Norman H. Beane Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: BEANE
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 968

     NORMAN H. BEANE, a prosperous merchant of Portsmouth. N.
H., where he conducts a large boot and shoe store, on Congress street,
also carrying a full line of men's and boys' clothing, was born in Newing-
ton, N. H., June 13, 1876, a son of Henry and Marguerite (Newhall)
Beane, His father, a native of Massachusetts, following farming there for
a number of years. The family was a large one, numbering nine children.
     Norman H. Beane was educated in the public schools and embarked
in his present business in 1907. He has been very successful, and is now
numbered among the leading citizens of the county. A Republican in
politics, he has taken a strong interest in local affairs and has served l
ably in official positions. F-or ten years he was superintendent of the f
County Poor Farm, and in 1911 was elected to the board of county com- 
missioners, in 1913 being made its chairman. He is a member of the
Masonic order, is a Knight Templar, and belongs to the "Shrine" at Con
cord; also to Geneva Lodge, I. O. O. F., the B. P. O. E., and the Ports-
mouth Athletic Club.
     Mr. Beane married Miss Belle Prescott, a daughter of George Pres-
cott, of Epping, N. H. He and his wife are members of the Congrega-
tional church, taking an active part in its good work. They have a wide
acquaintance among the prominent people of the city and county and
are highly esteemed for their personal characteristics.

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