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TRISTRAM A. MACKINNON.
T' RISTRAM A. MACKINNON, general manager of the Concord & Montreal railroad, is a native of Ireland, where he was born July 7, 1844, his parents being James and Mary J. (Allen) Mackinnon. His education was received chiefly at St. Francis college at Richmond. Quebec, and in December, 1868, he began a railroad career in the em- ploy of the Passumpsic railroad at Lyndon, Vt., and holding the various positions of shop clerk, superintendent's clerk, and acting superinten- dent. His connection with the Passumpsic road ceased in August. 1873, when he went to Brockville, Ontario, and became superinten- dent of the Brockville & Ottawa, and Canada Central railways. Here he remained until 1880 and in that year he went with the South-eastern railway as manager, with head-quarters at Montreal. He occupied this post until 1886, and then was made general superintendent of the On- tario & Atlantic division, and later, manager of transportation of the Canadian Pacific railway. In this place he served until 1890, when he assumed his present position, coming to the Concord & Montreal road soon after its formation by the uniting of the old Concord, and Boston. Concord & Montreal systems.
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GEORGE E. CUMMINGS.
T HE rise of George Edgar Cummings from the lowest to the highest position on the staff of a railroad corporation has been marked by the steady advance that always follows meritorious labor. Mr. Cummings was born October 10, 1853, in Rumney, and is the son of George Spaulding Cummings and Mariette Vinton. In 1854 his parents removed to Woodsville, where his father is now the oldest settler in the place, and in the district school their son was educated. At the age of fifteen Mr. Cummings began work as an engine cleaner for the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad at Woodsville, and passed successfully and successively through every branch of the train service, becoming in 1882 wood agent of the road and entering the service of the Boston & Lowell railroad when that corporation secured control of the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad, his position then being that of transfer agent and stationed at Concord. In 1884 he was appointed train master of the White Mountain division of the Boston & Lowell railroad. His next promotion came in 1891, when he was appointed assistant superintend- ent of the Concord & Montreal railroad, Northern division, with head- quarters at Woodsville, rising in the year following to be superintendent of the division, which position he still holds and fills to the eminent satisfaction of the road and its patrons. Mr. Cummings has devoted his life to railroad business and with success. His advance has been both steady and merited and came as the reward of solid approbation of solid, faithful work. In every position that he has filled, and those posi- tions have been many, Mr. Cummings has brought to his new duties the best of his ability in their execution. Such a spirit could not fail to win reward, and that it has is as much a source of pleasure to Mr. Cummings's friends as to that gentleman himself, for no more deservedly popular man has worn the uniform of a train man or has sat at a super- intendent's desk.
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WILLIAM G. BEAN.
S O successful has been the brief span of the life of William Griggs Bean, that it is a matter of regret that New Hampshire may not claim him as a son as well as a resident. Mr. Bean was born in Dav- enport, Iowa, October 20, 1861, the son of John P. Bean and Eliza- beth Fitts. His education was secured, after the public schools, at Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and at Dartmouth college, being at the latter institution a member of the class of 1883. He was engaged as civil engineer at Olcott's Falls, Vt., in 1882, and in 1883 was similarly engaged with a railroad in northern Vermont, becoming in 1884 con- nected with the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain road, and in 1886 entering the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad on the White Mountain division, passing from that corporation to the employ of the Concord & Montreal, where he has won frequent and rapid promotion through the various gradations of service, being at the present time superintendent of the Southern division of the Concord & Montreal system ; one of the youngest men in New England ever to hold such an important position. But rapid as Mr. Bean's rise in life has been. it has not come unworthily. Each of his many promotions has been won by constant fidelity and signal ability. As a railroad man he has be- come thoroughly familiar with the needs of his calling, and this familiar- ity with the details of his profession has enabled him in each of his successive positions to grasp the completed details of the necessities of public service. Mr. Bean has shown himself equal to every emergency. His youthful vigor has not permitted him to grow dull or slothful as he has advanced in prominence. He has not been content with duties clone, but looks forward with hope to future responsibilities, with a con- fidence that he will be equal to the demand made upon him.
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WILLIAM H. ALEXANDER.
W ILLIAM H. ALEXANDER was born in Tunbridge, Vt., No- vember 24, 1836, the son of William and Ednah Alexander. Though a native of another state, he has been a resident of New Hamp- shire for more than thirty-seven years, and has, during all that time, been employed by one corporation, having been for thirty-four years with the Concord railroad in various capacities, continuing his services when the road became united with the Boston, Concord & Montreal, and be- coming supply agent of the new corporation, the Concord & Montreal railroad, which position he now holds. Mr. Alexander has risen to his present post after many years of varied experience in railroad life. Root and branch he knows it, and in the special department with which he is connected he ranks with the leaders. Trusted by his superiors, and re- spected by his subordinates, he fills his office with ease and credit. As a man, few can count more friends. His generous temperament has made him readily congenial to all ; his worth has deeply impressed itself upon his circle of acquaintances, and among those who know him only by casual contact he is known as he is in his business - a firm, honor- able, kindly man, doing no man wrong, and permitting none to be done.
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JAMES T. GORDON.
JAMES T. GORDON, of Concord, member of the house of repre- J sentatives from Ward Six in that city, was born in Meredith, August 4, 1833. His education was that of every New Hampshire boy, and in May, 1854, he entered the employ of the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad as a locomotive fireman, retaining this position until 1856. He then entered the shops of the company, and learned the machinist's trade, going then to the employ of the Concord railroad, in 1865, in the meantime having served his country in Company A of the Fifteenth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, in which he enlisted September 15, 1862. He was appointed third sergeant, and served until April 30, 1863, when he was promoted to first sergeant, serving in this capacity until August 15, 1863, when his term of service expired, and he was mustered out. In 1869 he left the machine shops of the Concord railroad, and became a locomotive engineer, relinquishing his hold upon the lever, however, in April, 1873, when he was appointed foreman of the machine shop. In August, 1878, he was appointed acting master mechanic, and succeeded to the full duties and responsi- bilities of that office in June, 1879, retaining the position until July, 1889, when the Concord, and the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroads were united, and he was then appointed superintendent of motive power, which position he now holds. Mr. Gordon is a Mason and a Knight Templar, and was Democratic candidate for mayor of Concord in 1882 and 1884. His election to a seat in the house of representatives is a deserved compliment, and the tidal wave that carried him into office was due not a little to his efforts.
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JOHN HENRY HAMILTON.
J OHN HENRY HAMILTON was born in Melbourne, Province Quebec, March 28, 1847, the son of John A. and Mary A. (Stimp- son) Hamilton. When five years of age he came with his parents to Concord, and has since resided there, and in the schools of that city secured his education. When fifteen years of age he entered the ser- vice of the Northern railroad in the freight department, and afterward became yardmaster at Concord for the Concord railroad, continuing in that position for eighteen years from 1865 ; and being promoted lost freight agent of the Concord railroad, is now serving in that capacity for the Concord & Montreal railroad system. In 1892 he was made joint station master at Fabyan's for the Concord & Montreal and Maine Central systems, which position of responsibility placed in his hands the care of the whole volume of White Mountain trains which cross that famous railroad section during the summer months. The onerous .and taxing duties of that position he filled with great success. Mr. Hamilton is prominent in the Odd Fellows' fraternity, being a past grand of Rumford lodge, and past chief patriarch of Tahanto encamp- ment. He is a member of Blazing Star lodge of Masons, of Trinity Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of Horace Chase Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Mount Horeb Commandery of Knights Templar, and has taken all the Scottish Rite degrees up to the Thirty-third. Mr. Hamilton is a man of wide friendships, his various positions have placed him in contact with the world at large, and in the great school of human nature he has developed tact and courtesy. The long years of his service attest his growing worth, and he has become in the rail- road circles of New Hampshire a man to be depended upon in any emergency.
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IRVIN LYMAN BOSS.
