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Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot
(Mrs. Arthur S. Wilder); b., Wilton, N. H., April 22, 1862; dau. Harris and Caroline A. (Greeley) Abbot; great- granddaughter of Major Abiel Abbot of Wilton, commissioned officer in Colonial Army, great-grand-niece of Nathan Hale, also of Rev. Abiel Abbot of Peterboro, N. H. (see pp. 139); ed. public schools; Cushing Academy, Ash- burnham, Mass., 1882; Smith College, B.A. 1889; teacher for ten years pre- vious to marriage; principal high school, Brewer, Me. 1889-91; principal high school, Peterboro, N. H., 1891-5; assist- ant, Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, N. H., 1895-6; principal high school, Sterling, Mass., 1896-8; member, Congregational church, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n; active in church and war relief work; m., Aug. 9, 1898, Arthur Silas Wilder; children, Florence
C., b. Aug. 3, 1899; Katharine A., b. Aug. 12, 1901; Frank H., b. April 26, 1903; Edwin A., b. March 13, 1906; Anna Hale, b. Jan. 14, 1909. Resi- dence, Sterling Junction, Mass. [See Dr. Florence Hale Abbot, p. 139; Charles Greely Abbot, p. 149; Stanley Harris Abbot, p. 237.]
Emery (William) Stanley
Clergyman; b., Portsmouth, R. I., May 6, 1858; s. Charles and Susan
Lavinia (Kelly) Emery; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1876; Trinity College, B.A., 1881; General Theologi- cal Sem., New York, B.D., 1884; ordained deacon, 1884; priest, 1887; master, St. Paul's School, 1884-6; in charge, Church of St. John the Baptist, Sanbornville, N. H., 1887-92; vicar, Calvary Chapel, New York, 1892-7; rector, Christ Church, Norwich, Conn., 1897-1900; rector, Trinity Church, Tilton, N. H., and in charge, St. Jude's Mission, Franklin, 1900-1908; vice-rec- tor St. Paul's Church, Concord, N. H., 1908 -. Republican; member, N. H.
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house of representatives from Tilton, 1907-8; member executive committee, N. H. State Conf. Charities and Cor- rections; standing committee, Diocese of New Hampshire, Protestant Epis- copal Church; m., Jan. 18, 1887, Ethel Naunton Julian, St. Andrews, N. B .; four daughters and two sons. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Otis, Edward Osgood
Physician; b., Rye, N. H., Oct. 29, 1848; s. Israel Taintor and Olive
Morgan (Osgood) Otis; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, A.B., 1871, M.D., 1877; commenced practice 1879, in Boston in 1880, specializing in pulmonary diseases, particularly tuber- culosis, and writing and speaking on its prevention; sometime visting phy- sician for Free Home for Consumptives in Boston and connected with various medical institutions; physician to tuber- culosis department, Boston Dispensary ; professor of Pulmonary Diseases and Climatology, Tufts College Medical School since 1901; late visiting and con-
sulting physician, Mass. State Sanato- rium;delegate, Congress of Tuberculosis, London, 1901; International Congress on Tuberculosis, Rome, 1912; member, advisory board, Dennison (settlement) House, Boston; trustee, Exeter, N. H., Cottage Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., Colored School; member, American Climatological Ass'n (president, 1898), American Public Health Ass'n, Na- tional Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, American Ass'n for the Advancement of Science, and many medical societies; ex-president, Boston Ass'n Relief and Control of Tuberculo- sis; cor. member, International Anti- Tuberculosis Ass'n; member, S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars, Harvard Club of Boston; author, 1909; "Tuberculosis- Its Cause, Cure and Prevention," 1914, "Pulmonary Tuberculosis," 1917; and various contributions to medical publi- cations; m., June 4, 1894, Marion Faxon; children, Olive, John F., Edward O., Jr., William F., Brooks. Residence, 381 Beacon St., Boston.
Dunlap, Roger Allen
Clergyman; b., Charlestown, N. H., June 10, 1878; s. George Harlan and Mary Catharine (Folger) Dunlap; ed. public schools, Nelson, N. H., and Rock Island and Stanstead, P. Q., Concord high school, 1896; Dartmouth College, 1900, Hartford (Conn.) Theological Seminary, 1903; Congregationalist; Re- publican; pastor, Paterson, N. J., 1903- 9; Windsor Locks, Conn., 1909-1917; Second Parish Church, Portland, Me., 1918; Chaplain Connecticut house of representatives, 1915; member Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi fra- ternities; m., Nov. 18, 1903, Alice Gates; children, Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1906, Catharine Alice, b. May 15, 1911. Residence, Portland, Me.
