History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 37

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

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John E. Flynn was married, September 29, 1913, to Mary Ryan, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and who since 1920 has been a trustee of the Bridge- water Library and has served for several years as a member of the board of directors of the Bridgewater Visiting Nurses' Association. She is a graduate of the Worcester Normal School, and a member of the Ousamequin Club, of Bridgewater.

THOMAS CARROLL-As postmaster of Bridge- water, Massachusetts, Thomas Carroll is rendering efficient service to the residents of that town. He is a native of Bridgewater and has spent practically all of his life in the place of his birth. He is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of the town, and is very well known in Masonic circles.

Thomas Carroll was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, September 14, 1881, and received his education in the public schools of his birthplace. Upon the completion of his course in the high school he entered the employ of R. Ferguson, who was engaged in the retail shoe business in Bridgewater, and that connection he maintained for twenty years. Able, faithful, and obliging, he gave most satisfactory serv- ice to the firm with which he was associated and to

the patrons of that concern he became known as one of the most satisfactory of salesmen. In 1923, how- ever, he was appointed postmaster at Bridgewater, and that public office he has continued to most ef- ficiently fill to the present time (1928). Mr. Carroll is an active member of the Bridgewater Chamber of Commerce, in which he holds the official position of treasurer, and he is also a member of the Business Men's Bowling Club. He is a member of the board of directors of the Bridgewater Co-operative Bank, and a member of its financial committee, and is known as one of the able and judicious business men of the town. Politically, he gives his support to the Repub- lican party, and he is one of the earnest believers in the future of Bridgewater. Few projects planned for the advancement of the general welfare of the town fail to receive his support, and his judgment in mat- ters of civic administration is recognized as sound. He is a member of the National Association of Post- masters. Fraternally, he is identified with Fellowship Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bridgewater; with Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is Past High Priest; Bay State Command- ery, Knights Templar, of Brockton; and with Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He is also a member of Bridge- water Chapter, No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star. His religious affiliation is with the Congregational church, which he has served as tenor soloist for many years, and he is also a member of the Men's Club of that church. As recreation he is fond of gardening and of hiking, both of which give healthful out-of-door activity.

Thomas Carroll was married, in 1913, to Jennie Williams Seaver, who was born in Taunton, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Horace and Susan Seaver. Mrs. Carroll is a Past Matron of Bridgewater Chapter, No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star, and Past President of the Ousamequin Club of Bridgewater. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll are the parents of two children: 1. Jane Hathaway, born March 22, 1914. 2. Caroline Seaver, who was born April 8, 1917.

THOMAS F. KELLEHER-One of the best- known contractors and builders of Sandwich and vicin- ity is Thomas F. Kelleher, who has erected many public buildings on the Cape and who, in 1927, en- gaged on a big $175,000 contract for the School Board of Sandwich. Mr. Kelleher has been identified with the building business from his earliest years, and is one of the most skillful in his line.

Thomas F. Kelleher was born in Sandwich, Mas- sachusetts, November 22, 1869, son of John, who was employed in the old Sandwich glass factory, and who died and was buried in Sandwich. Thomas F. Kel- leher received a good, practical education in the pub- lic schools of his birthplace, and then learned the trade of the carpenter, which he followed in the en- ploy of others until 1898. He then went to Cotuit, Barnstable County, for a year, at the end of which time he returned to Sandwich and took charge of the razing of the old Catholic church and the erection of the new building. Since that time he has been continuously engaged as a builder and contractor, and his beginning on a public job was prophetic, for since that time he has erected eight churches on the Cape and one at Marion. He built Tabor Academy dorm- itories at Marion, and he built the dormitories and apartment houses at the Marine Biological Labora- tory at Woods Hole, a contract of $175,000. He is

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now working on the schools at Sandwich, a big con- tract of about $175,000. He is a member of the board of directors of the Sandwich Co-operative Bank, and is active in local affairs, serving as forest fire warden and as village fire warden. Fraternally, he is identi- fied with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and the Catholic Order of Foresters, of Massachusetts. He is a mem- ber of the Board of Trade of Sandwich, and his re- ligious affiliation is with the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church.

