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Lockport, New York; Chaplin in the World War overseas with the 86th and 1st divisions; trustee, Tusculum University; Republican ; Presbyterian; member Masons, 32d degree, Country Club, University Club; m. Gertrude Elinore Har- ris, Windsor, Vermont: ch. Mary Ruth; res. Lockport, N. Y.
Tilton, Frank Pierce
Lawyer; b. Littleton, N. H., March 4, 1880; s. Frederick A. and Hattie G. (Sawyer) Tilton; ed. Public schools, Spokane Wash., Boston University Law School; ad- mitted to N. H. bar, 1902; member
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law firm of Shannon & Tilton of Laconia, until death of Mr. Shan- non in 1918; then in practice alone; and since 1930 his son Frederick A. Tilton has been associated with him in the practice of law, the firm name being Tilton & Tilton; solic- itor Belknap County 1907-13; Judge of Probate 1912 to 1922; member school board 1914 to 1929; member Belknap County Selective Service Board during World War;
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member of New Hampshire State Senate 1925-26 and 1927-28 and President of that body the latter session; clerk and counsel for var- ious corporations ; Republican; Congregationalist; member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter, command- ery, shrine and 32d degree, Elks, P. of H .; m. Leonora B. Gould, Jan. 30, 1906; ch. Frederick A., Oct. 24, 1906, Richard G., March 15, 1909, Frances B., Feb. 29, 1912, Sarah W., May 22, 1913, Robert P., May 11, 1917; res. Laconia, N. H.
Fletcher, George Moore
Lawyer; clerk of Superior Court for Merrimack County; b. Rum- ney, N. H., Dec. 19, 1852; s. George Washington and Hannah R. (Av- ery) Fletcher; ed. public schools, New London Literary Institution, Michigan University Law School; with his father manufactured Ply-
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mouth Buck Gloves at Rumney, 1874-8; member N. H. House of Representatives, 1889, 1890; county solicitor for Merrimack County,
April 1897-April 1, 1901; Judge Concord Police Court, Jan. 1902- July 1, 1913; clerk Superior Court, Merrimack County, May 28, 1914 -; Republican; Unitarian; member A. F. & A. M., Snowshoe Club, Wonolancet Club, N. H. Bar Ass'n .; m. Addie C. Spaulding, Jan. 19, 1875, d. June 3, 1926; ch. Walter Holden, Aug. 7, 1877, Robert D., July 31, 1889, Richard S., July 31, 1889; res. Concord, N. H.
Johnson, Martha Evelina
Tax collector; b. Laconia, N. H .; dau. Nathan, Jr. and Abbie Dewey (Wiley) Johnson, great-great- granddaughter of Capt. Daniel Henchman of Boston who served in the Continental Army. His
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daughter, Dorothy Henchman, mar- ried Thomas Hancock, brother of John Hancock. Capt. Daniel Henchman commanded the troops who ended King Philip's War. His son, Daniel Henchman, Miss John- son's great-grandfather, was the first printer and the first school- master in Boston. The first Bible printed in this country was issued
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THOMAS EDMUND CRAMER
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from his office. Ed. Laconia high school, 1895; employed in various city offices, 1901-05; appointed col- lector of taxes, 1905 and reap- pointed 26 successive times, hold- ing the office at present; member, First Church of Christ, Scientist; Laconia Woman's Club, Rebekah Lodge, Laconia Suffrage League; unmarried; res. Laconia, N. H.
Cramer, Thomas Edmund
Minister ; b. Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 4, 1864; s. Rev. Wilson and Aman- da G. Cramer; ed. Johnstown, Pa. high school, Allegheny College, Ohio Wesleyan University, A.B., 1890, Honorary D.D., 1924, Boston University School of Theology, S. T. B., 1894; formerly clerk in Post Office and first ass't. post- master, Johnstown, Pa .; held pas- torates in Hillsboro, Somersworth, Littleton, Keene, Nashua, Manches- ter; district supt. for 16 years serv- ing Concord, Manchester and north- ern districts; present field agent for pension fund for retired
preachers ; Methodist Episcopal- ian; member Phi Beta Kappa; m. Jenny C. Love, New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 5, 1894; ch. Martha C .; res. Manchester, N. H.
