History of Keene, (Cheshire County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Biographies:

George Silsbee Hale, lawyer, was born in Keene, N.H., Sept. 24, 1825; son of Salma (1787-1866) and Sarah Kellogg (King) Hale. He was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1844, A.M., 1847; taught in Richmond, Va., 1845-46; studied law in Boston, Mass., was admitted to the bar in 1850 and practised in Boston, 1850-97. He was a representative in the state legislature for two terms, was prominent in charitable, municipal, literary and church organizations and served as trustee of various institutions. He was president of the board of trustees of Phillips Exeter academy, president of the Massachusetts reform club, a member of the Masachusetts and New Hampshire historical societies and of the New England historic, genealogical society, and president of the Children's aid society and of the American Unitarian association. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth in 1885. He assisted in editing the Boston Law :Reporter; edited the 16th, 17th and 18th volumes of the "United States Digest," and assisted in editing other volumes. He published memoirs of Joe Parker (1876), and Theron Metcalf (1876); and contributed to the "Menmrial History of Boston" an historical sketch of the charities of that city. He died at Schooer Head, near Bar Harbor, Maine, July 27, 1897.

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

Eliza Orne White, author, was born in Keene, N.H., Aug. 2, 1856; daughter of the Rev. William Orne and Margaret Eliot (Harding) White; grandfather of Daniel Appleton White and Eliza (Orne) White, and of Chester and Caroline (Woodruff) Harding. She attended the common schools and a private school, and subsequently devoted herself to literary production, removing to Brookline, Mass., in 1881. She is the author of: Miss Brooks (1890); Winterborough (1892); When Molly was Six (1894); The Coming of Theedora (1895); A Little Girl of Long Ago (1869); A Browning Courtship and Other Stories (1897); A Lover of Truth (1898): Edna and Her Brothers (1900); Lesley Chilton (1903).

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

Harriet Lawrence Mason, author, was born in, Keene, N.H., Sept. 15, 1862; daughter of Andrew R. and Lucy (Lawrence) Mason; granddaughter of John and Hannah (Woodward) Lawrence and of Joseph B. and Harriet (Ormsby) Mason, and a descendant of Hugh Mason, who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1630, and was a brother of Capt. John Mason of Pequot war fame. She was graduated from the State Normal school, Plymouth, N.H., in 1882; was instructor at Hampton, Va., 1883-84, and at Bradford, Pa., 1884-90. She received a certificate for junior and senior English in Radcliffe college, 1890-91; was appointed instructor in the English language and literature at Drexel institute, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1893, and was advanced to the professorship of English language and literature there, 1901. She is the author of: American Literature: a Laboratory Method (1891); Students' Readings and Questions in English Literature (1898); Synonyms Discriminated (1898).

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

John Dickson, representative, was born in Keene, N.H., in 1783. He was graduated at Middlebury college in 1808, was admitted to the bar in 1812 and settled in West Bloomfield, N.Y. He tenroved to Rochester in 1825, but returned to West Bloomfield in 1828. He was a member of the New York assembly, 1830-31, and a representative in the 22d and 23d congresses, 1831-35. He published: Remarks on the Presentation of Several Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave-trade in the District of Columbia (1835). He died in West Bloomfield, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1852.

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