. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . 12, 1894, was celebrated by a largeparty of relatives and friends at the home of his daughter, F. Curtis. He died at his home in Kennebunk, Maine, onApril 5, 1895. ABNER B. WINN. Abner Bowman Winn was born in Hudson, N. H., October 10,1816. He came to Fisherville in 1838, and in company with aMr. Messenger, put some machinery for making coarse cloth intothe basement of the Contoocook mill. This business was car-ried on but a few years, as the whole mill was leased to H. H. &J. S. Brown in 1841. After that da
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . 12, 1894, was celebrated by a largeparty of relatives and friends at the home of his daughter, F. Curtis. He died at his home in Kennebunk, Maine, onApril 5, 1895. ABNER B. WINN. Abner Bowman Winn was born in Hudson, N. H., October 10,1816. He came to Fisherville in 1838, and in company with aMr. Messenger, put some machinery for making coarse cloth intothe basement of the Contoocook mill. This business was car-ried on but a few years, as the whole mill was leased to H. H. &J. S. Brown in 1841. After that date Mr. Winn was employedmost of the time for the remainder of his life by the Messrs. 3o8 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. Brown, as a carpenter and in charge of repairs at the Contoocookand Penacook mills. Mr. Winn was a born mechanic. He neverserved as apprentice at any trade, but could do a good job atalmost anything in the mechanical line. Probably no man everlived in the village who was expert in so many trades as AbnerB. Winn. He was cotton spinner and weaver, carpenter, mill-. Abner B. Winn. wright, machinist, blacksmith, pattern maker, draughtsman, tin-smith, belt maker, or anything else that occasion required. went into the machine shop business in 1864 under thefirm name of A. B. Winn & Co., at the shop now owned by theConcord Axle Company, his partners being D. Arthur Brown andJohn S. Brown, but his untimely death the following year put anend to a promising business career in that line. REV. PETER R. MCQUESTEN. 309 Mr. Winn served in office in his district and town for a consid-erable portion of his life, and was elected representative in 1855and 1856. He attended the Baptist church, of which his wifewas a member, and contriouted liberally to its support. was a warm-hearted and generous man, though sometimesshowing a rather rough exterior, and a brusque speech. He mar-ried Frances M. Harvey of Surry, N. H., March 18, 1837, buthad no children. Mr. Winn died Septem
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