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Cleon F. Fobes married, in 1890, Nellie C. Reyn- olds, daughter of Louis W. and Rebecca C. (Tower) Reynolds, both of whom, now deceased, were de- scendants of old and well-known New England families, particularly of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Fobes became the parents of nine children, six of whom are sons, and three, daughters: 1. Mildred E., who married Otis Bisbee. 2. Roy A. 3. Made- line, who married Ralph Batchelder. 4. Wesley L. 5. Marjorie, who married Campbell Higgins. 6. Kendall F. 7. Frederick A. 8. Harold D. 9. Howard L. Mr. Fobes and his family maintain their residence in Stoughton, in which community they attend the Uni- versalist church, of which Mr. Fobes is a trustee.
WILLIAM FRANCIS HALLISEY-One of the younger members of the Brockton bar to attain a place of prominence in legal circles, as well as in local governmental affairs, is William F. Hallisey, who, although practicing but a comparatively short while. has established a successful following and also holds an active part in the city's administration. He
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was born in Brockton, July 4, 1895, the son of Wil- liam W. and Ellen (Delaney) Hallisey, both parents natives of County Cork, Ireland.
He was educated in the public and private schools of Brockton and attended Boston College, leaving to enter the United States Navy as signal quarter- master of the U. S. S. "Martha Washington." After being discharged from the Navy in 1919 he entered Boston University, graduating in 1922 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in the same year, and began a general law practice in the city of Brockton, and has since carried on with steadily growing clientage. Politically, Mr. Hallisey is a Democrat, and has maintained a deep interest in that party's welfare always, having served as a member of the Council from Ward Five, and as a member of the Board of Aldermen for a term of two years.
He enlisted with the United States Naval Reserves for World War service and was honorably dis- charged on February 7, 1919. He is a member of the Brockton Bar Association, the Knights of Co- lumbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and holds membership in several local organizations. Mr. Hall- isey and his family are regular communicants of St, Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, of Brockton.
William Francis Hallisey married, in 1922, Bea- trice E. Clark, who was born in Massachusetts, a daughter of Thomas and Annie J. (Higgins) Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Hallisey are the parents of two chil- dren: Eileen, born November 7, 1923, and William Francis, Jr., born January 9, 1926.
RAYMOND W. HIGGINS-Prominently identi- fied with civic affairs of the community, Raymond W. Higgins, attorney, with law offices at No. 106 Main Street, Brockton, Massachusetts, resides in the thriv- ing town of Avon, adjacent to Brockton. He is not only keenly interested in the growth and prosperity of Avon, but is also a leading spirit in the social ac- tivities of that town.
The parents of Raymond W. Higgins, Freeman G. and Julia A. (Hamilton) Higgins, were natives of the State of Maine. Freeman G. Higgins was born in the town of Eden, that State, and died in 1918. His wife is living (1928), more than ninety years of age.
Raymond W. Higgins was born February 19, 1881, in the town of Brooklin, Maine. He completed his study of the law in the offices of A. L. . Rich, promi- nent lawyer of Brockton, and was admitted to prac- tice at the bar in 1904. He was engaged in his pro- fession during the latter year under his own name, and has continued to practice as an individual, with the exception of a period of two years during which time he had as a law partner Thomas W. Prince, Esq. Mr. Higgins was an original organizer of the Avon Co-operative Bank, of which institution he is a director and also legal adviser. He is a member of the Avon Rifle and Sport Club, of Avon, and the Temple Glee Club, of Brockton; was one of the or- ganizers, founders, and a charter member of the former, and takes great pride in his part in the or- ganization of the latter, a professional singing or- ganization. He has served in the capacity of presi- dent of both clubs. Also, Mr. Higgins is a member of the Brockton Bar Association, of the Knights of Pythias Lodge; is a Republican in political affiliation, and served as a member of the Board of Health and
assessor of the town of Avon. A Baptist in religi- ous belief, he is a former president of the Lynfield Memorial School.
On December 7, 1902, at Stoughton, Massachusetts, Raymond W. Higgins married Lulie M. Eldridge, daughter of George W. and Addie J. (Spencer) Eld- ridge. To this union has been given a daughter, Hazel R., born April 20, 1909.
