Albert H. Wilcomb Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: WILCOMB
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

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  ARTHUR H. WILCOMB, a successful business man of Chester, N. H.,
of which place he is also postmaster, was born in this town December 
31, 1866, a son of Charles S. and Harriet A. (Symonds) Wilcomb. On the
paternal side he is a grandson of Ebenezer, and a great grandson of 
Aaron Wilcomb, who was born in Ipswich, Mass. Aaron Wilcomb seems to 
have

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migrated to Chester, as his son Ebenezer was born here about 1797. At 
the age of seventeen years Ebenezer Wilcomb enlisted in Capt. Samuel 
Aikens' (Jr.) company, for the defense of Portsmouth. He served sixty 
days, his brother] James being corporal in the same company.
  Charles S. Wilcomb, father of the subject of this review, was born in
Chester in 1822, and died in 1905 at the advanced age of eighty-three 
years. He was one of Chester's prominent citizens. In early life he 
worked two years in a drug store in New York, and he also spent six 
years at sea and in the West Indies, where he was overseer of a sugar 
plantation, but aside from that, his life was spent in Chester, where 
as farmer and cooper, also merchant, he had a successful career. At 
different times he served in all the town offices, and was also elected 
and served as representative in the legislature. For a number of years 
he was engaged in the cooperage business. He married Harriett A. 
Symonds, and they reared a family, of whom four children are now 
living, as follows: Charles A., a resident of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mary 
E., wife of Julius F. Washburn, of Putney, Vt.; Arthur H.,  
whose name appears at the head of this sketch; and Chester J., who is 
professor of languages in Riverside Polytechnic Institute, at 
Riverside, California.
  Arthur H. Wilcomb was educated in Chester Academy and at Phillips
Exeter Academy. After completing his studies he spent two years in 
Springfield, where he conducted a school of telegraphy. He then 
returned to Chester and became assistant to his father in the latter's 
store. Since the father's death in 1905 he has continued the business 
himself very successfully. For some time also he was engaged in the 
evaporated fruit business, until his plant was destroyed by fire in 
1902. He has various other business interests, being a trustee of Derry 
Savings Bank, manager and treasurer of the Chester & Derry Telephone 
Company, and director, clerk and auditor of the Chester & Derry 
Railroad Company, for which he obtained a charter while a member
of the legislature. For twenty-one years Mr. Wilcomb served as  
postmaster of Chester, and he was recently re-appointed to the office. 
From 1902 to 1914 he was town treasurer, resigning that position on 
being appointed postmaster. He was also tax collector for ten years. He 
has served as president of the Rockingham County Republican Club, and 
has been delegate to many political conventions. In 1895 he was elected 
to the legislature, being reelected two years later. For many years he 
has been a justice of the peace and notary public. A member of the 
Congregational church, he has taken a useful and active part in its 
work, and is a trustee of the ministerial fund. His society 
affiliations are with Chester Grange, NO.169, P. of H., in which
he has filled a number of offices; St. Marks Lodge, No.44, A. F. & A. 
M., of Derry, N. H. ; Bell Chapter, R. A. M., NO.25 ; Mt. Nebo Council, 
No. 1.5, R. A. S. M. ; and the Eastern Star.
  Mr. Wilcomb was married' October 15, 1888, to Sarah M. Bachelder, a
daughter of David L. and Sarah (Waterman) Bachelder. Her father was
a prominent citizen of Chester, N. H., serving as postmaster and as 
representative to the legislature. Mrs. Wilcomb was educated in this 
town, where she and her husband are popular members of society.

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