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Johnson, Thomas Franklin
Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., July 3, 1848; s. David and Mary (Washman) Johnson; ed. public schools and Cole- brook Academy; went to Iowa in search of health; studied law with Hon. L. L. Ainsworth, admitted to the bar and practiced one year at Postville, Ia .; returned to New Hampshire and . located at Colebrook, where he has continued in practice; Republican; member N. H. constitutional conven- tion, 1902, 1912, N. H. bank commis- sion, 1911-13; m., March 1, 1877, Abi- gail Lovering. Residence, Colebrook, N. H.
Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell
Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Nov. 6, 1860; s. Samuel F. and Mary B. (Cogswell) Bachelder; ed. Gilmanton Academy, Harvard College, A.B. 1883, A.M. 1886; Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1886; in practice of law in Boston since 1886; Congregationalist; Republican; member Boston City Council, 1894-5; Mass. house of representatives, 1896-7; director American Stave and Cooper- age Co., Harvard Improvement Ass'n; member Mass. Militia three years, Colonial Club, Dorchester; m., Nov. 18, 1893, Claudia Wilma Crosby, Boston; two children. Residence, 39 Gleason St., Dorchester, Mass.
Bailey, Charles Hardy
Physician; b., West Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 21, 1856; s. Clark and Carolyn C. (Davis) Bailey; ed. Winchester, N. H., high school, N. H. College, B.S. 1879, Dartmouth Med. College, M.D. 1881; located in medical practice in Gardner, Mass., 1881, and has there continued;
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Republican; member staff Henry Hay- .ward Memorial Hospital; school com- mittee, Gardner, since 1903; Mass. Med. Soc., Worcester North District Med. Soc., Gardner Boat Club; m., Aug. 14, 1884, Clara E. Morse, Win- chester, N. H .; three children. Resi- dence, Gardner, Mass.
Young, John Edwin
Jurist; b., Stratham, N. H., Jan. 26, 1855; s. Mark Fernald and Olive Light (Piper) Young; ed. public schools, Coes Academy, Northwood, N. H., Dartmouth College, A.B., 1878; engaged for a time in farm labor; studied law with Marston & Eastman some time; was variously engaged in the West and South until 1889 when he returned East, resumed his legal study, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and commenced practice with Marston & Eastman, continuing till after the death of Gen. Marston, and later in the firm Eastman, Young & O'Neill, and Eastman & Young till August, 1898, when he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of New Hampshire; April, 1901, associate justice superior court; January, 1904, again associate justice of the su- preme court, since continuing; Con- gregationalist; Republican; m., Jan. 16, 1895, Bertha J. Hobbs, Newfields, N. H., d. 1906; one adopted daughter, Priscilla Bertha Young. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Barney, Charles Oscar
Editor and publisher; b., Orange; N. H., July 21, 1846; s. Aaron and Sarah Ann (Chase) Barney; ed. public schools, Grafton select school, and Canaan Union Academy; established the Canaan Reporter, a weekly news- paper, in 1867 and has continued its publication from that time, being the oldest newspaper publisher in contin- uous service in the state; Methodist; Republican; member N. H. house of representatives, 1901; constitutional convention, 1912; many years special justice Canaan police court; clerk and director Crystal Lake Water Co.,
Canaan; member N. H. Press Ass'n (president), K. of P. (Grand Chancel- lor, N. H., 1901), P. of H .; m., July, 1874, Mary E. Wilmarth. Residence, Canaan, N. H.
English, Fred Hubbard
Merchant (retired); b., Hartland, Vt., Jan. 8, 1857; s. John W. and Melissa (Hubbard) English; ed. public schools, Littleton high school; en- gaged for forty years in grocery trade
in Littleton, recently retiring; Congre- gationalist; Democrat; member Lit- tleton board of health, 1892-4; board of education, 1891-6; member N. H., house of representatives, 1919-20 (Chairman Committee on banks) ; vice- president and director Littleton Nat'l Bank; secretary Littleton Musical Ass'n., 1893-5; director Littleton Shoe Co .; member A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d degree, and past E. Commander St. Gerard Commandery, K. T .; m., July 31, 1882, Claribel Richardson, Littleton. Residence, Lit- tleton, N. H.
