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True, Reuben Cutler
Farmer; b., Lebanon, N. H., Dec. 14, 1847; s. Bradley and Sarah A. (Smith) True; ed. public schools and Kimball Union Academy, 1869; Con-
gregationalist; Republican; member, board of selectmen, Lebanon, 1887, 1888; N. H. house of representatives, 1889, 1913, 1915; constitutional con- vention, 1912; member, A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and Shriner, P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc .; m., Nov. 14, 1883, H. Lillian Child, Cornish; chil- dren, Mary Cutler, b. Nov. 30, 1886, d. Nov. 27, 1898; William Bradley, b. June 3, 1890 (Kimball Union Acad- emy, 1909); Olive Lillian, b. Sept. 18, 1898 (Kimball Union Academy, 1916, N. H. State College, 1921). Residence, West Lebanon, N. H.
Barnard, Harry Everett
Chemist; b., Dunbarton, N. H., Nov. 14, 1874; s. Nelson H. and Celestia A. (Ryder) Barnard; ed. public schools and N. H. College of
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Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, B.S., 1899; Ph.D., Hanover College, 1913; assistant chemist, N. H. Experiment Station, 1899; U. S. Smokeless powder factory, Indian Head, Md., 1900-1; trustee, N. H. College, 1903-6; chemist, N. H. State Board of Health, 1901-5; Indiana State Board of Health since 1905; state food and drug commis- sioner, Indiana, since 1907; state com- missioner of weights and measures since 1911, food and drug inspection chemist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, since 1907; president, Indiana Sanitary and Water Supply Ass'n; member, American Chemists Soc. (founder and first president, Indiana Section); mem- ber, Soc. Official Agrl. Chemists, Nat'l Ass'n State Food Commissioners, Fed- eral Food Standards Com., Indianap- olis Tech. Soc., Indiana member, Lake Michigan Water Commission; hon- orary member, N. H. Medical Soc .; member executive committee, Nat'l Conservation Congress, 1912; Irving- ton Athenaeum, Indianapolis Literary Soc .; m., June 20, 1901, Marion Harvie, Providence, R. I. Residence, 5543 University Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
Ayers, Philip Wheelock
Forester; b., Winterset, Ia., May 26, 1861; s. Elias J. Ayers; ed. Cornell University, Ph.B., 1884, Johns Hop- kins, Ph.D., 1888; tutor and fellow, Johns Hopkins, 1886-8; general secre- tary, Associated Charities, Cincinnati,. O., 1889-95; studied penal and chari- table institutions in Europe, 1895; general secretary, Bureau of Asso- ciated Charities, Chicago, 1895-7; assistant secretary, Charity Organiza- tion Soc., New York, 1897-1900; Forester of the N. H. Soc. for the Protection of Forests since 1900; superintendent, Summer School of Philanthropic Work, New York Charity Organization, 1898-1905; m. Alice Stanley Taylor, Newton, Mass., Aug. 8, 1899. Residence, Franconia, N. H., business address, 4 Joy St., Boston, Mass.
Frisselle, Frank Monroe
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1862; s. Isaac Monroe and Annie (Steele) Frisselle; ed., Boston public schools, Harvard preparatory course, Boston Latin School; Episcopalian; Republican; city editor, Manchester Daily Union, 1890-2, night editor, 1905-13; city editor, Manchester Mir- ror and American, 1913 -; deputy chief, Manchester fire department, 1897- 1900; first secretary, N. H. State Fire-
men's Ass'n; president, Animal Rescue League, 1911-17; member, Lake Winni- pesaukee Improvement Ass'n, Man- chester Historic Ass'n, Sarsfield Boat Club, Manchester; author, "Kismet Poems," "Lady Franklin Boy Greeley Relief Expedition" (delivered in lec- ture form) and many fugitive poems and local historical pamphlets; orig- inator of "Observant Citizen" column, Manchester Union; editor "O. C." column, Manchester Mirror; for ten years Associated Press correspondent
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for Manchester; dramatic editor, Man- chester, for twenty years; m., Feb. 4, 1899, Carrie Stearns Corliss. Resi- dence, Manchester, N. H .; summer home, Beaver Island, Lake Winni- pesaukee, N. H.
