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Hartford R. R., 1894-1901; since 1901 employed by the Ludlow (Mass.) M'f'g Associates as superintendent, general superintendent and agent (since January, 1916) of their extensive plant; Congregationalist; Republican; chairman local exemption board for Division Number Seven, State of Massachusetts; member of Horace Chase lodge of Masons, Penacook, N. H., and of Springfield Commandery, K. T., Springfield, Mass .; member
American Soc. of Mechanical Engi- neers; trustee Ludlow Savings Bank and Springfield Co-operative Bank; m., June 5, 1895, Lillian L. Sargent, of Penacook; daughter, Mildred S., b. Dec. 9, 1896. At the time of writing this sketch (August, 1918) Mr. Morrill was on his way to India on an impor- tant business mission for his company. Residence, Ludlow, Mass.
Clark, Allan Chester
Journalist, lawyer; b., Center Har- bor, N. H., July 4, 1877; s. Malpheno
HON. A. CHESTER CLARK
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C. and Sarah Libby (Bartlett) Clark (kinsman, on maternal side, of Josiah Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of Independence); ed. public schools of Center Harbor, Meredith high school; New Hampton Literary Institution, 1901, Dartmouth College one year; engaged on staff of Kennebec Journal, Lewiston, Augusta, Me., 1901; en- gaged in real estate business and the study of law in Meredith, 1903-5; removed to Concord and engaged in newspaper work, as correspondent of the Boston American and other papers, and pursued his legal studies as time permitted, till admission to the bar, June 27, 1913, after which he was in practice in Concord; Unitarian; Dem- ocrat; delegate from his native town in the N. H. constitutional convention of 1902; clerk of the constitutional convention of 1912; appointed Judge of the Concord District Court by Gov. Samuel D. Felker, Aug. 8, 1913; Judge of the Concord Municipal Court by appointment of Gov. Rol- land H. Spaulding, March 10, 1915; made a notable record in criminal administration, especially in the en- forcement of the law regulating the operation of automobiles, establish- ing precedents recognized throughout the country; elected clerk of the con- stitutional convention of 1918; mem- ber and secretary of the N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Institute of Crim- inal Law and Criminology, N. H. His- torical Soc., A. F. & A. M. (lodge, chapter, council and commandery), K. of P. (past chancellor of Concord Lodge and past deputy grand chan- cellor, N. H. Grand Lodge), Capital Grange, P. of H., Wonolancet, Uni- tarian and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs, Concord. Aside from news- paper work Judge Clark has written many magazine articles, and is also known as an occasional orator of more than ordinary ability; m., June 12, 1917, Jennie A. Ross of New Bruns- wick. Residence, Concord, N. H.
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin
Traveling salesman; b., Gorham, N. H., June 6, 1860; s. John and Janet
(O'Malley) McHugh; ed. public schools; studied law for a time in youth with M. A. Hastings, now clerk of Court for Coos County; changing his plans he learned the machinist's trade, and was for a time in charge of a machine shop at Troy, N. Y., and later at Fitchburg, Mass., but re- linquished the business and engaged in general insurance in the latter city for five years, after which he again changed and entered upon the life of
a commercial traveler, which he has since followed with great success; sold tea and coffee for C. A. Cross & Co. for several years, putting the "Red Cross," to which he gave the name, upon the market; for the last six years or more has been with Martin L. Hall & Co. of Boston, the oldest cof- fee house in the country, winning wide popularity for himself and his firm; Catholic; Democrat; member N. H. house of representatives, 1917, and carried through the bill providing for the re-survey of the boundary line between New Hampshire and Maine; reëlected to the legislature, Nov. 1918; member N. E. Fat Men's Club; noted
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among his associates as a conversa- tionalist and story-teller. Residence, Gorham, N. H.
