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& Power Co., Acme Machine & Needle Co .; trustee Amoskeag M'f'g Co .; director Monadnock Mills, Andros- coggin Pulp Co., Concord Axle Co .; trustee Franklin Hospital, N. H. Or- phans Home; member A. F. &. A. M. (lodge and chapter), P. of H .; m., June 5, 1866, Susan R. Daniell; children, Alice M., b. Aug. 5, 1871 (Mrs. Fred L. Thompson, Bellows Falls, Vt.); Rich- ard W., b. Feb., 1876; Frank J., b. Dec. 11, 1883. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Theriault, Marcel
Lawyer; b., St. Jacques, N. B., Nov. 22, 1885; s. Adolph and Hermine
(Plourde) Theriault; ed. Nashua, N. H., public schools, Boston Univ. Law School, 1914; Catholic; Republican; member N. H. senate, 1917-8 (chair- man committee on Judiciary); State Board Trustees of State Institutions, 1917 -; member Republican state com- mittee; Secretary Hillsborough Co., Republican Club; Gamma Eta Gamma law fraternity; president Montcalm Associates; partner in Nashua Steam
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Press and Boiler Works; m., May 6, 1906, Anita Jodoin, d. Jan. 16, 1913; children, George French, b. April 19, 1911; Albert Marcel, b. Dec. 17, 1912. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Foss, George Ernest
Educator; commercial secretary; s. Horace Malvin and Abbie Hannah (Green) Foss; b. Pittsfield, N. H., March 10, 1873; ed. Pittsfield high school, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1897. Born
on a farm; traveled three miles each way to attend high school; on graduation from college became principal of Pitts- field grammar school for one year; principal, Meredith (N. H.) high school, one year; principal, Dover N. H., grammar schools, two years; principal, grammar school, Springfield, Mass., thirteen years; in latter position made special contribution to method of school organization by introducing the flexible system of grading, whereby a program is made to suit the needs of each student who is allowed to take
work in each subject at the point where he is ready to work, without regard to so-called grades, and to move in each subject as rapidly as progress is earned, regardless of progress in other subjects; which is merely the application of the old district school system to a large graded city school, and is apparently, the first such application made in the United States; it shortens the time that many a pupil would otherwise spend in public schools, and brings him earlier through high school, college and into his life work; Congregationalist; Independent, Republican; became sec- retary Springfield, Mass., chamber of commerce in May, 1914, and continues; work in this field received recognition by appointment as director of the National Ass'n of Commercial Organ- ization Secretaries, Sept., 1917. Mem- ber A. F. &. A. M., Educational Club, Nayasset Club, Reality Club; m., June 28, 1899, Martha Longfellow Brown; one son, b. May 21, 1903. Residence, Springfield, Mass.
Brown, Alice Van Vechten
Teacher of Art; b., Hanover, N. H .; dau. Rev. Samuel G. and Sarah (Van Vechten) Brown; ed., private schools and tutors; Art Students League of New York (four years) and with vari- ous studios and artists; traveled and studied abroad. Assistant director and director Norwich Art School, Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; professor of Art, Wellesley College since 1897; member Archeological Institute of America and other art associations. Residence, Wellesley College, Welles- ley, Mass.
Edgerly, John Albert
Farmer, lumber dealer and summer boarding; b., Tuftonborough, N. H., Sept. 11, 1856; s. Charles G. and Mary E. (Doe) Edgerly; ed. common schools and Tuftonborough and Wolfeboro Academy; member 2d Christian Church of Tuftonborough; fifteen years super- intendent of Sunday School; president, Rockingham Christian Conference two years; Carroll Co. S. S. Ass'n, two
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years; Republican; member school board five years; selectman five years; moderator twelve years; present town treasurer; member N. H. house of representatives, 1903, voting against the repeal of the Prohibitory law, hav-
ing always been a strong temperance advocate (chairman State College committee); member N. H. senate, 1909-10, voting for the Preston amend- ment; Patron of Husbandry, having been lecturer, overseer and master of Tuftonborough Grange, also of Carroll Co. Pomona Grange, and district and
Pomona deputy of the State Grange; m., Dec. 25, 1880, May C. Blake, d. Jan .- 8, 1917; one son, Edwin B. Edgerly, b. March 24, 1884; m. Oct. 14, 1914, Caroline L. Crossman; their son, John Irving, b. July 27, 1915. . Residence, Tuftonborough, N. H., Mirror Lake P. O.
