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KNOWLTON, EDGAR JAY, Postmaster and Ex- Mayor of Manchester, was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, August 8. 1856, son of James and Mary F. (Marshall) Knowlton. His family is Eng- lish, the family being traced back to 1500. A num- ber of its members took an active part in the colo- nies' successful struggle for freedom. Mr. Knowlton attended the common schools of Sutton, and in 1873, removed to Manchester. where he entered the office of the Union as printer's devil. He worked his way up through the mechanical department of the paper, and became a reporter and finally City Editor. In May, 1885, he accepted the Managing Editorship of the Lockport (New York) Daily Union and Niagara Democrat, a weekly paper, holding the position until he received a liberal offer from the
Manchester Mirror to become its City Editor. He returned to the Union as its City Editor, in 1884. remaining with that paper until 1890. He was the first Secretary of the Manchester Board of Trade. In 1885, he was elected to the Legislature, and in November. 1890. he was elected Mayor of Man- chester, receiving a re-election two years later. His popularity with the voters was shown by the fact that he received the largest majority ever accorded to a Democratic candidate for Mayor. He was ap- pointed Postmaster in May, 1894. His administra- tion of the office has been highly successful, and under his direction the postal facilities of the city have been greatly enlarged and improved. Mr. Knowlton is a member of the Calumet Club of Manchester. the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. Knowlton married, November 2, ISSo, Genevieve I. Blanchard. They have two daughters : Bessie G. and Belle F. Knowl- ton.
11. W. BOUTWII.I ..
QUIMBY, JON GRANT, Physician, Lakeport, was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, April 8. 1862, son of Joseph H. and Nancy J. (Fogg) Quimby. He attended the common schools of Sandwich, the New Hampshire Literary Institution, and Nichol's Latin School of Lewiston, Maine,
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from which he was graduated in 1885. He be- came a student in the Medical Department of Bow- doin University, and attained his degree of M. D., June 27, 1888. Until 1892 he was in practice in Lakeport, but in that year he removed to New Hampton, where he remained for two years. He then returned to Lakeport, and has since practiced medicine in that place. For three years he was City Physician : since 1894 he has been County Physician. He is a member of the Board of Edu- cation, his term expiring in 1900. He is a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and of the Winnipesaukee Academy of Medicine. He is a Knight of Pythias; Past Chancellor Commander and member of the Grand Lodge, and of J. A. Greene Company, Uniform Rank Knights of Pyth- ias ; of Mount Lebanon Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Laconia; of Pilgrim Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and is a Thirty-second Degree Mason. In politics he is a Republican. Doctor Quimby was married June 28, 1888, to Mary I. Davis. They have one child : Havene May Quimby.
G. T. CARTER.
MOODY, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Retired Manufacturer, Claremont, was born in that town, May 10, 1842, the seventh son in a family of eleven children. His father, Jonathan Moody, was a boot
and shoe maker, and was active in military affairs. Mr. Moody at fourteen years of age was appren- ticed to Russell W. Farwell, shoe manufacturer, of Claremont, with whom he remained four years. In 1861 he enlisted in Troop I, New England Cavalry, and served some time. In the fall of 1862 he was engaged as travelling salesman for a Boston shoe house, and in 1867 was taken into partnership, the firm becoming McGibbons, Moody & Radlin. Although equipped with but small capital, by his energy he made the business successful. He became a partner in Crain, Moody & Rising, in 1873. This firm established a factory at Amoskeag and Nashua, where they employed one hundred hands, making shoes for the southern and western trade. In need of larger quarters they removed to Nashua a few years later, and there carried on business successfully for seven years, at the close of which time the firm of Moody, Estabrook & Ander- son was reorganized. Under Mr. Moody's man- agement the factory became one of the largest in the country, doing a business of over two million dollars annually. Impaired health caused his retire- ment in 1896. In 1878 he bought what was known as the Mann farm, about a mile south of Claremont village, then containing eighty-seven acres. The place, now known as Highland View, has been greatly enlarged, now contains six hundred acres, and is one of the finest in Sullivan county, the splendid residence being situated upon an emi- nence commanding a wide sweep of country. A beautiful winding drive connects it with the high- way. Mr. Moody takes much pleasure in fine horses, and has had as many as one hundred and seventy-five at a time, included in the list being a number of thoroughbreds and fast trotters. He is known as a man of broad and liberal views, has done much to advance the interests of Claremont, and owns the Hotel Claremont, which cost one hundred and twenty thousand dollars and is one of the finest hotels in the state. He married Mary A. Maynard, daughter of Levi P. and Lorana (Orr) Maynard.
