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Marie Booth; one daughter, Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1916. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Parker, Edward Melville
Clergyman, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire; b., Cam- bridge, Mass., July 11, 1855; s. Henry Melville and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker; descendant on both paternal and maternal sides from English Puri- tan stock, his first American paternal ancestor being Abraham Parker of Chelmsford, Mass. (1649), while his great-great-grandfather, Abel Parker, a soldier of the Revolution, fought at Bunker Hill, and was buried at Jaffrey, N. H .; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Oxford University, Eng- land, B.A., 1878, M.A., 1881; was at St. Paul's, as a student, from 1868 to 1874; studied five years at Kelle Col- lege, Oxford, one year being devoted to graduate work; master at St. Paul's School, 1879-1906; in charge of St. John's Church, Dunbarton, 1880-1906, and of church work in East Weare, 1893-1906; bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire, 1906-14; bishop since 1914; deeply interested in sociological work, especially as it relates to the condition of our immigrant population; member, Stark Grange, P. of H., Dun- barton; president, N. H. Conference of Charities and Corrections; m., 1st, in 1885, Grace Elmendorf, Racine, Wis., who d. 1888; 2d, 1914, Isabella Good- rich, Concord, N. H .; children, Ed- ward L., b. Jan. 21, 1888; Caroline Williams, b. Nov. 9, 1915. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Taylor, Levi Colby
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Dec. 12, 1841; s. Erastus Day and Mary (Colby) Taylor; ed. public schools and Henniker, N. H., Academy; studied dentistry in the office of Dr. George Bowers, an eminent dentist of Springfield, Vt .; began practice in Holyoke, Mass., in 1868, continuing till 1875, when he removed to Hart- ford, Conn., upon solicitation of the famous Dr. John M. Riggs, with whom
he was for a time associated, and where he has since remained in practice; lec- turer on Oral Prophylaxis and Ortho- dontia, N. Y. College of Dental and Oral Surgery, 1892-1904; president, Connecticut Valley Dental Soc., 1877- 8; first president, Hartford Dental Soc .; member, Connecticut Dental Ass'n, Massachusetts Dental Ass'n, North- eastern Dental Ass'n, National Dental Ass'n; honorary member, N. H. Dental Ass'n, Institute of Stomatology
of N. Y .; Congregationalist; Progressive Republican; m., Dec. 8, 1879, Nellie Thayer, Peterboro, N. H .; children, Charles Brackett (d.), Maude Winifred (Tufts, M.D., 1905), Leon Everett. Residence, Hartford, Conn.
Keyes, Anson L.
Lawyer; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb. 6, 1843; s. Orison and Lucina Ann (McClure) Keyes; ed. Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College, 1872, Albany Law School, 1873; studied law and settled in practice in Faribault, Minn., since continuing; Congrega-
FRANK P. CARPENTER
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tionalist; Republican; member, Fari- bault board of education, 1894-5; county attorney, Rice County, Minn., 1889, 1890, 1897, 1898; city attorney, Faribault, 1893-6; local attorney for Rock Island and Pacific R. R .; Mason; m., June 30, 1873, Harriet A. Lufkin; one daughter, Mrs. Luella K. Strong. Residence, Faribault, Minn.
