History of Barnstead, (Belknap County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Biographies:

Lewis Whitehouse Clark, jurist, was born in Barnstead, N. H., Aug. 19, 1828; son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Whitehouse) Clark; and grandson of Jonathan and Sarah (Priest) Clark. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1850; was a teacher in Pittsfield academy, 1850-52; was admitted to the bar in 1852; was a representative in the New Hampshire legislature, 1856-57; attorney-general of the state, 1872-76, justice of the supreme court of the state, 1877-98, and chief justice from June 1 to August 19, 1898, when be retired, having attained the age of seventy years. He was married Dec. 29. 1852, to Helen, daughter of William and Betsy (Drake) Knowlton. The Rev. John Lew Clark was their son. Judge Clark died at Manchester, N. H., May 28, 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Alonzo Hall Quint, clergyman, was born in Barnstead, N.H., March 22, 1828; son of George and Sally W. (Hall) Quint. He was graduated from Dartmouth, A.B., 1846, A.M., 1849, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1852. He was licensed to preach in 1852; was ordained to the ministry, Dec. 27, 1853; was married, Jan. 30, 1854, to Rebecca P. Putnam of Salem, Mass., and was pastor of the Mather church, Roxbury, Mass., 1853?63; chaplain of the 2nd Massachusetts volunteers, 1861?64; pastor of the North church, New Bedford, Mass., 1864?75; a representative in the New Hampshire state legislature, 1881?83; pastor of the Allston Congregational church, Boston, 1886?90; instructor in homiletics at Auburn Theological seminary, N.Y., 1890?91, and at Andover Theological seminary, 1892?94. He was secretary of the National Council of Congregational Churches, from Dover, 1871?83; moderator of the National Council, 1892?95; secretary of the Massachusetts General Association of Congregational Churches, 1856?81; was elected general director of the American Congregational association in 1859, and was a member of the Massachusetts Historical society, 1859?80. He was a trustee of Dartmouth college, 1870?96, and a visitor of Andover Theological seminary, 1892?96. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Dartmouth in 1866. He was editor and proprietor of the Congregational Quarterly, 1859?76, and editor of the Congregational Yearbook for many years. He contributed articles to the Dover Inquirer, and is the author of: The Potomac and the Rapidan, or Army Notes from the Failure at Winchester to the Re-enforcement of Rosecrans (1864); Records of the Second Massachusetts Infantry 1861?65 (1867), and First Parish in Dover, N.H. (1883). He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 4, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor