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Loyal Legion; chief of staff of Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott; Mason, 33d degree; M. W. Grand Master, 1878-9; R. E. Grand Commander, K. T., 1875; director, First Nat'l Bank, Concord; president, Union Trust Co .; member, Concord water board, twenty-four years, (president, fifteen years); president State Dwelling House Fire Insurance Co .; member, Wonolancet Club, N. H. Historical Soc .; m., Dec. 13, 1860, Emily A. Conant, d. June 2, 1916; chil- dren, Edith Hinks, b. Jan. 1, 1864 (Concord high school, 1881), employed since graduation as assistant in state
HON. JOHN S. RUNNELLS.
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treasurer's office, having charge of two or more important departments; Florence Gertrude, b. Feb. 24, 1866, m. Edward P. Comins and d. June 8, 1905-their dau., Sara Comins, b. Sept. 7, 1892, grad. Smith College, 1915. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Runnells, John Sumner
Lawyer; president of The Pullman Co .; b., Effingham, N. H., July 30, 1844; s. John and Huldah (Staples) Runnells; great-grandson of Ralph Farnham, last survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill, who died in 1860, aged 105 years; ed. New Hampton In- stitution, Amherst College, 1865; com- menced the study of law with Wheeler & Hall of Dover, N. H., but removed to Des Moines, Ia., where he com- pleted his studies and was admitted to the bar in 1873, having meanwhile served as U. S. Consul at Tunstall, England, in 1869 and 1870; Epis- copalian; Republican; reporter, su- preme court of Iowa, 1875-81; U. S. district attorney for Iowa, 1881-5; chairman, Republican state central committee, 1879, 1880; member, Re- publican national committee, 1880-4; delegate in Republican national con- vention of 1880, voting for James G. Blaine until the last ballot, when he voted for General Garfield; continued legal practice in Des Moines, largely along corporation lines, . till 1888, when he removed to Chicago, where he soon became general counsel of The Pullman Co., holding this position until 1895, when he was made vice-presi- dent and in 1911 became president, since continuing. He takes a par- donable pride in the reform in methods and practices effected by the manage- ment of this great company, employ- ing from 20,000 to 30,000 men, in- creasing efficiency and production, and reducing expenses and waste, while insuring a more liberal reward for labor. Connected with many corporations, being a director of The Pullman Co., the National Biscuit Co., the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, the Merchants' Loan and Trust
Co., Chicago, the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, and the Roseland State Savings Bank, Chi- cago; member of the Society of Colonial Wars; active in club life in Chicago, having been president of the Chicago Club ten years, and president at various times of the Union Club, the Saddle and Cycle Club and others; m., March 31, 1869, Helen Ruther- furd, dau. of Hon. Nathaniel B. Baker, Governor of New Hampshire, 1854; children, Mabel (Mrs. Robert I. Jenks, New York), Lucy (Mrs. Albert A. Jackson, Philadelphia), Clive( vice- president of the Pullman Co., Chicago; educated at Pomfret and Harvard) and Alice (Mrs. William James, Cambridge, Mass.). Residence, 1525 No. State Parkway, Chicago, Ill.
Scales, Burton True
Musician and educator; b., Dover, N. H., Aug. 10, 1873; s. John and Ellen (Tasker) Scales; ed. Dover high school and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1895; made special study of music in Boston and New York; graduate of New School Methods in Public School Music; managing editor of The Dartmouth, in college; member of the editorial staff of the Dover Daily Republican, 1895-7; supervisor of music in Dover and Newmarket public schools, 1897-9; sec- retary of N. H. Music Teachers' Ass'n, 1896-9; instructor in music at the Plymouth, N. H., Normal School's sum- mer session, 1898-1908; director of music and aid to the Headmaster of the William Penn Charter School for Boys,. Philadelphia, Pa., 1899-1914; director of music, Girard College, Philadelphia, 1914 -; director of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club, and Mask and Wig Glee Chorus, 1910 -; lecturer at the Institute of Musical Art, New York City; instructor in the Music Department of the New York Univer- sity Summer School, 1908-13; in- structor in music at Cornell University Summer School, 1914 -. In college he was member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; Casque and Gaunt- let Soc .; Republican; Presbyterian;
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member of Moses Paul Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Dover, N. H .; N. H. Soc. S. A. R .; Musical Art Club, Philadel- phia; m., Sept. 10, 1900, Kate Hub- bard Reynolds of Dover; children, Catherine Bradstreet, b. Jan. 11, 1903; Benjamin Reynolds, b. March 24, 1907. Residence, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rossiter, William S.
