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EDWARD H. EVERETT.
E DWARD H. EVERETT was born at Henniker, November 23, 1854. and is the son of Charles W. Everett and Laura Soule. His father was a veteran railroad conductor but his son chose another line of work and served an apprenticeship in the apothecary store of George E. Hall at Manchester, although he in turn came into railroad life, serving for several years as cashier in the Concord railroad office at Nashua. He resigned that position, however, on the death of John J. Whittemore and purchased the drug business which that gentleman had conducted, and is now engaged in carrying on the store. In his ward Mr. Everett has attained a prominent position by his constant display of a . Bourbon Democracy " that has advanced him in political circles. Twice he sat in the legislature, first in 1885 and again in 1893. and during each session he was prominent in the debates of the house. his speeches stamping him as an original and courageous legislator. Mr. Everett's mind is distinctly unconventional. He is a pronounced atheist and, though never obtruding his views, stands ready always to give answer for his lack of faith. In the city of Nashua he commands an increasing clientage. In business circles he is popular, in political circles he has won honors and should he aspire he may hope with encouragement for better and more honorable gifts to come.
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EDWARD H. CARROLL.
E DWARD H. CARROLL was born in Sutton, October 31, 1854, and is the son of Alonzo C. Carroll and Mercy A. Hale. Since his thirteenth year he has resided in Warner, where at the age of eighteen he entered into business with his father, and has for twenty-five years continued as clerk and partner in the same store. In 1877 he was appointed postmaster of Warner, and resigned in 1884 voluntarily, and is said to be the only postmaster in New Hampshire who resigned without request but because of a belief in rotation in office. In 1885 and 1886 he was town treasurer, and from 1886 to 1889 he was a member of the school board. He was elected treasurer of Merrimack county in 1890, and has but now relinquished the duties of that office. In 1893 he was a member of the legislature from Warner and was one of the most prominent figures of the session, through his connection with the Carroll highway bill, relieving towns and cities from liability for accidents upon highways. Upon this bill all the parliamentary struggles of the session concentrated, yet Mr. Carroll, with supreme confidence in the wisdom of his measure, and with remarkable sagacity, rallied about him an enthusiastic corps of supporters and pushed the bill to a brilliant and successful issue. Mr. Carroll was chairman of the committee on incorporations during this session of the legislature, and to the important duties of that position gave careful and conscientious heed. Mr. Carroll is New Hampshire born and bred. He was educated in the common schools and in the high school at Warner, and while yet in his teens began the active work of life. The enthusiasm with which he then entered upon his duties has never left him, but remains still a constant factor in his suc- cess. Mr. Carroll is an active, earnest, enterprising citizen, to whom the community owes much, and for whom the community is always ready to do much.
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JONATHAN THORNE DODGE.
J ONATHAN THORNE DODGE. member of the legislature from the new-born city of Rochester, was born in that city, June 23, 1844, and bears the same name as his father, his mother having been Sarah Hanson. He was educated in the common schools of his native city, in Boston, and at Phillips Andover academy. Following the course of his father, who was possessed of extensive business and real estate interests in Rochester, Mr. Dodge became clerk in Dodge's hotel. a famous stand in olden times which still maintains its well-earned repu- tation. As clerk in this hotel Mr. Dodge passed many of the years of his life, succeeding to the proprietorship of the property upon the death of his father. Mr. Dodge could not fail to be prominent in the various local concerns by virtue of his extensive interests in the city, but more by virtue of his personal interest in the prosperity of Rochester. He has become actively identified with nearly all of the public organizations. He is a director in the Cold Spring Agricultural society, is vice-presi- dent of the Rochester Savings Bank, is a director of the Rochester board of trade, and has been chief engineer of the fire department. When the new city of Rochester was chartered in 1891 and came to elect its first city government. Mr. Dodge naturally was chosen to serve in the council, where his keen insight won for him merited appointment upon the leading committees and his work during the first. the crucial. year of the city's existence, was faithful, careful, reaching permanent results, and merited the election to the house of representatives which he received before his term of office in the city council had expired. Mr. Dodge has become so thoroughly identified with Rochester as to be one of its constituent parts, and the figure is not exaggerated, for in all that Rochester implies, in its bustling, progressive, prosperous activ- ity, Mr. Dodge typifies in his own career the essentials that have made it so.
