History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 100

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390

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Mr. Peaslee was first married November 1, 1846, to Charlotte F. Sanborn, a daughter of Jacob H. and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Sanborn of Kingston, N. H. Her married life was brief, for she died May 13, 1848, having been the mother of one child, who died in infancy. Her mother, Mrs. Sanborn, survived her many years, dying in Beloit, Wis., May II, 1882, at the age of ninety-six years and six months. Mr. Peaslee mar- ried for his second wife, Mary S. Clark, a daughter of Col. Nathaniel Haven Clark, of Plaistow, N. H. The children of this union were Grace B., Charlotte F., Caroline E. and Mary Clark, the last mentioned of whom died at the age of six years. Grace B., born November 19, 1866, is the wife of William H. Johnson, of Haverhill, Mass., and has a daughter, Katherine. Mr. Johnson is a business man and treasurer of the Cushnoc Paper Company, with mills at Augusta, Me. Caroline E., born November 5, 1869, married Frederick E. Wood. She died March 27, 1904, leaving a daughter, Charlotte. Charlotte F. was born April 18, 1868. Mr. Wood married the latter June 19, 1906. Their summer home is in Kingston, but Mr. Wood is engaged in business in Boston, being a member of the firm of A. M. Wood & Co., in which his father is the senior partner. Mr. Wood is a past master in the Masonic order. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.

HENRY A. RING, in former years a well known and respected resident of North Hampton, was born in Pittsfield, N. H., in 1837. His parents,

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John and Rachel Ring, were farming people. Their children were: Eliza- beth, now deceased, who was the wife of Arthur Bachelder, and Henry A., subject of this memoir. .

Henry A. Ring was educated in the common schools and the high school at Pittsfield, N. H. Owing to failing health when young, he was recom- mended by his physician to try the climate of California and, accordingly, set out for the Golden State, of which he was a resident subsequently for eighteen years, working mostly in the silver mines. For a while he was busi- ness partner with a Mr. John Howard, a miner. At the end of the period above mentioned he returned east and took up farming in North Hampton, in which occupation he continued until his retirement. His death took place in 1897.

In 1875 Mr. Ring married Clara A. Bachelder, who was born in North Hampton, N. H., daughter of Levi and Clarissa ( Marston) Bachelder. Mrs. Ring's father settled in this town when it consisted almost entirely of woods. He cleared and cultivated a farm, became a very prominent citizen and at the time of his death was well to do. He and his wife were affiliated with the Congregational church. Both are now deceased and are buried in North Hampton. They had three children: George, deceased; Charles, and Clara A. Mr. and Mrs. Ring were the parents of a daughter, Grace B., who resides with her mother. She is a graduate of Hampton Academy and is much inter- ested in church work, she and her mother being members of the Congrega- tional church. Mr. Ring was a Republican in politics and, like his wife and daughter, was also an earnest church worker.

MOSES W. BROWN, a piano manufacturer doing business in the town of Hampton, was born in this town June 6, 1856, son of Jeremiah and Martha (Lane) Brown, both his parents being natives of Hampton, where the father was occupied as farmer and fisherman. They had four children : Ann Martha, wife of John Durbin; Thomas A., Ella J., and Moses W. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Moses Brown. Mrs. Martha Lane Brown was a daughter of Thomas Lane.

Moses W. Brown was educated in the common schools. After finish- ing his studies he learned the trades of brick and stone mason and plast- erer, which he followed for several years. He then spent three years on the farin of Samuel Meserve. Subsequent to this he spent two years working for Norman Marston, a piano tuner, after which he went to Boston, where he learned the business of piano manufacturing and fol- lowed it there as his regular occupation for twenty-five years, then re- turned to Hampton and started his factory, which he has conducted suc- cessfully up to the present time, although, on account of poor health, not now so active as formerly. A thorough master of his trade he can handle every process of the manufacture from the tree to the finished product. Politically he affiliates with the Democrat party.

Mr. Brown married Miss Carrie Palmer, a native of Boston and daughter of Samuel and Martha (Nurse) Palmer, her father being a bell hanger by occupation. There were but two children in her parents' fam- ily, a son who died young and Carrie, now Mrs. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children: Mildred W., who is a music teacher and bookkeeper for her father; Albert A., residing at home, and Pauline, who is telephone operator at Hampton.

