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Rowe, Stewart Everett
Lawyer, poet; b., Jan. 22, 1881; s. Benjamin F. and Hattie A. (Truett) Rowe; ed. Kensington north district school, Exeter high school, 1899, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1904, Bos- ton University Law School; studied law three years with the late Attorney- General Edwin G. Eastman; admitted to New Hampshire bar July 1, 1911, and since in practice in Exeter; Re- publican; moderator, clerk, auditor
library trustee, member school board, ballot and election inspector, tax col- lector and delegate to the constitu- tional convention of 1912, in which he took an active part, while a resident of Kensington; moderator, school meet- ing in Exeter, where he now resides; treasurer, Rockingham County, elected Nov., 1916; Congregationalist, clerk of Phillips church, Exeter; member, Odd Fellows, Sons of Veterans, Senior Vice Commander N. H. Division, Patron of Husbandry, Gamma Eta Gamma Legal Fraternity; Swamscott Club; cam-
GEN. WILLIAM F. THAYER
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paign and Memorial Day speaker; active in politics and frequent con- tributor to the press in verse and prose; m., March 26, 1913, Lillian A. Whitman of West Barnstable, Mass. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Thayer, William Fiske
Banker; b., Kingston, N. H., March 13, 1846; s. Calvin and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer; ed. public schools and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H .; commenced business life as clerk in Concord, N. H., postoffice, becoming chief clerk; entered First National Bank as clerk in 1871; became cashier in 1874 and has been president since 1885; Congregationalist; Repub- lican; quartermaster general on staff of Gov. John McLane; city-treasurer, Concord, for thirty-four years; treasu- rer, Republican state committee, since 1892; delegate in Republican national conventions in 1908 and 1912; treasurer, Union Trust Co .; director, Northern R. R.,; Mason, K. T .; m., Oct. 20, 1874, Sarah Clarke Wentworth, who d. Jan. 24, 1916; children, Margaret (Mrs. Frank J. Sulloway), William W. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr
Educator; public service commis- sioner; b., Thetford, Vt., Oct. 3, 1845; s. Joseph Hewes and Elizabeth (Chase) Worthen; ed. Thetford, Vt., academy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1872, A.M., 1875; principal, Woodstock, Vt., high . school, 1872-4; tutor in mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1874-6; tutor in Greek and mathematics, 1876-8; in- structor in mathematics, 1879-83; assistant professor, 1883-93; head of department of mathematics, 1893-1911; other positions held at the college at different times, instructor in gymnas- tics, clerk of the faculty, inspector of college buildings, director of gymnas- ium, director of summer school for teachers; Congregationalist, eleven years deacon of college church; Demo- crat, elected to N. H. house of repre- sentatives from Hanover, 1904, though the town was normally Republican,
three to one; defeated as a Democrat for N. H. Senate, 1906, by less than 500 votes in a district Republican by 1,300; justice of the peace; justice of the Hanover police court fourteen years; precinct commissioner; trustee, Mary Hitchcock hospital, Howe library and Thetford academy; member, Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Kappa societies at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Scientific Ass'n, American Mathemati- cal Soc., American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science, etc .; mem- ber, N. H. public service commission, since 1911; m., 1st, Louise M., dau. Brias D. and Adeline (Dodge) Wilcox, who d. 1878; one child, Louise W. (Smith, 1901); 2d, Elizabeth A., dau. Gov. Peter T. and Almira (Hopkins) Washburne; three children, Thacher W. (A.B., Dartmouth, 1907, A.M. and M.D., 1911), Joseph W. (A.B., Dart- mouth, 1909, B.C.L., Oxford, 1913), Mary (Mrs. Gray Knapp, Smith, 1914). Residence, Hanover, N. H .; address, State House, Concord, N. H.
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McGregor, George Wilbur
Physician; b., Bethlehem, N. H., June 15, 1853; s. Willard A. and Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor; ed.
