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Civic Leader, Manufacturing Supervisor, Town Officer: Anson Alfonso Platts of Merrimack New Hampshire(1845-1940)
Anson Alfonso Platts was a man who seems to have escaped most notice in a town histories. He was a modest man, unassuming, but always ready to help however he could on behalf of his family, his town, his workplace, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Anson, Boston Post Cane, Cynthia, Fessenden & Lowell, Hampshire, Lawrence, manufacturing, Merrimack, new, New Hampshire, NH, Oddfellows, Platts, Reeds Ferry, Rindge, Souhegan Lodge, Wheeler Chapel
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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Enfield
The Town of Enfield holds an annual Memorial Day Parade. This year (2018) there was also a short ceremony and laying of a wreath at the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery following by a special ceremony at Oak Grove Cemetery by Tim … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, 2018, accident, action, army, Decato, died, Enfield, Ernest, Evan, Evans, Fred, Frederick, I, killed, Lawrence, memorial, Memorial Day, missing, monument, One, park, plaque, train, veteran, war, Whittier, Willis, world, WW1, WWI
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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Exeter
At Exeter New Hampshire’s town meeting of March 1919, a committee was appointed to consider the building of a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the town. They recommended a sum not to exceed $10,000 be appropriated to remodel … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, accident, action, army, artist, Chadwick, Chester, Coleman, Covey, Daniel, died, disease, Exeter, flu, French, Fuller, gale, Galligan, heroes, I, influenza, Irwin, killed, Lawrence, Litdker, lives, lost, military, monument, mother, navy, Nelson, New Hampshire, NH, One, park, Pingree, Price, sailor, sculptor, soldier, Soldiers, son, Spanish, statue, war, Wiggin, world, WW1, WWI
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New Hampshire’s First Woman Governor (Acting), Politician, Civic Leader, and Campaign Advisor: Vesta Maurine (Coward) Roy (1925-2002)
She was born Vesta Maurine Coward on 26 March 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the only daughter of Percy A. & Mildred J. (Paterson) Coward. She had three siblings, Thomas, Richard, and James. In 1940 her father was an inspector in … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged acting, Co., Commissioner, Council, county, Coward, Dudley, Executive, female, first, Gov, Governor, Hampshire, Lawrence, Lowell, MA, Mass, Massachusetts, Maurine, new, New Hampshire, NH, Politician, President, Rockingham, Roy, Salem, senate, Vesta, woman
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The Baker Children of Weare, New Hampshire (1910)
Two lovely children, posed perfectly, look out from this photograph postcard. In addition to the ink script “Evelyn Baker, Oliver Prescott Baker,” there is penciled on the back, “202 North Weare NH.” The postcard is dated September 1, 1910, is … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged baker, Bellevue, Bradford, cemetery, church, Congregational, Enfield, Ernest, Evelyn, family, genealogy, Hampshire, Lawrence, MA, Massachusetts, Maude, Meredith, minister, new, NH, Northwood, Oliver, pastor, Portsmouth, postcard, Prescott, reverend, Weare
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