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HENRY W. BLAIR.
superior officers, left Major Blair in command of the regiment which became known as " The Fight- ing Nine Months' Men." In the assault upon Port Hudson, he was severely wounded in the right arm, and was carried to the hospital, but when he learned a few days later that another attack was to be made, he insisted on disregarding the commands of the Surgeon, rejoined his command, and led the men. Here he was again wounded in the same arm by a bullet which tore open the old wound, but he remained with his men until he led them from the field. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel shortly before the siege of Port Hudson com- menced, and brought home his regiment when his
term expired. His health was most precarious when he returned to New Hampshire and so con- tinued for six or seven years, but careful nursing gradually restored it. He resumed the practice of law at Plymouth, for several years having an office alone, but in 1875 he formed a partnership with Alvin Burleigh, Esq., which continued until his first election to the National Senate. He was a member of the Legislature in 1866, and in the next year was promoted to the State Senate. He was elected to Congress in March, 1875, and was re-elected in 1877, but declined a re-nomination two years later. In the summer of 1879, he was a can- didate for the United States Senate and was strongly supported by the younger men of his party, by the temperance and soldier elements, and with their aid he was successful. In the House of Repre- sentatives he had served upon the committees upon Pacific Railroads and Accounts and several special committees. In the Senate of the Forty-sixth Con- gress he served upon the committees of Education, Labor, Agriculture, Transportation, Routes to the Seaboard, Election Frauds, Pensions, and Exodus of the Colored People. In the succeeding Con- gress he was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, and a member of those on Pensions, Public Lands, Agriculture, and Woman Suffrage. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1885. Mr. Blair is the author of several impor- tant measures, and in his speeches has discussed the financial, tariff and other leading questions pending during his public life. He was a vig- orous advocate of Woman's Suffrage, of indus- trial, pension, and temperance legislation and of national aid to the common schools of the South. Senator Blair was defeated for a third term, after which he was appointed Minister to China, but was rejected by the imperial government on account of his active opposition to Chinese immigration to this country. In 1892, he was elected to Congress from the First New Hampshire District. In 1895, he retired to private life. His home is in Manchester, and he devotes him- self to literary work and the practice of the law, a part of the time in Washington, District of Col- umbia. He married Eliza Nelson, daughter of a Methodist clergyman of Grafton county. They have one son, Henry Patterson Blair.
BARTLETT, FREMONT DAYTON, Superin- tendent of the Berlin Mills, was born in Bethel, Maine, April 30, 1856, son of Elias S. and Hester
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A. (Bartlett) Bartlett. He numbers among his ancestors the Bartletts of Colonial and Revolu- tionary fame : his great-grandfather, Josiah Bartlett, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Hle received his education in the com- mon schools and at Gould Academy in his native town. In 1874 he obtained a position as marker in the Berlin Mills Company, and when not em- ployed as such. attended school in the fall and spring. and taught in the winter. By strict atten- tion to the duties of his position and by means of the unusual executive ability, always a prominent characteristic of Mr. Bartlett, he rose by rapid steps from marker to surveyor. from surveyor to
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yard-foreman, and finally to the important position of superintendent of the great plant. He is a Director and Vice-President of the Berlin Building and Loan Association. He was Selectman of Berlin for two terms, during one of which he served as Chairman ; was Tax Collector one year, and in 1885 was made a member of the Board of I.ducation, serving in this capacity for eleven years. During this time there have been many improvements made and advanced steps taken in the dissemination of common school education, and much of the excellence of the present system is due to Mr. Bartlett's individual efforts. He has been a pioneer in this work, and one whose efforts have
been most successful. He received the appoint- ment of Justice of the Police Court, June 24, 1894, from Governor Smith, but resigned upon his pro- motion to his present position. He is a member of Mt. Abram Lodge No. 31. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Bethel. Maine; a Past Chancellor Commander of Coos Lodge No. 25, Knights of Pythias, Berlin; Past Master of Sabatus Lodge, No. 95. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Berlin ; and a member of North Star Chapter and Commandery of Lancaster, and has always taken an active interest in all the affairs of these orders. In politics. Mr. Bartlett is a Republican. Mr. Bartlett was married September 12, 1880, to Vell M. Brown. They have three children: Leon Oscar, Harry Elharam, and Nellie Evelyn Bartlett.
