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Board of Education, 1917-28, chair- man 1924-28; Democrat; Catholic; member K. of C., Elks, Phi Gamma Delta; m. Pauline Butler, Sept. 1, 1915; ch. Margaret, John D., James A .; res. Laconia, N. H.
Normandin, Fortunat E.
Attorney at law; . b. Montreal, P. Q., Nov. 15, 1890; s. Frederic and Eulalie (Tremblay) Normand-
in ; ed. public schools, Tilton, N. H., Tilton Seminary, Boston University Law School; member City Council of Laconia, 1917-21; N. H. Legis- lature, 1921-23; member Laconia Board of Education, 1929 -; Dem- ocrat; Catholic; member K. of C., B. P. O. E., C. O. F. L'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique, La So- ciete St. Jean Baptiste de Laconia ; m. Susie J. Seymour; ch. Margaret Eulalie, Robert Fortunat, Paul Leo; res. Laconia, N. H.
Johnson, Owen
Lumber dealer; b. Wayne, Maine, Apr. 25, 1887; s. Oliver A. and Minnie A. (Foss) Johnson; ed. public schools; started work in lum- ber business in 1905 with Horace Beals at Lowell, Mass .; came to Manchester, N. H. in 1910 and has since lived there; entered firm of B. H. Piper Co., 1910; purchased firm and became associated with Richard H. Harris; sold out his in- terest 1914; connected for one year with S. F. Langdell; engaged in business for himself as Johnson
Lumber Co., Inc. 1916; pres. N. H. Lumbermen's Ass'n. 4 years pres. Manchester Y. M. C. A .; 4 yrs. vice-pres. Manchester Chamber of Commerce ; member Manchester Country Club; thirty-second degree Mason; member of national com- mittee on wood utilization, organ- ized by Pres. Coolidge in 1925; member of Police Commission of Manchester; Republican; Congre- gationalist; m. Ruth Cheney, Low- ell, Mass., Dec. 7, 1911; ch. Bar- bara; res. Manchester, N. H.
Pherson, Frank James
Physician and surgeon; b. Cam- den, N. J., May 28, 1881; s. Frank A. and Mae (Tomlinson) Pherson; ed. Manchester high school, Uni- versity of Vermont, Jefferson Med- ical College, Philadelphia, Pa.,
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1908; internships: St. Mary's Hos- pital, Philadelphia, Metropolitan Hospital, New York City; ass't. surgeon Notre Dame Hospital, Manchester, 11 years; ass't. in Proctological Dept. of Mass. Gen'l .. Hospital, Boston; lieutenant, U. S. N. during World War; spe-
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FREDERIC THOMAS WOODMAN
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cialist in Anal and Rectal diseases; Republican; Universalist; member Am. Med. Ass'n., Manchester, Hills- boro County and N. H. Medical Ass'ns., Masons, Council, Comman- dery, K. T., 32d degree, Elks, Am- erican Legion; unmarried; res. Manchester, N. H.
Woodman, Frederic Thomas
Council-at-law; b. Plainfield, N. H., June 28, 1871; s. Alfred and Maria Thomas (Gallup) Wood- man; ed. White River Jct. high school, White River Jct., Vt., pri- vate teachers; member N. H. Leg- islature, 1901-03; former Moder- ator, Ward 6, Concord, N. H .; pres. Los Angeles (Calif.) Harbor Com- mission, 1912-16; Mayor of City of Los Angeles, 1916-20; pres. Vista Irrigation District, 1921 -; pres. Woodman-Gray Co .; pres. Citizens Auto Finance Co .; Repub- lican; Baptist; member Masons, 32d degree, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of American Revolu- tion, Founders of America, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; m. Etta M. (Sanborn) who died April, 1916; m. 2 Katherine Pot- ter; ch. Thomas Potter, deceased; res. Los Angeles, Calif.
Hunt, Samuel P.