Carpenter, Frank Pierce
Merchant, manufacturer, banker; b., Chichester, N. H., Oct. 28, 1845; s. David M. and Mary (Perkins) Car- penter; ed. public schools of Concord, N. H. (high school 1863); went to Manchester in 1864, where he entered the flour and grain business; in 1885 bought the Amoskeag Paper Mills of which he is still president; treasurer, Mechanics' Savings Bank; director, Amoskeag National Bank; director, N. H. Fire Insurance Co. and member of Finance committee; director, Amos- keag Mfg. Co .; vice-president and di- rector, Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co. of Berlin, N. H .; director of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and Federal Trustee of the Boston and Maine stock owned by N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R. Co .; president of the Morris Plan Co .; regular attendant at the Franklin St. Congregational Church, Manchester, and president of its Society; Demo- crat; chairman of commission which erected statue of President Franklin Pierce in 1914; received honorary de- gree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1915; the donor of the Carpenter Memorial Library to the city of Man- chester, in memory of his wife. [This building, by far the largest and best equipped of any city library in the state, compares in dignity and beauty with the buildings of the N. H. His- torical Library and the N. H. State Library at Concord .- EDITOR.] m., Sept. 12, 1872, Elenora Blood, daughter of Aretas Blood, who d. Jan. 30, 1910; children, Aretas Blood, b. Feb. 14, 1875, who m. Alice Burnham; Mary Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1882, m. Charles B. Manning; four grandchil- dren. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Scales, John
Teacher, editor, historian; b., Not- tingham, N. H., Oct. 6, 1835; s. Samuel and Betsey (True) Scales; ed. Colby Academy and Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa, A.B., 1863, A.M., 1866; from 1863 to 1883 principal of these academies in succession,-Straf- ford Academy, Wolfeborough Acad- emy, Gilmanton Academy, and Frank- lin Academy, Dover, N. H., the latter from 1869 to 1883; editor and publisher,
Dover Enquirer and Dover Daily Republican, 1883 to 1898; editorial writer for Foster's Democrat, 1906 to 1912; editor of history of class of 1863, Dartmouth College, also a volume of Historical Memoranda of Old Dover, History of Strafford County, N. H .; also copy for a history of Dover, ready for the printer (1917); member of the advisory board of editors, who super- vised the proofs of Stackpole's History of New Hampshire, published in 1916; he has delivered numerous historical addresses, many of which have been
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published; member of the N. H. His- torical Soc .; N. H. Soc. of Colonial Wars; N. H. Soc., Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution; Northam Colonist Historical Soc .; Piscataqua Pioneers; Masons; St. Paul Commandery, Knights Templar; First Parish Church (1633); member of school committee; trustee of Normal School at Plymouth; m., Oct. 20, 1865, Ellen A. Tasker; their son, Burton True Scales (Dart- mouth, 1895, is a professor in Girard College, Philadelphia. Resident of Dover since 1869.
Danforth, Mary Shepherd
Physician; b., Derry, N. H., May 18, 1850; d. Charles and Rebecca F. (Batchelder) Danforth; ed. public schools, Manchester, N. H., Pinkerton
Academy, Derry, 1869, Woman's Med- ical College, Philadelphia, M.D., 1875; secured her education by her own ef- forts, teaching in different places, being for some time principal of the grammar school at Danielson, Conn .; com- menced practice in Manchester ,N. H.,
May 10, 1876, and has since continued; admitted to membership in the N. H. Medical Soc. in 1878, being the first woman accorded membership in that organization, and undoubtedly the first member of any state medical so- ciety in the country; delegate in 1882, from Center District Medical Society, to American Medical Ass'n. meeting in Washington, D. C .; Baptist; member, Woman's Advance Club, Manchester, N. H. Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n; unmarried. Residence, Man- chester, N. H.
Drake, James Frank
Publisher; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept. 1, 1881; s. Nathaniel Seavey and Mary Agnes Rogers. (Green) Drake; descendant of Robert Drake, who settled in America about 1640; ed. Pittsfield, N. H., high school, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1902, Master of Com- mercial Science, Tuck School of Ad- ministration and Finance (Dartmouth), 1903; £ Episcopalian; Independent: secretary, Springfield, Mass., board of trade, 1903-8; secretary, Phelps Pub- lishing Co., 1908-Nov., 1914, and since director and treasurer; also treasurer, Patriot Publishing Co., Worthington Realty Trust, Myrick Building Trust, Home Correspondence School, all of Springfield; vice-president, Mass. state board of trade, 1903-8; director, Spring- field board of trade, 1908-15, vice- president, 1914-15; trustee, Spring- field city library, 1910-12; member, Springfield common council, 1908- 12 (president, 1910-12), Springfield River Front Advisory Commission, 1910-12, Springfield Municipal Bldg. Commission, 1909-13, Springfield City Planning Commission since 1913; mem- ber, American Philatelic Soc., S. A. R., Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. A., Dartmouth Alumni Council, Spring- field Fish and Game Ass'n, Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, Country Club of Spring- field (secretary, 1906-11), University Club, Washington, D. C .; part author, "Springfield Present and Prospective," 1905; recreations, tennis, fishing, hunt-
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ing; m., July 25, 1907, Mildred Augusta Chase of Plymouth, N. H .; children, Ruth Elliott, Virginia, James Frank, Jr., and Constance Chase. Residence, 91 Mulberry St .; address, care of Phelps Publishing Co., Springfield, Mass.
