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ELIJAH BRIGGS EDMESTER,
The son of James Clapp and Ann (Woodbury) Edmester, was born in South Malden He was educated in the public schools of our mother town, and at the age of eleven years began to learn the trade of a brick maker. At the age of twenty-two he was foreman of a yard, and in 1876 he succeeded to his present business, which was established in 1813 by Jonathan Edmes- ter, who was succeeded by James Clapp Edmester, and he, in turn, by James Warren Edmester, who gave way to the subject of this sketch. Mr. Edmester is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M. ; of Everett Lodge, No. 36, I. O. O. F. ; and of Assawomsett Tribe, No. 56, I. O. R. M. September 30, 1865, he married Susan, daughter of George and Sarah (Hires) Stimpson, of Charlestown. He resides at No. 17 Liberty Street.
EDGAR W. YOUNG, M. D.,
The son of George R. and Augusta M. (Berry) Young, was born in Hancock, Me. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, at the East-
ern State Normal School, and at the University Medical College, N. Y. City. During what might be called his earlier business career, he taught in the com- mon schools of Maine in the winter months, and was employed as head clerk in a Bar Harbor hotel in the sum- mer. For the years 1882-3-4, he was occupied as a student for the degree of M. D., which was conferred upon him by the above University, in March, 1885. The following April he began the prac- tice of his profession at Wilton, Me. In 1888 he moved to New Sharon, and in 1892, he came to Everett and opened an office. He has served as a member of the Hancock school committee, of the New Sharon board of selectmen, and was chairman of the board of health of the latter town. November 4, 1885, he married Laura E., daughter of Harri- son and Cordelia (Blinn) Clark, of Pittston, Me. He resides at 212 Broad- way. He holds the office of city phy- sician of Everett.
FRANCIS C. DANFORTH,
The son of Charles W. and Elmina (Batchelder) Danforth, was born in Woodbury, Vt., November 12, 1846. He received his education in the public schools of his native state. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I., 11th Vermont Volunteers and served until the close of the war, participating in many of the battles of the Army of the Potomac. In November, 1865 he began to learn the furniture business with Small Brothers, of Melrose. At the present time he represents the Boston Chair Manufacturing Company as a travelling salesman in New England. In January, 1866, he joined the M. E. Church at Melrose, and since 1868 he has been an official member of that Church. He
has been a member of the Y. M. C. A. for ten years. He joined Post 4, G. A. R. when it was first instituted, and is now a member of Post 156. He is an
Odd Fellow. Mr. Danforth married Christie B. Chandler, of Melrose, in 1870, and now resides at No. 12 Plumer Street.
WALTER E. FRENCH, D. D. S.
The son of Dr. Alfonso and Lois E. (Ben- nett) French, was born in East Boston, November 28, 1868. He received his education at the Lyman Grammar School, East Boston, the English High, Boston, Recker's & Bradford's Com- mercial School, and Boston Dental College. He graduated from the latter institution in 1891. In June of that year he began business in Everett, at 224 Broadway. He is a member of the Dental College Alumni and of the Massachusetts Dental Associations. August 9, 1892 he married Ruby M., daughter of George and Nancy (Poole) Nichols, of Barnstead, N. H.
ADIN H. NEWTON, M. D,
The son of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Sabin) Newton, was born in Castleton, Vt., June 23, 1817. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and in the Seminary, at Ches- ter, Vt. He learned a trade as a
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mechanic. In 1842 he entered the itiner- ant ministry of the M. E. Church and travelled eight years. He studied medi- cine, and practiced in Truro, Mass., from 1850 to 1866, in Chatham from 1866 to 1876, and in Provincetown from 1876 to May, 1891, when he moved to Everett. In 1857 he represented one of the Cape districts in the legislature. He is a mem- ber of the Mass. Medical Society. Dr. Newton is one of the best known physi- cians, anti-slavery, and temperance work- ers and preachers in South-eastern. Mass. Of his family of eleven children, eight are living, several of them in Everett, among them Dr. E. C. Newton and law- yer H. H. Newton. He was married in 1844, to S. AAngennette, daughter of Israel and Mary (Gerould) Hatch, of North Attleboro. He resides at 64 Linden St.
