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church, Concord, N. H., 1914 -; trustee, N. H. Home Missionary Soc., secretary (unpaid), Congregational American Missionary Ass'n; member, Central Congregational Club of N. H., Merrimack Ass'n Congregational Churches, Concord Ministers' Confer- ence, Anti-Saloon League (Mem. Head- quarters Com.), Nat. Security League, N. H. Children's Aid and Protective Soc., N. H. Historical Soc., Wonolancet and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs; m., May 6, 1913, Ruth Hunter, New Rochelle, N. Y .; one son, Robert Hunter, b. April 8, 1915 .. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Herbert, John
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Nov. 2, 1849; s. Samuel and Lydia Maria (Darling) Herbert; ed. public schools, Rumney, N. H., and Boston, Mass .;. Dartmouth College (1871); principal of New Ipswich Appleton Academy for three years; studied law with his father; was admitted to the bar in 1875; began practice in Boston in 1880, with ex-Senator Bambridge Wadleigh and Frederick P. Fish, and has since practiced there; member of the Boston Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts Bar Ass'n and American Bar Ass'n; is or has been president of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Congregational Club of Boston and vicinity, Municipal League of Somerville, Independent Club of Somerville, Appleton Academy Ass'n, Scientific Temperance Ass'n, Progress- ive League of Somerville, Mystic Valley Club, Somerville Citizen Co., Federation of Churches of Somerville, E. T. Cowdrey Co., Bear Creek Oil Co., and Eastern Forge Co. of Massachu- setts; director of the Somerville Journal Co., Merchants Co-operative Bank of Boston, The Congregational Sunday- School and Publishing Soc., Somer- ville Board of Trade, and Somerville Young Men's Christian Ass'n; a visitor of Tufts College; member of the Twentieth Century Club, executive committee of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, Economic Club, Mass- achusetts Press Ass'n, and New
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Hampshire Club; is a member of the Winter Hill Congregational Church, of John Abbott Lodge of Masons, and of De Molay Commandery; prior to 1912 he was a Republican, but he then joined the Progressive party and was the Progressive candidate for Congress in the ninth congressional district of Massachusetts; in 1913 was the Citizens' candidate for mayor of Somerville; in 1914 was chairman of a committee to prepare a new charter for the city of Somerville; m., 1st, Aug. 1, 1872, Alice C. Guy of Peacham, Vt., d. Feb., 1914; children, Carl G., and Lena F .; m. 2d, June 24, 1915, Blanche E. Roscoe, of Flint, Mich., child, John Herbert, Jr. Residence, Somerville, Mass.
Wason, George Butler
Banker; b., New Boston, N. H., April 20, 1869; s. George A. and Clara L. (Hills) Wason; ed. public schools of New Boston and Nashua (high school, 1889); removed with his parents to Nashua at the age of fifteen; entered employ of Wason, Pierce & Co., wholesale grocers, in July, 1889, working through all departments till 1896, and representing the firm in southern New Hampshire; upon death of Mr. Pierce, in 1896, became a member of the firm, assuming direc- tion of the financial end of the business; and upon the death of his uncle, Robert B. Wason, in 1906, became the head of the firm; in 1906-7 Mr. Wason was president of the Boston Wholesale Grocers Ass'n, and in 1911 of the National Wholesaler's Ass'n of America, traveling 50,000 miles in the interests of the organization, and securing the enactment by Congress of the federal law compelling the state- ment of net weight on packages, thus protecting the public from short weight; upon the organization of the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston, in 1907, he was chosen its president, which position he still holds; Republican; member of Ward Ten Committee, Cambridge, where he has resided since 1889; delegate from Eighth Mass.
Congressional district in Republican national convention, 1916; elected to the Governor's Council from fourth councillor district, Nov., 1917; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), B. P. O. E., P. of H., Boston City Club, Cambridge Club (director), Belmont Spring Coun- try Club, Nashua Country Club, Cam- bridge Board of Trade; (he owns the Wason and Hills homestead in New Boston, N. H., where he has a fine herd of registered Hereford cattle and
where he spends his summers); m., 1st, April 20, 1896, Lillian Maud Fletcher, South Orange, N. J., d. May 7, 1907; 2d, June 9, 1909, Estella L. Kierstead; children, George F. (Harvard, 1920), Richard A. (Chauncy Hall School). Residence, Cambridge, Mass .; business address, 197 Washington St., Boston.
