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farmer and good citizen, married Lydia Cornell, and they were the parents of Stephen, father of Peleg C. Howland, whose worthy life furnishes the inspiration for this review. Stephen Howland was a leading business man, residing in Westport Vil- lage, where he died March 28, 1855. He married (second) March 4, 1824, Meribah Cornell, born De- cember 29, 1801, died August 18, 1841. Their third son was Peleg C. Howland.
Peleg C. Howland was born.in Westport, Massa- chusetts, April 29, 1830, and died in New Bedford, October 26, 1885. He prepared for a business career through the medium of public and private schools, finding his first position with a grocery firm of Westport, but at the age of sixteen, August 13, 1846, he entered the service of the Merchants Bank of New Bedford, a business connection which was only severed by death. John Avery Parker, one of New Bedford's foremost citizens, was then president of the bank, and James B. Congdon was its cashier. The bank had just attained its twenty-first year, having been organized in 1825. Mr. Howland, un- der the inspiration flowing from such men, rapidly absorbed the fundamentals, then expanded rapidly, seeming to be a financier through natural inclina- tion and talent. Five years after his entrance he was promoted to the position of teller, May 30, 1851, then advanced to the post of assistant cashier, January 10, 1854, finally, on January 1, 1858, becom- ing cashier, after that office had become vacant through the resignation of James B. Congdon, the only man who had previously held that position with the Merchants' Bank. After the passage of the National Banking Act, the Merchants' reor- ganized as a National bank, thereby greatly enlarg- ing its scope and increasing its importance. Mr. Howland was thoroughly familiar with the laws governing national finance and financeering, and as a cashier of the Merchants' National aided greatly in guiding the course of that institution to the high place attained among State financial institutions. The bank was his pride, and nothing in any way ever detracted from his complete absorption in its affairs. Prosperity came to the bank through the strength of its management; and everywhere Mr. Howland was regarded as the leading spirit. It was not alone his ability as an financier that gained him his reputation, but the nobility of his character, his unfailing courtesy, his genial, kindly nature, which attracted and held friends. He was very fond of children, and when they came to his own home he was the happiest of men. He had few interests outside the bank and his home, and there his memory is yet green.
Mr. Howland married (first) June 3, 1851, Lucy C. Congdon, daughter of James B. Congdon, who died October 8, 1867. He married (second) Oc- tober 29, 1872, Clara E. Kempton, daughter of Ho- ratio A. Kempton, who died August 15, 1879. He married (third) November 16, 1882, Elizabeth T. Kempton, sister of his second wife. Peleg C. How- land and his second wife, Clara E. (Kempton) Howland, were the parents of two daughters and
a son: Elizabeth Kempton Howland, an accom- plished musician of New Bedford; Horation Kemp- ton Howland, died June 1, 1915; and Clara Earle Howland, who married Joseph Cornell Nowell, and they are the parents of two children: Joseph C., Jr., and Elizabeth H. Nowell.
EDWARD BELCHER HAYWARD, one of Bristol county's most prominent citizens, and a civil engineer of marked ability, was born at Eas- ton, Massachusetts, November 8, 1861, a son of Edward Russell Hayward, a respected agriculturist of that section, and Caroline Lincoln (Belcher) Hayward.
Edward B. Hayward's early education was ob- tained in the public schools of Easton, Massa- chusetts, following which he entered and was gradu- ated from the North Easton High School. He then matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, which institute he attended two years, tak- ing a special course in civil engineering. Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Hayward im- mediately began the practice of his profession at Brockton, Massachusetts, where he soon built up a large business. At the present time (1924) the business is in a very flourishing condition, under the name of Hayward & Hayward, Mr. Hayward, Sr., having taken one of his sons into the business with him as junior partner. Aside from his pro- fession, Mr. Hayward is also active in the financial circles of his native county, being associated with the North Easton Co-operative Bank in an official capacity. Politically, Mr. Hayward gives his sup- port to the Republican party. In the public life of his community he has for many years been an in- terested worker and a prominent figure, having served on the School Committee of Easton for a period of thirteen years. In the year 1892 he was elected to represent his county in the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts State Legis- lature, in which responsible office he conducted himself with distinction, serving as clerk of the Committee on Roads and Bridges. This committee was largely responsible for the inception and under- taking of the construction of State highways in which work Massachusetts has since held a leading part.
