 
 1901, professor, 1901- ; substitute 
 professor, Univ. of Illinois, 1908-9; 
 author, "Mechanics' Problems for 
 Engineering Students." 1902; "Public 
 Health Survev," 1912; inventor of
 
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 many engineering appliances; pro- 
 prietor Sanborn Company, manufac- 
 turers scientific instruments; m., Sept. 
 21, 1892, Grace Adelaide Cobb, Boston. 
 Residence, 8 Buena Vista Park, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. 
 
 Crowley, James Benedict 
 
 General insurance ;b., Nashua, N. H., 
 Nov. 19, 1866; P. Timothy B. and Mary 
 F. (Danahy) Crowley; ed. Nashua 
 public schools, high school, 1883; 
 
 actively engaged in general insurance in 
 Nashua for more than thirty years; 
 Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua 
 board of police commissioners twelve 
 years; mayor of Nashua since Jan. 1, 
 1915; member Knights of Columbus 
 (past state deputy), Foresters of 
 America, Ancient Order of Hibernians, 
 Sons of Veterans; treasurer O'Donnell 
 Memorial Ass'n, Nashua Hospital 
 Ass'n; president Nashua Oratorio 
 Soc.; director Second National Bank; 
 trustee City Guaranty Savings Bank; 
 member Nashua Country Club. Res- 
 dence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Burley, Benjamin Thomas 
 
 Physician; b., Epping, N. H., 
 Nov. 26, 1874; s. Joseph Cilley and 
 Sarah Elizabeth (Haley) Burley; ed. 
 Phillips Exeter Academy, 1893 ; Har- 
 vard, A.B. 1897, M.D. 1901; post-, 
 graduate work in hospitals of Boston, 
 Worcester, Vienna and London, 1901- 
 4; in practice in Worcester since 1904, 
 specializing in diseases of the nervous 
 system; visiting neurologist, Worcester 
 City and Memorial Hospitals; mem- 
 ber American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. 
 Soc., American Academy Arts and 
 Science, etc. Residence, 25 High 
 St., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Burton, George Dexter 
 
 Inventor; b., Temple, N. H., 
 Oct. 26, 1855; s. Dexter L. and Emily 
 F. Burton; ed. Appleton Academy, 
 New Ipswich, N. H., and Comer's 
 Commercial College, Boston, Mass.; 
 editor 'and publisher New England 
 Star, New Ipswich, 1873-7; inventor 
 of the Burton Stock car, and of a 
 process of heating and welding metals 
 by an electric current, and of various 
 other electrical processes for different 
 purposes; president American Elec- 
 tric Forge Co., Electro-chemical Pulp 
 and Paper Co., Reno, Nev.; Re- 
 duction Works; the Burton Co., 
 yarns and fibers, Clinton and Hollis- 
 ton, Mass.; lecturer on electrical sub- 
 jects before various societies, etc.; 
 has received over 500 patents, and a 
 dozen gold and silver medals for his 
 different inventions and processes; 
 m., Jan., 1894, Frances C. James, 
 Newton, Mass. Residence, New Ip- 
 swich, N. H. 
 
 Campbell, Alfred Hills 
 
 Educator; b., Litchfield, N. H. r 
 Sept. 28, 1850; s. Smith and Sophia 
 (Hills) Campbell; ed. Bridgewater, 
 Mass., Normal School, 1870; Mc- 
 Collum Institute, Mount Vernon, 
 N. H., 1872; Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1877, A.M. 1880; Ph.D., Uniy. 
 of Vt., 1888; Universities of Leipsig 
 and Jena, 1895-6; [principal Kingston, 
 N. H., Academy\1877-9; associate
 
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 principal Gushing Academy, Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass., 1879-84; principal John- 
 son, Vt., Normal School, 1884-95; 
 principal Plymouth, N. H., Normal 
 School, 1896-1900; superintendent 
 schools, South Hadley, Mass., 1900- 
 4, Glastonbury, Conn., 1904-^-7; prin- 
 cipal Campbell School for Girls since 
 1903; principal Normal Dep't, Home 
 Correspondence School, Springfield, 
 Mass., since 1907; manager American 
 Teachers Agency since 1908; presi- 
 dent Vt. State Teachers Ass'n, 1892, 
 N. E. Normal Council, 1893; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; member Phi 
 Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; life 
 member Soc. Science Literature and 
 Art, London, England; Royal Arch 
 Mason. Residence, Windsor, Conn.; 
 office, Myrick Building, Springfield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Busiel, John Tilton 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Laconia, N. H., 
 Oct. 12, 1847; s. John W. and Julia 
 Maria (Tilton) Busiel; ed. public 
 schools; Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 1864; Harvard, A.B. 1868; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1883, 
 constitutional convention, 1902, 1912; 
 trustee Laconia public library (presi- 
 dent); president Peoples' National 
 Bank, Laconia, Laconia Savings 
 Bank; m., July 6, 1870, Marian Pink- 
 ham, Schaghticoke, N. Y. Residence, 
 Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Osgood, Wilfred Hudson 
 
 Naturalist; b., Rochester, N. H., 
 Dec. 8 1875; s. Marion Hudson and 
 Harriet Amanda Osgood; ed. public 
 schools and Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 
 A.B. 1899; biologist in U. S. Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture, 1897-1909; in 
 charge U. S. biological investigation 
 in Alaska, 1899-1909; studied in Eu- 
 ropean museums, 1906, 1910; special 
 investigator for U. S. government in 
 fur seal question, 1914; member Amer- 
 ican Academy Arts and Science, Amer- 
 ican Ornithologists Union; founder and 
 first president Cooper Ornithological 
 Club of California and member and 
 
 officer of various other clubs and organ- 
 izations; contributor of zoological def- 
 initions to Webster's International 
 Dictionary. Address, Field Museum 
 of Natural History, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Glessner, John George Macbeth 
 
 Trustee of State Institutions; b., 
 Chicago, 111., Oct. 2, 1871; s. John J. 
 and Frances (Macbeth) Glessner; ed. 
 Chicago schools, Harvard Univ., 1894; 
 came to New Hampshire with his 
 
 parents as a summer visitor, in 1877, 
 and spent a part of each year for many 
 years at Bethlehem, where his father 
 established a summer home and devel- 
 oped one of the finest estates in North- 
 ern New Hampshire, long well known 
 as "The Rocks,'' and here he has 
 resided permanently since 1906; en- 
 gaged with his father in the Harvest- 
 ing Machine business in Chicago from 
 1894 to 1906; Republican; town audi- 
 tor Bethlehem, three years; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1913-14, 
 1915-16; member board of trustees of
 
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 state institutions from 1915 and secre- 
 tary of the board; president Littleton 
 Hospital Ass'n; trustee Littleton Sav- 
 ings Bank; member Passaconaway, 
 Wonolancet and Bow Brook clubs, 
 Concord, and St. BotolphClub, Boston; 
 m., June 7, 1898, Alice Hamlin; children, 
 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1899; Frances, 
 Dec. 7, 1900; John J., 2d, April 27, 
 1902; Emily F., May 3, 1904. Resi- 
 dence, Bethlehem, N. H. (Littleton 
 P. O.). 
 
 Chandler, William Dwight 
 
 Editor and publisher; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Feb. 3, 1863; s. Hon. William 
 
 Eaton and Ann Caroline (Gilmore) 
 Chandler; cd. St.. Paul's School, Con- 
 cord, 1882 and by travel and study in 
 Europe, 1882-3; Episcopalian; Repub- 
 lican; assistant cashier First National 
 Bank, Winona, Minn., 1883-92; vice- 
 president and treasurer. Republican 
 Press Ass'n, 1892-8; publisher Concord 
 Evening Monitor and Independent 
 Statesman, and treasurer Monitor and 
 Statesman Co., 1898-19 IX; editor and 
 
 sole owner same since April 1, 1918; 
 trustee N. H. State Library, 1896-1914 
 (chairman 1902-14), 1918- (chairman): 
 member all Masonic bodies up to and 
 including 33d degree A. A. Scottish 
 Rite, having been presiding officer in 
 most subordinate bodies, and now an 
 officer in the Grand Council, Chapter 
 and Commandery and 2d lieut. com- 
 mander, N. H. Consistory; member 
 Capital Grange, P. of H. and Wonolan- 
 cet Club, Concord; m., Feb. 9, 1885, Lil- 
 lian M. Porter, Winona, Minn.; child- 
 ren, Clark P., William Dwight, Jr., 
 Horton L. (see following sketches), 
 Katharine, b., Jan. 1, 1902. Residence, 
 121 School St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Chandler, Clark Porter 
 
 U. S. Army Officer; b., Winona, 
 Minn., March 30, 1886; s. William 
 Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand- 
 
 ler ; oldest grandchild of the late Senator 
 William Eaton Chandler; ed. Concord 
 high school and I*. S. Military 
 Academy, West Point, 1907; in contin- 
 uous service since graduation, with sue-
 
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 cessive promotions, present rank being 
 lieutenant-colonel, in Tank Corps; 
 present chief of staff, Nantes, France; 
 Unitarian; A. F. & A. M., lodge and 
 chapter; m., Jan. 4, 1908, Shirley 
 P. Walker, Boston, Mass.; children, 
 William Eaton, 2d (oldest great grand- 
 child of the late Senator William Eaton 
 Chandler); b. Oct. 28, 1908; Thomas 
 Walker, b. Dec. 3, 1911 ; Stuart Penn, b. 
 Jan. 21, 1915. 
 
 Chandler, William Dwight, Jr. 
 
 U. S. Naval Officer; b., Winona, 
 Minn., May 30, 1890; ?. William 
 Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand- 
 lf r; grandson of late Senator William E. 
 Chandler; ed. public schools, U. S. 
 Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1911; 
 in continuous service in U. S. Navy 
 since graduation, with regular pro- 
 motion, present rank being lieutenant 
 commander; engaged four months in 
 
 U. S. S. Hunting ton; Unitarian; A. F. 
 & A. M., lodge and chapter; m., April 
 24, 1912, Amy Richardson, Washing- 
 ton, D. C.; children; Amy, b. June 15, 
 1913; Betty, b. May 1, 1916; Charles 
 R., b. Jan. 19, 1918. 
 
 Chandler, Horton Lloyd 
 
 Student; b., Concord, N. H., May 1, 
 1898; s. William Dwight and Lillian M. 
 (Porter) Chandler; grandson late Sen- 
 ator William E. Chandler; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1914; Dartmouth College, 
 
 convoy duty this side the Atlantic 1 , at 
 the opening of the late war, and four- 
 teen months in overseas duty with the 
 destroyer force; now navigating officer 
 
 A.B. 1918; in training at Camp Zachary 
 Taylor (Kentucky) 1918-19; commis- 
 sioned 2d lieutenant, U.S. F. A. R.C.; 
 Jan. 29, 1919; Unitarian; member Sigma 
 Chi fraternity, Dartmouth College. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Perin, Florence Hobart 
 
 (Mrs. George L. Perin); author; b., 
 Brookline, N. H., Aug. 17, 1869; dau. 
 George W. L. and Lydia Maria (Saw- 
 telle) Hobart; ed. public schools, 
 Salern, Mass., Normal School; author 
 "The Optimist's Good Morning," 1907;
 
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 "The Optimist's Good Night," 1910; 
 "Sunlit Days," 1915; m., Nov. 6, 1901, 
 Rev. George Landor Perin. Resi- 
 dence, 23 Naples Road, Brookline, 
 Mass. 
 
 Aldrich, Edgar 
 
 Jurist; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Feb. 5, 
 1848; s. Ephraim C. and Adeline Bedel 
 (Haynes) Aldrich; ed. public schools, 
 Colebrook, N. H., Academy; Univ. of 
 Mich. Law Department, LL.B. 1868; 
 admitted to the New Hampshire bar 
 in the latter year, and practiced in 
 Colebrook from 1868 to 1881, serving 
 as solicitor of Coos County, 1872-4 and 
 1876-9; associated for four years of 
 this time with the late William H. 
 Shurtleff, and three years with James 
 I. Parsons, and alone the balance of the 
 time; removed to Littleton, Jan. 1, 
 1881, where he formed a partnership 
 with the late Judge George A. Bing- 
 ham, which continued until Judge 
 Bingham's second appointment to the 
 bench of the N. H. supreme court, the 
 late Daniel C. Remich having been 
 previously admitted to the firm, which 
 continued as Aldrich & Remich, until 
 Mr. Aldrich's appointment as U. S. 
 district judge for New Hampshire, 
 Feb., 1891; Republican; member N. H. 
 house of representatives from Littleton, 
 1885, and speaker of the house; mem- 
 ber N. H. constitutional convention, 
 1902; U. S. district judge for New 
 Hampshire since 1891, serving also, 
 extensively, on the bench of the U. S. 
 Circuit Court of Appeals for the First 
 Judicial Circuit, under the act of 
 March 3, 1891; author of many his- 
 torical papers and addresses; m., Oct. 
 7, 1872, Louise M. Remick; children, 
 Florence M., b. July 1, 1874 (Mrs. 
 Howard S. Kniffin, Cedarhurst, Long 
 Island, N. Y.), ed. Tilden Seminary, 
 West Lebanon, St. Mary's School, 
 Concord, and Abbott Academy, An- 
 dover, Mass.; Ephraim Fred, b. June 
 9, 1878 (Phillips Andover Academy, 
 Boston Univ. Law School, LL.B. 
 1902), in practice of law in Boston, 
 who d. in Littleton, Sept. 13, 1916. 
 Dartmouth College conferred upon 
 
 Judge Aldrich the honorary degree of 
 A.M. in 1891, and the Univ. of Michi- 
 gan that of LL.D. in 1907. Residence, 
 Littleton, N. H. 
 
 Bullock-Mahan, Lillian Gertrude 
 
 Physician; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 May 13, 1867; dau. Silas Warren and 
 Cynthia Annie (Eaton) Bullock; ed. 
 Manchester public schools (high school 
 1886); Eclectic Med. College, New 
 York City, 1895; in practice in Man- 
 chester since graduation ; Episcopalian ; 
 examiner for Fidelity Life Ins. Co. and 
 N. E. Life Ins. Co.; member Hills- 
 borough County Med. Soc., N. H. Med. 
 Soc., American Med. Ass'n, Medical 
 Women's National Ass'n; member and 
 ex-vice-president National Eclectic 
 Med. Ass'n; first woman member and 
 first woman president (1902) Mass. 
 Eclectic Med. Ass'n; member and ex- 
 president Boston District Eclectic 
 Med. Soc.; member and state chairman 
 American Women's Hospitals (for war 
 service); member Manchester Infant 
 Aid Ass'n (past two years in charge of 
 baby clinic now under control of 
 Board of Health); member N. H. Me- 
 morial Hospital Ass'n for Women and 
 Children; member and secretary N. H. 
 Animal Rescue League; member and 
 department superintendent W. C. 
 T. U. ; member American Red Cross, 
 Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of 
 Veterans, Florence Nightingale Club, 
 Manchester Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, Manchester Institute of Arts 
 and Sciences, N. H. Settlement Ass'n, 
 N. H. Children's Aid and Protective 
 Soc., Manchester College Women's 
 Club; m., July 30, 1912, James Henry 
 Mahan. Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Paul, Sarah Woodman 
 
 Educator; b., Tamworth, N. H., 
 Feb, 8, 1859; dau. Samuel and 
 Eliza A. (Hidden) Woodman; ed. 
 public schools, Wellesley College, A.B. 
 1881; studied in Cambridge, England, 
 1895; teacher, Washington, Dec., 1883- 
 7; instructor Wellesley College, 1888- 
 90; secretary same, 1890^5; principal 
 Kent Place School for Girls, Summit,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 N. J., since 1896; Presbyterian; mem- 
 ber Women's University Club, New 
 York; Fortnightly Club, Summit, 
 N. J.; m., June 23, 1887, Edward A. 
 Paul, Washington, D. C.; d., 1888. 
 Residence, Kent Place, Summit, N. J. 
 
 Harris, Sarah Neal 
 
 (Mrs. Augustus G. Harris); teacher 
 of literature and elocution; b., Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., May 4, 1841; dau. 
 George W. and Minerva (Neal) Jeffts; 
 
 grand dau. Capt. Joseph and Polly 
 (Dearborn) Neal; ninth in descent 
 from Godfrey Dearborn of Exeter, 
 X. II., 1639, "later of Hampton; ed. in 
 private schools, Hampton and Ports- 
 mouth, Hampton Academy, N. E. 
 Conservatory, Boston; m., Dec. 14, 
 1864, Augustus Gray Harris of Con- 
 cord (d., Doc. 20, 1906); children, (1) 
 Edward Neal, b. Sept. 10, 1865, d. 
 Sept. 10, 1867; (2) Arthur Henry, b. 
 Dec. 5, 1866, d. June 24, 1903; (3) 
 Julia Atherton, b. April 29, 1874, m. 
 June 23, 1910, Robert Whiting Har- 
 
 rington of Newton, Mass., artist- 
 designer, graduate of Eric Pape Art 
 School, Boston, 1904; their children, 
 Robert Whiting, Jr., b. Concord, N. H., 
 April 14, 1911; Richard Bartlett, b. 
 Concord, N. H., Nov. 1, 1912; Edward 
 Neal, b. Medford, Mass., May 4, 1914. 
 Upon her marriage Mrs. Harris moved 
 from Hampton to Concord, which be- 
 came her home till 1913, when she 
 moved to Massachusetts with her 
 daughter; in 1876 began her teaching 
 career which continued for twenty 
 years; classes at Gray's English and 
 Classical School, Concord; Pembroke 
 Academy; Hampton Academy; Miss 
 Morgan's School, Portsmouth; Sauveur 
 Summer School of Languages, Exeter; 
 special classes at Dartmouth College. 
 Hundreds of private pupils in Concord, 
 Manchester and other New Hampshire 
 cities and in Newburyport, Mass., have 
 profited by the inspiration of her 
 teaching; communicant of St. Paul's 
 P. E. Church, Concord, charter mem- 
 ber of the Shakespeare Club, founded 
 in 1877, the oldest literary society in 
 continuous existence in Concord; pub- 
 lication, "Voice, Gesture, Expression," 
 188pp. Concord, N. H., 1891. Resi- 
 dence, 73 Perkins St., West Newton, 
 Mass. 
 
 Osgood, Etta Haley 
 
 (Mrs. Edward S. Osgood); journalist 
 and club woman; b., Chatham, N. H., 
 Jan. 21, 1853; dau. Thomas Jewett 
 and Lucretia Eaton (Colby) Haley; 
 ed. Mt. Holyoke Seminary (now col- 
 lege), special course in German later, 
 and graduate work, Univ. of Washing- 
 ton, Seattle; some time correspondent 
 at Bar Harbor, Me., for Boston Globe, 
 Xeir York Herald and other papers; 
 special writer for Portland Argus, Ex- 
 press and Telegram; correspondent 
 Philadelphia Public Ledger; founder 
 and first president Civic Club, Port- 
 land, Me.; life member Portland, 
 Maine State, and National Woman 
 Suffrage Ass'ns; first president Maine 
 Federation of Women's Clubs (now 
 honorary pr esident); officer and pailia- 
 mentarian, General Federation of
 
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 Women's Clubs from organization till 
 1904; member Livingston Manor 
 Chapter, D. A. R., Washington, D. C.; 
 m., Oct. 20, 1877, Edward Sherburne 
 Qsgood, Portland, Me.; Congrega- 
 tionalist. Residence, 37 West Louden 
 St., Philadelphia, Pa.; summer home, 
 "Rippling Waters," Stone Harbor, 
 N. J. 
 
 Pattee, Fred Lewis 
 
 Educator; author; b., Bristol, N. H., 
 March 22, 1863; s. Lewis F. and Mary 
 P. (Ingalls) Pattee; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth, A.B. 1888; A.M. 1891; 
 professor of English Literature, Penn- 
 sylvania State College, since 1894; 
 author, "The Wine of May and Other 
 Lyrics," 1893; "Pasquaney A Study," 
 1894; "A History of American Litera- 
 ture," 1896; "Reading Courses in 
 American Literature," 1897; "The 
 Foundations of English Literature," 
 1900; "Mary Garvin," 1902; "Elements 
 of Religious Pedagogy," 1909; "The 
 Breaking Point," 1911; "Compelled 
 Men," 1913; "History of American 
 Literature since 1870," 1915; m.. 
 March 9, 1889, Mary L. Plumer, Bris- 
 tol, N. H. Address, State College, 
 Center County, Pa. 
 