Fischer, Herbert Brainard
Banker; b. Charlestown, Mass., July 26, 1872; s. Anson B. and Caroline Frances (Cutler) Fischer ; ed. public schools. Charlestown and Marlborough, Mass .; employed sev- eral years with B. & M. R. R. at Boston; removed to Pittsfield, N. H. in 1901, where he has since been connected with Pittsfield National Bank and Farmers Savings Bank; member N. H. house of represent- atives, 1907-8; senate, 1919; Pitts- field town treasurer; treas. Pitts- field Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield Gas Co., Red Cross; chairman Pitts- field Liberty Bond Comm .; war speaker; pres. Pittsfield Board of Trade; trained musician; organist and choir master, Pit sfield Con- gregational Church for several years; Republican; Congregation- alist; member A. F. & A. M .; m. 1 Clara H. M. Goss, Pittsfield, Oct. 3, 1900, d. Sept. 22, 1906; m. 2
Ethel W. Kendall, Chichester, N. H., Sept. 12, 1921; ch. Herbert Carpenter, Jan. 25, 1902, d. Jan. 31, 1902, Robert H., March 2, 1905; res. Pittsfield, N. H.
Hobbs, Frank P.,
Real estate and insurance dealer ; b. Winona, Minn., Sept. 6, 1855; s. Ezra T. and Hannah M. (Coggs- well) Hobbs; ed. public school, Os- sipee and Tamworth; entered ser- vice of Eastern railroad, was
brakeman, baggagemaster; station agent, Wolfeboro, 1879-88, at which time he resigned to go into busi- ness for himself; operated hotel and livery combination until 1907; purchased "Old Belvue House", re- named it "Lake Shore"; later ac- quired the Wolfeboro hotel, which he modernized and called "Hobbs- is-Inn", internationally known by Wolfeboro summer residents; since retiring from hotel business has been active in real estate, lumber- ing and insurance; sheriff, 1899- 1903; deputy sheriff, Belknap and Strafford counties several years; deputy sheriff, Carroll county 12 years; postmaster of Wolfeboro, 1894-1898 and 1913-21; elected
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Sheriff of Carroll county, Nov. 1898, the only Democrat elected Sheriff in the state: served two terms as Representative to N. H. State Legislature, 1911 and 1913; member Constitutional Conven- tion 1912; justice of peace for over 40 years; father of bill for Ossipee-Suncook Valley highway; vice-pres. Winnipesaukee Lake Re- gion Associates; through his efforts was established the first lake star route mail service in the U. S .; Judge of N. H. District Court; great grandson of Capt. Nathaniel Hobbs of Revolutionary fame; also greatgrandson of Thos. Coggswell of Revolutionary fame, judge of Court of Common Pleas at Ports- mouth, died 1803, the house which he built still standing in Gilman- ton; 1917 joined the Flying Squad- ron; Democrat; Unitarian; mem- ber A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., Encampment, A. O. U. W .; active member Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club; m. Emily Evans, Dec. 6, 1882, de- ceased: ch. Mrs. Shuah Sanborn, Mary Evelyn; res. Wolfeboro.
McDuffee, Willis
Editor and publisher; b. Ro- chester, N. H., March 15, 1868; s. Franklin and Mary Frances (Hayes) Mc Duffee; ed. public schools and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1890; six months' tour abroad following graduation : editor of Rochester Courier and pres. Cour- ier Publishing Co. since Oct. 1891; representative in N. H. legislature, 1895-6; member Rochester school board, 3 years; trustee, Rochester public library, 1899 -; trustee N. H. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1914-16; director Rochester Trust Co .; Republican; Congregationalist ; member Masons, Knights Templar; one of the orig- inators of Progressive movement in N. H .; presided at meeting of "Taft Progressives"; personal cam- paign manager for Rolland H. Spaulding in his campaign of 1914; m. Dora Haley, July 22, 1897; ch. Franklin, May 2, 1898, who gradu- ated from Dartmouth in 1921, went three years to Balliol College in
Oxford, where he won Elton Ex- hibitions and Newdigate poetry prize, now assistant professor of English in Dartmouth ; Maude, June 12, 1901, Smith College 1923, on professional stare four years, graduated from physio-therapy school in London, head of physio- therapy department in Polyclinic Hospital in New York three years.