Electrical engineer and execu- tive; b. Feb. 3, 1872; s. Nathan P. and Elizabeth (Bisbee) Hunt; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B. 1893, A.M. 1896, Mass. Institute of Tech- nology, B.S. in Electrical Engi- neering and in Chemical Engineer- ing, 1895, Spanish School, Middle- bury College, 1920, Harvard Grad- uate School of Business Adminis- tration, 1920-21; formerly with Am. Tel. & Tel. Co .; general man- ager of Binghampton (N. Y.) Light, Heat & Power Co .; ass't. gen'l mgr. Manchester, N. H. Trac- tion Light and Power Co .; Nation- al Gun Factory, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C .; Electric Boat Co., Submarine Vessels, Groton, Conn .; W. S. Barstow, Inc., Power House Design and Construction, Reading Pa .; at present with the Public Service Co., Manchester, N. H .; director Merchants Nation-
al Bank, director New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., Trustee Hills- boro County Savings Bank, Coun- cillor Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, trustee, Manchester City Library; Republican; Congre- gationalist; member Masons, Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery, Bektash Temple, Consistory; mem- ber Am. Inst. of Elec. Engineers, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, Am. Chemical Soc., N. E. Street Railway Club, Nat'l. Electric Light Ass'n., K K K Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Society; m. Agnes Rowell; res. Manchester, N. H.
Philbrook, Earle W.
Gen. Agt. Northern N. H. and Vt., Companies of New England Power Ass'n .; b. Dummer, N. H., Feb. 29, 1884; s. Walter H. and LaDora A. Philbrook; ed. Univer- sity of Maine, 1907; former man-
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ager Connecticut Valley Lumber Co .; pres. Littleton Rotary Club; chairman Littleton Unemployment Relief Comm .; vice-chairman Dan- iel Webster Council Boy Scouts of
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America; pres. Vt. Timberland Owners' Ass'n .; member executive committee, Ass'n. of Public Util- ities of N. H .; Republican; Congre- gationalist; member Consistory, Shrine, Elks; married; ch. Walter H., LaDora E., Irma L., Clement E .; res. Littleton, N. H.
Plaisted, Harold C.
Dentist; b. Jefferson, N. H., July 12, 1891; s. Benjamen Hunkins and Mary Rines Plaisted; ed. Concord public schools, Tufts Dental Col- lege; Episcopalian; member Ma- sons: m. Eleanor Brooks Under- wood, Manchester, N. H .; ch. Mary Brooks; res. Manchester, N. H.
Sawyer, Enos K.
Merchant; b. Franklin, N. H., Aug. 24, 1879; s. George W. and Louise C. (Barnes) Sawyer; ed. public schools, Phillips Andover Academy, 1878, 1898; Dartmouth College; engaged with his father in
the meat, grocery and provision trade in Franklin and has contin- ued therein; many years chairman Democratic City Committee of Franklin; elected mayor of Frank- lin in 1909 and unanimously reelec-
ted the following year; state sena- tor, 1913 and pres. of senate; ap- pointed Federal Director for N. H. and Vermont of U. S. Employment Service, 1918; Secretary of State, 1923-24; director Sulloway Hosiery Mills, Franklin; Democrat; mem- ber Masons, lodge, chapter and council. Foresters; m. Mabel E. White, Feb. 28, 1011; res. Frank- lin, N. H.
Cook, Charles Fred
Educator; b. Sennett, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1866; s. Charles E. and Cyntha A. (Bowen) Cook; ed. Munro Col- legiate Institute, 1886, St. Law- rence University, Canton, N. Y., 1891; principal, high school, Old Town, Me., 1891-3; sub-principal and principal, Cony high school, Augusta, Me., 1893-1906; headmas- ter, Concord, N. H. high school- since 1906; while in Maine served as pres. of Maine Teachers Ass'n., Maine Schoolmasters' Club, Maine Ass'n of Colleges and Secondary Schools; in New Hampshire, pres. N. H. State Teachers' Ass'n, N. H. Schoolmasters' Club; N. H. Class- ical Ass'n; member Masons, lodge, chapter, council, commandery, Scot- tish Rite, 32d. degree; Unitarian; Republican ; m. Charlotte Par- tridge, July 12, 1905; res. Concord, N. H.