 Orcutt, William Dana 
 
 Author; typographic expert; b., 
 West Lebanon, N. II., April 18, 1870; 
 s. Hiram and Ellen (Dana) Orcutt; 
 ed. Harvard Univ., A.B. 1892; as- 
 sociated with the Plimpton Press, 
 Norwood, Mass.; lecturer on the 
 higher phases of printing as an art; 
 author, "Good Old Dorchester A 
 Narrative History of the Town," 1893; 
 "The Princess Hallisto," 1902, 1911; 
 "Robert Cavelier," 1904; "The Flower 
 of Destiny," 1906; "The Spell," 1908; 
 "The Lever," 1911; "Writer's Desk 
 Book," 1912; "Madonna of Sacrifice," 
 1913; "The Bachelor," 1915; "Bur- 
 rows of Michigan and the Republican 
 Party" (2 vols.), 1917; m., 1st, 1893, 
 Alice Wilson, Cambridge, Mass., d. 
 1894; 2d, 1896, Louie Thompson, St. 
 Louis, Mo. Residence, 333 Common- 
 wealth, Ave., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Peavey, George Smith 
 
 Farmer and cattle broker; b., Green- 
 field, N. H., Feb. 14, 1835; s. Zebadiah 
 and Mary B. (Patterson) Peavey; ed. 
 public schools, Tubbs Union Academy, 
 Washington, N. H., and Hopkinton 
 Academy, under Dyer H. Sanborn; 
 large landholder ip Greenfield and 
 vicinity, and extensively engaged in 
 cattle dealing since early life, being 
 now the oldest man in the business of 
 sending cattle to the Boston markets; 
 
 taught penmanship in early life, and 
 served in state militia; his land holdings 
 include two fine parks in Greenfield, 
 open to the public Lake <t Mountain, 
 and Otter Lake parks; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Democrat; has served many 
 times as moderator, town clerk, select- 
 man, school committee and highway 
 agent in Greenfield; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1867-8; con- 
 stitutional convention, 1!X)2; state 
 senate, 1893-4; house of representa- 
 tives again, 1919-20 (oldest member 
 of the body, receiving an ovation on
 
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 his 84th birthday); member com- 
 mittee on banks and ways and means; 
 member Altamont Lodge, A. F & A. M., 
 Peterboro; m., June 16, 1872, Sarah 
 Patch of Greenfield; one son, George 
 Frederick, b. May 13, 1890, auto- 
 mobile dealer in Milford. Residence, 
 Greenfield, N.H.^ 
 
 Tilton, Frank Pierce 
 
 Lawyer; judge of probate; b., Little- 
 ton, N. H., March 4, 1880; s. Frederick 
 
 A. and Hattic, G. (Sawyer) Tilton; ed. 
 public schools, Spokane, Wash.; Boston 
 University Law School; admitted to 
 N. H. Bar in 1902; member law firm of 
 Shannon & Tilton, Laconia, until the 
 death of E. H. Shannon in 1918; since 
 then alone in practice; Congregation- 
 alist; Republican; solicitor, Belknap 
 County, 1907-13, judge of probate 
 since 1912; member school board since 
 1914; member Belknap County Selec- 
 tive Service Board; clerk and counsel 
 for various corporations; member A. F. 
 & A. M., lodge, chapter, commandery, 
 shrine and 32d degree; B. P. O. E., 
 
 P. of H.; m., Jan. 30, 1906, Leonora B. 
 Gould; children, Frederick A., b. Oct. 
 24, 1906; Richard G., b. March 15, 
 1909; Frances B., b. Feb. 29, 1912; 
 Sarah W., b. May 22, 1913; Robert P., 
 b. May 11, 1917. Residence, Laconia, 
 N. H. 
 
 Varick, Thomas Rice 
 
 Merchant; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Oct. 3, 1863; s. John Barnes and Jane 
 Isabella (Rice) Varick. (Descendant 
 of Richard Varick, lawyer of New York, 
 who joined the Revolutionary Army 
 in 1775, and was appointed captain in 
 the 1st N. Y. Continental Infantry, 
 made deputy muster-master general, 
 Northern Department, April 10, 1777, 
 was present at the surrender of Bur- 
 goyne, served as inspector general at 
 West Point, and later as recording 
 secretary of the official and private 
 correspondence of General Washing- 
 ton, the commander-in-chief; was re- 
 corder of the city of New York in 1783, 
 speaker of the N. Y. Assembly in 1787 
 and 1788, attorney general in 1789 and 
 elected mayor of New York city in 
 1790, serving till 1801; president of the 
 New York Soc. of the Cincinnati, which 
 he founded in 1800, till his decease, 
 July 30, 1831 ; also grandson of Thomas 
 Rice, Jr., of Newton, Mass., for whom 
 he was named, who was an extensive 
 paper manufacturer and eminent citi- 
 zen, an elder brother of Gov. Alexander 
 H. Rice, and served in both branches 
 of the Mass, legislature and the execu- 
 tive council, and other positions of 
 responsibility); ed. Phillips Exeter 
 Academy, 1883; Harvard College, 1887; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; member 
 Manchester police commission, 1910- 
 13; president People's Savings Bank; 
 vice-president People's Gas Light Co.; 
 treasurer John B. Varick Co.; director 
 Amoskeag National Bank, N. H. Fire 
 Ins. Co., Manchester Traction, Light 
 and Power Co., all of Manchester, and 
 of the Franklin and Tilton R, R.; 
 hereditary member of the New York 
 State Soc. of the Cincinnati, succeeding 
 in the right of Col. Richard Varick,
 
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 above mentioned; m., June 26, 1889, 
 Mary Miller. Residence, Manchester, 
 N.H. 
 
 Patrick, Mary Mills 
 
 Educator; b., Canterbury, N. H., 
 March 10, 1850; dau. John and Harriet 
 (White) Patrick; ed. Lyons College, la., 
 1866-9; A. M., Univ. of Iowa, 1890; 
 Universities of Heidelberg, Zurich, 
 Leipzig and Berlin, 1892-5; Ph.D., 
 Univ. of Berne, 1897; LL.D., Smith 
 College, 1914; president American 
 College for Girls, Constantinople, since 
 1890; member Psychological Con- 
 gresses, Munich, 1896, Paris, 1900; 
 Philosophical Congresses, Paris, 1900, 
 Bologna, 1911; author "Sextus Empiri- 
 cus and Greek Skepticism," 1899; 
 "Sappho and the Island of Lesbos," 
 1912; contributor to Hastings Diction- 
 ary of Religion. Address, Constanti- 
 nople College, Constantinople, Turkey. 
 
 Norris, Harry Waldo 
 
 Educator; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept, 
 11, 1862, s. Moses Leavitt and Lydia 
 Ann (Joy) Norris; ed. public schools, 
 Iowa (now Grinnell) College, A.B. 
 1886, A.M. 1889; Cornell Univ., 1888- 
 90; Univ. of Nebraska, 1890-91; Univ. 
 of Freiburg, 1901-2; instructor, natural 
 history, Grinnell College, 1888; pro- 
 fessor biology, 1891-1903; professor 
 zoology since 1903; Congregationalist; 
 fellow Iowa Academy of Science, 
 American Academy Arts and Sciences; 
 American Soc. Zoologists; American 
 Ass'n of Anatomists; exchange lecturer, 
 Harvard Univ., 1913-14; author (with 
 M. L. Macy), "Physiology for High 
 Schools," 1899; engaged in research on 
 comparative anatomy of the nervous 
 system; m., June 14, 1893, Harriet 
 Victoria Ruliffson, Lincoln, Neb. 
 Residence, Grinnell, Iowa. 
 
 Hadley, Elbridge Drew 
 
 Lawyer;'* banker; secretarial work; 
 b., Deering, N. H., Sept. 16, 1842; ed. 
 New London Literary and Scientific 
 Institution (now Colby Academy), 
 New London, N. H.; Appleton Acad- 
 emy, Mont Vernon, 1862; enlisted in 
 
 Co. D, 14th N. H. Vols., Aug. 15, 
 1862, first sergeant; promoted to 
 second lieutenant Co. F; first lieutenant 
 Co. H; brevet captain of volunteers, 
 for gallant and meritorious service in 
 the Battle of Winchester; discharged 
 as of Dec. 29 for disability from wound; 
 studied law with Judge David Cross of 
 Manchester; admitted to the bar at 
 Nashua, Sept. 20, 1869; in practice 
 at Manchester until Dec., 1871; re- 
 moved to Iowa, and practiced at De- 
 
 Witt until January, 1873; removed to 
 Luverne, Minn., and practiced there till 
 1880, when he became a partner in the 
 Bank of Luverne, and later, after its in- 
 corporation, cashier and vice-president, 
 continuing till 1887, when he returned 
 to DeWitt continuing till 1896, since 
 when he has resided in DCS Moines; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; taught 
 school in Weare two winters before 
 enlistment; taught in Manchester 
 while studying law, and served on the 
 school board in that city in 1868, also 
 as clerk of the common council several 
 years; county attorney and judge of 
 probate for Rook County, Minn., while
 
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 located at Luverne, also president of 
 the school. board, and editor of the Rock 
 County Herald; member A.F. &. A. M., 
 lodge and chapter; G. A. R.; Sons of the 
 American Revolution (secretary Iowa 
 Soc. continuously since 1898); Loyal 
 Legion (recorder Iowa commandery 
 since 1909) ; author of many historical 
 articles, published in Granite Monthly 
 and elsewhere; m., Jan. 30, 1873, Mary 
 Elizabeth Bourne, DeWitt, la. Resi- 
 dence, Des Moines, la. 
 
 Frost, Stephen A. 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Halifax, N. S., 
 Jan. 15, 1862; s. John Lewis and Mary 
 Ann (Winters) Frost; removed with 
 parents to Massachusetts in childhood; 
 ed. public schools of South Natick and 
 Shirley Village, Mass.; commenced 
 work in the leather-board factory of 
 Hill & Cutter at Shirley, Mass., going 
 later into that of Jonas Spaulding at 
 Townsend Harbor, Mass., where he 
 continued till removal to Fremont, 
 N. H., where Mr. Spaulding had es- 
 tablished a large cooperage plant of 
 which he assumed the management, 
 and has there continued, with the ex- 
 ception of four years at Gloucester, 
 Mass., where he was associated with 
 Mr. Spaulding in a similar enterprise 
 which was disposed of in 1893, when 
 the Fremont concern was reorganized 
 and incorporated as the Spaulding <fe 
 Frost Co., with Mr. Frost as clerk, 
 treasurer and manager, in which 
 capacity he has continued, the busi- 
 ness having become one of the most 
 extensive of the kind in New England; 
 Universalist ; Republican ; has served as 
 member of the school board, town audi- 
 tor, trustee of town trust funds; dele- 
 gate in N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1918; A. F. & A. M., I. (). (). F., 
 P. of H.; m., June 13, 1885, Catherine 
 G. Fertig, Cleveland, ().; four daugh- 
 ters, two of whom, Lillian E. and 
 Lizzie J., survive. Residence, Fre- 
 mont, N. II. 
 Oakes, Frederick Warren 
 
 Clergyman; b., Troy, N. H., Sept. 
 28, 1860; s. Appleton and Lucy J. 
 (Stickney) Oakes; ed. public schools. 
 
 Bates College, Lewiston, Me., A.B. 
 1888, A.M. 1893; Yale Divinity School, 
 B.D. 1891; ordained deacon P. E. 
 Church, 1893; priest, 1894; rector, 
 Church of All Saints, Denver, Col., 
 1893-7; founder, in 1894, and superin- 
 tendent since, Oakes Home (church 
 home for invalid strangers), Denver; 
 chaplain Church of Our Merciful 
 Saviour; Republican; member A. F. & 
 A. M., lodge and chapter; Denver 
 Country Club; m., June 16, 1891, 
 Mabel Underbill, Yonkers, N. Y. 
 Residence, 2903 West 22d Ave., Den- 
 ver, Col. 
 
 Brown, Fred Herbert 
 
 Lawyer; b., Ossipee, N. H., April 12, 
 1879; s. Dana J. and Nellie (Allen) 
 Brown; ed. Dow Academy, Franconia, 
 N. H., Dartmouth College, Boston 
 University Law School; student at 
 law in office of James A. Edgerly; ad- 
 mitted to the N. H. bar in 1907, and 
 commenced practice in partnership 
 with Mr. Edgerly, continuing until the 
 death of the latter in 1908, since when 
 he has been alone in practice; Demo- 
 crat; city solicitor of Somersworth, 
 1908-14; mayor of Somersworth, 1914 
 to present time; U. S. district attorney 
 for New Hampshire since July, 1914; 
 delegate in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1912; presidential elector, 
 1912; member A. F. &. A .M., lodge, 
 chapter and commandery; K. of P. 
 Residence, Somersworth, N. H. 
 Fassett, James Hiram 
 
 Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan. 
 11, 1869; s. James Boutelle, and Ellen 
 Maria (Morrill) Fassett; ed. public 
 schools, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1890; 
 principal Mount Pleasant grammar 
 school, Nashua, 1890-3; superintend- 
 ent schools, Nashua, since 1893; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; trustee N. H. State 
 Normal School; author, "Colonial Life 
 in New Hampshire," 1S99; "History of 
 Education in New Hampshire," 1900; 
 ''The Beacon Series of School Readers," 
 1914; m., June 23, 1897, Bertha Chester 
 Smith, Northampton, Mass.; one son, 
 James Adams. Residence, 14 Abbott 
 St., Nashua, N. II.
 
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 Prentiss, John W. 
 
 Farmer and lumberman; b., Wai- 
 pole, N. H., Nov. 20, 1857; s. John W. 
 and Emeline (Slade) Prentiss; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Boston, Mass., and Walpole 
 Academy; resided in Walpole till 1910, 
 when he removed to Alstead, purchas- 
 ing a large farm near the village, where 
 he has been extensively engaged in 
 agriculture, which pursuit he has 
 always followed, though teaching school 
 to some extent in youth; interested in 
 
 breeding Morgan horses and Berkshire 
 swine, but more particularly noted for 
 his superior herd of pure-blooded 
 Holstein-Friesian cattle; also largely 
 interested in lumbering; Unitarian; 
 Democrat; tax collector in Walpole 
 three years, road agent four years, 
 selectman ten years; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1907-8, 1909- 
 10; N. H. Senate, 1911-12, 1913-14, 
 serving as chairman of the judiciary 
 committee the latter term; member 
 I. O. O. F. and P. of II.; m., Dec. 1, 
 1883, Katie M. Fisher, of Alstead; 
 children, Flora May, b. March 26, 
 1885 (Mrs. W. H.' Long, Walpole; 
 
 three daughters); John W., Jr., b. July 
 17, 1889 (took two years course at 
 State College; married Minnie Clark of 
 Alstead, and has a son and daughter; 
 is associated with his father in business 
 under the name of J. W. Prentiss & 
 Son) ; Ethel M., b. Sept. 26, 1890 (Mrs. 
 R. M. Galloway of Walpole; three 
 sons). Residence, Alstead, N. H. 
 
 Nelson, Edward William 
 
 Naturalist; b., Manchester, N. H,. 
 May 8, 1855; s. William and Nancy M. 
 (Wells) Nelson; ed. public schools, 
 Cook County, 111., Normal School, 
 1875; engaged in scientific explorations 
 in Alaska, 1877-81; naturalist of the 
 U. S. S. Corwin, on the search for the 
 Jeannette, 1881; with Bureau of Bio- 
 logical Survey, U. S. Department of 
 Agriculture, 1890- ; member Death 
 Valley expedition, 1890-91; several 
 years engaged in scientific explorations 
 in Mexico; chief field naturalist, 1916; 
 president American Ornithologists' 
 Union, 1908-9, 1912-13; president 
 Biological Soc., Washington, 1912-13; 
 member Washington Academy of 
 Sciences; author many scientific mono- 
 graphs and reports. Address, U. S. 
 Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. 
 
 Morrill, Charles Henry 
 
 Banker; real estate operator (re- 
 tired); b., Concord, N. H., July 14, 
 1843; s. Ephraim and Mahala Morrill; 
 ed. public schools and Colby Academy, 
 New London, N. H., private, llth 
 N. H. Vols., 1862-5; emigrated to 
 Nebraska; private secretary to Gov. 
 Nance, 1879-83; president Stromsberg 
 (Neb.) Bank, 1883-90; Farmers' and 
 Merchants' Bank, Stromsberg, 1890-2; 
 president Lincoln (Neb.) Land Co., 
 since 1895; also president Lancaster 
 Land Co., So. Platte Land Co. and 
 Boston Investment Co.; collector of 
 customs, 1897-1901; regent Nebraska 
 state university and president board 
 of regents, 1891-1901 ; twice chairman 
 Republican State Committee of Nebras- 
 ka, and member Republican National 
 Committee from Nebraska, 1904-8;
 
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 founder Morrill Geological expeditions 
 from Univ. of Nebraska; Morrill 
 County, Neb., was named in his honor; 
 m., 1863, Harriett Currier, Nashua, 
 N. H. Residence, Stromsberg, Neb. 
 
 Nichols, Herbert 
 
 Civil engineer; author; b., Walpole, 
 N. H., Feb. 7, 1852; s. Amos and Lydia 
 Nichols; ed. public schools, Worcester, 
 Mass., Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in 
 architecture, 1871 ; Ph.D., Clark Univ., 
 1891 ; civil engineer, Pennsylvania R. R. 
 1871-85; instructor in psychology, 
 Harvard, 1890-3; lecturer, Johns Hop- 
 kins, 1896; author, "The Psychology of 
 Time," 1891; "Our Notions of Number 
 and Space," 1894; "A Treatise on 
 Cosmology," 1904; also many mon- 
 ographs and magazine articles; m., Oct. 
 1, 1900, Jenny L. Clark, Somerville, 
 Mass. Residence, 219 Commonwealth 
 Ave., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
 
 Morse, Edward Leland Clark 
 
 Educator; b., Dover, N. H., June 12, 
 1855; s. Moses L. and Louisa (Clark) 
 Morse; ed. public schools, Harvard, 
 A.B. 1877; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 
 1893; post-graduate work, Univ. of 
 Chicago ; principal Phil Sheridan School, 
 Chicago, since 1892; member American 
 Historical Ass'n, American Political 
 Science Ass'n, Modern Language Ass'n 
 of America, Illinois Bar Ass'n; Epis- 
 copalian; member Harvard Club, Chi- 
 cago; author, "Spanish American Life," 
 1917; m., April 27, 1897, Louisa Penn 
 Weaver. Residence, 7650 Saginaw 
 Ave., Chicago. 
 
 Mills, Herbert Elmer 
 
 Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Aug. 8, 
 1861; s. Edward and Esther (Butter- 
 worth) Mills; ed. Univ. of Rochester, 
 A.B. 1883; A.M. 1886; Ph.D., Cornell 
 Univ., 1890; principal Marion, N. Y., 
 Collegiate Institute, 1883-4; Union 
 School, Palmyra, N. Y., 1884-6; in- 
 structor in history, Cornell Univ., 
 1887-90; associate professor, history 
 and economics, Vassar College, 1890- 
 2; professor economics since 1892; 
 president board of managers, State 
 House of Refuge for Women, Hudson, 
 
 N. Y., 1899-1903; president, Pough- 
 keepsie, N. Y., board of education, 
 1909-11; member American Economic 
 Ass'n; author, "French Revolution in 
 San Domingo," 1891; "Practical Eco- 
 nomic Problems," 1893; "Labor Prob- 
 lem," 1895; "Outlines of Economics," 
 1906; m., July 30, 1890, Mary Louise 
 Sansbury, Palmyra, N. Y. Resi- 
 dence, 106 Academy St., Poughkeepsie, 
 N.Y. 
 