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JOHN HERBERT FELLOWS.
J OHN HERBERT FELLOWS was born in Brentwood, August 29, 1850, and is the son of Stephen and Narcissa Gale (Sinclair) Fel- lows. He was educated in the schools of Brentwood, at Kingston academy, and at Tilton seminary. He has been engaged for several years in business at West Brentwood where he built up a large estab- lishment for the manufacture of wood and paper boxes. Nothing but the energy of the proprietor has made this establishment successful, for in addition to its unfavorable location it has also suffered from the rav- ages of fire, requiring not only diligence and patience, but also courage in a large degree. Mr. Fellows has found time, however, to devote him- self to other interests than those of his immediate business. For example, he has held office as postmaster at West Brentwood, and for two years was a selectman of the town of Brentwood. In 1893, he was sent by his fellow citizens to represent them in the legislature, and was one of the most industrious and capable of the members of the house of representatives. Mr. Fellows is a man of much worth of char- acter and the quiet fortitude of his manner, no less than the well-under- stood uprightness of his honor, has enabled him to push forward through obstacles to success.
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CHARLES H. HOYT.
C HARLES H. HOYT was born in Concord, July 26, 1860, the son of George W. Hoyt, a famous hotel man of Concord who afterwards served in the railway mail service. Mr. Hoyt was educated at a private school in Charlestown, where his family residence has been since 1868, and later at the Boston Latin school. He read law in the office of Chief Justice Cushing, and abandoned that profession for jour- nalism, being first connected with the St. Albans Advertiser, and later with the Boston Post where he conducted the "All Sorts " paragraphical column for five years, in addition assuming the work of dramatic, musi- cal, and sporting editor. Mr. Hoyt, during the period of his news- paper work, wrote more or less for the Boston local stage, but his first important production, " A Bunch of Keys," was not brought out until 1883. So marked was the success of this comedy, that a year later Mr. Hoyt abandoned journalism for active theatrical work as manager and playwright, producing in company with Charles W. Thomas, "A Rag Baby." The partnership then formed with Mr. Thomas has since con- tinued, the firm now managing Hoyt's Madison Square theatre in New York and also controlling the travelling companies now producing Mr. Hoyt's plays. In all Mr. Hoyt has written fourteen plays, none of which has failed of winning popular favor. In 1887 Mr. Hoyt married Flora Walsh of San Francisco, who died January 22, 1893. Mr. Hoyt in 1892 was elected representative from Charlestown, and was his party's candidate for speaker. As New Hampshire's only playwright. Mr. Hoyt enjoys a unique distinction yet he bears his honors modestly. The sparkling briskness of his plays is the characteristic of the man. Keenly satirical yet never wounding, good humoredly witty, frank and genial, Charles H. Hoyt, like his own plays, is a New England produc- tion and New Hampshire proudly claims him as her own.
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GEORGE FREDERICK MATHES.
G EORGE FREDERICK MATHES, member of the house of I representatives from Wolfeborough, was born in Rochester, March 25, 1856, and is the son of Stephen Meserve Mathes and Louisa Fish Davis. Mr. Mathes was educated in the public schools at Roch- ester, and upon leaving these institutions entered upon what has been his life work, railroading. He began in the freight office of the Boston & Maine railroad at Rochester, serving in a subordinate capacity and gradually being promoted through the different grades of service until he finally left the office to become a conductor on the northern division of the Boston & Maine railroad, in which capacity he has served for thirteen years, with unvarying success, winning the praise of his employers and the friendship of his patrons. Mr. Mathes has been chosen to public position as a mark of trust on the part of those who know him. He was elected to the constitutional convention of 1889 and to the house of representatives of 1893 by the citizens of Wolfe- borough, a constituency that has always been represented in the legis- lature by men of ability and integrity. Mr. Mathes is one of the pushing young men of his section of the state. In his chosen line of work he is deservedly one of the most popular employes and numbers his friends by the hundreds. He is a sample of the vigorous and earnest young manhood of New Hampshire, and the fact that he has made his mark in the community in which he was born and educated and has always lived, speaks much for his credit and standing before the most critical of audiences, one's lifelong friends and neighbors.
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FRANK I. MORRILL.
