Brookline Town (part 3 of 6)

The most enjoyable feature of the entire celebration, and one which won more approval than any other, was the children's exercises, both at the memorial tablet and at the town hall. The marching of the children, especially to and from the tablet on Saturday morning was excellent, and is worthy of the highest praise. Over two thousand children participated in the exercises nl' the day, which consisted of day firew orks on the playground at nine o'clock, and which lasted until almost ten o'clock, singing at the memorial tablet erected on the green in front ol the First Parish church on Walnut street ; and in the afternoon they journeyed to the town hall to listen In addresses l>v some of the must distinguished men of the state. From early in the morning until the time for the exercises drew near, little tots in their first vear in school, and big, dignified seniors in the high school could be seen here and there, and all wearing an eager and expectant look on their bright faces. Kach and every one were jubilant over the thought thai he or she was going to take part in one of the most gh nun- events of the celebration, and one that will go down to posterity as one of the grandest and mi st uplifting ceremonies of the anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brookline. The day fireworks on the Cypress street playground consisted of a great number of paper balloons made after the shapes of all sorts of animals; nf bombs containing quantities of confetti which fell .ill over the crowds when they burst; and of rockets which held small balloons which spread out when the explosion came high in the air. From 0.30 until 1(1 30 the children of all of the scl I- looked on and cl red these features.

The parade was headed by the members of the local post uf I lie ( I. A, R., a ml despit e t he age of most uf the members of this grand i Id body of men their marching uniild have dime credit to maiiv of our younger militan nun (ieorge I Dearborn uf I lie (band Army was the chief marshal, and he was assisted by Willard V. (boss. These two men gathered their jmemle arm\ quickly, and each school inarched with a banner giving the name of the school and the number of the particular grade which followed. The teacher- acted as sergeants and corporals, and there was not a hitch in the en I ire arrangement. When t he public realize what an undertaking it is to make arrangements for marching for over two thousand children, so that there will not be any confusion, thev can appreciate the mam months of hard work mi the part of those who had the parade in charge. Both in marching on and off the playground and also during the line of march, absolute order was maintained. There was no shouting or cat-calling of any description, and even child seemed to be trying to outdo the other in good beha \ ior.

At Bovlston si reel a reviewing stand had been erected and here the reviewing party saw the procession. They were Joseph Walker, the Rev. D. I). Addison, Mrs. Mary A. Driscoll, Mrs. Clara I

In , pat nek. Mr-- Ruth C. Paine, the Be v. William II Lyon, Prof. W. T. Sedgwick, franklin \Y Hobbs, Dr. E. M. Bowker, Michael Driscoll, Dr Walter ('banning and Mr. and Mrs. Hartvig

The procession proceeded to the tablet, which was covered with a large \merican Hag and which was well situated in the triangle formed by Walnut and Warren streets. The children then marched around the tablet, until a compact mass had been formed, and then at a given word the direct deseen dants of the men who petitioned to have Mudd\ River set off from I'm. -ton and name. I Brookline, and whose petition \\a- granted just 200 year ago, pulled up the flag which covered the bronze plate set in a huge piece of granite, When the Hag went up the band which led the procession played "America, ' and i he cut ire mass of children cheered and cheered, until even the surrounding woods re-echoed with glad refrain. Charles F. While was ilif presiding officer at the exercises. \Yilli:iin II. I. vim ill" the First Parish church made the invocation. Frederick Law Olnistead, Jr., for the committee on memorials, presented the tablet to the town, and Albert I.. Lincoln responded for the park commissi] tiers. An address was deliveied by Charles II Steams, after which the children pulled the cords, which raised the flag In in the tablet. The tablet gives the names of the signers of the petition, and tells al the 1 >< . 1 1 « m tit' tlif marching from that spot of the men who toi 1. part in t lif hal t le of Lexingt i n.

Small, ( ifii unit' Welling, William Harman- Brown, Helen Winsor, Merrill White, Henry 1> White, Katherine 11 White, Carolyn Ohnstead Francis P. White, Margaret Perry, Marian Hall Agnes Lee Ward, Rosamund Hunt, Miss Wheel* r Herbert White, Francis Rooney, .It hn J. Rooney Thomas Roonev, Cieorge White, Hannah White Evelyn Hitchcock, John Hitchcock. The ladies who liil the unveiling were: Mrs. T. II. Kitson Miss Emily 1!. Shepard, Mrs. William 1 1. Hunt Mi-- \ 1 1 1 1 it I!. Winchester and Miss Grace Dana \\ 1 . ii t In' t \fi rises at i lir tablet were finishei which they were dismissed. One of the must pleasing features of the parade was t he presence of the teachers, who marched with their respective t 'ha lee. t Ian 'lire Shepard. Francis Shepard, Hilda Shepard, Katherine Shepard, Went worth Shep anl. Elsa Badger. Salh G. Hawes, I!. salind Winchester, Dorothy Winchester, Edmund Winchester, Nicholas Worthingtt n. Francis II. Cummings, K t 'uminings, Jr.. I lorot hv Kitson, parade was the perfect step maintained by the children during the entire line of march. They kept in time with the music, ami the interval between fours was of 1 he proper distance.

On the platform were t lie members of the school board, the Boston festival orchestra and the speakers. Gov. -elect Curtis Guild, Jr., Rev. Dr. William II. Lyon, Bishop Lawrence, Rev. Dr. D. D. Addison and Rev. Dr. Reuen Thomas. Franklin W. Hobbs, chairman of the school board, presided.

The programme opened at three o'clock wit h an overture by the orchestra, after which Dr. D. D Addison delivered the invocation. The children sang "Hamburg,'' which was followed bv an address by Rev. Dr. Lyon on "Old Schools and New." He nave an interesting sketch of the school lifeol the olden days, and compared ii with i he school life of today, with the present excellenl system. The chorus sang the "Festival Hymn," after which came an address by Bishop Lawrence mi "School and Character." The chorus and a trio, consisting of Miss Helen Black, William L. Snow and St. Clair Wordell, rendered "The Heavens are Telling," by Haydn. Mr. Hobbs then introduced the governor-elect, who was received with loud applause He spoke on "Citizenship,"

Al the close oi the exercises a request was made l>y I he children present to shake hands with Gov. -elect Guild and Bishop Lawrence, which was kindly granted by the two speakers, and nearly every child, as well as every grown person present, shook hands with the two distinguished men.

with reference to the celebrations. The services were well attended for the ino.-t part, and I lie music was I" t h elaborate and interesting.

Closing Fxkrcisks

A fitting ending to a glorious celebration, in which the people of Brookline celebrated the 200th aimi\ ersary of the incorporation of our town, came to a close on Monday evening, when about lOOOof our citizens attended a banquet in the town hall. Tin- banquet began sharp at 6 o'clock, and the speaking at S. ('apt. R. G. F. Candage of the board oi assessors acted as presiding officer and toast master.

Mr. Candage began the speaking l>\ proposing a t< ast to i he President < if I he I nit ed Stat es which was responded to by the entire audience, who remained .-landing while the orchestra plaved "The Star Spangled Banner." This was followed by a toast to t he ( 'ommonwealt h of Massachusetts, which wits responded to by Lieut. <io\. Curtis Guild, Jr., who was greeted by enthusiastic and prolonged applause. Mr. Guild, who spoke verv briefly, said he was there as the representative of one who more fitly should respond, but who was unavoidably absent Gov. William L. Douglas. Mr. Guild narrated several very witty and happy anecdote- which provoked much mirth, and I hen eulogized the career of Massachusetts. He said among many thing- that Massachusetts was proud of her men and women, many of whom he said had become famous in almosl even state of the I 'nion.

"The city i I Bo-ion i- proud to be vour municipal mother. Mudth River was a good child. well brought up. and the lessons which she learned during her 7.5 vears oi childhood laid the foundation lor I hat great noss and glon which to dav vou celebrate. If Brookline, Mass., i- t he hall mark of

One of the brightest speeches of the evening was made by James M. Cod man, Jr., of the board oi selectmen. In introducing Mr. Codman. Mr. Candage spoke of the g I government of Brookline being as enduring a.- the hills. Mr. Codman picketl up the allusion and declared that inasmuch as several of Brookline 's most famous hillhad already been graded and either parth or wholly removed, nothing was to be considered as alt i 'gel her permanent. The next speaker was Mr. Samuel J. Elder, who responded to the toast. "The Lathes." He said thai he was surprised to see thai there were signs of insurrection in the celebration, that there was "a counter-movement," so to -peak. He said thai evidently the spirit of the celebration had taken such a strong

Representative Men

Wixthkop, Hon. Rom in (.'., who was one of Brookline's most highly honored fellow citizens, was horn in B.:ston Mass., Ma> 12. 1S00. Died he had been soughl i ', ,- to speak on puhli

Mr Winthrop enjoyed the unique distinctii n of <'amc the address read on il -can f the unhaving kn.avn personally every l'residenl of the \* " ' ' " ' - "f that monument the twenty-second of

United States except Washington and Jefferson. h, [S32 lie saw Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, at his

February. ISSo. Had he not been ill, this second address would have been delivered also bv him. The vears between the laving of the corner-stone

Massachusetts Legislature. He served on the to sway with every breath of passion, yet so firmfloor onlv three vears. when he was chosen Speak- l> l>aso«l in the hearts and affections of the people erof the House' and that office was given to him that the wildest storm- of treas m and fanaticism in the two subsequent vears also. break over it in vain." Mr. Winthrop was the Few men, indeed, had had such exalted ideas of orator at the inauguration oi the Franklin statue the duty of public men as Mr. Winthrop. Soon "' 1 (a statue which he originally suggested); after the election of Gen. Harrison to the l'res- at the inauguration of the statue of Gen. Warren, idency a vacancv occurred in the B, ston Congres- in IS57; at the unveiling of the Webster statue at sional district," Mr. Abbott Lawrence having Central Park, New York, in 1S76, and at the Cen- ,-esigned Vn'u, all the able Whigs in Boston at '''"'"al celebration in I'm, ston the same year; at that time the party selected Mr. Winthrop to the unveiling of I he Prescott statue at Bunker represent it. He took hisseat in 1N40. being-then Hill in 1SS1, and at Vorktovvn, Va., on the ncca- |,u, :;i years of age Afterward can,,' his elec- «'»n of the centennial of the surrender of Cornt ion as Speaker and il is said t hat even Clav was wallis. October li), 1NS1. While Mr. Winthrop not Mr Winthrop's superior as a presiding officer. had vividly painted his historical pictures in all

Whitnkv, J.uiks S.. was born in thai pari of I leerfielrl then called "Bloody Brook," im« South Deerfield, May H)th, 181 1- He wan son of Stephen Whitney, Esq., formerly of Nelson, X. II . :i prominent merchant al Bloody Brook, and a man highly respected and esteemed in the community in which he lived, lie was the representative from Deerfield in the General Courl in the years 183-1 and 1835. In 1834, he was Monitor of the first division of the House and ;i member of the - ommittee on Accounts, lie was also a Monitor in 1 835, and in the same year, one of the Commissioners who had charge of the construction of the enlargement of the State Lunatic Asylum at \\ i ircesl ii

(Jen. Whitney was also fortunate on his mother's side. Her maiden name was Man Burgess. She was a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Burgess, who was, for a long series of years, the country doctor in ( loshen, Mass.