Britton, William John
Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., June 18, 1872; s. John and Margaret (Macauley) Britton; ed. public school, Brewster Free Academy, Boston Uni- versity Law School; law student with W. D. H. Hill; admitted to the bar, June 22, 1905, and has since practiced in Wolfeboro; Progressive Republican; moderator and town clerk of Wolfeboro, holding the latter office fourteen
years; member, N. H. house of rep- resentatives, 1903, serving on com- mittee on revision of the statutes; solicitor of Carroll County, 1913-14; member, N. H. house of representa- tives, again in 1913, nominated as Progressive candidate for speaker, and elected to that office 'upon the sixth
ballot, the Democratic nominee having withdrawn; received the votes of the Progressives and of some Republicans, at one stage of the contest for the United States senatorship in that legis- lature; member, N. H. board of license commissioners, 1913-15; mem- ber and past master, Morning Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Wolfeboro, Eastern Star, and Carroll Chapter, R. A. M. and Pilgrim Commandery, K. T., of Laconia; also of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges and Lake Shore Grange, P. of H., of Wolfeboro. Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H.
Chase, Ira Arthur
Lawyer; b., Bristol, N. H., March
25, 1854; s. Ira Stephen and Cordelia Page Simonds Chase; ed. Bristol pub- lic schools, New Hampton Literary Institution (1872), Dartmouth Col- lege, 1877; studied law and located in practice in Bristol, where he has con- tinued; Congregationalist; Republican; assistant clerk, N. H. senate, 1881-3;
HON. JAMES P. TUTTLE
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clerk, 1885-7; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1897; senate, 1901; N. H. constitutional convention, 1902; moderator, Bristol, the last twenty-five years; member, Bristol board of educa- tion, 1883-8 and since 1907; trustee, Minot-Sleeper library, Bristol, since 1884; clerk, Mason-Perkins Paper Co. since 1886 and of Bristol Water Power Co. since 1884; director, Bristol Aque- duct Co., and Bristol Cemetery Ass'n; was for many years a member of the N. H. Antiquarian Soc .; past master, Union Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., Bristol, and past grand master M. W. G. L. of Masons in New Hampshire; m., July 6, 1881, Abby Maria Taylor. Residence, Bristol, N. H.
Tuttle, James Patterson
Lawyer, attorney-general; b., New Boston, N. H., July 17, 1856; s. James Moore and Rachel Patterson (McNeil) Tuttle; ed. New Boston public schools, Francestown Academy, Cushing Acad- emy (1880), Boston University Law School (1885); admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice Sept. 1, of that year in Manchester; continued alone till July 1, 1901, when he became a member of the firm of Taggart, Tuttle & Burroughs-Taggart, Tuttle, Bur- roughs & Wygman after Jan. 1, 1904- withdrawing in 1912 upon appointment as attorney-general; Congregationalist; Republican; superintendent of schools, New Boston, 1881, 1882; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1887; solicitor, Hillsborough County, 1893- 1903; attorney-general of New Hamp- shire since Jan. 22, 1912; member, Joe English Grange, P. of H., Ridgeley Lodge and Wonolancet Encampment, I. O. O. F., Bible Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; m., Jan 1, 1887, Elizabeth J. Bunton (Colby Academy and N. H. State Normal school); children, Doro- thy Moore, (Simmons, 1913) wife of Dr. David B. Hagerman, Grand Rapids, Mich; Rachel Winifred, (Mt. Holyoke, 1914) Florence Elizabeth, (Mt. Hol- yoke, 1916) Margaret Esther, (Welles- ley, 1917). Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Woodward, Nellie Fostina Tupper
(Mrs. Josiah Nichols Woodward); b., Nashua, N. H .; dau. of Freeman Eastman and Susan Elvira (Howe) Tupper; ed. in public and private schools of Nashua; m., Jan. 6, 1881, Dr. Josiah Nichols Woodward (d. Nov. 28, 1910); member of the Nash- away Woman's Club, president, 1909- 11, treasurer, 1902-4, member of civics committee; president of N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1911-13,
inaugurated the State Endowment Fund known as the Prosperity Fund of the N. H. Federation, served on staff of editors for the Woman's Edition of the Manchester Union published in the interest of the Fund; chairman, polit- ical science committee of Federation, 1915-17; General Federation . State Secretary, 1913-15; member of the Fortnightly Club, Matthew Thornton Chapter, D. A. R., Woman's Auxiliary of Y. M. C. A., King's Daughters' Benevolent Ass'n, Nashua Equal Fran- chise League (president); honorary vice-president of the Audubon Soc.
