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Bank, also of the Morris Plan Insti- tution, recently organized; has been a director of the First National Bank for twenty years and more and is the president of the Haverhill Savings Bank and chairman of its investment committee. By inheritance and other- wise, Mr. Spaulding is Republican in politics and Universalist in religion; he is a strong supporter of the local Universalist church; m., Oakdale, Mass., Nov. 25, 1868, Evelyn Alcie Harris; they have a son and daughter, both of whom, together with their children, are residents of Haverhill.
Gallinger, Jacob Harold
Physician, statesman; b., Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, March 28, 1837; s. Jacob and Catherine (Cook) Gallinger; ed. common schools and by private tutors; M.D., Medical Institute, Cin- cinnati, 1858; New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1868; A.M., Dart- mouth, 1885; of German ancestry on the paternal side, his great-grandfather, Michael Gallinger, having emigrated to this country and settled in New York in 1754, later removing to Canada, while his mother was of American stock; one of twelve children, he learned and worked at the printer's trade, before entering upon the study of medicine; located in medical practice in Keene, but removed to Concord in 1862, where he has since resided; early allied himself with the Republican party and entered actively into politics; member, N. H. house of representatives, in 1872 and 1873, and again in 1891; member, constitutional convention, 1876; state senate, 1878-9-80, being presi- dent the last two years; surgeon- general on staff of Gov. Natt Head, with rank of brigadier-general, 1879- 80; chairman of N. H. Republican state committee for eighteen years; at one time N. H. member Republican National Committee; chairman of the New Hampshire delegation in the Republican national conventions of 1888, 1900, 1904 and 1908; member, U. S. house of representatives, 1885-9; elected U. S. senator for six
years from March 4, 1891 and four times re-elected, present term ending March 4, 1921, being the oldest mem- ber of the Senate in point of service; president pro tem of the Senate in the sixty-second Congress, minority floor leader since 1915, and long regarded as a leading champion of the protective tariff policy; chairman of the Senate committee on District of Columbia. for many years and instrumental in promoting many public improvements; member of the important committees on Appropriations, Finance, Library, Printing and Rules; chairman of the Merchant Marine Commission of 1904- 5; member of the board of trustees of the Columbia Hospital for Women, and of the board of visitors to the Providence Hospital; member of the National For- est Reservation Commission, the Na- tional Washington Monument Ass'n., and vice-chairman of the Water Ways Commission; Baptist; Mason, Odd Fellow, Patron of Husbandry, member of University Club and Lock Tavern Club of Washington, D. C .; m., Aug. 3, 1860, Mary Anna Bailey, dau. of Maj. Isaac Bailey of Salisbury, who d. in Washington, Feb. 2, 1907, having been the mother of six children, of whom one only, Mrs. H. A. Norton of Winches- ter, Mass., survives, the last to pass away being Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, a successful practitioner in his native city and physician at the New Hampshire State Prison. Residence, Concord, N.H.
Emerson, Charles Sumner
Merchant-house furnishings; b., Milford, N. H., April 2, 1866; s. Sumner B. and Martha A. (Bales) Emerson; ed. Milford public schools, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass .; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1907, 1909, chairman, committee on public improvements at. both sessions and actively instrumen- tal in securing the enlargement and remodeling of the state house and the three trunk line highway bill; moder- ator, Milford, since 1910; president, Milford Building & Loan Ass'n; vice- president, Granite Savings Bank; pres-
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ident, Milford Hospital Ass'n; Congre- gationalist; ex-superintendent, Sunday school; moderator, N. H. Conference Congregational churches, 1915-16; member, I. O. O. F., lodge, encamp-
ment and Rebekah lodge; past grand master, New Hampshire; grand rep- resentative to S. G. L. for ten years; member, Milford board of trade (president, 1901, secretary, 1908-11); member, standing committee, N. H. board of trade on Pilgrim Tercen- tenary; chairman, N. H. committee, Pilgrim Tercentenary; m., June 13, 1889, Estelle F. Abbott; children, Dean A., Sumner B., Ruth, Mark F. Residence, Milford, N. H.
