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membership of about 4,000 people, and under his care the parish is prospering largely. He reorgan- ized the church and has done much in the way of forming the people into organized bands and socie- ties for progressive effort along various lines of Christian work. He has built and handsome new rectory since taking charge of his duties here and in many ways has improved and beautified the church property, which is located at No. 120 Beat- tie street, Fall River. His deep spirituality and his great love for his people have brought him into close personal touch with the congregation, and immeasurably strengthened his influence as .their leader and spiritual advisor. His has commanded the respect and esteem of his contemporaries in re- ligious effort in this city regardless of differences of creed or denomination, and is one of the really significant figures of the day in community ad- vance.
ERNEST D. GILMORE-One of the leading figures in the manufacturing jewelry interests of Bristol county, Massachusetts, is Ernest D. Gil- more, who for more than thirty years has been at the head of the Ernest D. Gilmore Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts. A man of broadly prac- tical spirit and tireless energy, Mr. Gilmore has given to the development and permanent welfare of this concern practically his lifelong efforts and it is indeed a credit to his ability. He comes of a noteworthy family of this State, and is a son of George R. Gilmore, who was born at Franklin, Massachusetts, and died in 1881, after achieving success as a manufacturer of straw goods, while still a comparatively young man. The mother, Em- meline L. (Barrows) Gilmore, who was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts, survived her husband by only a decade.
Ernest D. Gilmore was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 6, 1860. His early education was received in the public schools of his birth- place, then, after a course at a preparatory school in New York City, he entered the New York School of Art, from which he was graduated in the class of 1877. Mr. Gilmore's artistic tastes and training gave him especial aptitude for the work of the jeweler, and upon his completing his studies he entered the employ of George K. Webster, a manufacturing jeweler of North Attleboro, at that time prominent, and remained in this connection as a designer for a period of thirteen years. He left this positioin only to go into business for him- self, and it was in 1891 that he took this step,
forming an affiliation with Edwin T. Bright and founding the firm of E. D. Gilmore & Company. From the first this enterprise was successful, and during the early years was located at No. 9 Maiden lane, Attleboro, in the heart of the jewelry section of the city. With the growth of the business and the imperative need of larger space, they removed to the old steam power building, which for a time was the only suitable headquarters available. In 1906 the business was removed to its present loca- tion at No. 54 Union street, and they now occupy
an entire floor, employing about forty people and sending their products to all parts of the United States and Canada. From the beginning Mr. Gil- more has held the highest business ideals, and has confined his attention to the manufacture of gold jewelry of fine quality and choice designs. Produc- ing articles for the use of both men and women, he has made the line manufactured by this con- cern one of distinctive merit from an artistic view- point as well as from the angle of quality, and the Gilmore products are considered some of the most attractive and desirable in the trade. Mr. Gilmore is a member of the New England Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Association; the Associated Industries of Massachusetts; and the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce; also the Jewelers' Board of Trade. His further affiliations in the business world include a directorship in the Attleboro Trust Company, and he is considered one of the foremost industrial ex- ecutives of the day in Attleboro.
Every branch of civic advance holds its appeal for Mr. Gilmore and he is invariably found among the supporters of any worthy or progressive move- ment. A Republican by political affiliation, he takes no interest in political affairs as such, giv- ing only the support of the progressive citizen to the advance of the party's interests. At one time, for a period of two years, he was a member of Company M, Massachusetts National Guard. Vari- ous positions of trust have been placed in Mr. Gil- more's hands from time to time, and he is now a trustee of the Richardson School Fund, also a trustee and a member of the board of managers of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and a member of the Sinking Fund Commission. Fraternally Mr. Gilmore is affiliated with Ezekiel Bates Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; King Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Attleboro Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Bristol Commandery, Knights Temp- lar; also with Orient Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand master; and G. M. Horton Encampment. In early life he affiliated himself with the religious progress of the day and has since been an active member of the Second Congregational Church, of which for sev- eral years he has been a deacon.
