A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, vol 3, Part 1

Author: Hutt, Frank Walcott, 1869- editor
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 528

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A HISTORY . OF

BRISTOL COUNTY

MASSACHUSETTS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

FRANK WALCOTT HUTT

Secretary of the Old Colony Historical Society; member of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

VOLUME III.

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HISTORY OF BRISTOL COUNTY

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year 1884, after a long and active life in agricul- tural pursuits. The mother, Abigail S. (White) Makepeace, was also born at Norton, Massachu- setts, and was a direct descendant or William White, who came to the American colonies in the "May- flower" in 1620.

David E. Makepeace was born at Norton, Bristol county, Massachusetts, June 9, 1848. His education was begun in the local public schools, after which he received private tuition at the Berry School at Mansfield, Massachusetts. His first employment was at Hollaston, Massachusetts, where he remained for one year, after which he went to Malden, Mas- sachusetts, where he bought out a meat market. This business, however, he sold at the end of two years and came to Attleboro, where he entered the employ of the jewelry firm of Bates & Bacon, leading manufacturing jewelers at that time. This was in the year 1868, and after a short time in this connection, Mr. Makepeace entered the employ of William Blackinton, where he was active for two years, then went to Horton, Angell & Company and remained for eleven years, holding the posi- tion of foreman. In the year 1882 Mr. Makepeace went to Providence, Rhode Island, where he was employed by Babbitt & Cameron for two years. He then established a plating business of his own, but this he sold after two years to E. N. Cook in order to accept a flattering offer as superintendent of the Howard & Sons plant. Active in that con- nection for three years, Mr. Makepeace returned to Attleboro and established himself in his present line of activity.

His beginning was very small, his first plant comprising only bench room in the old Steam Power building, then after about one year the interest had grown to a point where he found it neces- sary to secure more space. He removed to the watch case factory, then sometime later was able to secure an entire floor in the Steam Power build- ing to which he returned. In the year 1900 Mr. Makepeace removed to his present location at the corner of Pine and Dunham streets and there built a four-story wooden structure containing about 32,000 square feet of floor space. This was a phe- nominal growth and continued without cessation. In the year 1904 he built an adjoining structure on Pine street with equal floor space, divided among four stories, then in 1913 he erected the present fine brick building of four stories with about 35,000 square feet of floor space, making a total of 100,000 · square feet of floor space, now devoted under this firm name to the manufacture of jewelry or mater- ials for the jewelry trade. The concern produces various lines of material for the jewelry trade of high quality, but they are best known for their lines of jewelers' stock, seamless gold and silver tubing, and other materials and stocks for the jewelry trade, their market for these products being the world. They also do an extensive business in gold and silver plating. This concern started without any employees and they now employ 150 skilled hands, having an equipment which includes every improved

device in the way of labor saving machinery. The personnel of the concern is as follows: David E. Makepeace, president; A. A. French, treasurer; Wil- lian E. Sweeney, secretary.

In his further affiliations in the business world, Mr. Makepeace is identified as president and director with the Rey Mining Company, as president and director with the Mossberg Pressed Steel Corpora- tion, and as vice-president and treasurer with the First National Bank of Attleboro. He is a mem- ber of the New England Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Association, the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce, and the firm is a member of the Board of Trade of Providence, Rhode Island. In political affairs Mr. Makepeace has served the public on various occa- sions along lines in which his practical business experience has been of great value to the civic body, but has never accepted a nomination for elective office. A Republican by political affiliation he has served as a delegate to several State con- ventions, and for a number of years has been active on the Water Works Commission, also was a mem- ber of the committee that drafted the City Charter of Attleboro. For more than thirty years Mr. Makepeace has been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, of Boston, and still holds his membership, and during the World War he was prominent in Liberty Loan and Red Cross work. Fraternally Mr. Makepeace has long been a member of Ezekiel Bates Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Attleboro, of which he is now the oldest living past master; King Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- . sons, of which he is chairman of the board of trustees, and of which he was treasurer of twenty- five years; Attleboro Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bristol Commandery, Knights Templar; is a Scottish Rite Mason of Boston, Massachusetts; and a member of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He is also a member of the Grotto, and is past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is further identified, fraternally, with Orient Lodge, No. 165, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was vice grand; and a member of Attleboro Lodge, No. 1014, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Attleboro, Massachusetts. His clubs are the Pom- ham of Rhode Island and the West Side Club of Attleboro. He is a member of the Unitarian church, of which he has been treasurer for a number of years and was on the board of trustees.

