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Politically Mr. Denault holds an independent posi-
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tion and outside of his business he has few interests except of a fraternal nature. He is very prominent in this connection, being a member of Taunton Lodge, No. 150, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Taunton Lodge, No. 82, Knights of Colum- bus; Sippecan Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, of New Bedford; Taunton Lodge, No. 72, Massa- chusetts Order of Foresters. His religious affilia- tion is with St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Denault married, at New Bedford, Massa- chusetts, in 1912, Annie F. Foley, daughter of Will- iam and Elizabeth (Cain) Foley; her father, a weaver by occupation, died in 1920, but the mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Denault are the parents of three children: Thomas, born in 1915; Edna, born in 1917; and Charles E., born in 1921.
ARTHUR E. NEWHALL-An interesting and thriving establishment in Taunton, Massachusetts, is the woodworking shop conducted by Arthur New- hall, at No. 44 Wales street, and in the development and continuous progress of this business Mr. New- hall has given to the city of Taunton a broadly use- ful interest which contributes to the general good in a very definite way. Mr. Newhall was trained for this general field of activity, and his natural ability places him among the leaders in this branch of constructive work. He is a son of William H. Newhall, who was foreman of the Mason Ma- chine Works for a period of fifty-one years and one of the well known men of Taunton a genera- tion ago. His death, which occurred in 1908, is still recalled by many citizens of Taunton as one of the sad events of that time. The mother, Leafie S. (Mason) Newhall, died in 1905.
Arthur E. Newhall was born in Taunton, Massa- chusetts, October 23, 1869. His education was be- gun in the local schools and he later attended Bris- tol Academy. His first business experience was in association with his brother-in-law, who was a druggist, located at No. 1 Broadway, in Taunton. After being thus active for three and one-half years, Mr. Newhall became identified with the Mason Ma- chine Works, where he was active in the wood- working department for twenty-six years. He then went on the road as a salesman for that concern and followed this line of effort for seven years. Thereafter remaining at the plant he was made foreman of the woodworking department and con- tinued in that position for a period of twelve years. In 1914 Mr. Newhall established his present busi- ness, taking up the manufacture of patterns and doing various kinds of woodwork, also cabinet-mak- ing, which has since been his specialty. With his long experience and natural ability, he has made this enterprise one of the really significant interests in its field in Taunton and is counted among the definitely successful men of the day. A Republican by political affiliation, he has never cared to take a leading part in public life, but gives loyal support to all advance movements. He has few interests outside his business, and is a member of the Uni- versalist church.
Mr. Newhall married, at Assonet, Massachusetts, 1901, Anna L. A. Deane, daughter of John M. and Mary G. (Pearce) Deane, her father a grocer by occupation. Both parents died in 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Newhall are the parents of three children; Natalie, born in 1901; Doris, born in 1904; and Louis, born in 1916.
LOUIS I. YOUNG-In the construction field in Taunton, Massachusetts, Mr. Young holds a leading position as one of the foremost building contractors in this section. With many years of experience as a journeyman carpenter, he has for the past six years been independently active in his present field and in that comparatively short period has developed a very remarkable business interest. Mr. Young is a son of Leonard I. and Abbie M. (Pitts) Young, both now living, the father a master mariner through- out his active lifetime, but now retired and enjoy- ing the fruits of a long and active career.
Louis I. Young was born at Dighton, Massachu- setts, January 16, 1877. His education was begun in the public schools of the city and he later had the advantage of two years of study at Bristol Academy. His first experience was in the employ of L. M. Whitherell, where he mastered the car- penter's trade, continuing in the same connection thereafter, altogether being with Mr. Whitherell for a period of twenty-one years. It was in 1917 that Mr. Young established himself in business in Taun- ton as a contractor and builder, and from the first he has been largely successful. Well known as he was in constructive circles and also widely known as a man and a citizen, Mr. Young has built up his present success upon an enviable reputation for skill in his chosen line of endeavor and for the un- questioned integrity, which is the principal asset in his commercial activities. He now has a large store house with complete planing mill equipment and manufactures his own doors and window frames. It would be difficult to find a better equipped plant than the one which Mr. Young has developed, and in his progress in his present field he is making an interesting and admirable record. He has few in- terests outside of his business, but is a member of the Taunton Chamber of Commerce. Politically Mr. Young supports the Republican party, and is identi- fied with the Winthrop Street Baptist Church.
