Dr. Albert J. Herrick, D.V.S. of Portsmouth, N.H. Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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

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     DR. ALBERT J. HERRICK, D. V. S.,* who has been located in Ports-
mouth, N.H., since 1910, was born in Brooklin, Me., April 24, 1850, a son
of Marx D. and Mary (Richardson) Herrick. The father was a well-known
contractor of Brooklin, of which place he was a native. Albert J. Herrick
was educated in the public schools and the college at Portland, Me. Subse-
qnently going to England, he entered the Royal Veterinary College, where
he was graduated in 1870. He then returned to America and in 1872 opened
a veterinary hospital in Boston, Mass., conducting it until the great fire in
Boston in November of that year. He then went to Minnesota, but subse-
quently removed to River Falls, Wis. From there he went to Ogdensburg,
N.Y., where he practiced his profession for awhile. His next move was to
Woodstock, Vt., in which place he was again burnt out. He now went to the
Pacific slope, locating in Los Angeles, Cali., but later returned east and located
again in Boston, where, however, he remained but a short time, proceeding
thence to Clairmont, N.H., where he remained during one winter. His next
move was to Somerville, Mass., where he opened a veterinary hospital which
he conducted for two years. At the end of that time he made another removal,
this time to Manchester, N. H., where he established the Palace Veterinary

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Hospital, which he subsequently sold out. He then located in Epping, N.H.,
where he remained tWo years, going from there to Exeter, N. H., in which
place he practiced his profession for seven years and a half. Locating then
in Keene, N.H., he stayed there for two years and a half, coming from that
town to Portsmouth in 1910, as above narrated. Since coming here he has
established a high reputation as a master of veterinary surgery and is recog-
nized also as a progressive and high minded citizen.
     Dr. Herrick belongs to the Odd Fellows, of which order he has been a
member for over thirty years. He married Miss Bessie E. Hoffman, daughter
of Michael Hoffman, of the U.S. Army. They have two daughters. Dr. Her-
rick is a democrat in politics. He and his wife are both members of the
Grange. They have a pleasant summer home in Epping.