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interested in Christian Science in 1893, devoted three years to a careful invest- igation of the doctrine before uniting with the denomination; reader, Chris- tian Science church, Baltimore, 1897- 1902; made a teacher of Christian Science by the Mass. Metaphysical College, 1901; first reader of The Mother Church, Boston, 1902-5, later president of church and member of board of lectureship; first reader, Christian Science church, Concord, N. H., 1906-9; since 1905 lecturer on Christian Science in many parts of the world, including the North American continent from Mexico to Alaska, Europe, Australia and New Zealand; m., Marian White of Philadelphia, Pa., June 9, 1887; son, John Constantine, b. May 27, 1888, d. Sept. 17,. 1888. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Bachelder, Nahum Josiah
Farmer, ex-governor; b., Andover, N. H., Sept. 3, 1854; s. William A. and Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; ed. pub- lic schools, New Hampton Institution, Franklin Academy; hon. A.M., Dart- mouth, 1891; Congregationalist; Re- publican; superintending school com- mittee, Andover, three years; secretary N. H. Board of Agriculture, 1887-1913; Commissioner of Immigration during the continuance of the office; member and president, N. H. board of Cattle Commissioners for several years; trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1903-14; Mason (32d degree); Patron of Husbandry; master, Highland Lake Grange, East Andover, four years; first lecturer, Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, 1886; secretary, N. H. State Grange, 1883- 91; master, 1891-1903; lecturer, National Grange, 1899-1905; member and chairman legislative committee, National Grange, several years, and instrumental in securing the establish- ment by Congress of the parcel post and postal savings banks; several years secretary, N. H. Grange Fair Ass'n and subsequently secretary, Concord State Fair Ass'n; some time treasurer, Granite State Dairymen's
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Ass'n; many years agricultural editor, Manchester Mirror and Farmer and for some time editor of National Grange Weekly, organ of the Patrons of Hus- bandry; president, N. H. Board of Trade, five years; secretary, N. H. Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914; upon conclusion of his service as secre- tary of the Board of Agriculture, Governor Bachelder devoted himself entirely to the management and culti- vation of Highland Farm, his ancestral home in Andover, where his great grandfather, Josiah Bachelder, settled in 1782, and which has since remained in the family, the farm and outlands now including nearly one thousand acres; m., June 30, 1887, Mary A. Putney of Dunbarton; children, Ruth, b. May 22, 1891; Henry Putney, b. March 17, 1895, ed. Concord high school and N. H. College, now engaged with his father on the home farm. Residence, East Andover, N. H.
Reed, George Harlow
Clergyman; b., Worcester, Mass. March 24, 1858; s. Samuel G. and Cleora E. (Harlow) Reed; descended on mother's side from Governor Bradford and John Alden; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, 1883 (class or- ator), Bangor Theological Seminary, 1886, Boston University (special course); pastor, Winslow Congrega- tional church, Taunton, Mass., 1887- 91; North Congregational church, Haverhill, Mass., 1891-8; First Congre- gational church, Concord, N. H., 1898 -; (this church, founded in 1730, is famous for its long pastorates, Dr. Reed being only sixth in succession to hold the office); D.D., Dartmouth College, 1910; trustee, Bangor Theolog- ical Seminary, 1915 -; trustee, N. H. Congregational Ministers' and Widows' Fund, 1899 -; director and secre- tary, N. H. Bible Soc., 1913 -; trustee and vice-president, N. H. Home Missionary Soc .; pres., N. H. Prisoners' Aid Ass'n; chairman, committee on Penal Institutions, N. H. Conference of Charities and Corrections; director, N. H. Anti-Saloon League; corporate
member, A. B. C. F. M., 1913-16; Republican; member, Congregational Club, Y. M. C. A., Phillips Exeter Alumni Ass'n, Bangor Theological Alumni Ass'n, Beaver Meadow Golf Club and S. P. C. A .; m., 1st, July 16, 1889, Ellen Virginia Deane, dau. Dr. Asahel S. and Virginia (Hughes) Deane of Taunton, Mass., d. June 16, 1906; 2d, May 3, 1910, Helena B. Quinby, dau. Edwin S. and Helen M. (Gilman) Quinby, Bangor, Me .; one
