New Hampshire men. A collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of sons and residents of the state who have become known in commercial, professional, and political life, Part 1

Author: Moses, George Higgins, 1869-1944, comp
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Concord, N.H., The New Hampshire publishing company
Number of Pages: 428


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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01085 8741


NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN.


A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,


WITH PORTRAITS. OF SONS AND RESIDENTS OF THE STATE WHO HAVE BECOME KNOWN IN COMMERCIAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND POLITICAL LIFE.


Sold only by Subscription, Price $5.


COMPILED AND EDITED BY GEORGE H. MOSES.


CONCORD, N. H. : THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLISHING COMPANY. J. G. BATTERSON, JR., MANAGER. 1893 .


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PREFACE.


N TO single volume can contain even a list of New Hampshire's eminent sons, much less recount their achievements. The list is one that never ends. for each generation adds to it. The story is one without climax, for each day adds a chapter. This volume, there- fore, makes no claim to completeness. It is presented as a manifestly imperfect work, yet with the belief that it is far superior to anything of a similar nature yet issued.


The field from which the material of this volume has been gathered is illimitable. It is impossible to cover it thoroughly ; or even, perhaps, to make judicious selection from it. Yet in this book the projectors believe they present the results of discriminating comparison, showing New Hampshire men of this generation in every walk of life. The book has been long in preparation, yet no one connected with the enter- prise feels that the result does not justify whatever delay has been entailed. To the Republican Press Association, of Concord, the printers


and illustrators and binders of the volume, its projectors are deeply indebted for the careful supervision, amounting almost to a censor- ship, which has accompanied the mechanical development of the book, and in the typographic and other excellences of the volume is found another proof of the superiority of New Hampshire men.


The preparation of such a volume as this is necessarily attended with much collaboration, and to all who have in any way assisted in the work the editor desires to express his heartiest thanks, particularly to Hon. A. S. Batchellor, Hon. James O. Lyford, Hon. Charles R. Corning, Mr. Allan H. Robinson, Mr. H. H. Metcalf, Mr. George W. Sargent, Mr. H. C. Pearson, Mr. Edward O. Lord, and Mr. H. B. Carter, who, among others, have been an invaluable source of aid in the com- pilation of the letter-press of the book.


G. H. MOSES, Editor. CONCORD, N. H., December 1, 1893.


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LIST OF SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS.


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ABBOT, FRANCIS L.


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BARTLETT, JOHN P.


224


ABBOT, JOSEPH HI.


192


BATCHELDER, RICHARD N.


91


ABBOT, J. STEPHENS


191


BATCHELLOR, ALBERT S. .


27


ABBOTT, GEORGE W. 196


BEAN, GEORGE F.


349


ABBOTT, HENRY .


123


BEAN, WILLIAM G.


391


ABBOTT, JOSHUA P. 276


BEATTIE, ALEXANDER M.


156


ABBOTT, WARREN


278


BELL, JOHN J.


ADAMS, GEORGE H.


11


BERRY, NATHANIEL S.


ALBIN, JOHN H. .


243


BINGHAM, GEORGE A.


215


ALDRICHI, EDGAR


211


BINGHAM, HARRY


214


ALEXANDER, ANSON C.


312


BLAIR, HENRY W. 67


ALEXANDER, WILLIAM H.


392


BLAISDELL, HENRI G.


205


AMEY. JOHN T. .


180


BLAKE, IRA N.


273


AMSDEN, CHARLES H.


33


BLANDIN, AMOS N.


158


AYLING, AUGESTUS D.


7


BLODGETT, RUFUS


340


BACHELDER, NAHUM J.


26


Boss, IRVIN L.


395


BAKER, ALPHEUS W.


23


BOURLET, JOHN W.


369


BAKER, HENRY MI.


68


BOWERS, SHEPARD L.


48


BALLOCK, GEORGE W.


351


BRANCH, OLIVER E.


218


BARKER, FRED .1.


106


BRENNAN, JAMES F. .


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BARNARD, JAMES E. .


241


BRIGGS, JAMES F.


7


BARRON, OSCAR G. 305


BROWN, FRANK E.


384


BARTLETT, CHARLES H.


121


BROWN, FRANK HI.


237


BARTLETT, GEORGE .1.


