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MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF
ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS
TERCENTENARY EDITION
A classified work, devoted to the County's remarkable growth in all lines of human endeavor ; more especially to within a period of fifty years
BENJ. F. ARRINGTON Editor-in-Chief
VOLUME IV.
1922 LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK 1 1
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COPYRIGHT LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING CO. 1922
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George Edwin Bennett
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Buckley came to the United States when he was a boy, and has spent his entire time in this country since. The mother came to this country when she was a young girl, and lived here until her death, in 1895.
Mr. Buckley received a practical education in the public schools of his native city, then, when he had finished the regular course, went out into the indus- trial world. He worked first for the F. T. Ward Company, of Salem, then prominent provision deal- ers, remaining with them for a period of four years. Later he became an employee of the Abbott-Rogers Shoe Company, of Salem, where he remained for a short time, going thereafter to Richard Quirk, of Salem, also a manufacturer of shoes. Up to the present time Mr. Buckley has continued in the shoe business, and has been associated with the follow- ing companies: J. Dane, of Salem; M. Shortell & Sons, of Salem; James Tullock, the Burns Shoe Company, and the Farwell Shoe Company, of Dan- vers; Charles B. Fuller & Sons, Dennis Brady, and Cass & Dailey, of Salem; V. K. & H. Jones, Therill Bacheler Company, and Joseph Caunt Company, of Lynn; Marston Brothers, of Danvers; the Allen Foster Willet Company, of Lynn; J. Brown & Son, and D. D. Lafavour & Sons, of Salem; and is now with the Eben Martin Company, of Marblehead. Mr. Buckley is familiar with every detail of the shoe industry, and is a recognized authority on shoes and leathers.
From 1909 to 1919, Mr. Buckley hold the office of business agent for the United Shoe Workers of America. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, being connected with the Essex Court, of Salem, and with the John Bertram Lodge, of Salem Workmen. He is a member of St. James Church.
In 1900 Patrick J. Buckley married Mary J. Buckley, of Salem, and they have two children, Mary E., and Arthur J.
G. EDWIN BENNETT-For thirty years previ- ous to his death, which occurred June 11, 1918, G. Edwin Bennett was engaged in the real estate busi- ness at Lynn, Massachusetts. During his sixty-four years of life all of which he spent in his native place, he was officially identified with a number of her leading institutions, and was ever a zealous ad- vocate and supporter of her most vital and essen- tial interests.
G. Edwin Bennett was born in Lynn, Massachu- setts, August 27, 1854, the son of Jeremiah and Adeline (Gurney) Bennett. Jeremiah Bennett serv- ed the cause of the Union during the Civil War and while in action was severely wounded, the effects from which later caused his death. The boy re- ceived his education in the public schools of his native place and after terminating his studies, en- tered the shoe business in which he continued until 1883 when he established himself in the real estate business. He was thus engaged exclusively up to the time of his death and had built up a large and extremely flourishing trade. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. His political affiliations
were with the Republicans and while he never held office, his influence was often felt in political cir- cles, his advice upon questions of public moment being frequently solicited by those in authority and by leaders of the organization. Ever ready to res- pond to any deserving call made upon him he was widely charitable, and in his religious affiliations he attended St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Mr. Bennett married, first, Gertrude York, who died in Lynn, leaving one child, Helen, who married Malcolm McLeod of Lynn. Mr. Bennett married, second, in 1897, Eugenia Pearl, and to them were born two children: Philip E., who is now, 1921, tak- ing a special course at Dartmouth College, having graduated from the institution in 1920; Mary E., who is at home.
ANGELO MARIO ZARRELLA, M. D., one of the prominent young physicians of Lynn, Massachu- setts, although but very recently having opened his office, gives promise of a successful future in his chosen profession.
Dr. Zarrella was born in Boston, August 13, 1893, and is a son of Ciriaco and Consiglia Zarrella. The family consists of five children, one daughter, La- vina, and three sons besides the young Lynn doctor, Joseph, George, who died in 1916, and a younger son, George. The father is a successful wholesale and retail fruit dealer in Boston.
