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SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
Company G .- S. F. MeQuestion.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Company F .- Solomon Towns, Gustavus B. Wells, Charles Way, Peter Bully, Benjamin Chandler, Mathew Burns, John buffy, James Davis. Henry Morton, William Ferguson, John Garrett, Joseph Jenno, Joseph Granther, Timothy Jacobs, Patrick Keller, John Johnson, Francis W. Kennison. Joseph Lesherville, Arvil Lemarche, Scott McGuire, John MeCarty, Thomas Reynolds, Patrick Lowery, James Lewis, William Masterson, Aklen Oliver. .
Company H .- Jackson C. Bickford, John J. Ryan, Adilon E. Port, Edwin Mulligan, Michael P. Mulligan, Peter Locke.
Company I .- Thomas II. McGuire, David Magoon, Edward W. Cowan, Nathaniel A. Tuttle, Albert T. Bowers, Charles W. Bills, Augustus B. Corey, Benjamin C. Cook, George B. Jackson, Thomas S. Knowles, Robert J. McFarland, Charles 11. Lee, Owen Evans, Barney Flynn, George H. Howe, John McFee, Patrick Mack, James Smith, William H. Plummer, John F. Rounds, Zachariah B. Stewart, Amasa J. Purvier, Patrick Sullivan, Charles Wilson, George T. White.
Company K .- Horace Pickard, Miles J. Colby, Peter Robinson, John A. Lindsay, Walter A. Green, Patrick Prescott, Edward N. Tuttle, Ed- ward K. White, John C'opp, Jeremiah Sheehan, George C. Moore.
NEW ENGLAND CAVALRY.
David B. Nelson, major ; George T. C'ram, adjutant ; Arnold Wyman, first lieutenant.
Troop K .- Joseph Austin, John A. Jones, Henry G. Ayer, Thomas Bouguge, Jonathan B. Chapman, Jason N. Childs, John G. Chubbs, George E. Clark, Matthew N. Colby, Charles R. Dunham, Emerson A. Dunham, James D. Gage, George Hanchett, William H. Hart, William Ilolton, James W. Jenness, Philip Jones, Charles S. Kidder, Edward A. Lawrence, Hugh Mills, Henry E. Newton, Charles L. Prescott, John G. Page, William H. Palmer, Francis II. Phillips, Moody Quimby, Hiram Stearns, Lewis E. Taplin, Charles II. Wilson, David F. Wilson.
Troop M .- George W. Berry, Eugene Bowman, John Francis Colby, Minor Hawks, Henry P'. Hubbard, Nathan P. Kidder, Cyrus Litchfield, William C. Powers, Arthur W. Russell, Albert P. Tasker, Ebenezer Wilson.
FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY.
Troop A .- David A. Connor.
Troop B .- Benjamin F. Philbrick.
Troop C .- John Farrell.
Troop D .- Joshua Voce.
Troop E .- Andrew J. Roberts.
Troup F .- William 11. Griffin, James II. Robinson, John C. Colburn, Charles F. Elliott.
Troop G .- Edward F. Brown, John Baird Emerson A. Dunham, Henry 11. Aklrich, James N. Bean, Charles A. Brown.
Troop H .- William A. Piper, William A. Kelley, Edwin R. Packard, Jewett W. Perry.
Troup I .- William 11. Palmer.
Troop K .- James D. Gage, John G. Page, Charles L. Prescott, Hugh Mills, Charles M. Jason, James H. French, Jonathan B. Chapman, War- ren Forsaith, William 11. Hart. JJason N. Childs, Moody Quimby, D. F. Wilson.
Troop W .- Henry B. Hubbard, Enoch Lovell, Charles S. Kidder, John F. Colby, James II. Parks, Gustavus HI. Best, William C. Pow- ers.
Troop L'aknown .- Andrew Hill, Thomas Daley, Daniel Lannigan, John O'Hara, Joseph Randolph, George E. Spaulding, Thomas A. C'ol- Jins, Hugh R. Richardson, Allen W. Bonney, Henry F. Hopkins, Abbott N. Plough, Henry JJ. Webster, Daniel Doyle, Joseph Jackson, Richard Tobine, Lovis Rumann, George Atkins.
HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Company .1 .- Jonah S. Kennison, Henry Porquet, Albert P. Young.
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MANCHESTER.
Company B .- James Collins, Jr., Edward A. Young.
