Hon. Lucien B. Clough, one of the pioneer citizens of Manchester and a highly respected lawyer, died July 28, 1895. He was born in Northfield, April 17, 1823, a son of Joseph and Mehitable Chase Clough. His parents moved to Canterbury when he was quite young. He was a great-grandson of Capt. Jeremiah Clough, who commanded the first military company raised in that town for the Revolutionary War, while his father, Hon. Joseph Clough, was a member of the executive council in 1848 and 1849. He attended the Canterbury schools, Tilton Seminary and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1850. He taught school in his earlier days and in 1853 settled in Manchester, opening a law business which he continued until his death. He was judge of probate for Hillsborough County from 1874 to 1876 and served many years as a trustee of the city library.
Judge Clough was a born lawyer and a thorough gentleman of the old school. Many of his clients placed important trusts and estates in his hands, which were carefully and honestly managed year after year. He was exceedingly exact and conscientious in all his dealings. His word was as good as his bond. By his own sterling integrity he accumulated a handsome property.
His insight in financial matters was remarkable. His years of experience in probate matters made him generally sought after to adjust business and real estate lines. His reliability was never questioned; his rare judgement was always to be depended upon. He probably wrote more wills, deeds, leases and insurance polices than any other lawyer in the city. He was a director of the Amoskeag National Bank and a trustee of the Amoskeag Savings Bank. He was clerk of the Manchester Gas Light Company many years and also conducted a large insurance business.
Judge Clough was a man of rare literary attainment, having a strong taste for history. He was devoted to his family, constant in his support of the church with which he was identified, loyal to the state and city, true to his friends and affable to all. In a thoroughly straightforward, honest, manly way he won and held a place among the strong men who made Manchester what she was. After nearly 40 years of well-directed activity, disease struck him down and imposed upon others the duties he had discharged so faithfully and well.
He married Maria Louise Dole at Augusta, ME, November 20, 1856. She was born at Alma, ME, January 29, 1834, and was the daughter of Albert Gallatin and Rebecca (Ford) Dole. Their children were: Rebecca Louise, born at Manchester, December 16, 1863, and Albert Lucien, born in the same city, June 24, 1869. the former married Sherman Leland Whipple at Manchester, December 27, 1893. He was born at New London, March 4, 1862. They have three children: Dorothy, born at Quebec, Canada; Katharyn Carleton, born at Brookline, Mass; and Sherman Leland, Jr., born in the same place.
Albert Lucien married Sarah Hunt at Manchester, February 28, 1905. She was the daughter of Nathan Parker Hunt of that city.
See more here: History of Northfield, NH
Footnote/Endnote Citation:
Lucy R. H. Cross, editor, History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905, In Two Parts, with many biographical sketches and portraits, also pictures of public buildings and private residences, I and II (Concorn, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1905).