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Charles Bodeau married, at Fall River, Massachu- setts, Laura Charroux, daughter of Peter and Adele (Tetraulth) Charroux, and they are the parents of three children: Oliver, who was born July 14, 1908; Edward, born December 19, 1910; and Charles, Jr., born October 31, 1913.
ANTHONY F. CHACE-A successful farmer of Swansea, Massachusetts, progressive in spirit, and in touch with all modern advance in his field, An- thony F. Chace is one of the well known citizens of this community and is considered a broadly successful man. Mr. Chace is a member of a very old family of this section, this branch having gone West some years ago. He is a son of Walter F. and Celia P. (Emery) Chace, the father a retired farmer of California.
Anthony F. Chace was born in Warren, Rhode Island, May 1, 1888. The family removing' to Cali- fornia in his boyhood, his public school course only was covered in the schools of his native State. He was graduated from high school in California in 1909, and for some years thereafter was active in farm work in that State, also covered a course in dairy farming at the State Agricultural School of California. In 1917 Mr. Chace returned East, and settling in Swansea, Massachusetts, bought the farm which he now owns, a fine place of about one hundred and fifty acres, and keeping about thirty- five cows. This is considered one of the best farms in this part of the State of Massachusetts, and with his practical experience and training Mr. Chace is achieving large success. He has few interests outside those of the farm, in which line he keeps . up with the modern advance. Politically he sup- ports the Republican party.
Mr. Chace married, in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island, in May, 1918, Ethel I. Cady, daughter of Williston A. and Orianna (Osborn) Cady, her father formerly a noted real estate dealer of Providence, who died in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Chace have three children: Williston Cady, born in 1919; Celia Freeborn, born in 1921; and Loring Whitman, born in 1923.
ARTHUR J. KEEFE-A leading figure in gar- age and automobile sales activity in Bristol county, Massachusetts, is Arthur J. Keefe, who is a native of this State and has been active in this present line of advance for about twelve years. Mr. Keefe is a man of practical ability and tireless energy,
and his handling of the Ford interests and the Lin- coln cars in Mansfield is giving these vehicles a wide popularity in local automobile circles. Mr. Keefe is a son of Arthur Keefe, who was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, and throughout his active lifetime was a shoe worker, but is now retired. His mother, Margaret (Twomey) Keefe, was also born in Brockton and is still (1924) living.
Arthur J. Keefe was born at Brockton, Massa- chusetts, April 11, 1875. His education was begun in the local public schools and he later attended the Brockton High School, leaving, however, before the completion of the course to take up special commercial preparations at the Bryant & Stratton Business College, at Boston. Following' the com- pletion of his education, Mr. Keefe entered the re- tail tea business at Brockton, Massachusetts, and for a period of many years was active and largely successful in this line of activity. Coming to Mans- field in 1907, Mr. Keefe founded the Keefe Garage, securing the agency for the Ford cars and also the Lincoln cars. With the introduction of the Ford- son tractors, he expanded his interests to include the handling of this now widely popular piece of farm equipment, and having the sole agency in the Mansfield district for these producers, Mr. Keefe is holding a foremost position in his line of activity. He is also in the service branch of the automobile business and is considered the headquarters for thoroughly dependable equipment and accessories as well. Mr. Keefe has few interests outside his work, but politically supports the Republican party, although never accepting official honors. He is a member of the Edward White Assembly, Knights of Columbus, in which order he holds the fourth degree. He is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
Arthur J. Keefe married, on November 20, 1907, Annie Cooney, daughter of James C. Cooney, a farmer of Mansfield. He has one daughter, Madel- ine Ruth, now a student at the New England Con- servatory of Music, who has already played at three conservatory recitals, being a student in pianoforte.
LAWRENCE ANDERSON, the youngest of five children, three of whom were boys, had the pioneer spirit, and early in his career, while yet in his teens, left his homeland and came alone to the United States to settle. He soon made his way, through industry, study and perseverence, to a point of perfection in the line he followed, that has raised him to a high standing in his field of industry, that of superintendent of the Laurel Lake Mills.
