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On October 28, 1890, Elmer L. Willis was united in marriage to Martha J. Lays, and to the union two children were born: 1. Anita M., now Mrs. Allen. 2. Harold H., is connected with the furniture busi- ness which his father directs, in the capacity of as- sistant manager.
JOHN F. CALLAHAN, M. D., eye, ear and nose specialist of Brockton, Massachusetts, was born Oc- tober 27, 1872, at Marlboro, Massachusetts, a son of Cornelius and Margaret Callahan, of that town. Cor- nelius Callahan, now deceased, was a shoe worker.
John F. Callahan received his early education in the public schools of the community in which he was born, attended Manhattan College, and, later, Brown University. From there he entered Tufts Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906, when he received his degree as Doctor of Medicine. Upon the close of his university career he became an interne for one year in St. Mary's Infant and Maternity Hospital, Boston. Dr. Calla- han went to Europe to gain experience in the hos- pitals there and to continue his studies under expert scientists. He went to Vienna, Austria, where he served a year in the Allgemeiner Krankenhaus, of Vienna. He also took a post-graduate course at the University of Vienna, and spent six months in the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, England. Re- turning to this country he began the practice of his profession in Brockton. Dr. Callahan has devoted particular attention to affections of the eye, ear and nose, and in this field he has become a specialist and a recognized authority. On this subject he has writ- ten a number of books and brochures, recording some of his more complicated operations, and giving the manner of operation of various devices of which he is the author, for relieving suffering and for diagnos- ing cases or detecting malingering in such cases as are questionable. Among the more notable of these works are: "The Atkinson Tracheolaryngoscope in Examination and Surgery of The Larynx"; "Hear- ing Test With Voice to Detect Malingering"; "Hear- ing Test to Detect Malingering"; "Treatment of Hem- orrhage Following Tonsillectomy by Ligation"; "Consensual Reaction in the Hearing Centers"; "Laws of the Hearing Centers, and the Application of These Laws": and the "Restoration of Lacrimal Pas- sage After Excision of Sac."
Dr. Callahan's research, study and practice have resulted in several inventions of exceptional value, notably an instrument for use in restoring the lach- rymal passage after excision of the sac in purulent dacryocystitis. This is a collapsible tube and was first tested in six cases over a period of more than
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two years with complete success. Of silver composi- tion, the tiny tube is inserted between the lachrymal bone and the eye, playing the part of the duct which had become clogged, and thus avoids an operation which is most painful and only about fifty per cent effective. Another of Dr. Callahan's inventions is a combination hemostat and ligature carrier for tying off of bleeding points, and other features.
During the World War, Dr. Callahan served in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, in which he held the rank of captain. He was particularly active as an examining physician and of the United States Draft Board, using his wide knowledge and delicate inventions for the detection of those who invented excuses for evading service.
Despite the varied and exacting duties of his pro- fession, Dr. Callahan has nevertheless found time in which to take a keen interest in the civic affairs of the community in which he resides. In his political preference, he is a staunch adherent of the principles of the Democratic party. He has been equally active in his club and social life, for he is affiliated, frater- nally, with the Knights of Columbus, in which he holds the third degree; and the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. In respect to his profession, Dr. Callahan holds membership in the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts State Medi- cal Society, the Plymouth County Medical Society, the Brockton City Medical Society, and the New England Otological and Laryngological Society. He is aural and ophthalmological surgeon at the Brock- ton Hospital.
Dr. John F. Callahan married, January 29, 1912, Isabelle McKee. Dr. and Mrs. Callahan are the par- ents of four children; three of whom are daughters. and one a son: 1. Isabelle, born in 1912. 2. John, born in 1913. 3. Helen, born in 1916. 4. Jeane, born in 1921. Dr. Callahan and his family maintain their residence at Brockton, in which city they attend St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church.
HOWARD STANLEY BISHOP-Since 1925 Howard Stanley Bishop has been a partner in the firm of Thomas Bishop and Company, e granite man- ufacturing firm founded by his father. The plant has always been located at the corner of Intervale Street and Nightingale Avenue, in Quincy, where it manufactures all kinds of monuments and memorials for the cemetery trade and also does work for the building trade.
