Mr. Rollins is very fond of agricultural pursuits, and works on his farm
in the haying and harvesting seasons, with great benefit to himself
physically. Though constitutionally not very strong, and of a highly
nervous temperament, his excellent personal habits, his rural tastes and
simplicity of life, have enabled him to do a prodigious amount of work
without suffering anything beyond an occasional derangement of health,
always restored by relaxation from official duties, and physical labor
on the farm, where he was wont to take similar exercise in boyhood. He
is now in the full vigor and strength of his powers, and may reasonably
look forward to many years more of active usefulness to the state and
nation.
[Illustration: Natt Head]
GOV. NATT HEAD.
NATT HEAD is of Welsh and Scotch ancestry. John and Nathaniel Head,
brothers, emigrated from Wales and settled in Bradford, Mass.
Subsequently they removed to Pembroke. Although of Welsh birth, they
were thoroughly English in their views and general characteristics, as
tradition and other testimony amply prove. Nathaniel, the
great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, became an influential
and patriotic citizen of his adopted town. Early in the period of
trouble with the mother country he was selected by the members of the
committee of safety in Pembroke to go through that town and hunt up and
make a list of the Tories. Hostilities having been inaugurated, he
enlisted in the military service, and served with fidelity and bravery
throughout the war. After the return of peace he became actively
identified with the state militia, and rose to the command of the third
brigade. He represented the town of Pembroke in the legislature.
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