History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 23

Author: Thompson, Elroy Sherman, 1874-
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 642

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His work along civic lines is not hampered, how- ever, by the time consumed in the course of his pro- fessional duties. Early in life he became active in the political life of Falmouth. In 1897 he was elected to the Board of Health, on which he served about ten years, acting for several years as chairman of the board. He was one of the town's Water Commis- sioners from 1913 to 1916. Upon the death of the late Dr. James M. Watson Dr. Pattee was elected to membership with the overseers of the poor, which office he held until the board was disbanded in 1923. Actively interested at all times in the town's schools, he served for nine years on the school committee, and was a member of the committees in charge of the building of the East Falmouth School and the Junior High School.

In 1910 he was elected to represent the First Barn- stable District in the Massachusetts Legislature, and during his service at the State House he was active in the interests of Cape Cod and Falmouth. He served in his first year on the Committee on Fisheries and Game, of which he was chairman, and also on the Committee on Liquor Laws. In the following year he was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and a member of the Committee on Fisheries and Game. He was especially active in the promotion of all bills providing roads and harbors for Cape Cod. The most important legislation which he was instru- mental in obtaining was the appropriation for build- ing the road to connect Hyannis and Falmouth, which opened much new territory in this section of the Cape.

In war time, Dr. Pattee found time to drill with the Falmouth Company of the State Guard, which he joined as a private of infantry, on the formation of the company. Soon he was appointed a first lieutenant of the Medical Corps, of which he was made captain in 1918. His certificate of honorable discharge from the State Guard has a prominent place on the wall of his office. The War Department also named him to serve on the Medical Advisory Board of the Fifty- second District, of which the Cape was a part. When the war ended, he was active in preparing the "Wel-

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come Home" celebration, and he presented to the American Legion an enlarged photograph of the group taken on "Welcome Home" day.

Dr. Pattee has been closely identified with the industrial development of Falmouth, having at one time been president of the Buzzards Bay Electric Company, and for many years a trustee of that cor- poration, which settled in Falmouth largely as a re- sult of his efforts. This company has been bought out by the Cape & Vineyard Electric Company. Dr. Pattee was for many years a trustee of the Boston Electric Associates. He is a director of the Fal- mouth Oyster Company. He was interested in the founding of the Barnstable County Sanitorium, at Pocasset, and has been a director of that institution ' since its inception.

He belongs to several fraternal organizations, being a member of the Marine Lodge of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons, in which he served as Master from 1903 to 1905; a Past Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-first Masonic District, he and one other being the only meinbers of the Marine Lodge to hold this high office; a member of Sutton Commandery, Adon- iram Royal Arch Chapter, Wareham Royal Arch Chapter, New Bedford Council of Royal and Select Masters, Aleppo Temple of Boston, Palestine Shrine, No. 9, of New Bedford, and Good Will Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. He is a charter member and one of the organizers and Past Chancellors of Nobska Lodge of the Knights of Pythias; and a char- ter member of the Tataket Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men. At different times he has held membership in other organizations, including the Mid- dleboro Lodge of Elks and the Old Colony and Suc- cannessett clubs of Falmouth. He is a member of the Megansett Grange of North Falmouth. He is also a member of the Square and Compass Club of Boston and the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, and is past president and a member of the Board of Trade, having been instrumental in the establishment of the Board of Trade Information Bureau. In ad- dition to his other activities, he is the founder and treasurer of the Falmouth Motor Car Company, which has been doing business in Falmouth for sev- eral years. He and his family belong to the Con- gregational church.

On April 19, 1898, in Boston, Asa L. Pattee married Blanche Ellery Harding, of Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of Captain Frederick Wallace and Am- elia Frances (Cobb) Harding. They have one child, Eleanor Harding Pattee, born in Boston on July 21, 1906, now (1928) a student at Radcliffe College, Cam- bridge, Massachusetts.

