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Mr. O'Hearne married (first) in June, 1876, Susan C. McSorley, who died in 1902. He married (sec- ond) in June, 1904, Mary E. Maxwell, daughter of Michael and Bridget (Campbell) Maxwell, of Taun- ton, and they are the parents of three children: Mary B., born in May, 1905; John A., born in May, 1906; and George S., born in November, 1907. The two older children are graduates of St. Mary's High School, and the youngest is still (1923) a student there.
JOSEPH EDSON NUTE-As manager of the Fall River Gas Works Company for the past thirty-
three years, Mr. Nute has filled an important place in Fall River's business life and has become widely known as an expert in gas manufacture and distri- bution. He has been connected with the manufac- turing, storage and distribution of gas since 1885, and since 1890 has made Fall River his home and the Fall River Gas Works Company his chief busi- ness interest. The success of that company as a business corporation has been the result of wise management in all departments, and as manager Mr. Nute has had a large share in determining company policies.
Mr. Nute traces descent from an English an- cestry, the first of the name in New England being James Nute, who came in 1631 to Portsmouth, but soon settled in Dover, New Hampshire, where he was one of the signers of the Dover Combination of 1640. The old homestead farm he there ac- quired is still held in the family name.
A descendant of James Nute, the founder, born in Poland, Maine, was of the eighth generation from James, and Orsamus Nute, resident of South Woodstock, Maine, where he married for a second wife Lovina D. Davis, and some time after the birth of his son, Joseph Edson Nute, removed to Boston, Massachusetts, the date being April, 1865. There he engaged ir: a general contracting business, and became prominently identified with the con- structive activities of his day. He was born April 14, 1820, and died September 12, 1907, aged eighty- six years and five months, his wife dying at the early age of forty-six years. Mr. Nute was a man well known and popular.
Joseph Edson Nute, son of Orsamus and Lovina D. (Davis) Nute, was born in South Woodstock, Maine, September 3, 1863, but in April, 1865, Bos- ton, Massachusetts, became the family home, and there he was educated. He was a student in the Rice Grammar School, English High School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating from the last-named institution with the degree of S. B., class of 1885. Soon after graduation he en- tered the employ of the United Gas Improvement Company, of Philadelphia, and was placed in charge of the construction of masonry gas-holder tanks, of which he built three, one each in Omaha, Ne- braska, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Lewiston,
Maine. In March, 1887, he became superintendent of distribution for the Jersey City plant of the United Gas Improvement Company, there remain- ing until 1890. With those five years of practical experience to reinforce his technical education, Mr. Nute, in April, 1890, came to Fall River as manager of the gas works plant, and in that capacity he has spent the thirty-three years that have since inter- vened. These years have brought him high repu- tation in his line of business, and in the organiza- tions pertaining to the gas business, he is an au- thority whose opinions carry the weight of an au- thority. He is a member of the American Gas Association; the New England Gas Association (a former vice-president); and the Guild of Gas Managers, of which he is an ex-president. He has
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been for nine years treasurer of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce; member of the Rotary Club; member of the executive committee of the Fall River chapter of the American Red Cross since its organization; member of the Council of Boy Scouts, and chairman of the camp committee of that organization; and a member of the Queque- chan Club. In politics he is normally a Republican.
Mr. Nute married, May 30, 1887, Harriet Gove Wilkins, of Boston, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of five children: 1. Helen, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, who married Arthur G. Wadsworth, a wholesale dealer in confectionery at Fall River. 2. Raymond Edson, a graduate of Amherst Agricultural College, now manager of Ken- tucky Orchards Company, Valley Station, Kentucky. 3. Warren Wilkins, now a cashier of the New Bed- ford Gas and Edison Light Company, New Bed- ford, Massachusetts. 4. Alden Davis, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1917, now a chemical engineer, associated with the American Printing Company, of Fall River. 5. Kath- arine, a graduate of Sargent School of Physical Culture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, now head guardian of the Camp Fire Girls of Fall River.