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Sullivan, Edmund
Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H., April 19, 1865; s. Florence and Margaret (Shea) Sullivan; ed. public schools, Lancaster Academy, Law Depart- ment Univ. of Mich., LL.B. 1890; admitted to the Michigan bar, but returned to Lancaster and located in practice there in 1892, where he was for several years in partnership with the late William H. Shurtleff, but in 1901 removed to Berlin and formed a partnership with Daniel J. Daley, which has continued, the firm doing an extensive business; Catholic; Demo- crat; auditor, Coös County, 1900-14; member N. H. constitutional conven- tion, 1912; chairman N. H. License Commission from August 7, 1913, until legislated out of office on partisan grounds, August, 1915; clerk Berlin- Shelburne Power Co .; appointed mem- ber District Draft Board, July 21, 1917; chairman Berlin District Fuel Committee, Oct. 17, 1917; member Community Labor Board, August, 1918; member Speakers' Bureau for War Work from organization in 1917 and frequently speaking during the war; member Catholic Order of Fores- ters, Knights of Columbus and Elks; m., Nov. 29, 1894, Mary Kenyon; children, Harold C., b. Aug. 25, 1895, in U. S. Navy from the commencement of the war with Germany; Miriam, b. Jan. 25, 1897, at home. Residence, Berlin, N. H.
Madden, Charles Augustus
Lawyer; b., Feb. 4, 1881; s. Thomas and Honora (Cain) Madden; ed. public schools of Keene; studied law with his brother, Joseph Madden and was admitted to the bar July 13, 1909, since practicing in Keene; Re- publican; member Keene City Coun- cil, 1908; special justice Keene Mu- nicipal Court, appointed March 10, 1915; succeeded L. W. Holmes as justice, April 25, 1918; member N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; mem- ber Lodge of the Temple, A. F. & A. M .; m., March 14, 1908, Winnifred Comer. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Sawyer, Herbert Noyes
Dairy farmer; b., Atkinson, N. H., July 6, 1860; s. Jesse Augustus and Elizabeth Bradley (Noyes) Sawyer; ed. public schools and Atkinson Acad- emy; Universalist; Republican; mem- ber Atkinson school board since es- tablishment of the present system and chairman for ten years, also chairman joint boards of Atkinson, Hudson, Salem and Danville since the forma- tion of the supervisory district; four years member of board of selectmen of Atkinson (chairman two years); member N. H. House of Representa-
tives, 1917-18, having received all but five votes cast; vice-president N. H. Dairymen's Ass'n; member N. E. Milk Producer's Ass'n, serving as chair- man of county and state organiza- tions; member I. O. O. F., J. O. U. A. M. and P. of H .; five years master of Atkinson Grange; four years dis- trict deputy N. H. State Grange, four years general deputy; Overseer N. H. State Grange 1917 -; m., Oct. 17, 1886
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Nettie Grace Pettengill; children, Arthur Herbert, b. March 8, 1889 (N. H. College, 1912); Clifford Augustus, Aug. 30, 1894 (N. H. College, 1915). On Nov. 1, 1915, the two sons took charge of the farm, and have since managed it under the name of H. N. Sawyer & Sons. Residence, Atkinson, N. H.
Fletcher, Lucy Nettie
Red Cross nurse; b., Grouville, Isle of Jersey, England, Feb. 18, 1886; dau.
Charles George Ellis and Nettie Mur- dock (Binet) Fletcher; granddaughter Rev. William and Lucy Antoinette (Murdock) Binet. Miss Fletcher's father and grandfather were English, but on her mother's side she is de- scended from old Massachusetts fam- ilies, Mason, Dedham, and Robert Murdock, Roxbury, Mass., 1692. In 1902 she came to Concord, N. H., to make her home with her aunts, the Misses Eliza M., Alice L. and Maude B. Binet; ed. St. Mary's School one year, high school, 1902, Radcliffe
College, A.B., 1910; Episcopalian; member Boston Woman's College Club, St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n, Radcliffe Alumnae Ass'n; began train- ing as a secretary in the Associated Charities of Boston; graduated from the Mass. General Hospital, Feb., 1916; became night supervisor in that hospital till the U. S. Army Base Hos- pital, No. 6, to which she belonged, left for France, June, 1917; became head nurse in one of the medical wards; contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis and died May 6, 1918; buried with full military honors in the first grave in the officers' cemetery: She was the first Red Cross nurse in General Pershing's army to meet death in the performance of duty. Born in Eng- land, reared in America, died in France, she gave her life for humanity. The Spiker of June, 1918, a monthly magazine for the American Army, says: "Miss Fletcher was highly esteemed by all soldiers, especially the Eighteenth Engineers. It was her tireless work and devotion to duty that resulted in her death." Miss Parsons, the chief nurse of the Base Hospital, writes: "She was wonderfully brave and patient and uncomplaining. If all of us could be like her, heaven would come on earth. It was a privilege to have known her."
