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master West Thornton Grange; past master Parker Lodge A. F.
and A. M., Lincoln, N. H .; member N. H. Consistory thirty-second de- gree; member Bektash Temple A. A. O. N. M. S .; member La- conia Rotary Club; m. Nell I. Mink- ler, Rochester, Vt. 1908; ch. Earle V .; res. Laconia, N. H.
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Manufacturer and dealer in lum- ber; b. New Boston, N. H., Jan. 8, 1876; s. George and Lydia Shaw (McNeil) Langdell; ed. public schools, New Boston, and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Man-
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chester; removed to Manchester in 1913, where in 1918 he organized the Langdell Lumber Co., of which he is Pres. and Treas .; instrument- al in forming N. H. Lumbermen's Ass'n., 1920, and served as its pres. for three years; Republican; Baptist; m. Annie L. Anderson, June 6, 1900; ch. Merritt R., b. Aug. 24, 1904, (vice-pres. Langdell Lumber Co.), Ralph E. b. June 17, 1907 (student Harvard Law School) ; res. Manchester, N. H.
Colony, John Joslin
Woolen mfgr .; b. Keene, N. H., Nov. 14, 1864; s. Horatio and Eme- line E. (Joslin) Colony; ed. Keene public schools and Harvard Uni- versity, A.B., 1885; member Keene city council, school comm., N. H. house of representatives from Keene, 1893; delegate to Demo- cratic Nat'l Convention, 1908; pres. Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H .;
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director Ashuelot Citizens Nat'l Bank, Keene, Winchester Nat'l Bank, Winchester; pres. and direc- tor, Cheshire Nat'l Bank, Keene; director, N. H. Fire Ins. Co., Man- chester; trustee, Thayer Public Li- brary, Keene; Democrat; Unitar- ian; member Masons, Knights Templar, Patron of Husbandry; m. Charlotte Whitcomb. Oct. 16, 1907; ch. Emeline J., Nov. 25, 1908, John J. Jr., June 11, 1915, Charles, Oct. 14, 1918; res. Keene, N. H.
Copeland, Clarence S.
Dentist; b. Washington, N. H., 1870; s. Ellis and Jane Copeland; ed. South Lancaster Academy, Mass., Philadelphia Dental College,
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Penn .; 18 years on N. H. Dental Board of Examiners, pres. 2 years ; Republican; Protestant; member N. H. Dental Society, New Eng. Dental Soc., North Eastern, Mass. Dental Soc., National Dental Ass'n., York Rite and Scottish Rite Mas- ons ; married; ch. Harold E., Brenda M .; res. Rochester, N. H.
Weeks, Fred R.
County Commissioner, Belknap County; b. Gilford, N. H., May 12, 1881; s. Orrin H. and Arvilla J. (Page) Weeks; ed. Gilford public schools, Laconia Business College, 1901; farmer; formerly in lumber
business; selectman; town treas- urer; member school board, trustee of trust funds; trustee of library; representative to General Court 1923-24; county commissioner, 1929 -; Republican; Congregation- alist; member of Grange, seventh degree; m. Lena B. Drury, Sept. 8, 1908; ch. Frederick K., Walter D., Arthur H .; res. Gilford, N. H.
Wright, John Patterson
Manufacturer; b. Keene, N. H., May 9, 1905; s. Arthur Lawrence
and Mary Patterson Wright; ed. Keene public schools, Phillips Acad -. emy, Andover, Mass., Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.,
Princeton University ; director, Ashuelot-Citizens National Bank, Keene; trustee, Keene Savings Bank; pres. Cheshire County Humane Society; pres. and treas. J. A. Wright & Co .; pres. Adiron- dack Diatomaceous Earth Co .; Republican ; Episcopalian; vice- pres. N. H. Soc. Sons of the Amer -. ican Revolution; m. June 27, 1929 Ruth P. McCaffery; res. Keene, N. H.
Frost, Fredric Worthen
Lawyer; b. Franklin Falls, N. H., Jan. 8, 1870; s. Lorenzo L. and Harriet L. (Hayward) Frost; ed. A.B., cum laude, Wesleyan U., Middletown, Conn. 1894, student Columbia Law School, N. Y. City,
1897, LL.B. New York Law School 1898; Teacher of English and French, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1894-96; Pvt. tu- tor, Europe, 1896; admitted to N. Y. bar, 1898, and began prac- tice at N. Y. City; president, Cuban. Land & Steamship Company, Pil -.