Thomas F. Kelleher was married, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in November, 1900, to Margaret J. McLaughlin, of Sandwich, daughter of John and Mary (Kenney) Mclaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Kel- leher make their home on Freeman Street, in Sand- wich.

JAMES H. DROHAN, M. D., a prominent phys- ician of Brockton, Massachusetts, was born there, November 23, 1868. He is a son of Thomas and Ag- nes L. (Moore) Drohan, both of whom are now de- ceased. Agnes L. (Moore) Drohan was born in Brockton, and died there in 1923; while Thomas Drohan, a native of County Waterford, Ireland, died in Brockton, in 1925. He came to this country as a young man, and was only eighteen when he enlisted for service in the Civil War. He was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and after his recov- ery reenlisted and served for the remainder of the war.

James H. Drohan received his early education in the public schools of the community in which he was born, and later graduated from Holy Cross College, class of 1891, with the degree of Master of Arts. After this he pursued his professional training at the Medi- cal School of Harvard University, being graduated from there with the class of 1896, and receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. After the completion of these studies, Dr. Drohan returned to Brockton, opened his office and began the practice of his pro- fession, where he has been most successful.

In his political views, Dr. Drohan is a Democrat. For twelve years he has served as a physician and chairman of the Brockton Board of Health, and has also contributed three years of his time as assistant on the medical staff of the Brockton Hospital. Dur- ing the period of the emergency created by the par- ticipation of the United States in the World War, Dr. Drohan served as a member of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. He now holds membership in a number of organizations which pertain to his profession, among the more important of which are the Massachusetts State Medical Society; the Plym- outh County Medical Society, of which he is a past president; and the Brockton City Medical Society. He has been active in the club and social life of Brockton, holding fraternal affiliation with the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Sons of Veterans, is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus, and member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Brockton.

Dr. James H. Drohan married, in 1901, at Brock- ton, Margaret L. Saxton, who was born in Brockton, a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Bennett) Saxton. Dr. and Mrs. Drohan are the parents of seven chil- dren: William B., Agnes M., James E., Margaret, Thomas S., Alice, and Gerald P. Dr. Drohan and his

family reside at No. 527 Main Street, Brockton, where they are communicants of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church.

WILLIAM WALLACE BRACKETT-To the civic progress of Middleboro, Town Clerk and Treas- urer William Wallace Brackett contributes the ex- perience and abilities of an official for many years prominent and highly esteemed in the business and social life of the township, thorough and trusted in office, efficient and zealous in the duties of citizenship. He is a son of Henry T. Brackett, a meat cutter by occupation, and Helen Sarah (Wadleigh) Brack- ett.

William Wallace Brackett was born November 7, 1862, at Watertown, Massachusetts, and he attended the primary grades in the schools of Cambridge, the public schools of North Branch, New Hampshire, for five years, and afterwards again in Cambridge. Mr. Brackett entered upon his business career in the employ of a wholesale grocery concern, continuing with the one firm in that line for seventeen years; and then, for twenty years, he was associated with the office activities of a shoe manufactory.

Mr. Brackett was chosen to serve as town auditor; afterwards, as town clerk, and in 1923, he was elected town treasurer of Middleboro, an office he continues to hold.

Fraternally, Mr. Brackett is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Improved Order of Red Men. His re- ligious faith is that of the Unitarian church.

William Wallace Brackett married, May 3, 1905, at Middleboro, Grace M. Lovell, daughter of Galen Erastus Haskins Lovell; and they have two sons, Guy Wadleigh, and Randolph Churchill.

