. L'histoire de Penacook, N.H., depuis sa première colonie en 1734 jusqu'en 1900 . e propriétaires originaux de Pennycook (Concord). Le colonel Rolfe a fait ses études dans les écoles municipales, à l'école privée de John Ballard à Hop-kinton et aux académies de Pembroke et de Salisbury. Après avoir terminé ses études, il a enseigné l'école pendant quatre mandats d'hiver, acquérant une haute réputation de disciplinarien, et a réussi une école que plusieurs maîtres précédents avaient échoué à maîtriser. Depuis lors, le colonel Rolfe a conservé le plus de warminterest dans l'éducation publique. Après avoir abandonner l'enseignement scolaire, il était en

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. The history of Penacook, N.H., from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . e original proprie-tors of Pennycook (Concord). Colonel Rolfe was educated inthe town schools, at the private school of John Ballard at Hop-kinton, and at the academies of Pembroke and Salisbury. Aftercompleting his studies he taught school for four winter terms, acquiring a high reputation as a disciplinarian, and successfullymanaged a school which several preceding masters had failed tocontrol. Since that time Colonel Rolfe has retained a warminterest in public education. After giving up school teaching, he was engaged, in company COL. ABIAL ROLFE. 345 with his brothers Nathaniel and Henry, in the manufacture ofdoors, sash, and blinds. In 1855 he was first elected to theschool board of Concord, on which he served thirty years. In1856 and 1857 he was sent to represent the town in the state leg-islature, and in i860 was appointed an aide on the staff of Gov-ernor Goodwin, which gave him his title of colonel. In 1882 hewas elected ward assessor, which office he filled for eight years. .. Col. Abial Rolfe. Colonel Rolfe has always been a zealous Republican, and inhis earlier years was quite a noted public speaker. His first presi-dential vote was cast for Henry Clay in 1844. In his later years Colonel Rolfe has been employed as bankmessenger and personal expressman, making daily trips to Con-cord. Colonel Rolfe has published a small pamphlet containing 346 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. new and concise rules for computing annual interest on notesbearing partial payments. These rules are the invention of thecolonel, and are said to be better than anything before publishedin that line. Colonel Rolfe was married in April, 1847, t0 Sarah ElizabethCall, of West Boscawen, who died in 1881. They had one daugh-ter, Lizzie E., who was a successful teacher in the graded schoolsof Penacook for twenty-two years, and now resides with her father. The colonel has accumulated some property, owning severaltenement ho

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