The early education of James S Whitne\ was such as he was able to obtain al home from the teaching of his parents, who were both well qualified to instruct and guide him, and in the common schools of thai day and this vicinit v. 1 1 does no| appear thai he had am advantages be vond these; luit he faithfully improved .'ill his opportunities, and. with natural abilities of a high order, by close application and diligen! study, acquired that knowledge which enabled him to discharge in u highly creditable manner i lie dul ies of the various and important p isitions in which he was placed in the course of his active life. At an early age he en I e red i lie store of his father, in the capacit \ of a clerk, and by his industrious habits, his strict attention to his duties and his ready tad in dealing with customers, .-nun established a good business character. In lN-il'. at the age of twenty-one years, he became, by purchase from his father, the proprietor of the business and carried on the same at South Deerfield till about the first of January. 1838. when he removed to Conwav. In that period of his life, though actively employed in his private business, he look a deep interest and active part in public affairs, and especially in the movement al thai time in winch his father also took an efficient part . for the organization, or the reorganization of the militia of the Slate, which. in the words of a journal of the ( lav, "was in a deplorable condition." lie entered into this work with that zeal and energy, and with such good judgment and .success as gave him a marked prominence in military circles, and in 1835, when onlv twenty-four years of age, he was honored with an election and commission as Brigadier-General of the Second Brigade and Fourth Division of Mass achusetts Militia. B\ thai title of General thus early ami honorably earned and worthilv conferred, he was known in all the following vears of his life. He was an efficient and popular military officer. One who well remembers him <avs: "He was a superb horseman," and he was never -ecu on a poor horse. One interesting incident in his military experience is worthy of mention. He commanded the infantry escort thai headed the procession at the celebration of ('apt. Lothrop's battle at South Deerfield, Sept. 30, 1835, and ii is said that Hon. Edward Everett, who delivered the oration on that occasion and was a candidate fur Governor, was so favorably impressed bv his soldierly deportment ami the eilicieni performance of his duty, that soon after his inauguration as Governor and of his own motion he forwarded to (Jen. Whitney a commission as Justice of the I'eace. The fact t hat t he < leneral qualified by i it'ii Whitney removed from South Deerfield aboul the first of January, 1X38, and then engaged in business in Conway, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Anson Shepard, under the firm of Shepard & Whitney. The\ soon gained an extensive and profitable country trade. There are those vet living who remember well thai good old-fashioned country store, and the old stove around which the good citizens of Con way discussed ami set i Ifl in I heiroyy n minds, the most important questions and measures affecting the destinies of their town, state and count ry, and around which, as one who well remembers it has recently said, "Selectmen, Assessors and Constables were made and unmade." The firm of Shepard A: Whitney was in tunc followed by that of Whitney & Wells, Mr. ( 'ha ilt- Wells being the junior partner, and thai In "Whitney. Wells (V- Co." The last-named linn, aside from their store, operated a large factory' for i lie manufacture of seamless bags, in w Inch I he\ employed a large number of operatives. This was one of the most important industries tif the town, ami continued until Gen. Whitney left i t >ii\\ ay.

In 1843, he was chosen Town Clerk, and was kepi 111 thai office till 1852. That was the only town office thai he held, although he was frequently chosen as agent for the town in important matters, and in all cases he was vigilant for the interesl s of his const it uents.

- leu. Whitney represented Conwav in the Legislature of I Sol, and again in 1X54, The Legislature of 1 So 1 was controlled by that memorable coalition oi the Democratic and free-soil parties of the Slate which placed Charles Sumner in that seal in the Senate of the Inited Stales which he held till his death in 1 s 7 4 . ami passed manv important measures in the line of reform and progress. Among those measures may be ment ioned, the acl to establish a Board ol Bank Commissioners; an act relating to joint stock companies, k now n as the General Corporation law ; an "act to provide for the belter security of the ballot," known as i he ballot " law of 1851 , a law quite as effect nal and more simple t han the present law for the same purpose; an "act to amend some of the Proceedings, Practice and Rules of Evidence ol the Courts of the Commonwealth;" an

"acl relating to the calling a Convention of delegates for the pimp ise of revising the Constitution;" an act lo exempt from levy on execution the Homestead to the value of $500, of a Householder having a family, known as the Homestead Law; an acl to secure to Mechanic- a m I Laborers their payment for labor In a lien on Ileal Estate, known as the Mechanics Lien Law: and an acl providing for the election of Presidential Electors In a plurality instead of a majority vote and extending the same provision to the election of Representatives in Congress, after a failure to elect mi t he first t rial.

In the discussions concerning I hose measures and in all the proceedings of the House, Gen. Whitney took an active and influential pan. and displayed an acquaintance unit public affair-, an understanding and appreciation of the true principle- oi legislation and government, and a readiness and power in debate that placed him among the first in ability and influence in a l>od\ which comprised among its members such distinguished men as Sidney Bart let t. Otis Chi])]), Benjamin R. Curtis, Henry J. Gardner, Samuel Hooper. Moses Kimball, William Scholller, Xallianiel Sea\er. Richard Frothiugham, Junior, .John Mills, Frederick 0. Prince, Nathaniel Wood, John M. Earle, Caleb ( 'ushing, Ensign II Kellogg. Caleb Stetson, William Aspinwall, Ezra Wilkinson. Samuel II Walley, and others whose name- were well known through the state and who participated in the debates and proceedings of the House.

Whitney was at the time so often mentioned, was an e\eiii of too much importance and interesl to be passed without special notice. Probably no election of a Senator in Massachusetts was ever attended with more intense feeling and excitement. Mr. Simmer was exceeedinglv popular with the Free-soil party, and in the arrangements of t he coal it it hi it was undersl ood that he was to be elected I nited Slates Senator for the term which began on the 4th of March, 1851. The Hon. Roberl C. Winthrop, who had served with honor as speaker of the Massachusetts 1 louse of Representatives and of t he House of Representatives of Washington, and who was eminently worthy ol i he confidence ami support of his part v. was the Whig candidal e flic election of Senator was then made b\ the concurrent vote of the two branches oi Legislature, wit houl vote in joinl eon- \ cm ion. In I lie Senal e I li" ci ialil ii m had I he majority and Mr Suniiier was elected on I he lirsl ballot, In the House the contest was protracted and attended with much excitement. Several Democrats refused to vote for Mr. Sumner. ( ien Whitney was one of them. He was a Democrat of the Jackson school and over had the courage to stand by his principles. He was no friend of I lie svstem of American slavery, bin he was an earnest supporter of the constitution of the I nit cm I States, and regarded the agitation ol the slaven question in Congress as detrimental to the peace and interests of the country. He regarded Mr Sumner as an anti-slavery agitator, and while he aequiesced in the coalition in local matters and for the purpose ol securing desirable reforms in the administration of State affairs, he fell thai he could not consistently vote to place an antislaver \ agitator in i he Senate of i he I nited State* and cast his vote for a Democrat, in some twenty or more balh il ings.

In the meantime effi irts were made to convince him thai he was mistaken in his views of Mr. Sumner's character and purposes. He was assured thai while Mr. Sumner would not, pending the election, make nor permit to be made any pledges as to In- I'm ore an inn mi any particular subject or question, his course in the Senate would bo that of a statesman and nol of an agitator. On this point he desired further assurance, and it was finally by the efforts of mutual friend so arranged thai Mr. Sumner and (len. Whitney should, apparently by accident, meet in the State Library for the purpose of an interview. The meeting took place, and, without any express promise or pledge, Mr. Sumner assured Gen. Whitney in substance, that he was not disposed to act the part of an agitator in the Senate, that he was especially interested in the foreign relations of the country, which he had already studied with much care, and that he should hope to be in a position in the Senate in which he could follow his inclinations in that direct ion.

his own course thus far, he decided to refer the matter to them for advice. He accordingly came tu Conwav, and a meeting of the Democrats was called, at w Inch he slat c I full \ and candidh I he I he sit ual ion in i he House U'ler a free con lei once, t he \ i lice ol the meet ing was t hat he should vote for Mr. Sumner. With this expre sum of the sentiments of his constituents, he ret urned In I', .-tun. ( In l he 2 li h of April, l he House proceeded to the h ha I hit ; I here was no choice, and on a call of I he roll, il appeared ihai I he number ol ballots exceeded 1 1\ I w 1 1 I he until

1 ii Is.Vi, the town of Con wa_\ honored it -elf and (len. Whitney by elect oil; hi in as a delegate to the convention of delegates of the people for the purpose ol revising the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

(ien. Whit i m \ continued in charge of the armory till the first day of March, I Slit), when he resigned the superintendency, having been called to a lugher position.

