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We go back close to the years of the founders of the town to find the
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pioneer doctor, Ezra Deane, grandson of Walter Deane, first settler. Dr. Ezra Deane was born in Taunton, October 14, 1680, his mother being the daughter of Deacon Samuel Edson, of Bridgewater. His children were re- markable for longevity, eleven of them living the aggregate sum of more than one thousand years. A daughter, Theodora, lived to be more than one hundred years of age; she was the mother of Dr. Job Godfrey. It is said of him that "he was justly entitled to the distinguished appellation of the disinterested physician-a father to the poor." He died aged seventy years. His son Job lived to be very old, and for more than sixty years was Proprietors' clerk. Jones Godfrey, another son, followed the profession of his father. He graduated at Brown University with the class of 1793, and died in 1831. Both lived at the east side of the Neck of Land bridge.
David Cobb, judge and lieutenant-governor, was also a physician. Hon. William Baylies followed the same profession. He graduated at Harvard University in 1760, and studied medicine with Dr. Tobey in New Bedford. His was a distinguished family. His wife, Bathsheba, was a daughter of Hon. Samuel White, the first lawyer of Taunton; their daugh- ter Elizabeth married Hon. Samuel Crocker, one of the first merchants of the town. Their son, Samuel White Baylies, studied law with Governor Sullivan. Another son, Hon. William Baylies, of West Bridgewater, was eminent as a lawyer. Another son, Hon. Francis Baylies, was one of the leading historians of the Old Colony. Micah Pratt, William Mckinstry and Samuel Caswell were among the practitioners of that day. Others of equal ability were Drs. Ephraim Otis, Elijah Macomber, Joseph Witherell, Philip Padelford, Amos Allen, Foster Swift and George Leonard. Dr. Ebenezer Dawes practised medicine in Taunton for fifty years; he was one of Taunton's most benevolent and kindhearted physicians.
Dr. Alfred Baylies, one of the most prominent physicians of his gener- ation, was born in Dighton, September 16, 1787, and commenced the prac- tice of medicine in Taunton in 1813. He was for years a trustee of Bristol Academy, and over thirty years secretary of King David Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.
Dr. William Gordon was a physician here nearly a decade; his son, William A., was also a practitioner here. Dr. Dan King was in practice here eleven years, 1848-1859. Dr. Henry B. Hubbard, medical examiner during the Civil War, was a graduate of Harvard Medical School, class of 1834; he died July 6, 1870. His son, Dr. Charles T. Hubbard, was also a practitioner here. Dr. Ira Sampson, Brown University, class of 1838, and Dr. John B. Chase, Jefferson College, class of 1838, were contemporaries. Dr. Joseph Murphy, born in Ireland in 1818, was a graduate of leading col- leges in Ireland. He was an active member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was four years an alderman, and was the first chairman of the Taunton Board of Health. He died September 15, 1890, aged seventy- two years. Three sons-Joseph, Francis and Charles-followed their father's profession; a daughter, Agnes, married Dr. John B. Gillon, of this city. James B. Dean, Edward G. McCormick, William Gage, Marcello Hutchin- son, the two latter connected with the State Hospital, and Alfred Wood and Nathaniel M. Ransom, were contemporary physicians of the latter part of the last century.
A group of leading physicians to the time of the founding of the Doc-
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tors' Club was : Drs. Charles A. Atwood, Elton J. Bassett; John P. Brown, superintendent of the State Hospital; Owen Copp, Chauncey Adams, Frank S. Hamlet, Asahel S. Deane, one of the oldest of the practitioners here at the present time; William Y. Fox, Edward F. Galligan, Michael G. Golden, Parke W. Hewins, Charles Howe, Frank A. Hubbard, Joseph B. Murphy, Nomus Paige, Martha Perry, Silas D. Presbrey, Walter S. Robinson, Wil- liam E. Carroll, Elliott Washburn, Thomas J. Robinson.