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oto Land Co. (Cuba) ; v. p. and gen. counsel, Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern R. R .; asso. counsel Third Ave. Ry. System of N. Y .; dir., Chappaqua National Bank, Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York; Shawmut Mining Co., Shaw- mut Coal & Coke Co .. Hudson- Harlem Valley Title & Mortgage Co., Hudson-Harlem Valley Corp .; trustee Manhattan Savings Insti- tution; trustee Tilton (N. H.) Sch. Biblical Seminary in New York, Wesleyan U .; Republican; Mem. American Bar Association; Ass'n. Bar City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Wesleyan Uni- versity Alumni Association (ex- pres.); m. Christine K. Glover, of N. Y. City, Oct. 25, 1899; ch. Fred- ric Worthen, Constance Hopkins; res. Chappaqua, N. Y. and Marl- boro Frenchman's Bay, Hancock Co., Me.
Smythe, Arthur L.
Banker; b. Plymouth, N. H., Apr. 2, 1881; s. Rodney E. and Amelia
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P. Smythe; ed. Plymouth High School, Holderness School for Boys;
formerly employed at Colebrook Nat'l Bank, Colebrook and Pemi- gewasset Nat'l Bank, Plymouth; cashier & trust officer, Franklin Nat'l Bank, Franklin; treas. Frank- lin Savings Bank; pres. G. W. Griffin Co., Franklin; pres. Frank- lin Armory Ass'n .; Republican; Unitarian; member Masonic body and B. P. O. Elks; m. Dorothy Hancock; ch. Barbara, Shirley, Nancy; res. Franklin, N. H.
Storrs, John Williams
Civil engineer; b. Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 24, 1858; s. William W. and Elizabeth A. (Roberts) Storrs; moved to Concord, N. H. in child- hood; ed. Concord public schools; studied engineering with the late
Charles C. Lund and Foss & Mer- rill; with the B. & M. R. R. 1890- 1911; in charge of construction of B. & M. R. R. shops in Concord, 1896; since 1906 has conducted a private engineering business; chief engineer, Public Service Commis- sion 1911 -; appointed to Public Service Commission, Dec. 23, 1918; was N. H. State Fuel Administra- tor during coal strikes, appointed by
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Gov. Fred H. Brown and Gov. Win- ant 1923 to
1927; appointed by Gov. Huntley Spaulding chair- man Public Service Commission, Feb. 17, 1928, retired, Feb. 19, 1930; Republican; first State High- way Engineer for New Hampshire, appointed by Gov. Bachelder, 1903- 5; member I. O. O. F., American Society of Civil Engineers., Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Ameri- can Water Works Ass'n .; author of "Storrs: A Handbook for the Use of Those Interested in the Con- struction of Short Span Bridges", 74 pp., ill., 1918; m., Carrie Etta Dow of Concord, Apr. 29, 1885; ch. Edward Dow Storrs, b. Feb. 20, 1886, Concord; m. 2 Ethel May Foster of Concord, May 4, 1909; res. Concord, N. H.
Fuller, Enoch D.
Secretary of State; b. Quincy, Mass., Nov. 17, 1892; s. F. Wesley and R. Lena Fuller; ed. Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., Quincy high school, Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass., Mass. College of
Commerce, Boston, Tilton School, Tilton, N. H., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., U. S. S. M. A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y .;
2nd Lieut. U. S. Air Service dur- ing World War; Register of Deeds, Hillsborough County, N. H., 1927- 28; Secretary of State 1929 -; Re- publican; Protestant; member Am. Legion, Masons, Delta Tau Delta; married; ch. Virginia, Enoch D., Jr .; res. Manchester, N. H.
