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EORGE P. EMERSON, " an energetic and prosperous young farmer of the town of Durham, Strafford County, son of John P. and Mary M. (Bunker) Emerson, was born on the homestead where he now re- sides, October 27, 1871, he being a descend- ant on the maternal side of the original owner of the property, a Mr. Bunker, who located here, it is said, in 1633 or not far from that date. His father, John P. Emerson, who was born in Durham in 1833, was a son of Timothy Emerson, whose birth occurred here in' the latter part of the last century.
John P. Emerson was bred and educated in Durham, early becoming established as a suc-
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cessful farmer; and after his marriage with Miss Mary M. Bunker he settled on this, the old Bunker homestead. His wife was a daughter of Ephraim Bunker, from whom she inherited the estate, and the grand-daughter of John Bunker, who was descended in a direct line from the emigrant ancestor above men- tioned. The parental household included but two children: George P., the special subject of this biographical sketch; and his sister, who is the wife of Samuel Jones. The father continued his residence on this farm until his demise. which occurred in 1889. The mother passed to the higher life at the age of fifty- seven years.
George P. Emerson was educated in the dis- trict schools and in the academy of his native town, and when but a small boy began to as- sist in the lighter labors of the farm. Since the death of his father he has had the entire management of the property, the forty acres contained in the homestead being now in his possession. He is here engaged in teaming and general farming, conducting his affairs with a practical sagacity and push that augur well for his success in life, Mr. Emerson is a member of the Durham Grange.
CONVERSE PLACE," a keen, wide- awake business man, as successor to the long-established firm of Con- verse & Hammond, manufacturers and whole- sale and retail dealers in lumber of all kinds. is an important factor of the manufacturing and mercantile interests of Dover. The busi- ness was first started by Mr. Place's grand- father, Joshua Converse, in 1870, in company with a Mr. Hammond. On the death of Mr. Converse his place in the firm was assumed by James C. Place, whose death occurred April 6, 1891. A. Converse Place, who had been pre-
viously admitted to the firm, succeeded to the entire business on the demise of the Mr. Ham- mond, October 16, 1895.
Mr. Place was born at Salmon Falls, N. H., a son of James C. and Mary J. (Converse) Place. At the age of six years he removed with his parents to Berwick, Me., where he attended the public schools until his admission to the North Berwick Academy. On leaving the latter institution he began working as a clerk for his grandfather Converse, and a few years later became junior partner of the firm. A man of excellent judgment and shrewd sense, he has greatly assisted in enlarging and building up the business, which is finely lo- cated at 17 Cocheco Street. Besides manu- facturing brackets, mouldings, spiral rope, balusters, piazza columns, wood mantels, and artistic tiles, etc., he is an extensive dealer in Eastern, Western, and Southern lumber, as well as in lime, cement, plaster, and fertil- izers; and he makes a specialty of cedar shingles. His work is well known throughout New England, and is noted for the excellence of its style and finish and its great durability.
On the 7th of September, 1892, Mr. Place was united in marriage with Miss Mary I .. Pope. Politically, Mr. Place is a Republican at all times. He is numbered among the thirty-second degree Masons of Strafford County, and belongs to various lodges, in- cluding the Moses Paul Lodge, Belknap Chap- ter, Orphan Council, St. Paul Commandery, and the Dover Lodge of Protection. He and his wife are regular attendants at the Congre- gational church.
RANK G. BEAMAN, who has an ex- tensive box manufacturing business in Laconia, Belknap County, N.H., was born in Boston, Mass., February 6, 18447, son
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of Eri Benjamin and Rosanna (Wilder) Bea- man, and is descended from old Massachu- setts families.
Gamaliel Beaman, his earliest known ances- tor on the paternal side, came to America in 1635 in the ship " Eliza and Ann, " and set- tled in Dorchester, Mass. From him the line of descent continues through John, Joseph, Gamaliel (second), Thomas, and Gideon, to Eri Benjamin, the father of the subject of this sketch. Gideon Beaman. grandson of Gamaliel and grandfather of Frank G., was a native of Leominster, Mass. Ile married Polly Wilder, and they had six children: namely, Eri B., Ellery Brown, Calista, Ziba, Catherine, and Caroline.
