History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 74

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, editor
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 566

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Albert C. Brown married, on April 6, 1893, at Schenec- tady, New York, Anna B. See, daughter of Rev. William G. and Margaret B. (Van Dyck) See, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of three children: I. Margaret V. D., who was born April II, 1895, is a graduate of Dr. Sargent's School, of

Cambridge, and taught physical training in the public schools of Fitchburg until her marriage. She is now the wife of David H. McIntyre, who is stationed at Key West, Florida, as chief electrician and radio operator for the United States Navy. During the World War Mr. McIntyre served as radio officer attached to Ad- miral Sim's flagship, in foreign waters. 2. Gardner W., was. born April 22, 1898, and following his high school course covered a comprehensive course in electrical engi- neering at Worcester Technical Institute, later receiving his degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. During the World War he was active with the Officers' Reserve Training Corps, at Worcester Technical Institute. 3. William Lee, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 28, 1901, is a graduate of Boston University, class of 1922, and spent one year as student banker in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City. Since July, 1923, he has been at- tached to the foreign department of the First National Bank of Boston.

LOUIS A. McCARTHY-The electrical business which Mr. McCarthy owns in Leominster, Massachu- setts, is the largest dealing in electrical goods in this city, and is the result of his tireless efforts to make it a flourishing concern. He is a son of Owen E. McCarthy, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and engaged in the foundry business until death, and Bridget F. (Lennon) McCarthy, a native of Ireland, and still living in Leominster.

Louis A. McCarthy was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, July 3, 1877, and educated there in the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1896. For three years thereafter he worked at various things and finally decided to learn the electrical business by serv- ing an apprenticeship. In 1909 he became associated with the Leominster Electrical Company as an elec- trician, and rose to manager before severing his connec- tions with the company in 1917 to become the proprietor of his present business. He located at No. 67 Main Street, where, in addition to electrical contracting, he carries a general line of electrical goods and supplies, and is agent for the General Electric motors and lamps. Mr. McCarthy is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce. In religion he is a communicant in St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Leominster.

Mr. McCarthy married, on January 27, 1902, Abbie F. Stone, of Leominster, daughter of Augustus and Bridget (Gleason) Stone. Mrs. McCarthy is a member of the Leominster Country Club.

WILLIAM P. MALLAHY, who has won success in the undertaking business in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is one of the progressive men of the day in Northern Worcester County, and is also well known through his service in the World War. A native of this State, he is a' son of Michael and Margaret (Ryan) Mallahy, his paternal grandfather, Patrick Mallahy, being a noted figure in this section, a generation or two ago, and his maternal grandfather, Patrick Ryan, also being a worthy and respected citizen. Michael Mallahy was active in the grocery business in Fiskdale, Massachusetts, until his death, which occurred October 5, 1920.

William P. Mallahy was born in Fiskdale, Massa-

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chusetts, October 4, 1893. His education was begun in the public schools of Fiskdale, and he later attended Hitchcock Academy, at Brimfield, Massachusetts, then for about two years he was active as a bookkeeper in the employ of A. D. Cornell, a prominent coal dealer of Southbridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Mallahy, however, was ambitious to better himself, and determining to follow this line of endeavor, took a course at the New England Institute of Anatomy and Embalming. His graduation occurred in the year 1918, and before setting out upon his career he enlisted in the World War as a member of the 314 Infantry, 79th Division. He was stationed at Camp Meade until sailing overseas on July 7, 1918, and landing at Brest, France, on the fifteenth of the same month. He was detailed to a German prison camp at Souilly, France, where he remained for about eight months, and embarked for America from Brest on February 26, 1919. Receiving his honorable dis- charge from the service at Camp Devens on the seven- teenth of the following month, Mr. Mallahy returned to civilian life, locating in Fitchburg. Here he purchased the interest of the J. J. Phelan undertaking establish- ment, at No. 204 Water Street, Fitchburg. He has since been at the head of this business and, following progressive lines, has won marked success. Mr. Mal- lahy has a thoroughly complete and modern equipment, and is commanding an extensive and high-class patron- age. He is well known in fraternal circles, holding the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus, also being a a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fitchburg Post, No. 10, American Legion; and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a member of the Columbian Club, and attends St. Bernard's Church, also being a member of the Holy Name Society of that church.

