Arthur D. Stockell Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net

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

Page 890

  ARTHUR D. STOCKELL, proprietor of the Raymond Steam Laun-
dry, at Raymond, Rockingham County, N. H., was born in Exeter,
this County, May I, 1887. His parents were George L. and Alberta
(Carroll) Stockell. The father, a native of Portsmouth, was formerly
postmaster at Exeter,. but is now living retired at Bedford, Mass. He
saw service in the Civil war. enlisting at Boston; several of his ances-
tors fought in the War of the Revolution. His wife was a daughter
of Dr. Carroll of Exter. She is now deceased. They had a large fam-
ily of ten children, of whom Arthur D. was the second in order of birth.
Arthur D. Stockell was educated chiefly by his mother, who, before
her marriage had been a teacher. At the age of seventeen years he
secured work as a carpenter, receiving twelve and a half cents per hour
for the first year. He later found employment as millwright at Epping,
where he remained until twenty years old. He then came to Raymond
and was with the C. W. Prescott Grocery Company for three years.
Having saved his earnings and wishing to engage in business for him-
self, he was advised to start a steam laundry, as there was a good
demand for one in this section. In November, 1911, he started the
Raymond Steam Laundry, and in March, 1913, was burned out. He
then moved to his present location, which is on the Deerfield Road, and
occupies a building 6oX4O feet ground dimensions. It is furnished with
the best modern machinery and is now doing a large and prosperous
business. Mr. Stockell's wagons call for and deliver laundry goods
not only in Raymond, but also in Deerfield, Nottingham, Epping, Tre-
mont, Brentwood and Candia. The machinery used consists of an ex-
tractor, collar starcher, mangle, combination shirt and collar ironer and
Tyler hurricane dry room, and all in all, he has an up-to-date laundry.
  Mr. Stockell was married at the early age of seventeen years to
Miss Ethel M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartford, of Tremont,
N.H. They had three children, all of whom, however, died in infancy.
The mother, too, passed away in 1911. Mr. StockeIl is a Democrat in
politics, but has been too busy to take any active part in public affairs.
He is not, at this writing, a member of any clubs or secret societies, but
is expecting soon to join the Odd Fellows. A busy and prosperous citi-
zen, he is widely known and highly esteemed.

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