F RANK 1. MORRILL, member of the legislature of 1893 from Hopkinton, was born in Contoocook. November 30, 1849. He was educated at New Hampton Literary and Scientific Institution and graduated from the Boston University law school in 1873 and was admitted one year later to the Suffolk county bar, and began the prac- tice of his profession in the courts of Boston, following it for eight years, when he returned to New Hampshire and took up his residence in Contoocook, engaging as a lumber manufacturer and dealer. since fol- lowing this calling. During Mr. Morrill's residence in Massachusetts his residence was in Newton though he practiced law in Boston. In the former city he was prominent in various social and political matters. serving as a member of his ward and city committee, and giving always to the use of his constituents the best of his time and talents. After taking up again his residenee in the state of his birth Mr. Morrill evinced the same interest in public affairs and has been frequently honored by his fellow citizens in Hopkinton with elections to town offices. all of which he has filled with sufficient ability and credit to merit repeated returns. Mr. Morrill is a member of the Masonic Order and also of the Odd Fellows. In 1892 he was chosen a member of the legislature and became one of the most prominent members of that body, taking an active part in the work of the session both in committee rooms and upon the floor of the house.
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CYRUS SARGEANT.
C YRUS SARGEANT, the descendant of revolutionary stock and coming from a good old English family, was born in Candia, August 24, 1824, and spent his earliest years on the farm, in the district school, and in the country store. Leaving the state at the age of sixteen, he engaged in a larger field of activity in Boston, where for twenty-two years he became prominently identified with the mercantile interests of the city, retiring from personal participation in business in 1862. The next ten years of his life were spent in travel both in Europe and Amer- ica, the cultured taste and wise discrimination of Mr. Sargeant leading him into all parts of the world. Mr. Sargeant was first married in 1855, his wife dying three years later, leaving one child. In 1873 he was again married to Mary E., the daughter of his lifelong friend, James McQuesten. His wife's parents dying while he was in Europe, he returned to America to take up his residence in Plymouth upon the homestead of Mrs. Sargeant, a house with a history, having been the shelter of George Thompson, the noted abolitionist, during his memorable visit to this country. Mr. Sargeant's oldest child is the wife of Dr. Robert Burns of Plymouth and his two youngest, a son and daughter, are now at school. During his residence in Plymouth Mr. Sargeant has become identified with the best interests of the town, his broad spirit, his wide culture, his unceasing vigor, leading him into all channels of activ- ity. He is a trustee of the Normal school and was one of the most active in securing the erection of the new and elegant building which the school now occupies. In 1891 Mr. Sargeant came to the legislature from Plymouth, and so excellent was his record as to merit reelection. In the house of 1893 he excelled even his former work as a faithful, capable, conscientious legislator. His vote has never been cast except for conscience sake ; his voice has never been raised except in behalf of honesty ; his sturdy character repels deceit ; the vigor of his mind courts combat.
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ALONZO IRVING NUTE.
A LONZO IRVING NUTE, member of the house of representatives from Farmington, is the second son of the late Hon. Alonzo Nute, who represented the first congressional district in the Fifty-first congress. Mr. Nute was born at Farmington, September 21, 1853. He was educated at the Farmington high school and at Phillips And- over academy, and immediately entered a business life in company with his father and elder brother under the firm name of A. Nute & Sons, and engaged in the manufacture of shoes. This business is still con- tinued since the death of the senior member of the firm. Mr. Nute is one of New Hampshire's keenest business men. He has served in various quasi-public positions and in 1887 was appointed by Gov. Charles H. Sawyer to become a member of the New Hampshire bank commis- sion. In this capacity under the old statute. Mr. Nute remained until the summer of 1889, when by legislative act the commission was remod- elled, its duties increased, and its membership enlarged. Mr. Nute was at that time chosen to become one of the new commission and in this position he was invaluable. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to his business at Farmington. and has been actively engaged therein since that time, being now treasurer of the A. Nute & Sons Shoe Co. In 1891 he was elected chairman of the board of town offi- cers in Farmington by almost the entire Democratic majority and at the last election he was made his party's candidate for representative. and though the town is normally Democratic by a large majority. Mr. Nute was chosen with two Democratic colleagues. In the house he served with the same fidelity, the same courtesy, the same efficiency, that have marked him in his various capacities. His experience in public life rendered him valuable as a legislator, his insight quickening his judg- ment and execution.
