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ERNEST M. HOPKINS, LL. D.
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to enforce peace; m., June 13, 1883, Harriet K. Swinburne of Newport, R. I .; children, Swinburne, b. April 5, 1884; Virginia Swinburne, b. May 10, 1887; Margaret, b. Jan. 27, 1891; Gardner, b. Feb., 1, 1894. Residence, Chicago, Ill.
Hopkins, Ernest Martin
Educator; president of Dartmouth College; b., Dunbarton, N. H., Nov. 6, 1877; s. Andoniram Judson and Mary (Martin) Hopkins; ed. Wor- cester Academy, Worcester, Mass., 1896, and Dartmouth College, A.B. 1901; secretary to President Tucker, 1901-05; secretary of Dartmouth College, 1905-10; engaged from 1910 to 1916 in different positions having to do with the adjustment of industrial relations; connected with the Western Electric Co., New York; William Filene's Sons Co., Boston, the Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelphia, and the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Co., Boston; elected president of Dartmouth College by the board of trustees in June, 1916, and inaugurated in October of the same year; appointed personal aide to General Goethals on Industrial Relations, February, 1918, and entered immediately upon work in that capacity; Congregationalist; Independent Republican; member, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Ep- silon; received honorary A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1908, Litt.D., Amherst, 1916; LL.D., Colby, 19.16, Rutgers, 1916; m., Feb. 2, 1911, Celia Stone; one daughter, Dorothy Ann, b. May 1, 1917. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
French, Horace
Merchant and postmaster; b., Bed- ford, N. H., Feb. 16, 1837; s. Phineas and Betsey (Foster) French; ed. public schools and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 1861; walked to White River Junction, Vt., at outbreak of the Civil War, and enlisted in the Third Vermont Regiment, May 5, 1861; served four years and three
months, engaged in twenty-two battles; was one year in a Confederate prison, and was mustered out as a captain; located in West Lebanon in 1870, where he has since resided; Con- gregationalist; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1881, and 1917 when eighty years of age; postmaster at West Lebanon, sixteen years; deacon, Congregational Church, over forty years, and still in office; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H., and
local clubs; m., April 4, 1865, Mary E. Gillette of Hartford, Vt. (golden wedding observed in 1915 with over four hundred people attending); chil- dren, Bessie Foster (artist), b. Jan. 1, 1866, d. May 7, 1903; Nathan and Martin (twins), b. Sept. 18, 1867, d. in childhood; Samuel Pingree, b. May 6, 1871 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1893, Har- vard, A.M., 1904); Frederick Reginald, b. Sept. 25, 1872 (Dartmouth, 1896); Robert Horace, b. June 11, 1876, d. in infancy; Ernest Eugene, lawyer, b. May 3, 1878 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1898, Univ. of Cal., L.B., 1904); John Mc-
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Questen, civil engineer, b. April 21, 1897 (Dartmouth, B.S., 1899), d. Aug. 26, 1906. Residence, West Lebanon, N. H.
Stevens, Jabez Howes
Farmer, traveling salesman; b., Newmarket, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. Nathaniel and Elizabeth T. (York)
Stevens; ed. Durham public schools, Franklin Academy, Dover, Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, Manches- ter; Congregationalist; Republican; en- gaged in the hay trade for some years at Durham and has been a traveling salesman for the International Har- vester Co. of America for the last fif- teen years or more; active in public affairs, serving as tax collector, over- seer of the poor, selectman five years (twice chairman of the board), member, N. H. house of representatives in 1895; deputy sheriff for Strafford County, 1895-8, resigning to take the office of Commissioner for Strafford County, to which he had been elected, and to which he was re-elected two years later, serving as clerk of the board; member,
A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E.,' and P. of H., being a past master of Scammell Grange of Durham; m., 1st, Feb. 10, 1879, Ada J. Drew, Strafford, N. H., d. Oct. 24, 1903; 2d, Nov. 2, 1904, Marguriete M. G. Thompson, of Portland, Me .; one daughter, Florence L., b. Oct. 26, 1882, m. March 17, 1902, Walter J. Dunlap, Augusta, Me. Resi- dence, Durham, N. H.
