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On February 24, 1850, Dr. Holbrook mar- ried Clara Belknap, who was born February 14, 1825, and died May 2, 1897. She was the daughter of Captain Peter and Anna (Marsh) Belknap. Mrs. Holbrook was a woman of exceptional business ability and became an important factor in the success of her husband. Dr. and Mrs. Holbrook were the parents of three children: I. William Edward, born July 24, 1852, graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard Medical School. He established himself at Lynn, where he enjoyed a large and lucrative prac- tice and passed away on March 23, 1912. 2. Clara Belknap, born August 20, 1856. She married (first) George Calvin Ellis, who was born February 29, 1862, and died April 29, 1889. He was the son of Calvin Fairbanks Ellis and engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Boston and later Palmer. Clara Bel- knap married (second) Arthur D. Ellis of Monson and the son of Dwight W. Ellis.
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He engaged in the woolen textile business with his father who was the owner of D W. Ellis and Son, now known as the A. D. Ellis Mills, Incorporated. Through her first mar- riage, Mrs. Ellis, who died at Monson, Jan- uary 7, 1936, was the mother of : I. George William. He is vice-president and assistant treasurer of the A. D. Ellis Mills, Incor- porated, and married to Charlotte M. Eames of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is the daughter of George M. and Helen (Higbee) Eames, her father one of the officials of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. 2. Idella Louise, born July 20, 1865, married to Rob- ert Eads and resides in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ellis are the parents of three children : i. Holbrook B., married to Eliza- beth Allen of Lowell. and the father of two daughters, Susan and Jane. ii. Charlotte M., married, in December, 1935, Damon M. Cummings, a lieutenant in the United States Navy. iii. Marjorie Hope.
Dr. William Holbrook died on April 27, 1903, at the age of eighty years. His splendid career is outstanding testimony of the prominent and useful place he came to oc- cupy among his fellowmen. Fully aware of his professional and civic obligations he con- tributed generously to the welfare of his surroundings and through his accomplish- ments won the lasting esteem and respect of the community at large.
ADDISON BENNETT GREEN-The Holyoke law firm, Green, Bennett & Lyon is of long establishment and high rank. Ad- dison Loomis Green, senior partner, became a member of the firm in 1887, and was joined by his son, Addison Bennett Green, thirty years later. The latter named was born in Holyoke on August 22, 1891, and except for the years spent in securing a formal and professional education, and those of service
in the World War, his life and career have been identified with the city of his birth.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Green were Thomas Jefferson and Elvira E. (Loomis) Green, natives of Westfield. Their son, Addison Loomis Green, was born Octo- ber 23, 1862, in Westfield, and is now a resi- dent of Holyoke. Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1885 with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts, he was admitted to the Massa- chusetts bar in November, 1887, and became senior member of the law firm of Green, Bennett & Lyon. For many years he has been chairman of the Judicial Council of Massachusetts. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Farr Alpaca Com- pany, of Holyoke; president of the Morris Plan Bank, and a member of the executive committee of Wesleyan University. He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Protestant Epis- copal Church, of Holyoke. He married (first), December 17, 1890, Maude Ingersol Bennett; and (second), June 21, 1911, Ger- trude Metcalf, of Holyoke, daughter of Jo- seph and Clara (Farr) Metcalf, of that city.
Addison Bennett Green, son of Addison Loomis Green (q. v.) and Maude Ingersol (Bennett) Green acquired his formal edu- cation in Holyoke schools and Hotchkiss Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1909. After graduating from Yale in the class of 1913, his legal training was gained in the Harvard Law School; he was admitted to the bar of Mas- sachusetts in 1917, and immediately became a partner in the law firm of Green, Bennett & Lyon. In that same year he went to the Plattsburg Training School and entered the Regular United States Army with the com- mission of second lieutenant, subsequently became first lieutenant, and was assigned to the 4th Division, 16th Field Artillery, which served at Vesle, St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and with the Army of Occupation after the
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Armistice. He received his honorable dis- general commercial affairs of the commu- charge in 1919, and was later a member of nity. the Field Artillery Reserve, with the rank of captain.
