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Margaret Ann (Richards) Sanford, his father a cotton manufacturer.
Francis Richard Sanford was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, May 12, 1877. He was educated in the public schools of Fall River, Massachusetts, finishing the courses of High Street Grammar School in 1891. He then attended B. M. C Durfee High School for three years, supplementing his public school education with one year at Bryant & Strat- ton's College, Providence, Rhode Island. In 1895 he entered upon his business career, becoming cotton classer at the Globe Yarn Mills, holding that position for three years. In 1898 he transferred his services to the New England Cotton Yarn Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, serving that corporation in the same capacity for the following three years, going thence, in 1901, still as a cotton classer, to W. C. Craig & Company of Vicksburg, Mississippi, remaining for two years. From 1903 until 1905 he was cotton salesman for George N. McFadden & Brothers, of Providence, Rhode Island; from 1905 until 1907 was a cotton inspector for the same company at New Orleans, Louisiana, and for five years (1907-1912) was their cotton inspector at
Philadelphia, having been with that house for nine years in the three cities, Providence, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. During 1913 Mr. Sanford was selling agent for W. C. Craig & Company of Fall River, and in 1914 he established in business for himself at Fall River as a cotton broker.
In 1898, during the Spanish-American War period, Mr. Sanford served in Battery M, First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers; is a Republican in poli- tics, an attendant of the Unitarian church of Fall River, and a member of the Quequechan and Coun- try clubs of Fall River. He married, at Fall River, May 12, 1919, Alice Davis Peirce, daughter of Elisha Kempton and Mary Catherine (Lasus) Peirce.
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HENRY BRADBURY-A prominent figure in construction circles in Bristol county, Massachusetts, is Henry Bradbury, whose position as the head of H. Bradbury & Sons gives him wide influence in the business world and places him among the important contractors of Fall River. A native of England, Mr. Bradbury has been a resident of Fall River for the past thirty-five years and more, and for nearly fourteen years has been engaged in business for himself. He is a son of Charles Brad- bury, who was born in Derbyshire, England, and spent his lifetime in his native country.
Henry Bradbury was born in Mossley, England, near the city of Manchester, April 29, 1850. Com- ing to the United States in May, 1888, Mr. Brad- bury settled permanently in Fall River before the close of the year and was engaged as a carpenter from that time forward until the year 1910, when he established the present interest. He has since done business under the name of H. Bradbury & Sons, having received as equal partners his sons, Charles and Ralph. They have built many resi- dences, commercial structures, especially garages and other general carpenter and construction work.
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They act as contractors, subletting the masonry and plumbing work, and in their shop at the rear of No. 2 Grove street they have a complete power equip- ment for turning columns and doing a general line of mill work. A progressive and forward-looking man of the day, with few interests outside his busi- ness affairs, yet a supporter of all that tends to the public advance, Mr. Bradbury is a thoroughly repre- sentative figure in the business life of Fall River. A Republican by political affiliation, although never an office seeker, he is a member of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally is identified with Friendly Union Lodge, No. 164, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand. He attends the Unitarian church.
Henry Bradbury married, in England, in 1874, Mally Schofield, who was born in 1851, and is a daughter of Jerry and Mary (Brierly) Schofield. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury are the parents of seven children: Charles, born in 1875; Ralph, born in 1877; Jerry, born in 1879; Walter, born in 1883; Frank, born in 1885, for seven years sergeant in the United States Signal Corps, stationed at Washing- ton, D. C .; Alice, born in 1887, now the wife of James Cookson of Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Annie, born in 1889.
HARRY CARLOW-In various lines of commer- cial and industrial advance, Harry Carlow has for many years been identified with the business life of Bristol county, Massachusetts, and he became one of the early dealers in automobile supplies, accessor- ies, etc., in Taunton. He has now for twenty-two years been at the head of a business of this nature and has developed one of the most important in- terests of its kind in this section. A practical me- chanic, and always keeping pace with the movement of the times, Mr. Carlow gives to the motoring public the most excellent service, and his reputation is by no means a matter of local importance only. He has become widely known and is sought by motor tourists from distant points when in this part of the country.
