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Woodworth, Mary Parker
(Mrs. Albert B.); b., Sugar Hill, Lisbon, N. H., May 3, 1849; dau. Charles and Amelia (Bennett) Parker; ed. St. Johnsbury Academy (being the only girl in a graduating class of nine) and Vassar College, entering in the sophomore year and graduating in 1870
-the first New Hampshire graduate; taught at St. Johnsbury Academy and St. Agnes Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. the late Albert B. Woodworth, after- ward mayor of Concord, Sept. 30, 1873; interested in music, literature and social and educational work; first woman member of the Concord board of education, serving nine years, 1890-9, and declining a re-election; pres- dent, Concord Woman's Club, 1897-9; chairman, Scholarship Fund, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, de- igned to aid in the normal training: of girls for teaching in rural schools, since its establishment in 1904; mem- ber of the Vassar and Collegiate Alumnae Ass'ns, and twice president of the Boston branch; Episcopalian, communicant of St. Paul's Church, . Concord; president of N. H. Diocesan Woman's Auxiliary to the General Board of Missions since 1912; writer and speaker in behalf of causes in which she is interested; children, Ed- ward Knowlton, of the law firm of Streeter, Demond, Woodworth and.
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Sulloway; Grace, and Charles Parker, assistant treasurer of the Woodstock Lumber Co. at Boston, Mass. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H.
Merrill, Robert Josiah
Insurance commissioner; b., Clare- mont, N. H., Oct. 18, 1878; s. Martin V. and Helen E. (Barker) Merrill; ed. public schools, Claremont and Charlestown, Charlestown high school, 1895; taught school three years in Charlestown; law clerk and court stenographer in Claremont till 1905 when engaged in insurance business in that town; Episcopalian; progressive Republican; representative in N. H. legislature from Claremont, 1907, 1909; state senator, 1911, serving on judi-
ciary committee; appointed insurance commissioner for the state of New Hampshire, Nov., 1911, since con- tinuing in that office; m., Sept. 14, 1904, Abbie M. Robertson. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Donovan, Michael Henry
Machinist; b.,Concord, N. H.,Sept. 6, 1853; s. Daniel and Mary (Donovan) Donovan; ed. Concord public schools; in service of Concord, Northern and Boston & Maine railroads, 46 years;
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Catholic; Democrat; chairman, Demo- cratic city committee, 1907-11; member, Concord board of assessors, since 1911; member, Concord Lodge, No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Foresters of America, Capital Grange, P. of H .; interested in music, church singer for many years; m., June 11, 1876, Eliza- beth Jane Bland; they have eleven living children, seven sons and four daughters. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Mary Donker
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol, N. H., Oct. 22, 1875; dau. Richard W. and Henrietta M. (Guild) Musgrove; ed. Bristol schools and New Hampton (N. H.) Institution, 1896; engaged since graduation in the office of the Bristol
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Enterprise; first associated with her father, and since his death, in February, 1914, as editor of the Enterprise, and proprietor of the "Musgrove Printing House," with an extensive line of job work, including considerable state printing; Methodist; recording stew- ard, M. E. church in Bristol since 1914; member and secretary, Saw- hegeuit Chapter, O. E. S .; member, Red Cross and Bristol Suffrage Ass'n. Residence, Bristol, N. H.