He was born in Denmark, Sweden, July 20, 1884, son of Lawrence and Marie Anderson, his father a dealer in real estate in the old country. His parents never came to the United States; they are both deceased. Lawrence Anderson, next to the youngest of the family of five children, after com- pleting' his education in the public and high schools in Sweden, came alone to the United States in 1900, at the age of sixteen years. He settled in Fall River, Massachusetts, and found employment with the Barnaby Gingham Manufacturing Company,
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now the Shawmut Mills. He was a weaver until 1914, then became overseer of weaving and design- ing. He attended the night courses of the Durfee Textile School, and graduated from various of its classes, and became an instructor of fancy weaving, continuing from 1912 to 1914 inclusive. From 1914 to 1921 he was assistant superintendent of the Durfee Mills, in that latter year coming to Laurel Lake Mills as superintendent, the position he still holds. He also took a three years' complete cotton
manufacturing course in the International Corres- pondence School. Mr. Anderson is a Republican in his politics, and he is a member of the order of Masonry, belonging to King Philips Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and holds the thirty-second degree in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Fall River.
Mr. Anderson married, in Fall River, in 1906, Aurelia Hoyer, daughter of Wilhelm and Mary Hoyer. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have no children.
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Acushnet, Town of :
First town meeting, 699; war history, 700;
churches and schools, 700-02; industries, 702-03.
Acushnet Cooperative Bank, New Bedford, 570. Advent Christian Church :
in Taunton, 122; in Fall River, 369.
Agricultural Society of Bristol County :
Original body, 8-9; agricultural school, 9-11.
Alden, Cyrus, lawyer, 39.
Alger, Hon. Arthur M., mayor of Taunton, 35, 139, 162.
Allen, Benjamin, landowner, 532.
Aluminum Novelty Co., Taunton, 295.
Alumni Association :
Of Taunton High School, 146; of Fall River High School, 459.
American Legion :
Of Taunton, 243-45; Fall River, 468-69; Attle- boro, 676.
Andrews, Henry, first settler, 67, 76, 143.
Angle Tree Stone, 765.
Animal Welfare League, 223.
Anti-Slavery Society, 537.
Arnold Garden, 534.
Assonet Neck, 708.
Assonet Village, 751. Attleboro :
Origin, 599-604; proprietors & settlers, 604-08; colonial and Revolutionary wars, 608-13; Civil & Spanish wars, 613-16; World War, 617-24; muni- cipality, 624-29; public schools, 629-34; churches, 634-41; professional men, 641-44; public utilities and benevolent bodies, 644-59; banks, 654-56; At- tleboro Community Fellowship, 659-65; clubs, 665- 73; military and fraternal bodies, 673-84; indus- tries, 684-95.
Attleboro Branch Railroad Company, 61.
Attleboro Cooperative Bank, 655.
Attleboro Dental Assn., 643.
Attleboro First National Bank, 654. Attleboro Gaslight Co., 650.
Attleboro lawyers, 47.
Attleboro Medical Society, 643.
Attleboro N. Attleboro & Wrentham Street Railway Co., 651.
Attleboro Savings & Loan Assn., 655. Attleboro Savings Bank, 656. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., 650.
Attleboro Trust Co., 655.
Awashunks, a "squaw-sachem," 19.
Banking Institutions :
Of Taunton, 171-178; of Fall River, 389-98; of New Bedford, 531, 534, 535, 556, 563-70; of At- tleboro, 654-56; of Fairhaven, 744; of Mansfield, 758; of North Attleboro, 773-74.
Baptist Churches :
Of Taunton, 116-17; Fall River, 355-58; New Bedford, 580; Acushnet, 701; Attleboro, 641; Dart-
mouth, 712; Dighton, 717; Easton, 737; Mansfield, 753; N. Attleboro, 767; Norton, 784; Raynham, 793; Rehoboth, 802; Somerset, 810; Swansea, 814. Bar and Judicial History (see also entries under cities & towns) :
Early courts, 7, 29, 30; courts of Taunton, 30-35; of New Bedford, 35-38; of Fall River, 38-40; of . Attleboro, 40; of Freetown, 40; members of Bar, 40-48; Law Library, 48-49; Taunton lawyers and Bar Assn., 160-65; Fall River lawyers & Bar Assn., 378-84; New Bedford lawyers, 571; Attleboro, 641; Bar Assn. of the Fourth Bristol District, 643.