Thomas Bishop. father of Mr. Bishop, and founder of the business, was born in Cornwall, England, Feb- ruary 11, 1867, son of William H. Bishop. a granite cutter and quarryman, and Matilda M. Bishop. He received his earliest education in the national gram- mar schools in England, and later supplemented this training with attendance at evening schools in this country and by attending the Willard School. He came to this country as a young man and settled in Quincy, where. in 1895, he established the firm of Thomas Bishop and Company and engaged in the granite manufacturing business. He employed twenty-two men in 1895. paying the usual wages at that time, two and a quarter dollars for a nine- hour day. His office and cutting sheds were located where they are at the present time, on the corner of Intervale Street and Nightingale Avenue, and dur- ing the years which have passed since the founding of the concern its business has steadily increased.
In addition to his responsibilities in connection with the granite manufacturing firm of Thomas Bishop and Company, Mr. Bishop is also a member of the board of directors of the Granite Trust Company, of Quincy, Massachusetts. Politically, he supports the principles of the Republican party, and he has been active in local affairs, serving as councilman from Ward Three in 1908, and as councilman-at-large in 1909. Fraternally, he is identified with Rural Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Stephen's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Quincy Commandery, Knights Templar; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the First Parish Men's Club, and his religious affilia- tion is with the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy.
Thomas Bishop was married, in Quincy, Massachu- setts, in 1892, to Helena M. Hutt, and they became the parents of two children: 1. Howard Stanley, of further mention. 2. Helen M., born May 11, 1897.
Howard Stanley Bishop, son of Thomas and Helena M. (Hutt) Bishop, was born in Quincy, Massachu- setts, July 10, 1895. and attended the public schools of his birthplace, including the high school. He then further prepared for an active business career by taking a course in Burdett's Business College, after which he entered the employ of the Harry M. Hope Engineering Company, of Boston, with which he re- mained for nine years. In 1925 he became associated with his father in the granite manufacturing business. which was founded by the father under the name of Thomas Bishop and Company. On April 8, 1927, his father retired, selling the business to his son who continues to carry it on under the present firm name. The office and shed at No. 62 Intervale Street take care of a very large patronage, and the concern is one of the well-established and thoroughly well- known institutions of its kind in Quincy. Mr. Bishop enlisted for service in the World War, July 10, 1918, with the Coast Artillery, and was stationed at Fort Hamilton, New York, ranking as a private. He is a member of Rural Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; also of Clan McGregor, Order of the Scottish Clans; of the American Legion; of the First Parish Club; the Quincy Granite Manufacturers' Association, and the American Granite Manufacturers' Association. He is a member of the board of directors of the Hope Engineering Company, of Boston, and is known as a man of sound judgment. Politically, he supports the principles of the Republican party. His favorite form of recreation is fishing and he is also very fond of automobiling. His religious connection is with the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy.
WILLIAM M. FYFFE-As organizer, president, treasurer, and president of the board of directors of William M. Fyffe. Incorporated, of Brockton, Wil- liam M. Fyffe is at the head of the largest and best known wholesale electrical supply establishment of its kind in the county.
Mr. Fyffe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. July 27. 1896. son of William D. and Margaret (Brebner) Fyffe. He attended the public schools of Dedham, Massachusetts, and then learned the electrical busi- ness and was engaged in the electrical contracting business in the employ of others for a period of time. In 1920. he established, opened, and became manager of the Brockton branch of the Sager Electrical Supply Company, of which he was manager until August 1. 1926. a period of about six years. He then decided
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to engage in the electrical supply business for him- self, and on August 1, 1926, established William M. Fyffe, Incorporated, of which he is president, treas- urer, and president of the board of directors. The main office is located in Brockton, and during the months which have passed since the establishment of a business under his own name, Mr. Fyffe has laid the foundations of what promises to be a most suc- cessful and prosperous enterprise. Patronage is drawn from all parts of Brockton and from the en- tire Southeastern Massachusetts territory, and the steady growth which has marked its months of ex- istence under the present organization, is most grati- fying to its founders. Politically, Mr. Fyffe supports the principles and the candidates of the Republican party, and his fraternal affiliation is with Constella- tion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and with the Lions Club. He is a member of the Brockton Cham- ber of Commerce, and his religious affiliation is with the Episcopal church.
William M. Fyffe was married, June 7, 1919, to Kathleen Ruggles, daughter of St. Clair and Mary A. Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. Fyffe are the parents of one son, William Gardener, who was born September 25, 1920.