I RVIN LYMAN BOSS was born in Valley Falls. N. Y., No- vember 13, 1863, and is the son of James E. Boss and Fannie M. (Sheldon) Boss. In the schools of Fitchburg, Mass., he received his education, followed by a course in the Eastman Commercial college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At the age of fifteen, however, he was employed as shipping clerk for the Walter Heywood Chair company at Fitchburg. and was then engaged as book-keeper for the S. Hess Publishing com- pany, of New York, being stationed at their Boston office, in Pemberton square. He was afterward engaged in the photograph business with A. Marshall, at No. 147 Tremont street, Boston, and in 1880 became a commercial traveller for Charles Rosenfield, of Boston, fancy grocer. In 1881 he was engaged by the Railway Clearing House association of New England, and for nine years served with that company, becoming, July 15, 1890, car accountant of the Concord & Montreal railroad, which position he now holds. Mr. Boss has come through natural steps to his present position ; a mind fitted by nature for intricate combinations has been trained by long years of business, and has developed that readi- ness which responds to every emergency. In the position that he now holds, Mr. Boss superintends the work of numerous subordinates, yet the grand total is ever in his mind, and few of the minor details are lacking from his mental inventory of a day's labor. In addition, Mr. Boss's department looks after the mileage accounts of the cars of his own and other roads; their earnings, their positions, their loads, in short, everything in connection with them. Mr. Boss is among the leaders in his work. He is a member of the International Association of Car Accountants, and of the New England Association of Officers in Charge of Car Service. In a position demanding unusual qualities, he has developed those qualities to an unusual degree, and ranks easily in the fore-front of railway officials in New England.
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WILLIAM JOSEPH CALLAGHAN.
M ANY of the leading railroad men of the country own New Hampshire as the land of their nativity or of their residence ; but the Granite state never had within her borders a brighter student of the class than one who has recently come from the queen's dominions, William Joseph Callaghan. Born in Montreal, Canada, July 23, 1872, the son of James J. and B. Helen (O'Brien) Callaghan, he received his education at private schools and at St. Ann's school, then consid- ered one of the leading educational institutions in Canada. Graduating there in 1886, he served for a time as book-keeper for Callaghan & Foley, wholesale pork dealers. He soon discovered his true vocation, however, and, January 11, 1887, entered the office of the car service de- partment of the Canadian Pacific railway as a clerk. November 13, of the same year, he was promoted to the general superintendent's department as private secretary to the general superintendent. March 19, 1890, he was appointed chief clerk in the superintendent's office of the Canadian Pacific railway, a position which he filled with remarkable success until he relinquished it, November 10, 1890, to become private secretary to General Manager Mackinnon of the Concord & Montreal railroad. Mr. Callaghan at present is chief clerk in the general manager's office of the same road, and is perhaps the youngest man holding a position of this kind, but at the same time one of the keenest and best posted men in his branch of the business. Although a resident of the state but a few years, he possesses a wide and influential acquaintance, and is very pop- ular among railroad men. Meeting so many different characters in his profession, his disposition has readily accommodated itself to changing conditions, and he has filled with ease positions of increasing responsi- bility and usefulness.
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JOHN TAPLEY WELCH.
JOHN TAPLEY WELCH was born at Dover, December 15, 1856, and was educated in the public schools of that city and at Dart- mouth college. Mr. Welch has been engaged during most of his life in journalistic work, as an editorial writer upon the Whiteside Sentinel at Morrison, Ill., upon the Dover Daily Republican and the Dover Daily Times, and also as special correspondent for the Boston Daily Globe. Mr. Welch is an ardent Republican, and has attained more than ordi- nary prominence by reason of his activity. He has been a delegate to nearly every state convention since he became of age. Ile was a mem- ber of the New Hampshire legislature in 1889, was for five years register of probate for Strafford county, and has held positions in political com- mittees, both state and local. He is a member of many historical, secret, and other societies, and is married and has one son. Mr. Welch at present is chief time clerk in the government printing office, having been appointed to that important position February 3, 1890. As a journalist, Mr. Welch has contributed to many important and influential sheets, writing always with force, grace, and fluency. Under his direc- tion the journals to which he was an editorial contributor ranked as leaders of political thought in their locality, while his special work as a newspaper man rose even to brilliancy. Though removed from the state by reason of his office, Mr. Welch still retains his residence in Dover. and is frequently at his home. In official life Mr. Welch has won the same distinction that attended his efforts in the journalistic field. lle has fulfilled the duties assigned him with prominence and credit. He is one of New Hampshire's worthy sons, and that the field of his endeavor lies without her border does not remove him beyond the reach of the many friends in the Granite state who rejoice in his success as if it were their own.