Wendell, Caroline R.
Social and philanthropic worker; b., Dover, N. H .; dau. Daniel H. and Huldah (Jenness) Wendell, her father being sixth in descent from Evert
MISS CAROLINE R. WENDELL
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Jansen Wendell, the first of the name to come to America from Holland, in 1640, and a third cousin to Wendell Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes. (The coat of arms of the Wendell family in Holland, a copy of which is owned by Miss Wendell, represents a merchant ship, under full sail, and two anchors crossed. This was stained in nine panes of glass in the east window of the old Dutch church at Albany, N. Y., demolished in 1805.) Miss Wendell was educated in the Dover high school and by private instruction ; member, St. John's M. E. Church of Dover; many years vice-president for New Hampshire National Ass'n for the Advancement of Women, of which Julia Ward Howe was president; member, National Conference of Charities and Corrections (corresponding secretary for New Hampshire several years); since 1892 president, N. H. W. C. T. U., Mercy Home for Girls in Manchester; member, Committee on Dependent Children, State Conference of Charities and Corrections; director, N. H. Anti- Tuberculosis Ass'n; corresponding sec- retary, N. H. W. C. T. U., 1879-92, president, 1892-9 and since then vice- president-at-large; since 1899 member board of managers, Wentworth Home for the Aged, Dover; member, Visiting Committee, N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, Concord; seven years member, N. H. Daughters, Boston; member, local and state Equal Suffrage organizations, Northam Colo- nists, Dover Woman's Club and W. C. . T. U. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Ballard, William Preston
Farmer; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 18, 1849; s. Dea. John and Hannah Gerrish (Abbott) Ballard; ed. public schools of Concord, including high school; graduating in first class of N. H. State College (then connected with Dartmouth), 1871; member, board of town school district, six years, Capital Grange of Concord, having held most of the offices, in- cluding those of steward, chaplain and master and having taken the
seventh degree; master, Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, and present chaplain; deputy in State Grange; deacon of the First Congregational church several years; lives on the ancestral farm near Little Pond, which has descended in direct line from the great-grandfather, Nathan Ballard, who first settled there in 1792 (Deacon Ballard specializes in dairy farming); Republican; m., 1st, Dec. 2, 1874, Mary E. Bartlett of Bath, N. H., d. Jan. 14, 1899; 2d,
March 9, 1905, Mrs. Mary G. (Martin) Philbrick; children, Eugene Preston, b. March 31, 1878, d. April 6, 1884; Lucy Mabel, b. April 20, 1880, m. George L. Spofford, June 6, 1900; George Edwin, b. Aug. 10, 1883, m. Mary O. Hannaford, April 13, 1906, d. March 11, 1916, leaving four children, John Roger, b. Aug. 24, 1907, Grace, b. Sept. 1, 1909, Eunice Mae, b. June- 8, 1911, George William, b. Feb. 27, 1913; Lena Frances, b. June 4, 1889, m. George A. Silva, April 28, 1910; children, George Preston, b. Dec. 20, 1911; Gertrude, b. and d. Nov. 20,.
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1912, Evelyn Mae, b. April 5, 1916. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wallace, James Burns
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Aug. 14, 1866; s. William Allen and Mary Dun- can (Currier) Wallace; . ed. public schools, N. H. College of Agriculture, St. Johnsbury Academy, Dartmouth College, 1887, Columbia University Law School; admitted to the bar in New York and practiced in that state till 1906, when he returned to Canaan, where he has since been located in practice; Congregationalist; Republi- can; member, Canaan school board, 1901-8; trustee, town library since 1907; trustee, town funds since 1916; moderator since 1914; member, N. H. house of representatives 1909-10; state senator, 1913-14; member, N. H. exec- utive council 1915-16; member, A. F.
& A. M., lodge, consistory, command- ery and shrine; P. of H., B. P. O. E., K. of P., Knights of Khorossan; m., Dec. 22, 1889, Alice Hutchinson. Re- sidence, Canaan, N. H.
