Nahum Burton Pinkham ⁹²⁶

HON. NAHUM B. PINKHAM.

As an all around prominent man of Cass county there is is probably no one of its citizens who more justly deserves the title than Mr. Pinkham. He is the oldest American settler of the county and is the owner of three quarter-sections of land in Reed township, his home being located there in section 30. He is a man of broad ideas and practical nature, and has become one of the most highly-esteemed men of the community, and has earnestly labored for the advancement and development of that region, both as to its financial and social interests.

Our subject was born in Anson, Somerset countv, Maine. August 21, 1842, and was reared on a farm and resided there until 1868, with the exception of the time spent in the Civil war. He enlisted in July, 1863, in Company H, Nineteenth Maine Regiment, and served till' the close of the war. He passed through a long and brave service and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania.

Upon his return to his native state he attended the State Normal, at Farmington, Maine, for two years, and then moved westward, and in April, 1871, went to Cass county, Dakota, and took land as a homestead, on which he still resides. He studied law in Maine, and at the first term of court held in Fargo, North Dakota, was admitted to the bar, but he has made farming his chief business, and has met with eminent success in that vocation, and is now possessed of a comfortable income and a good farm.

Our subject was married, in East Livermore, Maine, February 6, 1875, to Miss Rose E. Knapp, a native of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham are the parents of five children, as follows: Rosabel, now Mrs. W. D. Miller, of Edgeley, North Dakota; Emma, now Mrs. Hugh Stoddard, of Minnesota; Estel ; Grace, who died in infancy, and N. Clifford.

Mr. Pinkham was the first county attorney elected in Cass county after its organization, and during that time held the position of deputy United States attorney, under Colonel
Pound. He was elected a member of the legislature in the fall of 1889, when the state was organized, and in the fall of 1890 he was elected state senator and held the office four years. He has been justice of the peace for several terms, and is chairman of the town board of supervisors.

He has taken an active part in all public affairs, and was a bitter opponent of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, when that company endeavored to gain a foothold in the state. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and John F. Reynolds Post, No.
5, Grand Army Republic. He is a man true to his convictions, and his career has been that of an honorable, upright citizen, and his success and position are well merited.

[Source: "Compendium history and biography of North Dakota : a history of early settlement, political history, ... and biography : reminiscences of pioneer life" (Chicago, IL), 1900, p. 851]

  Events

• He worked as a farmer and lawyer.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Cass County, North Dakota. He was head of household.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Reed, Cass County, North Dakota. He was head of household and property owner. Two Swedish servants lived in the home.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Reed, Cass County, North Dakota. He was head of household and property owner. A servant and hired man lived in the home.

• His obituary was published in The Bismarck Tribune 25 October 1917 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.

Nahum married Rose Emma Knapp, daughter of Archibald Lindsey Knapp and Jane White, 6 February 1875 in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine ⁹²⁶.^,927 (Rose Emma Knapp was born 8 March 1847 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine ²⁵⁴ and died 6 March 1920 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota ⁹²⁸.)