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NEW HAMPSHIRE VEN
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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.
193
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. .
2.15
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.
30.1
BLUNT, EDWARD O.
4
BROWN, GEORGE H.
345
CHENEY, REUBEN H. .
BROWN. GEORGE L.
206
CHENEY, THOMAS P. .
99
BROWN, HORACE 1.
36S
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.
28
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.
337
DAMON, CHARLES H. .
45
CHENEY, ELIAS H.
103
DANFORTHI, CHARLES C.
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CHENEY, FRED N.
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DANFORTH, SILVESTER P. .
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CHENEY, PERSON C.
84
DANIELL, WARREN F.
79
CONN, GRANVILLE P.
310
CBROLL, EDWARD H.
160
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.
127
FELLOWS, JOHN II.
162
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.
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FRENCH, FRANCIS T. .
129
DODGE, JACOB R.
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FRENCH, JAMES E.
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DODGE, JONATHAN T.
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FULLER, LEVI K.
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DOE. CHARLES 209
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GAFNEY, CHARLES B.
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DORR, CHARLES M.
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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.
360
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.,
195
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. .
394
KILLOREN, ANDREW
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HAMMOND, GEORGE F.
60
KIMBALL, BENJAMIN A.
380
HATCH, GEORGE A.
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KIMBALL, JOIIN .
120
HATCH, JOHN 406
KNOWLTON, EDGAR J.
187
HATCH, OSCAR C. 328
LADD, FLETCHER
253
HEAD, EUGENE S.
359
LANG, PAUL
254
HEAD. NATT
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LANGLEY, C. A. .
295
HEAD, WILLIAM F.
358
LASKEY, JOHN J.
189
HEARD. WILLIAM .A. .
22
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 .
137
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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398
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
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TUTTLE, HIRAM A. 90
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341
WHITAKER. JOHN
52
WALKER. JOHN G.
92
WHITCHER, IRA .
300
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. .
388
WOODBURY, LEVI
347
WATERHOUSE, SYLVESTER
292
WOODS, EDWARD
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WATERHOUSE, WILLIAM E.
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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
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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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