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of New Hampshire; director, N. H. Children's Aid and Protective Soc .; member, N. H. Daughters of Boston; Congregationalist. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Robie, Edward
Clergyman; b. Gorham, Me., April 5, 1821; s. Dea. Thomas S. and Clarissa (Adams) Robie; ed. Gorham Academy, 1836, Bowdoin College, 1840, Andover Theological Seminary, 1843, Univer-
sity of Halle, Germany (two years); teacher of languages, Gorham Acad- emy, 1846-8; assistant professor of Hebrew, Andover Theological Sem- inary, 1848-51; pastor, Congregational church, Greenland, N. H., 1851-1917. He was ordained and installed, Feb. 25, 1852, but had supplied the pulpit from September previous. His pas- torate surpasses in length that of any other pastor of his time, and is ex- ceeded by only two in the history of the State-those of Rev. Laban Ains- worth of Jaffrey which continued seventy-five years and five months,
and Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington, sixty-seven years and seven months. He received the degree of D.D. from Dartmouth College in 1876, and from Bowdoin in 1893. In 1893, when over seventy years of age, he took a special course at Harvard in order to master certain subjects with which he pro- posed to deal in his sermons. During his remarkable pastorate in this little country town he has officiated at about two hundred marriages and six hun- dred funerals; m., Dec. 28, 1852, Susan P., dau. of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Lord) Jameson, of Effingham, N. H., d. June 12, 1878. Residence, Greenland, N. H.
Duncan, Charles
Physician, bacteriologist; b., Chelsea, Mass., March 18, 1872; s. James and Margaret (Patterson) Duncan; ed. Chelsea high school, Dartmouth Col- lege, 1898, Harvard Medical School, 1903; appointed bacteriologist, N. H. State Board of Health in 1903 and has since continued; bacteriologist and pathologist, N. H. State Hospital, Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital and N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children; Congrega- tionalist; Republican; member, Con- cord board of education, 1915 -; ward supervisor, 1917 -; member, Center District and Merrimack County Med- ical Soc. (secretary, 1913-); N. H. Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n; Theta Delta Chi and Casque and Gauntlet college societies; Wonolancet Club; m., June 28, 1905, Charlotte Ilsley, Chelsea (A.B. Radcliffe, 1900); children, Lawrence Ilsley, b. Oct. 5, 1906; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8, 1908; Mar- garet, b. Feb. 27, 1913. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Baker, Dana Wingate
Insurance and real estate; b., Ports- mouth, N. H., Aug. 1, 1861; s. Samuel and Caroline (Wingate) Baker, great- grandson of Paine Wingate, of the Con- tinental Congress and colleague of John Langdon in the first U. S. Senate; ed. Exeter public schools and Phillips Exe-
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ter Academy, having removed to Exe- ter with his family in 1872; employed eight years as a drug clerk, in youth, and, later engaged for eleven years in the retail boot and shoe trade; en-
gaged in insurance and real estate business the last twenty years; general agent for Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., as well as conducting a large miscellaneous business; Con- gregationalist, member of Phillips . Church, Exeter, clerk of the church and treasurer of the parish for several years past; Republican; moderator, 1914, 1916; member, N. H. house of repre- sentatives, 1911-12, 1913-14; presi- dent, Rockingham County Republican Club, 1913-15; first treasurer, Exeter school board under the new law; past president, Pacataqua Congregational Club; several years secretary, Exeter board of trade; member, I. O. O. F. (past grand of Sagamore Lodge); P. of H. (past master Gilman Grange); I. O. R. M. (past Sachem Wehanow- nowit Tribe); member, Renaissance Club, Music Club, etc., Exeter; m.,
Sept. 7, 1886, Fannie E. French; two daughters, Florence (Robinson Sem., 1909, Bradford Acad., 1912); Beatrice (Robinson Sem., 1911, Brad- ford Acad., 1913). Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Junkins, William Oliver
Physician and surgeon; b., Berwick, Me., May 13, 1845; s. Alexander and Elizabeth Leighton (Staples) Junkins; ed. common schools, Eliot and South Berwick, Me., academies, Bowdoin College Medical Department, 1870; located in practice at Kittery Point, Me., in 1870, soon removing to Green- land, N. H., where he continued twenty years; removed to Portsmouth in 1891 remaining in practice there till 1917; Methodist; Democrat; mayor of Ports- mouth, 1895, 1896; U. S. pension ex- aminer under Presidents Cleveland
and Wilson; president, Candelaria Fruit Co., Porto Rico; Mason, 32d degree, Knight Templar and Shriner; charter member, Portsmouth Lodge, B. P. O. E .; member, Portsmouth
MRS. SARAH F. S. DEARBORN.