dau., Margaret, Concord High School, 1911, one year Wheaton Seminary, Plymouth, N. H., Normal School, 1915; teacher at Plymouth Normal, 1915 -. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens
(Mrs. George A. Wood); club woman, publicist; b., Jan. 18, 1866, Woodstock, Vt .; dau. John L. and Jean Ains- worth (Brand) Stevens; ed. Black River Academy, Ludlow; Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt., 1883, and private tutors; taught school one term, and m., Oct. 18, 1884, George A. Wood of
MARY I. WOOD
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South Acworth; resided at West Leba- non, N. H., till 1889, removing, then, to West Medford, Mass., and in 1898 to Portsmouth, N. H., which has since been her home; Unitarian; suffragist; in Medford served on the board of ed- ucation; auditor and chairman educa- tion committee, Medford Woman's Club; president, local Consumers' League; director, Massachusetts Con- sumers League; in Portsmouth, mem- ber and president, Graffort (Woman's) Club; president, Civic Ass'n; presi- dent, Portsmouth District Nursing Ass'n; president, Woman's Realty Co .; vice-president, Portsmouth Char- ity Organization; president, Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian Church; super- intendent, Sunday School; member, Portsmouth Board of Instruction; mem- ber and vice-president, N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; president, N. H. Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, 1903-5; manager, Bureau of Information, Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs; member, N. H. state board of Charities and Corrections; chairman, N. H. Divi- sion, Woman's Committee, National Council of Defense; Home Economics Director for N. H., under Federal Food Administration; has written and spoken extensively in behalf of the various causes in which she is engaged, particularly for woman suffrage, of which she has long been an ardent ad- vocate, and food conservation in con- nection with war work to which she has given much time since the United States entered into the war with Ger- many. (See George Albert Wood, p. 126.)
French, James Edward
Retired merchant; b., Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, N. H., Feb. 27, 1845; s. James and Evaline A. (Moulton) French; ed. public schools and N. H. Conference Seminary, Tilton; removed with his parents to Moultonboro, in 1851, and has resided there since, except for two years-1867-9- in Somersworth; engaged in mercantile business till 1884, when he retired; Methodist; Republican; moderator,
Moultonboro, 1879-1918; town treas- urer many years; railroad commis- sioner, 1879-83; U. S. Collector of Internal revenue, 1889-93; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1878- 79; member, N. H. senate, 1887; member, house of representatives, 1897-1917, having had longer legisla- tive experience than any man in the state now living; from his long service as chairman of the house committee on appropriations has come to be known
as the "watch dog of the treasury"; member, board of trustees of State institutions, 1915-17; director, Pemi- gewassett R. R .; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H .; m., 1st, July 2, 1867, Martha E. Hill, Somersworth, d. May 7, 1907; 2d, March 15, 1914, Martha A. Hersom, Somersworth. Residence, Moultonboro, N. H.
Huse, Raymond Howard
Clergyman; b., Woburn, Mass. July 24, 1880; s. John S. and Abbie (Plumer) Huse; ed. Nute High School,
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Milton, N. H., Drew Theological Semi- nary, 1903; Methodist; Prohibitionist; pastor at Sanbornville and Brookfield, 1903-4-5; ordained deacon at Clare- mont, 1905; pastor at Exeter, 1906-7- 8-9; ordained elder at Laconia, 1907; superintendent, Dover district, N. H. M. E. Conference, 1910 to Sept., 1915; pastor, Baker Memorial M. E. Church, Concord, since latter date; member, M. E. General Conference, 1916; trustee, N. H. M. E. Conference; presi- dent, Interdenominational Commission
of N. H., 1916-17; member, Board of Examiners, Conference Relations Com- mittee, Conference Claimants Com- mission, Sustentation Commission, N. H. Conference M. E. Church; secre- tary, N. H. Anti-Saloon League; author, "Songs of an Itinerant," 1906; "The Soul of a Child," 1914; "Letters on the Atonement," 1917; "Conversa- tions on the Christian Faith," 1918; "Songs of the Sunset," in preparation; m., Sept. 1, 1906, Mabel Hale Ridg- way, Newburyport, Mass. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Morse, Harris A.
