BIOGRAPHY OF LUCIEN B. CLOUGH of Manchester NH
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Willey's Semi-centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1965 et al, by George Franklin Willey;
published 1896, G.F. Willey
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HON. LUCIEN BONAPARTE CLOUGH, son of Joseph and Mehitable A. (Chase) Clough, was born
in Northfield NH April 17, 1823.

His great-grandfather was Thomas Clough, who came from Salisbury, Mass. about 1750, and
his maternal grandfather was Stephen Chase of Haverhill, Mass. His father was born in
Canterbury Feb 1, 1795 and his mother in Northfield April 7, 1795. In November 1856
he was united in marriage with Maria Louise Dole, in Augusta Me.  Her father,
Albert Gallatin Dole, was born at Alna, Me., Sept. 8, 1808 and her mother, Rebecca Cobb
Ford was born at Jefferson, Me. July 20, 1812.  On her mother's side Mrs. Clough is a
descendant of John and Elizabeth Tilly Howland, both of whom came over in the Mayflower,
and among her paternal ancestors were the Carltons and Doles, ancient families of
Cumberland and Somerset counties, England. The subject of this sketch attended the 
schools of Canterbury until 1841, when he went to a seminary in North Scituate, R.I.
In 1845 he entered the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton, and five years later
he graduated at Dartmouth College.  In 1850 he went to Troy, N.Y. where he remained
three years, and in 1853 he came to Manchester and opened a law office, which he
conducted up to the time of his death, which occurred July 28, 1895.  He was judge of
probate of Hillsborough county from 1874 to 1876 and he served as trustee of the city
library for many years. In his long career as a lawyer of more than forty years he was
exceedingly exact and conscientious in all his dealings. Many of his clients placed
in his care important trusts and estates, which were always carefully and successfully
managed. Judge Clough was a lawyer of the old school. He disliked sensation or
criminal cases, but had a very large practic ein settling estates and in general civil
court business. He was a man whose word was as good as his bond, and by his own 
sterling integrity and strict attention to the needs of his clients, he accumulated
a handsome property.  In early life he was a member of the Freewill Baptist church,
but in later years he attended Grace Episcopal church. He was a member of Washington
Lodge of Masons, a director in the Amoskeag National bank, a trustee of the Amoskeag
Savings bank, and a charer member of the Board of Trade. Charitable enterprises always
found him a liberal friend and valued adviser.  Judge Clough was a man of broad
culture, of rare literary ability, possessing an unusual acquaintance with the classics
and the standard works of several languages. He had a strong taste for historical
study, and had spent considerable time in gathering valuable data for a history of
Canterbury. He shunned public life, preferring to enjoy his library, his home, and
two children. Rebecca Louise, born Dec. 16, 1863, now the wife of S.L. Whipple of
Brookline, Mass, and Albert Lucien, born June 24, 1869, now a well known electrical
engineer of Manchester.

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