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Yacht Club; m., Sept. 5, 1872, Julia E. Hill, d. March 7, 1916. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens
(Mrs. Joseph Henry Dearborn), club-woman, owner and manager of extensive real estate; b., Concord, N. H., dau. of Major Josiah and Ann H. (Head) Stevens. Major Stevens served in the Second N. H. Vols. during the Civil War. Mrs. Stevens was the sister of Gov. Natt Head of Hooksett. Their daughter, Mrs. Dearborn, was born on the estate lying on the road to St. Paul's School, which, later, was sold to Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy made her home here during the last fourteen years of her life in Concord. Sarah F. (Stevens) Dear- born was educated in the public schools of Concord and Manchester, N. H., graduating from the Manchester high school, 1872. State Regent, N. H. D. A. R., 1910-11; president, N. H. Daughters in Boston, 1912-14; pres- ident, Historic Art Club, Manchester; member, Grace Episcopal church, Manchester, Buntin Chapter D. A. R., Suncook (regent, 1896-8), N. H. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, Woman's City Club, Boston, Brookline Woman's Club, Massachusetts, Presidents' Club, Boston, Order of Eastern Star, Order of Rebekahs, Past Master of Pem- broke Grange, P. of H., noted for having the first set of woman officers in the country; N. H. Historical Soc .; m., Nov. 9, 1880, Joseph Henry Dear- born, wholesale manufacturer, Har- vard University, A.B. 1871, who d. March 24, 1911; children, Jenness Stevens Dearborn, b. Aug. 17, 1881, N. H. College, class of 1904, who m. Edith Dalton of Suncook, June 19, 1907; Joseph Jewell, b. Dec. 6, 1882, A.B. Harvard, 1907, post- graduate in forestry, superintendent, Diamond Match Co., Athol, Mass., who m. Inez Jones Emery, Sept. 24, 1910; Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1885, who m. Arthur Dryden Camp- bell of Boston, Nov. 6, 1915; grand-
children, Lucy, Joseph Henry, Frances, Joanne, Lewis Emery Dearborn. Residence, Pembroke Street (Suncook), N. H .; York Beach, Me .; Boston, Mass.
Hadlock, Albert Emerson
Lawyer; b., Amherst, N. H., Feb. 9, 1863; s. John and Sarah E. (Carlton) Hadlock; ed. public schools of Milford, N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College, 1887, Harvard Law School, 1893; entered the office of Evarts, Choate and Beaman as a clerk in 1893, immediately after grad- uation from law school, and has en- gaged in general practice of the law since that time, when the duties of public office have not required all his time; Republican; secretary to the president of the borough of Richmond, city of New York, 1898-1902; assistant corporation council, 1902-4; chief of law and adjustment division, depart- ment of finance, city of New York, 1910-16; deputy comptroller of the city of New York since 1916; member, VY fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet Soc. (one of the founders), Bar Ass'n of the City of New York, and City Club ; m., 1902, Marion Canfield; children, Albert Emerson, Jr., Canfield and Marion. Address, Municipal Building, New York.
