Brookline Town (part 4 of 6)

Mr. Junes lias been twice married. His first u ile was Eli/abet h R. Wait, of I Jreenficld. M June- died July 10, 1878, leaving four children. Theodore, Elizabeth W., Marcia E.. and Helen I; June-. He wa- married the second time in I eb ruarv, 1881, to Mrs. Maria E. Dutton. of Boston, received his education. Forty years ago he came i" Boston and entered the produce business, w liirli he made his life-w ork. I [e connected himself with the old established lirni of Sands. I'ui'- ber &(.'()., anil his faithful work soon brought him the position of junior partner. A- junior partner almosl the entire conduct of the firm's business fell tohitn. Must of us realize thai no other business requires such constant application and hard work as fruit and produce. While this is true

I argelossesof the fruit could be a\oided only by tl»' creates! care, as in those days practically everything came as far as New York by canal. This firm also supplied a large number of the oranges consumed, and it max be said that it was through Mr. Dexter's firm and a few other firms thai California and Florida oranges were introduced into Boston. The linn also sent cranberries to California by way of Cape Horn in casks, filled will) water to keep from decaying, as they were si\ months in going. The linn had quite a trade. mic lime, before ice machines were made, shipping fruit and vegetables in vessels partly loaded with ice io Barbadoes and as far as Calcutta and the Fast India Islands.

\\ here Mr. Dexter's enterprise gained cusl outer; his integrity and fair dealing retained I hem. An interesting fact to note in this connection is thai he supplied .1. it. \\ hippie's hotels. > barker House and Touraine from the day they were opened until Mr. Dexter reined from busi- M - Mr. Dexter has identified himself with the growth of Brookline by his interest in real estate, having been connected with a number of ike largest builder.-. Si. Paul St.. Babcock Hill district, and certain parts south of Coolidge Corner, for example, owe their development largelv to his i le i- also a i rustee of a number of estates.

.Ian. 7lh. 1S75, he married Miss Marv I.. Seavems, daughter of Thomas Keaverns. Mrs. Dexter's birthplace was on the site of the present Baptist Church. l'i\ eehildren.werebnni to t hem Lucy Amelia, who i- now Mrs. Geo. 11. Hutchinson, Alary Love, Hiram, Delia Carrie, and frank Sea \ erns.

I in \|.nl 4th, 1901. Mr. Dexter losl ike wife w In. had been such an inspiration and aid to him. This loss was fell not only by him but by all who had come in contact with her. Mr. Dexter lias, our improved means of transportation, and freight-cars, whose temperature can be regulated to -uit the needs of the various fruits and vegetables.

In I he earlier yen rs of Mr. I k'Xter's career. New Fngland apples were practically unknown, and the demand for this fruit had Io be supplied by besl relaxation in hi- home. lie ha- keen a member of the Boston fruit <V Produce Exchange for a number of years, and still keeps in touch with hi former business associates by visitin

Brooklixe, Massachusetts

William Craig. Venm.nl has furnished her quota of sturdy sons ,,, make complete the eomp Ate picture ol the -he4 -Governed and richest town in Massachusetts has more ably fulfilled this mission than

Nestling neath the towering lull-- rising one abovetheothertilltheymeel the sky. lies the little hamle1 Easl Corinth. Vermont, where he wasborn on the loth of January, 1S47. only a few brief hours ere the 1ml- mother -passed through vallev of the shadow of death" leaving tinv infant to the loving care of Mrs. Alma Lastman who afterward became Mrs. Alma Eastman Cnlia Mr Craig pavs high trbute to the earh train .. - sturdy Xct England parents, and

-^ a son of Vermont is especially proud (shining as lu, does in reflected glory) of the ancestry of his adopted mother.whiehineludesCaptainPeterPowerswho in 1754 headed the first exploring party sent wilderness" (the valley of the Connecticut) called tho Coos country, long before Vermonl became a state Rev. Peter Powers the firsl minister in the (-ooseountrv.and following him his son, occupied the pulpit in Newbury upward of a hundred years. Hiram Powers the great American sculptor, made famous hv his "Greek Slave" and whose statue of Daniel Webster graces the State House lawn, was an own cousin; Governor Powers ol Maineisof this branch of the family, as is ah . Dr. Herbert Hale Powers of Brookline.

In1S60 while in hi- thirteenth year, Pere John , r.,i.r nmveil his family t« Lyme N'. H. and three ,ears later returned to Bradford Vt. (famed as the birth place of Capt. Clark of the Oregon), \oung Crai"- had received a goo<ldistrid school education, |)Ut completed a course later at the Thetford

Craig senior was a miller and this honorable callimvmkht have been William's; -he would none ol it" bul entered the employ, as an apprentice, ol ]()hn B. Peckett -I' Bradford who owned a large -aw mill. Finding this work uncongenial and not .ufficientlv remunerative, lie resolved to try his luek in a wider field, the desired opportunity pre .entimntselfthroughhis uncle Edward Craig, then superintendent ofthe Brighton. Mass .cattle yards, came to Vermont to buy lv.rses. To him he confided his ambition and through him the gateway fa broader life was thrown open when, with the consent of his parents, he boarded a" slow freighl toaceompam and care for a "bl odxl morgan en route t" Brighton market. No m mnted Dot, Quixote with lance and spear ever felt one-halt so

months in his uncle', employ brightened and broadened his ideas, and a stepping stone to things secured 3 position with N'athan Hark provision dealer of Cambridge St.. Boston. With laudable ambition to st ill better hiscondition he later accepted an offer from Hall. Chessman & <-,, of Faneuil Hall Market. Here he remained three vears and when .hi- linn diss ,lved transferred his allegiance to Winn, Richer* Co. Hard work and close attention to business during the next ten Near- found him in a position to Inn nl the retiring partner a half interesl in the firm (althou-h no chance has ever been made m the turn, name"),andthisrelation has continued throughout two decades to the presenl time Mr. < raip >- ' member of the Boston Fruit and Produce Lx- (.hamre. one of the largesl associations oi its kind inthecountrv. numbering upward of 700 mem He w.ls elected it- Vice President in 1000 and (.uUedto its highest office in 1001. re-elected Presi- ,!,.,,, in m02.an honor never lief ore accorded an> (lther man since its institution.

Broad street through the market district, and the questions as to the right of market gardners in occupy the streets adjacent to Faneuil Hall Market. He was appointed a delegate by the lessees of Markets to confer ami treat with the late Major Collins in the matter of leases, ami appointed by the mayor to act with Mr. Duane asto fixing amount to be paid by tenants above the market. He was also called in consultation with the mayor asto the advisability of removing I he i racks < n Tn tin nt St.. and later in t he ley, Norfolk and Middlesex Clubs. Since 1S95, ln> home has been on Columbia Street, near Harvard. His wife was Julia K. Flanders of Bradford, Vt. ; he has two son.-., Edward Dunn, ami John B., and one daughter, Fanny May.

Mr. Ciaii;'- record speaks let- itself. It is the record of a successful business man, a man who enji ys in a remarkable degree the confidence ami hyalty of In- business associates, lie has pronounced ideas ami dares to uphold them. His judgment and ability are unquestionable. Practical, with unlimited common sense, he is genial ami jovial tit the same time. Impelled by public spirit rather than an j desire for office, he accepted

HOME m MR. .1. MURRAY KAY, GARDNER ROAD. teamsters' strike ami the coal strike did especially the right of the people with whom he has so loir.

to the Association Board of Trade, also one o the Legislative conn nit tee ; he has also served tb town of his adoption on many important com mit tees, not ably the Citizens Commit tee of Thirt v and i he commit tee on t he ad\ isabilil \ of 1 iuild ing a covered resen oir on I 'isher Hill.

and in one of the closest and most bitterly contested town elect am- 1 in h >k 1 1 1 ie has seen iii recent years, this prediction was fulfilled by his election to the vacant place on the Board of Select men in 1904, this office he still retains, having been reelected in March, 1905 and 190G. Elected chair-

Henry Franklin Miller. Milli r, Hi -i:v Fraxklix, eldest son nf the late Henry F. Miller (founder of piano manufacturing business of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.) and Fran,.- V. (Child) Miller. Born in Providence, R. I., in LS4S. and eame to Boston when a child. Mr. Miller is descended on both sides from oldesl Rhode Island families, and is a lineal descendant of Roger Williams, and is also a Mayflower descendant. One of his ancestors is Joseph Jenks, who came to this country in 1636, settling in bvnn, Mass., and who established the first brass foundry on the Western Continent; of his several sons Mr. Miller is a descendant of Col. jenks of the Revolutionary war, and another son was one of Rhode Island's colonial governors.

Mr Miller attended the Boston public schools, graduating from the Boston English High School in LS67, with honors, receiving the franklin Medal and three Lawrence prizes; he was captain of the first company to receive the first prize ever given to a Boston School Regiment, and still holds as a very precious possession the blue banner awarded at thai time.

deathof Mr. Miller. Sr.. when the present corporation was formed) became president of the Henn T. Miller vV Si. ns Piano Co., which office he has held ever since.

The Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co. Massachusetts corporation, with a large and pn - perous business extending throughout the entire country. The Boston retail warerooms are at :;.i.-, Bovlston St., in the beautiful building recently erected especially for this company. The company also has a branch house in Philadelphia at 1 in;, i hestnul St., occupying an entire Imilding in the heart of the piano trade of thai city. The factory is ai Wakefield, Mass., and it- product is senl to the wholesale trade direct from Wakefield.

Por years Mr. Miller has been particularly interested in the development of the artistic side of the business, to the furnishing of the pianos from special designs, with special decorations, &c, which has given to this house a leadership second ,,, no other house in the trade. From a musical standpoint the Henry F. Miller pianos have from the first maintained a high standing, and the Hem-} F. Miller pianos today are maintaining for this company the highest position. and have a recognition from the musical world which today makes this company one of the most important in tne pianoforte industry of the country.

Mr. Miller is interested in the various piano trade associations, as well as in various financial and philanthropic organizations, &c. He was the first president of the National Piano Manufacturers Association of America, and held this office for the first two years, and is at the present time chairman of the Executive Committee, for the Fastern States, of this Association; he was ,No the first president of the Boston Music Trade Association, serving for three years, and, aftei an interval of five vears, is president of this Association at the present time. He represents the Boston Music Trade Association in the Boston Asso- u,,.u,i of Trade, and at the present time is treasurer of the latter Association. He is a director of the Mechanics Trust Company, treasurer oi the Boys Institute of Industry, a vice-president the 'industrial Aid Society. Mr. Miller is a Unitarian, and is prominent in 1 nitanan work: he is a member of the Channing Club, oi which he

Association; he is also ;i member of the Boston Young Men's Christian I nion. He is also a member of the Bostonian Society , a Fine Member of the Eirst Corps of Cadets, a member "I the Masonic Order, and also a inember of the Tedesco Club at Beach Bluff, Mass., where he has a country residence.

