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Jr., born in 1916, a graduate of Central High School, Springfield, and Mt. Hermon Boys' School. and is now a student at Dartmouth College. 2. Elizabeth, born in 1919, who at- tends Classical High School. 3. Louise, born in 1923, attending the Longmeadow public schools.
JULIUS A. MORRILL bears a name which is peculiar to northern New England, and is derived from English ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Colony in the seventeenth century. He was born in Bos- ton, October II, 1869, son of Hollis D. and Lucy (Johnson) Morrill, of Newfayne. Ver- mont. Like many of their forefathers, his parents moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Julius A. being but a year old at this time, and it was in this State that he grew up and was educated. Since the first year of the present century he has been identified with West Springfield, being one of its leading funeral directors.
Mr. Morrill came to his present business by the indirect route so often taken by youth. His first employment of importance was with a hotel, and he was variously en- gaged for a number of years. In about 1900 he became associated with F. W. Dickinson, in Springfield, and with him learned the rudiments and some of the fundamentals of the funeral directors profession. He also attended the Renouard School of Embalm- ing in New York, from which he graduated in 1907. He went into business for himself that same year in the Centennial Block on Union Street, West Springfield. After two years he moved to Main Street in the 900 block. In 1911 he purchased the property at No. 303 Main Street, and has continued in this location ever since. He has a modern embalming establishment and at No. 299 Main Street has a well-appointed stock- room. He has been successful, but Mr. Mor-
rill says he is nearing the age when he is ready to step aside and let some of the younger men carry on the work. He has earned the respect of all with whom he has come in contact.
Fraternally, Mr. Morrill is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Mt. Orthodox Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons ; and is a life member of Clinton Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and of the Bridgeport, Connecticut, Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a popular figure in the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association : and a Re- publican in his political activities. He at- tends the West Springfield Congregational Church, and is a generous supporter of reli- gious and charitable work. If he has a hobby it is fishing, and he has wet a line in nearly all the lakes of Maine and other parts of northern New England. He is a gifted teller of stories, many of which have to do with his ancestors of the Revolutionary pe- riod.
Julius A. Morrill married Maria Ela, of Maine.
CHARLES WILDER BOSWORTH-
For many years Charles Wilder Bosworth has been a leading member of the Spring- field bar, carrying on an extensive practice centering in this city. His professional in- terests, however, have been supplemented by his activities in a wide range of civic con- nections and by numerous responsibilities in the business and financial world, through which he has won an extended reputation.
Mr. Bosworth was born in Springfield on August 28. 1871, a son of Henry W. and Mary E. (Hall) Bosworth, both natives of Massachusetts. His father, who was also a lawyer by profession, served for a number of years as judge of the District Court and was long prominent in political circles.
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Charles Wilder Bosworth received his preliminary education in the public schools of the city and was graduated from Spring- field High School in 1888 as valedictorian of his class. Subsequently he entered Yale College, where his distinguished scholastic record won him election to the honor frater- nity, Phi Beta Kappa. In 1893 he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Yale and re- turned to Springfield to study law in his father's office. By diligent application he prepared for the bar examinations in 1894 and was admitted to practice in less than a year from the time he began his studies. He was equally successful in establishing his professional reputation within a rela- tively brief period, and the demands on his services soon rose to large proportions. In 1898, without any solicitation in his behalf, he was appointed referee in bankruptcy by Judge Francis C. Lowell of the United States District Court and served in this office for a number of years. In his subse- quent career he has represented many im- portant interests and has appeared success- fully in the various courts.
Meanwhile, upon the organization of the Union Trust Company of Springfield, Mr. Bosworth was elected president and chair- man of the board of directors the first of various business connections which have occupied a large part of his attention. Under his leadership, which was both sound and progressive, the company grew steadily in strength and influence. Mr. Bosworth served for a number of years as a director of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company. He also serves as director of the Springfield Street Railway Company and as trustee of the proprietors of the Springfield Cemetery As- sociation. He was formerly trustee of the Springfield Street Railways Companies and for some years was a director on the board of the Boston and Maine Railroad and the
Indian Motor Cycle Company, also the Bowles Lunch, Inc.