Plummer, John Wesley
State treasurer; b., Hebron, N. H., Sept. 1, 1871; s. Philip and Eliza J. (Ferrin) Plummer; ed. Concord public schools; employed as mercantile clerk and bookkeeper in Concord till 1901; member, Concord common council,
1899-1902, president, 1901-2; deputy state treasurer from 1901 to 1915; treasurer from 1915; Christian Scien- tist; Republican; Mason, Knight Templar; m., Jan. 22, 1895, Etta F. Sleeper; one dau., Laura. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Pillsbury, Rosecrans William
Lawyer, manufacturer, publisher, farmer; b., Londonderry, N. H., Sept. 18, 1863; s. William S. and Sarah A. (Crowell) Pillsbury; ed. Pinkerton and Phillips (Andover) Academies and Dartmouth College, class of 1885;
studied law with Robert J. Peaslee, and at Boston University Law School; admitted to the bar in 1890; long en- gaged with his father in shoe manufac- turing in Derry; treasurer and manager, Union Publishing Co., publishing Man- chester Daily and Weekly Union, 1896 to 1911; extensively engaged in agriculture in Londonderry, making a specialty of apple culture on an unusual scale; Republican; represent- ative from Londonderry in N. H. legislature in 1897, 1905 and 1909, serving the last year as chairman of special committee on railroad rates; candidate for Republican gubernatorial nomination and strongly supported in 1906, 1914 and 1916; trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts for sixteen years; alternate in
JOSIAH E. FERNALD
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Republican national convention, 1892, and delegate in 1904, serving on com- mittee to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination; Presbyterian; Mason, 32d degree and K. T., Knight of Pythias, Patron of Husbandry, first master of Derry Grange; m., 1st, in 1885, Annie E. Watts of Manchester, who d. Aug. 10, 1911; 2d, at Yokohama, Japan, Feb. 25, 1913, Mrs. Harriet F. Valentine; children, Maria (Mrs. Harold S. Taylor), Horace Watts (U. S. Navy), Dorothy. Residence, Londonderry, N. H .- Derry P. O.
Fernald, Josiah Eastman
Banker; b., Loudon, N. H., June 16, 1856; s. Josiah and Mary Esther (Austin) Fernald; ed. public schools of Loudon and Pittsfield, N. H., academy; came to Concord in March, 1875, and entered employ of the National State Capital Bank, working his way up from messenger boy to president, holding latter position since 1905; vice-presi- dent, Loan & Trust Savings bank; pres- ident, Concord Axle Co .; president, New England Cable Co .; treasurer, Capital Fire Insurance Co .; treasurer, Abbot-Downing Co .; treasurer and trustee of Mary Baker Eddy estate; treasurer, N. H. Centennial Home for the Aged; treasurer, Concord board of trade since organization ; member, First Baptist church, Concord; holds the medal of the Mass. Humane Soc. for gallantry in saving life at Ogunquit, Me., July 29, 1899; m., Dec. 8, 1880, Anna White; children, Edith F. (Mrs. James A. Giberson), Mary F. (Mrs. Ed- ward S. Willis), Ruth F. (Mrs. Engelhart W. Holst). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Frank Abbott
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol, N. H., July 19, 1872; s. Capt. Richard W. Musgrove, a veteran of the Civil War, and Henrietta M. (Guild) Mus- grove; ed. Bristol graded schools, New Hampton Institution, 1892, Dartmouth College, 1899; in college member Var- sity track and baseball teams; member, Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet senior society; editor-
in-chief of Dartmouth, senior year; trained in newspaper work from boy- hood; proprietor, Dartmouth Press, since graduation in 1899; representative in General Court, 1907, 1909, 1911; speaker in 1911; state senator, 1915; supervisor of census, 1910; state audi- tor, 1911-13; secretary, Republican state committee, 1910; chairman, Pro- gressive state committee, 1912; now president and manager of The Dart- mouth Press (Inc.), book and job printers, Hanover, N. H., and editor and publisher of The Hanover Gazette. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Benton, John Edwin
Lawyer; b., Maidstone, Vt., May 14, 1875; s. Josiah H. and Harriet B. (Niles) Benton; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, 1896, Boston University
School of Law, 1898; began legal prac- tice in the office of Charles F. Choate, Jr., Boston, in 1898, removed to Berlin, N. H., in 1901, and to Keene in 1903, where he hassince resided; Episcopalian; Republican; city solicitor of Berlin,
