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Stories, Anecdotes, and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Manchester Men. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. 1B%. GEORGE F. WILLEY, PUBLISHER. MANCHESTER, N. H. Iv n CONTENTS. SUBJECTS. Manchester Up To Date, by D. L. Perkins 8 Manchester Historical Publication s 31 Wiliey's Book of Nutfield . 3« ^Vil!ey's Senii-Centennial Book ol Manchester . . . . 36 Rockingham West 40 Hon. William C.Clarke . 41 Horses and Other Domestic Ani- mals 42 Hon. Charles H. Bartlett . 43 Hon. Ed,u;ar J. Knowlton . 44 The Founders of Londonderry . 45 Manchester Board of Trade 46 Chas. C. Hayes . . . . 48 Herbert W. Eastman . 49 Hon. James A. Weston 50 Hon. Henry W. Blair 54 Slavery . . . . . 56 Hon. Moody Currier . 57 Hon. Oliver E. Branch 59 First Schoolhouse 60 Edwin T. Baldwin 60 Boiled Eggs 61 Cnarles W. Temiile 62 Capt. Thomas Patterson 62 Alonzo Elliott . 63 Robert D. Gay . 64 Henry De Wolfe Carveile, M. D. ^'5 Hon. Frederick Smyth 67 William D. Buck, M. D. . 68 Hon. John Hosley 70 William M. Parsons, M. D. 70 Rev. Thomas A. Dorion 72 Col. Charles E. Balch 73 Emile H. Tardivel 74 Manchester Centennial I^xercises 74 Hon. Person C. Cheney 75 Hon. James F. Briggs • 76 Dr. C. M. Dodge 77 The Longest Courtship 77 First B.iptist Church, Manchester 7« Rev. William C. McAUester, D. D. 79 William H. Elliott 80 The Spectacular . 80 Hon. .\lpheus Gay 81 Making Too Much Money . . 81 Col. Arthur E. Clarke . . 82 Hon. John C. Ray ... 84 What it Cost to Ordain Rev. Wm. Morrison, 1783 ... 84 ILLUSTRATIONS. David L. Perkins . . . 11 Manchester, View of in 1846 . 12 Manchester, View of in 1896 . 13 Concord Common . . . 13 Union Block in 1846 ... 14 Principal Business Block in 1846 14 Principal Business Block in 1896 15 Kennard . . . . . 15 Smyth's Block . . . . 15 Elm Street . . . . 15 New City Hotel . . . . 15 Granite Street Bridge in 1846 . 16 A Locomotive in 1846 . . 16 Merrimack River in 1846 . 16 McGregor Bridge, Manchester . 1 7 l'",lm Street, Looking South . 18 City Hall 18 Pickering Block . . . 18 Elm Street, Manchester, Looking North ..... 19 Kennard . . . . 19 Anioskeag Falls, Manchester, above the bridge . . 20 Merrimack River, above the Falls 20 Cygnet Boat Club House . . 20 Merrimack River, below the Falls 21 High Water Scene . . . 21 City Library . . . . 22 Police Station, Manchester . . 23 Elm Street, Winter Scene . 24 Next Day after the Big Storm, March 12, 1888 ... 24 Lowell Street, Manchester, in 1885 25 Home of Gen. John Stark . . 26 Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace 27 Rev. William McDonald . 27 Board of Trade Officers, ii.96 . 29 W. E. Drew .... 29 N. J. Whalen .... 29 Eugene Quirin .... 29 H. Chandler Frank Preston Albert L. Clough E. C. Wescott . H. W. Eastman . Frank L. Way C. M. Edgerly , O. D. Knox W. G. Africa . Gen. Charles Bartlett . Clerks at Manchester Postoffice 1896 .... Carriers at Manchester Postoffice 1896 .... Wiliey's Historic Chamber . Employees at Manchester Post office, 1896 Gen. John Stark Hon. W. C. Clarke . City Hall, Manchester Hon. Charles H. Bartlett . Hon. Edgar Knowlton Charles C. Hayes Herbert W. Eastman . Government Building Weston Residence Hon. John Hosley Hon. Henry W. Blair Hon. Moody Currier Edwin T. Baldwin Charles W. Temple Alonzo Elliott . R. D. Gay .... Henry DeWolfe Carveile, M. I). Sheriff Healy and Manchester Deputies Hon. Frederick Smyth Dr. Wm. M. Parsons and Family Rev. Thomas A. Dorion I'jnile H. Tardivel Hon. P. C. Cheney Clarence M. Dodge, NL 1). First Baptist Church . Rev. W. C. McAUester, 1). 1), William H. Elliott Col. .\rthur E. Clarke's Residence Hon. .•Mplieus Gay John C. Ray New Hampshire ••• •f Town Histories . . . FOR SALE BY . . . GEORGE F. WILLEY, MANCHESTER, N. H. Wii.i.ey's Semi-Centennial Book of Manchestek. Wii. lev's Book of Nlitfieu). Manchester Up To Date. Roc KINO II AM West. Potter's History of Manchester. Clarke's History of Manchester. Parker's History of Londonderry. Histokn of Bedford, Publlshed in 1851. Cochra.ne's History of Antrim. Moore's History of Candia. Secomb's History of Amherst. History of Old Dunstable. Londonderry Celebration, 1869. Fogg's Gazetteer of New Hampshire. Successful New Hampshire Men. Chase's History of Chester. MANCHESTER UP TO DATE. BY DAVID LANE PERKINS. IT lias 'been said of us, almost hv way of reproach, that we have no ancient castles in America ; no stately ruins to remind us of media.'val times. But on the whole our trans- atlantic friends must admit that we have got along (juite successfully without t hem, and let us hope that the time may never come when liaronial castles shall dot the horizon of our fair land. As for ruins, our people arc too busily employed in tlitir various vocations in build- ing up the new even to think of them, much less to lament their absence from our virgin landscape. Our pers])eetive is altogether too bright and alluring for th:'.t. Some hundreds of years hence our successors may cultivate the scars and wrinkles that will serve a purpose in this line, but at present we are full of life, full of resources, full of hope and vouth. But it is not the present purpose to dwell upon ruins, or castles even in the air, but merely to note down a few milestones which in the experience of one short lifclinn- have brought us to our present magnificent estate. There are scores among us who can recall the DAVID I.. PERKINS hardly more than a worthless sandbank ; a prolific fishing resort ; and with nothing more suggestive of thrift or of value in its character and surround- ings than an ol)Scure little spinning mill at Amoskeag. Later on a manufacturing village grew up on this side of the river ; and as the cotton industry throve, the village blossomed into the beautiful and far-famed cit\- of today. My father came hither ,in June, 1848 (see page 33, Manchester edi- tion, Book of Nutfield), as the first male instructor in the public schools of the new Manchester, in the new high school building on Lowell street at the corner of Chestnut, then almost literally in the woods. There were no railroads here ; no telegraph wires. Even gas as an illuminating agent was practically un- ' known. The telephone, elec- tric lights, street motor cars, and the modern fire alarm service are of comparatively recent date, and the steam fire engine only preceded them a vcrv little. There were no street pavements here, and the sidewalks were limited to the village needs, a villasre of about three thousand five hundred time when the present site of Manchester was souls. I doubt if there was a private bath tub, a domestic heatiiifj furnace, a coal stove, or an elevator in the town. There was little to attract attention south of Merrimack street or north of Lowell, and east of L'uion street there were no buildings at all until the suburbs were reached. The now elegant northeast section, then of uneven surface, covered with little patches of rude granite boulders, scrub oaks and pines, not arable, and hardly fit for grazing, was yet used for a pasture, and was en- closed with a rough stone wall. The time came when the authorities placed a neat wooden rail iS5oor 1851, Daniel Webster delivered an address from a raised platform at a fair of the New Hamp- shire Agricultural Society, held in this immediate vicinity. He was the " observed of all observers" in a procession that marched up Kim street, and from his 0})en barouche, with bared head, he bowed, like a god that he was, to the ladies on either side of the street, wiio waved their handker- chiefs. A deep glen, or ravine, extended northeasterly from the Valley Cemetery, and a brook that rippled down between the heavily shaded banks, -::?^iJ!^iV^; \y^^^^^^i&^^' VIEW OF MANCHESTER IN 1846. fence around Concord common, then the only park of any pretensions, and it seemed almost lil<,e' a case of metropolitan extravagance. The vicinity of Birch and Washington streets, now known as Barbary Coast, was wet and marshy, and abounded in alder bushes, where the rabbit and the partridge lingered as if regretful of the com- ing chancre. The territory south of Hanover street and east of Union was covered by a heavy pine forest as far out as Hallsville, and through the woods to the south, a tract of cleared land, comprising some twenty acres or more, was familiarly known as " the Ryefield." As late as .thence through the cemetery valley, is well remem- bered by thousands of our fellow citizens. This shaded dell served us boys as a not too remote Ar- cadia, where we often repaired of a school holi- day, with wooden tomahawks in imitation of the Indians. It was onl\- at long intervals that we got as far out as the shores of Lake Massabesic, for we had no other means of transportation than those afforded by nature. At a point near West Brook street, where Judge David Cross now lives, the Old Falls road, so called, curved around, first westerly and then to the north, until the Amoskeag bridge and the North River road were reached. On a c a: < Z C<3 a high bluff, at its intersection with Elm street, a small weather-stained house stood guard for many years; and half way around the curve, at the foot of the hill, a small, ancient, black wooden schoolhouse was a familiar object. The pasture, the outlying orchard, and the adjacent graveyard have now disappeared forever. Cows no longer feed placidlv along the hillside ; the school children of the olden da3's are gathered to their fathers, or scattered far and near; while the bones of the dead Nutfield), and manv a valued collection has been exhumed therefrom. There was a deep ravine just north of Pennacook street, crossing Elm from the (lid fair grountl, with its riotous little trout brook now rapidly disappearing from human view. When Smyth's block was built at the corner of Elm and Water streets, as late as 1853, it was thought by some of the wise heads of that day to be a crazy enterprise, because it was so far removed from the business centre of the town ; and now SJMmnniiuniniiiiiiiHiriniiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiLiiiuiiiiinuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii " iii' '■■iiif .iHI I : IBIE ■ID Hi 111 III'. iiM: iMi in III jllB HI Jil =777777,, l^,T.-...-, --^~-\ ■ ~. Ill III ESI in in iBi ill! Ill 111 III ■■■ IBP IIB Ml III III ill SI9I IMi ill, liii: e» jii ji3 IB! imi UB wa. lit III UNION m.OCK, THE PRINCIPAL HUSINESS BLOCK IN 1846. have been ruthlesslv removed. This ancient bury- ing ground was in the immediate vicinitv of, and perhaps included, the present site of the Manches- ter Locomotive Works. The father of General Stark was buried here. The sand bluff where the Governor Smyth mansion now stands, and the one south of it across West Salmon street, then under the shade of willows and elms, were rich with the deposit of Indian arrowheads and other aboriginal curios (see " Indians of the Merrimack," Book of even Rock Rimmon bids fair to become a huge setting like a gem of nature in the midst of a thriving, busy settlement. I have a distinct recollection of a deep ravine south of Granite street and west of Elm, where nature had formed a charming amphitheatre. A platform was erected in this temple of nature where temperance lecturers (see "A Drunkard's Funeral," Manchester edition. Book of Nutfield) and Fourth of July orators held forth to audiences o 00 '■J o X) r- :r— . s: iz: s: ^s: ^Oi H P ca H P €m ■IP iffi ■i il , iM wm il ' «a ■1 PI ;s:i c:: a. z i ^1 ■:«<< ^k:> ^-^1 seated upon benches arranged one ai)ovc another on the hillside, and all under the 2;i-ateful shade of primitive trees. Alony' in the forties a man from over the river was found drowned in a shallow pool in this ravine, with a jug of rum by his side. In view of this tragic event some of the temperance people conceived the idea of giving the town an object lesson, and it took the form of "a drunkard's funeral." A procession was formed, and marching through Elm street, a halt was made before several places where liquors were dispensed, common in my boyhood, out of an artificial pond that existed there for fire ])urposes, sui)plied by " Mile brook," so called. This brook had its rise on (Jak hill, and thence from Hanover square by a culvert, it supplied another artificial pond on Merrimack common, now known as Monument square, and still another small reservoir on Con- cord common, at a jjoinl where the fountain now stands. These small bodies of water afforded the school children of that day excellent facilities for skating, and, alas! at times, even for drowning ; and GRANITE-STREtT IIRIDGE IN 1 S46. and the "mourners" groaned several times in unison. Political feeling, then as now, was exciting and absorbing. July 4, 1844, a presidential year, the two parties held rival meetings in Manchester; the Whigs in this same ravine, and the Democrats among the pines in the neighborhood of Tremont square. Some fifteen thousand strangers were in town, and no end of the militia. Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts addressed the Whigs, and George Barstow, the historian, was the Democratic orator. I caught many a fine brook trout on Hanover for the latter purpose several adults availed them- selves of the little pond on Concord common. In recent vears these ponds have been filled in with earth and completely grassed over, as they were no longer needed for fire purposes, and with an increasing density of population the impure waters were thought to be a menace to the health of those who lived in their vicinity. I recall with pleasure the sunken barrel on the south bank of Hanover common, from which the thrifty housewife, the ruddy maid, or perchance the man of the house, with pail in hand, drew a supply of sparkling spring water for family use. The chil- drcMi were wont to slake their thirst at this same perennial fountain, and occasionally one of them fell heaclloni;: into the barrel, a fate that once befel the writer of these notes. From this bounteous spring the public fountain at the corner of our city hall is supplied with the pure juice of the rock, and in the heat of a summer's day it is an untold blessing to our weary, toiling, care-worn masses. Yet Mayor Abbot was unmercifully ridiculed for introducing this boon, though if he had done nothing more, this alone would serve as their fancy, and he was thought to be a slothful farmer who coukl not supply his table therefrom with green peas and cucumbers as earlv as the fourth of July. We chased rabbits among the scrub oaks, pines, and granite boulders north of Concord street and east of Uni-i-r^^e^^^ Hon. E. J. Knowlton, who is also numbered amono; the corps of assistants, has an intimate ac(]uaintance with the Manchester of today and the pubhsher had the advantage of his encyclo- pedic and accurate knowledge in many lines. Mr. E. J. Burnham, Col. G. C. Gilmore, Dr. D. S. Adams, Gen. C. H. Bartlett, Mr. S. C. Gould, the clergy of Manchester and many other specialists are among the assistants. Send to the publisher, Manchester, N. H., for prospectus. H ON. WILLIAM C. Manchester, says: CLARKE, mayor of From an examination of the prospectus of Mr. Willey's " Semi-Centennial History of Manchester," the magnitude of the work is apparent, covering as it does a scope far greater than that of any previous history. It is evidently not in the nature of a cheap "souvenir," such as is generally gotten out within a few months on the occasion of anniversaries, but a comprehen- sive, accurate, and most entertaining history, doing full justice to Manchester, past and present. With all the resources and facilities at Mr. Willey's command, and with the enormous amount of historical material in his possession, it is within his ])Ower to give the city one of the best histories that was ever written in New Hampshire, and it is gratifying to learn that his efforts are receiving just recognition at the hands of the public. (.Signed) Wm. C Clarke, Mayor. R EV. C. D. HILLS, D. D., pastor of St. Paul's M. E. church, Manchester, says: George F. Wii.i.ev, Publisher of " Willey's Semi-Centen- nial Book of Manchester" : Dear Sir, — My surprise at your undertaking has been growing to admiration for your industrious persistency. .\s those who begm to have a clear idea of your broad pur|)ose watch the progress of your remarkable enterprise, they can but rejoice at your inevitable success in giving the public such a minute, varied, complete, illustrated, deeply in- teresting and iiistrjctive history of Manchester. I bespeak for your comprehensive and invaluable work the hearty commenda- tion and gratitude of all appreciative citizens. Vour work depicts with great power and pathos the persis- tent attempts of the settlers to found a colony, the fearful hard- ships they endured, and the difficulties they encountered before all the institutions of a civilized community were firmly estab lished. So vividly are the scenes portrayed that the reader imagines himself for a time to be living in the early part of the eighteenth century and sharing its hopes and fears. Yours sincerely, (Signed) C. D. Hills. Manchester, N. H. H ON. E. J. KNOWLTON, ex-mayor postmaster of Manchester, says: and Geor(;f, F. Willev:— You have rendered an invaluable service to thousands by the publication of your " Semi-Centen- nial Book of Manchester.'' In my opinion it is by far the finest work of the kind ever gotten out in New Hampshire. (Signed) E. J. Knowlton. Manchester, N. H. REV. T. EATON CLAPP. D. D., pastor of Hanover-street Congregational church, Man- chester, says : " Willey's Semi-Centennial Book of Manchester '" is certainly interesting. The reader moves from page to page, each abound- ing in amiable personal sketches, interrupted and aided by illus- trations, and is charmed as by few of our most entertaining novels. The great Dr. Jowett of Balliol College has recently declared that more and more will education be pursued through the text-book of biography. The biographical material in this book will supply a text-book of history for generations to come. It will be increasingly valuable to later general historians and a treasure in every historical library. Green's History of the English People marks a revolution in historical subject matter. The life of the people, as distinct from the occupations of courts, royalty, battles, and diplomacy, will increasingly command attention. Pojiular life, clean and wholesome, illustrating the true possibilities in conduct and at- tainment in ordinary life, is always more heljjful reading than that of life lived by men and women in exalted and inaccessible station. In these pages the best samples of New Hampshire's sons and daughters appear before us, and with them the institutions by which they were trained, in which they worked for private and public well being, and which were also the products of their head, heart, and hands. They form charming annals, attrac- tively written. Mr. Willey's book is as valuable as it is interesting and will form a most attractive history for our New Hampshire homes. (Signed) T. Eaton Ci.app. Manchester, X. H. MANCHESTER NEWSPAPERS and others express their opinions on " Willey's Semi- Centennial Book of Manchester." "Willey's Semi-Centennial Book of Manchester " is the unique, but not inappropriate title of the most elaborate and aniliitious town history that has ever been attempted in New Hamiishire, for it at once recalls the author and suggests the broad field which the work covers, for ancient Nutfield com- prised what is now the city of Manchester, besides Derry, Lon- donderry, Windham and other towns as they exist in 1896, and its history covers a most eventful and fruitful period, from the earliest settlements to ihe present. To conceive of such a work would seem to be the province of a man of mature years and abundant leisure, and to attempt to carry it out would seem to argue the possession of " money to burn," but the author of the brilliant work, which is now attracting the admiring attention of the dwellers in antient Nutfield, as it appears from the publication ofifice, rich in illustration, story, anecdote, and the varied result of painstaking research, sumptuously printed on the finest of book paper, is neither an old man nor a millionaire. He is producing the most entertaining historical work of which the Granite State can boast. To produce such a work calls for great executive as well as literary ability, and not the least admirable feature of the progress of the work is the energy and generalship which Mr. Willey is exhibiting in carrying for- ward the jHiblishing of the book, and introducing it to the pub lie, every detail of which Mr. Willey conscientiously supervises. — Boston Globe. Some men are born historians, same acquire history, and some have it thrust ujion them. George F. Willey belongs in all three categories. He has the historical imagination, which is as necessary to a historian as a musical ear is to a composer ; he has accumulated a vast fund of historical knowledge, and histor- ical material has been literally thrust u])on him. Every man, woman and child in New England has heard of him and his unii|ue and picturesque " Book of Nuffield " and mmy know of the preparations for his " Simi-Centennial History of Manchester," but few are familiar with the actual amount of Libjr involved in those ambitious undertakings. For Mr. Willey is not only a student, who has pursued independent lines of historical research, but he is a worker and organizer, po., " Willey's' Book'of Niitfieltl.") HON. WILLIAM C. CLARKE. HON. WILLIAM COGSWELL CLARKE, life. At the academy and in college he was prom- yountjest son of Col. John B. and Susan inent in athletics, scrvino- for two vcars as captain (Moulton) Clarke, was born in Manchester March of the Dartmouth ball team and holding the cham- 17,1856. E.xcepting the late e.\-Gov. Weston, he pionship of the ball throwintr contest, with a is the only native of Manchester who was ever record of 358 feet 1 1 inches. He was also winner elected mayor of the city. He was chosen to that of other athletic contests, including the 100-yard office in 1894 by the largest vote ever given to a Republi- can candidate in the citv and by a major- itv of 9 1 3, the caucus which nominated him having been the largest ever held in the state to name a mayoralty candidate. After graduating from the Manchester high school and tak- ing a preparatory course at Phillips Andover Academy, Mr. Clarke entered Dartmouth and was graduated in 1876, taking the first pri/e in the college com- petitive elocutionary contest in his senior year. Having served a two years' a])i)ren- ticeship in the late Col. Clarke's |)rint- ing establishment, he began report or ial HDN. Wll.l.IAM COGSWELI, CLARKE. dash and hurdle race. Manchester people well remem- ber him as foremost in the early history of professional base- ball and as captain of one of the strongest local teams which represented New Hampshire. After so much active work on the diamond Mr. Clarke naturallv be- came the efficient baseball editor of The Mirror. He is one of the best wing shots in the state, bagging probablv nil ire liirds annuallv than any other man. He is the owner of the famous pointer Prince, who at ten years of age has had shot over him 2340 woodcock, quail, and partridge. Mr. Clarke was one of the organ- work on The Mirror, soon becoming city editor izers and first president of the Hillsborough Countv and filling that position for eight years. Later he Fish and Game Protective Association ; for three assumed charge of special departments of the years secretarv of the New Hampshire Road and Daily Mirror and Weeklv Mirror and I'armer, and Trotting Horse Breeders' Association ; for a long as editor of the horse (U|)artment won for himself time secretarv of the Manchester I)ri\ing Park and those papers a national re])utati<)n among Comjianv and one of its directors ; is now vice horsemen. Over the nom de plume of "joe president of the New England Trotting Horse English " he made the sporting department of the Breeders' Association, of the American League, same papers widelv known. llis capacity for and of the New England Agricultural Society, leadership in legitimate sports was marked earlv in IK- was a member of the school board for seven 119 years and of the leorislaturc for two years. In the latter bndv he was ehairman of the committee on fisheries and tjamc. His administration as mayor has l)een marked by his characteristic enero;y, the huikhna; of new schoolhouses, and the remodellinp; ter. Their chiithen are: John Bad2;er, at^ed 13, and Mittv Tewkshurv, asjed 14. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clarke are social leaders in Manchester, and are attendants at the Franklin-Street Congrega- He is a member of the Young tional Church. Men's Christian Association, of the Derryfield, Calumet, and Press Clubs, the Board of 'i'rade, the Gymnasium, Amoskeag Grange, and president of the Elliot Hospital board of trustees and of the board of water commissioners. His friends be- lieve that a political career which has beresent site of the Baptist church, and they were prominent members of the East Parish. It is not known at just what time oxen came into general use for farm work, hut there were plenty of cows as early as March, 1722, wlun it was voted in town meeting " that all per- sons shall have liberty to bring in cattle to the town, so as to make up the number of six, and no more, and those that have cattle of their own have the libertv to bring the number of ten if they bring a bull with them, otherwise to bring in no more." In the same vear hogs had become so plenty and of the old city hall into an architectural ornament so troublesome, being allowed to run at large, that to the city being but two of the many signs of a by-law was passed compelling their owners to new municipal life under his guidance. Mr. \()ke them between the 20th of March and the last Clarke married Miss Mary O. Tewksbuiy, daugh- of October. No one was so poor that he could ter of the late E. Greene Tewksbury of Manches- not keep a few sheeji and some poultrv. CITY HAM., MANCHESIKR. HON. CHARLES H. BARTLETT. MON. CHARLES HENRY BARTLETT for the New Hampshire district, which office be A 1 was born in Sunapce, Oct. 15, 1833, the held until 1883, when he resigned to accept a seat fourth son of Jolin and Sarali J. (Sanborn) Bartlett. in the state senate to which he had been elected He is a lineal descendant in the eighth generation by an unprecedented majority. He was clerk of of Richard Bartlett, who came from England to the senate from 1 861 to 1864, and private secretary Newbury, Mass., in the ship Mary and John in to Governor Smyth in 1865-66. In 1872 he was elected mayor of Manchester, l)ut re- signed before the expiration of his term on account of the federal office he held. His last offi- cial act was ti) turn over his salarv to liie Firemen's Relief Association. In iSSi Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Upon the assembling of the senate of 1883 he was unanimously chosen by his partv associates as their candidate for the presidency of that body, which office he held during his term of service. He was a member of the constitutional con- ventions of 1876 and 1889. Mr. Bartlett married, Dec. 8, 18^8, 1634. Mr. Bartlett's early life was mainly spent on his father's farm, working in the summer season and attending school in winter. He early developed a decided taste for literary pur- suits, and from child- hiiod de\-otetl a lii)- eral share of his leis- ure moments to the perusal of such books as were accessible. He also contributed to the current litera- ture of the day and showed remarkable facility in both prose and ])oetic composi- tion. After attend- ing tile academies at Washington and New London, lie l)e- gan the study of law in the office of Met- calf cS: Barton at New])i)it, studying subsecjuently wi t h George hn B. Clarke to take a HON. EDGAR JAV KNOWLTON. over 600 plurality for their gubernato- rial candidate. Mr. Knowlton was the first mavtjr to devote his whole time to the duties of the position, and so hearty was the commendation of his administration felt throughout the citv that at the suc- ceeding municipal election, although the Republicans swept tlie citv by a large majority for everv office save that of mavor, he was re- elected over the Re- publican nominee by a majoritv of 1386, the largest ever given to any mayoralty can- didate. His second administration was as brilliant as his first. He was instrumental in the accom])lish- enterprises which a less position on the Daily Mirror and AnK-riean. Here menl of reforms an( he remained until 1884, when he again became energetic man would take a lifetime in bringing city editor of the Union, resigning in Februarv, about. He was the first of Manchester's mayors 1890, to accept the office of secretary of the newlv to advocate the high service water supply, and organized Manchester Board of Trade. His popu- under his administration this was realized at an larity in Manchester was emphatically shown by expenditure of $250,000. Its necessity was evident his election on the Democratic ticket to the state in the winter of 1894-5, when but for the iiigh legislature in 1886, when he received a majority of pressure service the city would have experienced seventy-six votes in a ward ordinarilv Republican all the hardshijjs of a water famine. A war loan by 200. Still more emphaticallv was it shown bv of $ i 20,000, which had been bearing six percent \ r *a BELLE FRANCES KNOWLTON. inlciLSt for thirty years, was paid off diuin.TbMEJ McDuffie, vice presidents; and E. M. Slavton, James W. H\\\, Henry B. Fairbanks, Charles M. Fluyd, Frank W. Fitts, Horace Marshall, Charles C. Hayes, L. I 1. Jossehn, and Denis A. Holland, (luectors. Treasurer Henry Chandler has been contiiiualh' re-elected. At the annual meetinii' i'l January, I1S94, the tollowin^; ofTicers were elected : President, Charles C. Hayes; vice presidents, H. E. Burnham, James W. Hill ; directors, C. C. Hayes, William Marcotte, Fred B. Ellis, O. D. Knox, James P. Slattery, Charles E. Cox, Walter G. Africa, Edward F. Scheer, and Charles F. Green. The headquarters of the hoard were first in the rear of A. J. Lane's real estate office in City Hall huildiny-. Meeting's of the hoard were held in City Hall. The need of larger and better quar- ters was apparent, and in September, 1891, two large rooms in Merchants Exchange were secured, where the office of the secretary was established and meetings of the board were held. In May, 1894, headquarters were obtained on the sixth lloor of the magnificent Kennard buikiing, the finest business l)loek north of Boston. A large room seating one hundred is handsomely furnished with tables, chairs, desks, and pictures, and several desks are rented to business men wdio only need desk room. Sliding doors open into a carpeted and finely furnished room for the use of directors, committees, etc. The headquarters are supjilied with telephone, writing materials, daily, weekly, antl trade papers, stock reports, etc., and are open to members and the public every day and three evenings each week. The board has a membership of over three hundred, comprising nearly eyery prominent business concern in the city. Secretary Eastman publishes quarterly the Board of Trade Journal, which has a large circulation and is hand- somely printed and illustrated. The Manchester board is connected with the New Hampshire Board of 'frade, of which Mr. Eastman is secretary and treasurer. Charles C. Hayes, president of the board and one of the most active and successful young busi- ness men in the city, was born in New London, N. H., May 31, 1855. He is the son of John M. and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes, both of whom were natives of that town, his father having been a merchant in New London antl Salisbury for many years and a prominent citizen and a real estate owner in Manchester. Mr. Haves received his earl\- education in the common schools of his native tcnvn antl of Salisbmv, and upon coming to Manchester, in 1869, attended the high school, graduating in 1875. .After three years of mercan- tile experience he bought the store of the Co- operative Trade Association, which he conducted successfully for several \ears. In US82 he began a general real estate, mortgage, loan, and fire insur- ance business, which has grown and prospered and wdiich he has managed ever since. He is regarded as one of the best judges of real estate values in the city, and he is often called upon to appraise property of that kind. He does an extensive busi- ness in buying and selling real estate and has assisted greath' in the development of suburban real estate. His business connections are numer- ous. He is vice president and director of the New Hamjishne Trust Company, president of the Thomas A. Lane Conijianv, president of the Orange Mica Mining Company, treasurer and director of the Kennedy Land Company, treasurer and director of the Rinimon Manufacturing Com- pany, and clerk of the Manchester Shoe Manufac- turing Compan3^ He was a director of the board of trade in 1892, vice president in 1893, and was unanimously elected its president in 1894, and re-elected in 1893. Under his management the board has grown rapidly in membership and in- fluence, ranking today as one of the largest and most nourishing business organizations in New England. He is also j)resident of the Manchester Fire Underwriters' Association. In Masonry Mr. Haves has an honorable and exalted record. He is Past Worshijiful Master of Washington Lodge, A. F. and A. M., member of Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, has been thrice Illustrious Master of Adoniram Council, Eminent Commander of Trinity Commanderw K. i .. all of Manchester, and Grand Commander of the Cirand Commandery of New Hampshire. He is now in his second term as Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in New Hampshire. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of E. A. Raymond Con- sistory of Nashua. In politics Mr. Hayes is an earnest Democrat. He has been president of the Granite State Club and an active party worker for several years. In 1894, as Democratic candidate for niavor of Manchester, he received a flattering vote, including the sujijiort of numerous members of the opposing partv. He is an eloquent and pleasing public speaker and presents his thoughts with force and clearness. As president of the First Baptist Society, he wields an influence in religious circles. Mr. Hayes was married, Jan. i, 1885, to Belle J., daughter of John and Hannah B. (Tewksburv) Kennard, who died Aug. i, i8go, leaving three children : John Carroll, now nine years okl ; Louise K., aged seven, and Annie Belle, aged five. Flerbert Walter Eastman, secretary of the Manchester board of trade, was born in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 3, 1857. He attended the public schools of that eit\- until 1870, when he went to Boston and was employed in a large wholesale and retail store. In 1873 he came to Manchester and went to the Lincoln grammar school, graduating in the class of 1874, taking the highest honors in peii- manshi]) and ilrawing. Soon afterward he went to work in the Daily Mirror office, in spare hours studying wood engraving and making numerous illustrations for the dailv and weekly editions. In 187s he iMitered the employ of Campbell iS: Ilan- scom, of tiie Daih' I'nion, and worked in every depaitmc-nt from the pressroom to reportorial and editorial work and |)roof reading. When the LTnion was made a morning i)aper he was assistant local reporter, and in June, 1880, he was promoted to the citv editorshij), which he resigned in Jan- uary, 1 88 I, because of ill health. Aug. i, 1884, he became city editor of the Weekly Budget, writing also numerous articles on industrial and historical subjects. In 1886, with F. TI. ("Iiallis, he i)ur- chased the Budget, and with him started the jjub- lieation of the Dailv Press and was its city editor. In 1889 he sold his interest to Mr. Challis, but continued in charge of the local department till early in 1891, when he accepted a position as assistant secretar\ of the board of trade, the secretary, E. }. Knowlton, ha\ing bein elected mayor of the citw Irif May, 1891, Mr. Knowllon resigned and Mr. liastman was unanimously elected secretary of the board, and has been re- elected each year since. During his term as secretary the board has gained nearly a hundred members and now has the largest membership and occupies the linest headquarters of any such organization in New England outside of IJoston. By a system of renting desk room, originating with Secretary Eastman, the expenses of the board are very much reduced. He is a Fast Grand of Wildey Lodge, and a member of Mount Washington En- campment, 1. O. O. F., United Order of Friends, United American Mechanics, and Amoskeag Grange, P. of H., president of the Manchester Press Club, treasurer of the Coon Club, an organ- ization of newspaper men of the state, and ])resi- dent of the Manchester Cadet Veteran Associa- tion. He married, Jan. 9, 1890, Nellie Clough Eaton, daughter of George E. and Lucinda (French) Eaton of Candia, N. FI. GOVERN.