Barnes, Hon. David Leonard, jurist, 32.
Barney, Edwin Luther, lawyer, 37.
Bassett, Anselm, lawyer, 33.
Bassett, Ezra, lawyer, 35.
Battelle, Hezekiah, lawyer, 39.
Baylies, Hon. Francis, lawyer, congressman, 33.
Baylies, Hon. Wm., and Alfred, physicians, 170.
Bay State Steamboat Co., 62.
Bedford, first vessel to unfurl U. S. flag in British waters, 517.
Bedford Bank, 531, 533, 535, 563-64.
Bench and Bar (see Bar and Judicial).
Benevolent Institutions, 432-47.
Bennett, LL. D., Hon. Edmund H., first mayor of Taunton, 34, 137, 161.
Berkley, Town of :
73; first settler, 703; first town meeting, 703; ori- gin of name, 704; churches, 704; schools, 706; war history, 706-07; industries, 707; library, 708; post office, 708.
Blackstone, Wm., pioneer in Boston, 599.
Blaisdell, Hon. Josiah C., senator, 40.
Bobbitt, Edward, early settler, 68, 77, 82.
Boomer, Frederick A., lawyer, 39.
Boomer, Matthew, first settler in Fall River, 311.
Borden, Alanson, judge, 37.
Boundary Disputes, 313.
Boys' Clubs of Taunton, 228-29.
Braley, Hon. Hy. K., jurist, 40. Bridges at Fairhaven, 744.
Brigham, Lincoln F., jurist, 37.
Bristol Academy, 148-50.
Bristol Brigade of Mass. in Revolution, 25. Bristol County :
Naming of, 3; boundaries, 4; cities and towns, 4; senatorial districts, 4; courts, 4; property valua- tion, 4; transportation, 4 ;watercourses, 5; civil government, 6-7; courthouses, 6, 7; material de- velopment of county, 7-14; population, 12; water supply, 12; Dighton Writing Rock, 16; Indians of, 17-24 ; wars, 24-29 (colonial wars and Revolution, 24-25; Civil, 25; Spanish, 27; World, 28-29) ; Tuberculosis Hospital, 53-54; Nurses' Assn., 54; Teachers' Assn., 55-58; W. C. T. U., 58-59; rail- ways and public utilities, 59-62.
Bristol County Central Cattle Show, 709.
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Bristol County's Material Developments :
Number of farms and valuation, 7, 8, 13; Agri- cultural Society, 8-9; Agricultural School, 9-11; Forestry, 11; Fisheries & Game, 11-12. Bristol North District Medical Society, 50-51.
Bristol South District Medical Society, 51-53. Brown, Major James, senator, 34, 161.
Browne, John, early settler, 67, 77.
Buckram Manufacturers, 298.
Burt, James & Richard, early settlers, 68, 76.
Cadets, Fall River High School, 352-54. Calves Pasture, 71.
Calvinistic Baptist Church, at Freetown, 747-48.
Case, Edward, early settler, 67, 77.
Catholic Church, The:
In Taunton, 124-36; in Fall River, 370-78; in New Bedford, 582; in Attleboro, 639; in Dartmouth, 713; in Dighton, 719; in Easton, 736; in Fair- haven, 743; in Mansfield, 753; in N. Attleboro, 770-71; in Norton, 784; in Somerset, 811; in Swansea, 815.
Catholic Societies of Taunton, 257-63. Chamber of Commerce :
Taunton, 179; Fall River, 398; Attleboro, 644. Christian Church :
In Fall River, 363; in New Bedford, 581.
Christ Scientist, Church of :
In Taunton, 123; in Fall River, 369; in New Bed- ford, 581; in Attleboro, 640.
