Category Archives: Genealogy

Newport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of Thanksgiving": Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879)

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Born Sarah Josepha Buell, on a farm in the small town of Newport New Hampshire, she had a limited … Continue reading →

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Portsmouth New Hampshire Soldier, Executive Clerk, Poet: Samuel Adams Wiggin (1832-1899)

Posted on 25 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

Samuel Adams Wiggin, son of Samuel P. & Eliza (Wendell) Wiggin was born at Portsmouth, N.H., May 27, 1832. His … Continue reading →

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Litchfield New Hampshire Gold Prospector, Adventurer, and Father of Alaska: Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten (1836-1900)

Posted on 7 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

Leroy Napoleon McQuesten, (but usually called Jack) was born on a New Hampshire farm in Litchfield. 

When he was a … Continue reading →

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Dunbarton New Hampshire’s Statistician, Educator, Economist, U.S. Commissioner of Labor: Carroll Davidson Wright, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D. (1840-1909)

Posted on 22 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Carroll Davidson Wright, was born in Dunbarton NH, in 1840, the son of a Universalist minister.

From lowly means he … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s First State Park: Miller State Park

Posted on 18 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire's first state park was created in 1891. In that year the New Hampshire state legislature enacted laws appropriating … Continue reading →

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