Tilton Seminary, New Hampton Insti- tution, 1875, Dartmouth Medical Col- lege, 1878; studied with Dr. L. B. How of Manchester; practiced a short time in Lunenburg, Vt., then removed to Littleton where he has continued in successful practice; Congregationalist; Democrat; has served on the boards of health and education in Littleton, represented the town in the legislature in 1905 and has been four times elected moderator; was a member of the execu- tive council of the state, 1913-14, and of the state board of control, 1913-15; member of the N. H. delegation in the Democratic national conven- tion at Baltimore in 1912; Knight Templar Mason, Knight of Pythias, and an ex-president of the Grafton County and N. H. Medical societies; m., Feb. 24, 1880, Ella Augusta Eaton of Franconia. Residence, Little- ton, N. H.
Shepard, Joseph Eastman
Farmer, fruit-grower and general contractor; b., West Concord, N. H., Nov. 18, 1865; s. Omar L. and Martha S. (Jackson) Shepard; ed. public schools, Pembroke Academy and Prof. J. H. Larry's School of Practice; always interested in apple culture and among the first to practice spraying, commencing in 1886, and continuing successfully; had charge for two years of the farming interests of the late Moses Humphrey, president of N. H. board of agriculture; Congregationalist; Republican; active in political affairs and for sixteen years president, Ward 3, Republican club; moderator for several years and representative in N. H. legislature, 1903-4; assessor for Ward 3 under old city charter, con- tinuously except 1903-4, till adoption of new charter, serving as clerk of the board four years, and chairman, two
years; only member of old board elected under the new charter, in 1911, and chairman since that time; in 1912, with his associates, Messrs. Morris
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and Donovan, inspected and revalued all the real estate in Concord; member, Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F., Concord; Patron of Husbandry, past master, Capital Grange, and charter master, Penacook Park Grange, West Concord, which he helped organize twenty-six years ago; past secretary, lecturer and treasurer, Merrimack County Pomona Grange; secretary, Merrimack County Pomona Grange Fair Ass'n, and president, N. H. Grange Fair Ass'n; m., Sept. 19, 1891, Lilian Rose; chil- dren, Ernest Rose, Joseph Phillips, Mary Grace and Ella Almira. Address, West Concord, N. H.
Hunt, Edwin Sumner
Lawyer, banker; b., Charlestown, N. H., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Thomas J. and Clara M. (Swett) Hunt; ed. Charlestown public schools, Vermont Academy, Saxton's River, Vt., 1886, Amherst College, A. B., 1890, Columbia University, LL.B., 1895; practiced law in New York City, 1895 to 1901; in Waterbury, Conn., 1901 to 1906; treasurer, Waterbury Savings Bank, since 1906, also director and secretary ; director, Citizens National Bank, Waterbury; tax collector, Waterbury, 1904-5; president, Savings Bank Ass'n of Connecticut, 1912-14; Episcopalian; Republican; member, Waterbury Club, Country Club; m., June 11, 1900, Helen Trowbridge Hunt; three children. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Pingree, Samuel Everett
Lawyer; b., Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 2, 1832; s. Stephen and Judith (True) Pingree; ed. Salisbury, Andover and McIndoes Falls academies and Dart- mouth College, 1857; studied law with Hon. A. P. Huntoon of Bethel, Vt., admitted to the Vermont bar in 1859; settled at Hartford, Vt., and has there continued, with offices at Hartford and White River Junction, practicing in Grafton and Sullivan counties, N. H., as well as in Vermont; Baptist; Democrat previous to the Civil War, Republican since; town clerk of Hart- ford since 1859, except during the
Civil War; lieutenant-governor of Ver- mont, 1882-4; governor, 1884-6; chair- man, Vt. railroad commission, 1886 to 1894; president and trustee, White River Savings Bank, 1886 to 1912; private, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel in Third Vermont Regiment in the Civil War, and twice wounded in battle; colonel,
Eighth Regiment, Vt. National Guard, 1864-5; member, U. S. Medal of Honor Legion and Modern Wood- men of America (honorary); m., Sept. 15, 1869, Lydia M. Steele of Stan- stead, P. Q .; one son, William S. Pingree (Norwich Univ. and Boston Univ. Law School), now state's attorney for Windsor County, Vt. Residence, Hartford, Vt.