Eri Benjamin Beaman, eldest son of Gideon and Polly Beaman, was born in Princeton, Mass., May 31, 1814. After acquiring a common-school education in Sterling, Mass., he was apprenticed to Colonel Cushing, of Lunenburg, in the same State, for the purpose of learning the book-binder's trade, remaining there until he attained his majority. He then went to Lancaster, Mass .. where he met his future wife. Mr. Beaman was next employed in Roxbury, Mass., but subsequently returned to Lancaster, entering the employ of Marsh, Capen, Lyons & Webb, who were extensively engaged in the publication of educational In politics Mr. Eri B. Beaman affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally, he was identified with Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M., which he joined Febru- ary 5, 1868; Union Chapter. No. 7. R. & A. M., joining November 26 of that year; Pilgrim Commandery, K. T., July 19, 1889. He is also a member of John I .. Perley Post. No. 37. G. A. R. ; and of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church by membership for sixty years, officiating on the Board of works. Later he removed to Boston, being there employed by Carleton & Huckins as.tore- man in their book bindery. Subsequently for a time he was in Cambridgeport in the same business. Going from Cambridgeport to Man- chester, N. II., in 1849, he lived there until the breaking out of the Civil War. On Sep- tember 23, 1861, he enlisted in Company .1, Seventh New Hampshire Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and faithfully per- formed his duties until August 31, 1862, when he was discharged for physical disability. . Trustees in Laconia. Mr. Eri B. Beaman died
After returning from the war, Mr. Beaman came to Laconia; and on July 1, 1864, he began the manufacture of paper boxes in the Walker Avery Building on Main Street. Several years after he removed to 8 Mill Street, occupying the whole of the brick block; and from there he came later to his present plant on Lake Street, where he successfully managed the enterprise for sixteen years. being the pioneer box manufacturer of Laconia. as well as its only book-binder. He was also in- terested in the Laconia Water Works.
On November 4, 1836, in Fitchburg. Mass .. Mr. Eri B. Beaman was united in marriage with Rosanna, a daughter of William Wilder, of that city. Her father was a highly re- spected member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and served as sexton of all the city cemeteries for over thirty years. Mrs. Bea- man was born in Amherst, Mass. She became the mother of five sons - Benjamin (de- ceased), Frederick L., William E., Frank G., and Charles F., the latter of whom enlisted October 29, 1861, for three years in Com- pany A, Seventh New Hampshire Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, Hawley's brigade, Terry's division, Tenth Army Corps. He was wounded at Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863, dying two days later at Beaufort Hospital.
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October 27, 1890, at the age of seventy-six years, leaving a widow, who still lives, being remarkably vigorous, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. She resides in the house her husband bought in 1869.
Frank G. Beaman, the fourth child of his parents, was educated in. Manchester (N.II.) High School, leaving his studies at the age of fifteen to enlist as a drummer boy in the Fed- eral army. Being disqualified on account of his size, he became waiter for the Adjutant. He remained in the army eleven months, and has vivid recollections of many exciting scenes. Later he served an apprenticeship to the watch-making trade with John Moore, of Manchester, and then went to New York City, where he was employed in the wholesale de- partment of the American Watch and Clock Company for six years. From there he went to Philadelphia, and served the Western Union Telegraph Company two years, subse- quently working in the Jersey City Heights watch factory for eighteen months. In Newark, N. J., he was engaged for eight months in making Bogardus pigeon traps ; and in 1879 he came to Laconia, N.H., and estab- lished himself as an auctioneer and second- hand furniture dealer. Two years later he entered his father's factory, where he was foreman until his father died. He then set- tled the estate, and two years afterward he bought out the interests of the other heirs. Under his efficient management the business has increased tenfold. Until the recent busi- ness depression (1896) he employed from thirty to forty hands in making paper boxes. In the near future he intends to add the busi- ness of book-binding to his already flourishing enterprise, his financial success having been such as to warrant the undertaking.
On June 28, 1869, Mr. Beaman was united in marriage with Deborah Parker, daughter of
Dr. Alonzo, and niece of Colonel T. J. Whipple, of Laconia, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Beaman have three enterprising sons, two of whom are engaged in manufacturing with their father: Charles L., who married Abbie Clem- ment, of Laconia, and has two children -- Ralph and Mary Sanborn Beaman; Edwin F .; and Tom Whipple.
