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The first Joseph Jenks made the die for making what is known as the Pine Tree shilling which was much in use at that time and so high was his standard for honesty that the bullion for making the shilling was delivered to him without weighing. And the number of shillings which he turned out from the bullion thus received was accepted without question.
After attending the public schools of his birthplace, Charles Calvin Jenks spent four years in the Taghconic Institute, a prepara- tory school at Lanesboro. He matriculated in 1862 at Tufts College, and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with the class of 1866. Sixty-eight years later he was reputed to be the oldest alumnus of Tufts. College days over, Mr. Jenks turned his attention to learning paper making. fol- lowing in the tradition of ancestors noted for their mechanical ingenuity and flair for industrial activities. The Whiting Paper Company had been founded, in 1865, by his father and William Whiting, and it was with this concern that the son was initiated into what was to become a career. Mr. Jenks was named superintendent of the mill and served until 1885. For the next three years, he was forced to retire from active business because of eye trouble but in 1888, he re-
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turned as superintendent and stayed at that position until 1892. In 1891 he was elected president of the Whiting Paper Company and served in that office until 1896. At that time he extended his activities in the paper industry and became a director and pres- ident of the L. L. Brown Paper Company of Adams. That was in 1892 and he did not relinquish his associations with that con- cern until 1917.
After the death of William Whiting in 1910, Mr. Jenks disposed of his holdings in the Whiting Paper Company to William F. Whiting and the late Samuel R. Whiting. That marked his retirement from the Hol- yoke paper making field.
In addition to serving as the president of two paper manufacturing companies, Charles Calvin Jenks was long associated with Hol- yoke financial institutions. He was the oldest incorporator of the Holyoke Sav- ings Bank and its head, his connection dat- ing from March 25, 1871. He was elected a trustee April 4, 1911, vice-president on April 6, 1915, and was president from April I, 1919, to April 1, 1933, when he retired but continued as an incorporator and trus- tee. He had also been a director of the Greylock National Bank, of Adams, and the Chapin National Bank, of Springfield, the Adams Marble Company, and other busi- ness organizations.
Mr. Jenks always had a keen and con- structive interest in civic affairs and was prominent in the community activities. Fra- ternally he was affiliated with Mt. Tom Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Mt. Holyoke Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Holyoke Council, Royal and Select Masters ; Connecticut Valley Lodge, Knights of Py- thias, and was a member of the Mt. Tom Golf Club, and the Grand Council of the Zeta Psi college fraternity. He was a stu- dent and, until weakening eyesight pre- vented, was an omnivorous reader. He was
a discriminating collector of literary treas- ures, having one of the finest libraries in this part of Massachusetts, which included numerous rare first editions and autographs of celebrities ranging from George Wash- ington and Abraham Lincoln, to Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain.
On November 18, 1868, Charles Calvin Jenks married Estelle R. Mosier of New York. Mrs. Jenks died in June, 1914. They had one son, Daniel Ashley Jenks, who lives at his father's home, together with his four children : Estelle M., Nancy H., Joseph C., and Daniel A., Jr.
The death of Charles Calvin Jenks on November 21, 1934, marked the passing of the last of the old leaders in the paper in- dustry which made Holyoke of the past century the foremost producer of fine writ- ing papers in the world. He had made his- tory industrially and contributed to his city's greatness in ways that are now a part of the permanent annals of Massachusetts. A paragraph from an appreciation by a friend of many years may prove enlightening. He wrote :
Mr. Jenks had the financial gift and grasp and that, too, in the old sterling New England sense of thrift. Perhaps it was because he was of necessity a balanced person that he could build the several phases of his life into such unity and harmony. His native wisdom made him for many years one of the men to whom people went for advice. The conditions that developed men like Charles C. Jenks, who could derive from securely established backgrounds and so live with integrity and order and pass them on undiminished seem to have passed.
DANIEL ASHLEY JENKS, of Holyoke, one of the leading business men of the city, fittingly continues the traditions of one of the oldest families of the State. Like his forebears, he has interested himself in busi- ness and civic, social and religious affairs, all of which bear the stamp of his person- ality. He was born October 31, 1877, in
Daniel a. banks ay
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Holyoke, son of Charles Calvin Jenks (q. v.) and Estelle R. (Mosier) Jenks.
