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Woolson, Augustus A., p. 202; d. Dec. 15, 1918
HON. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER
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Chandler, William Eaton
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., Con- cord, N. H., Dec. 28, 1835; s. Nathan S. and Mary Ann (Tucker) Chand- ler; ed. public and private schools, Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, N. H., academies, and Harvard Law School, ' LL.B. 1854; admitted to the bar, 1855, commencing practice in Concord; re- porter of N. H. Supreme Court, 1859; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1862-3-4 and 1881 (speaker in 1863-4); member, N. H. constitutional conventions, 1876, 1902; solicitor and judge-advocate-general, U. S. Navy Dept., March 9 to June 17, 1865; first assistant secretary of the treasury, June 17, 1865 to Nov. 30, 1867; ap- pointed solicitor-general of United States, March 31, 1881, but rejected by the Senate; secretary of the navy, 1882-5; inaugurated the "new navy" movement and built four cruisers; organized Greeley relief expedition, 1884; U. S. senator, 1887-1901; presi- dent, Spanish Treaty Claims Commis- sion, 1901-7; Unitarian; Republican; secretary, Republican state committee of New Hampshire, 1858-60; secretary, Republican national committee, 1868 -76; delegate-at-large, Republican na- tional convention, 1876, 1902; leader in movement for erection of a statue of President Franklin Pierce, and mem- ber of the commission which carried out the project in 1914; founder and president of Daniel Webster Birthplace Ass'n; received honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1866, and LL.D. in 1901; con- tributing editor of Concord Monitor and Statesman for more than forty years, and author of many monographs and pamphlets discussing public ques- tions; m., 1st, June 29, 1859, Ann Caroline, dau. Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore,
who d. March 20, 1871; 2d, Dec. 23, 1874, Lucy Lambert, dau. Hon. John P. Hale, who d. Oct. 15, 1915; children, Joseph Gilmore, b. 1860; William Dwight, b. 1863; Lloyd Horwitz, b. 1869; John P. Hale, b. 1885. Address, Concord, N. H .; summer home, Waterloo, N. H.
Pearson, Edward Nathan
Teacher, editor, bank official; b., Boscawen, N. H., Sept. 7, 1859; s.
John Couch and Elizabeth (Colby) Pearson; ed. Kimball Union Academy, Penacook Academy, and Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa, A.B. 1881, A.M. 1883; public school teacher, Washington, D. C., 1881-2; city edi- tor, associate editor, managing editor,
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Concord Evening Monitor, 1882-98; business manager, Republican Press Ass'n, 1892-8; business manager, Rum- ford Printing Co., 1898-9; public printer, 1893-7; N. H. secretary of state, March, 1899 to May, 1915; di- rector and cashier, First National Bank, Concord; director, Peterboro & Hills- boro R. R., Concord Mutual Fire Insurance Co., United Life & Accident Insurance Co., Concord Investment Co., Concord Shoe Factory; Republi- can; Congregationalist; member, Wono- lancet Club, Capital Grange, P. of H .; m., Dec. 6, 1882, Lebanon, N. H., Addie Maria Sargent; children, Edward N. Pearson, Jr., Robert H. Pearson (Dartmouth, 1907), d., John W. Pear- son (Dartmouth, 1911), Mildred (Mrs. Howard A. Morrison. Residence, Concord, N. H.