Mr. Makepeace married, June 18, 1872, Myra B. Johnson, of Pontiac, Rhode Island, daughter of Isaac Newton Johnson and Katherine (Card) John- son, both natives of Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Makepeace are the parents of two children: 1. Lula B., wife of Dr. T. L. Swift; they are the parents of Lawrence M. Swift, who is a graduate of Penn- sylvania Military College, and during the World War was sent to Plattsburg for six months of in- tensive training, and was also an instructor there. He was later sent to Camp Grant as an instructor with the rank of second lieutenant, which made him

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the youngest commissioned officer in the United States army. 2. Edna M., wife of Aldo A. French; they are the parents of Edgar A. French.

HON. SILAS D. REED .- In various branches of public endeavor, Senator Silas D. Reed has for many years been a prominent figure in Bristol county, Massachusetts, with his activities centering in Taun- ton. He is now postmaster of this city, and is widely known.

Mr. Reed is a son of Hon. Charles Andrew Reed, who was born at Weymouth, Norfolk county, Mas- sachusetts, and died in 1900. Hon Charles A. Reed was an attorney-at-law by profession, city solicitor for many years, subsequently mayor, and a man of large ability. The mother, Welthea Nichols (Dean) Reed, was born in Taunton, and died June 30, 1884 .

Silas D. Reed was born in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, June 25, 1872. He Is a graduate of Bristol Academy, class of 1889, and also of Amherst College, class of 1893, having received his Bachelor's degree in the arts from that institution. He pre- pared for his law career at Boston University Law School and was admitted to the bar of his native State in 1904. An able speaker and possessed of powerful mentality, his ability brought him much into the public eye, and as long ago as the year 1897, he was brought forward in the public service, having been elected to the House of Representatives, serving until 1902, inclusive. His activities as a legislator gave his name prominence, and in 1905 he was again elected to the legislative halls of the State, this time to the Senate, in which he served for two consecutive years. Still again, in 1918, he was returned to high office and served in the Sen- ate of the State of Massachusetts for a period of five years. Senator Reed is numbered among the prominent men of his native city and State, and his appointment as postmaster of the city of Taunton by President Harding on October 7, 1922, placed in this position an able and distinguished man. Always a Republican, Senator Reed was a member of the Republican City Committee for many years and served as its chairman in 1903 and 1904. He has also been a member of the Republican State Central Committee. From 1906 to 1914 he was also a lecturer at the Boston University Law School on Massachusetts legislative procedure. His long legis- lative experience and his ability as an instructor made this service of much constructive value. Sen- ator Reed was a member of Company D, 14th Regi- ment, Massachusetts National Guard, and served a full period of two years during the World War.

Fraternally he is a member of King David Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Aleppo Temple, Anci- ent Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston, Massachusetts; of Sabbatia Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was grand master of the State of Massachusetts, 1920- 1921; Orient Lodge, No. 107, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor; and Taunton Lodge, No. 150, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Winthrop Club and

the Segregansett Country Club; Taunton Grange; and the Beta Theta Phi Greek letter fraternity. His religious affiliation is with the Episcopal church.