Since the end of his World War service, Addison Bennett Green has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Holyoke. He is a member of the Hampden County and the Massachusetts State Bar associations. As president of the Lions Club, he has been a factor in the promotion of better interests of Holyoke. He is a director of New Eng- land Council of Massachusetts, past presi- dent of the Holyoke Young Men's Christian Association, and past president of the Hol- yoke Tax Payers Association, and is a mem- ber of Mt. Tom Golf Club. He is a member and has been president of the Yale Club, of the Connecticut Valley, and fraternally is affiliated with Holyoke Lodge, No. 902, Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On May 22, 1920, Addison Bennett Green married Margaret A. Oldham, born in Wel- lesley Hills, daughter of John E. and Har- riet E. (Holden) Oldham, of that place. She is a graduate of Smith College, class of 1918, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is a member of the Women's Club, of Holyoke, and in 1935 was serving her second term as alderman-at-large for the city of Holyoke. She is a member of the Republican State Committee, and Republican National Com- mittee, and prominent in politics and civic affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Green are the parents of two children : I. Cynthia, born June 12, 1923. 2. Addison Bennett Green, Jr., born October 9, 1925.
DONALD ROSS GREEN-The business life of Holyoke has benefited very substan- tially from the work of Donald Ross Green, who is not only treasurer of the Farr Alpaca Company, of this city, but a leader in the
Mr. Green was born April 8, 1894, in Hol- yoke, Massachusetts, son of Addison Loomis Green (q. v.) and Maude Ingersol (Bennett) Green.
In the grammar and high schools of Hol- yoke, Donald Ross Green received his early formal education. He was graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 1913, and from Yale College in 1917 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then went to the Plattsburg Training School in May, 1917, and while there he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Field Artillery, winning that commis- sion in August, 1917. In September he sailed for France, where he joined the Field Artillery of the Ist Division, and was in the service of his country there until August, 1918, when he returned. Commissioned cap- tain in the Field Artillery, he commanded Battery D of the 28th Field Artillery, 10th Division, at Funston, Kansas. In February, 1919, he was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. Later he took an examina- tion and was promoted to the major's rank in the Field Artillery Reserve. While in France, he was at Cantigny, was in the Montdidier-Noyon defensive engagement, and was at Soissons in July in the second battle of the Marne. After his army service, he became associated with the Farr Alpaca Company, of Holyoke.
In two years he was made assistant super- intendent of the cotton division of this com- pany. Next he was promoted to assistant agent, and finally was elected treasurer. In both business and military affairs Mr. Green has taken a lively interest, and he has richly contributed to both these branches of Amer- ican life. Before he began his World War service, he was a corporal in Battery D of the 10th Field Artillery of the Connecticut
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National Guard, in the Federal service, from June to September, 1916.
Mr. Green is today president of the Hol- yoke Chamber of Commerce and a member of many local organizations, including the Lions Club, the Holyoke Canoe Club and the Mount Tom Golf Club, as well as the Yale Club and the University Club of New York City. While in college he was a mem- ber of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, and he now belongs to Whiting Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons. In the Masonic Order he is affiliated with St. Andrew's Com- mandery. He also belongs to the Clan Mc- Claren, of Holyoke, and St. Paul's Protes- tant Episcopal Church. He has consistently supported the Republican party and its poli- cies and principles. In spare time he is fond of outdoor recreations, notably tennis in summer and squash in winter.
On February 14, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, Donald Ross Green married Constance Windsor McLaughlin, born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, daughter of Andrew Cunningham and Lois (Angell) Mclaughlin, of Chicago. Mrs. Green's father was head of the history department at the University of Chicago, and Mrs. Green herself is a graduate of Uni- versity High School, Chicago, and of Smith College, class of 1919, where she took her Bachelor of Arts degree. She took her de- gree of Master of Arts at Mount Holyoke College in 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Green have three children : I. Louis Angell, born March 7, 1923. 2. Donald Ross, Jr., born August 12, 1924. 3 Elizabeth Langford, born March 12, 1928.