Hayes, Charles Carroll
Real estate and loans; b., New Lon- don, N. H., May 31, 1855; s. John M. and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes; ed. public schools of Manchester, N. H .; Baptist; Democrat; mayor of Manchester, 1913 -14; president, Democratic state con- vention, 1912; trustee, Mechanics Sav-
ings Bank, Manchester; member, A. F. & A. M. (33d degree), Elks, Moose,. Grange, Derryfield, Calumet and Coun- try clubs, Manchester; member, Man- chester chamber of commerce (ex- president and treasurer); president, Rimmon Mfg .. Co .; clerk, Manchester Shoe Mfg. Co .; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1885,
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Belle J. Kennard, d. July 31, 1890; 2d, June 20, 1900, Carrie M. Anderson; children, John Carroll, b. Aug. 7, 1886, now in his country's service in France; Louise Kennard, b. Jan. 16, 1888 (Wellesley 1909), Annie Belle, b. July 31, 1890; Marion, b. June 28, 1902. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chapin, Bela
Printer, farmer, poet; b., Newport, N. H., Feb. 19, 1829; s. Phineas and Lydia (Osgood) Chapin; learned print- er's trade in youth, in office of National Eagle, Claremont, and worked for a time in different offices, then pursued a three years' course of study at Kim- ball Union Academy, Meriden; subse- quently pursued his trade for a number of years in Concord and other places; proprietor of the Dartmouth Press at Hanover from 1866 to 1870; returned to Claremont and bought a farm at the base of Green Mountain, where he continued its cultivation, but spending much time in his library in writing and study, having a fine collection of books and many rare volumes. He has written much meritorious verse which has appeared in different publications; compiled the volume known as the "New Hampshire Poets," published in 1883, embracing selections from 300 poetical writers of which 3,000 copies were sold; m., March 3, 1858, Sarah Clark Melendy. Resi- dence, Claremont, N. H.
Bass, Robert Perkins
Industrial counsellor; ex-Governor of New Hampshire; b., Chicago, Ill., Sept. 1, 1873; s. Perkins and Clara (Foster) Bass; ed. Boston, Mass., schools, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896, Harvard Graduate School, Harvard Law School; in business in Chicago for some time, but has had his residence in Peterborough, N. H., his mother's old home for many years past, where he has been much interested in agriculture and forestry, as well as general public affairs; Progressive Republican; mem- ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1905-6, 1907-8, serving as chairman of the committee on retrenchment and reform in the latter session, and con- ducting a thorough investigation of the various departments of the state gov- ernment; senate, 1909-10; drafted and largely instrumental in the enactment of the present primary law; member, N. H. Forestry Commission, 1906-10 (chairman the last two years); di- rector, American Forestry Ass'n (presi- dent, 1911-12); member of various
clubs; appointed in Oct., 1917, assist- ant and counsellor to Raymond B. Stevens, vice-chairman of the U. S. Shipping Board at Washington, in dealing with labor problems; upon the departure of Mr. Stevens for England in Jan., 1918, as American delegate to the Interallied Shipping Council, was placed in charge of labor matters in- volved in the operation of vessels, serv- ing as chairman of the National Ad- justment Commission. His services to the government are gratuitous, he be- ing one of the so-called "dollar-a-year" men. m., Jan. 20, 1912, Edith Harlan
REV. EDWIN J. AIKEN
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Bird, dau. Charles S. Bird, East Wal- pole, Mass .; three children, Edith, Perkins, Joanne. Residence, Peterbor- ough, N. H.
