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proceedings, on the Democratic side; delegate in N. H. constitutional con- vention, 1912; member house of repre- sentatives again in 1913, during which session, after protracted ballotting, Henry F. Hollis, the Democratic nomi- nee, was chosen United States Senator. Mr. Sherry was secretary of the Demo- cratic legislative caucus, and manager of pairs and quorum on the Democratic side, and by his alertness and sagacity contributed largely to the election of Mr. Hollis; received a recess appoint- ment as postmaster of Dover in 1915 and his regular commission in March, 1916; member Holy Name Soc., and the A. O. H., of Dover; m., Jennie Cecelia Early; children, Malona, Marie G., George H., Jr., and Mildred V., the latter died in 1913. Residence; Dover, N. H.
Cochran, John Milton
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., April 11, 1849; s. Martin H. and Miriam (Rowell) Cochran; ed. public schools and Pembroke Academy; studied law with Hon. Ira A. Eastman of Concord, N. H .; admitted to Massachusetts bar in 1871 and has practiced in South- bridge, Mass., since 1872; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; town solicitor; special justice first District Court, South- ern Worcester District since 1899; vice-president and attorney, South- bridge Savings Bank, and attorney for various other corporations; member Mass. house of representatives, 1880; Capt. Co. K, Mass. Volunteer Militia; president, Quinabaug Historical Soc .; prominent in Masonry and past master Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; mem- ber and ex-president Southbridge Club; m., May 12, 1875, Lizzie White- house, Pembroke, N. H .; one son, Charles M. Residence, Southbridge, Mass.
Dearborn, George Vann Ness
Psychologist, educator, author; b., Nashua, N. H., Aug. 15, 1869; s. Cornelius Vann Ness and Louie Fran- ces (Eaton) Dearborn (9th generation from Godfrey Dearborn; 8th genera-
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tion from Thomas Eaton of Haverhill, Mass.); ed. Dartmouth College, Litt.B. 1890; Columbia, M.D. 1893; Harvard, A.M. 1896; Columbia, Ph.D. 1899; assistant in philosophy, Harvard, 1896; assistant in physiology, Harvard Med. School, 1899; assistant professor and director of laboratory of physiol- ogy, 1900; professor, physiology, 1901- 16, Tufts College; professor, philos- ophy of physical education, Sargent Normal School, Cambridge, 1906 -; instructor psychology, School of Eugen- ics, Boston, 1912-15, consulting phys- iologist, Forsyth Dental Infirmary, Boston, 1913 -; member Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1918; Staff of the Forsyth Infirmary for Children, Boston, Theta Delta Chi, Founders and Patriots of America, Boston Authors Club, American Philosophical Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n, Mass. Medical Soc., etc .; correspond- ing member, N. H. Historical Soc., Institut Solvay, Brussels. Author, "A Text Book of Human Physiology," "The Influence of Joy," "Motor-
Sensory Development," "How
to Learn Easily," "The Psychology of Clothing," "The Physiology of Exer- cise" (with F. H. G. Miner), "The Sense of Feeling," and of about 150 scientific articles; editor of "The Life of the Child Library," and "Our Senses Series;" associate editor of "Medi- cine and Surgery" and "The Journal of Abnormal Psychology," m., June 18, 1893, Blanche Velina Brown, Bloomington, Ill .; one daughter, Lucia Eaton, now a junior at Wellesley College. Residence, Mason St., Cam- bridge, Mass.
Preston, George Cutler
General merchant, lumberman and probate business; b., Manchester, N. H., August 17, 1848; s. Luke Woodbury and Mary Frances (Fairbanks) Preston, ed., public schools, Francestown Acad- emy, 1868; has been engaged in general mercantile business in Henniker for the last fifty years; also quite exten- sively in the lumber business, and has given much attention to the settlement
of estates; one of five owners of the Henniker Inn and president of the company; Congregationalist; Republi- can; postmaster of Henniker 1872-84; town clerk several years; member N. H. house of representatives, 1891-2, State Senate, 1893-4; trustee Loan & Trust Savings Bank, Concord; trustee Henniker town funds; trustee and treas- urer, Tucker Free Library, Henniker; president Preston Bros. Co., Henniker; member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
Good Templars, Bear Hill Grange, P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc., Red Cross; m., Nov. 6, 1871, Emma Jane Boynton, Francestown, N. H .; one son, Harry Boynton, b. Dec. 3, 1882 (Dartmouth 1905, Phi Beta Kappa), sub master Kimball Union Academy, Meriden. Residence, Henniker, N. H.
