The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e-monts mercantile interests is thebookstore of Josiah Gove, who is notonly appreciated as a merchant, butlikewise for his genuine Morth as acitizen, friend and neighbor. was born in Lynn, Mass., July2, 1842. His parents were Albertand Sarah (Green) Gove, both of whom had died by the time he wassixteen years old, after which hemade his home in the town of Wearsin this state, where, during the CivilWar he became a member of Co. D,14th N. H. Regiment, and was withthat organization in its c
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e-monts mercantile interests is thebookstore of Josiah Gove, who is notonly appreciated as a merchant, butlikewise for his genuine Morth as acitizen, friend and neighbor. was born in Lynn, Mass., July2, 1842. His parents were Albertand Sarah (Green) Gove, both of whom had died by the time he wassixteen years old, after which hemade his home in the town of Wearsin this state, where, during the CivilWar he became a member of Co. D,14th N. H. Regiment, and was withthat organization in its campaigns inVirginia and Louisiana, serving in alltwo years and ten months. On hisreturn he lived in Weare and otherplaces until 1872, when he went toPittsfield, the thriving Suncook Val-ley town, where he lived for sixteenyears, going, in 1888, to Claremont. In these years he had been em-ployed in shoe factories and his re-moval to Claremont was to enter theemployment of John H. Parke, a slip-per manufacturer. In 1895 the plantwas taken to Lynn, Mass., where-upon Mr. Gove, deciding to remain in. Josiah Gove Claremont, bought his present bookand stationery store and has conduc-ted the same to date, increasing itsbusiness more than two-fold. is a member of the Masonic or-der and a past master of Corinthianlodge in Pittsfield. His church homeis the Universalist. He married, in 156 New Hampshires Largest Town 1869. ]Miss Rebecca B. Gove of died February 2, 1895. Whatever it may have been to oth-ers, Claremont has l)een a place ofopportunity to Peter Nolin, who maywell flatter himself that he had thewisdom to grasp the opportunity andthe skill and judgment to mold it to withal to embark in business, inwhich success was immediate and stillcontinuous. At the start IMr. Nolinand his son, Peter A., were able tohandle the business; but, as sales in-creased, it was his happy lot to havefour other sons available to assist, andthen a daughter of fine business tact
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