Morrill, Arthur Putnam
Lawyer, insurance; b., Concord, N. H., March 15, 1876; s. Obadiah and Lilla (Walker) Morrill; ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, Yale University, Ph.B., 1896; Harvard
Law School (two years); admitted to N. H. bar, 1900; member, firm of Sargent, Niles & Morrill till 1904, when he joined the insurance firm of Morrill & Danforth with which he continues; Episcopalian; Republican; member, N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1915-16, 1917-18 (speaker); president, Ward 5 Republican Club; chairman, Merrimack Co., Republican Club; member executive committee, Republican state committee, 1915; trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank, Concord; treasurer and director, State Dwelling House Ins. Co .; vice-chair- man, N. H. branch American Red Cross; member, Concord Committee of Public Safety; executive committee, N. H. Speakers' Bureau for War Pur- poses; member, Wonolancet, Beaver
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Meadow Golf, Snowshoe and Concord Canoe clubs, A. F. & A. M .; m. Nov. 5, 1901, Florence E. Prescott; children, Catherine, b. Oct. 29, 1902, d. Feb. 22, 1908; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1903; Virginia, b. April 30, 1905. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Moore, Herbert Fisher
Educator; b., Penacook, N. H., July 10, 1875; s. John Howard and Isabel Nancy (Brown) Moore; ed. Concord high school, N. H. State College, 1898, Cornell University, M.E., 1899, Master of Mechanical Engineering, 1903; in- structor in Machine Design, Cornell, 1900-03; instructor of Mechanics one year, and assistant professor two years, 1904-7, University of Wisconsin; assist- ant professor of engineering materials, University of Illinois, 1907-14; research professor since 1914; Congregation- alist; member, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi (honorary scientific), Tau Beta Pi (honorary engineering), University Club, Urbana, Ill., Players' Club, University of Illinois, American Soc. for Testing Materials, American Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, Soc. for Promotion of Engineering Education; author, "Text Book of Engineering Materials," and numerous articles and bulletins of the Illinois Engineering Experiment Station; has devised sev- eral machines and appliances for testing the strength of materials; m., Sept. 11, 1902, Grace Agnes Mark, Gilsum, N. H .; children, Margaret, b. Aug. 23, 1907; Mark Brown, b. Sept. 15, 1910. Residence, Urbana, Ill.
Bancroft, Charles Parker
Physician; b., Jan. 11, 1852, St. Johnsbury, Vt., s. Dr. Jesse P. and Elizabeth (Speare) Bancroft; ed. Con- cord schools, Phillips Andover Acad- emy, 1870, Harvard University, A.B., 1874, Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1878; house officer, Boston City Hospi- tal, eighteen months; assistant, N. H. State Hospital, nine months; general practice, Boston, 1879-82; superin- tendent, N. H. State Hospital, 1882- 1917, succeeding his father, Dr. J. P.
Bancroft, who was superintendent for twenty-five years. This record of sixty years' service by father and son is probably unequalled in the country. In 1890 Dr. Bancroft carried out the movement, initiated by his father, for state care of the insane, which trans- ferred patients from the county poor- farms and placed them under the care of the state where better treatment is possible. This necessitated the erec- tion of eight new buildings at the State Hospital, 1900-11. In 1888 he established a training-school for nurses, one of the pioneer schools in hospitals for the insane; and many years ago he established shops for vocational and industrial training at the State Hospital. At his suggestion the state bought about 300 acres of farm land for the colony care of the insane. Contributor to Wood's "Ref- erence Handbook of the Medical Sciences;" author of 14 monographs: "Inquiry into the Causes of Insanity with Especial Reference to Prevention and Treatment," 1884; "Automatic Muscular Movements Among Insane," 1891; "Physical Basis of Sin," 1894; "Two Cases of Homicidal, Amnesic, Transitory Frenzy," 1897; "Sub-Con- scious Homicide and Suicide," 1898; "Legal and Medical Insanity," 1900; "Paresis," 1904; "Reconciliation of the Disparity between Hospital and Asylum Trained Nurses," 1904; "Women Nurses on Male Wards in Hospitals for the Insane," 1906; "Reception Hospitals and Psycho- pathic Wards in State Hospitals for the Insane," 1907; presidential ad- dress, "Hopeful and Discouraging Aspects of the Psychiatric Outlook," 1908; "Is there an Increase Among the Dementing Psychoses?" 1914; "Some Perils Confronting the State Care of the Insane," 1914; "Ought Limited Responsibility to be Recog- nized by the Courts?" 1916; often summoned before the courts as a medico-legal expert in the capacity of an alienist. Vice-president, N. H. Medical Soc .; member, Boston Soc. for Psychiatry and Neurology, Am.
