Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . ad farm, where he remained ten years, andthen sold out. He still has considerable farm-ing land. In 1872-74, Mr. Smith served asa Representative to the Lower House of theState legislature, and was one of the Com-mittee on Banking. He is an attendant of theFree Baptist church. Mr. Smith has twice married. His firstwife, Susan O. Smith, died in 1887, at fifty-two years of age; and in 1892 he marriedSarah There were two children by thefirst union — namely, Vina, who died
Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . ad farm, where he remained ten years, andthen sold out. He still has considerable farm-ing land. In 1872-74, Mr. Smith served asa Representative to the Lower House of theState legislature, and was one of the Com-mittee on Banking. He is an attendant of theFree Baptist church. Mr. Smith has twice married. His firstwife, Susan O. Smith, died in 1887, at fifty-two years of age; and in 1892 he marriedSarah There were two children by thefirst union — namely, Vina, who died in 1S63;and Abby, who died in 1878—^ and none bythe second marriajre. ?TW\ICHARD T. ROGERS, for manyI ^~^ years a prominent resident of Roches-i-^ V ^ ter, was born in this town, July 3,1818, son of Samuel and Nancy (Tripe)Rogers. The earliest ancestor of Mr. Rogersin this country emigrated from Dublin, Ire-land, bringing an infant son John, who wasat the time only a year old. This John grewto manhood in America and married MaryMcDuffie, who was born at sea when hermother was coming to America. John Rogers. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 537 was father of Daniel, the grandfather of Rogers. He was born on the farmthat had been cleared by his father; antl ii[)onreaching manhood he married Hannah Gage,of Dover, whose father was a brother of Gen-eral Thomas Gage of Revolutionary Rogers, born on the place afterwardowned and occupied by his son for many years,was a farmer and wheelwright, and did a largebusiness. A prominent and influential man inthis section of the State, he was for manyyears Selectman of the town. He marriedNancy Tripe, of Dover, whose father inventedthe diving bell used at Portsmouth, had two children — Elizabeth and Rich-ard T. Rogers. It is related of Mrs. NancyRogers that on being warned, when her hus-band was about to test the newly inventeddiving bell, he would not come up alive, shewent down with him, and both came up un-harmed. R
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