Carroll, Charles E.
Realtor; Mayor of Laconia; b. Manchester, N. H., Aug. 22, 1872; s. Charles F. and Ellen J. (Forbes) Carroll; chairman Board of Super- visors of Voting List, 16 years; member City Council, 1929; Repre-
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Fernald, Fred
Physician; b. Sept. 17, 1874; s. John E. and Susan (Thompson) Fernald; ed. Northwood Seminary, Baltimore Medical School, Johns Hopkins University, Representa- tive, 1920, 1921; Moderator; Re-
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publican; Universalist; member Masons, Odd Fellows, Phi Chi Med- ical Fraternity; m. Elizabeth W. Cilley; ch. Elizabeth, Josephine, Frederick, Mary, Louise, Joseph, John; res. Raymond, N. H.
Bugbee, Perley R.
Banker; b. Corinth, Vermont, Nov. 6, 1865; s. Justin and Abbie M. (Dana) Bugbee; ed. Dartmouth College, 1890; cashier of Dart- mouth National Bank, 29 years, president since Aug. 1923; treas.
Dartmouth Savings Bank since 1894; clerk and treas. of Hanover Water Works Co. since organiza- tion in 1893, and one of its direc- tors for past 27 years; treas. Dartmouth College Alumni Ass'n. since 1897; cne of founders and first directors of Stockbridge Ass'n. and Hanover Country Club; treas. Howe Library since 1900 and now pres. of the corp .; pres. and direc- tor of Souhegan Valley Electric Co. of Milford, N. H. 1923-26; trustee of Home for the Aged of Grafton County, Woodsville, N. H. since organization in 1920; mem- ber N. H. State Legislature, 1912; member Constitutional Convention,
1930; alternate delegate at large from N. H. to National Republican Conventions, Cleveland, Ohio, 1924, and Kansas City, 1928; pres. N. H. Bankers Ass'n., 1916-17; pre ?.
Northern Bankers Ass'n., 1917; vice-pres. N. H. Savings Bank Ass'n., 1922; charter member Han- over Rotary Club, 1925, pres. 1927- 28; Republican; Congregational- ist; member Sigma Chi Fraternity; m. Elizabeth C. Campbell, Oct. 16, 1901; m. 2 Irene M. Farren, Apr. 9, 1929; ch. Elizabeth McMillan; res. Hanover, N. H.
Sawyer, Harry Dean
Farmer; b. Woodstock, N. H., May 18, 1884; s. Sylvester G. and Alma E. (Smith) Sawyer; ed. pub-
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lic schools; formerly store man- ager and woods foreman; super- visor of check lists, 2 years; select- man 19 years; Representative to State Legislature, 1923, 1925; trustee N. H. University since 1926; Democrat; Protestant; mem- ber Lodge, Chapter, Council, A. F. & A. M .; married; one daughter; res. Woodstock, N. H.