Mr. Bosworth, for many years, has taken an active part in civic affairs at Springfield and has had an influential part in many com- munity movements. In 1906 he was ap- pointed police commissioner of Springfield, resigning in the following year when he was made special counsel to the city on river front development.
In 1917 Mr. Bosworth married Rachael Rising Woods.
WESLEY E. MONK-During his active professional career, which covers almost forty years, Wesley E. Monk has risen to prominence at the Massachusetts bar and in the public life of the commonwealth. He is now general counsel of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company at Spring- field.
Mr. Monk was born at Stoughton, Massa- chusetts, and completed his early education at Brockton (Massachusetts) High School. Subsequently he studied at Brown Univer- sity, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1896, and at Harvard University, where he prepared for his professional ca- reer, taking the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1899. Upon his admission to the bar he entered upon the private practice which he continued for a long period, except for the interruptions necessitated by his duties in public life. Mr. Monk served as a selectman of the town of Watertown for three years and as town counsel for eight years. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for six years and of the Massachusetts Senate for two years, during which periods he became a well-known fig- ure in public affairs of the Commonwealth. In 1923 he assumed other important respon- sibilities with his appointment as commis- sioner of insurance and in 1926 was reap-
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pointed to that office. He resigned, how- ever, on September 1, 1928, to return to the practice of law. While his professional con- nections have covered a wide range of inter- ests, he is especially known today as an authority on insurance law and manage- ment, and in his present position as general counsel of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of Springfield, he has important duties with one of the principal organizations of its kind in the State.
Mr. Monk is a member of the American Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association. He is affiliated fraternally with Longmeadow and Victory Lodges, Free and Accepted Masons, and Watertown Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Monk is also affiliated with the Delta Phi Fraternity and is a member of the Unitarian Club of Water- town and the Longmeadow Country Club. He has continued at Springfield the active interest in civic affairs which has marked his entire career.
JOSEPH ONORATO, who built up the largest Italian importing food business in western Massachusetts and who now has the largest establishment in this vicinity dealing in high-grade wines and liquors at 68-70-72 Bridge Street, was born in Italy. Upon graduating from college he was called to the colors and served his term in the army. Upon his discharge from the army he taught mathematics and languages in Ascoli in Apulia, where he remained until 1900, when he came to America. He first settled in New Jersey and later came to Springfield where he found employment as a salesman and accountant. With a working capital of $161 Mr. Onorato, in 1905, opened a small store on Water Street, now Columbus Ave- nue, near Bridge Street, dealing in imported food products, doing a business of over $50,000 the very first year. His business
soon outgrew his Water Street quarters and in 1907 he moved to larger quarters on Bridge Street, in what is now the Hotel Bridgeway. Here his business grew by leaps and bounds and in 1911 Mr. Onorato moved into the four-story building at 70-72 Bridge Street, where he now has a metropolitan store dealing in high-grade wines and liquors and Italian olive oil.
Following the World War there was a general decline in the business of Italian imported products and to make up for this shrinkage Mr. Onorato saw the possibilities of the grape and raisin business which he developed to large proportions, selling as high as one hundred carloads of grapes in a single season. When the demand for grapes lessened, following the repeal of prohibition, Mr. Onorato followed the trend of the times and engaged in supplying the best trade with choice wines and liquors.
Ever since he came to Springfield Mr. Onorato has taken an active part in the busi- ness, social and political life of the com- munity and as a leader of the Italians in urging their full contribution to the welfare of the city. He was a valuable member of the committee which raised funds for the Eastern States Exposition, the Liberty Bonds, the War Loans and the War Chest and is now a member of the Springfield 300th Anniversary Committee.
Mr. Onorato was a personal friend of Caruso and was instrumental in bringing the great tenor to Springfield for an epoch- making concert in the auditorium. Mr. Onorato gave Caruso a banquet at his home following the concert which was attended by the mayor and many socially prominent people.
Mr. Onorato is a Mason and a staunch Republican and has been active in the sup- port of many successful candidates for high office. Mr. Onorato owes much of his suc-
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cess in business to the fact that he is not afraid of hard work. He averages nearly fifteen hours a day and when not at his desk he is visiting his customers throughout western Massachusetts. He finds recreation in caring for his attractive summer home at Somers, Connecticut, and for diversion often goes gunning for the wily woodchuck on Somers Mountain.
