. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . llinery store in his new block for some ten years, andthen removed his business to Concord, where he remained in tradeduring the remainder of his life. Since his death the business atConcord has been continued by his daughter. Mr. Wadleighowned some farming land north of the village on which hebestowed considerable personal attention in the summer season,in the later years of his life. Mr. Wadleigh was married June 10, 1841, to Almira A. Challis, CHARLES M. ROLFE. 347 of Sutton, who died December n, i860, leaving f
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . llinery store in his new block for some ten years, andthen removed his business to Concord, where he remained in tradeduring the remainder of his life. Since his death the business atConcord has been continued by his daughter. Mr. Wadleighowned some farming land north of the village on which hebestowed considerable personal attention in the summer season,in the later years of his life. Mr. Wadleigh was married June 10, 1841, to Almira A. Challis, CHARLES M. ROLFE. 347 of Sutton, who died December n, i860, leaving four children,—William R., a corporal in the Fifth Regiment, N. H. Vols.; Ella A.,Almira C, and Frank C, of whom Ella alone survives. Mr. Wad-leigh died at Concord, April 10, 1896. His son William livedbut nine years after the war; he died at Penacook, July 24, 1874. CHARLES M. ROLFE. Charles Moody Rolfe, eldest son of Capt. Nathaniel and Mary J.(Moody) Rolfe, and lineal descendant in the fifth generation fromHenry Rolfe, one of the original proprietors of Concord, was born. Charles M. Rolfe. in Penacook, August 18, 1841. His education was obtained inthe village schools, common and high, and at the close of hisschool days he was employed in the manufacture of doors, sash,and blinds in the shops of his father. After his fathers company 348 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. had retired from the business, in 1866 Charles formed a new com-pany with his brother Abial, the firm name being C. M. & A. , and the line of goods which they manufactured was thesame as made by the older firm in which their father was man-ager. The new firm leased shops and sawmill on Water street,where they operated for several years, and then moved back tothe Concord side of the river, locating on Merrimack street, usinga portion of the original Rolfe estate. Mr. Rolfe has found an increasing business from year to year,and now employs some fifty or more men, using about two mill-ion feet of pine lumber annually.
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