Patten, Helen Philbrook
Author; social worker; b., New Bed- ford, Mass., April 21, 1865; dau. of Rev. Nathan Page and Hannah Hill (San- born) Philbrook; ed. Tilton Seminary, 1884, Framingham, (Mass.) Normal School, 1888, Social Service Dept.,
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Simmons College, 1914, Social Service crouse, Boston Univ., 1914; taught in the Misses Patten's School, Middle- town, Conn., 1889, 1891-2; Affordby School, Baltimore, Md., 1890-1; active in social service, Middletown, Conn., Girls Club, 1915; District Worker for South End Settlement House, 1916-7; author "The Year's Festivals" (Dana Estes Co.), 1903; compiler "The Music Lover's Treasury," 1905; compiler "In- timations of Immortality" (Small & Maynard), 1907; contributor of many articles and poems to various news- papers and magazines; m., Sept. 1, 1892, D. Warren Patten, Tilton, N. H. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Husband, Richard Wellington
Professor classical languages, Dart- mouth College; b., Nov. 27, 1869, Mil- ton, Ontario, Canada; s. Richard and Eleanor (Teeple) Husband; ed. Leland Stanford Univ., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1896; Univ. of Toronto, A.B., 1896; Dart- mouth College, A.M., 1915; instructor, Mills College, 1898-9, Stanford Univ., 1899-1900; instructor and professor, Dartmouth College, 1900 -; Episcopal- ian; Republican; office manager N. H. District Board 1917 -; secretary N. H. Committee on Public Safety, 1917; N. H. War Historian, 1917 -; member Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, American Philological Ass'n (execu- tive committee), Simplified Spelling Board (executive committee), Amer- ican Ass'n of University Professors; contributor of many articles on lin- guistic subjects, Roman history, and Roman criminal law in Transactions of the American Philological Ass'n, and in various classical periodicals; author, "The Prosecution of Jesus" (Princeton Univ. Press), 1916; m., June 20, 1901, Helene Borgman; one son, Richard B., b .. Aug. 8, 1904. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Lauder, George Burns
Electrical Engineer; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 28, 1866; s. James Nelson and Eliza Martha (Clark) Lauder; ed. Concord schools, private instruction,
Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1889; with the Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburg, Pa., 1890; Electric Lighting Co., Den- ver, Col., 1891-3; first electrical in- spector, N. H. Board of Underwriters, 1893-8; manager, Concord Electric Co., 1898-1909; consulting engineer, 1909 -. Republican; Episcopalian; life mem- ber, Humanitarian Soc., London, Eng .; member Vivisection Investiga- tion League, New York City; Concord S. P. C. A. (president, 1913-7); Am.
Soc. of Mechan. Engineers, N. H. Soc. Protection of Forests, Am. Soc. for Protection of Forests, Mass. Inst. Tech. Club, N. H. Historical Soc., Concord Charity Organ. Soc., Y. M. C. A., Wonolancet, Beaver Meadow Golf and Snowshoe Clubs; actively connected with Red Cross work, city and state; office manager, N. H. War Savings Com .; with his family has adopted French Orphan, No. 900, in Life's French Orphan Fund; m. Eva Belle Sanborn of Concord, June 17, 1896; children, Mildred, b. April 4,
DAVID E. MURPHY
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1897, St. Mary's School, 1893, B.A., Wellesley College, 1918, at the Vassar Training Camp for Nurses, "The Woman's Plattsburg"; Dorothy, b. Nov. 10, 1901, St. Mary's School, Abbot Academy, 1920. Residence, 26 Franklin Street, Concord, N. H.