FREDERICK BAYLIES HOWARD-Having entered the employ of the Home National Bank of Brockton, Massachusetts, at the age of nineteen years, Mr. Howard has been connected with this important financial institution ever since then, a period of almost half a century. His untiring energy, his unusual abil- ity and his unvarying devotion to the interests of this bank gained him quick recognition and frequent promotions. At various times he has filled all posi- tions, beginning with that of office boy and up to that of president, until finally he became chairman of the board of directors. Naturally, he is also very prominent in many other directions in the life of the community, in which he is greatly respected for his many fine qualities and to the development of which he has made notable contributions.

Frederick Baylies Howard was born at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, June 21, 1860, the son of John Edward and Ann (Mitchell) Howard. His father was a piano-tuner, music teacher and music dealer. The subject of this article was educated in the public schools, which he left after having passed through grammar school. At the age of nineteen, in 1879, he entered the employ of the Home National Bank of Brockton. At first he was employed as an office boy, but before long he was promoted to dif- ferent positions of ever-increasing importance and responsibility. Successively he filled the offices of cashier, vice-president and president, until finally he was made chairman of the board of directors, a posi- tion which he still occupies. Naturally, considering his long connection with this bank as one of its executives, its development and continuous prosperity for many years past have been chiefly the result of Mr. Howard's unusual business and executive abil- ity. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Brockton Savings Bank and chairman of the auditing committee of this board. For many years he has been active in Masonic affairs and he is a member of Paul Revere Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templar; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; and Giles F. Gates Council, Roy- al and Select Masters; Mt. Olivet Chapter, Massa- chusetts Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Commercial Club of Brockton, Massachusetts, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Brockton Cham- ber of Commerce, the Boston City Club, the Brockton Country Club, and the Thorny Lea Golf Club. His religious affiliations are with the Unity Church of Brockton.

Mr. Howard married, at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, October 29, 1902, Edith Thacher, a daughter of Joseph. H. and Anna M. Thacher. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are the parents of one son, Frederick Thacher Howard, born December 18, 1905. The family resi- dence is located at No. 56 Arlington Street, Brockton.

JOHN HORRIGAN-For many years John Horri- gan has been widely known for his beautiful work as a sculptor of memorials of various kinds. Since 1899, he has been engaged in business for himself at No. 129 Federal Avenue, Quincy.

John Horrigan was born in Fayston, Vermont, De- cember 5, 1864, and received his education in the public schools of his birthplace. In 1883 he removed with his parents to Newton Upper Falls, their former home, and in 1887, after the death of his father, he came to Quincy, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of Frank Hardwick, who was engaged in the granite business. From that time to the present (1928) he has been identified with the granite in- dustry. After remaining with Mr. Hardwick for a short time, he made a change, entering the employ of Frederick Barnicoat, with whom he learned the art of sculpturing as it is applied to memorial art. His natural artistic ability found pleasure in this phase of the granite industry and he soon demon- strated the fact that he possessed more than average ability in this line. In 1899 he severed his connection with Frederick Barnicoat and, locating at No. 129 Federal Avenue, Quincy, engaged in business under his own name. From the beginning, he specialized in

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modeling and cutting statues, and today he is prob- ably one of the best-known sculptors of memorials in this country. Examples of Mr. Horrigan's work are to be found in Forest Hills, Holyhood, and Calvary cemeteries, in Boston, and others throughout the country, too numerous to mention. In fact, his work has been erected in every State in the Union. He made the model for the statue of the Continental Sol- dier which was erected at Valley Forge to memo- rialize the regiment from New Jersey which wintered with Washington at Valley Forge. He also modeled and cut the portrait statue of Judge Nolan, who was at the head of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the United States, for the monument erected in his honor at Memphis, Tennessee; the portrait statue of Dr. McDonald, of Albany, who was considered one of the leading surgeons of the country and whose memorial was placed at Cobleskill, New York. Among many other portrait statues made by Mr. Horrigan is the statue erected at Sanford, Maine, to the memory of Mr. Goodhall, the inventor of Palm Beach cloth. He also carved the colossal memorial commemorating the sinking of the "Titanic," work- ing from the model made by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. This statue was cut in one piece from a block of granite weighing twenty-five tons, and when finished, the figure measured fourteen feet high, and twelve feet from tip to tip of the fingers of the out- stretched hands.