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OHN FRANKLIN MERRILL, a
prominent business man of Laconia, Belknap County, N. H., was born in Holderness, Grafton County, October 31, 1833, son of William and Hannah C. (Batch- elder) Merrill. He is a descendant of Na- thaniel Merrill,' one of the first settlers of Newbury, Mass. ; and his line of descent from Nathaniel ' to Joseph Merrill 6 has been ob- tained by him from General Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., of Philadelphia. In Hubbard's " History of New England " it is stated that "the plantation at Agawam (Ipswich) was from the first year of its being raised to a township so filled with inhabitants that some of them presently swarmed out into another place, a little further eastward . . . and called it New- berry (Newbury)." Among them were Na- thaniel and John Merrill and "the reverend and learned Mr. Parker." This was about 1634-35, the company having wintered in Ipswich. In the town records of Newbury, under date of January 11, 1644, appears the name of James Merrill as selecting lot No. 40, and Abraham Merrill selecting lot No. 36; and under date of March 17, 1642, in a list of freeholders is the name of John Mer- rill, brother of Nathaniel. These early pro- genitors were the first and the only persons of the name so far as known to emigrate to this country. Later on, members of the family took active part, as American patriots, in the French
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and Indian and in the Revolutionary War. It is recorded that Samuel Merrill, born at Salis- bury, Mass., August 4, 1728, was serving as a soldier under the command of Captain Thomas Bradbury in 1748, being stationed at the block-house, which was situated below Union Falls. He also served in the Revolutionary War, being Lieutenant of the company com- manded by Jeremiah Hill, Esq., at the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1747 he married Eliza- beth, daughter of Captain Thomas Bradbury. He died at his home at Salmon Falls, Buxton, Me., May 4, 1822.
The traditional history of the Merrill family dates back to the time of the crusades, when the name was spelled De Merle. Its members were of Norman descent, and were residents of the north of France, whence, after suffering persecution because of their Huguenot proclivi . tics, they fled to Scotland, and eventually their descendants migrated to the south of England. It was from England that Nathaniel Merrill and his brother John came to America. Nathaniel married Susannah Wilteston, either before coming to this country, or very shortly after landing here. He died March 16, 1654 or 1655, leaving one daughter and several sons, all of whom married and reared families. John Merrill also married and reared one child, a daughter. The following are the generations in direct line to the subject of this sketch, from Nathaniel and Susannah (Wiltes- ton) Merrill :-
Abel,? born in Newbury, Mass., February 20, 1644, resided in Newbury, and died Octo- ber 28, 1689. He married Priscilla Chase, February 10, 1670.
Nathan,' born April 3, 1676, lived in New- bury, died in 1742. He married Hannah Kent, September 6, 1699.
Nathan,' born in Newbury, May 1, 1706, resided in Newbury and Salisbury, and died
November 22, 1745. He married November 22, 1731, Dorothy Carr.
Richard, 5 born in Newbury, Mass., Novem- ber 6, 1732, died in 1791. He married Mary Pillsbury, and they had eleven children.
Joseph," born in Newbury, Mass., Septem- ber 10, 1770, died January 10, 1842, in Holderness, N. H. He married Hannah Rogers, and they had ten children.
William, ? father of John Franklin Merrill, was born March 2, 1805, in Holderness, N. H. He began his business career as a farmer, but subsequently became a dealer in wool and other produce. He was also engaged with several others in manufacturing. He died in Laconia, N.H., July 13, 1876. He married Hannah C. Batchelder, daughter of Deacon Abraham Batchelder, of Northwood, N.H. who was a son of one of the first settlers of that town. Her father died in 1871, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. William and Hannah C. (Batchelder) Merrill had six children, namely: John Franklin, who is the special subject of this sketch; Mary Augusta; Susan Maria: Emily Ann; Hollis William; and George Boardman.
John Franklin Merrill," son of William and Hannah Merrill, was educated in the common school of Laconia and at Gilford Academy. He then learned the marble and granite busi- ness with Albert G. Hull, of Laconia, for whom he worked a year after his apprentice- ship was over. In 1856 he was taken into partnership, the firm name being changed to Hull & Merrill. This connection having con- tinued about twelve years, Mr. Merrill bought his partner's interest, and carried on the busi - ness alone until January, 1892, when he sold out. Upon the formation of the Laconia Electric Lighting Company in 1884, he be- came associated with it as Director, which he still is; and since 1893 he has been General
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Manager. When Union Cemetery Asso- ciation was formed in 1860, Mr. Merrill was elected to the Board of Directors and to the office of Treasurer, having since retained both positions; and the present flourishing condi- tion of the association is largely due to his efforts.
In politics Mr. Merrill is a stanch Republi- can. He has been Selectman from Ward Four since the city was incorporated, and he is also a member of the Council. He is connected with the Masonic order, being a member of Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, A. F. & A. M., in which he has held several chairs; Union Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M. ; Pythagorean Council, No. 6, R. S. & S. M. : and Pilgrim Commandery, K. T. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member of Winipiscogee Lodge, No. 7: Laconia Encampment, No. 9, in both having held all the chairs: and Can- ton Osgood, No. 5. Over forty-five years ago Mr. Merrill became a member of the Free Baptist Society, of which he has been Secre- tary and Treasurer for about forty years. When seventeen years old he entered the church choir as bass singer, and he has been connected therewith for forty-five years.