Publisher; b., Westfield, Mass., Sept. 9, 1861; ed. Columbia (now George Washington) University, Am-
herst College, A.B., 1884; assistant business manager and special writer, N. Y. Tribune, 1884-8; circulation manager, N. Y. Press, 1888-9; co- organizer, 1889, and member till 1900, N. Y. Printing Co .; expert special agent printing and publishing twelfth U. S. Census, 1900; chief clerk of the Census and chief of publication division, 1904 to July 1, 1909; resigned to engage in private business; vice-president, Rum- ford Press, Concord, N. H., 1909 -; member, American Economic Ass'n, National Municipal League, American Political Science Ass'n, American Statistical Ass'n, Cosmos Club, Wash- ington, D. C., Republican Club, New
York; author, "An Accidental Romance and Other Stories," 1895; report on Printing and Publishing, Census of 1900 and 1905; "A Century of Popu- lation Growth in the U. S."; "The Population Problem in Vermont," 1911; magazine contributor and writer on eco- nomic and statistical subjects; Repub- lican; Congregationalist; deacon, South Congregational church, Concord; m. Nellie C. Budd, New York, Oct. 21, 1891; one dau., Marjorie (Smith, 1917). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Ayers, Helen McGregor
Teacher, club woman; b., Loudon, N. H., Dec. 26, 1843 (reared in Can- terbury); dau. Jonathan and Mary (Rogers) Ayers; ed. Tilton Seminary, Boscawen Academy and by private
instruction; preliminary teaching in country schools; teacher, 1865-83, Concord, N. H., Fort Wayne, Ind., Denver, Col., as assistant and principal of grammar schools, also high school work; member, South Congregational church and president, Woman's
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Board of Foreign Missions, 1890-6, also president, Home Missionary Soc., sev- eral years; Republican; national secre- tary, W. R. C., 1904-5, and department secretary, 1907-8; regent, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., 1912-14; on com- mittee for Preservation of Historic Spots, Nat. Soc. of D. A. R .; one of the founders and for many years president, Avon (Shakespeare) Club; director, Concord Female Charitable Soc .; charter member, Concord Woman's Club; member, Concord District Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., Concord S. P. C. A., American Red Cross. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Jewett, Stephen Shannon
Lawyer; b., Gilford, N. H., Sept. 18, 1858; s. John Glines and Carrie E. (Shannon) Jewett; ed. public schools, Laconia, Gilford Academy; studied law with the late Hon. Charles F. Stone, admitted to the bar, March, 1880, and has since practiced law in Laconia; member, bar of U. S. dis- trict, circuit and supreme courts; Congregationalist; Republican; en- grossing clerk, N. H. legislature, 1883; clerk, supreme court for Belknap Co., 1884 ;· assistant clerk, N. H. house of representatives, 1887-9; clerk of same, 1891-3; member, N. H. house of rep- resentatives, 1895-7, speaker the former year; member, N. H. senate, 1899; member, N. H. executive council. 1907-8; secretary, Republican state committee, 1890-1; chairman of same, 1892-4; delegate at large and chair- man, N. H. delegation to Republi- can national convention at St. Louis, 1896; city solicitor, Laconia, eighteen years; member, staff of Gov. David H. Goodale, with rank of colonel, 1888-9; many years member Bel- knap Rifles, Čo. K, N. H. N. G .; Ma- son, 33d degree, past grand master, grand lodge of N. H .; past grand commander of grand commandery of Knights Templar; past grand master, grand council; member, Bektash Tem- ple, Mystic Shrine, Concord; society of Veteran Free Masons, N. H .; Knights of Pythias and Elks; member, American
Bar Ass'n, N. H. Bar Ass'n, Belknap and Carroll Co. Bar Ass'ns, Home Market Club, Boston, Derryfield Club, Manchester, N. H. Historical Soc., N.H. Soc. S. A. R., N. H. Horticultural Soc., American Fisheries Soc .; director, Laconia Nat'l Bank, Laconia Building and Loan Ass'n; trustee, City Sav- ings Bank, Laconia; director, Ma- sonic Temple Ass'n of Laconia; clerk, Winnipesaukee Telephone Co .; m., June 30, 1880, Annie L. Bray; one
son, Theo Stephen Jewett, b. Dec. 24, 1891 (Dartmouth, 1913), now in part- nership with his father. Received hon- orary degree of A. M., Dartmouth, 1913. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Brennan, James F.
