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A Republican by political affiliation, he served as a member of the Taunton City Council for two years. He was for six years identified with Com- pany F, 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a Taunton regiment. He was promoted in the service, having been made corporal three weeks after his enlistment, receiving his honorable dis- charge with the rank of sergeant. He was a mem- ber of Sabbatia Lodge, No. 225, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which he had been connected for very nearly half a century, having joined this lodge in 1874, when it was known as King Philip Lodge. He was one of the honored figures in this organization and his long connection with it is a record of which any man might well be proud. He was a member of the Taunton Volunteer Fire De- partment for thirty-five years, and also a member of the Taunton Historical Society. His religious affiliation was with Grace Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Moore was twice married; he married (first) Emma Wilbur, of Taunton, in 1871, and she died in 1899. They were the parents of five children: Mabel, born in 1873; Herbert, born in 1875; Carroll and May, twins, born in 1879; and Lulu, born in 1883. Mr. Moore married (second), in 1908, Eliza- beth Bartel, of Taunton, who survives her husband.
GEORGE HERBERT PHILLIPS-Few names have meant more to the general advance in Bristol county, Massachusetts than that of George Herbert Phillips, who was for many years active in the business life of Taunton and Dighton and during his years of riper experience was interested in the distribution of automobiles. Mr. Phillips was a man of large business ability, but he was even more widely known, probably, for his fraternal af- filiations which expressed most happily his genial spirit and true benevolence. Mr. Phillips was a son of William W. and Mary (Eccles) Phillips, his father a proprietor for many years of a country store dealing in all branches of merchandise.
George Herbert Phillips was born at Raynham, Massachusetts, February 24, 1860. His education was begun in the local public schools of Dighton and was completed with the grammar course. As
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a young man he was variously employed in such activities as were near at hand, and for a number of years was associated with his father in merchan- dising advance in Dighton. With the introduction of the automobile and its early development, Mr. Phillips had the most implicit confidence in the permanence and business importance of the motor vehicle and became one of the early dealers handling its distribution. With the expansion of the motor in- dustry to include trucks as well as pleasure cars, he added these to his line and for many years represented some of the leading American makes. His death, which occurred May 2, 1923, removed from Bristol county one of the men whose every activity counted for community advance and indi- vidual prosperity and happiness. Mr. Phillips gave to the world the wealth of a rich and benevolent nature and he will long be remembered in every circle in which he moved, as one of the most noteworthy figures of a generation of great men.
Fraternally Mr. Phillips was affiliated with Pioneer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Somerset, Massachusetts, of which he was past master; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Taunton; and Azab Grotto, of Fall River; also Star of Beth- lehem Chapter, No. 151, Order of the Eastern Star, of Somerset. He was further affiliated with Digh- ton Rock Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was past master. Mr. Phillips was a man of sincere and broadly charitable religious convictions and his life was invariably ordered by the highest principles. While not a member of the church or- ganization, he attended the Unitarian church and was a generous supporter of its benevolences and other activities.
George Herbert Phillips married, at Berkeley, Massachusetts, November 26, 1884, Lucie Myrtella Babbit, daughter of Enoch Bradford and Clarissa Jane (Hathaway) Babbit. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips' children number two: Dora Estella, born March 13, 1886, and died December 29, 1893; and Russell Her- bert, born October 6, 1898, and now active in busi- ness circles in Taunton and Dighton.
In such a life as that of George Herbert Phillips is exemplified those qualities of benevolence which, combined with his ability of leadership, counted for more than local or momentary good. The achieve- ments of such a man are of far greater significance than those of any selfish spirit and in the record of his life the communities with which he was identified are honored and blessed. Mr. Phillips' death has saddened every circle in which he moved and while yet his memory brings a keen pang of sorrow, the passing years will assuage the grief of those who have known him, and the good that he has done will live on, a beneficent and lasting in- fluence.