Company C .- Charles W. Wingate, George JJ. Hunt, Heber C. Griffin, Willard Buckminster, Charles P. Green, Levi Il. Sleeper, Jr., William A. Gilmore, Albert F. Quimby, Alonzo Day, James M. Quimby, William S. Parsons, Edson Sullivan, John S. Allen, Elbridge G. Baker, James . Baker, Andrew M. Backer, James O'Brien, Charles D. Buntin, George B. Boutelle, William E. boutelle, Francis Brown, Marston L. Brown, Willard S. Baker, Charles Bean, George W. Brown, George Conet, Charles H. Cole, Stanford HI. Chase, John J. Crockett, David B. Diekey, James M. Dickey, Warren Il. Day, John II. Day, Reuben Dodge, Wil- liam E. Denney, John G. Durant, Charles F. Dockum, Henry T. Foss, William R. Forsaith, Warren Green, John S. Gamble, Elbridge Gerry, Madison Gerry, Edwin G. Howe, Sullivan D. Hill, George Howard, William Ilurlin, Michael Harris, Charles HI. Hodgeman, Lowell S. Hlartshorn, Newton Hollis, Ezekiel Hall, Wesley E. Holt, Joshua R. llastings, Manley W. Jenkins, Joseph Kelly, George W. Knight, Or- mond D. Kimball, Oscar E. Leonis, Charles H. Martin, Nathaniel H. Metcalf, George E. Mayhew, William F. Moore, Bradley Merrill, Henry C. Morris, George W. Nichols, Hezekiah H. Morse, Benjamin K. Barker, Christopher Barker, Orrin F. Pillsbury, Henry M. Pillsbury, Chester L. Page, Frederick Payne, Moses O. Pearson, Albert B. Robinson, Horace L. Richardson, Edwin J. Ross, Dennis W. Reardeau, Noah W. Randall, Everett Stevens, William W. Sweatt, David A. Wilson, George W. Saw- yer, Robert Stewart, Andrew W. Stoton, George W. Taylor, Edward W. Tillotson, Joseph E. Walker, James M. Wallace, Sullivan B. Wallace, Nahum A. Webster, Charles F. Whittemore, Nathan B. White, Daniel A. Wells, John W. Willey, William Q. Young, Francis York, James O. Chandler, James R. Carr, James G. Burns.
Company F .- James P. Gallison.
Company K .- David P. Stevens, George C. Ilonghton, Alfred Howard, George HI. Ames, Franklin A. Brackett, Herbert W. Churchill, William Fisk, Albert F. Goodhne, Frank L. Gilman, Charles E. Green, John Grammo, Leander E. Ilall, Charles A. Hall, Charles HI. Haddock, George A. Palmer, Lewis J. Smith, George E. Swain, Sylvester S. Walsh, Charles L. Bailey, Edward J. Wing, John E. Johnson.
Company L .- Walter Smith, Sedley A. Loud, Peter Burns, Pierre Michoa, Oliver Jepson, James Maloney, Henry W. Twombly, Ilorace G. Kimball.
Company M .- John W. Dickey, George K. Dakin, Ezra D. ('illey, Elijah E. French, John R. Bean, Ephraim Fisk, John L. Sargent, Charles W. Boyd, George T. Bean, Philander Hopkins, Alfred R. Crosby, William G. Cutler, Clark S. George, Albert T. Hamblett, James W. Learned, George A. Shepard, Gustavus Soule, Nathan B. Tilton, Ira P. Twitchell, Thomas Welch, Charles E. Young, Henry W. Clark, Horace HI. Bundy, Charles Clark, Charles M. Dinsmore, Washington L. Gray, Henry R. Noyes, Orrin S. Silloway, Charles L. Taylor, Asa P. Wright, Henry Bennett, Frank L. Edmunds, Edward M. Dakin, George Apple- bee, Joseph Comfort, Alfred Comfort, John McCauley, Orlando Proctor, Ezra N. Norris, James Richards, John Kating, Daniel Davis, Henry Blair, George A. Martin, Benjamin B. Bunker.
VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.
Albert Blood, James Byles, Jeremiah Connor, James N. Cummings, Patrick Dowell, Jerome C. Davis, F. E. Demeritt, Henry B. Eastman, Davis Emery, Harvey Ilill, William HI. Knowlton, Andrew Currier, Michael Powers, John L. Collins, John Brown, William W. Eastman, Stephen O. Gould, Thomas G. Gould, Patrick Haulliban, Joseph R. Marble, William Murry, Henry C. Faye, William E. Robinson, Willian Smith, John Smith, Enoch E. Stevens, Charles Stewart, George W. Var- num, J. A. Sargent, Franklin R. Tucker, Patrick Welsh, Cyrus S. Bur- pee, Hiram G. Gove.
