History of New Boston, (Hillsborough County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Biographies:

Clark Beaton Cochrane, representative, was born in New Boston, N. H., May 31, 1815. He removed to Montgomery county, N.Y., and was graduated at Union college in 1841. He became a lawyer in Schenectady, N.Y., and was a member of the state assembly in 1844 and 1845. He left the Democratic party in 1848, supported Van Buren and Adams on the Free Soil ticket and in 1854 joined the Republican party. He was a representative in the 35th and 36th congresses, 1857-61, and declined to serve after the close of the 36th congress, his health having become impaired. He removed to Albany, served as a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1864, which renominated Abraham Lincoln, and was a member of the assembly in 1866. He died in Albany, N.Y., March 5, 1867.

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

Christopher Columbus Langdell, educator, was born in New Boston, N.H., May 22, 1826; son of John and Lydia (Beard) Langdell; grandson of John and Margaret (Goldsmith) Langdell and of Joseph and Margaret (Mellen) Beard. His paternal great grandfather,William Langdell, came to America from England and settled in Beverly, Mass., and his maternal grandfather came from Londonderry, Ireland, when a child, with his parents, who were among the first settlers of New Boston. He was a student at Phillips Exeter academy, 1845-48; and at Harvard college, 1848-50, and he received from the latter his A.B. degree in 1870, as of the class of 1851, and the honorary degree of A.M. in 1854. He was a student in the Harvard Law school, 1851-54, receiving the degree of LL.D. in 1853. He was a lawyer in New York city, 1854-70; Dane professor of law at Harvard, 1870-1900, dean of the law faculty, 1870-95, and in 1900 became Dane professor of law, emeritus. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Harvard and from Beloit in 1875. He is the author of: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts (1870, enl. ed., 1877); Cases on Sales (1872); Summary of Equity Pleading (1877, new ed., 1888); Summary of the Lawof Contracts (1879, 2d ed., 1880); Cases in Equity Pleading (1878), and articles in the Harvard Law Review.

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