LEONARD SANFORD CHACE-Upon termi- nating his connection with the firm of Covel & Osborn in 1905, Mr. Chace established his present business and during the eighteen years which have since intervened he has built up the largest mill
supply business in Southeastern Massachusetts, un- der the firm name, The L. S. Chace Mill Supply Company, of which he is the proprietor. Fall River has been his home since boyhood, and his business experience has been entirely gained in that city. He is a son of Benjamin C. and Sarah L. (Sanford) Chace, a grandson of Leonard Chace, one of the founders of the B. G. & L. Chace Pottery, in Som- erset, Massachusetts, and a descendant of William Chase, as he spelled the name, who came from England with his wife, Mary, and son, William, with Governor Winthrop and his colony in 1630, settling first in Roxbury. Later he resided in Yar- mouth, Massachusetts, where he died. From William Chase sprang the numerous and influential families of Chase and Chace, of New England. The line of Leonard S. Chace settled in Somerset, Massachu- setts, but Benjamin C. Chase later in life came to Fall River, having operated a pottery in Norwich, Connecticut, a business he learned from his father, Leonard Chace. Benjamin C. Chace died at Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1916, his widow, Sarah L. (Sanford) Chace, yet surviving him and residing at the Chace home in Fall River.
Leonard Sanford Chace was born in Somerset, Massachusetts, December 25, 1878, and there spent the earlier years of his life. After the family moved to Fall River, he entered B. M. C. Durfee High School, having finished grammar school courses in Somerset. After liis school years were completed he became an employe of Covel & Osborn, hard- ware and mill supplies, remaining with that house until 1905, when he resigned his position to engage in business for himself. In that year he founded the mill supply business that bears his name at Nos. 144-150 Pocasset street, Fall River. He has been very successful in his private business enter- prise and has, while building that up to its present prosperous condition, acquired other interests and responsibilities. He was one of the organizers in 1917 and is now president of the Shawmut Mills, manufacturers of combed cotton yarns; is director and treasurer of the Parker Mills, cotton cloth manufacturers; director of the Metacomet National Bank; is proprietor of the Chace Electric Company, the largest electric contracting business in South- eastern Massachusetts, which he added to his own business about 190S, and since 1910 he has operated a belt manufacturing business under the firm name of The Textile Belting & Stropping Company. All of these are growing concerns and stand high in their respective spheres.
Mr. Chace is a member of the Masonic order, be- ing affiliated with King Philip Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Fall River Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Fall River Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters; Godfrey de ' Bouillon Commandery, Knights Templar; and Massachusetts Consistory, in which he holds the thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is a noble of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Fall River Chamber of Commerce; and the
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Quequechan Club, of which he was treasurer for a number of years.
Leonard S. Chace married, January 11, 1904, Laura E. Arnzen, of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Chace are the parents of four children: Richard A., now in his senior year at Andover; Leonard S. (2), a student at the Stearns School; William N., a freshman at Andover; and Margaret, a student in a private school (1923). The family home is in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
IRVING F. WHITMARSH-One of the oldest and largest plumbing and heating concerns of Bris- tol county is that of Irving F. Whitmarsh, Incor- porated. Mr. Whitmarsh is himself an expert in his line and employs a skilled corps of helpers who install heating apparatus and provide water piping for homes and public buildings throughout Bristol county.
Mr. Whitmarsh was born in Dighton, Massa- chusetts, November 2, 1850, and is a son of Francis A., a farmer of Dighton, Massachusetts, who died in 1897, and Emmaline H. (Hodges) Whitmarsh, who died in 1895. After receiving a good practical education in the public schools of Dighton, he learned . the plumber's and sheet metal trade, and until 1890 was employed by various plumbing and sheet metal concerns. In 1890 he purchased the plumbing and sheet metal business of Jerome Bab- bitt, and for a period of twenty-four years success- fully conducted the business under his own name. In 1914 the concern was incorporated under the name I. F. Whitmarsh Company, Incorporated, Ed- ward F. Whitmarsh, president; Irving F. Whit- marsh, treasurer; and Helen I. Whitmarsh, secre- tary. From the time of Mr. Whitmarsh's purchase of the business in 1890 to the present time (1923) the business has been steadily growing and the corps of workmen has been steadily increased until at the present time about twenty men are employed to meet the needs of the patrons of the concern. The enterprise is one of the largest of its kind in this section of the State. It does a general line of plumbing and heating, and the uniform excellence of workmanship has been the important factor in its development into one of the leading plumbing concerns of the county.