Of the homoeopathists there have been Drs. George Barrows, Charles Harris, Frederick D. Tripp, Caleb Swan, E. U. Jones, Joseph W. Hayward, B. L. Dwinell, Frank C. Walker. Eclectics: Paul W. Allen, John S. An- drews, Frederick W. Abbott, S. P. Hubbard. Dentists: Drs. Harris and Utley, John T. Codman, Daniel S. Dickerman, John Q. Dickerman, George F. Donham, John B. Gillon, O. S. Paige, Julius Thompson. Veterinaries : Drs. Walter H. Haskell, Charles P. Borden, Albert G. Walker, William H. Pero, J. P. Howland.
CHAPTER XV.
TAUNTON BANKS
The story of the banking institutions in Taunton has its beginnings as far back as the year 1812; and among some of the very old banks in New England are those of this city. Present-day bankers and financial men share with satisfaction a retrospect of moneyed institutions here that have had the backing of capable business men for more than a century; and the prospect, based upon conservative example, indicates a community progres- sive in mercantile, real estate, and all leading business concerns.
The old Taunton Bank was incorporated June 8, 1812, and the follow- ing names of the first board of directors constitute those of men who took the lead in their day : Simeon Tisdale, Samuel Fales, Joseph Tisdale, Samuel Crocker, Eliphalet Williams, Job Godfrey, Jr., Marcus Morton, John West, James L. Hodges, Nicholas Tillinghast, John Presbrey, Jonathan Ingell. Samuel Fales was elected president, and James L. Hodges cashier. Again in 1820 there are to be found additional names of directors, as follows : Thomas S. Baylies, Francis Baylies, Robert Dean, Silas Shepard, Galen Hicks, Jonathan Ingell (who was president that year). The same board was elected in 1820 and 1821, with the exception that Laban Wheaton, of Norton, took the place of Robert Dean. There is no trace of the records from 1822 to 1827, in which year John West died; and we find that Job Godfrey served until 1831; Marcus Morton until 1835; Francis Baylies until 1830; William Reed until 1831; Daniel Brewer until 1837; Nathaniel Wheeler to 1830; Benjamin Ingell to 1838; Samuel Crocker to 1837. Those who served as directors since that time were Abiathar Williams, William Baylies, D. G. W. Cobb, John M. Williams, Nathaniel Crandell, George A. Crocker, Abiezer Dean, Anselm Bassett, Thomas J. Coggeshall, James M. Williams, Charles Babbitt, Ellis Hall, Enos W. Dean, Samuel B. King, Stephen Rhodes, Charles Robinson, John Walker, Abraham Gushee, Ed- mund Baylies, Matthew Briggs, Simeon Williams, Lovett Morse, Elkanah Andrews, Andrew H. Hall, Charles R. Vickery, Charles F. Davenport,
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Allen Presbrey, Thompson Newbury, Nathaniel Newcomb, George M. Woodward, Charles L. Babbitt, Philip E. Hill, William R. Davenport, Henry G. Reed, Samuel C. West, John H. Brayton, Chester I. Reed, Henry W. Morse, William Mason, Harrison Tweed, Calvin Kingman, John C. Sanford, George A. Field, C. J. H. Bassett, Charles F. Johnson, Frederick L. Ames, Nathan H. Skinner, Marcus M. Rhodes, Henry M. Lovering, Frederick Mason, William L. Walker, George A. Washburn, William E. Fuller, William E. Hart, Nathan Newbury, George H. Rhodes, Walter C. Baylies, Henry G. Brownell, Frederick Ludlam, Arthur M. Alger, Joseph L. Anthony, Brenton G. Brownell, Albert H. Tetlow, Charles H. Blaine, Arthur C. Staples, Robert M. Leach, William R. Park, Jr.
The Taunton Bank was reorganized as a national bank in 1865. Charles J. H. Bassett, George A. Washburn, Henry M. Lovering and Al- bert H. Tetlow were its presidents. George W. Andros and Charles L. Godfrey were cashiers.