FREDERICK H. GOOCH .- In the front rank of progress in the textile industry in Bristol county, Massachusetts, Frederick H. Gooch has attained an enviable position as an executive, and for twenty years has stood at the head of production at the Whittenton Company's Mill in Taunton. He is also a leading executive of various other industrial or- ganizations in this and other sections of the State of Massachusetts and his activities are counting broadly for the general advance. A member of a family long prominent in New England in the vari- ous industries, Mr. Gooch comes of a line of men who have handled great interests and have made history in many generations in the New England States. Joseph Gooch, the immigrant ancestor of this family, was one of the original settlers of Ken- nebunk, Maine. Charles W. Gooch, father of sub- ject of this sketch, was born in Kennebunk, Maine, and was a ship-builder by occupation, a leader in his line of activity and an influential citizen of York county, Maine. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in a volunteer regiment of infantry. He died in 1914, having survived for thirty-two years his wife, Julia A. (Emery) Gooch, who was also a native of Kennebunk.

Frederick H. Gooch was born at Kennebunk, Maine, March 14, 1867. His education was acquired in the local schools, and he is a graduate of the Kennebunkport High School, class of 1883. As a young man Mr. Gooch came to the State of Massa- chusetts, and settling in Essex county, became iden- tified with the Pacific Mills of Lawrence, manufac- turers of cotton and woolen goods, and in this con- nection he rose to the position of assistant superin- tendent of the dyeing and bleaching department. Resigning in the year 1893, he came to Taunton, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of the Whittenton Mills in the capacity of dyer. Filling this position for ten years, Mr.' Gooch was then made agent of the Whittenton Manufacturing Com- pany, which position he has held continuously until the present time (1923). His responsibilities in this connection include the supervision of the entire plant, for he acts as general manager of all depart- ments, and his record of twenty years' activity in this position, with a curtailment of only three days during the entire time, has never been surpassed by a similar concern. In his capacity as agent for this concern, Mr. Gooch holds a widely influential position. He is also treasurer of the New England Brass Company, president of the Taunton Dye and Bleaching Company, president of the Huntington Mills, of Huntington, Massachusetts, and he is also a director of the Whittenton Manufacturing Com- pany.

Always alert to any forward movement in the in- dustry in which he has for so many years been engaged, Mr. Gooch was one of the organizers and founders of the Manufacturers' Association, of Taunton, and it has been his constant care to bring

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this organization up to its highest possible level of usefulness and efficiency. His more personal inter- ests include membership in Charles H. Titus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Attleboro Council, Royal and Select Masters; St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar, of Providence; and Palestine Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Providence. His clubs are the Winthrop and the Bristol. His religious affiliation is with the Con- gregational church.

Mr. Gooch married, in 1888, Ella S. Webb, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel and Alice (Shepard) Webb. Mr. and Mrs. Gooch are the parents of one daughter, Helen P.

JOHN HATHAWAY LINDSEY, A. B., M. D .--- In one of the most important branches of modern medical advance, Dr. Lindsey, of Fall River, Massa- chusetts, holds a noteworthy position as a specialist in Roentgenology. His present connection with the Truesdale Clinic (q. v.) places him among the fore- most professional men of the day in Bristol county. Dr. Lindsey.is-a son of William and Ariadne Maria (Lovell) Lindsey, the father a native of Bristol, Rhode Island, and the mother of Fall River. The Lindsey family traces back in Massachusetts to the year 1632, while the Lovell family also goes back to early times. In every generation these two lines have been prominent both in the professions, in the industries, also in commercial advance, and men of these families have done much for the progress of the land towards which their ancestors sailed with such high hopes and in which they established their pioneer homes in the fear of God.

William Lindsey, father of Dr. Lindsey, was prominent in the cotton industry in Fall River for some years prior to his death, being treasurer of the Weetamoe Mills. He was a man of importance in his day, affiliated with many business and finan- cial interests, a leader in civic progress, and always the approachable, broad-minded, public-spirited citi- zen. He was for many years president of the Meta- comet National Bank, and also president of the Fall River Savings Bank. He died in the year 1897, and his passing away was a great loss to the community. His name is remembered by the older residents of this city, and his memory is cherished by many friends, although more than a quarter of a century has passed since his death.