Churches :
Taunton, 105-36; Fall River, 354-78; New Bed- ford, 511, 534, 579-83; Attleboro, 634-41; Easton, 732-38; Fairhaven, 743; Mansfield, 752; N. Attle- boro, 766-71; Norton, 783; Rehoboth, 800; See- konk, 807; Somerset, 810; Swansea, 814; West- port, 821.
City Officials of Taunton, 136-44.
Civil Government, Bristol County, 6-7. Civil War :
General survey, 25-27; Taunton in, 90-94; Fall River in, 317-21; New Bedford in, 539-43; Attle- boro in, 613-16; Acushnet in, 700; Berkley in, 707; Dartmouth in, 712; Dighton in, 719; Easton in, 739; Fairhaven in, 742; Freetown in, 749; Mansfield in, 753; Raynham in, 794; Rehoboth in, 800; Swansea in, 817; Westport in, 823.
Clifford, LL. D., Hon. John Hy., governor, 36. Clifford, Chas. W., lawyer, 38. Clubs :
Of Taunton, 157, 236-40; of Fall River, 459-65. Cobb, David G. W., lawyer, 34. .
Cobb, David, lieutenant-governor, 170. Cobb, Wendell H., lawyer, 38.
Coffin, Timothy Gardner, lawyer, 35. Cohannet :
Becomes Taunton, 68; first marriage in, 76. Colby, Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, jurist, 33. College Club, Fall River, 459. Colonial Wars :
78-81; King Philip's War, 81-83; Narragansett engagement, 83; Lockety Neck, 83; King William's War, 83-84; Queen Anne's War, 84; King George's War (1745), 84.
Committee of One Hundred, 545-46.
Congregational Church :
In Taunton, 105-13; Fall River, 358; New Bed- ford, 511, 534, 579 ; Attleboro, 634; Hebronville, 640; Berkley, 705; Dartmouth, 713; Dighton, 716; Fair- haven, 743; Freetown, 747; Mansfield, 753; N. Attleboro, 766-67; Norton, 783; Raynham, 793; Rehoboth, 800; Somerset, 811.
Coram, Thomas, philanthropist, 708. Cotton Manufacturing :
In Taunton, 273-78; Fall River, 484-506; New Bedford, 561; other places, 719-24.
County Cow Testing Assn., 8.
County Holstein Club, 8.
County Treasurer and Commissioners, 15-16.
Courts and Lawyers, see Bar and Judiciary.
Crane, Prof. Joshua E., librarian, 195.
Crapo, Hon. Wm. W., congressman, 38.
Crosman, Robert, early settler, 68, 76.
Crucible Plants, Taunton, 295-96, 297-98.
Cushman, James M., first city clerk of Taunton, 91, 137, 163.
Daggett, Thomas, pioneer in Attleboro, 602.
Daguerreotypes, Making of, 554.
Danforth, Horatio L., county treasurer, 33. Dartmouth :
25, 510-13; first purchasers, 709-10; incorporation, 710; first town-house, 710; first settlers, 711; war record, 712; churches, 712; schools, 713; ship- yards, 714; library, 714.
Dartmouth Monthly Meeting: 511, 534.
Daughters of American Revolution, 670.
Daughters of Isabella, 479-80.
Dean, James H., lawyer, 164 .. Deane :
Ezra, physician, 170; John, first freeman of Taun- ton, 67, 75, 602; Walter, pioneer, 67, 75 .-
Dental Society, Southeastern District of Mass., 53. Dentists' Club of Taunton, 168.
Dickens, Charles, novelist, visits New Bedford, 556. Dighton, Town of :
Early days, 73; first settiers, 715; incorporation, 715; town officers, 715-16; collectors of customs, 716; schools, 716; churches, 716; wars, 719; in- dustries, 719; library, 726; clubs, 726.
Dighton & Somerset Railroad Co., 61.
Dighton Writing Rock, 16.
Doctors, see Physicians.
Dorothy Brown Lodge Hall, The, 818.
Druggists, Manufacturing, 298.
Dunn, Wm., early settler, 68, 77.
