. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. lowed by his son, Ebenezer, a brotherof Benjamin, who made the munificent donation to thestate for the endowment of the Agricultural was in turn succeeded by his son, Ebenezer,whose son, Lucien, is the present proprietor. Lucien Thompson, son of Ebenezer and Nancy G.(Carr) Thompson, was born on the old homestead, June3, 1859. When he was ten years of age, his father died,and his mother soon removed temporarily to Manchester,where Lucien was educated in the public schools, graduat-ing from the High school in the class of
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. lowed by his son, Ebenezer, a brotherof Benjamin, who made the munificent donation to thestate for the endowment of the Agricultural was in turn succeeded by his son, Ebenezer,whose son, Lucien, is the present proprietor. Lucien Thompson, son of Ebenezer and Nancy G.(Carr) Thompson, was born on the old homestead, June3, 1859. When he was ten years of age, his father died,and his mother soon removed temporarily to Manchester,where Lucien was educated in the public schools, graduat-ing from the High school in the class of 1877, of which hewas the salutatorian. The following year the familyreturned to Durham, since which time he has been incharge of the farm and actively engaged in the pursuitof agriculture. The Thompson farm, which is located about half amile to the northeast of the railway station in Durham,embraces about two hundred acres of land at the presenttime, and produces annually fifty tons or more of hayand other tbdder. Fruit, milk, poultry, and pork are the. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 375 leading specialties. Tiie buildings are spacious andconvenient, the dwelling being a fine old mansion withmodern improvements, while the main barn, 84x44 feet,with cellar under the whole, is one of the best in theregion. Mr. Thompson has been prominently engaged in pub-lic affairs for several years past, having been a memberof the board of supervisors in Durham, in 1884-5, repre-senting the town in the legislature of 1887-8, when hewas a member and secretary of the committee on educa-tion, and serving as moderator for the last six was appointed a member of the State Board of Agri-culture in October, 1887, and was reappointed foranother term in 1890, but resigned in 1892, when he wasappointed a member of the board of trustees of the NewHampshire College of Agriculture and the MechanicArts, which latter position he now holds, having beenreappointed, and serving also as secretary of the boa
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