CAPT. HENRY B. ATHERTON
Capt. Henry Bridge Atherton, who died at his home on Fairmount Heights in Nashua, February 6, 1906, was one of the brilliant galaxy of lawyers contributed to New Hampshire by the Green Mountain State, embracing such names as Burkem the Binghams, the Hibbards, Foster, Wait, Benton, Ray and Stone. he was born in Cavendish, Vt., September 21, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Roxanna Ives Atherton, and the sixth in line from James Atherton, who came to this country from Lancashire, England, in 1635.
He was educated in the public schools, at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Leland Academy, Townsend, and at Dartmouth college, graduating from the latter in 1859. He read law with Joseph Sawyer at Alton, Ill., and with John F. Deane, whose partner he was for a time; also graduating from the Albany Law School in 1860. Returning to Vermont after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made captain of Company C, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, in September 1861, and immediately left for the front. He participated in the Peninsular Campaign, and in April, 1862, was severely wounded at Lee's Mills, in the right groin and head, and subsequently resigned for disability. Late in that year he went to Nashua where he took editorial charge of the Telegraph, continuing till the spring of 1864, when he opened law practice in that city, continuing successfully to the time of his death, during six years--from 1866 to 1872--having been a partner with William Barrett.
He was treasurer for Hillsborough County for two years; postmaster of Nashua from 1872 to 1876, and representative in the Legislature in 1867-68' and 1885-86, serving on the Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Committee on National Affairs. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1885. President Harrison appointed him land commissioner for Samoa under the treaty of Berlin; he was also offered the governorship of Alaska, both of which he declined.
From 1890 until 1894 he was a member of the Nashua Board of Education, and in 1893-94 president of that body. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and also a Scottish Rite Mason of the 33d and last degree. he was a member of John G. Foster Post, G.A.R., and one of its past commanders. He was an attendant at the services at the Pilgrim Church.
Captain Atherton was a man of strong individuality, great intellectual power, wife information, and marked force in expression both as a speaker and writer. he was united in marriage at Ludlow, Vt., in 1861, with Abbie Louise Armington, who died in Nashua, after a long and painful illness, December 8, 1896. The children of their marriage, all of whom were born in Nashua, are; Maud, wife of Almon W. Griswold of New York; Grace, wife of William F. Hazelton, N.D., of Springfield, Vt., Robert, who died in infancy; Anna H., wife of Charles Snow; and Henry Francis, at present a student in Harvard University. September 8, 1898, he was married to Ella Blaylock, M.D., by whom he leaves two children, Blaylock and Ives.
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(New Hampshire Necrology)
Capt. Henry Bridge Atherton, who died at his home on Fairmount Heights in Nashua, February 6, 1906, was one of the brilliant galaxy of lawyers contributed to New Hampshire by the Green Mountain State, embracing such names as Burkem the Binghams, the Hibbards, Foster, Wait, Benton, Ray and Stone. he was born in Cavendish, Vt., September 21, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Roxanna Ives Atherton, and the sixth in line from James Atherton, who came to this country from Lancashire, England, in 1635.
He was educated in the public schools, at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Leland Academy, Townsend, and at Dartmouth college, graduating from the latter in 1859. He read law with Joseph Sawyer at Alton, Ill., and with John F. Deane, whose partner he was for a time; also graduating from the Albany Law School in 1860. Returning to Vermont after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made captain of Company C, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, in September 1861, and immediately left for the front. He participated in the Peninsular Campaign, and in April, 1862, was severely wounded at Lee's Mills, in the right groin and head, and subsequently resigned for disability. Late in that year he went to Nashua where he took editorial charge of the Telegraph, continuing till the spring of 1864, when he opened law practice in that city, continuing successfully to the time of his death, during six years--from 1866 to 1872--having been a partner with William Barrett.
He was treasurer for Hillsborough County for two years; postmaster of Nashua from 1872 to 1876, and representative in the Legislature in 1867-68' and 1885-86, serving on the Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Committee on National Affairs. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1885. President Harrison appointed him land commissioner for Samoa under the treaty of Berlin; he was also offered the governorship of Alaska, both of which he declined.
From 1890 until 1894 he was a member of the Nashua Board of Education, and in 1893-94 president of that body. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and also a Scottish Rite Mason of the 33d and last degree. he was a member of John G. Foster Post, G.A.R., and one of its past commanders. He was an attendant at the services at the Pilgrim Church.
Captain Atherton was a man of strong individuality, great intellectual power, wife information, and marked force in expression both as a speaker and writer. he was united in marriage at Ludlow, Vt., in 1861, with Abbie Louise Armington, who died in Nashua, after a long and painful illness, December 8, 1896. The children of their marriage, all of whom were born in Nashua, are; Maud, wife of Almon W. Griswold of New York; Grace, wife of William F. Hazelton, N.D., of Springfield, Vt., Robert, who died in infancy; Anna H., wife of Charles Snow; and Henry Francis, at present a student in Harvard University. September 8, 1898, he was married to Ella Blaylock, M.D., by whom he leaves two children, Blaylock and Ives.
