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Albert Perkins
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progressed Mr. Bazeley became more and more interested in State and National affairs. Ten years later, in 1909, he was elected Represen- tative to the Massachusetts State Legislature, on the Republican ticket, and he retained this office until the year 1912. At the end of that term he was elected State Senator and he served in that office with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents for the years 1913 to 1916 inclusive. During the year 1917 he returned once more to take up active work in his real estate business. In the year 1920 Mr. Bazeley was appointed commissioner of the Conservation Department of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, an office which he is holding at the date of the writing of this biog- raphy.
During the World War, Mr. Bazeley was appointed assistant executive manager of the Massachusetts Public Safety Commission. He also served as first lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps of the United States Army. Despite the many varied and exacting duties of the work in which he is engaged, Mr. Bazeley has nev- ertheless found time in which to take a keen and active interest in the club and social life of his city. He is a member of the Union Club, and the St. Botolph Club.
William Alliston Ley Bazeley married, Sep- tember 14, 1899, at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Margaret Chapin, a daughter of Henry and Laura (Thayer) Chapin. Mrs. Bazeley's fa- ther, Henry Chapin, is a noted lawyer and judge of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Bazeley are the parents of two daughters: 1. Louisa T. B., who was born in 1900. 2. Margaret Ley, born in 1905. Mr. Bazeley and his family maintain their residence at Uxbridge, Massa- chusetts, and at No. 116 Commonwealth Av- enue, Boston, Massachusetts, in which com- munity they attend the King's Chapel.
ALFRED DAVENPORT-One of the out- standing citizens of Boston, where he is en-
gaged prominently in the fire insurance busi- ness, Alfred Davenport leads in many of the affairs of his business colleagues, and is the junior member of the firm of William E. Dav- enport and Son. The name of Davenport itself has been associated for more than half a çen- tury with the insurance profession, and in his chosen field of endeavor Mr. Davenport has followed the course adopted by numerous others of the name.
Alfred Davenport was born in Boston, Mass- achusetts, on January 12, 1880, son of William Edwards and Elizabeth Violet (Irving) Dav- enport, and grandson of George E. Davenport, a recognized authority in his day in botanical circles and a member of the school committee of Medford, Massachusetts, for more than twenty-five years, in which capacity he was a widely known educator. William Edwards Davenport was graduated from the English High School, of Boston, and entered there- upon the insurance business, in which he has been active since that time. He possesses the Benjamin Franklin Medal, an honor which speaks for itself, and is senior member of the firm of William E. Davenport and Son. He has received highest honors from his associates in the insurance world, having served on dif- ferent committees, and was, at one time, vice- president of the Boston Protective Depart- ment.
Alfred Davenport, of whom this is a record, received his early education in the public and private schools of his community, and at- tended the Hopkinson School, once widely known in Boston, and afterward the Boston University School of Law. After finishing his professional training, he became engaged in the insurance business, in which he has re- mained for more than twenty-five years. He has been honored by the highest tribute that the fire insurance men can accord a member of such a business, having been elected to the vice-presidency of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, in which office he served for two years, and subsequently to the presidency, in which he also served for two years. He has
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become a recognized authority on fire preven- tion, having served as a member of an honor- ary commission for the State of Massachu- setts during the term of Governor Cox in 1925. He has been chairman and toastmaster of many banquets of insurance men, and, in fact, there is scarcely any branch of his calling in which he has not served in one way or an- other, and served faithfully and well.
Formerly, Mr. Davenport was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, having been elected in 1913, when he was a staunch supporter of Colonel Theodore Roose- velt and the Progressive party. At all times he has been active in local, State and national politics. In a fraternal way, he is also a leader, being a member of the Boston Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Mayflower Society. In his religious beliefs he is a true Christian, faith- ful to the tenents of religion, but he is not affiliated with any particular denomination.
Alfred Davenport married, in Malden, Mass- achusetts, on June 13, 1903, Edith Emerson Carleton, daughter of Edwin G. and Nellie (Shepard) Carleton. By this union there has been one child, Carleton Davenport, born June 15, 1904.
