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COL. CHARLES H. GREENLEAF
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menced hotel life in the summer of 1857 at the Profile House, White Mts., remaining there four seasons, then two seasons at the Crawford House, then two years in New York and Washing- ton, returning to the Profile House in 1865 as a member of the firm of Taft, Tyler & Greenleaf, succeeded in 1868 by Taft & Greenleaf, which continued until 1897,, although Mr. Taft died in 1881. In 1897 a stock company was formed, with Mr. Greenleaf as presi- dent and general manager, which has continued to the present time. Since 1886 Mr. Greenleaf has also been a member of C. H. Greenleaf & Co., op- erating Hotel Vendome, Boston. No hotel man in the country has had a longer experience or a wider acquaint- ance among the highest class of tour- ists. Baptist; Republican; member, staff of Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott, with rank of Colonel, 1877-8; delegate, Republican national convention, 1888; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1895-6, 1901-2; N. H. senate, 1897-8; executive council, 1905-6; presidential elector, 1908; eleven years treasurer and manager, Profile & Franconia Notch R. R .; m., 1st, May 2, 1867, Abbie Frances Burnham, Plymouth, N. H., who d. April 17, 1914; 2d, June 25, 1915, Miss Mabelle Furst, Lock Haven, Pa. Address, Profile House, N. H., or Hotel Vendome, Boston.
Wellington, Leonard
Lawyer; b., Walpole, N. H., Sept. 12, 1841; s. William and Achsah (Kidder) Wellington; ed. Walpole schools, Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, Bernards- ton, Mass., Academy, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, Albany, N. Y., Law School, 1865; studied in office of the late Don H. Woodward of Keene; admitted to the bar in 1865 and has practiced there since; in partnership with Mr. Woodward ten years from July, 1866, since then alone; Con- gregationalist; Republican; member, Keene board of health, fifteen years; solicitor for Cheshire County, 1869-71; member, Lodge of the Temple, A. F. & A. M., Keene; m., Jan. 19, 1870, Har-
riet Lyon Chandler; two sons, Clarence E., b. April 11, 1872, and Lyon Chandler, b. Jan. 24, 1879. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Kimball, Henry Ames
Iron founder; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 19, 1864; s. Benjamin Ames and Myra Tilton (Elliott) Kimball; ed. Phillips Andover Academy and by private tutors in Europe; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; member, South
Congregational Church, Concord; di- rector of and liberal contributor to Concord Y. M. C. A .; in 1887, ad- mitted (on examination) a Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, London, England; life member, N. H. Historical Soc., and recording secre- tary, 1905-13; member, Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars; partner and asso- ciate manager, Ford & Kimball and the Cushman Electric Co .; trustee, Merri- mack County Savings Bank; director, Mount Washington R. R .; author genealogy, "The Elliotts of Boscawen,
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N. H.," Rumford Press, 1918; m., Nov. 17, 1904, Charlotte Atkinson, dau. John Harrison and Josephine B. (At- kinson) Goodale, Nashua, N. H. (Wel- lesley, 1898). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Baker, Walter Smith
Merchant tailor; b., Wellfleet, Mass., Jan. 15, 1850; s. Capt. David and Betsey M. (Higgins) Baker; grandson Eleazer Higgins of Wellfleet who served
under Washington and during the Rev- olution was captured by the British and imprisoned in England; also, descended in the eighth generation from Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower; ed. schools of Wellfleet, including high school; moved to Concord, N. H., 1874; mer- chant tailor in Concord, 1875-1914; director of Concord Y. M. C. A. twenty- five years and of N. H. Anti-Saloon League since organization, 1899; trus- tee of Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H .; charter member, Baker Memorial (Methodist Episcopal) church and sec- retary and treasurer of board of trus-