Burgum, Edwin Berry
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., March 11, 1894; s. Edwin Gannell and Addie M. (Berry) Burgum; ed. Concord high school, 1911; Dart- mouth College, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa)
MRS. LARZ ANDERSON
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1915; Harvard A.M., 1916; Instructor in English and Lecturer in American Literature, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa .; Unitarian; Demo- crat; member Modern Language Ass'n, Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsyl- vania, Harvard Club of Pittsburgh, American Historical Ass'n. Home, Concord, N. H.
Anderson, Isabel Weld (Perkins)
(Mrs. Larz Anderson), writer; b., Boston, Mass., March 29, 1876, only child of Commodore George Hamilton (U. S. N.) and Anna Minot (Weld) Perkins; ed. Miss Winsor's School, Boston; m., June 10, 1897, Larz Ander- son, who was minister to Belgium, 1911 -12; ambassador to Japan, 1912-13; Unitarian; member of N. H. Soc., Colonial Dames of America and many clubs and philanthropic organizations; deeply interested in her father's native state, in which she has two summer homes, and to which she presented, April 25, 1902, the bronze statue of Commodore Perkins, by Daniel Chester French, adjacent to the western front of the State House in Concord; has traveled extensively and resided abroad with her husband; first Commandant, D. C. Red Cross Refreshment Corps; inspector of Canteens, American Red Cross in France; received Japanese Red Cross Medal, Japanese Red Cross Order of Merit; Order of Merit of Japan with 3d Class Order of the Crown. Author of "The Great Sea Horse," 1909; "Captain Ginger's Fairy," 1910; "Captain Gin- ger's Playmates," 1911; "Captain Gin- ger Aboard the Gee Whiz," 1911; "Captain Ginger Goes Traveling," 1911; "Captain Ginger's Eater of Dreams," 1911; "Captain Ginger's Sun Boy," 1911; "every Boy and Other Children's Plays," 1914; "The Spell of Japan," 1914; "The Spell of Bel- gium," 1915; "The Spell of the Hawai- ian Islands and the Philippines," 1916; "Odd Corners," 1917. George Wash- ington University, Washington, D. C., in recognition of her literary work, con- ferred upon her in 1918, the honorary degree of Litt.D. Residence, "Weld,"
Brookline, Mass .; 2118 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D. C .; "The Box," Webster, N. H., and the Perkins Home- stead, Contoocook, N. H.
Weaver, George Albert
Physician; b., Manchester, N. H., Aug. 5, 1868; s. George and Mary
Elizabeth (Spencer) Weaver; ed. pub- lic schools, Manchester, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1892; Medical Dept., Yale Univ., M.D. 1897; commenced prac- tice in Warren, N. H., in 1898, contin- uing to 1915; removed to Bradford, Vt., in 1916, where he continues in practice; Episcopalian; no political affiliation- one of the original members of the Pro- gressive party in New Hampshire and a member to the last, unchanged and unrepentant, each succeeding year strengthening his belief that the course taken by the Progressives will have the approval of impartial history; member Federal Board of Examining Surgeons for Grafton Co., 1912 to 1916; candi- date of the Progressive party for Con- gress in 2d N. H. District, 1914; secre- tary and treasurer Grafton Co. Medical Soc., thirteen years, 1904 to 1916 in- clusive; m., May 4, 1904, Etta Emily
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Harrington; children, Constance, b. Aug. 20, 1905, Sherman, b. July, 16, 1907; Residence, Bradford, Vt.
