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After remaining a town for nearly twenty-three years, Everett has now fairly entered upon the new, and to it, hitherto untried sphere of city life. We will conclude with the hope that its future, as a city, may be characterized by a wise foresight, a broad public spirit capable of taking in the great possibilities open to it, and a firm adherence to those eternal principles of righteousness, which constitute the only sure and lasting foundation of the State.
FRANCIS E. DYER.
MAYOR
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CHAS. E. JENNINGS.
JOHN S. CATE ..
AJDE MEN.
ALONZO H. EVANS, MAYOR
GEO. C. AIKEN.
ROBERT H.JENKINS.
JOHN D. HENDERSON,
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MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Alonzo H. Evans,
The son of Robert and Sarah R. (Goss) Evans, was born in Allenstown, N. H., in February, 1820. He received his education at the County School and the Boston Evening School. At the age of fifteen he went to Lowell, where he worked in a factory for a year, and then moved to Boston, where he was employed as a clerk in a produce store. Subsequently he formed a partnership with George F. Brown, and under the firm name of Evans & Brown they carried on the produce business for several years. In 1854, he and others organized the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank and he was elected treasu- rer. On the retirement of the first President, he was elected President and has held that position ever since. The bank now has accounts open with some 128,000 persons and deposits aggregating nearly twenty million dollars.
Mr. Evans came to Everett, then South Malden, in 1849. He was very active in securing the division of Everett and Malden. He was a member of Everett's first Water Board; he twice represented the town of Everett in the House of Representatives, and was a member of the Senate in 1889 and 1890, receiving, the former year, the largest plurality of any Senator in the State. In February, 1892, he was elected, by the Legislature, a member of the Governor's Council. At the municipal election, held last December, he was elected the first mayor of the city of Everett and still holds that office. He was chairman of the Republican Town Committee of Everett for fourteen years and a member of the Republican State Central Committee for two years. During both years of his service in the Senate, he held the important position of chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Banks and Bank- ing and was also a member of the Joint Stand- ing Committee on Taxation. For a number of years he has been secretary and an active member of the committee of the Associated Banks of Massachusetts.
Mr. Evans has been connected with the Congregational Church, of Everett, for many years. He has been twice married. His first
wife was Sarah R. Hawkes, of Saugus. He married his present wife, N. Caroline Titcomb (née Stowers), of Everett, formerly of Revere, about twelve years ago. They reside on Broad- way, at the corner of Hancock Street.
John S. Cate.
The son of Alpheus D. and Margaret (Shannon) Cate, was born in Tamworth, N. H. He was educated at Portsmouth, N. H. From 1868 to 1890 he was employed by a Boston firm as chief clerk and superintendent of their manu- facturing department, the business being that of making and selling roofing materials. He is now engaged in the bakers trade, running two stores or shops, one on Ferry Street and one on Broadway. He served the town two years as a member of the board of selectmen, and represented it one year in the legislature. He is a member of the board of aldermen, elected for the term of one year. He is a member of the Masonic order, of the K. of H., of the U. O. P. F., and of the A. O. U. W. November 2, 1861, he married Lydia B., daugh- ter of Thomas and Catherine H. (Moulton) Witham, of York, Me. He resides at 66 Cot- tage Street.
George C. Aiken,
The son of Daniel and Rhoda B. (Richmond) Aiken, was born in Barnard, Vt., December 13, 1845. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He enlisted during the war and served in the cavalry. Soon after the war closed he engaged in the confectionery and
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cigar business, which he has carried on ever since. Ile now conducts a large wholesale store at 83 Union Street, Boston. Mr. Aiken came to Everett some twenty years or more ago, and served the town as a member of the board of selectmen for the years 1891 and 1892, and was elected alderman for the term of one year, at the first city election. He is a member of the Grand Army, of the Knights of Honor, of the Massachusetts Benefit Association, and of the National Lancers. November 28, 1867, he married Mary J., daughter of George H. and Mary N. (Culver) Atwood, of Malone, N. Y. They reside at 151 Broadway.
