History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 104

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

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CHARLES A. BADGER, a well known resident of Portsmouth, who is engaged in business as an agriculturalist, stockman and lumberman, occupies what was formerly known as the Frank Jones estate in Ward 3, having re- moved to this location from Newington in 1908. He was born in Ports- mouth, N. H., September 11, 1863, a son of David and Nancy (Campbell) Badger. His father is now deceased, but his mother survives and resides with him in Portsmouth, being now over seventy-five years old. David Badger in early life was a well known ship builder of Portsmouth, but later settled in Newington and there engaged in farming. He held various municipal offices in Portsmouth, and after his removal to Newington, served as select- man of that town. In politics he was a Democrat.

Charles A. Badger was twelve years old when he accompanied his parents to Newington. He was educated in the public schools and after completing his studies took up farming, in which he has since been engaged very success- fully. The estate on which he now resides, which was formerly owned by the late Frank Jones, contains about 300 acres and is kept in fine condition by its present owner. Mr. Badger is an up-to-date and public spirited citizen, taking an active interest in everything calculated to advance the moral or material betterment of the community. While a resident of Newington he served creditably for two years as selectmen, and was a candidate for the legislature, running on the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the lodge of Elks at Portsmouth, and since coming to this city has also been a candidate for the legislature, from Ward three.

Mr. Badger married Catharine Hutchinson of Cambridge, Mass., whose father now resides in that city, her mother being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Badges have two children : Paul and Orville.

JUDGE JOHN T. BARTLETT, a prominent attorney of Raymond, who is also judge of the Candia Police Court, was born June 9, 1851, at Manchester, N. H., a son of John and Harriett (Marston) Bartlett.

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His ancestors on both sides were of old and distinguished New Eng- land families. On the maternal side, Brigadier General Samuel Marston belonged to the militia, as did also his son, Col. Thomas Marston. The early ancestors of our subject came from England and settled first at Hampton and later at Deerfield, N. H. John Bartlett, father of Judge Bartlett, was born in Deerfield in 1818 and died in 1865. His wife, born in Deerfield in 1816, survived him many years, passing away in March, 1886. Of their seven children, John T. was the fourth in order of birth.

John T. Bartlett acquired his early education in the schools of Man- chester and Deerfield. When fifteen years of age he accompanied his father's family to Nottingham, where they resided until John T. was about twenty years old. During the summers and in the vacations he worked on a farm, his first work of this kind being four and a half days, for which he received forty-five cents. He then applied himself to learn the shoemaker's trade, earning nine dollars a week in the shoe factory at Derry. Having saved some money, in 1872 he entered Pinkerton Academy, where he was graduated in 1877, having paid his own way. He then taught school continuously until 1884 in Deerfield, Nottingham, Derry and Raymond, in the meanwhile reading law, the study of which he had commenced some time before, with G. C. and G. K. Bartlett of Derry. Admitted to the bar at Concord, N. H., in August, 1885, on September 7th of that year he opened a law office in Raymond, where he has since built up a large and profitable practice. He was appointed judge of the Candia Police Court in 1913. In 1888 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention held at Concord, N. H.

Judge Bartlett was first married in April, 1869, when but eighteen years old, to Emma J. Durgin. of Nottingham. She died, leaving no children, and on November 30, 1882, he married for his second wife, Emma L. Tucker, of Deerfield, N. H. Her father, Charles C. Tucker, was a prominent citizen of Rockingham County, and a former super- intendent of the farm at Brentwood. He is now deceased. Of Judge Bartlett's second marriage four children were born, namely: Ada L., wife of Ralph H. Sanborn of Raymond, who has a little daughter, Pris- cilla Bartlett Sanborn: Bessie B., wife of Lorenzo D. Dickinson, of Vancouver, B. C., who has a son, Robert Bartlett Dickinson; John T., Jr., who married Margaret Abbott, and has a son, Forrest A .; and Robert L., single, who is now a student in the junior class at Dartmouth College. The elder children were educated in the Raymond schools and at Pinkerton Academy, Deerfield, while John T. took a business course at the Bryant & Stratton College at Manchester, and is now a newspaper man and magazine writer at Vancouver, B. C. Judge Bartlett belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including the Rebeccas and the Encampment, in which he has held all the chairs. He is a Democrat in politics and is affiliated with the Congregational Church. A public-spirited citizen, standing high in his profession, he enjoys a wide popularity.