Mr. Gilmore married (first) in 1887, Annie S. Crawford, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, daughter of Richard and Martha (Small) Crawford, of Rhode Island, her father a tailor by trade. Mrs. Gilmore died in 1920, and two years later Mr. Gilmore mar- ried (second) Nettie M. Lamond, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, daughter of John and Clara (Davis) Lamond, both natives of Canada. The Gilmore residence is at No. 357 South Main street.
FRANK L. PIPER-Well known in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, as an attorney at law, but more definitely and prominently a leader of the people, as president of the Board of Aldermen, Frank L. Piper is a noteworthy figure in the public life of Bristol county today and his endeavors for the public good have been productive of much fruit. Mr. Piper is a son of William I. and Frances
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(Adams) Piper of New York State. William I. Piper was for sixteen years postmaster of the town of Frankfort, New York, and was one of the fore- most citizens of that community. He was later active as justice of the peace in the local courts and for some years was prominent in various town offices, in which he served the people with distinc- tion and with the true devotion of the self-forget- ful and public-spirited citizen. He was for some years engaged in the employ of the West Shore railroad, and was a leader in fraternal circles in Frankfort, having been master of his Masonic lodge for a number of years. William I. Piper died in 1918, at the age of eighty years, his death clos- ing a long, eventful and eminently useful career. On the maternal side Mr. Piper traces back to the early settlers of Massachusetts. His immigrant ancestor came over in the ship "Fortune," which has come down in history as the ship that followed the "Mayflower," landing in 1621. In direct line from this pioneer was Joseph Adams, born in 1706, died in 1753, who married Mary Davenport. Their son, Paul Adams, was born at Pomfret, Connecti- cut, in 1727 and died in 1777. He was a member of Colonel Jonathan Latimer's Regiment of Con- necticut Troops in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and died in the service at Stillwater, New York. Paul Adams married Mary Hubbard, and their son, Willard Adams, was born in 1762, and died in 1829. He married Abigail Marcy and established the family line in the State of New York. Their son, Edwin Adams, was born in Herkimer county in the year 1789, and died in 1881. Edwin Adams married Lydia Bentley, and they were the parents of Frances Adams, who became the wife of William I. Piper as above noted. Frances (Adams) Piper died at the age of about fifty-two years.
Frank L. Piper was born at Frankfort, New York, June 8, 1875. His education was begun in the local public schools and he was graduated from the Frankfort High School in the class of 1891. He then entered the employ of the West Shore rail- road as a machinist's apprentice, but shortly after the completion of his apprenticeship these shops were discontinued and, going South, he entered the railway shops at Atlanta, Georgia, in the ca- pacity of machinist, remaining there for about four years. Thereafter coming North, Mr. Piper settled permanently in Bristol county, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at their Taunton shops, in the capacity of machinist. This was in 1901, and after about four years in this connection he came to Fall River. Meanwhile, during his stay in Taun- ton, Mr. Piper was elected president of the local lodge of the International Association of Ma- chinists. In Fall River he was made foreman of the mechanical department of the New York, New Haven & Hartford shops here, in which capacity he served for a period of twelve years. Although he had been active in the industrial world for some time, Mr. Piper determined upon entering the pro-
fession of the law, and during his activity in the employ of this railroad he took up the study of law in 1907, attending the Fall River Evening Law School. Four years later he passed the bar ex- aminations, and on March 1, 1912, was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts. He was soon recognized as a leader of men by the civic authorities; in 1915 he was elected to fill an unex- pired term on the Board of Aldermen, and his sub- sequent re-elections have retained him as a member . of this body until the present time. He was elected president of the board in 1920 and still ably fills this exacting position. An exponent of the interests of the people, with long practical experience as a working man, Mr. Piper's activities in this connec- tion are doing much for the practical daily welfare of the civic body, and at the same time, as a leader of this branch of municipal administration, the wel- fare of the city as a municipality is always foremost in his mind. He gives to his public service the same energy and ability which lifted him from the ranks of the industries to his present influential position, and his activities are contributing in no slight degree to the general welfare. Mr. Piper has few interests outside his work but is a member of Fall River Lodge, No. 219, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is affiliated with the Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist Church, under the direc- tion of Mr. Herrick, which has a membership of more than one thousand men.
