Edmund H. Wentworth Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
From: Bill Prokasy - wprokasy@arches.uga.edu

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

Page 1158 

   EDMUND H. WENTWORTH, a well known and respected resident
of Exeter, N. H., was born in this town, September 4, 186Cj, a son of George
Albert and Emily Johnson (Hatch) Wentworth. His paternal grandpar-
ents were Edmund and Eliza (Lang) Wentworth, and his maternal grand-
parents, Daniel G. and Mary R. (Hall) Hatch. The father of our subject,
George A. Wentworth, was a graduate of Harvard College, Class of 1858,
and (or thirty-three years or more was professor of mathematics in Phillips
Exeter Academy. During the last twelve years of his life, which terminated
May 24, 1906, he was engaged in banking and in the authorship of mathe-
matical text books, which were published by the well known firm of Ginn
& Co. of Boston, famous as the publishers of high grade educational works.
A republican in politics, he served the town of Exeter in some minor offices.
He and his wife, who died May L, 1895, were attendants of the First Con-

Page 1159

gregational church. They had three children: Ellen Lang, George., and
Edmund H.
   Edmund H. Wentworth began his education in the common schools of
Exeter, and subsequently attended Phillips Exeter Academy for three years
as a member of the class of 1890. He then took a business course in Bos-
ton, subsequent to which he was in the employ of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road, remaining thus occupied from 1890 to 1907. Since then he has been
secretary to his brother, George Wentworth, who publishes mathematical
text books and resides in Brookline, Mass.
   Edmund H. Wentworth was married October 10, 1894, to Miss Bessie E.
Stover, a native of Exeter, N. H., and daughter of the late Nathan E. and
Eveline R. (Strout) Stover. Her parents were both born in Maine, the
father being an iron moulder and for a number of years an employe of the
Navy Yard at Portsmouth. They were Methodists in religion. Their fam-
ily consisted of three children: Albertina (wife of James Bell), Fred H.,
and Bessie E. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth are the parents of two children-
George Spencer and Albert E. Mr. Wentworth is a republican in politics,
although on occasions exercising the right of private judgment in casting
his vote. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum.
The family attend the First Congregational church, of which Mr. and Mrs.
Wentworth are members.

**********************************************************************  
*  *  *  NOTICE:  Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is 
encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included.  Any other use, 
including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to 
uploading to any other sites.  We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.

*  *  *  *The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information
submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or 
disproved by weight of evidence.  It is always best to consult the original material for 
verification.