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REV. WILLIAM J. TUCKER, D. D.
R EV. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, president of Dartmouth college, was born in Griswold, Conn., July 13, 1839. His boy- hood was largely spent in New Hampshire, and he was graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1861. From then until 1863 he was a school-teacher, and in the latter year he entered Andover Theological seminary, from which he was graduated in 1866. In 1867 he became pastor of the Franklin-street Congregational church at Manchester, and remained there until 1875, when he was called to the pastorate of the Madison-square Presbyterian church, New York city. From this pul- pit he was called, in 1880, to the chair of homiletics at Andover Theo- logical seminary, and on May 1, 1893, he left that post to become pres- ident of Dartmouth college, a position which had been tendered to him more than a year before, and which he accepted at last in a conscien- tious belief that it was his duty. Dr. Tucker, before his election to the presidency of the college, had been for some years a trustee of the insti- tution, and upon his accession to the chair had nothing to learn of the needs, or traditions, or ambitions of the college. The brief months of his administration are already filled with a marked measure of good for Dartmouth. New courses, new chairs, new equipment, greater endow- ment, and an increased student-body have already come to encourage Dr. Tucker's labors. Dr. Tucker, while at Andover, became prominent in special departments of Christian work, and the Andover House in Boston looks to him as its projector. His scholarly attainments have met with wide recognition, and are attested by the thoughtful excellence of his occasional addresses and sermons. His own alma mater has conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Williams college, at its recent centennial, decorated him with the degree of Doctor of Laws.
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REV. CHARLES S. MURKLAND, PH. D.
R EV. CHARLES SUMNER MURKLAND, president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, was born in Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1856, the youngest of fourteen children born of Scotch parents, of whom seven are now living. He passed through the regular course in the schools of Lowell, and graduated from the High school in 1872. For the next five years he was at work in the mills in the engraving department, and in 1877 he entered Middlebury college, and graduated in 1881, the valedictorian of his class. Three years later he took his master's degree, and at that time he was selected to deliver the master's oration. During these last three years he occu- pied himself by supplying the pulpit of the Congregational church at Ferrisburgh, Vt. In 1883 he took the degree of bachelor of divinity, from Harvard Divinity school, and for the next year was engaged in post-graduate study at Andover Theological seminary. From June, 1884, to 1886, he was pastor of the Congregational church at Chicopee. Mass., and from there he came to Manchester as pastor of the Franklin- street Congregational church, whose pulpit he filled until June of the present year, when he was called to the presidency of the agricultural college by the unanimous voice of its trustees. He was inaugurated in August, 1893, at the same time the new college buildings at Durham were dedicated. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy, in 1893. Dr. Murkland is also chaplain of the First regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, with the rank of captain.
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HON. STILSON HUTCHINS.
S TILSON HUTCHINS was born in Whitefield, November 14, 1838,
was educated in Hopkinton and in Cambridge, and in 1856 went to the new state of Iowa, bent on his early formed purpose of making himself a name in the journalistic world, and in that purpose few Americans have ever accomplished greater results. Bred from ster- ling New Hampshire stock, with ancestors that fought at Bunker Hill, the young man soon made his mark. His quick mind and expressive pen made him a leading editor of the state, and a worthy competitor for newspaper honors in a larger field; consequently he removed to St. Louis, and buying the Times, speedily made it the most successful newspaper property in that city. With an instinctive genius for the call- ing, he left St. Louis in the late seventies, and went to Washington, where, founding the Washington Post, he conducted its manage- ment up to the day when it passed into the possession of its present proprietors. New Hampshire has no son more devoted to her beau- ties, or prouder of her annals. Governor's island, in Lake Winnipise- ogee, has felt the influence of his devotion to beauty, for there he has expended large sums in adorning and beautifying the landscape. Mr. Hutchins's winter home is on Scott circle, in Washington, and there he entertains his friends in a manner as charming and simple as his surroundings are superb. His picture gallery is one of the richest of the private collections in the country, and is so acknowledged by crit- ics and connoisseurs. With the true tastes of the scholar, Mr. Hutchins has given time and labor to autographs, and his collection is enriched by original letters from the famous men and women of history. In the portfolios is a complete set of autograph letters of Napoleon and Jose- phine, and all the marshals of France. In politics Mr. Hutchins is a Democrat, and as such he has been a member of the Missouri and of the New Hampshire legislatures, being a member of the latter during the session of 1881.
