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EDWARD A. BURNETT-A long-established legal practitioner in Plymouth, Edward A. Burnett is everywhere recognized as one of the veterans in the law in Southeastern Massachusetts, an accom- plished student of the law in all its branches, and a citizen who has an unselfish interest in all movements that appertain to the progress and welfare of town- ship and county. He is a son of John Francis Bur- nett, a native of Guilford, Vermont, and Mary Au- relia (Thurber) Burnett, also of Guilford, who died in 1911. John Francis Burnett, who was the owner of a woolen mill at Troy, New Hampshire, was a soldier of the Civil War, and received fatal wounds at the battle of Gettysburg, in 1863, while serving with Company B, Sixteenth Regiment, Vermont Vol- unteer Infantry.
Edward A. Burnett was born March 25, 1862, at Guilford, Vermont, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated in turn at Brattleboro (Vermont) High School, and Glenwood Seminary, in that city, and taking the liberal arts course at Dartmouth College, he was graduated in 1887 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. Reading law in the office of Judge Hugh Henry, at Chester, Vermont, Mr. Burnett was admitted successively to the bar of Kansas, in 1890; of Missouri, in 1893; of Arkansas, in 1895, and of Massachusetts, in 1897. Since 1897,
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he has practiced law in Plymouth, with his office at No. 4 Court Street, while from 1909 to 1915, he had an office in Boston. He is a Massachusetts Bonding Company attorney.
A Republican in political matters, Mr. Burnett was for three years a member of the Republican State Committee for the District of Plymouth and the Cape. During the World War he was Government Appeal Agent for District No. 39.
Fraternally, Mr. Burnett is affiliated with Plymouth Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mayflower Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as its Past Noble Grand; Plymouth Rock Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen; Sons of Veterans; and Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He attends the Church of the Pilgrim- age, Congregational.
Edward A. Burnett married, June, 1899, Phyllis Santany, born in Aurora, Illinois. Their children: Dorothy Lyle, a teacher in Plymouth public schools; and Robert Santany, manager of a shoe factory at Springvale, Maine.
GEORGE C. PETERSON-With his honored place in the practice of his profession, won through hard work and self-reliance, George C. Peterson is a Plymouth attorney-at-law of ability and gifts, es- teemed for his service in civic and community mat- ters, and a citizen who is an exponent of good gov- ernment and the general welfare. He is a son of Thomas A. and Berthine (Johnson) Peterson.
George C. Peterson was born November 23, 1880, in Christiansand, Norway, and came to the United States when he was nine years old. After attending the public schools at Plymouth, he went to Amherst College for two years, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. After teaching two years at the Cotuit High School, and then teaching two years at Norfolk, Mr. Peterson took up the professional study of law, and he was graduated at the Law School of Boston University in 1911, with the degree Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, September 23, 1910, and he established himself in the practice of his profession at No. 5 Town Square, in Plymouth; and in 1916 he was admitted to the United States District Court in Boston.
A Republican in his political views, and a member of the Republican Town Committee at Plymouth, Mr. Peterson also served from 1912 to 1916 as a mem- ber of the Plymouth School Board. During the World War, he served with efficiency on the Legal Ad- visory Board for the Plymouth District. Fra- ternally, he is affiliated with Plymouth Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; and with Samoset Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and with Gamma Eta Gamma, a national legal fraternity. He is also a member of the Plymouth County bar, and Plymouth Chamber of Commerce; and he attends the Church of the Pilgrimage, Congregational.
George C. Peterson married, September 28, 1920, Bessie Lee Sears, who was born in Bridgewater; and they have one daughter, Barbara Peterson.
A. PERRY RICHARDS-A general practitioner of attainments in his profession as an attorney-at- law, legal adviser and instructor in branches of the law, A. Perry Richards, with his offices at Plymouth, has the merited esteem of the legal fraternity and of the general public that he has faithfully and intelli- gently served in State and local office. A veteran of
the World War, Mr. Richards performed a service of a conspicuous type in the United States Army, serving on now historic French battlefields. He is a son of Alfred A. Richards, a native of Lincolnville, Maine, who died in 1925, and was a successful sales- man throughout his life, and of Carrie (Perry) Rich- ards, who was born in Rockport, Maine.