Jones, Edwin Frank
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., April 19, 1859; s. Edwin R. and Mary A. (Farnham) Jones; ed. Manchester schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1880; studied law with the late Judge David Cross of Manchester; admitted to the bar Aug. 23, 1883, and commenced practice as a partner of the late Wil- liam J. Copeland; after Mr. Copeland's death, in 1886, continued alone for sixteen years, then becoming a mem- ber of the firm of Burnham, Brown, Jones & Warren, which, with some changes in membership, is now the firm of Jones, Warren, Wilson & Manning, with an extensive general practice, Mr. Jones devoting himself mainly, however, to the interests of various large corporations; Unitarian; Republican; assistant clerk, N. H. house of representatives, 1881, clerk, 1883, 1885; city solicitor of Manches- ter, twelve years, from 1887; treas- urer, Hillsborough County, 1887-95; delegate in N. H. constitutional· con- vention, 1902, and member, standing committee on future mode of amend- ing the constitution; delegate, again, in the convention of 1912, and president of the convention; a frequent speaker on the stump in the interests of his party, and orator of the day at many civic celebrations and historical anni- versaries; president of the Republican state convention in 1900; delegate-at- large from New Hampshire in the Republican national convention at Chicago, in 1908; trustee of Manches- ter city library since 1906; many years trustee of Pine Grove Cemetery; member, N. H. Bar Ass'n (president, 1906-8); American Bar Ass'n; Mason, member, Washington Lodge (Master in 1891), Mt. Horeb Chapter, Adoniram Council and Trinity Commandery of Manchester; N. H. Consistory (32d de-
gree), and Shriner; district deputy grand master, Grand Lodge of N. H. in 1896, and grand master in 1910; I. O. O. F .; member, Manchester Com- mittee of Public Safety, and chairman Speakers' Bureau, N. H. Committee of Public Safety; member, Phi Beta Kappa, Derryfield and Intervale Country clubs, Manchester Boston Art Club, Boston; m., Dec. 21, 1887, Nora F. Kennard of Manchester; one dau., Rebecca, b. July 17, 1889, d. Oct. 26, 1902. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Churchill, Winston
Author; b., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 10, 1871; s. Edward Spaulding and Emma Bell (Blaine) Churchill; ed. U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1894 (hon. A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1914, LL.D., 1915); Episcopalian; Progressive Re- publican; member, N. H. house of rep- resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; aide on staff of Gov. Nahum J. Bachelder, 1903; Progressive candidate for gov- ernor of New Hampshire, 1912; mem- ber, Century Club, New York; Tennis and Racquet, Union and Tavern clubs, Boston; author, "The Celebrity," 1898; "Richard Carvel," 1899; "The Crisis," 1901; "The Crossing," 1904; "Conis- ton," 1906; "Mr. Crewe's Career," 1908; "A Modern Chronicle," 1910; "The Inside of the Cup," 1913; "A Far Country," 1915; "The Dwelling Place of Light," 1917; traveled in Europe, 1917-18, writing impressions of the war for the American press; m., Oct. 22, 1895, Mabel H. Hall. Residence, Cornish, N. H. (Windsor, Vt., P. O.).
Harriman, Walter C.
Lawyer; b., Warner, N. H., Sept. 8, 1849; s. Gen. Walter and Almira R. (Andrews) Harriman; ed. public schools and Colby Academy, New Lon- don, N. H .; commenced the study of law in 1873, and pursued the same in the office of Lyman D. Stevens and that of Tappan & Albin in Concord; admitted to the bar in 1876, and the following year commenced practice in Portsmouth; Universalist; born a Democrat, and raised his first flag for
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Douglas and Johnson, in the campaign of 1860; he has affiliated with the Republican party generally since at- taining his majority, but stands for country first in all emergencies; ap-
pointed solicitor for Rockingham County, by Gov. B. F. Prescott, to succeed the late William B. Small, and twice subsequently elected by the people to the same office; removed to Nashua, where he continued practice. for several years, serving also six years as a member of the Nashua board of education-the last year as president; member, N. H. constitutional con- vention from Nashua in 1902. (As a boy of fifteen Mr. Harriman was with his father, General Harriman, in the war, on the march to Appomattox, saw the last battle fought and was at the surrender of Lee); m., Sept. 3, 1878, Mabel A. Perkins of Portsmouth; children, Walter Hartwell, b. Sept. 19, 1881 ass't supt. Universal Winding Co., Providence, R. I .; Almira Andrews (Mrs. Omar Swenson, Concord), b. Nov. 25, 1882. Residence, Warner, N. H.