BOND, GEORGE SUMNER, Manufacturer of Musi- cal Instrument Cases and Banker, Charlestown, was born in that place, March 2, 1837, son of Silas and Alice (Abbott) Bond. He is of English de- scent, his great-grandfather having migrated from England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where his son, William Bond, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was the first representa- tive of the family name born in this country. Wil- liam Bond inhaled with his first breath patriotism and love of country and at the age of eighteen entered the army of the Revolution. He was at the first bloodshed at Lexington, and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, stories of which stormy period in the history of the country he lived to recount to his children's children, prior to his death at the honored age of ninety-four. The record of the family of George Sumner Bond in Charlestown, New Hampshire, dates from 1765. and its various members have since resided there in the near neighborhood of the first settlement. The early education of George S. Bond was obtained in the common schools of Charlestown, but from boy- hood he has been gifted with a taste for literary pursuits, and has been a constant student and close observer of men as well as of books. Upon attaining his majority, he served an apprenticeship of two years in acquiring the trade of tinsmith, and in 1861 engaged in that business in the town of Putney, Vermont. In three years he returned to Charlestown, and purchased the business of his former employer, carrying it on successfully for seventeen years, and giving it up to accept the posi- tion of Superintendent of the Pargetized Can Com- pany, then establishing its business in his native
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town. After a year he resigned the position, again to engage in business for himself, buying a plant for the manufacture of musical instrument cases, which had been unsuccessful under previous man- agement. but into which he infused new life, build-
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ing it up steadily to its present fine proportions as the largest manufacturing establishment of its kind in the world. Mr. Bond has not allowed himself to become absorbed in his business successes to the exclusion of everything else, and his influence has been felt in many efforts for public advancement. He has given much attention to schools, and has served on the Board of Education, and as a Trustee of the Silsby Free Library since its opening. He is liberal in thought, public spirited and an earnest advocate of progress along educational, social, and political lines. In politics, Mr. Bond is an active Republican and has been a hard worker for his party and influential in its councils. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1889, and served with distinction on several of its important committees. In 1876, he became inter- ested in banking as one of the Board of Trustees and member of the Finance Committee of the Con- necticut River Savings Bank; in 1891, he was chosen a Director of the Connecticut River Na- tional Bank, and in 1896 was elected President, which responsible position he now holds, the
present excellent standing of the institution, in spite of its having encountered one of the most trying financial periods of the century, being cred- ited largely to his integrity, firmness, and sound common sense. His fine executive and adminis- trative ability won due recognition from the Ameri- can Bankers' Association in his election as Vice- President of the Association for New Hampshire at the annual meeting of that body in St. Louis in 1896, followed by his re-election at the Detroit meeting of the council the following year. Mr. Bond is a Mason, and for eight years served as Master of Faithful Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, No. 12, in Charlestown. He married October 9, 1860, Mary A., only daughter of the late Warren and Mary A. (Osgood) Way. Their only son, Herbert Warren, is Cashier of the Con- necticut River National Bank of Charlestown.
BOND, HERBERT WARREN, Banker, Charles- town, was born in that town July 30, 1861, son of George Sumner and Mary Maria (Way) Bond. He is descended from the Bond family of Water-
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town, Massachusetts, being in the sixth generation of the family. On the maternal side he traces his descent from the Ways of Newport, New Hamp- shire, who were among the early settlers of that town. He attended the Vermont Episcopal Insti-
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tute at Burlington, being graduated in ISSo, and two years later became a clerk in the Connecticut River National Bank of Charlestown. He was promoted to Assistant Cashier in 1893, and in 1895 was made Cashier, which position he now holds. Since 1885 he has been Town Clerk. He is Treasurer of the Diocese of New Hampshire, a Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. Mr. Bond is a member of the Lambs' Club of New York city; of Faithful Lodge. No. 12, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Charlestown, being Junior Warden from 1896-97: of Webb Chapter No. 6. Royal Arch Masons, Claremont ; Columbian Council Royal and Select Masters, and Sullivan Commandery, both at Claremont : E. A. Ray- mond Consistory. Thirty-second degree of Masonry, Nashua, as well as Aleppo Temple. Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Boston. He married, February 17, 1892, Susie R. Dickinson.
