George Edward Kent of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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

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     GEORGE EDWARD KENT, whose death in 1905 deprived Exeter of
one of its prominent businessmen and also one of its most esteemed citizens,
was born in Somersworth, N. H., December 31, 1857.  His parents were
Hervey and Eliza Jane (Hanson) Kent, the former of whom was, at the
time of his decease, president of the Exeter Manufacturing Company.  They
were members of the Phillips Congregational Church of Exeter.  Their chil-
dren were Emma Jane, Cora Lillie and George Edward.
     George Edward Kent was given a good schooling and graduated from the
School of Technology at Worcester, Mass.  He then entered into the cotton
manufacturing industry, which he followed for the rest of his life.  In 1897
he was proprietor of the Pittsfield Mills at Pittsfield, N. H.  Subsequently
he became general manager of the Exeter Manufacturing Company, and still
later was agent and treasurer of this company, which position he held at the
time of his death.  Domestic in his tastes, Mr. Kent took no part in public
life, taking active interest in politics only to the extent of casting his vote.
He was a member of the Congregational church, taking a keen interest in its
good work, and those who knew him best were his warmest friends.
     In 1884, on June l0th, Mr. Kent was united in marriage with Miss Addie
C. Gale, who was born in Concord. N. H., a daughter of Henry C. and
Martha A. (Hayward) Gale.  She was the only child of her parents, who
were both natives of Concord, where her father was in business as a hotel
proprietor.  Mr. and Mrs. Kent became the parents of four children, namely:
Margaret, Robert, who married Betty Read, Hervey and Richard.  All the
members of the family are affiliated religiously with the Phillips Congrega-
tional Church.  Honest, cultivated and refined, they stand high in the estima-
tion of their fellow townsmen.