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1902; member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives, from Ward 4, Keene, 1907; city solicitor of Keene, 1909; mayor, 1910; member, N. H. public service commission, 1911-15; Mason; mem- ber, Lodge of the Temple, Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter, Hugh de Payens Commandery, B. P. O. E., P. of H., University Club, Washington, D. C .; m., Sept. 4, 1909, Kate Lanmou Nims. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Morris, James Henry
Lawyer; b., Aug. 15, 1862; S. Thomas and Ann (Connelly) Morris; ed. Concord public schools; studied law with Albin & Martin; admitted to the N. H. bar, July 20, 1888; Catholic; Democrat; city auditor of Concord,
1899, 1900; secretary, Democratic city committee, 1907-11; member and clerk of Concord board of assessors since the new charter went into effect, in 1911; member, Concord Lodge, No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Wonolancet Club, Concord Gun Club; unmarried. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Fowler, George Winthrop
Editor, farmer, banker; b., Pem- broke, N. H., Nov. 1, 1864; s. Win- throp and Anne Lydia (Locke) Fowler; ed. Pembroke Academy, 1882, Dart- mouth College, 1886; Congregational- ist; Democrat; member, Pembroke school board, nine terms; member, N. H. constitutional convention, 1912; member and clerk, N. H. board of control, 1913-15; state purchasing agent, 1913-15; director, Suncook Valley R. R .; director, N. H. Fire Insurance Co .; trustee, Pembroke Academy and president of the board; treasurer, Suncook Bank, since organ- ization, Oct., 1916; member, Pembroke Grange, P. of H; reared to farm life and always interested in agriculture, in which he is incidentally engaged to a considerable extent, but devoted him- self for some time to the Newspaper business, as editor of the Nashua Ga- zette, 1890 to 1895; editor, Manchester Union, 1895-1905, editor and business manager, 1905-13; m., 1st, in 1888, Etta Bartlett, who d., 1905; 2d, Grace M. Smith; children, George Sherburne, b. 1890; Harold Bartlett, b. 1898; Win- throp John, b. 1904; Mary Anne, b. 1910; Charles Smith, b.1914. Resi- dence, Pembroke, N. H.
Jackson, Robert
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., May 21, 1880, but reared in Littleton, his parents' permanent home; s. James R. and Lydia A. (Drew) Jackson; ed. Littleton high school, Dartmouth College, 1900, Harvard Law School; pursued legal study in the office of U. S. Judge Edgar Aldrich, and of Remick & Niles, Concord; Admitted to the bar in 1907, and practiced for a time with Remick & Niles, and later with Judge James W. Remick; member of firm of Remick & Hollis, 1910 to 1912, Remick & Jackson, 1912 to 1916 and since in practice above; Episcopa- lian; Independent Democrat; chairman, Democratic city committee, Concord, 1914-18; member, N. H. excise com- mission, 1915- ; secretary, N. H. com- mittee of public safety, 1917 -; m.,
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Oct. 14, 1909, Dorothy Witter Branch of Manchester; children, Sarah Branch, July 26, 1910; Hope, b. Jan. 21, 1915. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Ives, Henry Goodson
Clergyman and farmer; b., London, England, May 26, 1872; s. James Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins (Johns) Ives; ed. English private schools, University of Pennsylvania, B. Sc. 1897, Harvard University, S.T.B. 1904; Democrat; Unitarian; pastor Unitarian Church, Andover, since 1904, also pastor All Souls' Union Church, Potter Place, built 1911; field agent, Proctor Academy, Andover, 1904-16; assistant curator, W. S. Vaux Collec- tion of Minerals, Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-3; Good Templar, Mason; member, Eastern Star, Patrons of Husbandry, Mineralogical Club of Philadelphia, National Economic League, American Ass'n for Advancement of Science, N. H. Peace Soc., N. H. Woman Suf- frage Ass'n, N. H. Single Tax Soc.,
Anti-Saloon League, Red Cross League, National Municipal League, Harvard. Club, and Twentieth Century Club of Boston, Pennsylvania Alumni Soc., Harvard Alumni Soc., Merrimack County Farmer's Ass'n. Deeply in- terested in agriculture and engaged in breeding registered Hereford cattle at his farm in Andover, believing that the cheap pasture lands of New Hampshire are well adapted for beef. M., Feb. 2, 1909, Susan Whiting of Newton, Mass., who d. Dec. 6, 1913. Residence, Andover, N. H.