 Dearborn, Burt Stephen 
 
 Contractor and merchant; b., Thorn- 
 ton, N. H., Feb. 18, 1881; s. Clarence 
 
 and Torrie Bryant (Broad) Dearborn; 
 ed. public schools; Laconia high school 
 commercial department ; engaged in 
 business with the late William Wallace 
 of Laconia, and is now head of the con- 
 cern The Wallace Building Co., con- 
 tractors and builders and dealers in 
 building supplies, wood and coal; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; super- 
 visor of check list; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1915-16 
 (chairman Belknap County delega-
 
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 tion); N. H. Senate, 1919-20 (chair- 
 man committee on roads, bridges and 
 canals, clerk committee on finance and 
 manufactures, and member claims 
 and forestry committees); member 
 A. F. & A. M., to and including 32d 
 degree shriner, and O. E. S.; Knights of 
 Pythias (all bodies), P. of H., Laconia 
 Gun Club, Board of Trade, etc.; m., 
 Feb. 8, 1905, Clara Bessie Wallace, 
 dau. William Wallace, Laconia; three 
 daughters. Residence, Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Hurd, Henry Norris 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 March 6, 1871; s. Irving Austin and 
 
 Caroline (Norris) Hurd; ed. Clare- 
 mont public .schools (Stevens high 
 school 1S90), Dartmouth College, 
 A.B., 1894; studied law with Thomas 
 F. Johnson of Colebrook; attended 
 Harvard law school 1896-7; admitted 
 to N. H. bar July, 1X97, and later to 
 the Federal courts of the N. H. Dis- 
 trict and First Circuit; practiced in 
 Exeter from 1X77 to 1879, in the office 
 of the late Attornev General Eastman; 
 
 succeeded Hon. Robert J. Peaslee as 
 partner of the late William H. Drury 
 in Manchester 1899-1901, and con- 
 tinued practice in Manchester till 
 May 9, 1910, when he removed to 
 Claremont, and has there continued in 
 practice; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 member N. H. house of representa- 
 tives from Ward 2, Manchester, 1907-8, 
 1909-10; delegate Republican state 
 convention, 1908; delegate in N. H. 
 constitutional convention from Clare- 
 mont, 1912; solicitor Sullivan County 
 1915-17, 1919-20; water commissioner, 
 Claremont, 1912-15; trustee Fiske 
 Free Library, 1916- ; member Stevens 
 high school committee, 1919- ; member 
 Hiram Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Sullivan 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., Claremont Grange, 
 P. of H., David R. Roys Camp, S. of 
 V., Claremont, N. H.; m., Nov. 14, 
 1902, Zoa Mildred Plummer, Mon- 
 mouth, Me. Residence, Claremont, 
 N. H. 
 
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 French, Daniel Chester 
 
 Sculptor; b., Exeter, N. H., April 20, 
 1850; s. Hon. Henry F. and Anne 
 (Richardson) French; ed. Mass. Inst. 
 of Tech.; studied under Dr. William 
 Rimmer of Boston and Thomas Ball, 
 Florence, Italy; lion. A.M. Dartmouth, 
 1898; Yale, 1913; Columbia Univ., 
 Litt.D. 1913; had studio in Washing- 
 ton, D. C., 1876-8; Boston and Con- 
 cord, Mass., 1878-87; in New York 
 since 1887; among notable works pro- 
 duced are "The Minute Man of Con- 
 cord," at Concord, Mass.; Statute of 
 Gen. Cass in the Capitol at Washing- 
 ton; Rufus Choate, in Boston court 
 house; John Harvard, at Cambridge, 
 Mass.; "Dr. Gallaudet and his first 
 Deaf Mute Pupil," the Milmore 
 Memorial; collossal statute of "The 
 Republic, "at Chicago Exposition, 1893; 
 bronze doors of Boston public library; 
 four groups Europe, Asia, Africa 
 and America in front of New York 
 custom house; statute of E. Rockwood 
 Hoar at Worcester, Mass., of Abraham 
 Lincoln, at Lincoln, Neb., etc.; mem- 
 ber National Commission of Fine Arts, 
 1910-15 (chairman 1912-15); trustee
 
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art; member 
 National Sculpture Soc., Architectural 
 League, American Academy of Arts 
 and Letters, Academia di S. Luca, 
 Rome; m., Mary French, Washington, 
 Dec., 1888. Residence, 12 West 8th 
 St., New York; Stockb ridge. Mass. 
 
 Quimby, Charles Elihu 
 
 Physician; b., New Ipswich, N. H., 
 June 21, 1853; s. Elihu and Nancy A. 
 (Cutler) Quimby; ed. Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1874; A.M., 1877; N. Y. 
 Univ. Med. College, M.D., 1878; Belle- 
 vue Hospital, 1879 ; in practice in New 
 York City since 1882; assistant pro- 
 fessor practice of medicine, Univ. of 
 New York, 1889-90, adjunct professor 
 1890-5, clinical professor since 1895; 
 visiting physician N. Y. City Hospital 
 since 1895; trustee Mary Fletcher 
 Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.; 
 member Amer. Med. Ass'n, New York 
 Academy of Medicine, etc.; m., Sept. 
 28, 1881, Julia M. Cobb, Hanover, 
 N. H. Residence, 278 West 86th St., 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
 Putnam, Stephen Greeley 
 
 Artist; wood engraver; b., Nashua, 
 N. H., Oct. 17, 1852; s. Abram and 
 Clarissa (Greeley) Putnam; pupil of 
 H. W. Herrick, Frank French and E. J. 
 Whitney; student at Brooklyn Art 
 School, and New York Art Students' 
 League; received bronze medal for 
 wood engraving, Paris Exposition, 
 1889; Chicago Exposition, 1893; Paris, 
 1900; Buffalo, 1901; m., May 21, 1881, 
 Fanny Vetter, New York. Residence, 
 College Point, Borough of Queens, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Adams, Charles Henry 
 
 Journalist; b., Rochester, N. H., 
 April 22, 1859; s. Samuel and Hannah 
 W. (Lord) Adams; ed. public schools; 
 went to Boston at seventeen years of 
 age and entered employ of Boston 
 Advertiser and Record, continuing with 
 same through various positions to that 
 of manager, which he held up to union 
 of Advertiser with the Herald; Repub- 
 lican; member Mass, house of rep- 
 
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 resentatives, 1900-1-2-3; president 
 and director Union Trust Co., Alpha 
 Investment Co.; trustee and mem- 
 ber finance committee, Melrose, 
 Mass., Savings Bank; director Melrose 
 National Bank; vice-chairman Mass. 
 State Board of Charity; Melrose His- 
 torical Soc., Maiden Historical Soc., 
 Boston Art, City and Press clubs. 
 Residence, 66 Orient Ave., Melrose, 
 Mass. 
 
 Lang, Walter Monroe 
 
 Real estate and insurance; b., Ful- 
 ford, P. Q., Jan. 20, 1867; s. Henry and 
 
 Mary E. (Wright) Lang; ed. schools of 
 Magog, P. Q.; came to Manchester, 
 N. H., in early life, and was engaged 
 for several years in connection with 
 different mercantile enterprises, after 
 which he commenced business in the 
 line of real estate and insurance, in 
 which he has been highly successful; 
 became, in 1893, state manager for the 
 Prudential Life Ins. Co., continuing 
 for several years, until his real estate 
 business so demanded his attention
 
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 that he relinquished this position, 
 though continuing as district manager. 
 He is agent for other important com- 
 panies, including Aetna of Hartford, 
 Conn.; has attended many important 
 insurance conventions in all parts of 
 the country; Christian Scientist; Re- 
 publican; member Manchester city 
 council, 1900; member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1907-8 (chairman 
 committee on insurance); member 
 I. O. O. F. (encampment and Patri- 
 archs Militant), White Mountain 
 Travelers' Ass'n, Calumet Club of 
 Manchester; president and treasurer, 
 Walter M. Lang Realty Co., Manches- 
 ter; m., Dec. 18, 1889, Clara E. 
 Magoon; one dau., Marion E. Lang, 
 b. Sept. 15, 1893. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Streeter, Thomas Winthrop 
 
 Corporation law and business; b., 
 Concord, N. H., July 20, 1883; s. 
 Frank Shenvin and Lilian (Carpen- 
 ter) Streeter (see their sketches else- 
 where) ; ed. St. Paul's School, Con- 
 cord, 1900; Dartmouth, B.L., 1904; 
 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1907; 
 admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1907; 
 in practice in Boston; member firm of 
 Streeter & Holmes, Shawmut Bank 
 building; Unitarian; Republican; treas- 
 urer American International Corpor- 
 ation, New York City; president 
 Contoocook Mills Corporation, Mex- 
 ican Investment Co.; chairman execu- 
 tive committee Mascoma Light & 
 Power Co.; member Wonolancet Club, 
 Concord, N. H.; Tennis & Racquet 
 Club, St. Botolph Club, Harvard 
 Club, Brookline Country Club, Bos- 
 ton, Mass.; m., July 23, 1917, Ruth 
 Cheney, dau., Mrs. William H. Scho- 
 field (see sketch elsewhere); one son, 
 Frank Sherwin Streeter, 2d, b. March 
 25, 1918. Residence, 112 East 74th 
 St., New York City. 
 
 Pratt, Louise 
 
 Educator; b., White River Junc- 
 tion, Vt.; dau. Myron Jefferson and 
 Jennie Louise (Currier) Pratt; niece of 
 Hon. Frank D. Currier of Canaan; 
 
 moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.; 
 ed. Concord high school, 1895, Rad- 
 cliffe College, 1897-8; instructor in 
 history, Bishop Thorpe School, South 
 Bethlehem, Penn., 1900-2; head of 
 department of history at the Castle, 
 Tarrytown, N. Y., 1902-10; instructor 
 in French and German, St. Mary's 
 Scho9l, Concord, N. H., 1910-18; 
 appointed a Y. W. C. A. secretary for 
 overseas work. Feb., 1918; stationed 
 at Lyons, France, returning Feb., 1919, 
 this being her fifth trip abroad; Epis- 
 copalian; official visitor Orphans' 
 Home, Millville; secretary Modern 
 Language Section of the N. H. Teach- 
 ers' Ass'n; member Radcliffe Alumnae 
 Ass'n, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro- 
 tective Soc., Beaver Meadow Golf 
 Club, S. P. C. A.; letters from France 
 in N. H. papers; speaker on war work 
 before woman's clubs. Residence, 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Kivel, John 
 
 Jurist; b., Dover, N. H., April 29, 
 1855; s. Patrick and Catherine Kivel; 
 ed. public schools, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1876; studied law with the late 
 Frank Hobbs; admitted to the bar in 
 1879, and engaged in practice in Dover; 
 Catholic; Democrat; solicitor for 
 Strafford County, 1887-93, member 
 State Board of License Commissioners, 
 1903-13; appointed associate Justice 
 N. H. Superior Court May 26, 1913; 
 chief justice, Oct. 4, 1917; m., Oct. 
 12, 1879, Eva G. Emu's. Residence, 
 Dover, N. II. 
 
 Cole, Anna B. Taylor 
 
 Physician; b., Sugar Hill (Lisbon), 
 N. H., dau. Joseph L. and Laura 
 (Gove) Taylor; ed. public schools, 
 Whitefield/N. H.: Western Mass. 
 Normal School: Boston University 
 School of Medicine, M.D. 1884; com- 
 menced practice in Charlestown, Mass., 
 but removed to Somerville in 1890, 
 and has there continued, specializing 
 in diseases of women; Universalist ; 
 member Mass. Homeopathic Med. Soc., 
 Boston Med. Soc., Boston Surgical and 
 Gynecological Soc., Woman's College
 
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 Club, Professional Woman's Club, 
 N. H. Club of Somerville; m., March 
 31, 1894, Herbert A. Cole. Resi- 
 dence, Somerville, Mass. 
 
 Lewis, Homer Pierce 
 
 Educator ;b., West Claremont, N.H., 
 July 28, 1849; s. George Gilbert and 
 Adeline (Labaree) Lewis; ed. public 
 schools, Kimball Union Academy, Meri- 
 den, N. H., Dartmouth College, A. B., 
 1874; principal Pinkerton Academy, 
 
 Derry, 1874-5; grammar school, Dav- 
 enport, la., 1876-80; high school, 
 1880-83; Omaha, Neb., high school, 
 1883-90; Worcester, Mass., English 
 high school, 189(5-1901, South high 
 school, 1901-3; superintendent schools, 
 Worcester, Mass., 1903-1918; member 
 Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, National 
 Educational Ass'n; American Institute 
 of Instruction, etc.; founder Worcester 
 Economic Club; m., 1st, 1878, Kate 
 Roberts (Vassar, 1875) : 2d, 1891, Elisa- 
 beth Goodson (Univ. of Mich.), 1878). 
 Residence, 82 Elm St., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Rice, George Samuel 
 
 Mining engineer; b., Claremont, 
 N. H., Sept. 8, 1866; s. George Samuel 
 and Abby (Parker) Rice; ed. public 
 schools, College of the City of New 
 York, two years; Columbia Univer- 
 sity School of Mines, 1887; assistant 
 engineer, Colorado & Utah R. R., 1887; 
 mining engineer with Colorado Fuel 
 Co., 1888-90; mining engineer, White- 
 breast Fuel Co., Ottumwa, la., 1890; 
 chief mining engineer same and allied 
 companies, Chicago, 1897; consulting 
 mining engineer, Atchison Topeka & 
 Santa F4, and Chicago, Milwaukee & 
 St. Paul Rys., 1900-08; chief mining 
 engineer, U. S. Bureau of Mines since 
 formation in 1910; Episcopalian; mem- 
 ber American Institute Mining En- 
 gineers, American Academy Arts and 
 Sciences, etc.; m., Dec. 23, 1891, Julia 
 Sessions, Kalamazoo, Mich. Resi- 
 dence, Woodley Road and 35th St., 
 Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bradley, Mark Spaulding 
 
 Physician; b., East Jaffrey, N. H., 
 Jan. 16, 1868; s. Dr. Oscar H. and 
 Julia A. (Spaulding) Bradley; ed. pub- 
 lic schools; Columbia College Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons, N. Y., M.D., 1892; 
 interne, N. Y. City Hospital, 1892-4; 
 in practice in Hartford, Conn., since 
 1894; aurist, American School for the 
 Deaf since 1908; visiting physician, 
 Hartford Hospital; assistant medical 
 director, Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co.; 
 director Glazier Woolen Mfg. Co., 
 Williams Bros. Mfg. Co., Glaston- 
 bury, Conn.; Baptist; Republican; 
 member Hartford Med. Soc., Conn. 
 State Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n; 
 m., July 5, 1904, Jessie E. Goodnow, 
 East Jaffrey, N. H. Residence, 956 
 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Prescott, Samuel Gate 
 
 Bacteriologist; b., South Hampton, 
 N. H., April 5, 1872; s. Samuel M. and 
 Mary E. (Gate) Prescott; ed. Mass. 
 Inst. Tech., B.S. 1894; post-graduate 
 study in Europe; assistant in biology, 
 Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895-6; instructor, 
 1896-1903; assistant professor indus-
 
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 trial biology and bacteriology, 1903- 
 9; associate professor, 1909-14; profes- 
 sor industrial microbiology, 1914- ; 
 instructor bacteriology, Simmons Col- 
 lege, 1902-9; director Boston Bio- 
 chemical Laboratory, 1904- ; fellow 
 American Academy Arts and Sciences; 
 member American Chemical Soc., 
 American Soc. Naturalists, etc.; m., 
 June 30, 1910, Alice Durgin Chase, 
 Brookline, Mass. Residence, 79 Cy- 
 press St., Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Pulsif er, Harry Bridgman 
 
 Mining engineer; b., Lebanon, 
 N. H., Dec. 23, 1879; s. Charles Ed- 
 ward and Ellen Diantha (Bridgman) 
 Pulsif er; ed. public schools, Mass. 
 Inst. Tech., B.S. 1903; post-graduate 
 work, Univ. of Munich, 1906-7; in- 
 structor in chemistry, N. H. State 
 College, 1903-4; assayer and mining 
 engineer, Sonora, Mex., 1905; superin- 
 tendent placer mine, Oregon, 1907; in- 
 structor in metallurgy, Armour Inst., 
 Chicago, 1911-15; assistant professor, 
 1915-17; professor metallurgy, Mon- 
 tana State School of Mines, 1917- ; 
 member American Inst. Mining Eng'rs, 
 American Academy Arts and Sciences, 
 etc.; m., Sept, 9, 1909, Sarah C. Can- 
 thon, Salt Lake City, Utah. Residence, 
 Butte, Mont. 
 
 Chadwick, Henry Dexter 
 
 Physician; b., Boscawen, N. H., 
 Jan. 2, 1872; s. Jeremiah C. and 
 Eliza A. (Austin) Chadwick; ed. public 
 schools, Harvard Med. School, M.D. 
 1895; house officer Boston City Hos- 
 pital, 1895-6; began practice in Walt- 
 ham, Mass., 1896; in charge private 
 sanitarium, Rutland, Mass., 1903-6; 
 superintendent Vt. Sanatorium, Pitts- 
 ford, Yt., 1907-9; superintendent 
 Westfield, Mass., State Sanatorium 
 since March, 1909; acting assistant 
 surgeon, Spanish American War; as- 
 sistant surgeon 5th Reg. M. V. M., 
 1899-1900; member National Ass'n 
 for Study and Prevent ion of Tubercu- 
 losis, American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. 
 Soc.; in., May 24, 1898, Edith Nichols 
 Clark, Cambridge, Mass.; two children, 
 
 Maurice P., b. March 29, 1899; Bar- 
 bara, Sept. 24, 1904. Residence, West- 
 field, Mass. 
 
 Randolph, William J. 
 
 Printer and editor; b., London, 
 England, June 15, 1859; s. William 
 F. and Lucy Randolph; ed. Twyford 
 Hall school, London; learned the 
 printers' trade in the office of the 
 Bristol, N. H., Enterprise; afterward 
 employed on the Laconia Democrat 
 
 and in the government printing office 
 at Washington: later in the Courier 
 office at Lowell, Mass.. removing to 
 Plymouth, N. H., in 1886, where he 
 was employed on the Record; for 
 four years editor and manager of the 
 Meredith A'niv<; for twenty years 
 regular correspondent of the Boston 
 (llobc and Manchester 1'nion and now 
 temporarily doing that work for his 
 successor who is absent some months 
 in the year; Methodist; Republican; 
 selectman in Plymouth, 1904; census 
 enumerator in 1900; school committee, 
 1907-S; auditor, 1918; register of
 
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 deeds for Graf ton Count v since 1908; 
 member A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m., 
 Nov. 30, 1885, Ardella Bagley, dau. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Eastman 
 Baglev, of Plymouth. Residence, 
 Plymouth, X. H.~ 
 
 Sanders, Loren Addison 
 
 Surgeon; b., Grafton, N. H., July 
 5, 1874; s. George S. and Prudence 
 Sargent (Parker) Sanders; ed. public 
 
 schools, Latin-Scientific Course, Til- 
 ton Seminary; rniversity and Belle- 
 vue Hospital Mod. College, New York, 
 M.D. 1899; associated with the late 
 Dr. Granville P. Conn, in medical 
 practice in Concord, N. H., from grad- 
 uation until death of the latter; since 
 then alone; Baptist; Republican; 
 member Concord city council four 
 vears; board of aldermen two years; 
 board of health several years; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1911- 
 12: attending siirsieon Margaret Pills- 
 
 bury General Hospital, N. H. Memorial 
 Hospital for Women and Children; 
 some time deputy medical referee for 
 Merrimack County; fellow American 
 College of Surgeons, member N. H. 
 Med. Soc., Merrimack County Med. 
 Soc., N. H. Surgical Club; A. F. & 
 A. M.; m., 1st, Sept. 29, 1898, Marga- 
 ret A. Clough of Warner, N. H.; d. 
 Sept. 7, 1916; 2d, Oct. 18, 1917, Mad- 
 eline Currier. Residence, 22 West 
 St., Concord, N. H. 
 