344


BROWN, FRANK P.


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BLUNT, EDWARD O.


4


BROWN, GEORGE H.


345


CHENEY, REUBEN H. .


BROWN. GEORGE L.


206


CHENEY, THOMAS P. .


99


BROWN, HORACE 1.


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CHESLEY, CHARLES


252


BROWN, MANSON S.


128


CHRISTIE, JAMES I. 401


BROWN, WARREN


110


CHURCHILL, FRANK C.


116


BRYANT, NAPOLEON B.


145


CILLEY, HARRY B.


318


BUNTON, ANDREW


338


CLAPP, HENRY W.


185


BERBANK, WILLIAM W.


279


CLARK, NATHANIEL H.


114


BURLEIGHI, ALVIN


149


CLARK, NOAH S. .


407


BURNHAM, HENRY E.


225


CLARKE, FRANK G. .


151


BURNS, CHARLES H. .


216


COCHRANE, WILLIAM H. D.


258


BERTON, GEORGE D. .


342


COFFIN, EDWARD D. .


181


BUSIEL, CHARLES A. .


381


COGSWELL, PARSONS B.


186


COLBY, ENOCH C. L.


266


CALLAGHAN, WILLIAM J. .


396


COOK, GEORGE


12


CARPENTER, PHILIP


231


CORNING, CHARLES R.


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CARTER, SOLON A.


18


CRAGIN, AARON H.


70


CHAMBERLIN, HORACE E. .


374


CHAMBERLIN, ROBERT N.


152


CROSS, DAVID


217


CHANDLER, LLOYD H.


198


CUMMINGS, GEORGE E.


390


CHANDLER, WILLIAM E.


65


CURRIER, FRANK D. .


97


CHASE, HORACE G.


335


CHASE, IBA A.


247


DALEY, DANIEL J.


251


CHENEY, BENJAMIN P.


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DAMON, CHARLES H. .


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CHENEY, ELIAS H.


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DANFORTHI, CHARLES C.


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CHENEY, FRED N.


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DANFORTH, SILVESTER P. .


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CHENEY, PERSON C.


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DANIELL, WARREN F.


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CONN, GRANVILLE P.


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CBROLL, EDWARD H.


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CORNING, BENJAMIN H.


323


CARTER. HOSEA B.


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COURSER, THOMAS J. .


157


CARTER, WILLIAM S. .


136


CRAWFORD, GEORGE T.


290


CROSBY, DIXI


313


CHANDLER, HENRY


329


CUMMINGS, GEORGE A.


140


CHANDLER, WILLIAM D.


199


CUMMINGS, HORACE S.


230


CHASE, FRANKLIN N.


188


CURRIER, MOODY


87


BUXTON, WILLIS G. .


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DAVIS, EDWARD B.


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FELLOWS, JAMES F. 179


DAVIS, GEORGE G.


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FELLOWS, JOHN II.


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DAVIS, WALTER S. 130


FLETCHER, EVERETT 176


DEMERITT, JOIN 376


FLYNN, JAMES 294


DEWEY, GEORGE M. .


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FOSTER, WILLIAM L. . . 213


DILLON, JOHN J.


267


FRENCH, FRANCIS T. .


129


DODGE, JACOB R.


96


FRENCH, JAMES E.


98


DODGE, JONATHAN T.


161


FULLER, LEVI K.


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DOE. CHARLES 209


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GAFNEY, CHARLES B.


377


DORR, CHARLES M.


104


GAGE, ISAAC K. .


366


Dow, FREDERICK C. .


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GALLINGER, JACOB H. 66


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DRAKE, BENJAMIN F.


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GAULT, NORRIS C.


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GILE, WILLIAM A.


284


GILMAN, EDWARD II. .


131


GILMAN, VIRGIL C.


126


GILMORE, GEORGE C. .


29


EASTMAN, EDWIN G. .


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GILMORE, JOSEPH A. .


81


EDGERLY, JAMES A. . 235


GOODNOW, WALTER L.


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ELDREDGE, H. FISHER: 207


GORDON, JAMES T. 393


250


EMERSON, HENRY A. . 297


GOWING, FRED


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EMERY, MATTHEW G. 334


GRAVES, E. E.


275


EVANS, ALFRED R. 249


GREENE, CHAUNCEY H.


