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During all these years his knowledge of business methods and particularly of t h e proper manner in which accounts should b e kept had become extensive and valuable. So that in 1895, after some months spent in special work in the offices of the auditor of the B. & M. R. R-, and the treasurer of the B. & L. R. R., he established himself in the business of public accounting at No. 605 Chamber of Commerce, Boston, where his business has since grown to large proportions. Among the many important engagements he has filled, in the capacity of an accountant, are those which take him to the papermill city of Holyoke several times each year. In 1896 he made a report to the town authorities of Dalton, N. H., where- by the town recovered several thousand dollars from a dishonest official. Quite recently he also made an examination of the financial affairs of the famous Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, reportmg to the committee representing the stockholders. He has also at various times been employed by the B. & M. R. R., the Stoneham Gas Co., The Intt^rnational Ice Co., Messrs. J. & W. Jolly of Holyoke, Jos. \V. Spaulding, Esq., Judge Jos. F. Wiggin, Hon. J. O. Burdett, Messrs. Doe, Hunnevvell & Co., The Castle Square Hotel Co., R. M. Michie & C o., Messrs. M. Judd & Son, J. H. Cressey & Co., all of Boston, Hon. John P. Sweeney o f Lawrence, C. H. Cox & Co. of Haverhill and many others. For many of these firms and corporations he is the regular auditor. He has often acted as assignee in failures and insolvency cases, and is sole trustee for one or two large estates r equiring good judgment, business tact and ability.

Early in the present year Mr. Colby formed a business connection with A. C. R. Smith, of Salem, late treasurer of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Co. of Lynn, for the purpose of protesting bank paper, each hiving for several years been a notary public. Already they do all the work of this kind for two of the large Boston banks, this being, in reality, an important branch of the banking business. Their office is at 48 Congress St., where their sign reads : "Accountants and Notaries Public."

Jesse P. Colby

Mr. Colby could have made an equal success, as he has for many years been an occasional correspondent and contributor to various newspapers and magazines, and wherever his articles have appeared they have commanded attention on account of clearness and terseness of expression.

Mr. Colby is a member of Mosaic Lodge, F. & A. M., and Holten R. A. Chapter of Danvers, and in Boston belongs to the Huntington Club and the Boston Fusilier Veteran Association. He now lives in Boston.

Mr. Kirby's experience in the boot and shoe business has been extensive and bei n g a practical shoemaker himself he is familiar with all the details of the business. He was born in Danvers, March 12, 1865, and received his education at the public schools, upon leaving which he worked for six years in the shoe factories of Danvers and Beverly. Twelve years ago he opened a store at 56 Maple street w here he rewhen he removed to his present address, buying the block in which his store is located March I, 189S. The stock includes in its assortnient everything desirable in fine and medium grade boots and shoes, rubbers and slippers for ladies, gentlemen, misses and children, and is of a superior quality. Mr. Kirby is active and alert and is able to meet the most exacting demands of his i)atrons and the public, and quick to lake advantage of all the new styles in leans and from there worked his passage to Danvers, where he found employment on the Endicott farm on his arrival. The money he earned was spent in securing an education and he ultimately graduated from Walnut Grove Academy, He afterwards learned the trade of a carpenter and became a contractor and builder. During the Civil War Mr. Lovejoy enlisted in Co. F, Second Massachusetts Volunteers, but was honorably discharged on account of disability, having sustained an attack of typhoid-pneumonia. In 1874 having bought a residence at Tapleyville he removed there. Three years later he was apponited a special police officer to suppress the liquor traffic, but resigned in 1879. The same year he was appointed a justice of the peace for seven years, and has been regularly re-appointed ever since. He was also appointed footwear on their first appearance in the market. He is a young man of much promise and is popular with a large circle of friends. He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Young Men's Mutual Benevolent Society.

Walter Scott Lovejoy was born in the old Osborne house. Central street. South Danvers, now Peabody, Aug. 31, 1831. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to John Calvin. Butler, one of the pioneer shoe manufacturers of Danvers, but did not complete his term, going to reside at St. Louis, Mo. While there he enlisted in a cavalry troop under Col. John C. Fremont for service in the Mexican war, but before leaving the state was discharged by ap])lication of his parents, as he was under age. He made two trips on a Mississippi steamer to New Or- a notary public and pension attorney to prosecute claims before the pension bureau at Washington. He has been secretary of the Danvers War Record committee ; chaplain of Ward Post 90, G. A. R., and has composed several local poems and contributed t o the columns of the Danvers Mirror. At one time he was a member of the Prohibition State Committee, but most of his life he has been an ardent Republican.

Edward Carr

at Stoddard, N. H. Mr. Carr obtained employment in the glass factory there, where he r emained until his twenty-first year, when he went to Plaistow, N. H., to learn brickmaking. In the spring of 187 [ he came to Danversport and engaged in that occupation for himself and has been most s u ccessfu!. The average annual output of his yard i s 20,000,000 bricks and he employs twenty men in the season. Mr. Carr has always been an active and earnest worker in the cause o f temperance and no-license. H e is the oldest living charte r

Residence Of Edward Carr

1 )emocrat and has the courage of his convictions. H e was married Nov. 9, 1864, to Ellen O'Leary of Danvers and has recently erected a handsome and substantial residence convenient to his business. M r. Carr is a man o f sterling qualities and stands high in the estimation of the community, both in commercial circles and in private life.

Fred U. French

Fred Ulysses French is a Deerfield, N. H., wh ere he was born in 1864. He came to Danvers in 1882, a n d worked for six months i n a shoe shop, wh e n h e became a travelling salesman for the Morley Button Sewing Machine, with headquarters in Boston. His next position was as foreman of the stitching room with Martin, Clapp «& French and upon the removal of the firm to Dover, N. H., he made arrangements with their successors, Clapp &: Tapley, to do all the stitching, at present operating this department i n their shop at Tapleyville. He employs thirty-five persons in this connection and the work is in keeping with the high class goods turned out by the firm. In 1893, Mr. French established what may more correctly b e styled a general store o n Holten street, Tapleyville, under the name of F. U. French & Co., in which a full and choice stock of groceries, supervision of J. C. French. The store is neatly fitted up and affords ample accommodations for the requirements of the business, the patronage being drawn principally from the neighborhood in which it is located. Mr. French was appointed second lieutenant in Co. K, Danvers Light Infantry, upon the organization of the company in 1891. In 1893, he was appointed first lieutenant receiving an honorable discharge the following year. He has served on the Republican town committee for four years and is registrar o f voters. He is also a member o f Mosaic Lodge, F. and A. M., Danvers Lodge, A. O. U. VV., and the Order of Red Men.

The profession of the architect-builder is a most important one, requiring great natural talent, much study and research, a thorough mechanical training, complete knowledge of the value of building materials and of the most improved methods of construction, as well as large praciical experience for i t s successful prosecution. Proofs of Mr. Whittle r's skill and ability are numerous in Danvers and its vicinity, and are embodied in the many splendid edifices which he has erected. The most important of these, from a mechanical point of view, is the mill of the Danvers iron works at Danversport. This building was his first large contract and was so successfully carried out that it was the forerunner of many others. The mill is a frame structure with an eighty footspan supported by a single truss without pillars or other support and is looked upon as a very skillful piece of engineering. The mill of the Danversport Rubber Co. was erected and given two coats of paint within five weeks, a feat that although provided for in the contract was considered impossible. He was also the builder of a four-story shop for George Plumer & Co. and has in all erected about thirty residences, among which may be mentioned those of L. W. Sanborn and Freeman George ; the Reynolds barn, with a thirty- foot post and the Porter barn are also excellent specimens of his skill. Mr. Whittier is at present engaged on the new Maple street schoolhouse, being erected from plans prepared by Little & Brown, architects, Boston, and L. S. Couch, of Danvers as associate architect. The structure is known as a wing building and measures 58 x 58 feet with a thirtyseven foot post, the wings measuring 31 X 33 and having a twenty-nine foot post, the whole containing eight rooms. The work is nearing completion and has given much satisfaction to the architects and the school committee. Mr. Whittier is well equipped for the carrying out of all contracts entrusted to hisn, and his shop on Cheever street, Danversport, is one of the best equipped in the state. It is a three story building, with storehouses and sheds, and contains all the latest and most improved wood working and stair building machinery operated by steam. Here are turned out irregular and circular mouldings, turnings, sawing and jigging, window frames, etc., a number of competent workmen being constantly employed. Mr. Whittier was born at tering, i n which he engaged for three ytars, when he went into business for himself. He is always ready to give estimates, and can be implicitly lelied upon to spare no pains to cany out the requirements of architects, while the care bestowed upon every department o f his work reflects the utmost credit on his, honorable and businesslike methods. Mr. VVhittier is a member of Mosaic Lodge, F. and A. M., and of the

The development of the ready-made clothing business has brought good fitting and stylish garments within easy reach of all. The store conducted by Mr. Littlefield is replete with an excellent assortment of men's ready to wear cloihing, fully equal to custom made work at a tithe of the cost. The stock of men's furnishing goods embraces stylish neckwear, underwear, white and colored shirts, hats, caps, trunks and bags, and every seasonable novelty is added as soon as it appears in the market The prices are placed at the low est possible figure compatible with the superior quality of the goods displayed and several courteous salesmen attend to the requirements of customers. The premises are charge of his manager. Last January, however, the trade had increased so largely that he was compelled to relinquish his position, and devote his whole time and attention to the growing business of his store. Mr, Littlefield is a member of Amity Lodge, Holten Royal Arch Chapter and the Windsor Club.