Mr. Miller married in 1X74, Mi's. Miller is a descendant of (io\ernor Endieott of colonial days, and is also of distinguished French Huguenot descent. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their daughter Miss Margaret Ogden Miller, became residents of Brookline alioiil se\ en years ago.

hi, w, Bkxjamix Chask, was born in Lowell, Mass., March 3, 1843. Gradual e Brown I'niversity, 1X04. Assistant Clerk Massachusetts Senate 1804-186S. Admitted to bar in 1S67. Priyate Secretary to Governor Talbot in 1874, and was Assistant Inspector General on his si a IT. Deputy Insurance Commissioner in 1875. Presidenl Lowell Common Council in 1876. Superintendent Manchester Print Works from 1S76 to 1901. Representative from Brookline in the Legislature, 1890-1903. Hied in Brookline, January 26, 1005.

bin no s, Si i ci 1 1 \ Holuhook, president "I t he John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company I r. mi IS79. was born in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, November 7, 1825. His lather, Stephen Rhodes, was a son of Stephen and Anna (Daniels) Rhoades, and a descendant from Henry w Ihi came from [England In Massachusetts and settled in Lynn in 1040. He married Betsey, daughter of Elijah and Sarah ( Pratt ) Bird of Eoxboro. Stephen Holbrook Rhodes attended i he I hi hi ic scIk Mils and Bristol Academy, Taunton, and (iii graduating engaged in the mercantile and manufacturing line as clerk, and subsequently engaged m life insurance as a s ilicitor ami agent in which hi' was eminently successful. He sen'ed t he ( ii v nf Taunton as member of t he Board of Aldermen in 1867, as mayor, IS67, 1868 and 1869. lie also represented the first 1 iristol disl rid in the

Talbot. He resigned the position of State Insurance Commissioner in the spring of In 70 to accept the presidency of the John Hancock Mutual Life insurance Company which organization had been chartered in 1861, and lie held t he nil ice for over

I le w as married November 27, In 17. to Elizabeth M., daughter of Charles and Hannah (Shaw) Godfrey, and a descendant from Captain Richard Godfrey, an officer in the Colonial army which marched to t he defence of Crown Point , N. V. , in 1755 and to Pert William Henry, Lake George, in August, 1757; and from Brigadier-General George Godfrey who commanded the Bristol comity brigade at the outbreak of the Revolut ionary war in 1775. Their two children wen- Henry Holbrook, burn November 6, 1848, died September 20, 1854, and Anne Elizabeth, burn April 30, 1851, married Lieut, .lames M. Grimes, II. S. N. Mr. Rhodes removed from Taunton to Boston, Mass., in 1n7-"> w here he continued to reside, his residence in 1905 beiiej "HI Commonwealth Avenue. He was elected to membership in the Exchange Club and in the Boston Society of Natural History, lie was also a member of the Roxbury Charitable Si iciet v.

Brook Line, Massachusetts

Ui --M.i.. Euw \hd, was burn in North "i armouth, Cumberland county, Maine, in 1S20. He was the sun of Cieneral Edward Russell, a promincnt citizen of 1 hal town.

Having given up the idea of a college course, he entered l)lr employ of the well known house ol Hurd, Hutchins w Skinner, Boston, Wes1 India promoted to the responsible position of I kkeeperin the Chariest own store carried on by the same linn. Following this engagement, he became the book-keeper for two years in a bank in Charlestown.

Boston. This was terminated in 1S44, when he entered the service of the Mercantile Agency in founded two years previously by Hon.

Lewis Tappan. of Now Vork. Becoming its duel elerk, he followed up the method and system established, adding such improvements as the continuous enlargement of the business required. A ..hange was made in 1S53, and the firm name of the Mercantile Agenc> became Kdward Russell & , Mr. Russell being the controlling spirit ol the (,0n'oern, until 1S9S, when he retired and was succeeded in Boston by the R. G. Dun Co.

His success has shown his ability. October K. is-l.V Mr. Russell was married to Man W. Field, of North Yarmouth, Maine, by whom he had three cdiildren. all of whom died.

His first wife having deceased, Mr. Russell was married in June, 1*76, to Gertrude, younger daughter of the late Loring Wheeler, of East port,

Thompson, Edward W. E., was born in Sanford, Maine, March 11, IS4S. He came to Boston, Mass.,whena lad, and was educated in the Brookline grammar and Roxbury Latin Sri Is.

[n 1S70, he graduated from the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts ,s71. He never engaged in active practice, as his time was chiefly engaged in the management of private property.

he was also one of the original members ol the Riverdale Casino, acting as Treasurer for four vears. His associates in the Casino say oi him. W. 1-:. Thompson was respected, honored, and loved for his sterling character, strong integrity and unimpeachable ma. . line-, which evinced attributes found only in Cod's best men.

For several vears he was a member oi the [oseph Warren Commandery of Knight Templars of Ruxburv, and President of the "Boston Parents' Association for Deaf Children." which he

Norman, l.io\i i .1. \ I, . financier, lawyer .-mil trustee, was horn in New Vork City, April 17. I Mi'i lli- Fal her, Li< me] A. .1. Norman, an English gentleman, was a memher of t lie wellknown Norman family of Cambridge, England. Lionel, A. ,1. married Marie Anita Bolton Lowther, ..I' (iloucestershire, England, the mother of the ui 'iri of i his sket i-li.

hionel Norman was educated in private schools, supplemented hy several years of travel in v ;i ri > . 1 1 - parts nf the world. He afterward entered the Mass. Institute of Technology when' In- studied I'm' three years, and then attended Boston I'niversity from which he received I he degree of LL. I'..

lie has been identified with large financial interests fur many years, has acted as trustee let" large estates ami engaged in I he practice of law

Mi'. Norman is considered In he a man ol wide information. He ha.- contributed many articles ;iinl essays, mi a variety nf subjects, to magazines and other publications; and has been prominent in Brookline public affairs though never having held public office. He was married January Hi. 1890, tu Florence Sprague nf Providence, Rhode Island, daughter nf Byron Sprague and granddaughter ui' I iiited States Senator Sprague, deceased, of the same State. Ex-Governor William Sprague, nf Rhode Island, who was also in t he United States Senate, is Mrs. Norman's cousin Mr. and Mr>. Lionel Norman have one child, a -mi. Lionel Aubrey, born < >cti her ' , ISfll.

Dr.Nii.wi, .1 vmf.s In i'm i; i . lawyer, judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court, State Senator, president V M. C. A. Evening Law Schools, was born in Bittsfield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, December 23. LS47. lli- father, Henry William Dunbar, son of John and Ann (Delmage) Dunbar of Scotch descent, was a manufacturer oi w i H ilen-. a man of integrit \ . gener.isil \ a ml indus try. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rebecca Tragan/a and Henry Richards el' St. Erth's, Cornwall, England. James Robert Dunbar as a child had uniformly good health, was lend nf out door sports, fishing, etc. His mother died when he w.-i- eight years eld Me was lend nf reading history, biography, and travel. He passed through I he primary, grammar and high schools, and wasgraduatcdat WilliamsColloge, \ I . 1,X~1. lie si iidied law iii 1 he office of Mill on B. Whitney al We-t field, Mass . wa- admit ted tu I he bar in I.N7-1, and he w a- a t once admit ted as a partner in Mr. Whitney's law business, lie was married May l.">. 1ST"), tu Harriet I'eirce, daughter nf ( leorge A. and Electa N. I Lincoln) Walton, nf We-i Newton, Mass. ami of the six children born ul' this marriage live were living in I !)().">. lb' made his home in West field, where he served as chairman of t he school cum mil lee. and in ISS5 and Ivti was a Senator in the Massachusetts legislature, lb- was appointed in INNS one ul' t he judges uf i he superior court nf Massachusetts by Governor Vines, and he served on the superior bench, i !)S. In ls',17 he was made chairman ol the Taxation Commission and after retiring from the bench he engaged in the practice of his profession in Boston. Hi- club membership includes the New Ugonquin, the Agricultural, the Curtis, the Beaconandthc Economic, all of Boston, He is a Congregationalist in church affiliation and a Republican in party politics. He resides at 156 Mason Terrace, Brookline.

Kohl, John A., a residenl of Brookline n number of years, was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. H,- father, (leorge A. Kohl, was an extensi e brewer in Lambertville, N. J. After completing. his school training at public schools and the Acadeim al Easton, he learned the business ol brewing' ale in his father's establishment, which be had conducted al Lambertville, X. J., from about LS40. Having thoroughly mastered the brewer's art, he came to Boston to take the p< si tinn of brew master in the Norfolk Brewery, owned by A. Richardson, where lie remained mini 1S70, when he formed a partnership with Andrew J. Houghton in the business of manufacturing ale! In 1S75 they purchased the old Jutz property and established the Vienna Brewen which proved a very profitable investment. Hi was thoroughly honorable in his business methods His fellowship affiliation was with the Masonic and odd Fellow orders, ha ;ii een a member ol the Leni Lenape Lodge of Lambertville, New Jersey, the Washington Lodge, and Massasoil rampmenl of Bi ston. He died in Brookline Mass., Aug. 2, 1001.

Thomas, Ri i i n, son of William and Ann Cotton fWilkins) Thomas, was born in Walmly, Warwickshire England, June 14, 1S40. His ancestors were representatives of old Warwickshire families.

He was first in educational training in the grammar school, Sutton, Coldfield, Warwickshire: ,,,,,,, in diversity College, London, IS62, M. A. and I'll. D., by examination (Rostock 1 .) lS6o. ',!,, revived in 1SS7 the honorary degree of D. D. from Bowdoin College, Maine.

Thomas began the ministry as assistant to |;,.x Xewman Hall. LL. B., of Christ Church, London, afterwards was pastor of Berkley Street Church (Conn i Liverpool, whence he was called to succeed Rev. Dr. Andrew Reed, the great philanthropist, al Wycliffe chapel, London. He was called to Harvard Church, Brookline, m IS/o, where he has since ministered. Dr. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (James) Cotton, but there were

|,v the union. October 24th, 1005, In n e«I for wife Lydia Cotton, daughter of William an,l Ann Cotton, of Gloucestershire, England. II,. !- the author of "Through Death to Life."