Edward B. Hayward was married at Moncton, New Brunswick, October 5, 1885, to Mary Ann Wheaton, daughter of William Albert and Judith (Weldon) Wheaton. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Belcher Hayward have been born seven children, as follows: Roy Loring, born January 13, 1888; Kenneth Chase, born June 16, 1889; Beth Sylvia, born November 9, 1890; Edmond Carleton, born May 18, 1892; Emily Belcher, born February 11, 1894; Harold Wheaton, born March 27, 1895; and Caroline Georgianna, born September 12, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Hayward and their children are mem- bers of the Evangelical Congregational church of Easton, Massachusetts, and as a family are active in church work, the social circles of their com- munity, and in all matters relating to public wel-
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fare, civic improvement, and general advancement of the county and State.
EDNA A. TRIPP-One of the most popular and well patronized local enterprises in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is that conducted by Edna A. Tripp, in the line of manufacturing and distributing at re- tail, confectionery, ice cream, cake and French pastry. Miss Tripp has brought about the success and importance of this business through her own tireless and efficient endeavors, and she holds a prominent place among the really noteworthy execu- tives of the city. She is a daughter of George A. and Mary B. (Reed) Tripp. Her father, who was a teamster by occupation, died in 1916, and her mother died in 1921.
Edna A. Tripp was born in New Bedford, Massa- chusetts, February 23, 1893. Her education was limited to the public school course, and, after the completion of her studies, she secured a position in the waiting station at Marion, Massachusetts, where she was active for three years. Then, for a time, she was employed by Bates & Kirby, in New Bedford, in the capacity of clerk. Upon the death of her uncle, Charles A. Tripp, in 1918, she received from him a legacy sufficient to enable her to assume managership of the store of Bates & Kirby, in which position she remained until 1919. She then bought a considerable interest in the store and carried it forward under her own name for six months. At that time she withdrew from the com- pany, but in 1922, in partnership with a Mr. Car- roll, Miss Tripp purchased the entire interest of which she had previously been manager. This she has conducted since as a partnership, and has de- veloped a very prosperous interest, manufacturing confectionery, ice cream, cake and French pastry for the local retail trade. Their product is of the finest, and Miss Tripp has brought out a number of very attractive specialties, winning a high posi- tion in the esteem of the community as a business woman, and winning large success in the sale of these products. Miss Tripp is a member of Grace Episcopal Church.
EDWARD J. SWIG-A noteworthy figure in the business life of Taunton, Massachusetts, is that of Edward J. Swig, who has had various lines of experience in commercial endeavors, and for the past few years has handled a prosperous and grow- ing tobacco business, with headquarters on Weir street, Taunton. Mr. Swig is a member of a promi- nent family of this city, and a son of Simon and Fannie (Levy) Swig. His father was formerly a leading publisher of Springfield, Massachusetts, and since residing in Taunton has had important in- terests in Boston, both in the publishing business and in banking. His elder brother, Louis Swig, is a noted lawyer of Taunton, also prominent in pub- lic life, and a review of his life appears elsewhere in this work.
Edward J. Swig was born in Boston, Massa- chusetts, February 11, 1888. His education was ac- quired in the public schools of Taunton, where the
family later removed, and at an early age he left school to seek the independence of remunerative employment. His first experience in the world of industry was in the employ of the Whittenton Manufacturing Company, in which connection he was active for about two years. He then became identified with the Attleboro Manufacturing Com- pany, and was with that concern for a period of five years in the capacity of jeweler. Thereafter, for about one year, Mr. Swig was engaged along special lines of salesmanship, then he bought the present 'interest. Possessing a genial spirit and always genuinely interested in all that pertains to human progress, Mr. Swig has made countless friends among the business men of Taunton, and is a prominent figure in this city. He is doing a con- stantly increasing business and is counted among the successful men of the day in Taunton. During the World War Mr. Swig served as a member of the sub-department of engineering at Camp Meade, Maryland, and received his honorable discharge from the service. Fraternally he is a leading member of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and his religious affiliation is with the Congregation Agudth Achim.