tees of church; delegate to Ecumenical Convention, Indianapolis, 1914; mem- ber, N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Sons of American Revolution and Concord Equal Suffrage League; Republican- Prohibitionist; m. Martha Sparrow of Wellfleet, Feb. 11, 1875; children, Helen M., ed. Goucher College, teacher in private schools; Bessie J., Teachers' College, Columbia University and Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten, Boston, kindergarten teacher, public schools, Somerville, Mass .; Walter Stanley, B.S., Wesleyan University, 1901, has succeeded his father in business, m. Alice Holbrook of Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1908 (ch .: Robert Holbrook, Alice, Helen Elizabeth, Louise); James Her- bert, B.S., Wesleyan University, 1903, bond salesman for E. H. Rollins' Sons, d. Sept. 9, 1910; Leland Vincent, Con- cord high school, 1908, International Y. M. C. A. College, 1916, enlisted U. S. Signal Corps, 1917, studying U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Hackett, Wallace
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H., May 1, 1856; s. William H. and Mary W. (Healey) Hackett; ed. public and priv- ate schools, and Harvard Law School, 1879; studied in the office of his grand- father, the late Hon. W. H. Y. Hackett, and has practiced law in Portsmouth since admission to the bar in 1879, but has devoted his attention largely to business affairs; Unitarian; Republi- can; city solicitor, three years; mayor of Portsmouth, 1907-8; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1909-10; president, Republican state convention, 1908; member, N. H. Historical Soc., Aldrich Memorial Ass'n (president), A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E .; m., 1883, Abby M. Winchester; one dau., Marion. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Hanson, Benjamin Frank
Liveryman; b., Somersworth, N. H., Dec. 12, 1848; s. Benjamin F. and Mary E. (Libbey) Hanson; ed. public schools, Sanford, Me., and Lebanon
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Me., Academy; engaged in the livery business in Somersworth since early life; Baptist; Democrat; city treasurer, Somersworth, three years; commis- sioner, Strafford County, six years; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1913; mayor of Somersworth, five terms; judge, Somersworth dis- trict court, 1913-15; director, Somers- worth National Bank; chairman, board of cemetery trustees; president, Han- son Family Ass'n; member, A. F. &
(Lawrence) Gerrish; ed. public schools and Phillips Andover, Mass., Academy, 1874. For a time, after graduating at Andover, he was employed in the N. H. Savings Bank, Concord, but, prefer- ring an outdoor life, he purchased a farm at Boscawen Plain, where he has since lived. Congregationalist; Repub- lican; selectman, Boscawen, 1880-4, 1891-6, 1901-17; commissioner, Merri- mack County, 1886-8; treasurer, 1892- 6; trustee, N. H. Savings Bank, since
A. M., lodge, chapter and command- ery; Patron of Husbandry, past master, Somersworth Grange, Eastern N. H. Pomona Grange; district and Pomona deputy, N. H. State Grange; m., Oct. 25, 1866, Fannie T. Thompson, Shapleigh, Me .; one son, Bert, b. July 26, 1867 (Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale College, 1890, Cornell University Law School, 1893). Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Gerrish, Frank Lawrence
Farmer; b., Boscawen, N. H., May 19, 1855; s. Enoch and Miranda O.
1911; life member, N. H. Historical Soc .; with John and Benjamin A. Kim- ball, donor of the Boscawen public library building, dedicated Aug. 20, 1913; m., March 22, 1888, Isabel Sea- vey. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.
Emery, Fred Parker
Educator; b., Pembroke, N. H., April 11, 1865; s. Natt M. and Abbie H. (Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke Acad- emy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1887, A.M., 1890, Universities of Paris and Berlin; instructor in English, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-
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HON. REUBEN E. WALKER
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91; professor of English, Dartmouth College, since 1894; Republican; mem- ber, KKK, ¢BK, St. Botolph Club, Boston, Mass .; editor of text- books for college work in English; m., 1889, Mary Elizabeth Chesley. Resi- dence, Hanover, N. H.