BURNHAM, HENRY EREN, Ex-Judge of Pro- bate. Manchester, was born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. November 8, 1844, son of Henry L. and Maria A. (Bailey) Burnham. On the paternal side he is of English stock, being descended in the eighth generation from John Burnham, who emigrated from England in 1635, and settled in Chebacco (Ipswich), Massachusetts. There Sam- uel Burnham, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born, who removed to Dunbarton In 1770. Bradford. son of Samuel, was born in Dunbarton in 1787, and died there in 1865; and there, too, his son, Henry L., was born in 1814. Judge Burnham's ancestors in the direct line were farmers, but among his collateral kindred are found the Rev. Abraham Burnham of Pembroke, and the Rev. Amos Burnham of Rindge; and he is related on his father's side to Nathan Dane, a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787, and the author of the famous ordinance of that date, for the government of the vast territory north and west of the Ohio, which contained the provision " that there shall be neither slavery nor involun- tary servitude in the said territory." Henry K. Burnham attended the common schools and High School of Dunbarton, Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, and Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1865. He studied law at Man- chester in the office of Edward S. Cutter and the Hon. Lewis W. Clark and in Concord in the office of Minot & Mugridge. He was admitted to the
Bar. April 27, 1868. From 1870 to 1878 he prac- ticed law in Manchester, as a partner of the Hon. David Cross, under the firm name of Cross & Burnham. He was a partner of George I. Mc.Al- lister, from April 1, 1881, to January 1, 1884,
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under the firm name of Burnham & McAllister. In September, 1884, with Albert O. Brown, he formed the law firm of Burnham & Brown, to which George H. Warren was admitted in Septem- ber, 1890. This firm is now in practice under the name of Burnham, Brown & Warren. Mr. Burn- ham was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1873-74, and of the State Constitutional Convention of 1886. He has been Ballot Law Commissioner since 1893; Treasurer of Hillsborough county in 1875-77; Judge of Pro- Date of Hillsborough county from July 25. 1876, until his resignation in June, 1879; Chairman of the Republican State Convention to nominate dele- gates to the National Convention in 1888; Major, commanding the Amoskeag Veterans, 1892 '91. Ile has been Noble Grand of Wildley Lodge, and Chief Patriarch of Mount Washington Encamp- ment. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was Worshipful Master of Washington Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in 1876 and 1877; Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in New Hampshire in 1885 ; and has received the
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Thirty-second degree in Scottish Rite Masonry. He is a member of the Derryfield Club. From his college days Judge Burnham has been noted among his fellows as an orator of rare power and charm. At his graduation he was selected to dis- cuss in public debate, the Monroe Doctrine, with Horace Russell, since a Judge of the courts of New York; and in later days he has delivered many addresses of note, among them the oration at the dedication of Masonic Hall in Manchester, October 15, 1890; a stirring address on Bunker Hill day, as Commander of the Amoskeag Vet- erans, at the banquet given by the Worcester Con- tinentals to the Veterans and the Putnam Phalanx, and the eloquent oration at the Semi-Centennial in Manchester, September 8, 1896. As an advo- cate before a jury he has but few equals, and from its beginning his practice has been large and lucra- tive. In politics he has always been a Republican. Judge Burnham married, October 22, 1874, Eliza- beth H. Patterson. His children are: Gertrude Elizabeth, Alice Patterson, and Edith Duncan Burnham.
CHAMBERLIN, ROBERT N., Lawyer, Berlin, was born in Bangor, New York, July 24, 1856, son of Antoine and Electa B. (Sears) Chamber- lin. His grandfather, Francois Chamberlin, born near Paris, France, came to Canada, where he was in the British service as a mariner in the War of 1812. His son, Antoine, who was born in Nicollet, Province of Quebec, and followed his trade of shoemaker in Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, Malone and Bangor, Franklin county, New York, settled in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire, in 1859. In this town, the subject of this sketch attended the public schools a few weeks each year, most of his time from his eighth to six- teenth year being devoted to the task of self sup- port. Later he attended the academies at Cole- brook and Derby, Vermont. In 1877-'78 he read law with G. W. Hartshorn of Canaan, Vermont ; was admitted to the Bar in Vermont, March, 1881, and formed a partnership with Mr. Hartshorn, which continued for two years. In July, 1881, he moved to Berlin, and in March, 1883, was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar, and being the first lawyer to settle in the town of Berlin which was then developing rapidly. Mr. Chamberlin is a lawyer of great ability and has taken a prominent place in the profession in the state. He has served as Superintendent of Schools, as Selectman, and as
a member of the Board of Education. He is active in the Masonic order. In 1889, he was a member of the State Legislature, and was re-elected in 1892, and chosen Speaker of the House. During both of his terms, he made a brilliant record. In poli-
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tics Mr. Chamberlin is a strong Republican. He married November 2, 1882, Maria H., daughter of Ira and Ann J. (Howard) Mason of Berlin. They have one son : Lafayette Ray Chamberlin.