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H., March 31, 1853; s. Hubert and Mary (Mahoney) Brennan; ed., public schools, Peterborough Academy, Mary- land University, 1884; admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Peterborough, where he has con- tinued, with success; Catholic; Demo-
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crat; member, N. H. house of represent- atives, 1913-4, 1915-6, 1917-8, being the first Democratic representative from this overwhelmingly Republican town in sixty years; candidate of his party for speaker in 1915 and 1917, and minority floor leader; introduced twenty-six measures in the house dur- ing those sessions, of which twenty- three were enacted into law, including that establishing the new department of weights and measures; member state board of library trustees, 1903-9, state board of charities and correction, 1899 to the present time; member staff of Gov. Felker, with rank of major, 1913-5; appointed on the new state library commission by Gov. Keyes, 1917 and elected its chairman; member of the Peterborough, the American-Irish and the N. H. Histori- cal Societies and is historiographer of the first two; many years a member of the Democratic state committee and of the executive committee of that body and a frequent speaker for his party on the stump; delegate to Democratic national convention, 1916; chairman executive committee, Peterborough board of trade; deeply interested in his- torical matters, particularly the history of hisown town, of which he has the most complete record extant; has travelled extensively in America and Europe. Residence, Peterborough, N. H.
Brown, Calvin Luther
Jurist; b., Goshen, N. H., April 26, 1854; s. John H. and Orrisa (Maxfield) Brown; removed with his parents to Minnesota in 1855, residing at Shak- opee till 1871, when they removed to Willmar, which has, since been the family home; received a high school education and studied law in his father's office; admitted to the bar in Feb., 1876, and in 1878 located in practice at Morris, Minn .; served as county attorney, 1882 to 1887, and as district court judge from 1887 to 1899, when he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Min- nesota, and in 1912 was made chief justice, which position he now holds,
having removed to Minneapolis in 1904; descendant of William Brown, of Bradford (son of John Brown of the same place); private in Col. Henry Dearborn's regiment, N. H. Conti- nentals, in the war of the Revolution; Congregationalist; member, Sons of the American Revolution, Loyal Legion, Masons, American Bar Ass'n, and other civil associations and clubs; m., Sept. 1, 1879, Annette Marlow; children, Alice A. (Mrs. B. J. Branton, Willmar), Montre-
ville J. (Univ. of Minn., 1907), Edna M. (Univ. of Minn., 1910) and Margaret E., now a student in the University. Residence, Minneapolis; official ad- dress, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.
Richardson, Ellen Ruddick
(Mrs. George W. Richardson); b., St. John, N. B., Dec. 27, 1848; dau. Dr. James and Ellen (Skinner) Ruddick; ed. private schools, St. John, and public schools, South Boston, Mass .; deeply interested in temperance and charitable work; president, Grafton Co. W. C. T. U. eleven years; president, N. H.
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W. C. T. U. since 1899; widely known speaker on temperance topics; charter member, N. H. Peace Soc .; member, Concord Equal Suffrage League, Friend- ly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Wo-
man's Council of National Defense, Woman's Liberty Loan Com., N. H. Woman's Memorial Hospital Ass'n (monthly visitor), W. R. C., N. H. Settlement Ass'n; trustee, W. C. T. U. Mercy Home, Manchester; member, Baker Memorial M. E. church, Con- cord; m. George W. Richardson, Dec. 24, 1870; resided at East Haverhill, N. H., 1870 to 1908, where her husband was a merchant and postmaster, remov- ing to Concord in the latter year; one son, Guy Richardson, b. Dec. 9, 1873, editor Our Dumb Animals, Boston; Sec- retary, Nat'l Humane Educational Soc. and Mass. S. P. C. A. Residence, Con- cord, N. H.
