John Lincoln Webster of Kingston, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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   JOHN LINCOLN WEBSTER, who for the past thirty years has
been the leader of the Kingston band, was born at East Kingston, Sep-
tember 7, 1860. His parents were John T. and Abbie P. (Buswell)
Webster. The father was a native of Kingston and the mother of East
Kingston. They had seven children, all of whom are now residents
of Rockingham County. The parents are both deceased. The early
ancestors of the family were from England and settled in this locality
many years ago.
   John Lincoln Webster was educated in the public schools of King-
ston, but at the early age of six years had to make himself useful on
the home farm. When he was seventeen he began work in a sawmill,
his wages being six dollars per month. Later he worked for Henry
Webster, receiving thirteen dollars per month, and was with him for
a year and a half. He then left Mr. Webster in order to learn the trade
of carriage painting, receiving at the start $1.25 per day. He followed
his trade for over 35 years, during which time he finished over 600
carriages while in Manchester for the Kimball Company. He has a fine
farm in Kingston and his residence is one of the best in the town.
   Mr. Webster began playing in the local band at the age of fifteen
years, and, as above stated, has been the leader of the Kingston band
for the past thirty years. This band is recognized as one of the best
in the state, and has filled many important engagements, visiting Man-
chester, Boston, Haverhill, New York City and other places. In New
York he played with the Manchester band at the unveiling of the Grant
Monument.
   Mr. Webster was first married November 17, 1881, to Mary A.
Prescott, of Kingston. Of this union there were four children, namely:
Bertha L., a graduate of Sanborn Seminary, who is unmarried; Walter
E, now a leading merchant in Kingston; Harold P., educated in the
public schools and at Sanborn Academy; and Helen L., single, a gradu-
ate of Sanborn Seminary. Mrs. Mary A. Webster died in December,
1907, and on April 21, 1909, Mr. Webster married for his second wife
Clara Nichols, of Kingston. Of this union there are no children. Mr.
Webster is a Republican in politics, and on various occasions has been
urged to accept public office, but has declined. He has been a Free
Mason since he was twenty-one years old, and also belongs to the Odd
Fellows and to the Grange, in which he has held all the chairs. Mrs.
Webster belongs to the Rebekah Lodge and to the Eastern Star.