Mr. Piper married, June 2, 1913, Kathrine Rey- nolds, of Fall River, and they have three children: Francis A., Willard R., and Frank L., Jr.
EDWARD HERBERT, M. D .- Among the noted specialists of New England Dr. Edward Her- bert holds a leading position, and in the treatment of the digestive tract he is considered one of the foremost physicians of the day. His early prepara- tions for his profession were made in the leading institutions of the Eastern States, and he later took exhaustive post graduate courses abroad, thereby greatly adding to his equipment for his work. Dr. Herbert is a son of Edward and Ellen (Grime) Herbert, both natives of England. Edward Her- bert came to the United States as a youth in his teens, and, locating in Fall River, Massachusetts, became identified with various business enterprises in this city, winning large success and renown. He was the first president of the Fall River Street Railway system, and his career was one of the highest promise, but it was cut short by death at the age of thirty years. This passing of one of Fall River's most brilliant men at an early age was one of the saddest chapters in the history of this city. Dr. Herbert's mother is still living and resides in Fall River.
Edward Herbert was born in Fall River, Massa- chusetts, May 8, 1875. His education was begun in the local public schools and he was later gradu- ated from the B. M. C. Durfee High School, class of 1895. Subsequently entering Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island, he spent two years
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at that institution, then took up his professional work at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York City. From that institution he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine upon his graduation with the class of 1902. Immediately thereafter Dr. Herbert went abroad and spent an entire year at the University of Vienna in special lines of study. In 1903 he re- turned to Fall River to accept the appointment as district physician offered him by his uncle, George Grime, then mayor of this city. In this responsible position Dr. Herbert served acceptably to all con- cerned for a period of three years, after which he again went abroad, and spent a year in special work on the digestive organs at the University of Ber- lin. In 1908, returning to Fall River permanently, Dr. Herbert took up the private practice of medi- cine, specializing in the treatment of the digestive system, and his success has carried him to a fore- most position in the ranks of American specialists. Dr. Herbert is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Massachusetts State Medical Society, and the Fall River Medical Society. Fraternally he is affili- ated with King Philip Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Fall River Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. His chief leisure interest is art, and he had accumulated a very valuable collection of paint- ings and art objects in his beautiful home on the New Boston road. This collection was completely destroyed by the fire which recently burned his house to the ground.
Dr. Herbert married, in 1907, Ellen Sarah Chace, M. D., a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1894, degree of Bachelor of Science, and a gradu- ate of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, class of 1901, degree of Doctor of Medicine. Mrs. Herbert further studied in Berlin, Germany, and has never practiced her profession since her mar- riage. She is a daughter of the late George Albert Chace, one of the most prominent textile manufac- turers of Fall River for many years. The Chace family is one of the oldest and the most prominent in Fall River, a review of the lives of George Albert Chace and Dr. Fenner A. Chace appearing elsewhere in this work, wtih geneological records relative to this name in New England. Mrs. Her- bert is a leading figure in civic and social activities in Fall River, a member of the Women's Club, and many other progressive and benevolent organiza- tions. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert are the parents of two children: Edward, Jr., a student at the B. M. C. Durfee High School; and Eleanor, now in the grammar grades.
REV. JOHN W. MCCARTHY, P. R .- A gracious presence among the people, his benevolent face be- loved by all, his priestly dignity commanding rev- erence, Father McCarthy, permanent priest of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Fall River, Massa- chusetts, is a figure of more than passing signifi- cance in Bristol county. His career in the sacred offices of the church has covered a period of forty years, and thousands of people remember him or
now look up to him as their spiritual leader and guide. He has ministered to five parishes during his priesthood, and was appointed to his present charge more than twelve years ago. Father Mc- Carthy has done much, not only for the church of which he is the honored pastor, but for the civic advance of Fall River and for the many avenues of advance which coordinate with religious effort. His faithful services here have been crowned with great success, and the recent jubilee, celebrating the half century of progress of the Church of the Sacred Heart, which took place in the fall of 1922, was an event over which it was his joy and priv- ilege to preside.