Harry Carlow was born at East Dennis, Barn- stable county, Massachusetts, July 30, 1872. Re- ceiving a practical education in the public schools of his birthplace, the young man learned the machin- ist's trade in the employ of the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, where he continued for four years. Thereafter, for a number of years, he worked as a marine engineer. Upon his return to Taun- ton, Mr. Carlow engaged in the manufacture of confectionery, and with headquarters at No. 34 Winthrop street, he carried forward a prosperous enterprise at that location for about four years. He then removed to Howard street, purchased the Briggs block on that street, and continued the manu- facture of confectionery and ice cream, also oper- ated a store at the corner of Main and Weir streets, known as H. Carlow & Company, where these products were retailed, also the principal market was of a wholesale nature. They also acted as wholesale dealers in tobacco, and during the period of his connection with this enterprise Mr. Carlow
served as manager of the Taunton branch of the Turner Center Dairy Association. In 1901 Mr. Carlow entered a wholly different field, the indica- tions of the time distinctly pointing to the future importance of the automobile. He purchased the property at Nos. 51-61 Weir street, and under the name of the Carlow Automobile Company, Inc., es- tablished a business along the line of sales, storage, supplies, accessories and repairs. He represented for a number of years some of the early makes of automobiles, but with the passing of time the ser- vice departments becaine of equal importance. They now have a main building with about 25,000 square feet of floor space, equipped to do all kinds of machine work, painting, etc., and also have a filling station, located on the same street, which was erected in 1920, and this interest is considered one of the foremost in its field in Bristol county, em- ploying about twenty-five people. Mr. Carlow is treasurer of this corporation and from the first has been the moving spirit and leader. He has from time to time acquired a financial interest in various other enterprises in Taunton and elsewhere; is the president of the Morris Plan Bank of Taunton; a director of the Weir Cooperative Bank; a trustee of the Bristol County Savings Bank; the treasurer of the Sherwood Curtain Company; is the New Eng- land representative of the Ahrens Fox Fire Engine Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; and during the World War was chairman of the Home Service Work and was prominent in all the Liberty Loan drives and in Red Cross work.
Fraternally he is connected with Alfred Baylies Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Fall River Lodge of Perfection, Princes of Jerusalem, Rose Croix Con- sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he holds the thirty-second degree; and Aleppo Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs are the Winthrop and the Segre- gansett Country, and he is a member of the Social Welfare League, of which he is a director. His religious affiliation is with the Unitarian church.
Mr. Carlow married, in 1908, Edith H. Anthony, of New Bedford, daughter of Daniel A. and Carrie (Davis) Anthony. Mr. and Mrs. Carlow are the parents of one child: Harriet A., who was born September 16, 1909.
LOUIS SWIG-A leading figure in professional circles in Taunton, Massachusetts, is Louis Swig, whose success in his chosen field of activity has brought him into general notice and has led to his extensive usefulness in the public service. The first generation of his family born under the Stars and Stripes, Mr. Swig gives to the land of his birth the loyalty of the patriot and the daily fealty of the progressive and self-respecting citizen, devoting his abilities to the public advance as well as to his own personal interests. He is a son of Simon and Fan- nie Swig, both natives of Russia, who came to the United States in their youth, and his father has for many years been a successful publisher. .