325


EVANS, PEARSON G. .


42


GREENE, HERMAN W. 233


GREENE, J. ALONZO . 314


146


FAIRBANKS, ALFRED G. 57


GRIFFIN, WILLARD H.


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FARR, GEORGE .


321


FELKER, SAMUEL D. .


143


HALL, DANIEL . 182


FERNALD, GEORGE A. 353


HAMBLETT, CHARLES J. 11


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DOWNING, LEWIS 194


DOWNING. LEWIS, JR.,


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GANNON, JOHN, JR.,


DREW, JOHN W. . 203


DUNLAP, CHARLES II.


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EASTMAN, CHARLES F. 326


EASTMAN, JOHN I. 202


GOODELL, DAVID II. . 89


ELLIOTT, ALONZO 330


Goss, HERBERT I.


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EVERETT, EDWARD II.


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GRIFFIN, SIMON G. .


DONOVAN, DANIEL B.


GALE, STEPHEN II.


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HAMILTON, JOHN H. .


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KILLOREN, ANDREW


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HAMMOND, GEORGE F.


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KIMBALL, BENJAMIN A.


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HATCH, GEORGE A.


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KIMBALL, JOIIN .


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HATCH, JOHN 406


KNOWLTON, EDGAR J.


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HATCH, OSCAR C. 328


LADD, FLETCHER


253


HEAD, EUGENE S.


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LANG, PAUL


254


HEAD. NATT


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LANGLEY, C. A. .


295


HEAD, WILLIAM F.


358


LASKEY, JOHN J.


189


HEARD. WILLIAM .A. .


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LAUDER, JAMES N.


291


HIGGINS, FREEMAN


56


LEACHI, EDWARD G.


240


HILL, EDSON J. . 306


LEAVITT, GEORGE R.


175


HOBBS, FRANK K.


46


LEIGHTON, GEORGE A.


208


HODGE, ELLIOTT B.


30


LINEHAN, JOHN C.


20


HOWARD, JOSEPH W.


59


LITTLE, GEORGE .


274


LOCKE, G. SCOTT .


364


HUMPHREY, STILLMAN


184


LOCKE, JOHN H. .


171


HUNTINGTON, NEWTON S. .


44


LORD, ALBERT C.


298


LORD, EDWARD O.


403


LYFORD, JAMES O.


21


LYMAN, JOHN D.


61


JACKSON, JAMES R. 255


JENCKS, WELCOME 281


MACKINNON, TRISTRAM A.


389


MANN, EDWARD F.


378


MARBLE, HENRY


270


JEWETT, STEPHEN S. . 153


MARTIN, NATHANIEL E.


242


JONES, EDWIN F. 222


MARVIN, THOMAS E. O ..


246


MATHES, GEORGE F. .


164


MCCOY, JAMES N.


302


MCGREGOR, GEORGE W.


327


MCKELLAR, GEORGE A.


271


KENT, HENRY OAKES


332


MCKINNEY, LUTHER F.


78


MCLANE, JOHN .


40


KILBURN, LICIAN M. . 277


MEANS, CHARLES T. .


135


HUSE, HENRY II.


285


HUTCHINS, STILSON


400


JEWELL. DAVID L.


357


JEWELL, JOHN W. 356


JONES, FRANK 370


JOHNSON, CLARENCE .


200


JORDAN, CHESTER B. . 147


KEYES, HENRY W. 155


HoyT. CHARLES HI. . 163


HAYNES, MARTIN A. . 76


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MELCHER, WOODBURY L. . 336


MERRILL, HOWARD P. 402


MERRILL, SHERBURNE R. . 117


MESERVE, ARTHUR L. 109


PEASLEE, WALTER S. 244


PEAVEY, GEORGE S. . 49


PENDER, JOHN 107


PIERCE, DAVID R. 234


MORRISON, CHARLES E.


382


PIERCE, FRANKLIN 69


PIERCE, GEORGE W. 316


PIKE, AUSTIN F. . 73


PILLSBURY, CHARLES A. . 354


262


PITMAN, LYCURGUS 132


299


POWERS, WILBUR H. .


256


PRATT, MYRON J. 339


PRESCOTT, BENJAMIN F.


