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today. As a means of preparing himself for this work Mr. Jacques took courses with the American Institute of Banking.
Though the greater part of his efforts have been concentrated on business pursuits he has found time to take an active part in the social and civic life of his surroundings. He is a director and treasurer of the district branch of the Massachusetts S. P. C. C., and during the World War served in a like ca- pacity for the American Red Cross and was instructor in wireless telegraphy at the Hol- yoke High School, training many young op- erators who served with the American forces during the conflict. Mr. Jacques is a former treasurer and a member of the board of di- rectors of the Holyoke Country Club and the Holyoke Kiwanis Club. In politics he belongs to the Republican party, and in his fraternal affiliations is a member of Holyoke Lodge, No. 902, of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. Fond of outdoor life he finds his greatest diversion in the game of golf, fishing and automobile touring.
On February 7, 1908, in Holyoke, Mr. Jacques married Eugenia Dumas, a native of Three Rivers, Massachusetts, and the daughter of Henry and Celina (Lariviere) Dumas, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jacques had one daughter, Doris May, born April 12, 1910, died February 6, 1913.
CHENEY HOSMER CALKINS, M. D. -During his long and notable practice in the city of Springfield, Dr. Cheney Hosmer Calkins has emulated the professional career of his distinguished father, Dr. Marshall Cal- kins, who for many years was one of the foremost figures in the medical realm of the western part of the State of Massachusetts. As a member of one of the oldest families in this section of the Nation, Dr. Calkins has maintained the enviable traditions of his forebears who throughout the early history of this country took a prominent part in the
affairs of their surroundings. Today Dr. Calkins is universally recognized as one of the ablest professional men in Hampden County.
Dr. Cheney Hosmer Calkins, the only child of Dr. Marshall and Adelaide Augusta (Hosmer) Calkins, was born in Springfield. November 1I, 1860. His father, who was born at Wilbraham, September 2, 1828, studied medicine at the Worcester Medical College, completed his training before his twentieth birthday and was awarded his Doctor of Medicine degree upon reaching his majority. He attended Wesleyan Univer- sity, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1850, trans- ferred to Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1851, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from this institution in 1853 and his Master's degree in 1856. Later he re- ceived a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Dartmouth Medical College and con- tinued his studies at the Pennsylvania Hos- pital in Philadelphia, where he was to reside for several years. He established himself in the city of Springfield in 1860, became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Soci- ety in 1862 and was elected a corresponding member of the Boston Gynecological Soci- ety in 1869. Between 1872 and 1873 he was examining surgeon for the United States Pension Bureau and during the latter year was appointed to the chair of physiology and miscroscopic anatomy in the University of Vermont, and occupied this post for five years without changing his residence. He resigned at the end of this period. During this period he was made a member of the Vermont State Medical Society. He also belonged to the American Medical Associa- tion, the Association for the Advancement of Science, and for many years was a mem- ber of the consulting staff of the Springfield Hospital, a censor of the Hampden District Medical Society, chairman and secretary of the Provident Dispensary, a member of the
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Medical Board of the Union Relief Associa- tion and was appointed emeritus physician of the Home for Friendless Women and Children, in recognition for the outstanding service he rendered this institution during the thirty-eight years he was affiliated with it. The elder Dr. Calkins made several ex- tensive trips to Europe, attended the Inter- national Medical Congress at Brussels, in- spected the leading medical institutions of England, Scotland, France and Austria. He wrote prolifically and ably on various phases of medical science and has several books credited to his pen. Socially he limited his affiliations to the Hampden Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Masonic Club. He died November 26, 1922. In 1855, Dr. Marshall Calkins married Adelaide Au- gusta Hosmer, daughter of General Eben- ezer M. and Mary (Cheney) Hosmer. She died January 2, 1909. The residence of Dr. Marshall Calkins was at what is now No. 14 Maple Street, where he built the house which is now occupied by the Monarch Life Insurance Company.
The Calkins family have traced their ances- try to William Colkin, who is said to have lived in England during the reign of King John in 1200 A. D. He is listed as a man of wealth, having founded a hospital which was named for him and is also said to have been among that group which extorted the. Magna Charta from the reluctant King John of Runnemede on June 15, 1215. Some members of this family claim that their ancestry can be traced back to the Norman Conquest in 1066, though there is no authori- tative record to substantiate this.
