The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . rley. One of the most prominent and bestknown men of Meredith Bridge andLaconia in its early days was Dr. JohnLangdon Perley, who was, in fact, oneof the leading men in this part of NewHampshire in financial and political 164 THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. matters, in the early years of the presentcentury. He was born in Laconia, then Mere-dith Bridge, June 10, 1805, the son ofStephen and Mehitable (Ladd) father was a very prominent manin the early history
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . rley. One of the most prominent and bestknown men of Meredith Bridge andLaconia in its early days was Dr. JohnLangdon Perley, who was, in fact, oneof the leading men in this part of NewHampshire in financial and political 164 THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. matters, in the early years of the presentcentury. He was born in Laconia, then Mere-dith Bridge, June 10, 1805, the son ofStephen and Mehitable (Ladd) father was a very prominent manin the early history of this community,and the Ladd family, of which hismother was a member, figured exten-sively in the settlement and develop-ment of Laconia. unsettled country, returned to Laconiawith renewed interest in its welfare. He was for many years extensivelyengaged in farming and the manufac-ture of lumber, owning a large extent ofwoodland in this section. At East Til-ton he owned a sawmill, grist-mill, andvaluable water privilege, but this prop-erty he finally sold. Dr. Perley was much interested inbanking, and was one of the incorpo-. The late Lieut. John L. Perley, Jr. John L. Perley studied medicine withDr. Durkee, one of the first practitionersat Meredith Bridge, and graduatedM. D. from Bowdoin college, Bruns-wick, Me., in 1829. He engaged inthe practice of his profession untilabout forty years of age, and thenretired to give more attention to othermatters in which he became went West in 1837, but after spend-ing some time in that then lawless and rators of the Meredith Bridge Savingsbank, a member of its board of trustees,and its president for some time. Hewas also one of the incorporators ofthe Belknap Savings bank, and itspresident until about ten years pre-vious to his death, when he resigned. He was a member of the old Whigparty, and was appointed postmaster ofMeredith Bridge during President JohnQuincy Adamss administration in 1S29. THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 165
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