On the - 3d of March, I .'.(in, in pursuance of pre \ i 1 1 1 1 > arrangements, the officers and armorers ol the armory met Gen. Whitney, to present to him a testimonial of their respect and esteem. There was a full meeting. The testimonial was a ver\ elegant set of silver ware, described as follows:

"A pitcher and line goblet . all lined with gold, of original and unique pattern, elaborately ornamented, and altogether the most superb sol of the kind ever seen in Springfield. L'pon the pitcher was t his inscripl ion :

President Buchanan and (Jen. Whitney were not particular friend-. The General was nol an original supporter of Mr. Buchanan for the presidency in IS06, and as n delegate to the national convention in that year, at first voted for another candidate. Bui his judicious and successful superintendence of the national armory, mi Springfield Hill, had placed him in a position in which he could not be hid. It had. in fact, given him a national reputation, and when the ['resident tendered to him, without solicitation or expectation on his part, the collectorship of the port ill Boston, considerations other and inure weighty than regard I'm- his own personal preferences induced him to accept the position. The appointmenl and acceptance were honorable in both parties, and ven few appointments, if anv, ever received more general approval.

Whitney's administration of the business affairs oi the Boston Custom House was efficient and satisfactory in the government, as well as to all who had direct dealings with i he collector or his subordinates, but it was cut short by the success of the Republican party in the election of I860. He entered upon the duties of the office about the iirsl of March, i860, and was removed very soon, probably within i hi rty days after the inauguration of President Lincoln, on the II h of March. [861.

After Ins removal from the collectorship, Gen. \\ lniiie\ engaged in business in Bi stem, and soon became identified with enterprises of large extent and importance He was for some years, and at the time of Ins death, president of the Boston Water Power Oompam and of the Metropolitan Steamship Company, whose steamers formed the "outside line" from Boston to New York.

The facts that Gen Whitney represented Conway in the Legislature of 1851 and 1854, and that he was a delegate in the Constitutional Convention in 1853, have been mentioned, It is to be said further that in 1.849 he was a Democratic candidate in Franklin county for State Senator; that in 1852 he wa< one of the Democratic candidates for president ial electors at large, Col. Charles il. Greene, for many years i he well-known editor of the Boston Cost, being the other; that in 1856 he was a delegate to the 1 >emoerat ic National Convention that nominated .lames Buchanan for President ; that in 1860 he was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention, which met at Charlestown, adjourned to Baltimore and divided on candidates; that in i hat year he acted with those Democrats who supported John C. Breckenridge fur President : thai in 1872 he represented the first Norfolk district in the State Senate: that in ls?ii he was President of the Democratic Stale Convention thai nominated Hun. Charles Francis Adams for Governor of Massachusetts; and t hat in 1S78 he presided over the Democratic State Convention in Faneuil Hall. Boston, which Humiliated Hon Josiah G. Abb, ill for Governor, in opposition to Hon. B. 1 '. Butler, who hail received a nomination from Democrats at Worcester. < Mi the last named occasion he made an able and power, u] speech which attracted much attention. Thai was the last public effort of his life, but I here was nothing in il nor in his personal appearance heart) and vigorous thai indicated that he was very near the end ul his earthly career. He was active in Ins attention to his extensive business interests in Boston till and mi the 24th day of October, 1878. On that dayhe had. in the forenoon, been in consultation with other gentlemen concerning the affairs ul the Boston Water Power Company, in which labor he applied himself very closely. He was in his and manifested his usual interest in the progress of the pending political campaign. Later in the afternoon he heard of the sudden death of Mr. .lames L. Thorndyke, a friend and business associate. Still later, he met a friend on the si reel to whom he said that he had intended In go to the of subjecting himself to t he excitement of a p ilitieal assemblage. He said. "I am getting to be an cild man and perhaps belter lake care of myself." The two separated shortly before li o'clock. Gen Whitney took a car mi his way in his home in Brookline, where he had resided since his removal from Springfield in 1860. When near I he end of I he car route be became faint and was assisled from the car In a store near al hand While crossing the si reel he asked that aid be sent fur. Doctors were al once called, bill before they arrived life wa- extinct. Heart disease was the cause of his death.

()n Monday, October 2,8, private funeral services were held at his house, followed by public services in the Harvard church, every seal in which was occupied by his friends and associates

Lawrenck, Francis William, Selectman of -' vestryman of the Church of Our Savior, Long- Brookline for eleven years; chairman of the wood, and also served as treasurer of the Church Brookline Park Commission; twelve years vestry- Corporation 187S-'80. He was junior warden man; treasurer and warden of the Church of Our l885-'93 and held the position of sennit' warden at Savior, Longwood, from 1868; director, clerk and ,1|(' time of his death. He was a stock-holder, treasurer of the Brookline Gas Light Company; director, clerk and treasurer of the Brookline Gas president of the Brookline National Bank, etc., Light Company; one of the incorporators and a was born in Brookline, Mass., November 20, 1839, director of the Brookline National Bank, and its son of William Richards and Susan Coombs president 1896-1903; president of the Globe (ias (Dana) Lawrence; grandson of Amos and Sarah Light Company of Boston; director of the lp- (Richards) Lawrence; greal grandson of .Major *vieh Mills and of the Merimack Chemical Corn- Samuel and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence and a de- pany.and served as a trustee of several private cendatit from John Lawrence, the emigrant who trusts. His philanthropic work included the prescame from Wissett, England, to Watertown, idency of the Boston Dispensory; the vice-presi- Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1635. He was dencyofthe New England Conservatory of music ; a pupil at Lawrence Academy Groton, Mass., trusteeship of the St. Luke's Home for Convales- Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and at private cents in Roxbury; of the Trustees of Donations, schools in Bcston, and Paris, Prance. and of the Boston Episcopal Charitable Society.

there purchased a large plantation and cultivated sea island cot ton. In 1865 he sold t he plantation ami returned to Boston and the following year settled in Longwood, Brookline. He was married January 27, 1863, to Lucilla, elder daughter of t he Hon. Charles Russell and Martha Ann (Jackson) Train; granddaughter of i he Rev. Charles and Hepzibal (Harrington) Train and a defendant from John Train (1610-1681) who came from Enp land to Watertown. Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1635, taking passage on t he ship Susan and I:' Hi //. Francis William Lawrence was a public spirited citizen, as attested by hi- services of eleven years as selectman of the town of Brookline, during pari

Mason, Albert, Chief Justice, was born in Mi Id lei hi in. November 7, 1836. Admit ted to t he bar iii February, 1860. Served in the Thirtyeight h Regiment , Massachusel t - Volunteers, 1862- 1865, as Second Lieutenant, Captain and \ i taut Quartermaster. Chairman Selectmen of Plymouth for several years. Member House of Representatives 1873-1874. Appointed to the Board oi Harbor and Land Commissioners in [874. Appointed Justice of the Superior Court in February, 1882, and became Chief Justice in 1890. Died m Brookline, January 2, 1905.

war horse (if Democracy in the days before the ( 'i\ il \\ :ir, t hough he showed his independence by settling with his vote as a member of the Legislature that Charles Si n unci' should go to the Cnited States Senate.

The father was a Conway merchant, with manufacturing interests. The boy was sent to the Conway schools, and afterward to Williston Seminary. \\ hen he was read\ to go into business his father had removed to Springfield as superintendent of the Armory. Henry found ;i place as office boy in ilic Conway bank at spin a year. The second year he got a Kin per cent, increase, and the third \car was raised to s:;ui).

"I can't remember," he says, "whether my father ever helped me out with am money besides what I earned or not. [know [ boarded with the cashier of the bank and did some odd jobs for him."

Rank of Redemption a- a clerk. Sunn afterward he took a place in a naval recruiting office, and when his fa i her was made collector of the port of Boston, he entered the Custom House. The following year he went to W» York and set up for

Meantime General Whitney, the father, had e tablished the Metropolitan Steamship Company In |S65 the son returned to Boston as agent of I his company. The fat her dying in lS(iS, t he sun in INTO secured control of the company and re mained its president until a -hurt tune ago, when he Sold mil all his stuck and ret ired.

Hi- first big improvement for the city of Boston was the Beacon streel boulevard. His father's dwelling was at Beacon and Harvard street-, where Mr. Whitney's mother st ill resides. Bencon street was a lane It appealed to Whitne\ that the man who made that alley into a boulevard, with a street ear line in the middle of it. would nut only confer a tremendous blessing mi posterity, but incidentally make a fortune if he happened in own the adjacent land. He formed the West laid band Co., which raised S1.00U.000, bought the land and sent Mr, Whitney into a Brookline town meeting to demonstrate that if he was willing tu make the improvement cheap for the town as chief abuttor, nobody else ought to complain. Bretty nearly everybody in sight did complain, but it went through, so far as Brookline w as concerned.

The trouble came on the stretch ni lane within the Boston limits. The project was resisted in the city, and the Metropolitan street ran which would lay its t racks on t he new boulevard . if it went through, made such a light thai Mr.

Whitney said: "There's only one way tu get rid of these railways: we'll have to buy them all." And he did. The West laid Land Coinpam < quired controlling interests in the Metropolitan, the Highland, the Middlesex, the South Boston and the Cambridge street railways, and consolidated I hem as t he \\'e.-i End street railway

It was characteristic of Henn \l Whitney that in drawing the charter of the West End Si reel Railway Company he peered into the Inline and foresaw that the surface lines were never going to suffice fur all I he traffic thai was In be. In that document permission was expressly given the company to build and operate, under certain restric t inns, a subway under Boston Common. This was fought like almost every one of the remarka-

In a trip South Mr. Whitney happened to see one of the earlier short-line trolley installations. He saw at once thai electricity was the motive power nf the future for city traction, and came back tn Boston resolved to get thai imprcTN ement. People said he was crazy. Others said he desired t ii elect rocute his fellow -cil izens.

lie went right ahead. The consolidation made a system on such a scale it was possible to t rv experiments which iin .-mall line could have afforded. It was all pioneer work, anil involved an immense amount of labor and expense. Many cities sent agents to see w hat Whitney was up to.

