. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ing attendants of theBradford and Newbury fair are very well has, indeed, contributed its full share towardthe splendid stock and produce exhibits at this fair since PERSONAI. AND FARINI SKETCHES. 369 its organization, and since the death of the first presi-dent, the late Col. Mason W. Tappan of Bradford, hasfurnished a president for the fair association, the presentincumbent, Jonathan Rowe, Esq., now serving for thefifth year. Mr. Rowe is a native of Newbury, being the oldestson of Himan and Eliza (Ring) Rowe and grandson
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ing attendants of theBradford and Newbury fair are very well has, indeed, contributed its full share towardthe splendid stock and produce exhibits at this fair since PERSONAI. AND FARINI SKETCHES. 369 its organization, and since the death of the first presi-dent, the late Col. Mason W. Tappan of Bradford, hasfurnished a president for the fair association, the presentincumbent, Jonathan Rowe, Esq., now serving for thefifth year. Mr. Rowe is a native of Newbury, being the oldestson of Himan and Eliza (Ring) Rowe and grandsonof the late Rev. Jonathan Rowe, whose name he bears,born Julv 28, 1834, on a farm adjacent to that upon which he now resides,and which is at pres-ent included in the ex-tensive landed estateof Col. John Hay, ad-jacent to his spaciousand elegant summercottage overlookingSunapeelake. Rearedto farm labor, he never-theless secured a goodeducation in the com-mon schools and at theNew London acade-my, and, like a largeproportion of the in-telligent and enter-. JoNATHAN Rowe. prising young men of his generation, was engaged inteaching school in winter for a number of years, withmuch success in adjacent towns. Possessed of musicaltalent in a marked degree, he pursued his studies inthat direction to a considerable extent, and has, duringall his life, sung in the choir at church services and onother public occasions. Mr. Rowe was united in marriage, February 24, 1859,with Louisa M. Stevens, daughter of John and Lois 24 370 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. Stevens of Newbury, and established his residence uponthe old Stevens homestead, where his wife was born,and where they have since resided. They have onedaughter, Nellie L., and an adopted son, Edward C,died at the age of nine years and live days. The farmwas originally a large one, but a portion of it was solda few years since to Colonel Hay, and it is upon thisportion that the summer residence of the latter was
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