FREDERICK WILLIAM MARX, M. D. -Among the prominent physicians of the city of Holyoke is Dr. Frederick William Marx, who for over a decade has engaged in a general practice here and during this period has built up a large and select clien- tele. He is prominently identified with the leading medical associations of this section and through his professional success has won outstanding recognition by his col- leagues and the public at large.
Dr. Marx was born in Holyoke, July 5, 1893, the son of Henry J. and Anna (Frey) Marx, both natives of Germany. His father, who was born in Bavaria and is now living in retirement at Holyoke, was an inventor by profession and during his active career was associated with the American Thread Company in this city for over forty years. The elder Marx was the son of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Scheiler) Marx, both natives of his birthplace where his father engaged in farming. Dr. Marx's mother, born in Posen, Germany, October 12, 1865, the daughter of August and Caroline (Schauer) Frey, came to this country with her parents when she was two years of age. Her father, who engaged in farming, passed away at Easthampton, Massachusetts, and her mother in West Holyoke. Mrs. Marx died in Hol- yoke, December 13, 1904.
Dr. Marx received a general education in the public schools of his native community and after completing his high school studies here secured a position with the Holyoke
Street Railway Company, where he worked for three and a half years. At the expira- tion of this period he matriculated at the University of Michigan from where he was graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1919. At this time he had also completed a two-year medical course but transferred to the Harvard Medical School where in 1921 he was awarded his Doctor of Medi- cine degree. The following two years Dr. Marx served as a surgical interne at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City, after which he took over the practice of another physician in that city for five months. On November 23, 1923, he returned to Holyoke and established himself in a general practice which he has conducted with outstanding success since. As one of the leading medical men of this city he serves on the surgical staff of the Holyoke Hospital and is a member of the Hampden County Medical Society, the Massachusetts State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. In his religious con- victions Dr. Marx worships at the German Lutheran Church. Fond of the outdoors he finds his principal diversion in the sport of fishing.
On September 19, 1921, in New York City, Dr. Marx married Caroline Galsterer, a na- tive of Frankenmuth, Michigan, and the daughter of John and Clara (Will) Galsterer. Her father, who is deceased, was a farmer. Her mother still resides in Frankenmuth. Mrs. Marx was graduated from the high school of her native community and later from the Bay City Hospital in Bay City, Michigan. She is a registered nurse and practiced her profession prior to her mar- riage. In Holyoke she is active socially, being a member of the Quadrangle Club and prominent in the affairs of the Lutheran Church. During the World War she served with the American Red Cross and was on
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duty at the University of Michigan Hos- pital. Dr. and Mrs. Marx are the parents of four children: 1. Frederick William. Jr .. born March 2, 1926. 2. Robert, born De- cember 8, 1927, died April 3. 1930. 3. Bar- bara, born April 8, 1931. 4. Gretchen, born July 7, 1932.
CHARLES FRANCIS LYNCH, M. D .- During almost forty years of service as a physician and surgeon at Springfield, Dr. Charles Francis Lynch has won distinction in his profession and has become a well- known figure in the city's life. He is a mem- ber of the Lynch family that emigrated from Ireland in the early part of the seventeenth century, members of the family also settling in Virginia. Thomas L. Lynch, who signed the Declaration of Independence, was a close relation of Dr. Lynch's paternal grandfather, who emigrated from Limerick, Ireland to New York City during the early part of the nineteenth century. Family records state that Thomas L. Lynch came to New York in 1813, and died and was buried in New York City in 1841.
Dr. Lynch was born at Waltham, Mas- sachusetts, on August 18, 1871, a son of Michael H. and Ellen (Mullen) Lynch. His father was a watch worker in the Waltham plants, but his own interest early turned to medicine and after the completion of his preliminary education in the public schools of his birthplace he entered the Medical Department of New York University. Here he prepared for his chosen career, graduat- ing in 1897 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Following further hospital train- ing, he settled at Springfield in 1900 and has since devoted himself without interruption to his professional duties in this city, except for his service in the army during the World War. Early in his career he firmly estab- lished his reputation and for many years has
been one of Springfield's most successful practitioners.