The next meat Whitney enterprise was the coal business in Canada. He organi ed the Dominion Coal ( 'ompany, \\ Inch cum I lined a large number of mines uii Cape Breton Island. The product was sold for manufacturing purposes chiefly along the St. Lawrence River. In the winter that river is fro en and the men had no work. Mr. Whitney conceived the idea of gh ing the men work the year round and boosting international trade besides, li\ selling coal in Boston. A fleet of colliers was chartered, and coal carried to this port. It developed that the kind of coal mined at Sidney was more profitably relieved of it- gas, leaving a marketable coke; -11 Mr. Whit ney went to the Legislature fur a charter fur what are now known as the New England Gas & Cuke Company, and the Massachusetts Pipe Line Company, to sell gas tn the district gas companies of Boston and cuke in the public. Here again he was bitterly opposed. Before the Dominion Compam was organized, t he product was 800,000 tons. N'ow it is 3, 500,000.

Still another enterprise which has been set down in hi- credit a-a pure work nf philanthropy . but which he protests was nothing but straighl Li i-i in--, was t he transact inn by which t he 1 '>< i-t i >u Chamber of Commerce acquired without paying for ii the site on which it- building -lands. The land belonged originally to two wharf companies, t he India and t he ( 'ent nil. The India wharf people desired to deed over their half for nothing excepting to get back the value with interest from sales of adjacent land. The Central Wharf Company refused to du likewise. Mr. Whitney came forward, bought the whole property and gave the ( 'hamber it- site.

Hotel Beaconsfield, Brookline, is another of his enterprises. The only other commercial concern with which he i- now connected is the American Asl ie-i os I 'onipanj .

In the course of liis dealings in Canada Mr. Whitney had occasion to make many acquaintances among the people of that country, and became impressed both with their line qualities as associates and with the unparalleled resources of their new land nf promise. When he had disposed of hi- interest in the Dominion Coal Company he look i he time to renew earlier studies of t he t rade relations between the two peoples, and became thoroughly imbued with the idea thai in Canada lies the opportunity fur \ew England to re.ua in all that great financial prestige which was formerly hers in building the railways and cities of t he West .

"The artificial wall, the tariff, which obstructs I rade. ought 1 1 > come dow 11 ." he says. He let it be known tu his friends that he stood ready tn give nf his time and means to help that fight.

The President nf tin' ('hamber of Commerce, which hasbeen doing things tn further reciprocity for maii\ year-, about this time resigning, Mr. Whitney, was chosen his successor.

He immediately decided that the way tu get a new tariff law was tu notify the law makers t hrough t he ballot box i hat t he people of Massachusetts wanted it. Since then lie has been making a colli nuiiiii- fighl nil t hat line.

Mr. Whitney's family life ha- been peculiarly happy. The son nf a mother w hu at s"> find- her -on one of the most distinguished citizens of the State, he married in 1869 Miss < ireen. daughter of Admiral Joseph L. Green of Brookline, and has been blessed with five children. Miss Ruth, Mrs. .1 P Gardiner, Miss Laura. James S.. now a Harvard sophomore, and Miss Josephine.

lie has a -mall but tine stud ui riding and driving horses. These he never races or exhibits. He i- fond or riding and indulges in that sport much . if i he t ime.

firmary, the Boston Museum of Fine Ails, ami a single term as a member of the Boston School Committee. On the death of his fal her in 1881 , he succeeded a,- the trustee oi the Lowell Institute which institution experienced great prosperity under his able management. He was vice president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from its organization up tn 1883, and a member of t he executive committee from 1' S3 in 1901. Hi- son Percival Lowell prepared a memoir oi his father which was printed in i In- proceedings of t he American Academy of Arts ami Sciences, Vol. XXXVII, he brings out the leading traits in Mr. Lowell's character m these words.

"Three qualit ies he possessed to an unusual degree; will, ability ami integrity. * * * * He was noted for his determination. To his lot, in consequence, fell many necessary ami thankless tasks. He likewise escaped main- empty honors, for u here In1 went he worked.

"Xo one ever thought of proferring him a p si merely 'honorus causa.' For people knew that in gettinghimthey got, not a figurehead, but a man who was certain to make himself felt ; not because he t ried to do SO, but because it was in him tn do it." Tin- children of Augustus and [Catherine (Bigelow) Lowell , were : Percival, born March 13, 1S55; Alilmtt Lawrence, born December 13, L856; married June 20, l^T'.t tn Anna Parker Lowell, daughter of George Lowell and Man Ellen (Parker) Lowell. Katherine, born N'ovember 27, 1858, married December 5, 1882 at Brookline, to Alfred Roosevelt son of James Alfred and Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of New York and cousin german to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United State-. Mr. Roosevelt died in ls'.i] and Mrs. Roosevelt married T. J. Bowdker in Dec. 1903. Elizabeth, born February '_'. 1862, married at Brookline June 9, 1.88S to William Lowell Putnam: Roger, born February 2, IS62, died August 31.1863; May, born May 1. 1870, died same day; Amy, born in Brookline February 9, 187-1

Mrs. Lowell died April 1, 1895, and her youngest child Miss Amy Lowell became mistress of the home and after the death of her fal her still continued to reside in the Lowell homestead in that beautiful town. Augustus Lowell died at Ins home in Brookline, Mass., June 22, 1901.

He is a son of John Whit man and a descendant in the eighth generation of John Whitman, who came from England prior to 163S and settled at Weymouth, near Bi ston. Hi- great great grandfather, also named John Whitman, w a - born in Massachusetts, and weni to \"ov:i Scotia to take possession of the fruitful lands of Acadia. Mr. Whitman is of old Massachusetl - nncest r\ llimotlier was Rebecca Cutler, a direct descendant of Ebenezer Cutler, a conspicuous loyalist, whose attachment to the name of King George was the reason of his banishment during the war oi the Revolution, and of his settlement in Halifax. V va Scot ia .in 1 778.

William Whit man was born at Hound Hill, May 9th, 1842, lie -petit the early years of his childh 1 1 here and in I he neighboring town of Annapolis being brought up in the Church of England faith and acquiring the rudiments of education in small country school, and at the Anna; Acadenn .and through the t raining of his father's that self-reliance which lias been our of his most The recapitulation of these farts is necessary in conspicuous qualities in later life. He left home, any sketch of Mr. Whitman's life, because the May 13th, 1854, to take a position in the office of greater pari of his business life is measured by a wholesale dry guilds store in St. John, New this period of development of the Arlington Mills, Brunswick. He was dissatisfied with the limited under his management and by the corresponding opportunities of thai city, and two years later period of development in t lie worsted industry of came tn Boston, and secured a position as entry the lulled States, to which he has largely conclerk in the firm of James M. Beebe, Richardson tributed. Much of the growth of the Arlington iV Co., successors to .lames M. Beebe, Morgan & Mills and of the general worsted industry has been Co. He remained with that house eleven vears, in fields which were untouched when Mr. Whitiii)i i 1 the firm was dissolved. man firs! devoted his energies to the worsted

Arlington Mills were re-organizod. and Mr. Whit- fluenced the construction of new mills in Massamaii was asked to resume the position which he chusetts, in which he acts as managing director.

interval until the present tune. Mr. Whitman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The former has has been continuously associated with the Arling- a capitalization of SI. 500,000, and is equipped ton Mills. - until 1902 as Treasurer, and since with 132.000 spindles and 3,400 looms used in the that dale as President. lie ha- been I he chief manufacture of cotton cloths; while the latter, factor in the development of that establishment with$S00, 000 capital, has 54,000 spindles, its pro- I'rom a small mill with limited capital and poor dud being confined to cotton yarns. Each null equipment into one of I he largest nulls of I he kind is a model of a modern American mill, in New England, if not in the world. Mr. Whit- In 1887, while still acting as Treasurer of the man's energy and foresight have enabled the mills Arlington Mills, Mr. Whitman became a member io anticipate and to keep pace with the changes of the firm of Harding, Colby & Co., of Boston and which have taken place in manufacturing indus- New York, commission merchants, who were at tries during this long period, and so to adapt their the tune selling agents of the mills. Two years resources and methods to meet them as to gain later the firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. unusual benefits. During his connection with Colby, and Mr. Whitman then became the managi he milk-, the capitalization has grown from ing partner in the firm of Harding. Whitman & $150,000 to $5,000,000 and the number of em- Co . which succeeded it. The firm has offices in plovees from 300 to 0,000. The mills, which are the leading cities of the country, and it- growth all within one yard, contain more than sixty acres has been on the same scale with t hat of t he A rl ingot' Hour space, ami are among the finest specimen- ton Mills.

lie has for many years been a prominent member of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, He was honored with the presidency of the Association in 1XN8 and was re-elected each year until in 1S9 I the stress of his business duties compelled him to retire. After an interval of ten years, during which he served upon the Executive Committee, he was again chosen President in I !>u 1 and was re-elected in Kill."}. Mr. Whit man is also a member of The X. E. Vi tton Mfrs. Association.

( )n the reorgani; at ion of the directorate of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Mr. Whitman was in June, 1005, elected ;i director as a representative i f policy-holders of the Society.