William P. Mallahy married, on August 27, 1923, Julia Dacey, daughter of the late Patrick and Bridget (McGurn) Dacey.

JOHN LEE FAIRWEATHER, prominent in the manufacturing world of Worcester County, has won large success as a manufacturer of felt, satin, leather, and novelty slippers. Mr. Fairweather is a native of the city of Worcester, and a son of Samuel A. Fairweather, who was born at Collina, New Brunswick, Canada, and has spent the greater part of his life in the United States. He has for many years been a leading contrac- tor of the city of Worcester. The mother, Melvina (Joynes) Fairweather, was also born at Collina, New Brunswick, Canada, and is residing in Worcester.

John Lee Fairweather was born September 29, 1892, in Worcester, Massachusetts. His education was ac- quired in the public schools of Worcester and New York City, where the family lived for a time. After complet- ing his studies he entered the employ of a corset factory and spent ten years in this connection. During that period he was one of the organizers of the New Eng- land Corset Company, of Worcester, which, however, was sold in 1919. During his activity as a leading execu- tive of this concern, the New England Corset Company handled large government contracts for hospital corps belts, trench fans, and so forth. He disposed of his interest in the above concern in 1919 and bought out the present slipper factory. With his wide experience in

general factory management and the administration of industrial affairs, he took up the responsibilities of this interest with efficiency and energy, and its growth has been marked during the comparatively few years in which he has stood at the head. He has extended the scope of the business materially, and now manufactures practically every kind of slipper, plain and fancy, of such materials as felt, satin, leather, and so forth, for men, women and children. He thus covers the entire field in the manufacture of slippers. With a floor space of 15,000 square feet, this plant is one of the large and important slipper factories in Worcester County. As the executive head of this interest, which is known as the New England Slipper Company, Incor- porated, Mr. Fairweather is a prominent figure in the industrial world in the city of Worcester. He fills the offices of president and treasurer, and his large ability is counting for the progress of the concern. Mr. Fair- weather is a member of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, and while he has few interests except those of a business nature, he is a prominent member of Morning Star Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Hiram Council, Royal and Select Masters; Worcester County Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar; the consistory at Boston; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston.

Mr. Fairweather married Marion G. Banister, who was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and they have one daughter, Marion Jean, also born in Worcester.

JOHN W. PARSHLEY, as treasurer of the Fitch- burg Cooperative Bank, holds a prominent position in the financial world of Northern Worcester County and other business affiliations, also wide experience in busi- ness activities make him one of the well known exec- utives of the day. Mr. Parshley is a grandson of John Woodside and Mary (Rogers) Parshley, former resi- dents of Lewiston, Maine, and a son of Benjamin G. and Eva O. (Prouty) Parshley. His father, who was a carpenter by trade, died at a comparatively early age in 1908.

John W. Parshley was born in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, September 28, 1891. His education was begun in the local public schools, and he later made special prep- arations for a commercial career at the Fitchburg Busi- ness College. Meanwhile, at the age of thirteen years, Mr. Parshley secured employment in the Worsted Mills as band boy, then later was employed in the Iver John- son Cycle Works. He next acted as clerk in a grocery store, then spent a year in a shoe factory, operating a heeling machine. His next experience was in the em- ploy of the Oswald Mill, as roving boy, later working 'on the slubbers in the same mill for about three years. He was then active for about one year as office secre- tary of the Fitchburg Young Men's Christian Associ- ation, after which he accepted a position as clerk in the Fitchburg Safe Deposit and Trust Company, now known as the Fitchburg .Bank & Trust Company. This posi- tion he filled for about six years, then for one year acted as office manager of the Diadem Manufacturing Company of Fitchburg. In 1918 Mr. Parshley was made treasurer of the Fitchburg Cooperative Bank, in which capacity he still serves, thereby bearing a very

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practical part in present day advance in Northern Wor- cester County.