Dr. Zarrella was educated in Boston, passing through the grammar and high schools of that city, then entering Tufts College, he took the medical course, and was graduated in 1916, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He went to the Lynn Hos- pital as interne, remaining for sixteen months; then passed the Massachusetts State Board in Sep- tember, 1916. He enlisted for service in the army during the World War, but was rejected. He was at the Carney Hospital in Boston during Oc- tober and November, 1917, and had charge of the Out-Patient Surgery Department; and was visiting physician to Child Welfare House, Lynn. Then from November of that year to January, 1919, he was associated with Dr. Bowen as his assistant. In 1919 he opened an office in Lynn, for the gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery. He is tak- ing a position well up in the ranks of the medical profession, and his success is undoubtedly only a matter of time.
Dr. Zarrella is a member of the Lynn Medical Fraternity; of the Massachusetts Medical Society; and of the American Medical Association. In pol- itical affiliation, he is a Republican.
Dr. Angelo Mario Zarrella married Elizabeth A. Goss, of Rye, New Hampshire, who is a graduate nurse of Lynn Hospital. The date of her gradua- tion was August 5, 1918. Dr. and Mrs. Zarrella are members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
JAMES A. LIACOS-One of the successful at- torneys of Peabody, Massachusetts, and a man who, although having been established but a short time, has already made a name for himself in the public life of the community, is James A. Liacos, a native
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of Elasson, Greece, born there March 31, 1881.
James A. Liacos received the elementary portion of his education in the public schools of his native place, subsequently matriculating at Diconomon College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1898. For the fol- lowing three years he taught languages in the schools there, and then in 1904 came to this country and secured work in mills at Lowell and Ayer, Massachusetts, later coming to Peabody when he decided that he would make the United States his permanent home. Devoting himself to the study of English, he took a course in bookkeeping at the Salem Commercial School, and in 1913 returned to Greece for the purpose of bringing back with him his father and mother. In September, 1914, having decided upon the profession of law for his career, he entered Northeastern Law School at Boston, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1918. Throughout his school and college years he had proved himself an intel- ligent and painstaking student, and at their close came to the opening of his career, unusually well- equipped both with natural gifts and a training that was the result of conscientious effort. In the latter part of 1918, he opened an office in Peabody Square, and this has remained his headquarters ever since. He has served as interpreter in many im- portant cases and in many States, and at the same time is proving himself to be a most capable and conscientious attorney. He is affiliated with the Essex County Bar Association, and is a prominent member in the Greek Orthodox church.
In June, 1910, Mr. Liacos was united in marriage with Alice Harden, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. There is no issue. Such is the life of James A. Liacos a self-made man, starting in this country poor in finances but rich in shrewdness and fore- sight, traits which go to make up a man among men. Quick to grasp the necessity of mingling with the nation's successful men, he adapted him- self to circumstances, and took advantage of every opportunity which would bring him in contact with the worth while things of life. Today he stands as one of the most prominent and respected citizens of the community.
WILLIAM B. GRAVES, who conducts a popular bowling alley in Lynn, is a prominent and repre- sentative citizen, and is descended from ancestors who bore a part in the early history of this coun- try and of other nations.
Capt. Elisha Graves, Mr. Graves' great-grand- father, was captain of an American vessel, which took an active part in the French Revolution, in 1801. In 1819 he was given a medal for rescuing lives at sea, and received also a share of the cargo on board the vessel saved. He rescued passengers and crew.
Frank W. Graves, Mr. Graves' father, was for many years engaged in the plumbing business in Lynn. He married Harriet B. Mckinney, of On- arga, Illinois.
William B. Graves, son of Frank W. and Harriet
B. (Mckinney) Graves, was born in Lynn, Novem- ber 26, 1875. Receiving his education in the pub- lic schools of Lynn and Swampscott, he early went to work, being first employed in the plant of the Morrell Leather Company, of Salem. He continued there for five years, then branched out for himself, and opened a bowling alley, in which business he has since been engaged. He has a fine up-to-date place, and is very successful in his chosen line of activity.
Fraternally Mr. Graves is a member of Bay State Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is president of the Odd Fellows' Bowling League, and is president of the Lynn City Bowling League.