The Cohannet Bank was one of the short-lived banking institutions of the early part of the last century. It was incorporated in 1829 and began business in 1831, with these directors: John M. Williams, Daniel Wil- marth, Jr., William Reed, Henry Washburn, William A. F. Sproat, William Hodges, James W. Crossman, Benjamin Ingell, Frederick Crafts, John M. Williams. The latter was the first president, James W. Crossman second, and William A. F. Sproat third; and the cashiers were Hiram M. Barney and William A. F. Sproat. After the failures of 1837-1842 the bank closed.
The Bristol County National Bank, incorporated in 1832 with a capital of $100,000, was organized as a national bank in 1865. The presidents have been William A. Crocker, Nathan Stetson, Theodore Dean, Hezekiah W. Church, Seth L. Cushman; the cashiers, Golden Dearth, William Meun- scher, William Brewster, A. L. Place, Seth L. Cushman, Harry W. Town- send, Albert H. Tetlow. The list of members of the board of directors from the first included: Charles Richmond, Nathan Lazell, William A. Crocker, Peter H. Pierce, Samuel L. Crocker, Artemas Hale, Charles Bab- bitt, Jesse B. Smith, Sylvanus L. Mitchell, Philander Washburn, Barney Dean, Horatio Pratt, Jesse Hartshorn, Nahum Stetson, Benjamin B. Howard, Oakes Ames, Francis Williams, Willard Lovering, Robert S. Dean, Charles Porter, Henry Washburn, Horatio L. Danforth, James W. Crossman, Samuel B. King, W. W. Pool, H. W. Church, Elisha T. Wilson, Theodore Dean, Edwin Keith, Cromwell Leonard, Salmon Washburn, Charles Foster, Oliver Ames, Sr., Oliver Ames, Jr., Albert Field, Laban M. Wheaton, James H. Anthony, Sylvanus N. Staples, William Lathan, N. Bradford Dean, Josiah L. Bassett, William O. Snow, Joseph E. Wilbar, Henry W. Morse, Seth L. Cushman, Philander Williams, Thomas L. Church, Charles D. Stickney; also John H. Eldridge, 1895-1911; Frederick S. Hall, 1900-11; Herbert M. Staples, 1893-1914; William E. Walker, 1894- 1913; Charles H. Blaine, 1904-16; Charles F. Foster, 1912-1916; Robert M. Leach, 1913-1916; William R. Park, Jr., 1912-16; Abbott F. Lawrence, 1896- 1916; Arthur C. Staples, 1904-16; Albert H. Tetlow, 1911-1916; Enos D. Williams, 1897-1916.
Albert H. Tetlow was elected cashier in 1902, continuing in that office until 1916. Seth L. Cushman became associated with the bank as teller in 1869; was elected cashier in 1881, and president in 1887, continuing as such
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until 1916. In that year the bank, by vote of the stockholders, went into voluntary liquidation, and Mr. Cushman was elected as the agent to close its affairs. The tellers during the terms from 1890 to 1916 have been Charles F. Foster, Frederick S. Dunbar and Harold W. Eldridge.
In 1892 the building that had been the home of the bank from its organization, in 1832, was remodelled and enlarged into the structure now owned and occupied by the Bristol County Trust Company.
The Bristol County Trust Company was organized and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, receiving its char- ter February 16, 1917, and commencing business March 19, that year. The officers have been as follows: President, Albert H. Tetlow, died July 24, 1922; vice-president, William E. Dunbar; clerk of the corporation, William E. Dunbar; board of directors: Joseph L. Anthony, Charles H. Blaine, Brenton G. Brownell, William E. Dunbar, Robert M. Leach (resigned September 6, 1921), Frederick Ludlam, Nathan Newbury, William R. Park, Jr., Arthur C. Staples, Albert H. Tetlow (deceased), Frank L. Tinkham; treasurer, Charles L. Godfrey (died September 21, 1921); assistant treas- urer, Allston Estes Williams; treasurer, Allston Estes Williams, from and after September 21, 1921; assistant treasurers: Harold W. Eldridge, June 13, 1920-August 13, 1921; Henry S. Hastings from September 15, 1921. Director from October 29, 1921, Albert R. White; from August 8, 1922, Allston Estes Williams; president, from and after January 9, 1923, Nathan Newbury.
The Machinists' Bank was organized in 1847, with a capital of $50,000; and on March 4, 1865, it was reorganized as Machinists' National Bank. The officers in their succession are as follows: Presidents, William Mason, 1847-57; Marcus Morton, 1857-64; Charles R. Vickery, 1864-83; Edward King,' 1883-89; William C. Davenport, 1889 -. Cashiers: Edward R. Anthony, 1847-49; Charles R. Vickery, 1849-64; Church Vickery, 1864-76; Edward King, 1878-83; William C. Davenport, 1883-99; John H. Dalglish, 1899-1917; William O. Kingman, 1917 -. The board of directors: H. W. Church, Jesse Hartshorn, George B. Hood, C. T. James, Cyrus Lothrop, 2nd, Willard Lovering, Nathaniel Morton, Horatio Gilbert, William Mason, Marcus Morton, Simeon Presbrey, Horatio Pratt, Isaac Pierce, Samuel C. West, Albert Barrows, Artemas Briggs, A. J. Barker, Edmund H. Bennett, Horace Lewis, Nathan Rand, Thomas R. Drake, George B. Atwood, James P. Ellis, Charles R. Vickery, Charles L. Lovering, Samuel Colby, B. C. Vickery, Samuel L. Crocker, Albert Alden, Nathan Wilmarth, Lemuel L. White, Zaccheus Sherman, Edward King, William H. Bent, Edward B. Maltby, Thomas J. Lothrop, Abel W. Parker, William C. Davenport, A. Gilbert Williams, Henry F. Bassett, George W. Colby, Henry J. Fuller, Joseph K. Milliken, Walter T. Soper, Marcus A. Rhodes.
The Bristol County Savings Bank was organized by an act of incor- poration, March 2, 7846, and for the past seventy-seven years has cared for savings of the people of this community, the average per cent. of dividends for the past fifteen years having been 4.21. The amount due depositors in 1850 was $150,000; in 1923, $8,525,000. The total number of depositors January 10, 1923, was 13,951, and the assets at that time amounted to $9,476,022.41.
The officers have been as follows: Presidents: Silas Shepard, 1846-65;
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Joseph Wilbar, 1865-82; Joseph E. Wilbar, 1882-1904; Ezra Davol, 1904- 11; William H. Fox, 1911-13; George E. Wilbur, 1913 -. Treasurers: George B. Atwood, 1846-72; Charles H. Atwood, 1872-81; Alfred C. Place, 1881-1918; Alfred B. Sproat, 1918 -. First clerks: Charles H. Atwood, served nine years previous to 1866, was elected to serve, 1866-72; George B. Atwood, assistant treasurer, 1872-73; Arthur B. Atwood, 1873-82; Fred L. Presbrey, 1882-84; Alfred B. Sproat, 1884-1900; C. E. Walker, 1912-18; assistant treasurers: Alfred B. Sproat, 1911-18; Chester E. Walker, 1918. Second clerks: Arthur B. Atwood, 1868-73; Fred L. Presbrey, 1873-82; Alfred B. Sproat, 1882-84; Chester E. Walker, 1884. Third clerk: Harry K. Poole, 1905-1912. Second clerk: Harry K. Poole, 1912 -. Vice-presi- dents : Charles R. Vickery, 1877-84; William H. Fox, 1884; L. D. Presbrey, May, 1911; Walter D. Soper, 1911; Edwin A. Thomas. Assistant clerks : Mary M. Lincoln (Nixon), March, 1913; Allen M. Walker, July, 1918.
The clerk of the corporation is Randall Dean; the trustees: Joseph L. Anthony, Merle T. Barker, Charles W. Davol, Randall Dean, Charles F. Foster, Frank A. Hubbard, William R. Mitchell, Thomas J. Morton, William R. Park, Jr., Clinton V. Sanders, Walter T. Soper, Edwin A. Thomas, Harry P. Thomas, Ernest K. Vanderwarker. Board of invest- ment : Merle T. Barker, Charles W. Davol, Thomas J. Morton, Walter T. Soper, Edwin R. Thomas. Auditing committee : Charles F. Foster, Clinton V. Sanders, Walter T. Soper.
