History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 90

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

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The Barnstable Inn is situated on the King's Highway to Provincetown, and is the oldest inn on the Cape, having been built in 1799. Shaded by beautiful elms, it faces the prevailing southwest winds, and is an ideal place for a quiet and restful summer vacation. When Anner Eldridge built the hostelry it was under a row of cottonwood trees, and in stagecoach days it was a rendezvous for the young lawyers of the period, including Daniel Webster, and Chief Justice Shaw, who sat before the fireplace using the same chairs and tables with which the Inn is now furnished. Except for a few years during the gold rush to California, in 1848 and 1849, the Inn has been open almost continuously for a period of one hundred and twenty-seven years, and it had remained in the Eldridge family until 1921, when it was pur- chased, and remodelled by Mr. Turpin. While the atmosphere and much of the furniture of the old days have been retained, all modern conveniences have been added, and the interior has been artistically re-decorated throughout. Barnstable, the old county seat, is situated four miles from Hyannis, and in the old New England shipping days was an important whaling center. More than a hundred vessels some- times laid side by side in its port, and the sea life is still simple and primitive. Wild ducks and seals frequent the marsh islands, adding a unique interest to the usual seaside attractions. Fine floats and diving board, and a modern pier are maintained by the Barnstable Pier Association, and sailing, fishing, and motoring expeditions may be arranged for in the most delightful and unspoiled sections of the Cape. The Yarmouth Golf course, two miles distant, is easily reached, and garage accommodations are avail- able at the Inn. Barnstable Inn is open to guests from April 1 to November 1, and year after year it is offering its quaint charm, and its excellent service to those who come to enjoy the best and most restful

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of vacations. Mr. Turpin is well fitted for the rôle of host, for his experience as a traveling salesman long ago taught him what not to do, as well as what to do, to make guests most happy and contented. Perhaps no better preparation could be had than a long experience in "putting up" at good, bad, and indifferent places of public entertainment, and Mr. Turpin has profited by his long experience in this way of living. During the winter months he is man- ager of the Winter Haven Yacht Club at Winter Haven, Florida. Mr. Turpin is a member of Phi Delta Theta College Fraternity, and also retains his mem- bership in the Dayton (Ohio) Country Club, and in the Dayton Club. His religious affiliation is with the Episcopal church.

FRANK OZRO CASS, M. D .- A native of Can- ada, but a graduate of one of Massachusetts' leading medical schools, Dr. Cass has been engaged in the general practice of medicine at Provincetown, Barn- stable County, since 1911. There he has not only gained for himself a very high reputation as an able physician, but has also taken an active and effective part in the life of the community, in which he enjoys to an unusual degree the respect and confidence of all who know him.

Frank Ozro Cass was born at Stanstead, Province of Quebec, Canada, July 29, 1883, a son of Ozro and Addie (Blount) Cass. His father, who was a car- penter and for many years a member of the local school committee, was a native of the Province of Quebec, while his mother was of English origin. Dr. Cass was educated at Stanstead Wesleyan College, Stanstead, Canada, from which he graduated in 1902, and at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, from which he graduated with the degree of Associate of Arts, in 1904. He then took up the study of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, gradu- ating there with the degrees of Bachelor of Chemistry and Doctor of Medicine in 1909. For the next two years he practiced medicine at Derby Line, Vermont, and in the Province of Quebec. In 1911 he came to Provincetown, where he has been engaged in general practice since then. During the World War he was a member of the Medical Reserve Officers Corps. At one time he served as chairman of the local School Board, and he has also served for several years as town physician and as school physician of Province- town. He is prominently active in the affairs of several medical organizations, being president of the Barnstable County Medical Society, and a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Institute of Homœopathy. Though most of his time is devoted to the exacting duties of his large practice, he finds much pleasure in and gives considerable time to fraternal work. He is a member of King Hiram Lodge, Provincetown, Free. and Accepted Masons; Joseph Warren Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Prov- incetown; Connecticut Valley Commandery, Green- field, Massachusetts, Knights Templar; Massachusetts Consistory of the thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Anchor and Ark Club. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church.