Mr. Whitmarsh is well known in fraternal circles, being a member of King David Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Taunton; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Taunton Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bristol Commandery, Knights Temp- lar; and of Aleppo Temple, of Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Orient Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor; and a member of Sabbatia Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious affiliation is with the Winthrop Street Baptist Church, of Taunton, of which he is a member.
Irving F. Whitmarsh married (first) on January 9, 1872, Anna Crane Babbitt, of Taunton. He mar- ried (second) in 1914, Luella Christiana Baker, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. To the first mar-
riage were born four children: 1. Edward F., born December 23, 1881, at Taunton, Massachusetts, who received his education in the public schools of his native city and graduated from high school with the class of 1900. He. then took a special course in the New York Trade School, 1901-1904, receiving in the latter year a plumber's certificate. He was captain of the High School Cadets, of Taunton, Massachusetts, and is now a member of King David's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; also of Orient Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. He married, in 1905, Phoebe Baker, of New Bed- ford, and they are the parents of one child, Harold B., who is a student in the Taunton High School. 2. Helen I., who is now engaged at the office of her father. The other two children died young.
MICHAEL J. COUGHLIN, a leading figure in Bristol county, Massachusetts, as undertaker and embalmer, has for more than thirty years borne a part in the community welfare by performing the sacred duty of caring for the dead. His progressive attitude has led him to keep in close touch with the advance in his field of endeavor, and he is one of the leading funeral directors of this section.
He is a son of James and Mary (Sullivan) Cough- lin, both born in Ireland, who came to the United States in their youth. Both made the voyage in old time sailing vessels, landing in Boston, Massa- chusetts, thence coming to Fall River, where they were married in St. Mary's Church in the spring of 1857. James Coughlin received an excellent education in his native Ireland, and learning the trade of stone cutter upon his arrival in this coun- try, followed it during the remainder of his life. James and Mary Coughlin were the parents of a family of ten children, of whom seven still survive. James Coughlin died in May, 1882, at the age of sixty years, while his wife survived him for about thirty years, passing away May 8, 1912, at the age of eighty years.
Michael J. Coughlin, second youngest child of his parents, was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, De- cember 28, 1870, and .there attended the public schools. The death of his father occurred when he was in his twelfth year. He became a wage earner at that early age, securing employment in a dry goods store during evenings, holiday seasons and Saturdays. He was able to complete the grammar school course at the Lincoln school in his fourteenth year, and immediately thereafter secured a position as clerk in a fancy grocery house in the residential section of Fall River, where he remained about seven years. In 1892 he became associated with his brother, Daniel Coughlin, an undertaker and em- balmer, as an employe, continuing for about two years, acquiring a partnership interest in 1894, the firm then becoming Daniel and Michael J. Coughlin, under which name the business is still conducted. Daniel Coughlin died December 23, 1916, Michael J. Coughlin then becoming sole owner of the busi- ness with which he had been actively engaged, and
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which his definite progressive program of manage- ment had substantially helped to upbuild. He has other and important interests, but has retained his connection with this establishment, not only from a sense of duty but also in memory of a loved brother. The business today is conducted on a modern scale and is equipped with every aid to funeral direction. Mr. Coughlin is rated as a successful business man, without reference to his recognized pre-eminence in his own particular line.
Possessing keen insight into and evidencing a natural bent in matters concerning the industrial and commercial life of his native city, in whose welfare and advancement he is intensely interested, his individual efforts in this respect have brought him in close personal contact with many of the city's most influential personages, industrial, pro- fessional and civic; and his counsel in important un- dertakings has oftentimes been sought, with corre- sponding benefit to himself and the substantial in- terests involved.
His acquaintance among the more prominent in- dustrial chieftains of the city is extensive and prized. He also became interested in real estate investments, and owns some of Fall River's choicest business property. Since the year 1907 Mr. Coughlin has been quite active in the public service. On Febru- ary 4, 1907, he was appointed a member of the Fall River Board of Health, on which he served until February 3, 1913. During his term of service on this important body, Mr. Coughlin had the full confidence and esteem of his medical colleagues on the board as well as that of the health officer and the various chiefs of divisions of the Health De- partment at all times, with the result that much was accomplished for the benefit of the public welfare.
