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Clubs. November 25, 1865, he married Ruth J. Whittier, daughter of Cyrus S. and Hilda (Brown) Whittier, of Vienna, Me. He is about to erect a house on Summer Street, where he will reside.
SIMON A. FREEMAN,
The son of William A. and Mary (Slo- cum) Freeman, was born at Attleboro, Mass, June 13, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of Canton, Mass., until 16 years of age. From there he went to Lowell, and secured a position in a drug store, remaining there three years, or until the civil war broke out, when he enlisted in 1861, in an Inde- pendent Cavalry organization which immediately took its departure for Ship Island in the Department of the Gulf. He was transferred to and promoted Hospital Steward and 2d and Ist Lieu- tenant in Ist Regt. Texas Cavalry Vols. U. S. A. ; mustered out, services of regiment no longer required, Octo- ber 31, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas, then commanding L. Company of said Regt .; was temporarily employed, dur- ing the summer of 1866, in the medical department U. S. Navy, on Iron Clads, in the Mississippi River, at New Orleans during the yellow fever and cholera epi- demics. He returned north in the fall of same year, and entered the Regular Army as Hospital Steward the following April, 1867, for duty at Fort Porter, Buf- falo, New York. He graduated in medicine at University of Buffalo in 1869, and received an appointment as A. A. Surgeon, U. S. A. for duty in Cali- fornia and Arizona and was married same year ; was obliged to resign his appoint- ment in 1878 on account of wife's ill health; returned to Massachusetts and established the drug business at 559 Main St., Charlestown. His wife died the following year, leaving two children. In the fall of 1882 he married Miss Sue
L. Turner, a teacher, of Des Moines, Iowa, and in the spring of 1883, removed to Everett as a place of residence. March 14, 1891, he opened a drug store in the Henderson Block, Corner of Main and Oakes Street. Both stores are doing a successful business. He is a member of Abraham Lincoln Post, G. A. R .; Bun- ker Hill Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Knights of Honor; Golden Eagle, and Gov. Brad- ford Colony of Pilgrim Fathers.
ABBOTT SANFORD, M. D.,
The son of Baalis and Abby (Burt) Sanford, was born in East Bridgewater, September 7, 1854. He received his education in the high school of his native town, at Bridgewater Academy, and Amherst College, from which he was graduated in '77. In 1880 Amherst college conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He took the regular three years' course at the Harvard Medical School, and spent a fourth year in hospi- tal work and observation. For two years, '77 to '79, he was sub-master of the Malden high school, and for two years, '79 to '81, he was principal of the Wakefield high school. For seven years, beginning November, 1885, he has prac- ticed medicine in Everett, six years as a general practitioner and the past year as a specialist on deseases of the nose and throat. In the latter line he has taken special instruction and done much work at the Boston City Hospital, the Boston Dispensary and the Mass. General Hos- pital. For two years, '86 and '87, he was one of the Everett Board of Health. He is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M. ; member and medical ex- aminer of Gov. Bradford Colony of the U. O. of Pilgrim Fathers ; member and medical examiner of Longfellow Lodge of K. and L. of H. ; medical examiner of the Hartford Life and Annuity Insu- rance Co .; member of the Everett Y. M. C. A. He resides at 53 Chelsea Street.
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REV. FRANCIS E. WEBSTER,
The son of Nathan E. and Jerusha A. (Hurd) Webster, was born in Auburn, N. Y., November 26, 1867. He was educated at the St. Lawrence Univer- sity, Canton, N. Y., from which institu- tion he graduated in 1889. He was settled as a clergyman at Pottsdam, N. Y. for three years. He began as pastor of the First Universalist Church in Everett, less than a year ago, May 1, 1892. He is a member of the secret Orders of F. and A. M. and I. O. O. F., of which latter he is a Past Grand. He is unmarried.
ROSCOE E. BROWN, M. D.
The son of Joseph B. and Betsey S. (Brown) Brown, was born in Lynn, May II, 1851. He received his education at the Bridgton, Maine, High School, at Bridgton Academy, and at the Bow- doin Medical School, from which he graduated in 1876. He practised medi- cine for ten years at Weymouth and came to Everett in 1886, where he has continued his professional labors. Dr. Brown is a member of the Massa- .
chusetts Medical Society and of the Gynecological Society, Boston. He is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M .; of the Everett Lodge, I. O. O. F .; of Franklin Lodge, A. O. U. W. and of Gov. Bradford Colony, A. O. P. F. He has served the town of Everett as a member of its school commit- tee. February 12, 1877, he married Mary E. Wilson, daughter of John G. and Mary P. (Johnson) Greene, of Brunswick, Maine. They reside at 187 Broadway.