 Clark, George Langdon 
 
 Teacher; real estate; b., Sandwich, 
 N. H., March 11, 1844; s. Langdon 
 Goddard and Maria (Beede) Clark; 
 ed. Beede's Private Academy, Sand- 
 wich Center, N. H., New Hampton 
 Literary Institute, 1866; taught dis- 
 trict schools in Sandwich; teacher 
 Highland Military- Academy, thirteen 
 years; treasurer and business manager, 
 twenty-four years; steward State 
 Hospital, seven years; in real estate 
 business since 1912; trustee Pinker- 
 ton Academy; treasurer Hospital 
 Cottages for Children, Baldwinsville, 
 Mass.; auditor Worcester State Hos- 
 pital and Asylum; Congregationalist; 
 Republican; member Worcester City 
 government two years; A. F. & A. M.; 
 m., July 1, 1885, Caroline Aiken 
 Pinkerton, Deny, N. H. Residence, 
 12 Schussier Rd., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Child, Samuel Mitchell 
 
 Lawyer; b., Temple, N. H., Sept. 
 10, 1862; s. Nahum Abbott and 
 Ellen (Sargent) Child; descendant 
 William Child, Watertown, Mass., 
 1630; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 1886; Harvard College, one year, 
 Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1890; 
 admitted to the bar in 1890 and prac- 
 ticed in Boston since; Democrat; 
 member N. H. constitutional conven- 
 tion, 1889, from Temple; member 
 executive committee Young Men's 
 Democratic Club of Massachusetts, 
 1892-5; appointed assistant corpora- 
 tion counsel, Boston, 1895, resigned 
 Jan., 1907; member Boston Bar Ass'n; 
 Mass. Bar Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (32d
 
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 degree, K. T.); Harvard and Univer- 
 sity Clubs; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Margaret 
 
 1. "Rea, Boston. Residence, 57 Ver- 
 mont St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Collins, Clarence Morton 
 
 Shoe manufacturer; b., South Dan- 
 ville, N. H., Aug. 12, 1858; s. Leonard 
 W. and Aletha J. Collins; ed. public 
 schools and New Hampton Literary 
 Institute, New Hampton, N. H.; Free 
 Baptist; Republican; has held most 
 town offices; member N. H. consti- 
 tutional convention, 1912; State sen- 
 ate, 1917-18; house of representa- 
 tives, 1919-20; A. F. & A. M., K. T., 
 32d degree and O. E. S.; m., in 1883, 
 Ada F. Collins, Saugus, Mass. Resi- 
 dence, South Danville, N. H. 
 
 Marble, Thomas Littlefield 
 
 Jurist; b., Auburn, Me., Dec. 24, 
 1870; s. Dr. Henry and Mercy (Little- 
 field) Marble; ed. Edward Little high 
 school, Auburn, Me., 1894; Bowdoin 
 College, 1898; Harvard Law School, 
 1904; admitted to the N. H. bar and in 
 practice at Berlin, until appointed 
 associate justice of the superior court^by 
 Governor Keyes, Oct. 4, 1917; Uni- 
 versalist; Republican; member Phi 
 Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, 
 A.F.&A. M..K.T.; in., Aug. 15,1906, 
 Harriot E. Fuller. Residence, Gor- 
 ham, N. H. 
 
 Branch, Oliver Winslow 
 
 Jurist; b., New York City, Oct. 4. 
 1879; s. Oliver E. and Sarah (Chase) 
 Branch; ed. Manchester high school, 
 1S96; Phillips Andover Academy, 1897; 
 Harvard College, A.B. 1901, A.M. 1902; 
 Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1904; 
 admitted to the bar and commenced 
 practice in Manchester, in partnership 
 with his father, continuing until ap- 
 pointment as associate justice of the 
 superior court by Gov. Samuel D. 
 Folkor, November, 1913; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Democrat; president Man- 
 chester Y. M. C. A.; in., Nov. 27, 1910, 
 Isabel Dow Hoyle, Rochester, N. Y.; 
 children, Jane Montgomery, b. April 
 11, 1913; Oliver Winslow, Jr., b. Aug. 
 
 2, 1914. Residence. Manchester, N.H. 
 
 Yantis, Effie Earll 
 
 (Mrs. Arnold S. Yantis); illustrator; 
 lecturer; social worker; b., Skaneateles, 
 N. Y., June 28, 1869; dau. John Mur- 
 ray and Julia Brown Earll; ed. Skan- 
 eateles Academy, 1886; Clinton Liberal 
 Institute, 1886-8; Cornell Univ.. 1893; 
 m., 1st, 1893, Mark Vernon Slinger- 
 land, professor economic entomology, 
 Cornell L'niv., teacher, writer and lec- 
 turer, who died in March, 1909, leaving 
 one daughter, Kathryn Lillis, b. Ithaca. 
 
 N. Y., June2,lS95 (Ithaca and Auburn, 
 N. .Y., high schools. Smith College, 
 191,8; fellow Cornell Univ.. 1919, and 
 candidate for degree of M.A.1; in., 2d. 
 in Ithaca, 1912, Rev. Arnold S. Yantis, 
 Universalist clergyman of Auburn, 
 N. Y., native of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., 
 graduate of Western Maryland Col- 
 lege' and George Washington Univ.. 
 who practiced law for ;i time in Wash- 
 ington, but has been in the ministry the 
 last twenty-five years, holding pastor- 
 ates in Brooklyn, Fort Plain and 
 Auburn. N. Y., and in Manchester,
 
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 N. H., since 1915 (member A. F. & 
 A. M. and B. P. O. E.); before mar- 
 riage to Mr. Yantis she did illustrating 
 for scientific books and made lantern 
 slides for colleges and universities; 
 organized the Housekeeper's Club in 
 Auburn, N. Y., and in Manchester the 
 Homemakers' Club, of which she is 
 president; during the late war worked 
 on the Woman's Committee, Council of 
 National Defense, organizing food com- 
 mittees and lecturing throughout the 
 state; lectured under the War Work 
 Council of Y. W. C. A., and served on 
 the State Speakers' Bureau, and Food 
 Conservation Committee; put on the 
 War Pageant," Awakening of America" ; 
 member N. H. Sunday School Ass'n, 
 Universalist State Sunday School 
 Board, Elliott Hospital Associates, 
 Universalist Church, N. H. Federation 
 of Women's Clubs (on Economics Com- 
 mittee in both state and city federa- 
 tions). Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 / 
 Rollins, Edward Warren 
 
 Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Nov. 
 25, 1850; eldest child Edward H. 
 (U. S. Senator, 1877-83) and Ellen 
 (West) Rollins; ed. Concord high 
 school, B.S. 1871, Mass. Inst, of Tech.; 
 civil engineer, Col. Central R. R., 
 1871-6; banking business, Denver, 
 Col., 1876-99; president E. H. Rol- 
 lins & Sons, investment bonds, 1891- 
 1908; succeeded by his brother, 
 Frank W. Rollins (governor of New 
 Hampshire, 1899-1901), 1908-15, 
 meanwhile serving as chairman of the 
 board; on the death of the latter again 
 became president, 1915- ; helped start 
 Denver Electrical Light Co., 1881, be- 
 came its president, serving till 1899 
 when he moved to Boston; Episcopa- 
 lian; Republican; active in promoting 
 the Denver Country Club, the Denver 
 Club, Denver Athletic Club (president 
 of latter seven years); member Univer- 
 sity Club, New York; University 
 Club, Boston; Brookline Country 
 Club; Midwick Country Club, Los 
 Angeles; Technology Clubs of New 
 Hampshire and New York; Old Col- 
 ony Club of Boston, New York, etc.; 
 
 Press Club of Boston; Middlebrook 
 Golf Club, Dover, N. H.; president 
 N. H. Ass'n of Technology; in 1919 
 gave $25,000 to the Wentworth Hos- 
 pital, Dover, for a Nurses' Home in 
 memory of his daughter-in-law, 
 Gladys B. Rollins; m., 1st, Feb. 27, 
 1878, Jessie V. Witter, Denver, Col.; 
 child: Ashton. m. Gladys A. Brown, 
 Wellesley Hills, Mass., Sept., 1908, 
 who d. July 19, 1917, leaving Jessie, 
 b. Sept. 22, 1909; Edward, b. Sept. 4, 
 1911; Ann, b. Sept, 17, 1913; Eliza- 
 beth, b. Nov. 18, 1915; m., 2d, Nov. 
 25, 1891, Clara S. Sherwood, St. 
 Louis, Mo.; child: Sherwood, 
 m., Oct. 20, 1917, Lucia Goldsmith 
 Russell, Somersworth, N. H. Resi- 
 dence since 1901, Three Rivers Farm, 
 Dover, N. H., in which town his an- 
 cestor, James Rollins, settled in 1644; 
 business address, 200 Devonshire St., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Sulloway, Richard Woodbury 
 
 Manufacturer of hosiery; b., Frank- 
 lin, N. H., Feb. 15, 1876; s. Hon. Alvah 
 W. and Susan (Keith) Sulloway; ed. 
 St. Paul's School, Concord, and Har- 
 vard College, 1898; engaged in the 
 Sulloway Mills, manufacturers of hos- 
 iery at Franklin, since graduation; 
 Unitarian; .Democrat; member Frank- 
 lin city council, six years; trustee N. H. 
 State College, nine years; treasurer and 
 manager Sulloway Mills corporation; 
 vice-president Franklin National Bank; 
 m., Oct. 31, 1914, Bertha, dau. the late 
 Hon. Albert S. Batchcllor of Littleton; 
 one daughter, Mary Jeannette, b. 
 Feb. 19, 1917. Residence, Franklin, 
 N. H. 
 
 Cox, Channing Harris 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Feb. 28, 1879; s. Charles E. and Eve- 
 lyn (Randall) Cox; ed. public schools; 
 Dartmouth College, 1901; LL.B., Har- 
 vard Law School, 1904; in practice in 
 Boston since graduation; Congrega- 
 tionalist; Republican; member Mass, 
 house of representatives, 1910-18 
 (speaker three years); lieutenant-gov- 
 ernor of Massachusetts, 1919- ; mem-
 
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 her Boston and Mass. Bar Ass'ns, 
 A. F. & A. M.; Lincoln, City, Univer- 
 sity and Country clubs, Boston; m., 
 Feb. 18, 1915, May Emery Young, 
 Brookline, Mass. Residence, 91 West- 
 land Ave., Boston; office, Tremont 
 Bldg. 
 
 Cox, Louis Sherburne 
 
 Jurist; farmer; b., Manchester, N. H. 
 Nov. 22, 1874; s. Charles E. and Evelyn 
 M. (Randall) Cox; ed. Manchester 
 public schools, Dartmouth College, 
 
 A.B. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School, 
 LL.B. 1899; admitted to the bar and 
 located in practice in Lawrence, Mass., 
 continuing until his appointment as 
 justice of the Mass. Superior Court in 
 1918; Congregationalist ; Republican; 
 member Mass, state senate, 1906; post- 
 master of Lawrence, 190(5-14; district 
 attorney, Eastern Mass, district, 1914- 
 18; justice superior court, 1918-; mem- 
 ber A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d 
 degree and K. T., I. O. (). F., B. P. O. 
 E., P. of H., Mass. Republican Club, 
 Essex Republican Club, Salem Club, 
 
 Home Club, Merrimack Valley Coun- 
 try Club, English Social Club, Con- 
 gregational Club; m., Oct. 16, 1902, 
 Mary I. Fieles, Lawrence, Mass.; 
 children, Randall T., b. March 16, 
 1904; Dorothy, b. Nov. 25, 1908; 
 Judge Cox has a fine dairy farm outside 
 the city in attention to which he finds 
 his chief recreation. Residence, Law- 
 rence, Mass. 
 
 Carpenter, Georgia Butters Drake 
 
 (Mrs. Josiah Carpenter); philan- 
 thropist and social worker; b., Pitts- 
 field, N. H., Jan. 15, 1836; dau. Col. 
 James and Betsey (Seavey) Drake; 
 ed. public and private schools; Pitts- 
 field Academy; Episcopalian; organ- 
 ist St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 
 Pittsfield, for many years; m., Sept. 
 1, 1858, Josiah Carpenter, grandson of 
 Josiah Carpenter, first minister of 
 Chichester, and descendant of William 
 Carpenter, freeman of Weymouth, 
 Mass., 1640. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter 
 had two children a daughter, Georgia 
 Fllla, wife of Frank M. Gerrish, de- 
 ceased some years since, and a son who 
 died in infancy. They resided in 
 Pittsfield, after marriage, where Mr. 
 Carpenter was cashier of the bank, 
 until March, 1877, when they removed 
 to Manchester, \vhere Mr. Carpenter 
 was active in the organization of the 
 Second National Bank, and the Me- 
 chanics Savings Bank of which he was 
 cashier and treasurer, respectively. 
 He died May 22, 1913. Mrs. Car- 
 penter was State Regent of the Daugh- 
 ters of the American Revolution for 
 New Hampshire from 1895 to 1901 and 
 has since been Honorary State Re- 
 gent; during her regency fourteen 
 chapters were organized; charter 
 member National Soc. Colonial Dames 
 of America, in the State of New Hamp- 
 shire; corresponding secretary of same, 
 1913-16; historian, 1916- ; treasurer 
 United Offering, for P. E. Diocese of 
 N. H., 1895-1916; president Man- 
 chester Children's Home since 1895; 
 vice-president Woman's Aid and Re- 
 lief Soc., Manchester, since 1881; 
 president Woman's Auxiliary, Grace
 
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 'Church, Manchester, 1902-13; hon- 
 orary president since 1913; director 
 Manchester District Nursing Ass'n 
 since 1914. Among her many bene- 
 factions may be mentioned the fol- 
 lowing memorial gifts: For her hus- 
 band, a brick gymnasium and $5,000 
 scholarship fund at Holderness School 
 for Boys; for her father a splendidly 
 equipped Athletic Field of thirteen 
 acres, in Pittsfield; for her mother a 
 fund for a course in Domestic Science 
 at Hampton Academy; for her brother, 
 Frank James Drake, $5,000 scholarship 
 fund at Dartmouth College; with her 
 husband, in memory of their daughter. 
 a beautiful stained glass window and 
 a stone parish house to Grace Episcopal 
 Church, Manchester, and to the town 
 of Pittsfield, a library building of 
 brick and stone construction. Mrs. 
 Carpenter has traveled extensively at 
 home and abroad, and holds her in- 
 terest in national and international as 
 well as social and community affairs. 
 Residence, 1(367 Elm St., Manchester, 
 X. H. 
 
 Copeland, Elmer Humphrey 
 
 Physician; b., Acworth, X. H., 
 March 1, 1861; s. Hezekiah and Olive 
 S. (Xichols) Copeland; ed. public 
 schools; Amherst College, A.B. 1889, 
 A.M. 1897; M.D., X. Y. Homeopathic 
 Med. College, 1893; in practice at 
 Northampton, Mass., since 1893; Con- 
 gregationalist ; Republican; member 
 staff Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 
 Northampton, since 1907; director 
 Y. M. C. A. since 1900; member Mass. 
 Homeopathic Med. Soc. (orator 1904); 
 president Seth Pomerov Chapter, S. 
 A. R., A. F. <fc A. M.;m., Aug. 23, 1893. 
 Anna Covell, Shelburne Falls, Mass.: 
 four children. Residence, 168 Elm St., 
 Northampton, Mass. 
 
 Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph 
 
 Lawyer; b., Xew Boston, X. H., 
 Jan. 23, 1861; s. John and Julia 
 (O'Xeill) Doyle; ed. public schools; 
 studied law and admitted to the bar in 
 1884, and has since practiced in 
 Nashua, X. H.; Catholic; Democrat: 
 
 delegate Democratic Xational Conven- 
 tion, Chicago, 1896; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1887-8, 1889- 
 90, 1903-4; mayor of Nashua, 1903-4; 
 A. O. H. (having held all offices), For- 
 esters of America; Knights of Colum- 
 bus; m., Luella J. Lucier. Residence, 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Carpenter, Dumont Hamilton 
 
 P^lectric railway inspector; b., Con- 
 cord, N. H., Oct. 26, 1867; s. Henry 
 Harrison and Mattie (Cotton) Car- 
 
 penter (H. H. Carpenter served 
 three years in the 6th Maine Vols. 
 during the Civil War) ; ed. Concord 
 schools; employed on Boston & Lowell 
 R. R., 1887-1901: superintendent 
 Concord Electric R. R.. HKH-2; in- 
 spector Concord Electric R.R., 1902- : 
 Republican; Congregationalist (South 
 Church); Knight Templar, A. F. fc 
 A. M.; member I. O. O. F., Sons of 
 Veterans, Veteran Railroad Men, N. E. 
 Street Railway Ass'n. Charity Organi- 
 zation Soc., X. 11. Children's Aid and 
 Protective Soc., Fish and Game
 
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 League, Concord Gun Club, Council 
 of National Defense, Red Cross, Pro- 
 hibitionist, Suffragist; m., Oct. 25, 
 1898, Eva May Stevens of Concord; 
 one dau., Martha Phyllis, b. June 7, 
 1901, Concord High School, 1919. 
 Residence, Pleasant St., Concord, 
 N.H. 
 
 Spaulding, Daniel Minot 
 
 Teacher; farmer; b., Sullivan, N. H., 
 Sept. 10, 1859; s. Henry O. and Sarah 
 
 E. (Houghton) Spaulding; cd. public 
 schools, Krone high school, 1878, 
 Ainherst College, A.B. 1SS4, Phi Beta 
 Kappa; engaged in teaching for sev- 
 eral years instructor in French and 
 Science, Anns Academy, Shelburne 
 Falls, Mass.; principal, high school, 
 Methuen, Mass.; fanner in Keene since 
 1894; Congregationalist; Republican; 
 member Keene board of education since 
 1911, Keene city council, 191H; member 
 N. H. house of representatives from 
 Ward 5, Keene, 1917-18, 1919-20 
 (member committee on agricultural 
 
 college both sessions and also on banks 
 and state library in latter session); 
 A. F. & A. M. (past master), P. of H., 
 past master Cheshire Grange, Keene, 
 and of Cheshire County Pomona 
 Grange and past D. D. N. H. State 
 Grange; secretary Cheshire County 
 Farm Bureau; president Monadnock 
 National Farm Loan Ass'n; m., April 
 14, 1891, Kate M. Barker; one son, 
 Earl Barker, b. Feb. 16, 1892. Res- 
 idence, Keene, N. H. 
 