1 )r. Thomas was for several \ ears a governor oi the London Hospital, and is a life member of several literary and benevolent sociel ies in Europe and America.

I.'.mw. Theodokk, soldier, naturalist, repre" sentative in the United States Congress, fish commissioner, trustee of the I'eabody Education Fund; was bom in Waltham, Mass., August 23. In:;:;, son of Theodore and Man E. (Henderson) Lyman; grandson of Theodore and Lydia i Williams) Lyman : a direct descendant from Richard and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman the progenitors of the Lymans in America. Richard l.vinan came from Essex, England, to Boston. Massachuset ts Ba \ Colonv in 1031 . and removed from Charlestown. Mass., to Hartford, Connecticut in 1635. Theodore Lyman, Si\. was a distinguished philantliropist, legislator, Mayor ol Boston, and aut lair.

Theodore Lvinan, Jr., was graduated at Harvard, A B . IS")"). S. B., 1S5S. He was assistant in zoiilogv al tin' Harvard I'niversity Museum IS60-61; studied iii Euro])e lSGl-G.'-J ; was a volunteer aid with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on I he staff of Gen. George (!. Mead, commanding the Army of the Potomac 1X63-05; was mustered mil April 20, 1X65, and returned to his home in Brookline, Mass. He was fish commissioner for the State of Massachusetts IS65-S2, and as such lie made I lie first successful scientific experiments for the cultivation and protection of food fishes made bv :m\ State in the I'nited States, lie represented t lie ninth Massachusetts district in the I'ah Congress 1SS3-S5; was an overseer <>l Harvard I'niversity 1X6S-XS; fellow of the American Academv of Arts and Sciences; honorary member of the National Academv of Sciences and a member of the Massachusetts Historical Societj : he was a trustee of I he I'eabody Educational fund, and :i trust if t he I'eabody Museum of Archeology and of I he Massachusetts Stale Reform School. He was also president of the Boston I mm School, which institution was liberally endowed by his father. He was the author of numerous reports and scientific papers relating to his professional and official investigations, covering eight to ten subjects. He received the honorary degree of LL. I)., from Han ard University in 1X91; was a generous contributor to the building of Memorial Hall connected with the University and served on its building committee. He left i" Harvard University' his collection of scientific books for use in the Museum of Comparative Zoologj . and left to the college SIO.OOO I Lyman was married Nov. 2S, 1X56, to Elizabeth, daughter of < leorge R., and Sarah (Shaw i Russell, who survives him. He died al Nahant, Mass.. September 9, I' 97.

in IS! 2. I legree, I >. A.. and E. E. < ienera] Superintendanl Edison Electrical Illuminating Co., in ISXO. Sin i I- ivelv f leneral Manage] \"ice-l'resident , and President since 1X99. Elected President National Electric Light Association in 190.",. President Boston Electric Light (' Somerville Electric Light Co., VYoburn Light, I leu i and Power Co., Newton and Watertown ( i Light ( 'ompanv .

lS7o. He attended a private school for a few years, and later was graduated in in the Pierce Grammar School. He fitted al the high school for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was graduated in ISN!) in t lie department of mechanical engineering, in v hicli department he remained for a year and a hall as a member of the staff of instruction. In 1X91 he entered the employ of the Arlingti n Mills, and is now the treasurer and executive officer of thai ci i'pi rut ii n. The Arlingl i n .Mills, located in Lawrence Mass. is one oi tin' la rgesl textile mills in t he \\o I'M. employing -">. i( )() people and engaged in t he manufacl Lire of hi t h w< ml and ci itti u.

Lowell Textile School. In 1900 < iovernor Crane appointed him a State trustee of thai institution, which position he still holds. He i- a direcb i i f the Arkwrighl Mutual tin' Insurance Comp of the Home Market Club, a member of the N'ational Association of Wool Manufacturers and of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, also of the Technology, Country and ("nil .ii ( 'lulis. Ho is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars. Mr. Hobbs was married in 1S92 to lam' II. Whitman, a daughter of Mr. William Whitman, i if i li iddard A\ enue. They ha \ e fi air chili and reside at Xo. 7s Upland Road.

Ho was horn in Germany, and was educated in thecil y i'l Karlsruhe, al the I nsl ii ute "I' La I mitaine. Later In- was apprenticed ;<> In- irraiidfather to Irani the machinist trade: hut, becoming dissatisfied. In- came to this count r\ in iStiO.

Brookline, Uassachuse1 Ts

In 1 s 7 -l Mr. Holtzer started in business for liiniself as a maker of electrical apparatus in a small room in the Harvard Building. There be remained for about five year.-, his business constantly increasing; and his firsl shop was built on Boylston Street. Two years later it was found necessary to enlarge this shop, and soon alter lie purchased the Catholic church building on Station Street. Here ii was thought he would find ample room for years to come. At that time the general offices of the company were on Franklin Street, Boston, bin at tin- writing the main offices are in the factory building, with branch offices in New ^i ork and ( 'hicago.

The next step in the development of the plant was the erection «'t' an (ilhee building and of a power-house en Andem Place in the leaf oi the wooden structure, and later a four-story brick faeb >ry building was erected, having an immense frontage on Station Street. The past year, the company's business having outgrown t his big factory building, a large building en Albany Street. Boston, was leased tor a term of years, as an adjunct to the plant. This is being used lei- the

The Helt zer-< 'abot Fled ric < 'ompany was incorporated in 1SS9. Mr. Holtzer has held the p tioii of president of the company since that time.

From a payroll of 30, when the business was established en Station Street, to one el' 500 at the present time, is a vast stride, and indicates, as in no ot her way, the immense growth of t he business of t he company .

.1 ames, Horai i , was born in Jamaica Plain t ricl of the old tow n of Roxbury, Ma - .. Feb. in. IM1;. Came to Brookline. Juh . 1' 19. Mason, Contractor and Builder. Kstablished in business, July, LS55. Selectman, Overseer »f the Poor, and member of the Beard of Health, Surveyor of Highwavs. Trustee ol Brookline Savings Bank. Vice-President of Savings Bank. Chosen Selectman in March. |Mi7. and has served continuously since, except four years; was Chairman ol tin Board for eight years, from March. 1S9I5, to March, 1901.

Charles Lincoln Ayling. Ayling, Chaiu.es Lixcoi.x, born Januarj 22d, 1S75, Centerville, Mass. On account of appointment <>f fat her. August us 1 ». A\ ling, to Adjutant- Generalship of New Hampshire, moved to Concord of that State, iii 1S79,. Finished High School in thai city and employed with the banking house of K. II. Rollins iV Sons in September, 1S92. This house moved to Boston soon after that dale, and continued with them until the breaking out el the Spanish-American war. Temporarily withdrew and enlisted; received commission of captain, and A. A. A. G. from the Governor of New Hampshire, ami at the beginning of the war was put under special detail to thoroughly equip the New Hampshire Volunteers. At the close of the war returned with K. H. Rol lins iV Sons, and shortly removed, to Chicago, taking charge of their Central Western business. In March, 1S99, formed a partnership with Montgomery Rollins, who withdrew his interest from the above named house, the new firm locating at No. 27 State Street , under t he name of Montgomery Rollins >V ( 'o. In .lime. 1902, Mr. Rollins retired from business and the partnership, under the name of Baker, Ayling <V Company, was formed, iinw in business at No. 50 Congress Street

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Forsyth, George Henry, was born in Brookline November 27, 1854, the son of William and Jane i Bennett) Forsyth. His am estors were, on the paternal side of French-Scotch, and on the maternal side of French-English descent. Capt. Alexander Forsyth, the first member of the Forsyth family who came to America, was born at Failzerton Manour, Ayrshire, Scotland, in [689 and settled in Boston in the year j 715, or 85 years after the settlement of the town. A man of education, wealth, energy and refinement, he entered actively into the life of the New World, and was prominent in the early affairs of Boston, Hi? military experiem e caused him to be 1 In isen as 1 aptain in the Colonial regiment. In 1 724 he was a 1 1 immissioner of the Colony to draw up a treaty with the Western Indian^ of New England. In 1 733 he was elei ted a selei iman ot l!i >-t< in, and served in that « apai itv for ten years, and in 1 74 j he was one of the military commission to plan the fortitic ations about Bosti in.

William Forsvth, a great grandson of Capt. Alex ander Forsyth, and the father of George Henry Fors) tit bei ame interested in the Boston Melting Co., (the original manufai Hirers of villi anized

Three other sons of William Forsyth, -till living, were born in Brookline and have been for mum \ ear- connei ted with the Boston belting Co., oci up\ - ing the following important executive positions.

George Henry Forsyth married, February 10, 1875, Man E. \V. (wh 1 survives), the daughter of Joseph and Caroline T. (Furber) Drew of Dover. N. II., families with an ancestry in that region of several generations. He became connected, in 1878, with the Boston belting Co., with which his lather and brother- were also associated, and continued active and prominent in it- affair- for more than a quarter of a centurv. lie was for main' years a director and assistant manager of that company, travelling exten- -ivelv in it- interests and was well known to many prominent business men throughout the United States and Canada, by whom he was very highly esteemed. He removed tc 1 brookline September 1, [880, and continued to reside there until he died September 6, 1906. lie was one of the original member- of the Trade Club of Boston and also of the New England Rubber Club. Although a man of dome-tic tastes, a great lover of his home and never a seeker of public life or office of any sort, Mr. Forsvth was ahvavs deeply interested in Brookline and in all that pertained to its welfare, beauty and development.

Perse mail) < reorge I fenry Forsyth was wonderfully attractive; of medium height, with a well knit figure, dark eyes, regular features and thick, wavy hair, he was always a striking figure and withal a manly one. His kindly nature and thoughtfulness of cithers made- him a great many friends in brookline and elsewhere, and his numerous acts of generosity were done so quietly that his charity was known only to th» rec ipieril and the donor.