Fraternally he is affiliated with Charles W. Moore Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Fitchburg; and is a member of the Clark S. Simons Camp, Sons of Vet- erans. He received military training at Plattsburg, New York, in the year 1916, but was never called into active service. Mr. Parshley supports the Republican party, but has never thus far taken any leading position in · political affairs. He attends the Universalist church.

John W. Parshley married, at Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, May 7, 1917, Bertha May Joslin, daughter of Fred and Thekla (Becker) Joslin, and they have one daughter, Priscilla, born in Fitchburg, June 3, 1919.

NORMAN HARROWER was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 29, 1887, the son of Dr. David and Mary (Struthers) Harrower, for many years residents of that city, the father a leading physician. His educa- tion was begun in the private schools of his birthplace, and after completing the high school course he entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter entering the employ of the Springfield & Worcester Street Railway Company, he was engaged with that concern for about two years, then became as- sociated with the Crocker Burbank Company, of Fitch- burg, leading paper manufacturers. In this connection Mr. Harrower made a point of thoroughly mastering the business, and familiarized himself with the various de- partment of paper manufacture by the practical method of experience. He then became identified with Linton Brothers, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he was "active as an employee until May, 1913, when he became a member of the firm. In March, 1919, he became owner of this business and took over the personal man- agement of its activities. Later discontinuing the in- terest at Pawtucket and removing the plant to Fitch- burg, he has since been active here both as manufac- turer and as manufacturer's agent, handling the product of many New England mills in addition to his own.

Enlisting for service in the World War, in May, 1917, he was first stationed at Plattsburg, New York, where he received his commission as captain. Transferred to Camp Devens, he was there assigned to Division Head- quarters, where he was active until July, 1918. Then sailing overseas, Captain Harrower was attached to the Depot Division and served at St. Amand and later in the region of Commercy. Returning to America in April, 1919, Captain Harrower received his honorable discharge from the service at Camp Devens on the first day of the following month. Resuming the affairs of civilian life he has since been active along the same line of endeavor as prior to his military service. His other business affiliations include a trusteeship in the Fitch- burg Savings Bank, and a directorship in the Fitchburg Bank & Trust Company. He is a member of the Fay Club of Fitchburg; also of the Oak Hill Country Club.

Norman Harrower married, on September 4, 1920, at Ogunquit, Maine, Harriett Greeley, daughter of Fred- erick and Florence (Arnold) Greeley, of Chicago, Illi- nois. Mr. and Mrs. Harrower have one child, Norman, Jr., born September 23, 1921.

JOSEPH A. LOWE-The life work of Mr. Lowe has been in the paper industry, and he is now head of the Falulah Paper Company, whose specialty is coated card- board for advertising cards. Mr. Lowe entered the busi- . ness world in the industry of which his father was one of the founders, and growing up with the business he has made it his principal interest. A native of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, where his interests have always centered, Mr. Lowe is a son of Albert N. Lowe, who was born in Rindge, New Hampshire, March 12, 1852, and with his uncle, Seth L. Lowe, established the present enterprise in the year 1885. Albert N. Lowe is a man of large ability and practical experience. He carried the plant to a position of assured success, then on to leadership in its field; but for a number of years he has been retired from active participation in the affairs of the concern, except as a director, and has turned over his responsibilities to his son, whose name heads this review.

Joseph A. Lowe was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, January 20, 1883. Receiving his early education in the public schools of that city, he also attended high school, then entered Amherst College, from which he was grad- uated in the class of 1904, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He later took a partial course at Harvard Law School, and upon his return to Fitchburg entered the employ of the Falulah Paper Company. The product of this concern is wholly absorbed by the advertising trade, and the company's high standard of quality has kept the concern in the forefront in their field. Joseph A. Lowe at the beginning took a subordinate position in the office force, and familiarizing himself with every detail of the business, rose to the position of general manager and treasurer, which he now fills ably and efficiently. He has various other business affiliations, being a direc- tor of the Fitchburg Safety Fund National Bank, and a director of the Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce. He is prominent in social circles, holding membership in the Fay Club, also in the Oak Hill Country Club, in both of which he has been active as a director. He has also taken an active interest in the work of the local Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association, Visiting Nurses' Association, and other charitable organizations. He is considered a broadly representative citizen of Worcester County.