GEORGE W. DAVIES,
The son of Joshua G. and Eliza (Hook) Davies, was born in Boston. He was educated in the public schools of his native City. August 15, 1861, he en- listed in the 30th Regt. Ill. Vet. Vol. Infantry, as Corporal, Co. K., and July 17, 1865, he was discharged as hospital steward of the 30th Regt. Ill. Vols. February 26, 1862, he was wounded at the battle of Fort Donelson. From 1866 to 1871 he was on the editorial staff of the Worcester West Chronicle, Athol; from 1874 to 1879 he was pub- lisher and proprietor of the Winchendon Journal, and from October, 1885 to 1893 he was editor and proprietor of the Everett Herald. Mr. Davies is a mem- ber of James A. Perkins Post, 156, G. A. R .; is C. of W. and P. S. of Assa- womsett Tribe, 56, I. O. R. M. ; is Past Pro. of Longfellow Lodge, 600, K. & L. of H. ; is a member of Unity Lodge, 9, U. O. E .; of Everett Lodge, 36, I. O. O. F .; is V. M. of U. V. Legion Council, 115 ; is Vice-President of the New Eng- land Suburban Press Association. June 28, 1868, he married Sarah L. daughter
of Timothy H. and Sarah E. (King) Stevens, of Warwick. He resides at the present time on Cottage Street.
JOHN W. LILLIS,
Was born in Natick, February 19, 1864. He graduated from the public schools of his native city. Feeling that his sphere in life was that of a teacher, he entered the Bridgewater Normal School, from which he was graduated in 1885. He soon obtained the position of prin- cipal of the Essex High School, which he subsequently resigned to accept a position in the English High School at Vineyard Haven. He then taught at Milbury and at Winchester successively, and in November, 1891, was elected master of the Glendale School, which position he still holds.
E. CAZNEAU NEWTON, M. D.
The son of Dr. Adin H. and Sarah A. (Hatch) Newton, was born in Truro, November 20, 1862. He received his education in the public schools, of Chatham and Provincetown. He was a druggist for eight years and then
began the study of medicine, at Belle- vue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1887. He practised for two years, in Province- town, and moved to Everett, in 1889. where he has continued to labor in the same profession. Mr. Newton is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the Massachusetts Phar- maceutical Association. During the years '90 and '91, he was a member and the secretary of the Everett Board of Health. He is a member of the R. A., of the Order of Equity, of the U. O. P. F. and of the A. O. U. W. He is a medical examiner for the last two and also for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, the Employers' Liability Association Co., of London, Eng., of the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., and of the Massachu- setts Benefit Association. April 9, 1890, he married Ida P., daughter of Capt. Charles and Sarah B. (Burnham) Howes, of Hyde Park. They reside at 169 Broadway.
GEORGE A. BROWN,
Son of James S. Brown and Polly M. (Taylor) Brown, was born at Plymouth, Vt., November 24, 1854. He received his early education at the State Normal School, Randolph, Vt .; Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt .; Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and Dart- mouth College (from which he graduated in the class of 1877), and the Harvard Law School. He taught the high school at Bellows Falls, Vt., 1878-81, practiced law at Bellows Falls, 1881-90, and has practiced at Boston since 1890. He was for two years chairman of the school board of Bellows Falls, three years chairman of Village Officers, Delegate from Vermont to the Anti-saloon Repub- lican Convention, at Chicago, and Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Tem- perance of Vermont. He married, July 18, 1877, Flora E. Pierce, daughter of
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Edson Pierce and Mary (Barrett) Pierce, of Springfield, Vt. Twice he gave addresses before the Vermont State Teachers' Association, also memorial addresses on General Grant and General Garfield, and Memorial Day addresses at Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, and other places. Since settling in Everett, he has built up a large law practice and has frequently been heard from in our town meetings in favor of progressive measures. He was, in 1892, President of the Republican Club of Everett, and was a delegate to the last Republican State Convention.
HERBERT LOUD,
Son of Samuel and Anna G. (Cox) Loud, was born in Chelsea, June 13, 1848, and was educated in the public schools of Chelsea. Mr. Loud learned the business of block making with the firm of Bagnall & Loud, an old firm, established in 1840, to which he was, in 1869, at the age of twenty-one years, admitted as a partner, taking the place of Mr. Bagnall, who had died a few years before. He and his father carried on the business together until the retirement of the latter, in 1880, after which he carried on the business alone until 1885, when he sold out his entire business to the Bagnall & Loud Block Co., a corporation formed under the laws of Massachusetts, and was duly elected the treasurer of the company. This company was dissolved in Novem- ber, 1888, and a new company was formed by consolidating the Penfield Block Co., of Lockport, N. Y., with the Bagnall & Loud Block Co., of Boston, forming the Boston & Lockport Block Co., organized under the laws of New Jersey. This consolidation brought to- gether the two largest block manufactur- ing concerns in the United States. The principal office of the company is in Boston, and Mr. Loud was elected its treasurer, which position he still retains. The company owns many patents on its
blocks, and is the largest and most in- fluential house in the trade, employing 125 hands. Its goods are sold through- out the United States, Canada and many other parts of the world. The establish- ment enjoys the highest reputation in the market for turning out the best quality of tackle blocks in the United States. It manufactures and sells more than one-half the out-put of blocks for the entire Country. It has a large exhibit of tackle blocks at the World's Columbian Exposition in the gallery of the Transportation Building, which will attract and interest any visitor. Mr. Loud has been a director in the Winni- simmet National Bank of Chelsea since its organization in October, 1889. He married, June 11, 1873, Miss C. E. Emerson, daughter of Howard and C. S. (Masury) Emerson, of Chelsea. He resides at 4 Linden Street.
