. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ll fitting ways, up to thetime of his death, December 9, 1895. He was united in marriage, March 17, 1861, with MissMarv J. Blanchard, of Washington. Their six childreninclude four daughtersand two sons. Theeldest, Nellie M., isthe wife of CharlesMorgan, a farmer ofHillsborouo-h, residingnear M a p 1 e w o o dFarm. Frank D., theeldest son, remainedat home, engaged withhis father in the man-agement of the farm,until his marriage, in1896, when he re-moved to the Bridgevillage, but still con-tinues the milk busi-ness. Walter E., the younger
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ll fitting ways, up to thetime of his death, December 9, 1895. He was united in marriage, March 17, 1861, with MissMarv J. Blanchard, of Washington. Their six childreninclude four daughtersand two sons. Theeldest, Nellie M., isthe wife of CharlesMorgan, a farmer ofHillsborouo-h, residingnear M a p 1 e w o o dFarm. Frank D., theeldest son, remainedat home, engaged withhis father in the man-agement of the farm,until his marriage, in1896, when he re-moved to the Bridgevillage, but still con-tinues the milk busi-ness. Walter E., the younger son, was engaged for tenyears in Manchester, with his uncle, R. D. Gay, but re-turned home upon his fathers decease and his brothersremoval, and is now actively engaged in management ofthe farm, and proposes to devote his best energies toagriculture as his future life-work. Julia M., a gradu-ate of Colby academy, who continued her studies inspecial lines in Boston and Chicago universities for twoyears, is now a teacher in the Dundee, 111., High Walter E. Gay. 288 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE, Lisabel, the third daughter, a graduate of the DundeeHigh school, entered the State Normal School at Ply-mouth, in 1896; while Ethel A., the youngest, is yet athome. HON. JOHN C. RAY, Manchester. Although now generally known as the efiicient super-intendent of the State Industrial Sciiool in Manchester,which position he has held since 1874, Jolm C. Ray, fora quarter of a century previous, was one of the leadingfarmers of Merrimack county, and still owns the splendidfarm in Dunbarton in whose cultivation he has taken somuch pride and pleasure. Mr. Ray was born in Hop-kinton, January 3, 1826, but moved in childhood, withhis father, Aaron Ray, to the farm in question, in thewestern part of Dunbarton, near the Stark place, a por-tion of which he has also recently purchased. Aftersecuring his education in the district school, and atMaster John Ballards famous private school in Hopkin-ton
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