EDWARD B. NOYES,
The son of Benjamin W. and Anna T. (Vincent) Noyes, was born in Boston, June 28, 1853. He was educated in the Boston public schools. He began busi- ness with Lee & Shepard, book publish- ers. A few years later he entered the employ of the Ginn Publishing Co., where he remained six years, having, during that time, established a branch house in New York City of which he had charge for three years. He left this Company to go into the book business for himself. In 1885 he engaged in the dry goods business at Wollaston, and later at Lowell. In the spring of 1890 he purchased the dry and fancy goods business of W. W. Partridge, in Odd Fellows' Building, which he has since carried on with success He is also treasurer of the Reliable Manuf'g Co., manufacturers of street railway supplies, and vice-president of the New England Chemical & Manuf'g Co. Mr. Noyes is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M .; of Howard Lodge, No. 22, I.O.O.F .; Everett Encampment, Loyal Lodge, D. of R. : Harvard Council No. 51, Home Circle, in which order he is a Past Grand Leader of the Grand Council of Mass., and a member of the Supreme Council. He is a member of the Glen- don Club. and an ex-president of the Owl Club. He resides at No. 14 Oakes Street.
PHIL C. WEEKS,
The son of Augustus H. and Martha A. Weeks, was born in Exeter, N. H., May 7, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He was employed, in the posi- tion of clerk, for nine years by Kelly & Gardner, of Exeter, dealers in hard- ware, paints, oils, etc. In December, 1890, Mr. Weeks came to Everett and purchased the hardware business, previ- ously carried on in Kittredge's Block, Everett Square, which he has conducted since at the same place. He resides on Winthrop Street.
REUBEN A. RIDEOUT,
The son of Luther and Mary (Sawyer) Rideout, was born in Garland, Me., November 30, 1834. He graduated from Bowdoin Collage in the class of '61, and has devoted his life to teaching. In the earlier paat of his career he was the principal of Monson academy, of the East Pittston academy, and was mathe- matical editor of the Maine Journal of Education, From 1865-6 he was princi- pal of the Milford, Mass., grammar
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school ; from 1866-71 of the South Malden grammar school, and from the incorporation of the town of Everett, to 1891, he was principal of the high school. He now occupies the position of special instructor in Latin and Greek in the high school. He is a Past Regent of Palladium Council, R. A. Mr. Ride- out has been married twice, November 27, 1861, and December 29, 1879 His first wife was Celia H. Marson, his sec- ond, Gustie L. Marson, daughters of John and Hannah T. (Johnson) Marson, of East Pittston, Me. He resides at No. 7 Bucknam Street.
FRED. H. NICKERSON,
The son of James and Martha M. (Clements) Nickerson, was born in Swanville, Waldo Co., Me., July 24, 1863. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, at the Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, and at Bates College, Lewiston, Me. The latter institution has conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He has served successively as principal of the Dexter, Me., high school, as professor of Latin and science, and principal of the Nor- mal department in the Maine Central Institute, as principal of the Westbrook, Me. high school and as principal of the Everett high school. He was a member of the school board of his native town for three years and was chairman the last year. He also served on the school board at Pittsfield, Me. Mr. Nickerson is a member of Penobscot Lodge, F. & A. M., Dexter, Me., also of Eagle Chapter and Westbrook Council of Royal and Select Masters, Westbrook, Me. He is a member of the Congre- gational church in Everett, and is the superintendent of the Sabbath school, connected with that society. Nov. 28, 1888, Mr. Nickerson married Angie B., daughter of William and Juliette (Wells) Aiken, of Brighton. They reside at 21 Cottage street.
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MORRIS B. HALL,
The son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Bailey) Hall, was born in Rochester, N. Y., June 25, 1843. He was educated, 1857 to 1860, at Chase's Institute, Middletown, Conn. He went to learn a trade, in 1861, at Hartford, Conn. He worked in New Haven from 1864 to 1867, when he moved to Essex, Conn., where he established a business, in which he continued until 1887. That year he came to Everett and engaged in the real estate and building business, which he still carries on. He is a member of the Masonic Order and A. O. U. W. October 26, 1864, Mr. Hall married Carrie D., daughter of Edwin and Mary (Carter) House, of Hartford, Conn. He resides at 314 Broadway.
