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��THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

��NE W HAMPSHIRE L E GISLA TURE— 1883-5.

��SENATE.

Hon. Jonathan M. Taylor, born in Sanbornton Sept. 21, 1822. was edu- cated at the common schools and at the Woodman Academy, in Sanborn- ton, where he lias always lived. He has been a blacksmith, and for some years a farmer. He was moderator in Sanbornton in 1877. 1878. and 1879; town-clerk from 1856 to 1873, inclusive, with the exception of one year ; chair- man of the the board of selectmen, and likewise town treasurer in 1869. for set- tlement of affairs on rlivision of the town. He has held almost every other subordinate office of the town. He helped organize the Sanbornton Mutual Fire insurance Company in 1875, and has held the office of president ever since its organization. He was elected county commissioner for Belknap coun- ty, in 1864, 1865, 1866. and 1867; was chosen by the court chairman of a joint board of commission for Belknap and Grafton counties to try the bridge case, Daniel Smith vs. Towns of Bristol and New Hampton, and other cases of reference ; was post-master of Sanborn- ton from 1848 to 1851, inclusive; is a Mason, is married, and attends the Con- gregational church.

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.

Brooks M. Heald, of Temple was born in that town Mar. 23, 1833, and has always retained a residence there. He was engaged in teaching more or less during some twenty years or more prior to 1875. when his father died, since which time farming has been his chief occupation. He is a graduate of West- field (Mass.) State Normal School; has held various town offices, namely, school committee and selectman, having been on the board of selectmen for the past five years. Unmarried. His religious preference, though kt nominally by edu- cation and practice a Congregationalist, is not exclusively confined to any de- nominational creed, but prefers and is in sympathy with that religion which pat- terns nearest after Christ's teaching, of whatever name or creed;" was a char- ter member of Miller Grange, organized in 1874, and is at present its acting sec- retary. During the late war, while a member of l * Lyndeborough Heavy Ar- tillery," he was mustered into the U. S. service, doing duty until honorably dis- charged. Uniformly a Republican.

Charles S. Whitehouse, Esq., born Sept. 3, 1827, in Rochester; educated at

��Phillips academy; is a woolen manu- facturer; was a representative in 1861 and 1862 ; state senator in 1863 ; auditor in 1882. Attends Episcopal church, is married, a Mason, and an Odd Fellow. In 1875 he was a candidate for congress against Hon. Frank Jones. For several years in Boston Custom House, and a member of the State central committee.

Christopher H. Wells. Esq., born July 8. 1853. in Somersworth ; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1875; studied law with his father and Hon. Nath'l Wells; was admitted to the bar in 1878 ; captain of the Great Falls Cadets ; representative in 1881. He is editor and publisher of the Great- Falls Journal. *

James H. Edgerley, born in 1847; received an academical education ; taught school ; read law with William J. Copeland ; was admitted to the bar in 1874, and formed a partnership with Mr. Copeland; was counsel in Buzzell and Pinkhatu trials; is interested in historical and antiquarian subjects. He is married, a temperance advocate, and a successful lawyer.

Augustus H. Bixby, Francestown, was born in that town March 27, 1827; has lived in Francestown, Bos- ton, Mass.. South and Central Amer- ica, West Indies, Groton, Mass.. and Manchester. N. H. ; also has followed his profession in Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas and Tennessee. Occupation, civil engineer; was educated at Frances- town academy and Amherst College; has held several town offices; is mar- ried ; is an Episcopalian, a Knight Tem- plar, a Mason, and a Past Commander of the Department of New Hampshire G. A. R. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the New Hampshire Batallion of the First New England Cavalry, which afterward became a part of the first Rhode Island Cavalry, as a first lieutenant, Dec. 3, 1861 ; was promoted captain Aug. 12, 1862; wound- ed at Middlebnrgh, Va., in the general cavalry light June 17 and 18, 1S63. from which time, until his discharge, Nov. 9, 1864, on account of wounds and disa- bilities received in battle, he served in the Cavalry Bureau as inspector; was transferred to the First New Hampshire Cavalry Jan. 7, 1864; was brevetted major for " gallant and meritorious services in action," July 24, 1865.

John T. Busiel, born Oct. 12, 1847, in Gilford, now Laconia; graduated at Harvard College in 1868, and is a manu- facturer of socks.

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