Shurtleff, Merrill
Lawyer, b., Colebrook, N. H., March 10, 1876; s. William H. and Mary J.
(Merrill) Shurtleff; ed. public schools, Holderness school, 1887-8, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1892; read law in office of Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Lan- caster; admitted to the bar in 1896, and continued with the firm, in prac- tice (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris & Oakes); Episcopalian; Republican; N. H. Fish and Game Commissioner, 1902-8; ex-judge Lancaster Police Court; U. S. Commissioner for New Hampshire; member A. F. & A. M., Lancaster Club; m., June 14, 1897, Emilie Porter, Lancaster; children, William Porter, b. April 29, 1898; Merrill, Jr., June 11, 1902. Residence, Lancaster, N. H.
Demond, Fred Clarence
Lawyer; b., Freeport, Me., Nov. 13, 1875; s. George Nelson and Mary Eme-
line (Field) Demond; ed. common and high schools, Freeport, Me .; studied law with Streeter, Walker & Hollis Con- cord, N. H .; admitted to the bar March, 1899, and has since been in practice in Concord, associated with the firm with
ELISHA RHODES BROWN
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which he studied, and its successors, the firm name now being Streeter, De- mond, Woodworth & Sulloway; Uni- tarian; Republican; member, Concord common council, 1903-4; board of alder- men, 1905-6; Concord City charter revision committee, 1908; member state board of bar examiners since 1913; N. H. constitutional convention, 1918 (member committee on Judiciary de- partment); clerk Page Belting Co .; member N. H. Bar Ass'n; American Bar Ass'n; N. H. Historical Soc .; Wonolancet, Snow Shoe and Passa- conoway Clubs, Concord; m., Jan. 16, 1906, Mary Peabody Adams, Gorham, N. H. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Elisha Rhodes
Banker; b., Providence, R. I., March 28, 1847; s. Colville Dana and Mary Eliza (Rhodes) Brown; descendant on the paternal side of Rev. Chad Brown, first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence, and the first Baptist Church in America; and, on the maternal side, of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island; removed with his par- ents to Dover, N. H., in 1850; educated in the Dover public schools and by careful reading continued through life, he having secured a large and well se- lected library; served four years. as a mercantile clerk, and on Dec. 10, 1867, entered the Strafford National Bank of Dover as a teller, continuing with that institution to the present time, having been made cashier, Jan. 1, 1876, a director, Jan. 12, 1886, vice- president, June 30, 1890 and president, April 26, 1897, which position he still holds, as, also, that of president of the Strafford Savings Bank, of which he was one of the incorporators, March 25, 1876; a trustee March 31, 1883, vice- president, March 24, 1890, and became president, Oct. 21, 1891. His fiftieth anniversary, or the golden jubilee of his service as a banker was duly ob- served last December. Congregation- alist, member First Church in Dover, and deacon since 1885; Republican; appointed by Gov. Charles H. Sawyer, Commissioner for New Hampshire to
attend the celebration of the Centennial of the inauguration of George Wash- ington as President of the United States, Feb. 5, 1889; delegate from Ward Four, Dover, in N. H. constitu- tional convention, 1912; trustee, Dover Public Library; for some years trustee of Franklin Academy, and president of the board; trustee Wentworth Home for the Aged and president since 1908; member, official board, Dover Chil- dren's Home; trustee Pine Hill Ceme- tery; member N. H. Soc. Sons of the American Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars (Governor 1900-1901), Knight Templar and 32d degree Mason, I. O. O. F., N. H. Historical Soc., Dover Historical Soc., National Con- servation Ass'n, National Audubon Soc., National Geographic Soc., Amer- ican Forestry Soc., N. E. Historic- Genealogical Soc., American Civic Alli- ance, N. H. Peace Soc., N. H. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (vice- president), and the Bellamy Club of Dover; m., Oct. 18, 1870, Frances Bickford of Dover; children, (1) Al- phonso Bickford, b. Jan. 23, 1872, (Yale, 1894, Harvard Med., 1897), d. Oct. 17, 1906; (2) Harold Winthrop, b. Nov. 8, 1875 (Harvard, 1897), treas- urer Strafford Savings Bank; (3, 4) Raymond Gould, Philip Carter, b. Aug. 27, 1885-Philip graduated from Harvard in 1906 and Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1908; Raymond, Harvard, 1907 and from the Law School in 1910, and is in practice in New York, while Philip is in business in Dover. Resi- dence, Dover, N. H.
Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin
(Mrs. William A. Adams); b., Thornton's Ferry, N. H., Nov. 24, 1874; dau., George Byron and Sarah Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. Mc- Gaw Normal Institute, Reed's Ferry, N. H., Wellesley College, B.A., 1898; Congregationalist; Woman suffragist; teacher for two years after graduation, English department, St. Margaret's School, Buffalo, N. Y .; m., Dec. 26, 1904, William A. Adams (Harvard, '98); children, William Byron, Mary
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Griffin, d .; treasurer Ladies Aid Soc., Congregational church, Brookfield, Ill .; member and officer of Brookfield Woman's Club; chairman Library Com .; member Woman's Club. Resi- dence, Brookfield, Ill.
Niles, William Porter
Clergyman; b., Warehouse Point, Conn., Nov. 29, 1869; s. William
Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles, his father having been for more than forty years bishop of the P. E. Dio- cese of N. H .; ed. Holderness school, Ply- mouth, N. H., St. Paul's school, Con- cord, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., B.A., 1893, M.A., 1896, General Theo- logical Seminary, New York, Oxford University, England; Episcopalian; Republican; taught at Holderness
School, Plymouth, 1893-6; ordained deacon, 1899, priest, 1900; priest in charge of St. James church, Laconia, N. H., 1899-1902; rector, Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua, since 1902; deputy to General Convention of Prot- estant Episcopal church, 1907, 1910,
1913 and 1916; member board of man- agers of Diocesan Missions; trustee St. Mary's school, Concord; secretary Convocation; Knight Templar and 32d degree Mason; member Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Nashua Country Club; m., April 30, 1903, Serena Gertrude San- ders, Laconia, N. H .; children, Serena Olmsted, b. Jan. 16, 1904; William Woodruff, b. Oct. 7, 1905; George Sanders, b. Nov. 18, 1908. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Manufacturer and dealer in lumber; b., New Boston, N. H., Jan. 8, 1876; s. George and Lydia Shaw (McNeil) Langdell; ed. public schools, New Bos- ton, and Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, Manchester; Baptist; Repub- lican; resided on the old homestead in New Boston, which he had purchased; having gone into the lumber business, and the same increasing, he left the farm and removed to Goffstown village in 1906; and in 1913 removed to Man- chester, where in 1918 he organized the
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Langdell Lumber Co., with a capital of $250,000, which is doing a business not surpassed in extent in Southern New Hampshire, the offices occupying the entire front of the 8th floor of the Amoskeag Bank building. In New Boston served as selectman, and as superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school; has also served as superintend- ent of the First Baptist S. S. in Man- chester; member and past master of Joe English Grange, New Boston; president and treasurer of Langdell Lumber Co .; m., June 6, 1900, Annie L. Anderson; children, Merritt R., b. Aug. 24, 1904; Ralph E., b. June 17, 1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Averill, Elisabeth
Educator, b., Boston, Mass., March 31, 1861; dau. John Prescott and Abby (Foss) Averill. (Mr. J. P. Averill graduated from Dartmouth in 1842 and for many years was a teacher in Boston.) Miss Averill graduated from the Melrose (Mass.) high school, 1880, and studied four years in France and Germany till Dec., 1885; taught in private schools, Atlanta, Ga., and Nashville, Tenn., 1885-91; head of department of modern languages, Concord (N. H.) high school, 1891 -; member South Congregational church, State Educational Council for many years, N. E. Modern Language Ass'n (Boston group), N. H. State Teachers's Ass'n, Merrimack Valley Teachers' Ass'n, Concord Teachers' Ass'n, Concord Woman's Club (serving on various committees), N. H. Female Cent Union, Concord Female Chari- table Soc. (founded 1812), Red Cross; has often spoken before clubs in the South and in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Hardy, Willis Chenery
Commercial traveler and farmer; b., West Cambridge (now Arlington), Mass., Nov. 11, 1851; s. Solon and Martha (Chenery) Hardy; removed to Hollis, N. H., in 1867; educated in public and high schools, West Cam-
bridge and Hollis; Congregationalist; Republican; trustee town funds; mem- ber N. H. house of representatives, 1909-10, serving on committee on Agri- culture; N. H. senate, 1917-18, serving on committees on Judiciary, Agricul- ture, Elections, and as chairman of Committee on Education; member of the Grange, Sons of the American Revolution, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the White Mountain, Cape Cod, National and United Com-
mercial Travelers Associations; m., Nov. 2, 1898, Lymena Thompson, Boston, Mass .; one son, Donald T., now in school. Residence, Hollis, N. H., Nashua, R. F. D.