Keith, B. 1'., whom Brookline has claimed as one of its most progressive citizens for the past fifteen years, is :i native of New Hampshire. He is one of the most prominent men in theatricals to-day, and yet, in spite of the rinse application to In-- far-reaching enterprises, Mr. Keith finds many opportunities to demonstrate his good citizenship in strenuous advocacy of all local measures tending t<> the general welfare of the public. Having no business interests other than theatricals, it is in that respect alone to which this biography of Mr. Keith will refer. We, therefore, quote liberally from the leading theatrical publication, the New York Clip/iir, of recent date, as follows:

"The man of the hour- in vaudeville- is B. I Keith, the originator of the continuous performance, which lias new reached the twentvh i -i \ ea i i 'I its existence. The ver\ recent merger df the great vaudeville interests of the country has brought Mr. Keith forward as the dominant figure, with others, throughout the proceedings.

ol eight, whose father was of Scotch parentage and the mother, a descendant of the French. Rural district schools and the village academy gave him his rudimentary education, and he was content with a fanner's life until his eighteenth year. Eventually he found himself in Boston, where mi January S, 1S83, modern vaudeville, as exemplified in the reigning Keith entertainment, had its inception confessedly a most modest one in every way - and from this singularly insignificant beginning lias evolved the twentieth century completeness of vaudeville wiili its gorgeously appointed, theatres and faultless entertainments. On July 6, 1885, was created that strikingly original idea, the continuous performance, which marked an epoch in theatrical history. Palatial edifices have been reared especially for the production of Keith vaudeville in many cities, notably in Philadelphia and Providence. The dedication of the Philadelphia house on November 10, 1902, caused staid, demure Quake rt own to sit up straight, rub its eyes and marvel tremendously. Its amazement has never ceased, and small wonder, for the new Chestnut Street house is as an Aladdin'.- wish creation. From erecting beauteous his attention to augumenting the scope of his enterprises, until now his interests in theatricals in territorial extent reach literally from ocean to ocean."

Despite an incessant activity in his business career. Mr. Keith has found time to interest himself in local civic questions and assist in procuring relief from irksome conditions, which have clearly demonstrated his keen perception in municipal matters. This was shown in the removal of the clearly saw it was a railroad issue for personal ends only, and. together with a do/en associates, he strenuously favored the abolishment, in the successful accomplishment of which, quite as much credit, he insists, belongs to all as to one. He is st rem ion sly opposed to any legislation that would tend to curtail the public's privileges, or in any way infringe upon the public's rights, regardless of all faction.-. He is a strong believer ill having all questions in which the public at

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[arge is interested decided by the vote of the people. He is proud of Brookline and glad thai it is a town, and hopes it will always remain so. His liking in tins respect was formed in early years, for he was reared in a country town with a board of selectmen, the same as Brookline, and to that the Corinthian, and the Boston, of Boston: the Rhode Island, the New York, the Larchmont, and the Columbia, clubs of New York. In addition, he is a member of the Boston Athletic Association and the Riverdale Casino of Brookline 20th Century and Economic Clubs, Boston.

fact is attributed the strong affection he holds for Brookline. Yachting is a diversion which Mr. Keith follow, with uncommon enthusiasm. and he is a member of no loss than seven of the leading vacht clubs. They are the Eastern,

Mr Keith's residence is at No. 310 Kent Street, Longvvood, Brookline, and he has a charming summer home in Pevereaux, which was formerly the residence of the late Daniel Ford, the I. .under of the Youth's ( 'ompanion.

Hughes, James .)., dry-goods merchant of Boston, was born m Leeds, England, October 13, 1853. He was the son of John Briggs Hughes, a British Army officer. Mr. James .1. 1 1 ui; ht-s received his education in the schools of his native place, Lpon leaving school he decided to come to the 1 'nit c(| Si ate-, which he did, and set I led in Boston. He connected himself with the old drygoods firm of Chandler >V Co., on Winter Street. where he remained for some years. Wishing to enter business for himself he resigned his position and became interested In several well-known firms in Worcester and Lawrence. Desiring to return to the dry -goods business in Boston, he became t reasurer of the firm of 'I'm mi hy J. Smith & Co.. on Washington Street, Roxbury, where he remained until the time of his death, December 20, 1905.

Mr. Hughes was a man of remarkable ability and judgment, fair-minded and honorable, and enjoyed the respect ami confidence of all those who had dealings with him. He was married June 10. lN77.to Miss Ida E. Balcom, of Providence, R 1. Two daughters were bom to them

(iiii.i.v Jnsj-.rii LosTKii, of Brookline, naval officer, was born in Topsham, Maine, Now '_'4, 1811; son of Peter Hazeltine and Margaret (Foster) (liven, lie was warranted a midshipman m the l'. S. Navy, Nov. 1. 1827, and was promoted, passed midshipman June lu, 1833; lieutenant Feb. 2S, 1 838; commander Sept. 11, 1855; captain July lii, 1862; commodore July 24, 1867, and rear-admiral .Inly 13, 1870. lie was reined from active service, Nov. '_'.">. hs7'_'. lie served on board the sloop-of-war I <ni<lnli<i ill the Brazilian squadron, 1830-33; studied at the naval school, Norfolk. Va . 1833-34; served on I he frigate Potomac of i he Mediterranean squadron, 1835-37; on the -loop Erie ol' the West Indian squadron, 1840; on the frigate Columbus of i he Brazilian squadron, 1843-45; and on the ship-ofthe-line Ohio of the Pacific squadron, 1846-50, during which time he look part on the western coast of Mexico in the operations against the Mexican ports. 1846-47. He was stationed at the Boston navv vard, 1850-52, on ordnance dutv; was on ordnance duty. Washington, D.C., 1852- .">4. and on duty at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1S55-5S. He was in command oi the steam sloop Canandaigua of the South Atlantic squadron, 1862-64, and he took part in the bombardment of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, taking the Canandaigua over the bar in Chariest on harbor himself. Admiral Dahlgren having failed to carrycongress, as he had been regularly retired from active service, Nov. 25, 1872. He relinquished his hist command afloat, the U. S. S. Powhatan, May 28, 1873, and lived in Brookline, Mass. Dartmouth college conferred upon him t he honorary degree of A.M. in 1S61. He was married in 1S40 to Ruth Elizabeth Bowman. They had four children; Albert, died in infancy; Frank Hazel- out the previous arrangement for sending him a pilot, lie was mi ordnance duty at Charleston navy yard, 1866-68; in command of the Southern squadron of the Atlantic fleet, 1S70-71, and in command of the North Atlantic station, 1872-73, being retained in his command by a special act of tine, deceased; Etta, Mrs. Robert VV. Lord, deceased; Margaret, Mrs. Henry M. Whitney. Mr. Green died in Brookline, Mass., bee. 9, 1897, age si; years, 16 of which was spent in the service of Ins country.

John P., the subject of tins sketch, attended the county schools m childhood and obtained the rudiments <<i a fair business education, but was a pupil very little after he was thirteen years old, except in the great instruction school of the world. At 1 he age nt' 17 years he started a count ry store, in Ripley, Maine, with great success, having received an established credit from Nash, Cullender & Co., wholesale grocers of Boston. Mr. Webber met all his obligations and has continued to do -.1 evei since. In 1864, lie -eld out his stock and moved to Bangor, where he began operations in land and lumbering; at thai time he paid taxes in inure than one hundred townships.

In the year 1SS0, he came to Boston and resided on Columbus Ave., until Inn.!, when he moved to Brookline, occupying a residence on Kent Street, which he built; lie now residef en Beacon Street. Brookline, occupying a palatial residence which he built in 1895.

Mr. Webber was first married in March, 1851, to Miss Annie Sophia Robinson of East Corinth, Maine; three children were born, Charles Prescott, Frank Roscoe and Frederick, deceased. Mrs. Webber died m Bangor, August, 1S69. Mr. Webber's second wile was Miss Cam Holmes of Bangor; three children were in Jane, John Prescott, Jr., (who was drowned) ami Channing Webber. Mrs. Webber died in Brookline, 1890.

Mr. Webber married the third lime, taking fora wile. Minnie S. Peters of Xeedham, Mass.; they have one child, a boy, born in 1896. Mr. Webber is quite extensive!) engaged in the real estate business

Mi I>ii\\i,i>. William James, a resident of Brookline, and a progressive and enterprising business man, engaged in real estate mortgage, and insurance brokerage. Mr. McDonald, a son of .lames W. and Mary A. (Percy) McDonald, was burn October 11. 1869, in the northern part of New York SI ate, and was educated in t he public schools of his native place. Wishing to enter business life, he left School at the age of nineteen, and settled in Nashua, X. II. Nashua, however, did not offer a sufficient ly broad field for a profitable career, so lie left that place and came to Boston. Opening an office then', he formed a real estate and insurance firm of Merrill and McDonald. A few years later he acquired Mr. Men-ill's interest and became the sole owner. Within a verv short period after coming to Boston, lie began operations in Brookline real estate, and his transactions in that section have grown to a remarkable extent. By building residences of a very high class, thus bringing people of large means to the town, he has done much for the improvement and development oi Brookline. He is also interested in some of the largest land companies in Massachuset I -

One of the finest types of architecture in Brookline is Hampton Court, situated at the corner of Beacon and St. Paul streets. This beautiful building is a hotel, conducted on the American plan, with an excellent restaurant "I sufficient size to accommodate not only the guests of I he house, but also a number of I he nearby residents, by whom it is much patronized. The clientele of the house may be best described by the word "exclusive". The proprietor is Mr. Harry L. Brown (a resident of Brookline). who is also the proprietor of The Victoria in Boston. Mr. Fred M. Crosby is the resident tnanagei

Charles P. Greenough. Greenough, Charles P., of Boston, is descended from William Greenough, who came from Lancashire, England, to Boston, Mass.. in 1648; his great, great grandfather Thomas Greenough, was one of Boston's selectmen during the Revolutionary war, and his great grandfather, William Greenough was for fiftv years pastor of a church in Xewton, succeeding Rev. John Eliot. His grandfather, also named William, a prominent Boston merchant, married Sarah Gardner, daughter oi John Gardner, of Leominster, Mass.. and a neice of Mrs. John Hancock.

William W. Greenough, son of William just mentioned, and the father of the subject of this article, was treasurer of the Boston Gas Light Company for thirty-eight years and a trustee oi the Huston Public Library for thirty-two years.

He married Catharine S. Curtis, daughter oi Charles Pelham Curtis, first city solicitor of Boston, and a law partner of Judge Benjamin H.Curtis.