Adams, James Meade
Journalist; b., Nashua, N. H., June 26, 1862; s. James P. and Anna G. (Page) Adams; ed. public schools, Weare, N. H .; engaged in newspaper work from early life; associate editor American Young Folks, Manchester, N. H., 1884; editorial writer, Daily Telegraph, Nashua, N. H., 1889-99; member pioneer American colony in Cuba, 1900; associate editor, N. E. Farmer, 1910-11; contributor in prose and verse to many papers and maga- zines; Unitarian; Republican; mes- senger, N. H. Senate 1887-90; ser- geant at arms, 1895-7; statistical agent for U. S. Dep't of Agriculture for New Hampshire, 1890-3; member N. H. Press Ass'n, Unitarian Men's
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Club, Brattleboro, Vt .;
£ author, "Pioneering in Cuba," 1901; m., Sept. 22, 1890, Maria Dame, Lynn, Mass .; children, James Greenleaf, b. March 4, 1892; Constance May, March 10, 1894; Leon Mitchell and Lincoln Dame, May 16, 1898. Resi- dence, Brattleboro, Vt.
Aldrich, George Isaac
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H., Dec. 1, 1853; s. Charles and Ann (Bowen) Aldrich; ed. public schools, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1875 (Phi Beta Kappa); Unitarian; Repub- lican; principal Adams Grammar School, Quincy, Mass., 1875-8, super- intendent of schools, Canton, Mass., 1878-80; Canton and Milton, 1880-3, Milton and Quincy, 1883-92, Newton, 1893-9; acting superintendent, Spring- field, 1900; superintendent schools, Brookline, Mass., 1900- ; mem- ber Mass. State Board of Educa- tion, 1890-1908; member N. E. A. Council of Education, Mass. State Teachers Ass'n, Mass. Schoolmasters Club; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1880, Evelyn L. Holbrook, Hopkinton, Mass., d. 1885; 2d, March 31, 1887, Elsie M. Holbrook; one daughter, Evelyn Hope. Residence, 122 Kent St., Brookline, Mass.
Anthony, Francis Wayland
Physician; neurologist; b., Great Falls (Somersworth), N. H., Aug. 25, 1858; s. Rev. George Nelson and Abbie Clark (Stuart) Anthony; ed. Harvard Univ., A.B. 1879; teacher Patten (Me.) Academy, 1879-80; Weston, Mass., high school, 1882-5; M.D., Harvard Med. School, 1888; house officer, Hav- erhill, Mass., City hospital, 1888-9; physician for
same, 1895-1900; physician Hale Hospital; associate medical examiner 4th Essex Mass. District; consulting physician, Dan- vers, Mass.,. Insane Hospital; member corporation Waverly School for Feeble- minded; Mass. Med. Soc., Mass. Soc. Examining Physicians .(president, 1915); Essex North District Med. Soc., Haverhill Med. Club; president Asso-
ciated Charities, Haverhill, Mass., 1910-15; president board of trustees, Haverhill, Y. M. C. A .; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; m., Nov. 12, 1879, Alice Goodhue Safford, Cam- bridge, Mass .; two children. Resi- dence, 50 Merrimack St., Haverhill, Mass.
Wentworth, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H., Jan. 29, 1877, on the place occupied by his ancestors for three generations; s. of Paul and Ellen Tilton (Dunklee) Wentworth, grandson of Col. Joseph and Sarah Payson (Jones) Wentworth, descended from Elder William Went-
worth of Dover, N. H., the first immi- grant; ed. Holderness School for Boys, N. H., Phillips Andover Academy, Mass., Dartmouth College, 1900 Harvard Law School, 1903; member of firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston; Episcopalian; Republican; member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx at Dartmouth; member Dartmouth Club of Boston, Boston Chamber of
ALFRED W. ABBOTT, M. D.
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Commerce, Boston Bar Ass'n. Busi- ness address, 30 State St., Boston, Mass. Residence, Boston and Sand- wich, N. H.