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FREDERICK TOSCAN PARROTT, owner of a good farm of 160 acres, lying partly in the town of Greenland and partly in that of Ports- mouth, on the Portsmouth and Exeter road, and who also holds the posi- tion of road agent for the town of Greenland, was born in Arden, Orange County, N. Y., May 6, 1880. His parents were Edward and Julia ( Foun- tain) Parrott, the father a native of Orange County, N. Y., and the mother of New York City, where she now resides, her husband being deceased. The latter was a civil and mining engineer. They had eight children-Edward, Robert, Frederick Toscan, Julia, who died at the age of fifteen years, Mary, wife of Henry Schroeder, Madeline, wife of Osborne Fitzrandolph, Bruce and George.

Frederick T. Parrott, the subject of this sketch, began his literary education in the common schools of Orange County, N. Y., subsequently took a commercial course in Rochester, N. Y., and then took the short course in farming at Cornell University. He then went to New York City, where he entered the employ of the Joy Langdon Dry Goods Com- pany, as clerk, remaining with them one year. He next went with Sib- ley, Lindsey & Curr, of Rochester, N. Y., and was a clerk in their employ for four years. Subsequent to this he worked as a rod man on the Erie Canal for one year. He then spent three years in Japan as assistant buyer for the firm of A. A. Valintine & Co., of New York, importers of silks and oriental goods. On his return from the far east he settled in New Jersey, where he conducted a farm for three years, or until about six years ago, at which time he came to Rockingham County, N. H., and took charge of his present farm, which has been known as the Par- rott farm for the last one hundred years, it having been that long in the Parrott family. A Republican in politics, he takes an interest in good government and is in sympathy with every project for improvement in local conditions.

Mr. Parrott was married, in 1908, to Adalaide Annette Dawson, a native of England, and daughter of Arthur and Adalaide (Kent) Daw- son, her father being an artist. In the Dawson family there were four children-Mabel, Adalaide A. (wife of our subject), Henry and John. Mr. and Mrs. Parrott are the parents of two children-Elizabeth Toscan and Robert Parker. The family attend the Episcopal church.

LEWIS PLUMER LADD, postmaster of Epping, New Hampshire. has long been actively identified with the affairs of this community, where he is thoroughly known among the people. Mr. Ladd was born in Ep- ping, November 10, 1866, and is a son of Samuel P. and Sarah (Dodge) Ladd. The father was born at Epping and lived here until his death in 1887. Mrs. Ladd, a native of Raymond, New Hampshire, still resides in Epping, where she is surrounded by friends of almost a life time. There were fifteen children in the family, of whom four sons and six daughters are now living.

Lewis P. Ladd was the tenth child in order of birth, born to his parents and was educated in the public schools and at Watson Academy in Epping. At the age of eighteen he went into the meat and produce business with his brother, Peter, which they conducted for one year. He then clerked for three years, after which he again associated with his brother Peter, in the lumber business. They operated two saw mills and turned out from three to five million feet of lumber annually. Mr.

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Ladd has always been a stalwart Democrat, and for eighteen years has been Democratic town committeeman. In February, 1914, he was hon- ored with appointment as postmaster of Epping, the first Democrat to fill the office in a period of eighteen years. He has always taken an interest in the development of Epping, and all that pertains to its welfare. He is now one of the trustees of Watson Academy. In 1901, he was chosen as state representative from Rockingham County.

December 14, 1892, Lewis Plumer Ladd was united in marriage with Miss Sarah J. Edgerly, a daughter of Caleb Edgerly of Epping. She re- received her preliminary educational training in the schools of Epping, which was supplemented by a course in Deane Academy at Franklin, Mass. She is a member of the daughters of the American Revolution. One daughter was born of this union, Molly L. Ladd, April 22, 1897. She was graduated from Epping High School with the class of 1914. Mr. Ladd is a thirty-second degree Mason, and belongs to the Odd Fel- lows and the Patrons of Husbandry.

