. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ided attended the common schools, andfinished his school education at Ap-pletou academy. New Ipswich. Hisfather, the late H. H. Amsden, wasengaged in the furniture manufac-turing business at Penacook. Onleaving school, Mr. Amsden wasplaced in charge of his fatherscounting-room, having during theSaturdays and the vacations of hisschool-days passed his time in thefactory, where he became familiarwith the trade in all its branches, aswell as the difficulties and annoyancesunder which the
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ided attended the common schools, andfinished his school education at Ap-pletou academy. New Ipswich. Hisfather, the late H. H. Amsden, wasengaged in the furniture manufac-turing business at Penacook. Onleaving school, Mr. Amsden wasplaced in charge of his fatherscounting-room, having during theSaturdays and the vacations of hisschool-days passed his time in thefactory, where he became familiarwith the trade in all its branches, aswell as the difficulties and annoyancesunder which the workmen labored—anexperience that has since served himin good stead, and enabled him tofully sympathize with the workmenand understand completely their posi-tion. In time the father took iiistwo sons into partnership with him,forming the firm of H. H. Amsden& Sons, which has continued to thisday, although the father and brotherhave lioth passed on to the silentbeyond, leaving Charles H. as thesole survivor of the firm, and the soleowner and manager of the businessand the property Hon. Charles H. Amsden. 249 He employs a large number of men,and recent extensive additions makehis the largest manufacturing estab-lishment of the kind in New Eng-land. The principal products areash, oak, and pine chamber fur-niture, which is disposed of towholesale dealers throughout NewEngland, the Middle, and SouthernStates. He also makes a specialtyof goods in knockdown for firm has a national reputation,and Mr. Amsden enjoys the personalacquaintance as well as the respect andesteem of his customers, as for a longseries of years he has been accus-tomed to visit them at stated periodsfor the [mrpose of making contractsand settlements. His extensive fac-tories contribute in a large degreetowards the prosperity and life of thecommunity, where he gives his manu-facturing operations his constant anddaily supervision, consuming duringthe year something like 4,000,000 lumber
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