Samuel Langdon of Portsmouth, 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

Page 860

     SAMUEL LANGDON, owner and proprietor for many years of a
good fifty-acre farm on the Lafayette road, Portsmouth, N. H., was

[Pages 861 & 862 contained a portrait for a different biography]

Page 863

born in Portsmouth, August 17, 1838, and died October 31, 1913.  His
parents, Samuel and Hannah (Langdon) Langdon, were both natives
of New Hampshire.  Their children were John, Joseph, Harriett Ann
(wife of Mark L. Jenkins), and Samuel, whose name appears at the
head of this sketch.
     The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools, at
a private school in Portsmouth, and at Pembroke Academy.  He was
brought up on his father's farm, which subsequently came to him by
inheritance and on which he 1ived continuously from the time of his
marriage until his death, operating it with good financial results.  The
estate is now the property of his widow and son, Samuel S.  Mr.
Langdon was a man of good business ability and took an active part in
public affairs.  At one time he was a member of the city council, also
served on the school committee, and was a justice of the peace.
     He was married November 21, 1877, to Florence E. Marston, who
was born in Portsmouth, N. H., a daughter of Joseph and Thankful
(Langdon) Marston, who were New Hampshire people, the father being
a stone mason.  There were seven children in the Marston family,
namely: John L., Annie F., wife of Addison Carroll; Sarah A., wife of
George H. Pickering, Albert S., Marcellus H., Florence E., who became
the wife of the subject of this sketch, and Charles L. W.  Mr. and Mrs.
Langdon were the parents of three children, namely: Ida, wife of
Joseph Miner; Samuel S., residing at home with his mother, and Frank
J., engaged in the milk business at Portsmouth.  The family attend the
North church.