HARLAN L. PHILBROOK, who is a very useful and one of the best known citizens of Exeter, serving as an efficient member of the police force and also as driver for the steam engine of the city fire de-

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partment, was born at Northampton, N. H., August 10, 1860, and is a son of Henry M. and Rebecca F. (Leavitt) Philbrook. The father was born at Thornton, N. H., but was reared at Northampton. He followed the trade of a machinist. The mother was a native of Northampton and both died there. They were members of the Congregational Church, good, worthy people in every relation of life. They had two sons: Willard H., a resident of Northampton, and Harlan L.

Harlan L. Philbrook attended the public schools in his native place and for two years the Hampton Academy, afterward learning the car- penter trade, which he followed until 1884, when he came to Exeter, since which time he has been more or less in official life. He has proved dependable and is a man who commands general respect and has a wide circle of personal friends.

On June . 20, 1883, Mr. Philbrook was married to Miss Anna W. Jenness, of Exeter, who is a daughter of Levi M. and Eliza Jane ( God- frey) Jenness. The father of Mrs. Philbrook was a farmer. She has one sister, Ellen, who is the wife of Sylvanus G. Monse. Mr. and Mrs. Philbrook have the following children : May L., who is the wife of Irvin C. Philbrook, and they have three children, Marion S., John and Harlan ; Edith J., who is the wife of Frank R. Goodale, and they have three children, Frank E., Alice and Ruth; Leonard M. and Frances J., the last named being a student at Wellesley College. The family attend the First Congregational Church. In politics Mr. Philbrook is a Re- publican as was his father. He belongs to the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, the local Grange, the New England Order of Protection, the Royal Arcanum and various other societies.

RICHARD L. LOCKE, now living retired in the town of Rye, was born in this town October 26, 1832, a son of Richard and Sarah A. (Leavett) Locke. The father was born in Rye, N. H., a son of Jerry Locke, and was a sea-faring man all his active life. He, however, found time to serve in local office, being a Democrat in politics. He and his wife attended the Methodist Church. Their children were as follows: Ann, who married first Samuel Foss, and secondly John Goss; Sarah Emeline, wife of Woodbury Jenness; Myria, wife of De Witt Clinton Jewell; Richard L., subject of this sketch; Harriett, who married Rich- ard Goss; and Albert. Only two are now living, Richard L. and Myria.

Richard L. Locke was educated in the common schools and sub- sequently learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed all his life until his retirement. A master of his trade he built some of the fine residences in the town of Rye, including some at the beach. He is a Democrat in politics and has served as selectman and as representative to the legislature.

Mr. Locke married Sarah P. Jenness, a daughter of Reuben P. and Mary (Knowles) Jenness, who died in February, 1912, of Rye, her father being a farmer. The other children in her parents' family were Margaret Ann, who is the wife of Amos Brown, a farmer; and Mary Abby. Mr. and Mrs. Locke have had three children, namely : Reuben J., Annie L. and Arthur. Reuben J. married Bessie Batchelder. He is a farmer who also conducts a bathing house at the beach. He has two sons, Richard J. and Edwin L. Annie L. Locke is the wife of Langdon B. Parsons. Arthur died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Locke and the surviving members of his family attend the Congregational Church.

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ALVIN M. VROOM, owner and proprietor of a well equipped black- ' smith and wheelwright shop in Exeter, N. H., and a busy and pros- perous citizen, was born in Nova Scotia, in 1857, a son of Isaac and Ann (Hall) Vroom. Both his parents were natives of Nova Scotia, where they spent their lives. The father, in early life a farmer, after- wards entered into mercantile business, in which he had a successful career. His first wife, Anne, died in 1862, having been the mother of two children-Alvin M. and Florence. He subsequently contracted a second marriage, with Serephine Ditmars, of which union there was born a daughter, Mary. Isaac Vroom is now deceased.

