J. Merton Buswell Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu Surname: BUSWELL Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1264 J. MERTON BUSWELL,* one of the owners and proprietors of the New Method Laundry Company, has been a resident of Portsmouth, N. H., only since January, 1912, but in this short time has become firmly established in the good will of the people. The business in which he is interested gives em- ployment to twelve people and is liberally patronized. Mr. Buswell was born in Salisbury, Mass., April 9, 1884, and is a son of George W. and -Anna ( Cilley ) Buswell, who still reside in Massachusetts, the father being a farmer and lumberman. There are but two children in the family, Elsie and J. Merton. After leaving the grade schools, J. Merton Buswell took a commercial course in Newburyport High School. His first work was as hoisting engineer, which he followed three years. He learned the plumbing trade and followed it for six years. He holds Massachusetts license both as engineer and plumber. Since coming to Portsmouth he has been identified with the laundry business. He is a republican in politics. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics and the Patrons of Husbandry. His family attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.