WILLIAM P. FRINK, a well known and respected resident of the town of Greenland, Rockingham County, N. H., was born in Epping, N. H,. March 5, 1860, a son of John S. H. and Lucretia (Morse) Frink. His father, a sketch of whom may be found in the historical part of this volume, in the chapter entitled "Bench and Bar," was an eminent lawyer of Rockingham County. The subject of this sketch began his education in the common schools, and afterward attended the private school of Lewis E. Smith, in order to prepare for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Boston, where he took the course in electricity. He then returned to Greenland, the home of his parents, where he has since resided. He has served as town clerk and town treasurer, and was rep- resentative to the legislature in 1901. He is now trustee of the Weeks Public Library.

Mr. Frink was married in 1910 to Miss Lillian Jacobs, a native of New York and daughter of Luther and Sarah R. Jacobs. He and his wife attend Dr. Robie's church.

ELIAS FRINK, in former years one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of the town of Newington, was born in this town February 8, 1813, and died March 17, 1897, at the age of eight- four years. He was a son of Cyrus and Abigail (Nutter) Frink. The father, Cyrus Frink, was born in Connecticut, June 3, 1772. He came to Rockingham County in 1773 and helped to build the Piscataqua bridge, being overseer of the work. Five years later he married and bought a farm. His wife, Abigail, was a native of Newington. They had a large family of nine children-Cyrus and Abigail (twins), Simes, Isaac, John, Darius, Elias, Margaret and Hannah. In addition to the farm he first bought, Cyrus Frink subsequently purchased others, and was not only one of the most prosperous but one of the most useful and prominent citizens of the town, which he represented in the state legislature, being first elected about 1826. He also served as selectman several terms, and was a colonel in the militia during the War of 1812-15. He died at Fox Point when seventy-six years old, January 14, 1849. His wife sur- vived him but a short time, dying in 1850.

Elias Frink was educated in the Newington schools and at Gilmanton

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Academy. He started in life for himself at the age of twenty-two years, taking charge of the Piscataqua bridge, which he and his brothers had bought. He was thus occupied until 1855, at which time it was washed away. He then became a stockholder in a mowing machine company, for which he also traveled, retaining his interest in the concern up to the time of his death. He was the owner of considerable land, amounting to 280 acres, and also carried on a lumber business successfully. A Republican in politics, he served the town of Newington on the school board as selectman and in various other capacities. For sixty years he was a member of the Masonic order. He was a member and liberal sup- porter of the Congregational church, and was one of the leading citizens who gave $100 each for the erection of the parsonage. In all things he was public spirited, taking a deep interest in everything calculated to advance the moral or material welfare of the community, and ever ready to lend his aid and influence to a worthy cause.

Mr. Frink was twice married: first to Elizabeth Pickering, who was born April 8, 1808, and died September 30, 1848. His second wife, to whom he was united March 13, 1851, was Mary E. Pickering, a niece of his first wife, born January 5, 1835. They had six children-Jane E., Adelle H., Darius, Abigail N., Elias and Mary, all now living except Elias, who died August 25, 1875. The record of the others is in brief as follows : Jane E. married George E. Rowe, and they have a son, John Frink Rowe. Adelle H. married George H. Marston. Darius married Laura E. Ransom, and has one child, Harold. Abigail N. and Mary reside on the old homestead and are members of the Historical Society of Newington. The former was for twenty years a school teacher in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The mother of these children, Mrs. Mary E. Frink, passed away February 5, 1903. Of the father's first marriage there were no children.

CHARLES W. HANNAFORD, M. D., a well known practitioner of medicine and surgery, having an office at No. 39 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth. N. H., is one of a family of five children born to his parents, who were re- spectively Samuel G. and Mary A. (Webber) Hannaford. The father fol- lowed the vocation of a miller. The subject of this sketch was born in Eng- land, September 15, 1874, and in the following year accompanied his parents to the United States, they settling in Portsmouth, where he has ever since resided. In his boyhood days he attended the public schools of this city, including the high school. He subsequently graduated from Tufts College Medical School, taking a post-graduate course at the Harvard Medical School. He has since built up a good practice in Portsmouth, being widely recog- nized as a very capable man in his profession. He has served as city physi- cian, also as jail physician. He is a member of the staff of the Portsmouth Hospital. He is a member of the Portsmouth Medical Association, of which he is now treasurer, also of the Rockingham County Medical Association, the New Hampshire Medical Association, the New Hampshire Surgical Associa- tion, the American Medical Association and the American Congress of Sur- geons, being also president of the Tufts Medical Alumni Association. Fra- ternally he is affiliated with the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of St. John's Church and in politics is a Republican. He resides at No. 353 Miller Avenue. In all that concerns the welfare of the city, Dr. Hannaford takes a keen interest. An able doctor and a good citi- zen, he is among the most popular members of his profession and has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