Murphy, David Edward
Merchant; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 15, 1859; s. Bartholomew and Mary (McCue) Murphy; ed. Concord public schools; employed as a clerk in the dry goods trade in Concord, at the age of sixteen, continuing for twelve years, when he engaged in business for himself in which he has continued to the present time, developing one of the largest and most popular dry goods de- partment stores in northern New Eng- land, including Nos. 76 to 82 No. Main St .; Catholic; Democrat; many years member, Democratic state committee; Democratic candidate for councilor in District No. 5, in 1916, running largely ahead of his ticket; trustee, N. H. In- dustrial School, 1905-13; member, N. H. Committee of Public Safety ; State Merchant Representative, United States Food Administration; director, First National Bank, Concord; trustee, Union Trust Co .; member, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Wonolancet Club; member, commission having in charge the erection of a statue of President Franklin Pierce, and marshal of the day at dedication of the same; member, Pierce birthplace preservation com- mission; m., April 26, 1905, Katharine Louise Prentis, New York. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wason, Eugene
Physician; b., New Boston, N. H., April 25, 1844; s. Abraham and Sarah T. (Lamson) Wason; ed. public schools of New Boston and Cambridgeport, Mass .; Dartmouth Medical College, M.D., 1872; A.M.(hon.) Norwich University, 1909; practiced medicine in Nashua, N. H., 1869 to 1874; subsequently in Lon- donderry and Hancook; since 1894 in Milford; Episcopalian; Republican; member Knights of Pythias, G. A. R. (N. H. Department Commander, 1918-
19); city physician and member board of health, Nashua, 1872-4; member Milford board of health several years; member N. H. Medical Soc .; N. H. Surgical Club; m., Aug. 13, 1866, Hattie Wilkins, d .; one son, Arthur, b. March 20, 1888. Residence, Milford, N. H.
Metcalf, Henry Clifton
Merchant; b., Lempster, N. H., July 10, 1881; s. Clifton A. and Ma- tilda J. (Scales) Metcalf; ed. public
schools of Alstead; in trade in that town since twenty-one years of age; Universalist; Democrat; town clerk since 1912; trial justice since 1915 (appointed by Gov. Rolland H. Spauld- ing); member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives, 1917-18, serving on rail- road committee and joining in minority report against the reorganization bill; member, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F .; m., July 10, 1906; Mabel M. Hatch, Alstead; children, Alma E., b. May 17, 1907; Clarence W., b. April 13, 1910; Carroll H., b. November 29, 1912. Residence, Alstead, N. H.
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Saltus (Amasa) Wright
Clergyman; b., Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1859; s. Nicholas and Maria Seymour (Sanford) Saltus; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1878, Columbia Law School, law office of Anderson and Man, New York; ad- mitted to the New York bar, 1883, studied divinity with Dr. Henry A. Coit, rector of St. Paul's School; or- dained deacon, 1891, priest, 1893; in charge of St. Mary's church, Penacook,
1893-4; curate of St. Mark's, Orange, N. J., and House of Prayer, Newark, N. J., 1894-8; curate at St. Paul's Chapel, St. Paul's School, and chap- lain of Orphans' Home, 1898-1900; in charge of St. Mary's, Penacook, 1900 -; Republican; Episcopalian; member, Rumford Grange, P. of H., East Con- cord, Fish and Game Club (president, 1914-); chaplain of First Infantry, N. H. National Guard, under Colonel Roby, three years; m., June 6, 1886, Bayonne, N. J., Louisa Smith Pickslay. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Harry James
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., March 2, 1873; s. James B. and Eva M. (Merrill) Brown; ed. Concord (N. H.) high school, 1891, Dartmouth College, 1895, Columbian University Law School (Washington, D. C.), LL.B., 1897, LL.M., 1899; admitted to the bar in 1899, and began practice the same year with Eastman & Hollis in Concord, N. H., continuing with the same till 1903, since when he has been alone; Republi- can; connected with the Department of Agriculture in Washington from 1895 to 1899; member Concord common council, 1905-6; secretary Republican state committee, 1908; in general law practice; served for several sessions past as a legislative attorney for B. & M. Railroad; member A. F. &. A. M. (lodge, chapter, temple, consistory 32d degree and shrine); Wonolancet, Snowshoe and Bow Brook Clubs, Concord; m., Nov. 21, 1907, Mary K. Bride. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Tutherly, Herbert Everett
Soldier; b., Claremont, N. H., April 5, 1848; s. William E. and Lorette C. (Rossiter) Tutherly; ed. Claremont schools, Kimball Union Academy, Mer- iden, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1871; commissioned 2d lieut., U.S. Cavalry, June, 1872; 1st lieut., 1st. Cavalry, April, 1879; captain, Dec., 1890; major, 11th Cavalry, Feb., 1901; lieut .- colonel, 9th Cavalry, July, 1905; retired upon his own application after thirty-eight years service, Oct. 1, 1906; on duty with N. H. Militia by order of the President, 1906-10; brigadier gen- eral and adjutant general of N. H. N. G., 1910-15; saw much active service in Indian Campaigns while in U. S. Army; prof. military science, Univ. of Vt. 1881 -5; Cornell Univ., 1889-92; Univ. of Vt. again, 1893-97; commanded squadron U. S. Cavalry in Cuba during Spanish American war, and recommended for . brevet as major for gallantry at battle of San Juan Hill, July 1 and 2, 1898; Episcopalian; Republican; engaged in agriculture at Claremont since retire- ment; m., May 29, 1878, Mary Maroa