Howard, Charles Woodbury
Furniture manufacturer, adjutant general; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct. 28, 1869; s. Joseph Woodbury and Nancy
Jane (Hesselton) Howard; ed. Nashua public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, class of 1890; Unitarian; Republican; member, Nashua common council, board of education, six years; N. H. house of representatives, 1905, 1907; senate, 1915; enlisted as private in N. H. N. G., March 17, 1891; second
JOHN H. FAHEY
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and first lieutenant, Co. K, 2d N. H. regiment; adjutant, 2d Infantry; ap- pointed asst. adjutant general, 1st Brigade, March 7, 1899, continuing till Dec. 1, 1907, when he became a major in the adjutant general's department, serving till May, 1915, when he be- came the adjutant general; trustee, Hunt Home for the Aged; member, Nashua Country Club; member, A. F. & A. M., to and including the 33d de- gree; past commander in chief, N. H. Consistory; Knight Templar; m., June 14, 1894, Blanche Louise, daughter of Josephus Baldwin, first mayor of Nashua; children, Woodbury Howard, b. 1902, Lucy Baldwin, b. 1905. Resi- dence, Nashua, N. H.
Fahey, John H.
Newspaper publisher, investment banker; b., Manchester, N. H., Feb. 19, 1873; s. Peter and Maria Fahey; ed. public schools; graduate of Man- chester high school; began newspaper work as reporter on Manchester papers; manager, Associated Press, New Haven, Conn .; New England Supt., Associated Press, Boston; editor and publisher, Boston Traveler, 1903-10; second vice- president, Associated Press, 1909-10; now president and publisher, Worces- ter Evening Post, and engaged in in- vestment banking business in Boston; long active in business men's organiza- tions; one of the organizers of the Boston chamber of commerce and seven years director and member executive committee; member, organ- ization committee, Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, later chair- man executive committee, president, 1914 and 1915, now honorary vice- president; member, permanent com- mittee of International Congress of Chambers of Commerce; appointed by President Wilson member of interna- tional high commission organized in 1915 under auspices of U. S. govern- ment to promote uniform legislation among the countries of the Western Hemisphere; chairman, delegation of American chambers of commerce visit-
ing European countries in 1911; mem- ber, U. S. commission visiting South America in 1916; member, American chamber of commerce in Paris, honorary member, Bolsa de Comercio, Buenos Ayres, Worcester chamber of commerce; chairman of the American committee on commercial arbitration between Argen- tina and the United States; awarded decoration of the Order of the Golden Sheaf by Chinese government in 1916 for service in promoting commercial relations between China and the United States; director and chairman, execu- tive committee, Commercial Research Co .; director, American Core-Twine Co .; president, Jiffy Brush Co .; mem- ber, Bankers' Club, New York, Boston City Club, Economic Club, Tedasco Country Club, Brae-Burn Country Club, National Americanization Com- mittee, executive committee, League to Enforce Peace; Catholic; m., Mar- garet Quinn, Boston, 1901; two dau., Margaret and Eleanor. Address, Bos- ton, Mass.
Thayer, William Wentworth
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April 15, 1884; s. William Fiske and Sarah C. (Wentworth) Thayer; ed. Concord public schools, including Concord high school, Harvard University, B.A., 1905, LL.B., 1910, Oxford University, B.A., 1908, M.A., 1913; admitted to the bar, 1910; practiced in office of Streeter, Demond & Woodworth till 1913, and alone since; Congregationalist; Repub- lican; elected solicitor for the County of Merrimack in Nov., 1916, for the term beginning April, 1917; appointed by the court to fill vacancy occasioned by resignation of Solicitor Murchie, Jan., 1917; trustee, Union Trust Co .; director, First National Bank of Con- cord; assistant treasurer, Northern R. R .; director, American Peace Soc .; vice-president, Concord Char- ity Organization; president, Alumni Ass'n of American Rhodes Scholars; member, Kearsarge Lodge, K. of P., Capital Grange, P. of H. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Miller, Ida Farr
(Mrs. Edwin C.); club woman and lecturer; b., Littleton, N. H., April 26, 1863; dau. Maj. Evarts W. and Ellen F. (Burpee) Farr; ed. public schools, St. Mary's Academy, Man- chester, N. H., Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, and Wellesley Col- lege; past president, Melrose (Mass.) Woman's Club and Kosmos Club, Wakefield, Mass .; organizer and past president, New Hampshire's Daugh- ters Society, Boston; chairman, For- estry Committee, Mass. State Federa- tion of Women's clubs; member, For- estry Committee, N. H. State Federa- tion of Women's clubs, 1908-11; mem- ber, Wakefield, Mass., school board since 1906; member, N. E. Historic- Genealogical Soc .; member, Society for Prevention of N. E. Antiquities; past matron, O. E. S .; organizer and first regent, Faneuil Hall Chapter, D. A. R., etc .; lecturer on forestry and historical subjects; m., Jan. 30, 1884, Edwin Child Miller; children, Barbara (Miller) Wicker, Henry Franklin, Edith Louise. Residence, Wakefield, Mass.