MARTIN GUARDS.
Edward Wing, Edward P'. Kimball, John C. Pennock, Sydney F. San- born, Wiggin T. Abbott, lloward P. Smith, Joseph P'. Frye, Charles P. Gilbert, Lewis J. Smith, George W. Davis, Charles II. Bradford, Dennis 1. Burbank, Frank A. Brackett, Charles W. Dimick, Henry Eaton, William Fisher, Austin G. French, George W. Farnham, Alfred T. Goodhue, Charles J. Goodwin, Frank L. Gilman, Horace P. Page, Charles W. Gardner, Charles E. Green, Alfred Howard, Charles Hadlock, Charles Hall, L. A. IIyatt, Leander Hall, Martin A. Iloff, Clinton Jones, Frank C. Jewett, Marshall Keith, John Leighton, Charles HI. Moulton, Matthew Morrow, Charles E. Morse, Ira S. Osgood, John Il. Prescott, George A. P'almer, David P. Stevens, Myrick E. Smith, George E. Swain, Benjamin T. Sherburn, Sylvester S. Walsh, Charles Weeman, Elbridge Wasson.
NATIONAL GUARDS.
Edward A. Hasman, John C. Hardy, George E. Kennison, William O.
Ladd, William H. Lord, Albert B. Morrison, Henry C. Norris, Charles Putnam, John E. Ricker, Frank H. Redfield, George H. Ray, Charles A. Smith, Charles H. Stevens, George W. Swinborne, Nathaniel A. Tuttle, Alonzo F. Warren, Charles F. Wbittemore, Frank M. Boutelle, Aldano Neal, Edward M. Tillotson, William E. Boutelle, Charles C. Ililton, George F. Kelley, George J. Hunt, William Buckminster, Charles P. Green, Orrin N. B. Stokes, Madison Gerry, George Canfield, Emery W. Alexander, Andrew Armstrong, Leroy S. Batchelder, Elihn B. Baker, George W. Ballon, James Buckminster, Charles B. Bradley, Andrew MI. Bowker, George Boutelle, Albert F. Barr, John S. Corliss, Marcus M. Currier, Stanford II. Chase, Charles J. Chase, Alexander Cooper, Benja- min Keally, John C'arney, William E. Dunbar, Levi W. Dodge, Edward W. Dakin, Frank L. Edwards, Frank W. Favour, Heber (. Griffin, George A. Gordon, Daniel W. Gould, Charles George, Henry T. Goodhue, Newton Hollis, Rhodes Hanson.
FIRST LIGHT BATTERY.
George A. Gerrish, Jolin Wadleigh, Henry F. Condiet, Lyman W. Beau, Robert Burns, David Morgan, Joseph T. Durgin, Ira P. Fellows, Howard M. Farrar, John L. Fish, George E. Fairbanks, Jerry E. Glad- den, John II. Goodwin, William H. Goodwin, George W. Griswold, Clark S. Gordon, Eben Gove, Adams Gowing, Simon B. Hill, John D. Hall, Albert T. Hamlett, Wesley E. Holt, Cleaves W. Hopkins, Greely W. lastings, James A. Johnston, William B. Kenney, Daniel P. Ladd, Dudley P. Ladd, Le Roy McQuesten, Thomas W. Morrill, Horace I'. Marshall, Charles W. Offutt, Christopher (. Perry, Henry C. Parker, Charles Peoples, George W. Parrott, William D. Perkins, Henry C. Pat- rick, Daniel M. Peavey, Thomas Randlett, Henry S. Rowell, Francis Reeves, Charles II. Shephard, Alexander Simpson, Henry A. Sloan, Gus- tavus Soule, John L. Sargent, Albert C. Stearns, Leander G. Sylvester, Frank Senter, Edwin R. Sias, Nathan B. Tilton, Frank W. Taber, Wil- liam B. Underhill, Samuel J. Whittier, George K. Dakin, Edwin H. Hobbs, Ephraim Fisk, Gilman Stearns, Ezra D. Cilley, John K. Piper, Orrin Taber, William W. Roberts, Alonzo M. Caswell, Samuel S. Piper, William N. Chamberlin, Henry A. Campbell, Samuel Cooper, Irving S. l'almer, Frank E. Demeritt, Ambrose Ingham, Alexander A. Brown, Daniel Kelley, Charles E. French, John Carling, George W. Varnum, Hilliard L. Eaton, Philander Hopkins, George E. Glines, William L. Babhett, Marcus H. Bundy, Elisha HI. Burrill, Charles W. Boyd, Le Roy T. Bean, Edwin N. Baker, James M. Buswell, William II. Blackburn, Ilenry E. Bond, Henry Baker, Robert Crowther, James Carr, William Carr, William G. Cutler, Ilenry W. Clarke, Kittridge J. Collins, Ilomer Canfield, Thomas C. Cheney, Charles P. Cox, James P. Carpenter, Fred- erick J. Croning, Durrill §. Crockett, Channcy C. Dickey, John W. Dickey, John Drown, Charles A. Doe, Martin V. B. Day, Thomas Welch, Luther E. Wallace, Thomas J. Whittle, Frederick S. Worthen, Morrill N. Young, Charles E. Young, D. Washington Grey, Albert R. Holbrook, Charles Pearson, Charles J. Rand, Isaac 1. Roberts, Orrin >. Silloway, Charles L. Taber, Sylvester F. Webster, Charles Wenz, James F. Sar- gent, William G. Custer, Walter Cutler, Alfred R. Crosby.