Mr. Merrill was first married May 1, 1859, at Laconia, to Eleanor J. Eaton, who died February 1, 1864, leaving no children. De- cember 7, 1865, Mr. Merrill married Miss Flora Abby Rowc, daughter of Morrison and Sarah (James) Rowe, of Belmont, N. H. They are the parents of three sons and a daughter; namely, Albert Rowe," Frank Carle- ton,? Frederick Dimock," and Eva Lillian." Albert R., born in Laconia, N. H., May 29, 1867, is junior partner in the firm of Hilliard & Merrill, wholesale dealers in out soles at Lynn. Mass. He is a member of Mount Car- mel Lodge, F. & A. M .; Sutton Chapter and
Olivet Commandery, K. T. He married Har- riett E. Davis in Lynn, May 29, 1889; and they have two children : Clara Lillian, " born March 20, 1890; and Alberta Rosalind, " born . June 11, 1895. Frank Carleton, born in Laconia, July 8, 1869, is a piano tuner by oc- cupation. He married Christianna Lamprey, December 2, 1896 ; and they reside in Laconia. Eva Lillian, born in Laconia, July 12, 1871, married in Laconia, September 25. 1895, Eugene Nimmons Best, a lawyer of Min- neapolis, Minn., where they reside. Fred- erick Dimock, born in Laconia, January 19, 1877, is still a resident of Laconia.
Mary Augusta, " born in Holderness, N. H., May 3, 1835, died in Meredith, May 2, 1816.
Susan Maria, > born September 15, 1836, married Andrew Dimock, of Boston, October 13, 1871, and died at Winthrop Highlands, Mass., January 10, 1897, leaving no children. She was an artist in oil, a pupil of J. J. En- neking, of Boston, and J. Appleton Brown, of New York. She studied at the Boston Mu- seum of Fine Arts, and improved to the utmost the excellent opportunities granted in that institution to those who desire an art education. Her paintings of New Hampshire scenery are among her best productions, and are distinguished for their correctness of draw- ing and richness of coloring.
Emily Ann,' born in Holderness, N. II., October 5, 1840, married James W. Hoitt, of Lynn, Mass., May 23, 1868. An infant daughter died in Lynn, November 28, 1869; a second daughter, Allie May, was born Feb- ruary 7, 1878; a son, Ernest R.," born in Lynn, November 28, 1880, died in Lynn, Au- gust 15, 1881. Lewis D." born in Lynn, July 13, 1879, died in Lynn, March 30, 1880.
Hollis William, born in Holderness, N.IL .. June 13, 1842, married first, in Alton. II .. August 22, 1866, Miss Mary S. Young. She
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died at Alton, Ill., June 22, 1867; and their infant children died June 20, 1867. Hollis W. Merrill married second, at Lyne, Mass., July 2, 1881, Mrs. Hattie M. Leavitt Gore, by whom he has one son, William Henry,9 born in Lynn, Mass., July 17, 1882. Mr. Hollis W. Merrill is a successful business man in Lynn. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Mount Carmel Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Providence Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Lynn, Mass.
George Boardman Merrill " was born at La- conia, N.H., October 2, 1848. He received a good practical education in the common schools and at Gilford Academy, Laconia. After leaving school he found employment for five years in Belknap Mills as a loom fixer in the weaving-room. He then went to Moline, Ill., where he was engaged as superintendent in manufacturing with his brother, Hollis W., for about two years. At the end of that time their factory was destroyed by fire, and Mir. George B. Merrill, after spending some time in travel through the South, returned to La- conia, and went into the marble and granite business with his brother, John F. He was thus engaged until 1891, when he bought out a marble and granite business in Lynn, which he now carries on, residing in that city. He was married October 2, 1870, at Laconia, N.H., to Addie M. Osgood, who was born March 16, 1851, a daughter of Samuel James and Eliza C. (Hyde) Osgood.