HARRY GOULD GIESOW-From his early en- trance into the business world at the age of fifteen years Mr. Giesow has followed the one pursuit. He began at the foot of the ladder of success, mounting rung by rung as he mastered the details of his fol- lowing, and while still a young man was enabled to buy out the branch of the concern for whom he had become manager, which he has successfully ex- panded and run as his own business.
Harry Gould Giesow was born May 1, 1881, in Kings county, New York, son of William Henry and Agnes M. (Curnow) Giesow, the mother born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1854, died in 1891; the father, native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, born in 1856, died in 1913. The latter was a manufacturer of jewelry in New York, and his son, Harry Gould Giesow, was the youngest of three brothers, having also three sisters. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of fifteen years entered the cotton brokerage office of George H. Rhodes & Company of New York, as a clerk. In 1912 he came to Fall River as the agent for this company which had maintained an office here since 1890, and shortly after, within the same year, he bought out this branch, also purchasing the large four-story brick building at No. 120-126 Third street. He has pursued successfully the cotton, cloth and yarn brokerage business here, and for several years past three floors of this building have been occupied by the Fall River Continuation School. Mr. Giesow having carried his business to success, has also been interested in the civic welfare of his town, and has been called upon to be an officer in many corporations. He is treasurer of the Radio Motion Picture and Phone Corporation, a half-million dol- lar concern, having their executive offices in the same building. He is a member of the Chamber
of Commerce, the Quequechan Club and the Fall River Country Club; he also belongs to the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks through Brook- lyn Lodge No. 22; is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Gie- sow is unmarried.
GEORGE ALBERT RICHMOND-Prominent as an executive in the production of monuments and memorials in Taunton, Massachusetts, George Al- bert Richmond has been identified with this branch of endeavor throughout his active career, and his training and experience are counting not only for his own success, but for the progress and prosperity of the concern with which he is associated. Mr. Richmond is a native of the State of Rhode Island, and a son of Albert L. Richmond, who was born in Washington Village, Rhode Island, where sev- eral generations of the family have resided, and three generations have been active in monumental work. Albert L. Richmond now stands at the head of a large business in this field at Washington Vil- lage at the present time. The mother, Mary I. (Quinn) Richmond, who was born in Boston, is also still living.
George Albert Richmond was born at Washing- ton Village, Rhode Island, May 17, 1887. His edu- cation was acquired in the public schools of his birthplace, and after completing his studies, he be- came associated with his father in the monumental works. The young man learned the business in every detail, becoming an expert in this field, and possessing no small artistic ability, he won wide recognition in the trade. Remaining with his father until the year 1916, Mr. Richmond then accepted an offer from the John R. Richards Company, and came to Taunton as agent in charge of their monu- mental works in this city. This company, which is frequently mentioned as one of the largest if not the largest in New England of its kind, was estab- lished in the year 1887, and deals in the finished product of all kinds of memorials for the cemetery. With quarries at Quincy, Massachusetts, and Brook- line, New Hampshire, they have branches in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, Malden, Massachusetts, also Brookfield and New Bedford, Massachusetts. The interests of this concern center in Taunton, where the firm was first located on Weir street, then on Cedar street, the business growing to such an ex- tent that constant expansion was necessary. Since 1917 they have been at the present location at No. 225 Broadway. Mr. Richmond's energy and ability are counting far for the progress of the organiza- tion, and under his management the company is turning out work of great excellence, both from the viewpoint of the artisan and of the artist as well. He is interested in all that pertains to the general welfare and advance, but although a supporter of the Republican party in political affairs, he has never permitted his name to be brought forward in connection with candidacy for any public office. Interested in agricultural progress, he is affiliated with the Taunton Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
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and Taunton Lodge of Elks. His leisure is spent in his home, among his books and with his family.
Mr. Richmond married, in 1906, Mary A. Bux- ton, of Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of Charles and Mary (Mathew) Buxton, both also natives of that city and prominent people there. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond have two children: Blythe G., born in 1908; and Albert F., born in 1909. The family are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, of Taunton.
