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of two years of travel in Europe. In- cidental references in her poems show her familiarity with most of the fa- mous scenes and objects of the world. Her recent poem, "The Glory of Toil," has evoked much interest. In the last decade she has crossed the Andes, spending a season in South America; but she rarely fails to visit her native town each summer. Her inspiring per- sonality as well as her genius have made her an uplifting influence where- ever she has dwelt. For many years her home was in Brooklyn, N. Y., but she has spent much time in Washing- ton and Atlantic City. Her books are: "Poems" (1866), "A Russian Journey" (1871), "Poems" (1890), "A Russian Journey" (revised 1890), "The Song of the Ancient People" (1892), "The Mountain Maid" (1901), "Songs of America" (1905), "The Glory of Toil," (1916). Res., Framingham, Mass.
Winchell, F. Mabel
Librarian; b., Boston, Mass .; dau. Rensselaer and Harriet Newell (Brooks) Winchell; ed. public schools, Lowell School, Boston, and Amherst College Library School; Congregation- alist; Republican; librarian, Manches- ter public library, since 1902; member, N. H. Public Library Commission, 1917-, American Library Ass'n, N. H. Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club, Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences; Library Art Club (vice-presi- dent), Manchester Boys Club (trustee), Manchester Historic Ass'n, Manches- ter Federation Woman's Clubs, N. H. Federation Women's Clubs, N. H. Children's Aid and Protective Soc., National Security League, Red Cross, Woman's Auxiliary to Y. M. C. A., Manchester District Nursing Ass'n, N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of Tuber- culosis, etc. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Colby, Ira Gordon
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Jan. 11, 1872; s. Ira and Louisa M. (Way) Colby; ed. Stevens high school, Clare- mont, 1890; Dartmouth College, 1894,
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Boston University Law School, 1897; admitted to the bar in 1897, and prac- ticed in Claremont since then; in partnership with his father until the
death of the latter, June 27, 1908, and afterwards alone; Methodist; Repub- lican; supervisor of checklist since 1899; member, N. H. constitutional convention, 1902, N. H. house of representatives, 1905; trustee, Fiske Free Library, since 1905; member, Stevens high school committee, fifteen years; trustee, trust funds, town of Claremont; director, People's Na- tional Bank, Monadnock Mills; mem- ber, Alpha Delta Phi, Dartmouth, Phi Delta Phi, B. U. Law School; m., June 7, 1899, Mary Agnes Coburn; children, Harriet Louise, Caroline Leland, Ira Gordon, Jr., Margaret Coburn, Grace Mary. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Currier, Frank Dunklee
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Oct. 30, 1853; s. Horace S. and Emma C. (Plast- ridge) Currier; ed. Kimball Union
Academy and Dr. Hixon's School, Lowell, Mass .; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1874, and commenced practice in Canaan, 1875; Republican; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1879; 1899-1900 (speaker); clerk, N. H. senate, 1883-4; president, 1887- 8; secretary, Republican state com- mittee, 1882-90; naval officer, port of Boston, 1890-4; member, U. S. house of representatives, 1901-13; defeated for re-election by Raymond B. Stevens; since in retirement. Residence, Ca- naan, N. H.
Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban
Lawyer; b., Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 14, 1858; s. Alonzo L. and Mary S. (Car- roll) Chamberlin; ed. common schools; studied law and admitted to the New Hampshire bar in Concord, July, 1895; in practice since in Lebanon; Uni-
tarian; Democrat, active in party affairs and member of the Democratic state committee, eight years; ap- pointed postmaster of Lebanon by President Wilson in 1914, and now in
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office; member, Rising Sun Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Carlton, Charles Elijah
Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 1,
1872; s. Elijah Winship and Sarah Alner (Gawler) Carlton; ed. Concord public schools, high school, 1889; Epis- copalian; Republican; entered employ of the banking house of E. H. Rollins & Sons, in Concord, in 1891; removed to Boston with the corporation in 1892, and has continued with the same since; elected treasurer in 1916, which posi- tion he now holds; treasurer, Colorado Securities & Realty Co .; member, Miz- pah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Com- mandery K. T., Aleppo Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, Engineers Club, Economic Club. Residence, 19 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, Mass.
