. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . He was chosen torepresent the Department of N. H., G. A. R., at the NationalEncampment in Albany in 1878, and a member of the NationalCouncil of Administration in 1880-1881. He was elected depart-ment commander of New Hampshire in 1883 and 1884, andappointed a member of the national pension committee, servinguntil 1887, when he was unanimously chosen junior vice com-mander-in-chief, G. A. R. He was president of the New Hamp-shire Veteran Association in 1885 and 1886, and from its institu-tion, with the exception of
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . He was chosen torepresent the Department of N. H., G. A. R., at the NationalEncampment in Albany in 1878, and a member of the NationalCouncil of Administration in 1880-1881. He was elected depart-ment commander of New Hampshire in 1883 and 1884, andappointed a member of the national pension committee, servinguntil 1887, when he was unanimously chosen junior vice com-mander-in-chief, G. A. R. He was president of the New Hamp-shire Veteran Association in 1885 and 1886, and from its institu-tion, with the exception of several years, its musical director. He is a trustee of the Loan and Trust Savings Bank of Concord,a member of the N. H. Historical Society, Knights of Columbus,Charitable Irish Society of Boston, and the American-Irish His-torical Society. He is the treasurer and one of the founders ofthe latter. Although a busy man through life, he has found time to studyand occasionally write out his thoughts and observations. Inconjunction with his lifelong friend and comrade, D. Arthur. 508 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. Brown, he wrote a memorial history of Penacook in the CivilWar. The book contains a sketch of every person, so far asknown, who served in that great contest from Penacook, and alsoof the comrades of William I. Brown Post who came to reside inPenacook or vicinity since the close of the war. He dictated thesketches to a stenographer, who copied them on the were then written in the book by Mr. Brown, each personbeing given a page. Every soldiers and sailors record corres-ponds with that printed in Aylings record of New Hampshire inthe Civil War. When completed the book was placed for preser-vation in the New Hampshire state library. The typewrittensheets Mr. Brown had bound in book form, for use in the post-room. He has been a steady contributor to weeklies and contributed a chapter, The Irish in New Hampshire, toMcClintocks History of New Hampshire, als
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