Harriman, Walter (1817-1884)

Name:

Harriman, Walter (1817-1884)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1849, 1850, 1858, 1859, 1881
Treasurer, State of New Hampshire, 1853-1854
Clerk, United States Pension Office, Washington, DC 1855-1856
Member, New Hampshire State Senate, 1859-1861
Editor, Union Democrat, Manchester, 1861-1862
Colonel, 11th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, 1862-1863, 1864-1865
Brevet Brigadier General, 1865
Secretary of State, New Hampshire, 1865-1867
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1867-1869
United States Naval Officer, Port of Boston, 1869-1877

Born:

04/08/1817

Birthplace:

Warner, NH

Died:

07/25/1884

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Warner, NH
New Jersey, 1839
Harvard, MA 1841-1845
Washington, DC 1855-1856
Boston, MA 1869-1877
Concord, NH 1872-1884

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Teacher
Minister, Universalist Church, Warner.
Merchant
Newspaper Editor
Politician

Father:

Harriman, Benjamin E.

Mother:

Flanders, Hannah

Spouse:

(1) Apphia K. Hoyt, 1841
(2) Almira R. Andrews, 1844
(3) Jessie B Farmer, 1879

Children:

Georgia A., 1846
Walter Channing
Benjamin E.

Notes:

Nathaniel F. Carter, The Native Ministry of New Hampshire... (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company, 1906), 778-779.

Walter Harriman, The History of Warner, New Hampshire. (Concord, New Hampshire: Republican Press Association, 1879), 404-406, 487.

Robert Sobel and John Raimo, Editors. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States 1789-1978. Volume III. (Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Books, 1978), 965-966.

Pine Grove Cemetery, Warner, NH