McDuffee, Willis
Editor and publisher; b., Rochester, N. H., March 15, 1868; s. Franklin and
Mary Frances (Hayes) McDuffee; ed. public schools and Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1890; six months' tour abroad following graduation; editor of the Rochester Courier and president Cour- ier Publishing Co. since Oct., 1891; Republican; representative in N. H. legislature, 1895-6; member, Rochester school board, three years; trustee, Rochester public library, 1899 to date; trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1914-16; director, Rochester National Bank; Congrega- tionalist; Mason, Knight Templar; was one of the originators of the Pro- gressive movement in New Hampshire, but refused to support Roosevelt in 1912, and presided at the meeting of "Taft Progressives" which was largely responsible for the Republican pri- maries going for Taft; personal cam- paign manager for Rolland H. Spauld- ing in his successful campaign for governor in 1914; m., July 22, 1897, Dora Haley; children, Franklin, b. May 2, 1898; Maude Chase, b. June 12, 1901. Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Colby, Frederick Myron
Author and probate attorney; b., Warner, N. H., Dec. 9, 1848; s. Levi O. and Mary (Durrell) Colby; ed. public schools and Colby Academy; com- menced writing in early life, for various publications, including the Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, and other periodicals for the young; author of an interesting series of articles on "His- toric Mansions of New Hampshire"; long time contributor to the Granite Monthly, writing on topics of local, state and general interest; author of various published volumes, including "Pharaoh's Daughter," "Bonnie Lads and Bonnie Lasses," "Kings and Girl Queens," etc .; Liberal; Democrat; member, board of education, 1878- 88; town treasurer, 1885-6, 1895; postmaster of Warner, 1894-9; super- intendent, Simonds Free High School, 1910-15; Democratic candidate for Congress, N. H. second district, 1908; member, Manchester Press Club, Won- olancet Club, Concord; m., 1st, Dec. 25, 1882, H. Maria George of Warner,
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authoress, who d. March 29, 1910; 2d, June 29, 1915, Ella S. Palmer. Resi- dence, Warner, N. H.
Cook, George
Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Nov. 16, 1848; s. Solomon and Susan Ann (Hayes) Cook; ed. Franklin, N. H., Academy, Concord high school, Univer- sity of Vermont Medical College, Dartmouth Medical College, M.D., 1869; practiced at Henniker, N. H., 1869-70; Hillsborough, 1870-5; Concord since 1875; Episcopalian; Republican; superintendent of schools, Hillsborough, 1874; city physician, Concord, 1878- 84; member, N. H. house of represent- atives, 1883-4; inspector, state board of health, 1885; assistant surgeon, N. H. N. G., 1879; surgeon, 1882; medical director, 1884; surgeon-general, 1893-4; U. S. pension examining surgeon, 1889-93; member, staff, Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, since Oct. 20, 1884; president, N. H. medical examining and registration board since 1897; member, N. H. Medical Soc., Center District Medi- cal Soc. (president, 1882), Ass'n. Military Surgeons of U. S., American Medical Ass'n .; major and chief sur- geon, 1st Div., 2d Army Corps, U.S. V. Spanish American War; Mason, Odd Fellow, S. of V., member, N. H. Historical Soc .; grand president, Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity for ten years; vestryman, St. Paul's Epis- copal church, Concord, for thirty years past; member, N. H. Draft Re- gistration Board. Residence, Con- cord, N. H.
Green, Henry Francis
Merchant, banker, manufacturer; b., Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1844; s. Harry and Marilla (Smith) Green; ed. pub- lic schools; engaged for a· time in rail- way service in Vermont and in manu- facturing in Indiana; settled in Little- ton, N. H., in March, 1877; engaged for two years in the grocery trade with Charles Eaton, then entered the service of the Saranac Glove Co., with which he has since continued, except for a
short period, pending reorganization, when he was engaged in lumbering. Since the reorganization he has been vice-president and treasurer of the Saranac Glove Co .; president, Little- ton National Bank, and trustee, Littleton Savings Bank; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; long active in party affairs; selectman, 1892-9; member board of education eleven years; several years general manager, Littleton Water & Light Co .; repre- sentative in the N. H. legislature, 1883
and 1901, serving as chairman com- mittee on appropriations the latter year; six years member, board of commissioners for Grafton County; member, N. H. executive council, 1899-1901; member, constitutional convention, 1902; member, state board of bank commissioners, 1905-11 chairman, board of selectmen, and member, Carnegie Library building committee, 1905; Mason, 32d degree, and Knight Templar; m., June 18, 1872, Jennie Smith, Indianapolis, Ind. Residence, Littleton, N. H.
