Edward E. McIntire Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net

Surname: MCINTIRE
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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  EDWARD E. McINTIRE, who has been a lifelong resident of Ports-
mouth, N. H., is a man of recognized standing and ability, and 
frequently has been called into public service. In I890 he represented 
his district in the New Hampshire Legislatt1re, and during the years 
1900 and 1901 he served with marked efficiency as mayor of Portsmouth. 
He holds a position at the Portsmouth Navy Yard as foreman coppersmith.
  Mr. Mclntire was born in Portsmouth, in 1850, and is a son of 
Jefferson and Emma C. (Foss) McIntire, the father a native of York, 
Maine; and the mother of Dover, N. H. The paternal grandfather, Michael 
McIntire, was  a native of Scotland. Jefferson McIntire was a machinist 
by trade, and was

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one of the first men elected to the board of aldermen for the city of 
Portsmouth. He and his wife were Methodists. They had a family of 
sixteen children, of which number eight grew to maturity. But two of 
the family are now living, Jefferson, Jr., and the subject of this 
record.
  Edward E. McIntire received but little school training, attending the 
public schools of Portsmouth. At the early age of twelve years he 
started to work in the copper shop in the navy yard, the same shop of 
which he now has charge. He learned thoroughly the trades of plumbing 
and steam fitting, tinsmith and coppersmith, and at different times 
worked at each. In addition to the public service. before mentioned, 
Mr. McIntire served two terms as alderman, and was the first man 
elected to be plumbing inspector, when that office had its inception. 
For a period of twenty years he was an active member of the fire 
department, for two years being foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company. 
He also was foreman of the Dearborn Steam Fire Engine Company.
  In l870 Edward E. McIntire married Miss Harriet Octavia Martin, a
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Martin. She died in l876, leaving to
survive her two children, Gertrude Emma and Grace Everett. In religious
attachment the family is Baptist. Mr. McIntire is a republican in 
politics.
  He is a Royal Arch Mason, and belongs to the Independent Order of Red-
men, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

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