PRESCOTT, DANIEL C. 385


PRESTON, GEORGE C. . 50


PUTNEY, HENRY M. . 39


QUIMBY, FRANK P.


387


QUINBY, HENRY B.


118


RANDLETT, JAMES E. 361


RAY, JOHN C.


RAY, OSSIAN 75


REMICK, JAMES W.


212


301 REYNOLDS, LEONARD P. 58


RICHARDS, DENTER .


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PARSONS, FRANK N. . 5


PATTERSON, JAMES W. 71


PATTERSON, JOAB N. . 94


PEARSON, EDWARD N.


25


PEARSON, JJOHN C. 134


PEARSON, JOHN H. 379


MITCHELL, JOHN M. . 227


MITCHELL, WILLIAM H. 226


MORRILL, FRANK I. .


165


MORSE, II. FRANK


261


MOULTON, HERBERT B.


6


MOULTON, HOSEA B. . 350


MURKLAND, CHARLES S.


399


NASH, STEPHEN G. 346


NEALLY, B. FRANK


183


NORRIS, TRUE L. 2


NOYES, FRANK G.


229


NITE, ALONZO


77


NITE, ALONZO I. 167


NUTTER. ELIPHAALET S.


178


O'SHEA, DENNIS . 169


PAGE, CALVIN 64


PAGE, GEORGE F. 34


PAGE, SAMUEL B. 228


PAGE, SAMTEL T. 248


PAINE, SAMUEL E. 138


PALMER. FRED A.


263


PARKER, CHARLES


PARKER, IBA 322


RICHARDSON, LOREN S.


ROBINSON, ALLAN II.


405


ROBINSON, HENRY


. 102


PILLSBURY, ROSECRANS W.


PILLSBURY, WILLIAM S.


115


PITMAN, WALTER


ROBY, HARLEY B.


197


STEARNS, EZRA S.


ROGERS, WALTER M. .


307


STEARNS, ONSLOW


82


STEVENS, CHARLES W.


317


ROLLINS, EDWARD HI.


72


STEVENS, JOSEPH L. .


320


ROLLINS, FRANK M.


35


STEVENS, LYMAN D. .


111


ROWE, GEORGE R.


144


311


STONE, CHARLES F.


239


STREETER, FRANK S. .


220


SULLIVAN, ROGER G. .


259


SANBORN, JOHN W. .


371


SANBORN, WALTER II.


355


TAGGART, DAVID A. .


122


SARGEANT, CYRUS


166


TASKER, JOHN C. 62


333


SAWYER, WILLIAM D.


9


TODD, GEORGE E.


375


SCOTT, CHARLES .


172


TRUESDELL, EDMUND E. TUCKER, WILLIAM J.


133


SEAVEY, JAMES F.


125


TURNER, HIRAN N. .


383


SLAYTON, EDWARD M.


257


SLAYTON, HIRAM K. .


124


TUTTLE, WILLIAM O.


280


SMITH, CONVERSE J.


100


SMITH, EMMONS S.


352


SMITH, JOHN B. .


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VAN DYKE, THOMAS H.


170


SPALDING, JOHN A.


113


VIRGIN, FRED P. 296


SPAULDING, OLIVER L.


93


SPRING, JOHN L. 236


WADLEIGH, THOMAS L. 173


STANIELS, CHARLES E.


269


WALKER, GUSTAVUS .


282


SANBORN, EDWARD B. S.


SULLOWAY, ALVAH W.


372


SANDERS, GEORGE A.


309


TALLANT, JOHN G.


141


SARGENT, HARRY G. .


219


THAYER, WILLIAM F.


SAWYER. CHARLES H.


88


THEOBALD, GEORGE L.


362


SCAMMON, RICHARD M.


139


TOWLE, J. WARREN .


232


SCRUTON, WALTER S.


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SINCLAIR, CHARLES 1.


373


TUTHERLY, WILLIAM .


154


SMITH, CHARLES C.


324


UPTON, HIRAM D. 150


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ROLFE, HENRY P.


105


ROLFE, ROBERT H.


201


STEVENS, HENRY W. .


222


ROLLINS, FRANK W.


331


STEWART, G. PERCIVAL STILLINGS, FERDINAND A.


260


ROWELL, CLARK F.


308


ROWELL, FRANKLIN P.