The Taunton Savings Bank was organized in 1869, with the fol- lowing-named board of officers: William Lovering, Lovett Morse, Henry G. Reed, C. J. H. Bassett, A. King Williams, Ezra Davol, Robert S. Dean, Francis B. Dean, Henry C. Perry, Nathan S. Hoard, Edward Mott, S. W. Eddy, Parley I. Perrin. The first president was Willard Lovering; vice- president, Charles L. Lovering; treasurer, Henry R. Wood. The trustees since that time: George W. Andros, LeBaron B. Church, Henry S. Culver, Saul W. Eddy, William E. Fuller, Frank L. Fish, John W. Hart, Elisha T. Jackson, Charles L. Lovering, Job M. Leonard, Edward Mott, O. S. Paige, Nomus Paige, Abel W. Parker, Joseph Philbrick, Edgar H. Reed, Henry G. Reed, John E. Sanford, Nathan H. Skinner, Sylvanus N. Staples, Daniel A. Trefethen, Joseph S. Tidd, George A. Washburn, Nathan S. Williams, George W. Woodward, Henry F. Bassett, Henry W. Tisdale, Frank R. Washburn, William L. White, Enos D. Williams, Daniel Carey, Henry M. Lovering, Edward H. Temple, Henry W. Colby, William Reed, Jr., Edwin A. Tetlow, Nathan Newbury, Henry G. Brownell, Arthur M. Alger, Fred- erick Ludlam, Frank L. Tinkham, Mark Anthony, Ralph Anthony, Fred- erick E. Austin, Albert Fuller, Robert M. Leach, Joseph K. Milliken, Marcus A. Rhodes, James H. Ball, William H. Reed, Chester S. Hart, Ed- ward Blake, A. Cleveland Bent, Walter A. Merrill, William E. Pratt, Arthur C. Staples, Franklin D. Williams.
At the annual meeting, held January 6, 1890, the trustees reported deposits of $1,393,508.26, and total assets of $1,479,178.39. John E. Sanford was elected president; Charles L. Lovering, vice-president; Henry R. Wood, clerk of the corporation. The presidents in succession since then : Henry F. Bassett, January, 1908; vice-presidents: Arthur M. Alger, Jan- uary, 1912; Nathan Newbury, 1920. Clerks: Reuben W. Chase, January, 1911; William E. Hart, January, 1917; Clayton L. Reynolds, January, 1923.
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Treasurer : Reuben W. Chase, January, 1917. The total assets of the bank in February, 1923, amounted to $6,726,941.71.
The Mechanics Co-operative Savings Fund and Loan Association of Taunton was the fifth to be organized in the State, receiving its charter September 14, 1877. By an act of Legislature passed in 1883, the names of such organizations were changed to co-operative banks. At the first election, the officers chosen were: President, Elijah Tolman; vice-president, Nathan Lawrence; secretary, John O'Neil; treasurer, Frank L. Fish. Di- rectors : Cyrus Savage, Matthew Kennedy, Lyman A. Blake, Benjamin F. Pizer, Abraham Coleman, William C. Beattie, William H. Foulds, William W. Swan, George L. MacAusland, John Hewitson, George L. Johnson, George E. Chace, William Gornall, Thomas Leach, Samuel Biggin. Dur- ing the past forty-five years there have been ninety-two different directors, the following-named having been elected for twenty-five years and over: Cyrus Savage, 32 years; J. J. Green, 32 years; William A. Manchester, 32 years; William W. Swan, 30 years; John C. MacDonald, 27 years; Herbert O. Woolley, 26 years; Frank R. Knox, 25 years.
