History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 131

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

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Mr. Horton was born in Portsmouth, N. H., April 22, 1878, and is a son of Frank and Carrie ( Rand) Horton. His father was a dealer in horses in Portsmouth for many years.

Arthur W. Horton received his educational training in Haven school in Portsmouth, after which he worked as a mechanic at the navy yard. Novem- ber 27, 1911, he became proprietor of the Sinclair Inn, and as such has made a distinct success. His red brick garage, with all that is latest and best in equipment, is well known to the motorists who touch Portsmouth. Mr. Hor- ton was united in marriage with Jean Shaw of Prince Edward Island, and they have two children, Alden R. and Mildred. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of the Royal Arcanum, Masons, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the P. A. C.

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JAY R. HEAD, V. S., now engaged in practicing his profession in Derry, N. H., was born in Tioga County, Pa., March 10, 1886, a son of John M. and Fannie (Francis) Head. The branch of the Head family to which he belongs has been settled in Pennsylvania for many years. They are a hardy, long- lived stock, as may be gathered from the fact that his grandparents have just celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.

Jay R. Head was reared and educated in Tioga County, Pa. He then began the study of veterinary science in the Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from which he was graduated in the class of 1907. He first practiced his profession at Addison, Steuben County, N. Y., where he remained four years, at the end of that time coming to Derry, N. H., whese he has been since located. He is doing a very successful busi- ness and is held in high esteem by the people of the village and town. He is a member of the Ontario Alumni Veterinary's Association of New York. Socially he is affiliated with the Grange and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Besides attending to the duties of his profession he is interested to some extent in farming.

CHARLES M. REMICK,* general farmer and milk dealer, owning 100 acres of land on the Brackett road in the town of Rye, was born on his present farm in 1857, a son of John F. and Mary Frances (Seavey) Remick, the father, a farmer, being a native of Maine and the mother of Rye, N. H. Both are now deceased. Their children were John A., Etta Y., Elizabeth, now de- ceased, who was the wife of Charles Spear; and Charles M.

Charles M. Remick was educated in the common schools and the high school at Rye Center. He then began assisting his father on the latter's farm and so continued until the father's death, after which he bought out the other heirs and has since operated the farm alone. He does general farming and in summer operates a milk route to the beach. A democrat in politics, he has served efficiently as selectman, town treasurer and highway agent, and is a trustee of the public library.

Mr. Remick married Emily B. Brown, who was born in Rye, daughter of Charles J. and Mary L. (Drake) Brown, whose family consisted of the fol- lowing children : Abbie B., wife of Fred B. Parsons; Agnes; J. Arthur, and Emily B., now Mrs. Remick. Mr. and Mrs. Remick are the parents of four children: Mary, wife of Edmund Watson; John Harold; Charlotte Ber- nice, and Francis E. Mr. Remick and family attend the Congregational church, in which he is a deacon, being also church treasurer. He is an ener- getic and prosperous citizen and is highly respected in the town.

WILLIAM P. GRAY was born in Denver, Colo., February 6, 1877, the son of John and Mary Gray. His parents still live in the West, where his father is engaged in business as a contractor. Two children have graced their union, William P., the subject of this review, and a daughter.

William P. Gray has spent by far the greater part of his life in the West. having come East only in recent years. He has since resided in this part of the country. Mr. Gray, following the completion of a high school education, gained prominence as a professional race track jockey. He next launched forth on a wide field of athletics, especially in the managing of professional baseball and basketball teams. While in St. Johnsbury, Vt., in the winter of 1907-1908, his professional basketball team was rated as the best in the game. About seven years ago, Mr. Gray became associated with Mr. John

JAY R. HEAD, V. S.

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C. McDonough in the moving picture business, and they have since met with continuous success. Their theatres include the Premier Scenic Temple, Ports- mouth; the Mystic, Lewiston, Me., and the Colonial, Augusta, Me. Their new theatre, now in the process of construction in Portsmouth, will be one of the finest of its kind in New England when finished. In June, 1901, Mr. Gray married Mary E. Engen, of Portsmouth, the daughter of Peter and Sophia Engen. One child, Mary Monita, has been born to them.

