Hon. John Scammon Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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

Page 788

     HON. JOHN SCAMMON, a member of the well known law firm of
Eastman, Scammon & Gardner, at Exeter, was born at Stratham, N. H.,
September 30, 1865. His parents, John J. and Rachel J. (Jewell) Scammon,
were both natives of Stratham, where the father followed the occupation of
farmer. He is now deceased, but his widow survives him and resides in
Stratham. They had only two children: Frank H., a commercial traveler,
who died in 1906, and John, the subject of this review, who is the third John
Scammon in direct line, the grandfather having also borne that name.
     John Scammon, our direct subject, began his education in the schools of
Exeter, N. H., and later attended Boston University. He was admitted to
the bar in 1898, having studied law with Mr. E. G. Eastman, of Exeter, with
whom he has since been associated and where he has since practiced his pro-
fession very successfully. A Republican in politics, he served as representative
to the legislature from Exeter in 1903 and again in 1905. In 1907 Mr. Scam-
mon was president of the New Hampshire State Senate, being representative
of the Twenty-first District in the State Senate that term. In 1911 he was
the member from Exeter of the Constitutional Convention. In 1913 he 
was again a member of the State Senate, and at the fall election of 1914 he was
elected on the Republican ticket as a member of Governor-elect Rolland H.
Spaulding's council, representing the First New Hampshire District. He is
a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained the 32d degree,
belonging to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Exeter.
     Mr. Scammon was married in 1891 to Mary J. Dixey, a native of Marble-
head, Mass., and daughter of Richard H. and Sarah J. (Chase) Dixey, her
father being a well known provision dealer in Marblehead. Mr. and Mrs.
Scammon are the parents of five children--Oscar J., John J., Mariana Hoyt,
Henry G. and George Richard. The family attend the Congregational church.
They are among the best known and most popular residents of the town.