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HON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE.
H ON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE, of Dover, born in that city, May 9, 1842 ; died at Washington, D. C., April 6, 1889, was a noted national character who, at the time of his decease, was nominally the assistant-doorkeeper of the United States senate, an office created expressly for him, but virtually he was the major-domo of that body. He was the great master of ceremonies, and his death resulted from la grippe, contracted while standing uncovered in the rain, superintending the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison. The senatorial, official, and other excursions, and funerals, for many years were under his personal charge and direction. He grew to be the most efficient, pop- ular, and valuable officer of that body. While yet a lad, in 1857. Senator John P. Hale took him to Washington, to be a page in the senate, and continuously afterward, until the day of his death, he re- mained connected in one capacity or another with that dignified organ- ization. Mr. Christie had a happy faculty of doing favors for others, and his life became a round of cheerful, generous self-sacrifice. He was so bright and willing, so apt and affable, that he won the friendship of the leading members of each succeeding senate. He was a handsome commander, whatever the occasion, without ostentation or any show of pomposity, conducting public exercises and ceremonies with remarkable grace, ease, and dignity unequalled. He had a great noble heart, and a nature that delighted in pleasing others, and he had a noiseless way of helping those around him, and an intuitive knowledge of their wishes and doubts, that made him almost invaluable in the place where he served so long and faithfully. No man in Washington had a more wide ac- quaintance throughout the nation, and no man there had more personal friends throughout the several departments of the government, during the successive administrations of Abraham Lincoln to that of Ben- jamin Harrison.
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HOWARD PERRY MERRILL.
H OWARD PERRY MERRILL, the son of Joseph S. and Irene L. Merrill, was born in Concord, June 4, 1860, and after a course in the public schools in that city, graduating from the High school in 1879, he entered a printing office at Haverhill, Mass., returning to Concord, however, in September, 1880, to engage in journalism, which has since grown to be his profession. He was first employed as a reporter on the Concord Daily Blade, and afterward went, in August, 1881, to Springfield, Mass., where for four years he was proof-reader on the Evening Union, and afterward was employed as New England editor. For a short time he did special work for the same paper, and afterward was city editor, managing editor, and telegraph editor of the same paper, in the order named. In 1892 he came to Nashua, and was employed as managing editor of the New Hampshire Republican during that journal's brief career. Upon its demise he at once returned to his old mistress, The Union, and now is engaged as day editor. The year 1887 Mr. Merrill spent in California, in an editorial capacity on the Los Angeles Times and Tribune. June 25, 1885, Mr. Merrill married Nellie A. Currier, daughter of James M. Currier, a noted architect of Springfield. Mr. Merrill is one of the best of young newspaper men to whom New Hampshire claims parentage. His long connection in so many capa- cities, with a single journal, has made him a factor of great force in newspaper circles in western Massachusetts, and his continued success is a sufficient testimonial of his merit.
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EDWARD OLIVER LORD.