Dr. Lynch enlisted in the army on July 17, 1917, was commissioned first lieutenant in the Medical Corps and went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces, serving as Regimental Surgeon of the 55th Engineers. He rose rapidly to higher grades and upon his discharge on June 19, 1919, after twenty-three months of service, held the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he resumed his practice in Springfield. He is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Dr. Lynch is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Amer- ican Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Springfield Acad- emy of Medicine. He is a prominent Catho- lic layman of the city of Springfield, where he is a member of Holy Family Parish.
On April 24, 1907, at Holyoke, Massachu- setts, Dr. Lynch married Eleanor F. Staple- ton, daughter of John and Amelia (Burus) Stapleton.
DAVID LEWIS BODFISH-Following an earlier business career at Palmer and in Plymouth County, David Lewis Bodfish was appointed Superintendent of State Highways in the Palmer district. He de- voted himself without interruption to the duties of this office for nearly a quarter of a century, retiring in January, 1934.
Mr. Bodfish was born in Wareham, Mas- sachusetts, on January 19, 1864, the son of David and Kezia L. (Bartlett) Bodfish. He received his education in local schools and upon his graduation from high school in 1880, entered the dry goods business. In this field he operated enterprises succes- sively at Bridgewater and Palmer, relin- quishing his business interests when he as-
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sumed the office of Superintendent of State Highways in the Palmer District in 1910.
Mr. Bodfish has been a well-known figure in the life of Hampden County during his residence here and is prominent in civic and community affairs at Palmer. He is also prominent in the Masonic Order, in which he is a member and Past Master of Thomas Lodge, and Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Nineteenth Masonic District of Massachusetts. He is a charter member of the Palmer Business Club and has served as deacon of the Second Congregational Church since 1908.
On January 19, 1890, at North Anson, Maine, David Lewis Bodfish married Wini- fred Ware, daughter of Albert H. and Har- riet E. (Palmer) Ware. They became the parents of two children: I. Elisabeth, born October 31, 1891, married Dr. Edwin L. Clarke, and died in 1920. 2. Robert Ware (q. v.).
. ROBERT WARE BODFISH-As an at- torney, churchman and civic leader, Robert Ware Bodfish has entered prominently into the life of Springfield. Possessing a liberal formal educational and professional training, he has been keenly interested in the best interests of the community and has con- tributed importantly to its advance and bet- terment. He is a native of Palmer, born September 8, 1895, son of David Lewis Bod- fish (q. v.) and Winifred (Ware) Bodfish. After completing his preparatory studies in Palmer High School, he matriculated at Clark College, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Law School, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1922.
Like many of the students of this period, he entered the service of the United States during the World War, and was a member
of the American Field Service and American Ambulance from June to September, 1917, doing ambulance service with the French Army. He enlisted in the American Army at Neuilly-sur-seine, France, September 8, 1917, and continued his service with the branch known as United States Army Am- bulance Service with the French Army. From April to November, 1918, he did front evacuation work in Toul and Marbach sec- tions, at St. Mihiel and the Argonne. After the Armistice he was with the 10th French Army on special duty with the Army of Occupation. In May, 1919, Mr. Bodfish re- turned home and received his honorable dis- charge. As has been indicated, he took up the study of law in the Harvard Law School, and upon his graduation from this institu- tion, in 1922, he was admitted to the bar and has been engaged in the practice of his pro- fession at Springfield. He lives at No. 92 Dover Road, Longmeadow.
Mr. Bodfish is a member of the Massa- chusetts State Bar Association and the Hampden County Bar Association. A for- mer deacon of the Faith Congregational Church, he also has been moderator of the Hampden County Council of Congregational Churches and Ministers. He is now a mem- ber of the First Church of Christ of Long- meadow. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Thomas Lodge, Palmer, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Springfield Rotary Club, University Club, and is a past judge advocate of the Springfield Post, American Legion. Among his college asso- ciations are memberships in the Harvard Law School Alumni, the Alpha Sigma Alpha Fraternity of Clark College and Tau Kappa Alpha, national debating fraternity.