\IENT BUILDING, MANCHESTER. HON. JAMES A. WESTON, HON. JAMES A. WESTON was burn in what is now Manchester, Autj. 27, 1827. He was the lineal descendant of a family promi- nent and influential in the colonization of New Eno-land, his ancestors coming orijrinally from lkickini;hamshire, England, early in the seven- teenth centur\-. In 1(322 John Weston and his brother-in-law, Richard Green, came to Wey- mouth, then called Wiscasset, and aided in the formation of a colony. In 1644 a son of John Weston, whose name also was Jt)hn, concealino; himself in an emigrant shi]) until well out at sea, obtained a passage to America and joined his relatives in Massachusetts. He finally settled in Reading, Mass., and became distinguished for his services in the administration ol the colonial gov- ernment. From him sjjrang the lineage to which the subject of this sketcii belongs. Amos Weston, '"ather of James A. Weston, was born in Reading, Mass., in 1791. He moved to New^ Hampshire in 1803 and settled in a secticm of Manchester which was formerly a part of Londonderry. He was a farmer, and was promment in the management of the town's business and affairs. In 1814 he mar- ried Miss Bctsev VN'ilson, a daughter of Colonel Robert Wilson of Londonderry, and granddaughter of lames Wilson, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, and was one of those indomitable Scotch- Irish whose courage, thrift, and persistency became such a factor in the growth of the new colony. The childhood and youth of James A. Weston were spent on his father's farm, and his education was obtained in the district schools and academies of Manchester. He mastered thoroughly the profession of civil engineering while engaged in teaching school in Londonderrv and Manchester. In 1846, while only nineteen years of age, he was appointed assistant engineer of the Concord Rail- road, and in 1849 he was made chief engineer of that road. As chief engineer he superintended the construction of the Manchester tSi Candia and the Suncook Valley railroads. In 1854 he married .\nna S. Gilmore of Concord, by whom he hatl si.\ children: Herman, Grace Helen, James Henry, Edwin Bell, Annie Mabel, and Charles Albert Weston, all of whom survive except Herman. In politics he was alwa\ s a Democrat. In 1862 he was a candidate for mayor, but was de- feated. In the following year he was again a can- didate and was again defeated by only a few votes, but in 1867 he was elected riiayor over Hon. Joseph B. Clark. In 1868 he was again the un- successful candidate, but was elected in 1870 and in 1871. While mayor he conferred lasting benefit upon the city bv the establishment of a system of water-works. As ex-officio member of the board of water commissioners he was untiring in his efforts to hasten to completion the important un- dertaking. He continued until his death a mem- ber of the board, giving to that body the best results of his foresight and experience. In 1870, by the almost unanimous choice of his party, Mr. \ x^- THE WESTON RESIDENCE. Weston became the nominee for go\'ernor. There was no election bv the people, although he received a iilurality of votes. He was chosen governor by the legislature, however, and in 1872 he was again the gubernatorial candidate against 128 ^P^v the same candidate. lie lan the fourth timi-, and was fai- ahead of his o])])onent, (ien. Luther McC'utehins. There was no choice b\' llu' ])eo|)le, ho\\e\er, and Gov. Weston was asiiiin elected by the lef prrparatidii for a prominent public life lie had the intclk'ctual assistance of Samuel A. Burns of PKniouth, a retired teacher who had moulded manv young" minds before and lent such aid to this \(iun;inated and advocated arc the proposed amendment to the national constitution prohibitini>- the manufacture of and traffic in alco- holic beverages ; the amendmi'nt of the constitu- tion providing for non-sectarian public schools; the Common School or the Education bill ; the Sundav Rest bill; the Dependent Pension bill, and other public and jMivate legislation |)roviding for the soldiers of the countrv and their relatives; the establishment of tlu' dejiartment of labor and much of the labor and industrial legislation of the past twentv vears, including the law providing for rebates upon toreign materials manuiactured here for exportation ; the joint resolution first proposing political union with Canada, and legislation for the promotion of the interests of agriculture through- out the country. The amendment giving the right of suffrage to women was introduced by him and was under his special charge in the senate. Some of Senator Blair's speeches and reports, which have been most widely circulated, are upon finance and the nature and uses of money, temper- ance, woman suffrage, education, Chinese immigra- tion, foreign trade and relations, reconstruction, suffrage, social and i)olitical conditions of the country, the tariff, the relations between labor and capital, and all the more important and funda- mental questions, some of which have been con- sidered of an advanced and radical nature. Bishop Newman said of him : " The only just criticism upon Mr. Blair is that he is fifty vears ahead of his tunes." No public servant can point with more honest pride to an active career during which he has cared better for the interests of his constituents than can Mr. Blair. lie is more widely known than any other New Hampshire man, and hon- ored everywhere. His speeches on the stump at home and in various parts of the country have been numerous and diversified. In 1888 Mr. Blair pubiislied a book on " The Temperance Move- ment ; or, the ConHicl o{ Man with Alcohol," of which Bisiiop Hurst of the Methodist Episcojial Church said : " It is probably the most important contribution to tem|)erance literature that lias been made by anv author." I lis hand has been felt in many public benefits. He was leading fac- tor in the establishment of the State Normal School at Plymouth, and the Holderness School for Boys, in securing the beautiful public Iniilding for Man- chester, and in the movement for a national monu- ment for Cren. John Stark to l)e placed in Stark Park, Manchester. Mr. Blair was married in 1859 to Eliza Nel- son, daughter of Rev. William Nelson of Ply- mouth, N. II., and to her owes much of the sus- taming power that lias matle his public life a credit to him. Thev iiave one son, Henrv 1'. iilair, now practising law in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Blair has been widely connected with literary societies, particularh in Washington and New Hampshire. She was a trustee of the New Hampshire State Normal School, and is a trustee of the Garfield National Hospital, Washington, D. C-, and Blair tower on the building was named in her honor. She is connected with tiie Woman's Relief Corps, has done much work on the ladies' auxiliary board of Elliot Hospital. Mrs. Blair is the author of the novel " 'Lisbeth W^ilson, a Daughter of the New Hampshire Hills," published in 1894 by Lee iS: Sheuard, wiiich has been widely read. SLAVERY was not unknown in Londonderry before the Revolution. According to the census of 1773 there were twelve male and thir- teen female slaves in the town, and thev seem to have been regarded as chattels, not as human beings, although they were humanely treated. Rev. William Davidson, minister of the East Parish, owned two, a mother ami a daughter, named Poll and Moll. In the West Parish, Thomas Wallace and Deacon James Thomp- son, both very devout men, were slave owners. It is related of a negro boy named Tonev, who was the property of Mr. Wallace and who had cost his master one hundred dollars, that he was ver\- proud of his money value. Once in the spring freshet he built a raft and went to ride on the Howetl meadow of the fourteen-acre meadow brook. tlis frail craft, not being solidly made, began to go to pieces, and Toney, having in view both his own life and his master's property, shouted to Mr. Wallace: "Come and sax'c \oLn' hundred dollars." Soon after the Revolution slavery ceased in most of the northern states, and there is no record of slaves being owned in Londonderry after the beginning of the present century. HON. MOODY CURRIER. M' BY HENRY M. BAKER. )()I)\' CURRIER is cnipliaticallv a self- tin- spring- of 1S41 Mr. Currier went to Manches- iiKule man. \W liis own in(Uistr\' and econ- ter and was admitted to the liar of I lillshoioiiLili omv he raised himself from the country school to county. For several years he i)ractiscd law with colleije honors, from poverty to wealth, from oh- success, occasionallv writina^ upon current and scuritv to distmction in business, politics, and literary topics for newspapers and ma<^azines. A letters, from a humble station to the hiorhest office financial business life had manv allurements for of our state. Moodv Currier was born in Boscawen, N. H., April 22, 1806. His earl y v e a r s w e r e passed on a farm. There he became in- ured to work and learned that nothing of value is secured without toil. That is the secret of his successful life. Amid the busv scenes of active farminsj he ])ursued the studies ])rcparatorv to col- le( gratitude and pride as a model of good govern- his pupils. Ill- devoted all his spare time to the ment. His state papers and public speeches de- study c^f law. In this manner, bv continuous a]i- serve to rank as classics. For elegant expression, plication, he fitted himself for his profession. In polished style and fitness for the occasion, his address acce])linL;' in lirhalf of tlic statr iIk- statue of Daniel Webster iias never been e.xeelled. His various proclamations, though without formalism or dosrmatism, were religious in tone and moral in senlinii-nl. and were expressed in language which is poetry itself. A well-known writer has said : " His early culture, his poetic taste, his experience of life, the meditations of his mature years, have enabled him to give to New Ilampshire a series of official utteianees of surprising appropriateness, beautv, and grace." (rovernor Currier is not tjnlv a distinguished classical scholar, but is learned in the literature and jtroticient in man\- of the languages of modern Europe. I lis translations are models of accuracy and beauty of expression. His pure English serves to express the finest thoughts of the most famous writers. Vvw lixing Americans, who have won eminent success in public life, possess such discriminating literary taste and talent as (Governor Curlier. His scientific studies, his researches into the history of ancient religions and modern theol- ogy, anti the solution of manv of the deep problems of life, have led him to abandon nearlv all the mystical teachings which have perplexed humanity and shut the light of truth from human compre- hension. \'et his failh in a Supreme Being, who ■' is all in all," gr(iws brighter as the vears fade. This is illustrati-d b\' the following lines from one of his poems : Eternal in Cri.il has the universe slood : Eternal the stars and the sun : And the boundless regions of hght and of space Are filled by tlie Infinite One. Eternal in him are the fountains of love ; Nor has aught that exists e'er begiui ; Eternal is life, eternal is love : Eternal the Infinite One. Mr. Currier has expressed his idea of the presence of the Eternal so beautifully in one of his later poems, that it is here reproduced to illus- trate his poetic genius and religious feelings. THK. liTERNAL ONE. O tell ine, man of sacred lore, Where dwells the Being you adore .'' And where, O man of thought profound. Where can the Eternal One be found ? Throughout the realms of boundless space We seek in vain His dwelling place. He dwells where'er the beams of light Have pierced the primal gloom of night : Beyond the planet's feeble ray : Beyond the comet's devious way ; Where'er amid the realms afar Shines light of sun or twinkling star. Above, below, and all around Th' encircling arms of God are found. Where'er the pulse of life may beat His forming hand and power we meet. While every living germ of earth 'I'hat sinks in death or springs to birth Is but a part of that great whole Whose life is God, and (iod the soul. From plant to man, l.ielow, above. The power divine still throbs in love. He is the life that glows and warms In tiniest mote of living forms. Which quick'ning nature brings to birth, To float in air or sink in earth. And every shrub, and plant, and flower. That lives an age or blooms an hour. Has just as much of God within As human life or seraphim : For all that bloom and all that shine Are only forms of life di\'ine. And every ray that streaks the east. And every beam that paints the west. With every trembling gleam of light. With every gloom that shades the night. Are but the trailing robes divine Of one whose garments e\er shine. The human soul may bend in love And seek for blessings from above, As well in busy haunts of men. In forest gloom, in silent glen. As in the altar's solemn shade, Beneath the domes that men have made