CHARLES O. SAUNDERS,
The son of John and Sally Saunders, was born at North Waterford, Me., July 6, 1846. He was educated at Norway, Me. At 21 years of age he went into business on his own account as a blacksmith. He continued to labor at that trade for thirteen years, when he engaged in the nursery business. After three years' trial he established what are now known as the Belmont Hill Nur- series. He also engaged in the real estate business. In the fall of 1892, in consequence of the increase of his real estate operations, and the demands thereby made upon his time and ener- gies, he sold out his nursery business. He still carries on his business as a real estate broker. Mr. Saunders is a member of the Belmont M. E. Church, of Malden. Last year he was a member and chairman of the local board of health. January 13, 1867 he married Hannah M., daughter of Daniel and Dolly Holt, of Norway, Me. He resides at 76 Hancock Street.
ELISHA ALDEN LORING,
Son of Elisha Briggs and Lucy Fisher (Smith) Loring, was born October 25, 1842, in the old Corey house so-called, now belonging to the Episcopal Society. He received his early education in the schools of South Malden, including some branches now taught in our high schools. After trying his hand at other pursuits for a time, he went to work for his father at the carpenter's trade, having been accustomed to the use of tools from his childhood. In 1861 he went to learn the machinists' trade in the employ of Messrs. Chase & Leavitt, machinists, then located in Harvard Place, Boston, of which Mr. Thomas Leavitt, a well-known citizen of Everett, was a junior partner. In July, 1862, he enlisted in the 35th Regiment and was later transferred to Co. K, 38th Regi- ment, Mass. Volunteers, leaving for the front August 26, 1862. He was with Gen. Banks' expedition up the Missis- sippi River, in 1863, participating in several engagements. He was one of the two hundred and fifty men from the 38th Regiment, who made the final assault upon Port Hudson on the 14th of June, 1863, when ninety-one of the assaulting party were killed or wounded. August 10, 1863, he was detailed as a mounted orderly at head quarters of the 2dl Brigade, Ist Division, 19th Army Corps, and afterwards served in various capacities (his regiment being transferred to Virginia, under Sheridan) until the end of the war.
On June 30, 1865, he was mustered out with his regiment, receiving his discharge July 13, 1865. In three years of army service he had been continu- ously on duty,- being one of the small number who was never disabled by disease or wounded in action, except once when he received a contusion from a spent ball. After returning from the war, he served some time in the militia in the Third Light Battery, being pro-
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moted to the position of Gunner and Sergeant. He resumed his trade of machinist, in 1868-9, in the employ of the Chicago and North Western R. R. Co. in their locomotive works at Chi- cago, Ill. Returning to Mass., in 1869, he again, in 1870, took up the carpen- ter's trade with his father. In 1874, he went abroad six months, visiting the principal points of interest in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe. He went to Kansas City in 1879, thence to Colorado, returning to Mass. in 1881, after which he went to Florida where he resided until 1887 ; since which time he has been a perma- nent resident of Everett. Mr. Loring is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M .; of James A. Perkins Post, No. 156, G. A. R., and of Encampment No. 115, Union Veteran Legion. In March, 1890, he was elected inspector of build- ings, for which position he was espec- ially fitted by training and experience. He was twice re-elected and was ap- pointed to the same position under the new city government. He was a mem- ber of the committee appointed in 1889 to revise the building regulations of the town of Everett. He had an important share in framing our building regula- tions. He married, February 16, 1876, Ellen Hayward Chaplin, daughter of Dr. Daniel Chaplin and Caroline Augusta (Hayward) Chaplin, of East Bridgewater, Mass., and resides at No. 168 Broadway in the house built by his father more than fifty years ago.