Daniel Ashley Jenks attended grammar school in Holyoke, Cornwell-on-the Hudson Military School, graduating in 1898, and Tufts College, from which he was graduated in 1903 with a Bachelor of Arts' degree. His professional life has been spent largely in assisting his father in family financial inter- ests. Mr. Jenks is president of the Forest- dale Cemetery Association, a director and clerk of Holyoke Hospital, and a trustee of the Holyoke Savings Bank. During the World War he was active in the Liberty Loan drives. He is a Republican, attends the Second Congregational Church, is a member of Mt. Tom Golf Club, and his favorite diversions are golf and fly-fishing.
He married, November 15, 1921, in Hol- yoke, Helen M. Bader, a native of Holyoke and the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Doe- ring) Bates, both natives of Germany. Her father died March 26, 1923, in Holyoke, where Mrs. Ida (Doering) Bates resides. Mrs. Jenks was graduated from Holyoke High School and also from the Holyoke Hospital Training School for Nurses, in 1917, and served as a registered nurse dur- ing the war in American Red Cross service. She has also been engaged in institutional and private nursing in Holyoke prior to her marriage. She is a member of the Women's Club, the Second Congregational Church, the Mt. Tom Golf Club, the Garden Club, Holyoke Hospital Alumni and the State Nurses Association. She is on the board of directors of the Young Women's Christian Association and the Holyoke Hospital Aid as well as on the Board of Visiting Nurses Association. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ashley Jenks are the parents of four children : I. Estelle Marie, born March 21, 1923. 2. Nancy Helen, born October 3, 1924. 3. Joseph Charles, born October 1, 1925. 4. Daniel Ashley, Jr., born November 26, 1930.
GEORGE EMERY WILLIAMSON,
treasurer of the Strathmore Paper Company, is also prominently identified with various other enterprises of this section. He was born in Worcester, September 11, 1878, son of Frank E. and Ida (Moore) Williamson, both of his birthplace. His father, who died in 1921, engaged in railroad work, was a banker and at one time occupied the office of city auditor for Worcester. His mother passed away in 1919.
After a general education in the public schools of his native community, Mr. Wil- liamson matriculated at Worcester Poly- technic Institute from which he was grad- uated with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in the class of 1900. The follow- ing year he took a post-graduate course in mechanical and electrical engineering. Upon completion of his training, during the latter period, he became associated with the Amer- ican Writing Paper Company in Holyoke. After six months as a tour-worker he ac- cepted a position as chemist and assistant to the superintendent of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Con- necticut, a post he maintained until 1903. He then became head of the mechanical de- partment, served in this capacity until 1907, when he was appointed engineer of works of the entire plant, having supervision over all engineering, construction, power and maintenance. He resigned from this post in 1911 to accept the position of chief engi- neer with the Strathmore Paper Company of Mittineague and Woronoco, where he be- came executive engineer in 1919, assistant to the president in 1926, now holds the office of treasurer and is a member of the board of directors.
The important position he has assumed in the manufacturing and business world of this section is revealed in the responsible and important offices he has come to hold with other trade organizations and civic
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enterprises. He is assistant treasurer and director of the Rising Paper Company, acts as treasurer and director for Premoid Prod- ucts, Incorporated. He is a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, an institution which between 1921 and 1933 he headed as president.
Though he has centered the major part of his efforts on business pursuits he has found time to enjoy the social and civic life of his surroundings and has generously contrib- uted his services to many worthy projects. He is treasurer of the Eastern States Expo- sition, of the Junior Achievement, Incor- porated, and directs the activities of the Hampden County Improvement League as president. Professionally he is a member of the Engineering Society of western Massa- chusetts, which he served as president be- tween 1921 and 1922, and for twenty-five years was a member of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers, serving as chairman of the western Massachusetts sec- tion at one time. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, and was president of its Alumni Association in 1924 and 1925. He serves as a director and chairman of the board of management of the Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield. Soci- ally he is a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Blandford Club, and the Realty Club. In his political affiliations he is a member of the Republican party and in religion, wor- ships at the Faith Congregational Church. He is a member of Springfield Lodge, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Scottish Rite bodies.