 Estabrook, Fred Watson 
 
 Manufacturer; financier; b., Graf- 
 ton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1852; s. John 
 W. and Julia (Howe) Estabrook; 
 ed. public schools of Graf ton and Marl- 
 boro, Mass.; Bryant & Stratton Busi- 
 ness College, Boston, Mass.; com- 
 menced work as bookkeeper in a shoe 
 factory, and at 23 years of age was 
 made manager of the factory of Crane, 
 Leland & Moody at Nashua, N. H.; 
 in 1879 organized the firm of Esta- 
 brook & Anderson Bros., manufacturers 
 of shoes, whose product gained high 
 reputation; with greatly increasing 
 business the concern was incorporated 
 as the Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Co. 
 in 1895, Mr. Estabrook continuing till 
 1912, when he retired to devote his 
 attention to other interests, including 
 extensive mining enterprises in the 
 West; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 member Republican national com- 
 mittee for New Hampshire, 1908-20; 
 director General Development Co., 
 Miami Copper Co., N. Y.; National 
 Shawmut Bank, Boston; Second Na- 
 tional Bank, Nashua; Nashua Sad- 
 dlery Hardware Co.; president and 
 director White Mountain Freezer Co., 
 Telegraph Publishing Co., Nashua; 
 director and vice-president Sioux City 
 Stock Yards Co.; director and treasurer 
 Estabrook Gold Dredging Co., Boston 
 & Idaho Gold Dredging Co.; director 
 Manchester Traction Light & Power 
 Co., Wonolancet Co. Nashua; trustee 
 Protestant Episcopal Church, St. 
 Mary's School, Concord, N. II.; mem- 
 ber Nashua City Club, Vesper Country 
 Club; Union League, New York;
 
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 Algonquin and Boston Athletic Clubs, 
 Boston, Mass.; m., Nov. 5, 1879, 
 Alice, dau. Judge Geo. Y. Sawyer of 
 Nashua (deceased); one son, Win- 
 throp Howe, who served as captain of 
 engineers during the late European 
 war. Residence, Nashua, N. H.; 
 office, 201 Devonshire St., Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 Bowman, George Ernest 
 
 Editor; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Jan. 5, 1860; s. George A. and Ernestine 
 (Lord) Bowman; ed. public schools, 
 Hartford, Conn., Yale College, A.B. 
 1883; has long been engaged in com- 
 piling the history of the Mayflower 
 passengers and their descendants; 
 founder and editor of the Mayflower 
 Descendant, quarterly magazine, and 
 Pilgrim Notes and Queries, monthly; 
 founder Boston Chapter, S. A. R.. 
 first secretary and second president of 
 same; life member Mass. Soc., May- 
 flower descendants; Soc. Colonial 
 Wars; order Colonial Governors, N. E. 
 Historic Genealogical Soc., etc.; com- 
 piler various volumes of vital records ; 
 Congregationalist; Republican; A. F. 
 & A. M. Residence, 81 Pinckney St., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Sweet, William Isaac 
 
 Clergyman; b., Throop, N. Y., June 
 6, 1863; s. Vaughan and Julia Ferris 
 Sweet; ed. Union College, Auburn, 
 N. Y., Theological Seminary, 1887; 
 ordained to the ministry May 7, 1887, 
 Penn Yan, N.Y.; pastor Presbyterian 
 Church, Fair Haven,N.Y., 1887-8;Con- 
 gregational Church, Farmington, N.H., 
 1888-92; Passaic, N. J., 1892-7; Ever- 
 ett, Mass., 1897-1911 (church member- 
 ship increasing from 250 to 700 during 
 pastorate); Pittsfield, N. H., 1911- ; 
 Congregationalist; Independent; al- 
 ways interested in civic affairs; head of 
 Boy Scout movement in Pittsfield, also 
 chairman Red Cross; member West 
 N. H. Congregational Club, A. F. & 
 A. M., I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 6, 1884, 
 Jennie E. Johnson; three daughters, 
 Harriet M., Elizabeth J., E. Louise. 
 Residence, Pittsfield, N. H. 
 
 Amey, John Tillotson 
 
 Lumberman; member, N. H. Tax 
 Commission; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Oct. 
 16, 1858; s. John Tillotson and Emily 
 (Haynes) Amey; ed. public school, 
 Pittsburg; employed at eighteen years 
 of age by one of the large lumber 
 operators of that region, and has fol- 
 lowed that business most of the time 
 for forty years, having been associated 
 with the Van Dyke interests for several 
 years; Democrat; elected to the N. H. 
 
 house of representatives for 1889, from 
 the town of Stratford, where he was 
 then conducting a lumber business for 
 a Massachusetts corporation; sheriff of 
 Coos County, 1893-4; chairman N. H. 
 Democratic State Committee, 1894- 
 1902; appointed minority member 
 N. II. Tax Commission when the board 
 was created, and has continued a 
 member of the same; delegate from 
 Lancaster in N. H. constitutional con- 
 vention, 1918; member A. F. & A. M., 
 lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine, 
 m., 1st, 1S81, to Emeline Higgins of 
 Pittsburg, to whom one son and two
 
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 daughters were born, all of whom are 
 living, married and have children; 2d, 
 Feb. 28, 1897, to Elsie Dolloff of Lan- 
 caster, who died Aug. 13, 1912; 3d, 
 June 30, 1915, to Katherine O'Dowd, 
 Lancaster, now living. Residence, 
 Lancaster, N.H. 
 
 Tenney, George Amos 
 
 Banker; cotton manufacturer; b., 
 Claremont, N. H., Feb. 11, 1864; s. 
 Edward J. and Frances M. (Hall) 
 Tenney; ed. public schools of Clare- 
 mont, Stevens high school; engaged 
 for a time as clerk in the auditing de- 
 partment of the Boston & Lowell R. R., 
 Boston; went through the various de- 
 partments there, and later was located 
 in Concord, N. H., in charge of the 
 Northern R. R. freight account; in 
 1888 went West and engaged in bank- 
 ing business in St. Joseph and Kansas 
 City, Mo., Ellsworth, Kan., and 
 Nebraska City, Neb.; upon organiza- 
 tion of the People's National Bank 
 in Claremont; N. H., in 1892 he re- 
 turned home to accept the position of 
 cashier, in which he has continued and 
 is also vice-president and director; in 
 1907 became treasurer and general 
 manager of the Monadnock Mills of 
 Claremont, of which he is also a director, 
 as well as of the Claremont Gas Light 
 Co., of which he is treasurer and general 
 manager; director, also, of the Sugar 
 River Savings Bank of Newport and 
 the Sullivan Co. R. R.; Episcopalian; 
 Republican; member staff of Gov. 
 Charles M. Floyd with the rank of 
 colonel; member Algonquin Club of 
 Boston, and of the Triton Fish and 
 Game Club of the Province of Quebec; 
 in., June 2, 1891, Sarah E. Ballon, 
 No. Adams, Mass.; two sons, Edward 
 Ballon, b. May 4, 1892 (ed. St. Ste- 
 phens College and Philadelphia Textile 
 School); George P., b. Nov. 17, 1900 
 (ed. St. Paul's School). Residence, 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Boynton, Roy J. 
 
 Physician; b., Hillsboro, N. H., 
 July 31, 1881; s. David E. and Lydia 
 (Roberts) Boynton; ed. public schools, 
 
 Dartmouth College; M.D., College of 
 Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, 
 1904; began practice in Boston same 
 year; professor materia medica and 
 therapeutics, and theory and practice 
 of medicine, College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons since 1901; secretary and 
 professor materia medica and thera- 
 peutics, Middlesex College, Medicine 
 and Surgery; consulting physician, 
 Middlesex Hospital; president N. H.- 
 Vt. Lighting Co., American Electric 
 Light & Power Co.; Mass. Gas & 
 Electric Co.; m., Nov. 20, 1911, 
 Beatrice H. Underwood, Providence, 
 R. I. Residence, Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Crossfield, Frederic S. 
 
 Physician; b., Keene, N. H., July 29, 
 1854; s. Kendall and Rebecca (Martin) 
 Crossfield; ed. Dean Academy, Frank- 
 lin, Mass., Bellevue Hospital (N. Y.) 
 Med. College, M.D. 1878; in practice 
 in Hartford, Conn., since latter date; 
 Episcopalian; Republican; laryngolo- 
 gist to Hartford Hospital and Wild- 
 wood Sanatorium; consultant to Cyril 
 and Julia Johnson Memorial Hospital, 
 Stafford Springs, Conn., and Isolation 
 Hospital, Hartford; member American 
 Med. Ass'n, Conn, and Hartford Co. 
 Med. Socs., etc.; m., July 21, 1898, 
 Mary Evelyn Affleck, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
 one son. Residence, 148 Kenyon St., 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Dearborn, Sam Starrett 
 
 Physician; b., Milford, N. H., Jan. 
 30, 1872; s. Sam Gerrish and Henrietta 
 (Starrett) Dearborn; ed. Phillips Exe- 
 ter Academy, 1890; A.B., Harvard, 
 1894; M.Di 1898; in practice in 
 Nashua since 1899; member visiting 
 staff Nashua Emergency Hospital and 
 St. Joseph's Hospital; city physician, 
 Nashua, 1900-2; chairman board of 
 health; member board of education; 
 director Second National Bank, Wono- 
 lancet Co.; member Nashua Med. Soc., 
 Hillsboro County Med. Soc., N. H. 
 Med. Soc., N. H" Surgical Club, A. F. 
 & A. M. (32d degree); Unitarian; Re- 
 publican; m., Oct. 12, 1898, May H. 
 Chandler. Residence, (> Concord St., 
 Nashua, N. H.
 
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 Livingston, Frank Channing 
 
 Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Nov. ip, 1858; s. Charles F. and Carrie 
 E. (Guild) Livingston; ed. Manchester 
 public schools, high school, 1877; 
 studied law with Hon. Joseph W. Fel- 
 lows; admitted to the bar in 1881 and 
 since in practice in Manchester; Uni- 
 tarian; Republican; treasurer Hills- 
 borq County, 1893-1905; associate 
 justice Manchester municipal court, 
 1910-12; delegate N. H. constitutional 
 
 convention, 1918; chairman Commu- 
 nity Labor Board, replacement com- 
 mittee for returning soldiers and sailors; 
 director Manchester Safe Deposit & 
 Trust Co.; Mason 32d degree, past 
 commander Trinity Commandory, K. 
 T.; member Grand Commandery of 
 New Hampshire, Bektash Temple, 
 X. M. S. ; Ridgley Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 past chief patriarch Wonolancet En- 
 campment; m., Nov. 13, 1S90, Minnie 
 A. Campbell; children, Carolyn Guild, 
 b. Nov. 4, 1S91 (Simmons), m. Daniel 
 D. Chase; Alice Carey, b. Feb. 27, 
 
 1893 (Simmons); Allen Campbell, b. 
 Feb. 27, 1893 (Dartmouth), sergeant 
 1st class, U. S. Engineers; one and a 
 half years service with American Ex- 
 peditionary Forces in France. Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Taylor, Frederick Wellington 
 
 Educator; b., Wooster, O., Jan. 25, 
 1876; s. Samuel and Susan (Albright) 
 Taylor; ed. public schools and Wooster 
 College; Ohio State Univ., B.Sc. 1900; 
 in service of the Ohio Experiment Sta- 
 tion, 1896-1901; U. S. Department of 
 Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, 1901-3; 
 professor of agriculture, N. H. State 
 College, since 1903; now dean of the 
 Agricultural Department and agrono- 
 mist for the Experiment Station; 
 "Methodist by birth, Congregation- 
 alist by adoption, Republican always"; 
 selectman of Durham, 1916; member 
 Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi and Alpha Tau 
 Alpha college fraternities, American 
 Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amer- 
 ican Breeders' Ass'n, etc.; Farm Insti- 
 tute lecturer and author of many bulle- 
 tins and circulars; m., Dec. 23, 1903, 
 Jessie L. Stocker; three children, Ralph 
 S., Julia A. and Samuel F. Residence, 
 Durham, N. H. 
 
 Merrow, Lyford A. 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Center Ossipee, 
 N. H., Sept. 8, 1865; s. Daniel and 
 Maria Elizabeth (Brewster) Merrow; 
 descendant of Henry Merrow, Read- 
 ing, Mass., 1661; direct descendant on 
 maternal side of William Brewster of 
 the Mayflower; ed. public schools, New 
 Hampton Literary Institution; engaged 
 in manufacture of oils, paints and var- 
 nishes since 1882; president and man- 
 ager New England Oil, Paint and Var- 
 nish Co,; president Burbank & Ryder 
 Varnish Co., Hoffman Paint <fe Varnish 
 Co.; director Hildreth Varnish Co., 
 George T. McLauthlin Co.; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; colonel on 
 staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6; 
 member N. H. executive council, 1909- 
 10; delegate at large from X. H. in Re- 
 publican X'ational Convention, 1912; 
 member X. H. board of trustees of
 
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 state institutions, 1915-17; N. H. Home 
 Missionary Soc., Boston City Club; m., 
 Dec. 17, 1902, Elizabeth Rena Mc- 
 Lauthlin; one son, Parker McLauthlin. 
 Residence, Maiden, Mass.; Mountain- 
 view (Ossipee), N. H. 
 
 Floyd, Charles Miller 
 
 Clothing and lumber dealer; b., 
 Derry, N. H., June 5, 1861; s. Sewall 
 and 'Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd; ed. 
 public schools and Derry Academy; 
 engaged in clothing trade in Manchester 
 since 1886; Congregationalist ; Repub- 
 lican; member N. H. senate, 1901-2; 
 executive council, 1905-6; governor 
 of New Hampshire, 1907-9; director 
 Manchester National Bank, Manchester 
 Building & Loan Ass'n, Manchester 
 Traction, Light & Power Co., 
 Derryfield Lumber Co.; partner in 
 Batchelder & Floyd Lumber Co.; m., 
 June 16, 1886, Carrie E. Atwood, 
 Haverhill, Mass. Residence, Manches- 
 ter, N.H. 
 
 Straw, Herman Foster 
 
 Manufacturer ; b., Manchester, X. H., 
 Dec. 31, 1849; s. Ezekiel A. and 
 Charlotte Smith (Webster) Straw; ed. 
 St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 
 Harvard Univ.; associated with his 
 father in the management of the 
 Amoskeag Mfg. Co.'s establishment at 
 Manchester, after leaving school, con- 
 tinuing to the present time; agent since 
 1885; m., Sept. 18, 1873, Mary O. 
 Parker of Boston. Residence, Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Spalding, James Alfred 
 
 Surgeon; b., Portsmouth, N. H., 
 Aug. 20, 1846; s. Lyman Dyer and 
 Susan Parker (Parrott) Spalding; ed. 
 public schools, Dartmouth, A.B. 1866; 
 Harvard, M.D. 1870; in practice in 
 Portland, Me., since 1873; ophthal- 
 mological and aural surgeon, Me. 
 General Hospital, 1881-1914 (now 
 consulting); member American Acad- 
 emy of Medicine, Me. Medical Ass'n, 
 etc.; m., Nov. 16, 1882, Sarah Chase 
 Shepley, Boston, Mass. Residence, 
 627 Congress St., Portland, Me. 
 
 35 
 
 Keyset, Frank Nathaniel 
 
 Railway conductor; b., North Haver- 
 hill, N. H., Sept. 12, 1866; s. Scott W. 
 and Mary E. (Stacker) Keyser; ed. pub- 
 lic schools; entered railway service in 
 1888, and has continued to the present 
 time, having been for many years past 
 one of the best known passenger con- 
 ductors on the White Mountain divi- 
 sion of the Boston & Maine R. R.; 
 Methodist; Republican; member N.H. 
 house of representatives, 1915-16, 
 
 serving on Fish and Game committee, 
 and 1917-8, when he was a member 
 of the same committee and that on 
 Liquor Laws, from which the state 
 prohibitory law was reported; member 
 N. H. senate, 1919-20, being chairman 
 committee on Labor, and a member of 
 the Incorporations, Railroads (clerk), 
 Towns and Parishes and Fisheries and 
 Game (clerk) committees; member 
 A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, K. T., and 
 Shriner; Railway Conductors of Amer- 
 ica and Anchor Club of Boston; m., 
 May 1, 1894, Addie M. Kimball. 
 Residence, North Haverhill, X. H.
 
 530 
 
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 Donahue, John Joseph 
 
 Insurance; b., Keeno, N. H., Aug. 7, 
 1859; s. James and Margaret (Quinlan) 
 Donahue; ed. Keene public schools; 
 engaged in early life in mercantile pur- 
 suits in Keene and Peterboro, N. H.; 
 in insurance business since 1890, in 
 Keene and Manchester, removing to 
 the latter city nearly twenty years ago; 
 Unitarian; Republican; member N. H. 
 house of representatives, from Ward 2, 
 Manchester, 1903-4, 1905-6 (chairman 
 
 Insurance Committee each session); 
 U. S. pension examiner, 1907-14; dep- 
 uty sheriff, Hillsboro County, 1917- 
 19; member X. H. senate (District Xo. 
 Ifi), 1919-20; chairman committee on 
 Revision of the Laws; clerk committee 
 on State Hospital; member committees 
 on Judiciary, Education and Towns and 
 Parishes; appointed Insurance Com- 
 missioner for X. II., April 2. 1919, to 
 succeed the late Rufus X. Klwell; 
 member Republican state committee, 
 
 and executive committee for Hillsboro 
 County; chairman Republican city 
 committee of Manchester; member I.O. 
 R. M. (past Great Sachem for New 
 Hampshire), K. of P., Amoskeag 
 Grange, Amoskeag Veterans, New 
 Century Club, Manchester Institute 
 of Arts and Sciences; m., Jessie E. 
 Rice. (See following sketch.) Resi- 
 dence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Donahue, Jessie Edith Rice 
 
 (Mrs. John J. Donahue) ; clubwoman, 
 social worker and literary pursuits; b., 
 Jaffrey, N. H., Nov. 7, 1873; dau. 
 George Laban and Lucy Harriet (Bald- 
 win) Rice; ed. Keene schools; school- 
 teacher for some time; later had practi- 
 cal experience in life insurance and as 
 secretary and claim adjuster for a 
 health and accident insurance com- 
 pany; Unitarian; for six years director 
 National Alliance of Unitarian Women' 
 vice-president and director National 
 Unitarian Sunday School Soc.; director 
 Star Island Summer Meetings Ass'n; 
 past president Manchester Federation 
 of Women's Clubs (during her term of 
 office introduced playgrounds to Man- 
 chester); chairman Art Committee, 
 X. H. Federation of Women's Clubs; 
 past president Manchester New Cen- 
 tury and Shakespeare clubs; vice-pres- 
 ident National Shakespeare Federation; 
 vice-president Manchester Institute of 
 Arts and Sciences, and president of its 
 literature section; member Historic Art 
 Club; director Settlement Ass'n of Xew 
 Hampshire; state superintendent of 
 Americanization of W. C. T. U.; regent 
 Molly Stark Chapter, D. A. R.; vice- 
 president Manchester Equal Suffrage 
 League; member Amoskeag Grange, 
 P. of H., Boston Arts and Crafts Soc., 
 Haverhill, Mass., Arts and Crafts Soc., 
 and instructor in wood carving in the 
 latter organization in which art she is 
 an experienced teacher, and skilled in 
 various other handicrafts; has also con- 
 ducted classes in Americanization for 
 some years; special correspondent of 
 the Honton Transcript, and frequent 
 contributor to other newspapers and 
 periodicals; m., John J. Donahue;
 
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 children, Helen Rice, b. May 17, 1895 
 (Radcliffe 1916); Esther, b. Oct. 24, 
 1901. 
 
 Fairbanks, Charles Albert 
 
 Physician; b., Portsmouth, N. H., 
 Dec. 17, 1849; s. Albert A. and Lydia L. 
 (Brock) Fairbanks; ed. public schools, 
 Dartmouth College Scientific Depart- 
 ment, 1871; Harvard Med. School, 
 M.D. 1877; commenced practice in 
 Dover, N. H., in 1878 and has there 
 continued; Republican; city physician, 
 Dover, 1882-98; U. S. pension exam- 
 iner, 1897-1913; mayor of Dover, 1898- 
 1900; member school committee, 1882- 
 1917 (chairman, 1909-17); member 
 board of water commissioners, N. H. 
 house of representatives, 1907-8, 1909- 
 10, 1919-20, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., 
 I. O. R. M.; Straff ord County Med. 
 Soc., N. H. Med Soc. Residence, 
 Dover, N. H. 
 
 Currier, Clinton Harvey 
 
 Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Jan. 1, 1876; s. Harvey L. and Eliza 
 True (Kenny) Currier; ed. Manches- 
 ter public schools; Brown Univ., Ph.B. 
 1898, A.M. 1899; Univ. of G6ttingen, 
 1910-11; instructor in mathematics, 
 Brown Univ., 1899-1914; instructor in 
 mathematics and astronomy since 
 1914; instructor at R. I. School of De- 
 sign, 1901-9; member Ass'n of Math- 
 ematics Teachers of N. E., American 
 Mathematics Soc.. etc.: in., June 4, 
 1910, Theresa M. Connolly, Residence, 
 311 Wayland Ave., Providence, R. I. 
 
 Hamblett, Charles Judson 
 
 Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan., 
 1S62; s. Judson A. and Mary A. 
 (Perkins) Hamblett; ed. Francestown 
 Academy, 1S83; LL.B., Boston Univ., 
 1889; hon. A.M., Dartmouth, 1900; 
 admitted to the bar in 1889 and since 
 in practice in Nashua; Republican; 
 assistant clerk N. H. senate, 1887-89; 
 clerk, 1891-3; city solicitor, Nashua, 
 1901-4; U. S. district attorney for 
 New Hampshire, 1898-1907; in.', 1st, 
 Oct. 4, 1894, Georgie Ellen Stevens; 2d, 
 Dec. 23, 1914, Mrs. Belle F. (Small) 
 Fletcher. Residence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Young, Harrie Minot 
 
 Civil engineer ;b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Sept. 26, 1866; s. Hiram P. and Mary 
 S. (Ayer) Young; ed. public schools of 
 Manchester high school, 1884; civil 
 engineer for the city of Manchester 
 many years; Universalist; Republican; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1895-6, 1897-8 (chairman committee 
 on Military Affairs), 1899-1900 (chair- 
 man Appropriations) ; ass't clerk, house 
 of representatives, 1902-4, 190,5-6; 
 
 clerk, 1907-8 and since; president 
 Realty Investment Co., Manchester, 
 N. H.; director The Real American; 
 clerk Manchester Institute of Arts and 
 Sciences; clerk and treasurer Amoskeag 
 Veterans; clerk of trustees of Pine 
 Grove Cemetery; chief of records, 
 Agawam Tribe, I. O. R. M.; member 
 Minnehaha Council Degree of Poca- 
 hontas, and the Great Council of N. H., 
 D. of P.; great chief of records of the 
 Great Council of N. H.. 1. O. R. M.; 
 member and reading clerk of the Great 
 Council of the U. S.. I . O. R . M.: mem- 
 ber Manchester Lodge, B. P. O. E.,
 
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 533 
 
 Amoskeag Grange, P. of H., Union 
 Pomona Grange, and has received the 
 state and national degrees of the order; 
 member N. H. Good Roads Ass'n, 
 Manchester Cadet Veteran Ass'n, 
 Manchester Y. M. C. A., Manchester 
 Historical Ass'n, Manchester Turn 
 Verein and Calumet Club; m., July 
 8, 1911, Idella Frances Corser, Contoo- 
 cook, N. H. Residence, 277 Concord 
 St., office City Hall, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Schofield, Mary Lyon (Cheney) 
 
 (Mrs. William H. Schofield); b., New 
 Britain, Conn., Dec. 24, 1869; dau. Dr. 
 Edwin Bradbury and Charlotte M. 
 (Ward) Lyon; special student at Welles- 
 ley College, 1888-90; m., 1st, April 27, 
 
 1893, Charles Paine Cheney of Boston, 
 A.B. 1892, Harvard, who d. 1897; chil- 
 dren, (1) Charles Ward, b. April 28, 
 
 1894, Lieut. Engineer Corps, A. E. F.; 
 (2) Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1895, m. Thomas 
 W. Streeter (see sketch elsewhere) ; (3) 
 William Halsall, b. Jan. 15, 1897, 
 Lieut. Aviation Corps, A. E. F., killed 
 in Italy, 1918; m. 2d, Sept. 24, 1907, 
 Prof. William Henry Schofield, Ph.D., 
 head of Department of Comparative 
 Literature, Harvard Univ. Mrs. Scho- 
 field has always been greatly interested 
 in civic and economic problems and has 
 spoken throughout New Hampshire on 
 Preparedness (before the United States 
 entered the war) ; on the Liberty Loan, 
 especially women's new financial obli- 
 gations; and on Opportunities for 
 Women in Agriculture; has established 
 training courses for women at her estate 
 in Peterborough and was instrumental 
 in the establishment of a Dairying 
 Course for Women at the N. H. State 
 College, Durham; chairman N. H. 
 Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, 
 1917-19; president Woman's Land 
 Army of America ; member new board 
 of trustee of N. H. Schoo for Feeble- 
 minded Children; chairman committee 
 on training courses, N. H. Woman's 
 Committee, Council of National De- 
 fense; chairman N. H. Committee, 
 Woman's Committee of National Civic 
 Federation; chairman committee on 
 war relief, N. H. Soc. of Colonial Dames 
 
 of America; member N. H. Council of 
 Americanization; Lyceum Club, Lon- 
 don, England; Chilton Club and May- 
 flower Club, Boston; Episcopalian; 
 Residence, Boston, Mass., and East 
 Hill, Peterborough.N. H. 
 
 Minot, Lena Margaret 
 
 Bank clerk; b., Concord, N. H., July 
 9, 1873; dau. George Edward and Mary 
 Jeannette (Floyd) Minot; grand dau. 
 George Minot, president of the Me- 
 chanicks Bank, 1854, and treasurer of 
 the B. C. & M. R. R.; tenth in descent 
 from Elder George Minot, one of the 
 first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., and 
 representative, 1635-7; ed. Concord 
 high school, 1891; clerk for A. J. Shurt- 
 leff, clerk of Supreme Court, later for 
 J. S. Matthews; clerk in Mechanicks 
 National Bank, Feb., 1901-17; clerk 
 in Merrimack County Savings Bank, 
 19 17-; communicant St. Paul's P. E. 
 Church and assistant treasurer of St. 
 Paul's parish; member St. Anna 
 Branch and St. Agnes Chapter of 
 Guild of St. Paul; treasurer Woman's 
 Auxiliary of St. Paul's parish; treasurer 
 Concord Chapter of American Red 
 Cross; member Woman's Council of 
 National Defense and active in war 
 work; charter member (1896) of Outing 
 Club (Camp Weetamoo) and president 
 several years; charter member Hatha- 
 way Shakespeare Club (secretary- 
 treasurer, 1917-); charter member 
 (1904) Hathaway Outing Club (presi- 
 dent, 1919-); charter member (1911) 
 Concord Friendly Club (treasurer 1911 
 -14); member N. H. Historical Soc., 
 Concord Woman's Club, District Nurs- 
 ing Ass'n., Concord Female Charitable 
 Soc., S. P. C. A. Residence, Concord, 
 N.H. 
 
 Wyman, William D. 
 
 Insurance; b., Hillsboro Bridge, 
 N. II., April 24, 1859; engaged in em- 
 ploy of Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 
 at Chicago, 1883, becoming general 
 agent ; appointed state manager Berk- 
 shire Life Ins. Co. of Pittsfiold, Mass., 
 1889; now president; president Chi- 
 cago Life Underwriters' Ass'n, 1892-3,
 
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 1897-8; National Ass'n Life Under- 
 writers, 1901-2. Residence, Pittsfield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Barnes, George Washington 
 
 Farmer and general business; b., 
 Lyme, N. H., March 18, 1886; s. Hiram 
 and Esther B. (Gillett) Barnes; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Thetford, Vt., Academy, 
 St. Johnsbury Academy, 1891; Meth- 
 odist; Republican; member school 
 board of Lyme; selectman nine years 
 
 and present chairman of the board; 
 trustee town trust funds; member 
 N. H. house of representatives, 1915-16, 
 also 1917-1H (chairman committee on 
 Public Improvements); X. H. senate, 
 1919-20 (chairman committee on Pub- 
 lic improvements, also serving on 
 State Library, Forestry, Public Health, 
 School for Feeble-minded [clerk] and 
 State Hospital committees); trustee 
 Dartmouth Savings Bank, Hanover, 
 and Xorth Thetford church funds; 
 
 director Connecticut & Passumpsic 
 Rivers R. R. and Connecticut Valley 
 Telephone Co.; member N. H. Public 
 Safety Committee, and National De- 
 fense League; local food administrator; 
 war historian; district chairman War 
 Savings Stamp work, etc.; trustee 
 estate of the late Herbert H. Barnes, 
 with large holdings in Boston, where he 
 has an office and spends much time; 
 has a large farm in Lyme, specializing 
 in the raising of Hereford cattle, sheep 
 and poultry; also has extensive real 
 estate interests at White River Junc- 
 tion, Vt.; member A. F. & A. M., P. of 
 H., X. H. Historical Soc., and Boston 
 City Club; m., 1897, Laura A. Smith. 
 Residence, Lyme, X. H. 
 
 Snow, Alpheus Henry 
 
 Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Nov. 
 8, 1859; s. Alpheus F. and Sarah Maria 
 (Dean) Snow; ed. Trinity College, 
 1876-7; A.B., Yale, 1879; LL.B., Har- 
 vard, 1883; in practice of law at 
 Hartford, Conn., 1883-7; Indianapolis, 
 Ind., 1887-95; engaged in literary work 
 at Washington since 1895; lecturer on 
 Colonial Government, George Wash- 
 ington Univ., 1908-9; member board of 
 trustees, George Washington Univ.; 
 executive council American Soc. In- 
 ternational Law; American Bar Ass'n; 
 American Political Science Ass'n; 
 American Historical Ass'n, and various 
 clubs; m., June 29, 1887, Margaret 
 Maynard Butler, Indianapolis. Resi- 
 dence, 2013 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Whipple, George Hoyt 
 
 Pathologist; b., Ashland, X. H., 
 Aug. 28, 1878; s. Ashley Cooper and 
 Frances Ann (Hoyt) Whipple; ed. 
 Yale, A.B. 1900; M.D., Johns Hop- 
 kins, 1905; assistant in pathology, 
 Ancon Hospital, Panama, 1905-6; 
 pathologist, Bay View Hospital, Bal- 
 timore, 1908; associate professor path- 
 ology, Johns Hopkins, 1911-14; pro- 
 fessor research medicine, Univ. of 
 California, and director Hooper Foun- 
 dation for Medical Research since 1914; 
 member American Mod. Ass'n, Inter-
 
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 national Ass'n of Medicine, etc.; m., 
 June 2, 1914, Katherine Ball Waring, 
 Charleston, S. C. Residence, 2085 9th 
 Ave., San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Weston, Robert Spurr 
 
 Sanitary engineer; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Aug. 1, 1869; s. Lon and Mar- 
 tha B. (Greenman) Weston; ed. 
 Brockton, Mass., high school, 1887; 
 Amherst College, B.S. 1891 (A.M. 
 1900); Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1894-5; 
 Univ. of Berlin, 1897-8; assistant 
 chemist Louisville Water Co., 1895-8; 
 Superior Water, Light & Power Co., 
 1898-9; in private practice since; 
 assistant professor public health en- 
 gineering, Mass. Inst. Tech. since 1913; 
 member American Soc. Civil Engineers, 
 American Chemical Soc., American 
 Public Health Ass'n, etc.; member 
 Boston Chamber of Commerce, Twen- 
 tieth Century, City, Engineers and 
 Appalachian Mountain clubs; m., 
 Dec . 2 1 , 1909, Josephine Fitz Randolph, 
 Plainfield, N. J. Residence, 81 Griggs 
 Road, Brookline, Mass. 
 
 Wright, George E. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Brookline, N. H., Jan. 
 20, 1867; s. William and Eliza A. 
 (Elliot) Wright; od. Lawrence Acad- 
 emy, 1884; Phillips Exeter, 1885; 
 Harvard, A.B. 1889; A.M. and LL.B. 
 1892; in practice in Seattle, Wash., 
 since 1893; Congregationalist; Demo- 
 crat; ex-president Seattle Public Li- 
 brary; Seattle Bar Ass'n, Municipal 
 League of Seattle; member Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Phi, 
 University Club; m., July 16, 1895, 
 Mary Estelle Wyckoff, Seattle. Res- 
 idence, 1227 38th Ave. N., Seattle, 
 Wash. 
 
 Tuttle, George Thomas 
 
 Physician; b., Northwood, N. H., 
 March 18, 1850; s. Thomas and Olive 
 Furber (Garland) Tuttle; ed. Dart- 
 mouth College, A.B. 1872; M.D., 
 Harvard, 1878; commenced practice 
 in Boston, 1878; second assistant 
 physician, McLean Hospital, 1879-80; 
 first assistant, 1880-1904; medical 
 
 superintendent since Jan. 1, 1904; 
 Republican; member Mass. Med. 
 Soc., American Medico-Psychological 
 Ass'n, Boston Soc. Psychiatry and 
 Neurology, etc. Address, McLean Hos- 
 pital, Waverly, Mass. 
 
 Ayer, Frank M. 
 
 Merchant; b., New Durham, N. H., 
 Aug. 25, 1873; s. Joseph F. and Har- 
 riett (Downs) Ayer; ed. public schools 
 of New Durham and Farmington; in 
 
 mercantile business at Alton (dry goods 
 and automobiles); Liberal; Republican; 
 selectman, 1907-S, 1910-12, 1917-18 
 (chairman four years); town treasurer, 
 1909; justice Alton municipal court 
 since March, 1915; member Republi- 
 can town committee seven years; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1919-20, serving on Railroads and 
 Education committees; member and 
 past master Winnipesaukee Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., Alton; past patron 
 Alpha Chapter, O. E. S.; past grand 
 patron O. E. S. of New Hampshire; 
 member Cocheeo Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
 
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 and Merry Meeting Grange, P. of H.; 
 m., March 3, 1909, Stella Francis. 
 Residence, Alton, N. H. 
 
 Jones, Andros B. 
 
 Shoe manufacturer; h., Pownal, Me., 
 Aug. 5, 1846; s. Sewall L. and Mary A. 
 (Libby) Jones; ed. public schools; 
 engaged in shoe manufacturing in 
 Massachusetts for some years after 
 having served three enlistments in the 
 Union Army, during the Civil War, in 
 
 the Fifth and Sixty-Second Mass. 
 Vols. and Battery I., 5th U. S. Artillery; 
 removed to Nashua, N. H., thirty 
 years ago, and has there continued, 
 serving first as superintendent of the 
 Brackett shoe factory and later, as 
 foreman for Kstabrook & Anderson; 
 Corigregationalist ; Republican; mem- 
 ber Nashua city council, 1S91 ; alder- 
 man, 1X92: member N. H. house of 
 representatives, 1X93-4; N. II. senate, 
 1901-2; police commissioner, 1903-5; 
 mayor of Nashua. 1905-6: police com- 
 missioner, 1916-1X; mcml.er N. H. 
 house of representatives, 191<!-20; mem- 
 
 ber A. F. & A. M., K. of P., G. A. R.; 
 m., Nov. 2, 1871, Lizzie J. Young; one 
 son, Fred A. (see sketch p. 150). Resi- 
 dence, Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Atwood, Charles Edward 
 
 Journalist; b., Waltham, Mass., Jan. 
 11, 1858; s. Luther and Katherine L. 
 (Marsh) Atwood; ed. Exeter public 
 schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, 
 1877; Harvard Univ., 1880; engaged 
 now, and for many years past, with 
 John Templeton on the Exeter News 
 Letter, long kno\vn as one of the best 
 managed and finely printed weekly 
 newspapers in New England; Congre- 
 gationalist; Republican; trustee Ex- 
 eter Public Library ; member Swamscott 
 Club. Residence, Exeter, N. H. 
 
 Smith, Archibald Lavender 
 
 Real estate business and service in 
 France; b., Hillsborough, N. H., Feb. 
 1, 1X89; s. John Butler (governor of 
 New Hampshire, 1893-5) and Emma E. 
 (Lavender) Smith; ed. Hillsborough 
 grammar school, Noble and Green- 
 ough's preparatory school, Boston; 
 Harvard Univ., A. B. 1911; Republican; 
 Congregationalist, uniting with the 
 Hillsborough Church, Sept. 10, 1905; 
 member Pi Eta Soc., Harvard College, 
 and the Harvard Club; enlisted in the 
 Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A., 
 Aug. 7, 1917, and attached to the 301st 
 Co., Motor Supply Train 401 ; m., Made- 
 leine Fellows of Manchester, N.H., Nov. 
 1, 1916; child, John Butler, b. Aug. 2, 
 1918; Lieut. Archibald L. Smith died at 
 Tours, France, while serving in the U.S. 
 Army, Aug. 21, 1918. A lieutenant's 
 commission was announced almost sim- 
 ultaneously with his death. At the 
 memorial service at the Smith Mem- 
 orial Church in Hillsborough, named in 
 honor of Gov. John B. Smith, Rev. E. 
 D. Towle said: "In Archibald Smith 
 flowered the finest traits of New Eng- 
 land culture. . . . Modest, rev- 
 erent, teachable, respecting the rights 
 of others, but never self-assertive, he 
 grew in wisdom and power until the 
 end. ... A beautiful courtesy 
 lent distinction to his bearing. . .
 
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 His innate refinement kept him from 
 the coarser things, but pure democracy, 
 for which he died, was also something 
 by which he had always lived. . . . 
 Concerning the part he played in this 
 critical period of the world's life, a 
 soldier-friend in Europe wrote: 'He 
 is doing a wonderful work and doing it 
 well.' . . . He had much to give 
 and he gave all, for he had learned that 
 service of humanity crowned with love 
 to God is the sum total of life's mean- 
 ing. " 
 
 Morrill, Ellen Rebecca (Bryant) 
 
 (Mrs. Ezekiel Morrill); b., Canter- 
 bury, N. H., April 27, 1843; dau. John 
 Joseph and Harriet Maria (Hoag) 
 Bryant; moved to Concord in child- 
 hood; ed. Concord high school, 1861; 
 m., Sept. 21, 1863, Dr. Ezekiel Morrill, 
 a prominent Concord physician, sur- 
 geon in the 13th N. H. Vols. and 1st 
 Heavy Artillery during the Civil War; 
 he d. April 18, 1908; children, (1) Ed- 
 ward Dewey Bryant, b. Concord, 
 N. H., Oct. 2, 1864; d. Aug. 26, 1881; 
 (2) Alpheus Baker, b. Salem, Mass., 
 Dec. 25, 1867; ed. Dummer Academy, 
 Byfield, Mass., Dartmouth College, 
 1891, M.D. 1895, Hahnemann Med. 
 College, Philadelphia, post-graduate 
 at Johns Hopkins Univ., N. Y. Med. 
 College and N. Y. College of Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons; practising physi- 
 cian, Concord; d. July 12, 1908; (3) 
 Annie Stickney, b. Concord, May 26, 
 1877; d. April 6, 1879. After her mar- 
 riage Mrs. Morrill lived at Portsmouth, 
 Va., while her husband was in camp, 
 then at Salem, Mass., returning to 
 Concord in 1874 upon the death of Dr. 
 Alpheus Morrill, Dr. E. Merrill's 
 father. She has spent many months 
 in California at seven different times, 
 and in 1896 visited Egypt, Palestine, 
 Greece and modern Europe; in 1881 
 she founded the club which in 1883 was 
 formally organized as the Stratford 
 (Shakespeare) Club, the second oldest 
 literary society in town; president, 
 1889-92; charter member of Concord 
 Woman's Club, 1893, and chairman of 
 various committees; life member, Home 
 
 for the Aged; member Friendly Club, 
 Woman's Alliance, 'Unitarian Church, 
 Red Cross; Suffragist, Republican. 
 Residence, Concord, N. H. 
 
 French, Frank 
 
 Artist; b., Loudon, N. H., May 22, 
 1850; s. Hiram W. and Lydia W. 
 French; at a very early age he showed 
 aptitude for drawing and in this was 
 
 encouraged by an elder sister, Clara, 
 who was a painter of some prominence; 
 went to Manchester when about 
 twenty and had charge of the art de- 
 partment on the Manchester Mirror 
 under John B. Clarke; became a pupil 
 of Henry W. Herrick; two years later 
 went to New York where he made a 
 name for himself with the Tract Soc.; 
 later was a partner of the engraving 
 firm of Smithwick and French at 70 
 Fifth Ave.; m., Alice Hendricks, 
 Brooklyn, April 22, lS7f>; made resi- 
 dence in East Orange, N". J., and New 
 York City until about ten years ago 
 when the longing for New Hampshire 
 decided the familv to remove to
 
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 Manchester. Mr. French has received 
 the highest honors for his work at 
 notable exhibitions; medal at Colum- 
 bian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893; 
 Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, in 
 1901; Paris Exposition, 1900; gold 
 medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904. 
 his specialty is portraits; member of 
 Artists Fund Soc., Kit Kat Club, 
 Salmagundi Club of New York; author 
 of "Home Fairies and Heart Flowers," 
 and other works. While acting as 
 secretary of the Soc. of American Wood 
 Engravers he caused to be completed 
 the "Portfolio" of fine original wood- 
 cuts by the foremost engravers and 
 published by Harper and Brothers. 
 Mr. French now maintains his studio 
 in the Odd Fellows Building, Manches- 
 ter, 81 Hanover St.; is president of the 
 Studio Shop and has associated with 
 him his daughter, Mabel Edna and son 
 Frank A., the latter assuming the 
 active management of the business. 
 
