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Rollins, Edward H. (1824-1889)

Name:
Rollins, Edward H. (1824-1889)
Title:
Founder, First National Bank of Concord, NH
Founder, Banking House of E. H. Rollins & Sons, Boston, MA
President, Boston, Concord & Montreal RR Co., 1886-1889
Member, New Hampshire house of Representative, 1855-1857.
Member, United States House of Representatives, 1861-1867.
United States Senator, 1877-1883.
Secretary & Treasurer, Union Pacific Railroad Company
Other Names:
Rollins, Edward Henry
Born:
10/03/1824
Birthplace:
Somersworth, NH
Died:
07/31/1889
Death Location:
Isles of Shoals, NH
Residence:
Dover, NH attended school
South Berwick, ME attended school
Concord, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Merchant
Banker
Father:
Rollins, Daniel
Mother:
Plumer, Mary
Spouse:
Married Ellen Elizabeth West, February 13, 1849.
Children:
Edward Warren, born November 25, 1850
Helen Mary, born September 4, 1853
Charles Montgomery, born February 27, 1856
Frank West, born February 24, 1860
Montgomery, born August 25, 1867
Notes:
James O. Lyford, Life of Edward H. Rollins: A Political Biography. Boston, Massachusetts: Dana Estes and Company, 1906.

Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, NH
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