FIRST REGIMENT UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS. Company E .- Levi II. Leet.
SECOND REGIMENT UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS.
Company G .- Abner D. Colby, Henry A. Colby, Elijah Hanson, Jona- than S. Johnson, Charles W. Stevens.
NAVY.
James Hayes, George E. Ashton, John M. Custalow, Peter Dowd, Walter Lee, James Smith.
MARINES.
Michael Kane.
BATTERY B, UNITED STATES ARMY.
Charles J. Anderson.
FIRST ARMY CORPS.
Dennis F. G. Lyons.
THIRTEENTH NEW YORK ARTILLERY.
Henry Boyd.
FIRST REGIMENT UNITED STATES ARMY.
Joseph II. Knowlton.
REGIMENT UNKNOWN.
Albert Miller, John Reilley, Daniel Thornton, Alexander Frazier, John Jefferman, Joseph Hart, John Riley, John Thompson, Amos R. Witham, Emile Keller, James Brown, Timothy Hallisey. James Ander-
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son, Albert Burns, William Rt. Clement, George Carpenter, William H. Goodwin, John McPherson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Whelston, Alfred Mixsan, Charles Brockway, Jesse F. Williams, James White, Henry Wood, William Romer, William HI. Jackson, James Lynch, Thomas Powell, John Pender, Samuel Siegel, James Sullivan, James Smith, James S. Williams, John Murphy, James McCanney, William E. Stearns, James N. H. Grant, James M1. Mayhew, John Kerin, John Smith, John Milano, John Richards, Jerome Yates, Solomon Leaks, Joseph Bess, George H. Judson, Charles Dorsey, John HI. Johnson, Isaac Williams, Samuel U'rbine, Thomas Meade, William II. Daggs, Pruy Gilveatt, Frank Thompson, James Casley, James Sullivan, James W. Brown, James Boyles, George Branson, Pasqual Canard, John Brown, David Dudley, James Gordon, Frank L. Gilman, Charles C. Webster, Charles L. Daven- port.
FIELD, STAFF AND LINE OFFICERS.
Brigadier-Generals .- Joseph C. Abbott, Michael T. Donohne.
Palone's .- Thomas P. Pierce, Edward L. Bailey, James W. Carr, Hawkes Fearing, Jr., John Coughlin.
Lieutenant-Colonels, -Samuel G. Langley, Francis W. Parker.
Majors .- Thomas Connolly, Jesse F. Angell, David B. Nelson.
.Idjutants,-Alvah H. Libby, Joseph J. Donohue.
Chaplains .- Henry Hill, Silas F. Dean.
Surgeons .- William W. Brown, Sylvanus Bunton, William A. Web- sler, John Ferguson.
.Issistant Surgeons .- George W. Manter, William G. Stark, James P. Walker.
Quartermasters .- Richard N. Batchelder, John R. Hynes, Charles A. Putney, Foster Kimball.
