Frank A. Spinney 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 1063

   FRANK A. SPINNEY, a mason contractor at Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, enjoys a prosperous business in this city, where his entire business
career thus far has been spent.  He has been engaged in contracting some
ten or twelve years, but has been working out of the same shop since 1875
when he began his apprenticeship.  He employs from twelve to eighteen men,
and the fact that he is always busy bespeaks the confidence of the people in
his work and their regard for his ability.
   Mr. Spinney was born in York County, Maine, in 1856 and was one of
seven children born to Sylvester and Mary A. (Urch) Spinney.  The father
was born in Maine and was a cabinet maker by trade.  The mother was a
native of England.  Mrs. Spinney is now deceased and is survived by her
husband.
   Frank A. Spinney attended the public schools first, and later Elliot Acad-
emy.  He then learned the trade of a mason, which he has followed con-
tinuously since.  He married Arabella F. Cole, who was born in Eliot and is
a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Tutherly) Cole.  Her father was a fish
merchant at Portsmouth although his residence was in Eliot, Me.  Three
children have blessed this union, Elroy, Annie M., and Alice B., who was
the wife of Patrick Powers and died when twenty-two years of age.  Annie
M. is the wife of Arthur Lewis and they have a daughter, Mazie B.  Mr.
Spinney is a Republican in politics.  Fraternally he is a member of the Odd
Fellows and of the Pilgrim Fathers.  The family attends the Advent Church.