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Mr. Hagerty was born in Woburn, January
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8, 1893, son of Timothy F. Hagerty, who was born in Boston, and Mary E. (Doyle) Hagerty, born in Woburn. Timothy F. Hagerty has been connected with the United States Postal Service for many years, having formerly served as post- master in the city of Woburn, while at the present time he holds the post of examiner of all stations in the Boston Postal District.
William D. Hagerty was educated in the pub- lic schools of Woburn, and after high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1911, he entered upon his business career. Choosing the wool business, his first post was with Crummins & Pierce Company, Boston, with whom he remained for eleven years, ad- vancing steadily during that period to positions of increased responsibility. In 1921, this com- pany went out of business, and Mr. Hagerty, who had been for several years previous a stock- holder in the firm, next accepted a situation with Draper & Company, Incorporated, of Boston, but after one year in that connection became as- sociated with Blake, Vaas & Killegrew Com- pany, this city, with which organization he was identified until 1926, when he resigned to go into business for himself. With his complete knowl- edge of the trade and thorough experience with every branch of the textile industry, Mr. Hag- erty is in position to adequately supply all de- mands from the various manufacturers with the necessary products. As before mentioned, he deals in all kinds of wool, noils and waste, and has trade connections with the leading manu- facturers of New England and New York State, besides which he is a popular figure among the wool brokers of Boston. In the life of this city he takes an active part, being an energetic and enthusiastic supporter of everything that tends toward municipal advancement or improvement, while in politics he is a staunch member of the Republican party. He is a member of the Bos- ton City Club and of the Boston Wool Trade Association. During the recent World War Mr. Hagerty served in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Intelligence Division, with headquarters at Washington, District of Co- lumbia.
William D. Hagerty married, in 1920, Alice J. Brolley, who was born in Albany, New York, and they are the parents of three children: Fran- cis, Paul, and Martin. He resides with his fam- ily at No. 577 School Street, Belmont, Massa- chusetts.
SOLOMON J. BARNET-As president of J. S. Barnet and Sons, Inc., Solomon J. Barnet heads one of the largest companies manufactur- ing calfskin leather in Boston today. Jonas S. Barnet, the founder of the firm, was a man of wide experience in the leather business, having previously owned a company in Little Falls, New York, and when, in association with his sons, he established the business in Boston, it was immediately successful. The record of this company has been one of constant expansion and growth, and Solomon J. Barnet, who suc- ceeded his father as president upon the latter's death in 1905, nas ably directed the business since that time along broad, constructive lines.
Solomon J. Barnet was born on March 28, 1877, at Albany, New York, a son of Jonas S. and Hannah (Dick) Barnet, both of whom were born in Bavaria, Germany. He attended the public schools and the high school at Little Falls, New York, and when he completed his education he began work with his father in the leather tanning business at Little Falls. The company there had been in operation since 1873, under the name of J. S. Barnet and Brother, and Mr. Barnet remained, in various capacities, until the business was sold in 1905. In that year he came to Boston to assist in the establishment of J. S. Barnet and Sons, Inc., Jonas S. Barnet, S. J. Barnet, Lucius J. Barnet and Howard J. Barnet being members of the firm. Selling of- fices were located at No. 75 South Street, Bos- ton, and the tannery at Lynn, Massachusetts, and the business was continued as a partnership until the death of Jonas S. Barnet, when it was
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incorporated. At this time Solomon J. Barnet was made president and treasurer, Lucius J. Barnet was made vice-president, and Howard J. Barnet was made secretary. This arrange- ment continued up to a few years ago, when Lucius J. Barnet retired; then the officers were. formed as follows: Solomon J. Barnet continued as president and treasurer, Howard J. Barnet was made vice-president and Carl J. Barnet was made secretary, and this arrangement has since continued. The company has specialized in the tanning of calf leather, having a capacity of over 5,000 skins a day, and the fine quality of their products, which are sold under the trade names of "Barlyn," "Thoroughbred," and "Tenrab," is universally recognized.
Politically, Solomon J. Barnet supports the principles and candidates of the Republican party. He is affiliated, fraternally, with the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of Little Falls Lodge, and Mt. Sutton Chapter. He is a member of the Oxford Club, the Kern- wood Country Club, the Boston Republican Club, the New England Shoe and Leather As- sociation, the Tanners' Council of America, the Boston and Lynn Chambers of Commerce, and the Lynn Rotary Club. Much of his spare time he devotes to literature and music.
In 1909, Solomon J. Barnet married Sara Her- man, who was born in Boston, and they are the parents of one child: John S.
Howard J. Barnet, a member of the Barnet firm, was born on June 14, 1887, at Little Falls, New York. He was educated in the public schools and the high school there, and later at- tended Phillips-Exeter Academy. In 1905 he joined his father and brothers as a member of J. S. Barnet and Sons, Inc. Politically, he is a member of the Republican party, and he is a member of the Kernwood Country Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Lynn Cham- ber of Commerce, and the New England Shoe and Leather Association. He is given to find- ing relaxation in golf. In 1916, he married Ruth Herman, who was born in Boston, and their children are: Howard J., Robert, and James.