Simons, Minot
Minister; b. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 24, 1868; s. Langdon and Sarah Frances (Shepard) Simons; ed. Manchester public schools, Phil- lips Exeter Academy, Harvard, 1891, Harvard Divinity School,
1894; pastorates: Billerica, Mass., 1895-1900, Cleveland, Ohio, 1900- 19; Church Extension Secretary, American Unitarian Ass'n., 1919- 23; New York City, 1923; Board of Preachers, Western Reserve University, 1904-19; Harvard Uni- versity, 1912-13; member Board of Trustees, Phillips Exeter Academy, Hackley School, Tarrytown, N. Y., American Unitarian Ass'n., Mead- ville Theological School; Republi- can; Unitarian; Mason; m. Helen Louise Savage; ch. Langdon Sav- age; res. New York City.
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JOSIAH EASTMAN FERNALD
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Fernald, Josiah Eastman
Banker; b. Loudon, N. H., June 16, 1856; s. Josiah and Mary Es- ther (Austin) Fernald; ed. public schools of Loudon and Pittsfield, N. H. academy; came to Concord in March, 1875, and entered em- ploy of the National State Capital Bank, working his way up from messenger boy to president, hold- ing latter position since 1905; vice- president, Loan and Trust Savings Bank; pres. N. E. Cable Co., treas- urer, Capital Fire Insurance Co .: Vice-President, Manufacturers & Merchants Mutual Insurance Co., treasurer, Abbot-Downing Co .; treasurer and trustee of Mary Baker Eddy estate; treas. N. H. Centennial Home for the Aged; member First Baptist Church, Concord; holds the medal of the Mass. Humane Soc. for gallantry in saving a life at Ogunquit, Me. July 29, 1899; m. Dec. 8, 1880 Anna White; ch. Edith F. (Mrs. James A. Giberson), Mary F. (Mrs. Edward S. Willis), Ruth F. (Mrs. Engelhart W. Holst); res. Con- cord, N. H.
Foster, William A.
Lawyer; b. Concord, N. H., Feb. 3, 1872; s. George A. and Georgia L. Foster; ed. Concord High School, Dartmouth College; Harvard Law School; Republican; Unitarian; married; ch. Helen F. Everett, Katharine, Robert E .; res. Con- cord, N. H.
Otis, Joseph Simeon
Assistant treasurer, Page Belt- ing Co., Concord, N. H .; b. Shef- field, Vt., Nov. 2, 1878; s. Stephen Chesley and Sarah M. (Clarke) Otis; ed. public schools, West Burke, Vt., Lyndon Institute, Lyn- don Center, Vt .; district school teacher, 1897-1900; principal, Bart- lett, N. H. Grammar School, 1901- 02; began work with Page Belting Co., Oct. 10, 1902; member State Legislature, 1917-18, 1919-20; mem- ber Board of Education of Union School District of Concord, N. H., 1919-28; has held some office in Ward 4, Concord, since 1903; Ward Moderator since 1918; Republican;
Congregationalist ; thirty-second.
degree Mason; Past Master of Eu- reka Lodge; Past Commander of Mt. Horeb Commandery ; Past Master, Alpha Lodge of Perfec- tion; Sovereign Prince of Ariel Council; m. Sara Effie Stanton, Bartlett, N. H., Dec. 25, 1901; ch. Mary A., Paul S., Virginia, Sarah Louise, Stanton C., Donald B .; res. Concord, N. H.
Thayer, Fred I.
Lumber and box manufacturer; b. Westbrook, Me., May 5, 1878; ed. Farmington public schools, Gray's Business College, Portland, Me .; Instructor Electrical Dept. of N. Y. Trades Schools, 1901-02-03.
Electrical engineer until 1912 when he entered lumber business; Pres. Chamber of Commerce, 1931-32; Pres. Farmington Holding Corp. 1932. Member of School Board, 1926; Vice Pres. Goodwin Memorial Lib., selectman of town of Farm- ington, 1915-16; Representative, 1929-30; delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1930; Republican; member Masonic Lodge A. F. & A. M. Chapter, Council, Command-
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ery, Knights Templar, life member N. H. Consistory 32d degree Scot- tish Rite, Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .: I. O. O. F .; res. Farm- ington, N. H.
Cooper, Burt R.