Mr. Young married, at Dighton, Massachusetts, in 1903, Phebe Hood, daughter of George H. Hood, a prominent merchant of Somerset, long active in the grocery business and for some years postmaster of that town, who died in 1910. The mother, Ella Martin, died in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Young are the parents of four children: Merton and Elsie, twins, born in 1904; Curtis, born in 1907; and Dora, born in 1913.
DAVID S. PECK-Broadly representative of the most noteworthy activities in New England agricul- ture, David S. Peck stands at the head of an im- portant farming enterprise in Seekonk, Massachu- setts, owning a farm of some 300 acres which he
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conducts in the most approved manner. Mr. Peck is a member of a family long active in farming and is a son of Cornelius. and Isabella (Anthony) Peck, his father having been a leading farmer of Seekonk throughout his lifetime. He died in 1909, and the mother died in 1914.
David S. Peck was born at Seekonk, Massachu- setts, August 19, 1860. His education was received in the local public schools and after completing his studies the young man became associated with his father in the work of the home farm. Remaining in this connection until he was about twenty-one years of age, Mr. Peck was then made overseer of the poor of Seekonk and served in that position for a period of four years. In 1887 he bought the present farm which is now a model of progressive agricul- ture. He has developed it extensively and now has about 300 acres of excellent farming land, but no woodland. His principal interest is dairying and he produces about 900 quarts of milk a day, which is sold at the door. Broadly familiar with crop ro- tation and the many vital problems of the soil, Mr. Peck grows practically all crops which thrive in the New England climate and handles everything on a large scale. He principally grows his feed as well as roughage for his stock, and his herd of about one hundred cows is one of the finest in this section. Twenty cows he milks personally twice every day.
A typical successful farmer of New England, Mr. Peck belongs to the Seekonk Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Politically he holds independent convic- tions, but . nevertheless has been elected to public office at various times and served as constable for ten years and as road commissioner for twenty-five years. He is affiliated with the Congregational church.
Mr. Peck married, in Seekonk, Massachusetts, March 30, 1881, Marietta West, daughter of Henry B. and Mary F. West, the father a farmer by oc- cupation. Mr. and Mrs. Peck are the parents of four children: D. Robert, born in 1885; Florence, born in 1887; Isabella, born in 1892; and Gertrude, born in 1902.
WILLIAM H. CUSHMAN-Among the well known manufacturers of Bristol county is William H. Cushman, of Taunton, who is treasurer and man- ager of the Fargo Aluminum Company, of this city. Mr. Cushman is a descendant in a direct line from the famous Elder Thomas Cushman of the old Plymouth Colony. The Cushmans from that period . to the present time have played an important part in each succeeding generation. James M. Cushman, father of William H. Cushman, is a native of Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and for many years has made Taunton his home. He is a lawyer by pro- fession, a veteran of the Civil War, having served as a member of Company G., Massachusetts Vol- unteer Infantry. He has been active in a number of endeavors and is vice-president of the Old Colony Historical Society. He married Louise M. Goff, a native of Taunton, who is now deceased.
William H. Cushman was born in Taunton, Oc- tober 12, 1871, and was educated in the public and high schools here. His first business experience was with the Taunton National Bank, in the capacity of a clerk. After ten years with this institution he terminated his position in 1902, and soon after- ward became identified with the E. A. Fargo Com- pany, now the Fargo Aluminum Company. The business has steadily grown under his direction and their products are shipped to all parts of the United States. Mr. Cushman is a member of the Bristol Club, and has other affiliations.
JOHN WILLIAM MOSS-His whole life prac- tically spent among the looms in the spinning in- dustry, inheriting too the aptitude for the work, as his father before him had been in the same field, John William Moss even while doing the actual work, spent years in the study and perfection of his knowledge of the processes, as an artist perfects himself in his art.