Aiken, Edwin Joseph
Clergyman; b., Hyde Park, Vt., May 3, 1849; s. Orrin Livingston and Laura (Edmunds) Aiken; ed. schools of New York; merchant from 1870 to 1884; ordained to the Congregational ministry, Oct. 1, 1885; pastor, East Congregational church, Concord, N. H., 1885-92; since then has preached in more than six hundred churches in nine different states; Congregation- alist; Republican; member, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., Central Congrega- tional Club, N. H. Historical Soc., American Bible Soc., National Council of Congregational Churches; elected superintendent of the N. H. Bible Soc., 1892; secretary, 1898 to 1912; treas- urer, 1913, and still superintendent and treasurer; treasurer, N. H. Con- gregational Ministers' and Widows' Fund since 1896; president of the Asso- ciation of New England and N. Y. City Bible Societies, the last ten years; au- thor, "First Hundred Years of the New Hampshire Bible Society"; m. Annah E. Greene, May 20, 1869; one daughter, Julia Mildred, b. Nov. 3, 1871, d. Dec. 13, 1878. After traveling throughout our homeland and the Canadas, in 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Aiken visited Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. During 1900 they again visited England, Belgium, France and Germany, also Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, and several of the smaller provinces of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. During 1903 they visited Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece, Turkey in Europe and Asia, the historic places of Palestine, Egpyt and France. During 1905 they visited the West Indies and South America. In 1907 they again visited Spain, Italy and Egypt, also Arabia, Ceylon, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, China, Japan, Ha- waiian Islands and Mexico. Mr.
Aiken attended the centennial con- ference of missions at Shanghai, was present at the bombardment of the city of Wu-Chang in the valley of the Yangtze Kiang, China, and attended the Students' Christian Federation of the World Conference at Tokyo, Japan. During 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Aiken again visited England, Ireland and Wales. In 1910 Mr. Aiken, being a del- egate to represent the American Bible Society at the World Missionary Con- ference held at Edinburgh, spent several weeks in Scotland, England and Wales. During 1913 Mr. and Mrs. Aiken again sailed for the South Continent, visiting the Republics of Brazil, Uraguay, Argentine and Ven- ezula and made a second cruise of the West Indies and Bahama Islands. He has lectured extensively upon the dif- ferent tours, in connection with Bible Society work. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Gallagher, Edward John
Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 23, 1890; s. James and Julia Martin Gallagher (natives of Ireland); ed. Sacred Heart School, Concord; left school in ninth grade owing to illness which continued three years; engaged in newspaper work since seventeen years of age, mainly on the Patriot, of which he has been the owner since 1910; Catholic; Democrat; trustee Concord public library; member, N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; Major on staff of Gov. Samuel D. Felker; member, Ancient Order of Hibernians (state secretary, 1912-14, state president, 1914-16), also Knights, of Columbus, Elks and other organiza- tions; executive committee, Concord Chapter, American Red Cross; treas- urer, N. H. Patriot Co .; director, Champion Press Ass'n, Newport; m., Jan. 27, 1914, Etta Gates, Loogootee, Ind., daughter of Hon. George W. and Maria (Spalding) Gates, descendants of Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana pioneers and Revolutionary patriots. Mr. Gates is cashier and manager of the First National Bank of Loogootee,
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has been twice mayor of Loogootee, chairman, Democratic state committee of Indiana for several campaigns, and held various important offices in Martin County. Mrs. Gallagher is a grad- uate of Shoals, Ind., high school, and was for a time a teacher; one daughter, Alma, b. Nov. 29, 1917. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Hall, Dwight
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., April 13, 1871; s. Hon. Joshua G. and Susan Eliz- abeth (Bigelow) Hall; ed. Phillips (Andover) Academy, 1890, Dartmouth College, 1894, Boston University School of Law, 1897; admitted to the
bar and immediately commenced prac- tice in Dover, since continuing; Con- gregationalist; Republican; U. S. ref- eree in bankruptcy, 1898-1901; solici- tor, city of Dover, 1899-1901; solici- tor, Strafford County, 1904-10; mayor of Dover, 1910-12; chairman, Repub- lican state committee, 1914-16; chair- man, N. H. Excise Commission, 1916- 18; member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the
American Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, Knights of Pythias; director, Strafford National Bank; trustee, Straf- ford Savings Bank; m., Aug. 16, 1899, Frances C. Smith, Boston, Mass. Res- idence, Dover, N. H.
Pearson, Harlan Colby
Editor; b., Webster, N. H., Nov. 24, 1872; s. John Couch and Elizabeth
(Colby) Pearson; graduate of Dart- mouth (Phi Beta Kappa) 1893; con- nected with the Concord Evening Monitor in an editorial capacity since leaving college; also at various times editor of the Granite Monthly, the National Grange Weekly, the Brown Book and New Hampshire Farms for Summer Homes; secretary to Senator William E. Chandler, 1893-4, and during their respective terms to Gov- ernors Bachelder, McLane, Floyd, Quinby, Spaulding and Keyes; m., Nov. 30, 1896, Laura Prucia Metcalf of Concord; children, Caroline (Rad- cliffe, 1919), Richard M. (Dartmouth, 1920), and John M .; attends the
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Universalist church; votes the Re- publican ticket; member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Residence, 37 South Spring St., Concord, N. H.