Willis, Edward S.
Manufacturer and banker; b. Warner, N. H., Dec. 22 1881, s. Harlon S. and Susan A. (Sawyer) Willis; ed. public schools, Dart- mouth College, 1904; vice-pres. Na- tional State Capital Bank; treas. Page Belting Co .; trustee N. H. Savings Bank; official and director in several other corporations; Re- publican; Universalist; member Masons; m. Mary Fernald; res. Concord, N. H.
Davis, Stilman George
Physican; b. Nashua, N. H., Nov. 15, 1889; s. Frank E. and Amy (Green) Davis; ed. Dartmouth College, 1911; with Medical Corps Base Hospital No. 17, A. E. F. in World War; Capt. Med. Res. Corps; medical referee; school phy-
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sician; Examiner, U. S. Veterans Bureau; Republican; Baptist;
member Nashua Medical Soc., Hillsboro County and N. H. Medi- cal Societies, N. H. Surgical Soc., Shrine, Masons, 32d degree; m. Harriett Gilbert; ch. Stilman Jr., Amy, Dorothy; res. Nashua, N. H.
Gourley, I. Reed
Cashier National State Capital Bank, Concord, N. H .; b. Merri- mack, N. H., Nov. 25, 1892; s.
1923-26; Ass't. Attorney-General of N. H., 1926-28; Public Service Commissioner, 1928-30, chairman 1930 -; Judge Advocate American Legion, N. H. Dept., 1928-29; Re- publican; Congregationalist; mem- ber American Legion, Rotary Club, N. H. Bar Ass'n., Concord Country Club; m. Helen Hill Webb, Rock- land, Me., Sept. 8, 1919; ch. May- land Herbert, Jr .; res. Berlin, N. H., Business Office, Concord, N. H.
Amsden, Henry H.
Physician; b. Penacook, N. H., July 15, 1872; s. Charles H. and Helen (Brown) Amsden; ed. Con- cord public schools, Boston Uni-
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Charles and Rebecca Gourley; ed. Concord high school; entered bank as messenger in 1910; veteran of World War; Republican; Congre- gationalist; Mason; m. Elsie E. Alexander, Oct. 26, 1925; ch. Mar- guerite, Richard; res. Concord, N. H.
Morse, Mayland Herbert
Attorney; b. Madison, Me., July 25, 1896; s. Herbert A. and Ann- ette (Woodcock) Morse; ed. Mad- ison, Me. high school, Univ. of Me., LL.B., 1917; attorney with Stone & Webster, Boston, 1917-23; with Sullivan & Daley, Berlin, N. H.,
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versity School of Medicine; Mili- tary Service, Captain, Medical Corps, A. E. F., served in France 1918-19; member House of Repre- sentatives, 1921; Republican; Con- gregationalist; member Masons, Sons of the American Revolution, Kiwanis Club, American Legion, Reserve Officers Ass'n., Merrimack County Medical Society, N. H. Med-
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ical Society, American Medical Ass'n., American College of Sur- geons, N. H. Surgical Club, N. E. Otological & Laryngological So- ciety; m .; ch. John P., Edward D .; res. Concord, N. H.
Thorp, Louis Ashton
Lawyer; b. Manchester, N. H., Dec. 7, 1876; s. Frank D. and Julia E. (Boutelle) Thorp; ed. public schools, Manchester, Boston Uni- versity Law School; admitted to
N. H. Bar, June, 1902; commenced practice of law in Manchester, Jan. 1, 1903; messenger of State Sen- ate, 1899; ass't. clerk in Senate, 1901-03, clerk, 1905-07; ass't. sec- retary of Constitutional Conven- tion, 1903; secretary, Republican State Comm., several years; for several years prominent in legis- lative matters, representing large textile interests of the state; en- tered into partnership with Fred- erick W. Branch of Manchester, Feb. 1, 1925; member School Com- mittee six years, serving as chair- man of joint building committee; Republican; member A. F. & A. M. ( Senior Warden Washington
Lodge), N. H. Consistory, Scottish Rite, 32d degree, Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; m. Justyne Eliza- beth Burgess, April 25, 1905; ch. Floyd, Nov. 6, 1906, Frank J., March 27, 1909, Justin, Sept. 17, 1910; res. Manchester, N. H.