ALLAN ROSEN-In every field of endeavor, one finds that youth has truly come into its own. Allan Rosen, attorney-at-law, with offices located at No. 106 Main Street, Brockton, enjoys the distinction of being the youngest member of his profession engaged in the practice of law in the city of Brockton.
The parents of Allan Rosen are Adolph and Annie (Cohen) Rosen, who emigrated to the United States from their native country, Russia. The father early engaged in the shoe manufacturing business, which industry has made Brockton famous throughout the world.
Allan Rosen was born August 30, 1902, in Brockton, Massachusetts. He obtained his earlier education in the public schools in the city of his birth, entered Boston University Law School, and was graduated from; that institution in the class of 1925, with the degree of Doctor of Laws.
Mr. Rosen is a member of the Brockton Bar As- sociation, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He does not affiliate with any secret, fraternal or other societies. He is a Republican in political be- lief. Admitted to practice before the bar in 1926, he has been thus engaged to the present time under his own name.
WILLIAM E. WOOLSEY, of Wollaston, engaged in the real estate business in Quincy and suburbs, was born in Formoso, Kansas, November 22, 1894, son of Freemont and Mary Alice (Bolling) Woolsey. His father, a farmer, was born in Webster County, Iowa, and his mother was a native of Indiana. Both parents are living in Kansas (1928). Mr. Woolsey attended the local public and high schools of his native town. Graduating from the Los Angeles High School at Los Angeles, California, he entered the University of Kansas in 1912 and was graduated in 1916 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. On com- pleting his education he became principal of a high 'school at Leota, Kansas, which position he filled creditably for a year, when, in 1918, he entered the United States Navy as a candidate for the Aero- nautical Corps, and in 1918 qualified as a naval aviator, and was commissioned an ensign. In 1920 he be- came associated with Charles E. Howe, Boston real estate man, for about a year, when he removed to Wollaston and opened his own office at No. 329 New- port Avenue, where he handles a general line of real estate and development work.
Mr. Woolsey is a member of the Roosevelt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mt. Wollaston Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and Taleb Grotto, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. He is a member of the Quincy Real Estate Exchange, while his clubs include the University and Stoney Brae Golf. He attends the Unitarian church.
William E. Woolsey married, in 1920, Louene Hart, native of Portland, Maine, and representative of an old established New England family.
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WILLIAM SOUDEN, Sr .- Since 1900, William Souden, Sr., has been engaged in the granite manu- facturing business for himself, first in partnership with Napoleon Reed, then with Francis Morrison, and since 1920 with his son William, under the name of William Souden and Son. The office and cutting sheds are located at No. 93 Gilbert Street, South Quincy, where a large and prosperous enterprise has been developed.
William Souden, Sr., was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, March 17, 1869, son of Alexander Souden, a native of Aberdeen, who was engaged in the granite industry there until his death in 1907, and of Jane (Collie) Souden, also a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who died in 1873. He attended the public schools of his native district until he was eleven years of age, and then learned the stone cutter's trade, which he continued to follow in Aberdeen until 1889. In that year he came to the United States and settled in Quincy, where he entered the employ of John McDonnell, granite manufacturer. Soon afterward, however, he went to Boston and worked at the build- er's trade during the summer of 1889. After a short time he came back to Quincy and entered the em- ploy of McDonnell Sons, granite manufacturers, again, and this time he maintained that connection for a period of seven years. His next connection was with Swingle and Falconer, in whose quarry he worked for two years, after which he worked for Birnie and Diack for two years. In 1900, in, associa- tion with Napoleon Reed, he engaged in the granite manufacturing business for himself, under the name of Souden and Reed, locating at No. 93 Gilbert Street, in South Quincy. After this partnership had been maintained for about a year and a half, Mr. Souden purchased Mr. Reed's interest, and admitted Francis Morrison to partnership under the name of Souden and Morrison. This association was continued for eighteen years, at the end of which time Mr. Mor- rison retired from business, in 1920. Mr. Souden then took his son, William, into the business as a partner, and at this time the firm name was changed to William Souden and Son, under which style the enterprise is still conducted (1928). The concern manufactures a complete line of monuments and memorials for the cemetery trade, conducting a strictly wholesale business, and has developed to proportions which place it easily among the lead- ing concerns of its kind in Quincy. The greater part of the work is done in New England granite. Mr. Souden is a member of the Quincy Granite Manufac- turrs' Association, which he has served as treasurer since 1926; of the American Granite Manufacturers' Association, and of the Burns Memorial Association, which he has served as treasurer for the past eleven years. He is treasurer of the board of trustees of the Clan McGregor Building Fund, and is well known throughout this section of the State. Politically, he gives his support to the principles and the candi- dates of the Republican party. He finds much pleas- ure in amateur photography, in which art he is very skillful, and he has a very large number of friends who value highly his ability and his resourcefulness, and who also hold him in high esteem because of his pleasing personality and his sterling qualities of character. His religious affiliation is with the Pres- byterian church.