DR. C. E. NEWELL, a well known member of the medical profession of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, has been engaged in practice in Derry since 1907. He was born in Goffstown, N. H., and is a son of Dr. Henry E. and Emma Frances (Stowell) Newell. The father, was a graduate of Long Island Sound Medical College. and became a very prominent physi- cian and surgeon in the vicinity of Derry, where he practiced from 1881 until his death in 1903, when aged but fifty-two years. He was of the hustling type of man and took a leading interest in the progressive movements of the community. His marriage to Miss Emma Frances Stowell, who survives him, resulted in the birth of three sons. The eldest, H. W. Newell, M. D., now a practitioner at Port Orchard, Washington, received the A. B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1895, and in 1900 received his degree in medicine from the Medical Department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore, Md. The youngest son, Arthur H. Newell was educated in Pinkerton Academy and now is a resident of Hammond, Indiana.

C. E. Newell, subject of this record and the second child born to his parents, attended St. Johnsburg Academy and later Dartmouth College for three years. In 1906 he was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Maryland with the degree of M. D. During the last year in college he had one year of hospital work as interne. He, in 1906 located in Bedford, N. H., and in 1907 located in Derry, where he has since maintained the prestige the Newell name has enjoyed in medical practice for many years. He is affiliated with the American Medical Association, the New Hampshire State Medical Society and the Rockingham and Hillsboro County Medical Societies.

In 1907 Dr. Newell was united in marriage with Miss Harriet L. Chase, only daughter of the late Benjamin Chase, and they have four children : Henry C., Benjamin C., Edward C. and Louise T. Fraternally, the Doctor is a Mason, and also is a member of the Chapter, R. A. M. He and his family attend the Central Congregational Church.

JOHN FRANK GYNAN,* a well known resident of Hampton Falls, who has been active in public affairs, was born in this town August 27. 1881, a son of John Frank and Mary L. (Brown) Gynan. His paternal grand- father was Nicholas Gynan, who came to the States from Nova Scotia in the first half of the last century, and served in the Civil war. John Frank Gy- nan, Sr., father of our subject, was born in Seabrook, N. H. He was a shoemaker by occupation. His wife Mary was a daughter of Chester and Suvira Brown. Mr. Gynan, Sr., died in 1895 and his wife is also now deceased.

John Frank Gynan, the subject of this sketch, and the second of the name, was educated in the public schools and then worked at shoemaking until 1902, at which time he entered the employ of the electric railway company as con- ductor, a position he still holds. He was a member of the school board for four years and a half in Seabrook and for the last four years has been super-

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visor of the check list in Hampton Falls. He is also school treasurer here and is a candidate for representative the present year ( 1914). His society affiliations are with the lodge of Red Men at Exeter ; the E. H. & A. Street Railway Relief Association; the Junior Order of United American Me- chanics, of which he is secretary and treasurer; the Sons of Veterans, and the Home Mutual Aid Association of Seabrook.

In 1900 Mr. Gynan married Miss Caddie J. Eaton, daughter of Emery Eaton. Of this marriage there was one daughter, Ailene A. L., born March 31, 1901. The mother died June 7, 1908, and Mr. Gynan married for his second wife, in 1909 Miss Frances W. Sanborn, daughter of Joseph and Eliza Sanborn.

JAMES MARCELLO, well known in the city of Portsmouth as a gen- eral contractor, was born in Italy, April 18, 1862, a son of William Marcello, who never came to this country. James Marcello came to the United States when fourteen years old, at first residing in New York for about two years. From there he drifted to different places until he reached Boston, where he obtained employment as foreman for a construction company. Subsequently coming to Portsmouth, he started his present business, in which he has been eminently successful. During the thirteen years in which he has resided here he has built a number of the large and important buildings in the city, and is now engaged in putting in pipe for the Kittery Water Company. Last year ( 1913) he laid nine miles of pipe, his contract for this year calling for three miles. He now has thirty-five men in his employ, last year having as many as one hundred. Mr. Marcello has been twice married, having two children by his first wife, Emelio and Carrie, and four by his second, namely James W., Allen William, John and Helen. Mr. Marcello owns a fine residence on School street, in which he resides; also another residence on School street and two business blocks on Market street. He belongs to the Foresters and the Royal Arcanum, is independent in politics, and is a member of the Cath- olic church. It would be hard to find a better representative of Portsmouth's enterprising and successful citizens of foreign birth.

ROY R. ROLLINS,* owner and proprietor of a general store is also town clerk for the town of North Hampton, N. H. He was born in North Hampton, October 25, 1876, and is a son of Jonathan and Francis ( Marston) Rollins, the father a native of North Hampton and the mother of Greenland.