Walker, Reuben Eugene
Jurist; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb. 15, 1851; s. Abial and Mary (Powers) Walker; ed. Warner public schools, Colby Academy, New London, 1871, Brown University, A.B., 1875; LL.D., Dartmouth, June 1916; studied law with Sargent & Chase, Concord; ad- mitted to the bar in 1878, and com- menced practice in Concord; in part- nership five years with Robert A. Ray under name of Ray & Walker, subse- quently some years alone; member, firm of Streeter, Walker & Hollis, 1891 to 1901; Unitarian; Republican; super- intending school committee, Warner; solicitor, Merrimack County, 1889-91; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1895, N. H. constitutional con- vention, 1902; appointed associate justice, N. H. supreme court, March 28, 1901; trustee, Concord public library since 1901 (president since 1903); member, N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, (vice-president for New Hampshire), Brown Alumni Ass'n, American Uni- tarian Ass'n, Council of National De- fense, Wonolancet Club; co-author, Ray & Walker's N. H. Citations; m., June 18, 1875, Mary E. Brown, d. June 21, 1903; one dau. Bertha May. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Rolofson, Mary Currier
(Mrs. Warren T. Rolofson); writer; b., Wentworth, N. H., May 24, 1869; dau. Lorenzo and Josephine (Pillsbury) Currier; ed. public schools, St. Johns- bury, Vt., Academy, 1889, Smith Col- lege, and special course in English lit- erature at Wellesley, 1895; a lover of literature from childhood, she began writing early, contributing many stories and poems to well-known periodicals. Published works: "Among the Granite
Hills," 1894; "A Summer in New Hampshire," 1904; "A Few Songs," 1905; "Songs to One Silent," 1905. Congregationalist; m., July 30, 1907, Warren T. Rolofson; removed in 1914 to Powell, Wyoming, with her husband, where they located a claim on the Shoshone Project of U. S. Reclamation Service and now reside.
Laycock, Craven
Dean of Dartmouth College; b., Bradford, England, Sept. 30, 1866; s.
John and Martha (Berry) Laycock; came to New Hampshire in 1882; ed. common school in England, N. H. Con- ference Seminary, Tilton, 1892; Dart- mouth College, 1896; instructor, Art of Public Speaking, Dartmouth Col- lege, 1897-1900; assistant professor of Oratory, 1900-10; professor of Oratory, 1910-13; assistant dean, 1911-13, dean, 1913 -; Congregationalist; Republican; member of the N. H. bar, having practiced law for some years in Han- over; member, A. F. & A. M., Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gaunt-
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let societies; author, "Argumentation and Debate," 1904, Manual of Argu- mentation, 1906; m., April 19, 1900, Florence Annette Hill, of Tilton, N. H .; two daughters. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte
Writer; b., Maxfield, Me., April 28, 1875; dau. Franklin and Mary E. (Bryant) Tourtelotte; ed. public schools and Foxcroft, Me., Academy,
1890; direct descendant, on paternal side, of Gabriel Bernon, Duke of Bur- gundy, who renounced his title and estates and led to this country the first Huguenot Colony in New England; on maternal side a near kinswoman of the late William Cullen Bryant, whose literary talent she reflects in large measure; has written extensively for the press since carly youth, and many of her poems have been widely copied; Baptist; member, P. of H. (6th de- gree), D. A. R., W. R. C., S. of V. Aux- iliary, Suffrage Club; ardent advocate of woman's enfranchisement, and fre-
quent reader and speaker at public gatherings; m., Aug. 12, 1906, Joshua A. Sherman. Residence, Warner, N. H., Contoocook, R. F. D.
Hanson, Bert
Lawyer; b., Sanford, Me., July 26, 1867; s. Benjamin F. and Fannie (Thompson) Hanson; ed. public schools of Somersworth, N. H. (in which town he was reared), Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, 1886, Yale College, A.B., 1890, Cornell University Law School, LL.B., 1893; admitted to the New York bar in 1894, and in practice in New York City since 1895; Democrat; third deputy commissioner of police in New York City, under Gen. Theodore A. Bingham from Jan., 1907 to June, 1909; appointed assistant attorney-general in charge of customs cases, by Presi- dent Wilson in May, 1914, which posi- tion he still holds; member, A. F. & A. M., Zeta Psi Fraternity; National Democratic Club, Cornell University Club, Yale Club and Reform Club (trustee), of New York City; Metro- politan Club and University Club, Washington, D. C., and Municipal Art Soc. (director), New York City; unmarried. Residence, 50 Vander- bilt ave .; business address, 48 Broad- way, New York City.