PEABODY, CHARLES A., Lawyer, New York, was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, July Io, 1814, son of Samuel and Abigail (Wood) Peabody. . On the paternal side he is of Welsh descent. One of his ancestors, Richard Peabody, was an officer in the Revolution, who had a command at Ticon- deroga and elsewhere. His maternal grandmother was a descendant of Sir Matthew Hale. Mr. Pea-
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body studied under private tutors at his father's home, and at Wolfboro. Gilford. Tilton, and Gil- manton. He taught in schools at Beverly, Massa- chusetts, and Baltimore, Maryland, studied law at Harvard, being graduated in 1837. and went to New York in 1839. where he entered upon the active practice of his profession. Although a strong Whig he took no active part in politics until 1855, when he helped to organize the Republican party in the state of New York. In the same year he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of the state. The Governor of New York appointed him State Commissioner of Quarantine in 1858, and four years later President Lincoln made him Judge of the United States Provincial Court for Louisiana ; and he was appointed Judge of the Criminal Court in New Orleans. In the following year he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. He was appointed United States Attorney for the eastern district of Lou- isiana in 1865. Although eighty-four years of age Judge Peabody is still in the full vigor of his men- tal powers, continues his practice, and visits his office daily. He is a member of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. He has twice married. his first wife being Janelia Caroline Livingstone, and his second. Maria E. Hamilton, daughter of John C. Hamilton and grand- daughter of Alexander Hamilton.
SALTMARSH. GEORGE HARRISON, Physician, Laconia, was born in Gilford, New Hampshire, March 3, 1859. son of Thomas and Sallie (Gilman) Saltmarsh. He was educated in the public schools of his native place and at the New Hampton Insti- tution. In 1879, he began the study of medicine with Dr. William HI. Rand of New Hampton and after attending three courses of lectures at Dart- mouth Medical College, was graduated November 13, 1883. Since May. 1884. he has practiced his profession in Laconia. He is a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, being a member of its Council, and of the Winnipiseogee Academy of Medicine, of which he has been Secretary since its incorporation in July, 1895. A paper on "Electri- city in the Hands of the General Practitioner" from
his pen, was published in the Transactions of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1895. Dr. Saltmarsh was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature in 1895-1896. He is an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He married July 23. 1891, Mima, daughter of Lenoard R. and Mary C. Avery. of Portland, Maine. They have two children : Robert C. and Arthur Avery Saltmarsh.
A. D. MACK.
WORCESTER, JOSEPH HILLIARD, Lawyer. Roch- ester, was born in Milton, New Hampshire, De- cember 31, 1830, son of Isaac and Julia (Hilliard) Worcester. He is of English stock, his ancestors having emigrated to Massachusetts. Mr. Worces- ter attended Rochester Academy, Pembroke Gym- nasium and Brown University. For a time he taught school, subsequently reading law with Cyrus K. Sanborn of Rochester, and being admitted to the Strafford County Bar in 1864. In the summer of that year he began a successful practice in Roches- ter, where he has since remained. Mr. Worcester is a Director of the Rochester National Bank ; a member of the Bar Association of his part of the state ; a Mason and an Odd Fellow. In politics he is a Republican.
INDEX.
Abbott, A. W. .
159
Christie, Morris
86
Abbott, Henry .
3
Chutter, F. G. 170
Abbott, Oscar D.
4
Clark, Lewis W. 125
Adams, Daniel S.
40
Cogswell, John K. 46
Albin, J. H.
Colby, Fred. Myron 48
Allen. James F.
Cole, Edmund C. 200
Allison, G. . A.
So
Collins, C. S. 215
Amen, Harlan P.
S
Colony, Horatio
171
Amidon, C. J. .
4
Conant, Ilenry E.
+
Amsden, C. Il. .
224
Conn, Granville P.
15
Annable, E. G.
Cox, Charles E.
1 5
Anthoine, I. G.
6
Crane, J. S. ¿00
86
Bailey, W. W.