While he has never held public office , he has always been identified with the Republican partv, and has exerted a large influence upon public affairs, especially as related to industrial economics and the trade and I a riff of this country. lie is an acknowledged authority in tariff matters, particularly in connection with the manufacture of woolens, and his advice has frequenth been sought upon the wisdom and effect of proposed tariff legislation. Wide and thorough study as well as large personal experience have given weight to his views; and have enabled him, on many occasions, by speech and brief, to render valuable service to the textile manufacturers i I this country. He has labored indefatigably for I he building up of the commerce and indust ries of Massachusetts and the count n at large, lie has prepared and published papers on economic subjects which have attracted marked attention and have been widely circulated. Among them are: "Free Raw Materials a- Related to .New England Industries", "Free Coal, Would it Give New England Manufacturers Cheaper Fuel?", "Some Reasons why Commercial Reciprocity is Impracticable", "Objections to Reciprocity on Constitut ional and I 'tact ical < Irounds. "

He belongs to several clubs and societies, such as the Arkwright Club. American Academy of Political and Social Science (life member), Boston V. M. C. C. (life member), Bostonian Society, Bunker Hill Monument Association, Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Club. Country Club, 1 astern Yacht Club, Home Market Club. Middlesex Club. Massachusetts Club, Massachusetts Horticultural Society (life member), Manufacturers'Club, Philadelphia. X. E. Historic Genealogic Society, Republican Club of Massachusetts,

Mr. Whitman was married on the lilth of January, Is6">, to Jane Dole Hallett. She wall rn in Boston, but is a descendant of distinguished loyalist families which left New York in 17' -> at the close of the [{evolutionary War and settled at St. John, N'ew Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Whitman have had eight children, of whom four - ins and I hive da light ers a re li\ ins.

S \ia. i. vi , Cii \i;i i sSpif \i;i i , botanist .dendrologist. director of the Botanic Garden of Harvard I "niversity and Arnold Arboretum, and professor of Arboriculture from IS7o was bom in Boston. Mass., April 24, l! II. son of Ignatius and Henrietta (Gray) Sargent; grandson of Ignatius and Sarah (Stevens) Sargent and of Samuel and Man (Brooks) Grav; great grandson of Daniel and Mary Turner Sargent : great, great grandson of Col. Epes and Catherine (Osborn) Sarget great, great . great . grandson of William ami Mary ceiveda grant of a tract of land April, lii.'!:i. He Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philoalso appears to ha ve lived in Newberry, Hampton, sophical Society. St. Louis Academy of Science.

Colony. Charles Sprague Sargent's father was a Society, of the Deutsche Dendrologisehe Gessellbanker and railroad director, and resided first in schaft and of the Royal Horticultural Society of sun was brought up and was prepared for college d'Agriculture de F ranee and of the Linna?an Soat private schools. piety of London; corresponding member of the successor to Asa Gray Fisher; Professor of Natu- America" (1S80); English translation of "Prunral History 1S73-79; director of t he Arnold Ar- ing of Forest and Ornamental Trees" (1X81); riciilt ure from 1879, the chair having been estab- of North America" 14 vols., 740 plates, (1891- lished that year under the will of James Arnold l902);"Forest Flora of Japan" (1894); "Trees who died in 1872. He was married November 29, and Shrubs" vol. 1. (1902-1905); "Manual of 1873. to Mary Allen, daughter of Andrew and Trees of North America" (1905). He also edited Mary (Allen) Robeson of Tiverton. R. F, and the the scientific papers of Asa Gray (1889), and prefix e children born of this marriage are now li\ inc.-. pared vol. IN of the "Filial Reports of t he Tent h He served t he town of Brookline as trustee of t he Census "( 1S85). Walnut ( 'emeterv from ls7">. and as park commissioner from 1880 Hon- Samuel Sewall.

He served as a special agent of t he Tenl h ( 'en- Si w m.l. S wt i hi, .Chief Just ice of the Province of mi-. 1879-S5, tn investigate the forests and forest Massachusetts Bay, was born in England, March wealth of the Fnited State-: as chairman of the 28, [652. Came to New England in 1661. Mem commission appointed by the Governor of New ber of the Council under the Proxincial charter, York in 1884 to recommend a plan for the care of 1692-1725. One of the Assistants under the the Adirondack forest; as chairman of the com- Colonial charter, and ex-officio a Judge of the Sumission appointed by the National Academy of preme Court. Appointed Judge of Superiot Science in 1S96, to prepare a plan for the preserva- Court in 1692. and Chief Justice in 1718. Chosen t ion and management of the forests of the Nat ion- in 1699 one of the Commissioners of the Socict\ in til domain : and he planned t he Jarauf collect ion of England for t he Propagat ion of the Gospel in New known woods in the American Museum of National England. Sometime Resident Fellow, afterw a rd History. New York, 18S0-1900, tin- collection one of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College being illustrated by life size water colors by Mrs. ][,. home in Brookline embraced -"oil acre.-. ex- Sargent. He wa- a director of the Boston ami tendingfrom Harvard Street to Charles River, the Albany Railroad from 1880; vice-president of t he house being near the present site of Sears Chapel. Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company ; Died Januan I. 1730.

A I sixteen he left school and entered the employ of a local merchant, and three years later took e of 1 he -i age In:'1 i '""in I iarre to IVm cester Iiv patience, and strict devotion to the interests in his charge he soon became a partner and in fifteen years became sole o\\ tier of this and se\ era] additional lines which required the use of over two hundred horses. In 1S40 Mr. Twichell performed :i remarkable feat which illustrates his indomitable energy as well as i he n . iri.se of t he newspaper pre--. The leading newspapers of New York were eager to secure despatches expected i" arri\'e at Boston by the foreign steam- 1S46. The Xew Vork Herald 1 to carry its nun despatches. The Tribune and other papers, being excluded, made arrangements with Mr. Twichell who was obliged to use stead < if steam p >wer for m >st i ii the distal ce He could obtain an engine to run from Bosti >n to Worcester only on condition of its fifteen n 'hind the Herald's train.

From Worcester to Hartford, sixty-six miles, he nde on horseback through drop snow in three hours and twenty minutes. From Hartford to New lla\rii l'\ railroad, and from Now Haven to \'i \\ Vork. seventy-six miles, bj horses. reaching the latter city in season tort he print ing of the de~ - pat rlic-, before the arrival of t hose of the Hera Id. 1 his remarkable feat of horsemanship was commemorated by an engraving entitled. "The 1 nri vailed Express Rider."

In IS4S he was appi inted assistant superintendent of the Bi st on & Worcester R. R and in 1849 was superintendent, which position he held until ISo7, when he became its president He moved to Brookline in 1S.50 and was a prominent figure in the si rial and political life of Brookline taking a kindly interest in local affairs. He prided himself on never failing to vote. He did his part in sen ice to the Union during the Ch ii War. In- noteworthy public service being a special trip by steamboat from Washington to N'ew Vork in April, 1N61, car.ying the foreign despatches concerning the blockade, and it is said, that, to the timely arrival of these despatches, much weight was given by the Alabama claim- commission

Ho remained president of t he Boston & Worcester II R. until his election to Congress in 186(3. He served in three Congresses from IS66 to LS72. In INTO ho became president of the A. T. & S. F. R 1! . . t In 'ii a road of only '-'7 miles, which, during his four years as president was completed to the Colorado State line, a distance of nearly five hundred miles.

He was president of the Boston, Barre & C rcl tier R. R. from 1873 to IS78: and later was also president of the Hoosac Tunnel & Western and Central Mass. Railroads.

He was twice married. first on August 26, 1846, to Miss Theolotia. daughter of freight on Ruggles, of Barre. Mass., by whom he had eight children, of whom only one survives, a daughter.

Mrs. Twichell died March 0. 1S76. He married again June 28th. 1877. Mrs. Catharine M. (Burt) Vinal, daughter of William S Burt of I N'ew Vork. Mr. Twichell died at his residence on l now bent Street, in Brookline.

Lyon, Willi \m Henry, clergyman and author, was born in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, December 23, 1846. His father Henn Lyon was :i descendant from Caleb Lyon, a Scotchman who came from Hertfordshire, England, to New England, in the seventeenth century, and a descendant of this Caleb Lyon was a lieutenanl in the ( 'ontinental army and was wounded at the battle of Hunker Hill. This Caleb's grandson, Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) was the son of Caleb Lyon the founder of Lyondale, X. V. , and was a representative in the -lord Congress, 1853-55; Governor of Idaho 1864-66, and an extensive traveller in Turkey, Palestine and Eg\ | it , and a pioneer in California before the admission of the terril < iry as a state, and designer of the state seal adopted Sept. 2, 18 l'.». I [enry Lyon was an engraver, trustee of the Fall River At hena'um and of the Fall River Public Library, a man noted for his inventiveness, geniality and loveof literature. Henry Lyon, who was brought up in Fall River, was a slender child, fond of reading, especially books of biography and history, and was taught by his mother lessons in usefulness, simplicity and frugality. He had regular tasks to perform about the house, and thus acquired halm- of regularity and indusl ry \\ hah were useful in afterlife. He earned the money t o pav part of his tuition in college by si nging in the church choir and playing the organ. He was prepared graduated at Brown Cniversitv, A. I'... 1868, and at Harvard l)i\ init\ School, Cambridge, Mass., I; D..1S73. His nu. si helpful reading was biograph\ and tii'M came the works of Herbert Spencer, Emerson's Divinity School Address, a little life of 1 Micrlin. and ( 'harles ( 'arm]] Everett '- led lire His most inspiring helpin his formathe period was from his home minister and t he master of I lie Hisli School I pun entering t he minis) rv he served the First Cnitarian Church, Ellsworth, Maine. 1873-78. In 1878 he came to Roxbury, Mas.- . as pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, where he remained (en years 18' 0-90, and i f All Souls Fnitarian Church, Roxbury, I' 110-96

The First Parish of Brookline called him a.- t heir ministerin 1S!)6, and he is si ill actively working in that society. He is also serving the Town of Brookline as a trustee of the Public Librarv, as a member of i he school comniil tee. and has been president of the Education Society: he has Keen >\-'> a \ isitor at t he I >h inii \ School, of Harvard Cniversitv; president of the Cnitarian Sundav School Society : chancellor of the Cnitarian Svnod "I Hungary; secretary of t he National Cnitarian Conference. His club affiliations are with the St. Botolph Club and the Twenl iei h ( 'ent ury ( 'lull of Boston. He is t he ant hor of "A St udy of t he Sects" 1891; "Early old Testanienl Narratives" 1893; "Later Old Testament Narratives" 1905. Brown I niversity conferred on him the honorary degree of l». 1 1. in 1896. Dr. Lyon was married April5, 1893, in Louisa, daughter of Eliphalet M., and Lydia A. (Beal) Dennison of Boston, and the v hail t hree chili lien.