Abbott, Alfred Wells
Physician; b., Concord, N. H., May 7, 1842; s. Alfred Chandler and Judith (Farnum) Abbott; ed. Boscawen Acad- emy, 1863, Dartmouth Med. College, 1867; commenced the practice of medicine in Kansas, but returned to New Hampshire, locating in Sanborn- ton, whence, after ten years, he re- moved to Laconia and has there con- tinued in practice; he has written many articles along medical lines, some of which have appeared in lead- ing medical periodicals. As an expert witness he has been called to testify in court cases in all parts of the state. He is the owner of the Alfred Abbott farm in West Concord, on the shore of the Merrimack, near Sewall's Falls, which contained one of the finest tim- ber lots in the state, and has been owned by Abbotts in direct lineal de- scent since the first settlement; it is now used by the family as a summer residence; Republican; president Citi- zens' Telephone Co .; trustee Laconia Savings Bank; m., Dec. 30, 1869, Julia A. Clay; children, Clifton S., physician; Blanche Newell, teacher of Latin, Laconia high school. Resi- dence, Laconia, N. H.
Aldrich, Walter J.
Physician; b., Lyman, N. H., Nov. 3, 1866; s. Albert H. and Rula R. (Tucker) Aldrich; ed. public schools and St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, 1888; taught in Kansas in 1889; graduated M.D., from Bellevue Hos- pital Med. School, New York, 1893, and immediately commenced practice in St. Johnsbury, Vt., since continu- ing; member Vermont house of repre- sentatives, 1912-3; Progressive party candidate for governor of Vermont, 1914; member Caledonia County and Vermont Med. Soc. and American Med. Ass'n; m., Nov. 1, 1893, Flora Folsom, St. Johnsbury; one son, James F. Residence, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Mason, Wallace Edward
Educator; b., North Conway, N. H., June 24, 1861; s. John E. and Lizzie W. (Randall) Mason; ed. Fryeburg, Me., Academy, Bowdoin College, 1882; Harvard and Clark University and Hyannis Summer schools; principal Thomaston, Me., high school, 1883-8, admitted to the bar in Colorado in 1889; practiced law in Tennessee, 1889- 91; principal high schools, Orange, Mass., 1892-7; Leominster, Mass.,
1879-1902; district superintendent of schools, Leicester and Charlton, Mass., 1902-6; superintendent of schools and principal high school, North Andover, Mass., 1906-11; di- rector Keene, N. H., Normal School since 1911; Congregationalist; Repub- lican; member N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; A. F. & A. M .; past Patron, O. E. S., S. A. R., P. of H., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi; member National Educational Ass'n, American Inst. of Instruction (presi- dent); director Keene Commercial
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Club; m., June 30, 1887, Nettie Rob- inson; children, Harold Elliot, b. Sept. 13, 1888, architect in Keene; Donald Robinson, b. March 28, 1891, U. S. Navy; Wallace E., Jr., b. Feb. 9, 1894, farmer in Connecticut. Resi- dence, Keene, N. H.
McFarland, Annie Avery
Born, Concord, N. H .; dau. Deacon Asa and Clarissa Jane (Chase) Mc- Farland, granddaughter Rev. Asa and Elizabeth (Kneeland) McFarland. Rev. Dr. McFarland was the third
minister of the First Congregation- alist church of Concord, 1798-1825. Mrs. E. K. McFarland founded the N. H. Female Cent Institution, 1804, and the Concord Female Charitable Soc., 1812, probably the oldest philan- thropic societies in the country founded by a woman. Miss McFarland was educated in private and public schools, graduated from Concord high school; treasurer of N. H. Female Cent In- stitution since 1875; president Con- cord Female Charity Soc., 1904-10;
secretary Nat. Woman's Home Mis- sionary Federation, 1905-8, 1910- 13; president Avon (Shakespeare) Club, 1902-7; on executive committee N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; monthly visitor, N. H. Orphans' Home; mem- ber South Congregational church of which her parents were among the founders (1837) in whose memory she has given a window of Tiffany stained glass; member Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, American Defence Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, N. H. Histor- ical Soc., N. H. Audubon Soc., Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests, Nat. Geographic Soc., N. H. Ministers' and Widows' Fund (memorial), N. H. Home Miss. Soc. (life), , Concord Woman's Club, Concord Friendly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., S. P. C. A., Red Cross, Woman's Ass'n, South church, South Church Relief Soc. (president several years).
