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Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Musician Brooks Young; Former Manchester District Chief

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Amos Tuck, who many consider the founder of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, is buried in Exeter Cemetery. Tuck was a congressman who served in 1842 and again for three terms from 1847 to 1853, first as a Free Soil candidate, then as a Whig. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. In a campaign to elect anti-slavery candidate John P. Hale to Congress in 1845, Tuck called a convention that formed the beginning of the Republican Party. It wasn’t until 1856 that the state Republican party was formed, and Tuck was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and 1860.   A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1835, he was principal of Hampton Academy, a lawyer, and during the Civil War a naval officer in Boston. He and his son Edward both made money in railroads, and Edward endowed the business college at Dartmouth in his father’s name in 1900.

InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column. The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community. InDepthNH.org is now offering obituaries through the Legacy.com service. We view this as part of our public service mission. Click here or on the Obituaries tab at the top of our home page to learn more. And if you know of someone from New Hampshire who should be featured in this column, please send your suggestions to NancyWestNews@gmail.com.

Ellen H. Barnett, 77, of Dover, died Nov. 11, 2024. Her doctoral research focused on women’s empowerment, and at UNH in the 1970s, she directed the federal Disadvantaged Women for Higher Education program to help women succeed in college and later life. She was a therapist in private practice for more than 30 years.  (J. Verne Wood Funeral Home)

Duff Allan Delano, 70, of Hinsdale, died Nov. 9, 2024. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service for more than 30 years and retired as postmaster at the age of 55. He was a selectman and tax collector for the town of Hinsdale. (Cheshire Family Funeral Home and Chapel)

Patricia H. Foss, 98, of Strafford, died Nov. 9, 2024. She served four terms as a state representative from two wards in Rochester and the town of Strafford. She was a member and former chair of the Commerce Committee. She was also a delegate to the National Conference of State Legislatures. She was a member and past president of Frisbie Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, trustee and former treasurer of Rochester Cemetery Association, and a member of Parker Mountain Grange.  (R. M. Edgerly and Son)

Edward Norris Marston, 85, of Manchester, died Nov. 10, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a Manchester firefighter for 34 years and retired as a district chief in 1995. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

Robert John Reisman, 61, of Manchester, died Nov. 8, 2024. He taught physical science and physics for more than 30 years, and while teaching at Manchester High School West, he was a coach for the Granite State Challenge team that won the state championship. (McHugh Funeral Home)

Alan F. Scribner, 87, of Contoocook, died Nov. 13, 2024. He practiced law in New York City and was an assistant district attorney then a private criminal defense attorney. After he retired, he self-published  mystery novels set in ancient Rome, with a lead investigator by the name of Judge Marcus Flavius Severus. (Waters Funeral Home)

Mark B. Severs, 78, of Lebanon and formerly of Hanover, died Nov. 12, 2024. He was a planning and zoning attorney licensed in New Hampshire and Vermont. He became a certified financial planner and joined Morgan Stanley as a wealth management consultant for 25-plus years before retiring in 2018. He was a Trustee of Trust Funds in Hanover and a member of the Hanover Planning Board. He also served as treasurer of the Grafton County United Way. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)

Brooks Elliott Young Jr., 42, of Gilmanton, died Nov. 8, 2024, in a car accident in Alton. His grandfather introduced him at a young age to music, and he went on to have a successful music career, performing with legendary artists such as B.B. King, Sammy Hagar & The Circle, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, Pat Benatar, Huey Lewis & The News, The Wallflowers, Three Dog Night, and many others. (Smart Memorial Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins, American author, June 24, 1915, to Nov. 30, 1990

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