Category Archives: New Hampshire Men

New Hampshire’s First Leader, Sagamore of the Penacook, Diplomat and Peacemaker: Passaconaway (c1580-c1673)

Posted on 17 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Passaconaway was an amazing man. He was Sagamo of the Native People called Penacook.

The Penacook were a confederation of … Continue reading →

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Concord NH World War I Heroes, Twin Brothers: Ernest Potter Runnells and Ellsworth Potter Runnells (1894-?)

Posted on 9 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Twin brothers from New Hampshire

were simultaneously decorated with French and American crosses on December 17, 1918, in the only … 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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A New Hampshire Oddity: Grafton’s “Ruggles Mine”

Posted on 17 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

Samuel Ruggles discovered mica in New Hampshire in 1803, while digging around in his field near the town of Grafton, … Continue reading →

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Manchester New Hampshire Civil Engineer, Mayor and Governor: Hon. James Adams Weston (1827-1895)

Posted on 15 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

James Adams Weston was born 27 August 1827 on the “old Weston farm” in Manchester NH.

He was the youngest … Continue reading →

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