7
Currier, Moody
216
Baker, E. 162
Cutler, Geo. I. .
50
Baker, II. M.
160
Daley, Daniel J.
48
Barron, O. G. .
214
Davenport, J. L.
126
Bartlett, Fremont D.
42
Davis, George M.
127
Bartlett, Geo. A.
162
Davis, Samuel W.
16
Bartlett, John P.
213
Dearborn, Samuel G.
17
Barton, II. A.
S
Dillon, M. A. 127
Batchelder, A. T.
163
Donahue, John J.
17
Bean, Alfred E. 41
49
Beattie, William J. 1 20
1 30
Bellows, J. G.
121
Dresser, Lorin II.
IS
Benedict, F. I .. .
164
Dudley, Harry 11.
51
Bingham, E. F.
165
Eastman, Charles F.
19
Bingham, Harry
166
Eastman, Edwin G. .
52
Blair, Henry W.
41
Eastman, J. K. 130
172
Bond, George S.
43
Elder, Charles B.
54
Boutwell, H1. W., portrait only 227
Ellis, Bertram
20
Bowker, C. H. 167
Emerson, C. F.
52
Branch, () E.
82
Emerson, James E.
IS
Brennan, James F.
Emery, George II.
172
Briggs, James F.
123
Emery, M. G
131
Brown, F .. R.
10
Emmons, G. B.
133
Brown, O. S.
121
Evans, Alfred R. 19
53
Burnham, H. B.
l'arrington, James
20
Burnham, Henry 1 ..
45
Faulkner, Francis C.
85
Burns, Charles II. 12
Cain, J. Leavitt
Ferren, Ebenezer
1 3.4
Carbec, S. P.
12
Foster, Joshua 1 ..
21
Carter, G. T. 225
Fowler, Edwin H. 86
Carvelle, H. D. 123
Fowler, Herschel J.
23
Chamberlin, Robert N. 46
French, I.conard 54
Chandler, W'm. E.
Ferguson, John 1.3.4
Chapman, Jacob
13
Gallinger, J. H. 135
Chasc, W'm. M. 12.1
Garland, Benjamin C. SS
Chency, P. C. S. Gerrish, Enoch
17.4
Blood, Aretas
9
Edgerly, F. G. .
Bond, Herbert W. 44
Eldredge, HI. Fisher
Buffum, C. T.
168
Everett, George Il.
I 1
Fellows, J. W. . 201
215
Dort, Obed G. . Doyle, J. J.
6
Currier, F. D.
Bachelder, John
1 59
So
120
232
INDEX.
Gibson, C. R. .
203
Mack, William B.
68
Gilman, Charles S. .
Mackey, E. D.
185
Gordon, Nathaniel
204
Martin, Nathaniel E.
94
Goss, IIerbert I.
55
Marvin, W. E.
186
Gove, J. M., sketch only
226
McCollester, S. H.
31
Graves, R. E.
56
McQueston, E. F.
144
Greeley, A. P.
136
Mead, E. D.
187
Greenfield, Charles
59
Melville, Henry
66
Greenleaf, C. II.
173
Miner, Francis H.
92
Griffin, S. G.
56
Mitchell, Abram W. 69
Moody. W. H. II., sketch only 228
188
IIale, Wm. S.
219
Nash, John B. .
188
HIall, Daniel
Nason, William F.
94
I Iall, George E.
60
Newton, Leroy A.
30
IIamblett, C. J.
176
Niles, William W.
67
Hanson, Dominicus
1 38
Nims, Francis O.
69
Ilardy, Silas
175
Norris, True L.
93
IIarriman, A. H.
1 39
Ordway, N. G.
189
Harvey, A. K. P., sketch only
226
Osgood, A. N. .
144
Haskell, P. T.
1.39
Parsons, W. M.
219
Haslet, G. W., sketch only
227
Page, Samuel B.
94
Ilastings, T. N.
177
Parker, Henry R.
97
Hatch, R. B.
178
Patterson, S. F.
32
Hayes, Charles C.
90
Peabody, Charles A , sketch only
228
IIayes, J. A.
61
Pearson, E. N.
146
Hazelton, Geo. C.
180
Pearson, J. C. I47
Heffenger, A. C.
140
Pearson, J. H. 147
IJersey, Fred E.