Ray, Robert Allen
Lawyer, judge of probate; b., Palmer, Mass., April 7, 1851; s. Alexander Hamilton and Sarah Jane (Maynard) Ray; ed. Burr & Burton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., Kimball Union Acad- emy and Dartmouth College, A.B. 1877, A.M. 1885; studied law; admitted to bar, 1879, and practiced from 1879 to 1889, in Concord, N. H., in partnership with Reuben E. Walker, now associate justice N. H. supreme court, and with him edited and published "Ray & Walker's N. H. Citations"; later for some years principal of Hinsdale, N. H., high school, removing thence to Keene, in 1893, to resume practice; Baptist; Republican; member from Ward 6, Concord, in N. H. house of represen- tatives, 1885; judge of probate for Cheshire County since 1906; also acted as judge in Sullivan County probate court several months, during a va- cancy, in 1917; member, Sons of Vet-
erans; m., 1st, March 18, 1881, Harriet Annett Ballou, who d. 1900; 2d, May, 1907, Clara Adell Case; one dau., Agnes Helen (Mrs. Fred H. Robbins, Philadelphia, Pa.). Resi- dence, Keene, N. H.
Richardson, Albert James
Farmer, postmaster; b., Lyndon, Vt., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Henry and Mary J. (Clark) Richardson; removed to Littleton, N. H., in infancy, and edu- cated in Littleton public schools; en-
gaged extensively in agriculture and dairying for a series of years; Demo- crat; member of school board; select- man, 1907-8; inspector for N. H. license commission, several years pre- vious to Jan., 1914, when appointed postmaster of Littleton; Patron of Husbandry and long active in the or- der, serving as master of White Moun- tain Grange two years, Northern N. H. Pomona Grange four years, and execu- tive committee, N. H. State Grange, six years; member, Burns Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Franklin Chapter, St. Gerard
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Commandery and Bektash Temple; m., Oct. 6, 1888, Lillian M. Curtis; one daughter, Edith Mabelle. Resi- dence, Littleton, N. H.
Plummer, William Alberto
Jurist; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Dec. 2, 1865; s. Charles E. and Mary H. (Moody) Plummer; ed. Gilmanton Academy, Dartmouth College, Boston University School of Law, 1889; lo- cated in practice in Laconia; Congre- gationalist; Democrat; member, La- conia school board, nineteen years (president sixteen years); member, N. H. house of representatives, 1893, 1907; justice, N. H. superior court, Dec., 1907 to Dec., 1913, since then justice, supreme court; member, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Masons, 33d degree (Grand Master, Grand Lodge of N. H., 1806-8); member, N. H. Bar Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., N. H. His- torical Soc .; director, Laconia Nat'l Bank; trustee and vice-president, City Savings Bank of Laconia; director, La- conia Building & Loan Ass'n .; m., Jan. 1, 1890; one son, Wayne M., b. March 21, 1891, Boston University School of Law, 1917, admitted to N. H. bar, June 30, 1917. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Mitchell, Abram Whittemore
Physician and surgeon; b., Lemp- ster, N. H., Feb. 8, 1862; s. Andrew J. and Mary (Whittemore) Mitchell; ed. common and high schools, Kimball Union Academy, 1883, New York Uni- versity Medical School, 1887; located in practice at Epping, N. H .; Metho- dist; Independent; member, school board and board of health, Epping; physician to Rockingham County In- stitute for thirty years; member and past president of Rockingham County Medical Soc. and N. H. Medical Soc .; president, Epping Water Co .; Odd Fellow and Mason to and including 32d degree, Knight Templar and Shriner; m., Oct. 17, 1888, Hattie F. Perkins; children, Avis W. (Mrs. C. Cann), Karl P., Richard A., Philip W. Residence, Epping, N. H.
Smith, Ezra M.
