Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)

Name:

Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1894

Contributor to founding of Centennial Home for the Aged, Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, and New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children.

Member, First Baptist Church, Concord.

Other Names:

Durgin, William Butler

Born:

07/29/1833

Birthplace:

Campton, NH

Died:

05/06/1905

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Campton, NH, 1833-1849
Boston, MA, 1849
Concord, NH, 1853-1905

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith, jeweler 1853-1905
W. B. Durgin Company, Inc. 1898 - became Durgin division of Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1905.
In partnership with son, 1878.

Father:

Durgin, Francis (1795-1861)

Mother:

Butler, Ruth (1796-1870)

Relations:

Apprentice William Jones Green;
Son George Francis Durgin.
Siblings:
Durgin, Susan Foss (1826- ? ); m. Dr. William Augustus Smith of Campton, 1847; children including Frank Wyman Smith, jeweler)
Durgin, Harrison (1828- ? ); Deacon; glove mfg; res. New Jersey; married 1st Emeline Thornton, 1851; married 2nd Floretta Maria Taylor of Rumney, NH, 1877.
Durgin, Lucinda (b.d. 1835)
1/2 Sibling:
Durgin, Varnam Gale (farmer in Thornton, NH; married; children)
Parents: Ruth Butler (1796-1870); b. Campton NH & Francis Durgin (1795-1861); b. Thornton NH). Francis was a farmer, and settled in Campton, N.H.
Grandparents: Sarah Poor (1761-) & John Butler (1758-) of Newburyport, Mass, later moved to Campton NH; Rebecca Durrell & Francis Durgin.

Spouse:

Martha Elizabeth Travers (1833-1916), September 21, 1854, Boston

Children:

Durgin, George Francis (1858-1905); began working with his father at the age of 20, and became partner; outdoorsman; m Blanche Harriet Bellow, Boston; 1 child; d. Concord NH.
Durgin, Mary Susan (1864-1895); m. Richard Henry Rice of Rockland ME, 1887; res. Mass & R.I.; children; buried in Concord NH

Notes:

George F. Bacon, The Leading Businessmen of Concored and Vicinity Embracing Penacook and West of Concord. (Boston, Massachusetts: Mercantile Publishing Comapny, 1890), 40.

Ezra S. Stearns, Editor. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Volume II. (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), 759-761.

"He Might Have Become a Successful Farmer," The Granite Vol. 57, No. 5, May 1925, 203-205.

Hands the Built New Hampshire: The Story of Granite State Cratsmen Past & Present. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of NH. (Brattleboro, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press, 1940), 143-144.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Exeter, New Hampshire: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 96-97.

Dorothy T. Rainwater & Judy Redfield, "William B. Durgin," Enclycopedia of American Silver Manufactures. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1998), 98-99.

Stephen Winship, "Concord Silversmith Had the Stamp of Quality Work: William Durgin's Doggedness led to his Eventual Success," Concord Monitor, Concord, New Hampshire, November 10, 1994.

"William B. Durgin Dead," Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, May 7, 1905.

Concord Directories, 1856, 1860, 1864-67, 1870-1905.
New England Business Directory, 1856.
New Hampshire Business Directory, 1868-89.
Otis G. Hammond Papers, "Rowland Rhodes," 1916.