Owen, Ellery Scott
Bond salesman; b., July 17, 1860, Belchertown, Mass .; s. Rev. Eleazar and Mary Abigail (Walker) Owen; ed. public schools of Springfield and Westfield, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., Portsmouth high school, 1877; in 1882 began travelling for the Boston publishing house of D. Lothrop & Co .; 1886-92, associated with the. Kansas City Investment Co., first at Kansas City, last three years in Hart- ford, Conn., managing their branch. office; 1892-1909, represented Conn. General Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, during greater part of the time man- ager for New Hampshire, moving from Portsmouth to Concord in 1902; since 1909 N. H. representative of Baker, Ayling & Young, investment bankers
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of Boston; independent Republican; member, South Congregational church, Concord (deacon since 1904), moder- ator of the N. H. State Congregational Conference, 1906; director, Portsmouth
Y. M. C. A. and instrumental in organ- izing the same, 1888; director, Concord Y. M. C. A., 1903-14 (president two years); member, state executive com- mittee of Y. M. C. A. for N. H., 1892- 1912 (chairman, 1901-3, an incorpora- tor, 1904, treasurer, 1904-7); member, Belknap Lodge, No. 14, I. O. O. F., Meredith, N. H., Wonolancet Club, Concord, Concord board of trade; m., 1st, June 14, 1888, Elizabeth Moody Flagg, dau. John H. and Emma D. (Moody) Flagg, Portsmouth, N. H. (d. June 22, 1894); 2d, Oct. 14, 1896, Alice Goldsmith Holmes, dau. Rev. Theodore J. and Ellen L. (Goldsmith) Holmes, Hopkinton, Mass .; children, Forest Flagg, b. Hartford, Conn., May 23, 1890, A.B., Dartmouth, 1913; Mar- gery Heard, b. Portsmouth, July 1, 1893 (d. Feb. 7, 1895); Margaret, b. Portsmouth, July 28, 1897, Mount
Holyoke College, 1919; Harold Holmes, b. Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1899, Amherst College, 1921; Eleanor, b. Concord, Aug. 25, 1910 (d. Dec. 2, 1913). Resi- dence, 79 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Fowler, William Plumer
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 3, 1850; s. Judge Asa and Mary Cilley (Knox) Fowler; ed. Concord high school, 1867, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1872; studied law in the office of Sumner Albee, Boston, and at Boston University Law School; admitted to the bar in Boston in 1875, and since then in practice in that city; Uni- tarian; Republican; appointed member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor of Boston in April, 1889, elected chair- man of the board in 1891, and since annually re-elected; chairman, Licens-
ing Board, City of Boston; Institution Registrar, City of Boston; director, Manchester & Lawrence R. R .; presi- dent, Manchester Mills; director, War- ren Brothers Co .; in conjunction with
HON. IRVING W. DREW
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his sister, Clara M. Fowler, gave the city of Concord the Fowler Library building in 1888; m., Oct. 14, 1899, Susan Farnham Smith; children, Wil- liam Plumer, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1900, (Dartmouth, 1921); Katharine Stev- ens, b. June 12, 1902; Philip, b. June 6, 1906. Office, 18 Tremont St .; resi- dence, 1 Plymouth St., Boston, Mass., and Little Boar's Head, N. H.
Drew, Irving Webster
Lawyer; b., Colebrook, N. H., Jan. 8, 1845; s. Amos Webster and Julia Esther (Lovering) Drew; ed. public and private schools, Colebrook acad- emy, Kimball Union Academy, 1866, Dartmouth College, 1870; studied law in the office of Ray & Ladd at Lan- caster; admitted to the bar in Novem- ber, 1871, and succeeded Hon. Wil- liam S. Ladd, upon his appointment as a justice of the Supreme Court, in partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray, under the firm name of Ray & Drew; subsequently the firm became suc- cessively, Ray, Drew & Heywood, Ray, Drew & Jordan, Drew & Jordan, Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Drew, Jor- dan, Buckley & Shurtleff, Drew, Shurt- leff & Morris, and Drew, Shurtleff, Morris & Oakes, Mr. Drew's connec- tion continuing to the present time; admitted to practice in U. S. Courts in 1877; Episcopalian; Democrat till 1896, Republican since; moderator town of Lancaster; member, N. H. state senate, 1883-4, N. H. constitu- tional convention, 1902, 1912; delegate in Democratic national conventions of 1880, 1892 and 1896 (withdrew); major 3d Reg. N. H. N. G., 1876-9; director, Lancaster National Bank; trustee and president, Siwooganock Guaranty Savings Bank; president, Upper Coös R. R .; trustee and presi- dent, Lancaster Library; member, N. H. Bar Ass'n. (president, 1899), N. H. Historical Soc., A. F. & A. M. (Knight Templar), I. O. O. F .; presi- dent of the day at Lancaster's one Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, Aug. 12, 1914; m., Nov. 4, 1869, Caroline Hatch Merrill,
Colebrook; children, Paul b. Feb. 20, 1872 d. Oct. 1, 1872; Neil Bancroft, b. Sept. 9, 1873, d. May 7, 1905; Pitt Fessenden, b. Aug. 27, 1875, m. Mabel Swain; Sara Maynard, b. Dec. 19, 1876, m. Edward Kimball Hall. Resi- dence, Lancaster, N. H.