Jonathan Rollins was a leading citizen here and was actively identified with town affairs. He established a general store about the year 1880, and continued it until his death. He served efficiently at different times in the offices of town clerk and treasurer. His marriage to Francis Marston re- sulted in the following issue: Mary Arabell, wife of Thomas B. Shaw ; Fan- nie, wife of Herman Marston, station agent at Greenland; and Roy R.

Roy R. Rollins attended the grade and high schools of Newburyport and supplemented this training with a course in Bryant and Stratton's Business College of Boston, of which he is a graduate. Returning home he started as clerk for his father in the store and since the latter's death has carried on the business himself. He served for a time as town treasurer, and for a period of thirteen years has been clerk of the town of North Hampton. He is a democrat in politics and has always worked actively for the success of his party and its principles. Religiously he attends the Congregational Church.

EDMOND G. TRUDEL

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ARTHUR M. EMERSON, a well known business man of Derry, treas- urer of the A. M. Emerson Company, shoe manufacturers, was born in Hamp- stead, Rockingham County, N. H., in 1869. His father, William A. Emerson, a native of this state, was the founder of the shoe manufacturing business in Hampstead, being head of the concern known as W. A. Emerson's Sons.

The subject of this sketch was educated in his native town of Hampstead. At an early age he entered into the shoe business, in which he has since con- tinued as a manufacturer-a period of twenty years. The A. M. Emerson Company was incorporated in October, 1912, with John W. Smith of Derry, president, Arthur M. Emerson, treasurer, and Harold Smith, secretary. They have a floor space of about 7,000 square feet with eighty-five employees en- gaged in manufacturing the self-flexible shoe, of which they are the patentees. The output is about 600 pairs per day. Mr. Emerson is also trustee of the Derry Savings Bank and secretary and treasurer of the Governor's Island Company. A Mason of high degree, he belongs to the Blue Lodge and Coun- cil in Derry, the Commandery at Portsmouth and the Consistory at Nashau.

Mr. Emerson was married in 1887 to Miss May Kenwood, of Eastport, Me. She died June 25, 1889, leaving two children, Alice M. and Ella M. In 1891 Mr. Emerson was married secondly to Miss Alice M. Hamlin, of Haverhill, Mass. Of this union there is one son, Clifford D., who was edu- cated in the schools of Hampstead and at a business college in Manchester, and is now in the factory. The two daughters were also educated in Hamp- stead, subsequently taking business courses at Haverhill, Mass. Miss Alice is in the office of the A. M. Emerson Company. Ella was married on June IO, 1914, to Mr. David F. Griffiths, residing at. Derry.

ALFRED LA FRANCE,* proprietor of a flourishing grocery and meat market, in New Market, N. H., was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada. March 19, 1875. His parents, Ephrim and Louise ( Loearel) La France, are still living in Canada.

Alfred LaFrance resided in his native place until 1891, at which time he left home, and coming to New Market, N. H., found work in the mill here. He remained thus employed until February 1, 1905, when he purchased the grocery and meat market of Mr. Frechett and entered into business for him- self. He has since enlarged his store and has built up a good trade. number- ing among his patrons many of the leading. people in the town.

Mr. LaFrance was married May 26, 1902, to Mary Muller, a daughter of Lewis and Mary ( Brusso ) Muller of New Market. He and his wife have comfortable apartments over their store, which is located on Central Avenue. They have no children. Mr. LaFrance is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the American Order of Foresters, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Lafayette Club, and the Canadian Society of St. Jean Baptiste of America, of which last mentioned society he is a very prominent member. He and his wife are excellent representatives of the French-Canadian population of the county, being industrious, cheerful, law-abiding and prosperous. They hold a prominent place among their own race and are popular members of the com- munity generally.

EDMOND G. TRUDEL, a member of the firm of Trudel & Bellavance, wholesale and retail dealers in liquors at Derry, N. H .. was born in St. Menique, Canada, in 1866, son of Edmond G. and Philomine Trudel. In his youth he learned the blacksmith trade under his father and at the age of

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twenty started out for himself, going first to Vermont, in which state he fol- lowed his trade for two years. Subsequently he followed it elsewhere, going from place to place until he located in Exeter, N. H., where he conducted a shop of his own for three years. About fifteen years ago he came to Derry and worked at his trade here and occasionally at other occupations until 1908, when the firm of Trudel & Bellavance was formed, which now does a whole- sale and retail business of considerable magnitude, being the only wholesale house in Derry. As a business man Mr. Trudel takes an intelligent interest in politics, without, however, aspiring to public office. He belongs to the fraternal orders of Elks and Eagles and also to several French societies, being president of the St. John Baptiste Society.