O'Leary, Thomas Mary
Vicar General of the Catholic dio- cese; b., Dover, N. H., Aug. 16, 1875,
s. Michael and Margaret (Holden) O'Leary; ed. public and parochial schools, Dover; B.A. 1892, Mungret College, Limerick, Ireland; Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada, 1897; ordained priest of the Roman Catholic. church, 1897; assistant priest, St. Anne's church, Manchester, 1897-8; assistant priest, St. John's church, Concord, N. H., 1898-1904; chancellor of the diocese and secretary to Bishop Delany, 1904-15; rector of the cathe- dral, Manchester, 1910-15; vicar gen- cral of the diocese, Dec. 1914 -; per- manent rector of St. John's church, Concord, Jan., 1915 -; editor of The Guidon, 1904-5; contributor to the Catholic Encyclopedia; state chaplain of Knights of Columbus; on executive
committee War Savings Stamps; mem- ber of Bishop's Council, 1914 -; dio- cesan examiner of the clergy, 1914 -. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Demers, George Arthur
Priest, b., Quebec City, Canada, Feb. 10, 1876, s. Edward and Alma (Couture) Demers; ed. Levis College, Quebec, University of St. Joseph, N. B., Grand Seminary of the Sulpician Fa- thers, Montreal, 1901; ordained priest by Bishop Bradley, 1901, Somersworth, N. H .; assistant, Berlin, N. H., three months; assistant, church of St. Francis Xavier, Nashua, N. H., 1901- 4; assistant, St. Martin's Church, Som- ersworth, N. H., 1904-6; adminis- trator, St. Mary's Church, Newmarket, N. H., 1906; pastor of St. Anthony's-
church, Sanbornville, N. H., building the first church and rectory, 1907-1914; pastor, Sacred Heart church, Concord, N. H., 1914- ; state chaplain for N. H., Order of Catholic Foresters of America. Residence, Pleasant Street, Concord, N. H.
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Nealley, John Haven
Dry goods merchant; b., So. Ber- wick, Me., August 4, 1853; s. Benjamin Mason and Mary (Pray) Nealley (descended from William Nealley, one of the first settlers of Nottingham,
about 1719); ed. public schools of Biddeford, Me., and Bryant & Stratton Commercial. College, Boston; clerk for some years in the dry goods store of his brother, the late Hon. B. Frank Neal -. ley; when the latter became Mayor of Dover he bought the establishment and continued the extensive business until 1913, when sixty years of age, having been successful throughout, then re- tired from active management, though retaining an interest; Congregational- ist; Republican; member Dover board of aldermen, 1902, 1903; mayor 1904, 1905; member N. H. house of repre- sentatives 1889-90; delegate in N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; state senator, 1907-8; Mason, prominent in all branches of the order, and for twenty-seven years recorder of St. Paul
Commandery, K. T .; m., Sept. 12 1877, Emma C., dau. Thomas Hanson and Caroline (Torr) Cushing. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Anderson, George Weston
Lawyer; Interstate Commerce Com- missioner; b., Acworth, N. H., Sept. 1, 1861; s. David Campbell and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; de- scendant in the seventh generation from James Anderson, one of the first sixteen settlers of the town of London- derry, N. H .; ed. public schools, Kim- ball Union Academy, Cushing Aca- demy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882 (vale- dictorian); Williams College, A.B. 1886 Boston University Law School, LL.B. (Summa cum laude) 1900; taught school at intervals while obtaining his educa-
tion, including two years as principal of the Mt. Pleasant Grammar School, Nashua; commenced law practice in Boston, where he was for six years partner with George Fred Williams; counsel for the City of Boston in the
FREDERICK ROY MARTIN
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celebrated Bay State gas investigation in 1893; Unitarian; Democrat; member of the School Committee, City of Bos- ton, 1895-1900; Democratic candi- date, Attorney-General, Mass., 1911- 12; Mass. Public Service Commission for term of four years, July 1, 1913 (resigned); appointed U. S. District Attorney, Mass., Nov. 1, 1914- Oct. 1917; member U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission, Oct., 1917 -; Mason, Phi Beta Kappa; member Boston Chamber of Commerce, Amer- ican Bar Ass'n, Mass., Bar Ass'n, Boston Bar Ass'n, American Statis- tical Ass'n, American Economic Ass'n; American Association for Labor Legislation, American Academy of Political and Social Science; trustee of World Peace Foundation, Charles- bank Homes, Cushing Academy; mem- ber Boston City, Algonquin, Twen- tieth Century, Brae Burn Country Clubs, Boston, Cosmos Club, Washing- ton, D. C .; m., 1st, 1897, Minnie E. Mitchell, Mason, N. H., d. 1906; 2d, Jan. 25, 1908, Addie Earle Kennerson, Boston; children, Clare Mitchell, b. June 24, 1898; Robert Duncan, b. April 18, 1900; Richard Brigham, Nov. 23, 1901. Residence, 219 Fisher Ave., Brookline, Mass .; business address, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C.