Stevens, Roland Eugene
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H. Nov. 24, 1868; s. Frederick L. and Mary E. (Kimball) Stevens; ed. St. Johnsbury. Vt., Academy, Dartmouth College, AB., 1895; assistant instruc- tor in psychology, Dartmouth, 1895-6; principal Hanover (N. H.) high school,
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GEORGE MORRILL KIMBALL, M.D.
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1896-7; studied law with Ex-Gov. S. E. Pingree, Hartford, Vt., and at New York Law School, completing course in 1900; admitted to Vermont bar and commenced practice that year at White River Junction, Vt .; Congregationalist; Republican; president Hartford Me- morial Ass'n; incorporator Mary Hitch- cock Hospital, Hanover, N. H .; con- nected with various corporations, I. O. O. F., Dartmouth Club, Boston, Mass., Graduates Club, Hanover, N. H .; m., Nov. 7, 1900, Annie L. Morris, Hart- ford, Vt .; four sons, Robert M., Philip R., Roland E., Jr., and Paul. Resi- dence, Hartford, Vt .; office, White River Jet., Vt.
Kimball, George Morrill
Physician till 1898, later in business; b., Dardanelle, Ark., June 27, 1855; s. Samuel Sparhawk and Hannah L. (Ma- son) Kimball; ed. public and private schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy 1875, Yale College, A.B., 1879, Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1884, house pupil Mass. Gen. Hospital, July, 1883 to Feb., 1885, Boston Lying-in Hospital, April, 1885 to Aug., 1885 inclusive; practiced medicine in Concord thirteen years; Congregationalist; Republican; member Concord Board of Education, 1901-10; member Concord board of aldermen, 1909-10; trustee N. H. Sav- ings Bank, president since 1917; presi- dent Boscawen Mills; president and treasurer, Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Vice-president N. H. Spinning Mills (Penacook); director Concord & Montreal R. R., Eagle & Phenix Hotel Co., Abbot & Downing Co., Page Belt- ing Co., Mechanicks Nat'l Bank; mem- ber Shareholders Committee of the N. E. Co .; life member N. H. Historical Soc .; trustee N. H. State Hospital sev- eral years, also assistant surgeon Mar- garet Pillsbury Gen. Hospital; surgeon general on staff of Gov. Charles M. Floyd two years, also subsequently on staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby; mem- ber N. H. Medical Soc., Merrimack Co. Med. Soc., Union Club (Boston), Army and Navy Club (New York), Wono- lancet Club, Concord; m. Oct. 14, 1886,
Annie Louise Gage, Boston, Mass .; chil- dren. Robert Gage, b. April 15, 1888, m. June, 1916, Natalie Allen, Paw- tucket, R. I .; Louise Mason, b. June 2, 1896 (Abbot Academy, 1916). Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Cobleigh, Marshall Day
Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Dec. 17, 1864; s. Ashbel W. and Hannah (Montgomery) Cobleigh; ed. public schools of Littleton; studied law with
Harry L. Heald and Hon. James W. Remick at Littleton; admitted to the bar at Concord, March 17, 1899; prac- ticed in Littleton till April 30, 1900, when he removed to Lebanon, continu- ing till Dec. 1, 1911; then removing to Nashua, where he continues, being senior member of the firm of Cobleigh & Theriault. Congregationalist; Re- publican; supervisor, Littleton, 1895- 99; special justice, Littleton police court, 1899-1900; solicitor Grafton county, 1903-9; member N. H. con- stitutional convention from Ward 1,
MISS MARTHA SMITH KIMBALL