The first member of this family to come to America was Deacon Hugh Calkins, native of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, born there in 1600 and an ancestor of the afore- mentioned William Colkin. A religious radi- cal, he joined the "Welch Company," with his wife, Ann, and their son John, who at
the time was four years of age, and em- barked for America as a follower of the Rev. Richard Blinman, sailing about 1638 or 1640. The group first settled at Green's Harbor (now Marshfield) in the New Plymouth Colony, but later removed to Gloucester due to religious dissension. He served here as a member of the first board of selectmen, was chosen deputy to the general court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650, re- elected in 1651, but for some reason removed to Connecticut at this time. He is said by some to have settled in Saybrook but could not have remained there long as we next hear of him in New London, where Connecticut colonial records list him as being chosen a deputy at the general court from this city on May 20, 1652. On October 3, 1654, the general court ordered Hugh and another member to act as a committee in enlisting men to fight the Narrangansett Indians. He was also a deputy magistrate here. He removed from this place in 1660 to the site now oc- cupied by the city of Norwich, then owned by the Mohegan Indians. Just prior to his arrival a treaty had been concluded between the celebrated Major Mason and the Mohe- gans, whereby the latter ceded nine square miles to the whites for colonization, for the sum of seventy pounds sterling. Here also he was active in public affairs. He was a deacon of the first church built in Norwich, where he was to pass away in 1690 at the age of ninety years. He and his wife, Ann (last name unknown), were the parents of seven children : John, David, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Susan, and Deborah.
(II) David, son of Hugh and Ann Cal- kins, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, came with his family to Connecticut, settled in New London and died there November 25, 1717. He married Mary Bliss, daughter of Thomas Bliss of Norwich and they were the parents of nine children: I. David. 2. Anne, who died during her youth. 3. Jona-
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than. 4. Peter. 5. John. 6. Mary. 7. Joseph. 8. Lydia. 9. Anne.
(III) Joseph, son of David and Mary (Bliss) Calkins, resided in Lyme, Connect- icut, where he executed his will February 28, 1764, which was proved May 8, of the same year. The document mentions wife, Lucretia ; son, Joseph ; heirs of son William ; sons, David and Jedediah, and daughters, Lucretia Hammond, Lydia and Elizabeth ; Ezekiel and James, also sons of Joseph, not mentioned. Latter had probably received their portions from their father before the time mentioned and had removed from this neighborhood.
(IV) James, son of Joseph and Lucretia Calkins, removed from Lyme, Connecticut, to Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where he is said to have been a prosperous landowner and engaged in carpentry. He married (first) Lucretia, surname unknown; (sec- ond) Esther Cadwell. The following chil- dren were by the first wife: David, Oliver, William, Mary, and James. By Esther, he became the father of the following: Eben- ezer, Joseph, Esther, Betsey, Lucretia, Susy, and Richard.
(V) David, born in Wilbraham, the eldest son of James and Lucretia Calkins, removed to Springfield, married Chloe Colton, born January 1, 1766, and died May 1, 1847, at the age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of ten children : John, Luke, Cyrus, Lovisa, Susan, Chloe, Lovina, Erasmus, Adaline, and David.
(VI) The family lineage is traced from this point through Luke, second son of David and Chloe (Colton) Calkins, who was born February 25, 1792, and died December 6, 1866, at the age of seventy-five years. He resided in Wilbraham where he engaged in the carpenter trade as well as owning and operating a small farm here. In politics he was originally a member of the Democratic party but later became an anti-slavery man.
He served in the militia as a drummer at one time and throughout his life worshipped at the Universalist Church. On July 26, 1812, Luke married Polly Hancock, daughter of Moses and Wealthy (Bishop) Hancock. She died on October 10, 1866, at the age of ninety years and five months. They were the parents of the following children : Maria, Maria, Alanson, Louisa, Nelson, Hudson, Harrison, David, Marshall, father of Dr. Calkins, and Olivia.