PAUL STANLEY JONES-Prominent among the successful business men of Eastern Massachusetts, is Paul Stanley Jones, of Brockton, president and treasurer of the Mawhinney Last Company. He takes a deep interest in local public affairs, and is known as one of the substantial citizens of Brockton.
Paul Stanley Jones was born in Holbrook, Massa- chusetts, February 11, 1882, son of Alvin L. Jones, a native of Abington, Massachusetts, who was asso- ciated with the shoe manufacturing industry through- out his life, and of Emmeline A. (Leonard) Jones, the last-mentioned of whom was a native of Hol- brook, Massachusetts. He received a good practical education in the local public schools and then be- gan his long association with the shoe last business by securing a position with the O. A. Miller Treeing Machinery Company, where he remained four years, then accepting a position with the Mawhinney Last Company. Later he severed his connection with that concern and identified himself with the George E. Belcher Last Company of Stoughton, Massachusetts, in the same line of activity, and there he remained for a period of ten years, as a designer and model maker. At the end of that time he determined to engage in business for himself, and in 1913 he formed a part- nership with Carlisle L. Sturgis under the firm name of Sturgis and Jones, and engaged in the manufac- ture of shoe lasts. The partnership was continued until 1918, when Mr. Jones withdrew from the firm and purchased an interest in the business of the Mawhinney Last Company from Charles Shannon, later acquiring control of the business. During the eight years which have passed since that time he has been the chief executive of the Mawhinney Last Company, and has developed that concern to its present prosperous and still growing condition. His whole life to the present time has been spent in as- sociation with the shoe last business and as a result he is thoroughly familiar with all the details of its various departments, as well as with the marketing side of the business. The Mawhinney Last Com- pany is an old one, dating back to 1856, when Samuel Mawhinney went into the business of making shoe lasts, under his own name, in Worcester, Massachu-
setts. The enterprise which he established was suc- cessful and grew steadily until by 1898 incorporation seemed advisable, and the reorganization was effected under the name of the Mawhinney Last Company, with Mr. Mawhinney as president. In the same year the business was moved from Worcester to Brockton, and was located in the large building on Spark Street, which still houses the greatly expanded busi- ness. Charles Shannon succeeded Mr. Mawhinney as president, and continued as its president until 1918, when the Mawhinney Last Company was pur- chased by Mr. Jones, as has already been stated. At the present time the factory includes about 25,000 square feet of floor space with a capacity for pro- ducing one thousand pairs of lasts a day. About seventy-five people are employed and the product of the Mawhinney Last Company is distributed not only throughout this country, but to other nations as well. It is one of the oldest last companies in America, and has made for itself a reputation which is a valuable business asset. In addition to his re- sponsibilities as president and treasurer of the Maw- hinney Last Company, Mr. Jones is a member of the board of directors of the Montello Co-operative Bank. He is actively interested in the public affairs of Brockton, is a member of the Commercial Club and of the Brockton Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, and is one of the liberal supporters of all movements for the advancement of the town of Brockton. Politically, he gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party. During the World War he served on various com- mittees and forwarded in every possible way the various activities of the organizations formed for doing war work at home, and was one of the im- portant factors in carrying Brockton "over the top." Fraternally, he is affiliated with Stoughton Rising Star Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Stough- ton, and is a member of all the York Rite bodies. He is Past Master of the Blue Lodge and a member of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been a member of local Granges, Patrons of Husbandry, for several years, Master for two years, and has served as a delegate to the convention. He is vice-president of the Rotary Club, and is a welcome addition to its gatherings. His religious affiliation is with the Waldo Congregational Church, which he serves as a member of its board of trustees.
Paul Stanley Jones was married, at Boston, in 1903, to Mabel E. Watson, of Boston, daughter of William F. and Mary (Hodge) Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of five children: 1 .- 2. Lawrence W. and Leslie F. (twins), who prepared for college in the Silver Bay Academy for Boys, and are now students in Dartmouth College. 3. Paul S., Jr. 4. Gertrude A. 5. Carolyn. The family resides at No. 946 North Main Street, in Brockton.