JOSEPH BUELL ELY-The name of Joseph Buell Ely, twice Governor of the State of Massachusetts, former district at- torney for Hampden and Berkshire counties and one of the most outstanding and suc- cessful representatives of the legal profes-
sion in this Commonwealth, has assumed national significance. Throughout his long and distinguished career, which spans over thirty years, he has been a leader in the Democratic party of New England and more recently has won prominence in the national organization. In his accomplishments the former Governor is upholding the traditions of his forebears, whose progenitor is re- corded as Nathaniel Ely. The latter is said to have been born in County Kent, England, in 1605, and came to this country in 1643, criginally settling in what is now Cam- bridge, later removing to Hartford, Con- necticut, and finally establishing himself in Springfield, where he served as selectman for many years. In the ensuing ten genera- tions the family has been prominently repre- sented in the social, professional and busi- ness life of Massachusetts.
Joseph Buell Ely was born at Westfield, February 22, 1881, the son of Henry Wilson and Sarah Naomi (Buell) Ely. His father, a native of Westfield, was born here No- vember 10, 1853, was educated in the local public schools, attended the Westfield State Normal School and studied law for a pe- riod at the Boston University Law School. He was admitted to the State bar in 1875, practiced alone for a brief time and then formed a professional partnership with his brother, Charles F. Ely, in a firm which specialized in corporation law and came to represent a number of large industrial or- ganizations in western New England. The elder Ely's wife, Sarah Naomi Buell, was also a native of Westfield, having been born here on May 27, 1852.
Joseph Buell Ely received a general edu- cation in the local public schools and after completing this part of his studies matricu- lated at Williams College, from which he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts de- gree in the class of 1902, and was awarded
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a Doctor of Laws degree in 1931. After finishing his academic education he entered the Harvard Law School of Harvard Uni- versity, from which he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1905. He was admitted to the Massachusetts State bar the same year and began to practice as a member of his father's firm, known as Ely and Fly, which had offices in Westfield and Spring- field. Later this establishment became Ely, Giles and Ely and more recently the former Governor formed an association with the Boston law firm of Ropes, Gray, Boyden and Perkins. In addition to these affiliations he is also a member of the board of directors of the Hampden National Bank and Trust Company.
Mr. Ely first attracted State-wide atten- tior when he was appointed district attor- ney for Hampden and Berkshire counties by Governor Walsh in 1915. He was elected to this post the following year for a three- year term and established a record of achievement as a prosecutor that was to pave the way to Governorship more than a decade later. In the meantime he had become a power in the State Democratic party and was acclaimed by its members for increasing the prestige of the organization throughout New England. This esteem, on the part of the public, found expression on November 4, 1930, when he was elected Governor. He assumed office in 1931 and on the basis of his achievements as an effi- cient and able administrator, was reelected for another two-year term in 1933. Since retiring from public office he has centered his interests in private affairs, and continues to be an active figure in politics, supporting and advocating those governmental prin- ciples in which he most firmly believes.
Socially Mr. Ely is identified with a num- ber of clubs and societies, including the Westfield Kiwanis Club, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, the Tekoa Coun- try Club of Westfield, the Nyassett Club of Springfield and the City Club of Boston. In his religious convictions he worships at the Congregationalist Church and since his stu- dent days has been a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
On May 1, 1906, at Westfield, Mr. Ely married Zelda Dyson, daughter of Thomas and Emily Jane (Bush) Dyson, prominent residents of this community. Her father, a native of England who came to this country with his parents in 1849 and served with the Union forces during the Civil War, was born in Windsor, December 14, 1844. He was the son of James and Ann (Milne) Dyson and the grandson of James Dyson, who was a native of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Ely are the parents of one son: Richard Ely, who was born on July 15, 1907.
BISHOP THOMAS M. O'LEARY- Fifteen years of honorable and distinctive achievement as bishop of the diocese of Springfield, which embraces all of the Cath- olic churches and properties in the five western counties of Massachusetts, mark the career of the Right Rev. Thomas M. O'Leary. Bishop O'Leary, who was con- secrated on September 8, 1921, is the third incumbent of this office and has supervision of approximately seventy-five parishes, whose combined congregations total over one million worshippers. Through his effi- cient and able administration of his duties he not only has won the deep esteem and re- spect of his churchmen but also the admira- tion of those of other faiths, who readily recognize the invaluable contributions he has made and is making to the general wel- fare and progress of this section of the State.
