Hillsborough County New Hampshire

Delegates to the 1918 New Hampshire Constitutional Convention

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 

AMHERST. - Jonathan S. Lewis, Republican; born in Boston, Mass., November 14, 1864; educated at the Newton Theological Institution; Baptist minister; married, four children; member of the A.O.U.W. and patrons of Husbandry; president of Amherst Athletic Association, trustee of town trust funds and of town library; member of the House of Representatives in 1915 and 1917; President N. H. Anti-Saloon League; appointed state agent for the enforcement of the Prohibitory liquor law whose enactment he was foremost in securing and which was known as the "Lewis Bill."

ANTRIM. - James E. Perkins, Republican; born in Windsor, September 23, 1858; educated in Antrim public schools; livery man and deputy sheriff; Protestant; married, two children; served nine years in the New Hampshire National Guard; has been selectman, supervisor, member school board, etc.

BEDFORD.-Edmund B. Hull, Republican (post-office address, Manchester, R. F. D. 7); born in Lempster, May 11, 1850; educated at Newport and New London; farmer; Presbyterian; married, two children; member of Bedford Men's Club and Narragansett Grange; has been representative, selectman, moderator, supervisor and trustee of trust funds.

BENNINGTON.-Ansel C. Smart, Democrat; born in Barnstead, July 3, 1847; educated at the Holton High School, Danvers, Mass.; railway postal clerk for thirty-two years, resigning September 23, 1917; Protestant; widower, two children; served in the United States Navy on U. S. S. Cambridge, May, 1863, to May, 1864, and in Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery to the end of the war.

FRANCESTOWN.- Edwin W. Farnum, Republican; born, in Francestown, October 28, 1865; educated there in the public schools and academy; farmer; married; served eleven years in the New Hampshire National Guard; Mason, Odd Fellow and Patron of Husbandry; has been selectman, town treasurer, etc.; member of the House of Representatives in 1897 and of the State Senate in 1901, chairman of the committee on agriculture. 

GOFFSTOWN.- Benjamin F.- Greer, Progressive Republican (post office address, Grasmere); born in Goffstown, January 20, 1864; educated in district schools and at Pinkerton Academy; extensive lumber operator; Baptist; married, two children; Mason, Odd Fellow, Patron of Husbandry; member of the House of Representatives, 1901; State Senate, 1909,. executive council, 1911;. Progressive party candidate for United States senator, 1914; has held various town offices.

Frank A. Parker, Republican; born in Goffstown, June 1, 1866, and educated there; lumberman; married, one child; member of the I.O.0.F.

GREENFIELD.- Edwin C. Hopkins, Democrat; born in Greenfield, July 4, 1870, educated there, in Milford and Francestown, merchant miller; Protestant; married, five children; Odd Fellow; selectman, member of the Legislature of 1917.

GREENVILLE.- Louis O. Boisvert, Democrat; born in Greenville, November 28, 1881; educated in parochial schools and at Appleton Academy; barber; Catholic; unmarried; member of the House of Representatives of 1917, serving on the committee on state industrial school.

HANCOCK.- Cristy H. Duncan, Republican; born in Hancock, February 29, 1856, and educated there; farmer and real estate and stock dealer; Congregationalist; married, three children; Patron of Husbandry; has been president of Oak Park Fair and director of New England Milk Producers' Association; six years selectman and has held other town, school and church offices.

HILLSB0ROUGH.- Stillman H. Baker, Republican; born in Croydon; public school education; merchant; Congregationalist; Mason, Odd Fellow; has held all town offices, was commissioner of Hillsborough county for twelve years, member of the House of Representatives, 1893, 1909, 1911, member of the State Senate, 1917; member of the board of trustees of state institutions, 1915-17.

George W. Haslet, Republican; native of Boston, where he was educated; Protestant; unmarried; woolen manufacturer; chairman, Republican town committee.

HOLLIS.-Daniel W. Hayden, Republican (post-office address, Brookline, R. F. D. 1); born in Hollis, June 1, 1840; educated there; lumber manufacturer and farmer; Congregationalist; married, two children; sergeant, Company H, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers in Civil War; twice wounded; member of G. A. R. and Grange; selectman four years, chief of police twenty-nine years, member of the House of Representatives, 1901, and of the State Senate, 1911.

