History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 126

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

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ALBERT C. LANE, postmaster at Stratham, N. H., also proprietor of a confectionery store here, was born in this town, June 22, 1853, a son of Enoch and Mary (Seavey) Lane, the father being a native of Stratham and the mother of Rye, N. H. Both are now deceased. They had a large family of nine children, as follows: Caroline, wife of Isaac S. Wiggin; Fannie A., wife of Albert A. Haven; John T., William S., Henry S., Albert C., Charles S., Susan and Warren L.

Albert C. Lane was educated in the common schools and began industrial life as a truck gardener. Later he operated a general store in Stratham for awhile, and afterwards was occupied in gardening for several years. He was appointed postmaster at Stratham eleven years ago and has retained the position. The office controls one rural route. Mr. Lane is a republican in politics. He was formerly clerk and treasurer of the town for seven years, and was also postmaster at Stratham for two years previous to his present incumbency of the office. In addition to this he served on the school board for nine years.

Mr. Lane married Mary Elvina Brown of Georgetown, Mass., daughter of Jerry and Mary (Osborn) Brown, whose family included one other child, Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are the parents of two daughters : Mildred L., a graduate of Exeter Seminary, who is now a teacher in the public schools, and Edith, also a graduate of the Exeter Seminary, who is also a school teacher. Mr. Lane belongs to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and to the Grange. He and his family are members of the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon.

JOHN L. SMITH

MRS. JOHN L. SMITH

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WILLIAM E. LANCASTER, son of Thomas Dodge and Mary Maria (Pattee) Lancaster, was born in Salem, New Hampshire, April 13, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Salem, Pinkerton Academy of Derry, and Norwich University of Northfield, Vermont. He took up civil engineering, which line he followed for several years, later engaging in the lumber business, where he became associated with the Salem Manufacturing Company. He is a member of the Board of Salem Water Commissioners, which office he has held for two consecutive terms ; on November 3, 1914, , he was elected a representative to the General Court of New Hampshire. He is also a member of Spicket Lodge No. 85, A. F. & A. M., Salem, N. H .; of Royal Bell Arch Chapter, Derry, N. H .; of Israel Hunt Council; St. George Commandery, K. T. Nashua, N. H., and of Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Concord, N. H.

On September 19, 1905, he was married to Cora A. M. Maeder, of Ma- hone Bay, Nova Scotia, and they live in their home on Highland Ave., Salem Center.

Thomas Dodge Lancaster (2d), father of William E., was born in Bos- ton, May 12, 1822. He was the youngest son of seven children: Thomas Dodge Lancaster ( Ist), born in Boston Nov. 19, 1819, died May 16, 1821; John Henry Lancaster, born in Boston, Dec. 19, 1816, died in Salem, N. H., June 26, 1900; William Emerson Lancaster, born in Boston, Nov. 22, 1812, died August 19, 1848; Eliza Ann Lancaster, born in Boston Sept. 21, 1810, died in Salem, N. H., Feb. 7, 1894; Sarah Lancaster, born in Boston, March 14, 1807, died at Hannibal, Mo., April 6, 1900; Mary Lancaster, born in Boston, Dec. 14, 1803, died in Boston, April 16, 1827. He came to Salem when less than a year old and lived on Zion Hill in what is now known as the Coburn place. He received his education in the schools of Salem, car- ried on the farm for several years, then took to shoemaking, which he fol- lowed to within three years of his death, which occurred July 8, 1907. He held very few public offices but was always deeply interested in the affairs of the town and was honored and respected by all.

Mary Maria Pattee, wife of Thomas D. Lancaster, was born in Salem, N. H., on what is now known as the Kelly place on the Turnpike, March 20, 1828. She was the oldest in a family of three children: Richard N., born Sept. 7, 1832, died Sept. 19, 1861 ; Charles Thurston, born Nov. 10, 1834, died Jan. 30, 1909. She was married in Salem May 8, 1861, and has ever since lived there. Richard N. and Charles T. Pattee both served in the Civil war, Richard N. dying at Beaufort, N. C.

William Lancaster, grandfather of William E., born in Salem, N. H., April 19, 1771, was the second son in a family of six children: Henry Lan- kester, 1768; Jerusha, 1769; William, 1771-1821; Thomas, 1773; Polly, 1779; Sally, 1783-children of John and Mary Lankester. He was married to Mary Brigham of Marlboro, Mass., Feb. 28, 1801.