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Walker, Charles Rumford
Physician and surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 13, 1852; s. Joseph B. and Elizabeth L. (Upham) Walker; de- scendant in the fourth generation from
Rev. Timothy Walker, first minister of Concord; ed. Concord public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1870, Yale University, 1874, Harvard Medical School, 1878, supplemented by ex- tended study in Europe, at Dublin, London, Vienna and Strassburg; com- menced practice in Concord in 1881, where he has continued; member, N. H. Medical Soc. (president in 1899). American Medical Soc .; on staff and consulting staff, Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, Concord, since its foundation; consulting staff N. H. Memorial Hospi- tal for women and children; physician at St. Paul's School, sixteen years; Congregationalist; Republican; mem- ber, Concord board of aldermen, 1892; representative in N. H. legislature from Ward 5, 1894; trustee and member of the investment committee, N. H. Sav- ings Bank; president, board of trustees,
Rolfe & Rumford Asylum; member, board of trustees and treasurer of the Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund; member, Concord water board; member, Wonolancet Club, Snowshoe Club; m., Frances Sheafe, Jan. 18, 1888; children, Sheafe Walker, b. Nov. 16, 1888; Charles R. Walker, Jr., b. July 31, 1893. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Couch, Benjamin Warren
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 19, 1873; s. Benjamin Warren and Susan Cornell (Woodward) Couch; ed. Concord high school, Dartmouth College, 1896, Harvard Law School, 1899; admitted to the bar, June, 1899; entered office of Leach & Stevens; admitted to the firm, Jan. 1, 1901; now member of the firm
of Stevens, Couch & Stevens formed Jan. 1, 1914; Unitarian; Republi- can; member and president, Con- cord city council, 1905-6; member, Concord police commission, 1906- 9; trustee, N. H. State Hospital,
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1907-13; member, N. H. house of representatives and chairman ju- diciary committee, 1911-13-15-17; member, N. H. Board of Control, 1913- 15; chairman, State Board of Trustees, 1917 -; trustee, Merrimack County Sav- ings Bank; treasurer, Concord Gas Light Co .; Mason; member, Wonolan- cet, Passaconaway, Beaver Meadow and Bow Brook clubs; m., Nov. 10, 1900, Gertrude A. Underhill of Con- cord. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Elwell, Rufus Newell
Lumberman, general insurance agent, manufacturer; b., Detroit, Me., Aug. 24, 1862; s. George H. and Han- nah E. (Prentiss) Elwell; ed. common schools and Maine Central Institute; removed with parents to Newton, N. H., when 18 years of age; has re- sided in Exeter for the last thirty years; extensively engaged in lumber- ing in New Hampshire and Maine; manages a general insurance agency (fire and casualty) in Exeter, with over seventy sub-agencies; director of Exeter Co-operative Bank for the last thirty years; director and man- ager, Abbot Downing Co., of Concord; Baptist; Republican; member, staff of Gov. Hiram A. Tuttle, 1891-3, with rank of colonel; U. S. collector of customs at Portsmouth, 1898-1905; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, eight years, taking a prominent part in the work of legislation, both on the floor and in the committee room; speaker, 1905-6; associated with the Odd Fellows, Red Men, Sons of Veterans, Derryfield Club of Man- chester and the American Peace So- ciety; m., March 14, 1888, Mary E. Boswell. They have two children, George W. and Clinton W. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Corning, Charles Robert
Lawyer, author; b., Concord, N. H., Dec. 20, 1855; s. Robert Nesmith and Mary Lougee (Woodman) Corning; ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Ando- ver) Academy, private teachers; studied law with Marshall & Chase and at
Harvard Law School; admitted to the bar March, 1882; Republican, elected to N. H. house of representatives, 1878 and 1883; member, state sen- ate, 1889; assistant attorney, U. S. Department of Justice, 1892-5; mayor of Concord, 1903-9; member, Concord board of education, 1881-2, 1884-7, chairman, 1899-1908; judge of probate for Merrimack county since 1899; trustee, Concord city library, 1887-91; trustee, N. H. state library, 1887-92; trustee, N. H. normal school, 1906-13;
member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Concord, member, N. H. Historical Soc .; author of "Aalesund to Tetuan," a volume based on travels in Europe and of many historical ad- dresses, biographies and monographs; delivered the historical address at the 50th anniversary of the city of Con- cord, Aug. 21, 1905, and the 150th an- niversary celebration of Concord, June 7, 1915; received honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1887. Residence, Concord, N. H.
