Justin VanNess Hanscom Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Laura Armetta - FURRY1000@aol.com

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

Page 953

     JUSTIN VAN NESS HANSCOM, whose death on May 4th, 1905, re-
moved one of Portsmouth's sterling citizens, was born in Eliot, Me., Nov. I I,
1835, a son of Samuel, Jr., and Elizabeth (Shapleigh) Hanscom. The father
of our subject, also a native of Eliot, Me., was a well known shipbuilder
there for many years.
     Justin V. Hanscom was educated in the public schools, and at an academy
at Eliot, Me. When a young man he entered his father's employ as clerk
and later worked for Tobey and Littlefield, who were in the ship building
line in Portsmouth, N. H. In the early seventies he became secretary and
confidential man of affairs to Frank Jones, Portsmouth's famous brewer and
for years one of her most distinguished citizens, remaining with him until
his own death, as above narrated. A man of wide acquaintance and univer-
sally popular, his death caused general sorrow and much sympathy was ex-
pressed for his bereaved family. His remains were interred in the South
Cemetery, his funeral being largely attended. He was a consistent and de-
Voted member of the Unitarian church, and a man whose word was known
to be as good as his bond.
     Mr. Hanscom married Miss Sarah M. Hanscom, a daughter of Samuel
Hanscom, also a native of Eliot, Me., where he followed the occupation of
farmer and ship carpenter, and where he died in 1852. Our subject and wife
were the parents of two children, both daughters, Alice and Clara A., the lat-
ter being employed with the Granite Insurance Company of Portsmouth.
Both reside with their mother at No, 249 Islington street.

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