John and Mary Lancaster, great-grandparents of William E., were among the earliest settlers of the town, originating from Lancashire, Eng- land. Among the few things handed down, which tell of their standing, is the English coat of arms of the House of Lancaster, now in the possession of William E. Lancaster.

T. GREENLEAF MOULTON, who died at his home in the town of Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, N. H., March 10, 1898, was in former years one of the well known and most highly respected citizens of this town,

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where he was born July 30, 1833. The Moultons are an old family in this section, the origin of the family in New England dating back to colonial times. Among its most distinguished members was Benjamin Moulton, who was made captain-general over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire by King George II in 1760, and since that time many of its representatives, if they have not attained so high a position, have at least been men and women of mark and influence in their respective localities, exhibiting strong traits of mental and moral force, combined with the religious faith, that was so prominent a characteristic of New England's early settlers.

Joseph Moulton, the father of T. Greenleaf, was also a native of Hamp- ton Falls and an active and influential citizen, who successfully cultivated his farm and improved the family homestead. He died in this town in 1888 at the advanced age of ninety-two years, respected by all who knew him. He married Mary, daughter of William Brown, and they had three children: Joseph W., who until his death in recent years made his home on the place adjoining the original Moulton homestead; Mary E., who became the wife of Deacon Daniel Smith of Brentwood, Rockingham County, N. H., and T. Greenleaf, of whom we make more particular mention.

T. Greenleaf Moulton acquired a good practical education and was brought up to farm life and labor. His life was passed on the old family homestead, to the possession of which in due time he succeeded and on which he made various improvements. This place has been for seven generations in the Moulton family and name. Like his father, Mr. Moulton was a man of influence in the town and took an active part in its government, serving as selectman and on the board of education. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens for his ability, honesty and other sterling traits of character and his advice was frequently sought in matters of public importance. He married Emily Stearns, a daughter of Marshall and Mary Ann (Chase) Stearns, of Paris, Maine, and they became the parents of three daughters, the only surviving one of whom, Jeanette, graduated from Wellesley College and is now a teacher in one of the high schools of Boston, Mass.

S. TILDEN LADD, M. D.,* of Portsmouth, N. H., was born in Epping, N. H., February 7, 1877, a son of Samuel P. and Sarah J. (Dodge) Ladd. The father, a New Hampshire man, was a farmer and machinist by occupa- tion. He resided in this state until his death, December 31, 1884. He and his wife Sarah were the parents of a large family of fifteen children, of whom thirteen now survive.

The subject of this review, Samuel Tilden Ladd, after attending the pub- lic schools, was a student for two years and a half at New Hampshire State. College. He then entered the Dartmouth Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1900, afterward attending the New York University, where he took a post-graduate course of a year and a half. In July, 1902, he located in "Portsmouth, where he has since built up a good practice in medicine and surgery, being recognized as an able man in his profession. He was city physician in 1905. He is a member of the Portsmouth Medical Association, the Rockingham County Medical Association,' the New Hampshire State Medical Association, and also the American Association and the North American Association. A Free Mason, he belongs to the Blue Lodge, has taken Scottish Rite degrees and is a "Shriner." In politics he is a democrat.

November 17, 1904, Dr. Ladd married Elizabeth E. Bagbitt, a daughter of Richard Bagbitt of England. This union has been blessed with three

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GEORGE H. GRANT

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children, Bradley, Peter and John. The family affiliates with the Episcopal church. They reside at 579 State Street, the doctor having an office at No. 75 Congress Street.

DANIEL W. GRANT, who is interested, with his son, George H. Grant, in the Grant Greenhouses, located at No. 915 Woodbury Avenue, Portsmouth, N. H .. was born at Tuftonboro, Carroll County, N. H., June 17, 1845, a son of Daniel and Patience (Lord) Grant. The father, Daniel Grant, a native of Stratham, N. H., was in early life a carpenter but later engaged in farming, which occupation he followed to the close of his life. His wife, the mother of our subject, was from Ossipee, N. H. Both have passed away and are buried in Tuftonboro. Their family numbered ten children, namely: John; Daniel W., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Henrietta, now deceased; Joseph B .; Betsey J., deceased ; Emma M., wife of Frank Joaquin ; Lydia, wife of William W. McCluskey; Charles M .; Clara, wife of Fred Gillette, and George.

