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threat. On the morning of June 2, 1912, as he hastened to catch a car for Fall River, he fell at the steps of the car. It was thought to be a faint, and he was rushed back to his home in an auto- mobile, the best medical talent in reach being called, but he had died almost instantly, at eight-thirty o'clock. His rugged physique and outdoor habits left the public utterly unprepared for such an event, and the mourning was universal, both in Fall River and Somerset. His wide affiliations and great promi- nence made the news a shock to all throughout this section of the State, and coupled with deep expres- sions of regret were the most sincere words of appreciation of the man and his achievements. His loss was felt to be of significance to the county and the State, for his consistent support of every for- ward movement, every good effort, whether of local, sectional, national or world-wide import, was the practical expression of a progressive spirit, the out- pouring of a great heart.
Alfred H. Hood married, on April 14, 1885, Carrie W. Ridlon, daughter of Almond S. and Carrie C. (Gardiner) Ridlon, of Somerset. Of their four chil- dren three survive: Preston Hart, of further men- tion; Mildred Davis; and Harold Gardiner.
Preston Hart Hood was born at Somerset, Massa- chusetts, August 9, 1889. His education was begun in the public schools of Fall River, the family hav- ing removed to this city in his boyhood. He is a graduate of the B. M. C. Durfee High School, class of 1908, and his course in the liberal arts was covered at Brown University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1912, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His choice of a profession was undoubtedly more or less influenced by his father's example, and entering Harvard University School of Law, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1915, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the ranks of this profession, however, Preston Hart Hood has taken his own place, although his father's successor as a member of the widely promi- nent firm of Lincoln & Hood. Immediately follow- ing his graduation from law school, he entered the offices of this concern as a junior partner, and al- though the influence of his father in the professional world was still an active force, the younger man brought to the responsibilities of his career a definite personality, a keen mentality and a high purpose which have carried him to an enviable position in the profession. The recent death of Arba N. Lin- coln, for so many years the honored head of the firm, has left Preston H. Hood the senior member of the firm of Hood & Lincoln. Mr. Hood is affili- ated with various branches of advance, in which, as well as in the practice of his profession, he is giving to the general progress the highest endeavors of a progressive and forward-looking spirit. He is a director of the Fall River Co-operative Bank, clerk and director of the Universal Shuttle Spring Com- pany, treasurer of the Grove Theatre Company, and succeeded his father as president of the Somerset Stove Foundry until its sale and new organization in 1920. In political affairs he supports the Republi- can party, although he has never thus far accepted
public responsibilities. Fraternally he is affiliated with Pioneer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Somerset; of Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite; and of Aleppo Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston; also of Azab Grotto, of Fall River.
Preston H. Hood married, in 1916, Ruth I. Wil- liams, of Providence, Rhode Island, a lineal de- scendant of Roger Williams, and they have three children: Preston Hart, Jr .; Phyllis Elizabeth; and Roger Williams.
RICHARD E. WARNER-One of the foremost names in the industrial world of Bristol county, Massachusetts, is that of Richard E. Warner, manu- facturer and public servant, and prominent in his fraternal and club affiliations. A thoroughly repre- sentative man of the day, progressive, forward-look- ing and alert to every phase of civic and social interest, Mr. Warner's influence is always cast on the side of worthy effort and community advance. A native of this county and a resident of the city of Taunton for many years, Mr. Warner is a son of Joseph Buttrick Warner, who was born in Chelsea, Vermont, and died in 1888. He was a miller and farmer by occupation, a man of the highest integrity, greatly honored and esteemed in the community.
Richard E. Warner was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, October 6, 1861. His education was begun at the public schools of Dighton, and later attending Bristol Academy, he eventually com- pleted his preparation for his career with a practical course at the Holmes Commercial School of Fall River. Mr. Warner's first experience in the business world was gained in the employ of the Dighton Stove Lining Company, with which concern he was active as a salesman. He was next identified with the Somerset Pottery Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, where he was engaged for about two. years. Forty years ago, in 1883, he returned to his native State and county to become associated with White & Walker, the present concern. This enter- prise was established in the year 1882 for the pur- pose of manufacturing stoves, ranges, and heaters. With the reception into the firm of Mr. Warner, the name became White, Walker & Company, con- tinuing thus for about three years, when the pres- ent title of the White-Warner Company was as- sumed. The interest was incorporated in the year 1897, with the following officers: Charles P. White, president; Richard E. Warner, treasurer; and Henry E. Wilber, secretary. During the subsequent period of twenty-six years, these progressive men have gone forward together, expanding and developing the business until now their product is distributed in all parts of the United States and over an ex- tensive foreign territory. The plant covers five acres of ground, largely improved with modern and substantial buildings, especially designed for their purposes, and they employ about three hundred hands. Mr. Warner is identified with many other industrial and commercial organizations in Bristol county, including the Standard Stove Lining Com- pany, a nationally prominent concern, of which he
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is president, located in Taunton; the Household Furnishing Company, of New Bedford, Massachu- setts; and various other concerns. He is also a director of the Morris Plan Bank, of Taunton.