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(New Hampshire Necrology)
CAPT. HENRY B. ATHERTON
Capt. Henry Bridge Atherton, who died at his home on Fairmount Heights in Nashua, February 6, 1906, was one of the brilliant galaxy of lawyers contributed to New Hampshire by the Green Mountain State, embracing such names as Burkem the Binghams, the Hibbards, Foster, Wait, Benton, Ray and Stone. he was born in Cavendish, Vt., September 21, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Roxanna Ives Atherton, and the sixth in line from James Atherton, who came to this country from Lancashire, England, in 1635.
He was educated in the public schools, at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Leland Academy, Townsend, and at Dartmouth college, graduating from the latter in 1859. He read law with Joseph Sawyer at Alton, Ill., and with John F. Deane, whose partner he was for a time; also graduating from the Albany Law School in 1860. Returning to Vermont after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made captain of Company C, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, in September 1861, and immediately left for the front. He participated in the Peninsular Campaign, and in April, 1862, was severely wounded at Lee's Mills, in the right groin and head, and subsequently resigned for disability. Late in that year he went to Nashua where he took editorial charge of the Telegraph, continuing till the spring of 1864, when he opened law practice in that city, continuing successfully to the time of his death, during six years--from 1866 to 1872--having been a partner with William Barrett.
He was treasurer for Hillsborough County for two years; postmaster of Nashua from 1872 to 1876, and representative in the Legislature in 1867-68' and 1885-86, serving on the Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Committee on National Affairs. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1885. President Harrison appointed him land commissioner for Samoa under the treaty of Berlin; he was also offered the governorship of Alaska, both of which he declined.
From 1890 until 1894 he was a member of the Nashua Board of Education, and in 1893-94 president of that body. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and also a Scottish Rite Mason of the 33d and last degree. he was a member of John G. Foster Post, G.A.R., and one of its past commanders. He was an attendant at the services at the Pilgrim Church.
Captain Atherton was a man of strong individuality, great intellectual power, wife information, and marked force in expression both as a speaker and writer. he was united in marriage at Ludlow, Vt., in 1861, with Abbie Louise Armington, who died in Nashua, after a long and painful illness, December 8, 1896. The children of their marriage, all of whom were born in Nashua, are; Maud, wife of Almon W. Griswold of New York; Grace, wife of William F. Hazelton, N.D., of Springfield, Vt., Robert, who died in infancy; Anna H., wife of Charles Snow; and Henry Francis, at present a student in Harvard University. September 8, 1898, he was married to Ella Blaylock, M.D., by whom he leaves two children, Blaylock and Ives.
The Granite Monthly, Volume 38-Page 94-https://books.google.com/books?id-Gy4_AQAAMAAJ
(New Hampshire Necrology)
Capt. Henry Bridge Atherton, who died at his home on Fairmount Heights in Nashua, February 6, 1906, was one of the brilliant galaxy of lawyers contributed to New Hampshire by the Green Mountain State, embracing such names as Burkem the Binghams, the Hibbards, Foster, Wait, Benton, Ray and Stone. he was born in Cavendish, Vt., September 21, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Roxanna Ives Atherton, and the sixth in line from James Atherton, who came to this country from Lancashire, England, in 1635.
He was educated in the public schools, at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Leland Academy, Townsend, and at Dartmouth college, graduating from the latter in 1859. He read law with Joseph Sawyer at Alton, Ill., and with John F. Deane, whose partner he was for a time; also graduating from the Albany Law School in 1860. Returning to Vermont after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made captain of Company C, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, in September 1861, and immediately left for the front. He participated in the Peninsular Campaign, and in April, 1862, was severely wounded at Lee's Mills, in the right groin and head, and subsequently resigned for disability. Late in that year he went to Nashua where he took editorial charge of the Telegraph, continuing till the spring of 1864, when he opened law practice in that city, continuing successfully to the time of his death, during six years--from 1866 to 1872--having been a partner with William Barrett.
He was treasurer for Hillsborough County for two years; postmaster of Nashua from 1872 to 1876, and representative in the Legislature in 1867-68' and 1885-86, serving on the Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Committee on National Affairs. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1885. President Harrison appointed him land commissioner for Samoa under the treaty of Berlin; he was also offered the governorship of Alaska, both of which he declined.
From 1890 until 1894 he was a member of the Nashua Board of Education, and in 1893-94 president of that body. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and also a Scottish Rite Mason of the 33d and last degree. he was a member of John G. Foster Post, G.A.R., and one of its past commanders. He was an attendant at the services at the Pilgrim Church.
Captain Atherton was a man of strong individuality, great intellectual power, wife information, and marked force in expression both as a speaker and writer. he was united in marriage at Ludlow, Vt., in 1861, with Abbie Louise Armington, who died in Nashua, after a long and painful illness, December 8, 1896. The children of their marriage, all of whom were born in Nashua, are; Maud, wife of Almon W. Griswold of New York; Grace, wife of William F. Hazelton, N.D., of Springfield, Vt., Robert, who died in infancy; Anna H., wife of Charles Snow; and Henry Francis, at present a student in Harvard University. September 8, 1898, he was married to Ella Blaylock, M.D., by whom he leaves two children, Blaylock and Ives.
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