Nathan T. Putnam

was born in Danvers in 1870, and received his education at the public and Holten High schools, afterwards taking a commercial course at the Burd e 1 1 e Business College, Boston. Upon graduating from the latter he accepted an engagement with John O. Smith & C o., wholesale clothiers, Boston, as traveling salesman. It was while thus e mployed that he opened the present store in 1896, leaving it in

Nathan T. Putnam has erected some of the most imposing residences of this and the surrounding towns. He was born at Chichester, N. H., in 1834, and attended the district school, afterward following a seafaring life until the close of the war when he learned carpentering and building. Mr. Putnam has had over thirty years of practical experience in his profession and has carried through to a successful issue many important undertakings. Among the hundreds of residences erected by him may be mentioned those of the following : Geo. W, Fiske, George A. Gunn, Dudley A. Massey, Dr. Eaton, William H. Burns, G. O. Stinipson, J. O. Perry block, Episcopal parsonage, H. M. Alerrill, Samuel C. Putnam, Deacon John Learoyd, Eben

Residence Of N. T. Putnam

Putnam, Albert Hutchinson, Hon. S. L. Sawyer, Mrs. Pingree, Miss Cross, F. E. Moynahan, and in fact a great many more of the highest quaUty and handsomest buildings in this vicinity. Mr. Putnam has achieved an honorable success in his chosen calling, combining the highest order of architectural beauty and symmetry with accuracy in estimates and close adherence to specifications. He gives careful supervision to all work entrusted to him and with the perfect facilities at hand can guarantee the very best workmanship. Mr. Putnam is a member of Amity Lodge of Masons. He has always devoted his entire time to business and has not sought office or political aggrandizement. He is ably assisted by his son, William T. Putnam, who is also a skilful architectbuilder.

The whole of Essex county is its field, with a circulation of over 16,000, about 1,400 copies being circulated in Danvers every day. The News has come to be recognized as practically the home paper of every town which it reaches, regardless of any other, daily or weekly. Its name is a household word, and its standing is of the highest wherever it is known - meaning a large section of the state.

The Danvers correspondent is Frank E. Moynahan, publisher of the Danvers Mirror, and general newspaper correspondent, who was the first regular local reporter the News ever had.

Robin Damon, while engaged in the job printing business in Salem in 1S80, believed that a daily paper would succeed in that city and the large adjoining territory, and with others he established the

Salem Evening News, soon becoming sole ])roprietor. The enterprise met with a good deal of discouragement for a time, but by indomitable will, and furnishing an able, impartial and thoroughly newsy publication, the projector has increased the size of the paper, office equipment and publication quarters, and general usefulness of the News, until today it is one of the most valuable plants in the country, and the largest penny daily paper in New England outside of Boston, with the lowest advertising rates of any paper of its circulation and value in the country.

Robin Damon

The Danvers Cooperative Associat i o n occupying a large portion of Essex block, illustrated in an earlier portion of this book, was established in 1 87 1, but was not legally incorporated until 1882, eleven years later. It does a general retail grocery and provision business and it is perhaps the most widely known store in Danvers. The business was first located in a building owned by John A. Putnam, and remained there until i8go, when it was removed lo its present quarters in the Essex block, at the corner of Essex and Elm streets, opposite the Eastern station. The first manager of the store was John C. Putnam, and he was succeeded by Alphonso Sanford, who gave j)lace to O. S. Richards. Herbert S. Tapley, the present efficient manager, has held that position since 1877 ; previous to assuming charge of the business Mr. Tapley had been a clerk in the store something over a year, and under his management the business has prospered and grown and the D. C. A. store is one of the solid institutions of Danvers. Mr. Tapley is a Danvers boy, a graduate of the Holten High school and for twentythree years has been connected with this store. He is married and has a pleasant home at 24 Holten street. He is a trustee of the public library, and is much esteemed as a conservative but progressive business man. E. C. Cook, the head clerk, has been connected with the store eleven years, and is very popular with the patrons of the store. C. B. Williams, the other regular clerk, has had a shorter connection with the store, but is painstaking and courteous. The store is conducted on the cooperative plan, furnishing goods t o stockholders and the general public at as small advance over cost price as possible. It is up to date in every depart - m e n t, keeping first class, fresh goods, and everything seasonable in its line.

John E. Maguire, of the firm of Thayer, Maguire & Field, of Haverhill, Mass., is a native of the town of Danvers and was born in that section known as Tapleyville, October 2t^, 1854.

gaged in work in the shoe factories, beginning his apprenticeship in the factory of E. & A. Mucige & Co. at Danvers Centre with whom he remained for some years. After filling many and various positions of importance in factories in town he removed to Haverhill in 1887 and established a factory and assumed management for the Field-Thayer Manufacturing Co. of Boston.

On the death of the senior partner a new company was formed under the firm name of Thayer & Maguire, and since by the addition o f Mr. Field, Jr., the firm is known as Thayer, Maguire & Field, and they are among the largest shoe manufacturers of that city.

The firm manufactures ladies' fine boots and Oxfords and i n addition to their large domestic trade have representatives in the foreign markets of South America, Australia, H awaiian Islands, and are also shipping many goods to the English markets.

M r. Maguire has always been a close attendant to business, but was elected and served as a member of the school committee until his removal from town.

He was also a member of the I^anvers Lodge, A. O. U. W., and is a charter member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society, in both of which he still retains his membership.

M r. Maguire was married t o Miss Nellie Sullivan o f Peabody and their children are Miss Nellie J. Maguire and Master Harold E dw a r d Maguire.

E. C. Powers, originator and manufacturer o f " P o w e r s' Asthma Specific," i s of a family which has given to the country some famous men ; notably H iram Powers, sculptor; Governor Llewellyn Powers, of Maine, and many others who have achieved success in the political, professional and business world. E. C. Powers was born in Orono, Me., on July 26, 1849. His mother died when he was two years of age and his father removed to Newport, Me. There young Powers attended the public schools and later spent a year at the Maine Central Institute, at Pittsfield, Me. He was for some time clerk in a retail drug store in Newport and later in a wholesale drug store in Portland. But he preferred the retail business and returned to Newport as manager of the drug store owned by Dr. John Benson, it being the same store of which Mr. C. H. Shepard was for a number of years the manager. He remained in this position until the business was sold in 1875, when in April of that year he came to

Danvers and became a clerk fo r C. H. Shepard i n his drug store. This position h e filled until the summer o f 1879 when he bought out the business and continued i t until 1887, t h e business havi n g steadily grown under his management, and it i s probable Mr. Powers would still be doing business i n the same place today were it not for the unexp e c t e d and unusual success which attended his efforts to introduce to the trade a medicine which he had first originated while in the store in Newport, Me. Although he had several customers for this preparation in Newport and vicinity he had never put the preparation up in a form suitable for the market and had made no effort to introduce it, and on coming to Danvers had almost forgotten that hehadever made such a medicine. But for the following incident it is possible that a valuable medicine might have been lost to the world. One day Mr. Oliver Roberts, a patron of the drug store, called for a certain asthma medicine, and not having it on hand and not wanting Mr. Roberts to go to some other store for it, Mr. Powers told him he formerly made an asthma remedy, and if Mr. Roberts would call again next day, he, Mr. Powers would make up a quantity of it, which he would like Mr. Roberts to try. The result was Mr. Roberts tried the Asthma Specific and was much pleased with i t s prompt and beneficial efirects,and it was largely through h i s influence that M r. Powers was induced to put the Specific u p in a shape and style adapted to the market. As the local demand for the niedic i n e i ncreased M r. Powers saw he must e xtend the field of his operations, and the medicine was sale in Salem, Boston, Portland and New York. Desiring then to push the sales all over the country, Mr. Powers decided to give his whole time to the manufacture of the Specific, and in 1887 he sold his drug store to S. M. Moore, who had been his clerk for some years, and to whom he considered himself under obligations for faithful and untiring service. In 1892 Mr. Powers purchased two lots of land in the Dorchester district of Boston ; on one he erected a factory fitted up with all the modern m^achinery and apparatus necessary for his business, and on the other lot he erected a dwelling house for his own occupancy ; both buildings were planned by Mr. Powers himself, and he has found he made no mistake when he drew the plans ; they are both perfect in their way. Powers' Asthma Specific, the manufacture of which was begun in so small a way in Danvers, has now increased t o such an e xtent that the labo r a t o r y, which, when built, seemed so unnecessarily large, is getting a trifle crowded and already plans are being made for another building better suited to meet the increasing demand for the goods. During the past s i X months the demand has increased very rapidly, and Powers' Asthma Specific is n o w sold in every state in the Union, and the cash sales are more than $1,000 per month; the prospect is that this showing will be far eclipsed the coming six months. Mr. Powers was married in October, 1879, to Miss Fannie W. Damon, of Stetson, Maine, a cousin of C. H. Shepard. They have three sons and one daughter, all born in Danvers. Mr. Powers has a lovely home in Dorchester, and an interesting family.