At first, Mr. Coughlin was averse to accepting the appointment, but was finally persuaded that he could perform a needed public service. For years he had been brought face to face with the problem of helping the poorer classes to better sanitary rules of living, and had been appalled by the heavy mor- tality among children owing to various causes. He had urged the mayor-elect to appoint a strong and fearless Board of Health, and had shown the need for such a board. So, when he was urged to help in this work, he at last consented, for he knew the necessity of a thorough organization and the classification of the various features required in an efficiently operating Board of Health.
It was at his suggestion that the board author- ized its members to visit many of the large cities to study modern methods of health control, and as a result of this study the Fall River Board of Health was re-organized, and began functioning ac- cording to modern methods. Among the practical results accomplished was the safeguarding of a pure milk supply by close inspection and certifica- tion; the pioneer tuberculosis work in the State; the placing of tuberculosis patients in separate wards in hospitals; the establishment of a contagious hos- pital; the medical inspection of schools; school
nursing and the beginning of nutritional work by the establishment of milk stations in various sections of the city, the need of these milk stations shown by the efforts of the Board of Health in their crea- tion, being immediately approved and supported by private organizations; the establishment of a dental clinic, venerial disease clinic, veterinary division, under whose direction an up-to-date bacteriological laboratory, where all of the city's pathogenic and special work, such as milk and water examination, could be done. The recording of vital statistics was also insisted upon. As reconstructed, the board was second to none in the State in efficiency, and the statement was made that it was "twenty years ahead of the times" for the members were subjected to much criticism. In spite of this they won the esteem and admiration of individuals and contem- porary bodies who watched their work and progress, and they laid the foundations upon which later boards have built, until Fall River has a proud record of public health.
In 1907 Mr. Coughlin was elected exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and while serving in that capacity appointed a building committee of which he was made chairman. Through the efforts of this committee the present Elks Home was built on Bank and Purchase streets. Mr. Coughlin is a trustee of St. Vincent's Orphan's Home, and is a member of Fall River Lodge, No. 118, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Fall River Council, No. 86, Knights of Columbus; of William Stang Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus; and of the Quequechan Club. His religious connection is with the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, of which parish he has been a member since its inception.
Mr. Coughlin was married at the Church of the Sacred Heart, September 5, 1900, to Catherine F. Shay, of Fall River, daughter of John and Mary (Sul- livan Shay. Mr. and Mrs. Coughlin are the parents of five children: Mary C., attending the College of Notre Dame, at Baltimore, Maryland; Daniel M., a junior at Brown University; Catherine F., a student at Durfee High School; John J., attending Westall Grammar School; and Edward M., a pupil in the latter school. The Coughlin residence is at No. 130 Winter street, and they have a delightful coun- try home at Touissett, Swansea, Massachusetts.
PAUL EMILIE TREMBLAY, in 1902, at the age of fourteen years, began making his own way in the world and from that year he has gone steadily forward to higher and better stations in the busi- ness life of Fall River, being now a well established and well known real estate and insurance broker. He is of Canadian birth, a son of Clovis and Jo- sephine Tremblay, his father a carpenter, now de- ceased, his mother yet living (December, 1923).
Paul E. Tremblay was born at Eboulemens, Pro- vince of Quebec, Canada, September 30, 1888. He obtained a good conimon school education and early in life came to Fall River, Massachusetts, which has
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since been his home. In 1902 he entered the employ of the Algonquin Printing Company, of . Fall River, and advanced so rapidly that in 1906 he was pro- . moted to the rank of overseer with the same com- pany. He remained a textile worker in the position of overseer for five years, resigning to enter the employ of the Prudential Life Insurance Company as an agent, remaining two years, when he engaged as salesman for the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company. In 1915 he returned to the life insurance business, but with the John Hancock Insurance Company, continuing with that company until January 1st. In 1917 he established in business under his own name as a real estate and insurance broker, his offices at Room No. 27, Academy building, Fall River, Massachusetts, where he continues, his busi- ness prosperous and constantly growing. He is a director and clerk of the Federal Loan and Invest- ment Company, and a member of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.