Eagles, Fraternal Order of, 476-78, 762. Easton, Town of :
726-40; schools, 727-28, 738-40; industries, 728; churches, 732; military, 738.
Education :
Public schools of Taunton. 144-48; Bristol Acad- emy, 148; public schools of Fall River, 341-45; special schools of F. R., 346-47; schools of New Bedford,' 583-85; of Attleboro, 629-33; Acushnet, 702; Berkley, 704, 706; Dartmouth, 713; Dighton, 716; Easton, 727-28, 739-40; Fairhaven, 742-43; Freetown, 748-49; Mansfield, 755-56; North Attle- boro, 765; Norton, 784; Raynham, 794; Rehoboth,
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803; Seekonk, 808; Somerset, 810; Swansea, 816. Educational Bodies : See Teachers' Associations. Eighteenth Regiment, The, 26.
Electric Plants, 297. Elementary Teachers' Assn., 155-56. Eliot, Thomas Dawes, congressman, 35-36.
Elizabeth Islands, 510.
Elks, Benevolent and Protective Order of, 263-64; 683, 778. Ellis, James, senator, 33.
Evangelical Congregational Society of Easton, 734.
Fairhaven, Town of :
Set off, 537; early settlers, 740; wars, 741; schools, 742; churches, 743; banks, 744; utilities, 744.
Fairhaven Bank, 565. Fairhaven Branch Railroad Co., 61.
Fairhaven Insurance Co., 565.
Fales, Hon. Samuel, jurist, 32. Fall River, City of :
Original purchase from. Indians, 305-09; purchas- ers, 310; early settlers, 311; early industries, 313; boundary disputes, 313, 340-41; Revolutionary War, 313; Civil War, 317; Spanish War, 321; World War, 323-33; incorporation as city, 334; mayors of, 334; city development, 336-41; changes of name, 340; public schools, 341; early schools, 342; first free text books, 343; special schools, 346; Teachers' Assn., 347; high school cadets, 352; Protestant churches, 354-70; Catholic churches, 370-78; Bar of, 378-83; Bar Assn., 383-84; physi- cians, 384-89 ; banks, 389-98; utilities, 398-423; City Planning Board, 423-27; French in, 427-32; insti- tutions, 432-47; hospitals, 432-37; clubs, 447-65; military and social, 465-73; fraternities, 473-84; textile plants, 484-516; lawyers of, 48; Branch Railroad Co., 60.
Fall River in World War:
Departure of troops, 323-27; naval militia, 326-27 ; financing the war, 327-29; war work by women, 329-30; Red Cross, 330-332; War Camp Com- munity Service, 332; War Library Committee, 332; Catholic Women's Service League, 332-33.
Fail River Railroad Co., 60, 61, 556. Farms : Number and valuation, 7-8.
Fifty-eighth Regiment, The, 27.
File Manufacturers, 298.
Fire Departments, 199-201.
First National Bank of New Bedford, 567-68. First Happenings :
First settlement of Taunton, 65-69; first settlers, 67-68; first Cohannet marriage, 76; first military movements, 78-81; first church, 105; first church organ, 110 124; city charter of Taunton, 137; first selectmen, 143; deputies, 143; schoolmasters, 144-45. Ford, James, lawyer, 38, 39. Fortieth Regiment, The, 27. Forty-seventh Regiment, The, 27.
Fourth Regiment, The, 26.
Fox, Hon. Wm. Henry: As jurist, 34; as mayor of Taunton, 138, 162.
Francis, Laurens N., lawyer, 163.
Fraternal Orders: (see also by name) Of Easton, 728; of Fairhaven, 746; Mansfield,
760-62.
Freeman's Purchase, 306-07, 310.
Freemasonry :
In Taunton, 249-53; in Fall River, 473-76; in New Bedford, 585-86; in North Attleboro, 776; in Som- erset, 811; in Attleboro, 680-82.
Freetown, Town of :
308; 746-52; churches of, 747-48; schools, 748-49; industries, 750; utilities, 751-52.
French in Fall River, 427-32.