He was educated in the town schools of Danvers and in the year 1878, an opportunity offering, he entered the employ of his uncle, the late Charles A. Putnam, who did a general banking and brokerage business in Boston.

The firm of Charles A. Putnam iS: Co. was noted for the conservative and honorable business methods pursued. In 1880, the principal retiring from active business, the business was carried on by Webster F. Putnam and Nathaniel Heath, administrator and trustee for many estates. He has done much to open up land for residential purposes, having during the past five years alone built thirty-four houses in Danvers. Nor has his activity been confined to Danvers, for he was the first to realize and seize upon the advantages of similar opportunities in Manchester. His intention has been to provide means by which people of moderate incomes would become home-owners. As one would presume from the success which has come lo him, he is wide awake, energetic, and conservative. In stature he is of about average height and of stout build. He has the blue eyes who had been a fellow clerk, under the style of Putnam & Heath. Upon the return of Mr. Charles A. Putnam from his European trip, with health restored, he invited Webster F. Putnam to enter into partnership with him and, this offer being accepted, the new firm was known as Charles A. c^ Webster F. Putnam. Later on Webster F. Putnam established himself in the same business in State street, and is now situated in Water street doing business under the style of Webster F. Putnam & Co. Mr. Putnam lives in Danvtrs, on Lindall Hill, where he has extensive real estate interests. He is

In addition to an extensive banking and brokerage business Mr. Putnam has been an extensive operator in real estate ; he has opened up large tracts of land for residential purposes, and successfully carried through many large deals. He has built many houses, on streets laid out by himself, and added thousands of dollars' worth of taxable property to the towns of Danvers, Manchester, Beverly and other places. His plan has been to secure some tract of land, lay it out in streets and building lots, and then furnish the money to build homes for people of limited means, enabling desirable citizens to secure handsome modern houses with adequate grounds and pay for them in such ways as their incomes will best allow ci their doing. As an instance of the benefit to the town of Mr. Putnam's operations a tract of land belonging to the Alfred Trask estate and the field adjoining, formerly a part of the Eben G. Berry estate, may be cited. In 1893 this estate was assessed for about $18,000, and paid a tax of about ^347. In 1898, the value of the land and buildings was fully $80,000 and the taxes amounted to probably $1,950, including the water rates paid by the occupants of the new dwellings which had been erected on the land. Here was a gain to the town, in taxes, of about $1,600 a year. Besides this direct money gain through Mr. Putnam's operations about thirtyfour new residences have been added to the town during the past five years, and he is still building more houses. Fine new streets have been built where before were only pastures. Young shade trees, smooth lawns, gravelled walks and drives, and brilliant flower beds have succeeded run-down fields and tumble-down fences. Mr. Putnam has also been a large operator in real estate in Manchester and North Beverly during the past few years, on similar lines to those in Danvers. He has erected fifteen houses in those two houses are of the better class, of attractive exteriors and containing all the most desirable modern' conveniences. Mr. Putnam has a charming home on Lindall Hill, where he resides all the year round. He married in 1887 Miss Helen P. Meldram of Manchester, Mass., and has two children, a girl and boy, Marion and Webster F., Jr. Mr. Putnam has the care of many estates as administrator or trustee, and these with all his own vast business interests make him one of Danvers' busiest as well as most successful business men.

Representative A. P. Learoyd

Representativ e Addison P. Learoyd is one of the best known men in Danvers from the fact that he has been connected with town affairs i n some official capacity for many years. Mr. Learoyd was born in Danvers about sixty-one years ago, and comes of good old New England stock. His pleasant home is on Oak street. He was for many years engaged in the manufacture of leather. For more than a dozen years he has been clerk of the School Board and has also served several years on the Water Board. He has been the moderator at more town meetings, regular and special, than any other man in town. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1898, being the Republican candidate, and he has held the important office of town treasurer of Danvers for years. Mr. Learoyd is a factorily filled all these important public offices and he will probably be retained in some of them for years to come. He is a man of unquestioned integrity and ability, and one of Danvers' best citizens. He and Mr. ^^'ells make able protectors of the interests of the double representative district of Danvers and Peabody.

Mr. Wells was born in Portland, Maine, June 17, 1854, his father being George W. Wells, and mother Frances A. Wells. He graduated from Westbrook Seminary, Westbrook, Maine, in 1875 and from Tufts College in 1879 with degree of A. B. Went to Peabody to teach in the fall of 1879 ^s principal of the Bowditch grammar school where he remained until 18S9. During this time he was principal of the Wallace evening school for five years. The last three years of his teaching he devoted all o f his spare time to the study of law, but abandoned the idea of entering upon that profession and did not complete the course for admittance 1889-90 he was N. E.

Representative A. E. Wells

to the bar. In agent for Dodd, Mead (S: Co., New York publishers. Since that time he has been engaged in the business of life insurance and has been connected with the Mutual Life and New York Life Companies. He served on the board of selectmen in 1895-6 and was chairman the last year. Has been on the school committee for five years and for the last three years has been chairman. He is a member of Jordm lodge of Masons, of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, of Winslow Lewis Commandery, 01 Knights Templar, of Holten Lodge of Odd Fellows and Peabody Board of Trade. In the campaign of 1S96 he was president of the McKinley & Hobart Club, which was a flourishing organization. He has served on important town committees and been a delegate to various conventions, and has been connected with all the social and literary clubs of the town. In 1883 he was married 10 Alice S. Teel of Peabody, a teacher in the public schools. He has always been a Unitarian in religious belief and a Republican. Representative Wells' valuable services on the Peabody sewerage question and also on the Danvers Water works matter in connection with Representative Learoyd have again brought him to the forefront in a public capacity. He has been an aggressive and able leader in all his undertakings.

On Sept. I, 1886 a meeting of ladies and gentlemen in the Town Hall, for the purpose of forming a " Village Improvement Society," was called to order by Dr. W. W. Eaton, who was elected chairman and Ezra D. Hines was chosen secretary. After the presentation of a cane and a sum of money to Joshua Sylvester by Alden P. White, as a mark of appreciation and esteem, a committee was appointed to draw up a constitution and by-laws ; these were adopted at a subsequent meeting and Dudley A. Massey was elected president. The objects of the society are the " improvement and ornamentation of the roads, sidewalks and grounds of the Town of Danvers and the encouragement and assistance, in every practicable way, of whatever may tend to the improvement of the town as a place of residence." With these objects in view the society has labored for nearly thirteen years and throughout the town the results of its work are apparent. Once each year, on Arbor day, public exercises are held and trees are planted in various places throughout the town. In years past, oaks, maples, e t c, have been set out at the Town house, the electric light station, the First Church and at the Peabody Institute as well as in other localities. Trees planted and named for distinguished men are a s follows : - In 1888, two golden leaved oaks in front of the Town House, the one towards Holten street called the John G. Whittier tree, the other the Joshua Sylvester tree. In 1890 an oak from Oak Knoll on the left hand side of the northern entrance to the Institute grounds, called the Gov. Brackeit tree and on the left, a purple leaved beech, called the Lieut. Governor Haile tree. In 1891, five trees in front of the First church, a purple leaved beech, the Rice tree ; a white oak, the Farmer tree ; a linden, the Village tree ; a cut leaved birch, the Ingersoll tree ; a rock maple, the Peabody tree. Tablets are also being erected from year to year to mark historic places within the town. The grounds at the electric light station have been graded and beautified as well as the small park on Pickering street and the grounds about the Eastern and Western stations. To the society also belongs a greater ])art of the credit for the erection of the new station at Danversport in 1887.

The purchase of the Berry lot of twenty-five acres as a public park for the town is the largest undertaking the Society has entered upon and to Dr. W. W. Eaton, with whom the idea originated, much of the success of the plan must be attributed. Together with Conrad Juul he negotiated with Mr. Berry for the purchase o f the land, and by public fairs, by contributions and from other sources the necessary $5,000 has been raised, and the property formally transferred so that now the deed is in the possession of the Society, only awaiting the time when the whole shall b e turned over to the town as a public park forever.

In scores o f other ways, perhaps less direct, the influence of the society has been felt. The removal of fences, the laying out and beautifying o f lawns, the building of concrete sidewalks, the construction of macadam roads, the adoption of a uniform width of streets, the appointment of a town forester, the introduction of electric lights and the remodelling of the Town house are improvements, for all of which the society may justly claim more or less credit.

Dudley A. IMassey served as president of the society until 1890 and from that date until 1898 Dr. W. W. Eaton held the position ; in 1 898-'99, J. W. Porter and in 1899, J. Frank Porter. Mr. Ezra D.

Hines and Rev. E. C. Ewing have acted as secretaries ; the former from the formation of the society mi til 1892 and the latter from that date to the present time. A. P. White, the first treasurer, was succeeded by D. A. Massey, and he by H. M. Bradstreet, the present treasurer.