Charles E. Jennings,
The son of Alexander E. and Clarissa A. (Stone) Jennings, was born in Andover, August 13, 1853. 1Ie was educated in the public schools of Andover and of Charlestown. He moved with his parents to the latter city in 1861, and to Everett in 1871. He began his business career as a newsboy in Boston, in 1865, at the early age of twelve years, and continued to sell newspapers for seven years, attending a private school during a portion of this time, in order to obtain an education without interfer- ing with his work. In addition to selling news- papers he entered the express business as a helper on a wagon, at the age of eleven years, and gradually worked his way up until he was finally appointed agent of a leading express company. Still later he was made president of the International Express Company, doing business from St. John, N. B. to New York City. This Company was so unimportant in the beginning that a half interest in it was purchased by Mr. Jennings for $300, but under his management the Company was greatly extended, new business was added, and it was subsequently bought by one of the larger cor- porations for nearly $50,000. Mr. Jennings still retains a considerable ownership in express offices, but upon his retirement from active participation in that branch of business, he turned his attention to real estate business in Everett, to which he has since added that of insurance.
Mr. Jennings was a town auditor for four years and was elected a member of the water board a year or two ago, but resigned after a four month's service. At the first city election he was chosen alderman for one year, and was subsequently made president of the board by his colleagues. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. He is treas- urer of the Everett Co-operative Bank. August 13, 1874, he married M. Florence, daughter of John S. and Mary E. (Bazin) Waters. They reside at 23 Ferry Street.
Francis E. Dyer,
The son of David and Elizabeth (Black) Dyer, was born in Ellsworth, Me., January 3, 1837. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. From 1859 to 1861 he was engaged in the lumber commission business. From 1862 to 1873 he was associated with the Boston Rice Milling Co., at Sargent's Wharf, Boston. Of late years he has been interested in real estate and business connected therewith in Boston. For four years, 1874,-5,-6,-7,-8, he served .the town of Everett on the School Board; for two years, 1878-9, on the Board of assessors ; and for six years, 1886 to '91, on the Board of selectmen, five years as chairman. He resigned March 25, 1891. He was elected a member of the Board of Alderman, at the first city elec- tion, for two years. Mr. Dyer is a past master of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M. ; also charter member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Tabernacle, Malden.' He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. November 2, 1859 he married Louisa D., daughter of George R. and Sarah (Stubbs) Slader, of South Malden. He resides at the corner of Buckman and Locust Streets.
Robert H. Jenkins
Was born in Hudson, Columbia County, N. Y., August 19, 1846. When nine years old he went west with his parents, and spent his younger days on the prairics of Illinois. He served in the 132d and 147th regiments. At the close of the war Mr. Jenkins went into the grain elevators of Chicago, and from there left to take charge of the grain that arrived on the Chicago and Alton railroad. When the Boston commercial exchange adopted the grain inspection system he was made chief grain inspector, and served for six years. Mr. Jenkins is now lessee and proprietor of the Chandler Street elevator on the Boston & Albany Railroad, with a storage capaci- ty of 500,000 bushels. He has resided in Everett for the last twelve years, where he has served on several committees of the town, and was elected to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Taylor, as a water commissioner. He was re- elected for three years. At the first election for city officers he was elected an alderman for two years.
John D. Henderson
Was born in southern Scotland, October 27, 1840. Receiving his education in a private school, he was apprenticed, at the age of 14, to learn the carpenter's trade. After serving five years as an apprentice he came to America and settled in Boston. His ability as a mechanic was at once recognized by Henry F. Durant, builder of the famous Woman's College building in Wellesley, Mass., and Mr. Henderson was engaged by him to act as foreman. Mr. Henderson superintended the erection of the above-named and other large buildings while in Mr. Durant's employ. In 1872, with his elder brother, James, Mr. Henderson engaged in contracting and building houses in Everett, under the firm name of Henderson Bros. As their business increased it became necessary to have their own saw and planing mills, lumber yards and paint shops, and to have a regular force of men for each particular line of work in house building. They now have all these plants in active operation, as well as regular de- partments of workingmen. From the digging of the cellar to the occupancy of the building, the entire work is done by their own workmen, and the material supplied from their own establish- ments. Their weekly pay roll is one thousand dollars; they pay taxes on $350,000 worth of real estate in Everett. In 1879 Mr. Henderson married Miss Emily S. Thring, of Boston. They reside on Hancock Street.