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Nashua, 1918; member P. of H., K. of P., and the Langdon Club of Leb- anon; m., April 29, 1890, Alice J. Al- drich; children, Gerald F., b. Dec. 19, 1883 (Dartmouth, 1915, admitted to the bar June, 1917); Neal W., b. June 9, 1901. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Kimball, Martha Smith
Club-woman and social service worker; b., Portsmouth, N. H .; dau. Edward Payson and Martha Jane (Thompson) Kimball; ed. Portsmouth public schools, Smith College, 1892; Congregationalist; Equal Suffragist; president, N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, since 1913; incorporator, Portsmouth Historical Soc .; trustee, Portsmouth Public Library, 1915 -; member, Graffort (Woman's) Club, Equal Suf- frage League, Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary, Country Club, Civic Ass'n, Ports- mouth; vice-president, Woman's Re- alty Co .; director, Army and Navy Ass'n; Guardian of Sagamore Camp Fire and Leader of Portsmouth Guard- ians; member of County Guardians; director, League of Women Workers; N. H. member, Legislative Committee, National League for Women Workers; member, N. H. Smith College Club, Portsmouth College Club, Smith Alumnae Ass'n, College Club of Boston, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Students' Aid Soc., N. H. Conference of Charities and Corrections, Auto- mobile Ass'n of America; chairman, Portsmouth district, Woman's Com- mittee, Council of National Defense. Residence, Portsmouth and Wilmot, N. H.
Drake, Nathaniel Seavey
Shoe manufacturer, real estate and agriculture; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept. 16, 1851; s. Col. James and Betsey (Seavey) Drake; grandson of Major James Drake, one of the earliest set- tlers of Pittsfield, and a member of its first board of selectmen, in 1782; ed. Pittsfield public schools and Academy; engaged in shoe manufacturing, 1880- 1902; since then in real estate and farm- ing; Episcopalian; Democrat; member
N." H. house of representatives 1911; senate, 1915; delegate in N. H. consti- tutional convention, 1912; many years town treasurer, moderator, auditor, tree warden and member of school board; director and clerk, Pittsfield Aqueduct Co .; director and clerk, Pittsfield Gas Co .; member Ex. Com. N. H. Old Home Week Ass'n; vice-president Merrimack Co. Farmers Ass'n; delegate to Na- tional Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1911; with sister, Mrs. Georgia B.
Carpenter, joint donor of Drake Ath- letic Field to town of Pittsfield, 1917; member Catamount Grange, P. of H .; m., March 17, 1873, Mary A. R. Green; children, James Frank, b. Sept. 1, 1880; Dartmouth, 1902; Major Ordnance Re- serve Corps, U. S. A. (see page 94); Agnes, b. April 2, 1883, Lasell Sem., 1903. Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
Nims, Harry Dwight
Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., Jan. 9, 1875; s. Marshall W. and Ella M. (Goodnow) Nims; ed. Concord public
MAJ. WILLIAM H. TRICKEY
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schools, high school, 1894; Williams College, 1898; honorary, A.M., 1915; studied law, and in practice of same in New York city since 1900; Dutch Re- form Congregationalist; Republican; counsel for U. S. Fuel Administration, Aug., 1917 to May, 1918; member A. F. & A. M., Bar Ass'n, of New York City, University Club, St. Andrews Golf Club; author legal treatise on "Law of Unfair Competition," and various magazine articles; m., Jan. 8, 1907, Emma Collier Grant; children, Marshall Grant Nims, William Grant Nims. Residence, Bronxville, N. Y.