Johnson, Perley Albert
Banker, manufacturer; b., Unity, N. H., Oct. 24, 1860; s. William B., and Flora (Severns) Johnson; ed. public schools and St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1878; was a teacher and bookkeeper for a time; served three years as a clerk in the Barton, Vt.,
National Bank, removed to Newport, N. H., in 1885 to accept the position of cashier of the newly organized Citizens National Bank; Methodist; Republican; member, Newport school board, seven years; town treasurer and treasurer town school district many years; member, N. H. house of representatives, and chairman com- mittee on banks, 1911; cashier, Citizens National Bank of Newport, since organization in 1885; treasurer, Sugar River Savings Bank, since organization in 1895; director, Citizens National Bank, Newport, and People's National Bank of Claremont; one of the original incorporators of the Peerless Mf'g Co., with factories at Newport, N. H., and Barton, Vt., a director from the start, treasurer for many years, now president; member, Knights of
Pythias, Newport Board of Trade, president 1909-10; m., Jan. 19, 1886, Katie G. Coe; children, Carroll D., Margaret L. Residence, Newport, N. H.
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Huntress, Harriet Lane
Deputy Superintendent Public In- struction; b., Meredith (now Cen- ter Harbor), N. H .; daughter of James Lewis and Harriet Perkins (Page) Huntress; ed. in private schools in Massachusetts, graduating from Prospect Hill School, Greenfield, in 1879; chief clerk, N. H. Depart- ment of Public Instruction, from April, 1889, serving under Superintendents Patterson, Gowing, Folsom and Mor-
Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam
(Mrs. Frank A.); manufacturer, club woman; b., Croydon, N. H., March 27, 1860; dau. Marshall and Matilda (Carroll) Putnam; ed. public schools and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 1883; m. Frank A. Sibley of Newport, June 19, 1884. Upon Mr. Sibley's death, Oct. 26, 1909, took charge of the business of the Sibley Scythe Co., at North Newport, which had been in the family for more than seventy years,
rison, till Sept., 1913, when appointed deputy superintendent, which position she now holds, being the first woman in New England appointed to such po- sition; member of the Concord Wo- man's Club, Country Club, Friendly Club, Woman's City Club of Boston, N. H. Historical Society, Capital Grange, P. of H., Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Mt. Vernon Ladies' Ass'n (vice-regent for New Hampshire), N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n (member, advisory board); Unitarian. Address, Concord, N. H.
and has successfully conducted the same; long interested in club, philan- thropic, benevolent and patriotic work; member, Newport Woman's Club (president, 1908-9); chairman, conservation committee, State Federa- tion, 1912-13; regent, Reprisal Chap- ter, D. A. R., 1911-13; conservation chairman, N. H. D. A. R., 1916-17; member, National Conservation board, D. A. R., 1916-17; deeply interested in conservation of New Hampshire birds and forests; president, Newport Equal Suffrage League; member, board
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of education, 1908-1910; trustee, Newport Home for Aged Women; raised money for soldiers' monument at North Newport; has traveled ex- tensively in this country and Europe; children, Homer Taft, b. 1887, Dart- mouth A.B., 1907, A.M., 1908, Univer- sity of Goettingen, Germany, 1909-14; Helen, b. 1889, The Elms, Springfield, Mass., 1905-8, Mt. Holyoke College, 1908-10, Germany, 1910-11, m. Charles E. Winter, 1912, children, Mary and Frank; Dean Sheridan, b. 1894, Mitchell Military School, Billerica, Mass., 1908-10, Germany, 1910-11, Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1911-13, Dartmouth, 1913-14, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1914-17. Residence, North Newport, N. H.