Hodgman, Burns Plummer
Lawyer, clerk, U. S. District Court; b., Littleton, N. H., Dec. 30, 1875; s. Charles and Sarah E. (Taylor) Hodg- man; ed. Littleton high school, Boston University Law School, 1898, cum laude; admitted to N. H. bar, 1898,
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and commenced practice of law with Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, at Littleton, with whom he had been associated since 1891; remained with the firm until Nov. 24, 1899, when made deputy clerk, U. S. courts; appointed clerk U. S. District court for N. H., Aug. 1, 1900, also U. S. commissioner; Episcopalian; Republican; never sought public office but has served as master in chancery in many important cases in the federal and state courts; m., Jan. 16, 1901, Anne L. Hackett. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Streeter, Frank Sherwin
Lawyer; b., East Charleston, Vt., Aug. 5, 1853; s. Daniel and Julia (Wheeler) Streeter; ed. public schools, St. Johnsbury Academy, Bates Col- lege and Dartmouth College, grad- uating from the latter in 1874; taught school at Ottumwa, Iowa; re- turned east and studied law with Alonzo P. Carpenter of Bath, N. H., chief justice, N. H. supreme court; admitted to the bar, March, 1877; commenced practice in Orford, but soon removed to Concord, where he has continued, in various partnerships, but for some years past as head of the firm of Streeter, Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway; has been largely engaged in corporation prac- tice, and was for many years counsel of the Boston & Maine R. R .; Uni- tarian; Republican; member, N. H. legislature, in 1885, serving on ju- diciary committee; president, Repub- lican state convention, 1896; pres- ident, N. H. constitutional conven- tion, 1902; judge advocate general, staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6; member, International Joint Com- mission, March, 1911 to Aug., 1913; delegate at large, Republican national convention, 1896; member, Republican national committee, 1907-8; member, Republican state committee, since 1892; trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1892 (life member since 1897); member, N. H. Historical Soc. (president, 1914- 16), American Historical Ass'n, N. H. Bar Ass'n (president, 1903-4),
American Bar Ass'n; delegate, Uni- versal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904; member, N. H. League to Provide for National Defence and to Enforce International Peace (president since March, 1916); member, executive committee, League to Enforce Peace, since organization; member, National Security League; member, Snowshoe Club and Wonolancet Club (president last fifteen years), Concord, N. H. Metropolitan, Cosmos, University and Chevy Chase clubs, Washington, D. C., Algonquin and Union clubs, Boston, Mass., and Derryfield Club, Manches- ter; Odd Fellow; Mason, 32d degree; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1913; m., Nov. 14, 1877, Lilian, dau. Alonzo P. and Julia (Goodall) Carpenter of Bath; children, Julia (Mrs. Henry Gardner), b. Sept. 8, 1878; Thomas W., b. July 20, 1883. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Burleigh, Alvin
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 19, 1842, s. Samuel C. and Sally Heath (Whipple) Burleigh; ed. Dartmouth college, A.B. 1871; served in the 15th N. H. Infantry in the Civil War; studied law, admitted to the N. H. bar in 1873, and has since practiced in Plymouth, having been long associated in partnership with the late George H. Adams; Republican, member and speaker, N. H. house of representatives, 1887-8; sometime trustee N. H. Nor-
mal School; chairman, Plymouth school board; director, Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank; Methodist; trustee, Plymouth M. E. Church; trustee, Tilton Seminary; president, Emily Balch Hospital Ass'ns; m., Jan. 6, 1873, Elvira Page of Haverhill. Residence, Plymouth, N. H.
Shockley, Alice Porter
(Mrs. A. Lincoln Shockley), teacher, musician, club woman; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 31, 1887; dau. Gen. Howard L. and Alice R. (Hammond) Porter; descended from Colonial and Revolutionary stock on both paternal and maternal sides; ed. Haverhill, Mass., high school, 1906, Wellesley
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College, 1910; after graduation from college taught history and English in Leicester, Mass., academy; later was head of the English department in
Arlington, Mass., high school, leaving to accept a similar position in New Bedford, where she met Doctor Shockley. Since her marriage, Feb. 10, 1916, she has continued her interest along educational lines, being a member of the executive committee of the large New Bedford Woman's Club, and chairman of its education committee; vice-president of the Young Women's Christian Ass'n and chairman of that education committee; a very active member of the New Bedford College Club, the Wellesley Club of South- eastern Massachusetts, the Boston Wellesley Club and the old Dartmouth Historical Soc. She has always been especially interested in music, having been president of the Glee club and the mandolin club in her high school course, president of the mandolin club of Wellesley College and a member of the college choir; she was an editor
of the College News, one of the editors of the class Alumnae Record, and is permanent corresponding secretary of her college class. Since her extended trip through California and the Hawaiian islands, she has given illus- trated lectures on her travel through the so-called "Garden of the World." Residence, 591 County St., New Bed- ford, Mass. Summer home, Padana- ram.