FREDERICK LOBL, president and general man- ager of the Lobl Manufacturing Company, of Middle- boro, Massachusetts, and a man who has long been prominent in the pharmaceutical circles of the United States and Europe, was born May 22, 1886, in Vienna, Austria. He is a son of Bernard and Fannie (Gaurel) Lobl. Bernard Lobl was born in Pressbourg, Hun- garia; and is engaged in the wholesale paper business there; while Fannie (Gaurel) Lobl was born in Hra- dich, Austria.

Frederick Lobl received his early education in the school system of Vienna, and attended the University of Vienna, from which learned and world-famous in- stitution he received, upon graduation, the degree of Doctor of Chemistry. Upon the completion of these courses of study, Mr. Lobl entered the laboratories of Dr. Stohr, of Vienna, a firm established more than two hundred years ago. He remained with this concern for more than five years, and eventually be- came general manager and a junior member of the firm. In 1914, he came to the United States on busi- ness affairs for these laboratories, but just before he was ready to sail for home the World War broke out and it became impossible for him to leave this country. With all the adaptability of a highly-edu- cated man, Mr. Lobl made preparations to carry on a business of his own in this country. In that year, 1914, he established a small pharmaceutical labora- tory in the township of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and such was the success of this venture that Mr. Lobl was enabled, in 1917, to establish what is now known as the Lobl Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, of

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Middleboro. In this interesting and now extensive concern Mr. Lobl is, as has been stated, president and general manager. The manufactory now turns out many chemical and drug specialties of a particularly high grade. The factory is located on Cambridge Street, in Middleboro. Late in 1919, fire swept over the place and practically destroyed everything. Mr. Lobl was left almost penniless, for the insurance he had been carrying fell far short of the actual loss he had sustained. He nevertheless took courage, and by incorporating his good name and the numerous patents he owned, he succeeded in rebuilding the old factory on a newer and finer scale. And it is a point of some interest that, during the years which have ensued, this company has gained world-wide fame through the exclusive articles which it manufactures. Its products, most of which are patented, are sold in practically every drugstore in the United States, and large quantities are exported to Europe, almost every civilized country in the world receiving some of the Lobl Manufacturing Company's goods. These articles include menthol inhalers, ice bags, hot water bottles, et cetera, all of which have some novel, use- ful feature which makes them superior to the general run of goods offered along these lines. One of the contributing factors to the great European success of this American concern is that, prior to his coming to the United States, Mr. Lobl traveled extensively throughout the European countries for the Stohr Laboratories of Vienna, when he was a member of that firm. He thus possesses a thorough knowledge of all the foreign markets, and he has made it pos- sible for this company to develop a large export trade. Through mail order business alone, the great quantity of transactions thus handled was one of the principal reasons why the Middleboro Post Office was changed from a second to a first-class station. In addition to the factory there, the company maintains an office in the Flatiron Building, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at Twenty-third Street, New York City. About sixty people are kept in constant employ, in the office and in the factory at Middleboro.

Aside from his own enterprise, Mr. Lobl has been active in the commercial world of his State. He holds membership in the Middleboro Commercial Club; the Boston Chamber of Commerce; and the National Wholesale Druggists' Association. He is affiliated, fraternally, with Friendship Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Vienna, Austria.

Frederick Lobl married, in 1913, Mary Rappaport, who was born in Poland. Mr. and Mrs. Lobl reside in Middleboro.

DAVID R. WALKER-Among the well-known manufacturers of this section of the State is David R. Walker, of Middleboro, manufacturer of the fam- ous Walker ice bag, which at the present time is used by more hospitals and more physicians than any other ice bag on the market. Mr. Walker is also inventor of the Liberty knotting machine, which is extensively used in the textile industries. He is an expert me- chanician and has been engaged in various lines of manufacture, including the making of watch dials.

John Walker, father of Mr. Walker, was born in Murkirk, Scotland, but came to this country and set- tled in Plymouth, Connecticut. He was a railroad engineer for many years, but later learned the trade of the brass caster, which he followed for thirty-two years. He died in 1918, survived by his wife, Mary

Ross, who was born in Murkirk, Scotland, and died in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1926.