Elisha B. Peabody has built more buildings in Danvers than any other man or firm. Owing to a long illness early in the year he has not been as busy this year as usual, but he will be in full swing again by another season, probably. Mr. Peabodv has built over 200 dwelling

By planning houses and other structures, he saves to customers the expense of an architect, and has the whole work better in mind than if dependent upon somebody else for instruction and advice as to material and manner of construction. His services are much in demand for large contracts of repairing, heavy work being a specialty.

Mr. Peabody was born in Boxford, where he attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to New Hampshire, where he lived until he was twenty-one. During that time he learned the carpenter trade at which he has been engaged ever since.

Residence Of E. B. Peabody

houses in Danvers, Peabody, Salem, Middleton, Topsfield, Manchester, Beverly Farms, North Andover, Swampscott, Lynn and other towns during the past few years. He contracts for any part of a building, or for the whole, from the putting in of the foundation to the finishing of a house ready for occupancy, including the mason work, carpentering, painting, plumbing, papering, etc. He has built some of the finest houses in this section, notably one for Mr. Creese, of Bernard, Friedman c^ Co. ; Dr. Jackson, at Beverly Farms ; A. A. .Conant, at Topsfield, and many others. Mr. Peabody is also a mover of buildings, and he has erected some very high smoke stacks. He erected the stack at the Dan-

He has supported himself ever since he was fourteen years of age. He came to Danvers fifteen years ago, and for thirteen years he has been engaged in building operations on his own account. He is an architect as well as a builder, and draws plans and writes specifications for all kinds of buildings. Mr. Peabody has been one of Danvers' busiest citizens for the past dozen years. He is a Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Mason, and K. T., an Odd Fellow and a Red Man, and a member of numerous other social and fraternal organizations. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Peabody has a wife and two children, and his home is at the corner of Franklin street and Central Avenue.

Dr. Eaton was born in Webster, Me. May 20, 1836. He graduated at Brunswick High school and engaged in teaching for several years, subsequently graduating from Bowdoin College i n I 8 6 I. He was elected class orator in 1858 and Athenaean Society poet in 1861. In 1865 he received the degree of Master of Arts, Dr. Eaton began the study of medicine with Dr. John I). ' I Jncoln of Brunswick in i860, taking his first and second course of lectures in 1861- 2, at the Maine

Medical School, of which he was also librarian. He was a pupil of Dr. Valentine Mott in the winter of 1863, and graduated at New York University, March, 1864, having been granted leave of absence by the Secretary of War for this purpose. During the Civil War Dr. Eaton entered the military service in June, 1862, as hospital steward of the 1 6th Regt. Maine Volunteers, performing the duties of assistant surgeon, was commissioned as such Jan., 1863, and in 1864 was promoted to be a surgeon, with the rank of Major, and served three years, participating in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, from Antietam to Lee's Surrender, Apr. 9, 1865. July 12, 1865, he married Agnes H. Magoun of Brunswick, Maine ; has hid four children, of whom the two daughters are now living. He began practice in South Reading, Mass., in I S65, removing to Danvers in April, 1867, when he united with the First Church at Danvers Centre. In 1865 he was elected a member of the Maine Medical Association and of the Middlesex District Society and Massachusetts Medical Society the same year ; has held the position of Censor, Counselor and President of the Essex (South District) Medical Society ; was appointed by the Massachusetts Medical Society to prepare and read a paper at the annual meeting of the society in June, 1887, which was accepted for publication in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

Residence Of Dr. W. W Eaton

He has been either surgeon or commander of Post 90, G. A. R., since its organization and a staff olficer of the Massachusetts department in 189S. Dr. Eaton has served on the school committee for fifteen years and was for several years its chairman. He was also chairman of the building committee on the erection of the Tapley school in 1870 and of the Park street school in 1874; member of the committee on the remodeling of the Town House, 1896-97 ; chairman or secretary of the Board of Health for twenty-five years ; trustee of the Peabody Institute for four years during which time he re-arranged and completely catalogued the library ; trustee of Walnut Grove Cemetery Corporation since 1880 and president since 1885, and unassisted drew a set of scale plans of the cemetery which were very favorably commented upon and would have done credit to an expert engineer ; one of the organizers and first vice president of the Danvers Improvement Society and has been its president for the past eight years ; chairman of the committee appointed by the town which reported on and h. f. batc secured an appropriation of $1000 for macadamizing High street, the first piece of macadamizing done in Danvers ; member of the Bowditch Club and president at the time of its dissolution when he placed its records in the Peabody Institute ; President of the Danvers Scientific Society and its teacher of chemistry and physics; delivered the address of Ward Post 90, G. A. R., in 1886, Plunkett Post, Ashburnham, in 1887, and in Topsfield in 1896 ; delivered the memorial address at Peabody Institute on the death of President Cirant and at the Town House on the death of Whittier; in June, 1889 was appointed a member of the Salem Board of United States Examining Surgeons for pensions, from which he resigned in 1893 and was reappointed in 1897, and is at present president of the Board ; in politics always a Republican and for a number of years chairman of the Republican Town Committee ; raised in Army Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M. in 1864 while in camp near Mitchell Station, Va. ; m ember of Amity Lodge since 1867 ; charter member of Mosaic Lodge in 187 1, and Worshipful Master 1S81-82 ; charter member of Holten Royal Arch Chapter in 1872 ; High Priest in 1 886 ; received the Cryptic Degrees in Salem Council in 1897 ; knighted in Winslow Lewis Commandery in 1888 and was chairman of the Committee on the revision of By-Laws ; Captain General in 1890-91 and declined an unanimous re-election : was assistant prelate in 1892 nnd prelate since 1893 ; leceived the A. and A. rite fourteenth degree in Sutton Lodge of Perfection in 1S90.

Helder

Dr. Henry F. Batchelder was born in Middleton, Oct. 10, i860, being descended from Josei)h Batchelder, who came to this country in 1636, the Batchelder ancestry being of the oldest and highest standing recorded in genealogy. He is the son of John A. and Laura A. Batchelder. He was educated in the Salem public schools, graduating from the High oncological Society and Essex County Homeopathic Society. He is Republican in politics, but is never actively partisan, and has the universal esteem of his fellow townsmen. On Apr. 30, 1884, he was married to Miss Caroline E. Taft of Dedham, and two children grace the household.

school in that city in 1879, and in Boston University Medical school, where he obtained the degree of C.B. (Bachelor of Surgery) in 1882 and M.D. in 1883.

He began practice in his native town and shortly afterward came to Danvers where his recognized skill and great personal popularity have secured for him an extensive and highclass patronage. He has been a member of the School Board for six or seven years and belongs to Amity Lodge of Masons, Holten Chapter, Winslow Lewis Command ery, and other fraternal organizations. He is a member and has been an officer in several medical fraternities, including the Ameri can Institute of Homeopathy, Massachusetts Surgical and Gyn-

Among the newer additions to the medical fraternity of Danvers, no representative of the art of medicine has had greater success or become in so short a time more universally popular than Dr. E. H. Niles.

Dr. Niles was born in West Fairlee, Vt., thirty-one years ago and attended the local schools, Thetford and St. Johnsbury academies and Harvard Medical School, having also taken a year's special study under a Dartmouth College professor. About eight years ago he came to Danvers, where his pleasing mdividuality and skill in his profession soon commanded recognition, and his progress has been rapid and steady. While not seeking any office he has been repeatedly elected to the School Board and would undoubtedly receive other recognition of a similar character should he show the disposition to encourage it. On June 6, 1888, he was married to Miss Maud A. Smith of West Fairlee, Vt., and they have three children.

Residence Of Dr- E- H. Niles

Dr. Frederick William Baldwin is the son of Stephen Henry Baldwin and Elizabeth Ann (Innian) Baldwin, and was born in Birmingham, Conn., December 14, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of Shelton and Birmingham, Conn., and also studied at the Conservatory of Music and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Boston. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School, from which he received a degree of M.D. in 1S86. Since then he has taken several special courses at the Mass. General Hospital. His first ancestor in this country was John Baldwin, who came to the country in 1638 and settled in Milford, Conn. He was an Englishman. The Doctor's great-great-great-great-grandfather was a soldier in the French and Indian war and Deputy in 1747 and 1748. His great-great-great-grandfather was Dr. Silas Baldwin of Derby, Conn., a surgeon of celebrity, who served in the war of 181 2. His grandfather and father, Lieut. Stephen H. Baldwin, were in the Civil War, so it will be seen the Doctor comes of a patriotic family. Dr. Baldwin is and has been since March, 1894, chairman of the Danvers Board of Health. He is the medical examiner for several life insurance companies and a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, in which he has held the office of Censor and is now a Councillor. In politics, Dr. Baldwin is a Republican. His office and residence are at the corner of Maple and Cherry streets. He has a large and lucrative practice and is one of the most popular men in town.