Odlin, Arthur Fuller
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April 25, 1860; s. Woodbridge and Abby Pratt (Comstock) Odlin; ed. Concord high school, 1876, Dartmouth College, Boston University Law School, 1885; Unitarian; Republican since 1896 (for- merly Cleveland Democrat); attorney- general, Porto Rico, 1899-1901; judge, Court of First Instance, Philippine Islands, 1901-4; vice-president, Florida State Bar Ass'n, 1916-17; m., Oct. 5, 1886, Mary Emma Allen, Lancaster, N. H., children, Lawrence Allen, b. 1889, now assistant paymaster, U. S. Navy; Evelyn, b. 1893, m. Oct. 11, 1917, James Kennedy Atwood, Jackson- ville, Fla. Judge Odlin has appeared, occasionally, on the public lecture plat- form, and has written occasional arti- cles for legal magazines, generally in English, sometimes in Spanish. Resi- dence, Arcadia, Fla.
Abbot, Charles Greeley
Astronomer; b., Wilton, N. H., May 31, 1872; s., Harris and Caroline Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed. Wilton high school, 1888, Phillips Andover Acad- emy, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, S.B., 1894, S.M., 1895; Con- gregationalist, Republican; director, Astrophysical Observatory, Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 1906 to the present time; member, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Astronomical Soc. of Great Britain, Soc. Astron. de France, Meteorologische Gesellschaft of Germany, Academy of Modena, Italy, etc .; discovered vari- ability of the sun; invented numerous scientific instruments, some widely in use in the world; author of "The Sun," and numerous scientific articles; m., Oct. 13, 1897, Lillian E. Moore. Resi- dence, Washington, D. C.
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Jones, Fred Andros
Lawyer; b., Stoneham, Mass., April 9, 1884; s. Andros B. and Lizzie J. (Young) Jones; ed. Nashua high school, Dartmouth College, 1906, and Harv- ard Law School; admitted to N. H. bar, 1909; Congregationalist; Repub- lican; member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives from Lebanon, 1913-14; member, executive committee, Repub- lican state committee since 1914; mod- erator, Lebanon, since 1914; judge,
Lebanon municipal court, since 1915; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), Knight Templar and Shriner, B. P. O. E., K. of P., P. of H., S. of V., Lang- don Club and Sunset Club; m. Mary Elizabeth Bennett, Sept. 23, 1907; children, Eleanor, Lucille, Robert. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Wallace, Ellen Alfreda
Physician; b., Hill, N. H., April 24, 1853; dau. Edmund Rundlett and Mary Johnson (Flanders) Wallace; ed. New Hampton Literary Institution, 1873, Medical College, New York
Infirmary, 1887; Congregationalist; member, Manchester Medical Soc., Hillsboro County Medical Soc., N. H. Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n, W. C. T. U., Florence Nightingale Club, Manchester Federation Woman's Clubs, staff of Beacon Hill Hospital, president trustees, N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, Concord. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Roote, Clarence Burgess
Educator; b., Francestown, N. H., Oct. 3, 1853; s. Martin Nelson, and Abigail Kimball (McEwen) Roote; ed. Francestown Academy, 1872, Williams College, 1876, Boston University Law School; admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1884; headmaster, Northampton, Mass., high school since 1888; member, Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Psi societies, Massachusetts High School Masters' Club, Headmasters' Club of Western Mass., Mass. State Teachers' Ass'n, Classical Ass'n, of New England, Monday Evening Club, Northampton, Lay Readers' League; Episcopalian; Democrat; senior warden and lay reader, St. John's Church, Northamp- ton; member, Board of Religious Edu- cation, Diocese of Western Mass .; three times delegate to Provincial Synod, Province of New England; m., Oct. 3, 1882, Idelle M. Bothwell. Resi- dence, Northampton, Mass.