When lightning destroyed the famous statue of Myles Standish at Duxbury, in 1922, it was Mr. Horrigan who was called upon to restore it. After a cursory examination, it was thought that the lower part of the statue could be saved; more careful scru- tiny disclosed the fact that the entire statue would have to be replaced. The memorial was so large that it was necessary to make it in two pieces, being fourteen feet high and weighing twenty tons. This statue rests upon a monument 120 feet high, over- looking Plymouth Harbor, and can be seen for miles around. Mr. Horrigan was also the sculptor of the Civil War soldier erected in Holbrook, Massachusetts, within a few miles of Quincy. Among other patri- otic memorials may be mentioned the statue erected to Major-General Foster, at Nashua, New Hampshire.

Mr. Horrigan is a member of the board of directors of the Quincy Trust Company, and of the Granite Manufacturers' Association. His special interest out- side of his business is painting and drawing, this be- ing another form of expression for his artistic ability which has placed him so high in his chosen field of memorial art. His religious affiliation is with St. John's Roman Catholic Church.

John Horrigan was married, November 18, 1896, to Helen J. Sullivan, born in Quincy, and a grad- uate of the Bridgewater Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Horrigan are the parents of five children: 1. Katherine F., who is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School and Boston University. 2. Margaret, who is a graduate of Bryant & Stratton's Business College. 3. Julia, a graduate of Woodward Academy. 4. Eileen. 5. Gerald T., who, after completing a four- year course in the Boston Art Museum School, is now finishing his art education in Paris. Like his father, he possesses artistic ability of a high order, and although one of the youngest sculptors in the State, he has already designed and modeled four public memorials: The statue erected by the Robert Burns Memorial Committee, of Quincy, to commemo- rate the famous Scotch poet, and three World War

memorials, erected at Hull, Massachusetts, Winthrop, Massachusetts, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut.

John Horrigan has been a tireless worker in his chosen field for over forty years, and memorials which are the work of his skilful fingers have won the ad- miration of the public in every part of the country.

JOSEPH WALKER-One of the pioneers of the granite industry in Quincy, Massachusetts, is Joseph Walker, founder of the firm known as the Aberdeen Granite Works. The business is located at No. 79 Arthur Street, West Quincy, and produces a complete line of memorial and monumental work for the cemetery trade, using only New England granite. James M. Walker, son of Joseph Walker, has been a member of the firm for more than twenty years, and is well known in the trade.

Joseph Walker was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1853, and received his education in the public schools there. When his school training was finished he learned the trade of the stone-cutter, which he fol- lowed in his native land until 1871. In that year, when he was eighteen years of age, he left his native land, and with his parents, William Walker, who was a native of Scotland and engaged as a landscape gardener to the time of his death, and Anne (Band- een) Walker, also a native of Scotland, came to this country. He went first to Ohio, where he worked at stone-cutting for a time, but later came to Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where, in 1872, he went to work as a stone-cutter on the Boston Post Office. He also worked on the Soldiers' monument in Boston, and later, on the famous Brooklyn Bridge as a stone- cutter, receiving seven cents a superficial foot, bed and build, a rate which amounted to about one dollar for ten hours' work. He also worked on various other construction jobs, including the Hartford (Connecticut) Post Office, and various War and Navy Department buildings at Washington, District of Columbia. He worked on some of the stone used in the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, and also on the base of the Cincinnati Post Office. In 1887, in association with a Mr. Allen, he engaged in business for himself under the firm name of Allen and Walker, and this partnership was maintained for about five years, at the end of which time Mr. Allen sold his interest to Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker then changed the name to the Aberdeen Granite Works, under which style he has continued to the present time (1928). When his son, James M., had completed his schooling, he became associated with the busi- ness, first as an apprentice, and later was made a member of the firm. All kinds of memorial and mon- umental work is done for the cemetery trade, in- cluding mausoleums, using only the best material. The business is strictly retail, and during the more than forty years which have passed since the founding of the business a very large patronage has been es- tablished. Mr. Walker has made a reputation not only for skill in his craft but for strict integrity in business, and his name is a guarantee for the quality of the material and for the workmanship of each piece of work that leaves his yards. The son, also, has steadily maintained the high standards established by the father, and this long-established business is still growing steadily. Mr. Walker is a member and a past president of the Quincy Granite Manufacturers' Association, and a member of the American Granite Manufacturers' Association. He is also a member of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce, which he has

