Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Head, H. C

merchant, public official, legislator, was born in 1849 in Hooksett, N. H. He graduated from the Manchester high school, and in 1878 moved to Minnesota. He engaged in general merchandise, milling and the lumbering business in Princeton, Minn., retiring from active business in 1894. For nine years successively he was court commissioner for his district; was city clerk for an equal period; and for four years was postmaster at Princeton. In 1896 he was elected a representative to the Minnesota state legislature, and took an active part on several important committees.

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