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Madden, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Central Bridge, N. Y., July 1, 1866; s. Thomas and Honora (Cain) Madden; ed. public schools of Keene, N. H .; studied law with Don H. Woodward of Keene; admitted to the bar March 13, 1889 and since in practice in Keene; Catholic; Demo- crat; member Keene City Council and board of aldermen, and N. H. house of representatives in 1907-8 and 1909-10, on committee on Revision of Laws in former and judiciary in latter session; member N. H. National Guard and captain of Co. G, six years, retiring in 1916; member A. O. H., B. P. O. E., and Foresters of America; m., June 27, 1894, Eugenie Chalifour of Keene. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Alexander, Thomas Branch
Physician; b., Grantham, N. H., Nov. 12, 1875; s. Thomas Branch and Mary Frances (Maxfield) Alexander; ed. Newport, Vt., high school, Mont-
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pelier Sem., Baltimore Med. College, M.D. 1901; Maryland Univ., 1913; commenced practice in Scituate Har- bor, Mass., in 1901 and has there continued; Methodist; Republican; school physician, Scituate; medical examiner for New York Life and many other insurance companies; member Mass. Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n, Hatherly Med. Club; m., Oct. 15, 1907, Marion Collier Welch. Scit- uate, Mass. Residence, Scituate Har- bor, Mass.
Turner, HuffmanGeorge
Farmer; hotel keeper; b., Bethle- hem, N. H., July 29, 1859; s. James N. and Mary A. (Hall) Turner; ed. public schools of Bethlehem and Lit- tleton high school; Congregationalist; Republican; selectman of Bethlehem twelve years; treasurer of Grafton Co. four years; county commissioner fifteen years; member N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8, state senate, 1909-10, Executive Council, 1911-12; resides on the farm settled by his great grandfather in 1798, and which has descended in the family from that date; has managed the same and con- ducted a summer hotel business since the beginning of his active career; manager Bethlehem Electric Light Co .; trustee Littleton Savings Bank; administrator and trustee of many estates; Mason (K. T.); m., June 17, 1881, Susan R. White, Bethlehem; children, Mary (Mrs. Walter S. Noyes), b. Sept. 9, 1882, Dow Academy, 1900; Helen Esther, b. May 8, 1885, Bethle- hem high school, 1902; James A., b. Dec. 15, 1888, Bethlehem high school, 1908, superintendent Bethlehem Elec- tric Co .; Gertrude, b. Nov. 8, 1890, Plymouth Normal School, 1912, teacher in Bethlehem graded schools. Residence, Bethlehem, N. H.
McCollister, Lee Sullivan ·
Clergyman; educator; b., West- moreland, N. H., June 5, 1859; s. Rev. Sullivan Holman and Fanny Sophia (Knight) McCollister; ed. Nashua public schools, Buchtel College, Ohio,
Tufts College, A.B. 1881, Tufts Theo- logical School, B.D. 1884, London College, London, England; D.D., Tufts, 1892; Universalist; Independent; ordained to the Universalist Minis- try, 1894; pastor Universalist church, Claremont, 1884-8, Church of Our Father, Detroit, Mich., 1889-1912; Dean Crane Theological School, Tufts College, 1912- ; member trustees Universalist Gen. Con. (president since 1913); president Universalist
Gen. Con., since 1915; Sons of the American Revolution (Chaplain-Gen- eral National Soc.); Soc. of Colonial Wars (past Chaplain Michigan Soc.); A. F. & A. M. 32d degree and K. T. (Detroit Commandery No. 1); Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta; Bos- ton City Club, University Club, Twen- tieth Century Club; m., May 1, 1889, Lizzie S., dau. Hon. Hosea W.and Caroline L. (Southgate) Parker, Clare- mont, N. H .; children, Parker, b. Sept. 5, 1890, Detroit, Mich. (Tufts, 1911, Harvard Law School, 1914);
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lawyer, legal department N. Y. C. R. R., 1914-7; lieutenant in Trans- portation Dept., headquarters A. E. F., Brest, France; Catharine, b. Clare- mont, July 4, 1893 (Smith College, 1915); government service, General Hospital, No. 6, Fort McPherson, Ga., 1918 -. Residence, Tufts College, Mass.