CHARLES W. GREENWOOD,
The son of Charles and Adeline O. (McGilvray) Greenwood, was born in South New Market, N. H. He was educated at Keene, N. H. and in a mercantile college in Boston. For four years he was engaged in the wholesale
clothing business ; for twenty-two years he has been engaged in the wholesale produce and provision business, which he and his brother still carry on at 46 No. Market Street, Boston. Mr. Greenwood is a member of the First Congrega- tional Church, of Everett, and has been for twenty-four years, of the Glendale Christian Society, and of the Courtland Street Congregational Society. He has been connected with the Y. M. C. A. from the date of its organization. October 1, 1873, he married Isabella Adelaide, daughter of Charles W. and Melissa A. (Dill) Tukey, of Everett. He resides at No. 7 Ferry Street. (Since the data for the above sketch was handed to us, Mrs. Greenwood died, on or about April 16, after a brief illness. Ed.)
FRED P. GREENWOOD.
The son of Charles and Adeline O. (Mc- Gilvray) Greenwood, was born in East Alstead, N. H., May 29, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Everett. Leaving school at 18 years of age, he went to work for Pitkin Bros., upholsterers, Boston, and later in the shoe business. About fifteen years ago he began to work in F. H. market, and twelve years ago he and his brother en- gaged in business together, at No. 46 No. Market St., under the firm name of Greenwood Bros. Mr. Greenwood is a deacon of the Seaman's Cong. Church, Hanover St., Boston, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for five years. He is a member of the 2d district committee of the Y. M. C. A. He has served the town upon several important committees, and was the Pro- hibition candidate for Congress from 7th district in 1892. He is a director of the No. Lubec Improvement Co., No. Lubec, Me., summer encampment of the Y. M. C. A .; a director of the West Island Copper Co. of N. B .; and treas- urer Atlantic Coast Seamans' Union.
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He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. Dec. 28, 1881, he married Mary Lizzie, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Nichols) Balcom, of Malden. They reside at No. 11 Ferry St.
WILLIAM F. MOORE,
The son of Albion K. and Elizabeth C. (Sargent) Moore, was born in Portland. Maine, August 27, 1850. The first twenty years of his life were passed in different parts of the South, his educa- tion being quite limited, owing to the demoralization of the war and the infe- rior schools in the period, which im- mediately followed. Just before reaching seventeen he entered a printing office, at Bristol, Tenn., and served a three years apprenticeship. Coming to Boston in 1870, he worked at his trade till 1876, part of the time running an office of his own. At the opening of the Centennial, he went to Philadelphia to represent the American Cabinet Maker. In January, 1878, he returned to Boston, and something over a year later he moved to Everett, where he has since made his home. For several years he represented a trio of N. Y. trade papers. In 1882 he collected the material for a biographical work on Massachusetts, and in 1883 he performed similar labors in the state of Vermont. From 1884 to March Ist, 1893, with the exception of a year on the Boston Daily Advertiser, he was on the staff of the Boston Com- mercial Bulletin. He is now manager of the Massachusetts Publishing Com- pany, and is engaged in bringing out a work on Connecticut, similar to those mentioned on Vermont and Massachu- setts. In early manhood, Mr. Moore passed through the chairs in the Sons of Temperance, and Temple of Honor, and in the latter Order was also Chief of the Council. He is a Past Noble
Commander of Wendell Phillips Com- mandery, No. 279, U. O. G. C., of
Everett. When the Young Men's Chris- tian Association was formed, he took an active interest in perfecting the organiza- tion, was Secretary of the Provisional So- ciety, and then served for four years as Secretary of the Association ; he organ- ized the Junior Department, and is now on the Executive Committee as Vice President. Mr. Moore was married, March 4, 1878, to Medora B. daughter of David and Catherine (Hussey) Hodg- kins, of Jefferson, Maine.
WARREN BETTINSON,
Son of Richard B. and Sarah C. (Carl- ton) Bettinson, was born at Charlestown, October 24, 1841, and received his early education in the schools of Charlestown, public and private. He followed the grocery business for fifteen years, 1867- 1882, since which time he has been engaged in the laundry business at Malden, under the well-known name of " Bettinson's Steam Laundry." He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, was for two years a member of the Repub- lican Town Committee, and during the time when he took an active part in politics, was a very energetic worker, and wielded a large influence in the locality in which he resided. Mr. Bettinson moved to South Malden in 1869, and took an active interest in the agitation for separation, which resulted in the establishment of Everett as a separate town. He married, about the year 1866, Elizabeth M. Ware, and resides on Central Avenue, near the corner of Ferry Street. His father, Richard B. Bettinson, was engaged in the grocery business in Charlestown for thirty-eight years, 1831-69, when he re- moved to South Malden, purchasing the house in which he died, built by Nathaniel T. Davis, on the spot for- merly occupied by the residence of the elder Captain Jonathan Oakes, situated on a lane now called Lincoln Street, running Southwesterly from Ferry Street.