Alvin M. Vroom was but five years old when his mother died. He was educated in the common schools of Nova Scotia and when sixteen years of age learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed in his native land until 1892, at which time he came to New England. Set- tling first at Stratham, N. H., he remained there four years and then came to Exeter, where he has since remained with the exception of four and a half years which he spent in New York as manager of a blacksmith and wheelwright plant. An industrious and persevering man with a thorough knowledge of his trade, he has built up a good business and is regarded as one of the prosperous citizens of the town. In politics he is a Republican and his fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Vroom married Edna Purdy, a native of Nova Scotia, and daugh- ter of William and Celia (Wright) Purdy, whose other children were James G. and Solon. Mr. and Mrs. Vroom are the parents of three children-Mildred, Clifford and Frederick, whose records in brief are as follows: Mildred is employed in the Exeter public library and as recorder in the Probate Office. Clifford, after graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, spent two years at Amherst College, and was sub- sequently in the employ of the Exeter Banking Company for three years. He is now shipping clerk for the New Market Manufacturing Company. Frederick is now in Cambridge, Mass., taking a special course in printing and working on the Harvard University Press. Mr. Vroom and family attend the Congregational Church. They' have a wide acquaintance in Exeter and vicinity and are favorable types of the best New England citizenship.

DR. LEWIS O. POLLARD, the leading dentist of Raymond, N: H., was born in West Epping, Rockingham County, N. H., December 13, 1860, a son of Charles Alfred and Olive J. (Durgan) Pollard. The father of our subject was also born in Raymond, March 10, 1828, and died in 1908. His wife, who was a native of Nottingham, survived her hus- band only two months, dying in the same year. They had six children, of whom Lewis O. was the fourth in order of birth.

Lewis O. Pollard attended the public schools of Raymond until he was fourteen years of age. He then left school to work for his father, with whom he continued until he was twenty-one, receiving his board and clothes for his work. He then went to Rhode Island, where he obtained work in a worsted mill. Having persevered in this economical mode of life for about two years or more, in 1883 he went to Boston, where he entered the Boston Dental College and began the study of his profession. He was graduated in 1888. He then came

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back to Raymond and began the practice of his profession here, where he has since remained, being the only dentist in this part of the county. He has built up a large practice.

On April 3, 1884, Dr. Pollard was united in marriage with Jessie May Hazelton, of New Market, N. H., and he and his wife are the par- ents of two children, Ethel May and Frank Lewis. The former was born August 27, 1889, and after attending school in Raymond, entered the seminary at Kingston, where she subsequently graduated. She was later graduated as a professional nurse from the Memorial Hos- pital at East Bridgewater, and is now following her profession at Provi- dence, R. I. Frank Lewis Pollard was born June 15, 1891, and was educated in the schools of Raymond. He married Ellen Bellevance, and has a daughter, Margery May, born March 4, 1912.

Dr. Pollard is a member of the Knights of Pythias, in which order he has held all the chairs and has been secretary of his lodge for about twenty years. He also belongs to the Grange and was treasurer of the Gold Cross for several years. He is a trustee of the public library in Raymond and has served the town efficiently on the school board. The family to which he belongs is an old one in this locality, the original ancestor coming from England. His great grandfather, Barton Pollard, was one of the first settlers of Fremont, N. H. Mrs. Pollard is a gradu- ate of the Robinson Female Seminary (class of 1880) at Exeter, N. H. Her domestic duties occupy too much of her time to permit her to devote much of it to club work, but she is a member of the Grange, and, with her husband, takes an appreciative interest in all movements for the general welfare and the improvement of local conditions.

JUSTIN VAN NESS HANSCOM, whose death on May 4th, 1905, re- moved one of Portsmouth's sterling citizens, was born in Eliot, Me., Nov. II, 1835, a son of Samuel, Jr., and Elizabeth (Shapleigh) Hanscom. The father of our subject, also a native of Eliot, Me., was a well known shipbuilder there for many years.

Justin V. Hanscom was educated in the public schools, and at an academy at Eliot, Me. When a young man he entered his father's employ as clerk and later worked for Tobey and Littlefield, who were in the ship building line in Portsmouth, N. H. In the early seventies he became secretary and confidential man of affairs to Frank Jones, Portsmouth's famous brewer and for years one of her most distinguished citizens, remaining with him until his own death, as above narrated. A man of wide acquaintance and univer- sally popular, his death caused general sorrow and much sympathy was ex- pressed for his bereaved family. His remains were interred in the South Cemetery, his funeral being largely attended. He was a consistent and de- voted member of the Unitarian church, and a man whose word was known to be as good as his bond.