Friends, Society of :
In Fall River, 359-60; in New Bedford, 580; in Acushnet, 701; in Dartmouth, 712-13; in Somerset, 810; in Westport, 821.
Fuller, Henry J., lawyer, 164.
Fuller, Hon. Wm. E., jurist, 34-35, 163.
Galligan, John H., lawyer, 163.
Gallup, John, early settler, 68, 77.
Gas and Electric Light in Fall River, 421-22.
Gilbert, John, early settler, 67, 143.
Girls' Club, Taunton, 229.
Godfrey, Job, physician, 170.
Godfrey, James, physician, 170.
Goodwin, Hy., lawyer, 32.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, explorer, 510.
Grain Business in Taunton, 279, 81.
Grand Army of the Republic:
In Taunton, 240; in New Bedford, 586; John Rog-
ers Post, Mansfield, 761; North Attleboro, 775; Somerset, 811; Fall River, 465-66; Attleboro, 674. Grant, President U. S., visits New Bedford, 556.
Hall, George, early settler, 68, 76.
Harney, Wm., early settler, 68, 76. Harvard Club of Fall River, 459.
Hathaway, Nicholas, legislator, 40.
Hayward, Edward S., historian, 726. Hebrew Societies :
Taunton, 265-67; Fall River, 483; Attleboro, 684.
High School Cadets of Taunton, 157-60.
Historical and Patriotic Societies, 233-36.
Hoar, Hezekiah, early settler, 68, 76. Hodges, James L., representative, 34.
Hodges, Wm., early settler, 68, 77.
Hodgman, Willis K., inventor, 140.
Holloway, Samuel, 68, 76.
Holmes, Chas., lawyer, 39.
Homeopathic Physicians of Taunton, 171.
Hooke, Rev. Wm., 74, 77, 105.
Hospitals :
State Hospital at Taunton, 207; of Fall River, 432- 37; Attleboro, 657; Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, 53-54.
Hotels and Inns : Taunton, 204-05; New Bedford, 534; Fall River, 420-21.
House in the Pines, 787.
Howland, Capt. Isaac, 533.
Indian History :
First treaty of peace with, 17-19; treaty with King Philip, 21; land transactions with, 22-23.
Industries, Miscellaneous :
Taunton, 299-301; Fall River, 484-516; New Bed-
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ford, 513-30, 558-63; Attleboro, 684-95; Acushnet, 702-03; Berkley, 707; Dartmouth, 714; Dighton, 719; Easton, 728-32; Fairhaven, 746; Freetown, 750-51; Mansfield, 762-64; North Attleboro, 778- 81; Norton, 789-90; Raynham, 790-92; Rehoboth, 805; Somerset, 811-12; Swansea, 818-19; West- port, 822. Inns and Taverns, see Hotels. . Ironworking, Early : 271-73.
Jewelry Manufacturing : Attleboro, chief U. S. centre of, 599, 683, 684.
Jones, John Paul, in Dartmouth Harbor, 513.
Journalism, see Press.
Judicial, see Bar.
Kalakua, King of the Hawaiian Islands, visits New Bedford, 556.
King, Capt. Geo. Arthur, 183.
King Philip, or Pometacum, Indian chief, 19, 20, 21, 22. King Philip's War (see also Colonial Wars) :
Acushnet in, 700; Attleboro in, 608-10; Berkley in, 706.
Knights of Columbus, fraternal order, 478-79, 682, 762, 777.
Knights of King Arthur, 229-31.
Knights of Malta, 683.
Knights of Pythias, 264-65, 481-82, 683, 762, 777.
Lapham, Louis, jurist, 39.
Latter Day Saints, The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, 641.
Law and Lawyers, see Bar and Judiciary.
Leonard :
Hon. Daniel, jurist, 31; George, early justice, 7, 30; James, early settler, 68, 76.
Libraries, Public :
Taunton, 195-96; Fall River, 409-12; New Bed- ford, 585; Attleboro, 651; Dartmouth, 714; Digh- ton, 726; Easton, 727; Fairhaven, 745; Freetown, 751; Mansfield, 758; North Attleboro, 773; Norton, 787; Somerset, 811; Swansea, 817. Little Compton, added to Rhode Island, 313. Lowney Tavern, The, 759-60. Lumber Companies : 297.