Myers, Walter Crane
Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1858; s. Abram and Martha (Osterhoudt) Myers; ed. Kingston High School, Rochester University, 1883, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1887; Y. M. C. A. secretary, Water- bury, Conn., Norristown, Pa., Williams- port, Pa .; general work, Mass. State Y. M. C. A. committee, 1901-4; pas- tor, First Baptist church, Reading, Mass., 1904-12; First Baptist church, Concord, N. H., 1912 -; member, Ma- sonic fraternity, I. O. O. F., Baptist Ministers' Conference (Boston), Salis- bury Baptist Ass'n, and many other religious and philanthropic organiza- tions; independent in politics; m., 1st, June, 1884, Ella Valkenburgh, Kingston, N. Y., d. May, 1901; 2d, Oct. 28, 1908, Jennie Florence Meins,
Brookline, Mass .; one son, Clifford Ernest, b. April, 1886; ed. Kingston High School, Normal School, West- chester, Pa .; travelling salesman; en- listed June, 1917, Company B, First
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Reserve Engineer Corps, now in France. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Conn, Charles Fuller
Manufacturer; b., Concord, N. H., Nov. 11, 1865; s. Dr. Granville P. and Helen M. (Sprague) Conn .; ed. Con- cord schools, high school, 1883, Dart- mouth College, B.S., 1887; Episco- palian; Republican; served as brake- man on Concord & Montreal R. R. summer of 1883, before entering col- lege; ticket agent, Passumpsic R. R., Hanover, 1884-7; brakeman and par- lor car conductor, White Mountain trains, summer seasons, 1885-6-7; traveling agent, Providence & Worces- ter R. R., Oct., 1887 to May, 1888; purser, Fall River Line, Providence & Stonington Steamship Co .; traveling agent (traffic and claims), Providence, R. I .; special agent (traffic) and gen- eral agent, Boston, of same and New York, Providence and Boston R. R., May, 1888 to June, 1893, when steam- ship and railroad companies were leased; purser, Fall River Line, Old Colony Steamboat Co., June, 1893 to Feb., 1894; auditor, Old Colony Steamboat Co., New Haven, Conn., Feb., 1894 to July, 1896; treasurer, Boston Terminal Co., July 1, 1896, during construction of South Station, and treasurer, purchasing agent and paymaster, Boston Terminal Co., to March 31, 1901 (resigned); with West- inghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., chiefly engaged in making examinations and reports on railroad projects and properties, April 1, 1891 to Oct. 1, 1891; manager for same company from Oct. 1, 1891 to Feb. 1, 1904, as chief engineer of construction and contractors for power plant and equip- ment in the construction of the Lack- awanna and Wyoming Valley proper- ties; vice-president and general man- ager, Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad Co., at Scranton, Pa., from beginning of operation, Feb. 1, 1904, to Jan., 1913; also president, Lacka- wanna & Wyoming Valley Power Co., and Meadow Brook Stone Co .; presi- dent and general manager, Giant Port-
land Cement Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Feb., 1913 to date; m., Nov. 7, 1889, Mabel S. Dwight, Concord, N. H .; one son, Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1890 (Phillips Exeter Academy, 1910, Dartmouth College, 1914). Residence, Wayne, Pa .; business address, Fifteenth and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mason, Ellen McRoberts
(Mrs. Mahlon L. Mason); writer, club-woman; b. North Baldwin (Quaker Brook), Me .; dau. John and Charity (Davis) McRoberts (her father, born in Belfast, Ireland, son of a Scotch mother and Irish father, who was an army officer, came to this country in youth and was at first engaged in rail- road building); ed. public schools and academies, and Farmington, Me., Normal School; taught school for a time and was married April 21, 1873, to Mahlon Lee Mason, proprietor of the Sunset Pavilion, a widely known summer hotel at North Conway, where her home has since been. Endowed with literary taste and a talent for writ- ing, she cultivated these and made fre- quent contributions, both in prose and verse, to the Portland Transcript, the Press and other Maine papers; also let- ters and stories published in the Boston Courier; served for a dozen years as the "East Side" correspondent of the Boston Herald; was a constant con- tributor to the White Mountain Echo during the period of its publication, and more recently wrote for Among the Clouds. She is also a forceful and convincing public speaker. She has traveled in Germany, having been there when the old Emperor William died; saw the troops swear allegiance to his son, Frederick, and realized the ap- proaching prominence of the Hohen- zollern régime. Her letters to the Boston Sunday Herald at that time attracted wide attention. She has translated many stories and poems from the German, some of which have been published in the Granite Monthly, as have various historical articles from her pen; she is also represented in the "Poets of Maine" and the "Poets of
ELLEN MCROBERTS MASON
CAPT. NATHANIEL R. MASON, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.R.C., U.S.A.
