Biographical review .. containing life sketches of leading citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire . p^AJOR HH^AM FIFIELD GER-RISH, of Concord, , the pres-ent Deputy State Treasurer, wasborn in Boscawen, N. H., September 27, parents, Calvin and Ann S. (Fifield) Ger-rish, were both lifelong residents of Merri-mack County. Major Gerrish is a descendantof Colonel Henry Gerrish, one of the earlyresidents of Boscawen, who was an officer dur-ing the war of the Revolution, serving asLieutenant-Colonel in Colonel Sticknysregiment, and was present at the battles ofBennin
Biographical review .. containing life sketches of leading citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire . p^AJOR HH^AM FIFIELD GER-RISH, of Concord, , the pres-ent Deputy State Treasurer, wasborn in Boscawen, N. H., September 27, parents, Calvin and Ann S. (Fifield) Ger-rish, were both lifelong residents of Merri-mack County. Major Gerrish is a descendantof Colonel Henry Gerrish, one of the earlyresidents of Boscawen, who was an officer dur-ing the war of the Revolution, serving asLieutenant-Colonel in Colonel Sticknysregiment, and was present at the battles ofBennington and Saratoga. Colonel Gerrishwas one of the leading citizens of his townand State, holding many positions of trustand responsibility, being conspicuously iden-tified witli i>uhlic alfairs in the early history of. HIRAM F. GERRISH. :k)(;r.\1Iiic.\i, review 3^3 the State, llis son Jacob was for many yearsa well-known, public-spirited citizen of thetown and a large land-owner. Calvin Ger-rish, the father of Major Gerrish, was a farmerand mechanic, and was at one time promi-nently connected with the State militia. Hedied January 31, 1890. Major Gerrish attended the public schoolsat I-ranklin, Ienacook, and Concord, but at theage of fifteen entered the employ of the Con-curd Railroad, continuing thus engaged untilthe breaking out of the war, when he enlistedas a private in Company B of the Second NewHampshire Regiment, then commanded byGeneral Gilman Marston, and was musteredinto service in June, 1861. November 3,1861, he was rclicvetl from duty with his regi-ment, and placed on detached service at theheadquarters of General Joseph Hooker, Com-mander of the Second Division, Third Corps,where he remained until after the battle ofGettysburg, when he was ordered to PointLookout, Maryland. The May foll
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