Mr. Lowe married Anne F. Kimball, who was born in Boothbay, Maine.

WILLIAM K. MORSE, for more than three decades, has been associated with the trucking business which now operates in Leominster and the surrounding territory, under the name of W. K. Morse & Company. He also has the largest garage for storage in the city of Leominster.

Curtis G. Morse, father of William K. and Clifton G., whose sketch follows, was a native of Lancaster, Massachusetts. After receiving a practical education in the public schools of his native district, he engaged in the trucking business, and in 1886 established, in Leo- minster, the concern which is now known as that of W. K. Morse & Company. During the Civil War he served as a private with the 36th Massachusetts Infantry, and he was to the time of his death a member of Charles

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A. Stevens Post, No. 53, Grand Army of the Republic. He died December 3, 1898. He married Charlotte Kill- burn, who was born December 25, 1842, daughter of Asa Killburn.

William K. Morse was born in Leominster, Massachu- setts, May 14, 1868, and after completing his course of study in the public schools became his father's associ- ate in the trucking business. That connection was main- tained until 1898, when he took over the entire business, and since that time he has continued to develop a most successful and lucrative enterprise. He does both light and heavy hauling, making a specialty of long distance work, and his business methods are both efficient and satisfactory to the public. His clearly worked out schedule of prices is public property, and his patrons are never left in doubt as to the actual expense of a prospective "haul." In addition to his trucking business Mr. Morse built, in 1920, a large garage for storage, which he has continued to conduct to the present time. It is the largest garage of its kind in the city, and is kept well filled. During the World War Mr. Morse en- listed and served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919, in Company D, IoIst Supply Train, Mobile Re- pair No. 1, and 106th Supply Company, Massachusetts National Guard. Eighteen months of this time was spent in France, and in 1919 he was discharged with the rank of top sergeant. Fraternally Mr. Morse is a mem- ber of Leominster Lodge, No. 86, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Leominster Lodge, No. 1237, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Leominster Post, No. 151, American Legion; and Leominster Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He has always taken an active in- terest in the welfare of Leominster, and is one of the active members of the Leominster Chamber of Com- merce. For eight years he served as Chief of the fire department and for eighteen years rendered efficient service as call man.

William K. Morse married (first), on December 3, 1890, Florence A. Haley, who was born in Groton, Massachusetts, and died in 1905. He married (second), July 15, 1914, Gazena Oakes, who was born in Water- town, New York. The children of the first marriage are : Mabelle, deceased; Ray C., who served for four years in the United States Navy, from 1910 to 1914; Harold S., who served during the World War on the United States ship "Houston," with the rank of able seaman.

CLIFTON G. MORSE, one of the native-born sons of Leominster, Massachusetts, who, after beginning his active career in one of the industrial plants of the city, has become part owner of a prosperous and growing business concern, is Clifton G. Morse, who, since 1913, has been a member of the W. K. Morse & Company concern, engaged in light and heavy trucking in all its branches.

Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, July 13, 1882, son of Curtis G. and Charlotte (Killburn) Morse, Clifton G. Morse received a good, practical education in the public schools of his native city, including the high school, and when school days were over found employ- ment in a comb factory, where he remained for a period of five years. He then left the comb factory and entered the employ of his brother, W. K. Morse, who was en-

gaged in the trucking business in Leominster. In 1913 he was taken into partnership with his brother under the firm name of W. K. Morse & Company, and since that time his full energy has been given to the rapidly growing business of that concern. The firm is engaged in light and heavy hauling, and they make a specialty of long distance work. "We go anywhere" is the state- ment made on their neat and concisely worded business card, which contains a carefully arranged schedule of prices covering all local work within a mile of Monu- ment Square. No patron of the firm need be in doubt as to what charges will be made if the work is local, for the schedule is a detailed one, and the firm cheer- fully gives estimates on long distance work. Mr. Morse is a member of the Leominster Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally is affiliated with Leominster Lodge, Royal Arcanum; and with Leominster Lodge, No. 1237, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks. He is an attendant of the First Methodist Church of Leominster.