CHARLES MANSER,
The son of Charles C. and Eliza A. (Grant) Manser, was born at Newbury- port, September 21, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of that city. He went to Lynn in 1867 and came to Everett in 1871. After leaving school he was employed in the shoe business until 1879, when he secured a position in the Boston post-office, where he remained eleven years. In 1890, having been appointed post-master of Everett, he assumed the duties of that office. He has been an efficient and progressive post-master, and Everett is indebted to him principally for its pres- ent excellent post facilities and arrange- ments. Mr. Manser is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M .; is a Past Grand of Everett Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; is a member of Palladium Council, R. A .; and of Assawomsett Tribe, I. O. R. M. He resides on Swan Street.
[See sketch of Post Office, p. 28.]
EDWIN M. HALL,
The son of Morris B. and Carrie D. (House) Hall, was born in Essex Conn., March 24, 1867. He was educated at the Morgan High School, Clinton, Conn.,
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and at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. After leaving school, in 1886, he returned to Essex and was employed in the jewelry store of S. W. Gledhill & Co., as manager, for one year. After- wards he went into the office of F. A. North & Co., music dealers, Philadel- phia, Penn., and from there to the music store of Kirk, Johnson & Co., Lancas- ter, Penn. He came to Everett in May, 1888, and engaged in the real estate and building business to which he continues to devote his time and energies. Mr. Hall is a member of the U. O. P. F .; of the A. O. U. W., and of Palestine Lodge, . F. & A. M. November 7, 1888, he mar- ried Annie E., daughter of Elijah S. and Elizabeth S. (Main) Pierce, of Lynn. He resides at 312 Broadway.
CALVIN E. WARREN,
The son of Joseph H. and Abigail (Newton) Warren, was born September 26, 1850, in Worcester. In 1856 he went to Shrewsbury, where he was edu- cated in the district and high schools. He moved to Boston in 1870. For ten years he was a clerk and then a book- keeper for a commission house. In 1880 he accepted a position with John C. Paige, and became auditor of agents' accounts for the City of London and Metropole Insurance Companies. Since 1885 he has been in the employ of James T. Phelps, state agent of the National Life Insurance Company, and at present holds the position of super- intendent of the Massachusetts sub- agencies of this Company. He moved to Everett in 1880, where he has since lived. Mr. Warren is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Red Men, the Glen- don Club, and of the Y. M. C. A. He served one year as Treasurer of the latter organization, and is now a mem- ber of the Finance Committee. June 17, 1874 he married Emma F. Briggs. He resides at 57 Main Street.
GEORGE W. GRAGG.
The son of George W. and Mary E. (Cole) Gragg, was born at Bradford, Mass., October 5, 1857. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Billerica, and at Howe academy. In 1875 he commenced the druggist business with G. E. Chickering, of Lawrence. and in August, 1885, he purchased the business and store now occupied by him in Everett Square. In 1890 he associated Mr. W. H. Rogers with himself as a partner., and since then the business has been conducted by the firm. Mr. Gragg has always been much interested in the " secret orders," and is a prominent member of the Pilgrim Fathers and of the Sons of Veterans. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. July 21, 1881, at Billerica, he married Lois Ella, daughter of Lorenzo B. and Lydia (West) Cressey, of Falmouth, Me. They reside at No. 10 Liberty Street.
BENJAMIN COREY,
Son of Solomon and Charlotte D. (Win- sor) Corey, was born January 1, 1815, at Kingston, Mass., where he received his early education. In 1828, when he
was 13 years old, his father moved to So. Malden. Here he went to school in the old South District School House, which stood on the hill. He learned the shoemaker's trade, but soon left it and went to farming. He carried on the Malden Bridge Farm four years, and the Nichols Farm eight years. He was later superintendent of the Lynn & Boston Horse Railroad Stables, for three years. Mr. Corey was a constable of Malden and later of Everett for twenty-four years in all. He was super- intendent of streets in 1870-72. He was formerly, for many years, a mem- ber of Palestine Lodge, and was one of the Everett Associates, who erected the Masonic Building. He is a large real estate owner and a heavy tax payer.