Charles P. Greenough, son of William W. and Catharine S. (Curtis) Greenough, was born July 29th, 1844, in Cambridge, Mass. He was graduated from the Boston Latin School in I860, being

He then entered Harvard University, where he hail a Detur, and from which he wa- graduated in in 1864. While in college lie was a member of the Institute of 1770. of the Hasty Pudding Club and of the Natural History Society. Soon after graduating he entered the Cnited States service in the blockading squadron on the I". S. Steamer Vanderbilt, where he remained several months, being stat ioned off the coast of North Carolina.

He subsequently spent some time in travel in EgA pt, Turkey. Palestine, and the Holy Land, and in 1867 entered the Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. P.. in 1S69. He continued his legal studies in the office of Ropes >v Gray, of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk Par in December,1869. Immediately afterward he formed a copartnership withRobert M. Morse, Jr.. which continued under the firm name of Morse & Greenough and Morse, Stone & Greenough for ten years. Since 1880, Mr. Greenough has practiced alone. Mr. Greenough is one of the leading members of the Suffolk Bar. He was counsel for the Boston Gas Light Company and for other gas corporations from 1S69 to 1895, when he resigned, and since then he has devoted himself to the practice of hi.- profession. As a counsellor and advocate he has achieved success and honor. In politics he is a Republican,

Hewasan original member of the Bar Association of the city of Boston, in 1S76, and has served it as treasurer since 1S.S7. and president, for the vears 1902, 1903, 1904. He is the author of a ''Digest of Gas Cases" published in 1883, and the editorofthe ninth edition of "Story, on Agency," and has made numerous addresses on the subject of water gas, and contributed several important articles to leading magazines and law journals. For seven vears he prevented the manufacture of water gas in Massachusetts, by appearing before the various committees of the Legislature.

As a citizen he is public-spirited and enterprising, and liberally encourages every worthy movement. He founded the Boston Legal Aid Society and has been it- president since 1900. He has also been a member of the standing committee the Diocese of Massachusetts for several vearSi and a trustee of the Boston Atheseum.

lie is a studenl of history ami of general litcratu it, a scholar endowed with rare intellectual attainments, and a man of the highest integrity and honor, lie is a member "I the Antiquarian Society of Worcester and of the New England I Ii>- toric Genealogical Society, ami a corresponding member of the New Hampshire Historical Society. June 11. 1S74, Mr. Greenough married Mary D wight Vose, of Boston, daughter of the late I bin. Henn Vose, associate Jutsice of the Superior Court of Mass. They have four children; Constance Pelham, Ruth Mary, Henry Vose, and Alfred.

to Greenfield, Mass., where he became connected, both as printer and writer, with the Gazette and Courier. While here he met and married Miss Sarah F. Allen, daughter of Sylvester Allen. Eight children were born, two of whom are citizens of Brookline, Winthrop 1!. and Geo. Ripley. Mr. Jones was a prolific writer of fiction and was the founder and proprietor of Harry Hazel's Yankee Blade, a paper of greal popularity in its day: he was also a general contributor to other story papers.

Jones, Justix, an old time Boston editor and publisher, became a resilient of Brookline in 1S64, residing on Kent Street where he lived until his death, February 19th, 18S5).

Mr. Jones was born in Brunswick, Maine, Oct. I. I SI I. and at the e:ni\ age of fourteen became apprenticed to a local printer. When about seventeen he located in Boston and became interested in a semi-monthly literary paper: after two vears retaining his Boston interests, he went ami served in the Mass. Legislative and City Government of Boston, and for many years was a director of public institutions of the city. As a Democrat he sen ed for twenty years on t he town committee, and was also one of the first board of registrars of voters appointed by the town.

Socially and in his home he was a delightful man, always having something bright and entertainingto relate. He was one ofthe first to join the Brookline Club, and his kindly ways will long remain in the memory of his many warm friends.

Eugene P. Carver. Chveu, EUGEne P., is descended from Robert Carver, a nephew of John Carver, the first Gover- U()rofthe Plymouth Colony, who came from near Plymouth, Devonshire, England, to Marshfield, Mass., aboul 1627. Jonathan Carver, a descendant of the common ancestor, and the first white man after Hennipin to visit the source of the Mississippi River, wrote the work entitled " ^origines of America," the first book m the English language on the American Indians Capl Reuben Carver, great uncle of the subject of this article, captured the first English vessel in the Revolution, which was loaded with arms and munitions of war, and which he delivered over to Washington, then engaged in the siege of Boston. Mr Carver's ancestors have been ship builders, ship owners, and ship masters for two hundred years His great grandfather, Isaac, was a ship builder, and hi- grandfather, Woodburn Carver, and father, Nathan, were ship owners and sea captains Onhis mother's side he is descended from Brian Pendleton, who came to Boston with John Winthrop,inl630, and who was the first survey or general, and made in the colony the first map ol Massachusetts. Resettled in Wat ertown, Mass., and subsequently became one of the original settlers of Portsmouth, N. II. His grandson, Colonel

William Pendleton, of Stonington, Conn., served the colonial wars, and his son l'erley was a lieutenant in the 1st. R. Q. Artillery in the war oi the Revolution. Nathan Carver, the lather of the subject of this sketch, married Francis A., .laughter of Joseph Pendleton of Searsport, Me., ,U1(] a granddaughter of William Pendleton, who was taken prisoner in the war of 1812. Herfather was a prominent ship master.

Eugene P. Carver is the son of Capt. Nathan Carver and Francis A., daughter of Capt. Joseph Pendleton, his wife, and was born in Searsport, Me September 5, I860. He spent much of his boyhood at sea with his parents, going to all

He attended the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, \. Y., and the public schools of Newburyport, Mass., and was graduated from the Boston High School in 1877.

Uter having the advantages of a private tutor for a year, he entered the Boston University Law School and received his degree of LL. B.. therefrom, in June. 1S82, having been admitted to the Suffolk Bar, the preceding month. He at once began active practice in Boston, at 28 State Street, where he still remains. In 1890 he formed a copartnership with Edward E. Blodgett, which still continues under the firm name of Carver & Blod- tne other partners, subsequently admitted, being Stephen R. Jones and Addison C. Burnham. He has been called upon in relation to this class of business to try cases in nearly every seaboard State Fast of the Mississippi. Ill- ability as a counselor and advocate, his intimate knowledge of thelaw, his personal qualities and high character have brought him into special prominence, and have already won for him a recognized standing at the bar He has been eminently successful, and as a citizen as well as lawyer is highly esteemed. He was admitted to practice before the bar 0f the United States Supreme Court in 1SSS, and has tried a number of important cases in that tribunal He is a member of the Algonquin Club Boston, of the Boston Art Club and of the Boston, American, and International Bar Associations,

Mr Carver was married on the 11th of August, i«86 to Mis- Clara -!'.. daughter of Hon. Robert porter,of Searsport. Me. They ha vefive children Francis A.. Eugene P. Jr.. Lois M., Clara, Nathan and Ransom F. ni

Lincoln, William, was born in Falmouth, Mass., March S. 1N0S. lie was educated a1 the Derby Academy in Hingham, and graduated in 1821. He came to [Boston and went into Deacon James Loring's printing office. After serving a year here, he wenl Wes1 to Caledonia, \. V.. and look a position in John Buttcrfield's store. In 1826 he returned I" Boston, and went into Joshua Scars' store. In 1S20, lie entered the commission business on his own account, dealing in Xani nriicd i ci the nil business. Now came the ml discoveries and petroleum wells, anil Mr. Lincoln was i he second man to go into the manufacture of coal nil m ihis country, forming a partnership with William I ». Philbrick, establishing an agency in Titusville. and building a refinery in Ka-t Boston. After the dissolution of this firm, Mr. Lincoln built a large manufactory in East Cambridge. 'I'lie business required the equipment oi a line oi schooners, to ply between Philadelphia and Boston, for the transportation of the petroleum. In IS7'_\ the factory was destroyed by lire, and then

John Fairfield at Central Wharf, established the New Orleans packet-line, which sunn became the principal packet-line of Boston, and did a large business for years. He went to Californiain ls-l'.i. Mr. Lincoln left this firm and again joined his brother Henry, in India Street, establishing line* ui' Brookline for a number of years, and for sev enteen years was a member of the board of assessors uf t lie town, during must of that time its chairman. Mr. Lincoln was married in Boston, in ls.'ls, to Mis? \Iarv M . daughter of David Francis, and had four sons, David !-".. Wm. I' . Rev. .lames

Ci iciix, John A., selectman of Brookline, was bom in Boston, April 1870. He received his early education in the Boston public schools. He then attended the Mass. [nstitute of Technology, graduating with the class of 1892, with the degree of S. I'., in the department of Civil Engineering. After leaving Technology he went abroad and spent a year in the University of Berlin, Germany, and up in his return he entered the Boston University Law School and graduated, after taking the law course, in 1896, with the degree of LL. B.

Since then Major Curtin has been actively engaged in the practice of commercial law. He has taken an active interest in politics and lias served as secretary of the Republican Town Committee of Brookline. In the present year (1906) he was appointed to the military staff of Governor Curtis Guild, .Jr.. and at the town meeting in Brookline was chosen a member of the Board of Selectmen.

In 1900 l.e married Miss Mabel W. Curtis, a niece of former Mayor Edwin U. Curtis of Boston, and granddaughter of Oliver Whyte who was for many year- a selectman of the town of Brookline. They have one child. John Curtis Curtin. Major Curtin is a member of the University Club and the Boston Athletic Association.

Whipple, Sherman Leland, is the youngest sun of Doctor Solomon Mason Whipple and Henrietta Kimball Hersey, and was born in Xew London, New Hampshire, March t. 1862. He is descended in the tenth generation from Matthew Whipple, who migrated from England with his brother John and settled in Ipswich Hamlet (now Hamilton), Massachusetts, in 1634. John Whipple's great-great-grandson, General William Whipple, of Portsmouth, N. II. , was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Genera] in the Continental Army, second Xew Hampshire brigade, Moses Whipple, great-great-grand-father which he enrolled in the Town of Croydon. X.H., and which was in service at the battle of Bennington. Was one of Croydon's earliest settlers.

Doctor Whipple, father of the subjecl of this -ketch, was born in Croydon. October, 1820, and graduated from Norwich University and from the Dartmouth Medical School. He practised as a physician in Xew- London, X. II.. until his death, June 12, 1884. He was a frequent contributor to medical literature and a president of the Xew Hampshire State Medical Society. His wife, Henrietta Kimball Hersey, was the daughter of Amos Kimball Hersey. She was bom in < Ictober, 1830, and is still living.