Lawyer; b. Nottingham, N. H., May 14, 1888; s. John Edward and Mary Eliza (Randall) Cooper; ed. Northwood Seminary, 1905, Phil- lips-Exeter Academy, 1907, Dart- mouth College, A.B. 1911, Harvard
Law School, LL.B. 1914; employed in office of Leslie P. Snow, 1914- 17; partner of Leslie P. and Con- rad E. Snow, 1917-21; partner of Conrad E. Snow 1921-26; practiced alone 1926-30; now in partnership with Gardner S. Hall; d'rector, People's Bldg. & Loan Ass'n .; mem- ber, Rochester School Board, 4 years; clerk of Trustees of City Trust Funds, 3 years; County So- licitor of Strafford County, 1921- 23 and 1927-31; director and pres. Strafford County Y. M. C. A. 1922 -; trustee, Austin Cate Acad- emy, 4 years; director N. H. Child- ren's Aid & Protective Society; chairman N. H. State Grange Tax
Committee; Republican; Congre- gationalist; member, Grange, 7th degree Patron of Husbandry, Elks, American, New Hampshire, Straf- ford and Carroll County Bar Ass'ns., charter member and past. pres. Rochester Kiwanis Club, mem- ber Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, National Economic League; m. Emily Lillian Foss, June 23, 1914; ch. Richard Foss, Barbara Edith, Emily Jane and Miriam Janice; res. Rochester, N. H.
Varick, Thomas Rice
Merchant; b. Manchester, N. H .; s. John Barnes and Jane Isabella. (Rice) Varick, nearest living lin- eal descendant of Richard Var- ick, lawyer of New York, who. joined the Revolutionary Army in 1775, and was appointed cap- tain in the 1st N. Y. Continental Infantry, made deputy muster- master general, Northern Dept., Apr. 10, 1777, was present at sur- render of Burgoyne, served as in- spector general at West Point, and later as recording sec'y. of the offi- cial and private correspondence of Gen'l Washington, the commander- in-chief; was recorder of the city of N. Y. in 1783, speaker of the N. Y. Assembly in 1787 and 1788, attorney general in 1789 and elected mayor of New York city in 1789, serving till 1801; pres. N. Y. Soc. of the Cincinnati, till his decease, July 30 1831; also grandson of Thos. Rice, Jr., of Newton, Mass., for whom he was named, who was an extensive paper mfgr. and em- inent citizen, an elder brother of Gov. Alexander H. Rice, and ser- ved in both branches of the Mass .. legislature and the executive coun- cil, and other positions of respon- sibility; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, Harvard College; member Manchester police commission, 1910-13; Delegate at large to Re- publican National Convention at Kansas City, 1928; pres. People's Savings Bank; vice-pres. Manches- ter Gas Co .; treas. John B. Var- ick Co .; trustee of Manchester cem- eteries; director Amoskeag Na- tional Bank, N. H. Fire Ins. Co .; catcher Exeter baseball team 2
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years; member Institute of 1770 D. K. E., and Hasty Pudding Club, at Harvard; hereditary member of N. Y. State Soc. of the Cincinnati, succeeding in the right of Col. Richard Varick; m. Mary Miller, June 26, 1889, d. Jan. 24, 1924; res. Manchester, N. H.
Veazey, William D.
Attorney; b. Benton, N. H., July 7, 1871; s. Charles A. and Ruth Eastman Veazey; ed. New Hamp- ton Institution; read law with Jew- ett, Stone, Owen & Martin; lumber manufacturer; county solicitor of Belknap County for 6 years; city counselor of Laconia for 6 years; Republican; Unitarian: 32nd de- gree Mason; member of all Scot- tish and Yorkright bodies, K. of P., Elks; m. Winnifread A. Gilbert; ch. Allen G .; res. Laconia, N. H.
Cheney, Thomas P.