William Souden was married, in 1892, to Annie Levack, who was born in Aberdeen. Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Souden are the parents of six children: 1.
Jessie S. 2. Annie L. 3. William, Jr. (see following biography). 4. Christina M. 5. Margaret W. 6. Alex- ander G. During the World War Mr. Souden served as a private in Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, Massachusetts State Guard.
WILLIAM SOUDEN, Jr .- The granite manu- facturing industry absorbs the interest and the time of a very large number of the residents of Quincy. Among those who are identified with prosperous and well-established concerns of this kind is William Souden, Jr., partner, with his father, in the firm of William Souden and Son, whose office and cutting yards are located at No. 93 Gilbert Street, South Quincy, a concern engaged in the wholesale manu- facture of all kinds of memorials and monuments for the cemetery trade, ranking as one of the foremost of its kind in this district.
William Souden, Jr., was born in Quincy, Massa- chusetts, November 2, 1896, son of William Souden, Sr., founder of the business of which the son is a junior partner, an account of whose life precedes this, and of Annie (Levack) Souden, a native of Aber- deen, Scotland. He attended the public schools of Quincy, and after finishing his high school studies took a course in Burdett's Business College. When his business training was finished, he was employed by the Boston Chamber of Commerce for a year and a half, leaving that position to join the United States Navy. He enlisted April 30, 1917, being among the first to answer the call for volunteers; was sent, first, to Newport, Rhode Island; then to the receiv- ing ship "New York"; next to the U. S. S. "Ver- mont," and finally was stationed with the United States naval forces in London, England. Here he remained until June 2, 1919, when he returned to this country and received his discharge, July 17, 1919, ranking at that time as a first class yeoman. Upon his return to civilian life he reentered the employ of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and that con- nection was continued until 1920. In that year he became his father's associate in the granite manu- facturing business, under the name of William Souden and Son. This partnership has been continued to the present time (1928), and each year that passes brings increased patronage to this well-established and thoroughly reliable concern. The business is strictly wholesale, and is one of the old established concerns of the place, having been founded by Wil- liam Souden, the father, in 1900, in partnership with Napoleon Reed, under the name of Souden and Reed. Later Mr. Souden purchased Mr. Reed's interest and admitted Francis Morrison to partnership under the name of Souden and Morrison, which name and association was retained until 1920, when Mr. Mor- rison retired. That was in 1920, and in that same year William Souden, the son, was admitted to part- nership and the name changed to the present style of William Souden and Son. Mr. Souden is a member of the Quincy Granite Manufacturers' As- sociation and of the American Granite Association, also of the American Legion. Politically, he gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party. He finds his chief recreational interest in baseball and in hunting, and his religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church.
William Souden, Jr., was married, in 1921, to Mar- jory Middleton, who was born in Aberdeen, Scot- land, and they are the parents of one son, William James.
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GEORGE E. FISHER determined early in life that the business of insurance and real estate pre- sented the proper fields of endeavor for one of his qualifications and inclinations. That his belief was well founded is borne out by the fact that his is the largest business of its kind in Southeastern Mas- sachusetts. The late George H. Fisher, at one time messenger for the Joslyn Express Company, and Re- becca (Baxter) Fisher, also deceased, were the pa- rents of George E. Fisher, who was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, October 30, 1867.