In politics Mr. Tremblay is a Republican and is slated for the office of fire commissioner, the nomi- nation to be made January 1, proximo. He is a member of St. Mathew's Catholic Church, the Franco-American Society; vice-president of Club Laurier, a Republican club, established since 1894, having now a membership of 515 members; a mem- ber of Ward One Social Club; Calumet Social Club, and St. Ann's Gymnasium.
Mr. Tremblay married, in St. Mathew's Church, Fall River, May 19, 1914, Corinna Brabant, daugh- ter of Joseph F. and Mina Brabant, of French descent, her father an overseer of spinning. Mr. and Mrs. Tremblay are the parents of three children, all born at Fall River, Massachusetts: Lorette, born April 13, 1916; Armand, born December 3, 1917; and Raymond, born December 10, 1921. The family home is at No. 163 Crescent street, Fall River, Massachusetts.
NATHAN H. SACHS, as the head of a pros- perous and steadily growing industrial enterprise, is achieving large success in the city of Taunton, car- rying forward his business under the name of the Priscilla Manufacturing Company. This concern manufactures ladies' garments of various kinds and, keeping in close touch with the demands of the market, the business is growing rapidly. Mr Sachs is a son of David and Fannie (Sternfield) Sachs, the father, who was a lumber merchant in Boston during his lifetime, died in the year 1884; the mother is still living.
Nathan H. Sachs was born in Russia in 1881. The family coming shortly afterward to the United States and settling in Boston, it was in the public schools of that city that his education was begun and he completed his studies at the evening high schools in Boston. Mr. Sachs entered the business world in the same line of endeavor in which he is now engaged, and when still a very young man he established his own business in the manufacture of ladies' garments. This enterprise has developed to one of the really important concerns in its field in
the city of Taunton, and the Priscilla Manufacturing Company now distributes its product in all parts of the United States. With spacious plant at No. 90 Weir street, they employ forty-five people. Mr. Sachs takes a deep interest in all civic and public advance but in political affairs holds an independent position, giving his support to any candidate or party he believes fitted to serve the public welfare. Fraternally he is affiliated with King Solomon Lodge, No. 286, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Boston; and the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He attends the Jewish Synagogue.
Mr. Sachs married, in March, 1907, Sarah B. Yosell, daughter of Simon and Minnie (Jacobson) Yosell. The father, who was a dairyman in Bos- ton, died in 1903, but the mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Sachs are the parents of three children: David, born in 1909; Marcella, born in 1911; and Sanford J., born in 1920.
THOMAS FRANCIS DENAULT-With experi- ence in various lines of industrial and commercial endeavor, Thomas Francis Denault, of Taunton, Massachusetts, is bearing a very practical part in the public advance as proprietor of a coat and towel supply company in this city and in the providing of a fresh clean stock of these daily necessities in the industries is achieving marked success. Mr. De- nault is a son of Alfred and Mary E. (Gero) Denault, both now living, the father a prosperous quarryman of New Bedford, who owns large stone quarries in the suburbs of that city.
Thomas Francis Denault was born at New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, April 15, 1892. His education was acquired in the public schools of his birthplace and when still a young lad he was ambitious to get out in the world of men and affairs. He se- cured a position with the Boston, Providence and Fall River Express Company, where he remained for six months, then was employed for a year with the Weden Manufacturing Company, of New Bedford, after which for about eight months he worked for the American Wood Screw Company, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island. His next activity was as bellboy in the Blackstone Hotel, of Providence, but after a year in this connection Dr. Denault became associated with his father in the stone quarries and was active thus for about four years. Then for two years he was employed by the Macomber Ice Cream Company, of New Bedford, after which he was with the Dennison Coal Company, of New Bedford, for one year, then with the firm of S. D. Howland Company until 1919. At that time Mr. Denault came to Taunton and established his present activity along the line of coat and towel supply. In this modern and now considered vital branch of ef- fort, allied with the business progress of this city, Mr. Denault is giving the most efficient service and in every way meeting the needs of his customers. The business has more than tripled since its found- ing and is constantly increasing its scope and there- by its usefulness.
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