Martin, Frederick Roy
Journalist; assistant general mana- ger of The Associated Press; b., North Stratford, N. H. Nov. 17, 1871; s. John Douglas and Caroline (Thompson) Martin; ed. in public schools, Lowell, Mass., and Harvard College, A.B. 1893; A.M., honorary, Brown Univer- sity, 1902; on staff of the Boston Jour- nal, 1893-1898; editor and publisher of the Providence Journal, 1898-1912; director of The Associated Press, of which he became assistant general manager in 1912; member of Sons of American Revolution and Soc. of Colonial Wars. m., Anna Frances Wayne, Sept. 9, 1909; one dau. Nancy, b. Jan, 31, 1911. Residence, New York City.
Ranney, William Bradford
Printer and publisher; b., Lynn, Mass., June 23, 1875; s. Charles Free- man and Caroline D. (Pratt) Ranney; ed. Newport, Vt., public schools and St. Johnsbury Academy; engaged for a time with his father in the printing business at Newport, Vt .; bought the Penacook News plant, at Penacook, in November, 1904, and has greatly enlarged and improved the same, carry- ing on, in connection with the paper
an extensive job printing business; Congregationalist; clerk of the society and deacon of the Congregational church at Penacook; Republican; treasurer of the town of Boscawen since March, 1907. Mason, member lodge, chapter, council and command- ery, Past Patron Eastern Star; Patron of Husbandry, past master Halloween Grange, Penacook and of Merrimack County Pomona Grange; president N. H. Weekly Publishers' Association, 1918; m., Oct. 28, 1898, Alice M. Bur- bank of Webster; children, Dorothy, b. Sept. 3, 1901; Katharine, b. Sept. 30, 1906. Residence, Boscawen, N. H., Penacook P. O.
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Sulloway, Frank Jones
Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 11, 1883; s. Hon. Alvah W. and Susan K. (Daniell) Sulloway; ed. Franklin high school, St. Paul's School, Concord, 1901; Harvard University, 1905; Har-
vard Law School, 1907; admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1906, New Hamp- shire, 1907; practiced law in Boston with Hill, Barlow & Homans from 1907 till 1911; member firm Streeter, Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway, Con- cord, N. H. since 1911; Unitarian; Republican; N. H. ballot law commis- sioner, 1915 -; director Concord & Claremont R. R .; chairman Concord Chapter, American Red Cross; mem- ber B. P. O. E .; Wonolancet, Passa- conway, Bow Brook clubs, Concord; Harvard Club, Boston Athletic Ass'n, Intervale Country Club, Boston; Spee, D. K. E. and Hasty Pudding clubs (Harvard), Phi Delta Phi (Har- vard Law); m., Sept. 24, 1913, Mar- garet Thayer, Concord, N. H .; children, Gretchen, b., Oct. 10, 1914; d. Feb. 6, 1916; Alvah W. Sulloway, 2d, b. Nov. 25, 1916. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Harris, Almon Greene
Woolen manufacturer; b., Boscawen, N. H., Jan. 24, 1870; s. Ezra Sheldon and Sarah (Greene) Harris; ed. public schools, Boscawen; Concord high school, 1888; Comer's Commercial College, Boston, Mass .; Congregationalist; Re- publican; selectman, Boscawen, seven years (chairman three years); member board of education fifteen years, present chairman; many years member board of water commissioners; treasurer Harris- Emery Company, woolen manufac- turers, Boscawen, N. H .; director Agawan Co., Agawan, Mass .; Mason, 32d degree and Knight Templar; has served as District Deputy Grand Lec- turer, and District Deputy Grand
Master, 4th Masonic District of N. H .; m., Oct. 3, 1912, Margaret Carroll, Boscawen; children, Carol, b. Dec. 6, 1913; Almon Greene, Jr., b. April 1, 1917. Residence, Boscawen, N. H., Penacook P. O.