Bartlett, John Henry
Lawyer, Governor of New Hamp- shire; b., Sunapee, N. H., March 15, 1869; s. John Z. and Sophronia A. (Sargent) Bartlett; ed. Colby Acad- emy, New London; Dartmouth Col- lege, A.B. 1894; taught school in Portsmouth four years after gradua- tion, as principal of the Haven and Whipple grammar schools and the Portsmouth high school, meanwhile studying law in the offices of John W. Kelly and Hon. Calvin Page; ad- mitted to the N. H. bar in June, 1898, and immediately engaged in practice as a partner with Judge Page under firm name of Page & Bartlett; after- wards Page, Bartlett & Mitchell; Methodist; Republican; postmaster of Portsmouth four years, by appoint- ment of President Mckinley and four years by appointment of President Roosevelt; aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. John McLane, with rank of Col- onel, and active in making the local ar- rangements for the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference in Portsmouth in 1908; president Republican state con- vention, 1916; member N. H. house of representatives, 1917-18, member Judi- ciary Committee, and introduced the "54 hour act," "free employment agency act," act removing the criminal record of minors, a child welfare act and other reform measures. In 1912, by appointment of Governor Bass, he represented New Hampshire at the sixth annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a director of the N. H. Nat'l Bank of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Co., Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Piscataqua Fire Ins. Co., president Allied Theatres Co.,
Union Theatre Co .; trustee R. O. Treadwell estate; member A. F. & A. M., K. T., I.O.O. F., B. P. O. E., P. of H., K. of P., Amoskeag Veterans, N. H. Vet- erans Ass'n (honorary), Warwick Club, Portsmouth Athletic Club, Yacht Club, Country Club, Wonolancet Club, Con- cord, Derryfield, Manchester; many years prominent as a public speaker and occasional orator and in constant service during the late war in patriotic work; unanimously nominated for Gov- ernor of New Hampshire in the 1918 primary and elected in November by 6,000 majority ; m., June 4, 1900, Agnes, dau. of Hon. Calvin Page; one son, Calvin Page, b. Oct. 8, 1901, now a student at Phillips (Andover) Acad- emy. Residence, Portsmouth.
Atherton, Ella Blaylock
Physician and surgeon; b., Ulvers- ton, Eng., Jan., 1860; dau. William and Margaret (Schollick) Blaylock; removed to America in infancy; ed. McGill Normal School, Montreal, Can., 1880; Woman's Med. School, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Can., 1887; student N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School, 1896; teacher, 1880-2; commenced practice of medicine, Newport, Vt., 1887; removed to Nashua, N. H., 1888, and has continued in practice there; member staff of Nashua Emer- gency and St. Joseph's hospitals, at- tending physician Home for Aged Women; member Nashua Med. Ass'n (president, 1908), Hillsboro Co. Med. Ass'n, N. H. Med Soc., American Med. Ass'n, N. H. Surgical Club, Orleans Co., Vt., Med. Soc., Fortnightly Club, Nashua; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 8, 1898, Capt. Henry B. Atherton, Nashua; two children. Residence, 31 Fairmount Heights, Nashua, N. H.
Cummings, Milon David ,
Head of Cummings Brothers monu- mental business; b., Acworth, N. H., March 5, 1844; s. Alvah and Polly (Grout) Cummings, grandson Col. Ebenezer Grout, also Rev. David Cum- mings, Baptist minister of Acworth; seventh in descent from Isaac Cum-
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mings, Topsfield, Mass .; ed. town schools and Tilton Sem .; engaged in monumental business since 1863, old- est man in business on Main street, Concord; Republican; member of Legislature, 1911; member First Bap-
tist church, Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F .; m., Nov. 19, 1868, Concord, N. H., Sarah Ann Sawyer; children, (1) Ralph Cochran, d. March 15, 1879; (2) Alvah Cochran, high school, 1892, B.S., Dart- mouth College, 1896, Harvard Med. School, 1901, physician, Newton, Mass., m. Jeannette Harris, one child, Ann; (3) Maude; (4) Edward Sawyer, high school, Philadelphia Dental Col- lege, 1900, in practice, Concord, N. H., m. Fannie Stimson, one child, Edward Sawyer, Jr .; (5) Samuel Quincy, high school, Boston Univ. Law School one year, associated with his father in business, m. Mary Agnes Donovan; (6) Ralza Milon, high school, 1905, A.B., Dartmouth College, 1909, in charge of infant shoe department, Filene's, Boston, m. Genevieve Warner, one child, Jean. Residence, 1 Fiske St., Concord, N. H.