Daniel W. Grant's literary education was confined to attendance at the common schools, which he attended only during the winter months, at other times and during the vacations being kept busy on his parents' farm. He subsequently learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for twenty- five years, after which he worked five years in a glove factory as cutter, He then engaged in his present business as greenhouse man, in which he has been very successful. The business is now actively managed and controlled by his son, George H. Grant, although Daniel W. Grant still retains his interest in the business. They have about fifteen acres of land, with six houses under glass, the principal greenhouse products being tomatoes and cucumbers, the most of which are shipped to Boston. Employment is given to four hands. In politics Daniel W. Grant is a republican but occasionally casts an independent vote in local affairs. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order.

Mr. Grant was married in 1872 to Emily J. Hobart, who was born in . Plymouth. N. H., a daughter of Charles and Martha (Morrison) Hobart, both natives of New Hampshire; her father's occupation was farming. Their other children were Abbie A., William C. and Julia. Mr. and Mrs. Grant are the parents of three children: Harry W., who married Belle Mitchell, and has a son, Ernest; Bertha E .; and George H., who married Flossie Eldredge and has a daughter. Lilah Marie. The family attends the Methodist church.

CASSIUS SAMUEL CAMPBELL, for many years a successful and well known educator, now living retired in Derry village, Rockingham County, N. H., was born in Windham, N. H., November 19, 1845, a son of Samuel and Lydia (Crowell) Campbell. He is a descendant on the paternal side of Henry Campbell, who emigrated to this country from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1773, settling in Londonderry. Rockingham county, N. H. -

The subject of this sketch, after acquiring his elementary education in the public schools, prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H. Finishing at Pinkerton in 1864, he entered Dartmouth College in September of the same year and was graduated with honors in 1868. He then went to Hastings, Minn., where he became superintendent of the public schools, re- maining ten years. During this time he established and organized a system of graded schools, which was pronounced by the state superintendent of

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schools to be one of great excellence and the high school to be the best in the state. He next became principal of the high school in the city of St. Paul, Minn., which position he held for five years, when he resigned and returned to New Hampshire to teach in the McCollom Institute at Mt. Ver- non. In 1888 he became a member of the faculty of his alma mater, Pinker- ton Academy, and here he continued, with the teaching of mathematics and physics as his special departments, until his voluntary retirement in 1909.

On becoming a resident of Derry, Mr. Campbell at once gave evidence of possessing a high practical order of citizenship by publicly advancing ideas and suggestions that culminated in some notable civic improvements, such as lighting the streets, laying sidewalks, planting trees, etc. He was the first to suggest the building of the Chester & Derry Electric Street Railway, was a charter member of the organization that took that work in hand, and was president of the company for a number of years. He was also a charter member of the Derry Water Works Company and for several years was superintendent of the works. In every position he has held Mr. Campbell has shown marked efficiency, and, as a citizen, his public-spirited efforts in the direction of civic improvements will long be remembered and appreciated.

August 30, 1869, Mr. Campbell married Miss Lydia Lorane Ashley, of Northampton, Mass., a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, descended from Rev. Justus Forward of Belchertown and Rev. Noah Merrick, first minister of Wilbraham, Mass. He and his wife are the parents of four children- George Ashley, Arthur Forward, Francena L. and Percy A., whose records in brief are as follows: George Ashley was graduated bachelor of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, subsequently receiving the degrees of A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. from Harvard University. In addition he studied for three years in leading universities in Europe, holding a travel- ing scholarship from Harvard. He is now holding the position of research engineer of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company of New York. Arthur F. Campbell was graduated A. B. from Dartmouth in 1895 and is now sub-master in a Boston high school. Francena L. Campbell was grad- uated A. B. at Mt. Holyoke and later took a post-graduate year at Columbia . University, N. Y. Percy A. Campbell graduated B. S. at Harvard, is now with the General Electric Company at Newark, N. J.

