. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . peration he retired from the management and removed to New-ton, Mass., and later to Revere, Mass., where he resides at thisdate (1901). As a skilful mechanic and capable manager ofimportant manufacturing enterprises Mr. Drown has enjoyed anactive and successful career. Mr. Drown was married at Newport, R. I., in 1847 to MissLouise Harriet Smith of Apulia, N. Y., and by her has had fourchildren, Edward A., a merchant in Boston; Fred I., a dentist atBoston; Mary L., residing with her father at Revere; and Clar-ence H
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . peration he retired from the management and removed to New-ton, Mass., and later to Revere, Mass., where he resides at thisdate (1901). As a skilful mechanic and capable manager ofimportant manufacturing enterprises Mr. Drown has enjoyed anactive and successful career. Mr. Drown was married at Newport, R. I., in 1847 to MissLouise Harriet Smith of Apulia, N. Y., and by her has had fourchildren, Edward A., a merchant in Boston; Fred I., a dentist atBoston; Mary L., residing with her father at Revere; and Clar-ence H., deceased. Mrs. Drown died in 1882, and Mr. Drownhas not married again. Beside his Masonic affiliations Mr. Drown retains membershipin the Odd Fellows organization, and has been an active memberof the Congregational societies wherever he has resided. Of lateyears he has become interested in the Sons of the American Rev-olution, for membership in which organization he is doubly quali-fied, both of his grandfathers having been Revolutionary soldiers. 558 HISTORY OF Jere 0Halloran. JERE OHALLORAN. Among the large number of young men born in Penacook whohave pushed out to a wider world and become famous in thevarious lines of human endeavor, few, if any, have become morewidely known than Jere OHalloran, Bostons poet-barber. Jere was born in the Halloran house near the office of the Con-cord Axle Co. on November 14, 1861. His parents wereEdward and Catherine (Ford) OHalloran, both natives of CountyCork, Ireland. Jere was the oldest of three children, and afterthe death of his father, in 1871, he left school and went to work,at ten years of age, in the cotton mills. Later on he foundemployment in the cabinet shop, in the grocery store of C. Linehan for a short time, and at the Harris Woolen mills. JERE O HALLORAN. 559 While at the latter place he formed a desire to learn the barberstrade, and was soon given a place in the shop of B. Frank on he opened
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