After receiving his education in the Brockton pub- lic schools, Mr. Fisher immediately engaged in the insurance business in the employ of the late W. M. Thompson, where he remained until 1896. Having acquired a thorough knowledge of the insurance, mortgage and real estate business he decided to branch out for himself and accordingly established an insurance business in Brockton. He continued privately until July, 1919, when he formed a partner- ship with his brother, Carlos M. Fisher, who had been associated with Mr. Fisher since 1906. In 1918 an- other partner was taken in, this man being Allen C. Fisher, son of Mr. Fisher; the firm name was George E. Fisher & Company, and has since carried on. The company specializes in real estate, mortgage and gen- eral insurance, and has its offices at No. 183 Main Street. They are qualified to underwrite business in different parts of the United States and Canada through their company connections.
Aside from the extensive business enterprise of real estate, insurance, mortgages and loans, Mr. Fisher is also a director of the Lynn (Massachu- setts) Mutual Insurance Company, of the Insurance Federation of Massachusetts, and of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a member of the Commercial Club; district trustee of the Kiwanis Club; treasurer and trustee of the Brockton Factory Association; 'trustee of the First Congregational Church of Brockton, and a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges.
On June 8, 1891, Mr. Fisher was united in mar- riage to Jennie F. Holmes. Children: 1. Allen E., served in the United States Army during the World War. 2. George E., Jr., 3. Donald H. 4. Miriam K.
JOHN McELANEY, descendant of an old Massa- chusetts family, and secretary and treasurer of the long-established firm of Stacy, Adams Company, shoe manufacturers, is one of the most highly respected and stable citizens of Brockton, Massachusetts. Born April 8, 1875, at East Stoughton, Massachusetts, he is a son of John and Bridget (Lynch) McElaney. John McElaney, native of Avon, Massachusetts, re- tired from active commercial enterprise in recent years: Bridget (Lynch) McElaney, also a native of this State, died in 1922.
John McElaney received his academic education in the schools of Brockton, and gained his commercial training at the Bryant & Stratton Business College. In 1891, when he was sixteen years of age, he took the first step of his business career when he was employed as an office boy in the main office of the Stacy, Adams Company, at Brockton, a firm with whom he was destined to remain long after he had become an officer of the staff. From the very be- ginning he made a good impression, and rose steadily through the ranks, holding many positions, until he
was sent out as a salesman. So successful was he in this branch of the work that he was elected a member of the board of directors.
The history of the firm is a most interesting story: Founded in 1875, by W. H. Stacy, Harry Adams and Gardner Jones, the factory was set up in a building then known as the Riding Academy. The following year, 1876, Mr. Jones withdrew from the company, and O. B. Quimby replaced him. In that year, finding that their business had increased so rapidly that the old Riding Academy was no longer of sufficient dimensions, they erected a new factory on Montello Street. The business continued to grow, and later the partners decided to inaugurate a more efficient form of management. Therefore, in 1908, the com- pany was reorganized and incorporated, with W. H. Stacy, president; O. B. Quimby, treasurer; and Clar- ence P. Waide, vice-president. Ten years later, in January, 1919, the president, W. H. Stacy, died; later in the year, the treasurer, O. B. Quimby, also died, thus necessitating a new election of officers. This resulted in Clarance P. Waide being appointed presi- dent; W. A. French, vice-president, and John Mc-
Elaney, secretary. Two years later (which brings the history up to 1921) Mr. McElaney was appointed to fill the offices of secretary and treasurer, positions which he now occupies. The progress of this con- cern, one of the oldest shoe manufacturing estab- lishments to operate, under a single name, in the State of Massachusetts, has been marked by steady expansion. The factory, alone, covers fifty thousand square feet, and keeps a constant force of more than three hundred and seventy-five employees. The product, men's custom-made shoes, ranks high in quality and is well known throughout the United States and Europe.
Although Mr. McElaney has devoted his life to the business of the Stacy, Adams Company, he has never- theless found time in which to associate himself with the outside interests of his fellow-citizens. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Brockton Chamber of Commerce, the Commercial Club, and the Thorny Lea Golf Club. Mr. McElaney has always been concerned with the welfare of his community, and he has been actively identified with various civic bodies for the development of Brockton.