Abbott, Frederick Wallace
Physician, teacher, medico-legal ex- pert, orator; b., Dover, N. H., March 5, 1861; s. Sylvester and Elizabeth Graves (Wortman) Abbott; ed. pub- lic schools of Dover, and Berwick and So. Berwick, Me., Berwick Academy and private schools of Olive Raynes,
So. Berwick; taught public schools, Berwick, Eliot, and Kennebunk, Me., four years, while preparing for voca- tion; A.B., University of America, 1883; at medical department Bow- doin College, 1884-5; M.D., Eclectic Medical College of Me., 1886; H.F. B.S. (New York City), 1895; A.M., Taylor University and Ph.D., National Nor- mal University, 1901; F.S.Sc. (London), 1908; F.S.P. (England), 1914; F.B.P. (England), 1915; F.P.C. (London), 1916; D.P.H., Eclectic Medical Uni- versity, 1917; D.C.L., Potomac Uni-
versity, 1918; academician of Toulouse, France; life-member, Institut du Midi, Toulouse; life-member, and medalist of 1st class (gold), Italian Academy of Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Sicily; censor Eclectic Medical College of City of New York, 1892- ; pro- fessor eugenics in Eclectic Med- ical University, 1913- ; professor medical ethics in Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery, and forensic medicine in Middlesex College of Chiropody, University of Massachu- setts, 1916- ; consulting physician to Middlesex Hospital, 1916- ; associ- ate editor, Massachusetts Medical Journal, 1894-1904; secretary-treas- urer alumnae soc. of Potomac Uni- versity, 1900- ; president Mass. Ec- lectic Medical Soc., 1894, New Eng- land Eclectic Medical Ass'n, 1900, Am. Eclectic Materia Medica Ass'n, 1905-7, Boston District Eclectic Med- ical Soc., 1910; honorary member fifteen State Eclectic bodies and five others; active member twelve medical societies; member Authors' Club, London; member and examiner many secret fraternities; Free Thinker; Democrat; m., Sept. 2, 1886, Sylvina Apphia Emery, Kennebunk, Me .; children: Susan Elizabeth (Abbott) Tubman, b. March 18, 1890, John Frederick, b. Aug. 4, 1893; nationally known as an orator, especially in fra- ternal, academic, and patriotic circles, and as a medico-legal adviser and wit- ness; practiced at Taunton, Mass., since May 5, 1886.
Taylor, Maria Sanborn
(Mrs. John A. Taylor) teacher; home-maker, club-woman; b., Frank- lin, N. H., Nov. 20, 1860; dau. George Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San- born; father noted in musical circles and cornetist in band of 1st N. H. Reg't, 1861; mother daughter of Dr. John S. Lane and from a prominent Sanbornton, N. H., family; direct descendant on paternal side of John Sandborn (or Sanborn), first of the grantees of the town of Sanbornton, for whom the town was named; direct
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descendant on maternal side of Thomas Dudley, second Governor of Massa- chusetts Bay Colony; also descended from Henry Herrick who settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629, and who traced his ancestry to Ericke, a Danish chief- tain, who invaded Britain in the reign of Alfred; ed. Franklin High school, 1879, Franklin Academy, McGaw Normal Institute, N. H. Normal School, Plymouth; taught school three and a half years in Hooksett, Salis- bury, and Franklin, N. H .; Congre- gationalist, member O. E. S. (past officer), U. O. G. C. (past officer), Georgetown Literary Club, Melrose Woman's Club, American Red Cross; trustee, vice-president, and chairman house com. Carleton Home, George- town, Mass., July, 1913 to Oct., 1916; vice-president Maplewood New Cen- tury Club, Malden, Mass., 1900-3, president 1903-5, honorary member since 1910; secretary Woman's Club, Georgetown, Mass., 1912-13, vice- president, 1913-14, president, 1914-16; m., Nov. 26, 1885, John Alvah Taylor; one daughter, Agnes Dudley, b. Jan. 8, 1888, ed. Malden schools, Miss Kimball's school for Girls, Worcester, Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1908. Resi- dence, 32 Poplar St., Melrose, Mass.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson Wheeler
(Mrs. Henry W. Keyes), b., Char- lottesville, Va., July 21, 1885; dau. John Henry and Louise Fuller (John- son) Wheeler; ed. Miss Winsor's school, Boston, Mass., and in Europe; passed examination for Bryn Mawr College, but did not enter, having be- come engaged to Henry W. Keyes, whom she married, June 4, 1904 (See sketch, p. 211.) Primarily a home-maker and the worthy mistress of "Pine Grove Farm" on the banks of the Connecticut at No. Haverhill, known as the seat of a generous hospitality in all the north country, Mrs. Keyes is a fine linguist, a great reader, an entertaining conversationalist, and has travelled extensively, both in this country and Europe; Episcopalian;
member and past president St. Cath- erine's Guild, No. Haverhill, N. H., member N. H. Soc., D. A. R., and Colonial Dames (admitted to the former on records of four officers, and latter on seven), N. H. Civic Federa- tion, Woman's Committee, N. H. Council of National Defense (vice- president), American Red Cross (holds instructor's certificate in Surgical Dressing Work); worked extensively in pushing the several Liberty Loans; member executive committee and book
committee of No. Haverhill public library since marriage. Of late Mrs. Keyes has developed decided talent as a writer, her contributions finding place in the Atlantic Monthly and other prominent publications, and receiving warm commendation. Her poem-"To the Haverhill", given at the launching of the ship named in honor of her home town, at Newing- ton, Aug. 24, for which she was sponsor, was given wide publication and was much admired. Residence, No. Haver- hill, N. H.