Towne, Omar Alvah
Printer and publisher; b., Stoddard, N. H., Feb. 2, 1851; s. Hollis and Elzina M. (Corey) Towne; ed. public
schools, Penacook and Wolfeboro academies; commenced business as a printer and bookseller in Franklin in
1875; bought the Franklin Transcript in 1884 and the Merrimack Journal in 1889, and consolidated the papers under the name of the Journal-Tran- script, which he still publishes, and is also engaged in real estate business; Baptist; Republican; member, Frank- lin board of education, twenty-two years from 1888; member, N. H. con- stitutional convention, 1889; justice, Franklin police court, 1905-13; justice, Franklin municipal court, since 1915; secretary and treasurer, Franklin Building & Loan Ass'n; clerk, Webster Birthplace Ass'n; clerk, Franklin Hospital Ass'n; clerk and treasurer, Gyro Pump Co .; president, N. H. board of trade, 1915-16; member and first president, N. H. Weekly Pub- lishers Ass'n; member, N. H. Press Ass'n, president 1914-15; member, Merrimack Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F., Webster Encampment No. 13, Meri- dian Lodge No. 60, A. F. & A. M., St. Omar Chapter, R. A. M., No. 22, Pythagorean Council No. 6, Laconia; Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and N. H. Consistory; m., June 6, 1884, Elizabeth C. Morrill, who d. Feb. 17, 1916; one dau., Addie E. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Bingham, Harry
Lawyer; b., Columbus, O., March 14, 1864; s. Edward F. and Susan (Gun- ning) Bingham, his father, a brother of the late Harry and George A. Bingham, of Littleton, having been a circuit court judge in Ohio, and later chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia; ed. Columbus public schools, Columbus high school, 1882; studied law in the office of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor at Littleton, 1884 to 1887; admitted to the New Hampshire bar at Concord, July, 1887; removed to Washington, D. C .; Episcopalian; Democrat; captain, U. S. Vol. Inf., Spanish War, June 20, 1898, to March 1, 1899; assistant U. S. district attorney, Washington, D. C., 1900-5; returned to Littleton, April, 1912, at the time of the death of his brother-in-law, William H. Mitchell,
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and took up practice of law in suc- cession to the firm with which he had studied; Judge of Probate for the County of Grafton since Dec. 2,
1913; m., Sept. 10, 1902, Frances Thompson, dau. of the late Hon. John G. Thompson of Ohio. Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Carpenter, Philip
Lawyer; b. Bath, N. H., March 9, 1856; s. Alonzo P. and Julia R. (Goodall) Carpenter; ed., St. Johns- bury, Vt., Academy, 1873, Dartmouth College, 1877; studied law; admitted to the N. H. bar, and practiced in Bath and Lancaster, N. H., 1880-5; since 1885 in New York City; Congre- gationalist; Republican; judge advocate general, N. H., staff of Gov. Moody Currier, 1885-7; first associate district attorney, New York county, 1897; member, Union League, Republican and Dartmouth Clubs, New York City, New Hampshire Soc. and Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n in New York, N. H. Historical Soc .; Mason; m. Sept. 3,
1880, Fanny Hallock Rouse. Office, 111 Broadway, New York City; resi- dence, 85 Berkeley Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
Chase, William Martin
Jurist; b., Canaan, N. H., Dec. 27, 1837; s. Horace and Abigail S. (Martin) Chase; ed. public schools, Canaan Union Academy, Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College, B. S. 1858, hon. A.M. 1879, LL.D., 1898, admitted to N. H. bar, 1862, and in practice in Concord, as a member of the firms of Marshall & Chase, Sargent & Chase and Chase & Streeter, till 1891, when appointed associate justice of the N. H. supreme court, serving till 1907, when he resumed practice alone; Congregationalist; Democrat; clerk, N. H. senate, 1871; member, Concord board of education, for twenty years; trustee, N. H. state library, 1874, N. H. state normal school, 1876-8; member, Concord board of water
commissioners, 1877-91; chairman, commission to revise and codify the laws of New Hampshire under act of
HON. ROLLAND H. SPAULDING
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1889, upon whose report the Public Statutes were enacted in 1891; member, N. H. senate, 1909-10, serving on judiciary revision of statutes and other committees; director, First National Bank of Concord, from 1870; clerk, Concord & Montreal Railroad; trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1890 and clerk of the corporation; member, N. H. Historical Soc., N. E. Historic-Geneal- ogical Soc., Wonolancet Club, Con- cord, honorary, member Dartmouth Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; engaged as a lawyer in much important litigation, and extensively consulted as counsel; m., March 18, 1863, Ellen S. Abbott; one s., Arthur H. Chase. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Spaulding, Rolland Harty
Manufacturer, ex-governor; b., Townsend Harbor, Mass., March 15, 1873; s. Jonas and Elvira (Chase) Spaulding; ed., Phillips Andover Acad- emy, Andover, Mass., class of 1893; entered business in 1895, and has since continued, in the firm established by his father, now Jonas Spaulding Sons Co. (Inc.), manufacturers of leather- board, counters, novelties, etc., at Townsend Harbor, Mass., Rochester, North Rochester and Milton, N. H., and Tonawanda, N. Y .; vice-presi- dent, Spaulding & Frost Co., Fremont, N. H .; director, Spaulding & Sons (Ltd.), London, England, Inter- national Leather Co., Atlas Leather Co., First National Bank, Rochester, . N. H., United Life and Accident Ins. Co., Concord, N. H .; Protestant; Re- publican; delegate, Republican national convention, 1912; governor of New Hampshire, 1915-16; vice-president, New Hampshire Defence League, 1917; vice-chairman, executive committee, New Hampshire Committee of Safety. Residence, North Rochester, N. H.