COGSWELL, JOHN ROSS, Physician, Warner, was born at Landaff, New Hampshire, April 18, 1840, son of George W. and Harriet (Taylor) Cogswell. On the paternal side he is descended in the eighth generation from Sir John Cogswell, who came from England in 1635 and settled in Essex, Massachu- setts. His great-grandfather, John Cogswell, was one of eight brothers who served in the Revolu- tionary War. It is worthy of note that the eight together gave thirty-eight years to the service of their country in this war, which is said to be the longest period to the credit of any one family in the United States. Timothy Taylor, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was one of the first settlers of Lisbon, and his wife was a member of the well-known Lovell family of Wor- cester, Massachusetts. John R. Cogswell attended the district schools of his native town, and was
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graduated from the New Hampton Literary Insti- tution in 1859. He studied one year in college, but poor health, resulting from over study, forced him to give up the rest of his collegiate course. For two years he taught in high schools and acad- emies in New Hampshire and Vermont, and then began the study of medicine in 1861, being gradu- ated from Dartmouth in 1864. He practiced medi- cine and surgery for five years at Franconia, and then took a post-graduate course at Harvard Medi- cal School. He then returned to Franconia and practiced five years, or until November. 1874, when he removed to Warner, where he has been in active practice until the present time. In all he has seen over thirty-three years of active country practice in towns where his professional calls have frequently involved long and tedious journeys. Dr. Cogswell figures it out that he drives from five to eight thou- sand miles yearly. It is his belief. however, that in spite of this apparent hardship. the country phy- sician's life has its compensations in the splendid air, and magnificent scenery, and in the develop- ment of self-reliance to a greater degree than some- times is the case with the city practitioner. Ile often has to be druggist as well as physician, and thus gains added knowledge and strength. Dr. Cogswell's experience has been large, but he has devoted especial attention to the treatment of dis- cases of women and children, and has won a high reputation for his success in the treatment of pneu- monia. Ile ranks high among his professional brethren for integrity and professional court- esy, and for the most careful avoidance of questionable practices. He served as Selectman of Franconia for two years and was Collector of Taxes in 1873 : Superintendent of Schools for three years ; Town Superintendent of Schools in Warner from 18So to 1883; Superintending Com- mittee of Simonds Free High School in Warner in 1896 99. He has been one of the Trustees of the Pillsbury Free Library; Secretary of the White Mountain Medical Society : President of the Centre District Medical Society; and has been honored with elections as delegate to the American Medical Association and Vermont State Medical Society. Ile is a Democrat in politics, and in 1894-96 received the party nomination for State Senator, but fnled of election, the district being strongly Repub- lican. Dr. Cogswell has been a Mason for over thirty-four years and now belongs to Harris Lodge of Warner, Franklin Chapter, Lisbon, and St. Gerard Commandery. Knights Templar, Littleton.