Wilkins, George Clarence
Physician; b. Lebanon, N. H., March 8, 1876; s. Charles T. and Emma A. (Stewart) Wilkins; ed. public schools, Manchester, N. H. Harvard Medical School. 1899; in- terne Carney Hosp., Boston Lying- in Hosp., and McLean Hosp., Bos-
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ton, 1899-1902; Ass't. Supt. Long Island Hosp., Boston, 1902-3; in practice in Manchester, N. H. since Jan., 1903; surgeon to Elliot Hosp., Manchester, 1903 -; en- tered World War in 1918 as Cap- tain Medical Corps; promoted to Major, Oct., 1918; Chief, Surgical Service Military Hosp .; discharged, July 2 1919,; commissioned Lieut- enant-Colonel, Medical Reserves, 1924; Division Surgeon, 97th Div. (Reserves), 1927; Colonel, 1931 -;
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member State Board of Health, 1915 -; member State Board of Examiners of Embalmers, 1917 -; member N. H. Cancer Comm., 1931 -; Consulting Surgeon for N. H., U. S. Veterans Bureau; au- thor of various contributions to medical publications; Republican : Unitarian; member and past pres. Manchester Medical Soc .; member and past pres. Hillsboro County Medical Soc .; member and pres. 1931-32 New Hampshire Medical Soc .; Fellow American Medical Asso .; Fellow American College of Surgeons; member N. E. Surgical Soc., N. H. Surgical Club, (past pres.) ; member N. E. Medical Council from N. H., 1926 -; mem- ber Masons, K. T., 32d degree, Shrine, Kiwanis Club, Derryfield Club, Ragged Mt. Fish and Game Club, Appalachian Mt. Club; m. Sara Stuart; ch. Stuart Bray, June 28, 1906; res. Manchester, N. H.
Griffin, Rodney A.
Pharmacist; owner and pro- prietor Griffin Drug Co., Franklin, N. H .; b. Strafford, N. H .; ed. Til- ton schools, Tilton Seminary, 1895, Wesleyan University one year; worked in shoe factory several years; then employed in drug stores; passed N. H. Board of Reg- istration exams, 1898; publisher of French newspaper for two years; appointed Food and Drug Inspector for Federal Government; resigned and purchased drug store in Frank- lin, N. H. and organized Griffin Drug Co .; passed exams for U. S. Narcotic Civil Service; president of N. H. Pharmaceutical Ass'n. two years, delegate to two national con- ventions; pres. N. E. Rexall Club; contributing editor to Apothecary, leading druggist journal of New England; organizer and for several years president of Merchants' Ass'n .; director of Chamber of Commerce; sec. Retail Merchants division; during World War Re- cruiting Officer for Merchants Ma- rine and had charge of shipments of local Red Cross; past pres. Uni- tarian Laymen's League; trustee Franklin lodge of Knights of Pythias; director Franklin Rotary
Club; director New Sulloway Mills Co .; member Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Franklin Savings Bank Cor- poration, Mojalaki Country Club; res. Franklin, N. H.
Carleton, John Porter
Lawyer; b. Hanover, N. H., Sept. 13, 1899; s. Elmer H. and Louis P. Carleton; ed. Hanover High School,
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1917, Phillips Andover Academy. 1918, Dartmouth College, 1922, Rhodes Scholar to Oxford Univer- sity, 1922-25; Assistant Attorney- General of New Hampshire 1928- 29; Republican; Episcopalian; member Masons, American Bar Ass'n., N. H. Bar Ass'n., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa; m. Alicia Prescott Skinner, July 1. 1931; res. Manchester, N. H.