In addition to having one of the most com- plete family histories filed with the Mayflower Society, the Davenports of Boston have the dis- tinction of having now four male generations alive-William Edwards, Alfred, Carleton and Carleton Price Davenport-a fine picture of the group having been published recently in the photogravure sheet of one of the Boston papers. Carleton Davenport owns and lives in one of New England's oldest houses at Mar- blehead, a structure with a 200-year history. The city of Medford has honored George- E. Davenport by naming one of its largest school- houses the George E. Davenport School.
FRANK S. FORD-Having had thorough training in lines leading to the management of
his own business, Frank S. Ford, owner and manager of the Frank Ford Company's busi- ness at No. 163 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the best informed men in the accessories and radio needs in this section. Mr. Ford is the son of John and Catherine (McGrath) Ford, of Bangor, Maine, where his father was for thirty-five years a postal employee. He died on May 30, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Frank S. Ford was born at Bangor, Maine, on July 24, 1887. He attended the public school and the high school, there, and when he was sixteen years of age, he secured a place as apprentice machinist at the Union Iron Works, of Bangor, Maine. He remained in this position until he was twenty-one years of age, when he decided to make a change and went to Lynn, Massachusetts. This was in 1908. He got a position in the repair depart- ment of the Essex Garage and later became associated with the Pope-Hartford Agency, where he was superintendent of the repair department. He then accepted a position with ex-Governor Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts, as chauffeur, and held that post for two years. After that he took different jobs and in this way gained much varied and valuable experi- ence until 1917 when he went into the military service. At this time he enlisted as a private in the 225th United States Army Aviation Corps as a mechanic. This was on December 7, 1917. In July, 1918, he sailed overseas and was stationed in the air section at Edin- burgh, Scotland. He returned in 1918 and re- ceived his discharge at Camp Mills, New York, on December 16 of that year. After his re- turn to the States, Mr. Ford came to Boston and made a connection with Green and Swett, a pioneer firm handling radios and accessories. With this firm, Mr. Ford held first, the posi- tion of salesman and later became office man- ager, which position he held until July, 1925, when he opened his own business of general accessories and radio. He has built up and maintains a constantly growing business, and through proper advertising of his merchandise
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and his offers on exchanges of old instruments, he is serving the public in a way that not only makes friends but enables them to keep up with the progress in new instruments.
At Boston, Massachusetts, on June 15, 1924, Frank S. Ford married Mary E. Noyes, of Boston, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth (Mc- Donald) Noyes. Mr. Noyes was born in the State of Maine, and his wife in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have two children: 1. Joan Elizabeth, born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 9, 1925. 2. Mar- ilyn Louise, also born in Boston, March 22, 1926. Mr. Ford's favorite recreations are fish- ing and baseball. He and his family are mem- bers of the Roman Catholic church.
HENRY MORRIS SPERLING-With of- fices at No. 16 Beacon Street, Henry Morris Sperling is one of the most progressive of younger lawyers in the city of Boston. It is predicted by associates that his will be a no- table career.
Native of Massachusetts, Henry Morris Sper- ling was born at Hudson, February 4, 1902, son of Albert and Rhoda Sperling. Albert Sper- ling is a native of Russia, but came to the United States as a boy, unaccompanied. He took quarters in Boston and has been in con- tact with the city's commercial affairs from that time to the present (1928), though now in retirement. For a long period he engaged in the real estate business, in Boston. Rhoda Sperling was also born in Russia. She came to the United States very early in years and has spent her life in Boston's area. Albert and Rhoda Sperling are the parents of six children: 1. Ray Lillian, who is the wife of Harry Cross- man, of Brookline. 2. Frances, wife of H. M. Feldman, of Brighton. 3. Grace R., deceased, wife of Marcel Mekelburg, of Dorchester. 4. Celia, wife of Casper Cohen, of Brookline. 5.
Manuel, of Springfield, Massachusetts. 6. Hen- ry Morris, of whom follows.