He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, August 13, 1878, son of Richard and Isabella (Lang) Moss. His father, a worker and overseer in a cotton mill, was also a band man in the 96th Regulars of the British Army. He came to America and worked for a time as overseer in the Bourne Mills, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Both he and his wife are now dead, and his son, John William, who was the oldest of four children, two of whom were boys, was the only one of the children to come to the United States to settle. His brother is today overseer in a cotton mill in Lancashire, England. John William Moss was educated at the public schools, and at the age of ten years entered the cotton mill of the Wensley Cotton Manufac- turing Company, and rose until he became overseer in the spooling department. In March, 1903, before he had reached his twenty-fifth birthday, he came to the United States, and settling in Fall River, en- tercd the spinning room and held the various posi- tions as clerk, superintendent and specialist as cot- ton sampler. In 1914 he became superintendent, and holds that position today in one of the oldest mills of the country, which specializes in the manu- facture of sateens and twills, the Bourne Spinning Mills. During the early period of his employment in this country Mr. Moss for four years attended the Durfee Textile school in the evenings and on Saturdays, and the knowledge that he gained was of so much value and importance to him that he has ever since taken a keen interest in this school. He takes active part in the civic life of his com- munity, is a strong Republican in his politics, and is serving as chaairman on various committees. In his fraternal affiliation he belongs to the various bodics in Masonry of both the York and Scottish Rites, being a thirty-sccond degree Mason of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and also belonging to the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Southern New Eng- land Textile Association, and also of the Masonic Club, and the Herrick Club, of Fall River. He is
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a member of the Episcopal church, and being very fond of bowling, belongs to the bowling team of the men's class of the First Baptist Church.
Mr. Moss married, in 1900, in Blackburn, England, Ellen Wilkinson, who was born in Lancashire, daughter of Richard and Prudence Wilkinson, both now residents of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Moss have a daughter, Ruth, born in 1915.
JOHN HENRY CAREY-A great many years ago, Edward P. Carey came to Fall River, and about 1893 became a member of the Fall River Fire De- partment and has now been in that service thirty years, being now (1923) second deputy chief of the department. He was born in Newburyport, Massa- chusetts, his wife, Isabella Frances McManus, being born in Dedham, Massachusetts, and both now liv- ing. They were the parents of three children: John Henry, president and treasurer of the Carey Quarry and Construction Company, of Fall River, of further mention; Dr. Edward F .; and Thomas J., superin- tendent of the Carey Quarry and Construction Com- pany.
John Henry Carey, son of Edward P. and Isa- bella Frances (McManus) Carey, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of his city, finishing with graduation from B. M. C. Durfee High School, class of 1910. In that year he entered the employ of Henry Savoie, in the granite business, founded by Mr. Savoie in 1898. In 1912 Mr. Carey, then but twenty-two years of age, was adınitted to a partnership with Mr. Savoie, the business within that same year being incorporated under the name of the Savoie Quarry and Construction Company. The corporation operated a quarry and engaged in general construction work, continuing thus until 1917, when the interest of Mr. Savoie passed to Mr. Carey through his purchase of his partner's share in the concern, and the name became as it stands today, the Carey Quarry and Construction Company. This corporation now operates two granite quarries and has offices in both Fall River, at No. 56 North Main street, and in New Bedford. The business of the company has grown to most creditable proportions, the quarries supplying paving blocks, curbing and the cut granite for many of the buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the most recent being the Masonic Temple at Fall River. Along the construction and building line may be found school houses, churches, recreation buildings, and various types of mill construction. A force of 225 men has been employed at times and the busi- ness under Mr. Carey's management has prospered.
Mr. Carey is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus, of Fall River; and a member of Fall River Lodge, No. 118, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks; member of the Chamber of Com- merce of Fall River; the New Bedford Board of Commerce; the Kiwanis Club; the Quequechan Club, of Fall River; and the Dartmouth and the Country clubs, of New Bedford. In his religious faith he is a member of the Roman Catholic church.
