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

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Alfred Cornelius Howland, painter, was born in Walpole, N.H., Feb. 12, 1838; son of Aaron P. and Huldah (Burke) Howland; grandson of Charles and Elizabeth Hepzibah (Crease) Howland and of Samuel and Mary (Strong) Burke, and a descendant of John Howland, born in Essex, England, and landed at Plymouth, Mass., in the Mayflower, Dec. 22, 1620. He was graduated from Walpole academy. He studied art in Boston and at the D?sseldorf academy, Germany, under Prof. Andreas Muller; in private studios, under Professor Flamm, and in Paris several years, under Emil Lambinet. He returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York city in 1864. He was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1872 and a member in 1882, and served on the council of the academy, 1883-86. He exbibited in New York, Paris and Munich, and at the World's Columbian exposition. He was elected a member of the Century association in 1867 and of the Artists' Fund society in 1874. His paintings include: A Bovine Retreat (1869); Morning on the River Banks (1870); The Sunlit Path (1871); Old Mill on the Bushkill (1874); On the Connecticut at Brattleboro (1876); Monday Morning (1876); The Village Band (1877); Winter Sunset, Williamstown, Mass. (1878); Ford's Glen, Paris exposition (1878); Driving a Bargain (1879); They're Coming (1884); A Fourth of July Parade (1886); On the Hoosac (1887); The Old Farm (1887).

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

Henry Adams Bellows, jurist, was born at Walpole, N.H., Oct. 25, 1803; son of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Bellows. He was educated at the academy at Windsor, Vt., studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826. He practised in his native town, removing to Littleton, N.H., two years later, where he practised until 1850, when he removed to Concord, N.H. He gained a high reputation as a lawyer. On Sept. 23, 1859, he was appointed associate justice of the supreme judicial court, to succeed Judge Perley, and was appointed chief justice, Oct. 1, 1869. He served two terms in the state legislature, but did not hold other political office. He died in Concord, N.H., March 11, 1873.

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

Stephen Row Bradley, senator, was born in Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 20, 1754, son of Moses and Mary (Row) Bradley and grandson of Stephen Bradley who came to America in 1637. He was graduated at Yale in 1775; became captain of a company of Cheshire volunteers and afterward served as quartermaster and aide on staff of General Wooster. He attained the rank of major and retired in 1779; removed to Vermont, was admitted to the bar, and became active in the organization of that state. He wrote "Vermont's Appeal to a Candid and Impartial World," at the request of the governor, Dec. 10, 1779. He was a representative in the state legislature and speaker of the house in 1785; judge of the Supreme court 1788-'9; U.S. senator from Vermont 1791-'5, and 1801-13. He received the degree LL. D. from Dartmouth and Middlebury colleges. He died at Walpole, N.H., Dec. 9, 1830.

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

Herbert Nichols, psychologist and author, was born in Walpole, N.H., Feb. 7, 1852; son of Amos and Lydia (Nichols) Nichols; grandson of Capt. Thomas and Tirzah (Lamson) Nichols, and a descendant of Lieut. John Nichols, who served in the Revolutionary war; also of John Nicol, the first ancestor in America, who landed in Boston about 1750, and of Alexandr? (Lincon) Nicol, a Huguenot refugee. He was graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic institute, B.S., 1871, and took a special course in architecture and engineering. He was a civil engineer in the main office of the Pennsylvania railroad, 1874-84; studied in Germany and France, 1887-88; was instructor in psychology at Harvard university, 1891-93, and a lecturer at Johns Hopkins university in 1896. He was married, Oct. 1, 1900, to Jenny L., daughter of Franklin Ward, of North Orange, Mass. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Clark university in 1891. He was elected a member of the American Psychological association, 1891; of the American Society of Naturalists in 1892, and of the New York Philosophical club in 1900. He is the author of: The Psychology of Time (1891); Our Notions of Number and Space (1894); A Treatise on Cosmology (1902), and many monographs including: The Origin of Pleasure and Pain; How We Came to Have Minds; The Feelings; The Motor Power of Ideas, and Psychology of Education.

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