168


221


TUTTLE, HIRAM A. 90


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WALKER, J. ALBERT


341


WHITAKER. JOHN


52


WALKER. JOHN G.


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WHITCHER, IRA .


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WALKER, JOSEPH B. .


51


WHITE, DANIEL M.


108


WALKER, THOMAS J.


WHITTEMORE, JACOB B.


142


WALKER, WILLIAM, JR.


WHITTEMORE, SIDNEY B.


303


WALLACE, ROBERT M.


WILKINS, CLARENCE H.


272


WARDE, DAVID A.


119


WILLIS, HARLON S.


WAARDE, GEORGE P'. .


365


WOOD, JAMES .A.


101


WASON. GEORGE A. .


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WOODBURY, LEVI


347


WATERHOUSE, SYLVESTER


292


WOODS, EDWARD


43


WATERHOUSE, WILLIAM E.


53


WOODWARD, CLEMENT J. .


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WATSON, IRVING ,


WOODWORTH, ALBERT B. .


174


WEBSTER, J. FRANK .


WOOLSON, AUGUSTUS A.


148


WEED, A. S.


WRIGHT. CARROLL D.


95


WELCH, JOHN T.


397


WELLMAN, JERRY P. .


YOUNG, AARON .


286


WENTWORTH, NATHANIEL


32


YOUNG, ANDREW H.


267


WESTON, JAMES A.


83


YOUNG, CHARLES .A. ,


WHEELER. JOHN W. .


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YOUNG, JACOB D.


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WHIPPLE, THOMAS J.


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YOUNG, WILLIAM H. H.


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GOV. JOHN B. SMITH.


S O closely is Hon. John B. Smith connected with New Hampshire and her interests that one is loath to credit another state with his birth : yet it was in Saxton's River, Vt., April 12. 1838, that he was born. At nine years of age, with his family, he removed to Hills- borough, where he was educated in the common schools, supplemented by a course at Francestown academy. In 1854 he became a shop hand in a peg-mill at Henniker. afterward was employed in Manchester, was then a clerk in a country store at New Boston, and afterward became proprietor of a drug store in Manchester, a year later establishing a small factory at Washington for the production of knit goods. Soon after he leased the Sawyer woollen mills at Weare. Encouraged by his success in these ventures, he went to Hillsborough Bridge in 1866 and built a small mill that was the beginning of the extensive plant of the Contoocook Mills Co., of which he is president. Until 1880 Mr. Smith made his residence in Manchester ; since then he has lived at Hillsborough Bridge, where he has just built a residence that is ranked among the finest in the state. His wife is Emma E., a daughter of Stephen Lavender, of Boston. In politics Mr. Smith has always been an active Republican, though it was not until 1884 that he held office, being in that year a member of the electoral college. Two years later he was elected a member of the executive council, and in 1888 was a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, missing the honor by a slight margin. In 1892 this honor came to him by acclamation, and was followed by his election by the people, being the first governor thus chosen since 1884. As a business man, his career has been marked by success. As an employer of labor, he has never met a difficulty, though his employes are numbered by the hundreds. In politics, his record is bright, and New Hampshire may well waive the credit of his birth, since to her belong the fruits of his manhood's endeavor.


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HON. TRUE L. NORRIS.


H ON. TRUE L. NORRIS, member of Governor Smith's council from the First district, was born in Manchester. He was edu- cated in the public schools of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and fitted for Harvard college, but the call of his country echoed the voice of duty, and he forsook a college course to enter the army, and saw service with the Fifth Massachusetts volunteers. At the conclusion of his mili- tary service, the youthful soldier took up the law as a student in the office of his father, Col. A. F. L. Norris, in Boston, and was admitted to the bar on the day that he attained his majority. Several years of practice followed, until the allurements of a newspaper career drew him away from the law to follow a more jealous mistress, journalism. With the zest of a born journalist, Colonel Norris entered upon his work. For several years he was stationed at Concord, where he represented the New York Herald, the Boston Globe, and the Manchester Union. His correspondence for these papers during the years of his service ranks among the most brilliant of newspaper productions in the last ten years in New England. The years covered by Colonel Norris at Concord, were exciting in politics, and crowded with important events. In hold- ing up a daily mirror to this panorama, Colonel Norris displayed a ver- satility, a piquant originality, and a correctness and minuteness of de- scription that called attention to his work as among the best of its kind. In 1887, Col. Charles A. Sinclair bought The Daily Evening Times, and weekly States and Union, and Mr. Norris at once assumed the po- sition of editor and manager of both papers, thereupon transferring his residence to Portsmouth. As an editor, he sustained the reputation he had made as a correspondent ; and as a manager, he has developed bus- iness qualities equal to his journalistic skill. As a result of this rare combination, Colonel Norris has the satisfaction of presiding over a bright paper, that in point of circulation and influence is second to none.