Bugbee, Perley Rufus
Banker; b., Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6,
1865; s. Justin and Abbie M. (Dana) Bugbee; ed. public school, North Pomfret, Vt., Dartmouth College, 1890; Congregationalist; Republican; treasurer, Hanover village precinct, eleven years; commissioner, Hanover village precinct, 1901-9; chairman, Hanover board of education, 1909-18; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1913-14, 1915-16; cashier and director, Dartmouth Nat'l Bank; treasurer and trustee, Dartmouth Savings Bank; clerk and treasurer, Hanover Water Works Co., since organization, May, 1893, director since 1904; incorporator and treasurer, Stock- bridge Ass'n (boys' club), since organ- ization in 1897; treasurer, Dartmouth College Alumni Ass'n, since 1897; secretary, treasurer and trustee, Howe
Library, since organization in 1900; member, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Grad- uates' Club; m., Oct. 16, 1901, Eliza- beth C. Campbell; one dau., Elizabeth Mary. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
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HON. SAMUEL D. FELKER
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Felker, Samuel Demeritt
Lawyer; b., Rochester, N. H., April 16, 1859; s. William H. and Deborah A. (Demeritt) Felker; ed. Rochester schools, New Hampton Literary In- stitution, 1878, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1882, Boston University Law School, LL.B., 1887; admitted to the bar in 1887 and since in practice in Rochester; for some time past senior member of the firm of Felker & Gunni- son; Congregationalist; Democrat; member, N. H. constitutional conven- tion 1889; N. H. state senate, 1891-2; mayor of Rochester, 1896-7; city solicitor, 1899-1913; governor of New Hampshire, 1913-14, elected by the legislature in joint convention though receiving 34,203 votes, at the polls, to 32,504 for Franklin Worcester and 14,401 for Winston Churchill in the November election at which the con- stitutional amendment providing for plurality election was ratified by the people; chairman, Rochester school board, four years; judge, Rochester municipal court, since 1915; director, Rochester Trust Co., member, City Club; received hon. A.M., Dartmouth, and LL.D., N. H. State College, 1913; m., June 26, 1900, Mary J. Dudley, Buffalo, N. Y. (Wellesley, 1883). Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Clay, Charles Leonidas
Educator, manufacturer; b., An- dover, N. H., Oct. 9, 1844; s. Horace S. and Mary A. (Sawyer) Clay; ed. public schools, Andover and New London academies, Colby College, 1868; taught. for thirteen years in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and Grafton, Water- town, Whitinsville, Holbrook and Bel- mont, Mass .; removed, in 1881, to Littleton, N. H., where he remained till 1895, and where he was mainly instrumental in the organization of the Granite State Glove Co. at the "Scythe Factory" village, now Ap- thorp, with whose management he was connected, and which was the precursor of further extensive industrial develop- ment promotive of the growth and prosperity of the town; served from
1886 to 1895, as a member of the Littleton board of education; trustee of library, 1894-5; removed to Massa- chusetts in the latter year, where he was engaged for fourteen years as superintendent of schools in the Harv- ard district and six years in the Dana district, returning, then, to Littleton; Congregationalist; Independent Demo- crat; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), P. of H., Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1873,
Stella Louise Redi gton, Littleton, d. May 24, 1888; children, Paul Reding- ton, b. Feb. 16, 1875 (Dartmouth 1897), lawyer, Lawrence, Mass .; Ruth Stow- ell, b. Aug. 8, 1877 (Cushing Academy), m., June 5, 1901, William G. McCrillis, druggist, Bristol, N. H .; Grace Ely, b. Feb. 25, 1880 (Andover Seminary), m. Daniel H. Dickinson, civil engineer, West Somerville, Mass .; Starr Sawyer, b. Oct. 18, 1884, d. May 19, 1886; 2d, Oct. 19, 1892, Emma Fellows Lan- caster, Tilton, d. Dec. 12, 1914; one son, Charles Lancaster, b. Dec. 6, 1896 (Springfield, Mass., Central high school,
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1915, Dartmouth College, 1919); 3d, Oct. 3, 1916, Delia Bingham Mitchell, Littleton. Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 3, 1873; s. Charles L. and Sarah (French) Eastman; ed. public schools of Concord, N. H., and Worcester, Mass., Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute, B.S., 1894; instructor of Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1894-5; graduate
study, University of Göttingen, 1895-6; University of Leipzig, 1896-8; Ph.D., Leipzig, 1898; instructor in German, 1898-1901, assistant professor of Ger- man, 1901-7, State University of Iowa; in charge of German work, University of Missouri Summer School, summers of 1903 and 1905; instructor, Univer- sity of Chicago, summer quarter, 1902; associate professor of German language and literature, Amherst College, since 1909; traveled abroad, summers of 1909 and 1912; member of Plattsburg Training Camp, Aug., 1916; in charge of military training, Amherst College,
spring of 1917; Episcopalian; Inde- pendent; member, Amherst Golf Club, Holyoke Canoe Club, Faculty Club (Amherst), Modern Language Ass'n of America, Modern Language Ass'n of New England, Sons of the American Revolution, Federal Training Camps Ass'n; m., Aug. 29, 1906, Ann Hull Dey; children, Anthony Dey, b. July 8, 1908, Philip Dey, b. Nov. 25, 1909; Karl Dey, b. June 17, 1912. Residence, Amherst, Mass.