DR. CHARLES P. BANCROFT
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Psychological Ass'n, N. E. Soc. of Psychiatry, Boston City Hospital Alumni Ass'n, having been president of the last four; director, Mechanicks' National Bank; trustee and member, investment committee, N. H. Savings Bank; president N. H. State Board of Charities and Corrections; member, Concord Park Commission, Constitu- tional Convention (1912), N. H. His- torical Soc., Wonolancet Club, N. H. Harvard Club, N. H. Soc. for Preser- vation of Forests, N. H. Conference of Charities and Corrections, National Conference of Charities and Correc- tions, N. H. S. A. R., South Congre- gational church (trustee), University and Harvard clubs and Appalachian Mountain Club (Boston); Republican; m., Aug. 6, 1884, Susan Cushing Wood; children, Charles Parker
(dec.), Jennette, Elisabeth, Miriam. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H., and Pasquaney Lodge, Newfound Lake, N. H.
Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood
(Mrs. Charles P. Bancroft); club woman and social worker; b., Milford, Mass., March 15, 1861; dau. Barthol- omew and Jennette (Burke) Wood; ed. schools of Newton, Mass., High school, 1878; taught in private school, Phila- delphia, and public schools of Massa- chusetts five years; m., Newton Center, Mass., Aug. 6, 1884, Dr. Charles P. Bancroft of Concord, N. H .; member, South Congregational church, Concord Woman's Club (president, 1895-7), N. H. Federation of Woman's Clubs (serving on several standing commit- tees, president, 1899-1901) ; treasurer, N. H. State Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1901 -; trustee of the N. H. School for the Feeble- Minded, 1900-13; member, Concord Board of Education, 1899-1908; director, N. H. Children's Aid and Protective Soc., 1913 -; trustee, N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children (secretary, 1912-); member, Concord Female Charitable Soc. (presi- dent, 1899-1902), Woman's Com- mittee, Council of National Defense, N. H. Division; member, executive
committee, N. H. Branch National Civic Federation, Soc. for Preservation of N. H. Forests, Stratford (Shake- speare) Club (president, 1917 -), Country Club, Friendly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., Mayflower Club and Woman's E. and I. Union (Boston); executive committee, N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Concord Equal Suffrage League (president, 1916 -); has frequently spoken before clubs on charitable,
educational and suffrage work; chil- dren, Charles Parker, b. May 28, 1886, d. Sept. 28, 1887; Jennette, b. Sept. 22, 1888, A. B., Vassar College, 1911, m. Asa Shiverick of Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1913, children, Jane and Asa, Jr .; Elisabeth, b. May 17, 1891, A.B., Smith College, 1914, m. John R. McLane of Manchester, N. H., June 12, 1915, son, John R., Jr .; Miriam, b. April 24, 1894, Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., 1914, nurse in training, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1917 -. Residence, Concord, N. H., and Pasquaney Lodge, Newfound Lake, N. H.
