George S. Rollins of Derry, 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 1079

   GEORGE S. ROLLINS, a respected citizen of Derry, now living in
retirement, was born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N. H., August 10,

Page 1080

1835.  His grandfather, Francis Rollins, was one of the early settlers of
Deerfield and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  Sewell P. Rollins,
father of George S., was born in Deerfield, N. H., March 14, 1803, and was
a life long resident of the town.  During his active period he was engaged
in general farming, and was familiarly known as Capt. Rollins, having served
as captain of a company in the state militia.  He died in September, 1888.
Capt. Rollins married Sophronia C. Lang, also a native of Rockingham
county.  They had a family of three children, of whom two are now living,
namely: George S. and Annie E.  One son, Francis S., enlisted for service
in the Civil War, in 1861, in Company B, 11th N. H. Volunteers, and died
of disease in the South.
   George S. Rollins, our direct subject, was reared on a farm, where he
remained until he was twenty years of age.  He then went to Lowell, Mass.,
and secured a position with Hapgood Wright, a wholesale and retail dealer
in boots and shoes, and for a number of years was traveling salesman for
him in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts territory.  Desiring to
make a permanent home, Mr. Rollins, in 1879, settled at Derry Depot and
engaged in mercantile business, being thus occupied for many years, retiring
from active business life only a few years ago.  He served at one time as
postmaster and as agent of the American Express Company, and was also a
member of the town board of supervisors.  In 1899 he represented the town
of Derry in the legislature.  In all these various positions he showed ability
and fidelity to his trust which won for him in a high degree the confidence
and respect of his fellow citizens.  He is a member of Echo Lodge, No. 61,
I. 0. 0. F.
   Mr. Rollins was married January 1, 1857, to Miss Rosina Haywood, of
Vermont.  Their only son, George F. Rollins, died at the age of twenty-two
years, April 18, 1890.