HON. HOSEA W. PARKER
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Parker, Hosea Washington
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., Lempster, N. H., May 30, 1833; s. Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker; ed. Tubbs Union Academy, Green Mountain Liberal Institute and Tufts College; studied law with Edmund Burke of Newport; admitted to the bar in 1859; commenced practice in Claremont in 1860 and there con- tinued; has been counsel for the town of Claremont for nearly fifty years, and president of the Sullivan County bar since 1905; was tendered a com- plimentary banquet by the bar on his eightieth birthday anniversary; Demo- crat; served many years on town and state committees; represented Lemp- ster in the N. H. house of representa- tives in 1859 and 1860, and presided at the legislative reunion in Concord in 1915; member, U. S. house of representatives, 1871 to 1875, serving on the education and patents commit- tees and largely responsible for the re- fusal of patent extensions resulting in the overthrow of the sewing machine monopoly; Universalist; superinten- dent, Claremont Universalist Sunday school for the last fifty-seven years; twice president of the Universalist gen- eral convention, and president of the state convention for the last twelve years; Mason, Knight Templar, elected Eminent Commander Sullivan Com- mandery in 1869, serving twenty-one years in all; trustee of Tufts College, and for some years president of the board; received honorary degree of A.M., in 1883, and of LL.D. from Tufts in 1912; m., May 30, 1861, Caroline Lovisa Southgate, who d. Sept. 14, 1904; their dau., Lizzie S., b. June 17, 1865 (Smith College, 1888), is the wife of Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D.D., dean of the Tufts College Divinity School. Residence, Claremont, 'N. H.
Murchie, Robert Charles
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud- brightshire, Scotland, Jan. 22, 1885; s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie) Murchie; removed to America in early childhood; ed. Concord high
school and University of Michigan, Law Department, graduating LL.B. in 1909; admitted to the New Hamp- shire bar, June 26, 1909; employed for a time in the office of Henry F. Hollis; subsequently became a mem- ber of the firm of Remick & Hollis; upon dissolution of this firm became a member of the firm of Hollis & Murchie and so continues; Democrat; elected solicitor of Merrimack County
in Nov., 1912; re-elected in 1914; resigned, Jan. 1, 1917, to enter upon his duties as representative from Ward 3, in the N. H. house of rep- resentatives, to which he had been elected in November previous; mem- ber of the house judiciary committee; secretary, N. H. Democratic state committee, since 1912; member, Dem- ocratic national committee for New Hampshire, since June, 1916; spoke extensively for the Democratic party on the stump in. the last three cam- paigns; affiliated with the Elks. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Parker, Hiram
Farmer and merchant; b., Lempster, N. H., July 3, 1830; s. Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker; ed. Lempster
town and high schools; resided on the old homestead and engaged actively in agriculture for many years; served for twelve years or four terms, from 1875 to 1887, as a member of the N. H. board of agriculture for the County of Sullivan; for the last thirty years or more has conducted a general country store at Lempster "Street," the principal village of the town; Universalist; Democrat; has served his town many years as select- man, clerk and moderator, and unani- mously re-elected to the latter office at the last election, at 86 years of age; postmaster at Lempster for twenty-four years, from 1889; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1863-4; dele- gate in N. H. constitutional conven- tion, 1912; leading spirit in celebration of "Old Home Day," which has been observed in Lempster since its institu-
tion in 1899; vice-president, N. H. Old Home Week Ass'n; member, Silver Mountain Grange, P. of H., Lempster; m., Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G. Moore, who d. Dec. 13, 1911; children, Fred C. (N. H. College, 1879), Jennie L. (Mrs. H. F. Olmstead), Carl A. Residence, Lempster, N. H.