Residence Of Dr. F. W. Baldwin

\V. C. Nickerson, proprietor of ihe oldest clothing store in Danvers, is one of the best known young business men in the town, for Mr. Nickerson is a progressive man, a firm believer in the efficacy of ad- vertising and has made his name well known in all the homes of Danvers and adjoining towns. W. C. Nickerson was born in Orleans, down on Cape Cod, something over thirty years ago. He comes of good old colonial stock, his ancestors having been among the early settlers of the Cape. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at the early age of fourteen went to work to carve out his own fortune. For eleven years he worked for one firm, and during that time he thoroughly mastered all the details of the clothing trade. He early of a one to assist the manager of the store. Mr. Nickerson early determined that the people of Danvers should have no reason for going out of town to procure anything in the line of men's, boys' and children's clothing, or gentlemen's furnishing goods or hats of any grade or quality. Being a careful and shrewd buyer, an economical manager who keeps his expenses at the lowest limit consistent with a liberal management, he has been able to successfully compete with the big stores of the cities in prices ; and his stock always embraces the newest in fab- developed abilities as a salesman and has the happy faculty of making and holding new customers. He was highly valued by his employer and he improved his time in familiarizing himself with the manufacture, purchase and sale of clothing and haberdashery. Seven years ago Mr. Nickerson came to Danvers from Whitman and purchased the only clothing store there was in town at that time, which was then located in the National p]ank building, and conducted by George Jacobs of Peabody. It was but a small business then, requiring only the service rics and styles, for being a wise manager, he allows no old, out-of-style stocks to accumulate on his shelves and tables. Each season's stock is that season's styles. The most fastidious youth can, at the Nickerson store, always obtain the ultra fashionable clothes, haberdashery, neckwear, hats, etc., in fact whatever can be had in any of the big clothing establishments of the cities, can be had at Nickerson's at as low, and often lower, prices. All clothing sold here is mide in clean, airy, healthy workshops, and no sweat shop garments are ever allowed in this store. The trade in children's clothing has grown to large proportions, and the heads of many families not only in Danvers but all the surrounding towns have found that their little folks can be clothed at Nickerson's in natty and serviceable clothes at a less expense than ever before possible. From the time Mr. Nickerson bought out Jacobs' until the present time there has been a healthy, steady and permanent increase in the volume of business. He soon outgrew the store in the bank building and moved to the large store now occupied in Colonial building. Here he carries a large stock of readyto-wear clothing, hats, caps, trunks, umbrellas, gloves, travelling bags, canes, and everything in neckwear, underwear, hosiery and all those thousand and one things necessary to the perfect toilet of a welldressed man or boy. There is a wide range in the qualities, styles and prices of goods, goods to fit all tastes and means. Everybody can be fitted and suited. Mr. Nickerson keeps the people fully informed of what he has to offer them through a liberal use of printers' ink and he does not advertise anything which he has not. All purchases are made satisfactory to the purchaser. From a business requiring one man and a boy, the business has grown to require four expert and courteous regular salesmen beside the proprietor, with extra clerks on Saturday nights and extra occasions. This business has been built up by good management, liberal treatment of patrons, liberal advertising and strict integrity. The store is a credit to the town and Mr. Nickerson is one of her popular young merchants. He is married and has one child ; his home is on Ash street ; he is an Odd Fellow, Mason, and member of several social organizations. His trade is drawn from a large section of the county besides Danvers, his store beins a centre for suburban buvers.

John T. Ross

In 1838 i\.sa Sawyer established the business at present carried on by the above firm at Danversport. His successors have been Jacob Roberts, J. and N. Bragdon and Woodman Bros., the firm then consisting of Daniel Woodman and Joseph W. Woodman. T v^f e n t y years ago John T. Ross, vv^ho had spent many years in the service of J. and N. Bragdon, was admitted to partnership, the style becoming Woodman Bros. & Ross. Under the able and conservative management of these men the business has been considerably extended and the volume of trade has materially i n c r e a sed.

The plant is perfectly equipped with all the latest wood and paper box and planing machinery, operated by steam power and the lighting of the various buildings is accomplished by their own electric lighting plant. They cut and handle from two to three million feet of timber and lumber annually, much of which is derived from their extensive timber limits located at Middleton, and from thirty-five to forty persons are employed in their mills. The firm are dealers in hard and soft wood and kindling, and manufacture wood and paper boxes and all kinds of packing cases. The premises at the mills cover a couple of acres of ground, with ample room for lumber piles and storehouses, and their transportation facilities are excellent, Daniel Woodman was born at Beverly in 1839, ^"^^ received his education in the schools of Danvers. Joseph W. Woodman is a native of Danversport where he was born Jan. 25, 1 84 7, and graduated from the Holten High school. He was a trustee of the Peabody Institute for eleven years, 1886- 97, selectman and assessor 1888-89 ^^^ represented the district in the Legislature in 1896-97. He was formerly a member

Woodman Bros. &. Ross Mill

This house was originally established over half a century ago by Harrison Warren, the present proprietors, Clinton Lore and George Russell, purchasing it in 18S9. The facilities of the firm comprise extensive and complete premises, including two coal pockets with a capacity of 5,000 tons each and 500 feet of wharfage at River street, the office being located on Water street, both at Danversport. Besides supplying a large and annually mcreasing trade from the town and within a radius of twenty-five miles, shipments are made direct to large consumers and the trade in car-load and cargo lots from the mines without re handling, and every modern convenience and accommodation have been provided for promptly meeting the requirements of the trade and public. The firm handles the best grades of Cumberland, Philadelphia and

Lore & Russell S Wharf Clinton Lore

Reading and Lehigh coal. The resources of the house are such that the largest as well as the smallest consumer is satisfactorily served, and all coal handled is of the highest standard of excellence, well cleaned and is furnished at the lowest market rates. Liberality and fair dealing are characteristic of the firm and both the partners are progressive and enterprising citizens, closely allied with the industrial advancement of Danvers, and their success is as pronounced as it is merited. The firm has an office in F. M. Spofford's market at Danvers Plains.

and has a reputation in that capacity second to no man in the country. He officiates at the largest and most prominent race tracks in the east. He spends the greater part of the winter season in Kentucky and the west, selecting racing horses for the eastern trade, and he has brought into New England more horses which have proved high class race horses than any other man in the business. He has selected over 225 horses from the breeding farms of the south that have since proved to be fast race horses. He sells more high class speed horses each season than any other man in New England, and his reputation as a judge of fine stock stands at the head of the list. Mr. Merrill is a Republican in politics, and one of the most energetic and progressive of Danvers business men in his chosen line.

Albert H. Merrill

Albert Henry Merrill is the son of Henry Miles Merrill and Lucy Ann Foster, and was born in Peabody, Mass., October 13, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of D a n V e r s and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Boston. He was married December 17, 1885, to Addie Frances Merrill, and has a pleasant home on Berry street. Mr. Merrill devotes his time during the racing season to the duties of a professional starting judge,

Mr. Perley was born in Boxford, in 1830, and at the age of fourteen went to learn the trade of blacksmithing with Henry Long, Topsfield, working seven years for board and clothes. In 1851, he went to California via the Isthmus, staying over a year and on returning to the east formed a partnership with Mr. Long in blacksmithing and stabling. He was married to Miss Nancy A. Towne of Boxford in 1854 and in 1863 removed with his family to Danvers, having bought a blacksmith shop in i860. The original shop was located at the back of what is known as the Eagle house, the present shop, at the corner of School and Franklin streets, being built in 1868. Mr. Perley has every facility for the carrying on of his extensive business which includes blacksmithing, horseshoeing, jobbing and carriage repairing. By strict attention to business and fair dealings with all, he has built up a trade requiring the assistance of five competent mechanics, and customers find their work executed in a thoroughly reliable and satisfactory manner. Mr. Perley has a comfortable home at 53 Poplar street where he enjoys the cessation from active labor to which his success in business entitles him. Although he has never sought an office his interest in municipal affairs and the well being of the community has been abundantly displayed. He is exceedingly genial and popular.

Dean A. Perley Residence Of D. A. Perley

George Barnes is a native of London, England. He was born in Camberwell on the east side in 1864, and at the age of thirteen served an apprenticeship to cigar-making with the large wholesale house of G. & S. Goodes in his native city. In 1886 he came to Boston and being a thoroughly expert workman he soon found employment with Mr. Isaacs of Kimball street, where he rem a i n e d o v e r twelve m on t h s, coming from thence to Danvers to work for

The subject of this sketch was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in i860. He comes of good old colonial stock, his father being Hiram Crosby, well known in the Lower Provinces. M r. Crosby came to Danvers and became a citizen years ago and there is not a more enthusiastic American citizen in the state. He established himself in the house painting business, and from a modest beginning he has built up an extensive and lucrative business, having constantly in his employ from six to ten journeymen, and in the busy season many more. He personally looks after all work and it is thoroughly well done. He has irreproachable taste in the se-

George Barnes

A. J. Stetson, with whom he remained seven years. Four years ago he commenced business for himself as a manufacturer of cigars and has built up a steadily increasing trade, his output being about 120,000 cigars a year. His special brands are M. & S. in the ten cent grade, and 2-60-4, ^o. Ones, Indian Uoy and others of the five cent variety. These cigars are warranted long filler with Sumatra wrappers, and only skilled hand labor is employed in their manufacture. '1 hese goods are highly appreciated and meet with a ready sale. Mr. Barnes also carries a general line of tobacco, pipes and smokers' supplies, together with some of the best brands of domestic and Key West cigars. His store is located on Maple street and is tastefully fitted up, the most scrupulous cleanliness being observed.