John McElaney married, in 1916, Ina May McCann, daughter of Charles L. and Margaret (Geary) Mc- Cann, of Brockton. Mr. and Mrs. McElaney are devotees of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Brockton.
CLARENCE PERCIVAL WAIDE-As president of the old-established Stacy, Adams Company, the name of Clarence P. Waide ranks high in the busi- ness life of Brockton, Massachusetts. Born July 4. 1860, at Lexington, Kentucky, he is a son of James Dunlap and Mary A. (Percival) Waide, the latter a direct descendant of Sir John Percival, a noted naval hero of Revolutionary days. His father, James D. Waide, proprietor of a distillery, was a native of Vir- ginia, and died in 1864. Mary A. (Percival) Waide, a native of Kentucky, died in 1900.
Clarence P. Waide received his early education in the Kentucky public schools. later continuing his studies at the then prominent Threlkeld School for Boys. He began his business career in a retail shoe
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store in Lexington, Kentucky, with Bassett & Em- mal and went to St. Louis in 1878, securing a job with Joel Swope & Brother, at $6.00 per week. Having a firm grasp of that side of the business, he was emi- nently fitted for the work of a wholesale salesman when he entered the employ of Stacy, Adams Com- pany in that capacity, in February, 1882. He soon gained as wide an experience with the manufacturing side of the shoe business, and his knowledge of both phases made him an invaluable factor in the con- cern. In due time, he was made a member of the board of directors of this company. At the time of the incorporation of this concern, in 1908, Mr. Waide was elected vice-president. Ten years later, at the death of W. H. Stacy, and O. B. Quimby, in 1919, he was elected president of the Stacy, Adams Company, which office he is now holding (1928).
Despite the tinie and thought demanded by this old and well-known concern, Mr. Waide has been active in his social life. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of Brockton, and of the city of Boston, Massachusetts; the Merchants' and Man- ufacturers' Club of Brockton; the Boston Athletic Association; and the Wellesley Country Club.
Clarence P. Waide married, in 1885, Emma Wil- liams, of St. Louis, Missouri, who passed away in June, 1923. A daughter, Margery Waide, who mar- ried Captain E. K. Brockway, of the United States Army, is the only child. His residence is in Welles- ley Hills, Massachusetts.
ELMER L. WILLIS-A native of Brockton, El- mer L. Willis eventually chose his home city as the scene of his life-work, after having left its confines on several occasions to accept employment in other localities. He has, consequently, attained a substance and comfort in the town of his birth, and has the satisfaction of working with and greeting daily as- sociates and friends whom he has known from boy- hood.
The late Henry A. and Adeline (Brett) Willis were likewise residents of Brockton. Henry A. Willis followed the trade of shoe-maker, a popular one in that city. Their son, Elmer L. Willis, was born July 26, 1867, and obtained his education in the Brockton public schools. For two years following the completion of his education, he was employed in Cross' Tack Factory, in Brockton. The tack man- ufacturing industry not being to his liking, he chose the shoe business in preference, and was for a period of three years connected with Jameson's Shoe Store of the same city. He then went to Fall River to accept employment in Brown's Shoe Store, where he remained for one year. The following three years were spent in association with the Jordan, Marsh Company, of Boston. The call of his home town be- coming too insistent to longer ignore, he returned to Brockton in 1891, and became buyer for the Thomas Packard Company in which capacity he served until 1902, when he, in association with Wallace C. Flagg, purchased the Packard interests and reorganized `under the firm name of Flagg and Willis, which operated an up-to-date furniture business. In 1925. the members of the firm of Flagg and Willis sold out their interests to the Atherton Furniture Com- pany, but Mr. Willis continued in charge of the orig- inal store in the capacity of general manager and was so until May, 1928, when he established the Willis Furniture Company at No. 1824 Main Street; this
new company was one of the first of its kind in Brockton. The policy of the business is to sell the highest grade furniture possible at a most reason- able figure by the "warehousing" system, which cuts down the usual overhead expense of the average retail store, thus enabling the dealer to give much better value for the same price. The officers of this company are Harold H. Willis, president; Alvin Lawson, vice-president; and Elmer L. Willis, treas- urer.
Mr. Willis is affiliated with the Knights of Malta fraternal organization, and is a member of the Brockton Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce of the same city.
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