Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . e the superintendentof the Laconia Lake Company, and was incharge of the building of dams for eight or tenyears. He later made patterns in the machineshops of B. J. Cole. At the time of theorganization of the Lake Village SavingsBank, Mr. Ham was elected Treasurer; andthis office was his until 1S95, when, after as-sociation with the bank for more than twenty-seven years, he was elected President. In 1844 Thomas Ham married Mary Eliza-beth, daughter of Captain Smith, of NewHamp
Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . e the superintendentof the Laconia Lake Company, and was incharge of the building of dams for eight or tenyears. He later made patterns in the machineshops of B. J. Cole. At the time of theorganization of the Lake Village SavingsBank, Mr. Ham was elected Treasurer; andthis office was his until 1S95, when, after as-sociation with the bank for more than twenty-seven years, he was elected President. In 1844 Thomas Ham married Mary Eliza-beth, daughter of Captain Smith, of NewHampton, Her father, who receivedhis title of Captain from service in the mili-tia, was proprietor of a store and hotel, andwas for many years the Postmaster of NewHampton. Mr. Ham is one of the principal supportersof the Orthodox church of Canterbury, and isa regular attendant of divine service. Polit-ically, he was formerly what is known as anold-line Whig, and is now a Republican. Hisfirst Presidential vote was cast in 1840 forWilliam Henry Harrison. He has held theoffice of Tax Collector, and has served as a. :SMm^Sm CHARLES A. BUSIEL. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 375 Representative to the lej^islature for twoterms. VVliile in the legislature during theyears 1859 and i860, he was on the Committeefor Division of Towns. In Masonry Mr. Hamnot only belongs to lodge, chapter, and coun-cil, but has taken the thirty-second is a member of Mount Horeb Commandery,K. T., in Concord; and ofEdward A. Ray-mond Consistory at Nashua. A highly successful business man and aninfluential citizen, Mr. Ham is also a man ofconsiderable musical ability. For a numberof years he played the E-flat tuba in the Man-chester Cornet Band and in the UelknapCornet Band of Laconia, and he played theflute in the Baptist and the Free Baptistchurches of that place. Mr. Ham has forsome time resided in his present dwelling onPark Street, and it was from this house thathe and his wife saw pass the first train of
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