When Henry Morris Sperling was one year old his parents removed their residence from Hudson to Marlborough, and there he attended several grades in grammar school. Later they removed to Chelsea, where he completed his elementary training, in Shurtleff Grammar School. He graduated from Chelsea High School in 1919, at the age of seventeen years, and matriculated thereafter in Boston Univer- sity Law School, from which he was gradu- ated in 1923, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar October 9, 1923, he has engaged in the prac- tice of his profession through the years suc- ceeding, and with the success herebefore re- marked upon. His favorite pastimes are golf and tennis, and he takes pleasure in watching baseball and football games. He is a member of the New Century Club of Boston, Milton Associates; and attends the Brookline Syna- gogue. His place of residence is Brookline. Mr. Sperling is unmarried.
ERNEST A. THOMPSON, a well-known attorney of Boston, Massachusetts, was born on November 6, 1882, at Cambridge, Massachu- setts. Mr. Thompson is a son of William V. and Charlotte I. (Pichard) Thompson. The father, William V. Thompson, was a convey- ancer of Cambridge.
His son, Ernest A. Thompson, received his preparatory education in the public schools of the community in which he was born, Cam- bridge, later attending the Cambridge High School, from which he graduated in the year 1902. He then entered Dartmouth College, and he graduated from there with the class of 1906, when he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. Following this, he attended the Har- vard Law School, graduating from there with
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the class of 1909, when he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws. Upon the completion of these courses of study, he became associated with the office of Powers & Hall. He re- mained with this concern until the year 1912 when he resigned from this position to estab- lish his own practice. Since that time he has continued in the general practice of law in Boston. In this work he has been eminently successful. Mr. Thompson is also conveyancer for the East Cambridge Savings Bank.
Mr. Thompson has actively participated in many phases of the City Government of Cam- bridge. During the period of the emergency created by the entry of the United States into the conflict of the World War, Mr. Thompson served on the Board of Examination and Reg- istration for the City of Boston. He has been equally active in his club and social life, for he is a member of the University Club, the Colony Club, Boston Athletic Association, the Charles River Country Club, and the college fraternity of Delta Tau Delta.
Ernest A. Thompson married, November 11, 1915, in Boston, Massachusetts, Florence Hind, a daughter of Thomas J. and Grace (Sheldon) Hind, of Boston. Mrs. Thompson's father, Thomas J. Hind, was a well-known roofing contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson maintain their residence in Brookline, Massachusetts.
ROBERT SALTONSTALL, prominent for many years in the Cotton Exchange world of Boston, Massachusetts, was born during the year 1870, at Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. Sal- tonsall is a son of William G. and Josephine (Lee) Saltonstall, both of whom are now de- ceased. William G. Saltonstall was for many years one of the men of note in the man- ufacturing world of Boston; and he was also a veteran of the Civil War, having served dur-
ing the period of that conflict in the United States Navy.
His son, Robert Saltonstall, received his early education at St. Mark's Preparatory School, in Southborough, Massachusetts, and he later attended Harvard University, gradua- ting from there in 1892, when he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediate- ly after the completion of these courses of study, he at once branched out for himself, obtaining his first real contact with the world of commerce when he became a part of the Pierce Manufacturing Company of New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, a concern with whom he remained for only a short time. He then re- signed to accept a much higher appointment with the firm of Charles E. Rogerson & Com- pany, cotton brokers of Boston. This proved to be a highly successful affiliation, and one which Mr. Saltonstall retained up until the time he resigned to take up his duties as trustee of the estate of Susan B. Cabot of Beverly. Mr. Saltonstall has also found time in which to assume a number of outside commercial in- terests, of course, and among the most im- portant of these is the work he performs as a director of the Edison Electric Illumination Company of Boston.
In his political preferences, Mr. Saltonstall is strongly inclined toward the Republican party, and as such has taken a prominent part in all local work. During the period of the emergency created by the entry of the United States into the conflict of the World War, he took a prominent part in all the Liberty and Victory Loan drives instituted by the United States Treasury Department, and he also ren- dered very material aid to various other com- mittees and boards formed for the purpose of giving the proper home support to our gallant troops in France. Mr. Saltonstall has also been active in the club and social life of his world, for he now holds membership in the Exchange Club, the Somerset Club, the Eastern Yacht Club, the Beverly Yacht Club, and the Brookline Country Club.
Robert Saltonstall married in 1903, in Bos-
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ton, Caroline Stevenson, a daughter of Robert H. and Caroline J. (Young) Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. Saltonstall are now the parents of six children: William G., Caroline S., Har- riet L., Robert, Jr., Henry, and Marjorie. Mr. Saltonstall and his family maintain their princi- pal residence at Milton, in which community they attend the Unitarian church.