Dr. Cass married, at Shelburne Falls, Massachu- setts, December 14, 1909, Mabelle Pferick, a daugh- ter of Jacob and Catherine (Zimmerman) Pferick. Mrs. Cass' parents were born in Germany, but she herself was born at Shelburne Falls, and is a gradu-

ate of the Emerson 'Hospital Nurses' School, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. and Mrs. Cass are the parents of two children: Patricia Ruth, born Novem- ber 18, 1919; and Kendall Ozro Cass, born May 5, 1921. The family home is located at No. 284A Commercial Street, Provincetown.

THOMAS NEWCOMB STONE, M. D .- For three generations, through ninety years of profes- sional activity, grandfather, father and son, each for a period of approximately thirty years, were suc- cessively the well-known and dearly beloved Dr. Stone of the community of Wellfleet, and each, more- over, took an important part in the progress of this community, which the community today has not for- gotten, nor will forget for many years to come. The first of the family to practice medicine was William Stone, a rugged pioneer, hardy, stern, kindly, who commenced in his profession in the community toward the close of the first decade of the nineteenth century. In the second war between the United States and Great Britain, the War of 1812, he was surgeon's mate in the Second Regiment, Third Bri- gade, Fifth Division, during the crucial year of 1814, during which was fought the battle of Lake Cham- plain, and when was burned the White House in Washington, by the British. William Stone fought valorously for his country, carrying arms as heroical- ly as he carried his surgeon's kit, and applying both to best effect for the country that he served. He married Hannah Townsend, and to this happy union was born Thomas Newcomb, pre-destined to be the second Dr. Stone of Wellfleet; and his excellent record will be taken up directly hereunder. The third Dr. Stone, grandson of William, son of Thomas Newcomb, and his first wife, Hannah Daniels (Atwood) Stone, also bore the honorable given name of Newcomb, William Newcomb Atwood Stone, practiced the profession of medicine in Wellfleet from 1869, when he succeeded his father, until 1898, Octo- ber 17, when he died, and thus closed the ninety-year professional history of the Stones, grandfather, father and son, of Wellfleet.

Thomas Newcomb Stone, son of William Stone, was born in the second decade of the nineteenth cen- tury, some time after the War of 1812. He attended the public schools of Wellfleet, and matriculated in Bowdoin College, whence he graduated with distinc- tion in 1840. Thereafter he undertook the study of theology, for two years, decided against it in favor of medicine, entered Dartmouth Medical School, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1844, after two years of intelligently directed and intensive study, assisted by the practical knowledge that he had gained in his father's office in Wellfleet. Dr. Thomas Newcomb Stone settled at once in the town of his birth, and began to practice, succeeding his father; through the thirty-one or thirty-two years of his professional activity here, he cared for families long thereto cared for by his father, and thereafter by his son. As physician his skill was never ques- tioned; his ranking in medico-fraternal circles of town, county and State was high indeed, and he was fortunately endowed with that manner which instills into patients the confidence necessary when life is said to hang by a hair, that hair being will to live. This psychological presence Dr. Stone exerted most beneficially; it was a rare case when he could not secure quickly and wholly the confidence of a patient. Not alone professionally but in every other connec- tion locally was Dr. Stone eminent. It is said by

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old inhabitants who remember him that he was the most influential man in Wellfleet. Although he had decided against theology in preference of medicine as a career, he was religiously inclined, and gifted as a speaker. His piety was absolute, and often, when requested, he supplied the pulpit. His sermons never lacked the soundest principles of Christianity, and were greatly appreciated, for Dr. Stone was more than eloquent: he was sincere. He supplied a num- ber of town offices; always a figure in political mat- ters, and dedicated to true representation, he was sent to the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1873 as Representative from his district; in 1874-75 he was elected State Senator. For thirty years he was chair- man of the Wellfleet School Board. Popular social- ly, and in all other ways, Dr. Stone was invariably asked to serve as presiding officer in civic functions; and seldom did he refuse; though oftentimes weary he was willing to spend what strength he had in service to others. Dr. Stone was a student of poetry, and himself wrote a book of poems, which he pub- lished privately, entitled "Cape Cod Rhymes." Critics of the time accorded it fair recognition on all points of judgment, and it is today the cherished possession of those whose fathers and mothers knew its author. He was a communicant of the First Congregational church, was devout in the service, taking a leading part in them, and generous in matters of charity, regardless of whether or not they were sponsored by his denomination, in a spirit humanitarian. Gen- erous too, with his professional skill, Dr. Stone per- formed in his profession for those in need, without charge, their gratitude and the knowledge in his heart that he had served humanity being a sufficient recompense.