A. Perry Richards was born October 11, 1886, at Rockport, Maine, and he attended the grammar and high schools of Lynn, and took a two years' course at Bowdoin College. After teaching school in Porto Rico for a year, he matriculated at the Law School of Boston University, where he was graduated in 1913 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Rich- ards opened his first law office in Boston, where he continued for a year; and since 1914 he has practiced in Plymouth, with his office at No. 65 Main Street. He taught in the Law School from 1919 to 1922.
In his political views a Republican, Mr. Richards was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1919, serving to 1921, and for two years he was assistant Attorney-General of the State. For one year he was chairman of the finance committee of Plymouth, and since 1924, he has held the office of counsel for the town of Plymouth, and is now serv- ing his second year as a member of the School Board.
Mr. Richards' World War service included his commission as a second lieutenant, on July, 1917, in the 166th United States Army Infantry, connected with the Forty-second Division; his promotion in France to the rank of first lieutenant, and later as captain. He was for twenty months in France with the American Expeditionary Forces; going into action in February, 1918, and continuing until June; he took part in the engagements of Chateau-Thierry, Cham- pagne Sector, Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, and St. Mihiel; and he was cited for bravery in action at Valse River, July 22, 1918. Later, he was with the Army of Occupation in Germany.
Fraternally, Mr. Richards is affiliated with Plym- outh Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Samoset Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Old Colony Comman- dery, Knights Templar; Abington Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the college fraternities, Zeta Psi, and Gamma Eta Gamma; and he is a past president of the Old Colony Club of Plymouth, and a member of the American Legion. He attends the Church of the Pilgrimage, Congregational.
A. Perry Richards married, June 15, 1921, Lemira Mae Hobbs, who was born in North Hampton, New Hampshire, and they have one daughter, Ann Hobbs Richards.
CHARLES S. GLEASON, M. D .- Wareham's ex- cellent status in health and educational matters has in Dr. Charles S. Gleason a thoroughgoing exponent, a physician who not only has a very large medical parish in Wareham and its neighborhood, but a public official who makes a complete study of local affairs and is a valued factor in the continued success of the Board of Health plans, and in the mainte- nance of the high rating of the schools in this section of the State. He is a son of Benjamin Glea- son, born in Canaan, Maine, and a farmer to the date of his death in 1916, and Caroline V. (McIntire) Gleason, who was born in Bingham, Maine, and died in 1909.
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Dr. Charles S. Gleason was born February 8, 1865, at Oakland, Maine, where he attended the grammar and high schools. He graduated with the class of 1888 at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and, preparing for his profession at the Boston University School of Medicine, he was graduated there in 1892 with his medical degree. Dr. Gleason then removed to Wareham, where he established himself in the gen- eral practice of his profession, so continuing to the present, and with his offices at No. 121 High Street. He is a member of the board of directors of the Wareham Co-operative Bank.
A Republican in his political views, Dr. Gleason, with vote and influence supports the principles of that party. In 1905 he was elected a member of the Wareham Board of Health, and in 1919 a member of the School Board, and he has continued to fulfill the duties of both offices to the present.
In his professional affiliations, Dr. Gleason is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological So- ciety, and the Massachusetts Homeopathic Society. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Social Harmony Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Wareham Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Boston Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Wareham Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star; Cromesett Tribe, No. 156, Improved Order of Red Men; Waukinquoah Lodge, No. 119, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Middleboro Lodge, No. 1274, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and West Wareham Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He attends the Congrega- tional church.
Dr. Charles S. Gleason married (first) in 1906, Elmira D. Delano, who was born at Marion, and died in 1909. He married (second), February 8, 1919, Eleanor McCarty, who was born in Berlin, Germany. Two sons were born: Malcolm Delano, now deceased, by the first mariage, and, by the second marriage, Charles S., Jr.
