. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. irst grangeinstituted in the state. He is also a charter member ofEast Rockingham Pomona Grange, and was four yearsmaster of the same, declining a fifth election. He wasfor three years a district deputy, and was chosen lecturerof the State Grange in December, 1895. He is wellskilled in the work of the order, a thoughtful and force-ful speaker, and a strong and determined advocate ofthe principles for which the grange organization stands. He is a member of Star in the East Lodge, No. 59,A. F. & A. M., of Exeter, and has held most of its
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. irst grangeinstituted in the state. He is also a charter member ofEast Rockingham Pomona Grange, and was four yearsmaster of the same, declining a fifth election. He wasfor three years a district deputy, and was chosen lecturerof the State Grange in December, 1895. He is wellskilled in the work of the order, a thoughtful and force-ful speaker, and a strong and determined advocate ofthe principles for which the grange organization stands. He is a member of Star in the East Lodge, No. 59,A. F. & A. M., of Exeter, and has held most of its chairs,including that ofW. M., and is also a member of Chapter, No. 15. Politically, he has alwaysbeen a stanch Democrat, and therefore out of sympathywith the majority of Exeter voters, but he has servedeight years as a member of the school-board, as auditorand in minor offices. He has two sons, Everett, who holds a promising posi-tion in the Print and Dye works at Medford, Mass., andJames, who is in the telephone business at Joseph D. Roberts. PERSONAI. AND FARINI SKETCHES. 34I JOSEPH D. ROBERTS, ROLLINSFORD. Although embracing less than ten square miles of ter-ritory, in which is also located a thriving manufacturingvillage, Rollinsford is one of the best agricultural townsin the state, being favored with a rich, strong soil, ad-mirably adapted to hay, corn, and fruit production, whileit has scarcely any waste land. Its proximity to Doverand Somersworth insures ample market advantages. Among the most prominent and successful farmers ofthis town is Joseph Doe Roberts, the sixth of seven sonsof the late Hon. Hiram R. and Ruth (Ham) Roberts, ofthat town, born November 12, 1848, on the old Robertshomestead, about half a mile from Rollinsford Junction,which was settled by his great-great-grandfather in1743, and has ever since remained in the family. Hiram R. Roberts was a New Hampshire farmer ofthe best type,—a man of excellent character and wideinfluenc
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