FRANK WESTON WHITCHER
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Whitcher, Frank Weston
Manufacturer; b. Tilton, N. H., Nov. 10, 1855; s. William Warren and Frances Elizabeth (White) Whitcher; direct descendant in 8th generation of Thomas Whittier, Haverhill, Mass., 1638, later mov- ing to Amesbury; graduate Dor- chester High School, 1872; book- keeper, E. Y. Perry & Co., shoe nail and tack manufacturers, South Hanover, Mass., 1872-1875; en- gaged in manufacture of shoe goods, Boston since 1875; pres. and organizer: Frank W. Whitcher Co., organizer Chandler Oil Cloth and Buckram Co., Bush Terminal, N. Y., and E. Taunton, Mass., organizer: American Shoe Tip Co., Parker Mfg. Co., Heaton-Peninsu- lar Button Fastener Co., Standard Thermometer, Inc., all of Roxbury, Mass .; vice-pres., organizer and director Chandler Oil Cloth Co., E. Taunton, Mass .; director and or- ganizer, M. & T. Button Co., Prov- idence ; vice-pres. and director Chandler Palruba Co. of Yardville, N. J., and E. Taunton, Mass .; vice- pres. and director Petrolene Mfg. Co., Whiting, Ind .; treas. and or- ganizer Whitcher Realty Co., Bridgeport, Ala .; ex-pres. Mass. State Board of Trade (now Mass. Chamber of Commerce), member Chamber of Commerce of U. S. A., ex-councilor; Boston Chamber of Commerce, Nat. Leather and Shoe Finders' Ass'n .; ex-treas. Rubber Club of America; Former member of Board of Directors and its Delegate to the Mass. Chamber of Commerce, N. E. Shoe and Leather Ass'n .; chair- man, Friction Plug Rubber Heel Manufacturers; member Rubber Heel Club
of America, Bos- ton Boot and Shoe Club; mem- ber of Military Museum & Library Committee Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co .; Life member Mass. Charitable Mechanic Ass'n .; (trus- tee Charity Fund) ; American Unitarian Ass'n., Whittier Home Ass'n .; associate member Apollo Club; member Brookline Board of Trade, Boston Shoe Trade's Club, Mass. Republican Club, Boston Boot and Shoe Club; Life member
Bunker Hill Monument Ass'n .; member Mass. Committee of 100 on Public Safety during World War; Mason, 32d degree, K. T .; Clubs : Boston City, Oakley Country, Boston Press (Life) ; m. Maria Davenport Faxon of Boston, Oct. 11, 1883; 1 son, Warren Faxon Whittier (he adopted original fam- ily name) ; Home: 1080 Beacon St., Brookline; Office: 179 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass.
Haskell, Hiram Brackett
Certified public accountant; b. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 17, 1894; s. Edgar B. and Annie (Wermers) Haskell; ed. public schools, private tutored in accounting, passed Am. Inst. Accountants examination for C. P. A. 1925; registered pharma- cist, 1915; teacher of resident classes in accounting, Portland,
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Maine, 1920-21; entered practice of accountancy, July 1919; City Auditor, Berlin, N. H., 1925, 1926, 1931; pres. Manchester Kiwanis. Club, 1929; Republican; Congrega- tionalist; member A.F. and A.M. (Worshipful Master, Washington
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Lodge, 1929), Chapter, Council, Commandery, K. T., Bektash Tem- ple; member Am. Soc. C. P A., Manchester Shrine Club, Manches- ter Country Club, Calumet Club; m. Leone M. Ingalls, June 8, 1921; ch. Robert Wendell, Kenneth War- ren; res. Manchester, N. H.
Hendrick, Nellie Towne
Dean, Northern New England School of Religious Education, Univ. of N. H .; b. Keene, N. H .; dau. John S. and Lucy Webster Towne; ed. Keene high school, Rhode Island School of Religious
Education, International School of Religious Education, Lake Geneva, Wis .; former teacher in Keene, N. H. schools; Elementary Supt. and General Sec'y., N. H. Council of Relig. Educ .; founder of North- ern N. E. School of Relig. Educ., and Dean 17 years; Accredited Dean of Standard Leadership Training Schools by International Council of Relig. Educ .; formerly Supt. Children's Division First Cong'l. Church, Nashua, and Pres. Rhode Island Summer School Al- umni Ass'n. and member Board of Trustees Northfield School of Relig.