Mitchell, William Hugh
Educator and farmer; b., Acworth, N. H., April 10, 1872; s. Jonathan T. and Amelia T. (Dodge) Mitchell; ed.
Kimball Union Academy and Dart- mouth College, A.B., 1898, A.M., 1904; served in Co. E., 1st N. H. Vols., Spanish American War, in expedition to Porto Rico, May to Dec., 1898; Teacher, Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, O., 1899-1902; instructor, Dartmouth College, 1902-4; Kenyon Military Academy, 1904-6; University School, Cleveland, O., 1906-9; Berk- shire Hills School, Great Barrington, Mass., 1909-10; Hill School, Potts- town, Pa., 1910-11; Nichols School, Buffalo, N. Y., 1911 .to the present time; deeply interested in his work of preparing boys for college and for life, and successful in winning their confi- dence and respect; Congregationalist; Independent; member, N. H. Histori- cal Soc., American Historical Ass'n, American Political Science Ass'n; retains his interest in New Hampshire
and his native town, where, in company with his brother, Martin L. Mitchell, he is the owner of several farms; his specialties in teaching are mathematics and history, but he takes due pride in
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his connection with agriculture, which he hopes, ultimately, to make more in- timate. Residence, 44 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Nason, William Francis
Lawyer, b., Sanford, Me., Nov. 22, 1857; s. Joseph T. and Susan E. (Frost) Nason; ed. public schools, South Berwick, Me., Kennebunk high school; studied law with Bud C. Carter at Wolfeboro; admitted to the bar, Jan., 1879, and commenced prac- tice in Dover that year; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; city solicitor of Dover seven terms, county solicitor three terms; mayor of Dover, 1896-7; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1887-1901-3, 1907-9; member judiciary committee each term, chair- man ways and means, 1909; associate justice, Dover police court, 1892; judge, municipal court, 1915 -; member, A. F. & A. M .; m., July 3, 1902, Dr. Inez H. Ford. Residence, 9 Hamilton St., Dover, N. H.
Upham, Warren
Geologist, librarian, archaeologist; b., Amherst, N. H., March 8, 1850; s. Jacob and Sarah (Hayward) Upham; ed., common schools, Amherst, N. H., Appleton Academy (now McCollum Institute), Mont Vernon, and Dart- mouth College, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1894, D.Sc., 1906; assistant on state geologi- cal surveys, New Hampshire, 1875-8; Minnesota, 1879-85, and 1893-4; United States, 1885-95; librarian and secretary, Minnesota Historical Soc., 1895-1914, and its archaeologist since 1914; Congregationalist; Republican; corresponding member, N. H. Histori- cal Soc., member, Boston Soc. of Natu- ral History, Geological Soc. of America, American Ass'n for Advancement of Science, Minnesota Historical Soc., Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n, Archaeological Soc., of America, Vic- toria Institute, London, etc .; author, chapters in Vols. I and III, Geology of New Hampshire 1874-8; "Upham and Amherst, N. H., Memories" (with sister, Mrs. Mary U. Kelley), 1897, 66
pp .; two papers in "Colonial Amherst,', 1916; many chapters in Reports of Geology of Minnesota, 1884, 1888, 1899; The Glacial Lake Agassiz, mono- graph XXV, 1896, U. S. Geological Survey; "Greenland Icefields and Life in the North Atlantic, with Causes of the Ice Age" (with Prof. G. F. Wright), 1895; editor, and author of papers for Vols. VIII-XV, 1898-1915, Minn. Hist. Soc. Collections; "Minnesota in Three Centuries," Vol. I, 1908; also
many geological reports and papers in scientific magazines, chiefly relating to glacial subjects; "Groseilliers and Rad- isson, the First White Men in Minne- sota, and the Progress of Discovery of the Mississippi River," in Vol. X, Minn. Hist. Soc. Collections; m., Oct. 22, 1885, Addie M. Bixby, Aurora, Minn .; one dau., Pearl, b. and d., Sept. 26, 1887. Residence, St. Paul, Minn.