Samuel James Osgood was born in Tam- worth, N.H. His original surname was Hackett, but he and his sister, Ruth H., on becoming of age had their names changed to Osgood. He was very prominent in Odd Fel- lowship, and was Grand Master of New Hamp- shire in 1876. At the time of his death, which occurred February 14, 1877, he was Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge. His wife, Eliza C. Hyde Osgood, born in Tamworth, died in Laconia, N. H., February 11, 1894. They were the parents of six children - Frank J., George H., Kate J., Clara H., Addie M., and Annie M. Frank J. Osgood was born in Laconia, whence in the course of time he removed to Ridgway, Pa. During the war he enlisted in the Union army, was commissioned First Lieutenant, then rose successively to the ranks of Captain, Major, and Lieut. - Colonel, remaining in the service until the close of the war. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., and is Past Commander in J. L. Perley, Jr., Post, No. 37. He married Emma J. Beaman, of Laconia, N. H. George H. Osgood, who was born in Laconia, entered the army with the rank of Sergeant, and died from a gunshot wound received at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. Kate J. Osgood married Fred L. Beaman. Clara H. Osgood married Frank J. Tourtelot. Annic M. Osgood married Albert W. Wilcox.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Merrill have had four children, of whom two are living, namely : Hollis James,? born in Laconia, December 8, 1875; and Harry Wilcox, born in Laconia, April 1, 1879. The others were: Charles Sumner, who was born in Laconia, February 17, 1874, and died November 14, 1878; and Frankie William, who was born in Laconia, December 20, 1877, and died January 11, 1878.
Mr. Merrill is a Republican in politics. He is connected with various secret societies, being a member of Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, A. F. & A. M .; Union Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M .; Pythagorean Council, No. 6, R. S. & S. M .; and honorary member of Pilgrim Commandery, K. T., all at Laconia; and in all of these bodies of York Masonry he had held important offices. In Ancient Accepted Scot-
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tish Rite Masonry he belongs to Alpha Lodge of Perfection, 14º; Ariel Council, Princes of Jerusalem, 16°; and Acacia Chapter, Rose Croix, 18°, De H. . R. .. D. .. M., at Concord, N.H. He is S. P. of Edward A. Raymond Consistory, 32°, at Nashua, N.H .; and be- longs to Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Boston, Mass. He is also a member of Lynn Council, No. 516, Royal Arcanum, at Lynn, Mass .; ex-member of Laconia Council, Royal Arcanum, at Laconia, N.H .; Bay State Lodge, No 40, I. O. O. F., at Lynn, Mass. ; ex-member of Winipiseogee Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F., at Laconia, N.H. ; member of Laconia Encampment, No. 9, La- conia, N. H., having held all of the chairs in 'both organizations; member of Canton City of Lynn, No. 63, Patriarchs Militant, at Lynn, Mass. ; ex-member of Canton Osgood No. 5, P. M., at Laconia; member of Beulah Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, Lynn, Mass. ; ex-mem- ber of Esther Degree Lodge at Laconia, N. H .; charter member of Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 127, Knights of Pythias; and charter member of Euphrates Senate, No. 362, Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order, at Lyan, Mass.
OHN SPAULDING, the proprietor of the Good Luck House, The Weirs, Belknap County, which he has con- ducted as a summer hotel, was born in Plain- field, N. H., September 10, 1832, son of Josiah and Hannah (Cole) Spaulding. The de cent of the Spaulding family is traced to two brothers, John and Edward Spaulding, who came from England in 1620; but it is not known which of them was the founder. Both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of the subject of this sketch served in the Revolu- tionary War.
Josiah Spaulding, who was for a time a
leading resident of Plainfield, moved to Pier- mont in 1837. He represented that town in the legislature for two years, and served in the capacities of Selectman and Justice of the Peace. He often did legal work for others, such as writing deeds and wills. In politics he was a Whig until the formation of the Re- publican party, which he afterward supported. In religion he was a Universalist. served in the War of 1812, holding the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. His death oc- curred in his eighty-third year. His wife was eighty-six years old when she died. . They were the parents of eight children - Wheeler, Fernando, Stephen, Hannah, Josiah, John, Mary, and Herbert. Hannah is the wife of Benjamin Hibbard, a prominent Republican of Piermont, which he has served as a Repre- sentative, Selectman, and in other positions ; Mary died aged twenty eight; Stephen mi- grated to Southern Illinois, where he engaged in fruit-raising, and subsequently retired from business; Herbert also went to Southern Illi- nois; Fernando, who died in 1894, was for forty-three years in the employ of the Fitch- burg & Fort Wayne Railroad at Chicago; and Josiah went to California in 1850 and engaged in mining.
John Spaulding was educated in the district schools of Piermont. He afterward took up farming and carpentering, learning the trade when nineteen years of age. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth Vermont Regi- ment of Volunteers, and served in all the peninsular battles up to the retreat of General McClellan in the late war. On October 31, 1862, after spending four months in a hospital at Point Lookout, Md., he was honorably dis- charged on account of sickness resulting from injuries. In 1865 he went to Wisconsin, where he lived for sixteen years. He then returned to the old home in New Hampshire,
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