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Thomas Milligan,
The son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morrow) Milligan, was born in Boston, April 20, 1856. He was educated in the Boston Grammar School, the Nichols Academy, Webster, Mass., and the Boston University. For several years he occupied the position of overseer with the Cochrane Chemical Co., and he is now Station Agent at Everett for the Boston & Maine Railroad. He is Past Master Workman of Franklin Lodge, No. 51, A. O. U. W .; is now Worshipful Master of Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M .; Past Grand Master, Loyal Orange Insti- tution, and Present Grand Secretary of the United States, Loyal Orange Institution. He was a member of the Everett Fire Department for seven years, and now serves the city as President of the Common Council. September 23, 1877, he married Christena, daughter of Daniel and Jane (Knox) McDonald, of Boston. They have five children, four boys and one girl. He resides at 13 West Street.
ALVAH E. HARDY.
ALFRED G . BROOKS.
HARRY H. PERKINS
HERBERT W. LEWIS.
F. L. GLEASON
A. R. HENDERSON,
DUDLEY P. BAILEY.
MAN
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THOMAS MILLIGAN.
A . F . FERGUSON.
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FRED. D. GODDARD.
AMOS B. HARRIS
A. E. BLANCHARD. KILBURN ACROSS
GEO. M. BUTTRICK.
ENGRAVERS
J. C. HARRINGTON
W. H. NICHOLS.
ARTHUR W. HATCH.
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Dudley Perkins Bailey
Son of Rev. Dudley Perkins Bailey and of Hannah Barrows (Cushman) Bailey was born in Cornville, Maine, October 24, 1843. He was educated in the district schools of Maine, at Monson Academy, Maine, and Colby Univer- sity, graduating in the class of 1867. He studied law with Ilon. William L. Putnam, now one of the judges of the United States Circuit Court, and was admitted to the bar at Portland, Me., April 28th, 1870. After practising a short time, first at Freeport, Me., and afterwards at Port- land, he located at Everett, in 1872, and has since that time been identified with its varied material, educational and religious interests. He was a member of the school committee in 1873- 74, 1876-80, 1882-91, in all nearly fourteen years, during the last five of which he was chairman. He was one of the pioneers in the establishment of the Everett Public Library, of which he has been a trustee from its origin, in 1878, to the present time, having been secretary of the board from 1878 to 1892, and its chairman in 1892-93. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887, serving as House chairman of committee on taxation, and during the latter year on the committee on Pro- bate and Insolvency.
Among the more important measures he was instrumental in securing, may be mentioned the codification of the laws for the collection of taxes. He has served on various committees and assisted in framing the by-laws of the town, and was among the first to advocate more stringent building regulations. He is and has been an earnest advocate of local improvements. During his residence at Portland he was con- nected with the Portland Press, and since 1873 has been from time to time contributor to the magazines, chiefly the Banker's Magazine of New York.
Among his contributions may be mentioned a series of articles on the History of Massachu. setts Savings Banks and the " History of Bank. ing in Massachusetts " (1876). Several articles, relating to the clearing house system, have been reprinted in pamphlet form. Mr. Bailey also prepared the part relating to clearing houses for Bolles's " Practical Banking," and was the author of the historical sketch of the town of Everett in Drake's History of Middlesex County, also of a similar, but more extended sketch, that appeared in the county history, published in 1890 by J. W. Lewis & Co .; of the historical sketch of the Boston Clearing House, for the forthcoming "Commercial History of Boston," and numerous other articles on banking and finance. He assisted in preparing the financial report on the unappropriated balances in the town treasury, a report which contains the fullest survey of our local finances to be found in print. During the last six years of Everett's history as a town he was twelve times elected moderator of its town meetings, and presided at the last town meeting, held November 10, 1892. He has an extensive and thorough knowledge of Everett real-estate titles, and has invested somewhat largely in real-estate. He has been a member of the Republican town committee; has been, since 1878, treasurer of the First Baptist Church, in Everett, and, since 1888, superintendent of the Glendale Baptist Sunday School. He is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M .; of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Tabernacle, of Malden, and of the Pine Tree State Club, of Everett, of which he was the first president.
George M. Buttrick,
The son of Amos and Fanny (Platts) Buttrick, was born at Rindge, N. H., November 24, 1822. He was educated in the common schools. He was engaged in the manufacture of straw goods, at Barre, Mass., for thirty years. He served the town of Barre as moderator of town meet- ings, as an overseer of the poor, and as chair- man of the board of selectmen. He represented his district in the lower branch of the Legisla- ture, in 1855, and in the upper branch in 1869
and 1870. He was president of the Agricultu- ral Society, Savings Bank, and First National Bank, of Barre, and of the Globe Insurance Company, of Boston, for the years 1875-76. Hle was on the Everett school board three years and is now a member of the common council. May 1, 1845, he married Ann L., daughter of Nathan and Lois (Humphrey) Stevens, of Barre. May 12, 1880, he married Emma J. Colcord, daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) Green, of Brunswick, Me. IIe resides at No. 3 Pearl Street.