CHARLES A. DORR, M. D .- The oldest physi- cian in Hingham, and the longest in medical service there is Charles A. Dorr, M. D., who has been en- gaged in general practice here since 1887, more than half a century. Dr. Dorr is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and his long service, as well as his skill and faithfulness, have greatly endeared him to a host of his patients, some of whom are grandchildren of his first patrons in Hingham.
Dr. Charles A. Dorr was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, February 12, 1851, son of Samuel H. and
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Mary M. (Wedgewood) Dorr, the first mentioned of whoni was engaged in farming throughout his active career. Dr. Dorr attended the public schools of Sandwich, and matriculated at Dartmouth College, at Hanover, New Hampshire, from which he was graduated with the class of 1877, receiving at that time the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In that same year he opened an office in Richmond, Maine, where he remained about two years, when he located in Hingham, and from that time to the present (1928), he has been continuously and successfully engaged in general practice here. He is now not only the oldest physician here in point of age, but he is by far the oldest in length of service. It is also true that he is the oldest in friendship and in the esteem of his many associates here, and in this case it is true that the passage of time has steadily increased the regard in which he is held. He located in Hingham in 1880, was elected to the Board of Health in 1881. In 1885, he was elected to the School Board, which office he held for twenty-five years; then to the Board of Health in 1911; and has been chairman of the Board and Health Officer since that time. He is a member of the State and County Medical societies and has al- ways been progressive and thoroughly interested in keeping in touch with the progress made in his pro- fession from year to year. He is a member of the Wampatuck Club, and his religious affiliation is with the Unitarian church.
Dr. Charles A. Dorr was married, March 23, 1878, to Bertha L. Wentworth, whose death occurred Au- gust 12, 1912. The late years of his life are being spent among the friends and associates of a lifetime of service, and as the shadows grow long on the west- ward slopes of his long and busy life, Dr. Dorr has the satisfaction and the enduring joy of looking back over well-spent years given to the service of his fel- low-men.
NORMAN W. SAMPSON-One of the most suc- cessful business men of Brockton, Massachusetts, Norman W. Sampson is a descendant of an old and illustrious New England family. Born July 24, 1881, at Brockton, Mr. Sampson is a son of Elnathan T. and Nancy Bradford (Williams) Sampson, natives of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He traces his American ancestry, on the maternal side, to Governor Bradford of Massachusetts, and on the paternal side to the Sampson who was a cabin boy on the "Mayflower." Elnathan T. Sampson was a contractor and builder, who later went into the undertaking business in Brockton, and died in 1921. Nancy Bradford (Wil- liams) Sampson died in 1918.
Norman W. Sampson received his early education in the public and high schools of Brockton, later graduating from the Massachusetts College of Em- balming. He then was employed by the C. A. Eaton Shoe Company as paymaster. Later he resigned from this position to become confidential man for J. E. Tibbetts, with whom he remained until January 1, 1904. At that time, he gave up his position there to join his father in the undertaking business, operating under the name of E. T. & N. W. Sampson. The first location of this enterprise was on North Main Street near Spring Street, in Brockton. In 1926, this con- cern was moved to newer and more commodious quarters at No. 309 Main Street. Since the death of his father, Elnathan T. Sampson, the younger Mr. Sampson has carried on the business under the name
of the Sampson Funeral Home. From the very be- ginning this enterprise has met with marked success and now Mr. Sampson has the finest, most perfectly equipped funeral home to be found in New England. The sample rooms are extensive, and the mortuary and funeral parlors are fitted out in the height of luxury and good taste. Mr. Sampson was the first man in Brockton to make use of the motor ambulance for funeral purposes. Among his other business con- nections he is treasurer of the F. B. Washburn Con- pany, of Brockton.
Although he has devoted the bulk of his time and energy to his undertaking establishment, Mr. Sampson has not neglected the civic affairs of his community. A supporter of the Republican party, he has served as a member of the School Board of Brockton for more than fourteen years. He has also been a promi- nent factor in social life; he is affiliated with Paul Revere Lodge, Free and Acceted Masons; the Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; the Council, Royal and Select Masters; the Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; the Commandery, Knights Templar, and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and he is a member of the Grotto, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. He is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he holds the rank of Major of the General Staff in the Encampment and Canton, and he is a contributing member of the Re- bekah Lodge; the Knights of Pythias, and the Pythian Sisters. Among his other outside interests, he holds membership in the Kiwanis Club, the Commercial Club of Brockton, the Brockton Chamber of Com- merce, being a former president of the Junior Or- ganization; the Duxbury Yacht Club; the Duxbury Gun and Beach Club; and the Massachusetts Funeral Directors' Association.
