The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . the father of AVhen a lad I well rememberhim as an honored visitor at myfathers home. A farmer by occu-pation he early gave his heart toGod and became deeply interested inthose great questions involving ourfuture state and condition. lie be-came a close student of the Bible andbut few men were his equal in quot-ing the precepts of that Book ofBooks. At his own expense he went about doing good and many owedtheir religious awakening to his faith-ful, earnest labors. Wier Davisdied July 2
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . the father of AVhen a lad I well rememberhim as an honored visitor at myfathers home. A farmer by occu-pation he early gave his heart toGod and became deeply interested inthose great questions involving ourfuture state and condition. lie be-came a close student of the Bible andbut few men were his equal in quot-ing the precepts of that Book ofBooks. At his own expense he went about doing good and many owedtheir religious awakening to his faith-ful, earnest labors. Wier Davisdied July 22, 1893. Of him well mayit be said: Though being dead heyet speaketh and His works dofollow him. IRVING T. GEORGE The legal profession at one time,earlier in the towns history, had noless than seven representatives, and itis an eloquent commentary upon thepeacefulness of the present genera-tion that but two are now known tothe town. Irving True, son of HenryClinton and Elinor Lamb (Hinkson)George, was born in Canaan, N. H.,June 27, 1854. There he attended thelocal school and the Union Academy,. also Tilton Seminary and KimballUnion Academy at Meriden, where hefitted for Dartmouth. He then entered the office of thelate John Y. IMugridge of Concord,and studied law with him, and withGeorge W. ]\[urray at Canaan, andwas admitted to the bar at Plymouth, Nevoinarlcet on the Lcunprey 105 at the November term, 1877. TheMay following he moved to Newmar-ket, which has since been his life has largely been devoted tothe practice of his profession, but hetakes a most active interest in schoolaffairs and has been a member of theschool board, here and in his nativetown, over nine years. REV, GEORGE A. DEMERS The affairs of the Catholic parishin Newmarket are at present underthe care of Eev. Father George Ar-thur Demers, who was born at Levis,P, Q., February 10, 1876. His fa-ther was Edward and his motherAlma (Couture). The father was an
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