Printer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 3, 1865; s. Ezekiel W. and Mary A. (Stanley) Morse; ed. public schools and Contoocook Academy; successively employed by Concord Axle Co., at Penacook, and Davis Bros., paper makers, Warner, and then engaged in the printing business, first with the Hopkinton Times, at Contoocook, then with the Valley Times at Pittsfield, and subsequently, four years with the People and Patriot, Concord, where he was foreman of the composing room; June 1, 1889, he removed to Tilton where he conducted a job printing house, selling blank book, stationery and school supplies in connection, meanwhile taking an active interest in public affairs; Congregationalist; Dem- ocrat; town clerk of Tilton, 1901-3, town treasurer, 1902, selectman, 1905- 14; member, N. H. house of represent- atives, 1905-6; auditor for Belknap County, 1907-14; appointed postmas- ter of Tilton by President Wilson, April 1, 1914, and continues in that office, to the satisfaction of the public; member of the Congregational church at Tilton, which he has served in va- rious positions; member and past master of Doric Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Tilton, and of the Kearsarge Club; m., Oct. 19, 1887, Nettie F. Hill, Pitts- field; one son, Errol S., b. March 3, 1889, student.in N. H. College, Dur- ham. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Kingsbury, William Josiah
Insurance agent, florist; b., Queechee, Vt., Nov. 10, 1866; s. Josiah Ware Babcock and Mary Hill (Jackson) Kingsbury; ed. public schools and Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H .; Baptist; Republican; teller, Newmarket National Bank, 1892-6; teller, Derry National Bank, 1896-1902, then re- tiring to devote himself to insurance work; Patron of Husbandry, past mas- ter, Nutfield Grange, No. 47, Derry, past master, West Rockingham Po- mona Grange; treasurer, Echo Lodge, No. 61, I. O. O. F .; member, Rocking- ham Lodge, K. of P .; financial secre-
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tary, Honesty Lodge, No. 79, N. E. O. P .; financier, Derryfield Lodge, No. 13, A. O. U. W., for twelve years; member, J. O. U. A. M .; auditor,
Derry town school district; since 1908 has built up a greenhouse industry in Derry, with five houses and 8,500 feet of glass; attended the World's fair in California in 1915, and has travelled extensively in the United States, Mexico and Canada; m., June 20, 1900, Alice Chapman. Residence, Derry, N. H.
Woodman, Frederic Thomas
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., June 28, 1872; s. Alfred and Maria T. (Gallup) Woodman; ed. public schools, White River Junction, Vt., high school, and private teachers; his paternal an- cestor came from England to this coun- try in 1631, and the maternal in 1628; removed in infancy onto a farm in Plainfield, N. H., which had been granted to the Gallups, his mother's family, by King George the Third in 1765, and remained in the family until
their removal to California in 1908; studied law with the late John L. Spring of Lebanon, and admitted to the bar in June, 1898; opened an office in Sanborn's Block in Concord in the spring of 1899 and there practiced, a part of the time in company with Judge Geo. M. Fletcher, until his re- moval to California early in 1908, where he was admitted to the bar in Los Angeles in April, and continued practice; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1903-4, serv- ing on the judiciary committee and as chairman of the Merrimack County delegation; moderator, Ward 6, 1907; president, Los Angeles Harbor Com- mission, 1912-16; mayor of Los An- geles since Sept. 5, 1916; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), I. O. O. F., Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial War, Sons of Veterans, Union League Club; vice-president and di-
rector, First National Bank of Wil- mington, Cal .; m. Etta M. Sanborn, Feb. 6, 1908, d. April 16, 1916. Resi- dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
. FRANK P. HILL
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Hill, Frank Pierce
Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 22, 1855; s. Cyrus and Nancy (Walker) Hill; ed. public schools, Dartmouth College, B.S., 1876, Litt.D., 1906; librarian, Lowell, Mass., 1881-5; started first public library in New Jer- sey (under act of 1884) at Paterson, 1885; inaugurated Salem, Mass., public library, 1888-9; in latter year inaug- urated Newark, N. J., public library, of which he was librarian till 1901, since which date he has been librarian of the Brooklyn, N. Y., public library; member, American Library Ass'n, (secretary, 1891-5, president, 1906); member, American Bibliographical Soc .; as chairman of the American Library Ass'n War Finance Committee, was instrumental in securing $1,500,000, through subscriptions, for the purpose of creating library buildings in the thirty-two camps and cantonments established by the War Department and furnishing reading matter to sol- diers and sailors engaged in the world war, both here and abroad; m., May 17, 1880, Annie M. Wood, Lowell, Mass. Residence, 373 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y .; address, Pub- lic Library, Brooklyn.