Louis Swig was born in the city of Springfield,
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Massachusetts, July 30, 1882. He is a graduate of the Taunton High School, class of 1901, and later attending Boston University Law School, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Ad- mitted to the bar of the State of Massachusetts in the year 1905, Mr. Swig began the practice of his chosen profession in Taunton. He has won his way to an enviable position in local professional circles. An able advocate, and broadly familiar with the many aspects of the law in its relation to the countless activities of life, he has developed a very extensive practice and is numbered among the very successful professional men of Bristol county. He is interested in various lines of endeavor in the city and its environs, and holds a prominent place in financial circles as the president and one of the founders of the Old Colony Cooperative Bank of Taunton. In the public life of the city he has for some years been active, having served as chairman of the Parks Commission, also as a member of the Committee on Sinking Fund. In the three suc- cessive years, 1917-18-19, Mr. Swig served as dele- gate to the Constitutional Convention from the Third Bristol District. He is now special justice of the First District Court of Bristol county. He was a member of the 9th Company, Coast' Artillery Corps, with the rank of corporal. During the World War he was member of the Legal Advisory Board, and was one of the leading "four-minute" speakers of this section. He received a certificate in commendation of his usefulness during that try- ing period from the United States Government. Broadly interested in all that pertains to civic wel- fare and general advance, Mr. Swig is a member of the American Bar Association, also of the Taunton Bar Association, and his standing in the profession is well appraised by the fact that he was elected to the presidency of the latter organization for the three consecutive years of 1913-14-15.
His fraternal connections include membership in Warren Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; also Good Samaritan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past grand; and Touro Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of B'Nai B'rith, of which he is presi- dent. Mr. Swig was vice-president of his class at the Boston University Law School, and is widely affiliated socially, being a member of the Middlesex Club and the New Century Club, and having for- merly been a member of the Boston Press Club. His religious. faith is that of his fathers, and he is a faithful attendant upon the services of the Syna- gogue.
Mr. Swig married, in 1911, Pauline Zuckerman, of New York City, daughter of Nathan and Hannah Zuckerman, and three children have been born to this union: Sydell H., in 1914; Irving J., in 1916; and Ruth G.
WILLIAM H. PRESTON, JR .- In the distribu- tion of automobiles in the city of Taunton, Massa- chusetts, William H. Preston, Jr., is a leading figure as sales manager of the firm of Brownell & Burt, representatives in Taunton of the Ford automobiles.
Mr. Preston has been identified with the sales end of the automobile business since completing his education and is counted among the noteworthy young men of the day in this field. He is a son of William H. Preston,' who was born in Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, and is a successful druggist of Boston, Massachusetts. The mother, Edith V. (James) Preston, was born in Syracuse, New York.
William H. Preston, Jr., was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 7, 1895. His education was ob- tained in the public schools of Dorchester, and fol- lowing the high school course, he attended Boston University, where he covered a practical commercial course. He then entered the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology in the aviation department, and upon the completion of his studies, became identi- fied with the automobile trade in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, as sales supervisor for the Ford Motor Company in that city. He was active in this connec- tion for a number of years. He came to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1921 to become identified with the firm of Brownell & Burt, Ford distributers for this city, in the capacity of sales manager. This firm is an old one in Taunton, having been founded in October, 1875, for the purpose of manufacturing carriages and coaches. They went forward along this line for many years, but with the introduction of the automobile and the decline in the carriage in- dustry, they entered the newer field and became prominent as manufacturers of automobile bodies. They also do a considerable amount of repair work, but their principal interest now is the distribution of Ford cars, and in this connection they are counted among the foremost concerns of Taunton, their sales approximating five hundred cars per year. Mr. Preston has been largely responsible for the marked increase in the business of the firm since his connection with the organization. During the World War Mr. Preston held the rank of second lieutenant in the Aero Section, Signal Reserve Corps, and was active as an instructor in aviation. He is a member of the Taunton Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally is identified with Belmont Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His clubs are: The Win- throp, Lions International, the Segregansett Country, and the Aero of Massachusetts. He is also a mem- ber of the National Aero Association, the Boston Automobile and the Young Men's Christian Associ- ation. His religious affiliation is with the Episcopal church.
Mr. Preston married, on April 6, 1917, Esther Billings Smith, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Ralph W. and Ina B. (Lockhart) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Preston are the parents of one child: Richard V., born June 26, 1921.