WILLIAM H GRAY,
The son of Bravity and Sarah (Brown) Gray, was born in Tewksbury Centre, August 11, 1825. He was educated in the public schools of that town, and at Andover. When twenty-one years old he succeeded his father in the grocery business at Tewksbury, where he re- mained twelve years, during that time serving the town as clerk, as collector of taxes, and in other official positions. He conducted the same business at Roxbury for one year, and moved to South Malden in April, 1862. He then engaged in the provision business which he followed twelve years, when he went into the wholesale cracker business which he carried on ten years. For the last eight years he has been employed in the office of Mead, Mason & Co., contractors and builders, Boston. Mr. Gray held the office of clerk of the Congregational Church of Everett for twenty-four years. May 28, 1848, he married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Clark) Thompson, of Tewksbury. He resides at the junction of Church and Webster Streets.
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JOSEPH W. PHILBRICK,
The son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Kenniston) Philbrick, . was born in Effingham, N. H., September 12, 1861. He obtained his education in the Effing- ham Town School and at the Limerick, (Me.) High School. He began his business career, in 1880, in a dry and fancy goods' store in East Boston, where he remained until 1889, when he came to Everett and engaged in the same business at 222 Broadway. He has built up an extensive trade and has just moved to the store lately occupied by D. O. Dearborn corner of Broadway and Chelsea Street. Mr. Philbrick is a member of Baalbec Lodge, F. and A. M., and of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 143, I. O. O. F. He was married, October 30, 1889, to Annie May, daughter of S. D. and Mary O. (Googins) Smith, of Limerick, Maine. They reside at No. 8 Webster Street.
EVERELL J. NICHOLS,
The son of Joseph E. and Lucena (Corbett) Nichols, was born in South Malden, January 13, 1857, in the old
"Corbett House." His education was obtained at the Glendale School, the Chelsea High School, and at the Mass- achusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated, as a civil engin- eer, in the class of '78. He taught one year in State University, at Madison, Wisconsin, and then moved to Minne- apolis, Minn., where he engaged actively in the practical work of his profession, for some ten years, devoting his ener- gies and attention to the location and construction of railways and water works, in that rapidly growing section of our country - the North-west. On account of the ill-health of his father, he gave up an excellent position and returned to Everett, in the winter of 1889-90. Since his return, he has taken up the work of local land surveying, which he carries on at the present time. Decem- ber 16, 1879, he married Angienette, daughter of Capt. H. F. and Margaret (Gorham) Goudy, of Everett, formerly of Bristol, Me. His wife died June 2, 1891. He resides with his mother at 67 Ferry Street.
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CHARLES SUMNER DEARING,
The son of Roger and Lucinda (Boston) Dearing, was born March 26, 1845, at Kittery, Maine. He was educated in the public schools and at a private school. While yet a boy he began to learn the watch and jewelry business of S. N. Story, of Worcester. Some two years later he went to work for Julius Elson, of Boston, where he remained several years. For six months he was inspector of work in one of the largest watch factories in the country. He established a store in Woburn, which he carried on a number of years, when he returned to Boston and became connected with one of the oldest jewelry houses and one of the leading opticians of that city, G. W. Dearing & Co., where he remained fourteen years. In 1875 he came to Everett, and located Everett's
first jewelry store, where the Y. M. C. A. building now stands, which he carried on in connection with his work in Boston. In 1890 he built the Dearing Building, so called, on Broadway and School Street, to which he moved his business at once. Mr. Dearing is a member of the Baptist Church of Everett. He is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 51, A. O. U. W .; of the I. O. O. F .; and of the Y. M. C. A. April 6, 1870, he married Mary, daugh- ter of James and Mary A. (Gibson) Redford, of Roxbury. He resides at No. 190 Broadway.
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AMOS E. HALL,
The son of Abijah and Recta O. (Eddy) Hall, was born in Marshfield, Vt., July 6, 1838. He was educated in the com- mon schools and at the Morrisville Vt., Academy. The first 18 years of his life were passed on the farm. He then went to New Bedford where he remained some four years employed most of the time as a salesman in a mer- cantile house. He then returned to the town of his birth where he conducted quite an extensive mercantile business for six years. Leaving home again, he came to Boston where he was employed one year as a traveling sales- man and manufacturer, when he went into insurance, to which and the real estate business and the negotiation of mortgages, he has devoted himself for twenty-five years. Mr. Hall is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fel- lows fraternities. For six years he was a member of the Prohibition State com- mittee, was chairman of it in 1886 and the candidate of that party in 1887, for the office of Secretary of the Common- wealth. In February, 1861, he married Carrie A., daughter of Frederick P. and Charity (Davis) Taber, of New Bedford, Mass. He resides at No. 4 Ellsworth Street.
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