After a general education in the schools of his native surroundings, Dr. Cheney Hos- mer Calkins came under the expert tutelage of his distinguished father and read medicine under his guidance until he matriculated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Shortly after being graduated from this institution, in 1882, he was appointed resident physician and surgeon at the Hartford Hospital, where he continued for one year. At the expiration of this period he went abroad to further pursue his medical studies and attended the leading medical centers of Vienna and Lon- don. He studied diseases of the ear under Professor Politzer and diseases of the eye under Professor Jaeger. While a student there he received special mention for skill- ful delicacy of manipulation. In London he attended the Royal London Ophthalmic Hos- pital and studied under Drs. Nettleship, Lawson, Tweedy, Gunn, and Cooper. Re- turning to the United States he established himself in Springfield and continued his spe- cial studies in the cities of New York and Boston. He was appointed oculist and aurist to the Home for Friendless Women and Children, later acted in the same capacity for the Provident Dispensary and for several years was oculist and aurist to the Mercy Hospital. The success that attended his efforts at this time was to be a forerunner of the position he has enjoyed in the pro- fession since. He is characterized by his
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associates as being a cautious and conserva- tive practitioner, factors responsible for the confidence he has enjoyed on the part of the public. Professionally Dr. Calkins is a mem- ber of a number of the leading medical socie- ties of this section including the Hampden District Medical Society and the New Eng- land Ophthalmological Society, which he served as secretary. Socially he has been active in community affairs and belongs to the Massachusetts Society Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution.
On October 31, 1893, Dr. Calkins married Alice Haile, only daughter of ex-Lieutenant- Governor William H. Haile, of Springfield. She died April 3, 1934. They were the par- ents of one son, William Haile, born Jan- uary 4, 1898, who is a musician in Spring- field. He married Margaret Hayward, and their child is Norman Hayward.
JAMES EDWARD HAFEY-Outstand- ing for his professional achievements, a civic leader whose contributions to the welfare and advancement of his community have been widely recognized, James Edward Hafey has come to occupy a prominent place in the life of Chicopee. As a lawyer he main- tains a large and lucrative practice here and is highly esteemed and respected by his pro- fessional colleagues for his ability. His in- tense public spirit has won for him the ad- miration of the public-at-large who regard him as a citizen of unusual capabilities.
James Edward Hafey was born in Aga- wam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, August 13, 1885, the son of James J. and Catherine A. (Mulcahy) Hafey. His father, who is now retired, is also a native of this State and came to Chicopee in 1891, where he engaged in the undertaking business and was also actively interested in real estate. Throughout his residence here he has dis- played an interest in public affairs that in a measure rivals that of his son. The elder
Mr. Hafey has served as a member of the Board of Aldermen for one term and is listed as a charter member of the Chicopee Coun- cil of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Hafey received the early part of his general education in the parochial schools of this community and later attended the public high school here, from where he was graduated with the class of 1904. He then matriculated at Holy Cross College and re- ceived his Bachelor of Arts degree from that institution in 1908. After completing his academic education he determined to follow a legal career and in this connection at- tended the Fordham Law School in New York City, where he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1912. At the time he was studying here he secured a position with the Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, as a teacher of English and mathematics, and thereby aided consider- ably in supporting himself.
He was admitted to the Massachusetts State bar in 1913 and established a practice shortly afterward which in subsequent years has been outstanding for its distinction and success.
From the outset of his career his ability as a leader was apparent. He became a member of the Chicopee Chamber of Com- merce in 1915 and has served in this ca- pacity since that time. During his incum- bency in this office he has become a domi- nant factor in the industrial development of this community, retaining those organ- izations that have established plants here and attracting new business. Among the larger companies which he has been respon- sible in inducing to come here is the Fisk Rubber Corporation, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and others.
In a civic capacity he has served on many important bodies and occupied positions of importance and responsibility. From 1914
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to 1919 he was a member and chairman of the playground commission of Chicopee and between 1921 and 1924 served as city solicitor.
He is active socially, and in his fraternal affiliations is a Grand Knight of the Chico- pee Council of the Knights of Columbus, where he has also served as district deputy, holding that office between 1921 and 1923. Between 1930 and 1934 he served as State Advocate for this organization.