O UICK, accurate, painstaking ; having a practical knowledge of the printer's trade, an understanding of the niceties of the English language and its punctuation, a familiarity with legal, medi- cal, and scientific phrases and authorities ; poised, courteous, forbear- ing ; alert to discover errors but keeping himself and others in good temper during their correction, and above all, possessed of the executive ability to keep each of many books, pamphlets, and magazines moving rapidly toward completion ;- such are some of the characteristics re- quired of the man at the head of the Republican Press Association's book department, and it pleases the subject of this sketch to know that he performs satisfactorily the manifold duties of the position. Edward Oliver Lord was born in Somersworth, March 1, 1856, the youngest child of Oliver H. and Mary (Stevens ) Lord. His early educa- tion was received at the Great Falls high school and Phillips Andover academy. He was matriculated at Harvard in 1874, graduated from Colby university in 1877, and received the degree of master of arts in 1880. A teacher in the Great Falls high school in 1877-78, editor and busi- ness manager of the Great Falls Free Press from August, 1878, to February, 1883, farmer and breeder of Holstein-Friesian cattle in New London from 1883 to 1890, and book proof-reader for the Republican Press Association in 1891, his life has been one of incessant activity. In November, 1892, he was called to the business management of the New Hampshire Republican at Nashua. After a careful examination of the books and prospective business of the " new morning daily," and a thorough investigation of the political support which could be obtained for it, Mr. Lord recommended the purchase of the Nashua Telegraph as a solution of the political and financial chifficulties of The Republican. But The Telegraph could not be bought at a satisfactory figure, so The Republican was sold in February, 1893, and Mr. Lord accepted his present position.
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DANIEL B. DONOVAN.
T' HE county solicitor of Merrimack county, Daniel Bartholomew Donovan, was born in Concord, October 6, 1855, the son of Daniel and Mary Donovan, who emigrated to the United States, from Ireland, in 1847, and has always lived in that city, where he was edu- cated in the public schools. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar, and has since been actively engaged in practice, at first as partner of Samuel B. Page, but of late years without a partner. For eight years he was a member of the school board of Union school district in Concord, and for some years was secretary of the board. He served as clerk to the superintendent of construction of the Federal building in Concord, and in 1890 was elected, as a Democrat, to the solicitorship of Merrimack county, receiving a re-election in 1892, being the first Democratic solic- itor in the county to receive that honor. He took an active interest in the National Guard, and for nearly ten years was a member of that or- ganization, first as an enlisted man and later as an officer, holding seven different commissions, among them being as assistant-inspector general, judge advocate, and inspector of rifle practice of the First brigade, New Hampshire National Guard, each with the rank of major. In addition to his professional duties, Major Donovan has become known in news- paper circles as the faithful agent of the Associated Press at Concord, for many years, and as the active correspondent of the Boston Globe since 1890. Major Donovan in 1886 received the honorary degree of A. B. from Dartmouth college, a rare honor, yet merited by his attain- ments.
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ALLAN HAZEN ROBINSON.
A JOURNALIST whom everybody in New Hampshire knows, whom everybody likes, whom politicians trust with party secrets, and who never wrote a malicious article of anybody or anything, is Allan Hazen Robinson of Concord. Born at Salisbury, July 11. 1848. he was educated in the public schools of that town and of Concord, completing his education under the tutorship of the late Rev. Dr. J. H1. Eames of St. Paul's church, Concord. In 1861 he entered the business department of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the late Hon. William Butterfield, where he remained for six years. He was for ten years the New Hampshire agent of the Associated Press, and for four years city editor of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the control of Edwin C. Bailey. For a time, in addition to his newspaper work, he was con- nected with the Boston & Lowell and Concord railroads. In 1881 he was appointed New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Herald. which position he still holds. Since 1887 he has been telegraph editor of the People and Patriot. His newspaper connections have brought him into close personal relations with leading men of the state, whose confidence he has never violated, and whose esteem he has ever held. When his name was suggested for appointment to the position of immi- gration commissioner under the present administration, he was cordially endorsed by prominent men of both parties in the state, and his selec- tion for that office by President Cleveland is the most popular appoint- ment in New Hampshire. Mr. Robinson is an industrious and discrim- inating newspaper writer, respected by the public and his associates. Invariably courteous, he wins friends as he makes acquaintances, and the men who know and trust him are the solid and influential citizens of New Hampshire.
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HON. JOHN HATCH.