HUDSON.- John J. Baker, Democrat; born in Pembroke, August 21, 1856; educated at Nashua Literary Institute and Pembroke Academy; merchant; Protestant; unmarried; Odd Fellow; town clerk and treasurer for eighteen years; member of the House of Representatives of 1899.

LITCHFIELD.- Norris C. Griffin, Democrat (post-office address, Manchester, R. F. D. 5); born in Litchfield, March 2, 1848; educated at Mont Vernon and New London; farmer; Presbyterian; married, three children; I. O. O. F. and P. of H.; has held all the town offices.

LYNDEBOROUGH.- Charles H. Tarbell, Republican (post-office address, South Lyndeborough); born in Lyndeborough, June 8, 1874; educated at Colby Academy; farmer; Protestant; married, one child; member of I. O. O. F. and S. of V.; has been town clerk and treasurer and member of the board of health; member of the House of Representatives of 1917.

MANCHESTER, WARD ONE.- Allan M. Wilson, Republican; born at St. John, New Brunswick, January 27,.1873; educated in the high school there and at Arcadia College, Nova Scotia; lawyer; Baptist; married, one son; 32d degree Mason and Knight Templar; member of the Manchester school board for eleven years; delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912; present chairman of the Republican city committee of Manchester.

Robert R. Chase, Republican; born in Litchfield, September 17, 1854; educated in district schools there and in Londonderry; engaged in fire insurance business, married, one daughter; Congregationalist; Mason, lodge, chapter, council, commandery and consistory, and member of the Royal Arcanum and Odd Fellows; has been selectman, moderator and councilman, member of the House of Representatives, 1903 and 1905, and of the State Senate, 1907.

Robert E: Wheeler, Republican; born in Dunbarton, July 22, 1845, and educated there; served three years in Company H, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers; retired from business; Congregationalist; married, one son; member of the G. A. R., captain of the Manchester War Veterans; member of the House of Representatives of 1917.

WARD TWO. - Jesse B. Pattee, Republican; born in Warner, October 3, 1853; educated there at Simonds High School, and at academies; lawyer; married; Odd Fellow; member of the House of Representatives in 1895 and 1897, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

Fred S. Pillsbury, Republican; born in Kingston, June 28, 1864; educated at Pinkerton Academy and Boston University; real estate and insurance agent; Baptist; married, two children; served as chairman of the school board in Derry.

Victor. W. Roy, Republican;. born in Webster, Mass., August 18, 1860; public school education; merchant; Catholic; served for eighteen years in the New Hampshire National Guard; member of Sons of Veterans, Foresters, Maccabees, Club Jolliet, etc.; member of the House of Representatives of 1909; former tax collector of the city of Manchester.

Harry Wadsworth Spaulding, Republican; born in Manchester, October 17, 1880; educated at Manchester High School and Boston University Law School; lawyer; Protestant; married; member of the Masons, Grange, Elks, Derryfield, Intervale Country, Nashua Country, Cygnet Boat and Boston City clubs; mayor of the city of Manchester, 1915, 1916, 1917.

WARD THREE.- Albert O. Brown, Republican; born in Northwood, July 8, 1853; educated at Coe's Northwood Academy, Dartmouth College and the Boston University Law School; lawyer and treasurer of the Amoskeag Savings Bank; Congregationalist; married; member of the Derryfield Club, New Hampshire Bar Association, New Hampshire Bankers' Association, National Tax Association and New England State Tax Officials' Association (past president); chairman of the New Hampshire State Tax Commission; member of the board of trustees of Dartmouth College.

Ludger Deschenes, Republican; born in Manchester, January, 1882, and educated there; dry goods merchant; Catholic; married, three children; member of Jolliet Club.

Frank Edward Farrell, Republican; born in Columbia Falls, Me., July 18, 1867; educated at Machias, Me., High School;. steward and caterer; Christian Scientist; married, son (with A. E. F. in France) and daughter; 32d degree Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner; member of the House of Representatives of 1903.

Frank C. Livingston, Republican; born in Manchester, November 10, 1858; educated at Manchester High School; lawyer; married, three children; Unitarian; 32d degree Mason, Odd Fellow, Patriarch Militant, member, Calumet Club; has been treasurer of Hillsborough county, associate justice Manchester municipal court.