Edward J. Swig married, in Boston, Massachu- setts, on June 17, 1919, Sadie Aronson, daughter of Joseph and Minnie (Pearlman) Aronson, her father a prominent merchant of Boston. They are the parents of one son, Summer Allison, born in 1920.
GEORGE DANIEL FLYNN, Jr., one of the most prominent of the younger generation of busi- ness men in Fall River, Massachusetts, was born there on August 11, 1897, a son of George D. and Elizabeth (Doyle) Flynn, respected resi- dents of that place. The senior Mr. Flynn has been prominent for many years in the industrial and commercial life of Fall River through his con- nection with the Old Colony Products Company, as president and as treasurer of the Ancona Mills.
The early education of George Daniel Flynn, Jr., was received in the Fowler Grammar School, of Fall River, Massachusetts, following which he en- tered the B. M. C. Durfee High School, where he remained for a period of two years. He then at- tended the Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massa-' chusetts, from which institution he was graduated in 1915. Upon the completion of his preparatory work he matriculated at Harvard University, and was graduated with the class of 1919, receiving first the "war" degree of A. B., given during the period of the World War, and in 1920 he received the regular A. B. degree, completing the usual academic requirement that year.
Following his graduation, Mr. Flynn entered the employ of the Ancona Mills at Fall River, with which concern he holds the position of assistant treasurer, discharging the duties of his office with ability and efficiency. Mr. Flynn is a trustee of the Bradford Durfee Textile School, an important position and achievement for so young a business man, but one entirely deserved on account of the
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breadth and scope of his education. During the World War Mr. Flynn enlisted for a period of four years in the United States Naval Reserve, volunteering his services to his country from May, 1917, to May, 1921, and saw active service from the date of his enlistment to December, 1918, serv- ing as an ensign.
George Daniel Flynn, Jr., is a member of the Harvard Club, of New York City, and of the Que- quechan Club, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and is interested and active in any worthy movement of a civic, county, public or municipal nature.
ERNEST A. KIRBY -- With many years of prac- tical experience in the cotton industry, Mr. Kirby has well earned the position that he holds today as superintendent of the Chase Cotton Mills. His ex- perience in various departments of a number of mills gave him a familiarity with conditions that exist or were likely to arise, and he took his pres- ent position some years ago, well equipped to carry it to further development and success.
Mr. Kirby was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1875, son of Andrew J. and Nellie (Percel) Kirby, both residents of Fall River, hav- ing come here from Leavenworth, Kansas. The son was educated in the public schools of Fall River, and on the completion of his education be- came employed in the Hargraves Cotton Mills, as a mill worker. He served this apprenticeship for two years, and subsequently worked in the follow- ing mills, through various departments of each, gaining a full knowledge of the work and industry: the Arkwright, Stafford, Ancona, and later the Fall River Iron Works. After many years spent in these various positions, Mr. Kirby became asso- ciated with the Chase Mills, and today is superin- tendent of them. His former experience gave him a wide knowledge of the cotton industry in its various phases, and he has been for over nine years (1924) connected with the Chase Mills. Mr. Kirby is keenly interested in the welfare of the community and of his workers, and takes an active part in the civic life of the city, and in all movements that tend to the betterment of conditions of work and of living. He is a strong member of the Repub- lican party, working politically for improved gov- ernment. In his fraternal affiliation he is a mem- ber of the various bodies of the Masonic order, holding the thirty-second degree in the Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite, and he also is connected with the bodies of the York Rite. He attends the First Congregational Church of Fall River.
Ernest A. Kirby married, at Fall River, on June 7, 1908, Louise G. Woodcock, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Plews) Woodcock, well known resi- dents of Fall River, and both natives of England. They have an adopted daughter, Dorothy.
JAMES R. RYDER, born and educated in Fall River, has risen in the firm with which he is today manager from his first position, obtained after leav- ing school. He was born in May, 1892, son of
James H. and Mary (Logan) Ryder, his father for many years a clothing merchant in Fall River, and a writer of songs of note.