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Sanborn, Mary Farley
Author; b., Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1853; dau., Alden W. and Elizabeth Hazeltine, (Abbott) San- born; ed. Doctor Gannett's school, Boston; afterwards studied vocal music, for the concert stage, with Madame Erminie Rudersdorff; has done much literary work in short ar- ticles, reviewing, etc .; author "Sweet and Twenty," 1890; "It Came to Pass," 1891; "Paula Ferris," 1892; "The Revelation of Herself," 1904; "Lafayette and the Congressman,' 1905; "The Canvas Door," 1909; m., Oct. 18, 1876, Fred C. Sanborn, Manchester, N. H. Residence, 30 Williston Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Snow, Leslie Perkins
Lawyer; b., Eaton, N. H., Oct. 19, 1862; s. Edwin and Helen M. Perkins Snow (descendant of Nicholas Snow, who came from England to Plymouth, Mass., in 1623); his father, Edwin Snow was a prominent business man and leading Democrat of Carroll county for many years; ed. Bridgton Academy, No. Bridgton, Me., 1881; Dartmouth College, A.B., 1886; Co- lumbian Law School (now George Washington Univ.), LL.B. 1890; Con- gregationalist; Republican; served as moderator in Eaton and as a member of N. H. house of representatives from that town in 1887-88; special pension examiner for U. S. government, 1887- 90, serving in Kansas, Nebraska, Col- orado and Washington, D. C .; ad- mitted to the Maryland bar in 1890, and the New Hampshire bar in 1891, since when he has been in practice in Rochester, at first as a member of the firm of Worcester, Gafney & Snow, subsequently alone; now senior mem- ber of Snow, Snow & Cooper; member Rochester school board, 1899-1904; N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; Odd Fellow, 32d degree Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner, Theta Delta Chi College fraternity (Pres. N. E. Ass'n 1886); president Roches- ter Nat'l Bank since 1902; vice-presi-
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dent Rochester Trust Co .; president Gafney Home for the Aged president Rochester Public Safety Com .; Chair- man Liberty Loan Com .; County chair- man War Savings Com., and various State and New England committees in war activities; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1888, Susan E. Currier, Haverhill, N. H., d. June 6, 1892; 2d, June 27, 1894, Norma C. Currier; children, Conrad Edwin, b. August 6, 1889 (A.B. Dartmouth, 1912; Magdalen College, Oxford, Eng., 1914; LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1917); Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Babbitt in American Expeditionary forces in France; Leslie Whitmore, b. Dec. 9, 1890 (A.B. Dartmouth, 1912, B.S. Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1914), Captain in American Expeditionary forces in France. Residence, Roches- ter, N. H.
Snow, Norma Cutter Currier
(Mrs. Leslie P. Snow), b., July 3, 1863; dau. Franklin Pettingill and Missouri Eliza (Whitmore) Currier; ed., Haverhill Academy, Haverhill, N. H., and Montebello Institute, New- bury, Vt .; after leaving school served from 1883 to 1892 as cashier and book- keeper for the wholesale and retail house of Carter & Churchill, Lebanon, N. H .; m. June 27, 1894, Leslie P. Snow, Rochester, N. H; organized and conducted a kindergarten at Rochester, from 1896 to 1900; Congregationalist and active in religious and social work; member (by several lines) Daughters of the American Revolution, regent Mary Tarr Chapter, Rochester, 1912-14, State secretary, N. H. Chap- ter, 1915-17; president Rochester Woman's Club, 1903-5, 1912-14, secre- tary N. H. Federation Women's Clubs, 1913-15, Chairman Reciprocity Com- mittee; member Rochester School Board, 1914 to the present time; chair- man board of managers, Gafney Home for the Aged, Rochester, from organiza- tion in 1904 to the present time; organ- izer and vice-president Rochester Dis- trict Nurse Ass'n; director N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of Tuberculosis; and N. H. Parent and Teachers' Ass'n;
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chairman Rochester Surgical Dressings Committee; chairman Garment and Surgical Dressings Committee, Roches- ter Chapter Red Cross; member National Committee for Preservation of the Flag, and National Committee of Children of the American Revolu- tion; member Rochester Country Club, president of Monday Club (two years). Primarily a housekeeper and home- maker, Mrs. Snow has manifested a high order of ability in the initiation and direction of organized activities.