Macey, George, early settler, 68, 76. Machine Shops of Taunton, 293-94, 295.
Mackie, Adam, lawyer, 38.
Mansfield, Town of :
Churches, 752-53; wars, 753; schools, 755; munici- pal, 756; utilities, 758; clubs and fraternities, 760; industries, 762-64.
Marston, Hon. George, attorney-general, 37.
Massachusetts Medical Society, 49-50.
Massasoit, Indian chieftain, 17, 18, 19. Mechanics Bank of New Bedford, 565-67.
Mechanics Insurance Co. of New Bedford, 565-67.
Medical Fraternity, see Physicians. Medical Societies :
Massachusetts Medical Society, 49-50; Bristol North District Medical Society, 50-51; Bristol South District Medical Society, 51-53; Medical Society of Fall River, 385-89.
Men's and Boys' Club, of Fall River, 448-54. Merchants' Assn., Fall River, 399-400.
Merchants' National Bank, of New Bedford, 565. Metallurgic Industries, 281-85.
Methodist Episcopal Church :
In Taunton, 118-21; in Fall River, 360-63, 579; Attleboro, 635; Acushnet, 701; Fairhaven, 701; Long Plain, 701; Berkley, 705, 706; Dighton, 718; Easton, 735; Mansfield, 753; North Attleboro, 769; Somerset, '810; Fairhaven, 701, 743; Mansfield, 753; Norton, 784; Rehoboth, 803. Military Activities, see wars by name.
Milk Producers' Assn., 8.
Moose, Loyal Order of, 683.
Morris Plan Bank, 570.
Morton Hospital, Taunton, 209-10.
Morton, James Madison, lawyer, 39-40.
Morton, LL. D., Hon. Marcus, governor, 32-33.
Morton, Nathaniel, lawyer, 33.
Mothers' Club, The Taunton, 221.
Mount Hope Finishing Co., Mills of the, 719.
Musical Organizations in Taunton, 232.
Myricks, taken from Taunton, 73.
Myricks Academy, 709.
Myricks cattle show, 709.
National Bank of Commerce, New Bedford, 564. National Bank of Fairhaven, 569.
New Bedford, City of :
Lawyers of, 47, 571-72; early history, 509-13; purchase from Indians, 510; whaling industry, 513- 30; war of 1812, 530; smallpox in, 530; first newspapers of, 530; incorporation of, 531; leaders of, 532-35; banks of, 534, 535; storms, 535; fires, 536, 553, 554; war of 1812, 537-39; Civil War, 539-43; Spanish War, 543; World War, 544-52; city charter, 553; municipal improvements, 554; water system, 555, 576; Centennial Celebration, Independence, 556; Industries, 558-63; banks, 563- 70; law and medicine, 571; post and customs, 573-75; city government, 576-77; newspapers, 577- 79; churches, 579-83; schools, 583; fraternal bodies, 585-88; distinguished visitors, 588-90; authors, 590; famous actors, 592; painters, 595.
New Bedford, Melville's description of, 523-26.
New Bedford Choral Assn., 556.
New Bedford Cooperative Bank, 570.
New Bedford Cordage Co., 558-59.
New Bedford Port Society, 524.
New Bedford Railroad, 60, 556.
New Bedford Savings Bank, 569.
New Bedford War Fund Assn., 551.
Newspapers, see Press.
Ninth Company, C. A. C., 97, 246-48. North Attleboro :
Lawyers of, 47; schools, 765-66; churches, 766; utilities, 771; library, 773; banks, 773; clubs, 774; fraternal orders, 776; industries, 778-81.
North Easton, Village of, 727.
North, Taunton & Attleboro Street Railway Co., 651. Norton, Town of :
73, 781-90; churches of, 783; schools, 784; library, 787; utilities, 788; industries, 789-90.
Nurses' Association of Bristol County, 54.
Odd Fellows, The Independent Order of :
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