ALBERT E. RUST-From apprentice boy at the age of eighteen years, Albert E. Rust became a member of the firm of Patterson & Company, wool dealers of Boston, when he was twenty-six, and president of the corpora- tion when he was thirty-one, as well as its treasurer. It was no accident of fate that brought Mr. Rust to this important position in a house that is more than a century old and one of the most successful in its line in the center of the wool trade. It was ability to fill an exacting post and the perspicacity to see an opportunity and to grasp it firmly when it was presented. Not only is he a busi- ness man of great skill, he is possessed of a personality that cements close friendships from casual acquaintances and draws to his business a valuable clientele by virtue of these qualities, added to a code of ethics that retains these thus attached. His civic virtues are also pro- nounced and give him a place of unquestioned standing in the affairs of the body politic. He is industrious, able, ambitious and just, all qualities that appeal to his fellow associates and the general commercial and social life, a popular and successful citizen.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 12, 1892, and received an elementary education in the public schools of Newton, also in its high school, afterward entering the wool business with the firm of Patterson & Company in 1910. This firm was founded by William Patterson in 1810 in Western Penn-
sylvania and was engaged there in breeding sheep and selling wool. William Patterson was succeeded in the business by his son, Alexander W., who removed it to Ohio and later to New York, where he reorganized it as Thompson & Patterson, a partnership exis- ting from 1874 to 1884, when it became A. W. Patterson & Son. Upon the death of Alexan- der W. Patterson in 1888, the firm of Patter- son Brothers was founded, and in 1892 removed to Boston. This partnership was dissolved in 1901 and William A. Patterson organized the firm of Patterson & Company, which was in- corporated as such in 1923. Mr. Rust began as an apprentice with the house and became a member of the firm in 1918, upon its incor- poration being chosen its treasurer and presi- dent, offices which he still continues to hold and administer. The business is located at No. 266 Summer Street, Boston. Mr. Rust is a Republican in politics. He belongs to the Boston Wool Trade Association and is affili- ated with the Dalhousie Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Newton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Cryptic Council, Royal and Select Masters; Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he is Warden; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Albert E. Rust married, in 1919, Alice U. Soden, of Newton, Massachusetts. They have one child, Albert E., Jr.
COLONEL HENRY EDWARDS RUS-
SELL-Long identified with the insurance busi- ness in Boston, Colonel Henry Edwards Rus- sell is a familiar figure and a man respected in the many commercial circles in the metropoli- tan area in which he moves. He is senior member of the insurance firm of OBrion, Rus- sell & Company, one of the most reliable houses of its kind in the city, possessed of an excel-
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lent reputation to which Mr. Russell has con- tributed more than liberally during his years of its direction.
Mr. Russell is a native of Boston. He was born on August 1, 1855, a son of Charles Theo- dore and Sarah Elizabeth (Ballister) Russell; grandson of Charles and Persis (Hastings) Russell, and of Joseph and Sarah (Yendell) Ballister. Mr. Russell received his academic training in the public and private schools of Cambridge, and in Greylock Institute, of Wil- liamstown, Massachusetts. He began his busi- ness career on November 1, 1871, at the age of sixteen years, in the employ of F. Nickerson & Company, shipping merchants, Boston, with whom he continued in all some fifteen years, until, in 1886, he thought to look elsewhere for personal advancement in commerce. In 1891, associated with Thomas L. OBrion, he organized the insurance firm which he has since directed as senior partner. While he has al- ways devoted the greater share of his activi- ties to business, Mr. Russell has not neglected other phases of life, and is active politically and fraternally. A Republican, he is loyal to the principles of government upheld by the party, and is possessed of a considerable influ- ence in matters political among acquaintances, which he exercises quietly and consistently to best effect for the city at large. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Co- lumbia Lodge; St. Andrew's Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, St. Bernard Commandery of Knights Templar; and holds the thirty-second degree in the Consistory. He is a member of the Algonquin Club, the Brookline Country Club, the Essex and the Exchange clubs, and the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters. For nine years Mr. Russell served in the First Corps of the Cadets of Boston, in 1891 on the staff of his brother, Governor William E. Rus- sell, of Massachusetts, holding the rank of colonel. During the World War, although somewhat advanced in years for duty in the military, Mr. Russell did serve, and tirelessly, on the boards and committees in charge of the prosecution of matters within this country, in
furtherance of the allied cause; and in the sev- eral campaigns for the Liberty Loan he was most instrumental in the securing of subscrip- tions. Toward charity Mr. Russell has ever been generously disposed, ready with both ma- terial and spiritual assistance whenever it is required.