Sanborn, Alice Evelyn
Educator; librarian; b., Franklin, N. H., Jan. 9, 1864; dau. George Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San- born (for further ancestral facts see sketch of Maria Sanborn Taylor); ed. Franklin public schools, high school, 1881; N. H. State Normal School, 1885; Pratt Institute School of Library Science, 1898; Chau- tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 1914; teacher in Franklin, N. H., 1882, 1885-6; West Quincy, Mass., 1886-8; State Normal School, Mil- waukee, Wis., 1888-96; Newton Cen- ter, Mass., 1896-7; cataloguer in a N. Y. branch library (8 mos.) 1898-9; in Princeton Univ. library (2 yrs., 5 mos.) 1899-1901; librarian Wells College library, Aurora, N. Y., 1901 to date; teacher Chautauqua Sum- mer · Library School (five summers), 1908-12; member Presbyterian Church, Aurora, N. Y .; American Library Ass'n; N. Y. State Library Ass'n, Graduate Ass'n, Pratt Institute School of Library Science, American Red Cross, Thursday Club, Aurora. Resi- dence, Aurora, N. Y.
Varney, Charles] Wesley
Insurance; b., Lebanon, Me., June 4, 1884; s. David W. and Abbie (Tib- betts) Varney; ed., public schools, West Lebanon, Me., Academy, Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Boston, Mass .; engaged for a time in insurance in Boston, but soon removed to Roch- ester, N. H., where he has established a large business, representing over 60
companies; Methodist; Republican; actively interested in political life; member N. H. house of representatives, 1913-14; State senate, 1915-16 (young- est man ever elected); executive coun- cil, 1917-18 (youngest man, also, ever chosen councilor); Mason, Knight Templar, 32d degree, and Eastern Star; Odd Fellow; Patron of Husban- dry, Lecturer N. H. State Grange, 1913 to 1917; President N. H. Grange Fire Ins. Co .; member N. H. constitu-
tional convention, 1918, introducing and carrying through resolution for adjournment until after close of the war; member Rochester City Club, Waquoit Club; m. Oct. 13, 1906, Matilda Webster Shepherd; children: Charles W., Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1912; Barbara Shepherd, b. May 1, 1915. Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Pettee, Charles Holmes
Educator; dean N. H. College; b., Manchester, N. H., Feb. 2, 1853; ed. Manchester public schools - high school, 1870; Dartmouth College,
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A.B. 1874; Thayer School, C.E. 1876; instructor in Thayer School and N. H. College (then a department of Dart- mouth), 1876-7; professor of Mathe- matics, N. H. College, 1877-1917; ap- pointed dean in 1888 and still con- tinues; received honorary degree LL.D. from N. H. College in 1913; member American Ass'n for Advance- ment of Science, Soc. for Promotion of Engineering Education, Nat'l Geo- graphic Soc., Patrons of Husbandry
(Master Grafton Star Grange, Han- over, N. H., six years, ex-committee N. H. State Grange, two years), Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity; Congregationalist (senior deacon Durham Congrega- tional church); Republican; town auditor in Durham several years; delegate in N. H. constitutional con- vention 1918. While living in Han- over Professor Pettee initiated the movement resulting in the establish- ment of the town water works; he was an early advocate of highway im- ] rovement, and of state aid to towns
for such purpose; since removal to Durham, with the college in 1893, has been there interested in public as well as college affairs. He served as acting president of the college for several months each, between the administrations of Presidents Murkland and Gibbs, Gibbs and Fairchild and Fairchild and Hetzel; m., 1877, Lu- ella Elizabeth Swett, at Hanover (a native of Canaan); children; Al- vena, b. 1881, (m. 1905, Edward E. Nelson, mechanical engineer, Garfield, Utah); Horace James, b. 1883, me- chanical engineer with the Decatur Bridge Co., Decatur, Ill .; Sarah Eliz- abeth, b. 1886, dietetian, Roosevelt Hospital War Unit, Base Hospital 15, A. E. F., France; Charles Swett, b. 1895, first lieutenant, U. S. regular army, 3d division headquarters, A E. F., France. All his children are graduates of N. H. College. Resi- dence, Durham, N. H.