On November 10, 1842, Dr. Stone was united in marriage with Hannah Daniels Atwood, in Well- fleet. Of this union were born children: 1. William Newcomb Atwood, born August 7, 1845, Doctor of Medicine, who died after some thirty years' practice in Wellfleet, as noted, in 1898, October 17. 2. Thom- as Newcomb Stone, Jr., born September 17, 1851. On November 16, 1854, Dr. Stone married (second) Nancy Beals Atwood, sister of his first wife, and daughter of William Newcomb and Polly Ryder (Bush) Atwood; and of this union there were born children: 1. Helen Louise, born August 28, 1858; mar- ried Frank H. Crowell of Massachusetts. 2. Anna- belle, born April 11, 1861; married, in Trenton, New Jersey, December 14, 1892, Oliver H. Linnell (q. v.), son of Oliver Nickerson and Adeline Gibbs (Rog- ers) Linnell, of Orleans, deceased. Mrs. Annabelle (Stone) Linnell resides with her husband in Well- fleet, where he has for a number of years been a funeral director. She is a talented woman of refine- ment and charm, and is cordially received into the social circles of Wellfleet, in which she has moved since girlhood days.

OLIVER HERBERT LINNELL-Member of a family old in the history of Barnstable County, Oli- ver Herbert Linnell, was born in Orleans, September 28, 1849, a son of Oliver Nickerson and Adeline Gibbs (Rogers) Linnell, both of whom were natives of the county. Oliver Nickerson Linnell was born in Orleans, on August 5, 1816; he died May 4, 1892. Adeline Gibbs (Rogers) Linnell was born in Orleans, November 11, 1825, and died in May, 1901. For many years Oliver Nickerson Linnell was a marble worker, possessed of a fine skill in this art and craft which has preserved his name to the principal fami- lies of Orleans. Early in life he went to sea, but abandoned it after marriage. In all he engaged in the cutting of marble over a period of forty-five years, and was most honorable in his dealings; a kindly man, generous, his loss was deeply regretted by the numbers of his friends in Orleans, and in Barnstable County, many of whom survive today.

Oliver Herbert Linnell received his education in the public schools of Orleans, and, like his father, went to sea. There he spent two or three years on fishing craft, then gave up the seafaring life for life on shore, joining his father in the marble working business in Orleans. He continued under the tute- lage of his father for three years, at the expiration of which time he had mastered the details of stone cut- ting sufficiently well to embark with confidence upon a business career of his own, in the same endeavor. This he did, in 1873, at the age of twenty-four years, in Wellfleet, where he has been located during the years succeeding to the present. In connection with the marble enterprise, in 1879, Mr. Linnell pur- chased the mortuary concern of Reuben Sparrow, and has conducted the two endeavors jointly since that year. He is known widely for his skill in marble cutting; his is the soul of an artist, and the execution of a master craftsman; his renditions on the cold medium flow with life and line, and are recognized for their beauty. Long ago Mr. Linnell ceased to cut the marbles personally, but he has constantly trained his craftsmen, and the skill that is his must make its way through their fingers before he is satis- fied. As funeral director he has attained to prominent place in the county; his parlors are quietly sumptuous and appropriate, and his service of the best in every respect. Mr. Linnell has taken a most active interest in affairs of Wellfleet, and has held a number of pub- lic offices, invariably with credit to himself and his supporters. Among these are the posts of constable, which he held for sixteen years; deputy sheriff, for sixteen years also; chairman of the Board of Select- men; assessor and overseer of the poor. for twelve years; and the Board of Health, since 1907, continu- ously. Since 1892 he has been a justice of the peace. Politically, then, it is apparent that Mr. Linnell retains a considerable influence; this he exercises to the best advantage of the community-at-large, con- scientiously, without fanfare or display. Though he was somewhat advanced in years when the United States declared existence of a state of war with Ger- many, Mr. Linnell served whenever possible on local boards and committees in charge of the prosecution