Coming of very old and honored families of Ireland, through both paternal and maternal lines, Father McCarthy is a son of Thomas and Catherine (Reagan) McCarthy, both natives of County Cork, Ireland, who came to the United States in their youth, crossing the Atlantic in the years 1848 and 1849, and settling in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where they were subsequently married. There they resided until shortly after the birth of their son, then removed to North Easton, Massachusetts, where they spent the remaining years of their lives, and were buried in the little Catholic ceme- tery of that town. Thomas Mccarthy was a landscape gardener by occupation and widely noted 'for his ability in this field. He was employed at various times by prominent men, notably Congress- man Oakes Ames, on whose estate he was active for thirty-five years.
Rev. Father John W. McCarthy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, August 2, 1858. His education was begun in the public schools of North Easton, and he later covered the usual course in the liberal arts at Boston College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1880, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the fall of this year he entered Grand Seminary, at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he pursued his studies in theology for three and one-half years. He was ordained to the holy priesthood on December 22, 1883, for the diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, by the Most Rev. Charles E. Fabre, arch-bishop of Montreal. Father McCarthy was first appointed as assistant at Sts. Peter and Paul's Cathedral in Providence, Rhode Island; later he was appointed assistant pas- tor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Providence, where he served for a period of twelve years. Father McCarthy's devoted labors in these parishes were recognized by Bishop Har- kins, bishop of Providence, by an appointment to higher duty, and on September 10, 1895, he en- tered upon the work of his first pastorate, of the newly organized parish of the Sacred Heart at Woonsocket, Rhode Island. There he established the people as a congregation, purchased an at- tractive building site and erected a fine, church edifice and a rectory in keeping with the church. On February 15, 1901, Father McCarthy was trans- ferred to St. Mary's Church at North Attleboro, Massachusetts, over which he presided for more than a decade. During his pastorate at North At-
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tleboro he finished the interior of the church, then in course of erection, his zeal and enthusiasm en- abling him to make this interior a costly and very beautiful one. In the year 1910 the entire debt of the church was paid and a fund raised for the erection of a parochial school. He also gave this church a distinguishing feature in the diocese, plac- ing in its tower a chime of ten bells, richly toned and perfectly harmonized. He won an abiding place in the affections of the people of North Attle- boro, both Catholic and Protestant, and did a great work in that town.
On May 28, 1911, Father McCarthy was ap- pointed Permanent Rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart at Fall River, where he has since done a beautiful and largely significant work. The history of this church has been one of righteous progress and holy endeavor under the guiding hands of three devoted pastors, Rev. Francis A. Quinn, Rev. Mathias McCabe, who served this church for thirty-seven years, and the present Permanent Rer- tor, Rev. John W. McCarthy. The beginning of the Providence diocese in 1872 saw the setting apart, by Bishop Hendricken of the Church of the Sacred Heart, by a division of St. Mary's Parish in Fall River. The district north of the City Hall was given to the new parish, and Father Quinn was appointed pastor on January 1, 1873. The Grand Army Hall of Second street served as the first meeting place for hte new congregation, which later occupied Mayhew's Hall, the erection of the church edifice meanwhile being carried forward on Linden street. The cornerstone was laid August 31, 1873, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Hendricken, with all the usual ceremony. The inscription placed in a metal box in the stone at the southeast corner of the church was as follows: "For the greater glory of God this cornerstone was laid on the thirty-first day of August, 1873, Pope Pius the ninth, having been Supreme Pontiff for 26 years; Ulysses S. Grant being president of the United States; William B. Washburn being governor of the commonwealth."
