History of Hooksett, (Merrimack County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Natt Head, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Hooksett, N.H., May 20, 1828; son of John and Anna (Brown) Head; grandson of Nathanael and Anna (Knox) Head, and of William Brown, a sea captain, who made several voyages around the world; and a great grandson of Nathanael Head, who, with his brother, John, emigrated from Wales and settled in Bradford, Mass. His grandfather, Nathanael Head, was one of the pioneer settlers of Hooksett and a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving successively as 2d lieutenant, ensign and captain. His father, John Head (1791-1835), was lieutenant-colonel of the 17th regiment. Natt was educated at the common schools, and at Pembroke academy, and after the death of his parents he engaged with his brother, William F. Head, in farming, stock raising and brick making. Under the firm name of Head & Dowst, the brothers engaged extensively in the lumber and building business at Manchester, N.H. Mr. Head was married Nov. 18, 1863, to Abbie M. Sanford of Lowell, Mass. He was an officer in the state militia and a prominent member of several other military organizations; was a representative in the state legislature, 1861-62; and adjutant, inspector and quartermaser-general of the state , 1864-70. He was elected to the state senate in 1875, but upon the technicality of the misspelling of his name his votes were thrown out,and he was elected to tile state senate in 1876, re-elected in 1877 and was president of the senate in 1877. In the fall of 1878 Senator Head received the Republican nomination for governor of New Hampshire and at the election, Nov. 5. 1878, he received 88,175 votes; Frank A. McKean, Democrat, 31,135; Warren G. Brown, National, 6,507; Asa S. Kenlull, Prohibition, 91; and scattering 51. He published, while adjutant-general of the state, a record of the career of every officer and enlisted man who served from New Hampshire during the civil war, embracing biographical sketches of all the field officers who died in the service, and including a military history of New Hampshire from 1623 to 1661 (4 vols. 1865-66). He was a director and for eleven years the president of the New Hampshire agricultural society; an officer of the Merrimac county agricultural association; a trustee of the New Hampshire college of agriculture and mechanical arts, 1869-71, and a trustee of Dartmouth college, 1879-81. He received the degree of A.M. from Dartmouth in 1879. He died in Hooksett, N.H., Nov. 12, 1883.

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

History of Hooksett, (Merrimack County) New Hampshire

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