CHARLES S. McCALL-Prominent in executive circles in the industrial world of Bristol county, Massachusetts, Charles S. McCall, of Taunton, is broadly representative of the energy and efficiency of the Scottish race, and his handling of the affairs of the Standard Stove Lining. Company, Incorpo- rated, places him among the foremost executives of the day in Taunton. Mr. McCall is a son of William McCall, who was born in Scotland in the year 1819, and died in 1911. He was a clay worker by trade, and a man of the highest character. The mother, Jeanette (Shaw) McCall, was also born in Scotland, and died in the year 1903.
Charles S. McCall was born in Scotland; July 13, 1853. His education was acquired in the schools of his native land and Nova Scotia, to which coun- try his family removed in his boyhood. Thirteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic, he came to Taunton, Massachusetts, at the age of eighteen, and his first employment here was with the Will- iams Stove Lining Company, which organization he entered as an ordinary workman. Three years later he was given entire charge of the plant, and re- mained with this concern for thirty-three years, after which he resigned to form his present affilia- tion. It was in the year 1904 that Mr. McCall be- came identified with the Standard Stove Lining Company, Incorporated, and he has developed this enterprise very largely since taking up the responsi- bilities of his present position. This concern was established in the year 1870, under the firm name of French & Winslow, in which form it was con- tinued for thirty-four years, carrying on the manu- facture of stove linings exclusively. Since taking over the interest as treasurer and general manager in the year 1904, Mr. McCall has increased the ca- pacity of the plant and its three large kilns to 18,000 pieces, nearly five times its capacity when he en- tered the organization. The company has now been known for nearly twenty years as the Standard Stove Lining Company, Incorporated, and they now employ fifty hands and ship their product to all parts of the United States and Canada. It is gen- erally considered that Mr. McCall's energy and abiilty have placed the concern on its present basis, and he is highly esteemed throughout the trade. He is further affiliated with the industries of Bristol county as a director of the Taunton Rubber Com- pany. Fraternally he is a member of the Alfred Baylies Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding the various chairs in this lodge and being president of the Building Association; and the Order of the Scottish Clans. His religious affilia- tion is with the Presbyterian church.
Mr. McCall married, in 1881, Lydia Dean Has- kins, of Taunton, Massachusetts, daughter of Calvin and Ruth (Holland) Haskins.
DONALD Le STAGE-A leading figure in the jewelry industry in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Donald Le Stage has attained large success and
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is carrying forward extensive interests through his leadership of the present organization, known as the Le Stage Manufacturing Company. The same general line of endeavor has commanded his atten- tion since the completion of his education, and he has demonstrated large executive ability in carrying the present interest to a high position in the trade. Mr. LeStage is a son of John Le Stage who was born at Plattsburg, New York, and spent the greater part of his life as a railroad man. The mother, Mary (Mac Donald) Le Stage, is also a native of the State of New York.
Donald Le Stage was born at Plattsburg, New York, December 25, 1876. Following his early studies in the local public and high schools, he prepared for college at Manlius, St. John's School; then entered Brown University, at Providence, Rhode Island, from which he was graduated in the class of 1901. Coming to North Attleboro, Massachusetts, immediately following his graduation, Mr. Le Stage entered the business world as an em- ployee of the H. D. Merritt Company and was active in this capacity as a bench hand for a period of two years. He then was made a member of the sales force and acquired a quarter-interest in the firm. In 1914 Mr. Le Stage sold out his interest in this business and purchased the stock and tools of the B. S. Freeman Company and in 1915 estab- lished himself under the firm name of the Le Stage Manufacturing Company. Beginning in a very small way with a plant at Attleboro Falls, Mr. Le- Stage took up the manufacture of chains, lockets and bracelets, and was soon producing a very com- plete line of these articles of jewelry. In 1917 he removed to his present location, at No. 11 Jay street, North Attleboro, where he occupies one entire floor. The growth of this concern has been very rapid, as can readily be seen from the fact that the start was made with only six employees, whereas now seventy-five are required to handle the work of the plant. During the entire period of its history this concern has worked full time daily without cessation of its activities and only the highest class of goods is produced. On July 17, 1922, Mr. Le Stage purchased the O. M. Draper Company, one of the oldest established jewelry firms in the United States, investors of the Boston swedged link and originators of fire gilt chains. This concern also employs about seventy-five hands. Mr. Le Stage is president and treasurer of both the O. M. Draper Company and the Le Stage Manufactur- ing Company, and his associates in the latter are: Harry E. Hull, vice-president, and Fred L. Jones, secretary. The large ability and constant effort which Mr. Le Stage has given to his manufacturing activities place him among the foremost executives of the Attleboros, and as a man and a citizen, as well as in his executive capacity, he is esteemed by all who know him. Mr. Le Stage's further ac- tivities in the interests of this section are a direc- torship in the Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Cooper- ative Refinery, the New England Jewelers' and Sil- versmiths' Association, the Manufacturing Jewelers'