As well may seek a Father's love, And ask assistance from above, Amid the ocean's solemn roar, Or on its barren waste of shore, As in some distant promised land. Where sacred fanes and temples stand. The soul that beats in sweet attune Finds in himself the F^ternal One : Nor needs to seek for other shrine Than God's great temples all divine. OLIVER E. BRANCH, OLIVER E. BRANCH was horn in Madi- of questions of law in both state and federal courts, son, O., July 19, 1S47. His paternal "rand- In 1883 he moved to Weare to engage in literary- father served seven years in Washington's com- work, soon V)ecoming active in local politics and mand, from whom he received a " l)adge of merit" being elected to the legislature in 1886. During signed by Washington on the disbanding of the the session of 1887 Mr. Branch became widely Continental army. His nK^thcr was Lucy J. known, and his reputation as lawyer and orator was established by his remarkable speeches on the " Ha/.cn bill." He was a member of the judiciary commit- tee. Re-elected in 1888, he was tin- candidate of his party for speaker, and dur- ing the session of 1889 he was again upon the judiciary committee and added to his reputation by his efTorts on the floor, particularly by his advocacy of the " Australian Ballot " hill, which he then introduced. In the fall of 1889 he re- sumed the practice of law in Manchester and has had a large and lucrative client- age, being engaged in the most impor- tant causes that have been tried in the cen- tral part of the state, victories. As counsel for Bartram, a native of Connecticut and a descendant of Roger Williams. His father was Hon. William W. Branch, for many years a judge of the court of common ])leas, and prominent in the early history of railroads in north- ern Ohio. Mr. Branch was of a family of nine chil- tlren, born on a farm and trained in the school of industry and self-reliance. IIa\ing finished his preparatory studies at Whitestown (N. V.) S e m i n a r \' , from which he graduated in 1868, he entered Hamilton College the following year and graduated with the finest record of the class of 1873, OLIVER E. IIRAXCH. the three oration prizes. After two years as principal of achieving many signa the Forestville (N. V.) Free .Xcademv ami I'nion the Boston & Maine and Manchester cSc Lawrence School, he entered Columbia College Law School, railroads he has secured a wide reputation. In taking the two years' course in one, and graduat- the argument of questions of law he has no e(]ual ing in 1876 with the degree of LL. B. He then in the state, and is in the front rank of jury taught one year in the Brooklyn Polytechnic lawyers. Mr. Branch is a gentleman of fine Institute, and in 1878 joined his brother in the scholarly antl musical tastes and literary accom- practice of law in New \'ork city. 'I'he fn ni did |)lishments. As an orator he is particularly bril- an extensive business, and Mr. Branch was pushed liant, and his command of graceful language is as to the front in the trial of causes and arguments remarkable as it is pleasing. He received the 25 265 degree of master of arts from Hamilton College in 1876, and the same degree was conferred upon him by Dartmouth in 1895. In 1894 he was appointed United States district attorney for New Hampshire. He was influential in establishing the Congregational church at North Weare, where he resides in summer. In winter he occupies his pleasant home on Prospect street, Manchester, and is a regular attendant of the Franklin-Street church. Mr. Branch was married to Miss Sarah C. Chase of Weare in 1878, and has a family of three sons and one daughter : Oliver Winslow, born Oct. 4, 1879; Dorothy Witter, born Dec. 6, 1881 ; Frederick William, born Sept. 18, 1886, and Ran- dolph Wellington, born Nov. 26, 1890. T^HE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE in Nutfield * was built in 1723. It was of logs, and was onlv sixteen feet by twelve, but it afforded accom- modations for the twenty odd pupils. Robert Morrison was one of the first, if not the first teacher. The building was situated on the com- mon, near the meeting-house. In i 725, _^'36 4s. was appropriated for schools. In 1727 the town " votted to build a school house eighteen feet long besides the chimney — that there should be two fireplaces m one end, as large as the house will allow — to be seven ioot in the side in height — of logs — to be built at the meeting house." These specifications may not seem very definite, but doubtless they were understood by the contractor. CDWIN THOMAS BALDWIN, whose name L-* is such a familiar and honored one in the musical circles of New Hampshire, and even far beyond its borders, was born in New Ipswich July 9, 1832. The following year his father re- moved to Nashua, then the busiest town in the state, and there the subject of tiiis sketch i)assed most of his childhood years. His studies were pursued in both public and private schools in Nashua and Manchester, and even in later years, after taking up his residence in the latter city in 185 1, he divided his time between these two places because of his close identification with the musical enterprises of both. Of musical taste and abilit\- he inherited a double portion, for his mother, youngest daughter of Thomas Moore of Nashua, was possessed of a good degree of talent in this direction, while his father, although an energetic business man, devoted many leisure hours to the pursuit of music and encouraged the devel- opment of it in his young son. Lessons began at an early age, and under most competent instructors, first of the piano-forte, and afterward of the organ and harmony. I'rominent among these instructors were Edward A. Hosmer and George J. Webb of Boston. From a very small boy he was full of enthusiasm for a brass band, and has, since the days when he so persistently followed them about the streets of the city, himself played all sorts of instruments and drilled and led many such organi- zations. At the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, he and most of the members of his band enlisted as ])rivates in Company C, First N. H. Regiment, and "Baldwin's Cornet Band" was the first to leave the state, and the first to play in the streets of Baltimore after the attack upon the Mas- sachusetts Sixth had so nearly annihilated its Lowell band. In 1861 Mr. Baldwin married Miss Sarah C. Kendrick of Nashua, by whom he had two sons and one daughter, to whom he in turn tian^mitted the love of music which he had himself inherited. Edwin K. I5akhvin, the elder son, is now a well- known t)rganist and choir master in Lowell, Mass., as well as a successful business man, and Thomas C. Baldwin, tlie younger son, who died Sept. 3, 1890, was much sought after in musical circles as a violinist and singer, being also widely known as one of the chief promoters of the \'. P. S. C. E. in the stale. The daughter is married and is now li\'ing in Ouincy, Mass. As a teacher Mr. Baldwin has always been in the front rank, and from the exceedinglv large class of [uipils which always surrounds him, he has sent out many who have an enviable reputation as pianists and organists. His recitals are anticipated I)\' music lovers as most enjoyable occasions where only the best of music will be heard and that conscientiously interpreted aiul creditably performed. As a com- poser, especially of selections for church choirs, he is also well and favorablv known. As a director of choral classes and societies he early demon- strated a peculiar fitness, and many have cause to thank him for their intiDdiiclion to the- sjreat oratorio works and tor tlic toundation ol a tastt- for choral harmonics. He has always sustained an ortjanized chorus in the church where he was engaged, and in foinier years was leader of large city choruses in both Nashua and Manchester, notahlv those participating in the great peace jubilee in Boston. lie proved his devotion to the cause bv asking no remuneration save the faithful and en- thusiastic pursuit of the task in hand bv those whom he led. Mr. Baldwin is keenly alive to any note of progress, only ask- ing to try new spirits to determine of what manner they may be, and is a man abreast of the times in both ])ractical and musical affairs. In a recent trip across the Atlan- tic he made a special sludv of the music in the English cathe- drals and on the con- tinent, having en- joyed together with the musicians with whom he travelled unusual opportuni- ties to see and hear famous composers and organists, with the best of trained choirs. Many excellent offers to locate elsewhere have been refused by Mr. Baldwin and he seems to have decided wisely, f(;r time has not lessened his hold upon his position as an esteemed teacher and musical authority in this city which now holds out inducements to many rivals in the profession. To all such Mr. Baldwin extends a readv welcome, and all lind liim a true friend and svmpathi/i'r. The New Hampshire Music Teachers' Association Miss Emily Lane, daughter of Jt)hn Lane of Candia. Mrs. Smyth died in 1884, and the follow- ing year, while in Scotlanti, he married Miss Marion Hamilton Cossar, a Manchester lady visiting there. As this book goes to press he is at his beautiful Manchester home, The Willows, suf- fering from the first serious and continued illness of his long and exceedingly busy life. WILLIAM D. BUCK, M. D., was born in Williamstown, Vt., March 25, 1812. In 1818 his parents moved to Lebanon, N. H. Here he attended the common schools of the time, and by the exercise of will power and aided by his vigorous intellect he made rapid progress in his studies. Not being able to take a collegiate M^(?f>TEX- vV-ToDate course, he went, at an earlv period, to Concord and engaged in the occupation of carriage painter with Downing & Sons. While at work here he became interested in the science of music and was for nianv years instructor, conductor and organist in tlie South Congregational Church at Concord, and afterward at the Hanover-Street Church, Manciiester. He familiarized himself with stan- dard writers and retained through life his love for Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart. His attention being drawn to the medical profession, he deter- mined to fit himself for its practice, and by teach- ing music was enabled to defray the greater part of the expense of the studv of medicine. He went into it with great enthusiasm, and his subse- (juent career showed his natural fitness for this profession. He began the studv of medicine with Tini- othv Haines, M. D., of Concord ; attended a course of lectures at Woodstock, Vt., and also took the course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, where he graduated in 1842. lie began the practice of his profession with Dr. Chadbourne, in Concord, in 1842, and there remained for four vears, when, desiring to perfect his medi- cal knowledge, he visited London and Paris, where he became acquainted with manv (hstinguished men in tiie jirofcssion and spent much time in the hos])itals of those cities. He also visited Italy, gaining much information and making a favorable impression upon those with whom he came in contact. After an absence of one year he returned and made Manchester his home, and here, with the exception of one year spent in California, he lived until his death. Dr. Buck sustained an enviable reputation as a physician and surgeon, possessing the confidence of the community in which he lived, and was early resrarded as one of the leading medical men of the state. He reached this high position in his pro- fession without the aid of wealth or social position. His success was due to hard study and close appli- cation to his business, accompanied by a zeal and devotion rarely surpassed. He was unmindful of riches, jiublic honor, or^nvthing wiiich he thought might interfere with the one great pursuit of his life. Dr. Buck possessed an active mind and a retentive memorv, and was a thorough scholar. He seemed to know his own ])owers, and this gave him great influence over students in medicine. In his intercourse with his professional brethren Dr. Buck was always courteous and obliging, religiously regarding the rules of medical eti- quette, and in his consultations he always gave the patient the benefit of his best skill and extensive practice. He made it a point of honor to be prompt to his engagements. In his example and practice he honored the profession to which he had devoted the best years of his life, and did much to dignify and elevate the standard of medi- cal education. Dr. Buck