Charles B. Gafney.
Born in Ossipee, N. H., Sept. 17, 1843; enlisted Sept 27, 1862, as Second Lieutenant of Co. B, 13th New Hampshire Volunteers; promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant June 1, 1863, and to that of Captain, May 30, 1865; severely wounded in the thigh at Petersburg, June 13, 1864; served as aid to General Ripley, General McCullom, and General Roulston; was graduated from the law school at Columbia University, Washington, D. C., in 1868; was Clerk to the National Senate Committee on Naval Affairs for eight years; went to Rochester, N. H., in 1871 and formed a law partnership with Joseph H. Worcester, which firm became Worcester, Gafney & Snow. Mr. Gafney was private secretary to Hon. Frank Jones during the latter’s presidency of the Boston & Maine Railroad; in April, 1896, Mr. Gafney was appointed Judge of Probate for Strafford County by Governor Busiel, to succeed Judge Young; admitted to the society Feb. 9, 1897; died in Rochester, N. H., Jan. 25, 1898.