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

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Laban Clark, clergyman, was born in Haverhill, N. H., July 19, 1778. He was educated at an academy at Bradford, Vt. In 1800 he began to preach; joined the New York Methodist conference in 1801 and for fifty years was an itinerant preacher. He was instrumental in the formation of the missionary society of the M. E. church, established in 1819. He actively interested himself in the formation of a Methodist college and procured the necessary endowments for Wesleyan university, which was established at Mliddletown, Conn., in 1831, and which in 1853 conferred upon him the degree of D.D. He served as president of its board of trustees until his death at Middletown, Conn., Nov. 28, 1868.

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

Noah Davis, jurist, was born in Haverhill, N.H., Sept. 10, 1818; son of Noah and Freelove C. (Arnold) Davis; and grandson of Dr. Jonathan Arnold of Providence, R.I., who represented that state in the Continental congress at Philadelphia, and also served as a surgeon in the army under Washington. In 1825 Noah was taken by his parents to Albion, N.Y., and was sent to the common school, subsequently attending for a short time the seminary at Lima, N.Y. He studied law and upon his admission to the bar of the common pleas of Orleans county began practice at Gaines, removing, after admission to the supreme court in 1843, to Buffalo. He then formed a law partnership with Sanford E. Church, and returned to Albion, N.Y., where they practised, 1844-57. In March, 1857, he was appointed by the governor a justice of the New York supreme court, and afterward was twice elected in the 8th judicial district to the office. He resigned his judgeship in November, 1868, and was elected a representative in the 41st congress. He resigned his seat in congress at the close of the long session, July 20, 1870, and accepted the appointment of U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. In this office he served until Dec. 31, 1872. In 1872 he was elected in the city of New York a justice of the supreme court of the state for a term of fourteen years. In 1875 he was appointed by Governor Dix presiding justice of the court for the residue of the term. Upon his retirement from the bench at the end of his term he resumed the practice of his profession. A committee of the New York bar caused his portrait to be painted by Daniel Huntington for the supreme court chamber. He served as a member of the council of the University of the city of New York, 1885-90. He died in New York city, March 20, 1902.

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

John Page, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Haverhill, N.H., May 27, 1787; son of John and Hannah (Rice) Green Page, and grandson of the Rev. Samuel Rice of Landaff, N.H. His father was a native of Lunenburg, Mass., who removed to Rindge, N.H., with his parents in 1762, and finally settled in Haverhill, Mass. John Page was prepared for college but did not enter, owing to his father's financial embarrassment which forced him to engage in farming. He was married in 1812 to Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel Merrill of North Haverhill, Mass. He was appointed assistant U.S. tax assessor for Grafton county in 1813, and assessor in 1815; was a representative in the New Hampshire legislature, 1818-20 and in 1835, and register of deeds for Grafton county, 1828-34, with the exception of one year. He was elected to the state council in March, 1836, and in the following June to the U.S. senate as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac Hill, and served until the close of Senator Hill's term, March 3, 1837. He was re-elected to the state council in 1838, and was governor of the state, 1839-42. He took an active part in building the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad. He died in Concord, N.H., Sept. 8, 1865.

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