Allen, Edwin Morris
Pharmacist; b., East Middlebury, Vt., April 2, 1866; s. Lieut. T. Wilfred
and Emma A. (Farr) Allen; ed. public schools of Keene, N. H., East Middle- bury and Vergennes, Vt., and Colum- bus, O., high school; learned the drug business with John B. Coburn of Canaan and became a registered pharmacist in 1886, while in employ of Dr. George E. Leet who succeeded Mr. Coburn at Canaan; purchased the business of Doctor Leet in 1888, and has continued the same, enlarging and improving it till he now has one of the largest and best equipped establish- ments in this line in the state; Demo- crat; active in party affairs until his appointment as postmaster of Canaan, March 1, 1916, in which office he continues; member, N. H. Pharma- ceutical Ass'n (president, 1908-9);
director, People's Trust Co., Lebanon; president, Canaan-Enfield Electric Co .;: charter member, Mt. Cardigan Lodge, No. 31, K. of P .; member, Indian River Grange, P. of H., Canaan Social Club; m. Roxie L. Davis, Nov. 29, 1888; one daughter, Lena, b. Aug. 9, 1890, wife of Benjamin F. Harrigan of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Resi- dence, Canaan, N. H.
Metcalf, Frank Arthur
Publisher, educator; b., Acworth,. N. H., Dec. 14, 1873; s. Frank M. and. Jennie E. (Mitchell) Metcalf; ed. Kimball Union Academy, 1896, Dart- mouth College, A.B., 1900; member, Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho; m., Aug. 7, 1901, Jennie Louise Bryant,
of Enfield, N. H .; Democrat; registrar, THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL. Springfield, Mass., 1900-1904; presi- dent and managing director, THE HOME. CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL, since 1904; has organized many courses of study and planned and projected many success- ful publications, including THE WRIT-
HON. EDWARD H. WASON
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ER'S LIBRARY; founder and managing editor, The Writer's Monthly. Resi- dence, Springfield, Mass.
Wason, Edward Hills
Lawyer, farmer; b., New Boston, N. H., Sept. 2, 1865; s. George Austin and Clara Louisa (Hills) Wason; ed. public schools, Francestown Academy, N. H. College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, B.S. 1886; studied law with George B. French of Nashua and at the Boston University Law School, graduating LL.B., in 1890, and in practice in Nashua since that date; Congregationalist; Republican; member, Nashua board of education, 1891-5 (president the latter year); city solicitor, 1894-5; solicitor, Hills- borough County, 1902-6; sergeant-at- arms, N. H. senate, 1887-9; asst. clerk, 1891-3; clerk, 1895; president, Nashua common council, 1897-8; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, 1899, 1909, 1913; member, N. H. constitutional convention, 1902, 1912; elected representative from 2d N. H. district in the Congress of the United States for two years from March, 1915 to 1917, Nov., 1914; re- elected Nov., 1916; member, Com- mittee on Agriculture-an appro- priate appointment, as he is greatly interested in agriculture, owning a large farm in the town of Merrimack, where registered Guernseys and other choice lines of stock are raised; has served as president of the New Oak Park Fair Ass'n, and treasurer of the N. H. Fair Ass'n of Nashua, and many years as a trustee of the N. H. College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. He is a 32d degree Mason, Knight of Pythias, Patron of Husbandry and an Elk; president of the Nashua Inst. for Savings and the Nashua Coal & Coke Co., and a member of the Nashua Country Club. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Paul, George Washington
Printer, accountant and probate business; b., Claremont, N. H., Aug. 17, 1850; s. Jeremiah and Betsey (Full-
erton) Paul; ed. Claremont public schools; printer and accountant from 1869 to 1887, since then extensively engaged in probate business, having administered nearly two hundred estates; attends Methodist Church; Democrat; postmaster of Claremont eight years, serving two terms by appointment of President Cleveland; collector of taxes, 1892-3; trustee, Fiske Free Library, 1903-4; water commissioner, 1903; selectman, 1905 to
1911 and 1914 to 1917 (chairman each year), then declining re-election; mem- ber, N. H. house of representatives, 1905-6; delegate to N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; member, board of trustees for the George H. Stowell Trust Estate for erection and maintenance of the Stowell Memorial Hospital at Clare- mont; member, board of trustees of town trust funds; director, People's National Bank; m., April 20, 1876, Mary Ann Robinson, d. July 26, 1917. One daughter, Bessie Irene. Resi- dence, Claremont, N. H.