WALTER GLADSTONE MOON-Among the younger business executives of Attleboro, Massa- chusetts, Walter Gladstone Moon is a broadly note- worthy figure as secretary of the Walter E. Hay- ward Company, manufacturing jewelers of this city. Mr. Moon is a son of Robert and Anna (Livesley) Moon, both natives of England, but for many years residents of Attleboro, the father active as a jeweler.
Walter Gladstone Moon was born at New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, January 22, 1893. His early education was acquired in the public and high schools of his native State and he was graduated from the Attleboro High School in the class of 1911. Thereafter entering Northeastern University, College of Finance of Providence, Rhode Island, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1923 with the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. Mr. Moon's first business experience was in the employ of the Watson Company of Attle- boro, in their shipping department, and after a period of activity in that connection he was trans- ferred to the Thomae Company, a subsidiary of that concern, and was active in the offices of these two organizations for a period of four years. In the year 1915 Mr. Moon entered the employ of the Walter E. Hayward Company of Attleboro in the capacity of bookkeeper and office manager. On January 1, 1921, when this concern was incorpo- rated, Mr. Moon was elected secretary, and this position he still ably fills. He is giving to the work of this position the energy and ability which have carried him to his present level of achieve- ment, and he is counted a definite factor in the progress of the enterprise. Mr. Moon is a veteran of the World War, having enlisted in the medical department of the United States Army, in which he served for one year, then was transferred to the finance department at the 5th Division Headquar- ters. He saw several months of service overseas and received his honorable discharge July 29, 1919, with the rank of sergeant first class. Mr. Moon supports the Republican party in political matters, but has never thus far sought nor accepted the honors of public office. He is a member of the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce and fraternally is affiliated with Ezekiel Bates Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Attleboro; King Hiram Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; and his college fraternity is the Pi Tau Kappa. He is also a member of the Highland Country Club, the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, and the American Legion, a mem-
ber of the executive committee. His religious af- filiation is with the First Baptist Church, of which he is a member of the finance committee.
JAMES B. KELLEY-Born in Fall' River, where he has spent his lifetime and where for twenty-seven years he has held the responsible position of chief clerk of the street department, James B. Kelley is one of the best known men of this city, and as a lawyer and public servant he is contributing in a marked degree to the progress of the municipality. Mr. Kelley is a son of Michaei B. and Elizabeth G. (Kelly) Kelley, the father a native of Waterford, Ireland, and the mother a native of England, both having come to the Unitec States as children of perhaps five years, with their parents, and both families settling in Fall River The paternal grandfather, William Kelley, and the maternal grandfather, James Kelly, were employed in the cotton mills throughout their lifetime. Michael B. Kelley, father of James B. Kelley, was for many years overseer in the local cotton mills, but later was engaged in the grocery business, in which he was very successful, and died in 1906. His widow is still (1923) living, aged nearly eighty years.
James B. Kelley was born in Fall River, Massa- chusetts, December 3, 1871. His education was received in the local public schools, and at about fifteen years of age he apprenticed himself to the printer's trade. After completing his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman printer for about two years, then entered the office of the street depart- ment of the city of Fall River, in the capacity of clerk. Only a year later Mr. Kelley was made chief clerk of this department and has since con- tinuously filled that responsible position. In 1903, the further to equip himself for efficiency and use- fulness in the public service, Mr. Kelley began the reading of law in the offices of Jennings, Morton & Brayton, and completed his legal studies at the evening classes at the Fall River School of Law. In the year 1906 Mr. Kelley passed the examinations of the State board and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts, but he has never taken up the prac- tice of this profession, choosing to use this added knowledge in the official duties which he has so long filled, and in this connection finding his legal knowledge of inestimable value. It is only stating a truism to say that his added efficiency has been the means of much good to the people in the con- duct of the affairs of this office. Mr. Kelley is uni- versally esteemed in Fall River, both among his associates and contemporaries in public life and among the people. He has few interests outside of his work, but is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Name.
