History of Epping, (Rockingham County) New Hampshire United States of America

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William Plumer, representative, was born in Epping, N.H., Feb. 9, 1789, son of William and Sally (Fowler) Plumer. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1809, A.M., 1812; studied law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1812. He was U.S. commissioner of loans, 1816-17; representative in the state legislature in 1818, and a Democratic representative in the 16th, 17th and 18th congresses, 1819-25. He was married, Sept. 13, 1820, to Margaret F. Mead. He was state senator, 1827-28; declined the appointment of district attorney in 1830; was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850, and in that year retired from active participation in public affairs, devoting himself to literary work. He was a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical society; the author of two volumes of poems (1841-43); Lyrica Sacra (1845); Pastoral on the Story of Ruth (1847), and was a co-editor with Andrew P. Peabody of the Life of William Plumer (1857). He died in Epping, N.H., Sept. 18, 1854.

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

David Lawrence Morril, senator, was born in Epping, N.H., June 10, 1772; son of Samuel and Anna (Lawrence) Morril, and grandson of the Rev. Isaac Morrill, of Wilmington, Mass., whose sons dropped the final "l" in writing their name. He studied medicine, and practised at Epsom, N.H., 1793-1800, and at Goffstown, N.H., 1811-31. He was licensed to preach and was pastor of the Congregational church at Goffstown, N.H., 1802-11. He was a representative in the general court, 1808-17, and speaker in 1816; was U.S. senator for New Hampshire, 1817-23; state senator and president of the senate in 1823-24, and governor of the state, 1824-27, inclusive. He edited the New Hampshire Observer, a religious paper, published in Concord, N.H., 1831-33. The honorary degrees of A.B. and M.D. were conferred on him by Dartmouth college in 1821, and that of LL.D. by the University of Vermont in 1825. He died in Concord, N.H., Jan. 28, 1849.

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

John Chandler, senator, was born at Epping, N. H., Feb. 1, 1762; son of Joseph and Lydia (Eastman) Chandler. In 1776 he offered himself as a recruit in the army and served out two enlistments as a soldier. In 1777 he removed to Monmouth, in a part of Massachusetts which afterwards became Maine. From 1805 to 1809 he represented Massachusetts in the 9th and 10th congresses. In 1808 he was a specially appointed sheriff of Kennebec county to settle the disputes and quell the rising rebellion of the district. He was made a major-general in the militia and served during the war of 1812. On July 8, 1812, he was commissioned brigadier-general. He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1819, and in the same year was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of Maine. In 1820 he was president of the Maine senate, resigning in the fall of that year to become one of the first two U. S. senators from Maine after its separation from Massachusetts. In 1822 he was one of the committee that selected Augusta as the capital of Maine. From 1829 to 1837 he was collector of the port of Portland, removing to Augusta in the latter year. He was the principal founder of Monmouth academy, and from 1821 to 1838 was a trustee of Bowdoin college. He died in Augusta, Me., Sept. 25, 1841.

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

Benjamin Franklin Prescott, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Epping, N.H., Feb. 26, 1833; son of Nathan G. and Betsey H. (Richards) Prescott; grandson of Asa and Polly (Clark) Prescott, and of Benjamin and Mehitable (Hills) Richards, of Nottingham, N.H.; and a descendant of James Prescott, who emigrated from Dryby, Lincolnshire, England, to Hampton, Norfolk county, Mass., in 1665, and Mary Boulter, his wife. He was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter academy, graduated at Dartmouth in 1856, and taught school in Epping, 1856-57. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and practised in Concord, 1859-61. He was associate editor of the Independent Democrat at Concord, 1861-66, and special agent for New England, of the U.S. treasury department, 1865-67 and 1869. He was married, June 10, 1869, to Mary Little, daughter of Jefferson and Nancy (Peart) Noyes of Concord. He was secretary of the state of New Hampshire, 1872-73 and 1875-76; secretary of the Republican state central committee, 1859-74; governor, 1877-79; secretary of the state college of electors, 1861, 1865, 1869, 1873, 1877 and 1881, and a delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention of 1880. He retired to his farm at Epping in 1880. He was president of the Bennington, Vt., Battle Monument association, and of tbe Provident Mutual Relief association; vice-president of the New Hampshire Historical society; fellow of the Royal Historical society of Great Britain, and an honorary member of the Marsh field club of Boston. He was also a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1874-95, and of Dartmouth college, 1878-95. He died in Epping, N. H., Feb. 22, 1895.

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