In 1919 Mr. Hafey married Margaret M. Houlihan, a daughter of Michael and Kath- erine Houlihan, and they are the parents of two children : James and Therese.
ERNEST DALTON-Through the wide- spread contributions he has made to almost every department of life in the city of Chico- pee, Ernest Dalton, druggist and civic worker, is one of the foremost citizens of this community. During his career here he has become actively and prominently identi- fied with many of the leading social, civic and business organizations here and by his achievements and accomplishments has won the esteem and admiration of the citizenry who have seen fit on numerous occasions to entrust him to some of the most important and responsible offices of public trust.
Ernest Dalton was born in Yorkshire, England, January 7, 1869, the son of John and Anne (Dickens) Dalton. Through his maternal lineage he is a direct descendant of the famous English novelist, Charles Dick- ens. His father, who died in 1870, was a paymaster in the English Navy. His de- mise occurred on his homeward journey fol- lowing the Crimean War. Shortly afterward his wife came to the United States and set- tled in Bridgton, Maine, where her brother had resided since 1850. In addition to Ern- est, she was also the mother of two daugh- ters : Lizzie, who is now the wife of Russell
Mansel, of Oldtown, Maine, and Ada, widow of Jerome Monyhan, of Bridgton, who died in 1933.
Mr. Dalton was educated in the public schools of Bridgton, and after completing his studies here attended the Kent's Hill Preparatory School. At the age of nineteen he secured employment with a clothing firm and worked with the establishment for two years. He then went to Portland, Maine, and acquired his first experience in the drug business. He remained in that city for two years and during that period gained a thor- ough and well-rounded education and ex- perience in the business he was to follow with such success and distinction later in life. In 1892 he came to Chicopee with Warren Smith, a pioneer of the drug busi- ness in this city. He remained with Mr. Smith until April, 1897, at which time he purchased the drug establishment of Charles S. Sexton, a venture which he has continued to operate under the name of Ernest Dalton since. Apart from his professional activi- ties he has become widely recognized for his business acumen and has frequently been sought for advice and counsel. In this con- nection he is a member of the board of direc- tors of the Chicopee Savings Bank.
Throughout his residence here he has maintained a deep interest in social and civic affairs. From 1902-03 he served as a mem- ber of the Chicopee Board of Health. He was elected a representative to the State Legislature from this district in 1907 and after serving a term of two years was re- elected in 1908, for a similar period. In 1908 he was one of five candidates for the office of mayor of the city of Chicopee and in the ensuing campaign was defeated by the exceedingly narrow margin of five votes. He was appointed water commissioner of the city by Mayor Higgins and served as a member of the Chicopee School Board from
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1927 to 1928. Socially Mr. Dalton is a mem- ber of the Kiwanis Club, and fraternizes with the Blue Lodge of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons in Chicopee. In politics, he belongs to the Republican party and is one of the most active workers for that organi- zation. He worships at the Third Congre- gational Church of Chicopee, for which he serves as trustee and treasurer. Fond of sports, Mr. Dalton finds particular pleasure in baseball, golf and tennis.
In February, 1897, Mr. Dalton married Agnes Campbell, daughter of James Camp- bell, who engaged in the meat business here. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were the parents of two children: I. Theodore, who died at the age of twelve. 2. Helen, who is the wife of Thomas Robinson, who is now assistant city engineer of Chicopee.
AUGUST FRANK GLESMANN --- Among the prominent manufacturers of the city of Holyoke is August Frank Glesmann, owner and proprietor of the Glesmann Ice Cream Company, the only organization of its type in this community. A resident here since boyhood, he has been actively identi- fied with the industrial realm of this city since he embarked on his career, well over three decades ago. His present status among his fellow-citizens is the result of diligent and intelligent self-effort and reflects due credit on his ability as a business man.
Mr. Glesmann was born in Germany, August 3, 1874, the only son of Frank and Christine (Shultz) Glesmann. His father and mother were also the parents of four daughters, all of whom reside in Holyoke. They are Mrs. Bertha Dietz, now deceased, Mrs. Minnie Fromhold, Mrs. Amelia Schlo- erb and Mrs. Anna M. Ruckdeschel. Mr. Glesmann's father was born in Germany in 1841 and died in Holyoke in 1909. He en-
gaged in railroad work prior to coming to this country with his family in 1882. They settled in Holyoke, where the elder Mr. Glesmann was associated with the Germania Mills for many years.