In the public life of the community Mr. Warner has long borne a constructive and useful part. He was elected alderman from the First Ward for sev- eral terms; later, for two years, he served as a member of the State Board of Arbitration and Con- ciliation; also served as license commissioner during his second term as alderman; in 1901 he was elected mayor of Taunton, and served in this, the highest local office in the gift of the people, for three con- secutive years; and for the past twelve years has served as county commissioner, an office which he now holds. His work in every branch of public advance has been largely progressive and calculated to advance not only the honor and dignity of the civic body, but the actual daily welfare and security of the people. In fraternal circles Mr. Warner holds membership in King David Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Sutton Commandery, Knights Templar, of New Bedford; and Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Providence. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held various chairs, and of the Improved Order of Red Men. His clubs are: The Winthrop, Bristol, and Segregansett Coun- try.
Richard E. Warner married (first) Ida E. Briggs, of Dighton, Massachusetts, who died in 1889, leav- ing three children: Joseph E .; Ella E., wife of E. H. Brownell; and Grace M., wife of John M. Paull. Mr. Warner married (second) Mrs. Nettie M. Pierce, who died in 1919; and (third) Annie E. Crane, of Taunton.
ALBERT A. HARRISON-At the head of a great enterprise in one of the most practical and indeed vital fields of commercial activity, Albert A. Harrison is a noteworthy figure in the business life of Fall River, Massachusetts. He now stands at the head of the Borden & Remington Company, wholesale and retail dealers in chemicals, dye-stuffs, etc., as president. Albert H. Harrison, father of Albert A. Harrison, was active as a stone mason throughout his lifetime, and was a man of broad public spirit and high character. Albert H. Harri- son's mother, Eliza (Dennis) Harrison, was de- scended from Robert Dennis, who bought land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1656. Robert Dennis, who married Sarah Howland, daughter of Henry Howland, of Duxbury, one of the twenty-six original purchasers of Freetown, gave the land for the Quaker Hill Meeting House in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and he and his wife are buried there. Rob- ert (2) Dennis, son of Robert (1) and Sarah (How- land) Dennis, married Susannah Briggs, whose ma- ternal grandmother was Mary Borden, daughter of Richard Borden, first of the Borden line in this country and the possessor of great estates in Head- corne, Kent County, England. Two of his ancestors who took part in the Revolutionary War were
Thomas Terry and Amos Snell. Amos Snell, an- other ancestor, who was born in 1709, and removed from Bridgewater to Freetown, married Sarah Freelove in the latter place. She was descended from Morris Freelove, who married Elizabeth Wilbur, daughter of Samuel Wilbur, and grand- daughter of Samuel Wilbur. Samuel Wilbur mar- ried Hannah Porter, born in 1665, the daughter of John and Margaret (Odding) Porter, who re- moved from Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Ports- mouth, Rhode Island. Margaret (Odding) Porter was the widow of George Odding and the mother of Sarah Odding, who married Philip Sherman, of Dedham, England. Thus Margaret (Odding) Porter's daughter, Hannah Porter, is the ancestor of Albert H. Harrison, while her daughter, Sarah Odding, through marriage with Philip Sherman, is the ancestor of Albert H. Harri- son's wife, Sarah Borden (Sherman) Harrison, of Westport, Massachusetts. The Sherman line is traced back to the thirteenth century, through Mrs. Harrison's father, Kempton Sherman, Philip Sher- man's father, Albert Sherman.