FRANK L. LOCKLIN -- In one of the far- reaching branches of welfare work in Bristol county, Massachusetts, Frank L. Locklin is a leading execu- tive, as secretary of the Manufacturers' and Em- ployers' Association of Taunton. Mr. Locklin has been identified with both professional and industrial activities and has thereby come in close touch with
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varied conditions and has become familiar with many branches of human endeavor. Thus he is particularly well-fitted for the responsibilities and privileges of his present position, and his work in bringing together the manufacturers and employers of Taunton is constructive in a marked degree. Mr. Locklin is a son of Henry N. Locklin, who was born in Jericho, Vermont, and was engaged as a merchant throughout his active lifetime, now being retired. The mother, Emma F. (Bowman) Locklin, was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and is also still living.
Frank L. Locklin was born in Suffolk county, Massachusetts, May 30, 1875. His education was be- gun in the public schools of the city of Boston, and continued in the Dorchester High School, from which he graduated with the class of 1891, and later spent two years at the Young Men's Christian Association Law School of Boston. Mr. Locklin's first experience was in the office of an attorney, but after a tinie he entered the employ of the Boston & Northern Street Railway Company, in the cap- acity of clerk in the auditing department. He was later transferred to the engineering department. After several years in this connection Mr. Locklin became identified with the Southern Division of the Bay State Street Railway Company, in the capacity of auditor, where he continued until February 1, 1918. His activities in the street railway world brought him constantly in touch with the condi- tions of the working man, and it was with broad familiarity with conditions both in this direction and in the realm of the employer that Mr. Locklin took up the duties of his present position. As secretary of the Manufacturers' and Employers' Association of Taunton ,he is doing much good, his work counting materially toward a better understanding between capital and labor and more closely united effort along all progressive lines in the world of in- dustry. This organization has offices in the Taylor block, at No. 14 Taunton Green, and in his en- deavors for a common cause, Mr. Locklin has the cordial support of all the prominent manufacturing concerns of the city. Mr. Locklin was made secretary of the Taunton Chamber of Commerce on June 1, 1923. Interested in a broadly construc- tive way in many allied lines of effort, Mr. Lock- lin is a director of the Boys' Club of Taunton, also of the Social Welfare League. He is a member of the Laymen League and the New England Street Railway Club, and in every branch of endeavor which has been instituted to safeguard the welfare of the people or advance the industrial activities of the day, he is an active worker. His more personal interests include membership in Charles H. Titus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bristol Commandery, Lodge No. 29, of Attleboro; Palestine Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Providence, Rhode Island; and Sabbatia Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. His clubs are the Bristol, the Winthrop, the Segregansett Country, the Thistle and the Heather, the latter of Lily Bay,
Maine. His religious affiliation is with St. Thomas' Episcopal Church.
Mr. Locklin married, in 1900, Lillian A. Landt, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Stone) Landt. Mr. and Mrs. Lock- lin are the parents of one child, Henry N., (2), born June 6, 1901, a graduate of Bradford Durfee Textile School.
LUTHER DEAN-As an investment and security broker, Luther Dean is doing a very extensive busi- ness in Taunton, Massachusetts, and his long ex- perience in various branches of construction engi- neering gives him a comprehensive familiarity with many phases of activity which bear upon the in- vestment field. His success in his earlier affiliations is being duplicated in his present activities and he is numbered among the really progressive men of the day in Bristol county, Massachusetts. Mr. Dean is a son of David Dean, who was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, and who was for many years deputy sheriff of Bristol county, in which office he con- tinued until his death, which occurred in 1913. The mother, Dordana (Macomber) Dean, was also born in Taunton, and she died at an early age, in 1876.