On September 8, 1923, Robert Ware Bod- fish married Marjorie Cushing Palmer, daughter of Irving O. and Mary (Cushing) Palmer, of Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Bodfish
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are the parents of three daughters : 1. Marie a period of struggle, real success came when Elizabeth, born January 5, 1927. 2. Mar- he began combining the writing of books with photography. garet Palmer, born January 6, 1930. 3. Bar- bara Ware, born January 29, 1931.
CLIFTON JOHNSON-The counties of Hampden and Hampshire are the home re- gion of Clifton Johnson. He was brought up as a farm boy in the historic hamlet of Hockanum. On one side of his home was Mt. Holyoke and on the other the Connecti- cut River, which sometimes flooded the dooryard. Nature was and always has been very close to him. He early began to like books, though not the kind commonly studied in school, so when at the age of fifteen a relative urged him to accept a clerk's position in a Northampton bookstore, he left school and never returned. In 1893 Clifton Johnson assisted his brother, Henry R., in founding Johnson's Bookstore, and his interest and counsel have been an important factor in its development into one of the great bookstores of the country. Among many things which the bookstore did for Mr. Johnson was to bring him in contact with people of culture. One of these was a distinguished wood engraver, who encour- aged him to study art in New York. After
"The Farmer's Boy" and "The Country School," each profusely illustrated with his own photographs, were two of his early works. They were followed by a series on foreign countries and by his well-known "Highways and Byways" of this country in seven volumes. His "What To See in America" is used by schools as well as travelers.
Mr. Johnson's friendship with the great nature writer led to the book, "John Bur- roughs' Talks," which was presently fol - lowed by "The Rise of an American Inven- tor, Hudson Maxim." "Old Time Schools and School Books" was fifteen years in prep- aration and so thoroughly covers its field that it is used in college courses. A compila- tion of "Mother Goose Rhymes," an edited series of fairy tales and a collection of "Songs Every One Should Know," show something of the versatility of this author.
Besides this literary work, Mr. Johnson has had a vital interest in his home town, especially in the line of preserving its his- toric buildings, and for recreation he tills the farm in Hockanum where the eighth generation of Johnsons is now growing up.
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Adams, Burton A., 51 David L., 158 Dorothy W., 52 Eliza J., 157 Emily L., 158
Emma, 51
Mary K., 52
Philip T., 51
William B., Dr., 157 William B., Jr., 158 William F., 157
Aggas, Mary, 17I Reed R., 171 Alger, Alice M .. 203 Annie M .. 20.1 Charles R., 203
Ernest C., 203, 20.4
Floyd C., 203 Silas W., 203
Allen, Alice, 409 Bertha E., 133 Carl A., Dr . 133
Carlos E., 286
Esther V., 416
Ethan, 409 Hattie M., 133
John C., Dr., 409, 410 John L., 410
Joseph, Capt., 279
Katherine, 31, 286
Leland C., Jr., 134
Leland C., Sr., 132, 133
Lillian E., 410
Mary T. (Mrs. Horace E.), 349
Mehitable, 279
Ralph C., 416 Richard A., 134 Robert C., 134
Allyn, Bertha, 275 Eunice P., 275 Evelyn E., 275 George H., 273, 274 Rachael, 273, 274 Stewart R., 273 Anderson, George W., Hon., 243 Angers, Anna. 235 George, 234 George W., 236
Henry E., 236 Laurent A., 236
Lucy, 234 Mary, 236
Paul, 234
Pierre, 235 William G., 234. 235
Armstrong, Richard, 20 Samuel C., Gen., 20 Ashe, James, 322
Nora, 322 Norma L., 323 Thomas J., Jr., 323 Thomas J., Sr., 322 Atmus, E. B., 494 Erna, 494 Atwood, Almon, 349 Lovina, 349 Marion R., 153 Philip, 153
Avery, Adelaide L., 284, 286 Christopher, 284 Edwin P., Capt., 284, 286 Katherine B., 285, 286 Nathan P., 284, 285, 286
Babbitt, Annis, 185 Clara V., 185
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