Sherman L. Whipple prepared for college at Colby Academy, Xew- London, graduating in 1877. He graduated from Vale University A. B., 18S1, and from Vale University Law School LL. ]'>.. ISS4. He taught for a season in the Boys' High School of Reading, Pa., and al Colby Academy. He was admitted to the bar of Connecticut m June, 1884, of New Hampshire. August, 1884, and of Massachusetts, June, ISS5. Since that dale he has practised his profession in the City of Boston, residing in Brookline, since L8S9. He is a member of the University, Country, Algonquin Vale of New York, \ ale of Boston, and Twentieth

( ienealogical Society and the Bostonian Society. December '27. 1893. he was married to Louise ( lough, of Manchester, X. 11. Since 1S97 he has resided with his family on Warren St reel . Brookline. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple have three children. Dorothy, bom July 27. 1894, Katharyn Carleton, born November 30, IS95 and Sherman Leland, Jr., bom February 21, L898.

lixclusiveness is the distinctive feature of Brandon Hall, Brookline, established in I'.mii under the able management of Mr. Charles K. I'henix.

The considerate care with which a guest is greeted, the order and seclusion found in each suite, the rich, subdued and tasteful furnishings, the excellence of the cuisine, and the solicitous [itreached in the art of anticipating every wish. Located in the centre of Boston's most fashionable suburb, and with every means of transit within easy reach, it is the acme of the mosl practical, artistic and beautifully furnished hotel of its kind, and the hotel in its entirety is permeated with an atmosphere pleasing in every particular. The countn round aboul is healthful ami enjoyable, and fnii n i lie Ik it el radiate the famous \la-sa-

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The hotel is equipped with a very artistic ball room and is frequent ly used by fashionable classes. It is specially equipped to serve ladies' luncheons, private dinners and suppers.

chusetts State Roads leading to all chief points of interesl aboul Boston. The hotel offers a semicountry life for the summer, and is a plea-ant alternative tn seashore residence, yet almost within the shadow of the city. There are comparatively few people who realize the fad t hat Brookline possesses in Brandon Hall, the most modern, unique and comfortable hostelry in America.

He received his early education in the common schools of his native town, at Amherst and Monson Academies, and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, from which he graduated in the class of 1N.5K.

He entered Amherst College in the same year, graduating therefrom in 1S62, having one of the three highest of the commencement appointments. After teaching classics in Williston Seminary for three years, IS62-5, he studied law with Wells & Smile, Springfield, at the Harvard Law School, 1S66-7, and with linn. George S. Hillard, nf Boston. He was Assistant United States Attorney from lsti'.t tn 1871. He then became a member nf the law firm nf Hillard, I tyde & I >ickinsiin, the style subsequently changing tn the well-known firm nf Hyde. Dickinson & Howe, later Dickinson; Farr .V Dickinson, at the present time the firm name is M. F., & Charles Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson was a member nf the Boston Common Council in 1 S7 1 and Is7'_\ holding the office of president nf that body during the latter year. He was a trustee of the Boston Public Library in 1S71 , has been a trustee nf (he Williston Seminary since 1872, trustee nf the Mass. Homoeopathic

Hospital, and nne nf the overseers nf the charity fund nf Amherst College since 1S77. He was a lecturer nn law as applied tn rural affairs in the Massachusetts Agricultural College, IS7I-7; author nf "Legislation mi the Hours nf Labor," Is71 ; and nf the "Amherst Centennial Address," 1 sTti. Mr. Dickinson is one of the counsel fur the I'm.- inn Elevated Hallway Company, his especial work being the defence of their accidenl cases in court. Mr. Dickinson was married at Easthampton, Nov. 23, L864, to Cecilia R., adopted daughter of Samuel and Emily (Graves) Williston. Of his three children only one is living, Charles. Williston and Florence having deceased. He has an adopted daughter, Jennie Couden Dickinson, daughter of his deceased sister.

George Sumner Mann. Mann, George Si mm u. a resident of Boston and Brookline since 1S58. Was born in New Salem, Mass., November 25, 1834. His father. William Mann, and grandfather, Ensign Mann, Jr., were natives of Petersham, Mass. His ureal grandfather, Ensign Mann. Sr., was born on "Mann Hill," in Scituate, Mass., in 17 Hi : gradua ted from Harvard University, 1764; taught in

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Lancaster three years. Settled in Petersham in 1768, and married Alice, the eldest daughter of Rev. Aaron Whitney (Harvard, 1737), the first and long-time minister oi said town. Ensign Maim, Sr., was a school teacher and private tutor in Petersham for a long period. From 1708 to his marriage in 177:!, he was the leader of the "Sons of Liberty" in the town; and figured in a law suit wiih the patriol Josiah Quincy, Jr., againsl one Beaman, a noted lory. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Abigail Cook, a dired descendant oi Henry Cook ol Salem, maternal grandmother was Lydia Fillmore, whose father was a soldier in the Revolution. George Sumner Mann was educated ai "-Bennett Hill" school, in Petersham, and Goodale Academy at Bernardston. In 1S53 was clerk in the old Theodore Jones store in A i IkiI. 1 So !--"), clerk and part nership with Ah in Houghton in the same town. After a brief period in the post office in Erving, came to Boston in the employ of Farley, Bliss & Amsden on Bowdoin Square, from 1859 to 1877, Mr. Mann was in the retail drygoods business; having three stores on Treinont Row, 'Fremont and Hanover Street-, under Ihe firm names of Mann iV Co., Barker, Mann Co. and Geo. S. Mann .V Co. Retired in 1877. Since then he has passed the time in rare oi trusts, travel and study, lie has compiled notes on Petersham, and is the Author of the "Mann Memorial", published in 1884. He is president of " I '.ei i ne it Hill Association ;" a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Essex Institute of Salem, the Bostonian Society. Brookline Thursday Club, Brookline Historical Society, etc., etc. He married in 1865, Susan Alzea, born in Topslield. Mass., daughter of Dr. Jeremiah and Esther (Wildes) Stone, and they have two daughters ( I ), ( 'a me Wildes, born 1 SOS, married William A. Spalding of Chestnut 1 1 ill, and they have two sons; Richard Mann, born 1003, and Philip Wildes, born 1905; (2), Gertrude Whitney Mann, born 1 N71 .

engaged in the nursery business. He subsequently divided the farm into building lots, which met with a ready sale, each lot being a desirable location for building purposes; retaining for his own use the house in which lie was burn, lie has made many changes and improvements, rendering n one ol the most attractive and conveniently arranged Colonial residences iii this vicinity.

lie is a trustee oi the Brookline Cemeterv, and one of the vice-presidents of the Brookline Savings Bank, with which he has been officially connected for many years.

tiizoi i: \ i,i>. William F., born in Boston. Mass., September 1. 1867. Educated in Boston, after which he entered I lie banking business and is now a member of the firm Towle A Fitzgerald, Bankers A: Brokers.

w::- a contributor to the tree Trade Advocate of Philadelphia, and an associate of Alberl < lallatin, in preparing statistical papers on the effects oi the tariff at the free trade convention al Philadelphia in September, is.'ll.

He married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, granddaughter of Edward and |)orothy (Quincy) Jackson and of Captain Patrick Tracy, and their youngest son. I rancis I.. Lee, IS2H-1SSG. Harvard A. B., IS43. A. M.. IMC; was Colonel of the I Mi Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War. The Lees of Massachusetts descended from John and Marv illunwith his father who was a merchant in Boston, conducting a large foreign and domestic trade.

This l in 1 1 was dissolved in 1853. and Henry Lee, with George Higginson and John Clarke Lee. established the banking house of Lee. Higginson \ Co., and he continued the senior partner in that meal banking establishment up to 1897, in December of which year he withdrew, having passed his eightieth birthday. He was the pioneer banker in Boston to establish safe deposits for valuables heretofore kept in private houses, and in IStiS projected and carried out the establishment "I the lnion Safe Deposit Vaults, and he ni-rford) Leigh, who sett leil in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony about 11)154. Thomas and Deborah ( Flint ) Leigh or Lee. of Ipswich were tin

(Harvard. IT'-'-', and Louis (Orne) Lee, and his grand parents were Joseph (Harvard. 17(55). and Elizabeth (Cabot) Lee, and he was thus closely allied to the Massachusetts families of Winthrop, Saltonstall. Pickering. Cabot. Higginson, Endieott and others equally prominent. On leaving Harvard I niversit} . where he was graduated A. I'... 18:5(5, A. M., Is:1)'.', lie engaged iii business his death. Dining the Civil War he was active in advancing the cause of the lnion, by personal service, and by large contributions of money, and he served on the staff of Governor Andrew as Ude-De-Camp, with the rank of Colonel! 1861-05), at a nine when the duties of an officer on the staff df the Governor of Massachusetts, meant hard and constant service, lie also served the commonwealth as a representative to the General

Courl (1876-77), and lie was an overseer of liar- In the summer of 1S47, after spending a few vard University (1867-79). and again (1880-98). months in the office of Samuel M. Felt on, he bo- He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical yn field work on the Km land ,V Burlington Rail- Society : a founder, and for several years presidenl road, in Vermont, holding the position ol asof the Union Club of Boston; a stockholder in the sistant engineer on location and construction. Boston Athenaeum; a trustee of the Museum of Upon this work he was engaged some three years. Fine Arts, and a member of the New England His- Then going to Canandaigua, X. Y.. be was emtoric Genealogical Society. Identified a- ho was ployed in the construction of some branches oi with the highesl intellectual and artistic life of the Erie Railway. Ho held here the position oi Boston, ho was a generous and influential patron resident engineer of location and construction, of the opera and drama, and of all enterprises of a and this work occupied another throe years till benevolent and educational nature. He was near tin- end oi 1853.

married. October 20. 1845. to Elizabeth, daughter A few months after he had finished work in of Colonel Samuel and Elizabeth (Cabot) Perkins. western New York he sailed for Europe, and ream! they established their home in Brookline on mained abroad a year and a halt. Several a large and beautiful estate, a section of the old months were spent al Paris in professional studios, town noted for the beauty of its scenery and the In the summer of 1855 he returned home and soon command il has of extensive views. afterwards entered the employ of the Boston Two sons survive him : George and Eliot ('.. it Worcester Railroad as Assistant Su]>erintenl.nih resident? of Brookline. dent and Engineer. For five or six years ho was Colonel Fee is the author of "The Militia of the engaged in improving the location of the road and United States; What it Has Been, and What it rebuilding some of its structures. Should lie." lie died at lii- homo in Brookline, After the war closed Mr. Philbrick was em- Mass., November 21. 1S9S. ployed upon some town improvements in Brookline and connected with some manufacturing enterprises. In 1869 he was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts Inspecting Engineer