Bean, Edwin Curtis
Secretary of state; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Feb. 20, 1854; s. John C. and Climenia (Burleigh) Bean; ed. com- mon schools, Tilton Seminary and private tutors; engaged for thirty years
in mercantile business in Belmont, N. H .; Baptist; Republican; town clerk, 1881-2; postmaster, 1878-84; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1887, 1913, 1915 (speaker in 1915); delegate to Republican national convention, 1904; delegate, N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; colonel on staff of Gov. John McLane, 1905-6; secretary
of state since 1915; trustee, City Savings Bank, Laconia, Iona Savings Bank, Tilton; president, N. H. Retail Merchants Ass'n three years; member, Lawrence Grange, P. of H., Knights of Pythias, Mason; m., Oct. 10, 1882, Marietta Bowman, Eastport, Me .; children, Helen M., John C. (d. March 23, 1910), Arthur E., Edna C. Resi- dence, Belmont, N. H.
Felker, Andrew Llewellyn
Farmer; b., Barrington, N. H., July 6, 1869; s. Andrew J. and Lydia A. (Seavey) Felker; ed. Pond Hill school, Barrington, Austin Academy, Strafford, New Hampton Literary Institution, New Hampton, N. H .; engaged in farm-
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ing in the town of Meredith since Jan., 1897; Free Baptist; Independent Democrat; selectman, Meredith, 1898- 9; member, school board, ten years; appointed commissioner of agriculture
by Gov. Samuel D. Felker in 1913; twice nominated for reappointment by Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding in 1916, council refusing confirmation on par- tisan grounds; renominated by Gov. Henry W. Keyes in 1917, and unani- mously confirmed; member, Chocorua Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Meredith, Wicwas Lake Grange, P. of H., master, 1904; district deputy; lectu- rer, N. H. State Grange, 1910-14, overseer since 1914; secretary, N. H. Old Home Week Ass'n since 1914; has spoken extensively on agricultural and kindred topics at farmers' institutes, Grange gatherings and various public meetings throughout the state; m., Dec. 5, 1894, Eva J. Perkins of Meredith; three sons, Louis K. and Harold P., students at New Hampshire College, and Walter A. Residence, Laconia, N. H .; address, Concord, N. H.
