GENERAL DANIEL E. COLBY. General Daniel E. Colby is a son of General Anthony Colby. He was born at New London in 1816, and has always had his home there. He graduated at Dartmouth College, in the class of 1836, and soon after went into trade in his native town. In 1837 he was appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of his father, Major General Colby. He represented his town in the popular branch of the New Hampshire Legislature, in 1857. He was appointed Adjutant General on the resignation of his father, August 21, 1863, and resigned March 25, 1864. GENERAL NATT HEAD. Adjutant General Natt Head was born in Hooksett, May 20, 1828. His father, Colonel John Head, who died in 1836, was a farmer, a heavy lumber dealer and an esteemed and valued citizen. The son continued the business of the father, and in connection with a brother, is still extensively engaged in farming, lumbering and the manufacture of bricks. He was early successful in business and soon gained a reputation for enterprise, integrity and honorable dealing. He took several railroad contracts, building the line from Suncook to Hooksett, and also that from Suncook to Pittsfield. Immediately after the burning of the Military Asylum at Augusta, Maine, the managers of the institution, by reason of the sickness of the Deputy Governor, requested General Head to proceed at once to Augusta to arrange for the comfort and protection of the disabled soldiers who had been so suddenly deprived of a home. The mission was faithfully accomplished. Subsequently General Head contracted with the managers and rebuilt the Asylum. In the financial world he has attained a high rank. He is a Director of the First National Bank |