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HON. JOHN C. RAY.


H ON. JOHN C. RAY of Manchester, member of Governor Smith's council from the Second district, was born in Hopkinton, and is 66 years old, and through all the years of his life has been an active, influential, and honored citizen. His parents removed to Dunbarton when he was but seven years of age, and from this town, when he had but barely become of age, he was sent as representative in the legisla- ture. His youth did not prevent his influence, however, and he was gladly elected a second and a third time. His fellow-citizens afterward honored him by election as chairman of the board of selectmen, and superintendent of schools, and here, too, his service was eminently sat- isfactory. He was chosen superintendent of the state industrial school at Manchester, July 2, 1874, and succeeding years have witnessed his unanimous re-election by the trustees, despite his desire for release from the duties. Mr. Ray's administration of this important public institu- tion has been marked with great success. A rigid disciplinarian, he has tempered justice with mercy, yet never relinquishing his firmness. Compelling respect, he has won also affection, and in dealing with those thrown under his care he has continued to make the influences of his own personality a factor in the formation of the character inculcated by the training of the school. Under him the state industrial school has become a reformative, not a penal, institution. In addition to the duties of this position, Mr. Ray also sat in the legislature during the session of 1881 as a representative from Ward 2, Manchester, and served as a trustee of the state normal school at Plymouth. He is greatly interested in stock raising, and at Dunbarton he owns one of the best stock farms in New Hampshire. On taking his seat in the council he resigned his position as superintendent of the industrial school. but the trustees of the institution, with full recognition of the value of Mr. Ray's services, have steadfastly declined to accept his resignation.


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HON. EDWARD O. BLUNT.


T HE family of Hon. Edward O. Blunt have been honored in Nashua through three generations. In that city, Mr. Blunt was born, forty-five years ago. He was educated in the public schools and became a member of the firm of J. G. Blunt & Son, a firm that suc- ceeded to a business established by Mr. Blunt's grandfather in 1836. Of this business Mr. Blunt became owner in 1883, when his father died, after forty-nine years of active mercantile life. Mr. Blunt's great interest in public affairs in the city of his birth and residence led him soon to office, and he was made a member of the board of aldermen during the administrations of Mayors Williams and Holman, being with one excep- tion the only man that has ever served three years as alderman from Ward 6. In this position Mr. Blunt's years of service were given to various important committees, and under his championship and direc- tion a part of the present sewerage system of Nashua was built. In a larger field of politics Mr. Blunt has also won renown. For many years he was a member of the Republican state committee. In 1881 he was a representative in the legislature. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate. serving in the session of 1887 as chairman of the committees on labor and incorporations, and as a member of others. The first named committee was an especially important one during the session of 1887, by reason of the large amount of labor legislation that was pro- . posed or enacted in that year. In 1892 Mr. Blunt was again called to office by an election to Governor Smith's council, where he sits as the representative from the Third district, elected by a large majority on the popular vote. His knowledge, gained by a varied experience in local, municipal, and legislative bodies, and state administration, is gauged by a personal acquaintance that extends over all New Hampshire, among which acquaintance there are none to gainsay the honor, the courtesy, the ability, and more than all, that unfailing and modest liberality that endears him most to those who know him best.


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HON. FRANK N. PARSONS.


