TITLE:   Bio, ENOCH O. TASKER

SOURCE:  History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens 
         by John Scales, editor Dover Daily Democrat, published by Richmond-
         Arnold Publishing Co., F.J. Richmond, Pres;  C.R. Arnold, Sec and 
         Treas., Chicago, Ill., ©1914  pg 749 - 750

TRANSCRIBED:  by C Parziale, Feb 2001

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	ENOCH O. TASKER, who has been an active business man at Dover since 
1873, is well known all over Strafford county.  He owns an excellent farm of 
65 acres in the suburb of Dover but resides in the city, his residence being 
at No. 16 Prospect Street.  He was born March 26, 1847, on Rochester Neck, 
Strafford county, and is a son of Thomas J. and Comfort (Bickford) Tasker.
	Thomas J. Tasker was born in Madbury, where his father, Ebenezer 
Tasker was born, and his ancestors had lived two centuries the immigrant 
ancestor being William Tasker.  Thomas J. Tasker passed the greater part of 
his life in Rochester, where he was a farmer and also followed the carpenter 
trade.  He was a good farmer, an expert carpenter, an honest man in all his 
dealings with others and , though not a member, was a worthy supporter of the
Free Will Baptist Church at Gonic, of which his wife was a devout member.  
Having lost his father when six years old, his success in life was creditable 
in every way and he had the esteem and confidence of all his fellow citizens. 
He married Comfort Bickford, who was a native of Rochester Neck, and whose 
immigrant ancestor, Thomas Bickford, was a resident of Dover in 1650.
	Enoch O. Tasker grew to manhood on Rochester Neck, in the meanwhile 
being afforded educational advantages, attending Strafford Academy and both 
public school and a private school at Rochester, so that he was better 
qualified than many when he started into business for himself in 1873 at 
Dover.  Here he associated himself with his brother, John C. Tasker, in the 
mercantile business, the firm style being John C. Tasker & Co., which 
continued from some years and Mr. Tasker remained in the mercantile line for 
a quarter of a century.
	When Mr. Tasker and his brother dissolved partnership he entered in 
the grocery and provision business with Mr. John L. Kimball, July 1, 1886.  
Mr. Kimball withdrew and Mr. Tasker admitted Mr. Wm. F. Cartland as his 
partner in the business, which was then conducted in a store on Washington 
Street, east of the old Strafford Bank building.  When Mr. Anderton completed 
his brick block on Locust Street they removed to that street and occupied the 
large double store where now Mr. Cartland is located.  The firm name was 
Tasker & Cartland, and became one of the largest grocery and provision 
dealers in the city.  Mr. Tasker retired from the business January 1, 1898, 
having the esteem and confidence of all his numerous customers and the public
in general.  In recent years he has given considerable attention to his 
farming interests and also carries on a teaming business at Dover.
	On November 12, 1878, Mr. Tasker married Ursula M. Winkley, daughter 
of Darius Winkley, who for many years conducted a mill at Barrington and was 
a leading citizen there and widely known.  They have three children:  Bernice 
Winkley, who is the wife of N. Arthur Gifford of Somerville, Mass.; Sumner 
J., who is a resident of San Francisco, Cal.; and Cecil F., who is located in 
Boston, Mass.
	Mr. Tasker and family are members of the First Parish, of which Rev. 
W.A. Morgan is pastor.  For many years he has been a member of Mt. Pleasant
Lodge I.O.O. F. and practices the professions of that benevolent order in an
exemplary manner.

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