Horace Alden Redfield, Republican; born in Manchester, October 13, 1880; educated in Boston and at Claremont; textile designer; Methodist; married; formerly second lieutenant in New Hampshire National Guard, now serving in State Guard; Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner, member of the Amoskeag Textile Club.

Carl Edwin Redid, Republican; born in Sandhem, Sweden, July 5, 1872; educated in the public schools of Manchester; druggist; Lutheran; married; member of the various Masonic bodies of Manchester and of the Intimate Friends Club.

WARD FOUR. Marshall 0. Blanchard, Republican; born at Phillips, Me., January 3, 1873 educated in the high school there; dealer in real estate and lumber; member of the Congregational church; married.

John B. Cavanaugh, Republican; born in Manchester, June 19, 1871 educated there and at Boston University Law School; lawyer; Roman Catholic; married; member of Knights of Columbus, A. O. H., C. O. F., S. of V. and Manchester Historical Society; member of the House of Representatives in 1899, 1901 and 1903, of the State Senate,1905, Constitutional Convention,1912, and Executive Council, 1915-16.

Hertel Pariseau, Republican; born, in 1871 in Canada and there educated; grocer; Catholic; married, three children; member of the Derryfield and Jolliet Clubs; has served in the city council.

Herman Arnold Schellenberg, Republican; born in Hooksett, in 1887; educated at Manchester; printer (The Ruemely Press) Congregationalist; married, one daughter; member of the New Hampshire State Guard; member of K. of P. (past chancellor), D. O. K. K., Odd Fellows, Moose, N. E. O. P., and Maennerchor.

Eugene B. Worthen, Republican; born in New London, August 21, 1846, and educated there; veteran overseer of the Amoskeag corporation; Congregationalist; Odd Fellow, lodge and encampment; has served in the city government and as a member of the House of Representatives of 1909.

WARD FIVE. - Frank X. Carroll, Democrat; born in Manchester, March 4, 1888; educated at St. Joseph's High School; assistant foreman of shoemaking; Roman Catholic unmarried, member of St. Paul's C. T. A. Society; now serving second term as member of city school board.

James; H. Collins Democrat; born in Ireland, July 6, 1884; parochial school education; married, three children; Roman Catholic, member of the House of Representatives of 1917.

William B. Eagan, Democrat born, in Manchester, November 27, 1870; parochial school education; pressman; married; Catholic; member of the Foresters delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912, four years selectman.

William F. Glancy, Democrat; born in Manchester, August 12, 1873; public school education; soda water manufacturer; Roman Catholic; married, five children; past state deputy of the Knights of Columbus.

John J. Gorham, Democrat, born in Manchester, May 5, 1887; educated at St. Joseph's High School; laborer; Catholic; unmarried; member of the A. O. H., St. Paul's C. T. A. Society, Lakeside Boat Club, Sheridan Veterans; served two enlistments in the New Hampshire National Guards, being made corporal, saw service on the Mexican border and was honorably discharged February 19, 1917.

Richard H. Horan, Democrat; born in Manchester, June 29, 1888; graduate of St. Joseph's High School; office manager Catholic; unmarried; member, Foresters of America and St. Paul's C. T. A. Society; has been selectman; member of the Legislatures of 1915 and 1917, clerk of the city and county delegations.

Peter J. Magan, Democrat; born at Woodford, County Galway, Ireland, June 14, 1874; public school education; mill overseer; Roman Catholic; member of the Foresters, A. O. U. W., A. O. H., St. Paul's C. T. A. Society, Amoskeag Textile Club; delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

Daniel J. McCarthy, Democrat; born in Manchester, February 18, 1883; public school education; laborer; unmarried; Roman Catholic; Eagle; has served as supervisor; member of the House of Representatives of 1917.

Michael J. McNulty, Democrat; native of Lancashire, England; educated at Lowell, Mass.; grocer; Catholic; married, two children; member of the A. 0. U. W. and A. 0. H.; served four years as councilman and has been representative in the Legislature.

WARD Six.-Richard R. Allen, Democrat; street railway conductor. 

Andrew B. Bunton, Republican; native of Manchester; public school education; contractor and builder; Protestant; married; Odd Fellow, lodge and encampment, Red Man, Elk, member of the Calumet Club and Veteran Firemen; served three terms in the board of aldermen, one in the House of Representatives; at present ward moderator.