Aspinwall, Ada Mae
Musician; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 10, 1866, dau. Charles C. and Ednah (Eastman) Aspinwall; ed. Concord public schools, New England Con- servatory of Music and by private teachers, including G. H. Howard, Milo Benedict and Arthur Foote; teacher of pianoforte in Concord since 1890, first teacher in the city to take up the work of instruction in the
"Progressive Series of Piano Lessons"; organist and choir director at the First Universalist church in Concord for the last twenty-five years; pianist and
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accompanist for the Concord Choral Union, and its successor, the Concord Oratorio Society, since organization, appearing in festival and concert work with the most noted artists, also as accompanist in outside festival work and chamber concerts; member, Con- cord Woman's Club, Music Club, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Capital Grange, P. of H., Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. Residence, 68 Washington St., Concord, N. H.
Murchie, Alexander
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud- brightshire, Scotland, March 1, 1887; s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie) Murchie; removed with parents to Concord, N. H., in childhood; ed.
Concord high school and law depart- ment of the University of Michigan; studied with Henry F. Hollis; admitted to the bar in 1909; member, law firm of Hollis & Murchie; Democrat; city solicitor of Concord since 1911; mem- ber, N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar
Ass'n, Wonolancet Club, Concord; m., July 19, 1910, Gladys Nelson Ham- mond; daughter, Janet, died in infancy .. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Gunnison, William Towne
Lawyer, b., Greenville, Miss., Sept. 22, 1869; s. Arvin Nye and Sarah Helen (Putnam) Gunnison; ed. Mil- ford, N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1892, Har- vard Law School, LL.B., 1895; ad- mitted to the bar the same year, and in practice in Rochester since Sept., 1895, as a partner with Ex .- Gov. Samuel D. Felker; Congregationalist; Republican; member, N. H. constitu- tional convention of 1902; judge, Rochester district court, 1913-15;
judge, Rochester municipal court, 1915; member, N. H. public service commission since 1916; director, Roch- ester Loan & Banking Co .; Mason; m., Oct. 11, 1898, Grace Homey; two sons, Arvin and John Vinal. Resi- dence, Rochester, N. H.
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Powers, Samuel Leland
Lawyer; b., Cornish, N. H., Oct. 26, 1848, s. Larned and Ruby (Barton) Powers; ed. Kimball Union Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College A.B., 1874; studied law with Verry & Gaskill of Worcester, Mass., and at the University of New York; admitted to the bar in 1875, and com- menced practice in company with his college classmate, Samuel W. McCall, in Boston. For some years past he has been head of the firm of Powers & Hall, with extensive practice, at 101 Milk St., Boston; Unitarian; Republican. Residing in the city of Newton since 1881, he has held various local offices; elected to Congress from the twelfth Massachusetts district, serving in the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth Con- gresses, with membership on the judici- ary and District of Columbia commit- tees; heard often in debate in Congress, and a frequent campaign and after- dinner speaker; member, Mass. state board of education; president, Boston Art Club, Middlesex Club of Mass .; member, Exchange Club of Boston, Newton Club of Newton, Atlantic Con- ference; m., June 21, 1878, Eva Crowell; one son, Leland. Residence, Newton, Mass .; office, 101 Milk St., Boston.