John Hathaway Lindsey was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, October 13, 1870. His education was begun in the local public schools, and he was gradu- ated from high school in the class of 1888. For his course in the liberal arts he entered Brown Univer- sity, of Providence, Rhode Island, from which he was graduated in the class of 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter for two years he taught school at the Friends' School, now the Moses Brown School, then for one year he was active in business. He took up his medical course at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1899 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Following his

graduation, Dr. Lindsey went abroad and took post- graduate work in Berlin, and then returned to America and served an interneship of one year at the Germantown Hospital at Philadelphia. In the spring of 1902 Dr. Linsey located in Fall River, and for about four years thereafter was engaged in private practice, during a part of this time serving as bacteriologist for the city. In 1906 he left Fall River for a time, and for three years was active on the faculty of the George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Later Dr. Lind- sey became resident physician at the Starmont Sani- torium at Washington Grove, Maryland, an insti- tution founded by General George M. Sternburg, United States army, for the treatment of tubercu- losis. From 1912 to 1914 Dr. Lindsey was engaged in the general practice of medicine in Washington, District of Columbia, and in the latter year returned to Fall River, where he has since been engaged in practice. Dr. Lindsey became interested in Roent- gen's discovery, and as time passed his practice em- braced more and more X-Ray work. He now specializes in Roentgenology, and during this period of nine years he has been associated with the Truesdale Clinic and Hospital in this field. The very high standing of this institution in New Eng- land well appraises Dr. Lindsey's importance in his field of effort.

In September, 1917, Dr. Lindsey enlisted for service in the World War and was commissioned captain of the United States Army Medical Corps. He served in the United States until May, 1918, when he sailed for France, where he was stationed during the greater part of his stay on the other side at Tours. There he was in charge of Roentgen Ray work at Camp Hospital No. 27, at Tours. He was commissioned major in February, 1919. He re- turned to the United States in August, 1919 and re- ceived his honorable discharge from the service the following month. Dr. Lindsey is a member of the American Medical Association; the American Roent- gen Ray Society; the New England Roentgen Ray Society; the Massachusetts State Medical Society; and the Fall River Medical Society. He is also a member of the Alpha Delta Phi College Fraternity, and an associate member of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. He is president of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society of Fall River, and an earnest worker for the progress of this organiza- tion. His religious affiliation is with the First Bap- tist Church of Fall River, of which he is historian.

Dr. Lindsey married (first), June 15, 1910, Eliza Early Anderson, of Rockville, Maryland, who died May 25, 1914, leaving one son, David Hathaway, born May 14, 1912. On September 14, 1921, Dr. Lindsey married (second) Edna Louise Chappell, of Prince Edward Island, and they have one son, Crawford Williams, born April 4, 1923.

ALFRED H. HOOD, A. B., LL. B .- The annals of Fall River, Massachusetts, bear few more dis- tinguished names than that of Alfred H. Hood, who in his worthy and honored career bore constructive relation to many branches of civic, industrial, social

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and uplift endeavor, and whose memory is still cherished in every circle in which he was known, although more than a decade has passed since his death. A man of large ability in his chosen pro- fession of the law, and endowed with the breadth of vision which surveys every field of human en- deavor and finds good in all effort, Mr. Hood did much for his day and generation, and along many lines his achievements worked permanent benefit for the people. Coming of an old Bristol county family, Mr. Hood was a son of William Perry and Sarah A. (Davis) Hood. His father was for more than fifty years a leading figure in the business affairs of the town of Somerset, Massachusetts, extensively interested in shipping affairs from that port, and also a leader in manufacturing circles, as treasurer of the Somerset Stove Foundry Company. The mother was a daughter of Deacon Nathan and Clar- issa (Bowen) Davis, of Somerset.