He married first Miss Rosa Bouque, who died in March, 1909, having been the mother of four children, namely : William F., of Springfield, Mass., Altha, Abilena and Lura. Mr. Trudel subsequently married Miss Emma Landry, of Derry, N. H. They are members of the Catholic church and have many friends and acquaintances in and around Derry.

ALBERT C. THOMPSON,* who is carrying on a prosperous grocery business in Newfields, N. H., was born in this town December 29, 1892, a son of George K. and Mary E. (Butler) Thompson. He was educated in the schools of this town and when a boy was employed for some time in the bot- tling works of George Towey, remaining with him until he was 21 years old, at which time he purchased his present store from Ernst S. Neal. He has since enlarged the business and is now enjoying an excellent trade. In the present year (1914) he was elected town clerk and also acts as justice of the peace. Thrifty and enterprising, he has excellent future prospects of suc- cess. Mr. Thompson is unmarried. His father, George K. Thompson, has been the town barber for 25 years and is universally known and very popular.

FRANK M. STEARNS, head of the firm of Frank M. Stearns & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in finished timber, of Derry, N. H., was born in Deerfield, Rockingham county, N. H., May 5, 1858, a son of John and Clara E. (Rand) Stearns. The father, John Stearns, was born in Wilmot. N. H., and removed to Deerfield when six years of age. He was a farmer for many years at Deerfield and was later superintendent of the Pierce farms at Greenland, N. H., for seven years. His death took place in Derry in 1886. His wife was a native of Deerfield. N. H., and daughter of Edmund and Julia Rand.

Frank M. Stearns acquired his education in the schools of Greenland and at the age of twenty-one years came to Derry. He was employed in a shoe shop and in a store for some ten or twelve years, after which he learned the trades of carpenter and cabinet-maker, subsequently buying and operating what is now known as the Greenough wood-working plant. This he later sold to Mr. Greenough and built his present plant on Franklin street, where he has built up an excellent business. He handles chiefly the better grades of wood, such as mahogany and cypress, catering chiefly to cabinet and screen work.

Mr. Stearns was married in 1891 to Miss Ethel L. Fowler, of Pembroke, N. H., a daughter of Albert and Kate Fowler. They are the parents of one child, Edmund R. The latter was educated in the public schools of Derry. later attended Pinkerton Academy, where he was graduated in 1911, and is now a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, where he

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is studying civil engineering. Mr. Stearns is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

LEWIS D. ADAMS,* proprietor of a general store at Deerfield Center, of which place he is postmaster, was born at West Amesbury, Mass., January 10, 1860, a son of George and Anna M. (Osgood) Adams. On both sides his ancestors came from England, those on the paternal side settling in Exe- ter, N. H., and the maternal ancestors in Massachusetts. They were quiet, peaceable people, and, so far as is known, there is no military record in the family. George Adams, the father of our subject, was born at Exeter, N. H., December 20, 1827. He was a carriage manufacturer by occupation. His wife Anna was born at South Hampton, this county, August 11, 1839. Both are still living and reside with their son Lewis in Deerfield.

Lewis D. Adams attended the public schools until seventeen years of age, during his vacations working as clerk in a grocery store. Later he entered his father's carriage factory, where he learned carriage trimming, which occupa- tion he followed for about ten years. He then bought a grocery store in Bradford and conducted it two years, when he sold out, and in July, 1900, came to Deerfield and bought the store which he is now operating, it being the only general store in Deerfield Center. On July 10, 1914, he was ap- pointed postmaster here. Mr. Adams has been twice married: first to Ida L. Dunton, of Milford, Mass., who died leaving no children. On November 6, 1902, Mr. Adams married for his second wife, Lillian V., daughter of Sam- uel Hill, of Deerfield. Of this marriage there have been two children: Rachel. who is now deceased, and Mildred E., born March 20, 1910. By a previous marriage Mrs. Adams had a daughter, Pauline E., born July 5, 1883, who was educated in the Deerfield schools.