Captains .- John L. Kelly, Hollis O. Dudley, Varnum II. Hill, Rufus F. Clark, Ruthven W. Houghton, John Kirwin, Robert H. Allen, Roger W. Woodbury, William II. Maxwell, Charles A. White, Robert C. Dow, James A. Hubbard, James HI. Platt, George W. Huckins, Thomp- son S. Newell, William W. Mayne, Granville P'. Mason, William C. Knowlton, George F. MeCabe, Charles Cain, Frank Robie, Joseph Freschl, Warren E. F. Brown, William J. Gunnon, Cornelius Healey, Joseph J. Ladd, Nathan II. Pierce, James Kelliher, Asa T. Hutchinson, John E. Mason, John M. Carswell, Laurence F. Larkin, Thomas C. Trumbull, Michael F. Corcoran, John B. Sargent, Cornelius W. Strain, John L. O'Brien, George II. Hubbard, Patrick Doyle, James Madden, Joseph B. Clark, Amos B. Shattuck, Ira G, Wilkins, John N. Bruce, William E. Stearns, George T. Cram, George \. Gerrish, George K. Dakin, James O. Chandler, George (. Houghton, John E. Johnson, Abner D. Colby.
First Lieutenants .- Martin V. B. Richardson, Dustin Marshall, Michael 1. Connolly, Walter Colby, William E. Hamnett, Walter J. Richards, Frank L. Morrill, Frank C. Wasley, David M. Perkins, Charles A. Mc- Glaughlin, Alvah S. Wiggin, Oscar A. Moar, Patrick K. Dowd, Charles 0. Jenuison, Andrew J. Eagerly, Benjamin F. Fogg, Daniel Gile, Charles M. Currier, Virgil HI. Cate, Clement F. S. Ames, Lawrence Foley, William E. Hubbard, Henry G. Cushing, James Miles, Robert Swiney, Michael O'Grady, Willard N. Haradon, Andrew W. Doe, Mich- arl T. Hf. Maguire, Charles Johnson, Charles HI. Gardner, Alfred G. Simons, Jeremiah D. Lyford, Ira G. Wilkins, Edwin H. Hobbs, Ezra D. Cilley, James R. Carr, James G. Burns, Charles L. Bailey, Ephraim Fisk, William N. Chamberlin.
Second Lieutenants .- Charles Vickery, Charles L. Brown, Robert A. Seavey, Frank B. Hutchinson, William Jones, James F. W. Fletcher, Cyrus S. Burpee, Charles E. Rowe, Henry O. Sargent, Cornelius Dono- line, Monzo L. Day, Ichabod S. Bartlett, Thorndike P. Heath, Edward K. White, John K. Piper, Orrin Taber, John R. Bean, Moses O. Pear- Hon, Reuben Dodge, II. A. Lawrence, Edward J. Wing, Thomas J. Whittle.
Soldiers' Monument .- The soldiers' monument, which stands on Merrimack Square, was erected at a cost of about twenty-two thousand dollars, and was dedicated September 11, 1879. The corner-stone was laid May 30, 1878, under the auspices of Louis Bell Post, G. A. R.
The style of the monument is modern Gothic, and the materials of which it is composed are New Hamp- shire granite and bronze. The design embodies the three-fold idea of a historical and a military monu-
ment and a fountain ; and, in its cruciform base, includes a basin thirty feet in width, inclosed in a parapet of ornamental character. In the centre of each of the four projecting arms of the basin is a pedestal, on a line with the parapet, supporting each a bronze statue of heroic size, representing the prin- cipal divisions of service in the army and navy, name- ly, the infantry soldier, the cavalryman, artillery- man and sailor. Alternating in pairs between these figures are eight bronze posts for gas-lights, sur- mounted by our national emblem.
The column, fifty feet in height, rising from the center of the basin, is supported on a circular pedes- tal four feet in diameter, and is crowned with a capi- tal richly carved with appropriate Gothic ornament ; upon this is placed a colossal statue, in granite, eight feet in height, representing Victory with her mural crown, a shield lying at her feet, and holding a wreath and recumbent sword,-emblematic of triumph and peace. This figure, irrespective of the sentiment which it admirably conveys, is a fine work of art in its attitude, features and drapery. At the base of the column is placed a shield with the arms of the city ; while above are displayed flags and weapons, the trophies of war.
Surrounding the circular pedestal is a bronze bas- relief, four feet in height, representing such inci- dents of recruiting, arming, parting from friends and marching, as tell, in a simple and effective manner, the meaning of the memorial.
The base of the pedestal is octagonal in form, and on its west or front side, bears a bronze tablet, on which these words are inscribed,-
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SECURED EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL UNDER
THE CONSTITUTION
THIS MONUMENT IS BUILT
A GRATEFUL CITY."
This inscription was prepared by Mr. H. W. Her- rick, and was selected from the large number contributed by a committee of literary gentlemen appointed for that purpose.
Above the bas-relief are twelve gargoyles attached to the cornice of the circular pedestal, and issuing from them are jets of water faling into the basin be- low.