Trickey, William Henry
Clergyman; b., Exeter, Me., Jan. 22, 1841; s. William and Abigail (Nudd) Trickey; ed. public schools of Wolfe- boro, N. H., to which town he removed in 1856; enlisted as a private in 3d N. H. Vols., July 29, 1861; promoted through each rank to that of major in same regiment; commanded his com- pany in assault on Ft. Wagner, and his regiment in the notable assault on Ft. Fisher; four times wounded during the war and mustered out Aug. 2, 1865; Universalist; Republican; re- moved to Dover, N. H., in 1867, and was employed in the manufacture of shoes; member Dover City Council, 1870-1, and served same years in N. H. house of representatives; entered U. S. Railway Mail Service in 1874, contin- uing several years; entered Tufts Col- lege Divinity school in 1887, graduat- ing in 1889; held pastorates in the Universalist parishes in Newfields, Claremont and Hinsdale, N. H., and Danvers, Mass. June 1, 1907, he was appointed commandant of the N. H. Soldier Home at Tilton, which position he still enjoys, having been in close affiliation with his comrades since 1861; religious services are held at the Home every Sunday afternoon, in conducting which he alternates with the three other clergymen of the town. Dele- gate from Tilton in the N. H. consti- tutional convention of 1818, and in re- sponse to the request of his associates of the G. A. R., was accorded the honor
of calling the convention to order. Mason, 32d degree, and member G. A. R .; department commander for New Hampshire, 1872; commander Mass. Commandery, Loyal Legion of the U. S., 1912; m., Aug. 7, 1864, Celestia C., dau. William Deland, of Wolfeboro, N. H., d. May 10, 1915; children, Wil- liam D., b. Nov. 17, 1866; John H., b. Oct. 23, 1868, d. July 18, 1869. Resi- dence, Tilton, N. H.
Johnson, Martha Evelina
Tax collector; b., Laconia, N. H., March 5, 1876, dau. Nathan, Jr. and
Abbie Dewey (Wiley) Johnson; ed. La- conia high school, 1895; employed in various city offices, 1901-05; ap- pointed collector of taxes, 1905, and reappointed thirteen successive times, holding the office at present; member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Laconia Woman's Club, Rebekah Lodge, Laconia Suffrage League. Miss Johnson is a great-great-granddaugh- ter of Capt. Daniel Henchman of Bos- ton who served in the Continental
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Army. His daughter, Dorothy Hench- man, married Thomas Hancock, brother of John Hancock. Capt. Dan- iel Henchman commanded the troops who ended King Philip's War. His son, Daniel Henchman, Miss Johnson's great-grandfather, was the first printer and the first school-master in Boston. The first Bible printed in this country was issued from his office. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Stearns, George Landon
Sheriff of Hillsborough County; b. Manchester, N. H., June 4, 1864; s.
John Edward and Sarah (Woodbridge) Stearns; ed. public schools; Manchester high school, 1882. Baptist; Republican; employed by P. C. Cheney Paper Co. eighteen years, gaining business educa- tion; twelve years clerk of Manchester Common Council; thirteen years dep- uty collector U. S. Internal Revenue; sheriff of Hillsborough County since 1914; member I. O. O. F., and all Ma- sonic bodies including Washington
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Mt. Horeł Chapter, R. A., Adoniram Council Trinity Commandery, K. T .; N. H Consistory, 32d deg. and Bektash Tem ple, M. S. Organist at Free Baptist Church eleven years, and First Baptist Church the last twelve years. M., Dec 25, 1893, Alice Thompson; children Edith Landon, b. April 29, 1895, Man- chester high school and Simmons Col· lege, 1916, and now teacher of Domestic Science in Manchester high school Elinor Eastman, b. August 9, 1900 student in Manchester high school Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Foster, William Albert
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 3, 1872; s. George A. and Georgia M. (Ladd) Foster; ed. Concord public schools, high school, 1891; Dartmouth College, 1895; Harvard Law School, 1898; admitted to the bar in 1898,, and commenced practice in the office of Hon. John M. Mitchell, with whom he was associated until his elevation to the bench, when he continued, with Harry F. Lake, who had also been ad- mitted to the firm; Unitarian; Re- publican; member N. H. Constitu- tional convention of 1902; member Wonolancet, Bow Brook and Beaver Meadow Golf Clubs; trustee and member investment committee, Loan and Trust Savings Bank; director State Dwelling House Ins. Co .; di- rector Stratton & Co .; director and clerk Boston Fruit Co .; director and clerk Contoocook Valley Paper Co .; m., June 28, 1904, Ethel Rollins Rob- inson, Concord; children, Helen, b. Oct. 27, 1905; Katherine, b. Nov. 4, 1910; Robert E., b., July 30, 1912. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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