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served on its executive board. Fraternally, he is identified with Clan McGregor, Order of the Scottish Clans, of which he is at present (1928) the oldest living member, and of which he is a charter member and a Past Chief. He is a Republican in his political sympathies. Mr. Walker has many friends in Quincy who hold him in very high esteem, not only for his ability, but also for his sterling qualities of character.

Joseph Walker was married, in 1877, to Elizabeth Newberry, who was born in Madison County, Mis- souri, and they are the parents of three children: 1. Gertrude. 2. James M., of further mention. 3. Beatrice R.

James M. Walker, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Newberry) Walker, was born in Quincy, Massachu- setts, October 11, 1880, and received his early educa- tion in the public schools of his birthplace. After attending the Quincy High School he took an eve- ning course in the Boston Art School, also in the Boston Young Men's Christian Association Drawing School and in the Quincy Evening Drawing School. He then served his apprenticeship as a stone-cutter in his father's business, the Aberdeen Granite Works, of West Quincy, beginning in 1898, learning all branches of the business and is now (1928) the active manager of the business. He is well known to the trade, and is ably continuing the policies es- tablished by his father. Fraternally, he is identified with Rural Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Stephen's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters; Quincy Command -. ery, Knights Templar; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Clan McGregor, Order of the Scot- tish Clans. He is a member of the First Parish Club, and is fond of out-of-door sports. Politically, he is a Republican, and is active in local affairs, hav- ing served for eight years as committeeman from Ward Four of the city of Quincy. His religious affiliation is with the Unitarian church, which he has served as librarian.

James M. Walker was married, in 1907, to Helen F. Spring, who was born in the State of Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Walker became the parents of one child, Joseph M., who is deceased. At the time of the Spanish-American War, Mr. Walker enlisted in Company K, Fifth Regiment, of the United States Army, but was not called for active service.

CHARLES F. A. SMITH-One of the best-known members of the legal profession in Eastern Massa- chusetts is Charles F. A. Smith, who has been en- gaged in legal practice for more than thirty years. He has been admitted to all the courts of the State, to the United States Patent Office Court, and to the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, District of Columbia. In addition to being one of the leading members of his profession, Mr. Smith is the organizer of the firm of Smith and Company, en- gaged in the real estate and insurance business at No. 698 Hancock Street, in Wollaston, where he is also engaged in legal practice.

Charles F. A. Smith was born in Boston, Massa- chusetts, May 2, 1872, son of Francis E. Smith, a native of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, who was engaged in business as a merchant during the early years of his active career, but later engaged in the real estate. business in Boston, which line he followed to the time of his death in 1925, and of Sabrina A. (Tot- man) Smith, who was born in Bath, Maine. He

