This contains a transcription of the Reuben Leander Angier of Fitzwilliam, NH biography from Biographical Review Volume XXIII: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cheshire and Hillsboro Counties, New Hampshire, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, 1897.
Pages 339-340
REUBEN LEANDER ANGIER, the owner of a large granite quarry in Fitzwilliam, N. H., was born in this place, February 2, 1842, son of Reuben and Eliza Ann (Bowen) Angier. His grandfather, Abel Angier, was an early settler of Fitzwilliam, which is in the south-eastern part of Cheshire County. In middle life, however, he spent two years in Northern Illinois, going there from Albany, N. Y., in am emigrant wagon long before the days of railroads. Upon returning to Fitzwilliam, he bought the old Tower farm, where he spent his last days with his family, attaining the advanced age of eighty-six years. His son Reuben, the father of Reuben L., became a successful farmer. He assisted his father, Abel, in buying the Tower farm, and upon his father’s death bought out the other heirs. He died in 1881, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, leaving a large acreage to his son. He had been Selectman, and had he been a supporter of the popular party would undoubtedly have been elected a Representative to the legislature. By his wife, Eliza Ann, he had two children–a son, Reuben Leander; and a daughter, Lydia A., who died at the age of sixteen years.
At twenty-one Reuben L. Angier, having acquired his education in the Fitzwilliam school, No. 8, and at the select school in the village, commenced quarrying granite, which he found in abundance upon his farm, continuing this industry as well as his farming with great success. He is now one of the best known quarrymen in this section of the State. Going out of the business in Fitzwilliam some time ago, he opened a quarry in Barre, Vt., and, after working it successfully for a time, sold it at a handsome profit. Until 1892 he both quarried and finished the granite, but since that date he has quarried only. He still carries on a general farming business, and raises annually a large crop of potatoes. He married Laura E. Thompson, daughter of Ozias H. Thompson, of Barre, Vt. Their children are: Rollin Leander, Frank T., and Fanny Belle.
Mr. Angier was for some time vice-president of the Fitzwilliam Savings Bank, and is now the president of the bank. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served for many years as a Selectman of the town. He was last chosen First Selectman, but declined to serve.