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MARSHALL S. CHASE, who is engaged in general farming and dairying on a farm of 106 acres in the town of Stratham, was born in this town, July 23, 1880, son of Emmons and Mary (Brown) Chase. His parents are residents of Stratham, the father being a farmer. Em- mons Chase is a well known and respected citizen, having served the town as selectman and as representative to the general court. He is a Republican in politics. He and his wife had but two children : John E., who is a farmer in this town, and Marshall S., the subject of this sketch.

Marshall S. Chase was educated in the common schools and at the Exeter high school, where he was graduated. He was for some time rural mail carrier, being the first to hold that position in Stratham. He also followed the carpenter's trade for three years, after which he took up farming at his present location, the property being known as the James Lane farm. Like his father, Mr. Chase is a Republican, and is .now serving on the board of selectman, of which he is chairman. He married Bertha E. Gowen, daughter of George E. and Mary (Smith) Gowen of Stratham, her father being a truck gardener. The children in her parents' family were May, Grace, Helen, Clarence, Ralph, Bertha, Arthur, Howard, Benjamin, Philip and Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. Chase are the parents of three children, Paul Gowen, Mary E. and Harold Marshall. Mr. Chase and family attend the Baptist church.

ISRAEL M. SCHURMAN, who is conducting a successful ice busi- ness in Portsmouth, N. H., was born in Nova Scotia, June 17, 1872, a son of Charles and Hattie (Marshall) Schurman, the father being a farmer by occupation. The parents of our subject were life long residents of Nova Scotia, where they died. Their children were: Lemuel, Israel M., Almeda (wife of Harry W. Chick), Artis and Effa. After the mother's death, the father, Charles Schurman, married for his second wife Emma Kelly, by whom he had three children-Welden, Hattie and Goldie.

Israel M. Schurman was educated in the common schools, which he attended until reaching the age of seventeen years. He then took up farm work, at which he was employed for a while in Nova Scotia, and later, after coming to the States, in Danvers, Mass. He then came to Portsmouth and found employment here at the carpenter's trade. Sub- sequently, about six years ago, he entered into his present business as ice dealer, being at first associated with his brother Lemuel. They con- tinued together about four years and a half, at the end of which time our subject purchased his brother's interest and has since conducted the business alone. He runs three teams and gives employment to four men besides himself. In politics he is a Republican and his fraternal affilia- tions are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Schurman was married in 1900 to Miss Sadie French, who was born in Portsmouth, N. H., a daughter of Joseph and Susan (Woods) French, the father being a carpenter by trade. Their family numbered five children-Ella, Anna, Susan, George and Sadie. Mr. and Mrs. Schurman have one child, a daughter, Inez. The family attend the Methodist church. They are among the substantial and representative people of the city and have a wide circle of friends.

WILLIAM BROWN, manager and vice president of the E. G. Cole Company, general merchants in the town of Hampton, was born at

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Hampton Falls, N. H., August 2, 1876, a son of Robert and Janet (Brown) Brown. He was the only child of his parents, who were farm- ing people, and was educated in the common schools and at Hampton Academy. After finishing his schooling he became manager for the Rockingham Cycle Company, subsequently coming to Hampton as clerk for E. G. Cole & Company. Later the firm was incorporated as the E. G. Cole Company, since which time he has acted as manager. He is also a stockholder in the company, which is doing a successful business.

Mr. Brown married Cora E. Blake, who was born in Hampton, daugh- ter of Orlando L. and Malinda (Blake) Blake, whose other children were Bertha, wife of Fred Towle, and Ardine, wife of Oliver Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children: Robert O., Clyde W. and Cora Hazel. Mr. Brown is an enterprising and progressive citizen, a Republican in politics, and he and his family attend the Methodist church.

GEORGE F. FOLSOM, postmaster of West Epping, N. H., and pro- prietor of a general store, comes of an old and prominent family in this locality. He was born at West Epping, August 27, 1868, and is a son of Thomas C. and Mary (Bickford) Folsom.