Hollis, Allen
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Dec. 20, 1871; s. Major Abijah and Harriet Van Mater (French) Hollis; ed. Concord public schools, and Harvard Law School; studied in the office of Chase & Streeter, and admitted to the bar in 1893, and since in practice in Concord; served as special counsel for the state in the railroad rate investigation before the Public Service Commission in 1911-12, also for the special rate com- mittee of the N. H. legislature of 1913, and associated with the attorney- general in the Grand Trunk R. R. tax appeal case in 1912; he is extensively interested in public utilities; reorgan- ized, in 1901, the properties now owned by the Concord Electric Co., of which corporation he has been president since 1904; president, Exeter, Hampton &
Amesbury St. Railway Co., Exeter & Hampton Electric Co., White Mt. Telephone & Telegraph Co .; vice-presi- dent, Laconia Gas & Electric Co., and Exeter Railway & Lighting Co .; di- rector, Concord Shoe Factory, and Charles H. Tenney & Co. (public utility operating engineers); vice-president, secretary and director, United Life & Accident Insurance Co .; trustee, North Boston Lighting Properties; fifteen years clerk of the Union Trust Co., Concord, resigning to become a director (Class C) in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; president, N. H. Forestry Soc .; secretary and treasurer, Squam Lake Improvement Ass'n; director, Con- necticut Valley Waterways Ass'n .; vice- president, N. H. Fish and Game League and Lake Sunapee Fishing Ass'n; Royal Arch Mason; member, Wono- lancet, Canoe, and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs of Concord, Harvard and Exchange of Boston; Congregationalist; Republican; member, N. H. house of representatives in 1907 and 1909, serving on judiciary committee; assist- ant secretary, Republican national convention, 1908; moderator, Ward 4, Concord, 1910-16; m., Nov. 10, 1897, Amoret Nichoson of Dubuque, Ia .; children, Allen, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1900; Franklin, b. March 26, 1904. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Niles, Edward Cullen
Lawyer; b., Hartford, Conn., March 28, 1865; s. William Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; ed. public and private schools, Concord, N. H., St. Paul's School, Trinity College, 1887, Harvard Law School, 1892; commenced practice of law in Berlin, N. H., in 1892; removed to Concord in 1896 where he continued in practice, in various partnerships, till 1915, hav- ing been associated at different times with the late Harry G. Sargent, Henry F. Hollis, Arthur P. Morrill, James W. Remick and Robert W. Upton; Repub- lican; town clerk and member, board of education, in Berlin, 1895-6; com- mon council and board of aldermen, Concord, 1901-5; president, Concord
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board of education, since 1910; member, constitutional convention, 1902; chair- man, N, H. public service commission, since its establishment in 1911; first
vice-president, and member, valuation and legislative committees, National Association of Railway Commissioners; member, commission to revise the charter of the city of Concord; counsel on constitutional questions to the Tax Revision Commission of 1908; Episco- palian, chancellor, and member, stand- ing committee of the diocese of New Hampshire; deputy to the general convention of the Episcopal church, 1904-16; judge of the ecclesiastical court of review, province of New England; Mason; member, Wonolancet club, Concord; m., 1st, July 12, 1893, Ethel Abbe, who d. 1910; 2d, July 31, 1916, Ellen Tower Abbe; three children by first wife, Edward Abbe (Trinity, 1916, Harvard Law School, Rhodes scholar), James Huntington, Rose Terry. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Smith, Edward M.
Lawyer and insurance agent; b., Alstead, N. H., Feb. 6, 1838, s. Alden and Lurinda (Partridge) Smith; ed. select schools, Alstead Academy, and law department of the University of Albany, graduating LL.B., March, 1861; admitted to the N. Y. bar, March 4, 1861; admitted to Cheshire County, N. H., bar, . Oct., 1864, and since in practice at Alstead, where he has done an extensive office and general business, including the settlement of nearly four hundred estates; Congregationalist; Republican; tax collector, 1881, and for fourteen years; member of school board twelve years; member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives, 1889; town counsel for the last thirty years; member, National Geographic Soc., Washington, D. C.,
Alstead and Langdon Thief Detecting Soc .; m., Nov. 24, 1880, Fannie Washburn, who d. Dec. 5, 1913. Resi- dence, Alstead, N. H.