In March, 1902, William B. Graves married Grace Ellen Cook, of West Medway, Massachusetts, daughter of Andrew and Ida (Gilmore) Cook, of Milford, Massachusetts. Mrs. Graves' father served in the Civil War, an uncle served in the Spanish- American War, and a brother, Edward Cook, was killed in action in the World War. Mrs. Graves is president of the Daughters of Veterans; a mem- ber of the Spanish-American Auxiliary; and also a member of Myrtle Lodge of Rebeckahs.
JEAN MARIE MISSUD is a thorough musician and composer, and as an arranger of high-class musical programs, has no superiors. The Salem Cadet Band, of which he is the organizer and leader, is well known throughout both continents, which is due entirely to Mr. Missud's wonderful leadership.
Jean Marie Missud was born in Nice, France, April 25, 1852, the son of Joseph and Augustine (Barralli) Missud. His father was a sea faring man. The boy, Jean M., attended public schools of his native place until graduating from the local high school, when in February, 1870, he enlisted as a musician in France, in the United States Navy, making a nine months' cruise, and receiving his honorable discharge upon landing in the United States. Since a lad of thirteen he had studied the clarionet, and continued to play this particular in- strument although at the same time he was studying the technique of the various band instruments. In 1878 he came to Salem, after having played in bands in Boston and New York, and organized the Salem Cadet Band. This band has played in all of the large cities of the United States, Canada and also in the island of Bermuda. In 1896 the band went to London with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and while there the organiza- tion was greatly appreciated by prominent music lovers. The band is composed of fifty musicians, when required.
Mr. Missud has written many musical compo- sitions, among them being the "Chilian Dance," the "Manana" and a serenade called "Magnolia." On July 15, 1907, he was awarded a certificate of honor from the president of his native place, where his compositions had been received, and he has also received a certificate of merit from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Philadelphia Lodge.
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In politics he is a Republican, and takes the keen interest in the organization which is demanded of every good citizen. He also holds membership in the Salem Club.
On December 13, 1883, Mr. Missud was united in marriage with Emma Austin Walden, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Austin) Walden. Mr. and Mrs. Missud are the parents of two children: J. Walden, a traveling salesman, married Eleanor Ab- bott, they have one child, Jean Walden. Marie, wife of B. E. Schwarz, of Brockton, Massachusetts, they are the parents of one child, Nanine.
WILLIAM H. DAY, JR .- A constructive spirit in the administration of public affairs is a force the value of which cannot be estimated-nor can its effects be determined. In Lynn, Massachu- setts, such a force is the present secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, William H. Day, Jr., who has served in that capacity for a period of six years, and in other public offices previously.
William H. Day, Jr., was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in the year 1885, son of William H. and Mary A. Day. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Marblehead, Massachusetts; Alton, New Hampshire, and Beverly, Massachusetts, as the family fortunes made these changes advisable. Circumstances forced the lad to leave school at the age of sixteen, he then entering the employ of the Boston & Maine raillroad as messenger boy. He was not, however, to remain long in a sub- ordinate position, but was soon sent to Overshort as damage clerk, then through the billing depart- ment, and on up the ladder, until, in 1910, he was made chief clerk of the Lynn offices of the company.
This career so favorably attracted the attention of Lynn's business men that when the present Chamber of Commerce came into existance in 1913, Mr. Day was the unanimous choice of the mem- bership for the position of transportation man- ager. His railroad experience was invaluable, giv- ing the inside knowledge of the railway companies' point of view, and also the logical point of pro- cedure from the point of view of the public. Through Mr. Day's efforts the present through-car service, between Lynn and the great shipping cen- ters of the country, was established. He appear- ed before governmental bodies, national and State, in an effort to secure readjustment of existing rates, rules and practices, both by rail and water, and as a result, Lynn shippers and receivers of freight have been greatly benefited. In the some- what lesser, but still vital matter of the street railway service, he has intervened for the public in many cases relating to the public service.
Mr. Day is regional vice-president and a director of the National Industrial Traffic League, the largest shippers' organization of its kind in the world, also is a director and member of the ex- ecutive committee of the New England Traffic League. During the war period, 1917-18, Mr. Day was one of two shippers representatives selected by the railroad administration at Washington to
serve on the New England rate committee, which body recommended the rates and rules governing the movement of freight traffic in New England during the period of government control. Every step of this constructive activity has widely ad- vertised the city of Lynn as a center of indus- trial and commercial progress. Now, as secre- tary of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Day's work is perhaps less spectacular, but none the less valuable to the community, and produc- tive of far-reaching advantage to the people.