Thomas C. Folsom and his wife were both born in West Epping where they have always lived and expect to spend the remainder of their lives. He has passed his seventy-eighth birthday, and Mrs. Fol- som is seventy-two years old. Mr. Folsom has been closely identified with the affairs of the community, and was honored with election to the State legislature for two terms.

George F. Folsom received his educational training in the public schools, and at the same time assisted his father on the farm and for two years worked in the woolen mills. He then completed a course of study in the business college at Manchester, after which he accepted a position in the store of Captain Shepard, in whose employ he continued for ten years. On July Ist, 1900, he purchased the store which he has conducted ever since in a most successful manner. He has a wide ac- quaintance and as his establishment is up-to-date and conducted along business lines he commands a liberal patronage. Notwithstanding he is a Democrat in politics, in 1903 he was appointed postmaster by Presi- dent Roosevelt and ever since has filled that office. His conduct of the affairs of the office has been most efficient, and has met with the approval of the public irrespective of politics. July 15, 1894, George F. Folsom was united in marriage with Maude Folsom, a daughter of Irvin Folsom of Raymond, N. H. In religious attachment they are members of the Friends Church. .

JAMES D. NORRIS, owner of a farm of 35 acres on the North Hampton road, in the town of Greenland, was born in Chelsea, Vt., Jan- uary 9, 1838, a son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Norris. His parents were both natives of Vermont, the father, a son of James Norris. being a farmer. He was born in Chelsea in 1804 and resided all his life there, being eighty-two years old at the time of his death. His wife was born in Corinth, Vt. Their children were as follows: Ruth, wife of Davis Norris; Edwin; James D .; Jacob Elwin; Mary E., wife of William H. Norris, and George B. By a second marriage to Susan Gifford, after

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the death of his first wife, Jacob Norris had another child, a daughter, Emily.

James D. Norris acquired his education in the common schools, and at the age of fifteen years went to Cambridge, Mass., where he entered the employ of his brother Edwin, who was in the ice business. He then went to work for Wood and Hall, on Harvard Square, Cambridge, and was with them for 27 years, during which long period he never lost a day's time. Entering their employ as clerk, he later became bookkeeper, and still later foreman in one of the departments of their business, also buying the goods. Afterwards coming to Rockingham County, N. H., he purchased his present farm, on which he is now living practically re- tired, except for a little gardening. A Republican in politics, he served one term as assessor.

Mr. Norris was first married in 1862 to Martha Jane Hays, a daugh- ter of Edmund H. and Eliza (Sands) Hays, of Cambridge, Mass. She died in 1871, leaving a son, Edmund H., who for the last 30 years has been assistant cashier for the Charles River National Bank at Cambridge. This son has been twice married; first to Alice Raymond, who bore him two children, Raymond and Priscilla; and secondly to Myrtle Green- . hold, of which union there are no children. Mr. James D. Norris mar- ried for his second wife Melissa Adeline Irving, of Canterbury, N. H. There are no children by this marriage. The members of the Norris family attend the Congregational church. Mr. Norris has advanced to a high degree in the Masonic order. He is a reliable and public spirited citizen who takes a keen interest in local affairs and keeps well informed on current events.

PERCY M. ROBINSON, who died at his apartments at the Hotel Rock- ingham, Portsmouth, N. H., February 18, 1914, after a brief illness from pneumonia, was one of the city's best known business men, having been for two years general manager of the Frank Jones Brewing Company. He was born in Portsmouth June 2, 1872, being one of the six children of Alexander and Martha (Banks) Robinson, the former of whom was for many years head brewer of the Eldredge Brewing Company.

Percy M. Robinson learned the brewing business under his father, who was then at the head of the Robinson Brewing Company, Boston, Mass. Some years ago he became connected with the True Jones Brewing Company, of Manchester, N. H., of which he was for twelve years general manager, also obtaining an interest in the business. In 191I he sold his interest, with the other stockholders, to the Frank Jones Brewing Company and came to this city May Ist, to assume the general management of the Frank Jones Brew- ing Company, and under his able direction the business increased to a large extent. Since returning to Portsmouth he had made a host of friends, besides renewing many friendships of his youth. He was a director of the Manchester National Bank, of Manchester, and a member of the Derryfield Club and the Manchester Lodge of Elks. In this city he was a member of the Warwick Club and the Country Club.

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 100

Author: Hazlett, Charles A Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390