Frank Hamilton Ayer

Frank Hamilton Ayer

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Frank Hamilton Ayer, B.A. 1880
Born: June 21, 1857 in Nashua, New Hampshire
Died: January 13, 1917 in Nashua, New Hampshire

Frank Hamilton Ayer was born June 21, 1857, in Nashua, New Hampshire, the son of Dr. Francis Brown Ayer (MD Jefferson Medical College 1848) and Anne Maria (Baldwin) Ayer. His father, who practiced medicine in Laconia, New Hampshire, for some years, was the son of John and Judith (McCutcheon) Ayer, and a grandson of John Ayer, an ensign in the Revolutionary War, who lived first at Pembroke, New Hampshire, and later at Ticonderoga.

The McCutcheon family, a branch of the MacLeods, came with a colony to Londonderry, New Hampshire, about 1719, later removing to Pembroke. Frank Hamilton Ayer's great-grandfather, Frederick McCutcheon, served as a private in the Revolution. His mother, whose parents were Josephus Baldwin, the first mayor of Nashua and Nancy (Blanchard) Baldwin, was descended from Henry Baldwin, who emigrated to America from Devonshire, England, about 1630, settling at North Woburn, Massachusetts.

His preparation for college was received at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and under a private tutor in Nashua He was given a Second Colloquy appointment in both Junior and Senior years.

Soon after graduation Mr. Ayer became connected with the Nashua Bobbin & Shuttle Company. He was made president and treasurer of the concern in 1885, but six years later resigned to take the position of Eastern representative of the Ironton Door & Manufacturing Company of Ironton, Ohio. He retained that connection until 1905 and had since been engaged in the real estate business in Nashua. Mr. Ayer was an enthusiastic golfer and built the first course in the state of New Hampshire. He was a supporter of the Nashua Unitarian Church.

He died very suddenly on January 13, 1917, in Nashua, as the result of uremic poisoning Interment was in the family mausoleum at Bristol, New Hampshire.

He was married January 26, 1887, in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Ellen Frances, daughter of Orison and Anne Maria (Clark) Batchelder They had no children. Mr. Ayer is survived by three aunts and several cousins His wife died on May 17, 1910.

Yale Obituary Record
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The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881 (1881)
Author: Baldwin, C.C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895
Subject: Baldwin Family
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio [Leader printing company]
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Pg. 662