CAPT. LEONARD HOBART PILLSBURY, proprietor of a flourish- ing house furnishing company in Derry, N. H., and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Dunbarton, N. H., in 1835, a son of Rev. Stephen and Lavinia (Hobart) Pillsbury. His father was a Baptist minister. When only one year old Capt. Pillsbury .came to Londonderry with his parents in the very year that the City of Manchester was founded, there being at that time only two houses on its present site. In Londonderry he was reared to man- hood, being largely instructed by his parents and an older brother and sister. In 1855, being sternly opposed to human slavery, as were both his parents, he joined the anti-slavery emigrants who went courageously to the New Ter- ritory, as the Poet Whittier wrote,

"To rear a wall of men on Freedom's southern line

And plant beside the cotton tree the rugged northern pine."

He remained in Kansas three years, pre-empting his quarter section of land, and at one time carrying one of Beecher's rifles in those turbulent "Bor-

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der Ruffian" times. He then returned to his native state and entered the Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated in 1862. In the spring of that year he enlisted in Company A, Ninth New Hampshire Infan- try, being mustered in as captain of the company August 23, 1862, and was ordered south with his company the same month. He joined the Army of the Potomac in time to take part in the battles of South Mountain and Antie- tam. He also took part in the fighting at Fredericksburg, Vicksburg and Jackson, and participated in many smaller engagements. After taking part in the battle at Jackson, Mississippi, under Sherman against Johnson, the troops returned to Vicksburg, where he had previously witnessed the fall of that city. His company, through battles and hardships, being now reduced to seven men fit for duty, he was granted leave to return home, but was later assigned to special duty in the revenue service in New York City, where his mission was to watch for and seize all goods "Contraband of War." He was never seriously wounded, although hit by a piece of shell at Antietam. After the war Capt. Pillsbury spent two years as an officer of the customs in New York City. In 1866 he located in Manhattan, Kansas, and for two years was associated with his brother, Josiah H. Pillsbury, in conducting an independ- ent newspaper there named "The Manhattan Independent." The next five years he spent in stock-raising in Kansas, after which he was appointed dep- uty clerk in the United States Court and court commissioner at Memphis, Tenn., where he remained for five years. He then returned to New Hamp- shire and located in Derry, conducting a general mercantile business there for ten years. At the end of that time he established his present business in which he has ever since been engaged successfully. He has served as a mem- ber of the legislature and of the constitutional convention and three years as police judge in Derry. He resides on and owns the Elmwood farm, a fine property of 60 acres lying on the State Road from Manchester to Lawrence, one mile north of Derry. Capt. Pillsbury was married August 23, 1862, to Evelyn Sanborn of Kingston, N. H., his marriage taking place on the same day on which he was mustered in as captain of Company A, Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers. Only two days later he left for the seat of war. He and his wife are the parents of four sons and one daughter, namely: Fred- erick S., engaged in the real estate business in Watertown, Mass .; Ambrose Burnside, who resides in Derry and is associated with his father in the house furnishing business; Edwin S., president and general manager of the Cen- tury Electric Co. of St. Louis, Mo .: William S. of East St. Louis, Illinois, and Grace L. Crocker, of Belmont, Mass., wife of Josiah H. Crocker. They have ten grandchildren. They celebrated their golden wedding on the 23d of August, 1912, the occasion being quite a notable one and largely attended by many friends from distant states. Capt. Pillsbury, who is often addressed as "Judge Pillsbury," is a member of the Baptist Church of Derry and was one of its founders, only a few of whom now survive. He was for 25 years the superintendent of its Sunday School. He is also a member and a past commander of the Wesley B. Knight Post of the G. A. R .; president of the Regimental Association of the Ninth Veterans, and has 45 years been an active member and one of the vice presidents of the American Peace Society, and deeply interested in whatever concerns the happiness, education and ele- vation of the race.

EDWIN J. RAND, a well known farmer and stock raiser of the town of Nemington, who is also serving in the office of selectman, was born in Rye,

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N. H., September 26, 1884, a son of Henry S. and Mary O. (Trefethen) Rand. The mother of our subject is now deceased. The father, Henry S. Rand, a mason by trade, resides in Rye. He is a Baptist in religion, as was also his wife. Their living children are as follows: Arthur; Elizabeth, wife of Herman Rand (her husband belonging to a different family of this name, unconnected by relationship) ; Harry O .; Kate M., wife of Orvill Varrel ; Sherman, and Edwin J.