Lawyer; b., Langdon, N. H., Jan. 25, 1838; s. Orrin and Marinda (Par- tridge) Smith; ed. Cold River Acad- emy, Tubbs Academy. Law Depart- ment, University of Albany, LL.B. 1861; admitted to N. H. bar, May, 1864; commenced practice in Peter- borough, N. H., June 1, 1865, and has since continued; Congregationalist; Republican; ten years a member of the school board; selectman, twenty-
five years (many years chairman of the board); member, N. H. house of rep- resentatives, six terms, taking active part in committee work and debate; state senator, 1915-16; member, con- stitutional conventions, 1876, 1912; member, Peterborough Grange, P. of H., Peterborough Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F., Union Encampment, No. 6; m., Oct. 4, 1886, Mary S. Fairbanks; chil- dren, Etta M. (Harlan B. deceased), Orrin F. Residence, Peterborough, N. H.
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Fairbanks, George Arlington
Woolen manufacturer, farmer; b., Newport, N. H., March 24, 1863; s. George H. and Helen M. (Nourse) Fairbanks; ed. public schools, graduat- ng from Newport high school, June 24, 1881, followed by one year at Tilton Seminary; a successful merchant in Newport for fourteen years; with George A. Dorr purchased Granite State Mills, April 1, 1899, and from a business practically dormant, it has oday over one hundred fifty employes on its pay-roll, working in day and hight shifts; director of Citizens' Na- ional Bank for fifteen years, its presi- lent since 1913; trustee and treasurer, Carrie F. Wright Hospital, since its establishment; for many years a rustee, M. E. church, and for a long ime a member and generous contrib- itor to its welfare. Continually identi- ied with the best interests of Sullivan County Y. M. C. A., he has been a iberal supporter in all its work; mem- per school board for twelve years and active worker for the welfare of pupils and teachers; trustee, Tilton Seminary; Mason, member and past high priest, Chapter of Tabernacle, No. 19, R. A. M .; Shrine; Republican; candidate for presidential elector, 1916, member, house of representatives, 1917-18 and chairman railroad committee; occupies ¿ spacious home on a knoll overlooking the town, on the spot where stood the house of his birth; m., Oct. 22, 1885, Margaret A. Gilmore of Newport; three children, Helen M., a successful kindergartner, Marian S., graduate of Boston University and vocal soloist in local churches, Harold G., graduate of . Tilton Seminary and now learning the woolen business in his father's mill. Residence, Newport, N. H.
Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln
Lawyer; b., Meredosia, Ill., April 5, 1860; s. Eli Allen and Harriett W. (Weeks) Boutwell; removed to Hop- kinton, N. H., when two years of age and reared in that town where his great- grandfather, Maj. William Weeks, of Washington's staff, had settled in 1792,
on land said to have been granted him by the government and a portion of which he, himself, now owns; ed. com- mon schools, Hopkinton and Contoo- cook academies, New Hampshire Col- lege, 1882, and Boston University Law School, 1886; spent some time in teaching, at Claremont, N. H., gram- , mar school, Boston Asylum Farm School, and Eliot Evening School, Bos- ton, meanwhile taking up the study of
law, first with the late John Y. Mug- ridge of Concord, N. H., and later with Wilbur H. Powers of Boston; admitted to Massachusetts bar in 1886 and com- menced practice in Boston in Aug. of that year, continuing alone about twenty years, since then in partnership with William H. Hastings of Malden, under firm name of Boutwell & Hast- ings, offices in Rogers Bldg., Washing- ton St .; Baptist; Republican; mem- ber, Malden, Mass., common council, 1893-4; Mass. house of representatives, 1895-6-7-8, taking a prominent part in legislation each year; city solicitor, Malden, since 1907; trustee, New
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Hampshire College, since 1910 and president of the board since 1913; first vice-president, Second National Bank of Malden; director, F. W. Ransholb Co., Samuel E. Jordan Brush Co .; Ma- son, Odd Fellow; member, Boston City Club, University Club of Malden, Mal- den Deliberative Assembly, Middlesex Club, Mass. Republican Club; a fre- . quent public speaker on political, pa- triotic and other occasions; m. Nellie C. Booth, Dec. 28, 1886; one son, Louis E., b. Feb. 15, 1892, Boston Uni- versity School of Law, 1917. Resi- dence, Malden, Mass.
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