George I. McAllister, Republican; born in Londonderry, December 11,1853; educated at Pinkerton Academy, Kimball Union Academy and Dartmouth College; lawyer; Baptist; married, son (Lieut. H. C. McAllister, N. A.) and daughter; 33d degree Mason, past grand master of grand lodge and grand commander of Knights Templar, member of I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W.; delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1902.

John J. McAllister, Jr., Republican; born in Manchester, July 1, 1886; educated therein public schools and business college; employee of city engineer's office; Roman Catholic; married, one child; Elk; secretary to Mayors Smith and Spaulding of Manchester.

Frank P. Newman, Democrat; born in Hillsborough, January 7, 1853, and educated there; milkman; Methodist; married, one child; Odd Fellow and Rebekah; member of the House of Representatives of 1903.

WARD SEVEN.- Martin L. Mahoney, Democrat; born in. Manchester, September 22, 1887; parochial school education; mill worker; Roman Catholic; unmarried; member of the A. O. H. and Amoskeag Textile Club; member of the House of Representatives of 1917.

John J. Ryan, Democrat; born in Manchester, 1870; public school education; clerk; married; Catholic; Eagle; member of the House of Representatives in 1901, 1903 and 1905.

Patrick J. Ryan, Democrat; born in Ireland, February 11, 1872, and educated there; Amoskeag employee; Catholic; married; member of A. O. H., Irish National Foresters, American Order of Foresters, O'Donovan Rossa Club, Amoskeag Textile Club; served two terms as selectman, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912, member of the House of Representatives of 1915.

WARD EIGHT.- Joseph Chevrette, Democrat; born at St. David, Canada, March 17, 1869; educated in the public schools of Hooksett; shoemaker; Catholic; married, eight children; member of the Catholic Foresters and Foresters Franco-American; member of the House of Representatives of 1911 and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

John J. Connor, Democrat; born in Ireland; educated at Manchester; master plumber; Catholic; unmarried; served in Spanish American War and is a member of the U. S. W. V.; has been two years councilman, four years alderman and delegate to Constitutional Convention.

Mark B. Flanders, Democrat (post-office address, R.. F. D. 5); born in Londonderry, January 14, 1863.

Cornelius J. Sullivan, Jr., Democrat; born in Manchester, January 30, 1891; educated at St. Joseph's High School; shoe worker; Catholic; unmarried; member of the Foresters of America.

WARD NINE.- Charles E. Chapman, Republican; born in Manchester, March 2, 1864; public school education; overseer of weaving; married, three sons; Congregationalist; member of the Masons, Eastern Star, A. O. U. W.; served twenty-three years in the New Hampshire National Guard, retiring as first lieutenant in 1907; served two terms in the Manchester city government and was a member of the New Hampshire State Senate of 1911.

Samuel F. Davis, Republican; born in North Craftsbury, Vt., February 11, 1862; public school education; employee of Amoskeag Mfg. Co.; widower, four children; Protestant; member of Red Men, Moose, I. O. O. F., lodge, encampment and canton; served eight years in the Manchester city government and was a member of the House of Representatives in 1907 and 1917.

Clinton I. Dow, Republican; born in Manchester, April 12, 1886; educated in the public schools of Manchester and at Dartmouth College; assistant superintendent, Amoskeag Mfg. Co.; married, one child member of the Amoskeag Textile Club and of the Cygnet Boat Club.

Robert D. Edgar, Republican; born in New York, June 23, 1855; public school education; overseer, steam power plant, Amoskeag Mfg. Co.; Protestant; married, one child; Mason, lodge, commandery, consistory and shrine; member, Amoskeag Textile Club; selectman, 
councilman, alderman, assessor, member of the Legislature, 1911.

James A. Sayers, Republican; born in Manchester, December 17, 1881; educated at St. Joseph's High School; employee of Amoskeag Mfg. Co.; Catholic; married, one child; exalted ruler of Manchester lodge of Elks; member of Manchester school board, 1905-08, Legislatures of 1909 and 1917 and Constitutional Convention of 1912. 

WARD TEN. - Frank H. Emerson, Republican; born in Northwood January 2, 1867; educated there; shoe manufacturer; president, George P. Crafts Company; Congregationalist; married, one child.