Educ .; delegate from N. H. to In- ternational and World Sunday School Convention, and speaker at same; formerly Sec'y. Nashaway Woman's Club; Past Pres. of New Hampshire's Daughters, Boston; present Director and Press Chair- man of Boston City Federation, Publicity Chairman, New England Conference of State Federation of Women's Clubs; member Presi- dents' Club, New England Women's Club, and Women's Republican Club of Boston; Congregationalist; Republican; m. George W. Hend- rick, Nashua, N. H .; ch. Marion (Mrs. G. Everett Ray) ; res. Nash- ua, N. H.
Rand, John Langdon
Lawyer; b. Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 28, 1861; s. John Sullivan and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; ed. Portsmouth high school, Smith Preparatory School, Dartmouth College; District Attorney; mem- ber Oregon State Senate; member Oregon Supreme Court; Republi- can; Methodist; member Masons, Commandery, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Elks, K. of P .; married; ch. Irv- ing, Langdon; res. Salem, Oregon.
Shackford, Martha Hale
Professor of English Literature, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass .; b. Dover, N. H., Aug. 25, 1875; dau. Charles Burnham and Caro- line Cartland Shackford; direct descendant of Capt. William Shack- ford of Newington, N. H., 17th century; descendant of Maj. Sam- uel Hale who was granted by George III, Hale's Location, N. H. for services in French and Indian Wars; maternal ancestors settled in Durham early 18th century; ed. Dover public schools, Wellesley College, B.A., 1896, Yale Univer- sity, Ph.D., 1901; study and travel abroad, 1899-1900, 1904, 1909, 1922, 1926; critic in English, Vassar College, 1898-9; teacher, Wellesley College, 1901 -; contributor to ed- ucational and other periodicals; author : Yale University Prize Poem, 1898, A First Book of Poet- ics, 1906, Masterpieces of European Literature, 1906, English Master- pieces of the Nineteenth Century, 1906, Composition, Rhetoric, Liter-
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ature, 1908, new ed. 1917, Shake- speare in London, 1926, Plutarch in the English Renaissance, 1929; editor: Spenser's Faerie Queene, Bk. 1, 1905,-Macaulay's" Lays of Ancient Rome, 1907, Shakespeare's As You Like It (Tudor Ed.), 1911, Chaucer-Selected References, 1911, Legends and Satires from Medi- eval Literature 1913, Wellesley Verse, 1875-1925; Republican ; member Phi Beta Kappa, Wellesley Chapter, Modern Language Ass'n. of America, Modern Humanities
Research Ass'n., Shakespeare Ass'ns., London, New York, Nor- folk Record Soc., England, N. H. Historical Soc., and various human- itarian societies; unmarried; res. Wellesley, Mass.
Hopkins, Harry D.
Manufacturer; b. Spofford, N. H., Aug. 18, 1869; s. William W. and Marinda Hopkins; ed. schools of Spofford, N. H. and Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; manufacturer of chairs, Keene; has interest in manufacture of Pyroloid Dresserware, Athol, Mass. and has a factory in Toron- to, Canada; member House of Rep- resentatives, 1923, 1927; Senate, 1925; member of Council 1929 and 1930; Republican; Congregational- ist; Past Master of Grange: Past Exalted Ruler of Elks; member of Social Friends Lodge A. F. & A. M., Commandery and Shrine: married; three children ; res. Keene, N. H.
Bixler, James Wilson
Clergyman ; b. Hanover, Pa., Feb. 28, 1861; s. David D. and Al- mira (Wilson) Bixler; ed. Amherst College, A. B., 1882, A.M., 1887, Yale, B.D., 1887, Hooker fellow Yale Divinity School, 1888-1889, Roanoke, D.D., 1903; ordained Congregational ministry, 1889; pastor North Church, Haverhill, Mass., 1889-91; pastor Second Church, New London, Conn., 1891- 1916; professor Biblical and Chris- tian theology, Atlanta Theological Seminary, 1916-18; pastor Congre- gational Church, Exeter, N. H., 1918 -; member N. H. House of Representatives, 1925-29; trustee
Atlanta Theological Seminary; cor- porate member A. B. C. F. M .; overseer Charitable Fund, Amherst College; director Exeter Hospital; director Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply; Republican; mem- ber Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Masons, Odd Fellows; m. Clara M. Burleigh, South Berwick, Me., Oct. 15, 1921; ch. Julius S., Elizabeth S., James W., Herbert E .; res. Ex- eter, N. H.