Rogers, Fred Ashley
Farmer; b., Hartland, Vt., Sept. 20, 1866; s. Daniel Peabody and Purah Eliza (Lovejoy) Rogers; ed. public schools, Perkins Academy, Woodstock, Vt., Troy, N. Y., Business College, 1885; taught school winters and did farm work in summer while securing his education, and has since been en- gaged in agriculture; located in Plain- field, N. H., Jan., 1901, buying a farm of 350 acres near Meriden Village, to which he has added 200 acres; pursues mixed farming, keeping over 100 head of cattle, with horses, sheep and swine to match; Congregationalist; Repub- lican; chairman, board of selectmen, Plainfield, five years; member, N. H. house of representatives and chairman committee on agriculture, 1917; Patron of Husbandry and active worker in the order; member executive committee,
N. H. State Grange, 1913-17; master, N. H. State Grange, 1917 -; member advisory council, N. H. Board of Agri- culture, Sept., 1915 -; m., Feb. 26, 1890, Addie May Round, Reading, Vt .; children, Carrie E. Westgate, b. March 1, 1891 (Kimball Union Academy, 1910); Lena A. Read, b. Oct. 13, 1892 (K. U. A., 1910); Harriet A., b. Nov. 7, 1894 (K. U. A., 1913), teacher; Fred A., Jr., b. March 4, 1898 (K. U. A., 1917), enlisted in U. S. A., Sept. 15,
1917, promoted to corporal Dec. 1, in service in Medical Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .; Flora Belle, b. Nov. 22, 1902, now in K. U. A .; Wendell R., b. March 14, 1906; Herman D., b. April 30, 1908. Upon assuming office as Master of the N. H. State Grange Mr. Rogers at once took steps to interest the farmers in a state-wide movement for wood- cutting in order to increase the fuel supply, and for increasing maple sugar production, to relieve the sugar short- age. Residence, Plainfield, N. H., Meriden P. O.
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Cummings, Allen Curtis.
Educator; b., Nov. 30, 1868, North Thetford, Vt .; s. Harlan P. and Alpa M. (Baxter) Cummings; ed. Thetford, Vt., Academy and Dartmouth College, A. B., 1892 (commencement oration and honorable mention in political science); A.M., Dartmouth, 1895; has attended severalsessionsHarvard Summer school. Principal high school, Littleton, Mass., 1892-5; Ayer, Mass., 1895-8; instructor, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1898-
1901; principal, Orange, Mass., high school, 1904-12; head-master, Stevens High School, Claremont, N. H., since 1912; Conrgegationalist; Republican; secretary-treasurer, N. H. School-mas- ters Club; member, New England His- tory Teachers Ass'n; Phi Beta Kappa and K. K. K. societies, Dartmouth; A. F. & A. M., and Eastern Star; unmar- ried. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Hill, Howard Fremont
Journalist; clergyman; b., Concord, N. H., July 21, 1846; s. John M. and Elisabeth Lord (Chase) Hill; grandson
of Gov. Isaac Hill; descendant of Han- nah Eames, killed by the Indians in the Framingham, Mass., Massacre, 1676; ed. Concord High School, 1863, Nor- wich (Vt.) Univ., 1863-5; Dart- mouth College, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870; Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cam- bridge, Mass., B.D., 1879; A.M., Tri- nity, 1885, Bishops' College, 1888, University of Vermont, 1911; Ph.D., Dartmouth, 1887 (on examination for work); D.D., Norwich University, 1891; Episcopalian; Democrat; member, Con- cord common council, 1907-8; board of aldermen, 1909-10; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1895-7; N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; chap- lain, Vermont legislature, 1882; chap- lain, Vermont National Guard, thirteen years; trustee, University of Vermont, 1886-9; trustee, Norwich University, 1895-1915; member, editorial board, Concord History Committee; editor, N. H. Patriot, 1868-73; ordained dea- con, P. E. church, 1875, priest, 1877; rector, P. E. church, Ashland and Hol- derness, 1875-9; Montpelier, Vt., 1879- 89; Amesbury, Mass., 1889-91; Pitts- field, N. H., 1895-1905; chief examin- ing chaplain, P. E. Diocese of New Hampshire; held same office in Ver- mont; editor, Church Fly-Leaf since 1897; member, A. F. & A. M., 33d degree, Grand Cross of Constantine, Royal Order of Scotland; ex-president and present secretary-treasurer, N. H. Soc. S. A. R .; member, Soc. Colonial Wars; m., Oct. 17, 1870, Laura L. Tibbetts, Concord; children, John M., b. Oct. 30, 1871, d. Dec. 4, 1872; Maria D. (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), b. Dec. 11, 1873, d. June 2, 1908; Grace W. (Mrs. Zoheth S. Freeman, New York), b. June 21, 1876. Residence, Con- cord, N. H.
Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon
(Mrs. James Farnsworth); club woman; b., Ashley, Mass., June 4, 1861; dau. Joel and Abby S. (Under- wood) Sheldon; ed. private teacher; for twenty years, 1896-1912, cashier and bookkeeper for the Holbrook- Marshall Co., Nashua, N. H .; 1896-
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1912, rec. sec., council member and treasurer, N. H. Branch Order of King's Daughters, president, 1912-17; inter- national treasurer, Order King's Daugh- ters, 1914 -; treasurer, { Nashaway Woman's Club, 1914-15, vice-presi- dent, 1916, president, 1917 -; presi- dent, Cross Bearers' Circle, Universa- list Church, Nashua, 1908 -; treasurer, King's Daughters Benevolent Ass'n caring for a children's home, 1912 -; member, Thornton Chapter, D. A. R., and Nashua Grange, P. of H .; active in the Red Cross, Liberty Loan drive, and other forms of war relief work; Universalist; m., Nov. 8, 1910, James Farnsworth. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
Lawyer; b., Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 2, 1833; s. Lyman and Susan (Marshall) Spaulding; ed. public schools, Mel- ville Academy, Jaffrey, and Oberlin College, 1855; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1858, and located in prac- tice at St. Johns, Mich .; Episcopalian, senior warden of church at St. Johns, twenty-five years; Republican; regent, University of Michigan, 1858-65; Sec- retary of State of Michigan, 1867-71; special agent, U. S. Treasury Dept., 1875-81; member, 47th Congress, Sixth Michigan district, serving on committees on Indian Affairs and Mili- tary Affairs, 1881-3; chairman, com- mission to Hawaii to investigate reci- procity treaty between United States and Hawaii, 1883; delegate, Republi- can national convention, 1896; asst. sec'y, U. S. Treasury, 1890-3, 1897- 1903; president, Pan-American Cus- toms Congress, 1902; declined ap- pointment as judge of Utah Terri- tory, 1870, also appointment as judge tendered by the governor of Michigan, 1889; captain, major, lieutenant-colo- nel and colonel, 23d Michigan Volun- teers in Civil War, and brevet brigadier general; member, A. F. & A. M., hold- ing chief office in the several Masonic grand bodies in Michigan; member, Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and Army and Navy Club; m., 1st, May 29, 1856, Jennie Mead, d. Nov. 11, 1857; 2d,
1859, Minerva Mead, d. 1861; 3d, Aug. 12, 1862, M. Cecelia Swegles, dau. Hon. John Swegles, former Audi- tor General of Michigan; children, Frank Mead, b. Nov. 4, 1861, mer- chant at St. Johns, Mich .; Edna Cece- lia, b. Nov. 17, 1870 (Wellesley, 1892); Oliver Lyman, Jr., b. July 17, 1875 (Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1895, LL.B., 1896), appointed second lieutenant of Artillery by President Mckinley in 1898, now colonel in the regular army;
John Cecil, b. Jan. 7, 1879 (Univ. of Mich., 1897, Law Dept., George Wash- ington Univ., 1901), Lawyer, Detroit, Mich .; Thomas Marshall, b. May 18, 1882 (Univ. of Mich., B.A., West Point, 1905), now major in the U. S. Coast Artillery. Home, 2224 N St., Washington, D. C .; legal residence, St. Johns, Mich.