 Young, Oscar L. 
 
 Lawyer; attorney general; b., Ossi- 
 pee, N. H., Sept. 11, 1874;'s. Timothy 
 B. and Isabel S. (Buzzell) Young; ed. 
 Brewster Free Academy, Wolfeboro, 
 N. H., 1895; Boston University Law 
 School, LL.B. 1900; admitted to the 
 N. H. bar, 1900, and commenced prac- 
 tice in Wolfeboro, removing to Laconia 
 in 1901, where he has since remained in 
 practice; now member law firm of 
 Young & Cheney (Thomas P. Cheney), 
 with office in BaldiBldg., Laconia; Free 
 Baptist; Republican; justice Laconia 
 police court, 1903-13, Laconia munici- 
 pal court, 1915, 1917; clerk Board 
 of Railroad Commissioners, 1909-11; 
 chairman Republican state committee, 
 1908-10; attorney general of Ne1v 
 Hampshire since April 15, 1918; 
 trustee Laconia Savings Bank, Brew- 
 ster Free Academy, Wolfeboro, N. H.; 
 president Lake City Club, Laconia; 
 member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., 
 P. of H.; m., July 11, 1909, Anna M. 
 Paris, Wolfeboro, N. H. Residence, 
 84 Whipple Ave., Laconia, N. H. 
 
 Hetzel, Ralph Dorn 
 
 Educator; b., Merrill, Wis., Dec. 31, 
 1882; s. Henry Clayton and Sadie 
 (Dorn) Hetzel; ed. Merrill, Wis., public 
 schools; Univ. of Wisconsin, A.B. 1906; 
 LL.B. 1908; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1918; 
 instructor in English, Oregon State 
 College, 1908-9; assistant professor, 
 1909-11 ; professor English and political 
 science, 1911-3; director of Extension 
 Service, 1913-17; president N. H. Col- 
 lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 
 since August, 1917; admitted to the 
 Wisconsin bar, 1908; Oregon bar, 1910; 
 member Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, 
 Gamma Sigma Delta, American Ass'n 
 Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 
 Stations (chairman Extension Section, 
 1915); m., Aug. 4, 1911, Estelle Helene 
 Heineman, Merrill, Wis.; four children. 
 Residence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Whoriskey, Richard 
 
 Professor of modern languages; b., 
 Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2, 1874; s. 
 Richard and Anne (Carroll) Whoriskey; 
 ed. Harvard College, 1897; Harvard 
 Graduate School, 1897-8; professor of 
 modern languages, N. H. College of 
 Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Dur- 
 ham, since 1899; former president mod- 
 ern language section, N. H. Teachers' 
 Ass'n; former president, N. H. School- 
 masters' Club; member Modern Lan- 
 guage Ass'n of America, Kappa Sigma; 
 author of various monographs; chief of 
 the division of cooperating agencies on 
 the staff of Huntley N. Spaulding, 
 federal food administrator for New 
 Hampshire; speaker for the League of 
 Nations. Residence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Weston, George Franklin 
 
 Educator; b., Hancock, N. H., Oct. 
 3, 1853; s. Ephraim and Almira H. 
 (Gates) Weston; ed. Xew London 
 Literary and Scientific Inst., Xew 
 London, N. H., 1874; Brown Univ., 
 1878, A.M. 1881; principal, Elmwood 
 grammar school, Providence, R. I., 
 1878-95; principal, Technical high 
 school, Providence, since 1895; mem- 
 ber R. I. Institute of Instruction, R. I. 
 Ass'n Mech. Eng'rs, R. I. Historical
 
 540 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Soc., etc.; m., Oct. 14, 1879, M. 
 Louise Stewart, Keene, N. H. Resi- 
 dence, 89 Oriole Ave., Providence, 
 R. I.; summer home, Hancock, N. H. 
 
 Foster, William Hamilton 
 
 Vice-rector, St. Paul's School; b., 
 Concord, N. H., Aug. 27, 1861; s. 
 Judge William Lawrence and Harriett 
 Morton (Perkins) Foster; grandson 
 Judge Hamilton E. and Clara B. 
 (George) Perkins; eighth in descent 
 
 from John Foster, one of the early set- 
 tlers of Salem, Mass.; ed. St. Paul's 
 School, 1883; honorary M.A., 1885, 
 Dartmouth College; master St. Paul's 
 School, Concord, X. II.. 1SS3-UH1; 
 vice-rector St. Paul's School, since 
 July 1, 1911 ; Episcopalian; Republican; 
 member N. II . Historical Soc., N. II. 
 Soc. of Colonial Wars, Wonolancet 
 Club; in., June 28, 1888, Alcina E. 
 Cordon, dau. Nathaniel and Alcina K. 
 (Sanborn) Cordon of Exeter, N. II.; 
 child: Harriett Evelyn, m. Frederick 
 Merrick Gardiner of Philadelphia, 
 Sept. 22, 1913; their children, Evelyn, 
 
 b. 1915; Isabel, b. Nov. 2, 1917. Resi- 
 dence, St. Paul's School, Concord, 
 N. H. 
 
 O'Kane, Walter Collins 
 
 Entomologist and writer; b., Colum- 
 bus, O., Nov. 10, 1877; s. Henry and 
 Catherine (Van de Water) O'Kane; ed. 
 Ohio State University, A.B. 1897; 
 A.M. 1909; engaged in newspaper and 
 magazine work, 1897-1909; circula- 
 tion manager Farm and Fireside, Wom- 
 an's Home Companion and Twentieth 
 Century Farmer; professor economic 
 entomology, New Hampshire State 
 College, 1911- ; deputy commissioner of 
 Agriculture, state of New Hampshire, 
 1911- ; Congregationalist; member Beta 
 Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, American Ass'n 
 for Advancement of Science, Entomo- 
 logical Soc. of America; president 
 American Ass'n Economic Entomolo- 
 gists; author books relating to agri- 
 culture; m., Dec. 30, 1902, Clifford 
 Hetherington ; two sons and two daugh- 
 ters. Residence, Durham, N. H. 
 
 Neal, John Herbert 
 
 Physician; b., Parsonfield, Me., 
 March 20, 1862 ; s. John and Sarah Jane 
 (Lord) Neal; ed. public schools, North 
 Parsonfield, Me., Seminary, Bowdoin 
 Medical College, Brunswick, Me., and 
 Long Island College Hospital, Brook- 
 lyn, M.D. 1886, having also studied 
 with Dr. J. M. Leavitt of Effingham, 
 N. H.; commenced practice at Sanford, 
 Me., in 1886, removing to Rochester, 
 N. H., in 1894, thence to Portsmouth, in 
 1907; Republican; member boards of 
 health in Sanford and Rochester; mem- 
 ber Rochester board of education 
 three years; member N. H. state 
 senate, 1903-4; promoter of the law 
 abolishing the office of coroner in New 
 Hampshire and establishing that of 
 medical referee; first medical referee of 
 Straff ord County ;L T . S. examining sur- 
 geon for pensions ten years; chairman 
 N. H. State Board of Arbitration and 
 Conciliation; chairman Portsmouth 
 board of health; ex-president Strafford 
 and N. H. Med. Socs.; member Amer- 
 ican Med. Ass'n, A. F. & A. M., 32d
 
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 degree and K. T.; m., Nov. 28, 1888, 
 Lula E. Clark, Sanford, Me.; son, 
 Cecil M., b. Oct. 25, 1890. Residence, 
 Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Smith, John Warren 
 
 Meteorologist; b., Grafton, N. H., 
 Sept. 21, 1863; s. John R. and Mary 
 E. (Wadleigh) Smith; ed. public 
 schools, N. H. College, B.S. 1888; 
 M.S. 1900; Lawrence Scientific School, 
 Harvard, 1891-2; summer school, 
 Ohio State Univ., 1902; entered 
 service U. S. Weather Bureau, 1888; 
 director New England section, 1890- 
 6; Montana section, 1896-7; Ohio 
 section, 1898-1909; district forecaster, 
 St. Louis, 1909-10; professor meteor- 
 ology and director Ohio section, 1910- 
 15; professor meteorological science, 
 Ohio State Univ., 1910-15; chief 
 division of agriculture, meteorological 
 Weather Bureau, Washington, 1916- ; 
 president Ohio Academy Science, 
 1914-15. Residence, 10 E/Oxford St., 
 Chevy Chase, Md. 
 
 Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth 
 
 Educator; b., Chesterfield, N. H., 
 June 12, 1862; s. Frederick L. and 
 Ann (Butler) Stone; ed. Mass. Agri- 
 cultural College, B.S. 1882; Boston 
 Univ., B.S. 1886; Ph.D. Gottingen, 
 1888; LL.D., Mich. Agricultural Col- 
 lege, 1907; assistant chemist, Mass. 
 Agricultural College Experiment Sta- 
 tion, 1884-6; chemist, Tenn. Agri- 
 cultural Experiment Station, 1888-9; 
 professor chemistry, Purdue Univ., 
 1880-90; vice-president, 1892-1900; 
 president .since 1900; member Ind. 
 State Board of Education, and various 
 associations and societies. Residence, 
 Lafayette, Ind. 
 
 Tilden, George Thomas 
 
 Architect; b., Concord, X. H., 
 March 19, 1845; s. Rev. William 
 Philips and Mary J. (Foster) Tilden; 
 ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, Mass. 
 Institute Tech.; in architectural offices 
 of Ware & Van Brunt, Boston; studied 
 in Paris under Emil Vaudremer: 
 associated in practice with Arthur 
 
 Rotch, as Rotch & Tilden, Boston, 
 1880-94; since alone; designed and 
 erected many church, library and 
 school buildings; fellow American In- 
 stitute of Architects; member Boston 
 Soc. Architects, etc. Residence, 55 
 White St., Milton, Mass. 
 
 Billings, Warren Tracy 
 
 Newspaper writer and advertising 
 specialist; b., Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 
 11, 1868; s. Emilius G. and Lillieore 
 
 (Tracy) Billings; lineal descendant of 
 Lieut. Thomas Tracy, born in Tewks- 
 bury, Gloucestershire, England, in 
 1610, who crossed to the Massachu- 
 setts Bay Colony about 1630, was in 
 Salem till Feb. 23, 1634, and in 1660 
 became one of the proprietors of Nor- 
 wich, Conn., removing to that town, 
 where he died Xov. 7, 1685; also lineal 
 descendant of Nathaniel Billings who 
 crossed to Boston and was in business 
 there in 1630; ed. public schools, leav- 
 ing at thirteen years of age, and at 
 seventeen becoming entire support of 
 a family of four, continuing several
 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 years; Liberal; Republican; engaged for 
 twenty years as reporter and traveling 
 correspondent of the Boston Herald 
 and other newspaper enterprises; estab- 
 lished industrial departments on Bos- 
 ton & Maine and Maine Central Rail- 
 roads in 1907, retiring voluntarily on 
 change of managementin 1911; Mem- 
 ber Sons American Revolution; m., 
 1st, July 19, 1890, Lucy L. C. Bigelow; 
 2d, Dec. 11, 1908, Marina A. H. Whit- 
 ney; children, Constance, b. Dec. 4, 
 1894; Warren Dudley, b. Sept. 20, 
 1897. Residence, Gilford, N. H. 
 
 Cogswell, John Ross 
 
 Physician; b., Landaff, N. H., April 
 18, 1840; s. George W. and Harriett 
 
 (Taylor) Cogswell; ed. public schools. 
 Lisbon, X. H., Now Hampton Literary 
 and Scientific Institute, 1859 (one 
 year of college course), Dartmouth 
 Medical College, M.D. 1864 (post- 
 graduate course in Harvard, 18(59); 
 practiced at Franconia, N. H., 1864- 
 74; removed to Warner, N. H., in 
 1S74, and since in practice there: Con- 
 gregationalist; Democrat; superintend- 
 
 ing school committee in Franconia five 
 years; member school board in Warner 
 three years; high school superintendent 
 three years; member A. F. & A. M., 
 lodge, chapter and commandery; I. O. 
 O. F. (district deputy grand master, 
 15th district, five years); P. of H. (past 
 master Warner Grange, No. 90; past 
 lecturer Merrimack County Pomona 
 Grange); member White Mountain 
 Medical Soc. (secretary), Center Dis- 
 trict Medical Soc. (past president), 
 N. H. Medical Soc., holding various 
 offices; m., 1st, July 9, 1867, Ella M. 
 Knight, Lisbon; d. Aug. 31, 1869, 
 leaving one son, Edward K., b. Aug. 
 30, 1869, now in mercantile business in 
 Keene; 2d, Sept. 18, 1872, Ellen L. 
 Hildreth, Lisbon, d.; one son, Lloyd H., 
 b. Dec. 7, 1879, now physician in War- 
 ner. Residence, Warner, N. H. 
 
 Smith, George Albert 
 
 Physician; b., Wakefield, N. H., 
 Nov. 9, 1858; s. Alfred F. and Susan 
 E. (Mordeaugh) Smith; ed. public 
 schools, Bellevue Hospital Med. Col- 
 lege, Univ. of N. C., M.D. 1881; 
 physician, assistant superintendent 
 and superintendent N. Y. Asylum for 
 the Insane, Hart's Island, 1882-95; 
 medical superintendent Central Islip 
 State Hospital for the Insane since 
 1895; member Med. Soc. State of 
 N. Y., American Medico-Psychological 
 Ass'n, Associated Physicians of Long 
 Island, etc.; Republican; m., Dec. 
 8, 1886, Amelia M. Kaus, New York. 
 Address, State Hospital, Central Islip, 
 L. L, N. Y. 
 Smith, William Clarke 
 
 Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 Feb. 22, 1857; s. Judge Isaac W. and 
 Amanda W. (Brown) Smith; ed. pub- 
 lic schools, Dartmouth College, Univ. 
 of Berlin, M.A. 1894-5; instructor, 
 Univ. of Wyoming, 1887; master and 
 part owner, St. Luke's School, Wayne, 
 Pa.; Episcopalian; Republican; mem- 
 ber Alpha Delta Phi, Soc. of Philadel- 
 phia; author, "About Us and the 
 Deacon," 1911; "The Vigil," 1912; 
 "Songs from the Foot-hills," 1915, etc. 
 Residence, Wayne, Pa.
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 543 
 
 Morrill, Sibley Gage 
 
 Physician; b., Oct. 3, 1873, Concord, 
 N. H.; s. Luther Sullivan and Mary 
 Agnes (Gage) Morrill; grandson Dr. 
 Charles P. Gage, who began practice 
 in Concord in 1838; grandnephew Dr. 
 Alpheus Morrill, who began practice in 
 Concord in 1848, being succeeded by 
 his sons, Drs. Ezekiel and Shadrach C. 
 Morrill and his grandson, Dr. Alpheus 
 Baker Morrill, making a period of over 
 seventy years that the Morrill name 
 has stood at the head of the medical 
 profession in Concord; ed. schools of 
 Concord and Harvard Univ.; M.D. 
 1898, Harvard Med. School; specialty, 
 internal medicine; physician to and 
 president of staff of Margaret Pillsbury 
 General Hospital; consulting physician 
 to N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women 
 and Children and to Pembroke Sana- 
 torium for Consumptives; member 
 N. H. State Board of Health and City 
 of Concord Board of Health, Fellow 
 American Medical Ass'n, member N. H. 
 Medical Soc. and Center District Soc.; 
 Independent Republican; member St. 
 Paul's (P. E.) church, Sons American 
 Revolution, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. 
 fe A. M., Mount Horeb Ccfrnmandery, 
 Knights Templar and Bektash Temple, 
 Mystic Shrine; publications in medical 
 journals, especially on the subject of 
 Acidosis; m., Oct. 16, 1905, Georgia 
 Sherman, dau. Roger and Mary (Gil- 
 man) Sherman of Lincoln, Mass., who 
 d. Oct. 6, 1918; children, Sibley Sher- 
 man, b. May 13, 1908; Roger Sherman, 
 b. June 8, 1913. Residence, Concord, 
 X. H. 
 
 Parker, Walter Matthew 
 
 Banker; b., Manchester, N. H., 
 July IS, 1850; s. Nathan and Charlotte 
 M. (Riddle) Parker; descendant of 
 Capt. James Parker, Woburn, Mass., 
 1(540; ed. private tutors, Dartmouth 
 College, A.B. 1871; entered employ of 
 Manchester National Bank, of which 
 his father was president, after gradua- 
 tion, later becoming cashier, and 
 succeeding his father as president in 
 1S94; Congregutionalist ; Republican; 
 served on Manchester school board and 
 
 as a member of the common council; 
 member N. H. house of representatives, 
 1883; vice-president N. H. Fire Ins. 
 Co. ; director and treasurer Manchester 
 Gas Light Co.; director Concord & 
 Montreal R. R.; m., July 29, 1896, 
 Christina Holmes, Cape Breton, N. S.; 
 one dau., Charlotte, b. June 4, 1897. 
 Residence, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Conant, Charles Sumner 
 
 Musician; b., Greensboro, Vt., July 
 2, 1860; s. E. Tolman and Mary J. 
 (Fisher) Conant; descendant, on pater- 
 nal side, in the ninth generation, from 
 Roger Conant, who settled Salem, 
 Mass., in 1623; on maternal side de- 
 scendant of Dea. Samuel Fisher, early 
 settler of Londonderry, N. H.; ed. 
 public schools of Greensboro and St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; devoted his 
 attention from youth to vocal music, 
 studied under private teachers in St. 
 Johnsbury, Boston, Mass., New York 
 City and London, England (under the 
 tutelage of William Shakespeare in the 
 latter city); taught singing in the 
 schools of St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1886, 
 and in various places in Northern New 
 Hampshire and Vermont, in 1887; re- 
 moved to Concord, N. H., in 1888, to 
 accept the position of teacher of music 
 in the schools of the city, in which posi- 
 tion he has continued; spent two days 
 per week in Laconia, for four years 
 1888 to 1892 introducing music into 
 the schools of that city; has been direc- 
 tor of the Concord Oratorio Soc., since 
 its organization in 1899; director of 
 church choirs in Concord and Man- 
 chester twenty-four years in all; has 
 taught hundreds of private pupils, and 
 still continues the work; member and 
 past president N. H. Music Teachers' 
 Ass'n; member and former vice-presi- 
 dent National Music Teachers' Ass'n; 
 member Eureka Lodge, A. F. ct A. M., 
 Concord; Congregationalist ; Republi- 
 can; in., Jan. 22, 1S83, Martha P. 
 Burnham, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; one son, 
 Roy W., b. May 4, 1SS5, now in auto- 
 mobile business in Kansas City. Resi- 
 dence, Concord, N. H.
 
 544 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Bartlett, Benjamin G. 
 
