Gay, Baxter (1851-1909)

Name:

Gay, Baxter (1851-1909)

Title:

Captain, Messer Rifles, New Hampshire National Guard
Master, New London Grange
District Deputy, New Hampshire State Grange
Treasurer, Town of New London
Tax Collector, Town of New London
Selectman, Town of New London
Representative, New Hampshire State Legislature, 1907
Trustee, New London Town Library
Director, Sunapee Fire Insurance Company

Born:

08/22/1851

Birthplace:

New London, NH

Died:

04/19/1909

Death Location:

New London, NH

Residence:

New London, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Proprietor, "The Glengae," summer boarding house on Lake Sunapee, New London, NH

Father:

Gay, Benjamin W.

Mother:

Messer, Sarah

Spouse:

Married Anna Brown, December 25, 1873

Children:

Florence Roxanna, born October 16, 1873
Fred Baxter, born March 13, 1876
Delia Mae, born July 14, 1877
Clarence Woodbury, born March 20, 1879
Frank, born August 7, 1882
Walter, born March 17, 1885

Notes:

"Summer Hotels and Boarding Houses," Twenty-First Annual Report of the Board of Agriculture, From November 1, 1891, to November 1, 1892. (Concord, New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans, 1893), 428.

"Necrology," The Granite Monthly, 41(May, 1909)5, 174.

Myra B. H. Lord, A History of the Town of New London, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (Somersworth, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Publishing Company, 1972), 347, 593-594.

James D. Squires, Mirror to America: A History of New London, New Hampshire 1900-1950. (Concord, New Hampshire: Evans Printing Company, 1952), 391.