Alfred H. Hood was born in Somerset, Massa- chusetts, April 19, 1855. Following his common school course he attended a commercial school in Fall River, devoting the winter of 1870-71, also of 1873, to this branch of training. In the fall of 1874 he entered Pierce Academy, at Middleboro, Massa- chusetts, where he continued until December, 1875, then completed his preparatory course at Worcester Academy, at Worcester, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in the year 1877. Then entering Brown University, at Providence, Rhode Island, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1881, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. There he was a classmate of Justice Charles E. Hughes, late of the United States Supreme Court, present Secretary of State. His choice of a profes- sion determined, Mr. Hood took up his legal studies at Boston University School of Law, and his gradu- ation occurred in 1883. Meanwhile, as a young man, Mr. Hood had been more or less active in the business world. He was associated with his father for a considerable period in the insurance business, the firm name being William P. Hood & Son, and also in the activities of the homestead farm in Somerset. The young man had full charge of both these interests during his attendance at academy and college.

Immediately following his graduation from Boston University School of Law, Mr. Hood became affili- ated in practice with Arba N. Lincoln, and on January 1, 1887, this association became a partner- ship. This partnership was severed only by the sudden death of Mr. Hood, and during its entire history the law firm of Lincoln & Hood has been one of the foremost in Southeastern Massachusetts. The comprehensive business preparation of Mr. Hood's youth, and his long experience in business affairs, gave him a thorough familiarity with affairs and conditions in many fields of activity, which made him a power for justice and righteousness when their legal aspect came under consideration. His connection with the insurance business contin- ued until his death, and he was extensively identi- fied with real estate matters, both as an owner and operator. He was also president of the Somerset

Stove Foundry Company for many years, and a director of the Fall River Co-operative Bank, which he also served as attorney. It was said of Mr. Hood after his death:

Mr. Hood was one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens of the community, a man of seemingly tireless energy, and deeply interested in and an active promoter of all move- ments for the improvement of this city and of his native town.

No review of Mr. Hoods life would be complete without the enumeration of at least a few of the special instances of his professional and public use- fulness. Generally speaking, these were identical, for he accepted public responsibility only in a pro- fessional capacity or as the privilege of the citizen who delights in freely giving his talents and energies to meet some public need, never as a political award. The milk hearings, which considered this vital branch of the public food supply early in the year 1912, received progressive impetus from his fearless championship of the need of the people. His chief pleasure, however, was in bringing about the con- stant improvement in civic conditions which counts for permanent betterment. His great interest in farm activities led him, only a few years prior to his death, to discontinue his residence in Fall River, and to return to Somerset, where he lived on his splen- did estate, known as "Spring Hill Farm," the Hood homestead, where throughout his lifetime his leisure was largely spent. He made this one of the finest farms in Bristol county. Mr. Hood had always done much for Somerset along town improvement lines, especially in better roads, and it was through his activities that the movement was brought to a successful issue which placed a drinking fountain opposite his farm in honor of his father, William P. Hood. Perhaps his most significant work in Somer- set is the Hood Public Library, which was dedi- cated on October 1, 1910. This was provided for by his mother's will, in memory of her husband, and it was his labor of love, and one in which he took the deepest satisfaction, to attend to its erec- tion. In fraternal circles Mr. Hood was prominent, having been a member of Pioneer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Somerset; and the chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Fall River. He was for many years active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was a member of the Brown Alumni Association, of which he was elected president only a few months before his passing. He did much for church federation in Somerset.

The active life which Mr. Hood had spent, with its many outdoor interests, kept him always physi- cally fit, and he often took pleasure in feats of strength or endurance, especially in outdoor work. When the electric wire conduits were being laid . in Fall River some years ago, he observed the work in passing, and taking the heavy striking hammer from one of the laborers, he struck drill for a num- ber of minutes in turn with the regular workman, showing no signs of exhaustion. Notwithstanding this vigor and strength, Mr. Hood became affected by heart trouble, and consulted his physicians re- garding it, but it was not considered a serious

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A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, vol 3, Part 1

Author: Hutt, Frank Walcott, 1869- editor Publication date: 1924 Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 528

Author: Hutt, Frank Walcott, 1869- editor
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 528