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Tripp, Walter Henry
Farmer; General Merchant, Insur- ance Agent; b., Epsom, N. H., April 24, 1875; s. James H. and Sarah L. (Moses) Tripp; ed. public schools and Pembroke Academy; Congregational-
ist; Democrat; selectman, Epsom, 1898 to 1903 (chairman the last year); mem- ber N. H. house of representatives, 1903-4, being the first Democrat elected in the town for twenty-five . years, serving as clerk of committee on Labor and as clerk of the Merrimack County delegation; member Epsom board of education, 1904 to 1910, 1914 to present time; postmaster at Short Falls since 1905; express agent, B. & M. R. R., since 1905; trustee Loan & Trust Savings Bank, Concord; trustee Pembroke Academy; treasurer, Grange Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. H .; member Patrons of Husbandry, Past Master Suncook Valley Pomona Grange, and for ten years an elective officer in the N. H. State Grange; member I. O. O. F; Grand Master
Grand Lodge of N. H., 1914-1915, Representative to Sovereign Grand Lodge 1916; m., Oct. 12, 1898, Alice Maud Fowler, Epsom; children, Harold James, b. March 5, 1900; Russell Fowler, Oct. 20, 1904; Robert Moses, March 9, 1912. Residence, Epsom, N. H .; Short Falls P. O.
Lamprey, Maitland Charles
Educator; b., Groton, N. H., Sept. 30, 1838; s. Ephraim and Bridget (Phelps) Lamprey; ed. New Hampton Institution, Dartmouth College, 1863, A.B. 1865, A.M., later. Enlisted while in college, Oct. 1862 in the 16th N. H. Regiment for service in the civil war; discharged, August 20, 1863; teacher, Marshalltown, Ia., 1867-70; professor of languages, Kansas State
Normal School, 1870-71; principal Berwick Academy, Me., 1873-4; prin- cipal high school, Ellsworth, Me., 1874-5; Rochester, N. H., high school, 1876-7; Easton, Mass., high school, 1877-1901; Unitarian; Republican;
WILLIAM ROCKWELL CLOUGH
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delegate from Ward 7, Concord, N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; mem- ber Psi Upsilon college fraternity, S. A. R., Eastondale Post, G. A. R., Mass .; delegate in National Encamp- ment, 1898; member Council of Ad- ministration, Dept. of Mass .; m., July 12, 1869, Abbie Colburn Davis, Yarmouth, Me .; children, Mary Lavinia, b. April 29, 1870 (Boston University, 1891), librarian Ames Free Library, Easton, Mass .; Charles Mait- land, b. Feb. 15, 1872 (Dartmouth, 1892), principal General Martin
school, Boston, Mass. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Clough, William Rockwell
Mechanical engineer, inventor and manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H., Nov. 8, 1844; s. John Chesley and Lydia Jones (Treddick) Clough: (Mr. Clough naturally regards Alton, his father's home and birthplace, as his own native town, however, as his par- ents were only stopping temporarily in Manchester at the time of his birth); ed. Alton public and high schools, Franklin Academy, Dover, Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1864; went to the front as a member of the Fiftieth Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War, serving in the Mississippi Valley from New Orleans to Vicksburg and at the siege of Port Hudson; return- ing home engaged as an expert account- ant in Boston, and subsequently in the U. S. Internal Revenue Service under William Plumer, collector of Internal Revenue, meanwhile working on va- rious mechanical inventions, one of which, the Gem paper clip, now in universal use, he patented and sold; and another the miniature or wire cork- screw he retained and developed, in- venting later, also, the automatic machinery for its production. Remov- ing to New York he engaged in the manufacture of these corkscrews, under the firm name of Clough & Williamson, with factory at Newark, N. J. Called home by his father's death, he there established a branch manufactory at South Alton, the entire
business being subsequently removed there, and later to Alton village where has been developed the present exten- sive business, supplying the world in large part with its product, through this and branch plants in various for- eign countries, in which he has traveled extensively; Non-Sectarian; Republi- can; for some time member of Alton board of education and justice of the police court; member N. H. house of representatives in 1897-8 and 1899- 1900, and again in 1917-18, serving at each session as chairman of the com- mittee on National Affairs, and being instrumental, at the last session, in securing Ambassador Naon of Argen- tina to address the House on the Ex- pansion of Trade Relations with South America; President Rockwell Clough Co. (inc.), Alton; former president Clough & Williamson Co., Newark, N. J .; Mason, 32d degree; past master, K. T. and Shriner; past patron, O. E. S., member G. A. R., Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co., and Algonquin Club, Boston; past commander Co. H, 9th Reg't. N. G. S. N. Y .; m., April 28, 1904, Nellie Sophia Place, Alton; children: Rockwell, Jr., b., Apr. 5, 1908; Gertrude, daughter by a former mar- riage. Residence, Alton, N. H.