Mr. Glesmann received a general educa- tion in the public schools of this city and after completing his studies here, entered the American Thread Company, working for this concern for one year. He then de- cided to learn the machinery trade and be- came an apprentice, but only engaged in this work for a brief period, giving it up to become associated with his brother-in-law, Richard Dietz, who owned and operated the Dietz Baking Company in this city. Twenty years later he became a partner in this con- cern and continued in this capacity until it was taken over by the Massachusetts Bak- ing Company. He continued with the new concern as manager of the ice cream depart- ment, and three years later, when the estab- lishment was again sold, this time to the Continental Baking Company, he retained his executive duties. He continued with the Continental Company for one year, and in May, 1927, purchased the ice cream depart- ment. The following October he built the present ice cream manufacturing plant at No. 77 Meadow Street, and removed the business to this site, which it has occupied since. The company, which is operated un- der the title of the Glesmann Ice Cream Company, is the only ice cream manufactur- ing establishment in this city and engages in a wholesale and retail business, supplying not only this metropolis but a number of larger centers in this vicinity.
Throughout his residence here Mr. Gles- mann has been interested in social and civic affairs. Politically, he is non-partisan ; and in his religious convictions worships at the German Lutheran Church of Holyoke. He finds his greatest diversion in gardening.
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On June 4, 1901, Mr. Glesmann married Emma Rose Preiss, a native of Holyoke and the daughter of Edward and Emma (Schmidt) Preiss, both of whom came to this country from Germany and are now de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Glesmann are the parents of four children : 1. Helen, who is a graduate of Holyoke High School, and now the wife of John Schmidt, of Florence, and the mother of John Philip Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt is engineer and designer for the Lambert Company, of Florence. 2. Edward Frank, who is a graduate of Holyoke High School and also attended Rensselaer Col- lege. He is now associated with his father in the ice cream business. 3. Doris Bertha, who is a graduate of Holyoke High School and the Fitchburg Normal School. She taught prior to her marriage to George Ellert, of Johnson City, New York, who is now an instructor in the high school there and coach of the football team. 4. Esther, who is a graduate of the Holyoke High School and Mount Holyoke College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree ; she married Jack Clague, who is an instructor in the State College. She still works in the registrar's office of the college.
JOHN DANIEL ROSS-One of Hol- yoke's widely known lawyers, John Daniel Ross has also served his community in a variety of ways.
Mr. Ross was born July 6, 1895, in Hol- yoke, Massachusetts, son of William J. and Julia (Harnett) Ross. His father, a native of Hornerstown, New Jersey, was born there March 21, 1862, and is now living in Hol- yoke, a retired blacksmith. Politically, he is independent in his views, and he is a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catho- lic Church. His wife, the mother of John Daniel Ross, was born December 22, 1862, in South Hadley Falls, and she also lives in Holyoke.
Attending the schools of Holyoke, his birthplace, John Daniel Ross was graduated from high school here in 1913, and in 1914 attended Williston Academy, East Hamp- ton, Massachusetts. Proceeding next to Boston University Law School, he took his degree of Bachelor of Laws there in 1917, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in that same year. Settling in Holyoke, he determined to start his professional career in this city. For four years he practiced alone, then formed a partnership with Wil- liam T. Dillon, forming the firm of Dillon and Ross, which lasted until 1932. In that year Mr. Dillon was made registrar of pro- bate, and Mr. Ross continued independently the work of the law firm under the same firm name.
A Republican in his political views, Mr. Ross has added public service to his legal work. In 1931 he was city solicitor of the city of Holyoke. He is a member of the Hampden County Bar Association, the Mas- sachusetts State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Golf is one of his favorite diversions, though he enjoys all kinds of outdoor life and recreation, and he is a member of the Mount Tom Golf Club. A staunch Catholic, he is a member of Holy Cross Church, Holyoke.
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