The law - uf health were close! v observed b\ hi Lyon from his early you! h, and his recreation ami exercise were boating, tennis and golf, bv meanof which In- tendency to lack concentration of thought on one line of Work and In look on I he dark side of life were warded off. To young men he says: "The selection as earl \ a possible of the work you mean in do, and then <teadv, cool, t rust ful prosecut ion of it ; simplicity in livii kindness to all. confidence in I in man nature and in the divine love, and justice in every man. will help in win si ich success a- is possible and worth while.

\\ vi.i-.i [{. .Insi I'll, lawyer, State legislator ami trustee, wa burn in Worcester, Mass., ,lulv 1-5, 1N(>5. His father, Joseph Henn V\ alker, II I) was the son of Joseph and Hannah Thayer (Chapin) Walker; grandson of Joseph and Mehital)le (Gibhs) Walker and of Kli and Libby (Thayer) Chapin and :i descendant in the ninth generation from ('apt. Richard Walker of the Ancienl Artillen Conipam of London, who immigrated lo Massachusel I - I'm \ ( 'olotiy in 1 <".:'.( » . and located in Saugus, which plantation was incorporated as a i ow 1 1 July ,"), I (i:;i . and on November 2(1, Hi: ',7, I he name was changed I < > Lvnn.

lie was a constituent member of the Ancienl and Honorable Artillen Company of Boston. Joseph Hcnn Walker wa- married Mav IS, 1N52, to Sarah, daughter of .lubal and Lucretia (Keys) Harrington of Worcester, and secondly, \pnl

Michael I'... ami Rachel (Cross) Kelley, of Hampton, X. II. lie was admitted as a partner in his father's boat factory in IN50, and with his brother formed I he linn of .1. II. ,V (!. M. Walker after their father's death, and continued in business up to ISN7. Me was also a partner in the firm of

Walker. Oakley Company, Leather Manufacturers, Chicago, lNO.N-05. lie was a prominent leader in i he Republican party; served as a member of I he common council of Worcester ami president (if that bi«lv; representative in the General Court of Massachusetts fur three terms, IN70-S0 and N7; a representative in the United State- Congress in the 51st and 55th Congress banking and currency. His work as an educationist was through his trusteeship of Brown I niversity from 1SS0 and of 1 he Newton Theological Institution from 1S74; the presidency of the board of trusteef "I Worcester Wademv; as correspondent i I the Brooklyn Institute of Art and Physics from ISO!); hi* directorship in the American Institute of Civics from ISOO and In- membership in the American \cademv of Political and Social Science, from 1N02, placed him in dose touch with I lie men of thought engaged in political and ecoii ie research, throughout the World.

lie u,'i a director in various banking and other financial institutions of Massachusel I s, and presi dent uf | lie Worcester Board of Trade. He was one of I he founder." and the lirst president of the Kcoiiomic ('bib uf Worcester. Tufts College conferred on him the honorarv degree of 1. 1.. I'. in ISill. He was a voluminous writer on eco nomic subjects, and a lit hor of" Money, Trade and Banking." Hisson, Joseph Walker, h\ In- second wife Hannah M. (Kelley) Speer Walker, was a I ii 1 1 H I in t he public schools of Worcester, in rvxeter Academy, a ml at Brown I* niversity where he was graduated A. B., IS85, and Harvard University Law School, where he received In- degree "I LI,. I '>.. in I SOO. He practiced law in Boston, and had tin- care uf large estates, lie was married .lime :;t), 1S90, I,, Can. line, daughter of Waller and Julia ( Ant hi.ii v I Richmond and a direct descendant through her father from John and I'riscilla (Mullins) Alden of the Mayflower, 1620. He made In- Inline in Bl'ooklitie, that most beautiful suburb of Boston, and 1 here five of his six children were burn. Joseph Richmond burn in I'rnvidence, I!. I., George Richard, Katharine, ICvelyn and Dorotln (deceased), lie was elected a Republican representative to the General Court oi Massachusetis from Brookline in 1004, and was reelected annually serving 1005-6, and in the legislature he served as a member of i he committees "I Rules and Wars and Means of the House, and

He also rej)resented his town on the State Board of Charities, and as ,'i member of the Republican State Committee for several years. As a speaker before the legislative body he was practical and convincing, not easily excited, and his oratory commanded the close attention of the members of the House. He was active in town affairs, served on the school board and on various committees, and he was chairman of the Republican tow n commit I ce for i hrce years.

As a member ol the Massachusetts legislature he was a prominent candidate for the nomination by his party for speaker of the House in 1900, and his friends predicted for him rapid promotion through the Senate to the governorship, or to the National Congress where his father made so pronounced a success.

Marshal] , John Knox, was born February 16, I s | 1, at Fairfied, Pennsylvania, a few miles west of the famous battlefield of Cettysburg. His parents were the late Hon. James II. Marshall and Rachel I! i Knox), both strictly of the Scotch- Irish Ancestry.

in ( iettysburg preparing fur Prim -el mi I'ni \ ersity. The firing upon Port Sumter stirred his Scotch- Irish blood, and filled his heart with a patriotic purpnse to become a soldier. Ai IS years of age, lSti'J, he enlisted as a private in the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry a regiment selected from a certain number of youths from Philadelphia and Pittsburg and other counties in the state. The stirring times on the border, the winters of 01 and '(>:.> had given Mr. Marshall a semi-opportunity to practice a soldier's life. The regiment went into training at the Carlisle 1. S. Barracks, and became proficient under the tutorage of regular army soldiers, and was an important link in keeping < ieneral I .ee from invading Pennsylvania in IN62, and \\apresenl at the battle of Antietam. November 1S02, the regiment was ordered west, and became a pari of i he Army of the Cumberland.

Mr. Marshall spent three years in the service, and passed through all the non-commissioned grades, commanding In- eoinpanv "F" on several campaigns as a 1st sergeant. Hence the following order, tiled in the archives of the war department a i Washington, he prizes with much satisfaction.

The general commanding accepts the present opportunity to compliment Sergts. John Burton Company P. and John K. Marshall Company P., Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for the faithful discharge oft he duties which, owing to the absence of their officers, devolved upon them during the recent campaign, and to congratulate I hem up >n i fie entire success of t heir effort s to maintain the discipline of t hei r re-pert i \ e n unpanies.

I 'lease add the following list of 15th Pennsylvania for promot ii in, First Sergeant John Burton, First Sergeant John K. Marshall fortheefficiencv with which they commanded their respective companies and discipline during the active campaign, there being no commissioned officer.' in i heir companies.

to the Elevated Railway, and ha? clone much for the solution of the question of rapid transit in Boston and the suburbs, lie is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Boston Chess Club, liiiuii Chili, and man}' others, lie married Miss Annie I). Snow of Cambridge, Mass., Feb. '_'~>th. 1' ' u. He has resided in Brooklinc since 1885. where he has been chairman el' the School Board, trustee of i he Public Library, anil otherwise active in town affairs. He is now serving his second term in the Senate where he is chairman of the Committee mi Street Railways, chairman of Metropolitan Affairs, and member of the Committee on Labor; and has in fori) er years been chairman of the Commit lee en Ta xation, and member of the.Judieiarv and Woman Suffrage committees

I'n z( li.i: M.ii. Dksmond. president oftheAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, was born in Nassau, \'e\\ Pro\ idem e, May 20, 1' Hi. ( 'harles Lionel William Henn I it /.Gerald was an officer in the English Army and received several decoration from t he Crown for gallant fighting, lie married Caroline, daughter of the Hon. Patrick and Harriet Brown of Providence, I!. [. and a descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island. The Fit zGeralds were prominent for many centuries in the history of Ireland. II riet Brown FitzGerald came to t he city of her birth m 1849.

She was i hen a widow, and brought with her her three year old boy, and he attended the public and high schools of Providence and Andover's celebrated Phillips Academy, where he was graduated in LS64.

He then studied in Paris. France, for one vear, and was deputy secretary of the state of Rhode Island under secretary John II. Bartlett. and private secretary to Governor Burnside, 1866. During this interval he was preparing himself for the profession of engineering, and soon afterward entered the office of Cushing >v Dewitl of Providence, R. I., who sent him with an engineering corps in survey railn ads in the west.

He was so employed 1867-70 and on returning east in 1870, he was married June 21, 1870, to Elizabeth Parker ( lark, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Salisbury of Brookline, Mass., and thev made a new home in that beautiful suburb where four children were born of the marriage. lie was of the Boston and Albany railroad from 1871- 73; s ii peri lit ende lit of I he We -I en i Division of the Boston Water Works, and resident engineer for an additional supply of water for Boston from

He was also consulting engineer in t he const ruction of sanitary works both on the Atlantic and Pacific slopes oft he I niled Stales, and in I '.lit I was sent to Manila. Philippine Islands, to study the sanitary needs of that city. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and served as president of the sociely as he did of the Boston Sociely of Civil Engineers and of t he \*e\\ England Water Works Association, lie was a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; treasurer of the council of t he New filmland Meteorological Society, and a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society of England. His papers on professional subjects have appeared in the various periodicals on engineering subjects and have been widely ci in non-professional journals. He twice received the Norman gold medal for the besl engineering

Country Club of Brookline. Ho served the town of Brookline as a trustee of the Public Library and as chairman of the Park Commissioners, ami the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through the apl> inl nirni of Governor Russell was benefited by In- sen ices as chairman of I lie fop 'graphical Surve\ * '' inmissii n.