On February 17, 1891, Mr. Russell was united in marriage with Frances Walker, daugh- ter of William Webster and Frances (Cook) Walker, of Brookline.
GEORGE O. RUSSELL-Having the dis- tinction to be a member of one of Massachu- etts' most important families, George O. Rus- sell, of Boston, is a direct descendant of Wil- liam Russell who came to America from Eng- land about 1640, and settled in Arlington. The Russell family traces its ancestry back to the nobility of England, being directly descended from Earl Russell, who was one of the famous nobles of his time. Another of Mr. Russell's famous ancestors was Jason Russell, who achieved fame in the early days of the Revolu- tionary War by his valorous service in defense of the American colonies, being killed by the British on the retreat after the battle of Lex- ington, when the patriots "fired the shot heard 'round the world."
Mr. Russell was born in Arlington, Decem- ber 4, 1864, son of Frank F. Russell, born in Arlington, who is deceased, and Clara L. (Blake) Russell, born in Newburgh, New York, who is still living.
George O. Russell was educated in the public schools of Arlington, completing his education in the high school there. He then entered the insurance field and has ever since continued in this line, accepting his first position in 1884. In 1886, he accepted a position with Horace E. Darling under whom he acquired an intimate knowledge of insurance conditions and their ef-
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fects, so that in 1893 he was admitted to part- nership with Mr. Darling, and the firm of Dar- ling & Russell was formed at that time, continu- ing successfully until 1909, when it merged with H. G. Fairfield, under the firm name of Russell & Fairfield. This organization conducts a large business in all kinds of insurance, representing many large and dependable insurance com- panies, while their clientele, large and distin- guished, extends over a considerable area of this State.
Mr. Russell's financial affiliations are as direc- tor of the Menotomy Trust Company and the Arlington Co-operative Bank, both of which exercise considerable influence in the banking circles of Arlington. He is a member of the In- surance Library Association, the Insurance So- ciety of Massachusetts, the Insurance Federa- tion, the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, and the Boston Protective Association. His social connections are with the Exchange Club, the Boston City Club, the Winchester Country Club and the Oakley Country Club. In politics, he is a follower of the principles of the Repub- lican party, and his religious attendance is at the Unitarian church. His hobby is golf, in which he finds great recreation and relaxation from active business cares.
George O. Russell married, in 1887, Emma F. Dupee, who was born in Arlington, and they have three children: Pauline, who attended Smith College; Eleanor, a graduate of Wellesley College; and George O., Jr., a graduate of Cul- ver Military Academy, Exeter Academy, and Harvard College; he also holds a second lieu- tenant's commission in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
THE HONORABLE ALVIN EVARTS BLISS-With an extended and an admirable record in the Massachusetts House of Repre- sentatives and Senate, and since· 1920 a mem- Bos.i-5
ber of the latter body, the Honorable Alvin Evarts Bliss is well known in Boston for his able statesmanship, is accounted one of the State's leaders in Republican politics, and is active not only in the general affairs of the capital city but also in Malden, where for many years he has made his home, and where are centered his commercial projects. After an experience amounting to some ten years in wholesale and retail drygoods and men's fur- nishings, Mr. Bliss, in 1886, became associated with the Malden Electric Light Company and has been connected with it constantly through the years succeeding. It is now known as the Malden Electric Company, having been pur- chased in 1888 by a syndicate and its style altered. As general superintendent of the com- pany, during the last four decades, he has con- tributed to the expansion of this public serv- ice organization. He is widely known and active in fraternal orders of Malden and Bos- ton. To an unusual degree, he combines a successful business career with the social and the legislative position that are his.
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