91
Peaslee, Benjamin D.
71
IIildreth, David M.
90
Peirce, G. W.
189
Hill, A. W.
179
Pelton, F. B.
222
Hill, Gardner C.
23
Perkins, A. A. .
148
Hills, Andrew J.
24
Perkins, George H.
96
Hobbs, J. O.
141
Perkins, H. B. .
206
IIodsdon, A. L.
62
Pike, Robert G.
70
Hopkins, C. B.
179
Pillsbury, Albert E ..
145
IIumphrey, John
217
Pillsbury, Parker
220
Ilunt, William P.
141
Piper, Charles F.
35
Jackson, George F.
24
Pitman, Charles F.
207
Jewell, David L.
92
Plummer, Chas. H.
95
Jewett, S. S.
180
Porter, R. H.
148
Jones, Edwin E.
181
Powers, Wilbur H.
98
Jones, Frank
218
Pulsifer, C. L. .
99
Jones, John F. .
62
Quimby, J. G., sketch only
227
Kennett, A. Crosby
64
Quinby, Henry B.
100
Kent, Ilervey
63
Ramsdell, Geo. A. 208
IOI
King, R. II.
142
Reed, Wm.
225
Knight, W. F. .
185
Reynolds, Thomas O.
71
Knowlton, E. J., sketch only
227
Rich, George F.
36
Langdon, Woodbury
142
Richardson, Cyrus
IOI
Leach, E. G.
183
Robinson, IIenry
32
Leet, G. E.
25
Robinson, John L. .
149
Leonard, W. S.
184
Rollins, Frank W.
73
Lewando, Joseph
66
Rollins, Montgomery
191
Libbey, Fred S.
26
Rundlett, L. J. .
1 50
Libbey, I. C.
26
Russell, Frank W. .
33
Lincoln, N. S. .
Saltmarsh, G. H., sketch only
229
Liscom, Lemuel F.
Sanborn, Geo. F.
195
Little, George P.
28
Sanborn, John W.
34
Lockhart, B. W.
183
35
Lord, Edwin II.
65
Sargent, F. If.
193
Lougee, Geo. W.
Sargent, II. G. . 29
72
Mack, A I)., portrait only
229
Sawyer, Charles H. .
103
IIaines, J. N.
217
Murkland, C. S.
Grogan, Frank W.
1 37
89
143
27
Sanger, T. E.
Kimball, E. P.
182
Ranlet, Joseph
233
Shannon, E. H.
106
Towne, George D.
74
Shapley, J. Hamilton
150
Truesdell, Edmund E. 112
Shute, Henry A.
10.4
Tucker, W. 195
Sides, W. O.
211 Tuttle, James P'. 77
Smith, Charles S.
Twitchell, Albert S.
79
Smith, Isaac W.
10.4
Upton, J. K. . Upton, Peter
77
Smith, W. B. T.
194
Varney, D. B. Varney, F. M.
213
Spaulding, O. L.
1 52
Walker, Reuben E.
38
Sprague, Obadiah
106
Wallace, Albert
117
Stahl, A. M.
107
Wallace, A. S. .
1 56
Stanton, Lucius M.
Wallace, R. M. 197
Stark, Gillis
74
Wallace, Sumner
79
Stearns, Ezra S.
155
Wason, E. 11.
197
Stearns, Onslow
153
Webster, Claudius B.
113
Stone, C. F.
223
Weeks, Frank
38
Stone, Melvin T.
37
Weeks, John W.
198
Streeter, Frank S.
192
Wentworth, Geo. A.
115
Sturtevant, E. H.
IOS
Westgate, Tyler
1 57
Sulloway, C. A.
192
Whittemore, Arthur G.
116
Swart, W. D.
155
Wilder, Christopher W.
78
Sweet, Robert V.
156
Wilkinson, S. S.
IIS
Tenney, Chas. Il.
107
Williamson, W. 1).
Tetley, Edmund
Winslow, S. J. .
.39
Thayer, W. F.
196
Woodbury, Levi.
158
Thompson. Arthur
110
Woodworth, Albert B.
117
Thompson, James
75
Towle, E. I.
212
Worcester, J. Il., sketch only
229
73
111
Smith, Robert B.
151
113
Spalding, John A.
37
153
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