Hall, Daniel
Lawyer, publicist; b., Barrington, N. H., Feb. 28, 1832; s. Gilman and Eliza (Tuttle) Hall; ed. public schools, Strafford Academy, N. H. Conference Seminary, Tilton, Dartmouth College, 1854, teaching school in winter to aid in payment of college expenses; studied law in the office of Daniel M. Christie; admitted to the bar, May, 1860; school commissioner for Strafford County, 1859-60; clerk, special committee of the U. S. Senate investigating the surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1861, and later clerk, U. S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, of which John P. Hale was chairman; commis- sioned as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. A. W. Whipple, with the rank of
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captain, in March, 1862, and partici- pated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, being slightly wounded in the latter; Provost Marshal, 1st N. H. District, 1864-5;
clerk, S. J. court for Strafford County, 1866-74; judge, Dover police court, 1868-74; reporter, N. H. supreme court, 1876-7; U. S. naval officer of customs, Boston, 1877-85; Free Thinker; Republican; president, N. H. Republican state convention, 1876; chairman, Republican state committee, 1874-7; delegate to Republican na- tional convention, 1876, and chairman, N. H. delegation; colonel on the staff of Gov. Walter Harriman and judge advocate under Gov. Frederick Smyth; member, board of managers, N. H. Soldiers' Home, Tilton, 1889 -; mem- ber, Loyal Legion of the United States and Post 17, G. A. R .; commander, N. H. Department, G. A. R., 1892-3; trustee, Strafford savings bank, 1883 -; director, Strafford Nat'l Bank, 1897 -; trustee, Dover public library, Went- worth Home for the Aged; he is a
graceful writer and speaker and has delivered numerous occasional ad- dresses, notably that at the dedication of the statue of John P. Hale in Con- cord, in August, 1892; m. Jan. 25, 1877, Sophia, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Hanson) Dodge of Rochester; one son, Arthur Wellesley, b. Aug. 30, 1878 (Harvard, 1902), now practicing law in Dover. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Gould, Alfred Josiah
Farmer, fruitgrower; b., Newport, N. H., Jan. 18, 1840; s. Gideon and Sally (Ward) Gould; ed. public school and Newport Academy; owns and occupies the old homestead established by his grandfather, Nathan Gould, a century and a quarter ago; extensively and successfully engaged in fruit culture, along with general farming; Liberal; Republican; member, Newport board
of selectmen, four years; member, N. H. house of representatives, 1889; member, Sugar River Lodge, I. O.O. F., Sullivan Grange, P. of H., Merrimack County Pomona Grange; director,
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First Nat'l Bank, Newport; trustee, Newport savings bank (president for ten years); m. 1st, Sarah Jane Ayers, Cornish, Dec. 15, 1861, d. Oct. 6, 1864; 2d, Orpha A. Honey, Lempster, Feb. 3, 1866, d. April 18, 1902; 3d, Ida M. Parker, Newport, May 4, 1905; one daughter, Mary Alice, b. June 1, 1886 (Newport high school, 1905). Resi- dence, Newport, N. H.
Sullivan, Dennis Edward
Physician; b., Augusta, Me., Aug. 23, 1863; s. Daniel W. and Catherine (Mann) Sullivan; ed. public schools of Augusta, Bowdoin College Medical School, Brunswick, Me. (two years), Bellevue Hospital, New York, M.D., 1885; Catholic; Democrat; member, Concord board of education since 1908; N. H. state board of health, since 1913; secretary, N. H. Medical Soc .; mem- ber, American Medical Soc .; U. S. pension examining board; staff of Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital since 1885; member, Wonolancet Club, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians; m. Mary E. Scanlan, July 9, 1889; children, Edward Scan- lan, b. Jan. 25, 1892 (A.B. Harvard, 1914, M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1918); Paul Mann, b. May 1, 1887, entered Harvard, 1915. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Quimby, Frank Pierce®
Secretary, Concord Building and Loan Ass'n; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 22, 1856; s. John and Lydia (Colby) Quimby; ed. Concord public schools and Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness College, Manchester; entered em- ploy of Concord R. R. as section hand in 1871, passing through the various positions as switchman, yard brake- man, fireman and clerk in the treasur- er's office; appointed chief clerk and paymaster upon the organization of the Concord & Montreal R. R. corpora- tion, serving in such capacity until the lease of the road to the Boston & Maine, when he was made assistant paymaster of the entire system, with headquarters at Concord; Jan. 1,
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