Holden, Arthur James
Lawyer; postmaster of Keene; b., Townshend, Vt., Nov. 22, 1863; s. Hollis J. and Ardilla (Puffer) Holden; ed. public schools, Leland and Gray Sem., Townshend, and Glenwood Classical Sem., West Brattleboro, Vt. (1887), meanwhile teaching school in South Windham, Brattleboro and Grafton; commenced study of law in the spring of 1888, with Carpenter & Towle, Boston, Mass .; employed as clerk for the assessors of Malden, Mass., three seasons, also as a teacher in the evening schools of that city; attended Albany Law School, fall term of 1889, and Harvard Law School as special student, fall and winter, 1890-1; engaged in general insurance with Edward L. Walker at Bellows
Falls, Vt., spring of 1891, countinuing till summer of 1894, when he entered the law school of the Univ. of West Virginia, at Morgantown, graduating LL.B. in 1895, and admtted to the W. Va. bar in June of that year; ad-
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mitted to the N. H. bar on examina- tion, Feb., 1896, when he located in practice in Keene, continuing in prac- tice till commissioned postmaster, Feb. 11, 1914, which position he still holds, having been reappointed in 1918; Baptist; Democrat; several years auditor for Cheshire County; twice Democratic candidate for Mayor of Keene, being defeated first by a plurality of fifty-nine votes and the last time by only ten; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H .; m., Oct. 9, 1895, Mrs. Stella M. (Bemis) Martin of Athens, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Cram, Ralph Adams
Architect; author; b., Hampton Falls, N. H., Dec. 16, 1863; s. Rev. William A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake) Cram; ed. schools of Augusta, Me., Westford, Mass., and Exeter, N. H .; Litt.D., Princeton, 1910; LL.D., Yale, 1915; practising architect since 1889; supervising architect, Princeton Univ .; professor of architecture, Mass. Inst. Tech ;. chairman Boston City Planning Board; member American Academy, Arts and Sciences, Nat'l Institute Arts and Letters; ex-president Boston Soc. of Architects; member Royal Geograph- ical Soc. of London, etc .; author, "The Ruined Abbeys of Great Brit- ain," 1906; "Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts," 1906; "The Gothic Quest," 1907; "The Ministry of Art," 1914; "Heart of Europe," 1915, etc .; m., Sept. 20, 1900, Elizabeth Carrington, of Vir- ginia. Residence, 52 Chestnut St., Boston, and "Whitehall," Sudbury, Mass. Office, 15 Beacon St., Boston and 33 West 42d St., New York.
Sampson, Cassander Cary
Clergyman; b., Harrison, Me., Sept. 2, 1850; s. Thomas Roby and Harriet (Cary) Sampson; ed. public schools of Harrison; North Bridgton, Me., Acad- emy, Bowdoin College, A.B. 1873; An- dover Theological Sem., 1878; or- dained to the ministry, May 18, 1881; pastor at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H. 1878-9; Pembroke, 1879-85; Tilton,
1885- ; Congregationalist; Democrat; trustee N. H. Conference of Congre- gational churches; N. H. Home Mis- sionary Society; N. H. Congregational Ministers' and Widows' Fund; director N. H. Bible Soc. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Robie, Samuel Hastings
Journalist; b., New Hampton, N. H., Aug. 9, 1862; s. William R. and Harriet H. (Chase) Robie; ed. public schools, Meredith high school; en-
gaged for nearly twenty years with Omar A. Towne in the printing and publishing business, issuing the Frank- lin Transcript, at Franklin, N. H .; since 1902 editor and publisher of the Chelsea Evening Record, Chelsea, Mass .; Republican; City Marshal, Franklin, N. H., 1894-98; chairman Board of Excise, Chelsea, Mass., since 1917 (appointed by Gov. Samuel W. McCall); trustee County Savings Bank, director Chelsea Co-operative Bank, Chelsea, Mass .; member I. O.
REV. JONOTHAN S. LEWIS
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O. F., Massachusetts Press Associa- tion: m., September, 1881, Olive L. Mills. Residence, Chelsea, Mass.