Wheeler, Stephen Morse
Attorney-at-law; b. Atkinson, N. H., Aug. 30, 1900; s. Charles B. and Mary (Thomas) Wheeler; ed. Atkinson Academy, University of N. H. Northeastern University Law School: chairman Board of Selectmen of Atkinson; moderator;
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EDWIN NOAH HARDY
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member of Legislature 1923-25; member Constitutional Convention,
1930; chairman Special Newing- ton-Durham Bridge Commission; N. H. representative to Nat'l.
Young Republicans Conference, Washington, D. C., 1931; Deputy Sheriff; Republican; Congregation- alist; member Grange, Jr. O. U. A. M., A. F. & A. M., American Legion, N. H. Bar Ass'n., Ameri- can Bar Ass'n .; unmarried; res. Atkinson, N. H.
Hardy, Edwin Noah
Clergyman; Executive Secretary American Tract Society; b. Nelson, N. H., March 1, 1861; s. Noah W. and Maria (Stone) Hardy; ed. Nel- son public schools; Cushing Acad- emy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; Amherst College, B.A., 1887, A.M., 1904; Hartford Theological Semi- nary, B.D., 1890; Boston Univer- sity, Ph.D., 1906; ordained to Con- gregational ministry, Nov. 6, 1890; Associate pastor, Phillips Congre- gational Church, South Boston, Mass., 1890-93; Pastor, First Church, Holliston, Mass., 1893-95; Bethany Church, Quincy, Mass., 1895-1911; First Church, La Grange, Ill., 1911-15; officer of American Tract Society, 14 years, Executive Secretary for last 10 years, also Recording Secretary; trustee Cushing Academy, Ash- burnham, Mass., and Woodward Seminary, Quincy, Mass., for sev- eral years; pres. Illinois Congre- gational Home Missionary Soc .; pres. the Boston, the Chicago, and the New York City Ministers meetings; chairman, General Com- mittee on Immigrant Aid at New York Port and Ellis Island; director and officer in
many social and ecclesiastical societies; first president of Hardy Family Ass'n. of America and one of its founders; Republican; Congrega- tionalist; author: "The Churches and Educated Men", "A Manual of American Citizenship", and many other books and pamphlets; editor- ial writer and contributor to var- ious periodicals; compiling with another the Hardy Genealogy of America and Great Britain; sec.
of committee preparing History of Town of Nelson, N. H .; m. Nellie M. Severy, Westborough, Mass .; ch. Noah Phillips, Freeman Severy (deceased), Miriam, Christine N .; res. Greenwich, Conn.
Barnard, Charles Daniel
Lawyer; b. Bedford, N. H., Feb. 15th, 1873; s. Henry T. and H. Louisa (Hunter) Barnard; ed. pub- lic schools of Bedford and Merri- mack, N. H., McGaw Normal Insti- tute, Reed's Ferry, and George
Washington University, Washing- ton, D. C .; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1905, com- mencing practice as an associate of Hon. Cyrus A. Sulloway and Moodybell S. Bennett; member of the U. S. Supreme Court, U. S. District Court of New Hampshire, and the Supreme Court of the Dist- rict of Columbia, the American Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Association and Hillsborough Bar Association, and the Man- chester Lawyers' Club; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; member of the N. H. House of Representa- tives, 1909-10; Secretary to Sena-
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tor Henry E. Burnham, 1910-13; City Solicitor of Manchester, 1913 to January 1918; member of the Manchester Police Commission Sep- tember 1919 to March 1926; ap- pointed U. S. Commissioner Jan- uary 1931; member A. F. & A. M., Knights Templar, Shriner, 32d de- gree Scottish Rite Mason and I. O. O. F., Manchester Historical So- ciety, Derryfield and Calumet Clubs, Manchester; m. December 31, 1904, Mabelle W. Wright; one son, Charles Henry Barnard, b. September 28, 1907, who is now a Law Student at Boston University ; res. Manchester, N. H.