H ON. FRANK N. PARSONS of Franklin, member of Governor Smith's council from the Fourth district, is one of the later gen- eration of New Hampshire men who have achieved prominence through the modest brilliance of ability. He was born in Dover. September 3, 1854, and was educated wholly in New Hampshire, taking a degree at Dartmouth College in 1874. Immediately following his graduation from college he took up teaching as a profession. He read law with Hon. Daniel Barnard, and later in the office of Hon. Austin F. Pike, and upon becoming admitted to the bar he forsook teaching and became a partner of Mr. Pike, the firm of Pike & Parsons continuing until the death of the senior member in 1886. As a lawyer, Mr. Par- sons displayed remarkable scholarship. His preparation of a case is careful, and his presentation of it is masterly. He has been frequently engaged in cases of magnitude, and in the celebrated proceedings in 1890 for a mandamus against the clerk of the house of representatives with relation to the roll of the next legislature, Mr. Parsons, as counsel for the .. if entitled" members, raised the successful issue that caused the full bench to render its decision of " no jurisdiction." In 1891. Judge William S. Ladd, reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, died. and the court. in choosing his successor, selected Mr. Parsons as pre- eminently the member of the bar best fitted by taste and by learning to fill the position. Governor Smith's council is composed largely of young men. In point of youth. Mr. Parsons takes precedence ; in point of ability, he yields to none.


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HON. HERBERT B. MOULTON.


IN the council of Governor Smith, Herbert B. Moulton, of Lisbon has exhibited the strong traits that have characterized his straight- forward life. Mr. Moulton was born in Lyman, July 5, 1846, and his education was obtained in the common schools. His early life was one of toil, and he came finally to embark in the lumber and live-stock busi- ness, in which he has built up a large and lucrative trade. He resided in Lyman in the early years of his business life, and in that town re- ceived many honors at the hands of his associates. In 1876, and again in 1877, he represented Lyman in the legislature, and after a few years' residence in Lisbon, to which place he removed in 1878, he was chosen to the same position, sitting in the legislature of 1885. As a partisan, Mr. Moulton has been active, and his nomination to the council from the largest of the councillor districts came with substantial unanimity, and he was elected by a gratifying majority. His place upon important committees has given him an opportunity for the display of his energy, and he has acquitted himself with credit in all that he has undertaken in the public service. In private life Mr. Moulton is greatly esteemed ; a man of sound judgment, his advice is often sought, and as a man of wide experience his counsels are readily followed.


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GEN. AUGUSTUS D. AYLING.


G EN. AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, adjutant-general of New Hamp- shire, was born in Boston, Mass , in 1840. He was educated at Lawrence academy, Groton, Mass., and in the public schools of Lowell, and was employed in the office of J. C. Ayer & Co. when the war broke ont. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in the Richardson light infantry, an unattached company that afterward became the Seventh Massachusetts battery. January 4, 1862, he was appointed second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts volunteers, and was made first lieutenant, December 6 of the same year. He was mustered out. May 26. 1864. April 25, 1865, he became a first lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth Mass- achusetts regiment, and was made adjutant of the regiment. He was also aide-de-camp and judge-advocate on the staff of Maj. Gen. R. S. Foster, who commanded the First division. Twenty-fourth corps. He was mustered out of the service January 20, 1866. In the fall of that year he went to Nashua, and for three years was a travelling salesman, For ten years following, he was the confidential clerk of Charles A. Gillis. During his residence in Nashua, he served as inspector of check-lists, assessor, and assistant city marshal. He was senior vice- commander of John G. Foster post, G. A. R., and mustering officer for the department of New Hampshire. In 1877, when Company F. Second Regiment, N. H. N. G., was formed, he was elected first lien- tenant and succeeded to the command of the company, retaining it un- til July 15, 1879, when, by Governor Head, under the new law, he was commissioned adjutant-general of New Hampshire, and has held the position ever since, being by virtue of his long service the ranking state adjutant-general in the United States. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of the G. A. R., of the Loyal Legion, and of ser- eral military-social organizations. General Ayling's term of service has seen great improvement worked in the National Guard of New Hamp- shire, most of which may be directly traced to his keen foresight.


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GEN. JERRY P. WELLMAN.


G EN. JERRY P. WELLMAN. inspector-general on the staff of Governor Smith, was born at Hinsdale, October 22, 1843. He is a citizen of Keene, and has held many municipal positions with dig- nity and credit, serving always to the best of his ability, and receiving and meriting the approval of his friends and constituents. In his selec- tion for his present position, no mistake was made, for he has been long and conspicuously identified with the National Guard in New Hampshire, his service in that body dating from April, 1878, when he




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