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Cotton of Claremont; one son, George Cotton, d., Chelsea, Vt. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Composer and pianist; b., Henniker, N. H., Sept. 5, 1867; dau. Charles Ab- bott and Clara Imogen (Marcy) Cheney; studied first with her mother, from whom she inherited her musical ability; played difficult music, includ- ing Beethoven and Bach, at seven years of age; at eight years of age was taken to Boston, where she studied with W. L. Whittemore, Ernest Paraho, Junius W. Hill and Carl Baermann; made début as pian- ist; played with the Boston Symphony and Thomas Orchestras; later appeared in many large cities, giving entire pro- grams of her own work. Among her compositions are her "Gaelic Sym- phony," first given in Boston in 1896; a Mass in E-flat, sung at the Handel and Hadyn Soc., Boston, 1892; "Fes- tival Jubilate," for women's voices' súng at the dedication of the women's building, at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; also num- erous cantatas and piano works, and many songs sung by leading singers throughout the country; m., Dec. 2, 1885, Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach, a distinguished physician of Boston, who died June 28, 1910. Residence, 28 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Simonds, Katherine Call
Musician, dramatic soprano, author and composer; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 12, 1865; dau. Joseph L. and Mar- tha Ann (Severance) Call; ed. public schools of Franklin; taught school four years; studied voice culture with Mrs. Gertrude Franklin Salisbury and Miss Clara Munger of Boston; taught vocal music to large classes; has sung in, and directed, many church choirs; sang as soprano in the First Baptist Church, Concord, Franklin St. Congregational Church, Manchester, Pilgrim Church, Nashua, Unitarian Church, Franklin and others; now director and soprano of the Christian Church Choir, Franklin;
has conducted many choruses and done much general musical work; author and composer of many songs several of which have been published by C. W. Thompson & Co., Boston; two Prohibi- tion songs, "The Nation's Going Dry" and "The Land Where Old Glory Waves," words and music by Mrs. Simonds, were recently published by the National W. C. T. U. Publishing House, Evanston, Ill .; her latest and most popular song, "There's a Soldier
Lad in Khaki Over There," written, set to music copyrighted and published this year, has been sung by her to great audiences in many places, including Tremont Temple, Boston, where twice three cheers were given for the song and singer by the vast crowd in attendance; gives entire concert program of her own songs; member of the Christian church; Prohibitionist; Equal Suffra- gist; state secretary Prohibition party; president Franklin Equal Suffrage Club; president Franklin W. C. T. U .; president Merrimack Co. W. C. T. U .; state musical director, W. C. T. U .;
HON. RAYMOND BARTLETT STEVENS
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vice-president Golden Rule Farm Homes Ass'n; Red Cross singer and worker, responding to constant calls for service: delegate to National Prohi- bition Convention, St. Paul, Minn., 1916, where she sang "The Land Where Old Glory Waves"; also to National W. C. T. U. Convention, Washington, 1917, where she sang "New Hampshire Voted Dry," written to celebrate the prohibition victory in this state, to a capacity audience in Poli's theatre; m., Nov. 25, 1885, Arthur B. Simonds, s. of the late John W. Simonds, N. H. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett
Lawyer, Ex-Congressman; b., Bing- hampton, N. Y., June 18, 1874; s. Pliny Bartlett and Lillian (Thompson) Stevens; ed. Harvard Univ. 2 years, class of 1897; Harvard Law School, 3 years, class of 1899; admitted to New Hampshire bar in 1899; in practice of law at Lisbon, N. H., five years then, on account of ill health, engaged in agri- culture in Landaff; Democrat; member N. H. house of representatives from Landaff, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913; chair- man Democratic legislative caucus in 1911, and member of the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees, also of the Special Committee on Railroad Rates to whose work he devoted much attention; elected to the U. S. house of representatives from the Second N. H. District in Nov., 1912, over Frank D. Currier, Republican, but did not take his seat in the house until his work in the state legislature was completed, and declined salary up to that time; mem- ber Committee on Interstate and For- eign Commerce, 63d Congress, and ac- tively instrumental in preparation and enactment of the measure creating and establishing the Federal Trade Com- mission; nominated in the N. H. Demo- cratic primary, in 1914, as the party candidate for U. S. Senator, and ran largely ahead of his ticket but failed of election; special counsel for the Federal Trade Commission, 1915-16; member and vice-chairman U. S. Shipping
Board, 1916 -; appointed American delegate to the Interallied Shipping Council in London, 1918, and now serving in that capacity; m., August 3, 1915, at Landaff, Mrs. Everesta Spink Cunniff; one son. Residence, Landaff, N. H.