Albert A. Harrison was born at Fall River, Mas- sachusetts, November 22, 1873. His education was begun in the Davis' Grammar School, of Fall River, and as early as his fourteenth year he became a wage earner, his first position being that of office boy in the firm of Brayley & Swift, attorneys-at- law, Henry K. Brayley of this firm now being a judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. While active in this office, Mr. Harrison studied bookkeeping at Holmes Commercial College, Fall River, his employers excusing him from duty during certain hours when he was given his lessons for the day, which he studied at home and during idle mo- ments at the office. Later, Mr. Harrison entered the employ of Borden & Remington, as assistant bookkeeper; this was in the year 1888 and it was not long before he was advanced to bookkeeper. Rising steadily he became commercial salesman, then man- ager of a department, and in the year 1920 became general manager of the business. This was the only one step short of the head, and in the year 1921 he took that step, becoming the controlling stock- holder of the concern. This company, which was formerly a partnership, was incorporated in the year 1904 as the Borden & Remington Company. This important business had its inception in the year 1837, when Hale Remington & Company bought out Dr. Nathan Durfee's stock of "Drugs, Medicines and Choice Family Groceries," to quote from an article drawn up at that time. The firm of Hale Remington & Company began business in Borland's block and from this corner drug and grocery store has developed the concern which must be acknow- ledged the largest in its field in this city. The com- pany now carries among its many lines such prod- ucts as building materials, heavy chemicals, dye- stuffs, starches, lubricating oils, mill supplies and a wide range of allied products.
As president of this concern, which under his hand as general manager gained its latter extensive growth, Mr. Harrison holds a foremost position in
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the business life of Bristol county and indeed of Southeastern Massachusetts. He is one of the lead- ers in all that pertains to business advance, and is affiliated with the world of finance as a director of the Fall River National Bank. He is also con- nected with the industrial activities of this city, as president of the Crystal Spring Bleaching & Dyeing Company and a director of the Fall River Electric Light Company. He is a member of the National Republican Club, of New York, and deeply inter- ested in all that pertains to political advance, al- though he has never had leisure to accept the honors of public office. Fraternally Mr. Harrison is affili- ated with King Philip Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Fall River Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, No. 25, Knights Templar; the Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite; and also of Aleppo Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of directors of the Que- quechan Club, secretary of the Fall River Country Club, and also chairman of the Greens committee of this club, a member of the Wamsutta Club of New Bedford, the Rhode Island Country Club and the Acoaxet Club." He is a member of the Unitar- ian church, which he serves as moderator.
Mr. Harrison married, June 20, 1909, Cora B. Vestal, of Fall River, daughter of Tilghman R. Vestal, of North Carolina, a member of the Friends' faith, whose remarkable early life is described in Cartland's "Southern Heroes," and of Sarah (Lu- ther) Vestal, a lineal descendant of Captain John Luther, one of the purchasers of Taunton in 1639. Mrs .Harrison's forbears include Henry Brightman, freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1670, who bought land from the Indians from Taunton river to North pond and from Turner street north ninety poles-or as far as Assonet. The early Brightmans operated a ferry at Brightman street begun by Cancorbitant, the Indian Chief. Hathaway, Cory and Brightman continued to own and operate the ferry with the Slades. They sold out to the Slades just before Slade's Ferry Bridge was built. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have three children : Kempton; Richmond; Virginia. The family home is at No. 795 Rock street.
FRANK LUSCOMBE TINKHAM has for forty years been a member of the Massachusetts bar. He is a son of Abel B. Tinkham, who was born in Middleboro, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, and was a mechanic by occupation. A man of high ideals and of the loftiest integrity, he bore a useful part in the progress of the city of Taunton, of which he was for many years a resident, and died in 1893. The mother, Mary E. (Luscombe) Tinkham, was born in Taunton, and survived her husband for many years, passing away in 1912.
Frank Luscombe Tinkham was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, May 18, 1856. His early education was received in the local public schools, and he is a graduate of the Taunton High School, class of 1875. Entering Brown University, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1880, with the
degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, then took up his professional studies at the Boston University School of Law. Admitted to the bar of his native State in 1883, Mr. Tinkham has continued the practice of law in his native city of Taunton without interrup- tion since. He is interested in various industrial and financial enterprises, and is a director of the Attle- boro Gas Company, the Bristol County Trust Com- pany, the Taunton Gas Company, and a trustee of the Taunton Savings Bank. He has never taken a leading part in public affairs, but has served on the school committee for about fifteen years. He is further a member of the Old Colony Historical- Society, of which he is president, and was a mem- ber of the Young Men's Christian Association, of which he was treasurer and a director. His re- ligious affiliation is with the Winthrop Street Bap- tist Church, and he was superintendent of the Sunday School of that church for over thirty years.