On June 9, 1903, in Worcester, Mr. Wil- liamson married Alice May Lytle, and they are the parents of two daughters: I. Eliza- beth, a graduate of the Classical High School and the Old Colony School of Boston; mar- ried Archibald Sharkey, of Dalton, and the
mother of two children, Evelyn Anna and Barbara May. 2. Harriet I., who attended the Macduffie School and Beaver College in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; is the wife of Charles Clement Easton, and is the mother of three children, Charles Clement, Jr., Jean Elizabeth, and George William.
WILLIAM RUSSELL PECK-Since 1920 William Russell Peck has served as superintendent of Holyoke High School. He is an educator of long experience, whose record thoroughly qualifies him for the re- sponsibilities of his present office.
Mr. Peck was born in Holyoke on July 17. 1894, son of Joseph and Margaret T. (Gallagher) Peck and a grandson of Wil- liam and Catherine (Lyons) Peck, who were born respectively in County Queen's and County Kings, Ireland. They came to the United States in early life and settled in New Windsor, New York. It was here that Joseph Peck was born, November 27, 1858. He removed to Massachusetts and was for many years associated with the Linden Di- vision of the American Writing Paper Com- pany as foreman of the loft. Since his re- tirement he has resided at Holyoke, where he is a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. Margaret T. (Gallagher) Peck, his wife, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1863, daughter of James and Helen (Stevens) Gallagher, both natives of Ireland, who, after coming to the United States, lived in Philadelphia, until their deaths. Mrs. Peck died in Hol- yoke on March 9, 1933.
William Russell Peck received his pre- liminary education in Holyoke schools and upon his graduation from high school in 1912 entered Holy Cross College at Worces- ter, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1916. Subsequently he studied at New York University School of Education
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and Teachers College, Columbia University, from which he was graduated in 1931 with the degree of Master of Arts. Meanwhile his professional career was well under way. For one year, 1916-17, he taught in Boston College High School. In the interval from June to November, 1917, he was associated with the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and in that connection did important work in the interests of the First Liberty Loan throughout the New England district. In November, 1917, he was invited to become a member of the faculty of Holyoke High School and served there until March, 1918, when he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve forces. Seven months later he was commissioned ensign. He was stationed successively at Boston and Philadelphia un- til he received his discharge in December, 1918.
Returning to Holyoke High School as a teacher, he was appointed head of the His- tory Department in September, 1919, and in April, 1920, was elected superintendent of Holyoke High School. He has since served with distinction in this position, devoting himself without interruption to his admin- istrative duties as head of the school. Mr. Peck is a member of the National Education Association, the Department of Superin- tendence of the National Education Associ- ation, the Boston Schoolmasters Club, the New England Association of School Super- intendents, the Massachusetts School Su- perintendents Association, the Hampden County Teachers Association and the Hampden County Superintendents Associa- tion. He has been active in these organiza- tions, serving formerly as president of the Hampden County Teachers Association and at the present time as vice-president of the Massachusetts School Superintendents As- sociation. Mr. Peck is also State director of the Teachers College Alumni Association, a
member of Kappa Delta Pi, the honor society in education, president of the Holy Cross Club of Holyoke and a director of the Holyoke Day Nursery. He has participated prominently in civic affairs of Holyoke and is now president of the Holyoke Community Welfare League and a member of the Public Library Association. In addition to these connections, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holyoke Lodge of Elks, the Kiwanis Club, the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, the Holyoke Country Club, the Tri-County Automobile Association and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of this city. He is fond of outdoor sports, par- ticularly swimming and golf, which are his principal recreations.