During the war period, Mr. Day, in addition to serving on the railroad administration, took an active part in Liberty Loan drives, as a mem- ber of Lynn's executive committee. He planned the Greater War Chest Campaign; was interested in every Red Cross and Red Triangle Drive; served on the local fuel committee in 1917; was local fuel administrator in 1920, and later acted as the local fuel distributor. He is a big organization man, belonging to twenty-one clubs and societies, a member of the Masonic order, holding the thirty- second degree, is a noble of the Mystic Shrine, president of the Marblehead Masonic Club, and is president of the Essex County Associated Boards of Trade, an organization made up of delegates from all commercial bodies in the county, some fifteen in number.
Mr. Day married Clara Wright, of Marblehead, July 20, 1904, and they are the parents of a daughter, Thelma, and a son, Webster.
ALBERT IRVING COUCH-Immediately school years were over, Albert I. Couch, now an honored member of the banking fraternity of Lawrence, Massachusetts, entered business life, and from 1885 until the present (1922) he has been identified with the mercantile and financial interests of Lawrence. The family is an ancient one in New England, this branch settling at an early date in New Hampshire.
Mr. Couch comes of an ancient English family, one that has long been identified with New Eng- land. The ancestor, Joseph Couch, was of Kittery, Maine, as early as March 30, 1662, where he was a shipbuilder. His son, William Couch, removed to Newbury, Massachusetts, but his son, Joseph (2) Couch, became one of the early settlers of Boscawen, New Hampshire. He married Alice Rowell, and they were the parents of a son, Ben- jamin Couch, a Revolutionary soldier, whose de- scendants settled in Webster, New Hampshire, whence came Albert I. Couch.
Albert Irving Couch was born in Webster, New Hampshire, July 12, 1867, son of Walter S. and Sarah W. Couch, his maternal ancestor a soldier of the Revolution. After graduating from the Lawrence High School in 1885, Mr. Couch began his business career as bookkeeper with the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Lawrence, and there spent four years. In 1899 he was appointed teller of the Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, and for twelve years remained in that capacity with that institution. In 1901 he was
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elected treasurer of the Lawrence Savings Bank, but in 1902 returned to the Essex Savings Bank as treasurer. Two decades have since intervened and the association remains unbroken, Mr. Couch continuing the honored head of the financial de- partment of this conservative and highly rated institution. He is also a director of the Bay State National Bank, Lawrence, and president of the Morris Plan Bank, also of Lawrence.
A man of affairs above all else, Mr. Couch is not unmindful of the obligations of citizenship and takes a deep interest in community affairs. He is a director of the Lawrence Young Men's Christian Association, a member of the Lawrence Street Congregational Church, a Republican in his political opinions, and a member of the Merrimack Valley Country Club.
Mr. Couch married, June 17, 1896, Alice Mabel Eaton, of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
WILLIAM DAVIS TWISS was born at Thorn- ton's Ferry, a village of Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, on the Merrimac river, eleven miles south of Manchester, December 2, 1864. Lawrence, Massachusetts, later became the family home, and in that city he was educated in public schools. At the age of fourteen he entered the employ of the Russell Paper Company, and five years later, March 1, 1883, he began his service with the Everett Mills, of Lawrence, a service that has continued until the present, 1922, a period of thirty-nine years. He began as a clerk in 1883, was promoted to the grade of assistant paymaster, then paymaster, then superintendent, a position he filled for twenty-five years, until April 22, 1921, when he was made agent, his present position. He is also trustee of the Broadway Savings Bank, of Lawrence, and interested in many Lawrence organizations.
Mr. Twiss is a member of Trinity Congregational Church, and of its board of assessors, vice-presi- dent of Lawrence Boys' Club, Incorporated; mem- ber of Lawrence City Mission, Lawrence Rotary Club and Merrimack Valley Country Club. He is affiliated with Monadnock Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, and of Kearsarge Encamp- ment, No. 145, of the same order. He is a mem- ber of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and in politics is a Republican.