Watson, Irving Allison
Physician; b., Salisbury, N. H., Sept. 6, 1849; s. Porter B. and Luvia E. (Ladd) Watson; ed. common schools, Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Colle- giate Institute; studied medicine; at- tended lectures, Dartmouth Medical College and University of Vermont; grad. from latter, M.D., 1871 (A.M., Dartmouth, 1885); practiced Groveton, N. H., 1871-81; since then in Concord; several years superintendent of schools at Groveton, member N. H. legislature, 1879-81; secretary N. H. state board of health since organization, Sept., 1881; secretary N. H. commissioners of lun- acy; registrar vital statistics of New Hampshire; president of state board cattle commissioners from 1891 to 1913; secretary, American Public Health Ass'n, 1883-97; president, Inter- national Conference State and Provin-
cial Boards of Health, 1903; assistant secretary-general, first Pan-American medical congress; permanent member, American Medical Ass'n; honorary member, Academia Nacional de Medi-
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cina de Mexico; member, Société Fran- çaise d' Hygiène of Paris; president, N. H. Medical Soc., 1903; National Ass'n for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis; compiled and edited : Physicians and Surgeons of America; N. H. regis- tration reports since 1881; reports state board of health since 1882; re- ports American Public Health Ass'n, 1883-97; Reports N. H. commissioners of lunacy; author of many papers on medical and sanitary subjects; m., 1872, Lena A. Farr of Littleton, N. H., who d. Jan. 30, 1901; one dau., Bertha M. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Gay, George Washington
Physician and surgeon; b., Swan- zey, N. H., Jan. 14, 1842; s. Willard and Fanny (Wright) Gay; ed. com- mon schools, Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, Powers Institute, Bernards- town, Mass., Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1868, A.M. Dartmouth, 1895; has practiced continuously in Boston since graduation, specializing in surgery ; surgeon, Boston City Hospital, since 1872; instructor in clinical surgery, 1888-1900, Harvard Medical School, and lecturer, 1900-07; member, Mass. Medical Soc. (president, 1906-8), Amer- ican Medical Soc., American Surgical Ass'n, British Medical Ass'n, St. Bot- olph Club, N. H. Historical Soc .; presi- dent, Suffolk Storage Warehouse Co .; trustee, Wrentham School for Feeble- minded; Unitarian; m., 1st, Nov., 1868, Mary E. Hutchinson, who d. Feb., 1873; 2d, Nov., 1875, Grace Greenleaf Ha- thorne. Office, 665 Boylston St., Bos- ton, Mass .; residence, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Allen, Carl Addison
Physician; b., Lempster, N. H., Oct. 27, 1847; s. Stephen and Phoebe (Lewis) Allen; ed. common schools, private academies, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 1871; Long Island College Hospital, M.D., 1874; com- menced medical practice at Acworth, N. H., Dec., 1874, continuing till 1890 when he removed to Holyoke, Mass., where he continues; Congregationalist;
Independent; superintendent of schools, Lempster, 1872, Acworth, 1876-86; president, Connecticut River Medical Soc., president, Hampden County Medical Soc .; president, Holyoke Medi- cal Soc .; president, Holyoke Anti- Tuberculosis Soc .; Secretary, Holyoke chapter, American Red Cross; member, I. O. O. F .; m., 1st, Sophie E. Stearns, May 19, 1875, who d. Dec. 19, 1888; 2d, March 25, 1891, Hattie M. Murdough; children, Walter S. (Amherst, 1900),
superintendent of the laboratory of the General Chemical Co., New York; Fred H. (Amherst, 1902, Harvard Medical School, 1907), in practice in Holyoke, specializing in diseases of chil- dren; Sophie E. (Mt. Holyoke, 1909), secretary to the dean of Columbia Col- lege, New York; Carl W. (Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1914), chem- ist in employ of the General Chemical Co., New York; Raymond P., pay- master, Farr Alpaca Co., Holyoke; Le- land C. at home. Residence, Holyoke, Mass.
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Bean, George Fremont
Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., March 24, 1857; s. Stephen Sibley and Nancy E. (Colby) Bean; ed. Warner public schools, Simonds free high school, Warner, Colby Academy, New London, N. H., 1877, Brown University, A.B., 1881, A.M., 1884; studied law with Hon. Samuel C. Eastman of Concord, and graduated, LL.B., from Boston University Law School, 1885; admitted to the bar in Boston same
year and has been in general practice there since, establishing his residence in Woburn; Congregationalist; Re- publican; mayor of Woburn, 1901-2; member, Woburn school board from 1896 to 1908, half the time as chairman, and declining further election; member, Mass. house of representatives, 1910; trustee, Choate Memorial Hospital, Woburn; trustee, Warren Academy; chairman, trustees of the Brown Alumni Loyalty Fund; member, advi- sory board of the Brown Alumni; member, Towanda Club of Woburn; m., Sept. 2, 1896, E. Maria Blodgett,
who d. April 16, 1917; Mrs. Bean was a sister of the late Judge John T. Blod- gett of the supreme court of Rhode Island, a graduate of Wellesley, a teacher and earnest worker along edu- cational, church and charitable lines; children, Esther (Mrs. Orel M. Bean), Wellesley, 1909; Stephen Sibley, Brown, 1914. Residence, Woburn, Mass .; office, Rice Building, Boston.
