History of Colebrook, (Coos County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Horace White, journalist and author, was born in Colebrook, N.H., Aug. 10, 1834; son of Dr. Horace and Eliza M. (Moore) White; grandson of Benjamin and Betsy (Wilder) White of Bethlehem, N. H., and of William and Isabel (McClary) Moore of Bedford, N.H. He removed with his parents to Beloit, Wis., 1837, attend the common schools, and was graduated from Beloit college, A.B., 1853, A.M., 1856. He was a reporter on the Chicago (Ill.) Tribune, 1858, writing up the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates; and editor and co-proprietor of the same, 1864-74. He was twice married: first, April 19 1859, to Martha, daughter of the Rev. David and Mary (Gordon) Root of New Haven, Conn; secondly, Feb. 5, 1873, to Amelia, daughter of James T. and Abby (McGinnis) MacDougall of Joliet, Ill. In 1883 he became co-editor with Edwin L. Godkin of the New York Evening Post, and in 1899 chief-editor, a position he still held in 1903. Beloit college conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1895. He edited Bastiat's "Sophismes ?conomiqqes" (1876), and Luigi Cossa's "Scienza delle finanze" (1889), and is the author of: Money and Banking Illustrated by American History (1895; 2d ed., 1902); The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria, translated from the Greek (2 vols., 1899).

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

Jonas Mills Bundy, journalist, was born at Colebrook, N. H., April 17, 1835. When he was a child his parents removed to Beloit, Wis. From Beloit college, where he was graduated in 1853, he went to Harvard law school, and was afterwards admitted to the bar, but never practised, his tastes leading him to adopt journalism for his profession. His first experience in newspaper work was on the Milwaukee Wisconsin. There he speedily created a new department in the market reports, which was of great value to the journal; but in a short time the civil war broke out and he entered the army in the artillery service, in which he acted for a time as aide-de-camp to General Pope, and received a major's commission. Subsequent to the civil war he settled in New York city, and entered the office of the Evening Post as literary and musical critic. In 1868 he became chief editor of the Evening Mail, which was afterwards bought by Cyrus W. Field, who retained Major Bundy as its chief editor, which position he held until his death. His vigorous attacks on the Tweed ring caused his appointment as a member of the committee of seventy which exposed the corruption of the New York city government. He wrote President Garfield's biography in 1880. He died suddenly at Paris, France, Sept. 8, 1891.

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