Category Archives: New Hampshire Men

New Boston New Hampshire’s Roger Ward Babson, Statistician, Eccentric Businessman, College Founder (1875-1967)

Posted on 3 September, 2006 by Janice Brown

Call him kooky, or call him ingenious, and you are correct both times.

Roger Ward Babson was not a … Continue reading →

Posted in New Hampshire Men | Tagged Babson College, Babson Institute, Babsons Boulders, business, college, Dogtown Common, eccentric, economics, Florida, founder, Grace Webber College, gravity, investment, Midwest Institute, New Boston, New Hampshire, Open Church Foundation, research, Robert Babson, services, social issues, statistician, stock market | Leave a comment

Jackson New Hampshire Ski School Promoter & Businessman, Carroll Purinton Reed (1905-1995)

Posted on 26 August, 2006 by Janice Brown

You can call Carroll Reed many things—

dynamic, a driving force, entrepreneurial, visionary, humble, unassuming. Yes, as strange … Continue reading →

Posted in New Hampshire Men | Tagged apparel, businessman, carol, Carroll, Carroll Reed, clothing, Eastern, entrepreneur, Fame, Hall, industry, Jackson, New Hampshire, popularity, Read, Reed, Ridge, Saks Fifth Avenue, school, ski, ski store, skiing, Slope, store | 1 Comment

Littleton New Hampshire: Kilburn Stereoscopic Views

Posted on 8 August, 2006 by Janice Brown

Stereographic photographs “were the first genre of visual mass media to appear in American society.”

They pre-date the … Continue reading →

Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Men | Tagged Benjamin West, Edward, Kilburn, Littleton, New Hampshire, stereoscopic view | 9 Comments

Hampton New Hampshire Singer, Dancer & Actor in Silent Movies – Dustin Lancy Farnum (1874-1929)

Posted on 31 July, 2006 by Janice Brown

Dustin Lancy Farnum, the son of Greenleaf D. & Clara Adele (Atwood) Farnum…

was born 27 May 1874 … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Entertainers, New Hampshire Men | Tagged actor, Cecile B. DeMille, dancer, Dustin Farnum, Dustin Hoffman, film, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, silent movie, Soldiers of Fortune, The Squaw Man | 7 Comments

Weare New Hampshire’s U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Hackett Souter (1939-living)

Posted on 13 July, 2006 by Janice Brown

I don't claim to know the Hon. David Souter, nor have I ever met him.

I've spent a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Men | Tagged attorney, David Souter, genealogy, Justice, New Hampshire, retired, Supreme Court, United States, Weare | Leave a comment

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