On June 30, 1924, Mr. Peck married (first) Margaret M. McGinty, of Springfield, who died on March 5, 1931. She was a daughter of William and Annie (Kelly) McGinty. Mr. Peck married (second), on September 26, 1934, Elsie M. Ryan of Holyoke, daugh- ter of Patrick F. and Ellen (McCarthy) Ryan. She is a graduate of Holyoke High School (1913) and Pratt Institute, Kinder- garten Department (1917), and taught for a number of years before her marriage in the schools of East Hartford, Connecticut, and Holyoke. Mr. Peck has one son by his first marriage, William Russell, Jr., born March 5, 1926.
JUDGE RUSSELL L. DAVENPORT- During his active professional career in Hampden County, Judge Russell L. Daven- port of Holyoke has devoted much of his time to public service. He is now special judge of probate at Holyoke and city solici- tor of the municipality.
Judge Davenport was born in Ogden, Utah, on June 10, 1889, son of John Edward and Carrie E (Brezee) Davenport and a grandson of John and Jane Annie (Louns-
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berry) Davenport, both natives of New York. His grandfather moved from New York to Meadville, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in the ice and trucking business there until his death. John Edward Daven- port, the father, was born in Ellenville, New York, on November 1, 1858. He went West as a young man and was associated with several Western railroads until his retire- ment. He now lives at Ogden, Utah. Carrie E. (Brezee) Davenport, his wife, was born at Perth, Ontario, Canada, and died in Og- den on March 31, 1901.
Russell L. Davenport, of this record, re- ceived his preliminary education in the pub- lic schools of Ogden and on the completion of his high school course in 1908 entered Amherst College, from which he was gradu- ated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1912. Thereafter he was associated with the Standard Oil Company in New York City until the fall of 1913, when he enrolled at Columbia University Law School to pre- pare for his professional career. In 1916 he took the degree of Bachelor of Laws at that institution and immediately afterwards came to Holyoke, where he passed the State ex- aminations and in September, 1916,, was ad- mitted to the Massachusetts bar. Entering active practice at Holyoke with Nathan P. Avery, he became a member of the firm in 1919 under the name of Avery, Gaylord & Davenport and continued this connection until 1929, when he was appointed registrar of probate for Hampden County. He served as such until his appointment as special judge of probate in December, 1930, which office he now holds. From 1925 to 1930, when he resigned, he also served as special judge of the District Court at Holyoke and in January, 1933, was appointed city solici- tor of Holyoke. His record at the bar and on the bench has been distinguished and his special authority in the field of probate law is widely recognized.
In addition to his professional connec- tions, Judge Davenport is a prominent lay- man of the Episcopal Church. He is a mem- ber of St. Paul's parish in Holyoke, a mem- ber of its Vestry and chancellor of the Dio- cese of Western Massachusetts. He is also active in the Masonic Order, being a mem- ber of William Whiting Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of all higher bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second degree of the Consistory, and a member of Melha Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Springfield. He has participated in many civic enterprises at Holyoke and is now president of the Hol- yoke Junior Achievement Foundation, a member of the Rotary Club, a director and president of the Holyoke Young Men's Christian Association and a member of the budget committee of the Community Wel- fare League. Judge Davenport is also a di- rector and member of the executive com- mittee of the Mount Tom Golf Club and a member of the Holyoke Canoe Club. Golf and travel are his favorite diversions.
He married, in Jewett City, Connecticut, Sarah Elizabeth Brewster, daughter of Si- mon Brewster, a farmer of that place, and Sarah (Browning) Brewster, both deceased. Through her father, Mrs. Davenport, ac- cording to family records, is a direct de- scendant of Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower. She was educated in the public schools of Jewett City, Norwich Free Acad- emy and New Britain Normal School, all in Connecticut, and since her marriage has been active in many phases of Holyoke life. She is now president of the Holyoke Young Women's Christian Association, a member and past vice-regent of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of St. Paul's Protestant Epis- copal Church.
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Judge and Mrs. Davenport have three States' entrance into the World War was daughters : 1. Mary Brewster, born January 27, 1919. 2. Eleanor Brewster, born July 2, 1920. 3. Anne Lounsberry, born May 26, 1928.