Chase, Charles Parker
Educator, banker; b., West New- bury, Mass., May 6, 1845; s. Samuel S. and Eunice (Colby) Chase; ed. Phillips Andover Academy and Dartmouth Col- lege, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872; tutor in Greek, Dartmouth College, 1870-2; professor of Latin, Olivet College, Mich., 1872-8; instructor in political economy, Dartmouth, 1884-92; treas- urer, Dartmouth College, from 1890- now treasurer emeritus; Congregation- alist; Republican; cashier, Dartmouth National Bank, 1878-92, president since; vice-president, Dartmouth Sav- ings Bank; president, Grafton County Electric Light & Power Co .; member, University Club, Boston, and Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa College societies; m., July 7, 1874, Fanny Huntington, Hanover. Resi- dence, Hanover, N. H.
Stone, George Weare
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Nov. 11, 1857; s. Charles J. F. and Abbie Anna (Weare) Stone; ed. New London Literary and Scientific Institute (now Colby Academy), 1874, Dartmouth College, 1878, Boston University Law School, 1882; studied law with Hon. John M. Shirley at Andover; admitted to the bar in 1882; in partnership with Mr. Shirley in practice from Jan., 1883 till the death of the latter in 1887, since then alone; Unitarian; Democrat; superintendent of schools, 1879-80; member, board of education, ' nine years; N. H. house of representatives, 1885, 1887 (Democratic candidate for speaker, 1887); N. H. constitutional
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convention, 1902, 1912; clerk, Concord & Claremont R. R .; trustee, Proctor Academy; trustee, N. H. State Library since Dec., 1913; member and clerk,
Merrimack Co. Draft Board, No. 2, 1917 -; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H .; m., April 28, 1887, Stella M. Prince, d. Dec. 28, 1914; children, Florence G., b. March 20, 1889, d. Feb. 2, 1906; Charles S., b. Aug. 3, 1892 (Dart- mouth, 1913); left Harvard Law School, 1917, to enter Plattsburg Training Camp; now lieutenant, Na- tional army; Fred W., b. Jan. 19, 1899 (Proctor Academy, 1917). Residence, Andover, N. H.
McLane, John Roy
Lawyer; b., Milford, N. H., Jan. 7, 1886; s. John and Ellen L. (Tuck) McLane; (John McLane· was governor of New Hampshire, 1905-6); ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Dart- mouth College, A.B., 1907, Oxford University, B.A., 1909 (Rhodes Scholar), Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1912; member of firm, Taggart, Wy- man, McLane and Starr, Manchester;
Episcopalian; Progressive Republican; Mason; treasurer, N. H. Children's Aid and Protective Soc .; trustee, St. Paul's School, 1917 -; trustee, Elliot Hospital; member, Dartmouth Alumni Council; director, Y. M. C. A .; m., June 12, 1915, Elisabeth Bancroft (Smith, 1914), dau. Dr. Charles P. and Susan C. (Wood) Bancroft of Concord, N. H. (see Bancroft); son, John Roy McLane, Jr., b. Feb. 19, 1916. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Farmer, William Parker
City assessor of Manchester; b., Manchester, N. H., July 19, 1856; s. Peter and Mary (Gault) Farmer; ed. Manchester public schools, high school, 1876; Methodist; Democrat; alderman, Ward 6, Manchester, 1889-90; city assessor since 1905; present clerk, Ass'n of N. H. Assessors; delegate to Democratic national convention, Den-
ver, Colo., nominating William J. Bryan for President, 1900; member, I. O. O. F., K. of P., I. O. R. M. (past Sachem, Manesquo Lodge), P. of H.,
HON. JOSEPH S. MATTHEWS
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seventh degree (past master, Amos- keag Grange); m., 1st, Jan. 12, 1882, Lucy A. Foss, b. July 11, 1860, d. July 15, 1893; 2d, June 23, 1896, Imogene F. Joy; one son, Martin Parker, b. April 25, 1884, paying teller, Amos- keag Savings Bank. Residence, Man- chester, N. H.