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Beckwith, Hira Ransom
Architect and builder; b., Lempster, N. H., Sept. 28, 1852; s. Ransom P. and Emily L. (Parker) Beckwith; ed. public schools, Marlow Academy and
Stevens High School; removed to Claremont with his mother after his father's death, when eleven years of age; learned the carpenter's trade with the late B. P. Gilman of Claremont; studied architecture in Boston, and at the age of 21 formed a partnership, with the late Levi Chase, carrying on business together as contractors and builders for a number of years, since when he has continued alone, doing an extensive business at home and abroad; many of the finest residences in Clare- mont have been designed and built by him, and some of the most substantial public buildings and business blocks are of his design, and their construction superintended by him, including Hotel Claremont, Union Block, and the town Hall and Opera House; the Richards Free Library and Sullivan County Court house at Newport and other
important buildings at Windsor, White River Junction and Bellows Falls, Vt., and in Massachusetts are of his design; Universalist; Democrat; assessor, 1908; Mason, member Hiram Lodge, and Sullivan Commandery of Claremont, Bektash Temple, Concord; m., 1st., 1878, Libbie A. Martin, Springfield, Vt., d. 1902; 2d, 1910, Mrs. Etta M. Wolcott Benjamin. Residence, Clare- mont, N. H.
Smith, Jonathan
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H., Oct. 27, 1842; s. John and Susan (Stearns) Smith; ed. New Hampton Institution, New Hampton, N. H., 1867, Dartmouth College, 1871; stud- ied law with Cross & Burnham, Manchester, N. H .; admitted to Hills- borough County bar in 1875; practiced in Manchester till 1878 when he re- moved to Clinton, Mass., where he has
since resided; Unitarian; Republican; city solicitor of Manchester, 1876-8; town solicitor, Clinton, 1889, 1891; chairman Clinton board of health, 1885, 1890; member, Mass. house of
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representatives, 1886; special justice, second district court of Eastern Wor- cester, 1882 to 1907; standing justice of same court from 1907 to date; president, Clinton Home for Aged People, 1910 -; president, Clinton Historical Soc., 1902 -; member, N. H. Historical Soc., Mass. Historical Soc., N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc .; hon- orary member, Peterborough His- torical Soc .; Master Trinity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 1887, 1888; High Priest, Clinton Chapter, R. A. M., 1885-6; district deputy Grand High Priest, 1893-4-5; Grand King, Grand Chapter Massachusetts, 1896; deeply interested in the history and genealogy of his native town, and has published several books pertaining thereto in- cluding: "The Home of the Smith Family," "The Reunion of the Smith Family," "A New Hampshire Farm and its Owner," "Peterborough, New Hampshire in the American Revolu- tion," and "Old Trinity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 1778, 1892, of Lancaster, Mass"; has also prepared many articles for the Mass. Historical Soc., appearing in the records of its proceedings, and written much for periodicals and news- papers upon the history of Peter- borough; m., 1st, Dec. 13, 1876, Tirzah A. R. Dow, d. Aug. 28, 1881; 2d. Feb. 23, 1886, Elizabeth C. Stearns; one dau., Susan Dow (Smith, 1902), teacher of English in Clinton high school. Resi- dence, Clinton, Mass.
Carroll, Annie Wilkins
(Mrs. Charles Herbert Carroll); b., Bedford Center, N. H., Aug. 23, 1866; dau., Dr. William Wesley and Persis Lucinda (Morse) Wilkins. Dr. Wilkins enlisted in 2d N. H. Vols., May 9, 1861; was acting assistant surgeon in the Navy, Oct. 21, 1861-Dec. 22, 1862, serving on board the Shepard Knapp; second assistant surgeon, Aug. 19, 1863-July 21, 1864. Mrs. Carroll was educated in the Manchester schools and by private instruction; student of the piano with Frederick W. Batchelder of Manchester and Walter H. Lewis, Boston, 1875-85; studied art in Bos-
ton with Samuel L. Gerry, Edward L. Champney, George W. Seavey and Melbourne L. Hardwick, 1885-91; portrait painter; studied in Paris, France, with F. Lasar, 1903; Epis- copalian (St. Paul's church); mem- ber, Concord Woman's Club (presi- dent, 1917-), Music Club, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R. (treasurer, 1904-), Friendly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Concord Female Charitable Soc., N. H. Children's Aid and Pro-
