The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ith their successor, Mr. John In 1892 he entered the employ ofhis father, with whom he masteredthe details of the undertaking busi- 116 Neiiimarlcet on the Lamprey ness, including scientific embalming,and in July, 1897, with Mr. Chesleyhe removed to Dover, where they pur-chased an established undertakingbusiness, under the firm name andstyle of Tasker and Chesley. At an early age Mr. Tasker affili-ated with Rising Star Lodge, A. F,and A. M., and filled most of its sub-ordinate offices


The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ith their successor, Mr. John In 1892 he entered the employ ofhis father, with whom he masteredthe details of the undertaking busi- 116 Neiiimarlcet on the Lamprey ness, including scientific embalming,and in July, 1897, with Mr. Chesleyhe removed to Dover, where they pur-chased an established undertakingbusiness, under the firm name andstyle of Tasker and Chesley. At an early age Mr. Tasker affili-ated with Rising Star Lodge, A. F,and A. M., and filled most of its sub-ordinate offices. In 1903 he wascalled to its highest position, that ofworshipful master. He is also a mem- Embalmers Association has electedhim to preside over its deliberationsand he still serves as its August 15, 1905, he married NoraE., daughter of Michel and Eliza-beth Lee, of the township of residence is in Dover. T. Jewett Chesley, of Tasker andChesley, is a native of Minnesota, andwas born at Hutchinson, June 11,1869. His father was James E. andhis mother. Frances A. Tasker, is a. T. Jewett Chesley ber of Belknap Chapter, R. A. M.,having served as high priest Council, St. Pauls Com-mandery, K. T., and the New Hamp-shire Consistory A. A. S. R., togetherwith Bektash Temple, Nobles of theMystic Shrine. He is also a member ofPioneer Lodge, No. 1, K. of P., andWecohamet Lodge, No. 3, I. 0. 0. F.,and of Dover Lodge, No. 184, B. E. The New Hampshire Licensed sister to Mr. Charles E. Tasker, and,at the death of her husband, when theboy was twelve years old, she re-turned to the town of her youth. Jewett attended the high schooland was graduated in the class of1888, and afterwards attended theNew Hampshire Institute one to Newmarket, he enteredthe office of the Advertiser, and forthe next five years devoted himself to Newmarket on the Lamprey 117 acquiring a thorough knowledge ofthe newspaper business. The work didnot agree with him, ho


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