Chandi.ki;, Ai.;'Ki:i) 1).. has been a resilient of Brookline since 1N4N. He was educated in the public schools of i lial tow n, and at Harvard < 'ol- 2 raduat injz i here in I ' (>.' I le has followed the law as a profession, it being t hat ol some of his ancestors for several generation? Ill- preference i- for chamber practice in connection with municipal anil private corporation law, with trust estates, ami with land interests, though on occasions he has appeared before Committees at the National Capitol at Washington, and at the State House in I'm -tmi. and also before various Federal and State Courts In different parts of the l'nited Slate-, in admiralty, tariff, patent, will, and reeel \ er-ln | i ea -elle drafted I he bill for I he establishment of national savings banks, known a- Senator \\ indom's lull, which was introduce I by Mi'. Windom in the l'nited States Senate, March I, 1SS0. Mr. ('handler's arguments on national savings banks, mi opposing the annexation of Brookline to Boston, on creating a tribunal to decide that a public necessity for a railroad exists before property can be i a ken for its construction (Acts of ISS2, Chap. '_'(i.">i. on Nationalism and municipal control of public lighting, his article entitled "Brookline, - a St in U in Town ( !o\ eminent ," in the New I a i- la ml Magazine for August, I S93. and his pamphlet i m "The Mel n p ilitan I lebt - of I loston and \ icinitv." in I !-()/), a re leading contributions up m i In -e subjects.

Mr. Chandler has been active in the discussion and practical working of municipal administration, and ha- aided several New ['"ngland towns. The enii-l mil loii of I lie Ki \ erdale I 'a rk betwei II Brookline and I" -ton i- due mainly to hi- continued efforts in surmounting legal and practical difficulties in the way. lie ha- had an influential hand in directing the largest public improvements in Brookline fc r the past twenty-five years, and has given especial attention to drafting legislation lor i he adapiai ion ol' i he town meeting system oi local government to communities large in numbers.

lie served as ( 'ha in nan of the Boards of Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways, Health, and Over- -eei of the Poor, in Brookline. in IS.S4, 1SS5 and I' Mi, and as a Trustee <<\ the Brookline Public Library in 1S74, 1N7.5 and 1S7G. The animal Brooklme Town Reports, the most complete perhaps of an v in the country, now follow the i node I established by his direction in ISSo. lb- ha- been a constant contributor to the press on a \ ariety of questions touching municipal and national admi nisi ration. He was I he president of I he Brookline Republican ''I"1' in |s'1-'-

He i- a iiieinl ier of t he I iosti in I !;ii Associat ion, In American Bar Association, the American Kconomic \ssociation. the American \cademy ol Political and Social Science, the National Municipal League, the National Geographic Society, the Immigration Restriction League, the Metropolitan Improvement League, the Exchange Club of Boston, of w I lie 1 1 he w a- an active founder, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and ot hers.

Mr. Chandler was married in Brookline. December 2'_>. 1SS2, to Miss Mary Merrill Poor, daughter of Henry Y. and Mary W. (Pierce) Poor. They 1 . e six children, five sons and one daughter.

Fitzpatrick, Thou vs I ' . , Member of the School Board of Brookline. was bom in (irafton, Mass., Dec. 17. 1844, the son of Patrick and Mary Fitzpatrick. In his youth the family moved to Hopkintoii. Mass.. and here young Fitzpatrick learned hi cultivate habits of industry, working mi his father's farm, spring and summer, attending school fall and winter, and graduated from district and high schools with signal honors. He was the first Catholic boy to attend and graduate from tin1 Hopkintini High School.

When eighteen years of age, he came to Boston and found employment for about a year with K. 1 1. Bell iV Co.. dry goi ds, at a salary of I wo dollars a week. Here also his future partner, Oliver II. Durrell. worked for the same pay. Mr. Fitzpatrick engaged with the wholesale house of Mason, Tucker A: Co., Boston, a- travelling salesman, ami during the next eight vears built up a large trade, ln.lulv, 1872, In' entered the employ of Brown. Dutton&Co. On Nov. 9, 1 872. the great Boston lire took place, brought about a dissolution of I he house, a i n 1 1 nit 1 1 Mr. Brown and Mr. Dutton undertook to form separate firms, which had been contemplated some t line before. Although but a lew months in the employ ol these gentlemen, their observation of the character, energy and busine capacity of Mr. Fitzpatrick induced c;ir\\ of them to offer him a proposit ion of coparl nership. I [e icci [)ted that of Mr. Brown, as did also Mr Durrell, and thus the firm of Brown. Durrell A; Co.. was formed.

Commencing small, the firm has teadih gained, and now is one of the largest and most successful whole-ale t ;i in- \ dry goods houses in the I nited States. Mr. Brown retired from the firm in December, 1893. Mr. Durrell is now dead, and Mr. Fitzpatrick is now the sen mi- member.

Hi- ,'|i se attention to business does not pre\ ent him from active co-operation in philanthropic and charitable work. In these connections he has been associated with many of the most active organizations, among them the Catholic I nioii ol I;, -ioii (of which representative society he was president two terms), the Associated Charities, i lie Working Boy-' Home. St. Mary's Infant Asylum, Child Helping Society, lie helped to establish the Working Girls' Home on 1'iiioii Bark St reel , in charge of Gray Xuns. He contributed generously to the Catholic University of Washington, 1 >. ( '.. and was the originator of the prop, sal to -ecu re one hundred annual contributors to that

Irish League since its establishment in America, and his support of the Irish ( 'mist it ut ion struggle f, r over twenty years is well known. April '_'.

for a number of year- he has been president ol the I'ihoii Institution lor Savings, is director in t he I'nited Stale- "I'm -l Company and 1 lie New Ion Co-operative Bank. In 1899 lie was elected a member of the Newton Board of Aldermen.

Mr. I'll /.pal rick was married in 187(i to Sarah M. < ileason, daughter of Martin < Ileason of Fitchburg, Mass. Seven children were born to them.

Harvard Cnivcrsity. \nother son is at present in the Brookline High School. His daughters wore ducated ai Kdeu Hall Seminary. Pennsylvania. For twenty years he resided on Walt ham Street, West Newton. Since 1904, he has resided in Brookline. occupying a residence on Gard net I M

He obtained his primary and secondary school training in Boston, France, Germany and Kngl - 1 till, lie matriculated al Harvard University in the class of 1892, and was graduated bachelor of Arts, lie then took a post graduate course in architecture al the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was graduated B. S., IS94. He pursueda further course in Architecture al L'eeole cles Beaux Arts in Paris, and was graduated in IS99. Hi' established an office in Boston, where he has pracl iced architecture and landscape architecture since 1900, and also conducted a course in Landscape Architecture in the Institute of Technology from 1900. Mi'. Lowell was married in 1898, to Henrietta Sargent, daughter of Professor Charles S Sargent of Brookline, and i |,r\ made I heir home in i hat beautiful suburban town where there an' many examples ol his professional skill in well planned private residences and surrounding grounds and parks. Further examples of his skill and superior architectural abilin are shown in buildings I'm- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; for Brown University Providence, Rhode Island; the Academy al Andover.and l> >i h public an I private buildings in the City of Boston.

Aspinwall. who was United Slates consul at London. Lug., from 1815 to 1853, was born in London, [-'eb. 16, [S19. His grandfather was Dr. Wm. Aspinwall of Brookline, a patriot of Revolutionary days, who took a pari with the Brookline minute men in attacking the British troops on their re- Heat from Concord on tin.' memorable 19th ol April, 177o. His great grandfather was Isaac Gardner, the only Brookline minute man who was killed on that day. He is a direct descendant ol

Peter Aspinwall of Toxtet h I 'ark. near Li\ erpool, who came to America in 1630, settled in Dorchester, and in 1650 removed to Muddy River (Brookline). Here ten years later he built the house which stooil no Aspinwall Avenue opp site St. Paul's Church until LS91, when it was taken down, as it had become uninhabitable and in a dangerous <- lition. Wm. Aspinwall was educated m a private boarding school at Hammersmith, near London, until he was fourteen, and then coming to the lulled States with his father and family entered Harvard in 1S34 ami graduated in 183S. lie began the study of law' in Cambridge, under Professors Joseph Story and Simon Greenleaf, in 1S40, receiving the degree ol LL. B., and continued his studies another year in the office of Franklin Dexter and < leorge W. Phillips, when lie was admitted to the liar. From thai lime until his death he was engaged in the practice of his profession. Since 1847 he had been a legal resident of Brookline. and look an active pail in its affairs as well as in State and national politics. From 1850 to 1852 he was town clerk; in 1851 and 1852 he represented the town in the lower house of the Legislature, in 1853 in I he constitutional convention; in 1854 he was a Slate senator from Norfolk county; and from 1857 to I860 he was trial justice lor Brookline, finally resigning I his position. lie has also held the offices of select man, assessor, water commissioner, and trustee of I he Public Library (being chairman of the latter board). In national politics he was a Whig of the Webster order until 1861. From

1S52 to 1S56 he was a member of the Whig State committee; in 1S56, in the Fremont campaign, its chairman, with Frederick 0. Prince as secretary and Peter Butler as treasurer. From 1S61 he acted with the Democratic party, serving for many years (until IS8S, when he resigned) upon its State central committee and as chairman from 1n7'_' to the election of Governor Gaston in 1874. In 1866 he received the nomination of his party for Congress. He was an ardent supporter oi the government during the Civil War, and called the first meeting in Brookline to urge its vigorous proseeut ion. He served t wo years on the milit an committee of the town, and was at the same time secretary of I he Mass. Rifle Club, at whose headquarters in the old Boylston Hall in Boston several regiments were recruited and drilled. In January, 1S4S, Mr. Aspinwall was married to Miss Arixene Southgate, daughter of Richard King Porter, of Portland, Me., a nephew of Senator Rufus King; they had three children, a daughter, now the wife of Dr. W. I'). Trull, and two sons, Thomas and Win. Henry Aspinwall. both in business in 1 (osl .in.