Lawyer and banker; b. 'Ashland, N. H., Aug. 17, 1891; s. Dr. Jon- athan M. and Lucy A. Cheney; ed. Ashland public schools, Holderness School for Boys, Worcester Acad- emy, Norwich University, Boston University Law School; admitted to N. H. Bar, 1916; office of at- torney-general 1916-17; U. S. Army May 20, 1917-Dec. 10, 1918; gen- eral practice of law at Laconia since 1919 being associated with Hon. Oscar L. Young under the firm name of Young and Cheney until his appointment as Jus- tice of Superior Court in 1925; Judge Advocate, N. H. National Guard, 1926 -; vice-pres. and trustee Laconia Savings Bank; di- rector, Peoples National Bank, Public Service Co. of N. H., La- conia Street Railway; chairman, Republican State Comm. 1926-8; ass't. clerk State Senate, 1915 and 1917; solicitor of Belknap County 1920-25; member Legislature 1927; Delegate at large Republican Na- tional Convention, 1928; moderator ward 4. Laconia for several years; Republican ; Congregationalist; member, American Legion, first commander of first post organized in N. H .: trustee of Elks, member Forty and Eight; Masons; K. of P .; Grange; Rotary Club; Belknap
Bar Ass'n .; N. H. Bar Ass'n .; mem- ber of Board of Governors of La- conia Country Club; director New England Council; former pres. N. H. Veterans Ass'n; former pres. Laconia Chamber of Commerce; m. Ella M. Wardner of Concord; ch. Thomas P., Jr .; res. Laconia, N. H.
Clarner, Louis George Karl, Jr.
Sec'y N. H. Board of Under- writers; b. Pawtucket, R. I., Jan. 18, 1881; s. Louis G. K. and Mary Hannah Clarner; ed. Pawtucket public schools, Rhode Island State College B.S .; formerly chemist, U. S. Finishing Co., Providence, inspector, Underwriters Laborator-
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ies, inspector, N. E. Bureau of United Inspection, inspector, N. H. Board of Underwriters and became sec'y. in 1921; Republican; Con- gregationalist; member, Masons, Kiwanis Club of Concord, Chamber of Commerce; m. Laura C. Harlow, 1908, d. 1928; ch. Louis G. K., 3rd, 1910, Esther E., 1917; married. Doris Wenlow Stokes, Feb. 5, 1932 ;. res. Concord, N. H.
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Coulombe, Ovide J.
Lawyer; b. Gorham, N. H., March 29, 1885; s. Alfred and Jane (Perriault) Coulombe; ed. Gorham High School, College of St. Charles Borramee, Sherbrooke, P. Q .; for- merly bookkeeper; admitted to bar
in 1910; city solicitor, 1920-25, Berlin, N. H .; State Senator, 1922- 23; member of Legislature, 1925- 26; Mayor of Berlin, 1932; Dem- ocrat; Roman Catholic; mem- ber Knights of Columbus, Loy- al Order of Moose, B. P. O. Elks, F. O. Eagles, Canado Amer- icaine, St. Jean Baptiste Union; m .; ch. Helen A., Norman J., Doris V., Rita M .; res. Berlin, N. H.
Harriman, N. Joy
Cashier, Peoples National Bank, Laconia, N. H .; b. Laconia, N. H., Aug. 17, 1892; s. Dr. Alpha H. and Katherine Walker Harriman; ed. Laconia High School, 1912, Uni- versity of N. H., 1917; director Peoples National Bank; director Laconia Water Co .; ass't. treas. and clerk Laconia Water Co .; mem- ber City Council, 1928, 1929; City Auditor, 1924-27; treas. Laconia
Hospital Ass'n .; treas. Laconia Chamber of Commerce; treas. N. H. Humane Society; sec'y. La- conia Country Club; Democrat; Congregationalist; member Elks, all Masonic bodies of Laconia; m. Marion Perley, Laconia, N. H., June 7, 1919; ch. Haven Perley, May 2, 1924, Katharine, Dec. 3, 1920; res. Laconia, N. H.
Couch, Benjamin W.