Shontell, Frederick William
Investment banker; b., Montpelier, Vt., June 11, 1862; s. Frederick and Emilie (Amiel) Shontell; removed to Penacook, N. H., in boyhood (his father having been killed in the Civil War), and commenced work at eleven years of age in the old John Brown woolen mill; ed. public schools of Montpelier and Penacook; entered employ of Amoskeag Mf'g Co., Man- chester, N. H., April 1, 1876, continu- ing two years; afterwards employed by Plummer & Holton, merchant tailors, Manchester; was with A. D. Smith, druggist, of Nashua, two years, returning to Manchester in 1895 in service of the Manchester Traction Light & Power Co., continuing till 1910 when he engaged in investment bank- ing (head of the firm of Shontell & Varick); Unitarian; Independent Re- publican; Moderator Ward 4; mem- ber N. H. state senate, 1901, A. F. & A. M., 32d degree and Knight Templar, Derryfield and Joliet clubs, Sons of Veterans; m., Oct. 20, 1903, Edith Davis, Manchester. Residence, Man- chester, N. H.
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Odell, Willis Patterson
Clergyman; b., Lake Village (now a part of Laconia), N. H., Dec. 14, 1855; s. Joseph L. and Abbie (Swain) Odell; ed., public schools, Tilton Seminary, Boston University, A.B. 1880, A.M.
1890, Ph.D. 1896; D.D., Allegheny College, 1895; entered ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880; pas- tor, Cliftondale, Mass., 1880-2; Wesley Church, Salem, 1883-5; Center Church, Malden, 1886-9; Delaware Ave., Buf- falo, N. Y., 1890-4; Richmond Ave., Buffalo, 1895-7; Calvary, New York City, 1898-1903; Germantown First, Philadelphia, Pa., 1904-6; supplied at Congregational Church, Meredith, N. H., 1909-10; Pastor St. Marks Church, Brookline, Mass., 1911-16; appointed Superintendent, Boston District, M.E. Churches, 1917, still holding such position. The churches named are among the best in the denomination, and Dr. Odell has had special success in financing church enterprises, build- ing edifices for several and paying debts for others; member Theta Delta Chi Soc. in College and admitted to Phi Beta Kappa after graduation; A. F.
& A. M .; Incorporator of Meredith, N. H., Savings Bank; director and vice- president Lakeport Nat'l Bank; direc- tor Citizens Telephone Co., Laconia; trustee Tilton Seminary, Boston Uni- versity, Boston School of Expression, New England Methodist Conference, Wesley Foundation, Harvard Univer- sity. Author "Ministries of Hope." 1904, and various pamphlets on reli- gious topics; m., 1st, June, 30, 1881, Mary F. French, d. March 26, 1904; 2d, Nov. 21, 1906, Eva J. Beede, Meredith, N. H. Dr. Odell has trav- eled widely in his own and foreign countries and lectured much on what he has seen. Residence, 84 Prescott St., Cambridge, Mass .; summer home, Sandown, N. H.
Odell, Eva Beede
(Mrs. Willis P. Odell); teacher and writ- er; b., Meredith, N. H., Nov. 28. 1852;
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pelier and Poultney, Vt., Kent's Hill, Me., and the Centenary Collegiate Institute at Hackettstown, N. J., where she was preceptress for six years. She has traveled extensively in the United States and Europe and lectured much on the places visited; actively engaged in Woman's Club work while a resident of New Hampshire; now a member of the Soc. of New Hamp- shire's Daughters in Boston; Author of two volumes of folk lore stories, en- titled "Roxy's Good Angel and Other New England Tales," and "Miss Pris- sy's Diamond Rings," also a volume of poems entitled "Winnipesaukee and Other Poems"; frequent writer of short articles for newspapers and magazines, including the Granite Monthly; frequently furnishes enter- tainment for societies and private parties by reading her own stories and sketches; m., Nov. 21, 1906, Rev. Willis P. Odell, D.D. (See preceding sketch.)