LEROY L. ELDREDGE, a prominent man in the insurance world of Wareham, Massachusetts, and a man who served his country valiantly during the World War, was born on November 5, 1894, in Wareham Township, a son of Josiah L. and Sarah H. (Morgan) Eldredge. both of whom are natives of New England. Josiah L. Eldredge was born in Harwich, Massachusetts; he was for many years a prominent member of the financial world of Ware- ham, having served as the treasurer of the Wareham Savings Bank. He has been active in the world of insurance in Wareham, however, and it is in this business that his son has since achieved such a marked success. Sarah H. (Morgan) Eldredge was born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
LeRoy L. Eldredge received his early education in the public schools of the community in which he was born, graduating from Wareham High School with the class of 1912. He then entered the insurance business established by his father in Wareham, and such has been his success that this is the type of work in which he has remained. His work, however, like that of so many others of the young men of the land, was interrupted when the United States became embroiled in the World War. He at once offered his services, and was assigned to duty with the 317th Field Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States Army. He was ordered overseas with this unit and
served with them as a member of the American Ex- peditionary Forces in France for more than a year, during which time he participated in the battle of St. Mihiel, and in the later drives in the Argonne sector. His battalion was cited for bravery in action, and its members are entitled to wear the fourragier of the Croix de Guerre. Mr. Eldredge was honorably discharged from military duty in June, 1919, at which time he was drawing pay as a chauffeur. Upon his reversion to civilian status, Mr. Eldredge at once resumed work in his father's' office, and he was soon made a member of the firm because of his good work in connection therewith.
Mr. Eldredge, in his political preferences, is strongly inclined toward the Republican party. He served as Water Commissioner of the Wareham Fire District for the two-year term of 1921 and 1922, and is prominent in club and social life, being affil- iated with Social Harmony Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, in which he holds the rank of Past Master; and Wareham Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is a Past High Priest. He is also a member of Wareham Post, No. 220, American Le- gion, serving as the first adjutant.
Just before going overseas, in 1917, LeRoy L. Eldredge married Katherine E. Johnstone, who was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge are the parents of two sons: LeRoy L., Jr., and David W. Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge and their family reside in Wareham, where they attend the Congregational church.
DR. HELEN FRANCES PIERCE-Among the members of the medical profession who have achieved success in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, is Dr. Helen Frances Pierce, who has been located in Plym- outh for thirty-four years, and during that time has ministered to a very large number of patients. Dr. Pierce is well qualified for her work, both by training and by experience. She is a graduate of the Boston University Medical School, and has done post-gradu- ate work in the New York Post-Graduate School, in the New York Homeopathic Society, and in Harvard Medical School. Her offices are located at No. 6 North Street.
Dr. Helen Frances Pierce was born in Manomet, Massachusetts, March 1, 1861, daughter of Melzar Pierce, who was born in Plymouth, December 8, 1804. Melzar Pierce was engaged in business as a contracting mason and was also a farmer. He was one of those who went to California in the "gold rush," one of the "Forty-niners," whose death oc- curred April 30, 1885. He married Abbie F. Morse, who was born in Vermont, July 21, 1818, and died in 1896.
Dr. Helen Frances Pierce received her early and preparatory education in the public schools of Plymouth, graduating from Plymouth High School with the class of 1878. After completing her high school course she successfully passed the required examinations for a teacher's license and then engaged in teaching in the public schools of Plymouth. After years of successful teaching experience, Miss Pierce decided to prepare for service in the medical profes- sion, and became a student in the Medical School of Boston University, from which she was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1887. She then continued her professional training by taking a course in a department of the New York Post-Grad- uate School, after which she took a post-graduate
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course at the New York Homeopathic Hospital, and still later took a practical course, given physicians by members of the staff of Harvard University. Dr. Pierce came to Plymouth and opened her offices. Success came, slowly at first, but gradually as the years passed and as the medical field became more and more open to women, she built up a large and steadily growing practice. She has remained in Plym- outh all these years, and has long ago established a reputation which places her high in her profession. Her office is located at No. 6 North Street, in Plym- outh, where she has been located for a number of years. Dr. Pierce is a member of the Women's Na- tional Medical Society, of the Massachusetts Homeo- pathic Medical Society, and of the American Insti . tute of Homeopathy. She is a member of the staff of the Jordon Hospital, and is active in local public affairs, serving as president of the Plymouth Com- munity Nurse Association, as president of the Plym- outh Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and giving earnest support to all measures taken for the advancement of the gen- eral good of the community. She is a member of the Massachusetts Women's Republican Club, of Plymouth, a member of the board of directors of the Fragment Society, and a member of the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. During the World War she served on the local medical advisory board. Her re- ligious affiliation is with the Methodist church, which she serves as a member of the board of trustees.