Mr. Hanscom married Miss Sarah M. Hanscom, a daughter of Samuel Hanscom, also a native of Eliot, Me., where he followed the occupation of farmer and ship carpenter, and where he died in 1852. Our subject and wife were the parents of two children, both daughters, Alice and Clara A., the lat- ter being employed with the Granite Insurance Company of Portsmouth. Both reside with their mother at No. 249 Islington street.

HOWARD M. WIGGIN is a highly successful agriculturist of Rockingham County, N. H., residing on his valuable farm of one hun-

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dred and twenty-five acres in the town of Stratham. He was born in Stratham on September 14, 1882, and is a son of Herbert and Emma L. Wiggin. He is an only child and his widowed mother makes her home with him.

Mr. Wiggin obtained his early educational training in the public schools of Stratham and in Exeter High School, after which he pursued a two-year course in Durham College. He then returned home and took up agricultural pursuits, at which he has been more than ordinarily successful. He follows general farming and dairying, shipping milk to Boston, Mass. He is a man of progressive ideas, and farms along modern lines.

Howard M. Wiggin was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth B. Thurston, who was born in Newton, N. H., and is a daughter of Melvin L. and Jessie Thurston. She has the following brothers and sisters: Charles H., Ada M., William F. and Cora B. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggin have five children, namely : Albert E., Howard M., Lena B., Alice G., and Jessie L. Religiously the family attend the Congregational Church. Mr. Wiggin is independent in politics and takes an earnest interest in those measures and candidates calculated to give the highest public service.

HERBERT C. DAY, M. D., of Exeter, N. H., has been engaged in the successful practice of his profession in this city for the last sev- enteen years. He was born in Bangor, Me., October 9, 1863. His par- ents, Herbert and Mary (Sanders) Day, were natives of England, in which country they were married. On emigrating to this country, they landed at New York and went directly to Maine, where Herbert Day was engaged for some time in railroad contracting. He died when the subject of this sketch was nine months old. His wife sur- vived him, dying at the age of eighty-six years. They were the parents of six children, namely: Jason; Alice, who married. Hollis Cutting; James ; Mary, 'wife of James Quimby; Edward, and Herbert C. All of the three sons became physicians, Jason practicing his profession at Portland, Ore., and James at Waltham, Mass.

Herbert C. Day began his education in the schools of Bangor, Me., and later continued it at Braintree, Mass., where he remained for four or five years. After graduating from an advanced school there, he entered Dartmouth College, where he studied for two years. He then went to Louisville, Ky., and was graduated from the medical depart- ment of the University there in 1896. He began the practice of his profession in Chicago, Ill., but after continuing there for about a year and a half, returned east and opened an office in Exeter, where he has since remained. He has built up an excellent practice and is now num- bered among the prosperous citizens of Exeter, which is the more to his credit, as his education was obtained with difficulty, he having had to pay his own school and college expenses, which he did by working in his spare time at anything that offered. He is recognized both by his brother practitioners and by the public generally as an able physician and surgeon, and was town physician of Exeter for eight years. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias of Exeter, the Odd Fellows, which order he joined at Lowell, Mass., when he was twenty- one years old; and the Red Men of Exeter. He also belongs to the

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Swamscott and the Exeter Clubs, and to the county and state medical societies.

Dr. Day was married, October 19, 1898, to Miss Lena S. Spaulding, a daughter of George and Myria Martha (Towne) Spaulding, of Hunt- ingdon, Vt., where Mr. Spaulding was engaged in business as a chair manufacturer. Dr. and Mrs. Day attend the Second Congregational Church of Exeter. They have a wide acquaintance among the best people of the town, where both are highly esteemed. In politics the Doctor is a Republican. He takes an active interest in the public wel- fare and his aid and influence can generally be enlisted in behalf of any good cause, whether for the moral or material betterment of the com- munity.

JOHN RUSSELL FRENCH, owner of two good farms in the town of North Hampton, comprising in all some 400 acres, was born in Boston, Mass., March 23, 1882, son of Oliver S. and Clara B. (Drake) French. Both parents were natives of North Hampton. The father, who died in 1889, was engaged in the milk business, running a whole- sale business in Boston. His wife survives him and resides in Mont- clair, New Jersey. They had two children, John Russell and Lemira. The latter married Herbert Davidson and they have a son, Coolidge. The paternal grandparents of our subject were John F. and Lemira (Leavitt) French.

