Biography of Joseph Henry Dearborn
Joseph Henry Dearborn, one of the leading farmers and influential residents of Pembroke, was born in Deerfield, N.H., April 19, 1849, son of the Hon. Joseph J. and Sarah (Jenness) Dearborn, of Deerfield. His ancestors on the father’s side have for many generations resided in New Hampshire. The first of the Dearborn family of whom there is any authentic knowledge was Godfrey Dearborn, an Englishman, who with his family became an early settler of Boston, Mass. He afterward moved to Exeter, N.H., and was a pioneer farmer in that town. His son, Henry, married Elizabeth Merriam. Samuel Dearborn, the next … Read more