tective Soc., Red Cross, Woman's Council of National Defense, Soc. for the Preservation of N. H. Forests; m. Charles Herbert Carroll of Concord, Sept. 17, 1891; son, Charles Wilkins, b. 1892; d. 1895. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Pike, Edwin Bertram
Manufacturer; b., Salem, Mass., July 24, 1866; s. Edwin B. and Ade- laide (Miner) Pike; ed. Haverhill, N. H., and St. Johnsbury, Vt., Acade- mies and New Hampton Institution‹ and Commercial College, New Hamp-
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ton, N. H. (St. Johnsbury, 1884, New Hampton, 1885); descendant of John Pike who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to Salisbury, Mass., in 1635; both his paternal and maternal ances- tors for six generations have been New Hampshire citizens; traveling sales- man, A. F. Pike Manufacturing Co., 1886-7; member firm of Danforth & Pike, manufacturers' agents, Boston, 1888-9; general superintendent, Pike Mfg. Co., Pike, N. H., 1890-6; treas- urer, Pike Mfg. Co., 1893-8; president, Pike Mfg. Co., since 1908; president, Cortland Grinding Wheel Corporation, Cortland, N. Y .; president, Manufac- turers' Corundum Co., Toronto, Ont .; president, Lake Tarleton Club, Pike, N. H .; vice-president, D. A. Brebner, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont .; vice-president and director, National Bank of New- bury, Newbury, Vt .; vice-president for New Hampshire, National Ass'n of Manufacturers, 1908-12; president, White Mountain Board of Trade, 1911; president, Cottage Hospital, Woods- ville, N. H., 1905-13; director, Eastern States Agriculture & Industrial Expo- sition, Springfield, Mass .; Congrega- tionalist; member, Congregational Church, Haverhill, and Bethany Con- gregational Church, Pike, N. H .; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1903-4; major on staff of Gov. Robert P. Bass, 1911-12; Mason, 32d degree; past master Graf- ton Lodge, No. 46, Haverhill; member, Franklin Chapter, Lisbon, Omega Council, Plymouth, Edward A. Ray- mond Consistory, Nashua, St. Gerard Commandery, Littleton, Bektash Temple, Concord; member, N. H. His- torical Soc., Soc. for Protection N. H. Forests, American Forestry Ass'n, Na- tional Conservation Soc., Appalachian Mountain Club; m., Feb. 18, 1911, Mamie Pearson; children, Constance Harrison, b. Feb. 13, 1913; E. Bertram, Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1915; Deborah, b. April 1, 1917. Residence, Pike, N. H.
Wadleigh, Fred Tilton
Clothing merchant; b., Sanbornton, N. H., Nov. 2, 1870; s. John B. and
Aruthesa (Tilton) Wadleigh; ed. pub- lic schools, New Hampton Institute, 1891 (valedictorian); Baptist; progress- ive Republican; member and chair- man, Milford water board; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8, serving on committee on revision of statutes, and introducing a bill pro- viding for the direct primary, which became the law at a subsequent session; member, N. H. constitutional conven- tion of 1912, serving on the special
committee on woman suffrage, and signing the minority report in favor of the amendment; member, A. F. & A. M., and I. O. O. F .; taught school in youth, but has been engaged in the clothing trade in Milford for the last twenty-five years; great-grandson of James Wadleigh, a soldier of the Revo- lution and one of the early settlers of Sanbornton; m., April 19, 1899, Alice Bancroft Conant at Boston; children, Theodore Conant, b. Dec. 16, 1900, Winthrop, b. Jan. 23, 1902, Ruth, b. Oct. 18, 1903; Eleanor, b. Jan. S, 1908. Residence, Milford, N. H.
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Hering, Hermann Siegfried
Christian Science lecturer; b., Phila- delphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1864; s. Dr. Constantine and Therese (Buchheim) Hering (Dr. C. Hering was the eminent physician whom Hahnemann called the "Father of Homeopathy in Amer- ica"); ed. in private schools, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, 1886 (B.S. and M.E. degrees), also City and Guilds of London Inst., London, Eng .; special course with Prof. W. E. Ayrton, Lon-
don, 1889; professor of mechanics and electrical engineering in Manual Training School, Philadelphia, 1887- 91; associate in electrical engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1891-9, engaged in lecturing and research work, making several original investi- gations and publishing results in pamphlet form; since 1899 Christian Science practitioner; before giving up professional work, member Inst. of Elec. Engineers, London, Eng., Am. Inst. of Elec. Engineers, New York, Engineers' Club of Philadelphia and Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia; became
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