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��20. Hon. Benjamin R. Wheeler, born April 20. 1840. in Salem ; was edu- cated in private and public schools of his native town; enlisted April 25, 18G1, in company H, 1st N. II. regiment; re- enlisted in company C, 4th N. II. regi- ment, as sergeant; was wounded in right shoulder at Drury's Bluff, May 1G. 186 1 ; was promoted to be captain ; served over three years, and was mustered out November 5, 18G4. In the spring of 18G5 he commenced to manufacture shoes ; went out of the business in 1878 ; has been highway surveyor, town-clerk, representative in 1872 and 1873, deputy sheriff four years, and supervisor four years. He married, in 18GG. Laura H. Vincent; is a Mason, commander of G. A. R. Post, No. GO, and attends the Methodist church.
21. Hon. Francis T. French, born September 2, 1835. in East Kingston; received a common school education; settled in his native town; went into business before he became of age; is a farmer and deals in produce and stock. He has been town-clerk, select- man, representative in 1865 and 1879. He married (1) in 18GG Almira A. Ste- vens ; (2) in 1878 Emily S. Chase, and at- tends the Universalist church.
22. Hon. Lafayette Hall, born June 9, 1825, in Brighton. Me. ; received a common school education ; settled in New Hampshire in 1853, and is a manu- facturer of railroad supplies ; was rep- resentative from Durham in 18G8 and 18G9, from Newmarket in 187G and 1877; a member of the senate in 1881. He is married, and has no religious prefer- ences.
23. Hon. James Frank Seavey, born August 14, 1838; was educated at Franklin Academy. Dover, where he settled in 1857 ; served eight years as clerk. In 18GG he embarked in the ready- made clothing business. He has been a member of Dover common council, treas-
��ure)- (if Strafford county from 18G!) to 1871 ; representative from ward 2. Dover, from 1878 to 1880; state senator in 1881. In 1863 he married Sarah F. Webster, and has two children, Grace W. and Walter II. He is a Methodist, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a Knight of Pythias. In the last order he represented, in 1878 and 1879, the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in the Supreme Lodge of the world.
24. Hon. John Leioiiton, born Octo- ber 2G. 184G, in Stratham ; was educated in the common schools; settled in Ports- mouth, in 18G5, in the grocery business; was appointed cashier of Mechanics' and Traders' National Bank in 1881 ; re- signed in 1882 ; was elected a trustee of the Portsmouth Savings Bank in 1880; was alderman in 1879 and 1880. and rep- resentative in 1881. He married, in 1880, Mary E., daughter £of Capt. John B. Haley, of Portsmouth; is a Mason, and attends the Unitarian church.
��EXPLANATION.
The publisher of the Granite Month- ly proposed to issue a supplement con- taining biographical sketches of the members of the N. H. House of Repre- sentatives for 1883-85, in the June num- ber. He has not received sufficient en- couragement. Of the three hundred members of the House but sixty have an swered his circular asking for necessary information. The amount of two dollars has been received in sums of fifty cents, and less, in postage stamps, ami orders for less than one hundred copies. The sketches of members who have sub- scribed for the magazine will appear in some future number; other sketches will be deposited in the archives of the N. II. Historical Society. The proposed sup- plement would have cost the publisher over $100, and the demand does not war- rant the outlay.
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