was a prominent mem- ber of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and was elected its president in 1866. His papers read before this society were always listened to with marked attention. For twenty years he had a large experience in teaching medicine, proving himself devoted and faithful as an instructor. His office or dissecting room were uncomfortable places for lazy students, and he had little patience with a young man who would not use his brains. Dr. Buck was frequently called as a medical ex- pert in many of the most important civil and criminal cases in the state. A distinguished ad- vocate at the bar in New Hampshire said of Dr. Buck: " By his clearness of description of all im- portant facts to which he was called in legal in\es- tigations, he had the confidence of courts, the jurv, and the legal profession to an extent equal to, if not above, that of anv physician and surgeon in New England. He made no displav of learning, but used plain English, so that a jurv might com- prehend." Bleeding, calomel, and antimony, the three most i)otent remedies of the fathers, he rarely used. An experience of thirty years only strength- ened his convictions against their use, and he had independence of mind enough to resist a mode of treatment which the medical world had made fashionabli-, if not imjierative. In the surgical department of his profession Dr. Buck excelled in his treatment of fractures, and in it his mechanical ingenuity was of great service. He took pride in putting up a fractured limb. The glue bandage, which he described in an address before the society in 1866, was original with him, and a favorite remark of his was that " a man should carry his splints in his head rather tlian under his arm." In puHtics he was a Republiean. Dr. Buclv Hved a consistent Christian life. Me died Jan. 9, 1872, suddenly, and in the midst of an active practice. Dr. Buck was twice married, his first wife being Grace Low of Concord, who died in 1836. In 1859 he married Mary W. Nichols of Manches- ter, who is now living. He left no chiklren. HON. JOHN HOSLEV was born in Han- cock Mav 12, 1826, one of the nine children of Samuel and Sophia (Wilson) Hosley. His an- cestors came from England and on his mother's side are traced back to 1640, when Rev. John Wilson settled at the head of Wilson's lane in Boston. He was a lineal descendant of Gov. John Winthrop. His great grandfather, James Hosley, was a prominent official of Townsend, Mass., in 1775, and was captain of the "alarm list" who marched to the defence of Cambridge. Later he was captain of a company which marched to the assistance of Gen. Gates at Saratoga. After the Revolution James Hosley moved to Hancock, N. H., and the same farm lie occupied was handed down to John Hosley. He worked on the farm and obtamed what little education he could until lie was twenty years of age, when he came to Manchester and went to work as a shoe cutter for Moses Fellows, the fourth mayor of the city. In 1849 he began work as a weaver in the Amoskeag mills, but two years later the Sfold excitement carried him to California, where he remained two years. On returning he went into the grocery business. Next he became an overseer in the Amoskeag mills and remained in that position till 1865. He was a member of the common council in 1856-57, member of the school board in 1861-62, and an alderman in 1863, '64, '71, '81, and '82. Upon the death of Mayor Daniels in 1865, Alder- man Hosley was chosen to fill the mayoralty chair. The next year he was elected as the citizens' can- didate for mayor over Joseph B. Claik, Republi- can. He was also city tax collector in 1875 and 1876. In 1886 he was again elected mayor. In 1865 he was a delegate to the national union con- vention, which met in Philadelphia. Mr. Hosley was a gentleman of the old school, strictly honest and conscientious in all his ])ublic and private dealings. That he was so often called to fill important public offices emphasizes the fact that he was a true descendant of the hardy race of pioneers, inheriting the cool judgment and ability of his ancestors. To this class of men Manches- ter owes a heavy debt that can be paid only by continuous efforts for legitimate progress and growth on the lines laid down by John Hosley and his compatriots. He stepped from the ranks of workers to the helm at the instance of those who knew his worth, and filled each position to the city's honor. Reliance upon the men whose in- dustry had made her great is one of the city's strongest points. Mr. Hosley married, in 1854, Dorothea H., daughter of Samuel and Cornelia Jones of Weare. They had one daughter, Marian J., the wife of Dr. William M. Parsons of Manchester. Mr. Hosley was a Unitarian by belief, a member of Hillsborough Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Lafayette Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and also a Knight Tem- plar. He died March 24, 1890. WILLIAM M. PARSONS, M. D., son of Jtjsiah and Judith (Badger) Parsons, was born in Gilmanton Dec. 30, 1826. He was the seventh of nine children, among whom was one other doctor, Joseph R., and one lawyer, Daniel J. All the others were teachers. His father was a lieutenant in the war of 1812, and his grandfather was a Revolutionary pensioner. On his father's side he is descended from Joseph Parsons, who was born in England and came to this country in July, 1626, and settled in Nortiiampton, Mass. His mother was a descendant of Gen. Joseph Badger, a ])rominent officer of the Revolution. Among other ancestors were Rev. William Par- sons and Rev. Joseph Parsons, both graduates of Harvard, and on his mother's side, Hon. Joseph Badger and Hon. William Badger, governor of New Hampshire in 1834-36. Dr. Parsons attended the common schools and Gilmanton Academy, and began the study of medicine with Dr. Nahum Wight of Gilmanton. He remained with him three years, at the same time attending a course of ^ m^. f. my:\ rtatiie"ftirjo lectures at Dartnioutli Medical Ct)llege. He then began to practice with his brother, Dr. Joseph B. Parsons, with whom he remained until 1855, having in the meantime attended a final course of lectures at the Vermont Medical College, from which he received his diploma in June, 185 i. In November, 1882, he married Marian J., only daugh- ter of Hon. John and Dorothea (Jones) Ilosley of Manchester. They have one child, Martha S., born April 30, 1884. In 1855 his brother sold his practice to him and moved to Haverhill, Mass. Dr. William practiced in Bennington nine years, enjoving a wide country clientage ; in Antrim fifteen years, and in April, 1873, came to Man- chester, where he has since conducted a large and lucrative practice. In 1861 he was appointed by the governor as chairman of a commission for the extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle which was prevalent at the time. He achieved great success in this capacitv. In 1883 he was appointed assistant surgeon of the First Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, and in 1884 was promoted to the office of surgeon, with the rank of major. In religious belief he is a Quaker, and is also a member of the Masons, 32", of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, and Elks. He represented the town of Bennington in the state legislature of 1871-72. In his practice, extending over forty-five years. Dr. Parsons has won an enviable reputation as a phvsician and surgeon. A very large number of students have begun successful careers in his office. He enjoys a wide ac(|uaintance profession- ally and socially, has a love for the beauties of nature, which takes him to the woods every hunt- ing season, and has a large capacitv for enjoying life while still in the harness as a skilled physician and surgeon. Mrs. Parsons is a home-loving woman of strong intellectuality and benevolence, ^ and their life is a fitting sequence to the thrift ami hardship of their worthy ancestors. REV. THOMAS A. DORION, pastor of St. Jean's Methodist Episcopal Church in Man- chester, and an indefatigable worker for the con- version of French Catholics to Protestantism, was born in St. Andrews, P. O., in 1849, being a descendant of one of the oldest French Protestant families in Canada. For several years he studied at Pointe-aux-Trembles, and having learned the printer's trade he founded, in 1874, a newspaper near his native town which is still published. In 1877 he became a local preacher in the Methodist Church of Canada, and after four years of theo- logical studies and probation, was ordained to the ministry at the session of the Montreal Confer- ence held in Kingston. He had been married, in 1 87 1, to Miss Marie Elzear Denault, a niece of the fifth Roman Catholic bishop of Ouebec. Mr. REV. THOMAS A. DORION. Dorion was stationed as pastor of Methodist churches in Longueuil, Danville, and Sherbrooke, Canada, and for two years, pending the time when the Methodist Church in the United States would be ready to begin its mission work among the French Canadians in New England, he was at- tached to the Congregational Church in Ware, Ma.ss. In 1889, when the New Flampshire Con- ference decided to begin missionary labors in this direction, Mr. Dorion was appointed to Manches- ter. He has built up a well organized French Methodist Episcopal church in the city where, si.x years ago, there was not even the nucleus of a congregation. The i)rcscnt churcli membership of forty-five does not show all the work that has been accomplished, for during the six years of Mr. Dorion's ministry the church has had seventy members. French Canadians are constantly mov- ing from one place to another, and there are today, with the exception of the pastor's family, only four names on the rolls of the church of persons who joined when it was organized. Being an old newspaper man, he brought his practical knowledge of the business into the min- istry and has for years, at a great sacrifice of strength and time, issued many tracts, papers, and books intended to convert Catholics to Protest- antism. He publishes a little French Sunday school weekly, the only paper of its kind on the continent, and also a monthly journal. He has also translated into French the Methodist catechisms and discipline, and has written a history of the lives of the Popes from a Protestant standpoint, and a small work entitled : " Romanism and the Gospel." During the year 1894 he published over half a million pages of religious tracts and Sunday school literature. Mr. Dorion is a most eloquent and impressive speaker in his native tongue. r^OL. CHARLES E. BALCH. the son of ^-^ Mason and Hannah (Holt) Balch, was born in I'rancestown March 17. il~!34. He was edu- cated in the common schools of his native village and at Francestown Academy, and at the age of I eighteen began his active business career as book- kee)ier m the mercantile establishment of Barton (Si Co., in Manchester. After remaining with this firm about two years he accepted a clerkship in the Manchester Savings bank, where his financial talents soon attracted the attention of the officers of the Manchester bank, and upon the reorganiza- tion of this institution as a national bank, in 1865, Col. lialch was chosen its cashier and held that j)()sili()n for nearly twenty years, resigning in Jan- uary, 1884. He was also trustee of the Manches- ter Savings bank, the largest in the State, and a member of its investment committee and treas- urer of liie institution until within a few months before iiis death. lie was treasurer of the Manchester (iaslight Company, a director and member of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, and a trustee of many large estates. In all the various positions of responsibility and trust which Col. Balch was called upon to fill he dis- charged his duties with eminent ability and proved himself a most sagacious, careful, and safe financier. He was interested in a number of vessels, one of which, a four-masted schooner, of eight hundred and forty-three tons, named after him, was launched at Bath, Me., July 15, 1882. Col. Balch was thoroughly alive to the welfare of his adopted city and rejoiced in its i)r(jsperity, always respond- ing to personal calls looking to this end. He never sought political preferment, but was always a staunch supporter of the Repul)lican party. Dcc])ly interested in national, state, and municipal affairs, he had firm convictions in regard to them. His life was conspicuous for its purity and uprightness. Not a breatli of evil was ever raised against him, and his personal