JAMES P. CORMACK-Throughout his active career, James P. Cormack has been prominent in the industrial and financial affairs of Wilbraham and Ludlow. Born and reared in this section of the State he became identified with the textile trade at an early age and worked his way from a modest posi- tion to become an executive in one of the largest milling concerns in Hampden County. His achievements have· won him wide rec- ognition and today he occupies the office of president for the Ludlow Savings Bank, an institution in which he has served as a mem- ber of the board of trustees for a number of years. Socially he is affiliated with many of the leading organizations in this vicinity and in a civic capacity has taken a leading part in promoting and supporting many worthy projects.
Mr. Cormack was born in Wilbraham, September 15, 1893, son of Alexander and Margaret (Patterson) Cormack, the former a native of Scotland, the latter of New York State and of Scotch descent. His father, who came over to this country about 1885 and settled in Wilbraham, was employed in the mills of Ludlow as a master mechanic. Mr. Cormack received a general education in the public schools of his native commu- nity, where he studied until 1907, when he became associated with the Ludlow Manu- facturing Associates as a student in their Textile School. During this period he attended school for half a day and worked the other half, securing a well rounded and practical experience in the business he later followed with such success. He rose stead- ily through the various departments of this organization and just prior to the United
named assistant foreman. With the declara- tion of hostilities he enlisted in the army and became a member of the 73d Infantry Regi- ment of the 12th Division which was sta- tioned at Camp Devens. During his mili- tary career he became battalion supply ser- geant, a post he maintained until he was honorably discharged from the service.
He then returned to his native commu- nity, became assistant superintendent for the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates, later was promoted to the office of superintendent and in 1922 was sent to India by the organiza- tion where he remained for one year. His mission in that country was completed in 1924 and he came back to Ludlow to be ap- pointed superintendent of the Upper Mill of the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates, an office he maintained until late in 1932, since which time he has attended to development and reorganization work. He was elected president of the Ludlow Savings Bank where he was a member of the board of trustees. He was reëlected to this post in 1935.
He has paralleled his business activities with a keen interest in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings. He has served two terms as a member of the town's finance committee, is on the local school committee and has served as president of the Ludlow Hospital for several years. He belongs to the Engineering Society of Western Massa- chusetts, the local post of the American Legion and fraternizes with the Newton Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master.
In July, 1924, Mr. Cormack married Flo- rence M. Healy of Palmer and they are the parents of three children : James P., Robert H., and Joan.
JOSIAH CLARK HUBBARD, M. D .--- Dr. Hubbard's half century of medical serv- ice in Holyoke is one of the city's notable
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individual records. His career, bridging the transition of the "horse and buggy" doctor of tradition to the modern medical prac- titioner, was distinguished for his sympa- thetic devotion to all who needed his skill as well as marked by his standing in his pro- fession. As a doctor and as a man he was a credit to medicine.
He was born in Easthampton, Septem- ber 5, 1853, the only son of Eli Andrews and Frances (Daniels ) Hubbard. He was a boy when he removed with his family to Spring- field, whose public schools he attended. To augment his preparatory work he studied at a private school conducted by Josiah Clark in Northampton, and entered Williams Col- lege, being graduated in 1877. His medical training was begun in private study under Dr. Morris Longstreth, of Philadelphia, and shortly, was continued at the Jefferson Med- ical School of that city. He received the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine from that insti- tution in 1881 and was an interne for a year at the Howard Hospital in Philadelphia. In October, 1882, Dr. Hubbard came to Holyoke, where he lived until his death. He opened his first office in Holyoke, at the corner of Dwight and Maple streets, where the McAuslan and Wakelin store now stands. The Second Congregational Church then stood where the Marble Hall now is situated and many of the High Street build- ings were only ten feet high. For the first month Dr. Hubbard lived at the Windsor Hotel. being unable to find an apartment. But from the beginning of his practice he was kept busy in his healing art and the demands for his services required him to keep more than one horse to answer calls. The time lost in traveling from one to an- other of his patients to treat each one in his own home early led him to advocate the construction of a hospital that would pro- vide adequate facilities for, and constant supervision of, a number of patients. When
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