The Right Rev. Thomas M. O'Leary was born in Dover, New Hampshire, August 16, 1875, the son of Michael and Margaret
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(Holden) O'Leary. After a general educa- tion in the public and parochial schools of his native community he determined to enter the priesthood and matriculated at Mungret College in Limerick, Ireland, from which he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1892. He then entered the Grand Seminary in Montreal, Canada, where he was ordained on December 18, 1897. The same year he was appointed to St. Anne's Church in Manchester, New Hampshire, and shortly thereafter was assigned to the St. John's Church in Concord, New Hamp- shire, where he continued until 1904, when he was transferred to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Manchester, New Hampshire. During his career in this community, which spanned over a decade, he was appointed chancellor of the diocese, served as secretary to the Rev. John B. Delaney, second bishop of Manchester, for six years, and for a like period was also chaplain of the Precious Blood Monastery. He was named vicar- general of the Manchester diocese in De- cember, 1914, and a month later, in January, 1915, was appointed rector of St. John's Church in Concord, New Hampshire, a post in which he succeeded in carrying through plans for the enlargement of the church property and clearing the institution of a forty thousand dollar debt. The Right Rev. Thomas M. O'Leary remained here until May 9, 1921, when he was appointed bishop of the Springfield diocese by Pope Benedict, succeeding the Right Rev. Thomas D. Beavan. Bishop O'Leary was consecrated at the St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield on September 8, 1921.
Though the burden of official duties has been great, the Right Rev. Thomas M. O'Leary has found time to devote to other phases of church and civic work. Prior to assuming his present office he had served as chaplain of the Knights of Columbus coun-
cil in Concord, New Hampshire, for a time, had also been editor of the "Munificat." the diocesan publication, was a contributor to the "Catholic Encyclopedia," had been dio- cesan examiner of the clergy in 1914, and served as a member of the committee on war savings stamps during the World War. The work he has accomplished as priest and bishop has brought him many high tributes. Throughout, he has demonstrated an un- derstanding and ability which reflects not only a distinct credit upon him but upon the faith he serves.
JOHN LEWIS PERKINS, SR .- A mem- ber of the second generation of a Holyoke family that has ranked among the industrial leaders of Massachusetts for the past half century, and whose connection with indus- try in the State has extended over a period of nearly eight decades, John Lewis Perkins, Sr., ably filled the rôle allotted to him, and advanced notably the development of the company his father founded. He built the present extensive plant of B. F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., the largest corporation of its kind engaged in the manufacture of calendar rolls, paper and textile finishing machines. He also organized companies in the paper business, and as a natural concomitant to his well recognized abilities, constructive thinking and business acumen, was elected to various directorships and other posts of importance.
Perkins is an old and familiar name in both old England and New England and evidently is derived from Pier or Peter with the diminutive termination ins-little Peter, or son of Peter. Peter Morley Perkins (Pierre de Morlaix) was the high steward of the estates of Sir Hugo Despencer, 1380- 1381. The family was seated at Upton, County Berks, England. The first of the name in America were Isaac and Abraham,
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sons in the eleventh generation from Peter Morley Perkins, and came to New England in 1630-34. Isaac located at Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts, but removed to Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638. Abraham also was a settler of Hampton according to records of 1640. They owned adjoining house lots in this pioneer colony.
John Lewis Perkins, Sr., represented the ninth generation of the family in the United States, the line of descent being traced from Isaac Perkins, one of these brothers, as fol- lows : Isaac Perkins and Susannah, his wife ; Caleb and Bertha (Philbrick) Perkins ; Ben- jamin and Lydia (McCrease) Perkins; Jo- seph and Elizabeth (Dow) Perkins; Ben- jamin Perkins and Abigail, his wife; Ben- jamin (2) and Ruth (Worthen) Perkins; Joseph and Susan (Colby) Perkins; Benja- min Franklin and Ellen M. (Cross) Perkins. John Lewis Perkins, Sr., was born in Hol- yoke, Massachusetts, on November 12, 1865, the only son of Benjamin Franklin and Ellen M. (Cross) Perkins.
