The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . thefrozen ground with the cold stars fora covering, to feed day after dayupon less than a pint of the coarsestof meal (the corn and cobs groundtogether and issued unsifted). Theheart sickens and the pen falters atthought of their woes—at Libby,Belle Island, Andersonville, Savan-nah, Miland, Black-Shear and Flor-ence, he suffered the cruelties of im-prisonment. He was released De- NewmarTcet on the JLamjyrey 83 cember 14, 1864, and mustered outin March, 1865. Of the forty-fivemen captured on that
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . thefrozen ground with the cold stars fora covering, to feed day after dayupon less than a pint of the coarsestof meal (the corn and cobs groundtogether and issued unsifted). Theheart sickens and the pen falters atthought of their woes—at Libby,Belle Island, Andersonville, Savan-nah, Miland, Black-Shear and Flor-ence, he suffered the cruelties of im-prisonment. He was released De- NewmarTcet on the JLamjyrey 83 cember 14, 1864, and mustered outin March, 1865. Of the forty-fivemen captured on that ill-fated Oc-tober day, but five survived the hard-ships of their imprisonment and fourof the number are still living. Thewar ended, and his country no longerrequiring his services, he returned tohis childhoods home, not to rest upon efforts and his sterling characteris-tics of honesty, enterprise and fairplay. A Republican in politics, he hasbeen called repeatedly to serve histown in various capacities, such astreasurer and selectman, while in1891, he represented his town in ?Woodbridge W. Durell his hard-earned laurels, but rather toacquire new victories. He now en-tered the employment of B. F. Haley,as clerk in his dry goods he mastered every detail of thebusiness and continued with him fif-teen years, when he purchased thedry goods department and establishedhis own store. His business hassteadily increased until it is todaythe largest of its kind in town, hav-ing been built up by his individual He was born in Newmarket inSeptember, 1839, and as a child heattended the village schools, but atthe early age of fifteen began lifesbattles by entering the employ of theNewmarket Manufacturing Companyas bobbin boy. The life did not ap-peal to him, and, after a few months,he began his mercantile training, asa clerk in a general store, which hecontinued to fill until the call to arms. In 1869 Miss Sarah E. Smith, 84 Newmarlcet 07i the Lamprey daught
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