Paine, Rohert Treat, 2nd, lawyer and member of many business corporations, was born in New Bedford, December 3, 1861; he is the sun of William Cushing Paine of Boston. He was married in 1890, to Ruth Cabot, daughter of Walter Channing Cabot, "t Brookline. He has four children: Walter Cabot, Richard Cushing, Elizabeth Mason and Ruth Cabol Paine.

He graduated from Harvard in 1882, studied law, and became a member of the Suffolk Par. He is now occupied in attending to the affairs of many business corporations, either as officer or director, including those of the General Electric Company, and of many Elecl rical, Railway, Industrial and Securities companies; United Shoe Machinery Company, Rutland Railroad, Boston Children's Aid Society, Milton Academy, Suffolk Savings Bank, Workingmen's Loan Association, Greater New York Development Company, and othercompanies. He is also interested inland in Brooklyn, N. V. He resides on Heath street in a house on the Walter ( '. Cabot estate.

Williams, Moses, lawyer, legislator, president of State Street Trust Company, was born in Roxlittry. Boston, Mass., December I. I' Mi. His father, Muses B. Williams, son of Moses and Mary (Blake) Williams ami a descendant from Robert Williams, was a merchant. He married Mary Jane, daughter of Elisha and Sybil (Allen) Peni.iiiKin and a descendant from James Penniman. Moses William- was a pupil in the Brookline public -el Is and was graduated at Harvard, A. I'...

June. 1S68, and was admitted u> the Suffolk Bar the following December. He practiced in Boston and in IN?:;, 1874 and 1875 served in the lower house ill' the Massachusetts legislature where he was a member of the Railroad Committee and for one term chairman of the committee, also serving a- chain nan of t he Committee mi Resumption of Specie Payments In 1875. lie was also chairman nl' the committee appointed by the House oi Representatives nl' Massachusetts to represent that body in the reception given to President ( Irani on the occasion of his visiting the Commonwealth fn take part in the celebration of tin e and Concord. He was elected president of the Third N'ational Hank of Host on in 1SS6, and was a director when that institution was consolidated with the Shawmul N'ational Bank in 11)01. He became president of the State Street Trust Company of Boston in ISill. He is a member of the [*nion Club of Boston, and in 1N91 he was elected n member of t he board of ovei seer.- i il I la n a n I Cniversity. lb1 was married September 11), I ' 68, in Maiilia Caroline, daughter of Henry and Anne Loder) Finley of Brookline, Mass., and their children were Moses '.id, Man Kleanor, Hugh. I 'oust ance Marl ha and < ilad\ s \\ il

In 1.' .". I Mr. i 'ha wenl to I '.- -inn. a in I ent erei I i he employ of Anderson Sargent, wholesale drygoods merchant, acting as travelling salesman. He remained with Mr. Sargent for about seven years, and thru accepted a pi sit ion with Clafiin. Sa\ille iV Co., wholesale grocers in the same city. Ho Mild goods for this linn "on t lie mad" for five and one-half years. In 1867, with Inn other young men, lie established the firm of ( 'an-. ( 'hase -V Raymond, wholesale grocers, in State Streel After a few years Mr. Carr withdrew from the firm, and it i hen became ( 'hase, Raymond & Aver; and ii was subsequently chan i to Chase >V Sanborn, by which title it has been known for the past twenty-six years.

[-'or -several years prior to 11)03 the firm occupied .i s])aciotis building running through from Broad to Batlcrvniareh Streets, but a few months ago i he I ii i -i ne-- offices were removed to mere e.\- leusi\e quarters, which were especially filled up in the most commodious and luxurious manner. The building is several ti rie in height, and lias ent ranees mi High a nd la "ml Si reel -

Mr. Chase i- reckoned among the millionaire merchant princes i i I >i iston. I [e at I ribul i go id fortune in In- strict attention to the business of his house, without entering into an\ outside speculation, coupled with the fact thai he lias been blc ed wnli the best of partners, and also that n hoi el w a \ In en a liberal user of prin-

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Solomon Adams Woods. \\" < i< > i >-. Solomon Adams, a prominent citi/.i n i i I in ii i] line. * in i if < '< ill mel Nat lni niel ;i ml Hannah (Adams) Woods, was horn in Farmingtc.n. Mc. October 7, 1827. < )n the paternal side he descended from Samuel Woods, an original landed proprietor of Grot on, Mass., where the family long lived; On the maternal side he is a grandson of Major Solomon Adams, a cotton manufacturer, fourth in descent from Captain Samuel Adams, magistrate and representative of Chelmsford, Mass., in its first half century. Mr. Woods' paternal grandfather was a pioneer at I annington, and his father a leading man In the town. The son was brought up on a good farm, and attained his education in the district school and at the Farmington Academy. At the age of twenty he engaged with a local carpenter in learn the use of tools and the trade of housebuilding.

erect a mill in his native town and to enter this business with his former employer as a partner. Instead, however, of carrying ou1 this plan, he

Within the first year Mr. Wind- purchased the plant, and on the lsi of Janua r\ . 18.Y2, went into the manufacture on his own account. In 1854, he entered into partnership with Mr. Gray, and under the name ot Gray >V Woods, for the manufacture and sale of a wood-planing machine, originally designed 1>\ Mr. Gray, I ml rendered more practical bv the inventions of Mr. Wcxids. This partnership continued for the term of live vears, during which peried additii nal impro\ements were patented. In lNno, Mr. Woods' business, then conducted under his name alone, was considerably extended by the addition of the manufacture of the Woodbury planer, with the Woodbury patent improvements, of which he was the sole licensee; and to meet its demand-, he erected manufacturing works in South Boston, and established branch houses in N'ew York and Chicago. Kight year- after, in 1873, the S. A. Woods Machine Company, with a capital of three hundred thousand dollar-, was fi nned, Mr. Wi n ds as president .

This position he still holds. More than fifty patent.- for devices and improvements in machines for planing wood and making mouldings have been issued to the successive firms oi Gray <V Wood-. S. A. Woods, and the S. A. W Is Machine Company, and they have received nearly a hundred gold, silver and bronze medals from various international tans and mechanical exhibition.-. Mr. Woods has been a member oi the Boston common council (1SG!), 1870, and IS71), m which he served on important committees and took a leading part: in 1870 and In7I he was a director of the [Cast Boston ferries; and in 1878 he declined a nomination to the Board oi Aldermen, pressed upon him by both the Republican and Citizens parties. Since 1870 he has been a trustee of the South Boston Savings Bank, and for many year.- a member of it- board of investment. Mr. W Is was married in Boston.

August 21, IS")4, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Weathi 'tn . of Vienna, Me. She died in 1802, and he was again married, in 1867, to Miss Sarah Catharine Watts, of Boston. lie has three children: frank Forrest, treasurer of the S. A. Woods Machine Co.. Florence, and Dr. Frederick Adam- Wood-. Harvard Medical School 1 80S, bic.lc.gis1 and author.

,Io.\Ks, Jkkoml, head of the great cmcken and glass importing house of Jones, McDuffee ^ St rat ton Company, Boston, was born in At hoi , Worcester County, October 13. 1S37. He is the youngest son of Theodore and Marcia (Hstabrook) Jones. Welsh upon his father's side, upon his in ither's he is a grandson of Re\ . Joseph Estahrook, who was for forty-five years t lie minister of At hoi, 'it' Pilgrim stock and a graduate of Harvard. Cp i" the time he was thirteen year- of age Jerome Jones was a pup! I in the At hoi schools, when he went to work in the country store oi Goddard & Ward, of Orange, Mass.

In 1S53 young Jones entered the store of ( 'tis Xorcross A; Co., Boston, a- an apprentice. In lstil, when li<- was only twenty-four years old, Mr. Jones was made partner, and in I860 he wenl in Kurope as foreign buyer for the house. When Mr. Xorcross retired to assume the mayoralty, Mr. June- and Mr. Ichabod Howland became partners. Mr. Howland died in 1871, when the firm of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton was formed, and in 1896 the house was incorporated as the Junes, McDuffee a Stratton Company.

Mr [ones has honored Boston in many ways, and the citizens have long looked to him as a leader in ci \ ic affairs. The sen ices which tie has rendered to the community have been varied and the Tariff Reform League. The Commercial Club is another ass iciation of which he has been the head. Very lew reform movements or effort to save Boston's landmarks from constant encroachment and carelessness have failed of Mr. Jones's assistance. He was for two years a member of the mayor's ad\is u\ board, appointed by the Board of Trade. He is an active member of the Merchants' Association, and has filled the presidency of the Associated Board of Trade and of the Earthenware Association. He is a vicepresidenl of the Home Savings Bank, was a direct ir in the Third National Hank, of the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company, of the Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee of Mt. Auburn Cemel erv. He is a member of the I 'nitarian Club, of the Brookline Thursday Club, and of the I hi in Club. All these functions may be performed bv some men alter a dummy manner, but it is not s i with Mr. June-. In all he i- an active spirit ; and. without putting forth the arts ol oratory, he always exerts that influence which sincere conviction and lucid truthfulness oi statement carry with them. In the first group oi important citizens Jerome Jones's name would always be enumerated by t hose who know the bean ill' Boston.

Mr. Jones was president of the Worcester Xorthwe-i Agricultural Society at At hoi, the town of his nativity, where his sisters have occupied the old Theodon Junes homestead; and in Brookline, bis later home, he has occupied positions of trust.

Mr. June-, whose health was impaired thirty war- ago, was advised to seek some lofty, [Hire situation for his dwelling, and he pitched upon i 'ore\ Hill, in Brookline, where he has found full health and comfort for himself and family. Books and works of art crowd the delightful home, and make t he inlook as at t ract ire as t he i ut lm k and but h are \ erv la i r