JOHN P. VAHEY-For more than twenty years John P. Vahey has been engaged in general legal practice in Plymouth and in Boston, and since 1922, he has been a member of the well-known law firm of Katzman & Vahey, with offices in the Hyde Park Trust Company Building, and No. 69 Court Street, Plymouth. He is well known as a skilled and resource- ful attorney, and in addition to his professional re- sponsibilities, is interested in the Old Colony Na- tional Bank and in the Atwood-Robbins Lumber Company, of Plymouth.
John P. Vahey was born in Watertown, Massachu- setts, February 24, 1870, son of James Vahey, a native of Ireland, who came to this country and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in business to the time of his death in 1904, and of Mary (Rattigan) Vahey, also a native of Ireland, who survived her husband and died in 1908. John P. Vahey attended the public schools of his birthplace and after completing his course, continued his studies in a commercial college. After com- pleting his commercial course, he entered business, but later he decided to enter the legal profes- sion. Accordingly, he began professional study in the Charles H. Innes Law School, of Boston, and also began reading law in the law office of Vahey & Innes, of Boston. Able, earnest, and a good stu- dent, he finished his course and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1906, and shortly after passing his examinations he opened an office at No. 69 Court Street, in Plymouth, where he has been successfully engaged in general practice to the present time. In 1913, he was appointed by Governor Foss to succeed Charles S. Davis as Special Justice of the Third District Court of Plymouth, and he has con- tinued to efficiently serve in that capacity. Since 1922 he has, in addition to the conduct of his general practice in Plymouth, been a partner of Frederick
G. Katzman, of Boston, former district attorney of Plymouth and Norfolk counties, with offices in the Hyde Park Trust Company Building. But all these professional responsibilities do not represent the full scope of Mr. Vahey's business activities. He is a member of the board of directors of the Old Colony National Bank, and its counsel, and is also a director of the Atwood-Robbins Lumber Company, of Plym- outh, and is counsel for the Plymouth National Bank. During the World War he served on the legal advisory board of Plymouth, and aided in carrying Plymouth "over the top" in the various drives. He is a member of the Plymouth County Bar Associa- tion, of the American Bar Association and Boston Bar Association. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Plymouth Lodge, No. 1476, Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks; with Plymouth Council, Knights of Columbus; with the Ancient Order of Hibernians; and with Plymouth Court, American Order of For- esters. He is also well known in club circles, holding membership in the Old Colony Club and in the Plymouth Country Club, and he is also a member of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. He attends St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, of Plymouth. Mr. Vahey is interested in sports of all kinds, espe- cially out-of-door, and he has a host of friends both in Plymouth and in Boston.
HENRY J. LUPIEN, M. D., a leading physician of Brockton, Massachusetts, was born June 5, 1881, at Athol, Massachusetts, a son of Edmund A. and Mary (Monjon) Lupien, both of whom were born in the Dominion of Canada. Mary (Monjon) Lupien is now deceased; while the father, Edmund A. Lupien, has retired from commercial activities.
Henry J. Lupien received his early education in the public schools of Cochituate, Massachusetts, and from the Wayland (Massachusetts) High School. He gained his professional training at Tufts Medical Col- lege, graduating from there with the class of 1908, when he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then pursued special courses at the Boston City Hospital, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and later at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Lupien also served for thirteen months as an interne at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston. He began the private practice of his profession in 1909, in both medicine and surgery, at Brockton, with offices at No. 63 Main Street, where he has been particularly successful, and is one of the best-known physicians in this part of the State.