Edgerly, Joseph Gardner
Educator; b., Barnstead, N. H., Oct. 12, 1838; s. Samuel Johnson and Eliza (Bickford) Edgerly; ed. Manchester
public schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1867 (Phi Beta Kappa); Congre- gationalist; Republican; taught school five years before entering college; elected superintendent of schools, Man- chester, N. H., the day after gradua- tion from college, serving eight years, 1867-75; superintendent of schools, Fitchburg, Mass., 1875, to 1914; since retired; member American Institute of Instruction, N. E. Ass'n School Super- intendents (ex-pres.); president, N. H. Teachers Ass'n 1874; Hillsborough Co. Teachers Ass'n; Worcester Co. (Mass.) Teachers Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (K. T.); I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., K. of P .; m.,
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April 10, 1877, Mary J. Graves, Groton, Mass .; one child, Louise Graves, b. 1879, d. 1901. Residence, Fitchburg, Mass.
Abbott, Warren
Teacher, farmer, bank messenger; b., Webster, N. H., March 20, 1838; s. Jabez and Eunice (Boody) Abbott; ed. public schools and Elmwood Academy, Boscawen, N. H .; taught school winters from eighteen years of age, and engaged in farming in summer till twenty-six,
when he went to California and was there engaged in teaching for eighteen years, with much success, having re- ceived a life certificate as a teacher after ten years service, and was the nominee of his party for superintendent of schools in Contra Costa county; re- turned to the old homestead in Web- ster and engaged in agriculture in 1882, continuing until about twenty years ago, when he removed to Penacook; Congregationalist; Republican; several years superintendent of schools in
Webster, selectman three years, and member N. H. house of representatives in 1891-2; treasurer of Merrimack county, 1893-4, 1895-6, 1915-16. Pa- tron of Husbandry, and past master and lecturer of Daniel Webster Grange, Webster; also of Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, of which he was a charter member and the first overseer; for the last ten years he has served as bank messenger between Concord and Penacook; m., Oct. 12, 1891, Mrs. Jennie A. Abbott, of Anoka, Minn. Residence Penacook, N. H.
Smith, Jeremiah
Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., July 14, 1837; s. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hale) Smith; A.B., Harvard, 1856; A.M .; 1859; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1883; studied law with Daniel M. Christie and at Har- vard Law School; admitted to the bar in 1861; practiced in Dover, 1861-7; ap- pointed associate justice of the N. H. supreme court in 1867, serving till resignation, on account of ill health, in 1874; partially resumed practice in 1882; appointed Story Professor of Law in the Harvard Law School in 1890, and removed to Cambridge; resigned pro- fessorship in 1910; trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1868-74, 1898-1902. Visitor, Chandler Scientific School, Dartmouth, 1885-92; m., April 5, 1865, Hannah Webster, Dover, N. H., d. Dec. 19, 1904; one son, Jeremiah Smith, Jr., lawyer of Boston, b. Dover, N. H., Jan. 14, 1870; A.B., Harvard, 1892; trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy; now (1918) serving in France as captain in Quarter- masters' Department, U. S. Expedi- tionary Force. Residence, 4 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Brown, Alice
Author; b., Hampton Falls, N. H., Dec. 5, 1887; spent her girlhood on a farm; ed. Robinson Seminary, Exeter, . N. H .; taught school for a few terms, but soon took up writing as a profes- sion, having removed to Boston; en- gaged for several years on staff of Youth's Companion; author, "Fools of Nature" (novel); "Meadow Grass,"
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collection of New England stories; " By Oak and Thorn"-a record of English Days; "Robert Louis Stevenson"-a study in collaboration with Imogen Guiney; "Three Heroines of New Eng- land Romance" (with Harriet Pres- cott Spofford and Imogen Guiney); "Life of Mercy Otis Warren"; "The Road to Castalay" (poems); "Tiverton Tales" (collection of stories); "The Day of His Youth"; "The King's End"; "Margaret Warrener"; "Para- dise"; "High Noon"; "The Manner- ings"; "The Country Road"; "The Court of Love"; "Rose McLeod"; "The Story of Thyrza"; "Country Neighbors"; "John Winterbourne's Family"; "The One Footed Fairy and Other Stories"; "Secret of the Clan," "The Flying Teuton," etc. Residence, 11 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass.