Lewis, Jonathan Snow
Clergyman; State Commissioner of Law Enforcement; b., Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1864; s. Luther and Almira Horton (Smith) Lewis; ed. public schools of Boston, Everett and East- ham, Mass., Newton Theological In- stitution, Newton Center, Mass., B.D., 1911 (class president); Baptist; Re- publican; pastor Baptist church, Am- herst, N. H., 1908-18; member N. H. house of representatives, 1915-16, 1917- 18; father of the so-called "Lewis Bill," the passage of which gave the state of New Hampshire her present Prohibi- tory law; N. H. constitutional conven- tion, 1918; appointed State Commis- sioner of Law Enforcement by Gov. Keyes, May 1, 1918; president N. H. Anti-Saloon League; director Anti- Saloon League of America; director N. H. United Baptist Convention; prohibition candidate for Secretary of State in Massachusetts, 1906; chair- man Prohibition State Committee, Massachusetts, 1907-8; nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, 1907; delegate from Massachusetts to National Pro- hibition Convention, and member committee on resolutions, 1908; m., 1st, March 31, 1886, Jessie A. Harris, Charlemont, Mass., d. Oct. 30, 1900; 2d, July 27, 1910, Pearl Luella Wood- ward, Tyngsborough, Mass. (Simmons College, 1908); children, three daugh- ters by first marriage, Elsie M., Ruth E., Ethel J .; one son, F. Woodward, by second marriage. Residence, 62 Church St., Concord, N. H.
Brown, John Henry
Public official; b., Bridgewater, N. H., May 20, 1850; s. James and Judith B. (Harran) Brown, ed. public schools and New Hampton Literary Inst., 1870; engaged as railway mail clerk in early life, and later as railroad freight and claim agent; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; served as se- lectman, deputy sheriff, and post-
master in the town of Bristol, and rep- resented the town in N. H. house of representatives in 1891; postmaster, Concord, N. H., 1905-1917; commis- sary general, staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6; delegate Republican National Convention, 1896 (original Mckinley man); presidential elector, 1900; member N. H. constitutional convention, 1918; chosen member N. H. executive council at special elec- tion, Sept. 3, 1918, to fill unexpired term of late Hon. E. H. Carroll; elected
for full term of two years, November, 1918, by majority of 2,129; member Un- ion Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Bristol; Pemi- gewassett Chapter, Plymouth; Horace Chase Council, Mt. Horeb Command- ery, Concord; N. H. Consistory (32d degree); Bektash Temple, N. H. His- torical Soc., Wonolancet Club, Con- cord; m., June 10, 1872, Marietta Sanborn Lougee, Laconia, N. H. Residence, 49 South Spring St., Con- cord, N. H.
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Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow
Banker; b., Hyannis, Mass., Dec. 31, 1875; s. Timothy Alden and Mary Helen (Sparrow) Freeman; tenth gen- eration from Edmund Freeman, Lynn, Mass., 1635, chief founder of Sand- wich, Mass., the first town on Cape Cod; and eighth in descent from Major and Judge John Freeman of Sandwich, who married Mercy, dau. of Gov. Thomas Prence and granddaughter of
William Brewster of the Mayflower; ed. public schools of Concord, N. H .; commenced business as a clerk in a private banking house in Concord, and later filled a minor position in Hanover Nat'l Bank, New York; later returned to Concord and held different positions in the Mechanicks Nat'l Bank of that city; removed again to New York and took up the work of the Credit Department in the Han- over Nat'l Bank; in 1906 elected cashier of the Merchants Nat'l Bank of that city, afterwards becoming a direc- tor and vice-president, which positions
he resigned in 1908 when he was made a director and chosen vice-president of the Liberty Nat'l Bank, continuing till 1915, when he resigned to go into private life. In the fall of 1917, Mr. Freeman volunteered his services to the U. S. government and became identified with the Alien Property Custodian's office, in the liquidation of various German concerns doing busi- ness in this country and finally was made president of the Translantic Trust Co., formerly an enemy institu- tion in New York, which position he now holds; Episcopalian; Republi- can; president Transatlantic Trust Co .; director Bank of Alaska, at Skag- way, Anchorage, Wrangell and Cor- dova, Alaska; trustee, under the will of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain); member Union League Club, New York, Bankers' Club of America, New England Soc., Sons of the American Revolution, Hahnemann Hospital, New York; m., Nov. 30, 1899, Grace Watson Hill, dau. Rev. Howard F. and Laura S. (Tebbetts) Hill (see p. 186), great granddaughter Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; children: Laura, Mary. Residence, 39 West 55th St., New York City.
