the practice of law in Worcester county, Mass., but early in the late war he entered the United States navy as an acting assistant paymaster, and served in the West Gulf Squadron under Admiral Farragut.

He resigned from the navy in 1863, and after living for several years in New York city, Chicago, Ill., and in Portsmouth, he came to Suncook in 1869, and has since resided there, and practised his profession as a lawyer. He has been justice of the police court of Pembroke for more than twenty years; and represented the town of Pembroke in the legislature in 1875. In 1877, he moved to Allenstown, where he has since resided. He has been chairman of the school board, and of the board of selectmen of the town of Allenstown.

He married Hannah Pearson, daughter of Calvin Gage, Esq., late of Penacook, October 11, 1877, and has two sons, Gage and Roger Hasey.

Eugene Sterling Head, son of William Fernald and Mary (Sargent) Head, was born June 1, 1863. He is a young man of good habits, respected by all, and with bright prospects for the future. He graduated at Pembroke Academy, and was for a time a student in Dartmouth College.

He married Hattie May Hoyt of Allenstown, November 19, 1884.

William Fernald Head, son of Col. John and Anna (Brown) Head, was born September 25, 1832. He has always lived in Hooksett, but has been more or less identified with Pembroke interests. For many years, in company with his brother Natt, he was largely engaged in brick-making, and since the death of his brother, has so continued, and is now associated with his son, Eugene. Also, in company with his brother and Frank Dowst, under the firm name of Head & Dowst, he has been extensively engaged as builder and dealer in lumber. He is widely known as an enterprising, honorable, and successful busi

ness man.

He married Mary H., daughter of Sterling and Sally (Gault) Sargent, of Allenstown, November 4, 1853.

George Peabody Little, son of Elbridge Gerry and Sophronia Phelps (Peabody) Little, and nephew of George Peabody, the London banker and philanthropist, was born in Pembroke, N. Y., June 29, 1834. He was educated at Lewiston (N. Y.) and Pembroke Academies, and People's Gymnasium and Literary Institute. While living at Palmyra, N. Y., he was United States deputy collector, and assisted in organizing the first Republican Club in Western New York. He came back to Pembroke in 1868, and built his present residence on the site of the Boswell Stevens mansion. His farm comprises nearly eight hundred acres. He has been a trustee of Pembroke Academy since 1871, and chairman of its executive committee. He has served the town as treasurer, twice; selectman, three times; representative to the legis lature, three times; member of the Constitutional convention; is justice of the peace for the state; many years clerk and treasurer of the Congregational church, and superintendent of its Sunday-school; twice elected county treasurer; member of the New Hampshire Historical Society; and of the New Hampshire Business Men's Club, Boston; Mason Knight Templar, thirty-second degree. He is a man of generous impulses, interested in education, reform, and a useful citizen.

He married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Daniel McClintock and Elizabeth Knox, of Pembroke, August 22, 1854.

George Porter Morgan, son of Nathaniel and Nancy Head (Cochran) Morgan, was born February 6, 1832, in Pembroke, and has always lived in town. He occupies the old homestead, which has been in the family since 1749. He was for many years largely engaged in teaming, and in the wood and lumber business. He has served as one of the selectmen three years. He has always shown himself kind and obliging, and borne a good reputation as an estimable

citizen.

He married Melissa Ann, daughter of Reuben and Abigail (Spaulding) Kimball, of Manchester, November 6, 1861.

Charles Putnam Morse, son of William Lovejoy and Sarah (Putnam) Morse, was born in Loudon, July 5, 1838. He was a soldier in Company A, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, 1864-65. He resides in Suncook, and has for many years been engaged in the tin and furniture business. He is also an undertaker. The town has honored him by electing him several times to the office of selectman, and also in sending him to represent the town in the legislature.

He married Georgia Bickford Yeaton of Epsom.

Addison N. Osgood, son of Ira Ballard and Alice (Prescott) Osgood, was born in Allenstown, March 16, 1836, and educated at Pembroke Academy. He has served as moderator of the town-meeting several times, and a number of years on the board of selectmen; supervisor in 1878-79, and chairman, 1880-85. He represented the town in the legislature in 1878-79. He has been a successful business man, responsible and reliable, and enjoying the confidence of the public. He is a member of the Methodist church at Suncook, and takes an active interest in matters pertaining to the intellectual, moral, and religious welfare of the community.

He married Emma, daughter of William Phelps, of Pembroke, December 17, 1865.

Alonzo Osgood, son of John Hall and Cynthia (Stewart) Osgood, was born August 4, 1831, in Suncook. He has been for many years engaged in the milling business in Suncook, and has established an excellent reputation for industry and honorable dealing, and enjoys the confidence of his fellow citizens. He has served as town clerk a number of years.

He married Ilannah Burgin, daughter of Norris and Sophia (Emery) Cochran, of Pembroke, November 24, 1859. She died in Suncook, January 25, 1892.

David Dow Richardson, son of Moses and Sally (Parker) Richardson, was born March 24, 1842, and has always lived on the old homestead, occupied by three generations before him. He is an industrious and successful farmer, and in every respect honorable and reliable.

He married, first, Nellie Clara Dodge, of Pembroke, June 18, 1868; second, Mary Eliza Clark of Derry, October 6, 1871; and third, Mrs. Hattie Brown, of Pembroke, April 3, 1893.

Samuel Dow Robinson, son of Timothy Dunton and Mary (Lake) Robinson, was born in Pembroke, August 20, 1842. He enlisted in Company K., Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, went to the front, and in his first battle was wounded in his right wrist, finally necessitating his discharge for disability. After his return home he served three years as collector of taxes in Pembroke; as door-keeper of the house of representatives three years; and as guard and overseer at the state prison five years. He is a man of excellent business ability, and highly respected by all who know him. He was appointed deputy warden of the prison, March 11, 1889, and so continues. He has also been justice of the peace since 1868.