attended the public schools of Boston, and prepared for college in the Boston English High School. After completing his preparatory course he matriculated in the Law School of Boston University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar that same year and engaged in practice in Boston. There he built up a large and important practice. His ability soon won the recognition of his associates, and as time passed he became known as one of the able men of the bar in this section of the State. Mr. Smith is a member of the Boston Real Estate Exchange, and in 1922 opened an office in Wollaston, where he does a general real estate and insurance business under the name of Smith and Company which ranks as the largest of its kind in Wollaston. He is associated in the realty business with Louis H. Gieser and Da- vid McIntyre, who are both residents of Wollaston. Mr. Smith is a public-spirited citizen, one of the most active in working for the improvement and develop- ment of the community. Politically, he gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party. Prior to the Spanish-American War, he served three terms of enlistment in the Massachusetts National Guards, as a non-commis- sioned officer, and during the World War he served as a member of the Legal Advisory Board for Nor- folk County. Fraternally, he is a member of Wol- laston Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Wollaston Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Quincy Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Taleb Grotto, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. He is a member and past president of the Wollaston Improvement Association, a director of the Washburn Realty Company, Limited, a director of the Washburn Brothers Company, past president of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce, an active member of the Boston Real Estate Exchange, a member of the National Board of Realtors, and of the Insurance Federation of the State of Massa- chusetts. Along with his numerous business re- sponsibilities and the cares of his profession, Mr. Smith finds time to contribute his legal knowledge and his business ability to civic and philanthropic work. He is one of the organizers, a member of the board of directors, and secretary of the William B. Rice Eventide Home, and few projects planned for the advancement of the general welfare of Quincy fail to receive his earnest and generous support. His · hobbies are writing and football. His religious affil- iation is with the Episcopal church. He is junior warden of St. Chrysostom's Parish in Wollaston and a member of the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts.

Charles F. A. Smith was married, June 3, 1896, to Alice Myrtle Orcutt, who was born in Fairfield, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of one daughter, Alice Marion, who married Eddy ;D. Schultz, and they have three children: Ruth Marion, Edward Lloyd, and Myrtle Elizabeth.

WALTER L. KENT-One of the most prominent of the men engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Wollaston, Massachusetts, is Walter L. Kent, who, since 1926, has been engaged in business at No. 23 Beale Street, in Wollaston. Mr. Kent is a graduate of St. Charles College, Maryland, and has been engaged in the real estate and insurance busi- ness since his graduation. He is well known as an

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adept in the evaluation of real property, and has many friends in Wollaston and vicinity.

Walter L. Kent was born in South Boston, Massa- chusetts, January 13, 1901, son of Oscar J. Kent, a native of Fort Hill, Boston, who is engaged in busi- ness as a merchant, and of Mary Fitzgerald, also a native of South Boston. Mr. Kent attended the public schools of South Boston and the Boston Eng- lish High School, and then matriculated in Boston College, where he continued his studies for a period of two years. At the end of that time he made a change and entered St. Charles College, in Maryland, from which he was graduated with the class of 1924, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After graduation he at once entered the employ of Wilde and Nickerson, realtors of Wollaston, Massa- chusetts, and that connection he maintained until 1926, when he decided to engage in the real estate and insurance business for himself under his own name. He opened an office at No. 23 Beale Street, in Wollaston, and there he has been building up what promises to be a very successful and prosperous business. He specializes in Wollaston residential properties and has already developed a recognized skill in salesmanship as well as in the appraisement of real property. He is keen in judging the future possibilities of real estate and has laid the founda- tions of a thriving business. On April 8, 1927, was organized The Commonwealth Mutual Liability In- surance Company. Mr. Kent was elected vice- president, and, on July 1, he was elected president. The company is located at No. 23 Beale Street, Wol- laston, Massachusetts, until permanent offices are established. He is a member of the Wollaston Im- provement Association, of the Boston Real Estate Exchange, and of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, and he is district agent for the Uni- ted States Fidelity and Guarantee Company. In his own business he employs four men and a stenog- rapher, besides devoting his own time to this work, and while he already ranks among the largest con- cerns in the real estate and insurance business in Wollaston, his business is still steadily growing. He is fond of baseball, tennis, and golf, and is popular among his associates. His religious affiliation is with St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church.

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History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 23

Author: Thompson, Elroy Sherman, 1874- Publication date: 1928 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 642

Author: Thompson, Elroy Sherman, 1874-
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 642