Luther Dean, son of these parents, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, November 21, 1867. His early education was acquired in the local public schools, and he was graduated from the Taunton High School in the class of 1884. Thereafter he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but after about a year and a half was compelled to leave on account of his health. Entering later into the general field of civil engineering and contracting, Mr. Dean was active thus for about twenty-five years, his work taking him to many parts of the United States at different times. During this period he handled many large, important contracts of vari- ous kinds, his most noteworthy achievement, per- haps, having been the building of an electric inter- urban railroad in Texas. This was accomplished in 1912 and 1913, Mr. Dean acting as chief engineer, at the same time being vice-president and manager of the construction company which built the road. They completed nearly two hundred miles of rail- road fully equipped, in a period of twenty-one months, which constituted a record at that time, and the cost of building this road was several mil- lion dollars. It was on such a scale as this and in activities as important and as constructive in their significance that Mr. Dean has spent the greater part of his career. In 1919 he engaged of- fices at No. 37 Broadway, moving in 1920 to No. 43 Taunton Green, in the city of Taunton, and opened his present business in investments and se- curities as a broker. He ranks high in this field, and his judgment is considered excellent, the fore- most business men of the day frequently consulting him in a professional capacity. Mr. Dean is also a director of the East Taunton Cooperative Bank, and was at one time city engineer of Taunton. Mr. Dean is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Fraternally he is a member of King
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David Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is fur- ther a member of the Winthrop Club, and his re- ligious affiliation is with the Winslow Congrega- tional Church.
Mr. Dean married, in 1891, Jessie L. Bragg, of Taunton, Massachusetts, daughter of Jesse and Katherine (Pillsbury) Bragg.
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CHARLES W. DAVOL-A broadly representa- tive citizen of Taunton, Massachusetts, is Charles W. Davol, who has for some years been at the head of one of the leading printing establishments of Bristol county. Entering the organization im- mediately following the completion of his educa- tion at Harvard College. Mr. Davol has been identified with its progress for more than twenty- five years and is now the successor of his late father. He is a son of Ezra Davol, who was born in Taunton and became one of the widely note- worthy men of this city. He founded the present business in the year 1858, making this the oldest printing business in this part of Bristol county, which has been in continuous activity since its or- ganization. Ezrà Davol was a man of progressive spirit and was highly esteemed in the community, his lofty ideals and unquestionable integrity placing him among those men whose activities contribute in more than the material sense to the public pro- gress. He was interested in every phase of com- munity advance, and was a life-member of the Old Colony Historical Society. He died April 9, 1911. The mother, Arabella M. (White) Davol, was also born in Taunton, and died in 1893.
Charles W. Davol was born in Taunton, Massa- chusetts, November 12, 1878. Receiving his early education in the public schools of his birthplace, he was graduated from the Taunton High School in the class of 1897. Thereafter entering Harvard Uni- versity, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1901, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. At once becoming identified with his father in the printing business, Mr. Davol mas- tered the trade and familiarized himself with the affairs of the business office. He was soon able to carry considerable responsibility, and the growth and development of the business since that time stands largely to his credit. Upon the death of his father, which occurred in 1911, Charles W. Davol became sole owner of the business and has con- tinued thus until the present time. He handles a general line of printing, but specializes on printing work for the industries, particularly the textile mills of this section. Mr. Davol is interested in various other commercial, industrial and financial enter- prises in Bristol county. He is a director of the Morris Plan Bank of Taunton, the Hingham Fire Insurance Company of Hingham, Massachusetts, the Taunton Gas Light Company, the Attleboro Gas Light Company, is a member of the Board of In- vestment, and trustee of the Bristol County Savings Bank, and a director and trustee of the Taunton Construction Trust. Fraternally he is a member
of Ionic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and various other Masonic bodies, including Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Boston. He is a member, also director and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and a life-member of the Old Colony Historical So- ciety. His clubs are the Harvard, of which . he is a director, the Winthrop, and the Segregansett, of which he is also a director. His religious affilia- tion is with the Unitarian church.
Mr. Davol married, in 1903, Katharine Reed, of Taunton, Massachusetts, daughter of William and Katharine (Hale) Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Davol are the parents of two children: Katharine T., born in 1905, a graduate of Taunton High School, and now (1923) a student at the House in the Pines, at Norton, Massachusetts; and Rosamond, born in 1907, a graduate of the Taunton High School, a student at Rogers Hall School, of Lowell.
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