Frank H. Crosby

lection of harmonious colors; judgment in the selection of wearing qualities in stock used, and scrupulous attention to the most minute details of the work. The result cannot fail to be that the buildings painted by Crosby are pleasing to the eye and the paint much more endurmg than ordinary work. As a business man and as a man in private life, Mr. Crosby is worth knowing.

Although ]Mr. Barker has only spent three years in Danvers, he has been instrumental in building up a section of the town where formerly existed pastures and unoccupied land, and his record of twenty dwelling-houses erected in nine months shows how thoroughly his work is appreciated. He makes a special feature of residential work and among the many contracts he has successfully carried out are the residences of Mrs. Bowie, W. E. Simpson, George Marling, George Scampton, Peter Reid, Rufus Scott, James Shaw, three for Willis E. Smart, two for C. T. Mosher, eleven for W. F. Putnam, fifteen for himself, which he has sold on the instalment plan, two for J. Frank Porter, and one each for Charles Hall and Harry Hansun.

Residence Of W L. Barker W. L. Barker

Mr. Barker is always prepared to furnish estimates which are executed with care and accuracy and are based upon an extended knowledge of quantities and values, the work bemg personally supervised. Mr. Barker is a native of Fitchburg, where he was born in 1864, graduating from the Beverly High school and the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College, Boston. He learned the trade of a carp e n t e r in his father's shop at Beverly and then pursued his avocation in the principal cities of the country as far west as Fresno, California. Upon his return to the east m 1887, he engaged in busmess in Beverly, con- tinuing until 1892 when he took up the driven-well and windmilll business at Wenham, also doing carpentering and general jobbing. He established his business here in 1896, but continued to reside in Beverly until the completion of his residence on Trask street in October last. Mr. Barker is a member of the Order of American Mechanics and of the Pilgrim Fathers.

Thomas E. Do ugherty, whose pleasant home is at 37 Cherry street, was born in Danvers on June 4, 1848, in a house on Maple street where the grammar school now stands. He was educated in the public schools of Danvers and also took a course in Comer's Commercial College, Boston, and is a graduate of that institution. He learned the trades of shoe cutting and pattern making, and has long been recognized as an expert in this line of the shoe manufacturing business. He has held the positions of superintendent and foreman in large factories in Lynn, Marblehead and Salem, in Massachusetts, and two years in factories in the west. He is at present engaged in his business in Lynn.

Mr. Dougherty has always been interested in everything pertaining to the interests of his native town, and has often served as moderator at special town meetings. In everything for the advance- ment and prosperity of the town, Mr. Dougherty is an active worker. He is a member of several secret and social societies, in all of which he is very popular and a valuable worker. He is one of those energetic, public-spirited citizens, who, when there is anything needed to be done for the upbuilding of his town, is ready with time, work and money to help along the cause. It goes without saying that such a man is deservedly popular with all classes and is a much esteemed and valued citizen.

Frank B. Trask, the Danvers upholsterer, is located at the corner of Elm and High streets at one side of the Square. He is the son of Alfred and Mary Jane (Blackey) Trask, and was born in Danvers on February 12, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and after graduating from school learned the upholstering business, later engaging in business for himself. The excellence of his work has attracted much attention from people who recognize true art in furniture. Mr. Trask's patronage is not confined to Danvers but comes from all the nearby towns. He is a connoisseur in antique furniture and rare old articles and bric-a-brac can be found in his storerooms. He is an ardent Republican in politics but never cared for office for himself, though a hard worker for the political candidates of his choice. He knows a good horse when he sees him and he generally has one or two speedy ones in his stable. Mr. Trask was married on November 25, 1893, to Antoinette Maud Gammon and has a cosy home at the corner of Conant and I'ranklin streets.

Although 84 years old on the 30th of last May, Calvin Putnam is one of the best preserved of the older business men of this section and his business faculties are as acute as ever. For sixty-two yeais he has been engaged in building and lumber operations and he is still the head of an immense lumber business at Danversport, where the mills, yards and wharves of the Calvin Putnam lumber concern are located, with railroad connections and water privileges which enable him to receive and ship lumber from and to all points. Mr. Putnam is a native of Danvers and he received his education in her public schools. After leaving school he learned the carpenter trade and there are ten or a dozen houses yet standing in town which he built more than sixty years ago ; and the fact that they are still in a good state of preservation and have had but few repairs made upon ihem in all that time demonstrates the thoroughness of his work and the quality of the materials used. Seeing the need of a lumber mill, Mr. Putnam built one at tidewater at the Port and from this small beginning grew the large business which he has conducted for so many years and in which he is still interested. He was for t w e n t y-five years the senior member of the firm of Putnam & Pope, Beverly, with a mill and large yard there. The management of the Beverly business he gave up to a brotherin-law and nephew some time ago. He has been an extensive operator in lumber in Maine and Michigan for many years, and his only son, who died some years ago.

was also an extensive dealer in black walnut and other fine wooiis in the west, with offices in Boston. Mr. Putnam, although often asked to accept public offices of trust, generally declines. He never cared for any public position, and though he was sometimes persuaded to accept a place on the prudential committee and similar places vvhf re men of superior judginent were needed, he always steadily refuseti to be a candidate for political office ; in the same way he declined directorates in financial institutions, though often sought f>)r to fill such positions. Mr. Putnam at one time partially retned from the lumber business, but thought it advisable to return to active management again soon after. He is credited with having made a large fortune from his business, and is one of the wealthy m e n of the town. He has a handsome home at the corn e r of Locust and Poplar s t r e ets. His face is one of the most familiar . He has one adopt e d daughter but no childre n of his own. Mr.

Putnam may be seen daily driving about town for pleasure or to and from his establishment at Danversport, and a stranger would not think him to be a man of moie than sixty-five. He is a handsome old gentleman with bright eyes, a cheery smile, and a pleasant word for everybody. He is an interesting conversationalist and a very companionable gentleman.

Over sixty-three years ago Calvin Putnam founded the business carried on for a number of recent years by Pope Bros., and now by the Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. For forty-six years Mr. Putnam conducted it uninterruptedly, that is, from 1836 to 1882, when the wholesale business was sold to Turner & Harrington, the retail business being sold the following year to Pope Bros. In 1890, the latter firm bought out Turner and Harrington and conso 1 i d a t ed the whole business under their own name. Fletcher Pope and Isaac D. Pope are sons of Selectman Daniel P. Pope, and were both born and educated in Danvers. Calvin Putnam has immense lumber interests in various parts of the country. Fletcher Pope has for some years been general manager of the Phillips & Rangeley R. R. Redington, Maine, and general manager of the Redington Lumber Co., and withdraws from the lumber firm to give his whole attention to those duties. The firm has recently been reorganized, as Calvin

Isaac D. Pope

Putnam Lumber Company, with officers as follows : President, Calvin Putnam ; treasurer and manager, Isaac D. Pope ; directors, Calvin Putnam, I. D. Pope, W. D. Wing. The business is continued at the old location, with the able advice and experienced assistance of Calvin Putnam, the veteran lumber merchant.

The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, and manufacture mouldings, flooring, sheathing laths, shingles and clapboards, a specialty being made of hard wood floors, interior finish and mouldings. The mills and plant cover an area of twenty-five acres with over five hundred feet of wharfage accessible to vessels of from 600 to 800 tons. There are twelve large storehouses with a capacity of 5,000,000 feet of lumber, and a large and well eq u i p p e d mill with a machinery capacity of 30,- 000 feet of lumber a day. The firm handles on an average fifteen million feetof lumber yearly, and e ni p 1 o y s thirty men. Their trade is mosUy in this State and New Hampshire, and maintained at 408 Union

The normal school system of the Bay state is almost without an equal in that department of instruction. In the front rank of the several institutions of the kind under state supervision, where are prepared those who, in turn will lead the thought of vouth, is the magnificent stnic-

Mill Of Calvin Putnam Lumber Co

The first class in the history of the school was received in a two-story building on Summer street, September, 1854. Dr. Richard Edwards, the first principal, had an administration of three years, Prof. Alpheus Crosby having charge for the succeeding eight years. Both were thorough educators and the school advanced rapidly, requiring additional accommodations in 1865. In the same year, Dr. Daniel B. Hagar accepted the principalship, continuing until ill health caused his resignation early in 1896, followed a short time later by his death. In 1892, upon the r e commendation of the board of visitors, $250,000 was appropriated by the legislature for the purchase of a lot and the construction of a suitable building Land was purchased early in 1893 and in the fall of the same year the building work began. The ded i c a t i o n occurred January 26, 1897, with appropriate exercises and in the presence of leading instructors and officials.

The present principal is Dr. Walter P. Beckwith. The total enrollment since the inception of the school has been nearly 4500, of whom about one-half have regularly graduated. Sixty teachers have been employed.

The present building is located in a most commanding position in the southern part of the city. It is of buff brick with light stone trimmings, and has three stories and a basement. The main building is 180 feet in length, with two wings, each 140 feet long. Every convenience is available and the arrangement is of the best. The sanitation, ventilation, healing and lighting apparatus and general equipment leave little t) be desired.

The attendance is largely from Essex and Middlesex counties, although several states are represented. For admission, a high school education or its equivalent is required. The regular course of study requires two years, but special or partial courses may be taken, as a rule classes being admitted only at the beginning of the fall term. The faculty numbers twelve persons. Most abundantly has the Salem Normal School fulfilled its mission as conceived at its founding - " of reviving and establishing the normal method of learning, teaching and living in the older portion of the commonwealth."