Alonzo E. Blanchard,
The son of Joseph and Nancy (Harris) Blanchard, was born in South Uxbridge, November 21, 1840. He was educated at the Uxbridge High School and the Providence Conference Seminary, at East Greenwich, from 1854 to 1858. He began his business career as a machinist and piper. After two years of service, he was given charge of the shop, for the manufacture of small machinery. At the end of four years, having wearied of in-door work, he entered the employ of a well-known builder in Worcester. A few years later he took up the manufacture of hydraulic elevators, presses, etc., which he carried on until 1886, when he sold out. He then engaged with the National Heating Co., of N. Y., as master mechanic, and was assigned the task of constructing a model plant for con- veying hot water at great pressure and corres- ponding high temperature to distant points, to be there converted into steam for power and heating purposes. Having accomplished the desired result, he was sent by his Company to Boston, to superintend the construction of the well known Boston Heating Company's plant. In November, 1889, he came to Everett and engaged in the business of real estate dealer, contractor and builder, which he continues to carry on. His office is now at 230 Broadway. He is a member of the Common Council. December 26, 1867 he married Alma E., daugh- ter of Sullivan and Anjenette B. (Beals) Segrave, of Uxbridge. They reside at No. 27 Chestnut Street.
Albert F. Ferguson,
The son of Daniel and Jane M. (Porter) Fer- guson, was born in Alfred, Me., February 6, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He worked on the farm until he was 16 years of age. He then spent two years in a cotton factory at Springvale, Me., after which he devoted five years to mechani- cal pursuits. For twenty years he was engaged in the publishing business in Boston. At pre- sent he devotes himself to the real estate business in Everett. Mr. Ferguson is a Past D. D. Grand Master of I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Pine Tree State Club. He is one of the trustees of the M. E. Church. He served the town as auditor for five years, and now serves the city as a member of the Com- mon Council. He moved to Everett in 1870. June 8, 1864, he married Laura K., daughter of John and Hannah Y. (Johnson) Marson, of East Pittston, Me. He resides at 16 Chelsea Street.
Daniel P. Manser,
The son of Charles C. and Eliza A. (Grant) Manser, was born in Newburyport, July 2, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of that city. He served on the Everett police force two years, and from 1883 to 1891 was an in- structor in one of the mechanical departments of the House of Industry at Deer Island, Bos- ton Harbor. He is now engaged in the furni- ture and upholstering business at 84 Chelsea Street. Mr. Manser is a member of Everett Lodge, No. 36, I. O. O. F .; of Palladium Coun- cil, No. 287, R. A., and of Unity Lodge, No. 9, U. O. O. E. He was a member of the Everett Fire Department for seven years, and is now a member of the Common Council. Novem- ber 27, 1883, he married Ida A., daughter of Hon. Jere K. and Nancy (Davis) Judkins, of Franklin Falls, N. H. He resides on Swan Street.
Arthur W. Hatch,
The son of Hollis B. and Elizabeth H. (Tar- box) Hatch, was born in South Malden, Decem- ber 26, 1865. He received his education in the public schools of Everett. In 1886 he entered the employ of Stone & Downer, now incorporated, custom house brokers, where he remained until 1889, when he resigned to accept a position with a rival concern. In February of 1890, he returned to his former employers who engaged him to act as manager of their drawback department, which position he con- tinues to hold. Mr. Hatch has served as a member of the Rep. town committee for four years, one year as Secretary, and'he is a member of the present committee. He was Secretary of the Y. M. Rep. Club, and has been a delegate to the councillor conventions of his party for four successive years. He was one of the organizers of the Glendon Club. He is a member of the Common Council. He resides at No. 23 Winthrop Street.