Gerlach, James H.
Retired manufacturer; b. Hun- tington, Pa., Nov. 5, 1864; s. Frank H. and Anna M. Gerlach; ed. pub- lic schools; woodwork manufactur-
er; state Senator, Representative, Councilman, Assessor, Water Com- missioner; chairman, Daniel Web- ster Commission; pres. Franklin Rotary Club, Republican; Protest- ant; member all Masonic bodies, Odd Fellows, Elks, Chamber of Commerce; m .; ch. Frank H .; res. Franklin, N. H.
Dudley, Albertus True
Teacher; author; b. Paris, N. Y., June 18, 1866; s. Rev. Horace Franklin and Josephine (Lamson) Dudley; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1887,
WALLACE EDWARD MASON
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and German study; teacher Phil- lips Exeter Academy, 1887-95, Noble & Greenough's School, Bos- ton, 1896-1917; member N. H. house of representatives, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1931-32; author "Follow- ing the Rail". 1903, "Making the Nine", 1904, "In the Line", 1905, "With Mask and Mitt", 1906, "The Great Year," 1907, "The Yale Cup", 1908, "The School Four", 1909, "At the Home Plate," 1910, "The Pecks in Camp", 1911, "The Half Miler", 1913, etc .; trustee University of New Hampshire, 1928-33: Republican; m. Frances Perry, Exeter, N. H., July 2. 1890; res. Exeter, N. H.
Mason, Wallace Edward
Educator; b. North Conway, N. H., June 24, 1861; s. John E. and Lizzie W. (Randall) Mason; ed. Fryeburg, Me., Academy, Bow- doin College, 1882, Harvard and Clark University and Hyannis Summer Schools; principal Thom- aston, Me. high school, 1883-8; ad- mitted to bar in Colorado, 1889; practised law in Tenn. 1889-91; principal high schools, Orange, Mass., 1892-7; Leominster, Mass., 1897-1902; district supt. of schools, Leicester and Charlton, Mass., 1902-6; supt. of schools and prin- cipal high school, North Andover, Mass., 1906-11; pres. Keene, N. H. Normal School 1911 -; member N. H. Constitutional Convention, 1918; director Keene Commercial Club; Republican; Congregational- ist; past pres. Keene Rotary Club; past Patron, O. E. S .; pres. Amer- ican Inst. of Instruction; member A. F. & A. M., S. A. R., P. of H., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Nat'l. Educational Ass'n .; m. Net- tie Robinson, June 30, 1887; ch. Harold Elliot, Sept. 13, 1888, Don- ald Robinson, March 28, 1891, Wal- lace E. Jr., Feb. 9, 1894; res. Keene, N. H.
Wilson, Henry Wesley
Insurance agent; b. Bennington, N. H., Nov. 6, 1862; s. William Harvey and Mary A. (Wilson) Wil- son ; ed. Bennington public schools;
supt. Goodell Cutlery Co. for 40 years; trial justice for town of Bennington since 1915; Represen- tative, 1925-27-29-31; chairman Hillsboro County delegation in 1927 and clerk of delegation in
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1925-29 and 31 sessions; active in erection of new buildings at Hills- boro County Farm in Grasmere; member of board of trustees, Hills- boro County Hospital; Republican; Congregationalist; member Cong'l board of trustees; member K. of P., Foresters of America; Grange, Sons of Veterans; member Nation- al Guard Cavalry of Peterboro; m. Hattie Athelia Kimball, Ben- nington, N. H., Nov. 25, 1891; ch. Doris M. (Mrs. Laurence J. Par- ker), Ruth L., Rachel Anne; res. Bennington, N. H.
Rand, Willard D.
