. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . ng citizen of the Borough district. In the fol-lowing spring they moved into the house which they have occu-pied to the present date. The large elm trees in front of thehouse were brought from the woods by Mrs. Sanborn and set outby her direction. Mr. Sanborn has been a farmer, lumberman,railroad contractor and builder, and teamster. For a long seriesof years he has teamed granite from the quarries at West Con-cord to Penacook. He has been highway surveyor of the Bor-ough district nineteen years. The only political
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . ng citizen of the Borough district. In the fol-lowing spring they moved into the house which they have occu-pied to the present date. The large elm trees in front of thehouse were brought from the woods by Mrs. Sanborn and set outby her direction. Mr. Sanborn has been a farmer, lumberman,railroad contractor and builder, and teamster. For a long seriesof years he has teamed granite from the quarries at West Con-cord to Penacook. He has been highway surveyor of the Bor-ough district nineteen years. The only political office that hehas held was representative to the New Hampshire politics Mr. Sanborn affiliates with the Democratic party, and GEORGE F. SANBORN. 413 has been a leading man in the councils of the local organiza-tion. Mr. Sanborn and his wife were both converted under thepreaching of Elder Harriman of the Christian Baptist denomina-tion, and they were baptised in the Outlet in February, 1843 > anopening was cut in the ice large enough to perform the ceremony. George Frank Sanborn.(1840) in, and Rev. John Burdeen of Salisbury performed the rite. Theyhave two children,—one daughter, Mrs. Edwin A. Bacon, and oneson, Jerry F., a dealer in horses, carriages, etc., both residing atPenacook. In earlier years Mr. Sanborn was a noted musician, his firstinstrument being a clarinet, and later a key bugle; those instru- 414 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. ments he played at musters, and for parades of military com-panies and other organizatoins. When the first brass band wasorganized in the village in 1845, Mr. Sanborn took a leadingposition playing the key bugle. Again when the FishervilleCornet band was organized, in 1858, he played with that bandusing a cornet instead of a bugle; his last band playing was withBrowns band, which was formed in 1863. At eighty-five yearsof age Mr. Sanborn is still strong and hearty, and having anunusually good memory has given much assistance in th
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