In June, 1896, the citizens of the town of Adams learned with regret of the election of their highly esteemed sup erintendent of schools to the principalship of the Salem Normal school. In his nineteen years' oversight of the education of the youth of the Berkshire town, Mr. Beck with had become a part of the local life. The sundering of these ties seemed inevitable, as the Salem ])osition was too attractive to be refused. All, however felt a great measure of pride in the hign .1- nor which had been conferred upon their townsman, which has been fully justified during his comparatively brief administration of the state normal school in Salem. Mr. Beckwith was chosen to his i)resent position from among a large list of worthy candidates. The school was entering upon a new era, a new building, perhaps the finest of its kind in New England, being about to be dedicated, involving additional duties which the opening of extra departments must of necessity bring about. From the first, the interest of the new principal in the school and in the city has been deep and sincere. \\'alter P. Beckwith was born at Lempster, N. H., Aug. 27, 1850, of English and Scotch parentage. In early life he had only the limited educational advantages of a youth in a small farming c o m munity. He spent three years as a teacher in and about his native town, later attending the Claremont high school for a short time and graduating from the Kimball Union academy at Meriden in 1871. In his college career at Tufts he was obliged to be absent a portion of the time to assist himself by teaching, one] ]ieriod comprising an entire year. Mr. Beckwith's standing as a student was very high and he graduated with honor. The ])osition of principal of the Chicopee Falls high school was offered and accepted, this relation continuing until January, 1878. During his long residence ia A ..ms he had become identified with niMuy interests aside from his school duties. For thirteen years he served as chairman of the public library trustees, was repeatedly elected moderator of town meetings and served upon important committees. Mr. Beckwith attends the Universalist church, is a member of Starr King Lodge, Salem, F. and A. M., member of the A. O. U. W., and of the Tufts College chapter, Phi Beta Kappa. He was recently elected president of the Tufts College club, which includes the Tufts graduates in and about Boston. He has written largely to various periodicals and is

Scotch and English - his father's earliest ancestor in this country came to Connecticut in 1636, his mother's to Charlestown, Mass., in 1635, and a year or two later he was the first person to be taxed in Woburn.

Willard J. Hale

an effective public speaker. A member of numerous educational societies, he has been honored by the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. on behalf of his alma mat December 23, 1879, Mr. Beckwith was united in marriage with Miss Mary L. Sayles, a teacher in the Adams public schools. He has one daughter.

Essex county, was appointed to his present responsible position x\ugust 31, 1897, to succeed the late Charles S. Osgood. In the fall of the same yCcT he was the nominee of both the leading parties for the ofifice and was elected by a practically unanimous vote. This is by no means Mr. Hale's first experience in places of trust. In his native city of Newburyport, where he obtained his education, he was chosen to the common council in 1879, serving two years and in i88£ was made chairman, being twice re-elected. As a Republican, he represented his district with great credit in the lower branch of the Legislature of 1885 and in the following year went to Colorado Springs to engage in real estate transactions. Mr. Hale divided his time between his western interests and the dry goods business at Newburyport, in which he has been interested for himself since he was twenty years of age. He was appointed postmaster by President Harrison Sept. 19, 1890, and held the office for four years. In 1896 he was one of the delegates to the Republican National Convention from the sixth Congressional district and was a member of the committee which officially notified Vice President Hobart of his nomination. Mr. Hale is president of the Board of Trade, a director of the First National Bank, also a trustee of the Five Cents Savings Bank, all of Newburyport. Since an early age, Mr. Hale has been connected with his native city's best interests, and the esteem in which he is held by his townsmen and the people of the entire county is sufficiently told in the high honors which have been conferred upon him.

Residence Of John Lummus

The oldest grist mill in this section is that now operated by Lummus «& Parker at Danversport. This mill, or a portion of it, has been running for more than a hundred and fifty years, and is operated by tide water on the Crane river. The senior member of the firm, John Lummus, is a native of New York and he succeeded A.VV.& J.A.Ham in the ownership of the mill in 1874. For a time the firm name was Lummus & Dennett. About five years ago Mr. George H. Parker became a partner. Mr. Parker is a native of Tremont, Me.

George H- Parker

Both have famihes and homes on High street. An extensive business in hay and grain of all kinds is done by the firm, extending all over Essex county. The mill and storehouses are situated on tide water where vessels of ten or twelve feet draught can come and in close proximity to the Eastern division of the B. & M. railroad, affording unexcelled facilities for the receipt and shipping of hay and grain. The business has greatly increased under the present management and the firm has a wide acquaintance. The gentlemen are both popular and energetic and give excellent services to numerous patrons.

E. Kendall Jenkins, the County Treasurer, is a son of Captain Benjamin and Betsey Jenkins, and was born in Andover in 1831, receiving his education in the public schools of that town. In his early manhood Mr. Jenkins engaged in farming until 1 86 1, when he enlisted in the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, in which he served for three years. In January, 1866, he was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff H. G. Herrick, and in March of the same year was chosen town clerk, treasurer and collector of his native town. Upon being elected county treasurer in 1878, he resigned these offices and devoted his exclusive attention to the duties of his new office. Mr. Jenkins has been for a number of years a trustee of the Public Library at Andover, which was erected to perpetuate the memory of the Andover soldiers who fell in the Civil War. He was one of the first to advocate erection of this handsome building was one of its charter members. Jenkins is president of the First National Bank of Salem, and throughout the entire course of his public career has enjoyed the respect and esteem of all, for his unvarying courtesy and strict integrity.

Lummus & Parker Mill

The marked popularity of Colonel Samuel A. Johnson, Sheriff of Essex County, was attested in the flattering vote by which he was chosen to his present responsible position in the fall of 1895. For many years he had served as Deputy Sheriff, and upon the retirement of Sheriff Herrick, Colonel Johnson was the eligible successor. He was born in Salem, July 31, 1847, and attended the public schools of that city until nine years of age, at that time removing to Wisconsin. He studied with the class of '69 at Beloit College in that state. Shortly after Colonel Johnson returned to his native city and studied law in the office of Hon. William D. Northend ; he was admitted to the Essex Bar in September, 187 i, and was associated with Mr. Northend for about one year. The next three years were spent in Lynn, in practice with ex-Clerk of Courts Peabody. Col. Johnson has travelled quite extensively in this country and in Europe, residing for some time in Colorado in 1S69, and again in 1876 for the benefit of his health. He enlisted as a private in the Second Corps of Cadets, April 22, 1874, and has served in every office in the Corps, being chosen to the command upon the resignation of Colonel John W. Hart. Although practically a stranger to public functions, Col. Johnson's incumbency of the sheriff's office has been an eminently able one, the many problems constantly arising in connection with his multifarious duties being handled with care and discretion. Colonel Johnson also acts as keeper of the jail at Salem and resides in the house near the jail on St. Peter street. He has attained high rank in Masonry and Odd Fellowship, and is also a member of Naumkeag Tribe

Col. S A Johnson

Few, if any institutions are more conspicuous in the history of the country than is the jaii, located in the City of Salem. The contrast, however, between the place of restraint of the earlier day and the present structure is as great as can be imagined. The first jail, built in 1638, was a mere dwelling and is now a part of the house occupied by Abner Goodell. Here were confined a large number of persons accused of witchcraft, of whom many suffered death. Here, also, was made the final deliverance of those who had fallen victims to this superstition, Salem leading the way in letting in the light upon the witchcraft delusion. The older portion of the present jail, located at the corner of St. Peter and Bridge streets, was erected in 1813. In 1885, a thorough remodelling occurred and the structure was enlarged to its present capacity. It is, however, probable that another enlargement will have to be made in the near future. The fine brick residence of Sheriff Johnson, who also acts as keeper of the jail, is located in close proximity and is surrounded by beautiful and well kept grounds, in keeping with the general atmosphere of neatness and order. The jail has every precaution for safety and has a capacity of 150 prisoners. Those committed here are largely for short terms, many for the offence of drunkenness, although in the past twelve years six have been held on the charge of murder, all of whom have been sentenced to state prison for life, with the exception of one, Alfred Williams, who was executed in the jail on Oct. 7, 1898. The prisoners do all the work, such as cooking, baking, firing the boilers, etc., the female inmates making clothing for both sexes. The jail serves also as a house of correction and in this department some sixty-five prisoners are employed in making heels, which are sold to help meet the expenses. The jail is conducted most economically and, like the others of the county, is under the supervision

On Monday evening, August 22, 1892, a party of gentlemen met in the insurance office of Albert G. Allen, at No. 8 High street, for the purpose of organizing a corporation to be known as the Danvers Co-operative Bank.

These gentlemen met in response to a call which had been issued, and the following persons were present : Henry Newhall, Fletcher Pope, J. F. Hussey, A. G. Allen, F. O. Staples, Wm. A. Jacobs, Wm. A. Woodman, J. A. Melcher, Edwin Turner, Jr., E. B. Peabody, Wm. J. Richardson, J. Frank Porter, Willis E. Smart, Michael H. Barry, Jacob Marston, Wallace P. Perry, Samuel L. Sawyer, Joseph W. Woodman, Daniel N. Crowley, Edward E. Woodman, and Daniel Eldredge.