Edwin J. Rand was educated in the common schools and began work on the home farm at an early age, remaining thus employed until his marriage in 1908. He then came to his present location, the property being known as the Benton Hoyt farm. It belongs to his wife's mother, from whom he rents it, she making her home with our subject and wife. Mrs. Rand, whose maiden name was Beth Hoyt, is a daughter of Benton and Josephine (Tre- fethen) Hoyt, her father being now deceased. She has a sister, Faye, who is the wife of W. A. LeFavour, superintendent of Chase Bros. manufactur- ing plant at Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Rand have two children, Constance and Josephine. In addition to general farming Mr. Rand raises registered Holstein cattle and is doing a prosperous business. He belongs to the Grange and is a democrat in politics. He and his family attend the Unitarian church. Mrs. Rand had a brother, Frank, who is now deceased. Mr. Rand has two brothers, Joseph and Burt, and one sister, Estella, all being now deceased.

J. B. BARTLETT, cashier of the Derry National Bank, of Derry, N. H., and a well known business man of this town, was born in Nottingham, Rock- ingham County, N. H., in 1860. He was educated in the public schools of Haverhill, Mass., at a private school and at Coe's Academy, which he at- tended one term, subsequent to which he attended the Maine State College. He was then engaged for a time in farming. In the fall of 1888 he came to Derry and entered the Derry National Bank, with which he has been con- nected ever since. This bank was organized in 1828 as the old Derry State Bank and was thus conducted until 1864, at which time it was reorganized as the Derry National Bank. Mr. Bartlett is also a trustee of the Derry Savings Bank, chartered in 1904, and treasurer and manager of the Derry Electric Company of Derry. For ten years he has been town moderator and takes a strong interest in every project calculated to advance the moral or material welfare of the town. In the Masonic order he has taken the 32d degree. Mr. Bartlett was married in June, 1894, to Miss Eleanor F. Mc- Daniels, of Lee, N. H. They have three children : Richard C., Priscilla, and Joseph Bradbury, Jr.

FRANCIS ROBINSON DRAKE was born at North Hampton, N. H., November 5. 1849, only son of Nathaniel and Anne Trefethen (Seavey) Drake. His father was born and died on the farm at North Hampton, N. H., which had been in the Drake family in an unbroken line of ownership since it was granted by the Colonial Government. Mrs. Nathaniel Drake was born in Rye. N. H., but in her very early life her father moved to Greenland, where he purchased a farm and remained there the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Drake also had one daughter, Clara Bryant, who in December. 1875, married Oliver S. French of the same town, but later on moved to Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. French had two children : J. Russell French of Brookline, Mass., and later of North Hampton, N. H., and Anne Lemira, who married Herbert Coolidge Davidson of Boston, Mass.

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Francis Robinson Drake was educated in the common schools and at the New Hampton Academy. In early life he evinced an interest and took an active part in the religious and general welfare of his native town. He was a prominent member of the Congregational church, was elected deacon when a young man and for twenty-six years was superintendent of its Sun- day school. He was at different times secretary and president of the Rock- ingham Sunday School Association. During nine years he was chairman of the North Hampton school board. He introduced many improvements, in- cluding the system of graded schools. He was a frequent speaker at public meetings. For years he was a member of the Republican State Committee. Few men in this part of the state and county were better known in the busi- ness and religious world. In his own and adjoining towns he was almost constantly employed in the settlement of estates and in business requiring tact, experience and practical judgment.

He was one of the directors of the Piscataqua Savings Bank of Ports- mouth, N. H., and was connected with the real estate interests of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Apart from his private business as a bond and mortgage broker, which required semi-yearly trips to Ohio, Chicago and Kansas City, he managed his stock farm at North Hampton. Mr. Drake died May 18. 1902, after a brief illness at his home in North Hampton, where he held the love and esteem of all his town's people, and mourned by all who knew him.

Mr. Drake was of the ninth generation in male line of direct descent from Robert Drake, of Devon, England, who came to America about 1638, settling first in Exeter, N. H., and afterward in Hampton, of which North Hampton was then a part.

Robert's son, Abraham, was granted, in about 1670, a large tract of land from the Colonial Government in the northern part of the town, designated in the old chronicles as "North Division." There eight generations of Drakes, down to and including the subject of this sketch, have owned and occupied this farm in an unbroken line. The title deeds extend back over a period of two hundred and fifty years.

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 126

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