For the first ten years, shares were issued but once a year, in January ; but in July, 1887, the first mid-year series was opened, and this plan was continued until 1916, since which time the new series has been issued every three months. The fortieth annual report of the bank showed an increase in capital of $170,223.60, and 195 more members, with a gain in shares of 1813.
The list of officers from 1877: Presidents: Elijah Tolman, 1877-90; Edwin H. Knowles, 1890-95; William H. Lewis, 1895-1910; Herbert O. Woolley, 1910-13. Vice-presidents: Nathan Lawrence, 1877-84; Edwin H. Knowles, 1884-90; William H. Lewis, 1890-95; John C. MacDonald, 1895- 1906; John Irvine, 1906-09; Herbert O. Woolley, 1909-10; John S. Williams, 1910-14; Henry H. Culver, 1914-23. Secretaries: John O'Neil, 1877-81; Edward S. Hersey, 1881-1913; Clerks: Arthur R. Knox, 1913-14; John S. Williams, 1914-23. Treasurers: Frank L. Fish, 1877-80; George E. Cham- bers, 1880-81; Charles L. Lovering, 1881-90; William M. Lovering, 1890-94; Edwin H. Knowles, 1894-1900; Edwin S. Hersey, 1900-13; Arthur R. Knox, 1913-23.
The Taunton Co-operative Bank was opened for business March 7, 1880, the original petitioners to whom the charter was issued having been Henry M. Lovering, Charles Foster, William Reed, Jr., J. Y. Anthony, Ezra Davol, Edward Mott, L. A. Rounds, Daniel Carey, Henry A. Dickerman, E. R. Sprague, Leander Soule, Samuel L. Crocker, Timothy Gordon, R. Henry Hall, Erastus Maltby, William H. Fox, William H. Bent, William C. Lovering, Arthur M. Alger, Joseph B. Hanson, P. W. Hewins, Edmund H. Bennett, George A. Congdon, W. S. Jones, A. C. Rhodes. The bank's first president was Henry M. Lovering, and the original security committee were Benjamin Roebuck, Albert Davol, and Daniel Carey. Its secretary was Charles L. Godfrey; the treasurer in the first years of the loan fund's existence was Charles Foster. In the four decades of the bank's history four men have held the office of president; Mr. Lovering was succeeded by Henry W. Colby, he by John Barker and Mr. Barker by Daniel Carey, who now holds that office. The office of secretary and treasurer is now combined, and is held by Albert C. Francis; previous secretaries had been
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Charles L. Godfrey, Herbert O. Morse and John J. Barker, while past treasurers were Charles Foster and George E. Dean. Men who have served in the post of attorney for the bank have been Judge A. E. Alger, Judge Lloyd E. White, William J. Davison, Carlton L. Sanford and Everett S. White. On March 1, 1921, a meeting of co-operative bank directors was held in Taunton, with bank officers present from this city, Fall River, Norton, Attleboro, Mansfield, Dighton and Middleboro, who decided to form a permanent organization, with Arthur R. Knox, of Taunton, as presi- dent, and Chester A. Reid, of Taunton, as permanent secretary.
Weir Co-operative Bank was chartered July 11, 1884, and commenced business July 16, 1884. The presidents and date of election: Sylvanus N. Staples, June 19, 1884; William F. Bodfish, June 16, 1893; G. Arthur Lin- coln, June 16, 1899; Herbert M. Staples, June 16, 1903; Edward C. Paull, June 16, 1904; Oscar G. Thomas, June 16, 1907; John G. Williams, June 16, 1908; Albert H. Tetlow, June 16, 1914; Arthur C. Staples, June 16, 1916.
Secretaries : William E. Dunbar, June 12, 1884; George W. Barrows, July 15, 1885; John H. Dalglish, July 28, 1886; Albert H. Tetlow, June 17, 1899; Reuben W. Chase, June 16, 1910; Chester A. Reid, February 17, 1917.
Treasurers : Lewis Williams, June 12, 1884; T. Preston Burt, June 16, 1890; Reuben W. Chase, June 16, 1913; Chester A. Reid, February 17, 1917. The office of clerk or secretary and treasurer was combined June 16, 1913. The amount of capital in 1922 was $741,541.91; the number of share- holders, 1130.