The meeting was called to order by Daniel Eldredge, who read the form of agreement drawn up according to the 117th chapter of the Public Statutes,' by which the name of the corporation should be known as the Danvers Co-operative Bank ; the place of business to be in the town of Danvers ; the limit of its capital stock to be $1,000,000, and ultimate value of shares to be $200. An organization was then effected by the choice of Daniel Eldredge as temporary clerk. By-laws were adopted and the following officers were duly elected by ballot to their respective offices: President and director, Fletcher Pope ; vice president and director, Joseph W. Woodman ; treasurer, secretary and director, Albert G. Allen ; directors, Henry Newhall, Samuel L. Sawyer, Edward E. Woodman, Wm. A. Woodman, Wm. A. Jacobs, J. Frank Porter,

The president assumed the chair and it was voted that the corporation begin business Monday, August 29, 1892 ; that the first series of shares be limited to $1000 to non-borrowers and unlimited to borrowers.

J. Frank Porter, Henry Newhall and Jos. W. Woodman were elected Security Committee and Samuel L. Sawyer and Edward E. Woodman were elected Finance Committee ; J. P. Colby, Wallace

A public meeting of the bank was held in the Town Hall, August 29, 1892, when there w^s a large number of citizens in attendance. The meeting was called to order by Albert G. Allen, who invited Samuel L. Sawyer to take charge of the meeting. After a few remarks, Mr. Sawyer introduced Mr. Eldredge of Boston, who spoke very entertainingly for nearly an hour on " Co-operative Banks." f Shares were then offered for sale and the whole amount of the first series, 1000

At the present time the bank has assets of over $70,000. Profits to the amount of nearly $10,000 have been dedeclared. The bank has a surplus of over S600, with a guaranty fund of $200, and is in a sound and flourishing condition. Nearly $60,000 is loaned on real estate in Danvers or its immediate vicinity, all of which is secured by first mortgages. The bank has a membership of about 250 and up to the present time has had no difficulty in placing all of the money it has taken in. On the contrary it has been overrun with business and has in number, were speedily disposed of- .The growth of the bank from that time until the present has been a steady one. The officers of the bank have changed but little from the first. In August, 1893, Mr. Fletcher Pope lesigned as president and Samuel L. Sawyer was elected in his place. There have been but few changes in the Board of Directors, the majority of the Board being those originally elected. All the officers of the bank are enthusiastic in their work, believmg that the institution is an object for good in the community, and willingly give their services.

The carefulness and wisdom of the security committee has been shown when it is stated that in the seven years, which is the length of time the bank has been in business, they have suffered no losses. They have been obliged to foreclose on but three pieces of property and in neither case is it expected will there be any loss to the bank. The bank has one of the finest offices to be found in the state, having recently moved into the rooms recently vacated by the First National bank and which has been handsomely fitted up for them. The ofifice is open every week day from 8 to 1 2 .-\. jm. and I to 5 p. M., when there is always some one in attendance.

The present officers of the bank are president, Samuel L. Sawyer; vice president, Joseph W. Woodman ; secretary and treasurer, Albert G. Allen ; directors, Henry Newhall, J. Frank Porter, Marcus C. Pettingell, William A, Jacobs, Samuel M. Moore, William A. Woodman ; security committee, Joseph W. Woodman, J. Frank Porter,

Mr. Sawyer was born in Boxford, Mass., June 20, 1845, ^'^d was educated in the public schools of that town, the Topsfield academy, and the Putnam Free School of Newburyport. He has been engaged in the flour business for the last thirty-three years in Boston and vicinity, his present business address being Danvers. He is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. He has resided in Danvers since 1869; built the house where he now resides, on Lindall hill, in 1874. He is one of the executive committee of the Danvers Historical society, vice president of the Danvers Improvement society, president of the Danvers Co-operative bank, has served as chairman of the Republican Town committee, and represented the town of Danvers in the Massachusetts Legislature in 189 1, serving on the Public Charitable Institutions committee as clerk, re-elected in 1892, serving on the same committee, and chairman of the Committee on Election, was elected in 1893 to represent the Fifth Essex Senatorial district in the Massachu- setts Senate; was chairman of the committee on Public Charitable Institutions and served on the Committees on Engrossed Bills and Public Service ; re-elected in 1894, and served as chairman of the Committee on Street Railways, and on the Committees on Engrossed Bills and Parishes and Religious Societies ; is a past master of Mosaic Lodge, F. c^ A. M., past district deputy grand master, past high priest of Holten Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and member of Winslow Lewis Commandery, senior past regent of Arcadian Council, R. A., member of the A. O. U. W. and G. A. R. and Old Salem Chapter, S. A. R. ; he is secretary and treasurer of the Essex Club of Essex County, a Republican club of 430 members. He is a thoroughly conscientious and progressive business man.

industry, while the other gentlemen are practical, reliable business men, with experience in leather working and incidental features of the business. All grades of medium and fine ladies' and gentlemen's gloves are manufactured in the finest possible manner for the best class of trade in the country, and such a high state of perfection of material and finish is being acquired that this firm will shortly have no competitors to fear on either side of the ocean. Much of the stock is imported direct from A r a b i a , France and Germany, and prepared in the finest manner for this company. The most skilled labor is employed and every modern convenience and facility is had for the production of the best goods that can be made.

Allen

One of the most extensive and important of the new industries in town is that of the Massachusetts Glove Co , in the Calvin Putnam factory on Maple street, which has been fully fitted up for this concern's excellent and rapidly growing business. Frederick W. Rowles is president ; Horace O. Southwick, treasurer and manager ; Walter L Budgell, Philip S. Abbott, H. O. Southwick and "F. W. Rowles, directors.

Mr. Rowles is of a family of glove manufacturers who have been doing business for over forty years, and he is perfectly familiar with every branch of the

E. Dodge. Mr. Dodge was formerly of Worcester. Ma'^sachusetts. He came to Danvers in March, 1898, engaged in evangelistic labors under the Massachusetts Baptist Sunday School Association. After an absence of two months he returned June 5, 1898, and took up a permant-nt work, services being held in Essex block, cor. Elm and Essex streets. In October, 1898, Mr. Dodge withdrew from the Baptist denomination, and in January organized an independent church.

They hold the doctrines of justification by faith, sanctificaiion by the Spirit, healing for the body. No collections or subscriptions are ever taken. None of the officers, including pastor, receive any salary. The church and pastor are supported solely by free will offerings. Branches of this church are in Salem and Wakefield.

William H. Crosby is the proprietor of the only undertaking establishment in Danvers. He was born in Yarmouth, N. S., on June 24, 1872, and is the son of Hiram L. and Catherine P. Crosby. Mr. Crosby came to Danvers when a boy and william h. crosby, modest and unostentatious manner, his kindness of heart -and his strict integrity. His undertaking rooms are at 8 High street, and his home is on Conant street. He was married on October 8, 1896, to Miss Christina M. Mackenzie.

Approaching Danversport from Salem, just before reaching the Danvers line, is the Jacobs House ; back of this house is seen Folly Hill. Continuing along the main road a bridge soon spans Waters river. Just a little beyond, upon the left, the Reed-Porter House, and after crossing the Crane river, to the south of the railroad station, and opposite the bend in the street railway, is the site of the Home of the Annunciation Church ; quite a little distance above, in from the street, is the Unitarian Church ; while not far beyond, and upon the same side, is the Universilist Church. Next, Danvers Square, upon which is the Old Berry Tavern, and on Elm street, facing High street, the Page House.

Continuing up Elm street, at the Eastern division station are three streets, the extreme left being Old Ipswich Road (Ash street). Bearing to the extreme right, going up Holten street, the Episcopal Church upon the right is passed, and only a short distance beyond and upon the same side, the Judge Putnam House. Crossing the railroad the Methodist

At Danversport, on Endicott street, from the bridge over the railroad can be seen Crane River and Endecott Burying Ground. Continuing up the street the Endecott House is in plain view, and opposite, the Endecott grant, and upon the same, in the direction of the water, the Endecott Pear Tree.

Near the junction of Hobart and Forest streets is the site of the First Church. On Forest street is the Ambrose Hutchinson house. On Ingersoll street is the Ingersoll-Peabody or Ex-Secretary Endicott House.

Endecott Pear Tree

Church is soon seen upon the left ; quite a little distance beyond, and where the road turns from Holten into Centre street, is the Judge Holten House. Passing up Centre street the Haines House and First Church and Parsonage are seen upon the right. Upon the same side, a little beyond, the Wadsworth House, and soon the Training Place, with the Bowlder upon one end or side, and at the other end the Old Upton Tavern. Just beyond the terminus of the street railway the second house upon the left is the Birthplace of Col. Israel Hutchinson.

Near Danvers Square, on Maple street, is the Maple Street Church. On Putnam street is the Advent Church. A\'illard Hall is on Maple, near Poplar.

The Danvers Lunatic Hospital is at Asylum Station. The Jesse Putnam House and Gen, Israel Putnam Birthplace are between F'erncroft and Asylum Station.