James R. Ryder received his education in the pub- lic schools and at Thibodeau Commercial School, and after completing his studies secured employ- ment with Steinert & Sons as a bookkeeper. After serving faithfully for seven years, assisting in vari- ous capacities, and learning the business thoroughly, he was appointed manager, in 1916, and still is fill- ing that position with ability and success. The establishment also carries a full line of the highest grade pianos and reproducing pianos, also a line of Victor talking machines and De Forrest radios. The store was originally located on North Main street, and at present is occupying two floors of the Bennett building, where they have been since 1901. They have three salesmen, and are in every way an up-to-date concern. Mr. Ryder, to whose concentrated endeavors much of the success of this firm is due, is fraternally affiliated with the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus, his clubs being the Rotary and the Merchants' Association. In his religious affiliation he belongs to the Holy Name Roman Catholic Church.
James R. Ryder married, at Fall River, June 21, 1915, Mary E. Lee, daughter of Patrick and Ellen (Craig) Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Ryder are the parents of three children: Mary, born June 8, 1916; James R., born November 15, 1917; and Paul J., born January 19, 1923.
FRANK C. TAYLOR-Both in New Bedford and in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Frank C. Taylor is known as a construction engineer of ability and experience. In New Bedford he was associated with Albert B. Drake for more than a decade, but for the past twenty years he has been engaged in business for himself, with an office at Middle street, in Fairhaven.
Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in July, 1869, Mr. Taylor is a son of John P. and Mary Howland (Gifford) Taylor. He received his educa- tion in the public schools of his native city, and after the completion of the grammar school course, he apprenticed himself to Albert B. Drake, the. most prominent civil engineer of New Bedford. The connection proved to be mutually advantageous and was maintained for a period of twelve years, during which time Mr. Taylor devoted his full en- ergy to the interests of Mr. Drake's business. In 1903 he established an enterprise of his own. He builds bridges, wharves, foundations, etc., and does pile driving, specializing in wharf and water work. His skill and excellent business methods have brought to him many important contracts and the enterprise has grown to proportions which require, at times, the services of nearly 200 men. At the present time Mr. Taylor is engaged in the con- struction of the Neck O' Land highway bridge at Taunton, Massachusetts, and the highway bridge over the railroad at Pocasset. Among other com-
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pleted undertakings, he constructed all the buildings, towers and masts used in connection with radio outfits for Colonel E. H. R. Green at South Dart- mouth, said Colonel Green being the son of the late Mrs. Hetty Green, both widely known in New York circles.
Mr. Taylor is well known in Masonic circles, be- ing a member of Star in the East Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Adoniram Royal Arch Chapter; New Bedford Council, Royal and Select Masters; Boston Consistory; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the New Bedford Kiwanis Club and the New Bedford Yacht Club.
Frank C. Taylor married, at New Bedford, Massachusetts, Heler. M. Pasell, daughter of Fran- cis H. and Cordelia P. (Patt) Pasell, and they are the parents of one daughter, Alice, who married Jesse M. Willey, who have two children: Leonard T., who was born March 21, 1921; and Helen Louise, who was born August 17, 1922.
J. EDMUND ESTES, is a name familiar not only in the city of his residence but in countless cities of the United States, wherever school-children are taught patriotism by the splendid medium of song, and wherever the citizenry of any community gathers on Memorial Day, to do honor and to pay fitting tribute to the defenders of our country, both living and dead For J. Edmund Estes, manufac- turer, and a business man of importance in the textile industry, is also a poet and lyricist. His metier is, undoubtedly, the patriotic song, poem and ode, and these special examples of the fine art of prosody show excellent taste, a nice judgment, a prepotency of rhythmic sense, an extensive knowl- edge and familiarity with the rules of versification and the laws of metrical composition, as well as the glowing spark of creative genius. Furthermore, unlike the vast majority of patriotic songs and poems, Mr. Estes' contributions are essentially and fundamentally the very quintessence of patriotism, and never in any instance do they retrocede into the slough of sentimentalism. These poetic vir- tues of Mr. Estes have made him deservedly popular throughout the United States and her dependencies, and his name has become so closely identified with patriotic literature that one is almost the synonym of the other.