Cooper, Mabel Alice Thompson
Insurance; b. Crown Point, N. Y .; dau. George W. and Margaret A. (Pereau) Thompson; ed. Nashua
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. public schools, Nashua Business College; clerk in fire insurance of- fice 10 years; opened office of Gen- eral Insurance, July, 1908 and has since remained; sec'y. Nashua Fire & Casualty Ass'n. for past 11 years; clerk Nashua Board of Health, 18 years; Republican; Pro-
testant; member Eastern Star, Nazarine White Shrine, Rebekahs, Nashua Business & Professional Women's Club, Nashua Command- ery United Order of the Golden Cross; m. Henry Cooper, Man- chester, N. H., Oct. 29, 1921.
Kerr, Robert Brown
Physician; Executive Secretary N. H. Tuberculosis Ass'n .; b. Glas- gow, Scotland, Jan. 15, 1888; s. James Leslie and Jane Sloan Kerr;
ed. Boston public schools, Boston English High School, 1906, Tufts Medical School, 1910; physician specializing in diseases of the chest; formerly ass't. Res. Physi- cian Boston Sanatorium; Physician in charge, Pembroke Sanatorium, Sept. 1911 -; Executive Secretary, N. H. Tuberculosis Ass'n., 1917 -; Attending Specialist on Tubercu- losis for N. H. for U. S. Veterans Bureau, 1919 -; examining physi- cian for tuberculosis clinics in N. H .; past pres. Merrimack County Medical Soc .; in coopera- tion with District Nursing Ass'n., established first tuberculosis clinic in State of N. H. at Manchester in
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1916; in cooperation with Board of Health established second clinic at Nashua in 1918; as executive officer of N. H. Tuberculosis Ass'n. has direction of 66 clinic centers and nine tuberculosis nurses in N. H .; lecturer and writer on tuberculosis; winner in 1929 of Pray Prize of N. H. Medical Soc .; Republican ; Congregationalist; member Masons, Consistory, Scot- tish Rite, Bektash Temple, B. P. O. Elks; Fellow American College of Physicians, Fellow American Pub- lic Health Ass'n., member N. H. Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n., Manchester Rotary Club; unmarried; res. Manchester, N. H.
Boutwell, Arthur J.
Dealer in lumber and builders supplies; b. Hopkinton, N. H., Nov. 22, 1866: s. Eli A. and Harriet W. (Weeks) Boutwell; ed. Hopkinton public schools, New Hampton In- stitution; member of firm of E. A.
Boutwell & Son until 1905; firm of Boutwell & Baker, 1907-16; firm of Boutwell, Upton & Boutwell un- til 1926 when the present corpora- tion Boutwell Lumber Co. was es-
tablished; member N. H. House of Representatives, 1909; member N. H. State Senate, 1911; member Concord Board of Education since 1929; Republican; Methodist; mem- ber Grange, Sons of Union Veter- ans, Odd Fellows, Masons, 32d de- gree, Chapter, Council, Command- ery, Temple (Past Potentate) ; Past Master Eureka Lodge; mem- ber Kiwanis Club, N. H. Lumber- men's Ass'n .; m. Carrie J. Fitts, Dunbarton, N. H., Apr. 12, 1890; ch. Earle F., Leroy A., Harley, Llewellyn, Esther May Chandler, Allen T .; res. Concord, N. H.
Scammon, George R.
Lawyer; b. Exeter, N. H., Aug. 20, 1899; s. Judge John and Mary
G. Scammon; ed. Phillips Andover Academy, Dartmouth College, A. B., Harvard Law School; Rock- ingham County Solicitor, 1931 -; Republican, Congregationalist; member Masons; College Fratern- ities: Sigma Chi, Sphinx Senior Society, Green Key; N. H. Bar Ass'n .; m. Hazel M. Knight, March 11, 1922; ch. Miriam, June 10, 1923; res. Exeter, N. H.
