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 THE

��G-BANITE MONTHLY.

��A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, HISTORY AND STATE PROGRESS.

��VOL. 1.

��JANUARY, 1878.

��NO. 8.

��HON. ALVAH W. SULLOWAY.

��New Hampshire is reputed to be " a good State to emigrate from." At all events there are now, and have been for nearly a century past, natives of New Hampshire occupying pre-eminent posi- tions among the distinguished citizens of other States in all sections of the Union, embracing governors, congressmen, sen- ators, judges of the supreme court, cabi- net ministers, eminent jurists, divines and journalists, as well as many of the lead- ing minds in the various departments of active business. But while we at home are proud of the names and the achieve- ments of those in other States who have gone out from our midst, as well as those who have won distinction and honor at home, we should not entirely forget the fact that New Hampshire, while con- tributing so largely to other States, has received something in return — that while numbers of her sons have performed hon- orable service in various fields of action abroad, not a few from other States have made their home with us, winning hon- orable position and contributing to the material prosperity and general welfare of the State. Many of the prominent representative men of the State, known to the present generation, in public life — at the bar and on the bench, including such names as Burke, Bingham, Hib- bard, Foster, Benton, Ray, and others, were born in our sister State of Vermont, while many others, not less eminent and

��successful, came from Massachusetts and other States.

Among the representative men of the State, in active business life at the pres- ent time, not only upon the ground of business success, but from his connec- tion with public and political affairs, Al- vah W. Sulloway of Franklin may properly be regarded as worthy of men- tion.

Mr. Sulloway is a native of Framing- ham, Mass., born Dec. 25, 1838. His father, I. W. Sulloway, who is still liv- ing, and now resides at Waltham, Mass., was an overseer in the Saxonville Woolen Mills. He had a family of four chil- dren, one son and three daughters Alvah W., the son, being the eldest. Of the daughters, two are living, one still unmarried, and the other the wife of Herbert Bailey, a hosiery manufac- turer now in business in the town of Claremont. When Alvah'was ten years of age his father removed to the town of Enfield in this State, where he engaged in the manufacture of yarn and hosiery, remaining some sixteen years, when he sold out to his son-in-law and retired from business. When not attending school, in his youth Mr. Sulloway was engaged in his father's mill, and thus be- came thoroughly familiarized with the details and general operation of the man- ufacturing business in which he has sub- sequently been so actively and success-

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