Matthews, Joseph Swett
Lawyer, Assistant attorney general; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 21, 1861; s. George B. and Emily (Howard) Matthews; ed. Franklin high school, 1879, Dartmouth College, 1884; studied law with Reuben E. Walker, of Concord, now associate justice N. H. supreme court; admitted to the bar in 1891 and since in practice in Concord; member firm of Matthews & Sawyer, 1898-1905, afterwards alone; Episcopalian; Repub- lican; member, Concord board of al- dermen, two terms; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8, chair- man, committee on ways and means; legacy tax attorney, 1906-13; assist- ant attorney general of New Hamp- shire, 1915-devoting attention to mat- ters of civil procedure; conducted the research work and wrote New Hamp- shire's answer in the boundary contro- versy between New Hampshire and Vermont; trustee, Merrimack County Savings Bank; treasurer trustees, Pro- testant Episcopal Church in N. H .; member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Concord, Wonolancet Club; m., Dec. 10, 1890, Clara Helen Web- ster; children, Emily Webster, b. Aug. 27, 1892 (St. Mary's School, 1911, Hollins College, Hollins, Va., two years, New England Conservatory), Jane Webster, b. May 23, 1896 (St. Mary's School, 1914, Wellesley, 1919). Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Whippen, Frank Warren
Clergyman; b., Lynn, Mass., June 20, 1856; s. Henry Cass and Lydia (Richards) Whippen; ed. Lynn schools and Tufts College, A.B., 1878, B.D., 1881; ordained to the Universalist ministry at Shelbourne Falls, Mass., Oct. 12, 1882; has been pastor of the 11
Universalist Church at Kingston for nearly twenty years past, the church at Kensington for a considerable part of that time having also been in his charge; for ten years last past, he has been secretary of the Universalist State Convention, and for the last six years state superintendent of churches; Republican; member, Kings- ton school board many years; trustee, Nichols Memorial Library; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1913-
14; 1915-16; member, I. O. O. F. (Past Grand, Columbian Lodge, No. 85); m., Aug. 26, 1885, Miranda S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass .; six children, Henry Cass (Tufts, 1907), d. Feb. 11, 1912; Elsie S. (Sanborn Seminary, 1906, now of Concord); Leonard S. (Tufts, 1913), civil engi- neer, now in U. S. Army service; Annie (Mrs. John Bragdon, Kingston); Norman (N. H. College, 1918), in Medical Corps, U. S. Army; Elbert W. (Tufts, 1917), licensed preacher, pursu- ing Theological studies. Residence, Kingston, N. H.
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Adams, Wesley
Farmer, b., Nelson, N. H., July 2, 1872; s. Israel and Ruby Ann (Elliott) Adams; ed. Londonderry public schools, Pinkerton Academy, Derry, and Bryant & Stratton's Business College; Presby- terian; Republican; selectman, London- derry, 1905-6; moderator, London- derry town and school meetings; deputy sheriff, Rockingham County since 1905; member, advisory board, N. H. Department of Agriculture,
1914; member, St. Mark's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Derry; prominent in the order Patrons of Husbandry, having been a district deputy of the State Grange four years, gatekeeper two years, steward six years, overseer four years, and master four years-1913 to 1917, inclusive-and now serving a three years' term as member of the executive committee, elected Dec., 1917; m., June 21, 1908, Mabel M. Nevins. Resi- dence, Londonderry, N. H. (Derry P. O.).