RUEL W. POOR
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Poor, Ruel Whitcomb
Banker; president, Garfield National Bank, New York; b., New London, N. H., Sept. 29, 1860; s. William Gay and Delina A. (Freeto) Poor; ed. pub- lic schools and Wilton (Me.) Academy; in employ of Page Belting Co., Con- cord, N. H., 1877-81; Littleton Sav- ings and National banks, Littleton, N. H., 1881-8; cashier of the latter, January to November, 1888, when he resigned to go to Garfield National Bank, New York City, in which he be- came assistant cashier in 1891, cashier in 1892 and president in 1902, since continuing. He is also director and president of the Garfield Safe Deposit Co., trustee of West Side Savings Bank, director of the Butterick Co., the Butterick Publishing Co., all of New York City, and of the Ansco Co., Binghampton, N. Y. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York; of Burns Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Littleton, N. H., St. Gerard Commandery, Littleton, and Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M., of New York, (D. D. G. M. 5th Masonic Dis- trict N. H. 1888), of the Sons of the American Revolution, the N. H. Soc. of New York, the Maine Soc., Ameri- can Geographical Soc., Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Union League Club, Bankers' Club, Manhattan Club, New York Athletic Club and the Masonic Club; Episcopalian Republican; m., Oct. 18, 1884, Ida M. Sawyer of Wil- ton, Me .; children, Helen Hilda, b. June 25, 1899; Ruella, b., July 17, 1905. Residence, 320 West 101st St., N. Y. City; business address, 200 Fifth Ave.
Melendy, Jesse George
Chemist, chemical plant executive; b., Milford, N. H., Sept. 30, 1877; s. George Lorenzo and Adelaide Esther (Burpee) Melendy; ed. public schools, New London, N. H., Colby Academy, New London, 1897, Brown Univ., B.Ph., 1901; active in undergraduate foot- ball and track athletics; taught in St. George's School, Newport, R. I., 1901-
2; since 1902 with General Chemical Co., 25 Broad St., New York, starting as analyst, becoming investigator; then assistant superintendent, Camden, N.J. works, 1904-8; assistant superintendent Bayonne, N. J., works, 1908-10; superintendent, Cleveland, O., works, 1910-13 ; superintendent, Buffalo, N. Y., works, 1913-17; superintendent Delaware works, near Wilmington, 1917 -; Republican; Unitarian; mem- ber, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, University Club,
Buffalo, N. Y .; vice-president, Buffalo, Eng. Soc., 1915-17; vice-president, Western New York Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1914-16, president, 1916- 17; member executive committee, Cleveland Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1912-13; executive committee, Buffalo Section, A. S. M. E., 1916-17; parish council, First Unitarian church, Buffalo, 1916-17; vice-president, Dela- ware Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1918- member, Visiting (advisory) Com- mittee in Chemistry, Brown Univ .;
DR. BENJAMIN F. BAILEY
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m., April 20, 1904, Jessie May Cofran, Boston, Mass .; child, Adelaide Burpee, b. June 28, 1906. Residence, Wilming- ton, Del.