David R. Walker, son of John and Mary (Ross) Walker, was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, March 4, 1876, and received a good practical education in the public schools of that city. When his school train- ing was completed he entered the employ of the Water- bury Machine Company, where he learned the trade of the machinist. Upon the completion of his ap- prenticeship he became identified with the L. R. Hitchcock Company, of Waterbury, Connecticut, where he remained for a period of two years, learn- ing the trade of the toolmaker. His next connection was with the Waterbury Clock Company, with whom he was associated for seven years. At the end of that time he again made a change, this time identi- fying himself with the American Brass Company, of Waterbury, Connecticut, with whom he remained for sixteen years, and when that period was completed he became foreman of the screw department in the employ of the Scovill Manufacturing Company, where he remained for five years. He then founded a busi- ness enterprise of his own and engaged in the manu- facture of watch dials, this time continuing for about two years, when he sold out to the Ingersoll Watch Company. In 1917 he came to Middleboro, as man- ager of the Frederick Lobl Company, engaged in the manufacture of ice bags. Meantime he was working on an invention of his own, and about a year and a half after he became associated with the Lobl Com- pany he placed on the market an apparatus for tying knots in yarn. This device is known as the Liberty knotting machine, and was placed on the market by the Textile Supply Company, which purchased the invention from Mr. Walker. The device is now used in practically all textile industries and was a long step forward in the development of those industries. In 1921 Mr. Walker organized the business known as the David R. Walker concern, and engaged in the manufacture of ice bags. His plant is located at No. 54 South Main Street, in Middleboro, and at the pres- ent time the Walker ice bag is more generally used by the medical profession than is any other on the market, and each year brings an increase in the de- mand. Politically, Mr. Walker gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party, and he takes an active interest in local public affairs. He served for two years as city sheriff in Waterbury, Connecticut, and was field man for the fish and game commission of Connecticut. During the World War he served at the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. He is known as a public- spirited citizen and is always ready to contribute to the general welfare of the community in which he lives, giving freely of his time and his ability, when the need arises. Few projects planned for the advancement of the best interests of Middleboro have failed to re- ceive his generous support, and he has won in a very high degree the respect and esteem of his associates. His religious affiliation is with the Central Congrega- tional Church.

David R. Walker was married, in 1898, to Margaret A. Williams, who was born in Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are the parents of one child, Albert Davies.

EDWARD L. PERRY, M. D .- Following in the footsteps of his father, who died while he was still a small boy, Dr. Perry decided upon a medical career, when the time had arrived to choose his life's work. Though one of the younger members of the medical

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profession in Middleboro, where he has been in prac- tice since he completed his medical studies in 1923, he has built up a large and important practice and has become widely known for his ability and fine learning. He is engaged in general practice, with offices at No. 39 Oak Street, but specializes in ophthalmology, which branch of medicine he also teaches at the Medi- cal School of Boston University, and he is also ef- fectively active in connection with the work of sev- eral hospitals.

Edward L. Perry was born at Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, June 19, 1897, a son of Dr. Frederick D. and Elizabeth T. (Oliver) Perry. His father, a native of Easton, Bristol County, Massachu- setts, was a graduate of Pierce Academy, Harvard Medical School and the Philadelphia Dental College and was for many years successfully engaged in the general practice of medicine to the time of his death in 1900. His mother was a native of New York City and died in 1924. Dr. Perry was educated in the pub- lic grammar and high schools of Mansfield and at Col- by College, Waterville, Maine. He then took up the study of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1922. Immediately after graduation he took a post-graduate course at the New York Post- Graduate Medical School and in 1922 and 1923 served as an interne at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hos- pital in Boston. In 1923 he started in private practice in Middleboro, where he has since been located. Specializing in ophthalmology, he is assistant ophthal- mic surgeon at the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital, Boston, and an instructor in ophthalmology at the Boston University School of Medicine. He is also a member of the staff of St. Luke's Hospital. Ever since his college days he has been a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and of Phi Chi Med- ical Fraternity, and he also maintains membership in St. James' Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Mansfield, and in the Boston University Alumni As- sociation. His religious affiliations are with the Con- gregational church.