Alvah E. Hardy,
The son of Levi and Martha M. (Smith) Hardy, was born in Worcester, May 31, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of that city and at the Worcester Academy. When seventeen years of age he entered the employ of Curtis & Marble, Machinists, as an apprentice, where he remained three years. From 1872 to 1882 he was a contractor in Worcester and Boston. In the latter year he assumed the position of foreman for the firm of Edward Dewey & Co., known as the Waters Governor Works, and in 1884 was promoted to the position of superin- tendent, which position he has since held. He is a member of the Worcester Lodge, No. 56, I. O. O. F., and of Gov. Bradford Colony, U. O. P. F. He is a member of the common council. November 7, 1872, he married Ella S , daughter of Cornelius H. and Susan (Thomp- son) Hill, of Worcester, Mass. He resides at 107 Main Street.
Fred L. Gleason,
The son of Loring W. and Georgiana G. (White) Gleason, was born in Newton, May 18, 1865. He was graduated from the Carter Grammar School, Chelsea, in 1881. For two years he was employed by the Magee Furnace Co. as entry clerk, later by his father in the real estate and insurance business. In 1885 he and his father formed a partnership, and together carried on the same business until 1889, when his father retired. Mr. Gleason still conducts the business, having an office at Room 12, Herald Building, Boston. He is a member of the Everett Lodge, No. 36, I. O. O. F. He moved to Everett in 1881, and now serves the city as a member of the Common Council. In 1886 he married Lizzie, daughter of Omar and Susan D. (Munroe) Little, of Chelsea. They now reside at 52 Linden Street.
Alpheus R. Henderson,
Son of Horace and Caroline (Rowe) Henderson, was born at Sunderland, Mass., and received his early education in the district schools of his native town and at Amherst Academy, sup- plemented by an attendance at the college lectures. He was brought up in Sunderland on a farm, which is now a part of the Massachu- setts Agricultural College Grounds. He resided in Amherst from 1855 to 1868, when he came to Boston, and went into the commission busi- ness with Whipple, Ward & Co., which business he has followed most of the time since. He
has a large acquaintance with the produce men. He married, at Woonsocket, R. I., June 4, 1862, Melansa M. Bisbee, daughter of William O. and Harriet M. (Ballou) Bisbee, of Waterford, N. J. Mr. Henderson is in politics a Democrat, has served as a member of the Democratic Town Committee for eight years, was a candidate for representative in 1891, and is an active member of the Congregational Church. He represents Ward Three in the Common Council.
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Alfred G. Brooks,
Son of Sylvester M. and Olive J. (Shapleigh) Brooks, was born at Eliot, Me., in 1854, and received his education in the public schools of Portsmouth, N. H. He served an apprentice- ship as machinist with M. G. Crane, and has been connected with the American Bell Tele- phone Company, for the past seven years, in their experimental department. He is a mem- ber of Everett Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he has been one of the Noble Grands. He is Treasurer of the Pine Tree State Club, of Everett, and of Gov. Bradford Colony, No. 78, U. O. P. F. He married, in 1881, Nellie M. Carter, daughter of Otis and Abby (Pratt) Carter, of Wilmington, Mass. He represents Ward Six in the Common Council.
Herbert W. Lewis,
The son of Seth W. and Sarah (Stone) Lewis, was born in Charlestown, January 26, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of that city. Twenty years ago he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, and he now holds the position of foreman in one of their departments. He is a member of the Common Couneil. December 5, 1889, he married Mary J., daughter of the late R. B. and Lucy C. (Jewett) Carter, of Everett. They reside at 40 Bradford Street.
Charles O. Tukey
Was born in Whitefield, Me., November 12, 1857. He is a son of the late Samuel S. Tukey, who was extensively interested in real estate in Ev- erett, of which Mr. Tukey now has charge. He was educated in the schools of his native town and those of Chelsea, where his parents removed when he was 12 years of age. After leaving school he was employed in a grocery store, also in his father's hardware store in Chelsea. In 1890 Mr. Tukey became a member of the firm of S. S. Tukey & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, Chelsea. The firm does an ex- tensive business, the city of Chelsea being a large customer. Mr. Tukey removed to Everett 21 years ago. He is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man and a member of the Under- wood Huzzars of Boston. He now resides at 8t Nichols Street.
Walter H. Nichols,
Son of Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Peirce) Nichols, was born in South Malden, September 20, 1869, being less than six months older than Everett itself. He received his education in the grain- mar schools of Everett. At the age of eighteen years he went into the express business as an employee of C. E. Jennings. He was afterwards in business with Sage & Co., wholesale rubber dealers, about five years. He is now connected with a wholesale shoe concern on Federal Street, Boston. He is a member of the Glendon Club.
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