Allison, Henry Darracott
Merchant, real estate, postmaster; b., Dublin, N. H., Feb. 2, 1869; s. James and Sarah Jane (Darracott) Allison; ed. public schools, Bryant & Stratton Business College, Boston, 1888; after graduation was em- ployed for a time as bookkeeper and taught penmanship, then entered mer- cantile business in his native town and has since continued; Unitarian; Pro- gressive; representative in N. H. leg- islature in 1913-14, serving as chair- man, committee on public improve-
ments, and member of the committee of five on redistricting the state, also chairman of the Progressive legis- lative caucus; chosen candidate of Pro-
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gressive party for governor in 1914; member and past master, Altemont Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Peterborough, Peterborough Royal Arch Chapter, St. John's Council and Hugh de Payens Commandery, Keene; Pa- quoig Lodge, I. O. O. F., Marlboro; m., Feb. 3, 1891, Florence Gowing Mason; three children, Hildreth M. (Dartmouth College), Elliott S. (Keene high school), Christine. Residence, Dublin, N. H.
Weed, Charles Frederick
Lawyer, banker; b., Claremont, N. H., Oct. 22, 1874; s. Charles Harvey and Hattie Maria (Redfield) Weed; ed. Stevens High School, Claremont, Trin- ity College, Hartford, Ct., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1897, AKE, PBK; Harvard Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1898; practiced law in Boston eighteen years; president, Boston Chamber of Com- merce, 1917; vice-president, First National Bank; vice-chairman, Mass. Committee of Public Safety; member, school committee of Brookline; Re- publican; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 10, 1901, Mary Duncan Walker of Clare- mont; children, Frances Duncan, b. April 13, 1904; Frederick Redfield, b. June 3, 1906; Mary Duncan, b. Sept. 23, 1916. Residence, 30 Griggs Rd., Brookline, Mass .; office, 53 State St., Boston.
Swart, William Dumond
Manufacturer; b., New Kingston, N. Y., July 9, 1856; s. William R. and Eliza (Dumond) Swart; de- scendant on both sides of Dutch an- cestors among the first settlers of New York; grandson of Samuel Swart, a soldier of the War of 1812; ed. pub- lic schools and Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass .; for seven years, from eighteen years of age, in employ of wholesale dry goods houses in New York City; engaged for an equal time in decorative art in Newark, N. J .; traveled two years and, in 1890, lo- cated in Nashua, N. H., where he has since remained; engaged first in retail lumber business with Charles A. Roby,
under name of Roby & Swart. Having purchased the Underhill Edge Tool plant in Nashua, in 1894 the retail business was consolidated with F. D. Cook & Co., the manufacturing and wholesale business being retained and conducted by the Roby & Swart Mfg. Co., Mr. Swart being a director in the former company and director and treasurer of the latter; director and treasurer of the Nashua Building Co.,
of the Nashua Paper Box Co. and the American Box and Lumber Co .; president, Nashua Trust Co., Nashua Development Co., Nashua Country Club ; president, Nashua Board of Trade, 1893-5, 1897-8; Republican; member, Nashua common council, 1893-5, and president the last two years; repre- sentative in N. H. legislature, 1909-10; senator from District 19, 1911-12, and president of the senate; colonel on staff of Gov. Geo. A. Ramsdell, 1877-8; candidate for councilor, receiving a plurality vote, in 1912; councilor, 1917-18; delegate at large to Republican national convention at Chicago, 1916;
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Mason, 32d degree, Knight Templar and Shriner; m., Oct. 7, 1890, Lizzie A., dau. of Luther A. Roby; children, Elizabeth and William Roby. Resi- dence, Nashua, N. H.
