History of Bristol, (Grafton County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Nathaniel Springer Berry, governor of New Hampshire, was born at Beth, Maine, Sept. 1,1796; son of Abner and Betsy (Springer) Berry. His father was a shipbuilder; his grandfather, John Berry, was a captain in the Continental army; his maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Springer, was an artillery captain in the revolutionary war and was killed in battle. In 1812 he began a five years' apprenticeship to a tanner, and at the age of twenty-two he entered upon a leather manufacturing business at Bristol, N.H. He was successful in business and prominent in local politics, serving many terms in the state legislature. For nine years he acted as judge of the court of common pleas, and in 1856 he was appointed judge of probate, remaining in this office until 1861, when he was elected by the Republican party governor of New Hampshire. He was re-elected the following year, and was one of the war governors who signed the letter of June 28, 1862, urging President Lincoln to call for volunteers to put down the rebellion. He died at Bristol, N.H., April 27, 1894.

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

Fred Lewis Pattee, educator, was born in Bristol, N.H., March 22, 1863; son of Lewis and Mary P. (Ingalls) Pattee; grandson of Moses Pattee, and a descendant of Peter Pattee, who settled in Haverhill, Mass., about 1640. He was graduated at Dartmouth, A.B., 1888, A.M., 1891. He was principal of Coe's Northwood academy, New Hampshire, 1890-94, and in 1894 became professor of English language and literature at the Pennsylvania State college. He was married, March 9, 1889, to Anna L., daughter of Charles L. and Louisa P. (Simons) Plumer of Bristol, N.H. He is the author of: The Wine of May and other Lyrics (1893); Pasquaney, a Study (1894); A History of American Literature (1896); Reading Courses in American Literature (1897); The Foundations of English Literature (1900); Mary Garvin: The Story of a New Hampshire Summer (1902); The Poems of Philip Freneau (2 vols., 1902). He also edited Macbeth and contributed frequently to periodicals.

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

Benjamin Franklin Flanders, representative, was born in Bristol, N.H., Jan. 26, 1816. He was graduated at Dartnmuth in 1842 and in 1843 settled in New Orleans, La., where he was a lawyer, a public school teacher, principal and superintendent, and an editor. In 1861 he was compelled to leave the city because of his Union sentiments, but returned in 1862 and was appointed city treasurer by General Butler. He resigned after a few months to take his seat, Feb. 15, 1863, in the 37th congress as representative from Louisiana. The same year he was appointed special agent of the treasury department for Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, resigning in 1866. He was military governor of Louisiana for six months of 1867 by appointment of General Sheridan; was mayor of New Orleans from May, 1870, to Dec. 31, 1872, and U.S. assistant treasurer at New Orleans, 1873-85. He died in New Orleans, La., March 13, 1896.

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