William McElroy, Republican; born in Londonderry, Ireland, March 18, 1851; educated there, and in Manchester; bookkeeper and, real estate dealer; Episcopalian; married, four children; 32d degree Mason and Shriner member, Calumet Club, Maennerchor, etc.; member of the Manchester, street and park commission,and board of public works eleven years; delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1902; ward clerk, etc.

Henry Weber, Republican; born in West; Manchester, April 7, 1865; public school education; grocer; member of the House of Representatives of 1897, serving on the committee on unfinished business.

WARD ELEVEN.- George J. Gingras, Democrat; born in Manchester, May 3, 1873; educated at, Bryant & Stratton's Business College; cigarmaker; unmarried; Catholic; member of the Foresters of America, Maennerchor and Cigarmakers' Union.

Charles J. McLaughlin, Democrat; born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 16, 1863; educated there and in Manchester; cigar maker; Roman Catholic; married, nine children; has served as ward moderator; member of the Cigar Makers' Union.

John G. Welpley, Democrat, born in Manchester, March 1, 1868, public; school education; hairdresser, vocalist and reader; Catholic; married, two children; member of the Barbers Union and-Patrons of Husbandry; notary public and justice of the peace.

WARD TWELVE - Cyprien J Belanger Democrat- born at Hebertville, Canada, April 10, 1878; educated at St. Anselm's College; Montreal Seminary and Boston University Law School lawyer; married, one child; Catholic; member of Club Jolliet, Cercle Nationale, Maennerchor; member of the House of Representatives in 1909 and 1913 and of the State Senate in 1917.

Henry Hebert, Democrat; born in Canada, May 11, 1855; educated in local schools; barber; Roman Catholic; widower, four children; four years selectman; member of the House of Representatives of 1893.

Joseph Laberge, Republican; born. in Canada and educated there; Catholic; married four children; proprietor of variety store; has served as ballot inspector, member of Improved Order of Red Men, Catholic Order of Foresters, Union St. Jean Baptiste, Boot and Shoe Workers' Union.

Charles A. Pecor, Democrat; born in Montpelier, Vt., March 22, 1875; educated there and at Manchester; teamster; Roman Catholic married, six children; served in the Spanish War and is a member of the U. S. W. V.

WARD THIRTEEN. - Eugene Bailly, Democrat; born in Manchester, January 24, 1875, parochial' school education; master plumber and steam fitter; Roman Catholic; married, three children; served three years in the National Guard; member of the House of Representatives in 1909 and 1911 and of the Manchester city council in 1913. 

Noel Devost; Democrat.
Adelard J. Francoeur, Democrat; loomfixer. 
Remi Gagnon, Democrat; painter.
William M. McCarthy, Democrat; electrician.

MASON.- Tracy A. Eaton, Republican (post-office address, Greenville); born in Mason, October 8, 1882; educated at Appleton Academy and New Hampshire College; farmer; Baptist; married, three children member of the Grange.

MERRIMACK.- J. C. F. Hodgman, Republican (post-office address, Reed's Ferry); born in Bedford, December 4, 1852; educated there and at Nashua; farmer and lumberman.; Protestant; married, one child; member of I. O. O F., Rebekahs and Grange; has been moderator, road agent, selectman and representative.

MILFORD.- Charles S. Emerson, Republican; born: in Milford, April 2, 1866; educated there and at Cushing Academy; merchant; Congregationalist; married, four children; chairman local selective service board; member of the Legislature, 1907, 1909, moderator; Odd Fellow, lodge, encampment, Rebekahs, Patriarchs Militant, past grand master and officer of the supreme lodge, I. O. O. F.

Arthur L. Keyes, Republican; born in Wilton, December 2, 1862; educated at Francestown Academy and Tufts College; insurance agent and savings bank treasurer; Unitarian; married; Red Man; delegate to the Constitutional. Convention of 1912, member of the House of Representatives in 1897 and 1899, member of school board and holder of other town offices.

Benjamin Franklin Prescott, Republican; born in Epping, June 16,1879; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College and the Harvard Law School; lawyer; Unitarian; married; Mason; justice of the Milford municipal court.

MONT VERNON.- Frank O. Lamson, Republican; born in. Mont Vernon, October 20, 1858; educated at McCollom Institute; farmer and contractor; Congregationalist; married, four children Patron of Husbandry; eight years moderator, ten years selectman, twenty years school board member, one term representative in the Legislature.