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FRANKLIN P. ROWELL.
F RANKLIN P. ROWELL, of Newport, was born in Weare and was educated in the schools of that town and in the academy at Francestown, starting out at the age of eighteen to earn his own living and to achieve, if possible, success. He began by learning the machin- ist's trade in the Amoskeag shops at Manchester, after which he worked in Blood's locomotive works and was sexton of the Franklin street church in the same city. In 1874 he removed to Newport and engaged in the grain and flour business, and has succeeded in building up and main- taining a clientage that brings to him a competence. In 1875 he mar- ried Eliza I. Young of Manchester and has five children, Arthur, Stephen, Lena, Irving, and Jessie. Mr. Rowell is a keen and aggres- sive business man, and opportunities that have come to him have been quickly seized upon and exhaustively expanded. He early developed the possibilities of extensive advertising and much of his success in life has been due to the unique manner in which he has placed himself before the public in the endeavor to obtain their patronage, which has followed in increasing amounts. Mr. Rowell is a public spirited citizen, and aside from the engrossing cares of his increasing business has found time to become interested and instrumental in the development of many of the public enterprises of his town. In public and private life he is scrupu- lously honest ; from each he has exacted his due and to each he has cheerfully rendered an equivalent. He has won the esteem of his acquaintances by his cheerful, ready honesty, and has won the respect of all by his manly demand for the rights that are due him. Mr. Rowell was elected to the legislature of 1893, and was an influential member of that body, taking part in the debates of the session with ease and fluency and appearing before the committees of the house in advocacy of many important measures which he either introduced or championed in the progress of the legislative business of the session.
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DENNIS O'SHEA.
D ENNIS O'SHEA was born at South Ashburnham, Mass., Octo- ber 23, 1851, and at the age of six moved to Laconia where he has since resided. He was educated in the public schools, at Gilford academy, and at Holy Cross college. He early began to care for him- self and at the age of eight worked in a mill during the vacations. At the age of thirteen he was one of the organizers and captain of the Laconia Zouaves, a boys' military company that won high renown and was invited to Concord to parade in 1864 by the governor and council. While attending school at Gilford academy he was office boy in the Belknap Mills, from 1864 to 1867, and in 1867 began the dry goods business as clerk for Folsom & Smith, with whom he remained until 1875 with the exception of one year spent in college. In 1875 he entered the dry goods business with his brother, John, under the firm name of O'Shea Bros., a firm that has built up the largest trade in northern New Hampshire, embracing more departments, employing more salesmen. and calling for more capital, more enterprise, and more sagacity than any other firm in the state. In addition to the duties devolving upon him as member of this firm Mr. O'Shea is sole proprietor of the Laconia Knitting company, employing about one hundred and fifty hands in the manufacture of hosiery. He is a director and the first president of the Laconia Electric Lighting company, director of the Laconia Board of Trade, and in 1893 was elected a director of the Laconia National Bank. He is one of the charter members of the Merchants Guarantee Savings Bank. In 1893 he was a member of the legislature from Laconia and served with the same quick, unerring sagacity that has characterized his business career.
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T' HOMAS H. VAN DYKE, who represented Stewartstown in the legislature of 1893 as a Republican, and who served in that body upon the committee on railroads, is one of the most active young men in the Coos country. He is engaged in the lumber business at West Stewartstown in connection with the Connecticut River Lumber company, and in politics has been his party's nominee for many offices, and has often succeeded in wresting victory from a firmly entrenched and vigorously supported opponent.
THOMAS H. VAN DYKE.
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J OHN H. LOCKE of Zealand represented the town of Carroll in the legislature of 1893 as a Democrat, and served on the commit- tee on incorporations. Mr. Locke is engaged in lumbering at Zea- land as resident manager for the Van Dyke company, and before that was in the same business at McIndoes Falls. Vt., and with the same company. Before that he was for some time proprietor of the Valley hotel at Hillsborough Bridge, where he made many firm friends whom he has retained in his new positions.
JOHN H. LOCKE.
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COL. CHARLES SCOTT.