Humphrey, Alice Caroline
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 8, 1874; dau. Stillman and Mary Eliza- beth (Hoag) Humphrey; ed. Concord high school, 1892, Smith College, 1892- 4, Radcliffe College, 1914-5, Bureau of University Travel, 1911, Summer School, Middlebury College, Vt., 1913; teacher of Greek, Latin and Ancient History, St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., 1895 -; Episcopalian; member N. E. Classical Ass'n, N. H. Smith College Club, N. H. Historical Soc., Concord Woman's College Club (direc- tor), Concord Woman's Club (rec. sec., 1918-), Concord Music Club, Outing Club (Camp Weetamoo), Friendly Club, Suffrage League, Daughters of the King, Beaver Meadow Golf Club; author of BUT Sketches, 1912; contrib- utor of poems to Art and Archaeology and American Story Magazine. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Nute, Eugene Pearl
Shoe manufacturer; secretary, N. H. Board of Underwriters; b., Farmington, N. H., June 14, 1852; s. Alonzo and Mary (Pearl) Nute; descendant of James Nute, who came to Portsmouth, N. H., from England in 1631, and sub- sequently settled in Dover; great-
grandson of Jotham Nute, an early set- tler of Milton and a soldier of the Revo- lution, serving throughout the war, whose discharge signed by General Washington is now in his possession; ed. public schools, New London, N. H., and Phillips (Andover) Academies; en- gaged for twenty years in the manu- facture of shoes at Farmington; Con- gregationalist; Republican; member N. H. house of representatives, 1883; appointed U. S. Marshal for the Dis-
trict of New Hampshire, March 4, 1898, resigned, June 30, 1914, to accept the position of secretary of the N. H. Board of Underwriters, which he now holds; member A. F. & A. M., K. of P., Loyal Legion; m., June 4, 1881, Nellie S. Parker of Farmington; children, Stanley Pearl, b. Dec. 9, 1885 (Dart- mouth, 1908), in insurance business in Detroit, Mich .; Harry A., b. March 6, 1891; Molly, b. April 7, 1893, teacher. Residence, Farmington, N. H.
HON. ALVAH WOODBURY SULLOWAY
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Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Manufacturer; railway official; b., Somerville, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838; s. Israel W. and Adaline (Richardson) Sulloway; ed. public schools, Barre (Vt.) Academy, Green Mountain Lib- eral Inst., So. Woodstock, Vt., Canaan Academy; learned hosiery manufac- turing business in his father's mill at Enfield, N. H., operating some of the first machines made by the late Walter Aiken; commenced business in hosiery manufacturing in Franklin with Walter Aiken in 1860, continuing four years; then in company with Frank H. Dan- iell till 1869, after which he operated the Sulloway Mills alone, the same being incorporated Jan., 1888, exten- sive additions and improvements hav- ing been made from time to time till now this is the largest woolen hosiery manufacturing plant in the country, employing 650 operatives and produc- ing 2,000 dozen pairs per day, nearly all at the present time on war orders for the' U. S. government; Unitarian; Democrat till 1896, since Independent; member N. H. house of representatives, 1871, 1872, 1874 and 1875 (chairman committee on manufactures, 1874); N. H. railroad commissioner, 1874; Democratic candidate for Congress in Second N. H. district in 1877, and twice renominated; member first city council of Franklin, continuing several years; member N. H. constitutional convention, 1889, N. H. Senate, 1891; delegate to Democratic national con- vention in 1876, and all subsequent conventions, to and including 1896, and New Hampshire member Demo- cratic Nat'l Com. for same period; director Northern Railroad since 1880, and president since 1885; director B. & M. Railroad for twenty-five years previous to 1916; president Concord & Claremont and Peterboro & Hillsboro Railroads since 1889; director Lake Champlain & St. Johnsbury R. R .; several years director Me. Central R. R .; president and treasurer Sulloway Mills; president Franklin Nat'l Bank since organization in 1879; president Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin Light
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