Tucker, William Jewett
Clergyman, educator; b., Griswold, Conn., July 13, 1839; s. Henry and Sarah (Lester) Tucker; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1861; Andover Theolog- ical Seminary, 1866; D.D., Dart- mouth, 1875, U. of Vt., 1904; LL.D., Williams, 1893, Yale 1895, Wesleyan, 1903, Columbia, 1906; ordained in the Congregational ministry, 1867; pastor, Franklin St. Church, Manchester, 1867-75, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1875-9; professor of sacred rhetoric and lec- turer on pastoral theology, Andover Theological Seminary, 1879-93; presi- dent, Dartmouth College, 1893-1909; president emeritus since 1909; asso- ciate editor, Andover Review, 1884-93; lecturer, Lowell Institute, 1894; Ly- man Beecher lecturer, Yale Divinity School, 1897; University preacher, Harvard, 1900-01; member, Phi Beta Kappa, American Academy Arts and Sciences, N. H. Historical Soc., Uni- versity Club, Boston; author, "From Liberty to Unity," 1902; "The Making and the Unmaking of the Preacher," 1909; "Public Mindedness," 1910; "Personal Power," 1910; "The Func- tion of the Church in Modern Society," 1911; contributor to various periodicals; m., 1st, June 22, 1870, Charlotte H. Rogers, Plymouth, N. H., d. Sept. 15, 1882; 2d, June 23, 1887, Charlotte B. Cheever, Worcester, Mass. Resi- dence, Hanover, N. H.
Sanborn, John Page
Publisher; b. Fremont, N. H., Sept. 9, 1844; s. Alvah and Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed. New Hampton Institute and Dartmouth College, 1869; taught school two years in Ohio and Maine; editor, Newport, R. I., Daily News, 1871; in Nov., 1872, became editor and proprietor of the Newport Mercury, which he has since conducted, and which claims the distinction of being the oldest paper in the country-a large printing and publishing plant is con- nected with the paper; Republican;
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member, Newport School Committee, 1874-81; R. I. house of representatives, 1879-82 (speaker in 1881-2); state senate, 1885-6, and again in 1889 and several successive years (president, three years); again member of the house in 1898-9, and of the senate since 1906; member, Northern Pacific Railway Commission, 1882; delegate in Republican national convention, 1880, 1884; member, R. I. commission, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; ex-com. Centennial Celebration, Perry's Lake Erie Victory, 1913; conspicuous in Masonry, past Grand High Priest, Royal Arch Masons of R. I., Past Grand Commander, Grand Command- ery K. T. of Mass. and R. I .; Supreme treasurer, N. E. O. P., twenty-five years; treasurer, R. I. Soc., S. A. R .; m. April 7, 1870, Isabelle M. Higbee, Newport, N. H .; children, S. Florence (Mrs. A. S. Howard), Alvah H., John Royal. Residence, Newport, R. I.
Hoyt, Horace F.
Farmer and business interests; b., Enfield, N. H., Oct. 26, 1842; s. Horace F. and Caroline E. (Hardy) Hoyt; ed. public schools of Hanover, in which town he has had his home since early childhood; Baptist, Republican; cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for president, and has missed voting at no election since, except the primary of 1916, when he was ill in a hospital; selectman, Hanover, 1868-73; com- missioner for Grafton County, 1894- 1912, nominated by acclamation eight times; member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives, 1893, chairman, committee on retrenchment and reform; 1915, chairman, committee on county affairs (vice-president Farmers' Council), 1917, chairman, committee on county affairs, member, committee on equali- zation of taxes; superintendent, Han- over Town Farm, 1887-90; served as tax collector for Hanover twenty-eight years in succession; trustee of public funds; director and treasurer, Hanover public library; president, Etna Cream- ery Ass'n; director and trustee, Baptist church, Etna; director, Dartmouth
Savings Bank; Mason for more than fifty years, member, Franklin Lodge, and St. Andrew's Chapter, R. A. M., Lebanon, and has taken the Templar degrees; Patron of Husbandry forty- two years, chaplain, Mascoma Valley Pomona Grange twenty-seven years, and N. H. State Grange eleven years, and still in office; gave much time and effort to the establishment of a public library at the village of Etna, which has now over 2,600 volumes and many
pamphlets, and is housed in a fine brick building, with slated roof and hardwood floors; m., Nov. 5, 1868, Minnie R. Coates, d. Jan. 23, 1913; two children, Willis P., b. Nov. 7, 1869, d. Jan., 1907; Caro E. (Mrs. John D. Ayer) b. July 6, 1874, d. June 22, 1897. Residence, Hanover, N. H. (Etna P. O.).
