George W. Pollard 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 1068

   GEORGE W. POLLARD, clerk and director of the Portsmouth Brew-
ing Company at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been identified with this
company for a period of twenty years.  Wherever he has resided he has
taken an earnest interest in civic affairs, and frequently has been called to
serve in local offices.  The Portsmouth Brewing Company is one of the pros-
perous enterprises of the city, giving employment to some eighty men.  Its
officers are:  Arthur Harris, president; Lawrence J. Harrington, vice presi-
dent; William F. Harrington, treasurer and general manager.  The board
of directors include the officers together with George W. Pollard and James
H. McGlinchy.
   Mr. Pollard was born in New Market, Rockingham County, New Hamp-
shire, July 11, 1860, and is a son of Levi L. and Martha Jane (Winkley)
Pollard, the father a native of Concord, Mass., and the mother of Lowell,
Mass.  Levi L. Pollard was a machinist by trade and followed it until his
death in 1898.  Mrs. Pollard lives in Bedford, Mass.  They had the follow-
ing children: Charles Jay; George Winkley; Clara Augusta, wife of George
R. Blinn; and Levi L.

Page 1069

George W. Pollard attended the common schools of South New Market,
after which he entered the offices of the Swamscot Machine Company.  He
served as clerk for seventeen years, at the end of which time he came to
Portsmouth to serve in a similar capacity with the Portsmouth Brewing
Company.  His rise with this concern had been steady.  He is a man of
ability and public spirit and has always been found in support of measures
of public benefit.  He was treasurer of Newfields for six years, has served as
selectman from the fifth ward of Portsmouth, and was also on the school
board three years.
   In 1885, Mr. Pollard was united in marriage with Miss Minnie C. Wad-
leigh, who was born in Exeter, and is a daughter of William and Emily A.
(Dearborn) Wadleigh.  Her father was a farmer by occupation.  He and
Mrs. Wadleigh reared six children: George W.; John M.; Emma Josephine;
Frank H.; Addie M.; and Minnie C.  Mr. and Mrs. Pollard have the follow-
ing offspring: Ethel M.; Miriam F.; John Wadleigh and Dorothy.  He is
a member of Rising Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of New Market; Washington
Royal Arch Chapter at Portsmouth; the Royal Arcanum; and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks.  Religiously they attended the Universalist Church.