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Peavey, Leroy Deering
President Babson's Statistical
Organization, Inc .; b. Exeter, N. H., March 11, 1876; s. S. Ros- well and Mary A. (Smith) Peavey; direct descendant of Edward Peav- ey, Portsmouth, 1691; ed. Exeter
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High School, Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, 1894, Mass. Inst. of Technol- ogy, S.B., 1898; civil engineer, 1898-1900 with N. E. Structural Co. and Foster and Greene, N. Y .; engineer, American Bridge Co., 1902; Purdy and Henderson, 1902- 3; Boston Bridge Works, 1903-10; chief engineer H. P. Converse & Co., Boston, 1910-with Babson Statistical Organization, Inc., for- merly vice-pres., and president since 1925; constant lecturer and writer for press and technical jour- nals on business and financial sub- jects; Independent voter; member of Church of the Nazarene; mem- ber Finance Committee of General Board at Kansas City; member Board of Trustees Eastern Nazar- ene College, Wollaston, Mass .; life member Am. Economic £ Ass'n. ; member Am. Statistical Ass'n. ;
pres. Boston Chapter Am. Statisti- cal Ass'n., 1931-32; m. Fannie R. Nottage, 1901; ch. Ethelyn B., 1903, Dorothy N., 1905, Marion F., 1908, Grace A., 1910, Roswell C., 1912, Edith G., 1914; res. Watertown, Mass.
Woodworth, Edward Knowlton
Lawyer; bank president; b. Con- cord, N. H., Aug. 25, 1875; s. Al- bert Bingham and Marv Parker Woodworth; ed. Concord public schools, Dartmouth, B.L. 1897,
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Harvard Law School, LL.B. cum laude, 1900; admitted to bar in Mass., 1900; admitted to N. H. Bar, 1901; with firm of Streeter and Hollis, then Streeter, Hollis, Demond & Woodworth, now De- mond, Woodworth, Sulloway & Rogers; pres. N. H. Savings Bank since 1924; member Concord city government, 1907-11; member Dart- mouth Alumni Council, 1918-24; pres. Dartmouth Alumni Associa- tion, 1926-27; sec'y. standing com- mittee Diocese of N. H. 1911 -; chancellor of Diocese of N. H .; vestryman of St. Paul's Church,
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Concord; Republican; Episcopal- ian; member Masons, Shrine; m. Clara F. Holt, 1903, d. 1917; m. 2 Kate C. Cavis, 1920, d. 1926; ch. Constance (Mrs. C. Lane Goss), Margaret, Mary, Elizabeth, d. 1922; res. Concord, N. H.
Blake, Charles Rogers
Florist; b. Nashua, N. H., Oct. 5, 1879; s. Charles H. and Emma A. Blake; ed. Nashua public schools; served for 17 years in N. H. N. G .; Captain Co. D 8 years; served one term in common council, two terms in board of al- dermen, two terms as Representa-
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tive to N. H. Legislature, senator; Republican ; Congregationalist; member York and Scottish Rite Masons, N. H. Consistory, S. P. R. S., I. O. O. F., Eagles; mar- ried; four children; res. Nashua, N. H.
Straw, Zatae L. (Mrs. A. Gale)
Physician; b. Centerville, Pa .; dau. William and Lydia R. (Hav- erstick) Longsdorf; ed. Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa., A.B., 1887, A.M.,1890; Woman's Medical Col- lege of Pennsylvania, 1890; interne for one year at New England Hos- pital for Women and Children;
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removed to Blackfoot, Idaho, in charge of Government Hos-
pital upon the Indian Reserva- tion; after marriage in 1891 lo- cated in Manchester, N. H. and engaged in practice of her pro- fession, in which she still contin- ues; member on staffs of Mercy Home in Manchester and Hillsboro County Hospital; Representative to Legislature, 1924 to 1926; ardent sports woman and fisher; Republi- can; Congregationalist; member Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire and National Medical Societies, D. A. R., Woman's Relief Corps, American Legion Auxiliary, Manchester and New Hampshire Federations of Women's Clubs, Grange, United Mothers Club of Manchester (hon. pres.). Woman's College Club, Business and Profes- sional Women's Club, Parent- Teachers Ass'n. (State Chairman of Social Hygiene), Pointer's Fish
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