Hayes, Frank Lincoln·
Superintendent N. H. State House; b., Dover, N. H., Dec. 18, 1865; s. Washington Paul and Amanda S. (Hall) Hayes; ed. public schools, Dover and Phillips Exeter Academy; engaged for many years in. Dover in interior decoration and remodelling; Episcopalian; Republican; member Dover City council, 1898-1900; board of aldermen, 1901-2; mem- ber N. H. house of representatives, 1903; superintendent N. H. State House, 1915- ; member A. F. & A. M., to and including 32d degree, Knight Templar and Shriner, K. of P .; m., July, 1885, Ida M. Winkley. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Copp, Owen
Physician; b., Salem, N. H., Jan. 12, 1858; s. Millet Goodwin and Row-
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ena (Wentworth) Copp; ed. Dart- mouth College, A.B. 1881, Harvard, M.D. 1884; assistant physician Taun- ton (Mass.) Insane Hospital, 1885-95; superintendent Mass. Hospital for Epileptics, Monson, Mass., 1895-9; executive secretary, Mass. Board of Insanity, Boston, 1899-1911; physi- cian-in-chief and superintendent Pa. Hospital for Insane, Philadelphia, since September, 1911; member American Medico-Psychological Ass'n, N. E. Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, etc .; m., June 15, 1886, Hattie Grace Sar- gent, Methuen, Mass. Address, 44th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Crocker, Herbert Samuel
Civil engineer, b., Haverhill, N. H., June 20, 1867; s. Samuel Hooker and Abiah W. (Morse) Crocker; ed. public school and academies, Univ. of Mich. B.S. in Civil engineering, 1889; drafts- man, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., 1889-91; assistant engineer, North- ern Pacific Ry., 1891-4; bridge en- gineer, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry., 1895-6; assistant engineer; Den. ver, Col., Board of Public Works, 1897-1901; assistant manager, Ameri- can Bridge Co., Chicago, 1901-6; bridge engineer, Denver City Tramway Co., 1906-7; in private practice since Dec., 1907; supervised construction of all important viaducts in Denver; member for Colorado board of directors for Industrial Preparedness; m., April 15, 1905, Edna Louis Mitchell. Res- idence, 1333 Fillmore St., Denver, Col. Loveland, Israel Albert
Physician; investment banker, real estate and insurance; b., Gilsum, N. H., Nov. 3, 1850; s. Israel B. and Sarah (Thompson) Loveland; ed. Marlow Academy, Dartmouth Med. College, M.D. 1874; practiced his profession in Westmoreland and Gil- sum; removed to Keene, N. H., in 1909 and gave up the practice of medi- cine, but retained his membership in county, state and national medical societies; in Westmoreland he was physician to the Cheshire County Almshouse, and superintendent of schools; in Gilsum he was postmaster
and executive officer of the board of health; since coming to Keene he has devoted his attention to fire insurance under the name of Loveland & Hop- kins, the real estate business, and especially the handling as owner of extensive timberlands, the selling of high grade securities and legal and corpora- tion work; Republican; a Freemason and Granger; official member Grace M. E. church; president York Corpora- tion Trust and Law Co .; eastern man-
aging director Realty Bond Co. of Minneapolis, Minn .; senior trustee Securities Co. of Wisconsin under a trust deed securing a large bond issue, and holds other important positions of trust; m., 1st, Oct. 21, 1875, Lucy Mahala, only child of the late Gen. Daniel W. Bill, d. Nov. 17, 1910, leav- ing two daughters, Fannie V., who married Don W. Felch of Brattle- boro, Vt., and Ada M., wife of W. Bridge Jones of Keene; 2d, Dec. 11, 1912, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gunn. Residence, Keene, N. H.