H ON. JOHN HATCH, of Greenland, member of the New Hamp- shire bank commission, was born in Portsmouth, January 1, 1849, in a family of long line and much distinction. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at St. Paul's school, Concord, and was for some time connected with the latter institution in an adminis- trative capacity. He afterward studied law and established himself in practice at Portsmouth, taking up a residence at the old family home- stead in Greenland, where he has lived for nineteen years. From this town in 1879 he was sent to the legislature, and again, also, in 1881. During both these sessions, Mr. Hatch was a prominent member of the house. He served upon its most important committees, and though a member of the minority party, was a forceful factor in legislation. In 1885 he sat in the state senate, as member from the Newmarket dis- trict, and added to his credit the record of faithful service in that body. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1889, and has served his town as a member of the school board and town treasurer for a number of years. In August, 1893, he was appointed member of the bank commission, succeeding William A. Heard, and has entered upon his new duties with earnestness and vigor. Mr. Hatch is one of the most active laymen in the Episcopal church in New Hampshire, and has become a familiar figure at diocesan and other church conventions, numbering also among his services to the church several years of mem- bership on the standing committee of the diocese.
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NOAH S. CLARK.
N OAH S. CLARK, one of the most successful business men of Manchester, was born in Quincy, Mass., May 17, 1830, and when but five years of age removed with his parents to New Hampshire, making their home upon a Rockingham county farm in the old historic town of Chester, where he passed the days of his boyhood as a farmer lad, and received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of that town : afterward he went to Manchester, where he graduated from the High school, when it was located upon Lowell street, and under the tutorship of John W. Ray. Having a taste for mercantile pursuits, he immediately upon leaving school began clerking in the dry goods and fancy goods business in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati. In 1856 Mr. Clark returned to Manchester, and opened a dry goods store in what was then known as the "Old Ark," located on Elm street. The phenomenal success attending that venture induced him, the next year. to remove his place of business to Hanover street, where he continued until the great Hanover street fire. Undaunted by calamity, he erected a substantial brick block upon the lot where his fancy goods emporium. the " Big 6," now stands, and has continued there to this date. Mr. Clark is a thorough and practical business manager, and has won a merited success by constant personal attention to the management of his business affairs. He is not a member of any secret organization, and his motto has ever been, .. Live and let live." Mr. Clark has, even in his busy life, found time to serve his city upon the board of aldermen, and his ward as representative in the state legislature. Ile is one of the directors of the Manchester National bank. and is also one of the direc- tors of the Concord & Montreal railroad. On December 1, 1893. his excellency the governor and the honorable council appointed Mr. Clark to the responsible position of police commissioner, upon the newly con- stituted board of police commissioners for the city of Manchester.
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HOSEA BALLOU CARTER.
H OSEA BALLOU CARTER, of Concord, was born at East Hampstead, Rockingham county, September 5, 1834, and has ever since been irrepressibly pushing. His few weeks of schooling taught him, what he afterward learned better in the wide school of experience, that, to achieve success in the world, a man must hustle ; furthermore, if the early worm had essayed more live dignity and less languor, its final morning interview with previous poultry could un- doubtedly have been postponed indefinitely. The mile-stones marking the course of the route of " Hozee" from the shoe-bench at Hampstead Peak to the state house at Concord, are many and interesting ; in fact, his career marks an epoch in the political history of New Hampshire. Hozee has hustled as a cyclopedia canvasser, a patent-medicine manu- facturer, a sewing-machine agent, a safe salesman, a desk drummer, a typewriter expert, an editor, a statistician, a detective, a railroad com- missioner, a publisher, a politician, a candidate, and an office-holder ; even now he is hustling as chief clerk of the newly created New Hamp- shire Bureau of Labor, a position in which his epigrammatic wisdom finds many a chink for its overflow. He is also a philosopher, and " if there are any things in heaven and earth that are not dreamed of" in his pungent philosophy, they must be paltry and insignificant. The works of his head and hand abound ; a complete blue-book of New Hamp- shire, from 1680 to 1891, published by the state, attests his superiority as an editor, collator, compiler, and statistician. The Town and City Atlas of New Hampshire, a larger and more pretentious work, pub- lished in 1892, does his talent credit. And so on through life he has gone, cheerfully turning his hand to whatever came next, ungrudg- ingly "paying the freight," and always serving modestly and efficiently to some good purpose, now placing his "phiz" last in the work, in order (to quote his own language) "to keep the others from falling out." Ave "Hozee!"
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