News of the death of the third Dr. Stone, Thomas Newcomb Stone, who, perhaps, did more than either of the other Drs. Stone for the community of Well- fleet, and who, undeniably, was a most influential man in all phases of life in this community, was received in sorrow deeply and universally felt. He died in the . of war work from within this country, and in the town where his father lived and died, where his chil- subscription of funds for the several Liberty Loan campaigns he was most active. Fraternally, he has been constantly interested for nearly twoscore years, notably in the Free and Accepted Masons. He joined the order in 1877, with membership in Adams Lodge, became a Royal Arch Mason, and has pro- ceeded through all chairs, holding all of the Masonic offices in town and district. Mr. Linnell is a com- dren were born, and the loss sustained by the imme- diate family was shared by the townspeople general- ly, rich and poor, weak and strong, alike. He was beloved of all, and his memory, and the memory of the noble works that he did still lives, and will con- tinue to live as long as the history of Wellfleet is read.

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municant of the Congregational church, devout in its service, and formerly was chairman of the parish com- mittee, over a period of twenty years. Toward char- ity he has ever been generous almost to excess, con- tributing to worthy appeals regardless of race or creed whence emanating, and without particular def- erence to the sponsorship of his own denomination, giving in a manner truly humanitarian. Of Mr. Lin- nell it is said by those who know him well: that he is a good, and an honorable man, just in his dealings, efficient in his affairs and in office, and a valuable citizen of community, State and nation.

Oliver Herbert Linnell was united in marriage, at Orleans, November 25, 1873 (first) with Augusta Tilden Knowles, who was born in Wellfleet, daugh- ter of Ephraim Thomas and Joanna (Hopkins) Knowles, the former a native of Truro, the latter of Wellfleet; and to this union were born children: 1. Ada Afton, January 2, 1876, deceased. 2. Florence Irving, born February 27, 1879. Mr. Linnell mar- ried (second), in Trenton, New Jersey, December 14, 1892, Annabelle Stone, daughter of Dr. Thomas N. Stone, who was for thirty years outstanding in the development of Wellfleet, as physician and citizen, and Nancy B. (Atwood) Stone, both deceased. The family of Stone has been long in the town of Well- fleet; for a period of ninety years, from the first decade of the nineteenth century until 1898, grand- father, father and son, practiced here as physicians, successively, the father taking over the clientele of the grandfather, and the son that of the father. All were honorable and valorous men, and talented in all manners, though especially in medicine. William Stone, the grandfather, served in the medical corps of the War of 1812, during the crucial year of 1814; his son, Dr. Thomas N. (q. v.), was considered by many to be the most influential man in Wellfleet; and his son, the grandson, brother or half-brother by a former marriage of Dr. Thomas N. Stone, of Mrs. Annabelle (Stone) Linnell, did not suffer the laurels of his family in medicine to grow wilted. The family of Stone has for nearly a century and a half been outstanding in this community. Mrs. Linnell is a woman in many ways gifted, and is active in the church, and socially. She is high in the estimation of all who come into contact with her.

HAROLD BRETT-Persons who keep abreast of current movements in art and illustration are fa- miliar with the name and work of Harold Brett, which has appeared in leading periodicals during the last two decades. His illustrations are a decided as- set to any text, for he holds that rare grasp so val- ued by illustrators-the ability to maintain the mood and tempo of the characters whom he portrays, as introduced to the reader by the writer. A close stu- dent of character, he is able to write that character through his medium, upon the faces and in the bear- ings of persons pictured. He gives to his work the best within himself, and finds in his own mind the severest criticisms of work done. If he pleases him- self, he realizes that an illustration will find the pleasure of others still more easily. His work is held in high esteem by contemporary artists, and by numbers of America's popular writers, who have come more and more to depend upon his pictures for the illustration of their short stories and special articles.

