Background
Pillsbury, Rosecrans W. was born on September 18, 1863 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Colonel William S. and Sarah A. (Crowell) Pillsbury.
Pillsbury, Rosecrans W. was born on September 18, 1863 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Colonel William S. and Sarah A. (Crowell) Pillsbury.
Pinkerton Academy and Manchester High School. Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth College, class of 1885. Studied law, Boston Law School, and in office of Judge Robert J. Peaslee, Manchester, N.H.
Admitted to N.H. bar, 1890, also to Florida bar, but devoted time to business rather than law. Manager W. S. & R. W. Pillsbury, oldest shoe factory in N.H. Owner and manager 300-acre farm.
Treasurer Union Public Company, props. Manchester Union; president First National Bank of Derry. Director Greene Consolidated Copper Company, Manchester National Bank, Shoe and Leather Association, Boston.
Treasurer Nutfield Savings Bank. President Manchester Mirror Company, public morning and evening Mirror and American, since 1918. Trustee N.H. College Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Delaware State Constitutional convs., 1887, 1902, 11, 18. Member N.H. House of Representatives, 1897-1899, 1905, 11. Delegate Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1904, and member commission to notify Mr.
Roosevelt of his nomination as President. Member board visitors United States Naval Academy, 1912. Democratic candidate for Congress, 1920.
Member N.H. House of Representatives, 1897-1899, 1905, 11. Member board visitors United States Naval Academy, 1912. Democratic candidate for Congress, 1920.
Mason. Elk.
Married Annie E. Watts, December 10, 1885 (died 1911).; married second, Harriet Ferguson Valentine, 1913. Children: Mistress Maria Hawkes, Horace Watts, Mistress Dorothy Bartlett.