Ile has been Master of Harris Lodge, representa- tive to the Grand Lodge, etc., etc. He joined the Odd Fellows some over twenty years ago, has received all the honors of the Order, and is now a member of Central Lodge. No. 67, Warner, and Welcome Rebekah Lodge, No. 18. He has been a member of Warner Grange twenty years, has held various offices in it, and is at present its Worthy Master. He has been Grange Director for the State Grange Fair at Tilton, and President and Secretary of the Merrimack County Grange Fair at Warner. For several years he was Director in the Merrimack Glove Company at Warner. Be- sides his professional work he has devoted some time to dealings in real estate and building of houses and shops, and has been foremost in any enterprise in the town in which he lived. He is a strictly temperate man, never indulging in the use of liquor, tobacco, coffee, or profanity. He has held the highest offices in the Sons of Temperance, Good Templars, and United Order of the Golden Cross. Dr. Cogswell is a ready writer and a poet of considerable local reputation, having always
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been called upon to furnish a poem for all impor- tant local events, anniversaries, silver weddings, Grange and Masonic celebrations and the like. His ready wit and ability for extemporaneous speech have caused him to be called the " poet and orator "
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of his town. He is a regular attendant at church and for ten years was a member of the choir. He is a believer in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, and that a man's works live after him; that one should live not for the present alone, but that his influence may go on doing good after he has gone from earth and earthly things. Dr. Cogswell married June 9, 1867, Mary Ella Knight, of Franconia, who died September 14, 1869, leaving one son, Edward K. Cogswell, born August 30, 1869. Dr. Cogswell married Septem- ber 18, 1872, Catherine Ellen Hildreth of Lisbon, by whom he had one son, Lloyd Hildreth Cogswell, born December 7, 1879. Mrs. Cogswell has long been a member of the Rebekah Lodge, was chosen Noble Grand early in its history ; has been an active member of the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, and United Order of the Golden Cross, and is a member of the Congregational church in Warner. Edward K. Cogswell is now a successful merchant of Henniker. He married Carrie E. Folsom, only daughter of Wm. O. Fol- som, a prominent citizen of Henniker. Lloyd Hil- dreth Cogswell is studying medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city; has successfully passed his examinations for the first year, and takes a high rank in his studies. Both sons, E. K. and L. II., are graduates of Simonds Free High School, Warner, and each took post graduate studies. Both are members of the Grange, and E. K., being of sufficient age, has be- come a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons. He and his wife are doing some literary work, at present being local editors of the Henniker Courier. Dr. Cogswell is, and well may be, proud of his family, both as to their intellectual ability and moral and social stand- ing.
COLBY, FREDERICK MYRON, Journalist and Author, Warner, was born in that town, December 9. 1848, son of Levi Osgood Colby and Mary (Dur- rell) Colby. He is descended from Thomas Colby, fourth son of Anthony Colby. the progenitor of all the Colbys of America and himself a descendant of Sir Robert de Colebi, one of the Knights of Richard the Lion Heart of England. He attended the common schools of Warner, a commercial col- lege at Concord, and a select school. He was for six years a member of the School Board of Warner (1878-81 and 1886-'89) ; Town Treasurer in 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1896; and in 1894 was appointed
Postmaster. He has been a member of the State Democratic committee for six years. He married, December 25, 1882, H. Maria George of Warner. He is well known to magazine readers for his con- tributions in prose and verse. Two books of his,
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"The Daughter of Pharaoh," and " Brave Lads and Bonnie Lassies," published by the Methodist Book Concern of New York, have had large sales. Another book, " Boy Kings and Girl Queens, Their Reigns and Their Achievements," is in the hands of his publishers.
DALEY, DANIEL JAMES, Lawyer, Berlin, was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, January 27, 1858, son of John and Bridget (Daugherty) Daley. He attended the common schools of his native town, and subsequently had the advantage of an academical training. At the age of sixteen he began teaching school, thus occupying himself in the winters and working on the farm in the sum- mer, applying his earnings toward gaining an edu- cation. At the age of twenty-two he began the study of law, entering the office of William and Henry Heywood, and pursuing his legal studies under their direction until March, 1885, when he was admitted to the Bar. November 9, 1885, he established himself at Berlin, practising law alone until February 1, 1891, when he formed a partner-
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ship with Herbert 1. Goss, which continued until September 15, 1892. when Edwin C. Niles, son of the Right Reverend W. W. Niles, Bishop of New Hampshire, was admitted to the firm, which became Daley, Goss & Niles. Mr. Niles retired from the firm November 26, 1894, and the business has since been conducted under the firm name of Daley & Goss, who have a very large clientage. In 1882, Mr. Daley was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Lancaster, and in 1883 was Chair- man of this Board. He did telling service for his party on the stump in 1883-'84 and 1887-'SS. In . of Lancaster, and has one child : Helen J. Daley. 1886-'87, he served as Town Treasurer of Berlin. and subsequently served several years as Mod- erator. In I888 he was nominated for County Solicitor for Coos county, and was elected by a large majority. Was nominated to succeed himself in 1890, and elected by a majority of seven hundred and fifty-one, running largely ahead of his ticket. Owing to the press of other business, he declined the re-nomination in 1892. In politics Mr. Daley is a Democrat. He has been prominent in the upbuilding of Berlin, and is now President of the
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