Harold Brett was born at Middleboro, son of George L. Brett, who was born at Brookline, and Emma (Snow) Brett, native of Harwich. From boy-

hood he felt an absorbing interest in drawing, and by the time he graduated from high school his tal- ent was quite well developed, though he had had little real instruction. It followed that he enrolled in the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston, there obtained a solid foundation for more advanced applications of his art, and upon completion of courses entered the Art Students' League, of New York City. Still la- ter, pursuant of specialized instruction, he was a student in the Howard Pyle School, of Wilmington, Delaware. Properly speaking, indeed, Mr. Brett has never ceased to be a student of his art, but brings to it each day and to each new commission a receptive mind for absorption of possible fresh de- tail and perfection of principle, technique and execu- tion. He gives the greater part of his time to his art. During the World War he' made some excellent posters for the Liberty Loan campaigns and other drives of patriotic appeal. For these he will be re- called by all of suitable years. It was during that period that his name became of national, and even international, renown. As a matter of fact, how- ever, his name was known nationally quite some time before the war, through his illustrations which appeared in such well-known publications as the "Ladies Home Journal"; in this publication, dur- ing the war, many of his pictures had to do with scenes of battle, illustrative of war stories and war articles. Aside from his work done for the Curtis Publishing Company (publishers of the "Ladies' Home Journal," "Saturday Evening Post," and "Country Gentleman") he has done pictures for "Harpers" and "Colliers," and other of the Na- tional magazines, and has contributed a great deal of matter to the publicity department of the Penn- sylvania Railroad System. His tastes for relaxation lie in the out-of-doors, nature generally, and vol- umes on historical subjects. His library is exten- sive, containing an imposing number of the classics, together with treatises on all manner of things.

To the people of North Chatham Mr. Brett needs no introduction, as he has resided here a long time. He lives in one of the most picturesque houses in all New England. It was erected in 1812, by Joshua Atkins, who was master of a schooner, and who brought the timbers for the house by water through the British blockade to North Chatham from Maine, where he himself had cut the timbers. In 1813 the house was christened "Old Squaretop," and by this name it is known today. Through careful renova- tion and redecoration Mr. Brett has preserved most of its original panelling. It is a showplace of Chat- ham-fitting residence and workshop for a celebrated illustrator. Numbers who come to see the house are much more interested in catching a glimpse of the artist than they profess to be in the historic structure.

When Joshua Atkins built "Old Squaretop" back in 1812 he did so for his bride. Harold Brett mar- ried, in Boston, Edith Elwell, of Boston, daughter of Charles E. Elwell, native of Rockport, Massachu- setts, and Emma O. Elwell, of Boston.

Mr. Brett also has space in the Fenway Studios, of Boston, where he spends much of his time. He is a familiar figure in Boston and New York City, and has a wide circle of intimates scattered through the world. He is a member of the Boston Art Club, the Salmagundi Club of New York City, and Eastward Ho! of 'Chatham.

Aside from his art Mr. Brett has diversified activi- ties, including those of relaxation and society. He is

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known for his public spiritedness in relation to the advancement projects undertaken in North Chatham, a liberal contributor to all worthy causes for which these movements are undertaken, and a loyal citizen of Cape Cod. Here on the Cape he has found much of his inspiration. He loves the Cape area and the peo- ple who dwell here, and finds in them genuine in- centive for the work that is his, just as his friend, Joseph C. Lincoln, has found inspiration for much of his best writing.

On the personal side, Mr. Brett owns a character notable for its gentility, an openness of manner that encourages friendliness from even the most aloof. Genial, he takes pleasure in conversation, and the stories he tells are of interest, particularly so when they concern his work. For essentially he is an ar- tist, and anything which has to do with his special field fuels the fires of his imagination.

JOSEPH LOTHROP ROGERS-A long and varied career has been that of Joseph Lothrop Rog- ers, who has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business since 1904, and since April, 1925, has been identified with Orleans, Associated, a real estate organization. Mr. Rogers was a carpenter for more than three decades, and a builder and con- tractor for several years, also served as town clerk of Orleans from 1923 to 1925, but from 1904 on, along with his other activities, he was engaged in the real estate and insurance business.

Joseph Whelden Rogers, a direct descendant of Thomas Rogers, who came on the "Mayflower," father of Mr. Rogers, was born in Orleans, and during his early years was engaged as a fisherman. Later he engaged in farming, and was active in public affairs, serving as deputy-sheriff, as moderator, as a member of the Board of Selectmen, and on the school com- mittee. He was also elected to represent his district in the State Legislature, and was one of the active and highly esteemed citizens of the town. He mar- ried Temperance Rogers, who was also a native of Orleans.

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History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 90

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