Bank Commissioner, State of N. H .; b. Somerville, Mass., Aug. 15, 1890; s. James B. and Minnie E. (Doane) Rand; ed. Somerville public schools, Burdett College, Boston University, Northeastern
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College; public accountant; Repub- lican; Methodist; member Masons, Rotary Club; m. Anna Madore, Nov. 20, 1912; ch. Willard D., Jr., July 15, 1914; res. Concord, N. H.
Caron, Damase
Physician; Mayor of Manchester, N. H .; b. Saint Ours, Richelieu County, P. Q., Canada, March 27, 1876; 's. Damase and Caroline (Pel- oquin) Caron; ed. St. Hyacinthe College, 1895, B. L., Laval Univ.
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Medical School, M. D., 1899; alder- man, Franklin, N. H., 1902-10; Hillsborough County Physician, 1919-21, 1923-25, 1929 -; Superin- tendent, County Hospital, 1919-21, 1923-25, 1929 -; Mayor of Man- chester, 1932 -; Democrat; Catho- lic; member Association Canado- Americaine, High Medical Exam- iner, 1905 -; member Jolliet Club, Lafayette Club, Cercle National, Manchester Medical Ass'n .. N. H. Medical Ass'n., American Medical Ass'n .; m. Jeanne Rheaume, Mont- real, Canada, 1901; ch. Yvan, Guy, Violette (Provost), Lorette, Marcel, Roberte; res. Manchester, N. H.
Jones, Arthur R.
Woolen cloth manufacturer; b. Trumbull, Neb., May 30, 1882; S. William and Rachel (Rothwell) Jones; ed. public schools of the West; mayor of Keene, three terms, 1926-29; two terms in N. H. State Senate; pres. 1931-32 Senate; Pres-
ident N. H. Mfg. Assoc. 1932; Re- publican; Episcopalian; member all Masonic Lodges, Elks; past pres. Keene Rotary Club; past pres. Keene Chamber of Commerce; m. Mabel Witham, Portsmouth, N. H .; ch. Ruth E .; res. Keene, N. H.
Morrill, Sibley Gage
Physician; b. Concord, N. H., Oct. 3, 1873; s. Luther Sullivan and Mary Agnes (Gage) Morrill; ed. Concord public schools, Harv- ard Univ., Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1898; specialty, internal med- icine; consulting physician to Mar- garet Pillsbury General Hospital; Consulting physician to N. H. Mem- orial Hospital for Women and Children; member of N. H. State Board of Health; American Medi- cal Ass'n. N. H. Medical Soc., Cen- ter District Soc .; Republican, Epis-
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copalian; Sons American Revolu- tion, A. F. & A. M., Commandery Knights Templar, Bektash Temple, Shrine; m. Georgia Sherman, Lin- coln, Mass., Oct. 16, 1905, d. Oct. 6, 1918; ch. Sibley Sherman, May 13, 1908, Roger Sherman, June 8, 1913; m. Anna Wenzel of Pitzsch- endorf, Thuringia, Germany, July 27, 1928; res. Concord, N. H.
Cox, Louis Sherburne
Justice, Superior Court, Massa- chusetts; farmer; b. Manchester, N. H., Nov. 22, 1874; s. Charles E. and Evelyn (Randall) Cox; ed. Manchester public schools, Dart- mouth College, 1896, Boston Uni- versity Law School, 1899; prac- ticed law; member Mass. Senate, 1906; Postmaster Lawrence, Mass., 1906-14; District Attorney, East- ern District, Mass., 1916-18; Jus- tice Superior Court, Mass., 1918 -; Captain Battery C. 1st Mass. Field Artillery, 1908-13; Colonel, 16th Regt. Mass. State Guard, 1917-19; Major U. S. Reserves; Republican ; Congregationalist; member Mas- ons, 32d degree, Odd Fellows, Elks, Grange; m. Mary Fieles; ch. Ran- dall T., Dorothy; res. Lawrence, Mass.
Colbath, George A.
High Sheriff of Coos County; b. Compton, P. Q., May 22, 1887; s. Henry Wilson and Elsie (Lyon) Colbath; ed. Whitefield High School, Whitefield, N.
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