Despite the exacting duties of his profession, Dr. Lupien has been an active participant in the general affairs of his community. Noted for the excellent manner in which he stands behind any movement designed for the advancement of his community, he is serving as visiting physician of the Brockton City Hospital. He is also prominent in the commercial life of this vicinity; is a director of the Charles G. Clapp Real Estate Company, and holds the same posi- tion with the Moss Mortgage Company. During the World War, Dr. Lupien served with particular dis- tinction, having been commissioned a first lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, in 1918. He was then ordered overseas, where he saw active serv- ice with his unit as a part of the American Expedi- tionary Forces in France. He was discharged from service in October, 1919. Since that time, Dr. Lupien has taken an increasingly important rôle in the club
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and social life of Brockton. He is a member of many learned societies which pertain to his profession, such as the American Medical Association, the Massachu- setts Medical Association, the Plymouth District Medical Association, and the Brockton Medical So- ciety, and he is also a member of the American Legion, the Phi Theta Chi, the Knights of Pythias, and the Young Men's Christian Association.
Dr. Henry J. Lupien married, in 1925, Ida F. His- coe, who was born in Brockton. Dr. and Mrs. Lupien reside at No. 945 Warren Street, Brockton, where they attend the Methodist church.
JOHN J. O'HARA-For twenty-three years John J. O'Hara has been successfully engaged in general legal practice in Quincy, Massachusetts, and during that time he has made for himself an assured place in his profession. He is a graduate of Boston Col- lege and of the Law School of Georgetown University, and takes an active part in local public affairs in Quincy.
Mr. O'Hara was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, October 4, 1879, son of Michael O'Hara, who was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and was engaged in business as a shoemaker to the time of his death in 1915, and of Ellen (Duffy) O'Hara, who was born in Tipperary County, Ireland, and died in 1914. John J. O'Hara received his early education in the public schools of Quincy, and then prepared for college in Adams Academy. When his preparatory course was completed he matriculated in Boston College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He had decided upon the legal profession as his future life-work, and began professional study in the Law School of Georgetown University the following fall. He graduated from that institution in 1904, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar that same year, and began prac- tice in Quincy, Massachusetts. He has been admitted to all the courts of the State, and is well known as one of the able men of his profession in this part of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Norfolk County Bar Association, and of the Quincy Bar As- sociation. Politically, he gives his support to the Republican party, and he takes an active part in local public affairs, having served as member of the Quincy School Board for a period of three years, as tax collector of the city of Quincy for three years, and as chairman of the board of assessors for one year. During the period of the participation of the United States in the World War he served as secre- tary of the Draft Board, and as government agent for the Appeal Board at Taunton. He has served as clerk pro tem of the district court of East Nor- folk for more than six years, and is known as one of the public-spirited citizens of Quincy. Fraternally, he is identified with Quincy Lodge, No. 943, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks of which he is secretary, and he is also a member of the board of directors of the Elks Home at Quincy. He is a mem- ber of Quincy Council, No. 96, Knights of Columbus; a charter member of the Georgetown Club of New England, and a charter member of the Holy Name Society of the Church of St. John the Baptist. He is enthusiastically interested in all out-of-door sports, and he has a very large number of friends in Quincy and vicinity. His religious affiliation is with St. John's Roman Catholic Church.
John J. O'Hara was married, in 1913, to Julia B. Roche, a native of Quincy.
ARTHUR F. PETERSON, M. D., is a well-known member of the medical profession in Brockton, Mas- sachusetts, one of the great shoe manufacturing cen- ters of the United States. He is also prominent in public affairs, and is a popular member of a large number of fraternal and other organizations. During the World War, Dr. Peterson rendered professional services of great value as an officer in the Medical Corps, United States Army, assigned to attend to tubercular diseases among the officers and enlisted personnel, he being a specialist in pulmonary ail- ments, although now engaged in the general practice of medicine. Patrick Peterson, father of this lead- ing Brockton physician, was born and reared in Sweden, and has devoted his long career to the shoe manufacturing industry. The mother of Dr. Peter- son was, prior to her marriage, Tina Johnson, and is, like her husband, a native of Sweden.
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