Foster, George J.
Newspaper publisher; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 13, 1854; s. Joshua L. and Lucretia A. (Gale) Foster; ed. public schools, Portsmouth high school, 1869; learned the newspaper business in his father's office and has been connected with Foster's Democrat in Dover for the last forty-five years, or more, most of the time as publisher; Methodist; Republican; member, Dover school board, twenty-nine years (chairman, 1903-8); member, N. H. house of representatives, 1893-4; mayor of Dover, 1906, 1909-10; trustee, Straf- ford Savings Bank, Wentworth Home for the Aged; Mason, 32d degree,
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K. of P., I. O. R. M., B. P. O. E., Bellamy Club, Dover; m., July 22, 1880, Annah C. Clark; children, Bertha F. (Mrs. Harry C. Glidden), b. Aug. 3,
1883; Arthur, b. March 29, 1885; Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1887. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Brown, Frank Herbert
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Feb. 2, 1854; s. Oscar J. and Lavinia (Por- ter) Brown; ed. Claremont high school, Dartmouth College, Boston University Law School, 1876; admitted to the bar in Boston and in New Hampshire, 1876, and, after a time in Boston and Con- cord, commenced practice in Clare- mont in 1879, where he has since con- tinued, serving as counsel for various corporations; organizer and counsel for Claremont Railway and Lighting Co .; Republican; moderator; member, Stevens high school committee; solici- tor for Sullivan County, 1899-1907, 1909-13; member, N. H. house of rep- resentatives, 1901-3-5; m., Oct. 9, 1887, Susan Farwell Patten of Clare-
mont; one dau., Ruth Porter, b. Con- cord, N. H., Sept. 19, 1878 (Smith, 1900), wife of Dr. Harmon Newell of Claremont. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Bridgman, Don Seavey
Agriculture and business (retired); b., Hanover, N. H., April 4, 1856; s. John Ladd and Hortensia Arnold (Wood) Bridgman; ed. Norwich, Vt., (Norwich Fitting School, 1876) and Hanover, N. H .; engaged for many years extensively in farming, dairying being his specialty, producing butter for the Boston market, keeping over seventy cows and operating an up-to- date creamery; poultry and swine were also prominent lines; in recent years has devoted his attention to the care of large real estate interests in Han- over village; Baptist; Republican; member, Hanover school board, nine
and a half years from 1896; member, board of selectmen, eighteen years from 1899; superintendent, Hanover Water Works Co., from 1916; Mason,
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32d degree, I. O. O. F., P. of H .; promi- nent many years in Grange work, Gen- eral Deputy, N. H. State Grange, two terms, 1906-10; m., Oct., 30, 1882, Jennie May Burton. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Proctor, Edna Dean
Poet; b. Sept. 18, 1829, Henniker, N. H .; dau. John and Lucinda (Gould) Proctor; ed. in early years at home by her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Semi- nary and at Concord, N. H., but in a larger way by life and the society of thinking men and women. Miss Proc- tor, New Hampshire's poet, born on Proctor Hill overlooking the fair Con- toocook river ("Monadnock's child of snowdrifts born"), has made the hills and vales of her native state known round the world. A traveller in many lands, intimately associated since young womanhood with gifted and famous people, she is still a genuine daughter of New England. Her devotion to the scenes of childhood does not preclude her love for alien lands. In fact, her wide-reaching sympathies have made her peculiarly successful in interpreting the spirit of foreign scenes and peoples. Longfellow showed his appreciation of this by including so many of her pro- ductions in his "Poems of Places." Born with "eyes from out the East" she has a marvellous understanding of the Orient. Allah, Arabia, Islam live in her verse with its lyric impetuosity and impassioned fervor. Love of na- ture, of humanity and all that is high- est and best in art are her distinguish- ing characteristics. Her song, "Blazon Columbia's Emblem, the Bounteous Golden Corn," should ere this have made the maize our national flower for never has fitting symbol been so gloriously celebrated. Her "Song of the Ancient People," relating to the Pueblo Indians, was so highly consid- ered that the late Mrs. Mary Hemen- way of Boston (Hemenway Southwest- ern Archeol. Expedition) was at much expense for its illustrations and it is now read and studied in the schools. Her "Russian Journey" was the fruit
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