Norman W. Sampson married, in 1909, Ella E. McLeod, a daughter of Kenneth and Ella E. (Wash- burn) McLeod, of Brockton. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson are the parents of two children: 1. Kenneth E., grad- uate of Brockton High School. 2. Helen L., a student at Brockton High School. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson and their family reside in Brockton, where they at- tend the Porter Congregational Church, of which Mr. Sampson is a member of the board of trustees.
MAYNARD A. DAVIS, founder and president of the Brockton Public Market and allied stores, one of the most substantial citizens of Brockton, and a man who had always stood firmly behind every movement pertaining to the welfare and general bet- terment of this township, was born May 4, 1864, at Poland, Maine. He is a son of Maynard G. and Adeline (Little) Davis, both now deceased. Maynard G. Davis was a native of Richford, Vermont, a farmer who died in 1864. He sacrificed his life for his country, having been killed in action during the American Civil War. Adeline (Little) Davis, a native of Maine, died in 1884.
Maynard A. Davis received his education in the district schools of Poland, Maine; and obtained his first position in a market at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he remained for several years. He then pur- chased a farm at Seekonk, Massachusetts, and estab- lished a dairy business, which not only met with success from the beginning but finally developed into a lengthy and profitable milk route through the city of Providence, Rhode Island. He later was employed
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by a large wholesale business in New York City, but he did not give up his Seekonk dairy until 1899, when he removed to Brockton, Massachusetts, and there established the Brockton Public Market. The history of this business, a most interesting story in itself, is best told in a small brochure which was published by Mr. Davis on the occasion of the twenty-fifth an- niversary of this market. Quoting from this:
It was on the twenty-second day of November, 1899, that the Brockton Public Market began its business career. The doors of what was then, as now, Brockton's biggest depart- ment food store, were opened in the building at No. 89 Main Street, where the Brocktou Trust Company is now located. Huram Wade, who had conducted a grocery busi- ness there for several years, sold his husiness, stock and fixtures to Maynard A. Davis who, with Fred A. Hoyt of Pawtucket, formed a partnership under the name of the Brockton Public Market Company. to sell meats, groceries and provisions at retail. There were tweuty people em- ployed, and the receipts from the first day's business were one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents. Today. the sum total of a single day's business in all over stores combined reacbed close to the fifty thousand dollar mark. The business grew and expanded. Soon an oppor- tunity came to lease larger quarters in a more central loca- tion, and the store at No. 155 Main Street, in the Satucket Block, was secured early in January. 1904. Here, as at the old location, the public was quick to appreciate the advan- tages offered, and a few years later the concern was again compelled to enlarge its floor space and storage room, add- ing the stores previously occupied by the C. A. Noyes Hard- ware Company and W. B. Foster, Druggist. in the same building.
A disastrous fire, which occurred in August, 1911, forced a temporary suspension of business, but only for a few days. A market stocked with fresh merchandise and equipped with the needed fixtures, was opened at No. 19 East Elm Street. A few weeks later the long established Shaw Company, located at Main and Green streets, was purchased by the Brockton Puhlic Market Company. Between these two stores the demands of the buying public were well taken care of. When the Market again opened for business at Nos. 155-161 Main Street, its present location, it had the finest market to be found anywhere in Southeastern Massa- chusetts. A second fire, occurring within five years from the first, again forced the Company to occupy temporary quarters, this time in what had been the Howard & Cald- well Store in the Kingman Building, since torn down to make way for the Kennedy Building. As was the case after the previous fire, the firm's patrons were but little incon- venienced. A complete stock of fresh merchandise was at once assembled, fixtures were built practically overnight, and the temporary store was opened in less than forty-eight hours after the fire occurred. Today the Brockton Public Market, with its several associated store, incorporated under Massachusetts laws in July, 1920, is meeting the wants of tbonsands of consumers whose confidence and good will have been obtained by years of consistent service and hy the sell- ing of recognized quality lines of merchandise at fair prices. The corporation now employs more than six bundred people, and with its ten associated stores through Southeastern Massachusetts and in Portland. Maine, has reached a total annual business of more than five million dollars.
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