Board of Trade, of Providence, Rhode Island, and he is a trustee of the North Attleboro Public Li- brary. He is affiliated further with the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, and of the North Attleboro Board of Trade. A Republican by political affilia- tion, Mr. Le Stage takes only the citizens' interest in political matters, but in every worthy movement bears a constructive part. During the World War he served as treasurer of the local Red Cross. Fra- ternally he is affiliated with Bristol Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of North Attleboro; Rabboni Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; and Bristol Commandery, Knights Templar. His clubs are: The Wanna- moisett, the Franklin and the Turks Head, of Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. Le Stage has always taken the greatest interest in athletics. During his years at college he was for two years captain of the Brown University baseball team, receiving at that time very flattering offers from several of the major league clubs, and his name stands next to that of Fred Tenney among Brown's most noted stars of the diamond. It was mainly through his endeavors that North Attleboro was furnished with such excellent baseball. Mr. Le Stage is affiliated with the Universalist church.
Donald Le Stage married, in 1904, Jane Fisher, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, daughter of Clarence W. and Henrietta (Franklin) Fisher, her father a manufacturing jeweler. Mr. and Mrs. Le- Stage are the parents of two children: Henrietta, born August 14, 1906; and Donald, Jr., born April 13, 1908.
WILLIAM HENRY SHERRY - Prominent among the successful contracting concerns of Fall River, Massachusetts, is the firm of Greany & Sherry, whose offices are located at No. 56 North Main street. Mr. Sherry is a son of John William and Margaret (McNally) Sherry, both of whom were born in 1861, and both now living in Fall River.
Born in North Pownal, Vermont, in August, 1890, William Henry Sherry attended the public schools of his native district for a time and then removed with his parents to Utica, New York, where he at- tended the grammar and high schools. In 1908 the family removed to Fall River, and after attending Durfee High School for a time, Mr. Sherry became a student in the Wentworth Technical School in Boston, where he continued his studies for a year. In 1917 he found his first employment with the McNally Construction Company, of Fall River, with whom he remained until 1919. In that year he formed a partnership with Alfred G. Greany, of Fall River, and engaged in the contracting business for himself, under the the firm name of Greany & Sherry. The firm established offices in the National Bank building, at No. 56 North Main street, and met with encouraging success from the beginning. Their patronage rapidly grew until at the present time, although they have been engaged in business for only four years, they rank among the best known
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general contractors of the city. Among the many large contracts which they have filled may be men- tioned: the Somerset School, of Pottersville; the President Avenue School, of Fall River; St. Anne's Parochial School; Out Patient and Maternity Hos- pital; and the East Taunton School. In addition to these the firm of Greany & Sherry has erected many other buildings, including the Border City School, two hundred car garage in Fall River, which is just completed, and numerous private dwellings. They also, during the period of 1920-23, filled a contract for all the cement sidewalks of the city of Fall River. Each years sees a large increase in the amount of patronage which comes to the Greany & Sherry offices, and the excellent workmanship which the firm always guarantees makes certain that patrons once gained will be kept.
Mr. Sherry enlisted his services in the World War and was sent overseas as a member of the 302nd Infantry, 76th Division, but was later transferred to the 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division, and com- missioned a sergeant-major. He served overseas for fifteen months. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. He takes an active part in local affairs through his membership in the Fall River Chamber of Commerce, and finds social fel- lowship and recreation as a member of the Lions Club. His religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic church.
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