John Russell French was educated in the common schools of Boston and at a commercial college there. He then engaged in the milk busi- ness in that city and was thus occupied for several years, when he sold out and started a creamery. This he sold about four years ago, at which time he came to North Hampton, where he is engaged in gen- eral farming, shipping his produce to Salem, Mass. He keeps between fifty and sixty head of cattle, mostly Holsteins, and gives employment to three hands the year round. His farm, which he inherited from his grandmother, has been owned in the French family for the last seventy- five years.

Mr. French married Clara Lagreze, daughter of Hermann C. and Emily (Zeigler) Lagreze. Her father was secretary of the German, and also of the Austria-Hungary consulate at Boston. Mrs. French's parents had two children, there being a son, George H., in addition to Clara, the wife of Mr. French. 'Mr. and Mrs. French have one son, John Russell French, Jr. The family are connected with the Congre- gational Church. Mr. French belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge in North Hampton. In politics he is a Republican.

ALBERT BACHELDER, owner and proprietor of Bachelder Inn at Little Boar's Head, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, is a well known citizen of this locality in which he has always lived. He was born in North Hampton, N. H., in 1842, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Bachelder) Bachelder of Rockingham County. They were parents of five sons and five daughters, of which number but three sur- vive, namely: Ambrose; Ann M., widow of George Hill; and Albert.

Albert Bachelder attended the public schools and Hampton Acad- emy, after which he worked on the railroad for three years. He also was in the grocery business for a time and in 1869 he embarked in his

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present business. As proprietor of the Bachelder Inn, he has estab)- lished a high class reputation, and enjoys a liberal patronage. In 1892 and 1893 he served in the State Legislature and at various other times has been called upon to fill official positions of trust. He served eight years on the board of health, twelve years as supervisor, and since 1905 has been chairman of Little Boar's Head precinct of the town of North Hampton. He served several terms as a member of the board · of selectman of North Hampton, and at the present time is chairman of that board.

Mr. Bachelder was united in marriage with Miss Abbie M. Lam- prey, who was born in North Hampton and is a daughter of Jonathan Lamprey, a prominent farmer of this town. They have reared three children : Josephine B., wife of McPherson Wiltbank; Mary Ida; and James L., who married Viola Reading, of Portsmouth, and is engaged in farming in North Hampton. Religiously, they attend the Congrega- tional Church. The son and daughters attend the Episcopal Church.

ABRAM J. DRAKE, owner and proprietor of the Drake House at Rye Beach, N. H., was born in the town of Rye, Rockingham County, N. H., September 14, 1845. His parents, both natives of Rye, are now deceased. The father, Joseph Drake, was a farmer. His wife, before marriage, was Clarissa Dwight Knowles. They were members of the Methodist Church. Their children were: Adams E .; Annie D., wife of Joseph W. Garland; Leona, wife of Blake H. Rand; John O .; Mary, deceased, first wife of Alfred Seavey; Clarissa, wife of Alfred Seavey ; Abram J .; and James B., deceased. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Abraham Drake.

Abram J. Drake was educated in the common schools. He then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for ten years. He then built a hotel which was destroyed by fire in 1873, after which he built his present hotel at Rye Beach, which he has now conducted successfully for thirty-eight years. The hotel contains thirty-two rooms, and is fitted up in modern style, and in the summertime enjoys a fine patronage.

Mr. Drake, who was married October 27, 1870, to Emma A. Phil- brick, who was born in Rye, N. H., and is a daughter of Benjamin and Angeline (Batchelder) Philbrick, of Rockingham County, N. H., her father being a carpenter. They had two children, Albion and Emma. Mr. Drake is a Democrat in politics. He belongs to Osgood Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Portsmouth, and he and his family are affiliated with the Congregational Church.

EDWARD E. NOWELL, station agent for the Boston and Maine Railroad at Exeter, and who as general agent has charge of all the railroad business at this point, is one of the substantial citizens and home owners of this place. He was born at Salmon Falls, N. H., and is a son of Eben S. and Abra (Wentworth) Nowell.

Eben S. Nowell was a very prominent man in Strafford County for many years and a leading factor in Republican politics. He served in numerous local offices and later as deputy sheriff and as sheriff. He was also station agent at Salmon Falls for thirty-one years. He mar- ried a daughter of Major John B. Wentworth, who was prominent in

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 104

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