HOWARD G. HINKLEY,
The son of Aaron A. and Julia A. (Hinckley) Hinkley, was born in Boston, March 23, 1856. He was educated in the Boston public schools and studied in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, to be a designer: He followed that profession for four years, in the office of the Merrimac Print Works, in Boston, and two years in the Knicker-
bocker Print Works, New York. Mr. Hinkley always had a literary taste and was editor of an amateur journal in Boston, when thirteen years of age, and, at that time, was a member of the Hub Amateur Press Association, of which he is an honorary member now. He has worked on the reform and regular press in New York and Boston. He was engaged in the printing busi- ness in Boston, for some three years, which he gave up to become the editor and manager of the Everett Free Press, from which he lately retired. He is a member of the Order of Columbia and of the Society of Good Fellows. December 21, 1881, Mr. Hinkley married Annie F., daughter of Leonard and Mary (Bassett) Richmond, of Lakeville, Mass. They reside at 41 Lewis Street.
FRED L. PARKHURST,
The son of Benjamin E. and Eliza G. (Townsend) Parkhurst, was born in New York City, July 23, 1865. He was educated in that city and in the high school of Brunswick, Me. He learned the jewelry business, or trade, with E. F. Brown, of Brunswick; going from there to Brockton and after- wards to Waltham, where he remained five years, employed in the finishing, adjusting and repairing departments of the Watch Co. April 1, 1890, he came to Everett and purchased the business of W. K. Menns, originally established, fifteen years or more ago, by Mr. C. P. Kittredge, which he has carried on very successfully. He has also built up a considerable trade in bicycles, in con- nection with his regular business. He is a capable optician, having made a special study of optics. Mr. Park- hurst is a member of Waltham Lodge, A. O. U. W. October 1, 1890, he married Celeste E., daughter of Rev. H. W. L. and Mary E. (Choate) Thurston, of Wilmot, N. H. They reside at No. I Griffin Place.
FRANK L. TITCOMB,
Son of Charles S. and Frances A. (Greenhalgh) Titcomb, was born at Providence, R. I., October 29, 1862, and was educated in the public schools of Providence and at Brown University, from which he graduated in 1885, subsequently, in 1888, receiving the de- gree of Master of Arts. Since his gradua- tion he has pursued a further course of education in a western college, and has taught successfully in the west, in Providence, and in New York. In 1888, he was appointed state chemist for Rhode Island, which position he held for two years. He was elected principal of the Beacham School in January, 1892, which position he still holds. He married, September 5, 1888, Fanny Isabel, daughter of Benjamin S. and Mary A. (Layfield) Potter, of Providence, R. I.
WILLIAM W. DINSMORE,
Was born in Sanford, Me., June 26, 1846, the only child of Amos G. and Mary Goodwin Dinsmore. His father was a native of N. H. and a lineal descendant of Ex-Governor Dinsmore of
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that State. After his father's death, which occurred when he was only 2 years old, he went to live with his grandfather Goodwin, who was an extensive farmer and cattle dealer. At the age of 16 he came to Massachusetts to make his own way in the world. After he had learned the trade of carpenter and builder he started in business for himself. He has built extensively in Lynn, Malden, New- ton and Everett. He has always been actively interested in public matters wherever he has lived, and has done his part towards the growth and prosperity of Everett. For the past 18 years he has been a dealer in real estate, with an office at 172 Washington Street, Boston. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F., K. of P'. and other social organizations. He resides at 16 Lexington Street.
GEORGE L. MIRICK,
The son of William H. and Abby J. (Payson) Mirick, was born in Malden, August 6, 1867. He received his edu- cation in the Everett grammar school, from which he graduated in 1884; the Malden high school, from which he graduated in 1888, having taken a three years' scientific course in one year, and at the Mass. Inst. of Technology, for four years in the civil and mechanical engi- neering department. After he graduated from the grammar school he served a three years' apprenticeship with Jos. S. Rich, of Malden, builder. Since 1891, he has been in the employ of Jos. R. Carr, C. E., of Chelsea. The past year he has been in charge, under Mr. Carr, of the Everett sewer and engineering work. In 1891 Mr. Mirick was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, and he is now secre- tary of the board. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and of the Glendon Club. Sept. 8, 1892, he married May M., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pease) Derby of Malden. They reside at No. 29 Hancock Street.
JAMES P. STEWART,
Son of Thomas and Maria (Crawford) Stewart, was born at Highgate, Vt., June 9, 1835, and received his education in the common schools of Highgate and at South Malden. He has been for many years a large dealer in coal and wood, formerly as a partner in the firm of Winslow, Stewart & Co., and later on his own account. He was a charter member of Palestine Lodge of Free Masons, and the first secretary of the Lodge. He was, in 1889, elected one of the Sinking-Fund Commissioners of Everett, and was re-elected in 1892. He holds the same office under the city government. Mr. Stewart has been a resident of South Malden and Everett for forty years, having settled in South Malden in July, 1853. He married, May 30, 1861, Caroline W. Quint, daughter of Wilson and Jerusha W. (Cooper) Quint, and resides at 23 School Street.