Cheney,Harry Morrison
Printer and publisher; b., Newport, N. H., March 8, 1860; s. Elias Hutchins and Susan W. (Youngman) Cheney; ed. Colby Academy, New London, N. H., and Bates College, Lewiston, Me., graduating from former
ship with the Masons (33d degree), Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks; secretary of the Masonic grand bodies of New Hampshire, since Dec., 1909; m., Dec. 19, 1893, Mary E. Vose; children, Esther, b. April 3, 1896; Kathryn, b. April 25, 1897. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Stevens, Henry Webster
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., March 5, 1853; s. Lyman Dewey and Achsah Pollard (French) Stevens, his mother
in 1882 and latter in 1886; engaged in journalism in Lebanon, after leaving college, in the office of the Lebanon Free Press, of which his father was long proprietor, and was himself for a number of years publisher of that paper; Unitarian; Republican, and long active in party affairs; auditor,
state printer's accounts, 1889-90; mem- ber, N. H. house of representatives from Lebanon, 1893, 1895, and speaker in 1903; state senator in 1897-8; mem- ber of council of Gov. Frank W. Rollins, 1899-1900; holds member-
also having been born in Concord in the Countess of Rumford House at the South end of Main St .; ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1875, Boston University Law School, LL.B., 1877; admitted to N. H. bar in 1878 and since in practice of law in Concord, first with his father, Hon. Lyman D. Stev- ens, then with Edward G. Leach until 1900, when Benjamin W. Couch joined the firm; in 1913 Mr. Leach re- tired and in 1914 William Lyman Stevens was admitted, the firm name
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being Stevens, Couch and Stevens; Episcopalian; Republican; city so- licitor, 1885-6; alderman, 1894; mem- ber, house of representatives, 1887; state senator, 1901-2; trustee, city library; president, Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital; trustee, N. H. Historical Soc .; vice-president, Me- chanicks National Bank; president, Merrimack County Savings Bank; clerk, Northern R. R .; director, Board of Trade Building Co .; member, N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Alpha Delta Phi Soc., Wonolancet Club, Concord, N. H., University clubs, Boston and New York; recre- ation, reading and gardening; m., Exeter, N. H., Oct. 27, 1880, Ellen Tuck Nelson, second dau. of William R. Nelson, b. Peekskill, N. Y. Resi- dence, 73 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Cook, Charles Fred
· Educator; b., Sennett, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1866; s. Charles E. and Cyntha A. (Bowen) Cook; ed., Munro Collegiate Institute, 1886, St. Lawrence Uni- versity, Canton, N. Y., 1891; princi- pal, high school, Old Town, Me., 1891-3; sub-principal and principal, Coney high school, Augusta, Me., 1893-6; headmaster, Concord, N. H., high school since 1906; while in Maine served as president of Maine Teachers Ass'n, Maine Schoolmasters' Club, Maine Ass'n of Colleges and Secondary Schools; in New Hampshire, president, N. H. Teachers' Ass'n, N. H. School- masters' Club; N. H. Classical Ass'n; Mason, lodge, chapter, council, com- mandery, Scottish Rite, 32d degree; member, Wonolancet Club; Unitarian; Republican; m., July 12, 1905, Char- lotte Partridge. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Spaulding, William Waldemar
Teacher, manufacturer, banker; b., Lempster, N. H., March 10, 1846; s. William and Emma Eliza (Miner) Spaulding; ed. Green Mountain Lib- eral Institute, South Woodstock, Vt., 1861-2; A.B. Tufts College, 1867, A.M. 1907; for fourteen years a
teacher, in Adams, Boston and Haver- hill, Mass., in which latter city he has continued to reside; for a number of years a member of the school board and served as its chairman; he is a member of the Whittier Club, the local historical society, and for more than forty years has been a member of the Monday Evening Club, a literary association founded in 1860; is one of the senior trustees of Tufts College, serving on the finance committee;
from 1881 to 1910 he was engaged in manufacturing shoes, senior member of W. W. Spaulding & Co., Haverhill, Mass .; for several years director in the Hampton Co., a mercerizing and fin- ishing plant located in Easthampton, Mass .; also interested in cotton manu- facturing from 1892 to 1916, being a director, and for several years vice- president of the West Boylston Mfg. Co., located in the same town; he was, for many years, trustee of the Hale Hospital, of Haverhill, and for several years its treasurer; he is a director of the Citizen's Co-operative
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