. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . moved his connection to the new Caldwell shop at the centre ofthe village, where he remained as workman and foreman for nearlyforty years. In 1857 he married Miss Asenath A. Dow, by whom he has hadfour daughters, Cora Estelle, Lena Frances, Bertha Dell, and MaryStella. The last only is now living, and is the wife of George , Esq., of New Brunswick, N. J. In i860 Mr. Abbott united with the First Baptist church, andthree years later was chosen deacon, in which office he has re-mained to the present date. Dea
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . moved his connection to the new Caldwell shop at the centre ofthe village, where he remained as workman and foreman for nearlyforty years. In 1857 he married Miss Asenath A. Dow, by whom he has hadfour daughters, Cora Estelle, Lena Frances, Bertha Dell, and MaryStella. The last only is now living, and is the wife of George , Esq., of New Brunswick, N. J. In i860 Mr. Abbott united with the First Baptist church, andthree years later was chosen deacon, in which office he has re-mained to the present date. Deacon Abbott has also beensuperintendent of the Sunday-school connected with his church DEA. FRANKLIN A. ABBOTT. 325 for a long term of years. His fellow-citizens have called himto many positions of honorable service. He has served as schoolcommittee, also as selectman for ward one four years, as commoncouncilman in 1871, and as alderman of the city in 1878. Healso served five years on the board of assessors for the city. Deacon Abbott was one of the first to join Horace Chase. Dea. Franklin A. Abbott. Lodge, F. & A. M., taking the degrees in 1861. He has takenalso the higher degrees to the thirty-second, and is a member ofMount Horeb Commandery of Concord, Edward A. RaymondConsistory of Nashua, and Mount Sinai Temple of Montpelier,Vt. Mr. Abbott left the cabinet shop some years ago, and has sincegiven his attention to real estate business mostly, having acquired 326 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. several tenement houses and one of the business blocks on Mainstreet, besides his fine homestead at the corner of Merrimack andCentre streets. FRANK M. GARLAND. One of the most notable boys that ever enlivened the villagewas Frank M. Garland, who was born in Henniker, the youngestof a large family. From boyhood he showed quite remarkablevitality, and easily excelled in such things as pleased him. Oneof his early accomplishments was playing the cornet, which instru-ment he learned without instruct
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