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New Hampshire"; served six years on the Conway school board and was mainly instrumental in securing ex- pert supervision for the schools, her personally obtained opinions upon the subject having also been used by State Superintendent Morrison, in his work of extending the system through the state; she was also instrumental in establishing a school library at North Conway, effected the centralization of the schools in the villages of the town, and took the initiative in bringing to North Conway the first meeting of the American Institute of Instruction, in 1898; vice-president, N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1896-7, and inaug- urated the custom of holding yearly field-meetings, the first one being held at North Conway, July 8-9, 1896, while she was president of the North Con- way Woman's Club; first chairman, Forestry Committee, N. H. Federation, 1897-1905, and during this service in- duced many of the Women's Clubs of the state to become life members of the Society for the Protection of N. H. Forests, of which she was a charter member and had the honor of naming, having also written much upon the subject of forest preservation; clerk of North Conway Public Library Ass'n for the last thirty years; member, book committee, of the same and of the building committee erecting the handsome stone structure for housing the library; member, New England Woman's Press Ass'n; president of the local S. P. C. A., Suffragist; Episco- palian, and clerk of the corporation of Christ Church, North Conway for nearly thirty years past. One son, Dr. Nathaniel R. Mason (see next sketch). Residence, North Conway.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert
Physician and surgeon; b., North Conway, N. H.,. April 26, 1876; s. Mahlon Lee and Ellen (McRoberts) Mason (great-great-grandson of Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins of French and Indian and Revolutionary war fame); ed. under his mother's tutelage till nearly ten years of age, Pierce grammar
school, Brookline, Mass., private study in Germany, Bridgton, Me., high school, Phillips Andover Academy; 1893, Yale University, A.B. 1897 (with honors), Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1901; was a summer reporter for the Boston Herald and other papers in boyhood, and a clerk in the Sunset House, his father's hotel, in vacation, while at Yale and Harvard; Episco- palian (vestryman, Christ church, North Conway); Republican; com- menced professional practice in Boston, at "The Marlboro," on Marlboro St., in the fall after graduation; pursued general practice four years, after that specializing in obstetrics and gyne- cology; assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard University Medi- cal School; First Ass't Visiting Sur- geon for Diseases of Women, Boston City Hospital; Ass't Visiting Physi- cian, Boston Lying-in Hospital; has carried out important original inves- tigations in the Laboratory for Surgi- cal Research of Harvard Medical School; frequent contributor to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; member Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Yale, Mass. Medical Soc., Mass. Medi- cal Benevolent Soc., Boston Medical Library, Obstetrical Soc. of Boston, American Medical Ass'n, American College of Surgeons, Ass'n of Military Surgeons of U. S., Union Boat Club; member of the first military instruc- tion camp, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the summer of 1915; received commission as first lieutenant in the Medical Re- serve Corps of the U. S. Army, Oct. 12, 1916; commissioned as captain in the Medical Section of the Officers' Re- serve Corps, Dec. 7, 1917; assigned to active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Jan. 10, 1918, serving as instructor in surgery ; ordered by the War Department to Rockefeller In- stitute, New York, for a further course. in Medical Research; assigned to the Division of Surgery, for foreign service, at Base Hospital Fifty-one; m., Aug. 31, 1911, Eunice Ireland, dau. Rev. Warren Rasselas Ireland, Winchester, Mass .; two children, Charity Adeline,
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b. May 21, 1913; and Mahlon Rasselas, b. April 6, 1915. Office and residence, 483 Beacon St., Boston; summer home, North Conway.