Amsden, Charles Hubbard
Manufacturer, U. S. customs official; b., Boscawen, N. H., July 8, 1848; s. Henry Hubbard and Mary (Muzzey)
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HON. CHARLES H. AMSDEN.
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Amsden; ed. public schools and Apple- ton Academy, New Ipswich; entered his father's office and in 1867 became a partner with his father and brother in the furniture manufacturing business. In 1869 his father died and his brother two years later, when he took up and carried on the business alone, greatly increasing the volume so that in the course of twenty years more than $1,000,000 had been paid in wages to employes. In partnership with John Whittaker in lumber business several years, cutting 3,000,000 feet annually; one of the organizers of the Concord Axle Co., and a director and president for more than ten years; director in Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Ports- mouth and Portland and Ogdensburgh R. R .; president of Penacook & Bos- cawen water board, having been one of the originators and active promoters of the water works system; instrumental in establishment of the Concord Mfg. Co.'s business (now Brampton Mills) at Penacook, and secured the establish- ment there of the Whitney Electrical Instrument Co., formerly of Manches- ter, and erected a building for its use. Upon withdrawal of the foreign insur- ance companies from the state, upon the enactment of the "Valued Policy" law of 1887, Mr. Amsden was instru- mental, with other prominent manufac- turers, in organizing the N. H. Manu- facturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of which he was chosen president, the purpose being to protect the interests of manufacturers in the existing emer- gency. Before removing from Pena- cook to Boston he presented W. I. Brown Post, G. A. R. of Penacook, an elegant memorial volume, at a cost of $100, containing the record of each Penacook soldier in the Civil War. He secured the extension of Concord Street Ry. to Contoocook River Park, and sold the land for same at a nominal price; retired from business in 1893. Democrat; alderman from Concord, Ward One, 1873-5, being a citizens' candidate and unanimously elected the latter year, an honor never accorded
any other candidate in the ward; state senator, 1883-4; Democratic candidate for governor, 1888 and 1890, receiving the largest vote ever cast for a candi- date of that party in the state, there being, however, no choice by the peo- ple, a majority of all the votes being then required, the election went to the legislature, and, through the seat- ing, contrary to precedent, of certain members, elected "if entitled," under the new census not then officially pro- claimed, the choice was given to the Republican candidate. Represented New Hampshire at the centennial cele- bration of the inauguration of Wash- ington as president, in New York, in 1889; president, N. H. Democratic state convention, 1892; president, N. H. Board of Commissioners for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chi- cago, 1893; Baptist denomination, and one of its most liberal supporters; Mason; member, Horace Chase Lodge, Penacook, Mt. Horeb Commandery, Concord, Aleppo Temple, Boston; mem- ber, New Hampshire Club, Boston, Bos- ton City Club; president, Boston Mer- cantile Library Ass'n; appointed dep- uty naval officer of customs at Boston, July 12, 1894, serving until a change of administration; continued in custom house service, thereafter, and now (1917) acting deputy naval officer; m., 1st, Oct. 29, 1870, Helen Ardelle Brown, who d. Aug. 6, 1891; children, Henry Hubbard, b. July 15, 1872; Mary Ardelle, b. Jan. 31, 1878, d. Oct. 20, 1883; Ardelle Brown, b. Dec. 3, 1885, d. June 9, 1887; 2d, Nov. 26, 1908, Alma E. Deane, Middlebury, Vt. Residence, 20 Oakley Rd., Belmont, Mass.