Lawyer; b. Aug. 19, 1873; S. Benjamin W. and Susan C. (Wood- ward) Couch; ed. Concord High School, Dartmouth College, Harv- ard Law School; pres. and director, Northern Railroad, N. H. Spinning
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Mills, Ford & Kimball; vice-pres. and director, United Life & Acci- dent Ins. Co., M. & M. Mutual Ins. Co .; treas. and director, Concord Gas Co .; trust officer and director, Mechanicks Nat'l Bank; director of Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co., N. H. Mutual Liability Co., Mer- chants Mutual Casualty Co., N. E. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., N. E. Mutual Casualty Co., N. H. Fire Ins. Co., Securities Company of N. H., Con-
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cord and Portsmouth R. R., A. Per- ley Fitch Co., First Investment Co .; trustee of Merrimack County Savings Bank, N. H. State Hospi- tal, Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, Rolfe and Rumford Asy- lum; member of Police Commission of Concord, City Government, State Legislature, State Board of Con- trol; Republican; Unitarian; mem- ber of Masons, Odd Fellows, Snow- shoe Club, Passaconaway Club, Bow Brook Club, Wonolancet Club, New London Country Club, Con- cord Country Club; m. Gertrude A. Underhill, Nov. 8, 1900; res. Concord, N. H.
Wadleigh, Winthrop
Lawyer, member firm of Wyman, Starr, Booth and Wadleigh of Man- chester; b. Milford, N. H., Jan. 23,
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1902; s. Fred T. and Alice B. Wad- leigh; ed. Milford High School, 1919, Dartmouth College, magna cum laude, 1923, Harvard Law School, 1927; school teacher in Hon- olulu, 1923-24; member Commission to Revise Corporation Laws, 1930; delegate to Constitutional Conven-
tion, 1930; assistant Att'y-Gen'l, 1929-31; Republican; Baptist; member, Masons, Phi Beta Kappa, and Kappa Kappa Kappa; married June 11, 1932, Sylvia Moore Leach at Manchester; res. Milford, N. H.
McCurdy, Robert M.
Librarian and clerk of Supreme Court; b. Andover, Mass., 1878; ed. Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., Harvard College, N. Y. State Library School, Albany, N. Y .; engaged in editorial and literary work; Republican; Con- gregationalist; unmarried ; res. Concord, N. H.
Prime, Herbert Orman
Clerk, Superior Court for Bel- knap County; b. Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 20, 1871; s. Edwin B. and Araetta (Hoitt) Prime; ed. Ports- mouth public schools; clerk with E. F. Sise & Co., coal dealers, Portsmouth, until death of Wm. H. Sise in 1896; formed firm of Gray and Prime with Charles W.
Gray, wholesale and retail dealers in coal; firm sold out to Consoli- dated Coal Co., 1911; manager Con-
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solidated Coal Co. 1911-17; employ- ment agent in Labor Dept. State of New Hampshire 1918; Factory In- spector in Labor Dept. 1918-27; clerk, Belknap County Superior Court Jan. 1, 1927 -; Republican; Congregationalist; member Masons, Elks, Men's Club, Laconia Country Club, Rotary Club; m. Harriette Simpson, Newfields, N. H., Oct. 6, 1898; ch. Katharine Simpson, and Elizabeth; res. Laconia, N. H.
Lucier, Alvin A.
Attorney-at-law; b. Nashua, N. H., Aug. 7, 1896; s. Alvin J. and Katherine A. (Doucet) Lucier; ed. Nashua schools, Dartmouth College, Boston University Law School; with U. S. Navy, Aviation
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section, during War; chairman Nashua Chapter American Red Cross, 1921-31; ass't. clerk, N. H. House of Representatives, 1923; City Solicitor, Nashua, 1929-30; County Treasurer, Hillsborough County, 1929 -; chairman Demo- cratic City Committee, Nashua, 1925 -; Democrat; Catholic; mem- ber Elks, K. of C., Lions Club,
American Legion, Nashua Country Club, American and N. H. Bar Ass'ns., National Club; m. Kath- ryn E. Emery, June 29, 1921; ch. Louise L., Apr. 28, 1922, C. Con- stance, Apr. 29, 1924, Helen A., Oct. 2, 1926, Alvin A., Jr., May 14, 1931; res. Nashua, N. H.
Piper, Jonathan
Lawyer; b. North Hampton, N. H., Aug. 11, 1885; s. James C. and Jenny Young Piper; ed. P. E. A. 1903, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1907, Harvard LL.B. 1913; formerly teacher in High School at
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La Crosse, Wis. for two years; now member of law firm of Demond, Woodworth, Sulloway and Rogers of Concord; former sec. N. H. Bar Ass'n .; trustee, N. H. Savings Bank; member N. H. Board of Bar Examiners, 1930-31; Republican ; Episcopalian; member, N. H. Bar Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., Uni- versity Club of Boston, Wonolancet Club, Chamber of Commerce; m. Grace M. Collins, July 6, 1917; ch. James Wm. b. Apr. 24, 1918; res. Concord, N. H.