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MANCHESTER.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HON. JAMES A. WESTON. I
The Weston family came from Buckinghamshire, England, and settled in Massachusetts. John Weston came in 1622, but returned in a few years. His brothers and kinspeople soon after his return emi- grated to this country, and in 1644 his son, John Weston, Jr., came and settled in Reading.
From him the subject of this sketch is descended in direct line, and represents the seventh generation.
His grandfather, Amos Weston, moved from Read- ing to Derryfield, N. H., in 1803, and settled in the southeast part of the town, known in later times as the Weston farm. He was a man of character and ability, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens.
His son, Amos Weston, Jr., was born in Reading in 1791, and came to Derryfield with his parents. His early life was passed in school and with his father upon the home farm, but at the proper age he began for himself, and by industry and perseverance gained a competency in early life. He was highly esteemed by his people and was frequently called to act for them in local matters. He was also prominently identified with the business interests and public affairs of the town, and may justly be regarded as one of the founders of its growth and prosperity. He mar- ried Betsy Wilson, of Londonderry, N. H., in 1814. She was the daughter of Colonel Robert Wilson and granddaughter of James Wilson, one of those sturdy and substantial men of Scotch-Irish descent so well known in the history of the early settlements of this State.
James Adams Weston was born August 27, 1827. He was the youngest of five children, and is the only surviving member of the family of Amos and Betsy (Wilson) Weston. His early life was passed with his parents, and in the usual pursuits of boys similarly situated,-attending school and laboring upon the farm at such seasons as circumstances required. Mr. Weston was not a graduate of college, and his education did not partake of the character sometimes termed "lib- eral education," but he was pre-eminently a well- educated man. His constitution of mind led him in the direction of practical and useful pursuits from the first. He was inclined to scientific and mathe- matical studies, and distinguished in his early school- days for habits of industry and perseverance in the faithful and patient investigation of every subject within his reach.
After the district school he attended the Manches- ter and Piscataquog Academies, where he pursued his studies with earnestness and application. Subse-
quently he studied those branches which were deemed the most important to fit him for civil engineering, to which he had decided to devote himself as an avo- cation for life.
He taught school in Londonderry in 1845, and in Manchester in 1846, with the best of success, and during the remainder of the time devoted himself to the study of his chosen profession.
In this labor he proceeded with a well-considered system, and qualified himself thoroughly for a high position among the civil engineers of his time.
In 1846 he was appointed assistant engineer of the Concord Railroad, and entered upon the work of lay- ing the second track of that corporation.
In 1849 he was appointed to the position of chief engineer of the corporation, which he held for many years.
While chief engineer of the Concord Railroad he was master of transportation and road-master of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad about seven years. In 1861-62 he superintended the construction of the Manchester and Candia Railroad and the Hooksett Branch Railroad. In 1869 he superintended the build- ing of the Suncook Valley Railroad, and, later, made the surveys of the Manchester and Keene Railroad. In all these and other business enterprises Mr. Weston has been the careful and far-seeing manager as well as the technical engineer, and has done the work with that well-known characteristic, "without mistake."
During the time he was employed on these public works he was frequently engaged in private matters of importance, both as a practical and advisory en- gineer, and in cases where controversy had arisen. Soon after being appointed chief engineer of the Concord Railroad he moved to Concord to live, on account of his principal business, but in 1856 he returned to Manchester, where he now resides.
Notwithstanding Governor Weston's life has been full of business interests and duties of an important character, growing out of his professional employment, he has been drawn into political and public positions to a considerable extent.
He has never been a partisan or a politician in the common acceptation, but he has always been allied to the Democratic party and firmly devoted to the principles of their political creed. He is of conserva- tive and still decided views, reaching his conclusions in the same logical manner as in the discharge of any important trust. He believes the simple duties of citizenship are full of responsibilities, and that their proper observance requires the same careful study and faithful action as the highest official position.
In 1862 he was placed in nomination for the office of mayor of Manchester by the Democratic party. Although very largely in the minority, and at a time when party strife was very great in this State, so universally acknowledged was Mr. Weston's fitness for the position, and so generally had he enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, that he broke
1 By J. W. Fellows.
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down the party lines, run far ahead of his ticket and was defeated by only a small number of votes.
In 1863 he was again induced to accept the nomi- nation for the same office, and while the same in- tensely partisan campaign was made by his opponents and party spirit ran higher than before, he gained on his adversary and lost the election by less than a score of votes.
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