In Lawrence, May 9, 1888, Mr. Twiss married Margaret Elizabeth Rowe, daughter of John S. and Mercy Rowe, her father a jeweler. Mr. and Mrs. Twiss are the parents of two children: Beatrice Margaret, a graduate of Wellesley Col- lege, 1913, married George Gibson Brown, of Lawrence; and Catherine Davis, a graduate of Wellesley College, 1921, married Kenneth Colman Allen, of Portland, Maine.
ORLANDO F. HATCH-Nearly half a century ago Orlando F. Hatch came from East Boston to Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was for many years associated with his father and brother in the firm, L. M. Hatch & Sons, ship joiners and
contractors. They were expert at fine joiner work, their specialty the finishing of the cabins on ships built in the local yards. They were widely known in their specialty, having no superiors in fine joiner work, but shipbuilding waned, and with few new ships being built there were few cabins to be finished, the firm then becoming general build- ing contractors and lumber dealers. They finished the cabins of the last merchant sailing vessel built on the Merrimack river in 1902. The father, Lot M. Hatch, continued active in the firm until his death in 1904, thirty-one years having elapsed since he founded the firm, L. M. Hatch & Sons. The brothers, Orlando F. and Willard A. Hatch, continued the business under the old firm name for two years after their father's retirement, then re-organized as Hatch Brothers, as at present. They have in recent years withdrawn from gen- eral contracting and given their entire attention to their lumber yard and building supply business at their yards and offices on Bartlett street, New- buryport; the business is a prosperous one and handles a volume of business every year.
This branch of the Hatch family traces from one of the oldest New England families, the Ameri- can ancestor, William Hatch, a sturdy Pilgrim, who sailed from Sandwich, England, and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, as early as 1635. Through the generations succeeding hin the Hatch family has given to the Colony, to the New England States, and to the Nation, many men with dis- tinguished record in the arts of war and peace, Orlando F. Hatch being one who gave worthy service to the Nation in the great test of the "sixties."
Orlando F. Hatch, eldest of the four sons of Lot M. and Nancy M. (Hall) Hatch, was born in Nobleboro, Maine, October 26, 1845. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Newcastle, at Lin- coln Academy (Maine) and Bryant & Stratton Business College, Boston. After leaving school he learned the ship joiners trade under his skilled father, the family then residing in East Boston. In 1873 the father moved his business to New- buryport, where Orlando F. and Willard A. joined him as stated, and the firm of L. M. Hatch & Sons was formed, now Hatch Brothers.
In 1864 Orlando F. Hatch entered the United States Navy; enlisted on board the United States frigate "Sabine," at Portland, Maine; was trans- ferred to the receiving ship "Ohio," at Charles- town Navy Yard, and assigned to the United States ship "Mahaska," attached to the East Gulf Squad- ron, discharged in June, 1865. Mr. Hatch is a member of the A. W. Bartlett Post, No. 49, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massa- chusetts, which he served as commander during the years 1919-20-21. During his incumbency, largely through his efforts, the mortgage on Me- morial Hall, dedicated to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of Newburyport who served in the Civil War, was discharged. He was a mem- ber of the Atkinson Common Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association which secured to the city
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the statue of "The Volunteer" and Memorial Tab- lets bearing 1481 names of all soldiers and sailors of Newburyport who served from 1861 to 1865, which is located at Atkinson Common. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch for years have been loyal and hard working members of the Belleville Improvement Society, being charter members, and contributed in a material manner to the development of Atkin- son Common from a field into what is now one of the most beautiful parks in this section. Mr. Hatch still remains as a member of the Atkin- son Common commissioners, and tale an active interest in current events.
Mr. Hatch married Sarah B. Carlton, in East Boston, Massachusetts, February 8, 1872, Rev. George H. Vibbert, pastor of the Universalist church, officiating. Soon after their marriage, New- buryport became the family home and there Mr. Hatch has been in business continuously. Mrs. Hatch is a daughter of Oliver O. and Sarah B. (Osgood) Carlton, her father born in North An- dover, Massachusetts, died in 1865, her mother, of New Hampshire family, dying in 1881, both of whom were of old Colonial families. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando F. Hatch are the parents of three children: Willard A., Frank L., and Laura C.
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