Silver, Ernest Leroy
Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Sept. 29, 1876; s. Clinton Leroy and Paulina Clymelia (Ayer) Silver; ed. Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H., 1894, Dart- mouth College, B.Litt., 1899; super- intendent of schools, Rochester, N. H., 1900-04, Portsmouth, 1905-9; princi- pal, Pinkerton Academy, 1909-11; di- rector, N. H. State Normal School, Plymouth, since 1911; Methodist (trustee, M. E. Church, Plymouth); Progressive Republican; served as president of Strafford and Rockingham County Teachers' Ass'ns, and N. H. State Teachers' Ass'n; many years mem-
ber, N. H. Educational Council; presi- dent, Schoolmasters' Club; director, American Institute of Instruction; member, National Educational Ass'n and National Ass'n of Normal School Presidents; A. F. & A. M., St. Johns'
Lodge, Portsmouth; m., 1889, Hattie May Plummer. Residence, Plymouth, N. H.
Nolin, William Peter
Merchant; postmaster of Claremont; b., Claremont, N. H., April 6, 1875;
s. Pierre and Mary (Gillette) Nolin; ed. public schools of Claremont; en- gaged in the grocery business estab- lished by his father in 1895, and since incorporated as P. Nolin & Sons, doing an extensive business; now president of the corporation, and also president of the Nolin Shoe Co .; Roman Cath- olic; Democrat; appointed postmaster of Claremont by President Wilson; active member of Claremont board of trade and interested in all public im- provements; member, committee on public playground; director, People's National Bank; member and past vice- president, N. H. Retail Grocers Ass'n; member, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Moose, Foresters of America, L'Union Canadienne Francaise, St. Jean Bap- tiste Soc., Naturalization Club; m.
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Laurs N. Courchene, Sept. 16, 1902; children, Francis Harry, b. May 15, 1906; William Esdrase, b. Aug. 25, 1908. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Remick, James Waldron
Lawyer; b., Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 30, 1860; s. Samuel Kelley and Sophia (Cushman) Remick; ed. public schools, Colebrook, N. H. Academy, Michigan University, LL.B., 1882; admitted to the N. H. bar, 1882; commenced prac- tice at Colebrook, remaining for two years, when he formed a partnership with the late Hon. Ossian Ray, with office in Littleton, to which town he removed; later was associated with his brother, the late Gen. Daniel C. Remich, under the firm name of Rem- ich & Remick; appointed U. S. district attorney for New Hampshire by Presi- dent Benjamin Harrison at the age of twenty-eight years, holding the office four years; appointed an associate justice of the N. H. supreme court in 1901, when he removed to Concord; resigned from the bench in 1904, to resume private practice, becoming a member of the firm of Sargent, Remick & Niles, and subsequently being asso- ciated with Henry F. Hollis, present U. S. senator from New Hampshire, under the name of Remick & Hollis, which latter firm was dissolved in 1911, and the firm of Remick & Jackson (Robert Jackson) formed, continuing five years, since when Judge Remick has practiced alone; Unitarian; Inde- pendent Republican; member, Little -. ton board of health, 1887-9; board of education, 1889-1901, the last six years as chairman; member, N. H. and American Bar Ass'ns, Derryfield Club, Manchester, Wonolancet, Beaver Meadow Golf and Snowshoe clubs, Concord; trustee, John H. Pearson fund; m., Dec. 5, 1888, Mary S. Pendle- ton, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Con- cord, N. H.
Remick, Mary Pendleton
(Mrs. James W. Remick); club- woman; b., Bangor, Me., July 31, 1864, dau. Nathan P. and Helen M. (Smith)
Pendleton; ed. private schools, Marl- boro and Southboro, Mass., and Hart- ford, Conn .; secretary, N. H. Confer- ence of Charities and Corrections, 1907 -; trustee and secretary, Pem- broke Sanatorium for Advanced Cases of Tuberculosis; trustee, N. H. Mem- orial Hospital for Women and Children; eight years president, Hospital Asso- ciates, when $6,000 was raised for the Maternity Fund; president, Concord Woman's Club, 1911-13; first vice-
president, Friendly Club; served as chairman of committee on Industrial and Social Conditions and Prison Reform for the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1912-16; first vice- president, N. H. Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1916 -; chairman, Civil Service Reform, N. H. Federation; chairman, legislative committee of N. H. Federa- tion; chairman of garments and surgi- cal dressings under the N. H. Chapter of American Red Cross; member, N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Prison Ass'n, Stratford (Shakespeare) Club, Concord Equal Suffrage League; Unitarian; m.,
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Dec. 5, 1888, Hartford, Conn., Judge James Waldron Remick; lived at Little- ton, N. H., 1888-1902; since then, Con- cord, N. H .; dau., Gladys, b. Littleton, Oct. 31, 1891; ed. Mount Ida School, West Newton, Mass .; m. Jesse Scott Wilson, Sept. 30, 1915.