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Chase, Arthur Horace
Lawyer, librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Feb. 16, 1864; s. William M. and Ellen S. (Abbott) Chase; ed. Concord high school, 1882; Dartmouth College, 1886; studied law in office of Chase & Streeter, Concord; attended Boston University Law School one year; admitted to the bar in 1890; member, firm of Streeter, Walker & Chase till Jan. 1, 1895, when appointed librarian of the N. H. state library, which position he still occupies; clerk, N. H. supreme court since 1914; secretary, N. H. Bar Ass'n; served ten years in N. H. N. G. retiring with rank of major; Congregationalist; Republican; Mason, 32d degree; member, Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx societies of Dartmouth, Wonolancet, Passaconway and Outing clubs of Concord; m., Sept. 16, 1889, Alice M. Fisk; children, Marjorie Fisk, Vassar, 1914 (Mrs. Henry W. Merrill); Robert Martin, Dartmouth, 1917. Residence, Con- cord, N. H.
Hammond, Otis Grant
Librarian; b., Manchester, N. H., May 4, 1869; s. Isaac Ware and Martha Ann (Kimball) Hammond; ed. Concord high school, Trinity College; honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1908, Trinity, 1912; assistant state historian, New Hampshire, 1890-1915; assistant state librarian, 1896-1913; superintend- ent and secretary, N. H. Historical Soc., since 1913; president, Concord Foundry & Machine Co .; captain, Company E, 1st N. H. Vols., Spanish- American war; captain and adjutant, 1st Inf., N. H. N. G .; major and aide-de- camp, staff of Gov. Spaulding; major, 1st Inf., N. H. State Guard; member, N. H. Historical Soc., American Anti- quarian Soc., American Historical Ass'n; N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc .; Ma- sons, A K E, Wonolancet and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs, Concord; Episco- palian; Republican; m., Jan. 19, 1898, Jessie A. Prescott; one dau., Priscilla. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Lake, Harry Foss
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., Nov. 28, 1876; s. Moses R. and Mary J. (Batchelder) Lake; ed. Pembroke Acad- emy, 1894, Middlebury College, 1899, having spent one year in teaching be- fore entering college; studied law in the office of the late Hon. John M. Mitchell of Concord, and one year at Boston University Law School; admitted to the bar in June, 1904, immediately" becoming a member of the firm of
Mitchell, Foster & Lake; upon Mr. Mitchell's appointment to the superior court bench in 1910, became member of the firm of Foster & Lake and so continues; Methodist; Democrat; elected member of the board of educa- tion for Union School District, Con- cord, for three years, April, 1917; mem- ber, Pembroke Grange, P. of H .; m., Nov. 29, 1904, Fanny M. Sutton of Burlington, Vt., a classmate at Mid- dlebury; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Lyford, James Otis
Lawyer, editor, publicist; b., Boston, Mass., June 28, 1853; s. James and Mary I. (McLane) Lyford; ed. Boston public schools, Tilton, N. H., Seminary, graduating in 1872; educated for the bar, and practiced law at Tilton, N. H., from 1880 to 1882; editor, People newspaper, Concord, N. H., 1877 to 1879; personal clerk to Gen. R. N. Batchelder, depot quarter- master, Washington, D. C., from 1882 to 1887; chairman of N. H. savings bank commission from 1887 to 1895; city auditor, Concord, N. H., 1896 to 1898; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1893, 1895, 1897, and 1915; and active in leadership on the floor and in committee in all sessions; member, N. H. constitutional con- ventions, 1876, 1902, and 1912; naval officer of customs, District of Boston and Charlestown, Mass., 1898 to 1913; editor, Nashua Telegraph, 1914 and 1915; secretary, Concord board of trade, 1914-15; secretary, N. H. Republican state committee, 1896; chairman, N. H. savings bank commis- sion since 1915; trustee, Tilton Semi- nary; editor, History of Concord, N. H., 1903; author, Life of Edward H. Rollins, 1907, and History of Canterbury, N. H., 1911; Republican; Unitarian; member, Wonolancet Club, Concord; Derryfield, Manchester; and City and Algonquin clubs, Boston; m., May 2, 1882, Susan Ayer Hill, of Concord, N. H., daughter of William P. and Clara West Hill; and grandaugh- ter of Gov. Isaac Hill; children, Agnes McLane, b. April 6, 1884, d. Jan. 21, 1901; Katharine Batchelder, b. Nov. 11, 1888, d. Feb. 1, 1893; Richard Taylor, b. Jan. 6, 1896. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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