Bailey, Benjamin Franklin
Physician; president of the Dr. Benj. F. Bailey Sanitorium, Lincoln, Neb .; b., Littleton, N H., June 22, 1860; s. William and Marriete Andress (Barnes) Bailey; ed. schools of Little- ton and Claremont, N. H., Boston, Mass., and Hahnemann Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881; prac- ticed medicine in Wareham, Mass., from March, 1881 to March, 1882, and in Manchester, N. H., from March, 1882 to June, 1886, when he went west on account of ill health; in September following he located at Lincoln, Neb., where he was in practice until he opened his sanitorium in July, 1901, which he has since conducted; Con- gregationalist; Republican; member, Nebraska State Board of Health, and president of the same for ten years; president, American Institute of Home- opathy; president, Missouri Valley Homeopathic Ass'n; president, Ne- braska State Homeopathic Soc .; presi- dent, American Institute of Drug Proving; member, American Medical Ass'n, American Endocrinology Soc., American Ass'n for Advancement of Science, American Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, and many others; member, Sons of the American Revo- lution, and Rotary, Commercial and Country clubs (director of former); m., Feb. 8, 1882, Minnie F. Bryant, Wareham, Mass. Residence, Green Gables, Lincoln, Neb.
Russell, Frank Webster
Soldier, merchant (retired); b., Plymouth, N. H., June 22, 1847; s. William Wallace and . Clara Jane (Smith) Russell; ed. Miss Gilmore's private school, Concord, N. H., Phil- lips (Andover) Academy, Boston Latin School, Detroit, Mich., high school, New Haven Commercial Institute,
New Haven, Conn., U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1868; commis- sioned 2d lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, serving in the South and West till 1872, when he resigned, returned to Plymouth and engaged in general mercantile business in the firm estab- lished by his grandfather, Moor Rus- sell, in 1798, continuing till retire- ment in 1911; served in the N. H. National Guard as captain and aide on staff of Brig. Gen. D. M. White, 1884; ass't, inspector general, 1885-9; captain, Co. G, 3d N. H. Infantry, May 3, 1898; mustered into U. S. service, May 11, and promoted major, 1st N. H. Infantry, July 2, 1898; mus- tered out, Oct. 3, 1898; continued in state service as major, 3d Infantry; on reorganization made major, 2d Infantry, March 7, 1899, continuing till expiration of commission in 1905, then declining further service; Con- gregationalist; Republican; member, Plymouth town history committee; N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; N. H. Soc. S. A. R., Military Order Foreign Wars, American Legion, Ass'n Graduates U. S. Mil. Acad., A. F. & A. M., 32d degree and K. T .; m., Oct. 1, 1873, Louisa Webster Hale, d. May 6, 1905; children, Clara Louise, died in infancy; William Wallace, b. May 22, 1876 (Plymouth high school, 1891, Holderness School, 1893), treasurer National Life Ins. Co., Montpelier, Vt .; George Moor, b. April 28, 1878 (U. S. Military Acad., 1901), major, field artillery, in National Army in service in France; Susan Carleton, b. Oct. 31, 1879 (N. H. Normal School, 1898, Vassar College, 1904); teacher, now living with her father; Walter Hall, b. May 21, 1882 (Dartmouth, 1904, Mich. Univ. Law School, 1906), of the Russell Lumber Co., Port Arthur, Ont .; Louis Webster, b. March 22, 1885. (Dartmouth, 1906), with Alexander Hamilton Inst., of New York, located at Akron, O .; Frank Henry, b. June 18, 1887, d. May 2, 1904; Mary Louise, died in infancy. Residence, Plymouth, N. H.
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Jameson, John Butler
Mining, insurance, manufacturing and general business; s. Nathan Cleaves and Idabel (Butler) Jameson; ed. public schools and college of the City of New York; Presbyterian; Democrat; chairman, N. H. Demo- cratic state committee, 1906-12, and active in the management of party affairs; delegate to Democratic na- tional convention, Kansas City, 1900; chairman, N. H. Committee on Public Safety, 1917-18, taking an active part in organizing the state for work in sup- port of the national government in the prosecution of the war against German aggression; treasurer, United Life and Accident Ins. Co., Concord; director, First National Bank, Con- cord; officer and director in various other corporations; interested in vari- ous business enterprises in New Hamp- shire, Missouri and Oklahoma; received honorary degree of Doctor of Science from N. H. State College, May 1, 1918; m., Nov. 19, 1913, Marion Dudley Eidlitz, New York City; children, John Butler, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1915; Robert Dudley, b. Jan. 30, 1916; Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1917. Residence, Antrim, N. H .; business address, Concord, N. H.
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