Brackett, Charles Albert
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Jan. 2, 1850; s. Joseph and Lydia Lucretia (Hunt) Brackett; ed. public schools and under tutelage of parents; commenced
CHARLES A. BRACRETT, D.M.D.
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study of dentistry in 1870 with Dr. Levi C. Taylor, then of Holyoke, Mass., now of Hartford, Conn. (see page 91), meanwhile pursuing the course of study in the dental department of Harvard University, from which he graduated, D.M.D., in 1873, immedi- ately locating in practice in Newport, R. I., where he has since continued. Instructor in dental therapeutics, Harvard Dental School, 1874-80; assistant professor, 1880-3; professor of dental pathology and therapeutics, 1883-90; professor of dental pathology since 1890-making forty-four years teaching service at Harvard; president, R. I. State Board of Registration in Dentistry, 1888-97; delegate, Inter- national Medical Congress, London, 1881; ninth International Medical Congress, Washington, 1887; World's Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago, 1893; member corporation, Newport Hospital; chairman, committee for drafting new city charter, Newport, 1906; trustee, People's Free Public Library, Newport; director and vice- president, Aquidneck National Bank and Newport & Fall River St. Railway Co .; director, Newport Trust Co .; member, R. I. (ex-president), Mass. and N. H. Dental Socs., Northeastern Dental Ass'n (ex-president), First Dis- trict Dental Soc., New York, Ameri- can Academy of Dental Science (ex- president), National Dental Ass'n; trustee and consulting dental surgeon, Newport Hospital; member, Repre- sentative City Council, Newport, since 1906; member, Harvard Club of Rhode Island, Harvard Club of Boston and many other organizations; Unitarian; Republican; m., Feb. 3, 1886, Mary Irish Spencer, Newport. Residence, 102 Touro St., Newport, R. I.
DeMerritt, John
Railway and army service; b., Madbury, N. H., Aug. 8, 1856; s. Ezra Edric and Louisa (DeMerritt) DeMer- ritt; ed. public schools, Coe's Academy, Northwood, N. H., Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. (1875-7), Colby Acad- emy, New London, N. H., 1878;
entered service of B. & M. Railroad, as station agent at Madbury, 1879; worked up through various depart- ments, to the position of city pas- senger and ticket agent at Boston, Mass., which he held till 1897, when he resigned; Unitarian; Republican; mem- ber, N. H. house of representatives, 1887, serving on finance committee; sergeant-at-arms, N. H. state senate, 1897, 1901; appointed paymaster, U. S. V., Spanish War, by President
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Mckinley, May, 1898, with the rank of major, being the third of his name in direct descent to hold this title, the first being one of the heroes serving at the capture of Fort William and Mary, at Newcastle, in December, 1774, and the second receiving his commission from Gov. John Langdon; assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, Dept. of the Pacific; on duty at San Francisco during the organization of the department, and, later-from Aug., 1898 to Feb., 1899, at Manila, Philippine Islands, when he was transferred to the staff of Maj.
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Gen. Elwell S. Otis; on account of pro- longed illness from fever, he was obliged to return to the States in May, 1899, since when he has made his home on the ancestral estate in Madbury. Maj. DeMerritt has a large and interesting collection of fire arms, and other military weapons, which he has gathered as souvenirs. Residence, Madbury, N. H., (Dover P. O.).
Black, Archibald
Minister; b., Rothesay, Bute, Scot-
land, May 24, 1877, s. Hugh and Isa- bella (McDougall) Black; ed. Rothesay Academy, 1892, Glasgow University, B.A., 1906, United Free Church Hall, Glasgow, and Union Theological Semi- nary, New York, B.D., 1909; while in Glasgow University, editor of The Lord Rector, sub. editor Glasgow University Magazine; prize man in English literature and vice-president of Liberal Club; ordained by New York Presbytery, 1909; minister, Bedford Park Presbyterian church, New York City, 1909-14, South Congregational
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