Emerson, Francis Patten
Physician (specialty, ear, nose and throat since 1898); b., Candia, N. H., June 10, 1862; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie
(Patten) Emerson; desc. Michael Em- erson, Haverhill, Mass., 1634; ed. public schools, Pembroke (N. H.) Acad- emy, private tutor, M.D., Coll. Physi- cians and Surgeons (Columbia Univ.), N. Y. City, 1886; F. A. C. S., assoc. in Laryngology, Harvard Graduate Medi- cal School; instructor in Otology, Har- vard University Medical School; asst. Aural Surgeon, Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1910; member, American Medical Ass'n (chm., section Laryngology and Otol- ogy, 1917), Mass. Med. Soc., Vt. State Medical Soc. (hon.), American Laryn-
gol., Rhinol. and Otolog. Soc., Ameri- can Otolog. Soc., N. E. Otolog. and Laryngol. Soc .; Boston Chamber of Commerce, Harvard Club, Woodland Golf Club, Washington Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Independent Republican; non-sectarian; m., Nov. 16, 1886, Rena P. Colby of Boston; children, Guy C., b. Aug. 22, 1887, Chester, Vt., m., Louise Boyd Brown, Sept. 12, 1916; Margaret, b. May 29, 1894, Boston, m. Donald Ballou Chapman, Dec. 21, 1915. Residence, 124 Longwood Ave., Brookline, Mass. Office, 520 Common- wealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Kingsbury, Edward Newell
Physician; b., Francestown, N. H. Sept. 7, 1853; s. John Langdon and Abigail (Hyde) Kingsbury; of the eighth generation from Joseph Kings- bury, Watertown, Mass., 1632, one of nineteen men granted land by the General Court, 1636, to organize the town of Dedham, Mass .; ed. Frances- town and Colby (New London) acade- mies, Amherst College, 1878, Hahne- mann Medical College, M.D. 1880; practiced in Spencer, Mass., 1880-3, Newton Center, Mass., 1883-5, Woon- socket, R. I., since 1885. Member staff of Woonsocket hospital, 1910-16, member medical board since 1912, chief of staff since 1916; president, Woonsocket District Medical Soc., 1917 -; member, R. I. Homeopathic Medical Soc., Mass. State Homeo- pathic Soc., Mass. Surgical and Gyne- cological Soc., American Institute of Homeopathy, Delta Upsilon, Winne- suket Country Club; m., May 5, 1881, Clara A. Coffin, Newton Center, Mass., dau. D. N. B. and Sarah (Hayward) Coffin; children, Newell Coffin, b. 1882; Mabel Hyde, b. 1884 (Mrs. Thomas G. Wright) and Mary Richards Kings- bury, b. 1886. Residence, Woon- socket, R. I.
Woolson, Augustus A.
Banker; real estate and insurance; b., Lisbon, N. H., June 15, 1835; s. Amos and Hannah D. (Temple) Wool- son; ed. public schools, Kimball Union
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Academy, Meriden and Newbury (Vt.) Seminary; went West at twenty-one years of age, but returned, in a year or two, to Lisbon where he has since been in business; engaged for many years in general mercantile business, as a mem- ber of the firm of Wells & Woolson; later formed a partnership in real estate and insurance, with his nephew, Augus- tus M. Clough, continuing to the present time; "Stand pat" Republican ("having no use for the initiative and referendum, or the primary, not be- lieving in self appointed candidates, ·or two elections in one"); town clerk ·of Lisbon, 1861-2; moderator, 1866 to 1908, except during the years of Demo- cratic ascendency in town, from 1878 to 1886; town treasurer, fourteen years; chairman supervisors of check list, twenty years; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1875 to 1878 (speaker in 1877 and 1878); deputy sheriff, five years; assistant assessor, U. S. Internal Revenue, 1865 to 1873 when the office expired by limitation; delegate in N. H. constitutional con- vention, 1889, 1902; director, Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust Co. (which he was largely instrumental in organ- izing), twenty-eight years and presi- dent of the same, sixteen years; presi- dent of the Lisbon Village Library Ass'n, whose organization he also promoted, for more than thirty years; village commissioner, seven years; principal pension attorney for Lisbon and vicinity since the close of the Civil War. Residence, Lisbon, N. H.
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