Dr. Perry married, in 1926, Addie O. Morrison, a native of Danvers, Essex County, Massachuetts, and they make their home in Middleboro.

ARTHUR W. CUNNINGHAM, D. D. S .- A native of Canada, but for almost a quarter of a cen- tury a resident of Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mas- sachusetts, Dr. Cunningham has been engaged there since 1902 in the practice of dentistry, with offices at No. 42 Centre Street. He has built up a very large and important practice and enjoys the confidence of his many clients to an unusual degree, being widely known as a very careful and exceptionally able dental surgeon and a firm believer in the most modern methods of dental science. He is also prominently active in the civic, fraternal and religious life of the community, of which he is a highly respected and very useful member.

Arthur W. Cunningham was born at Granby, Prov- ince of Quebec, Canada, November 26, 1871, a son of the late Hugh M. and Charlotte (Diamond) Cunning- ham. His father, likewise a native of Granby, was successfully engaged there for many years in farming to the time of his death in 1914. His mother, too, was born in Granby and lived there until her death in 1882. On his father's side Dr. Cunningham is a descendant of William and Anne (Miller) Cunning- ham, his grandparents, both now deceased, the former

a native of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, being the founder of the family on the American continent, the latter being a native of Ireland, where she was born in the city of Dublin. Dr. Cunningham was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Granby, Canada, and after graduating from the latter took up the study of dentistry at the Philadelphia Dental Col- lege, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he grad- uated in 1901 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. In the following year, 1902, he established himself in the practice of his profession in Middle- boro, where he has continued ever since, being one of the leading dentists of this part of Plymouth County. He is a member of the Brockton Dental Society and a trustee of the Middleborough Savings Bank. Since his college days he has been a member of the Psi Omega Fraternity and he is also a member of Mayflower Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; Old Colony Chapter, Roy- al Arch Masons, of which he is a Past High Priest; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templar; and Aleppo Temple, of Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. During the World War he served on the board of dental examiners for the town of Middleboro, in connection with the local draft board. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party and its principles, while his religious affiliations are with the Congregational church.

Dr. Cunningham married, in 1905, Alice Robert, a native of Middleboro, and they are the parents of one daughter, Virginia. The family home is located in Middleboro.

WILLIAM A. ANDREWS-Having entered the retail shoe business, established in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, by his father in the year of his birth, 1859, as soon as he had com- pleted his education, Mr. Andrews has retained his connection with this enterprise, and since the death of his father, in 1906, has been its sole owner. Since 1883 he has also been extensively interested in the growing of cranberries and in both of these fields he has met with marked and well-deserved success. In spite of these business interests, which, of course, demand and receive the major share of his time and attention, he has taken an active and effective part in public affairs, having held various offices of trust and responsibility over a long period of time and hav- ing made valuable contributions to the welfare and development of his native town.

On his mother's side Mr. Andrews is a descend- ant of John Thomson or Thompson, who came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century and settled at Plymouth. He is of record there as, early as 1643, in which year he is given as among those able to bear arms. It is believed that he was born in the northern part of Wales in 1616, but it is not known for sure just when or on what ship he came to New England. However, in 1637, he built, together with Richard Church, the first framed meeting-house at Plymouth. He served against the Narragansetts for seventeen days, from August 15, 1645. At various times he was a town officer and juryman. In 1645, he bought a house and garden in Plymouth and in the same year he mar- ried Mary Cooke, born in 1626, a daughter of Fran- cis Cooke, who came to this country in the "May- flower," in 1620. John Thomson finally bought much land some thirteen miles west of Plymouth on the confines of Bridgewater, Middleboro, and what

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History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 37

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