Perley, Sir George Halsey
Lumber manufacturer; high com- missioner; b., Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 12, 1857; s. William G. and Mabel Tick- nor (Stevens) Perley; ed .. Ottawa grammar school, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Harvard University, A.B., 1878; vice-president, Hull Lum- ber Co .; president, Argenteuil Lumber Co .; director, Bank of Ottawa; many years vice-president, Canada Atlantic Railway; elected to House of Commons for Argenteuil, 1904, 1908, 1911; on defeat of the Laurier Administration, in 1911, became a member of the Privy Council, and accepted a seat in the Borden Cabinet without portfolio; in charge of office of High Commissioner for Canada, in London, since June, 1914; m., 1st, June 4, 1884, Annie Hespeler Bowlby, who d. Aug. 10, 1910; 2d, June 11, 1913, Emily Colby White; one dau. Residence, 233 Metcalfe St .; office, Citizen's Building,
Ot- tawa, Ontario.
McCrillis, John
Lawyer, insurance, banker; b., Goshen, N. H., Aug. 5, 1858; s. Wil- liam H. and Abby (Huntoon) McCril- lis; ed. Newport high school, Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College, 1883; principal, Morris, Minn., high school, 1883-4, Springfield, Vt., high school, 1884-6; read law with Albert S. Wait of Newport; admitted to the bar, 1889; clerk of Supreme or Superior Court for Sullivan County since 1886; extensively engaged in insurance; Unitarian; Democrat; many years member N. H. Democratic state committee; member, Newport board of education, 1887-90; auditor,
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Sullivan County, ten years; trustee, N. H. State Hospital, ten years; mem- ber, Newport water and sewer com- mission, eight years, cemetery com- mission, seven years; president, First
National Bank of Newport; trustee, Newport Savings Bank; director, Dex- ter Richards & Sons Co .; treasurer, di- rector and clerk, Brampton Woolen Co .; member and past master, Mount Vernon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport; Sulli- van Commandery, K. T., Claremont; m., Sept. 26, 1895, Mary E. Wilmarth of Newport; two sons, John Wilmarth and William Henry. Residence, New- port, N. H.
Keeler, Irad Eugene
Register of probate of Merrimack County; b., Greenport, N. Y., March 7,1868; s. Rev. Samuel Crofut and Lydia (Williams) Keeler, both of whom were natives of Connecticut; his father divided about equally between the states of New York and New Hamp- shire a service of nearly half a century in the Methodist ministry, filling
many of the leading pastorates and rising to a presiding eldership in the latter state. He has been a resident of New Hampshire since 1877; educated in the public schools, graduating from Keene high school in 1886; after a year of clerical work in New York City, he came to Concord, in 1887, where he has since resided; was for twenty-five years a correspondent consecutively of the Manchester Union, Manchester Mirror, Boston Globe and various metropolitan dailies; also con- ducted a general insurance business; a tenor soloist and member of several choirs of Capital city churches and of various secular organizations during a. period of twenty-five years; Repub- lican; member of the legislature of 1911 from Ward 6, Concord, serving on appropriations and insurance com- mittees; nominated in 1912 for regis-
ter of probate for Merrimack County, carrying 31 out of 37 towns and wards, in competition with two well-known and active opponents; elected to this office in 1912, and twice re-elected
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without opposition in the primaries and having the highest majority over his Democratic opponents of any candidate on the Republican ticket; member, Eureka Lodge No. 70, A. F. & A. M., South Congregational Church, Capital Grange, Wonolancet Club and N. H. Historical Society; m., Dec. 17, 1901, Edith M. Burleigh of Concord; one son, Richard Hall. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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