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Holmes, Harry L.
Farmer, coal and ice business; b. Warner, N. H., Feb. 22, 1878; ed. Simonds Free High School, Warner; undertaker; lumber deal- er; in coal and ice business since 1929; selectman several years;
water commissioner since 1915; Representative 1921, State Sena- tor, 1923; Governor's Council 1929-1930; Republican; Protestant; member Eastern Star, 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, past Noble Grand I. O. O. F., member Rebekahs, Hen- niker Social Club, Hillsboro Club, Republican State Comm .; m .; one son; res. Henniker, N. H.
Hamlin, Howard Hutchins
Lawyer; b. Charlestown, N. H., May 23, 1902; s. A. Lloyd and Ida M. (Hutchins) Hamlin; ed. Far- well School, No. Charlestown, N. H., Charlestown High School; studied law in office of H. S. Rich- ardson, Claremont; admitted to bar, Sept. 2, 1924; ass't. clerk N. H. House of Representatives, 1925, 1927, 1929; page, N. H. House of Representatives, 1919, 1921; county solicitor of Sullivan County, Apr. 1, 1929-July 1, 1931; delegate to
Constitutional Convention and ass't sec'y., 1930; moderator Town of Charlestown, 1926-28; Republican; Methodist; member, B. P. O. E., P. of H., I. O. O. F., Evening Star Encampment No. 25, Lions Club; married; res. Lisbon, . H.
Healy, Arthur S.
Clerk, Superior Court, Hillsboro County ; b. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 1, 1882; s. Col. Daniel F. and Mary A. (Sullivan) Healy; ed. Man- chester High School, Phillips An- dover Academy; entered the law
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office of Gen. John H. Andrews, Dec., 1902; admitted to N. H. Bar, Dec., 1905; engaged in practice of law until Mar., 1931 when ap- pointed by the Justices of the Su- perior Court, Clerk of Superior Court for Hillsboro County; County treasurer for Hillsboro County from Apr. 1905-Apr. 1911; ap- pointed Special Justice of the Mun- icipal Court of Manchester by Gov .. Rolland H. Spaulding, 1915; elected. alternate delegate from first dis- trict to National Republican Con- vention, Cleveland, O., 1924; Re-
MAJOR FRANK J. ABBOTT
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publican; Catholic; member Sons of Veterans, Derryfield Club, Man- chester, Nashua Country Club, Boston Athletic Ass'n .; unmarried; res. Manchester, N. H.
Abbott, Major Frank J.
Commandant New Hampshire Soldiers Home; b. Manchester, N. H., May 14, 1879; s. Edgar G. and Mary (Sefton) Abbott; ed. Manchester High School, 1897; supt. mechanical dept. Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N. H .; Corp. Sergt. 1st Sergt. Battery A. First N. H. Artillery, 1898; Second Lieut. 1908; First Lieut. 1911; served Mexican Border, 1916-17; First Lieut. Comdg. Battery D. 103 Field Artillery, World War; Capt. 1917; Major 103 Field Artillery, 26th Div., 1918; honorably discharged, May 29, 1919 Camp Devens, Mass .; organized N. H. Dept. American Legion; adjutant and treasurer of same 1919-21; attended first meet- ing American Legion, Paris, France, 1919; organized 172 Field Artillery, N. H. Nat'l Guard, 1922; commanding regiment to Feb. 1, 1931; Republican; Episcopalian; vestryman, Trinity Church, Tilton, N. H .; member, Elks, Y. D. Veter- ans Ass'n., Pipers Battery Ass'n., Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Reserve Officers Ass'n., A. F. & A. M. Eastern Star, Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templars, Shrin- ers, Calumet Club, Manchester, Lions Club, Nat'l Social Science Honor Society, Pi Gamma Mu .; m. Bertha F. Piper, July 24, 1902; ch. Frances J., Ruth E., Sefton, Frank J., Jr .; res. Tilton, N. H.
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