C OL. CHARLES SCOTT, a native, a life-long resident, and an honored son, of Peterborough, was born April 14, 1829, his parents being William and Phylinda (Crossfield) Scott. He is a grandson of Hon. John Scott, who served several years in the Revolu- tionary War, and is a great-grandson of Maj. William Scott of Revo- lutionary fame. He attended the common schools of his native town, and until he was sixteen years of age was at home upon the farm. For four years he was a clerk in a store in Peterborough, and for three years he was publisher of the Peterborough Transcript. He gave up this work when he was appointed high sheriff of Hillsborough county, and for eighteen years he filled that position, a longer term than any other incumbent, and since his retirement from the high shrievalty he has been a deputy sheriff of the county. Upon the organization of the Sixth regiment of New Hampshire volunteers he was appointed major, and before his service in the army was ended he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Scott is now justice of the Peter- borough police court, and in the legislatures of 1889, 1891, and 1893. was a valued working member. Colonel Scott is also a familiar figure in political conventions. His shrewd advice has been constantly asked and given in his party's councils, and in many a contest he has been no inconsiderable factor. He is a debater of firmness and decision, and never talks without listeners, and never closes without converts. His long years of official service have given him that prominence attainable only by constant, indefatigable, honest methods. The sheer force of his character has fixed his position in the minds of those who know him beyond the power of place to add or to detract.
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THOMAS L. WADLEIGH.
T HOMAS LANG WADLEIGH was born and has always lived at Meredith. He is the son of Nathan Batchelder Wadleigh and of Sarah Whitten Lang, and first saw the light October 21, 1858. As a boy he attended the schools of Meredith, and as a youth he studied at the New Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton, beginning his busi- ness career in 1880, when he engaged in lumbering in company with his father, however, to cast his fortunes with the Meredith Shook & Lum- ber company, Dodge & Bliss Co .. proprietors. He became general manager in the manufacture of box shooks for the Dodge & Bliss Co .. of New York. In this line of work Mr. Wadleigh has been remarkably enterprising and successful, the increase of his business annually attesting to his ability. Under Mr. Wadleigh's direction the business of his company has steadily grown until today it is the chief industry in the town of Meredith. This success is largely, indeed it is no stretch of fancy to say that it is wholly, due to Mr. Wadleigh's careful super- vision. Under his father's instruction his training had been careful and complete. The results of that training are now daily exhibited by the development of his own business. In the affairs of the town of Mere- dith Mr. Wadleigh has naturally taken a prominent part. The enter- prises of that town, its efforts for its own betterment, have all received his cordial approbation and many of them owe their originating to him. Mr. Wadleigh was elected to the legislature of 1893 and to his constit- uents during that session gave most careful and conscientious service. characterizing his efforts there by the same tireless zeal, the same care- ful and correct habits, the same courtesy and sagacity, that had won him success in previous efforts.
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ALBERT B. WOODWORTH.
G EORGE and Louisa (Hovey) Woodworth were the father and mother of seven sons and five daughters. The family was poor, and the children were obliged to work for the common good at an early age, but both parents possessed a vigorous intellect and it was a home where such books as the Bible, Shakespeare, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Dickens's works were not only read but digested. All the children grew up to manhood and womanhood, and all have prospered, but no one more deservedly so than Albert Bingham Woodworth, the sixth son, born in Dorchester, April 7, 1843, three years before the family moved to Hebron. The only schooling available for the lad was that afforded by the district school, supplemented by a short course at Boscawen academy. He early developed a marked taste for business, and after serving four years as clerk in a general mer- chandise store, in 1866 began business at Warren, two years later suc- ceeding Parker & Young of Lisbon. At that time Mr. Woodworth had only a small capital, but friends who had watched his career stood ready to lend a helping hand, and his own indomitable energy supplied the rest. In 1873, in company with his brother Edward, he entered the retail grocery business in Concord, and in 1875 bought the whole- sale and jobbing business of Hutchins & Co., which they have since carried on with ever-increasing success. Never seeking political prefer- ment, Mr. Woodworth's abilities have been appreciated by his fellow- citizens, and as alderman from Ward 5 from 1885 to 1889, and as representative from the same ward in the legislature of 1893, he has done credit to their judgment. Mr. Woodworth was one of the founders of the Parker & Young Manufacturing company at Lisbon, and has served continuously as director. In 1880 he purchased an interest in that famous hostelry, the Tip-Top House, and has been interested in Breezy Point since the building of The Moosilauke in 1886. Early and late he has been diligent in business ; and, deserving success, has attained it.
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