Sawyer, William Henry
Lawyer; Associate Justice, N. H. Superior Court; b., Littleton, N. H., Aug. 18, 1867; s. Eli D., and Sarah O. (Pierce) Sawyer; lineal descendant,
HON. WILLIAM H. SAWYER
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on maternal side, of Robert Cushman, who promoted the Mayflower expedi- tion, chartered the vessel, was the financial agent of the Pilgrim Company, and, in Dec., 1621, preached at Ply- mouth the first sermon in New Eng- land ever printed, and whose son, Thomas, married Mary Allerton, also a Mayflower passenger and the last survivor of the party, from whom Judge Sawyer is descended; ed. Little- ton high school and Boston University School of Law, 1890, taking the three years' course in the latter in two years; studied a year in the office of the late Hon. Harry Bingham; admitted to the bar in Concord, July 25, 1890, and practiced in the office of Bingham & Mitchell in Concord till Jan., 1904; was alone three years and then formed a partnership with Joseph S. Matthews, now assistant attorney general, which continued about six years, then prac- ticed alone for a time, and was sub- sequently in partnership with the late Gen. John H. Albin until the latter's retirement; Congregationalist; Demo- crat; candidate of his party for various offices; member, N. H. Executive council, elected in a strong Republican district, 1913; member, Concord board of education, 1909-15; appointed Associate Justice, N. H. Superior Court, Dec. 12, 1913; m., Nov. 18, 1891, Carrie B. Lane, Whitefield, N. H; children, Howard Pierce, b. Aug. 13, 1892 (Dartmouth, 1915, Yale Medical College, 1918), now serving in the Yale Mobile Field Hospital, American Expeditionary Force, in France; Helen Lane, b. March 13, 1895 (Mt. Holyoke, 1917), teacher of Ancient history, Con- cord high school; Marion Farr, b. July 22, 1896 (Mt. Holyoke, 1919); Robert Cushman, b. March 13, 1899; Charles Murray, b. Feb. 2, 1906. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Holt, Hermon
Lawyer; b., Woodstock, Vt., Sept. 7, 1845; s. Nathan L. and Rebecca Maria (Mack) Holt; ed. Randolph, Vt., Academy, Kimball Union Acad-
emy, 1866, Dartmouth College, 1870; studied law, admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Claremont in 1873, and has there continued; Episco- palian; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1889-90, N. H. senate, 1894-5; served several years as a member of the Stevens High School committee and also of the town school committee; trustee and president, Claremont Savings Bank; retired from active practice, he spends the summer
season on a farm, a mile out of town, and the winters in the old Farwell home, built by his wife's grandfather 100 years ago; m., Oct. 6, 1875, Clara Elizabeth, dau. Charles R. and Clarissa E. (Per- kins) Farwell; children, Hermon, Jr., b. Nov. 14, 1876 (Dartmouth, 1897, Har- vard Law School, 1901), lawyer in Bos- ton; Clara Farwell (Mrs. Edward K. Woodworth), b. May 22, 1879, d. July 20, 1917; Frances Glidden (Mrs. Henry C. Hawkings, Jr.), b. June 7, 1881; Marion Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1886. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
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Charron, Henry Emery
Clothing merchant; b., Vercheres, P. Q., March 5, 1861; s. Jean Baptiste and Hermine (Cormier) Charron; ed. public schools of Canada and United States; engaged in the clothing trade for thirty-five years, conducting an extensive business for himself in Clare- mont the last ten years; Catholic; Democrat; member, N. H. house of representatives from Claremont; 1913- 14, 1915-16; Democratic candidate for state senator, 1916, running largely ahead of his ticket; member N. H. Con- stitutional Convention, 1918; treasurer, board of cemetery commissioners, for the town of Claremont; member, St. Jean Baptiste Soc., Knights of Colum- bus (Columbian Council No. 1820), B. P. O. Elks, Franco Canado American Soc .; m., March 8, 1886, Almaide
Geoffrion, d. June 15, 1897; children, Emeria, b. Feb. 14, 1887; Victor F., b. Dec. 31, 1891; Theresa and Aloysia, b. Oct. 4, 1893. Residence, Clare- mont, N. H.
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