Clifton G. Morse married, on November 10, 1910, Nellie Cronin, who was born in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, daughter of Joseph and Cathrine (Donnelly) Cronin.

HERBERT H. BOLLES-The career of Mr. Bolles, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is one of varied interests, and in his present activities as an undertaker and funeral director, he has won large prominence. He has been engaged in this general field of activity for about seventeen years, and during the greater part of that time in Fitchburg. Mr. Bolles is a native of the State of Vermont, and a son of Hiram R. and Emlaon (Lockwood) Bolles.

Herbert H. Bolles was born at Chester, Vermont, Oc- tober II, 1868. The family removed to Gardner, Massa- chusetts, when he was fifteen years of age, and his edu- cation was limited to the public schools of Vermont. His first experience in the business world was when but fifteen years of age, in the employ of John A. Dunn Company, of Gardner, manufacturers of chairs, baby car- riages, et cetera. Mr. Bolles remained with this con- cern continuously until the year 1906. During the last year or so of this connection he studied at the Massa- chusetts College of Embalming, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1906. Practicing this pro- fession for one year at Lowell, Massachusetts, he then returned to Worcester County and has since been active in Fitchburg as an undertaker and funeral director. With offices and chapel at No. 3 Lunenburg Street, he has developed a very noteworthy interest, his practice extending throughout the neighboring towns in this part of the State. Mr. Bolles is considered one of the largely successful men in this profession in Fitchburg. He has always kept in close touch with the progress of the profession generally, and his headquarters and equip- ment are thoroughly modern and up-to-date. His busi- ness ability is seconded by a broad appreciation of the ethics of the profession, and Mr. Bolles is considered a man whose character and temperament peculiarly fit him for the serious and sacred nature of his work. Various interests of the community and of the people command the attention of Mr. Bolles, and he is an influential mem- ber of the Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce, bearing a part in all public advance and supporting the Republican

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party in political affairs. Fraternally he is affiliated with Hope Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gard- ner; Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Fitch- burg; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar, of Gard- ner; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston; and the Masonic Club, of Fitchburg. He is further a member of the American Order of United Workmen, and the Rotary Club.

The military record of Herbert H. Bolles is one of interest to this history and one of distinction. He en- listed in the Massachusetts National Guard as a member of Company F, 2d Infantry Regiment, as private on May 23, 1887. He was promoted to corporal May 30, 1888, and to sergeant on May 27, 1889. In October of the same year he was made first sergeant, then on September 16, 1890, was promoted to second lieutenant. He re- ceived his commission as first lieutenant on May 9, 1894, and was commissioned captain on January 23, 1895. He was retired with the rank of captain in the year 1897, and while he was eager to enter the activity of the Span- ish-American War, the limited number of men re- quired for that incident precluded the possibility of his serving.

Herbert H. Bolles married, on June 2, 1890, Nellie M. Eaton, daughter of Amos and Lucinda (Saunders) Eaton, the ceremony taking place at Gardner, Massa- chusetts.

GEORGE SAWYER STONE-E. Wyman Stone, who died in April, 1903, was a farmer of Templeton Township, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all his life, a man of prosperity and high standing in his com- munity. He married Berdille Sawyer, also now de- ceased, and they were the parents of George Sawyer Stone, treasurer of the Templeton Savings Bank, of Otter River, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

George S. Stone was born at the home farm in Templeton Township, Worcester County, Massachu- setts, February 3, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of the district and has spent his life in Temple- ton Township His youth was spent as his father's helper, and as a lad, in 1895, he began to serve milk over a given route and for twenty-eight years he has been a milk dealer of Templeton Township and has con- ducted a farm for a great portion of that time. In 1914 he was elected assessor of taxes for the township of Templeton, serving three years (1923). He has also served four years as a member of the School Com- mittee, and since 1914 has been treasurer of the Temple- ton Savings Bank. During the war period 1917-18, Mr. Stone was captain of the local company of the State Guard, and was helpful in all the activities of that period.

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History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. III, Part 74

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, editor Publication date: 1924 Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 566

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, editor
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 566