The East Taunton Co-operative Bank was organized September 28, 1909, and received its charter November 12, 1909, commencing business November 15 that year, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000, the bank being at the office of the Corr Manufacturing Company, East Taunton. The first president was Luther Dean; vice-president, Arthur E. Robbins, and the treasurer, Arthur H. Chase. The first board of directors consisted of the following-named: President Luther Dean and Vice-President Arthur E. Robbins; Chester S. Hart, E. M. S. Chandler, Harrison K. Dean, Fred- erick Ludlam, Peter H. Corr, Charles W. Sanders, Chester R. Barstow, Benjamin S. Bosworth, William Harrop, Joseph D. Murphy, Frank Padel- ford, Henry H. Robinson, Matthew J. Mitchell, George L. Walker, George M. Lincoln.
The incorporators were the following-named: D. Gardiner O'Keefe, Luther Dean, Frank M. Hoard, Arthur C. Staples, William E. Dunbar, Chester D. Hart, Harrison K. Dean, Joseph H. Murphy, William Harrop, Lincoln Robbins, Millard E. King, Enos D. Williams, Matthew J. Mitchell, Charles D. Peirce, Arthur E. Robbins, Albert H. Chace, Robert J. Belcher, Salmon E. Braley, Frank Padelford, William E. Hart, Frederick Ludlam, E. M. S. Chandler, Josiah H. Crocker, Thomas F. Cavanaugh, Edward J. O'Brien, James P. Dunn, H. L. Baston, George M. Lincoln, Henry H. Roberts, P. F. Farrell, Peter H. Corr, George E. Evans, Wallace L. San- ders, John J. O'Connor, David O'Connor, Benjamin S. Bosworth, Chester R. Barstow, George L. Walker, Franklin D. Williams, George F. Seibel, Frederick S. Dunbar, Charles W. Sanders, Alfred B. Williams, J. Howard O'Keefe.
The present officers are: President, Arthur E. Robbins; vice-president, E. M. S. Chandler; treasurer, Albert H. Chace; directors: Arthur E. Rob-
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bins, John C. Hart, E. M. S. Chandler, Harrison K. Dean, Chester R. Bar- stow, Albert H. Chace, Charles D. Peirce, C. Edson Wood, George R. Williams, Charles E. O'Gara, Enos W. Hart, Luther Dean, Peter H. Corr, James P. Whitters, James T. Sherry. Security Committee: E. M. S. Chan- dler, Harrison K. Dean, Chester R. Barstow. Finance committee: Charles D. Peirce, George R. Williams, Charles E. O'Gara. Attorneys: O'Keefe and O'Keefe.
The assets of this bank at the present time amount to $199,099.37, and to date the number of shares disposed of have been 3098.
The Old Colony Co-operative Bank was organized February 7, 1918, and began business March 11, that year. The shares are issued quarterly, and an individual can hold from one share to forty shares. Interest is compounded quarterly, with recent dividends at the rate of 514 per cent. The original board of directors consisted of William J. Dana, James B. Galligan, John C. Santos, James P. Corr, Dr. Michael C. Golden, James P. Lamont, Noah -Lemaire, Charles J. Nichols, John O'Hearne, Henry J. Hebert, James J. Donovan, Louis J. Antine, Manuel C. Silvia, Howard M. Poole, Joe Lockwood, Matthew A. Higgins, Gaetano Orsi, Francois Beau- lieu, Louis Swig. The present board consists of: Louis Swig, Dr. Pierre G. Blais, James P. Galligan, Luther J. Anthony, John O'Hearne, Manuel F. Silvia, Louis J. Antine, Howard M. Poole, Matthew J. Higgins, James M. Westgate, James P. Corr, William J. Dana, Dr. Michael C. Golden, Noah Lemaire, Henry J. Hebert, Manuel G. Silvia, Joe Lockwood, Gaetano Orsi, Henry J. McNelly. James H. Carney is secretary and treasurer.
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