bearing to everybody was extremely cordial. For each of the vast number of persons who w'ere brought into business and social relations with him, he had always a pleasant greeting, impressing all with his affability and marked courtesy. The unliagging interest which characterized him enabled him to become one of the most successful men of Man- chester and to ac(|uire a iiandsome property. In 1883 he completed one of the finest residences in the city, in a delightful location. His architectural taste, which was something unusual in a person not a professional, was evinced both in the plans for his own house, in the building of the Cilley block, in the fitting up of the interior of the Man- chester bank rooms, and as chairman of the build- ing committee of the Opera House. Having reached that point in his career where he could sensibly lessen his business cares, he was in a posi- tion to enjoy the fruits of an honorable and suc- cessful life. His death occurred Oct. 18, 1884. He was connected with but one secret organization, the Washington Lodge of Masons. His military title was received from two years service on the stall of Governor Head. Col. Balch was married in July, 1867. to Miss Emeline R., daughter of Rev. Nahum Brooks, who survives him. I EMILE HYACINTHE TARDIVEL. EMILE H. TARDIVEL, one of the hriohtcst nalist and lecturer, and in 1S94 pul)lished " Le vcnma; French-American hnvyers in New Guide Canadien-lMancais de Manchester," whicli England, was born in Quebec, P. O., May 16, is a valuable directory and history combined of the 18=59, 'lis parents lieing Jean-Marie and Adelaide French colonv of the city. (Donati) Tardivel. He was educated in the com- In 1S79 he took a trip abroad, the chief pur- mon schools of Quebec and at Laval University, pose of his European journey being- to visit the from which he grad- uated as A. B., June 24, 1880. He de- voted himself to the study of law until 1883, when he came to the States, being at St. Johnsbury, Vt., one year, then at Lewiston, Me., from 1884 until 1888, re- moving thence to Worcester, Mass., where he resided un- til 1892. In the lat- ter year he took up his residence in Man- chester and has since matle this city his home. He was ad- mitted to the bar in the spring of 1894, and is an accom- plished speaker. He is a Democrat in poli- tics and a party man- ager of ability, having had charge of the French vote dur- ing the presidential home of his father in Brittany, France. Oct. 2, 1889, he married Minnie Ger- trude Kavanaugh of Lewiston, Me., and theii- home is glad- denctl by two chil- dren : Paul Henry, burn June 28, 1891, at Worcester, and Ilelene Jeanne, born Aug. II, 1893, at Manchester. A' r the centennial exercises held in Manchester, Wil- liam Stark was called on to speak, and among other things in relation to the professional men of the town he said : "Unfortunately Man- chester has had but grad- one college EMILE H. lARliIVEL. uate." He himself was that graduate. campaign of 1888 with head(iuarters in New York. The next speaker was his cousin, Hon. Joseph He is a member of the present legislature, to Kidder, and he began his remarks by saying: which he was elected by a large majority at the " I beg leave to differ from the speaker who election in 1894, and is an attendant upon St. has just preceded me as to its being a misfor- Mary's Catholic church, an active member of the tune that Manchester has yet produced but one Catholic Foresters and Ancient Order of United college graduate. I have always noticed that Workmen, and an honorary member of more than if a family had one fotil among its members they fifty French Canadian organizations throughout were sure to send him to college, and I con- the United States. In addition to his work as a gratulate old Derryfield that its families have thus lawyer, he has done excellent service as a jour- far been so exempt." 184 HON. PERSON C. CHENEY. HON. PERSON C. CHENEY was born in elected by popular vote as a member of the rail- Iloldcrncss (now Ashland), N. H., Feb. 25, road commission for three years, and in the fall of 1S2S, the sixtli child of Moses and Abigail (Mor- 1866 he removed to Manchester to enter the waste rison) Cheney, his father being one of the pioneers and railroad supply business, at the same time in the manufacture of paper in New Hampshire, engaging in the manufacture of paper at Goffs- In 1835 the family removed to Pcterboro, where town, under the firm name of Cheney & Thorpe, the subject of this the business office sketch resided until 1 1 being located in Man- 1866, receiving his Chester. He is now education in the com- at the head of the m o n s c h o o 1 s a n d w e 1 1 - k n o w n P. C. academy there, at the ^^Sf^'--^ Cheney Paper Com- Hancock Literary .^^^H^^:~— ' pany. Shortly after I and Scientific Insti- ^^^BP^'^ coming to Manches- tution, and at the ^^^H ter he became prom- Parsonsfield, Me., ^^^Hf .^itfP ^ ment m the Repub- ' Academy. Follow- fiS^r ^^ Hcan party and was ing the business of 'jL^^^ -^*' elected mayor in his father, that of a ^flHHJk. .,■.■. wik '^7'' ^"^ °f the paper manufacturer, ^^^^HKII^"^ marked features of he became, in 1853, ■^^^^^Bh^ his successful admin- a member of the firm ^^^^^^Htt^^ istration being the of Cheney, Hadley ^^^^^ ^^^^3^ introduction of the tS: Gowing, subse- ^^^^^^^^^^Htty^'^^ fire-alarm telegraph ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^gr^- system. He declined In [853-54 he ^^^^^^^^^^^^BmSF was chosen governor ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^F 1^75 ^iid 1^76, politics, bcinga mem- ^^^^^^^^^^^^T t wresting the state her of the state Icgis- ' ^^^^^V . ^ f from the democratic lature from Peter- jiarty. In 1872 he boro. Entering the was elected a trustee I army in 1862, he was of Bates College, appointed quarter- and founded a master in the Thir- hon. person c. chenev. scholarship in that teentii Xiw I lamp- institution. At the shire X'olunteers, commanded bv Col. A. F. close of his gubernatorial service, Dartmouth Stevens. In Januarv, 1863, while at Falmouth, College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. l)efore iMedericksburg, he was taken so seriouslv Gov. Currier appointed him United States senator ill that his life was despaired of, and by command in the fall of 1886, to fill out part of Senator of the surgeons was sent on a strctclur to Wash- Austin F. Pike's unexpired term, and in 1888 he ington, where he was sick for three mcjnths. His was one of the delegates at large to the Republi- weak physical condition necessitating his resigna- can national convention. Chosen a member of tion, he manifested that patriotism which is one of the Republican national committee to succeed the ruling traits of his chaiaetcr bv sending a Hon. E. II. Rollins, he was re-elected in 1892, and siibstitiiti' to taki- his ])laee. In i S64 he was is still in that |;osition. In December, 1892, -' -'57 I'rcsidcnt Harrison appointed him envoy extraor- dinary and minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland, at which post he remained until June 29, 1893. Mr. Cheney was one of the directors of the Peter- horo bank when he came to Manchester, and has been president of the Peoples Savings bank of Manchester since its organization. He is a mem- ber of Altemont Lodge, F. and A. M.; of Peter- boro Chapter No. 12, R. A. M. ; of Peterboro Lodge No. 15, I. O. O. F. ; of Louis Bell Post, G. A. R. ; of the Massachusetts Loyal Legion, and of the Army of the Potomac. Although he has always been a liberal contributor to many religious organizations, his membership is with the Unitarian society. May 22, 1850, Mr. Cheney married Miss S. Annie Moore, daughter of Samuel Morrison Moore of Bronson, Mich. She died Jan. 7, 1858, leaving no children, and June 29, 1859, he married Mrs. Sarah White Keith, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Goss) White of Lowell, Mass. One child has been born to them. Agnes Annie, now the wife of Charles H. Fish, agent of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company of Dover. Mrs. Cheney is probably better known than any other woman in New Hampshire, having for a long time been a prominent figure in the social events of state and nation. She possesses great dignity of bearing, has been a leader in Manchester society for years, and both her public and her private charities are innumerable, she having been for several years president of the Woman's Aid and Relief Society of Manchester, fler distinguished husband is every- where recognized as one of nature's noblemen, genial and social in his intercourse, a man of large charities and a loyal friend. HON. JAMES FRANKLIN BRIGGS was born in Burv, Lancashire, England, Oct. 23, 1827, son of John and Nancy (Franklin) Briggs. When he was fourteen months old his parents took passage in an emigrant ship for America, and after a rough voyage of seven weeks landed in Boston, March 4, 1829. His father found em- ployment in a woolen factory at Antlover, Mass., and later at Saugus and Amesbury, until the fall of 1836, w^hen he, with two brothers, bought a small woolen factory in Holderness (now Ashland), N. H. At the age of nine James F. had begun work with his father, the family being in such cir- cumstances as to prevent his obtaining much schocjling. At fourteen he was able to attend an academy at Newbury, Vt., and afterwards at Tilton, N. H., working in the factory part of the time to pay his expenses. He pursued his studies in this way until 1848, when he arranged to study law with Hon. W. C. Thompson of Plymouth. But that year his father died, leaving eight chil- dren, six of whom were younger than James. He was then obliged to go to work again to assist his mother, but borrowed books and studied law during his spare time with Hon. Joseph Burrows of Ash- land. The next year the family removed to Fisherville (now Concord) and he succeeded in completing ids law studies witli Hon. Nehemiali Butler and was admitted to the bar in 185 i. He married, in 1850, Roxannah, daughter of Obadiah and Eliza Smith of New Hampton. They had three children : Frank O., educated at West Point and served four years in the armv, but now engaged in manufacturing in Trenton, N. J.; Marv F., wife of D. Dudlev Felton of Ahinchester, and Sarah F., married George E. Tewksbury, and died recentlv. Mr. Briggs practiced at Hills- borough Bridge until 1871. He was a member of the legislature from that town in 1856-57 and in 1858, being a Democrat until the Civil War broke out, when he changed his views and ever after affiliated with the l-iejiublican part v. When the Eleventh Regiment was organized he was ap- pointed (|uartermaster on the staff of Col. Walter Harriman, and served through the battle of Fredericksburg, the military operations in Ken- tuck v, and in the Mississippi River expeditions which resulted in the capture of Vicksburg. After a vear's service he was prostrated by the malaria of southern swamps and was obliged to resign and return to Hillsborough. In 1871 he removed to Manchester and lormed a law jxutner- sliip with Henry H. Huse, which continued about tifteen vears. He served as city solicitor one year, and in 1874 was elected to the legislature from Ward 3. In 1876 he was elected state senator and the same year was a member of the constitu- tional convention. His ability as a servant of the [jcople attracted attention and admiration, and in fr^n> 1877 he was nominated as a candidate for congress the New Ilampsiiire Medical society, and elected by a hirtje majority. In 1S7S and 1879 Lodge. A. F. and A. M., Mount I he was re-elected to the national housr. In the Arch Chapter, Adoniram Council. \V fort\-tifth consfress he served as a nniniicr of the committee on patents, in llu' fortv-si.xt h on na\al affairs, and in the forty-seventh he was chairman of the committee on war expenditures and a mem- ber of the committees on judiciary and reform in the ci\'il service. In congress he was a faithful and hard working member, tireless in his efforts to serve his constituents and always ready to do a favor for the veteran soldiers. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1889. He is still engaged in law practice, having one of the largest legal patronages in the citv. Mr. Briggs is a Unitarian, a member of Hillsborough Lodge of Masons, of Wood's Chapter, and of Trinity Commandery. of Lafayette ioreb Royal ildey Lodge, /^LARENCE MONROE DODGE, M. D.. ^-^ was born in New Boston, May 28, 1847. lie is the son of James Monroe and Lucy Jane (Philbrick) Dodge. His father died on his way to California in 1849. He attended the public schools of his native town and Goffstown. In order to give him better educational advantages, his mother removed to Mont \'ernon, where he attended the |)ul)lic schools and Appleton Academy (now McCallum Institute). They afterwaitl re- moved to Nashua, where, on Nov. 20, 1872, he married Estella G., daughter of Orin and Maria M. Rawson of that city. The issue of their union was one child, Clara Linda, born Dec. 6, 1874, died July i, 1879. Dr. Dodge began the study of medicine with Dr. Josiah (i. Cxraves of Nashua in 1872. Graduating from the University of New \'ork in I'\l)ruary, ^877, he immediately began the practice of medicine at Amherst, remaining there for two years, and then removing to Manchester, where he has since remained, leading a very busy life except for about a year of much needed rest, spint in travel. Being o{ a retiring disposition, he has never sought Of even been willing to accept any public emoluments, although often invited. He takes a lively interest in the development and prosperity of the city. Dr. Dodge is a member of CLARE^'CE M. DODGE, .M. D. I. O. O. P., Wonalancct Encampment, Grand Canton Ridgely, Merrimack Lodge, K. of P., and Passaconaway Tribe of Red Men. He is a member of Grace Episcopal church. HTHE LONGI-:ST COURTSHIP on the rcc- ' ords of Nutfield is that of Gabriel Barr and Rachel Wilson, who " kept company " forty years and linally died unmarried. Love laughs at lock- smiths, but not at religious difTerenccs. Gabriel belonged to Rev. William Davidson's parish, and his sweetheart to Rev. Mr. McGregor's, and they could not agree which of the two good Presby- terian churches they should attend, the feud between the two parishes being extremely bitter. The Scotch blood that ran in the veins of the lovers made it impossible for either to yield, and hence the long courtship, ended only by death. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER. the Amoskeag branch of the Goffstown church, authorizinaf us to enCTacje our minister and reward ON tiie first pajje of the old church records, Daniel Gooden first deacon. Jan. 4, 1837, with under date of July 26, 1S35, is the following: the godspeed of the mother church, they became "The Baptist church in Goffstown voted this day an independent body and were publicly recognized to acknowledge us whose names are here enrolled, by a council of neighboring churches. The place of meeting was soon after changed to the east side of the river, and in 1840 a commodious brick edifice was erected on the corner of Manchester and Chestnut streets. At a meeting held Sept. 22, 1840, it was voted " that this church shall hereafter be known as the First Baptist church in Man- chester." July 8, 1870, the church edifice was l)urned. Steps were at once taken to rebuild, resulting in the erection of the present edifice on the corner of Union and Concord streets, costing about $80,000, which was dedicated April 30, 1873. In October, 1845, letters were granted to thirty- five persons to form the Merrimack-Street Baptist church of Manchester. Jan 25, 1855, a society was organized in connection with the church to conduct its financial interests, and Otis Barton was chosen first president; Joseph B. Clark, clerk ; Ebenezer Clark, treasurer; Joseph E. Bennett, Orisen Hardy, George A. Barnes, A. D. Burgess, Peter S. Brown, C. W. Baldwin, Charles Brown, directors. Rev. John Peacock served the church only ten nmnths after it became an independent organization. lie was succeeded by Rev. Ephraim Bailey, who ministered three years and five months. Rev. John Upham followed, remaining one year. Rev. Benjamin Brierly was pastor two years and six months. Rev. Thomas O. Lincoln remained four years ; Rev. Isaac Sawver, three years and seven months ; Rev. B. F. Hedden, two years ; Rev. George Pierce, eight years and six months ; Rev. N. C. Mallory, four years and seven months ; Rev. A. C. Graves, D. D., five years and nine months; Rev. William H. Leavett, five years; Rev. C. H. Kimball, three years and nine months. The present pastor, Rev. W. C. McAllester, D. D., began his labors June 19, 1S87. The church has sent out five young men into the ministry and IlkSr BAPTIST CHURCH, MANCHtbltk. him, to receive members and dismiss them, and to enjoy the communion, to wit: Elder John Peacock, Daniel Gooden, Mary R. Peacock, John Stevens, Mrs. Stevens, Ilopy Tewkshury, Betsv several persons to engage in home and foreign Tewksbury, Elizabeth Mclntyrc, Zilpah Guild, missionary work. In February, 1887, sixty-eight Abigail Rider," — ten in all. For a year and a half persons were granted letters to form the Taber- services were held in various places, often in private nacle Baptist church of the city, and in October, houses, Rev. John Peacock serving as pastor and 1891, with the hearty consent of the mother 360 church, fiftv-sevcii persons, fruits of a Swedish mission which had worshipped in the vestries for three years, were dismissed to form the First Swedish church in Manchester, the first church of this nationality in New Hampshire. The present church membership is 448. The church is entirely free from debt, has a tlourishinp; Sunday school under the superintendency of J. Trask Plumer, is interested in many missionary enterprises, and ranks as a leading- church in the Baptist denom- ination in New England. Rey. William C. McAllester, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, was born in Essex county, N. Y., June 19. 1849, son of Edwin and Louisa B. McAllester of Keeseyille, N. Y. His ancestors are traced hack to Alister Whor, Lord of the Isles and Kintyre in 1284, who opposed the claim of Robert Bruce to the Scottish throne and who died a prisoner in the castle of Dundonald. On the overthrow of that dynasty in the reign of James IV. the Macallisters became an independent clan. Alexander Macallister of Loup was a loyal subject of King James and served in the royal army in Ireland against William of Orange. The McAllisters who settled in America came from Argylshire, Scotland, and three families of that name settled in New Hampshire. Robert Mc- Allister removed from New Boston to Antrim in 1793, and was a carpenter, school teacher, and farmer. He died in Newbury, \'t..in 1862. Jona- than McAllister married Charity Chatman of Haverhill, and died in W^illsborough, N. ^'.. in 1862. His son was Edwin, father of Rev. W. C. McAllester, who is also a lineal descendant of Col. William Prescott of Bunker Hill fame. He studied at Madison University (now Colgate) at Hamilton, N. \'., in the class of '73, and received the honorary degree of M. A. in 1883 from that institution. He settled as pastor of a Baptist church in Plattsburgh, N. Y., in 1878 and remained till 1887. when he accepted a call from the First Baptist church of Manchester. While pastor at Moriah, N. Y., his first settlement, he built a new church; at Plattsburgh he was very successful in building a new church edifice and also raised funds to buy a parsonage for the society. Since coming to Manchester he has succeeded in paying otT a debt, mortgage and tloating, of over $8,000 and has added ncarK 250 members to the church. He has been settled longer with the First church in Manchester than anv pastor except one. No sensational features are introduced into Dr. Mc- AUester's pulpit, so often the case with so-called popular clergymen of the day. His sermons show careful study, are delivered in a scholarly and dignified, yet jileasing style, and reflect the best thoughts of a studious and thoroughly Chris- tian mind. His language is incisive, his points clearly made, and his sermons interesting. His church, since he became pastor, has grown to be RKV. W. C. MCALLESTER. I). D. one of the largest and most inlluential in the state. The degree of D. D. was bestowed on him in 1895 by Olivet College, Mich. He married Nov. 20, 1873, Angela M. Brownson of Elizabethtown, N. ^'. They have three children : Lillian A. aged twenty, student at Vassar College, class of 1896; Ralph VV., aged seventeen, just entering Harvard College, and Grace E., aged nine. Dr. McAllester is a forceful writer and has been for twenty years a valued correspondent of the Watch- man of Boston, and E.xaminer and Independent of New York, and an occasional writer for a large number of periodicals. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon collea;e fraternity. A hitihly prized adornment of the walls of his library is a coat-of-arms of the original MacAlister family of Scotland. It is safe to say that no cleroyman was ever settled in Manchester who was more hifjhlv esteemed as a preacher, citizen, or neiijhbor than Rev. W. C. McAllester. WILLIAM H. ELLIOTT, son of John Wil- liams and Rebecca (Hartshorn) Elliott, was born in Londonderry Sept. 5, 182 1, both his parents being natives of New Hampshire. Hav- ing received his education in the public schools, he learned the watch business at an earlv ae()])le would tind lime to veais has been president oi the board. \\v is also breathe.' 26; HON. ALPHEUS GAY. Lafayette lodge, A. F. and A.M., a mem- ber of Trinity com- mandery, K. T., and of the Mystic Shrine. He attends the Uni- tarian church, and is a ni ember of the Granite State club. Nov. 25, 1845, Mr. Gay married Miss Theda G. Fisher, daughter of Richard and Pauline (Camp- bell) Fisher of Fran- cestown, who died Aug. 1 7, 1885. They iiad four children, two ot whom sur- vive: Anna M., who resides with her father, and b'rank A., of the engineering firm of Bartlett & Gay, Manchester. MA K 1 X G tot) much money. — JOHN C. RAY. JOHN C. RA\', son of Aaron and Nancy Ray, Normal School at Plynioutli, and has always taken was horn in Hopkinton sixty-nine years ago, a deep interest in educational affairs. In 1893 his parents removing a few years later to Dunbar- Mr. Ray was nominated hy acclamation for coun- ton, where he grew to manhood and became one cillor by the second district Republican convcn- of the leading citizens of that town. At the age tion, and was elected by a large majority. His of twenty-one he was elected to represent the town popularity extends far beyond the limits of the political party with which he is identified, and he is held in high estimation by all his fellow citizens. In 1857 Mr. Ray was married to Miss S. A. Humphreys, and two children have been added to the family. in the state legisla- ture, and was re- elected for the two following t e r m s. With one exception he was the youngest member of the house when he first took his seat, but lie speedily liecamc one of the most influen- tial members of that body. He was sub- sequently chairman of the board of select- men and superinten- dent of schools in Uunbarton. July 2, 1874, he bee a m e superintenilent of the State Industrial School in Manches- ter, and has filled the position so accept- ably that year by year he has been unani- mously re-elected, notwithstanding his oft repeated desire to retire from the posi- tion. Mr. Ray's dealings with the wayward youth i quarter pepper, 2s.; Cinnamon, is. 6d. ; Nutmeg, entrusted to his care have been characterized by is. 6d.; Wine 2 gallons, £\ 4s.; i pound tea, 12s.; great kindness united with unllinching firmness, 12 pound shugar, 12s.; 2 quarts molasses, 2s. 6d. ; while his management of the farm and the Indus- Brandy, 5s. 4d. ; i6| pounds butter, £1 los. ; jour- tries of the school has been successful in the nev to Newbury, £1 is. ; 2 bushels and a half of highest degree. Under his direction the school wlieat, £i los. ; Souse, Syder, Bread, salt, pork, has taken rank in the forefnuit of similar institu- trouble of house and Woman's labor, /,'i i6s." tions in this country. In 1881 -82 he was again a With all that allspice, pepper, cinnamon, and nut- member of the legislature, representing Ward 2. meg, and with the Inandy, rum, cider, and wine, that Many years ago he was one of the trustees of the ordination must have been both spicy and spirited. 264 JOHN C. RAV. IT cost _^i2 IS. lod., or more than $60, to ordain Rev. Wil- liam Morrison, I'eb. 12, I 7S3, and set him apart "to the work of the gospel minis- try, to take charge of the second parish in Londonderry." This is the itemized bill of expenses, as found in an old ac- count book : " Four gallen of Rum, £1 1 6s. ; half a pound of allspice, 5 s.; 19 pounds Chise, 19s.; 3 pounds raisons, 4s. ; .CO ^ ■ Ni^f? . °o .tf Tf ,0- :••' /% "-■1.., ..^'~^''*, °-^. 'oTo' . , o ■' ^0 ,0 O J* .»^ ' I~M s .^^ ^ A* c ° " ° ■» ■*>. ,0^ -i. \._^^' A' ■^ "^^ •^ 'V .^"-^^^ V. 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