Abbott, Harlan Page
Surgeon; b., Antrim, N. H., July 10, 1860; s. John Rand and Hannah Os- good (True) Abbott; ed. Phillips Exe- ter Academy, 1881, Brown Univ., A.B. 1885, A.M. 1889, Harvard Med. School M.D. 1889; in practice in Providence, R. I., since 1889; engaged in hospital service; now surgeon for ear, nose and throat, Rhode Island Hospital; Bap- tist; Republican; member Providence Med. Ass'n, Rhode Island Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n and various other medical societies and organizations; Delta Upsilon (Brown Chapter), Medi- cal Improvement, Providence Art and University Clubs of Providence; m., June 25, 1898, Cornelia Seabury Cook, New Bedford, Mass .; two daughters. Residence, 152 Angell St., Providence, R. I.
Allen, Glover Morrill
Naturalist; b., Walpole, N. H., Feb. 8, 1879; s. Rev. Nathaniel G. and Har- riet Ann (Schouler) Allen; ed. Harvard Univ., A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 1904; graduate student, 1906-7; secre- tary and librarian Boston Soc. Nat-
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ural History, 1901- ; connected with department of Mammals, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, since 1907; member expedition to Bahama Islands, 1904, British East Africa, 1909, Grenada, British West Indies, 1910, Sudan, 1912; Republican; Episcopalian; member Boston Soc. Natural History, American Ornitholog- ical Union, Biological Soc., Washing- ton, D. C., Phi Beta Kappa, Travelers', Naturalists' and Harvard Clubs; m., June 26, 1911, Sarah Moody Cushing, Salem, Mass .; one daughter. Resi- dence, 126 Pleasant St., Arlington, Mass.
Jackman, Samuel Hason
Teacher; farmer; b., Enfield, N. H., July 20, 1831, s. William and Lucy (Eaton) Jackman; ed. public schools, Andover (now Proctor) Academy, Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1860; taught school and engaged in farm labor in early life; went to Bureau Co., Illinois, in 1861 and taught there till 1863, when he joined an emigrant train for California where he has since resided, teaching in public schools for twenty years, except for three years-1872-3-4-when he was superintendent of schools for the city of Sacramento; in 1884 abandoned teaching and purchased and operated a ranch till 1909, when he retired; poli- tically a Democrat, then Republican, next a Progressive, now a Prohibition- ist; member A. F. & A. M., joining in 1860, Social Lodge, No. 50 of Enfield, and demitted to Tehoma Lodge of Sacramento in 1865; Patron of Hus- bandry, since 1883, holding the princi- pal offices in subordinate and Pomona Granges; m., Aug. 13, 1870 Ann McDaniel. Residence, 2819 E St., Sacramento, Cal.
Parker, Charles Sullivan
N. H. Manager Aetna Life Ins. Co., b., North Andover, Mass., Oct. 21, 1845; s. Deacon Stephen Hall and Anne Matilda (Abbot) Parker; eighth in descent from Dea. Thomas Parker, Reading, Mass., 1635; great great
grandson of John Parker and great grandson of Lieut. John Parker, Jr., both of whom were in the battle of Lexington (the latter served through- out the Revolution); grandson of Rev. Joshua Abbot of Concord, N. H., and great grandson of Capt. Joshua Abbot who commanded a New Hamp- shire company at Bunker Hill; ed. Punchard Free School, Andover and Phillips Andover Academy; in early years in mercantile life, Boston, Lowell
and Lawrence, Mass .; with Page Belt- ing Co., Concord, N. H., 1876-86; insurance business, Concord, 1886- ; member First Congregationalist church (deacon since 1908); Repub- lican; member Common Council; director Page Belting Co .; on Ceme- tery Commission several years; mem- ber Wonolancet Club (charter, 1891), N. H. Historical Soc., S. A. R., Parker Genealogical Soc., I. O. O. F. (joining in 1867), Blazing Star Lodge, Trinity Chapter, Horace Chase Council, Mount Horeb Commandery, A. F. &
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A. M., Concord, N. H. (Past Master of Lodge, Past Commander Mount Horeb), N. H. Consistory, Scottish Rite, 32d degree; m., May 24, 1870, Lawrence, Mass., Kate Maria Shetler; children, (1) Alice Frances, Concord high school, 1894, N. E. Conservatory, Boston, 1896, also post graduate course; m. Albert Britton Smith, Sept. 19, 1905, now living in Marion, Ind .; their children, Francis Parker, Katherine Belle, Elsbeth, Charles Sumner, Harriet Evelyn; (2) Elisa- beth Abbot, Concord high school, 1900 (valedictorian), A. B., Smith College, 1904. Residence, 238 North Main St., Concord, N. H.