Mr. Kelley married, September 21, 1896, Louisa J. McKenney of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley are the parents of five children: Gertrude L., a graduate of Bridgewater State Normal School, class of 1918, and now a teacher in the Robeson School of Fall River; Mary F., a graduate of Trinity Col-
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lege, class of 1920, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, now a teacher in the Henry Lord, Junior High School; James B., Jr., a graduate of Holy Cross College of Worcester, Massachusetts, degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1923, now a freshman in Harvard Law School; Helena A., a student at St. Elizabeth's College at Convent, Morris county, New Jersey; and Paul M., a graduate of St. An- selina's Preparatory School at Manchester New Hampshire, now a freshman at Holy Cross College.
LUTHER B. HOARD-The industrial activities of Bristol county, Massachusetts, are finding in the enterprise of which Luther B. Hoard is the head a force contributing materially to their advance in the way of packages for the distribution of their products. Mr. Hoard is manufacturing corrugated and other paper boxes on a very considerable scale, and as the founder and sole owner of this business is bearing a definite and useful part in the business progress of this section. Mr. Hoard is a son of David L. and Rhoda V. (Pierce) Hoard, both na- tives of Myricks, Massachusetts, the father for many years a locomotive engineer in the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad.
Luther B. Hoard was born at New Bedford, Massachusetts, October 28, 1893. Securing his early education in the local public schools, he was gradu- ated from the Taunton High School in the class of 1912, and thereafter took a special three years' course in the textile school in Fall River. Then, when he had scarcely entered upon his career, he turned from his personal interests to enlist in the United States Navy in 1917. He was assigned to duty at Newport, Rhode Island, as hospital yeoman, and spent twenty-five months in the service, receiv- ing his honorable discharge in the year 1920 as second class pharmacist's mate. On returning to civilian life Mr. Hoard established his present in- terests, beginning the manufacture of corrugated and other paper boxes under the firm name of the American Corrugated and Paper Box Company, located in East Taunton, Massachusetts. Mr. Hoard's interests occupy an entire building, and his product is principally absorbed in the nearby towns and cities. From a small start this business was more than tripled in the first years' output and has con- stantly grown. Mr. Hoard is now planning to make extensive additions to his plant in order to accom- modate the continued increase. As the head and owner of this interest he stands among the really significant business executives of this vicinity and his work is contributing to the general progress. In political matters he supports the Republican party, but has few interests outside of the above enterprise. Fraternally he is identified with Ionic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and his religious affiliation is with the Congregational church.
Mr. Hoard married, in Taunton, Massachusetts, June 26, 1920, Leila Padelford of East Taunton, Massachusetts, daughter of Frank and Esther (Rounseville) Padelford, both natives of East Taun- ton, Massachusetts. The father, who was a butcher
by occupation, died in 1921, but the mother passed away in 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Hoard are the parents of one daughter, Esther P., born in March, 1921.
THOMAS WOOD LAWTON-A forceful and efficient executive in the textile industry throughout his active lifetime, Thomas Wood Lawton has been connected with the Manhasset Manufacturing Com- pany of Taunton, Massachusetts, for the past three years, and having come to this position from other important mills in New England and Canada, he has taken up his studies here with invaluable ex- perience behind him, as well as with the natural ability of a thorough-going business man. A native of England, Mr. Lawton has been on this side of the Atlantic since the age of nine years. He is the son of John and Elizabeth (Heywood) Wood, both natives of Oldham, England. The father, who was identified with the mill industry during the greater part of his life and rose to the position of superintendent, died at a comparatively early age in 1892, the mother surviving him for many years and passing away in 1916.