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Page, Calvin
Lawyer; banker; b., North Hamp- ton, N. H., Aug. 22, 1845; s. Simon D. and Judith (Rollins) Page; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, 1863; Harvard Col- lege; studied law with the late Hon. Albert R. Hatch; admitted to the N. H. bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Portsmouth, continuing till 1910, when he retired, as head of the firm of Page, Bartlett & Mitchell, hav- ing been identified with much impor- tant litigation; Unitarian; Democrat; chairman Portsmouth high school com- mittee 1883- ; mayor of Portsmouth, 1883-4, 1899; member of N. H. consti- tutional convention, 1889; member N. H. state senate, 1893-4, 1917-18; U. S. Collector of internal revenue, for Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- mont, eight years, under President Cleveland; president N. H. Nat'l Bank, Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Co., Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Man- chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord & Portsmouth R. R., and director Upper Coos R. R .; member Inter-State Bridge Commission of Maine and New Hampshire; president N. H. Bar Ass'n, 1905, Rockingham Co. Bar Ass'n, 1917 -; member A. F. & A. M., K. T. Eminent Commander De Witt Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth, three years; Warwick Club; m., Jan. 6, 1870, Arabella J. Moran, Ports- mouth; one daughter, Agnes (Mrs. John H. Bartlett), b. Aug. 21, 1871. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Knox, William Franklin
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1874; s. William E. and Sarah C. (Barnard) Knox; ed. public schools, Grand Rapids, Mich .; Alma College, Mich., A.B., 1898; employed on Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald, 1898-1901; publisher Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) News 1901-12; Manchester, N. H., Leader 1912-13; Manchester Union and Leader since 1913; Congregationalist; Republican; President Union-Leader Publishing Co .; member A. F. & A. M., 32d degree and Shriner, Derryfield and Intervale Country clubs, Manchester;
private 1st U. S. Volunteers (Rough Riders) in Spanish American War; major in Mich. N. G., 1908; member board of U. S. Indian Commissioners by appointment of President Taft; Chair- man Mich. Republican State Com- mittee, 1910-2, on staff of Gov. Samuel D. Felker of New Hampshire, 1913; in service in U. S. Army in war with Germany, major horse section, battalion of 303d ammunition train, attached to 78th division; had three months of front line activity and was in St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest and Verdun battles; m., Dec. 28, 1898, Annie Reid, Alma, Mich. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Curtis, Warden Allan
Journalist; author; b., in New Mex- ico, February, 1867; s. Capt. Charles Albert (U. S. A.) and Harriet Louise (Hughes) Curtis; ed. University of Wisconsin, A.B. 1889; engaged on various newspapers in the West and South for many years; removed to Ashland, N. H., some ten years ago, some time contributor to the Boston Transcript, and later several years special correspondent of the Boston Herald; author, "Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton," 1903. Residence, Ashland, N. H.
Cummings, Edward
Clergyman; b., Colebrook, N. H., April 20, 1861; s. Edward Norris and Lucretia Frances (Merrill) Cummings; ed. Harvard college, A.B. 1883, A.M., 1885; Harvard Divinity school, 1883-5; Graduate School (Robert Treat Paine fellow in social science), 1888-91; studied sociology in Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany; instructor in Sociology, Harvard, 1891-2, asso- ciate professor, 1893-1900; minister South Congregational Church (Uni- tarian), Boston, since 1900, succeeding the late Edward Everett Hale; lecturer on social science; president Mass. Civic League, Benevolent Fraternity of Uni- tarian Churches; director Mass. Prison Ass'n, Watch and Ward Soc., Industrial Aid Soc., etc .; general secretary World
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Peace Foundation; member Twentieth Century Club, Boston City Club; m., June 25, 1891, Rebecca Haswell Clarke, Roxbury, Mass. Residence, 104 Irv- ing St., Cambridge, Mass.
Brinley, Godfrey Malbone
Clergyman; educator; b., Perth Amboy, N. J., Nov. 22, 1864; S. Edward and Andrewetta Sims (Row- lett) Brinley; ed. The Pingrey School, New Jersey, St. Paul's School, Con-
cord, N. H., Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., B.A. 1888, A.M. 1895; engaged in teaching at St. Paul's School, Con- cord, since 1888; Episcopalian; Demo- crat; ordained deacon, Protestant Episcopal church, 1893; priest, 1897; chaplain Orphans' Home, Concord, 1915-6; trustee, 1917 -. In charge of the Mission of the Holy Spirit, Dan- bury, N. H .; founder and president of St. Paul's School Camp, Danbury; director of the Missionary Soc. of St. Paul's School; member Psi Upsilon Fraternity, University Club, N. Y.
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