Harris, Ira Francis
Banker, traveller, author, lecturer; b., Nashua, N. H., Nov. 9, 1855; s. Robert and Mary (Glines) Harris; descendant in seventh generation from John Harris of Charlestown, Mass. (1658); ed. public schools of Nashua; went West and was variously engaged after leaving school, but returned home, and in 1877 entered employ of Indian Head National Bank of Nashua; promoted assistant cashier in 1886, and cashier in 1895, which position he still holds; Congregationalist; Demo- crat; cashier Indian Head Nat'l Bank; president Edgewood Cemetery Ass'n; trustee Nashua public library; director Pennichuck Water Works; treasurer Nashua Development Co .; member American Bankers' Ass'n (vice-president for New Hampshire); treasurer of Nashua Board of Trade,. and New Hampshire Board of Trade many years previous to 1916; ad- ministrator of many estates; traveled extensively in this country and Mexico, and made a tour of the world in 1913; has prepared and delivered many il- lustrated lectures, depicting the coun- tries and scenes through which he has traveled, having an unusually fine collection of views; has also devoted much time to the study of local history, his lectures on "Historic Nashua," "Colonial Homes" and the "Merri- mack Valley," no less than those on
Mexico and "Around the World," proving deeply interesting, and fre- quently called for; author of "Breezes from the Orient" (travel volume), 1914, and various monographs and historical papers; member A. F. & A. M. in- cluding 32d degree, Knight Templar; m., June 7, 1881, Mary C. Proctor, Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Hall, Harriet James
Social worker; b., Manchester, N. H., May 24, 1869; dau. Henry Nason
and Nancie (Crombie) Hall; ed. private and public schools of Man- chester, high school, 1886, St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., School for Social Workers, Boston, Mass., 1909- 10; secretary St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n, 1893-5; secretary Molly Stark Chapter, D. A. R., 1906-8; visitor for Associated Charities, Boston, 1909-11; trustee St. Mary's School, 1909- ; superintendent St. Stephen's Neighbor- hood Club, Boston, 1910-11; secretary Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
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1911- ; chairman Girls' Club, Man- chester, 1912- ; visitor Home Service Section Red Cross, 1918- ; communi- cant and S. S. teacher, Grace church, Manchester (P. E.); member Molly Stark Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc. of Colonial Dames, Manchester Fed- eration of Clubs, Graduate Club of School of Social Workers (Boston), Monday Evening Club (Boston), N. H., Historical Soc., N. H. Settlement Ass'n, Manchester Historic Art Club. Residence, 289 Merrimack St., Man- chester, N. H.
Tuck, Edward Arthur
Clergyman; field secretary Lord's Day League; b., Milford, N. H.,
Feb. 6, 1860; s. Eben Baker and Lydia (Frye) Tuck; ed. Milford high school, McCollom Inst., Mont Vernon, N. H., Worcester Academy, Brown Univ. (one year), Amherst College, A.B. 1885, studied law in Milford one year, Chicago Theological Sem., Newton (Mass.) Theological Sem., Rochester (N. Y.) Theological Sem., 1889;
ordained Baptist minister, Newburg, N. Y., 1891, pastor there till 1896; Nantucket, Mass., 1896-9; traveling evangelist two years; minister Congre- gational church, Otisfield and Casco, Me., 1901-3; missionary among lum- bermen, Maine and New Hampshire, 1904; state missionary, N. H. Home Missionary Soc., 1905; minister at West Stewartstown, N. H., 1906-7; minister Congregational Church, West Concord, N. H., 1908-13; field sec- retary, Lord's Day League, 1913- ; Independent; member A. F. & A. M., Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, N. H. Historical Soc., N. H. Home Missionary Soc., Anti-Saloon League (director), A. B. C. F. M., South African General Mission (director), China Inland Mission, Concord Equal Suffrage League, W. C. T. U. (hon.), Red Cross, N. H. Audubon Soc., Central N. H. Congregational Club, Merrimack Ass'n Congregational Min- isters; trustee Golden Rule Farm, Franklin, N. H .; m., Feb. 19, 1897, Grace Evelyn Whitson, Newburg, N. Y. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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