On October 7, 1883, the church was dedicated by Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Hendricken, bishop of Provi- dence, Father McCabe at that time being pastor, the dedicatory sermon was preached by Rt Rev Monsignor Capel, one of the most eminent figures of the Catholic clergy in the country at that time, and mass was celebrated by the Very Rev. Michael McCabe, V. G., Father McCabe's brother. The first parish house, which stood on the present site of the B. M. C. Durfee High School, was the old Walter Paine mansion, and was removed to the church lot opposite the church on Linden street. The paro- chial school was built in 1886, the Mesdames of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts being brought from Douay, France, as instructors. The following year, on April 1, 1887, the school was opened, and the Mesdames also opened an academy on Prospect street for the instruction of young women. The parish was raised to the important dignity of a permanent rectorship by Bishop Stang, the first bishop of Fall River in 1906. In May, 1911,
Father McCarthy was appointed Permanent Rector, took up the duties which had become too heavy for the aged Father McCabe, and instituted the great improvements and additions which have char- acterized his pastorate. The parish seemed waiting for a strong hand to guide the people, and under the new leadership the church has prospered very largely. The zeal, generosity, and devotion of pas- tor and people led to the bestowal of a great ec- clesiastical privilege upon this church. The church was consecrated forever to the service of God on October 12, 1922, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Feehan, the second bishop of Fall River. The occasion of these ceremonies was one of the greatest rejoicing in the congregation, and was celebrated together with another important event in the history of the church, the golden anniversary of the organization of the parish. A new bell, the gift of Rev. John W. Quirk of Taunton, was consecrated with fitting ceremonies on Sunday, September 24, 1922, and placed in the new tower of the church then near- ing completion. The inscription of the bell records for all time its significance:
Cor S. S. Jesu-Miserere Nobis! To the Glory of God and in loving memory of His faithful servants, Patrick and Ann Quirk, and their daughter, Miss Mary Quirk, who, for many years, were exemplary members of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Fall River, and wbose loyalty and devotion to the church so strongly marked their lives as to merit for all time this memorial of a grateful son, and brother, Rev. John W. Quirk, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Taunton, Mass. October, 1922. Solemnly consecrated September 18, 1922, by the Rt. Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, D. D., Second Bishop of Fall River; Rev. John W. McCarthy, Permanent Rector of the Sacred Heart Church; Rev. Charles R. Smith, Rev. John J. Sullivan, Rev. John H. McCann, assistants.
Rev. Lorenzo McCarthy's masterly sermon on this occasion was at once a eulogy of the work of early pioneers and a challenge to higher spiritual attain- ment today. The consecration of the bell was followed almost coincidentally with the Golden Jubilee of the church. Throughout the city the people of the church were felicitated by all, whether of like faith or not, and a leading newspaper of Fall River, in addition to devoting entire pages to the occasion, commented editorially as follows:
One of the most glorious events in the religious history of the city will be tbe consecration tomorrow of the beautiful Church of the Sacred Heart on Linden street-the day when Holy Mother Cburch will anoint the walls of this edifice with the Holy Chrism and pour fortb her prayers and invocations.
It is eminently fitting also that this exceptional ceremony of consecration be accompanied by the observance of the Golden Jubilee of the parish-a most sacred and solemn occasion. The Church of the Sacred Heart, its priests and people, jubilarians and new comers, are exercising a power for real good in this community, and all who have come within the sphere of her influence have been blessed spiritually and materially.
The history of the parish of the Secred Heart is teeming with meritorious effort and beneficient achievement. The loyalty of the people of the Sacred Heart has never been questioned; they have been and are today a people of unfaltering faith, and they have gloried in their unselfish sacrifices of years past, and are still prepared to make further sacrifices if need be. . ยท .
The seed planted there many years ago has borne fruit abundant, as evidenced by the marvelous growth of this com- munion. From a humble beginning the parish of the Sacred Heart has thrived and prospered, until today this beautiful
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