Mr. Tinkham married, in 1895, Addie Bradford Hodges, of Taunton, Massachusetts. They are the parents of three children: Ruth F., R. Earl, and A. Stuart.
FRED L. HERVEY-The Hervey family, of which Fred L. Hervey, of Fall River, Massachu- setts, is a representative in the twelfth recorded generation, trace definitely to Humphrey Hervey, who died January 4, 1526, his ancestor believed to have been Herveus de Bourges or Hervey of Bour- ges, who came to England with the Conqueror and was granted a great barony in County Suffolk. Her- veus de Bourges was a grandson of Geoffrey, third Viscount of Bourges, an ancient city of France, who in 1012 rebuilt the Abbey of St. Ambrose at Bourges. The surname Hervey is a changed form of Herveus, as is Harvey.
(I) Humphrey Harvey, as he wrote the name, lived at Brockley, Somersetshire, England, owning there, besides other estates, one-third of the Manor of Brockley.
(II) Turner Hervey, son of Humphrey Harvey, was born in 1465, and was a noted archer, re- puted to be the mightiest in England; "at his death there was no man in the country who could spring his bow." After a battle in which Turner Hervey had distinguished himself by his valor, his King, Henry VIII, bestowed an escutcheon, and as late as 1640 no change had been made in the coat-of-arms, which is as follows:
Arms-Sable on a chevron between three long bows argent as many pheons of the field.
Crest-A leopard or, languid gules, holding in a paw three arrows proper.
Motto-Faites de que l'honneur exige.
(III) William Hervey, son of Turner Hervey, was an official of the King, and was deputized on June 7, 1557, to go to France to declare war.
(IV) William (2) Hervey, son of William (1) Hervey, was born in Somersetshire, England, about 1560, and lived in Burghwalter in that shire.
(V) Thomas Hervey, son of William (2) Hervey, was born in Somersetshire, England, about 1585, and died there in 1647. He had sons, William and
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Thomas, both of whom came to New England and settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, both founding families.
(VI) William (3) Hervey, son of Thomas Her- vey, was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1614, came with his brother, Thomas, to New England in 1636, and there died in 1691. After a year they settled in Dorchester and later were among the founders of Cohannet, as Taunton was first called. He was a man of importance, held many offices of the town and was a member of its first Board of Selectmen.
(VII) Thomas (2) Harvey (as he wrote the name), son of William (3) Hervey, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 18, 1641, died at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1728, having been a resident of that town from his fifth year. He too was a man of importance, held several offices and was a member of the first "train band" in the town. He married Elizabeth Willis, daughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Willis.
(VIII) William (4)' Harvey, son of Thomas (2) Harvey, was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 2, 1681. He was a member of the first 'train band" in 1700, and of the first company of "Foot" in 1710. He was a soldier in Queen Anne's War in 1704 and 1706, and was a farmer by occupation at what is now Berkley. He married Hope Briggs, daughter of Jonathan Briggs, of Taunton.
(IX) Jonathan Harvey, son of William (4) Har- vey, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1712, and died in 1797, his grave in the burial ground at Crooked Horn Plan, nine miles from Taunton. He was a proprietor of Taunton in 1739, and in 1776 signed the "Association Test," an act of loyalty that renders his descendants eligible to the patri- otic societies. In 1790 he moved to Easton to be with his son Elisha. He married Freelove Hicks, daughter of James Hicks.
(X) James Harvey, son of Jonathan Harvey, was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1760, and died in the State of North Carolina in 1820. He signed the "Association Test" in 1776 and was loyal to the Colonial cause. He married Bethana Hoskins, daughter of Abiel Hoskins, son of William Hoskins, son of the pioneers, William and Ann (Hinde) Hoskins, of Plymouth.
(XI) John Calvin Hervey (as he spelled his name), son of James and Bethana (Hoskins) Har- vey, did not accompany his father South nor did the family, they living at Fall River, Massachusetts, and in New Bedford. He was a farmer by occu- pation. He married Annie L. Lewis, of Cape Cod family and birth.