Lewis, Samuel De Wolf
Banker; b., Newport, N. H., Jan. 3, 1867; s. Frederick W. and Mary J. (Travis) Lewis; ed. Newport high school, Phillips Exeter Academy; Epis- copalian; Republican; selectman, town of Newport, four years; aid-de- camp, staff of Gov. Frank W. Rol- lins, 1899-1901; cashier First Nat'l Bank of Newport, since 1890, and present vice-president; trustee New- port Savings Bank since 1893; pres- ident Brampton Woolen Co., Newport and Sunapee, N. H .; member A. F. & A. M., Newport Board of Trade, Boston Athletic Ass'n; m., June 4, 1890, Maude I. Bibby, Providence, R. I. (member Colonial Dames and Order of the Crown); one daughter, Goldina De Wolf, b. April 30, 1894; educated at St. Mary's School, Con- cord, N. H., and Paris, France; now a pupil of Mme. Marcella Sembrich. Residence, Newport, N. H.
Ball, Sumner Nehemiah
Farmer and hotel-keeper; b., Wash- ington, N. H., June 3, 1854; s. Dexter
and Hannah (Jefts) Ball; ed. public schools and Tubbs Union Academy, Washington; resided some years in Antrim where he founded and published the Antrim Reporter; returning to his native town he has been extensively engaged in agriculture, is an exten- sive real estate owner and proprietor of the famous Lovewell Hotel; Baptist; Republican; moderator, member of the town board of selectmen nineteen years; member school board twelve
years; commissioner for Sullivan Coun- ty six years; prominent in public affairs in town and county; Patron of Husban- dry and for eight years Master of Lov- ell Grange, Washington; m., Nov. 26, 1884, Carrie B. Brooks; children: John S., b. Aug. 30, 1886; Nina M., b. Feb. 27, 1889; Phillips B., b. Oct. 11, 1900. Residence, Washington, N. H.
Tripp, Warren
Farmer and lumberman; b., Short Falls (Epsom), N. H., Oct. 16, 1839; s. Jeremiah and Chloe P. (Prescott)
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Tripp; great grandson of Richard and Ann McClary Tripp, early settlers of Epsom, and born and since residing upon the old family homestead; en- gaged in agriculture from boyhood, but for many years bought and sold cattle extensively, and has since been largely engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, for some years in company with the late James B. Ten- nant; Democrat and active in political affairs for many years, serving as se-
lectman, collector and town treasurer; party candidate for state senator in 1894; Patron of Husbandry, first Master of McClary Grange of Epsom; member Suncook Valley Pomona Grange; president N. H. Grange, State Fair Ass'n, 1892-3, and later general superintendent; member Jewell Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hiram Chapter, Mt. Horeb Commandery, and the Mystic Shrine; Evergreen Lodge, I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club; director Suncook Bank and Mt. Washington R. R .; m., June 8, 1862, Katie M. Bickford, d. Sept. 4, 1910; children:
Florus W., b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. March 29, 1894; Annie M., b. March 11, 1868, m. Blanchard Fowler. Residence, Short Falls (Epsom), N. H.
Cottle, Marion Weston
Lawyer; b., Buffalo N. Y .; dau. Octavius O. and Fannie (Petrie) Cottle; ed. St. Margaret's School, Buffalo; Wellesley College (special student); New York University, LL.B. 1904; Boston University, LL.M. 1913; Re- publican; in practice of law since 1905; member of the bars of New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, and of the Supreme Court of the United States; lecturer on law for the Redpath Chautauqua. System, Washington College of Law, Washing- ton, D. C., and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; member N. H. Bar Ass'n; N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n; Women Lawyers' Ass'n; Mass. Ass'n of Women Lawyers; Tau Zeta Epsilon Soc., Wellesley Col- lege; director Carter-Crane Co. (Inc); Associate editor Women Lawyers' Journal; public lecturer on law and suffrage; law offices, No. Conway, N. H., New York City and Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. Residence, New York City; country home, Sylva- of-the-Pines, Intervale, N. H.
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