ALFRED W. NOWERS,
The son of Thomas W. and Caroline (Philpott) Nowers, was born in Dover, England, September 21, 1845. He
came to the U. S. in 1853, lived a year in Melrose and then moved to Chelsea. He received his education in the gram- mar school of Chelsea, and in 1860 began his business career in the retail grocery and provision store of Nichols & Perkins, in that city. In 1863 he entered the employ of A. and J. Ames, Boston, wholesale flour and grain dealers. After a short time he went to work with D. M. Cochrane & Co. flour and produce dealers. In 1879, Mr. Nowers formed a partnership with John R. Conant, for the purpose of establishing a foreign and domestic fruit business, which they still carry on at 14 Mer- chants Row, Boston. December 31, 1867, he married Charlotte P., daughter of Moses and Mary A. (Allen) Towns, of Brunswick, Me. He resides at No. . 16 Clark Street.
JAMES M. BERRY,
The son of James M. and Mary N. (Chesley) Berry, was born at Manches- ter, N. H., in July, 1855. He received his education in the high school, the Northwood Academy, the South Berk- shire Institute, and the Bryant & Strat- ton Business College. For a short time he edited and published a local paper in a rural town. In 1876 he began, in Boston, his real business career as a member of the firm of Chesley and Berry, commission mer- chants, shippers and dealers in hay, straw, wood, and lumber. In 1888, Mr. Chesley retired, and Mr. Berry continued the business, under the firm name and style of James M. Berry & Co., at 12 and 14 Atlantic Avenue, where he occupies an amount of room larger than that occupied, on a public street, by any other hay concern in Boston.
Mr. Berry is a member of the Bos- ton Chamber of Commerce. October 22, 1879, he married Emma L., daugh- I ter of George M. and Cleo C. (Knapp)
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Farrington of Everett. Mrs. Berry is a graduate of Bridgewater State Normal School and recently a member of Everett School Board. They reside at No. 2 Willis Avenue.
GEORGE HIRAM REDMAN,
Son of Robert E. aud Lucy J. (Coombs) Redman, was born at Brooksville, Me., August 23, 1857, and received his education at Lyman, Me., and Paris, France. He has followed the occupa- tion of an artist and photographer for the last fifteen years. He married, in 1887, Addie M. Nichols, daughter of Wilson M. and Margaret (Cypher) Nich- ols. He has been located in Everett for several years where he has built up a flourishing business. Many of the photographs in the Souvenir were taken by him.
NATHANIEL S. WOODS,
The son of Lemuel F. and Elizabeth V. (Schelling) Woods, was born in Charles- town, October 27. 1866. In 1872 he entered the Harvard Primary school of his native city, and graduated from the high school in 1884. While attending
the high school he worked more or less for Wm. Murray & Son, dry goods dealers. After graduating he entered the employ of Geo. H. Derby & Co., now the Derby & Kilmer Desk Co., in the capacity of clerk. Soon after, in consequence of ill health, he gave up this position and went to work for his father as a teamster. He is at present a master teamster, and conducts a teaming and express business, offices at 74 Charlestown St., Boston, and at his residence. He is a member of the Charlestown High School Associ- ation. He has recently been very active in promoting the organization of a Board of Trade for Everett, and may be said to be the originator of the movement. Mr. Woods moved to Everett in 1884, and resides at 35 Robin St.
CARL G. LINDSTROM,
The son of Carl A. and Christina M. (Nelson) Lindstrom, was born in Kal- mar, Sweden, August 7, 1864. He received the degree of B. A. of Kalmar, 1883, and of Ph. C. of Royal Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1887. He was an apothecary in the Sven Artillery Regi- ment, from August, 1887 to May, 1888, when, prompted by a desire to see more of the world, he went to England, and after a short stay there, came to the U. S. He passed the examination before the Massachusetts State Board of Pharmacy, in February, 1889, and was employed by Frank Tucker, of Boston, as assistant pharmacist until August, 1891, when he came to Everett, where he is at present, engaged in business as an apothecary. He is a member of Washington Lodge, F. and A. M., of Roxbury, Mass., and of the Glendon Club. He is a correspond- ing member of the Gotha Botanical Society and a past member of the Berzelii Chemical Society, both of Sweden. He resides at 109 Main Street.
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