He married Mary Elizabeth Lawrence of Pembroke, October 14, 1862.

Isaac Gage Russ, son of John Olcott and Sophronia Sanborn (Gage) Russ, was born in Boscawen, September 2, 1836. He was educated at Fisherville, now Penac ok, and New London Academies. He began to trade at Thetford Centre, Vt., in 1858, and so continued two years. In 1860, he removed to East Pembroke, where he still remains engaged in trade, and in the manufacture of lumber, wood, and brick. He was the first postmaster at East Pembroke, 1869-70; representative of the town to the legislature, 1871-72; commis

sioner for Merrimack county, 1881-83; and selectman of Pembroke, 1874, 1884, 1889-91, and 1892-93. He attends the Congregational church, is a firm Democrat in politics, a man of gentlemanly bearing, and an estimable citizen. He married, first, Semantha R., daughter of Bickford and Jane Lang, June 20, 1858; second. Bettie M., daughter of James and Eliza A. Stevens, November 20, 1867; and third, Annie, daughter of David and Lucinda M. Dickey, August 15, 1875. His first wife died February 1, 1865, and his second, February 13, 1872. By his second wife he had one daughter, Fronie Gage.

Frank William Stevens, son of Philip and Eliza (Holt) Stevens, was born November 18, 1854, in Pembroke, and, with the exception of three years in Cambridge, Mass., has spent his life in town. He is an industrious and worthy citizen, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors, sharing their respect and confidence. He is interested in the cause of education, and has served four years on the school board. He is also solicitous for the moral and religious welfare of the community, and active in its promotion. His residence is at Buckstreet.

He married Sadie Gretta Hanson of Boston, Mass., November 29, 1876.

John Henry Sullivan lived in Pembroke many years, and was closely identified with its interests, serving for several years as one of the selectmen. He has been largely engaged in the wood and lumber business, and was for some years wood agent for the Concord railroad. At present he resides in Allenstown, and occasionally serves the public as civil engineer. He has also served several years as selectman.

Isaac Walker, son of James and Mary (Barker) Walker, was born in Fryeburg, Me., September 26, 1842. His preparatory studies were taken at Fryeburg Academy. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1863. He became principal of Pembroke Academy the same year, and so continued till 1868. He then resigned to take charge of the High school at Ware, Mass. After five years of service there, at the solicitation of the trustees, he resumed the principalship of Pembroke Academy in 1873, and so continues. He has been principal longer than any other person. During his administration the invested funds of the academy have been increased from $3,200 to $21,800. During the Civil War he was a member of the Seventh Squadron of Rhode Island Cavalry, and had part in the memorable escape from Harper's Ferry, September 14, 1862. He has served as chairman of the school board three years. He is a deacon of the Congregational church, and has been liceused to preach.

He married Mary P. Sinith, of Monmouth, Me., November 19, 1868.

Frank Solomon Whitehouse, son of Solomon and Elizabeth Jane (Dudley) Whitehouse, was born in Pembroke, May 25, 1854. He was educated at Pembroke Academy, and is now one of the trustees. He spent a few years on a sheep ranch in the West, and then returned to his native town, where he still lives. He is extensively engaged in the lumber business and brick-making, and is an energetic and enterprising young man, and a worthy citizen.

He married Ida Jane, daughter of Rufus Levi and S. Marie Bartlett, of Manchester, August 15, 1883.

Joseph Wilkins, son of Jeremiah Hall and Mary (Thompson) Wilkins, was born May 24, 1844. He was a soldier in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois Regiment of Volunteers in 1864. He is now a practical and successful photographer in Suncook, and is an extensive real estate owner there, and in other places. He has never married.

HISTORY OF PEMBROKE.

CHAPTER I.

PEMBROKE SITUATION-PHYSICAL FEATURES-SOIL-PRODUCTIONS.

On looking at the map of New Hampshire, it will be seen that the state, in general outline, resembles a right-angled triangle, the base resting on Massachusetts, its perpendicular on the right running north to Canada, its irregular hypothenuse following the south-westerly course of the Connecticut river, and at its right angle pushing out to the Atlantic ocean between the Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers, the southern line running parallel with the bank of the Merrimack about three miles north.

Merrimack county occupies a central position a little below the middle, through which flows in a south-easterly direction the river of the

same name.

In the south-eastern part of this county, on the eastern bank of the river, lies the town of Pembroke, in latitude 43° 8' 54.8" north, and longitude west from Greenwich, 71° 27′ 34.6′′ as computed by the United States Coast Survey at the site of the Congregational church. Its altitude there above mean high water at Portsmouth is about 400 feet. Its area is 10,240 acres.

The Soucook river bounds it on the north-west, the Suncook river, flowing down from the Belknap mountains, on the south-east, and the Merrimack upon the south-west. On the north-east, and east, lie the towns of Loudon adjoining 145 rods, Chichester 1,470 rods, and Epsom 910 rods, completing its boundary.

As three sides of the town are defined by the course of rivers, and the towns on the remaining side thrust sharp corners against it out of line, its contour is necessarily very irregular. The general outline, however, is a rectangle stretching from the south-west to the north-east. Just across the Soucook lies Concord, the capital of the state, across the Suncook, Allenstown, and across the Merrimack, Bow.

From the valleys of the three rivers, there is a gradual rise of the land towards the centre and easterly portion of the town, though often broken by extensive tracts comparatively level. Mount Plausawa, named for an Indian who, tradition says, had his camp there, in the north-east part of the town, on the line between Pembroke and Chichester,