He was educated in the public and high schools of Holyoke, graduating from the latter with the class of 1884. While com- pleting his high school course he kept his father's books, besides filling the position of night operator in the Bell Telephone Central office. Upon leaving school he entered his father's business as an assistant and in 1888 he was admitted to partnership. After the death of his father in 1900, he succeeded him as head of the firm which at that time was known as B. F. Perkins and Son. This title was continued until 1906, when the business was incorporated as B. F. Perkins and Son, Inc., with John Lewis Perkins as president. Mr. Perkins was also the founder and presi- dent of the Japanese Tissue Mills, a consoli- dation of several paper interests, which was incorporated under Massachusetts laws with one million dollars capital. Mr. Perkins was
one of the foremost business men of Hol- yoke since entering his father's business, having shown ability and initiative of high degree. As has been mentioned, he laid the foundations of the leadership of B. F. Per- kins and Sons, Inc., in the manufacture of paper and textile machinery, whose products are shipped to all parts of the world, and created its present extensive plant. He was a director of the Park National Bank, of Holyoke, and was affiliated with a number of the city's clubs and other organizations.
On October 14, 1895, John Lewis Perkins, Sr., married Malvena Perron, daughter of Louis and Emelé (Breen ) Perron of Canada, and they were the parents of three children : I. Benjamin Franklin. 2. John Lewis, Jr. 3. Marion E., now Mrs. M. J. Duryea of Springfield. Biographies of the two sons accompany this review. Mrs. Perkins is serving as chairman of the board since her husband's death.
The death of Mr. Perkins occurred on De- cember 28, 1928, and was mourned as a ma- jor loss to the city with which the whole of his noteworthy career had been identified. His life had been one of great usefulness, marked by a devotion to the management of his extensive interests, his constructive con- tributions to the advance of Holyoke, and the betterment of the conditions under which many of its citizens lived.
JOHN LEWIS PERKINS, JR .- As president of B. F. Perkins and Sons, Inc., at Willimansett, John Lewis Perkins, Jr., continues the interest of his family in an enterprise which has become the largest enterprise of its kind in the world since it was originally founded by his grandfather. Mr. Perkins assumed important executive responsibilities in early life and has many other connections in Hampden County in-
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dustry, where he is one of the best known figures among its younger leaders.
Born in Holyoke on July 27, 1898, John Lewis Perkins, Jr., is a son of John Lewis and Malvena (Perron) Perkins. He is a grandson of Benjamin Franklin Perkins, a native of Vermont, who founded B. F. Per- kins and Sons, Inc., at Willimansett in 1873. In an accompanying biography of John Lewis, Sr., further details are given of the family background and the history of the Perkins corporation.
John Lewis Perkins, Jr., received his pre- liminary education in the public schools of Holyoke and at St John's Military Academy, Manlius, New York; from which he was graduated in 1918. Subsequently he entered Williams College, but after two years he withdrew in order to become associated with his father who needed his services in busi- ness. Fred P. Cleveland, general manager of B. F. Perkins and Sons, Ltd., had just died, and the very rapid development of the company at this period made it imperative that some other executive assistance be pro- vided. Accordingly, John Lewis Perkins, Jr., was made secretary of the corporation. Under his father's guidance he mastered all details of the business and in 1925, when he was only twenty-five years old, he became president and a director of the company. Since that time its operation has been under his control. Mr. Perkins is also treasurer and a director of the American Tissue Mills of Holyoke, of which his brother, Benjamin F. Perkins (q. v.), is president ; treasurer of the Perkins Tissue Mills, Ltd., of Canada ; treasurer and director of Creative Displays, Inc., of Chicago, the Do Do Slicer Corpora- tion of Springfield, and the J. Lewis Perkins, Jr., Associates, which is the real estate hold- ing corporation of his family. Mr. Perkins and his brother are the youngest executives of important corporations in western Massa-
chusetts, but their records fully justify this early assumption of executive responsibili- ties and that the standards of the companies which they control have been maintained under their leadership.
In addition to his other connections, Mr. Perkins is a member of the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers, the Textile and Paper Finishing Machinery Manufacturers' Association, the Holyoke Chamber of Com- merce, the Mt. Tom Golf Club and the Hol- yoke Canoe Club. During the World War, he attended the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, New York, but was not called to active duty. Mr. Perkins is fond of out- door life and finds his principal recreation in hunting, fishing and yachting. He owns several power boats and a fine farm of six hundred and forty-two acres, at Becket, Massachusetts, which is stocked with game for hunting. Two trout streams are also in- cluded on the property and a stable of sad- dle horses, among them the well-known pacer "Billie Lee," holder of several track records.
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