 Lawyer; b., Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 
 9, 1872; s. Thomas B. and Victoria E. 
 Williams (Cilley) Bartlett (descendant 
 of Gen. Joseph Cilley and Gen. Thomas 
 Bartlett); ed. Dean Academy, Frank- 
 lin, Mass., 1891, Williams College, 
 A.B. 1895, Boston Univ. Law School, 
 LL.B. 1898; in practice of law at Deny, 
 N. H., since latter date; member of 
 
 firm of (1. K. & B. T. Bartlett; Uni- 
 versalist ; Republican; member X. H. 
 house of representatives, 1915-16 and 
 chairman Committee on Revision of the 
 Laws; X. II. senate, 1919-20; chair- 
 man judiciary committee and member 
 committees on military affairs, elec- 
 tions, State Prison, Industrial School 
 and Soldiers' Home; justice Derry 
 police court, 1906-13; member X. H. 
 Bar Ass'n, X. 11. Historical Soc., A. F. 
 A: A. M.. K. T. and Shriner, I. ().(). F., 
 Eagles, Derryfield Club, Manchester, 
 
 N. H.; m., June, 1907, Lillian G. Nel- 
 son, Haverhill, Mass.; four children. 
 Residence, Derry, N. H. 
 
 Dolloff, Amy Josephine Babb 
 
 Physician's assistant; social worker 
 and writer; b., Lowell, Mass., Aug. 30, 
 1870; dau. John William and Josephine 
 (Damon) Babb (direct descendant on 
 maternal side of John Hancock, min- 
 ister in Lexington, Mass., in 1696, 
 grandfather of Gov. John Hancock, 
 and on paternal side of John Mason, 
 grantee of New Hampshire in 1629); 
 ed. public schools, Lakeport, N. H., 
 and Providence, R. I., and private in- 
 struction in college branches at Han- 
 over, N. H.; m., May 5, 1888, Albert 
 Simeon Dolloff, M.D. (Dartmouth Med. 
 College, 1891), a native of Meredith, 
 N. H., b. Aug. 19, 1862, who practiced 
 some time in Beverly, Mass., and, later, 
 for fifteen years, at New Hampton, 
 N. H., removing to Lewiston, Me., in 
 1916; but retaining a summer home in 
 New Hampton. Dr. Dolloff, who is on 
 the staff of the C. M. G. Hospital at 
 Lewiston, holds a captain's commis- 
 sion in the U. S. Medical Service, did 
 relief work-in France during the war, 
 and after its close was sent on a Red 
 Cross expedition to Montenegro, where 
 he established a hospital and dispen- 
 sary at Niksitck and has charge of re- 
 lief work in a district embracing 55,000 
 people. Mrs. Dolloff has been physi- 
 cian's assistant and nurse for more than 
 twenty years, and was actively en- 
 gaged in her husband's sanatorium at 
 Xew Hampton; in Lewiston she has 
 been police matron since Feb. 22, 1918; 
 Baptist (superintendent Sunday school 
 at Xew Hampton nine years); mem- 
 ber Cosmos Guild, W. C. T. U., Red 
 Cross, Y. W. C. A., Hospital Aid Ass'n, 
 Housewives League (treasurer); poeti- 
 cal writer of note and frequent mag- 
 azine" contributor; One son, Albert 
 Franklin, b. Nov. 23, 1896; graduated 
 from Xew Hampton Literary Institu- 
 tion 1915; entered Bates College in 
 class of 1919; enlisted in U. S. Coast 
 Artillery, April 19, 1917; in active 
 service as corporal one year in France,
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 545 
 
 returned in March, 1919, and will com- 
 plete his college course. Residence, 
 Lewiston, Me.; summer home, New 
 Hampton, N. H. 
 
 Leighton, George Bridge 
 
 General business; b., St. Louis, Mo., 
 July 19, 1864; s. George Eliot and 
 Isabella (Bridge) Leighton; ed. Har- 
 vard Univ., A.B. 1888; Episcopalian; 
 Republican; member N. H. Republi- 
 can State Committee; colonel on staff 
 of Gov. Henry B. Quinby, 1909-10; 
 member N. H. Forestry Commission; N. 
 H. Conservation Commissioner; pres- 
 ident Los Angeles Terminal Ry. (Calif.) ; 
 Leighton & Howard, 1889-1900; Steel 
 Company, St. Louis, 1899-1903; Lone 
 Star Ship Building Co., Allegheny By- 
 Product Coke Co.; vice-president N. 
 H. Historical Soc., Copper Exploration 
 Co.; director, American Steel Foun- 
 dries, Emerson-Brantingham Agricul- 
 tural Implement Co., New York Rail- 
 ways Co.; member Committee on 
 Safety Appliances, Amer. Ry. Ass'n, 
 1898-1903; Master American' Railway 
 Guild, 1899-1900; chairman Committee 
 on Geology, Harvard University; 
 founder and first president Associated 
 Harvard Clubs; member Cincinnati, 
 Loyal Legion, Society of Colonial 
 Wars, S. A. R., Pepperell z\ss'n, Lewis- 
 burg Memorial Ass'n (honorary trus- 
 tee), Somerset Club, Boston, Mass.; 
 Union and University clubs, New 
 York; Harvard Clubs, Boston, New 
 York, Chicago, Now York Farmers; 
 owner of Monadnock Farms, Dublin, 
 N. H., and strongly interested in agri- 
 culture; in., April 12, 1893, Charlotte 
 Kayser, St. Louis; children, George 
 Elliot (Harvard, A.B. 1917;, Ensign 
 U. S. N. R.; John Langdon (Harvard, 
 A.B. 1919), ensign U. S. N. R.; Henry 
 K., U. S. N. R. Address, Monadnock, 
 N. II.; Ill Broadway, N. Y. 
 
 Scott, Clarence Watkins 
 
 Educator; b., Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 
 20. 1849; s. Hon. Charles A., M.D., 
 and Betsey E. (Watkins) Scott; ed. 
 Vermont State Normal School, Ran- 
 dolph, 1807; Black River Academy, 
 
 30 
 
 Ludlow, Vt., Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, 1870, Dartmouth College, 
 A.B. 1874, A.M. 1877; LL.D., N. H. 
 College, 1913; librarian, Dartmouth 
 College, 1874-8; instructor N. H. Col- 
 lege, 1876-81 (admitted to Vermont 
 bar, 1879); professor English, N. H. 
 College, 1881-94; professor history and 
 political economy, 1894-1913; profes- 
 sor history since 1913; Congregational- 
 ist; Republican; member Phi Beta 
 Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Ameri- 
 can Historic Ass'n; m., 1888, Harriet M. 
 Field, Duluth, Minn.; three children, 
 Charles Field (B.S.), b. Jan. 23, 1891; 
 Sue H. (A.B.) July 30, 1895; Alice H., 
 Aug. 12, 1899. Residence, Durham, 
 N. H. 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 
 
 Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Jan. 8, 
 1882; s. James R. and Lydia (Drew) 
 Jackson; ed. Littleton high school, 
 Dartmouth College, A.B. 1903; in- 
 structor at Lyndon Institute, Lyndon, 
 Vt., 1904; instructor in the Rochester 
 (N. H.) high school, 1905, and later 
 elected superintendent of schools in 
 that city; in 1908 entered Boston Univ. 
 Law School, graduating with highest 
 honors. Upon his admission to the 
 Massachusetts bar in 1910, he became 
 associated with the firm of Hurlburt, 
 Jones & Cabot, remained with this 
 firm two years, then formed a partner- 
 ship with Paul Hurlburt, son of Hon. 
 Henry F. Hurlburt of Boston, and 
 opened an office in Rochester, N. H.. 
 under the firm name of Jackson A: 
 Hurlburt. The success of the new 
 firm was immediate and during the 
 next five years there was little litiga- 
 tion of importance in Strnfford county 
 in which it was not engaged on one 
 side or the other. On the entry of this 
 country into the war, he enlisted in the 
 1st N. H. Reg. of Infantry, and was en- 
 rolled in Company C as a private; his 
 two brothers, Harry B. Jackson and 
 William M. Jackson having enlisted in 
 the same organi/ation. He went over- 
 seas in the 103rd Infantry. In the 
 Second Battle of the Manic, in an at- 
 tack on Hill 190, north of Chateau-
 
 546 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Thierry, he was wounded in the left 
 wrist by a machine gun bullet and for 
 his conduct in refusing to be evacuated 
 and continuing in action and rescuing 
 the wounded under heavy fire till over- 
 come by loss of blood, was cited for 
 bravery, recommended for the Dis- 
 tinguished Service Cross and pro- 
 moted to Sergeant-Major. His regi- 
 ment on this occasion lost 770 of 890 
 men engaged, and of 234 men in his 
 company but ten remained unscathed 
 after the attack; following the cessa- 
 tion of hostilities he was designated by 
 the government for a course of in- 
 struction at the University of Can. 
 
 Pearson, Edward Nathan, Jr. 
 
 Investment banker; b., Concord, N. 
 H., March 4, 1884; s. Edward N. and 
 Addie M. (Sargent) Pearson; ed. Con- 
 
 Pearson, Robert Houghton 
 
 Engineer; b., Concord, May 30, 
 1885; s. Edward N. and Addie M. 
 Pearson; ed. Concord high school, 
 Dartmouth College (class of 1907) and 
 Thayer School of Civil Engineering; 
 
 cord high school and Dartmouth Col- 
 lege (class of 190(>, non-graduate); 
 member of the firm of Schwabacher & 
 Company, investment bankers, San 
 Francisco, Cal.; m., July 6, 1910, E. 
 .lean I'ovor; dan., Jane, b. May 31, 
 l'.14. Residence, Oakland, Cal. 
 
 engineer on Panama Canal, June, 1907- 
 10; assistant foreman of construction 
 on the Gatun Locks, laid the first con- 
 crete in that structure; d., Medford, 
 Mass., Jan. 5, 1911. 
 
 * Stone, Harlan Fiske 
 
 Lawyer; educator; b., Chesterfield, 
 N. H., Oct. 11, 1872; s. Frederick Lau- 
 son and Ann Sophia (Butler) Stone; 
 ed. Amherst College, B.S. 1894; A.M. 
 1897; Columbia Univ. Law School, 
 LL.B. 1898; lecturer on law, Colum- 
 bia Univ. Law School, 1899-1902; 
 professor of law, 1902-5; dean since 
 1910; member firm of Satterlee, Can- 
 field <fc Stone, New York City; di- 
 rector Atlantic & Charlotte Air Line 
 Ry., Woman's Hotel Co.; president 
 Ass'n American Law Schools; member 
 American Bar Ass'n (corn, on legal
 
 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 547 
 
 education), etc.; m., Sept. 7, 1899, 
 Agnes Harvey, Chesterfield, N. H. 
 Residence, 2 Chestnut St., Englewood, 
 N. J. 
 
 Pearson, John Walter 
 
 Investment banker; b., Concord, 
 N. H., Nov. 6, 1888; s. Edward N. and 
 
 Addie M. Pearson; cd. Concord high 
 school and Dartmouth College (class 
 of 1911); with Bonbright, Herrick & 
 Co., investment bankers, Cleveland, 
 O.; assistant paymaster, with rank of 
 ensign, in U. S. Naval Reserve, Julv, 
 1917-March, 1919; m., Margaret 
 Withee of Grand Rapids, Mich., July 
 3, 1917. Residence, Cleveland, O. 
 
 Bowker, Edgar Marshall 
 
 Lawyer; b., Lisbon, N. 11., April 18 
 1876; s. Mitchell H. and Laura P. 
 (Brooks) Bowker; ed. Whitefield, 
 N. H., high .school, 1893; George 
 Washington Univ. Law School, 1903; 
 admitted to N. II. bar, 1905, and 
 in practice in Whitefield, N. II., since; 
 Baptist; Republican; justice White- 
 
 field municipal court since 1902; mem- 
 ber board of education; treasurer 
 Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Co.; 
 member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter 
 and commandery; S. A. R., P. of H.; 
 m., Aug. 30, 1904, Marie Halligan, 
 Boston. Residence, Whitefield, N. H. 
 
 Morrison, Howard A. 
 
 Manufacturer; b., Jersev City, N. J., 
 March 30, 1891; s. Henry K. and 
 Emma M. Morrison; removed in child- 
 hood with his parents to Concord, 
 N. H., and prepared at the Concord 
 high school for the Massachusetts In- 
 stitute of Technology (class of 1914); 
 superintendent of transportation, Sco- 
 ville Manufacturing Co.; m., Oct. 14, 
 
 1916, Mildred, daughter of Edward N. 
 and Addie M. Pearson of Concord, 
 N. II.; s. Howard A. Morrison, Jr., b. 
 March 5, 1919. Residence, Water- 
 bury, Conn. 
 
 *r 
 
 Metcalf, Henry Harrison 
 
 Journalist ; b., Newport ,JN. II., April 
 7, 1841; s. Joseph P. and Lucy (Gould) 
 Metcalf; ed. public and private schools,
 
 548 
 
 OXE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, N. H., 
 Law Department of the Univ. of Mich- 
 igan, LL.B. 1865; studied law in the 
 office of Hon. Edmund Burke, New- 
 port, N. H.; admitted to the Sullivan 
 County bar, Sept., 1866; engaged in 
 journalism as editor of the White 
 Mountain Republic, Littleton, N. H., 
 1867-8; editor of The People, Concord, 
 N. H., 1868-72; editor of the While 
 Mountain Republic, 1872-4; founded 
 The Democratic Press, Dover, N. H., 
 1874, and edited and published the 
 
 same till 1879; meanwhile founded The 
 Granite Monthly, which he removed 
 to Concord in the spring of 1H79; in 
 November of that year sold the maga- 
 zine to John N. McCHntock and en- 
 gaged in the service of Stilson Hutchins 
 as managing editor and editorial 
 writer for the Manchester Daily L'nion, 
 then established as a morning paper, 
 continuing till 1SS2, when he returned 
 to Concord as editor of The People <tn<l 
 Xeir Ilam/ixhire Patriot, continuing ten 
 years in that position; purchased The 
 
 Granite Monthly in 1892 and published 
 the same for two years, then sold it to 
 the Republican Press Ass'n; many 
 years N. H. correspondent of the New 
 York World, Herald and Times, and of 
 the Boston Post; editorial writer for 
 the Portsmouth, N. H., Times, twelve 
 years and for the Cheshire Republican, 
 Keene, N. H., five years; regained con- 
 trol of The Granite Monthly again in 
 1906 and continued its publisher till 
 1919; received hon. A. M., from Dart- 
 mouth College, 1913. Member First 
 Universalist Church, Concord, N. H., 
 moderator parish four years, superin- 
 tendent Sunday school seven years; 
 vice-president N. H. Universalist state 
 convention, 1906-15; member board of 
 trustees, 1918- ; Democrat; secretary 
 N. H. Democratic state committee, 
 1S69-70; delegate Democratic Nat'l. 
 Cony., 1876; president N. H. Demo- 
 cratic state convention, 1900; chairman 
 Democratic city committee, Concord, 
 several years; Democratic candidate 
 for representative in Congress, Second 
 N. H. District, 1910; appointed editor 
 of State Papers (state historian) July 
 1913; member board of education, 
 Littleton Union Dist. 1873-4; auditor 
 Union School District, Concord, since 
 March, 1906; member N. H. Constitu- 
 tional Convention, 1918; Concord 
 Board of Trade (secretary, 1893-8, 
 1900-13); secretary N. H. State Board 
 of Trade, 1907-16; member N. H. Soc. 
 S. A. II., serving as necrologist; member 
 board of managers and vice-president 
 at different times (president, 1918-19); 
 member executive committee N. H. 
 Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914, 
 president since 1914; member N. H. 
 Historical Soc., Patrons of Husbandry, 
 (first lecturer and past master Capital 
 Grange ; lecturer Merrimack County Po- 
 mona Grange eleven years; N. H. State 
 Grange, 1897-1903; in., Dec. 18, 1X69, 
 Mary Jane Jackson, Littleton; children, 
 Harry Bingham, b. Concord, N. H., 
 Jan. 25, 1871 (Dartmouth, 1893); 
 Kdmund Burke, b. Littleton, N. H., 
 July 7, 1872; Laura Prucia, b. Littleton, 
 N/H., Feb. 4, 1874 (m. Harlan C. 
 Pearson). Residence, Concord, N. II .
 
 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS 
 
 NAME PAGE 
 
 Abbof, Charles Greeley 149 
 
 Abbot, Florence Hale 139 
 
 Abbot, Stanley Harris 237 
 
 Abbott, Alfred Wells 401 
 
 Abbott, Frances Matilda 365 
 
 Abbott, Frederick Wallace 334 
 
 Abbott, Harlan Page 402 
 
 Abbott, Leon Martin 349 
 
 Abbott, Sewall Wester 467 
 
 Abbott, Warren 266 
 
 Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin 273 
 
 Adams, Charles Darwin 327 
 
 Adams, Charles Henry 513 
 
 Adams, James Meade 398 
 
 Adams. Wesley 162 
 
 Africa, Walter Greenland 390 
 
 Ahern, William Joseph 33 
 
 Aiken, Edwin Joseph 247 
 
 Albee, Ernest 349 
 
 Aldrich, Edgar 503 
 
 Aldrich, George Isaac 399 
 
 Aldrich, Walter J 401 
 
 Alexander, J. Grace 443 
 
 Alexander, Thomas Branch 406 
 
 Allen, Carl Addison 23 
 
 Allen, Edwin Morris 249 
 
 Allen, Fred Hovey 291 
 
 Allen, Glover Merrill 402 
 
 Allen, John Eliot 387 
 
 Allison, Henry Darracott 10 
 
 Amey, Harry Burton 463 
 
 Amey, John Tillotson 525 
 
 Amsden, Charles Hubbard. . . 123 
 
 Anderson, George Wcston 311 
 
 Anderson, Isabel Weld Perkins. . 309 
 
 Andrews, Herbert Marston 352 
 
 Anthony, Francis Wayland . 399 
 
 Aspinwall. Ada Mae 46 
 
 Atherton, Ella Blaylook 409 
 
 Atwood, Charles Edward 536 
 
 Averill, Elisabeth 275 
 
 Aver, Frank M 535 
 
 Avers, Helen McGregor 118 
 
 Avers, Joseph Gerrish . . . . 352 
 
 Avers, Philip Wheelork . . 191 
 
 Babbidge, Paul Freese 
 
 Bachelder, Xahum Josiah 
 
 Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell. . 
 
 Bailey Benjamin Franklin 
 
 Bailey, Charles Hardy 
 
 Bailey, Irving Widmer 
 
 Bailey, Marshall Henry 
 
 Bailey, Solon Irving 
 
 Baker, Benjamin Ward 
 
 Baker, Dana Wingate ... 
 
 Baker, Walter Smith 
 
 Ball, Sumner Nehemiah 
 
 Ballard, William Preston 
 
 Bancroft, Charles Parker 
 
 Bancroft, Susan Gushing Wood. 
 
 Barber, Daniel Fletcher 
 
 Barnabee, Henry Clay 
 
 Barnard, Charles Daniel 
 
 Barnard, Harry Everett 
 
 Barnes, George Washington. . . . 
 
 Barney, Charles Oscar 
 
 Barry, William Henry 
 
 Bartlett, Benjamin T 
 
 Bartlett, Edwin Julius 
 
 Bartlett, John Henry 
 
 Bartley, William Tenney 
 
 Barton, Jesse Morton 
 
 Barton, Ralph Martin 
 
 Bass, Robert Perkins 
 
 Bassett, Whitman Sears 
 
 Batchekler, Ernest Allen ... 
 
 Baynes, Ernest Harold 
 
 Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney. . . 
 
 Beal, Frank Johnson 
 
 Bean, Edwin Curtis 
 
 Bean, George Fremont 
 
 Beaton, Alexander, Argus . 
 Beckley, Chester Charles . 
 Beckwith, Hira Ransom . 
 Beede, Joshua William 
 
 Bell, Charles Upham 
 
 Bell, Louis 
 
 Beaton, John Edwin 
 
 Bickford, John Calvin . . 
 Billings, Warren Tracy . 
 
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 394 
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 345 
 317 
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 98 
 142 
 343 
 169 
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 391 
 134 
 360 
 190 
 534 
 395 
 493 
 544 
 135 
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 393 
 105 
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 349 
 
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 351 
 391 
 174 
 323 
 387 
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 ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES 
 
 NAME PAGE 
 
 Bingham, George Hutchins 382 
 
 Bingham, Harry 18 
 
 Black, Archibald 166 
 
 Blackburne, Mary F. Blaisdell. . 361 
 
 Blaisdell, Albert Franklin 366 
 
 Blaisdell, Bertram 480 
 
 Blaisdell, Carlyle W 109 
 
 Blake, Amos Jewett 79 
 
 Blakely, Quincy 425 
 
 Blanchard, Grace 89 
 
 Blunt, Harry Harmon 325 
 
 Bout well, Harvey Lincoln 65 
 
 Bowker, Edgar Marshall 547 
 
 Bowman, George Ernest 525 
 
 Boynton, Roy J 527 
 
 Bracket*, Charles Albert 163 
 
 Brackett, John Q. A.. . 71 
 
 Bradley, Mark Spaulding 516 
 
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