NASHUA, WARD ONE.- Marshall D. Cobleigh, Republican; born in Littleton, December 17, 1864; common school education; lawyer; Congregationalist; married, two sons; member of the Knights of Pythias, Grange, Y. M. C. A. and Langdon Club; served as supervisor at Littleton and as solicitor of Grafton County, 1903-09.

Charles J. Hamblett, Republican; born in Nashua, January, 1862; educated at Francestown Academy And. Boston University; lawyer; married; assistant clerk and clerk, State Senate, 1887-93; city solicitor, Nashua, 1891-94; United States district attorney, 1898-1907.

WARD TWO.- Leon F. Robichaud, Republican; born in Nashua, November 6, 1880; educated at St. Aloysius school, Nashua; travelling salesman; Catholic; married, two children; member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and United Commercial Travelers of America.

E. Ray Shaw, Republican; born in Lisbon, Me., May 1, 1872; educated at New Hampshire College; dealer in automobiles and trucks; Protestant; married, one son; Mason, commandery, consistory and shrine, Elk, Odd Fellow and member of Nashua Country Club; twenty years in the New Hampshire National Guard, Major Quartermasters Corps; has served as councilman and alderman.

WARD THREE.- John P. Lampron, Democrat; born in Nashua, August 19, 1870; public school education; shoe dealer; Catholic; married; Eagle, Forester; member, Club Ferdinand Gagnon, Merchants Association, St. Jean Baptiste; has been ward clerk, selectman, councilman, alderman, representative, 1903 and 1911, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

Toussaint Ledoux, Democrat; born at St. Albans, Vt., October 27, 1847; public school education; retired machinist; Catholic; married, four sons; Forester; has been alderman and representative to the Legislature.

Narcisse H. Salvail, Democrat; born in Canada, January 30, 1864; educated at Nashua; mill employee; Catholic; married, eight children; Forester and member St. Jean Baptiste; two terms councilman, one term alderman, two terms representative in the Legislature.

WARD FOUR.- William E. Foisie, Republican; born in Nashua, October 17, 1871; public school education; merchant; Catholic; married, one child; member of F. of A., C. O. F. and Sons of Veterans; member of the House of Representatives in 1907 and 1917.

WARD FIVE.- Frederick J. Gaffney, Republican; born in Nashua, May 22, 1881; educated there and at Boston University Law School; lawyer; Roman Catholic; unmarried; Elk, Eagle, Forester; member of the House of Representatives in 1907, 1909, 1911 and 1915, State Senate in 1913 and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

Stephen L. Hallinan, Democrat; born at Fairfield, Vt., July 26, 1862; educated at Brigham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt.; lawyer; Catholic; unmarried; Elk; state's attorney, Franklin County, Vermont, 1886-88, member, New Hampshire Legislature, 1895, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1902, city solicitor of Nashua, 1910.

WARD Six.- William J. O'Neil, Democrat; dealer in wood.

WARD SEVEN.- Curtis R. Bresnahan, Independent Democrat; born in Nashua, September 12, 1889; public school education; cost accountant, at present city messenger; unmarried; Odd Fellow and Elk; member of the House of Representatives in 1913 and 1915.

Fred J. Crowell, Republican; born in Windham, July 15, 1859; educated at the University of Maryland; dentist; married; Congregationalist; 32d degree Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias; member of the House of Representatives of 1913.

Jeremiah J. Doyle, Democrat; born in New Boston, January 23, 1861; public school and law school education; lawyer; Catholic; married, three sons and two daughters; member of the Foresters of America, Knights of Columbus and A. 0. H., has held all city offices, including mayor, three times representative in the Legislature.

WARD EIGHT.- Edward Everett Clark, Republican; born in Pittsfield, May 22, 1887; educated at Pittsfield High School and Dartmouth College, A. B., 1906; high school teacher; Congregationalist; married, one son; member of Grange; delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912 from Pittsfield; war work speaker and director.

Ralph W. Holt, Republican; born in Nashua, July 15, 1883; educated in public schools and commercial college; contracting, builder; Protestant; married, three children; Mason; served seven years in the New Hampshire National Guard, chief trumpeter on staff of Gen. J. E. Tolles; has held ward and city offices, member of the Legislature of 1915.

John T. Winn, Democrat; born in Nashua, October 28, 1896; the youngest member of the convention; educated at the Nashua High School and Boston University;. law student Catholic; unmarried.