Wood, George Albert
Insurance, real estate; b., South Acworth, N. H., Aug. 24, 1862; s. James A. and Mary E. (Bowers) Wood; ed. public and select schools, South Acworth, and Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt .; entered the U. S. railway mail service in 1883, continuing with promotions, till 1898; chief deputy collector, U. S. Internal Revenue,
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District of New Hampshire (including Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont), 1898-1913; elected president, First Division, National Association of Rail- way Postal Clerks, 1896, and secretary, National Association, the following year, when he commenced and carried out the organization of a mutual acci- dent insurance department, also for ten years edited the official magazine of the Association; relinquishing his connection with the Association, and
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retiring from the internal revenue office, upon the advent of the Democratic ad- ministration in 1913, opened a real estate and insurance office in Ports- mouth, and now conducts the same; Unitarian; Republican; resided in Med- ford, Mass., from 1889 to 1898, then removing to Portsmouth; member, Portsmouth board of aldermen, 1901-2; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1915-16, 1917-18; has served as as president and secretary of the Saga- more Club of Medford, and Unitarian, Warwick, and Paul Jones clubs, Ports- mouth Improvement Co., and Associ-
ates Land Co., of Portsmouth; m., Oct. 14, 1884, Mary I. Stevens of Saxtons River, Vt .; children, Helen Margaret, Wellesley, 1907 (Mrs. Gordon M. Campbell, Wellsville, N. Y.); Albert J., connected with the Western Elec- tric Co., Chicago; Mary Elizabeth, Wellesley, 1909 (Mrs. Robert L. Lamont, Manchester, Conn.); Keith A., Dartmouth, 1913. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Publisher and printer; b., South Berwick (Junction), Me., Dec. 15, 1857; s. Elihu Hayes and Sarah Eliza- beth (Tibbetts) Quimby; ed. high school and supplementary studies; engaged many years in printing and publishing business in Dover, mainly in connection with the Dover Enquirer; Methodist; Republican; supervisor of check lists several years; member, school committee, 1886 to 1891 in- clusive; member, Dover common council, 1892, 1893 (president in 1893); city clerk from March 24, 1894 to date; member, Olive Branch Lodge, No. 6, K. of P .; Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 16, I. O. O. F .; Prescott Encampment, No. 23, I. O.O. F .; Dover. Lodge, No. 184, B. P. O. E .; Strafford Lodge, No. 29, A. F. & A. M .; Belknap Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M .; St. Paul Commandery, K. T .; Grand Lodge, K. of P .; Grand Lodge, B. P. O. E .; Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Grand Chapter, R. A. M .; member, N. H. Genealogical Soc. and secretary from date of incorporation; member, Northam Colonists Historical Soc .; m., Nov. 10, 1878, Marietta Scales; children, Edward Harold, b. Oct. 2, 1880; William Leroy, b. June 29, 1883. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Doe, Haven
Railroad agent; b., Rollinsford, N. . H., April 23, 1870; s. Chief Justice Charles and Edith Haven Doe; ed. Berwick, Me., and Philips Exeter acad- emies and Mass. Inst. of Technology; has been engaged for many years as station agent of the B. & M., railroad at Somersworth; Agnostic; Democrat;
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held about every town office in Rollins- ford and Somersworth; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1893-4; member, state senate, 1907-9; member, Masons and Eagles; director, Salmon Falls Mfg. Co., thirteen years; director and treasurer, Somersworth & Berwick Community Farm Ass'n .; m., Mora Hubbard, Rollinsford, Dec. 28, 1895; children, Edith, b. Dec. 25, 1896; Joseph Roberts, b. Aug. 27, 1903; Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1906. Residence, Somers- worth, N. H.
Cheney, Elias Hutchins
Printer, publisher, dean of New Hampshire journalists; b., Holderness (now Ashland), N. H., Jan. 28, 1832; s. Moses and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney; ed. public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy; entered office of the Peterboro Transcript as an apprentice, and, in 1853, became editor and pro- prietor of the paper; in 1855 removed to Concord where he published the N. H. Phenix; subsequently he was em- ployed in the office of the N. H. Sen- tinel at Keene, and the Sullivan Repub- lican at Newport, and in 1861, pur- chased the Free Press at Lebanon, to whose readers he is still known as the "senior editor"; Baptist; Republican; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1867, state senate, 1885; U. S. Consul, Matanzas, Cuba, 1892-5; Curacao, Dutch West Indies, for fifteen years from 1899; m., 1st, Jan. 22, 1852, Susan Youngman, Peterboro, d. Dec. 29, 1904; four children, Fred Willard, Harry Morrison, Susan Young- man (d. in infancy), Helen Grey; 2d, Oct. 11, 1907, Mrs. Clara M. (Hardin) Smith, Brewer, Me. Residence, Leba- non, N. H.
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