J. Edmund Estes is a descendant and a present- day representative of the ancient family of d'Este, originally seated in Italy ten centuries ago. Subse- quent branches in England changed the spelling to Este, Estense, and finally to Estes. The progenitor of the house of Estes in America was Richard Es- tes, son of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, England, who was born in the year 1647, came to America in 1684, and settled at what is now Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He married Eliza- beth Beck and to them were born eleven children, including Robert, from whom the present line de- scends. Robert Estes was born in 1694 and mar- ried Ann Durfee in 1715, and of their four children,
Thomas Estes carries on the line. He was born in 1725 and married Elizabeth Thomas in 1747 and they were the parents of eight children. Ed- mund, seventh child of this union, was born in 1767, and married Elizabeth Lawton in 1793. They had issue: Edmund; and Job, from whom the line descends. Job Estes was born on March 24, 1797, and was married in 1823 to Miss Delilah Orswell of Tiverton, and to them were born seven children. John H. Estes, seventh child of this marriage, was born on June 19, 1835, at Tiverton. He married on December 26, 1866, Miss Caroline A. Ling of Fall River, a successful school teacher.
J. Edmund Estes, a member of the seventh gen- eration of the Estes family in America, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, September 15, 1867, the eldest son of John H. and Caroline A. (Ling) Estes. Mr. Estes received his early education in the public schools of his birthplace, following which he entered the B. M. C. Durfee High School and was graduated from that institution with high hon- ors in the year 1888. In the fall of 1888, he ma- triculated at Eastman College, where he took the business course, and was graduated at the head of his class in 1889. Upon the completion of his schol- astic and collegiate work J. Edmund Estes immedi- ately embarked upon his business career by be- coming associated with his father in the textile in- dustry, under the firm name of J. H. Estes & Son. In 1905 the rapidly growing plant was incorporated under the name of the "Estes Mills," with the father as president, J. Edmund Estes, treasurer, and Elmer B. Estes, his brother, as superintendent. The Estes Mills make an interesting variety of cotton goods including twine, yarn, sash cord, rope, mops, clothes lines, wicking and calking; also in an ad- joining plant, absorbent and jewelers' cottons. Other lines of business with which Mr. Estes is identified are as follows: president of the Dyer Transporta- tion Line from 1905 to date, 1924; president of the Fall River Steam & Gas Pipe Company for eleven years; a director of the Estes Mills and of the Peoples Bank, both of Fall River, and of the Dyer Transportation Line and the Paddock Paper Com- pany, both of Providence, Rhde Island. Thus in- dustry, commerce and finance are his correlated vocations. However, of such definite value have his contributions been in the field of literature that writing is distinctly his chief avocation. In this connection the Boston Sunday Globe says in part:
Although Mr. Estes occupies an important place in the husi- ness world, should you ask fifty persons "Who is J. Edmund Estes?" the answer would quite likely he, "Mr. Estes is a poet."
Following is an excerpt from a notice in the New Bedford Sunday Standard:
Manufacturer, business man, poet-this is J. Edmund Estes, author of the official carnival songs and odes. Wrapped up in the whiz and whirr of industry, a person would little think that Mr. Estes would find the time to write poetry, but he does. These carnival poems are hy no means his only efforts.
The carnival poems, songs and odes referred to by the "Standard," were written by Mr. Estes es-
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pecially for Fall River's 100th anniversary of the founding of its great cotton manufacturing indus- tries. Mr. Estes was chosen official poet and a member of the publicity committee. The Cotton Centennial Carnival was held from June 19 to June 24, 1911, and as a gala event it has never been equalled or surpassed. In all, Mr. Estes has written and published over fifty noteworthy poems, and five of these were written for the aforemen- tioned centennial, each receiving well-merited ap- probation. Excerpts are herewith presented:
THE MANUFACTURERS' FAIRYLAND
Fall River in her gala days Bows gratefully to words of praise. Here capital and labor meet And smilingly each other greet; Not armies that annihilate. But dynamos, that generate In unison; their work is done With joy; the common goal is won, As in the bouse; disputes arise, But justice duly rectifies. Success their dual duties erown, And firmly magnifies the town. What would our city be today If all the mills were swept away? These mills have built the home and store, The churches, sehools and structures; more Both spindle and the loom impart Like great aorta of the heart; And kindred industries arise And point their chimneys to the skies.
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