1827, and died Feb. 13, 1889. He was descended About this time the Boston >V Albany Railroad from Quaker ancestry that had been native to the was formed by the consolidation oi the Boston .V shores of Massachusetts Bay from near the date of Worcester and the Western railroad.-. The the settlement of Boston. He was born in Bos- traffic of the road increased to such an extent thai ton. but excepl during early infancy hi- home was the work of rebuilding it.- bridges in iron was doalways in the adjacent town of Brookline. His cided upon and Mr. Philbrick was appointed Confather was :l merchant in Boston, a director in suiting Engineer and had charge of it. A largo several corporations, and for thirty years treas- number of bridges were built, mostly between urer of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Worcester and Albany. The type he adopted

In 1843. after fitting for college at the Brookline was the riveted lattice, or for small -pan- the plate High School, he entered the sophomore class at girder. The most notable among these bridges Harvard College. Paternal consent to this step, was that over the Connecticut at Springfield, and however, was conditional upon hi- living at home, it occasioned a good deal of controversy a- to the walking the three mil,- each way to and from comparative merits of riveted and pin-connected college daily, and spending no time on the study trusses. Without entering into the details of of Greek. These requirements were strictly c - the question, it seems proper to say that Mr Philplied with, but the restriction as to Greek pre- brick's judgmenl i- supported by the practice ol vented hi- receiving the customary degree on the some of the largesl and besl managed road? and completion of his course; at a later date, however, that even pin-connected bridge? in recenl year? in recognition of hi- merits in other directions. have been made to conform in some features to the degree was conferred as of the class of 1846. to the riveted typo. Mr. Philbrick'- preference for spans. Other works on the Boston iV Albany Railroad constructed under his charge were the large Union Station al Worcester, and the grain elevators in Boston, that al Eas1 Boston being notable on aceounl of the difficulties encountered in securing good fi mill la tions.

Near the close of ISfiS the State of Massachusetts contracted for the completion of Hoosac Tunnel. The Trcn and (ireenfield Railroad Company had previously received State aid to the amount of several million dollars to build the tunnel and connecting railroad. l>ui after twenty tion of the works was intrusted to Mr. Philbrick. The supply i- taken from a filtering gallery near Charles River at a point a few miles from the town. These works were constructed during 1ST 1-5 al a cost of a half million of dollars.

The improvement of the flats at South Boston was also carried ou1 under Mr. I'hilbrick's charge, and is a work of considerable local importance. The State contracted for building the sea walls and filling a portion of the Hats in the lat ter pari of ls7o. A large area adjacent was owned by the Boston A Ubanv Railroad, and a contract was years' effort much the larger pari of the tunnel made for filling this at t lie same time. Mr. I'hilremaincd unfinished and the Slate had come into possession. A \ ear or two after the contracl was made Mr. Philbrick was consulted upon some questions thai arose as to alignment and quantities, and was soon afterwards appointed Consultbrich had charge of i his alsi >.

Included in his professional practice were consultations as to i he foundations of Trinity Church and the new public library building in Boston; service on commissions to award damages for

Blaekstone Valley, and by the city of Cambridge from Stony Brook, and to investigate the causes and management of the Greal Fire in Boston. A- a citizen he was public-spirited, independent in polities, and deeply interested in whatever

Candler, John Wilson, son of Captain John and Susan (Wheelwright) Candler, was born in Boston, Fell. 10, 1S2S, and died al his home in Brookline.

On leaving school he accepted a clerkship in Boston. Soon after tin- death of his father in 1S49. thr family removed in Brookline, where Mr. Candler had to the time of his death resided. For thirty-1 wo years Mr. Candler had been a member i>f differenl firms of shipowners engaged in foreign trade.

In 1S66, Mr, Candler was a member of the legislal ure. From 1869 to 1 S73, he was an earnesl advocate of a board of prison commissioners: he served for several years as its chairman. For four years he devoted much of the time to the prosecution of the work of building the separate prison fur women, lie was a prominenl member ill" the National Board of 'Trade.

lie was president of the Boston Board of Trade, 1 s77 and 7*: president of the Commercial club three terms. He was a republican in politics. In 1S76 and 7s, he was candidate fur Congress.

In 1S80 he was elected a member of the 47th ( !ongress of the 8th Congressional District, and in Isss he was eleeted tn the 51st. Congress in the 9th districl by a large majority.

Mr. Candler was married in 1851, to Lucy A., daughter of Henry Cobb, of Boston. She died in October, 1855. His second marriage occurred in November, 1867, with Ida M.. daughter of John and Amelia Garrison, of New York. T T i - family consists of three daughters: Cora, who married ('has, T. Bush of Weston, and who resides in Wes1 New Brighton, Staten Island, X. Y. : Anita, who married Hon. David S. Baker, Jr.. of North Kingston, 1!. I.: and Amelia Candler.

He is a direct descendant of Col. John Allen of Revolutionary' lame. Chief Allen is the sun of Abijah 0. Allen, who enlisted in 1861 and died a year later in New ( h'leans. Young Allen who inherited the pluck nf his father, enlisted in the Civil War in 1865. with the loth Mate of Maine Regiment, and was discharged as Corporal at the expiration of his service. He came to Brookline in 1S69, and entered the tire department soon after. He served the town faithfully as call engineer for nine consecutive years, i he last two years as Chief. He was placed mi t he permanent list in 1891, and was promoted tn the position nf Assistant Chief nf the I tepartmenl in 1903.

Chief Allen was married in 1S74, t<> Marietta Willi- Palmer, daughter nf the late Charles Lewis Palmer; they have two children, Sadie Allen Mitchell, who is on the staff nf the Brookline Press, and Harry Berton Allen who is connected with the firm nf John F. Fleming A Co., of Brookline, Mass.

Lawri si i . Amos Adams. u;i- born in Boston. Mass.. Juh 31. 1814. second son of \inos and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence: grandson of Major Samuel and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence, and of Ciles and Sarah (Adams) Richards; greatgrandson of Amos and Abigail (Abbott) Lawrence; great, great grandson of John and Hannah (Tarbell) Lawrence; great, great, greal grandson of Nathaniel and ' Sarah (Morse) Lawrence; and great, great, great, great grandson of John, (sun of Heurv and Marv Lawrence) and his wife second daughter of the Hon. William and Mary Anne (Cutler) Appleton; and their children were Marianne Appleton, Lorn Max 12, lsld. who married Dr. Ruber! \morv: Sarah, born in Brookline, July 5. 1845, who married I'eter Chardon Brooks; Amory Appleton. merchant, Lorn April 22. 1848, who married first. Emily Fairfax Silsbee, and second, Gertrude M. Rice : William. Lorn Max 30, 1 s.'iO. Bishop of the diocese of Massachusetts, married Julia Cunningham; Susan Mason. Lorn February 1. 1852, married a! Longwood, September '_'.">. iss:;. i.i .Indue William Caleb Luring, of the Supreme Judicial Courl of Massachusetts.

death He was president of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company, treasurer of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company, director of the Suffolk Bank, of the Massachusetts General Eospital. of the American Insurance Office, nf the Boston Water Bower Corporation, of the Amesbury Company.of the Middlesex Canal, of the Massachusetts Bible Society, of the Massachusetts Board of Domestic Missions and of Grot on Academy. He founded the town of Applet on on a large trad of land which he owned on the Fox River in eastern tablish the Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin. '-', in 1849 was rechartered. Lawrence I niversity. It was situated in the town of Appleton and named fni- Mr. Lawrence, its founder and principal benefactor. lb' secured for it the Appleton church was finished by their children as a memorial to their mother. Mr. Lawrence was the tirsl i reasurer of the Episcopal Theoli igical School at Cambridge, and he held the position for fifteen years, lie began the building of Lawrence Hall, a stone dormitory for the Theological School in 1873, and completed the edifice in 1S80, at a cost of s7.",. nun. lie was treasurer of the corporation of Harvard Cniversity 1 ^-.~>7-< >'_' . and overseer of the college 1879-85. He was one of the one hundred members of the Massachusetts Historical Society. His interest in the Free-Soil political party in 1854. led to his aiding in the formation of

Library fund, and gave over 830.000 for its support. He became a resident of Longwood. I Srookline. in 1851. when with his brother he had purchased many acre- of land, and in 1867, they erected the Church of Our Savior in memory of their father. This handsome edifice is built of Roxbun stone with granite trimmings, and the church was consecrated by Bishop East burn. September 29. 18R8. In 1885. Mrs. Amos A. Lawrence caused a stone rectory to be erected in connection with the church, and presented to the parish, and in 1803, the beautiful transepl of the the New- England Emigrant Aid Company, to prevent the establishment of slavery in Xebr; and Kansas, and he was one of the three orij trustees and treasurer of the company. Much of his time and thought, and considerable of his mean- were devoted to this cause, and ehierh through his efforts, seconded by the earnesl coi iperal ion of Eli Thayer of Worcester, Kansas became a free state, and one of it- principal cities bears his name

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()n hearing the murniurings that preceded the civil strife, he helped to arouse the martial spirit of the state, and in spite of his official and business cares he instructed his fellow townsmen of Brook - line, and the students of Harvard in the manual of arms. In 1S62, he largely recruited the 2nd regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, Col. Charles 1!. Lowell, and in 1S63, served on the committee appointed by Governor Andrew to organize and recruit the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Colored), of which Robert G. Shaw was the Colonel. At the close of the war he was chairman of the Finance Committee that had in hand providing funds for the building of Memorial Hall at Harvard, in honor of her sons who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union. Mr. Lawrence was the first president of the New England Tru-t Company. He also served as a director of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, as president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters, and also of the Association of Knit-Goods Manufacturers. Amos Adams Lawrence died at NahaiiT. Mass., August 22, 1SS6.

Swan, Reuben S., vice-president of the Brookline National Bank, was born in Dorchester, Mass., January 7, 1S50. He is the son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Bronsdon) Swan, and a descendant in the seventh generation of John Swan of< 'ambridge (Arlington) Mass., an early settler of that town. On his maternal side he is descended from many of the original settleers of Dorchester and vicinity, including Henry Withington, Richard Baker. Ezra Clapp, Edward Vose, Daniel Preston, Philip Eliot and Matthias Puffer.

