. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . Dr. Adrian H. Hoyt. Dr. Hoyt has taken great interest in Masonic societies sincecoming to Penacook, having been an officer of Horace Chaselodge, F. & A. M., also a member of Trinity chapter, R. A. M.,and Mt. Horeb commandery of Knights Templar. He is also amember of Contoocook lodge, I. O. O. F., and of the Knights ofPythias, and was a charter member of the Union club. His re-ligious affiliations are with the Methodist denomination. ROBERT L. HARRIS. 5 19 Dr. Hoyt was married on June 13, 1887, to Lizzie C. Shedrick


. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . Dr. Adrian H. Hoyt. Dr. Hoyt has taken great interest in Masonic societies sincecoming to Penacook, having been an officer of Horace Chaselodge, F. & A. M., also a member of Trinity chapter, R. A. M.,and Mt. Horeb commandery of Knights Templar. He is also amember of Contoocook lodge, I. O. O. F., and of the Knights ofPythias, and was a charter member of the Union club. His re-ligious affiliations are with the Methodist denomination. ROBERT L. HARRIS. 5 19 Dr. Hoyt was married on June 13, 1887, to Lizzie C. Shedrick,and has one son, Wallace C. Hoyt, born October 15, 1888. ROBERT L. HARRIS. Robert Lincoln Harris, son of Ezra Sheldon and Cassandra A.(Green) Harris, was born at Penacook on May 3, 1865, and has. Robert L. Harris. resided in the village to the present day. His early education wasobtained at the village schools, and later at the Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology at Boston. From boyhood Mr. Harris hasbeen interested in the manufacture of woolen goods at the factorybuilt h>y his grandfather, Dea. Almon Harris, and subsequentlyoperated by his father; and is one of the third generation engagedin the same business at the same place. This fact is abundant S20 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. proof that this family have not only known the art of manufactur-ing woolen goods, but have possessed the business ability to con-duct this enterprise successfully. After the death of his father,the manufacturing business was incorporated under the name ofthe Dustin Island Woolen Mills, the stockholders being the heirs ofEzra Sheldon Harris, and Mr. Harris, the oldest son, assumed theresponsible position of superintendent. Under his managementextensive improvements have been made by discarding old ma


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