WARD NINE.- Cleophas Cote, Democrat; born in Canada and educated there; carpenter; Roman Catholic; married, three children; member of the House of Representatives of 1913.

Charles Dionne, Democrat; born in Canada, June 24, 1879; educated in parochial and public schools; life insurance agent; Roman Catholic; married, four children; past chief ranger, F. F. A.; member, Cercle Montcalm and Ferdinand Gagnon Clubs; captain, Marquette Guards; delegate to Constitutional Convention of 1912, has been ward clerk and alderman; at present moderator.

Napoleon Laplante, Democrat; born in Eronne, P.Q., in 1877; educated in the public schools of Nashua and St. Aloysius academy; shoemaker; Roman Catholic; member of the House of Representatives of 1895; has been alderman and city messenger.

George Theriault, Democrat; born in Quebec, Canada; public school education; decorator; Catholic; married, three children; Elk, Red Man and member of St. Jean Baptiste Society; member of the House of Representatives in 1913 and 1915, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1912.

NEW BOSTON.- George A. Prince, Republican; born in New Boston, April 6, 1845, and educated there; farmer; Protestant; married, six children; has been selectman.

NEW IPSWICH.- Philip F. Gordon, Republican; born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 28, 1857; educated at Kimball Union and Appleton Academies; retired merchant; Episcopalian; married; Mason; trustee of Appleton Academy, town library and town trust funds, member of House of Representatives of 1917.

PELHAM.- Forest E. Kelley, Republican (post-office address, Salem Depot); public school and commercial college education; granite quarry foreman; married, two children; Mason; has been selectman.

PETERBOROUGH. - James F. Brennan, Democrat; born at Peterborough, March 31, 1853; educated at the old Peterborough Academy and Maryland University, Baltimore; lawyer; Catholic; unmarried; major on the staff of Governor Felker; member of local and state historical societies and of many other clubs and societies; member of the House of Representative in 1913, 1915, 1917, the only Democrat elected from this town in sixty-five years; candidate for speaker and party floor leader last two sessions, judiciary committee member all three sessions; state library trustee many years, now chairman state library commission; for the past nineteen years a member of the state board of charities and correction.

Mortier L. Morrison, Republican; born in Peterborough, July 2, 1836, and educated there; treasurer of the Peterborough Savings Bank; widower, two children; Unitarian; served in the Civil War as quartermaster of the Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; junior vice department commander of the G. A. R., member of the Loyal Legion, 32d degree Mason, Odd Fellow and Patron of Husbandry; town moderator many years, selectman three years, member of the House of Representatives, 1879, 1881, 1915, member of the governor's council in 1885 and 1886.

SHARON.- Calvin A. Hurd, Republican (post-office address, East Jaffrey; born in Sharon, September 8, 1858; educated there and at Townsend, Mass.; contractor; Congregationalist; married, four children; served in the National Guard, has held all town offices, including selectman.

TEMPLE.- Charles W. Tobey, Republican (post-office address, Manchester); born in Boston, July 22, 1880, and educated there; banker; Baptist; married, four children Patron of Husbandry and member of Manchester, Rotary Club; served on the school board, as selectman and trustee of trust hinds; Temple, member of the House of Representatives, 1915, chairman of the New-Hampshire Liberty Loan Committee, 1918.

WEARE.- George H. Eastman, Democrat (post-office address, South Weare); born in Weare, July 23, 1865; educated there and at Francestown Academy; farmer; married; one child; Patron of Husbandry; selectman, tax collector, moderator, member of the House of Representatives in 1917.

WILTON.- Joshua F. Frye, Democrat; born in Wilton, August 12, 1851; real estate owner and dealer; director of Wilton Savings Bank; one of the incorporators of the Wilton Telephone Company; Odd Fellow; has been selectman, supervisor and town auditor.

WINDSOR.- Charles I. Nelson, Democrat (post-office address, Hillsborough Upper Village); born in Roxbury, Mass., April 6, 1887; educated in district schools and Colby Academy; farmer; Methodist; married, one son; Patron of Husbandry; has held various town offices, including selectman..
  

These brief biographical sketches of the Rockingham County delegates to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention of 1918 are found in The Brown Book of the Constitutional Convention of 1918, The Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., Compiled by Harlan C. Pearson, A. Chester Clark, Publisher, 1918.