was none better in his native state. He must surely be missed from the city which had so long respected and admired him."

A skillful and industrious mechanic, undisturbed by any desire for office or political preferment and with good judgment as to financial matters, he could hardly fail in the long time given him to acquire a very considerable fortune. Not far from the time when Mr. Elliott and his wife began life. together they occupied the house on Central street, vacated by the late ex-Governor Frederick Smyth. At that time Monument square was little more than a cow pasture, shaded on its northeast corner by some magnificent pines. In succeeding years he built other houses, the most pretentious of which was that now owned and occupied by the Hon. D. A. Taggart. There are few incidents in the steady and orderly career of this well-known citizen. It perhaps may be worthy of record that while a tenant in Smyth block, a burglar with dynamite and jimmy failed to effect an entrance into his safe, of which the outer lock was forced and dynamite with fuse attached found in the door plate.

After a lively sprint through Elm back street the burglar was captured by the police and his tools secured from the adjacent park, where he had thrown them. He was convicted and sentenced for a term in state prison, but was afterward pardoned out on account of ill health.

Mr. Elliott erected some of the best residences in the city and built a twenty-tenement block at the corner of Chestnut and Pearl streets. He was a member of Washington Lodge, Mt. Horeb Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar.

His first wife died November 26, 1897, and he married for second wife, Mrs. Helen M. Jones, who survives him.

F. B. E.

GILMAN CLOUGH.

Gilman Clough was born in Weare, N. H., February 24, He came of Revolutionary stock. His grandfather was Daniel Clough, Sr., a blacksmith by trade, who settled in South Weare previous to the Revolutionary war, in which he served as a soldier. During his term of service, which appears to have been exceedingly long, he was granted a furlough of three months. The records show that he had to go to law to secure payment for the furlough, but he won his suit. He reared several children, and of these the only one to remain in Weare was Daniel, Jr., Gilman's father, who was born in Haverhill, Mass. He was favorably known as a reliable blacksmith, according to an old-time chronicle, and he also gained a local reputation as a player on the violin.

Gilman was one of the twelve children of Daniel and Mary (Colby) Clough, the brother and sister surviving him being respectively the oldest and the youngest of the family. In 1848, Gilman married Miss Nancy E. Locke, of Dunbarton, who survives him, and who, like himself, comes from one of the oldest New England families. Mrs. Clough, in the fullest sense of the expression, became a partner and helpmate to her plucky husband. Shortly after their marriage the young couple took up their residence in Amoskeag, near to the road leading to Goffstown Center, now known as Grasmere. Later they removed to what has since become known as the Governor Straw place, and which was then a farm.

For about ten years Mr. Clough worked in a grist mill, which was in operation above the McGregor bridge, and which was then known as Mechanics' Row. The mill was owned by H. & H. R. Pettee, which firm afterwards became Pettee & Adams, and is now Adams Brothers. During those years Mr. Clough worked very hard, often gaining two or three days' extra time by overwork. For a considerable time he made it a practice to work until midnight upon Saturday, and resume

his task upon the following midnight. In 1859 he removed to the Mill Dam house, where he resided until 1867, when he took up his residence at 395 Maple street, where he remained until his death.

In 1859 he drifted into the lumber business in a small way, which, under his careful and sagacious management grew until it became his leading enterprise, and raised him from a penniless young man to one of the wealthiest citizens of Manchester. He was widely known as one of the largest and most extensive lumber dealers in the state, and he had associated with him a number of partners, including the late Lewis Simons and George Foster, of the Chandler place in Bedford. His keen foresight led him to realize closely the value of real estate, and he came both to deal and invest largely in this, until he owned several valuable real estate properties on Elm street, including the block now occupied by the New City Hotel. His latest achievement in this direction was building, in company with B. Frank Welch, the handsome and well-appointed business block known as "The Beacon."

Politically Mr. Clough was a Democrat of the Jacksonian type, but he never sought an office or took an active part in politics. Neither did he belong to any secret organization, and the only society that could claim him as member was the Manchester Historic Association. Till within a short time of his death he personally looked after his property interests, and attended to his business affairs, though he had sometime since relinquished his attention to dealings in lumber to his son, Lewis A. Clough. Mr. Clough was at the same time the most quiet and one of the best known citizens of Manchester, and the success of his life shows what can be accomplished by the steady, industrious young man, who starts out with the determination to work and to prosper, building his prosperity upon the sterling foundation of honest purpose.