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Mary E. Clough was elected to the School Board of Canterbury, New Hampshire in 1875. A few years earlier her sister, Abbie Clough had been one of the first women in the town to be elected to the Board. Mary Clough served on the Board also in 1877, 1881, and 1885. She married the Reverend A.D. Smith and is listed on the School Board as Mrs. A.D. Smith, Mary E. Smith, as well as under Mary E. Clough