Hi- education was obtained in the public schools of Dorchester, and he was graduated fromthe I >orchester lli^h School in 1S67. His firsl employment after leaving school was with a woolen firm in Boston. When t he town of Dorchester was annexed ti> Boston he was employed by the city of I '"'-I,, ii witli ;i part j' of sun eyors in making a plan of the streets of Dorchester, much of the mathematical part (if the earlier work being done by him.

which time by reason of promotions he served in most of the subordinate positions of the bank, and obtained a thorough training in the business. Upon the establishment of t he Brookline National Bank in 1886, Mr. Swan was offered the position of cashier, which he accepted, and removed from Dorchester to Brookline. In IS9S he was elected as vice-president of the hank which position he now holds.

While living in I >orchester he served as a member of the Boston Common Council in 1881, from Ward 24. He is a Past Master of Beth Horon Lodge, A. F. iV A. M., of Brookline, and is a member of St. Paul R. A. Chapter of Boston, Roxbury Council of Select Masters, and De Molay Com mandery, K. T. of Huston.

Mr. Swan was married on October S, 1873, to Miss Emma A. Melville, daughter of William and Man- Jane (Wight) Melville of Dorchester. The; have one son, Clifford Melville Swan, who is an instructor in the Massachusett - Institute of TechiM floso .

Charles French Read. Pi vd, Charles Fri sen, clerk and t reasurerof the Bostonian Society, was born in Boston, September 17. 1853, son of William and Sarah Fuller (McLellan) Read. He is a descendant in the lie was educated in the public schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Host on, Mass., I served as secretary and treasurer of the Mi husetts Institute of Technology class association, for twenty years from IS74. He had been in business many years when he was first rice ted clerk and treasurer of the Bostonian Society with which he has I urn since identified.

The Bnstonian Society was organized in promote i he -I ud\ of 1 In' histon of Boston and to preserve n - antiquities: the soi h-i \ lias one thou-

Atkinson, Edward, son of Amos and Anna Oreenlief (Sawyer) Atkinson, was born in Brookline, Feb. 10, I s_'7 : died December 1 1 . 1905. He married. Oct. I, lSoo. Mary C. Heath, daughter of Charles and ( 'aniline i ' lVmiiinan ) I leal h ol I '.rook - line. Mr. Atkinson leaves a widow, also Mrs. Ernest Winsor. the oldest daughter; Miss ('. I' Atkinson, Mrs. (i. R. Wadsworth. Edward W. Atkinson, Charles II Atkinson, William Atkinson and Robert \V. Atkinson.

years He is a member of the New England Historical (Jenealogical Society: Massachuei i- Society Son- of the American Revolution: the Bostonia Society; the Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts, and the Bunker Hill Monument Assoeial ion.

was one of l he best kiinwii eoiil I'm er-ia li-t s iii the country. He «a- a vigorous opponent of the colonial policy adopted by the United Suites as a consequence of the war w 1 1 1 1 Spam, a ml some of his must vigorous pamphleteering was done in expounding his views on imperialism. Perhaps his mosl valuable contribution to his times was the results of his study of mill-construction and other building, with a view to make them slow-burning. His advocacy of sprinkler installation has been widely followed. As a statistician he was indefatigable, and the very volume of proofs which he often produced to clinch a moot point had main times the effect of discouraging careful examination. As a controversialist he was confident, impetuous and never counted the cost. Mr. Atkinson was proininenl in nearly every movemenl which "offered an opportunity," as he expressed it , "to champion the besl interests of the people.' In 1SS7 Mr. Atkinson was appointed by I'resident Cleveland a special Commissioner to report upon the status of bimetallism in Europe, lb' helped to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a director of thai institution for a considerable period, lie was one of the founders of the New England Emigrant Aid Society. He was an honorary member of the Harvard Chapter of I 'hi Beta [vappa, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member and corresponding secretary of the American Statistical Association, member ofthe International Statistical Institute, member of the Cobden Club of i Ireal Britain, the Unitarian Club of Boston, and many other similar organizations. Mr. Atkinson had been honored with the degree of LL. 1>. by the University of Smith Carolina, and a Ph. I>. by Dartmouth College.

Bennett, Stephen Dexter, for many year- a resident of Brookline, was bom in Brighton, Mass.. July 15, 183S. When cptite young he went to Cambridge, where he resided for many years. In 1S69, he removed to Brookline, taking up his resilience mi Walnul Street. He retired from active business in 18S6. He was prontinenl and popular among the townspeople, and, although he never held public office, he was always interested in affairs pertaining to the welfare of the people of the town. He was a member of the Union Club, Coventry Club and Eastern Yacht Club. lie died iii Brookline, March !), 1 !)<)(>, leaving a widow and four children. Henry Dexter Bennett, Stephen Howe Bennett; Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mrs. Charles Richardson of Weston, Mass.

Willi ims, Fred Humer, one of Boston's leading lawyer- and a well-known resident of Brookline, was born in f'oxboro, Norfolk County, January 7, LS57, son of Virgil Homer and Nancy I! (Briggs) William-, and a descendant of Richard Williams, who came from England m lli.'ili. and settled in Taunton in 1 1 *. : 1 7 .

hewn Williams, father of Virgil II.. was burn in Easton, Mass., and -pent his life as a farmer in thai town, a proininenl and highlv respected citizen. In the (ieneral Courl of 1N43 he was one of four Abolitionists, and was their candidate for Speaker. ATier several day-' fruitless voting, when the Whig and Democratic candidates were tied, the Democrats gave him their votes, but the

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Virgil Homer Williams, was broughl up on his father's farm, attended the Normal School at Bridgewater, and settled in Foxboro when a young man. lie was a painter by trade, and was al>o employed in the manufacture of straw

Hi' married a daughter of Wheat on Briggs, a wheelwright of Attleboro. Mrs. Williams died in 1SS0, ai the age of sixty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were members of the I 'ongregational Church in 1 oxboro.

was admitted to tin- Bar m 1SS2. After practicing law two years in Foxboro, he opened an office in Boston, and has long been associated with Frank M. Copeland, Esq., under the firm name of \\ illiams A: ( 'opeland.

.Inly 19, 1881, he married Julia Annette Blake, who was born m Whitman, then called South Abington, the daughter of Samuel and Julia A. Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have one child. Harold Putnam, an attorney-at-law, born October 'J. 1882, a graduate of the Brookline High School 1899, oi Harvard I'niversity 1903. and'of the Harvard I. aw School 1900.

Kred Homer William-, the only child of his parents, lived in Foxboro until sixteen years of age, w hen he entered Brown University, where he wa- graduated in the class of ls77. He was principal of the High School at East Med way. now Millis, Massachusetts, tor two years, and then began the study of law with Hon. \\ . II. Fox of I aunti hi. Massachusel I s.

Before lie completed his law studies hi- health failed, and he -pent a year in Minnesota. Recovering, he resumed hi- studies with Judge Fox and at the Boston University Law School, and

Mr. Williams has always resided in this county. having moved from Foxboro to Brookline in 1890. He al-o ha- a large farm at Millis, where he spends t hi' summer months, lie i- a Republican, and served m the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1883 and 1SS4, serving a- Chairman ol the Committee on Bills in Third Reading in lss:; and a- House Chairman of the Committee on Insurance in 1SS4. Ih- wa- a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1898 and 1899, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Mercantile Affairs in 1898, and as Chairman of the Committee on

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Rules and of the Committee on Hanks and Banking. He was Secretary of the Norfolk Club from I ss I to L889. For several years he was Secretary (if the Association of t he Sun.- of Brown, composed of graduates of Brown University residing in Boston and vicinity, and later served a- President. Mr. Williams has long been a member of the Curtis Club, composed of Boston lawyers. Socially he is connected with the University and Exchange Clubs in Boston, and of the Thursday Chili of Brookline. Mr. and .Mrs. Williams attend the Harvard Congregational Church.

Russell, Frank A., born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1867. His early life was spenl with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel \Y. Russell, in Europe. Returning in 1880, he attended the was in business in Denver, Col., 1S90 to L 892, and again returned to Brookline, in ls'.i:!. and has since been engaged in building up his extensive real estate business.

l.dNi.Yi.AK, John Muxro, sun of John Wesley and Harriet Munro Longyear, was born in Lansing, Mich., 1851. His lather. John Wesley Longyear, representative, was born in Shandaken, N. V. Oct, 22, IS20; son of Peter and Jerusha (Stevens) Longyear; grandsi m of John and Annatje (Whine) Longyear; and a descendant of Jacob and .Maria (Cox) Langjahr. He attended t he academy in Lima. N. V., taught school I'm' several years and settled in Mason, Ingham County, Mich, in 1844, where he taugh.1 school. He was admitted to the bar in 1S46; removed t<> Lansing in 1847, and engaged m the practice of law. In ls.V_'. he formed a partnership with his brother, Ephraim Longyear. He was married in 1849 to Harriet Munroe, "l' Eagle, Mich, lie was a republican representative in the 38th and 39th congresses, 1S63-67. He was chairman of buildings and a member of the committee on commerce. He was a delegate t>> the Loyalisl convention in Philadelphia in 1S66. to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1867, and judge of the U. S. district cmiri for the eastern distrid of stale. After leaving the preparatory schools lie entered Olivel College m Michigan and finished his education at Georgetown College, Washington, | ). C. As he preferred business Id that of law , he engaged in real estate and also in mines and timl,er. Owing to his extensive interests in Marquette. Mich., lie divides his time between that place and Brookline : in t he latter place he has ju-t erected a handsome residence on 1 isher Hill. Mr. Longyear served as mayor of Marquette, Mich., and is a member of the hoard of control for the College of Mine-, Houghton. Mich. lie was married January I. IS7D to Man Beccher oi Wisconsin; the\ have six children, all of whom were educated abroad. The family came to I Srookline from Pari- in I DO")

England, who came to t his count ry in 16S4, landing at Boston on September 27, and arriving at Riscataqua aboul two weeks later, where he finally settled. The line of descent is through Benjamin (2), Henry (3), Samuel (4). Joseph (5), who commanded a company of infantry in the Aroostook war: he married Maria Edwards, and became the lather of the subject of this sketch. On the maternal side Mr. Estes is the fourth in descent from Hugh McLellan, of Gorham, who