Bailey, Solon Irving
Astronomer; b., Lisbon, N. H., Dec. 29, 1854; s. Israel C. and Jane (Sutherland) Bailey; ed. Tilton Semi- nary; Boston University, A.B. 1881, A.M. 1884; A.M., Harvard, 1888; sent to Peru, South America, in 1889, to determine location for Harvard Col- lege observatory, Arequipa being de- cided upon, where a Southern observa- tory was established, and where he had charge of the work for eleven years; established, in 1893, a meteorological station on the summit of El Misti, 19,000 feet above the sea, where obser- vations were carried on for ten years; assistant professor of astronomy, Har- vard University, 1893-8; associate pro- fessor, 1898-1913; Phillips professor, 1913 -; member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Geographical Soc.
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of Lima, Peru; m., 1883, Ruth Poulter, Concord, N. H. Residence, Cam- bridge, Mass .; Address, Harvard Ob- servatory.
Wright, Robert Morrill
Lawyer; b., Sanbornton, N. H., Oct. 31, 1877; s. Rev. Elisha H. and Ambro- sia R. (Morrill) Wright; born on the farm owned in the Morrill family for more than one hundred and twenty- five years, and which is still his
home; lineal descendant on his father's side of Henry Wright, who came to Dorchester, Mass., about 1634, removing thence to Providence, R. I., and related on his mother's side to Abraham Morrill, who lived in Cam- bridge and Salisbury, Mass., and died in the latter place in 1662, and Henry Morrill, early settler of Hawke, now Danville, N. H .; ed. public schools; Franklin high school, 1896, N. H. Col- lege, 1900, Boston University School of
Law; taught school for some time after leaving college, in Hill and Belmont, and was afterward an instructor in the Stearns School for Boys, Hartford, Conn .; was in business four years in the town of Hill and then took up the study of law in the office of Streeter & Hollis in Concord; attended the Boston Uni- versity Law School in 1910, and, after the withdrawal of Mr. Hollis from the firm continued his studies with him and was admitted to the bar in 1912, and engaged in practice in Concord, remov- ing to Franklin in 1916, where he con- tinues, but always held his legal resi- dence in Sanbornton; Protestant; Repu- blican; selectman in Sanbornton five years (two years chairman); chairman Republican club since 1910; member N. H. constitutional convention, 1912, 1918; N. H. house of representatives, 1915-16 (chairman committee on in- corporations and member committee on revision of the statutes), 1917-18, member judiciary committee; member A. F. & A. M .; P. of H .; m., 1st, Aug. 30, 1911, Nettie G. Straw, d. Sept. 14, 1916 2d, Oct., 1917, Mildred H. Stearns; one son, Robert Morrill, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 1913. Residence, Sanbornton, N. H .; P. O. address, Franklin, N. H.
Plimpton, George Lincoln
Educator; b., Sturbridge, Mass., July 8, 1865; s. James Hervey and Elizabeth (Fairbank) Plimpton; ed. Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield, Mass., 1887; Wesleyan Univ., Middle- town, Conn., A.B. 1891; instructor, 1891-6, Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H .; principal since 1906; member N. H. Ass'n Classical Teachers, Head Masters' Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, A. F. & A. M .; Methodist; m., Aug. 10, 1892, Etta Ione Ferry, Palmer, Mass. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Dillingham, Thomas Manley
Physician and surgeon; farmer; b., Dover, Me., 1850; s. William Addison Pitt and Caroline Price (Townsend) Dillingham; ed. Waterville, Me., Classical Inst., Dartmouth College,
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Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 1874, and European study; commenced practice in Augusta, Me., removed to New York City in 1889, and there continued till, after 35 years of medical practice, he bought a farm in Roxbury,
N. H., upon which he now resides; Swe- denborgian; past president Swedenborg- ian-Soc. of N. Y .; Independent Republi- can; member N. H. house of represen- tatives from Roxbury, 1915-16; mem- ber of N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; N. Y., Mass. and Me. Medical Societies; American Inst. of Home- opathy; ex-president International Hahnemannian Association; Dart- mouth Chapter Theta Beta Phi; New York City and Republican Clubs; m., Harriet Asby Carleton. Residence, Roxbury, N. H., Marlborough P. O.
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