(XII) Fred L. Hervey, son of John Calvin and Annie L. (Lewis) Hervey, was born in New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, June 9, 1855. He attended the public schools of New Bedford and Acushnet until fourteen years of age, then began earning his own living by service in the lumber camps and mills. A year later he became a carpenter's apprentice, and after completing his years of service attended Holmes' Commercial College in Fall River, and for two years he was quartermaster on a boat of
the Fall River line. His first factory position was with the Union Belt Company, there continuing until he had risen to the superintendency of that company's plant. For about twenty-five years he continued with the Union Belt Company, then resigned to accept the position of general superin- tendent of the plants of Fairweather and La Due, belting manufacturers of New York City, with numerous factories throughout the United States, all of which were under the supervision of Mr. Hervey. For five years he remained in that responsible posi- tion, becoming widely known as an authority in belt manufacture and plant management. In 1905 he resigned and established his present business, F. L. Hervey & Company, oak tanned leather belt- ing and roller covering, strapping and loop pickers, manufacturers of Fall River, Massachusetts. He located his original factory plant on Blossom ave- nue, a location he occupied until 1911, then built his present plant at No. 373 New Boston road. In 1919 he established a branch plant in New Bedford which he operates along the same general lines. The company of which Mr. Hervey is the sole owner manufactures a special water proof belt, also makes a specialty of extracting oil from belting, and are dealers in lace leather, round belting and second hand belts.
In addition to his prosperous manufacturing business, Mr. Hervey is proprietor of the "Ideal Wet Wash," one of the leading laundries of Fall River. He is a director of the Fall River Trust Company, Fall River Chamber of Commerce, the Machinery Club of New York City, King Philip Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Rotary, Fall River Country, Quequechan, Mattapoisett Country, Brookfield Country and the Rhode Island Country clubs. In politics he is a Republican.
Fred L. Hervey married, in December, 1878, Mary Lydia Allen, of Fall River, daughter of Lean- der and Mary (Hardy) Allen, of Fall River; her father a stone cutter of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Hervey are the parents of three daughters: Eliz- abeth, wife of Dr. James Hyde, of Fall River; Myrabell, wife of John Paul Smith, of Fall River; Charlotte, widow of Dr. Benjamin Edwards, a former leading physician of Glen Cove, Long Is- land.
DWIGHT ELEAZER CONE, M. D .- For nearly a half century active in the practice of medicine, and during the greater part of that time in Fall River, Massachusetts, Dr. Dwight Eleazer Cone is known as one of the oldest physicians now practic- ing in Bristol county, and still is one of the most active and successful. His genial smile and con- stant alertness to the interests of the moment, es- pecially along the line of his profession, give him still the appearance of the man scarcely middle age, and with his long experience he is one of the most broadly useful men of the day. Dr. Cone is a son of Benjamin Cone, who was born in Pittsfield, New York, and throughout his lifetime was active as a farmer in Chenango county, New York. The mother, S. Rosette (Beebe) Cone, was born in
Dwight E. Love M.W.
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North Brookfield, and both are now long since de- ceased.
Dwight Eleazer Cone was born at North Brook- field, New York, August 13, 1854. Reared on the farm, he first attended the district schools near the homestead, then at the age of twelve years entered the New Berlin Academy. Upon the completion of his course at that institution, the young man took up teaching and was active along that line for about five terms. Meanwhile his efforts were centered upon the accumulation of funds sufficient to warrant his beginning the study of medicine. This he ac- complished, and in 1872 entered upon his profes- sional preparations under the preceptorship of his uncle, Dr. Frank D. Beebe, of Hamilton, Madison county, New York, a noteworthy and successful physician of that time. During the scholastic year of 1873-74 Dr. Cone attended Albany Medical Col- lege, then completed his studies at the University of the City of New York in the medical depart- ment. Only two medical students being graduated in the year 1875 from Somers, Connecticut, and Dr. Cone being one of them, they received their diplo- mas with the class of 1876, but in the meantime re- ceived their certificates and were permitted to prac- tice medicine immediately following the date which should have witnessed their graduation. Dr. Cone located in Coventry, New York, in that year (1875), remaining for about three years, then in 1878 re- moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island. There he remained for four years, then in 1882 settled per- manently in Fall River. Here he has been active in the practice of medicine continuously since, prin- cipally following general lines, but specializing more or less in gynaecology, in which branch he has served the Union Hospital for the past twenty-two years. Dr. Cone's success has not only carried him to a high position in the profession, but has given him the affection and confidence of the people, many of whom ministered to him since their childhood now looking up to him as advisor and friend, as well as physician.
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