Mr. Adams is a democrat in politics and has served the town as treas- urer, but although repeatedly urged to accept various other offices, has always declined. He and his wife are affiliated with the Universalist church. Mrs. Adams is an active member of the Rebekahs, the Relief Corps, and Grange and has held all the chairs.

CHARLES B. CHASE, assistant manager of the Benjamin Chase Com- pany, manufacturers of specialties in wood, at Derry, N. H., was born in Chester, N. H., July II, 1867, a son of Charles and Amanda ( Underhill) Chase. He was educated in the public schools of Chester, at Chester Academy, and in a business college at Manchester, N. H. With the exception of two years, which he spent in North Carolina after leaving school. he has been employed in the factory of the Benjamin Chase Company and has grown up in the business. He is also interested to some extent in other business en- terprises, which are prosperous and from which he derives pecuniary advan- tage. He is a member and past master of St. Mark's Lodge, A. F. & A. M .: high priest of Bell Chapter, R. A. M., member of Trinity Commandery, K. T., of Manchester, N. H., and of the Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine. He at- tends and contributes to the support of the Central Congregational church.

Mr. Chase was married in September, 1911, to Miss S. Russell MacMur- phy, daughter of Rev. Jesse Gibson MacMurphy, of Derry village. Mrs. Chase was educated at the Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., and also spent a year of study in Germany. She is a lady of culture and refinementt and she and her husband are members of the best society in Derry and the vicinity.

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CHARLES W. ROGERS,* electrical contractor, late owner of the variety store at Exeter, who was manager of the Exeter & Hampton Electric Com- pany for eleven years, was born in Rochester, N. H., August 11, 1865, son of Calvin and Mary A. (Harriman) Rogers. Both his parents were natives of New Hampshire. The father, who was employed in the post office at Bos- ton, Mass., for a number of years, was a veteran of the Civil war, and was taken prisoner and confined three months in Libby prison. He and his wife are now deceased and are buried in New Market. He was the son of Charles and Mary (Hurd) Rogers, and his wife a daughter of David and Hannah' (Goodwin) Harriman. They had two children: Charles W., and Florence, who married Charles W. Chapman, now deceased.

Charles W. Rogers was educated in the common and high schools of New Market, N. H., and then started in the electric supply and contracting busi- ness, in which he has since been engaged. He was married, June 22, 1889, to Miss Emma J. Learnard, a native of Vermont and daughter of Lewis and Martha Learnard, her father being a prosperous farmer. The other chil- dren in the Learnard family were Albert, Owen, Jeanette and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have a son, Charles H., who is superintendent of the Manual Training City School at Franklin, N. H. Mr. Rogers belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, Royal Arcanum, the Sons of Veterans and the New England Order of Protection. He and his family attend the Baptist church.

MICHAEL J. GRIFFIN,* who has been a resident of Portsmouth, N. H., for nearly half a century, is senior member of the firm of M. J. Griffin & Son, which acts as caretaker for eleven different cemeteries of Portsmouth. He is well known and is recognized as a progressive and public spirited citizen, having frequently been called into civic service. Mr. Griffin was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1853 and is a son of Timothy G. and Nora (Sheridan) Griffin, both of whom lived in Ireland throughout their lives. All of their offspring, however, came to the United States, their names being respectively : Thomas S., Michael J., Mary and James.

Michael J. Griffin was thirteen years old when he emigrated to the United States, and was for one year a resident of Foxburg, Mass., before locating at Portsmouth, N. H. Here he attended night school for a time and when eighteen years of age began, in a small way, his present line of business, at which he has continued ever since. The firm of which he is head serves as caretaker for three Catholic and eight Protestant cemeteries. Mr. Griffin has four different times served terms on the board of Alderman, and is now chairman of the police commission. He was in the street commission in 1906, and also served on the park commission. In 1886 he was elected to represent his district in the State Legislature. He is a democrat in politics.

In 1874 Michael J. Griffin was joined in marriage with Mary Connery, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of John and Ellen ( Daniel) Connery of Ireland. She was one of two children, having a brother, Michael. Our subject and his wife reared the following children : Michael J. Jr., James P., William T., Dr. Samuel F., and Charles H., who died at the age of twenty- one years. In religious attachment the family is Catholic. Mr. Griffin is a member of the order of Foresters.

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 131

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