John Russell French Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Laura Armetta - FURRY1000@aol.com

Surname: FRENCH
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 955

     JOHN RUSSELL FRENCH, owner of two good farms in the town
of North Hampton, comprising in all some 400 acres, was born in
Boston, Mass., March 23, 1882, son of Oliver S. and Clara B. (Drake)
French. Both parents were natives of North Hampton. The father,
who died in 1889, was engaged in the milk business, running a whole-
sale business in Boston. His wife survives him and resides in Mont-
clair, New Jersey. They had two children, John Russell and Lemira.
The latter married Herbert Davidson and they have a son, Coolidge.
The paternal grandparents of our subject were John F. and Lemira
(Leavitt) French.
     John Russell French was educated in the common schools of Boston
and at a commercial college there. He then engaged in the milk busi-
ness in that city and was thus occupied for several years, when he sold
out and started a creamery. This he sold about four years ago, at
which time he came to North Hampton, where he is engaged in gen-
eral farming, shipping his produce to Salem, Mass. He keeps between
fifty and sixty head of cattle, mostly Holsteins, and gives employment
to three hands the year round. His farm, which he inherited from his
grandmother, has been owned in the French family for the last seventy-
five years.
     Mr. French married Clara Lagreze, daughter of Hermann C. and
Emily (Zeigler) Lagreze. Her father was secretary of the German,
and also of the Austria-Hungary consulate at Boston. Mrs. French's
parents had two children, there being a son, George H., in addition to
Clara, the wife of Mr. French. Mr. and Mrs. French have one son,
John Russell French, Jr. The family are connected with the Congre-
gational Church. Mr. French belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge
in North Hampton. 111 politics he is a Republican.

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