Thomas Wood Lawton was born at Oldham, England, August 3, 1883. Coming to the United States in 1892, he later went to Canada for a period and attended the public schools of Mon- treal, and also took a course at Ward & White's Business School at Montreal. His first experience in the industrial world was in the employ of the Merchant Cotton Mills at Montreal, and after a few years of experience in that connection he went to Baltic, Connecticut, where he was identified with the Baltic Mills for ten years. His next connection was with the Lawton Mills at Plainfield, Connecti- cut, where he served as overseer for six years. Thereafter going to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, as representative for the Howard & Bullough Machine Company, he next went to Shawenegan Falls, Que- bec, Canada, as superintendent of the Shawenegan Falls Cotton Company, continuing in this capacity until 1920. At that time Mr. Lawton came to Taunton to accept the position of superintendent of the Manhasset Manufacturing Company, one of the foremost concerns in its field in this section. Here Mr. Lawton has under his supervision about five hundred employees, and as an able and broadly capable executive, his work is contributing in a marked degree to the continued prosperity and growth of this great concern. Mr. Lawton is a Republican by political faith but has never accepted the honors or responsibilities of office. Fraternally he is a member of Barney Merry Lodge, No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; also a member of Pawtucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. His religious affiliation is with St. Thomas' Episcopal Church.
Mr. Lawton married, in June, 1908, Jennie Wain, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, daughter of John and Anna (Barlow) Wain, of Pawtucket. Mr. and Mrs. Lawton have three children: Ronald W., born in October, 1910; Dorothy May, born in August, 1913; and Carl Heywood, born in May, 1918.
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MICHAEL JAMES ORPEN-As a leading at- torney-at-law of Bristol county, Massachusetts, Michael. James Orpen is a noteworthy figure in professional circles, having won his way to his position in the legal world entirely through his own efforts. As clerk of the Second District Court of Bristol county for nearly nine years, Mr. Orpen is bearing a broadly practical and noteworthy part in the general advance, and is filling the duties of an exacting position in the public service. He is a member of a family of seafaring men and his grandfather was drowned at sea when his father was an infant. The widow came to the United States with an uncle and reared her son in Ameri- can traditions, educating him to the best of her ability and training him in the sturdy manly quali- ties and virtues. Michael Orpen, her son, was born in Ireland, and the mother settling in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was educated in the public schools of this city. He was for many years a mill operative but in later. life he was an employee of the city. He died April 1, 1917. Michael Orpen married Mary Leary, who was also born in Ireland, and came to this country in her childhood with her parents. She still (1923) survives him, at the age of sixty-eight years.
Michael James Orpen was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, August 26, 1881. His education was begun in the Fall River public schools and he later attended the Fall River Evening High School. Meanwhile, as early as his tenth year, Mr. Orpen was active as a wage earner, selling newspapers on the street and later working ni a grocery store. He also worked as a bell-boy in a hotel, picked strawberries during the fruit season, and did any- thing to turn an honest penny. During these years, however, Mr. Orpen did not fail to appreciate the advantages of educational work, and eventually suc- ceeded in covering his legal course at the Fall River Evening Law School. It was not until his marriage, however, that Mr. Orpen took up the study of law. During his law studies he supported his family as owner of a grocery store, and after his admissioin to the bar on March 1, 1912, he opened his law office in the Borden Block, one year later removing to the Granite Block, where he maintained his office until the time of his appoint- ment to the public service by Governor David J. Walsh, which occurred December 24, 1914. Mr. Orpen's subsequent reappointment as clerk of the Second District Court of Bristol county was re- ceived from Calvin A. Coolidge, now President of the United States, when he was governor of Massa- chusetts. He has served continuously in this office since his original appointment, and has done much to forward the work placed in his hands, and his efficiency in this position has made him one of the broadly useful men of the day in Bristol county. Mr. Orpen is a member of Fall River Lodge, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, also of the Knights of Columbus, and attends Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
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Michael James Orpen married, June 6, 1904,
Elizabeth A. Altham of Fall River, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of three children: Robert M., a graduate of the B. M. C. Durfee High School, class of 1923; Mary, now a junior in the B. M. C. Durfee High School; and Anna, still in grammar school.
RICHARD BORDEN CHACE-With broad practical experience in various phases of the textile industry, Richard Borden Chace stands among the leading executives of the city of Fall River, and in his official capacity as general manager and treasurer of the Shawmut Mills he is devoting his splendid energies to local industrial advance. Mr. Chace is interested in many branches of progressive thought and effort, and his influence bears weight in the right direction.
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