Car1 J. Barnet, who is also an associate in
the business, was born in Little Falls, New York, on November 21, 1891. He attended the public schools of Little Falls, the Brookline (Massachusetts) High School, and later entered Harvard University, where he was graduated in 1912 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. When he completed his education he also became a member of the firm of J. S. Barnet and Sons, Inc., of which, since 1928, he has been secretary. He is a member of the Kernwood Country Club, and the New England Shoe and Leather Asso- ciation, and in politics is a member of the Re- publican party. During the World War he en- listed in the United States Army, serving first at the Plattsburg Training Camp and later in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, as captain in the Quartermaster's Corps, . He is fond of tennis and music. In 1920, Carl J. Barnet married Margaret Block, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and they are the par- ents of two children: Carl J., Jr., and Thomas.
JAMES JACKSON-The success of great families depends not upon the accomplish- ments of one generation but the ability to re- peat or add to achievements, and it is well to note that the Jackson family, of which James Jackson, Boston banker, is a member, has al- ways been able to transmit its genius from one age to another. Family coherence has been a Jacksonian characteristic; in the first place, the ancestors have made an honorable record; sec- ondly, the descendants have sought to emulate it, and have succeeded remarkably well. For in- stance, from 1802 to 1806 the great-great-grand- father of Mr. Jackson was treasurer of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, and, 1919, Mr. Jackson himself was appointed to the same po- sition by Governor Calvin Coolidge, now (1928) President of the United States, and Mr. Jackson was elected to the position by the voters for a regular term. He entered the race for Govern-
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or in 1924, at the end of his term, on the Re- publican ticket against Governor Fuller, and made an exceptionally stronge race. His early business training was had under the tutelage of his able father, of the firm of Lee Higginson & Company, New York City bankers; so we find him, while following in the footsteps of his fore- bears, creating his own atmosphere and deserv- ing his own successes.
Mr. Jackson was born in Boston in 1881, son of James Jackson and Rebecca N. (Borland) Jackson, both representatives of splendid old families who have contributed much to Ameri- can life. He attended the Noble and Greenough schools, where he proved an apt pupil; then Groton School, at Groton, Massachusetts, and finally matriculated at Harvard University, Cam- bridge, from which institution he was graduated in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1905 he entered the firm with which his father was connected, in order to learn the bank- ing business, and remained with it a decade, in which time he developed unusual ability. In 1915 he became associated with the State Street Trust Company as vice-president. In 1917 he was appointed manager of the New England District of the American Red Cross, having been denied active military duty in the World War because of physical disability, having an impaired hearing. He also served with conspic- uous ability on Liberty Loan campaigns and in general commercial activity bent to winning the conflict. In 1919 Governor Coolidge appointed him to fill an unexpired term as Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in 1920 he was elected to serve four more years, leaving the office at that time, after having served with a fine record, to enter the race for Governor, as indicated above. He then became associated with Redmond & Company of New York, and subsequently established a firm of his own, Jackson Storer and Company, for the transaction of an investment banking business. He is a director of the State Street Trust Com- pany, in which his counsels are of great assist- ance to his associates in the formulation of major policies. His principal club associations
are with the City Club, the New York Yacht Club and the Eastern Yacht Club. He was a member of the board of vestrymen of the Em- manuel Church, but resigned.
Mr. Jackson married, at Medford, in 1904, Rachel Brooks, a daughter of Shepherd and Clara (Gardner) Brooks, her father a profes- sional trustee of estates, and her mother also a member of a family of accomplishment and cul- ture. Their children have been seven: James, Jr., Helen, Rachel, Elizabeth, Frances Gardner, Madeline, and Clara Jackson.
HERBERT E. GUTTERSON-Foremost among the industrial activities which have aided in the development and progress of New Eng- land has been the manufacture of leather goods, both in the finished products and raw materials which carry the name and fame of this section all over the world. Prominent in this line of en- deavor is Herbert E. Gutterson, of Boston, who has been identified continuously with this great industry since 1884 and is today president and general manager of the substantial firm of H. E. Gutterson Company, located at No. 210 South Street, which is one of the largest independent concerns for the manufacture of sheep-skin leather in New England. Mr. Gutterson foun- ded the present business in 1894 and by his untiring energy and keenly proficient direction has been successful in building up an organiza- tion which ranks among the leaders in its trade.
Mr. Gutterson was born in Hingham, July 1, 1866, son of William E. Gutterson, who died in 1899, and Sarah Frances (Lord) Gutterson, who was born in Boston and is now deceased. William E. Gutterson was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and was successfully engaged in the lumber trade, being the owner of the Gutterson Wharf in Boston.
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Herbert E. Gutterson was educated in the public schools of Boston, and graduated from Boston English High School with the class of 1884. In that same year, he embarked on his business career and chose the leather industry, becoming associated with George Emerson and Company, of Boston, with whom he remained until 1894. He then branched out for himself and founded the Herbert E. Gutterson and Company, which he operated alone until 1909, when the firm was incorporated. The officers are as follows: Herbert E. Gutterson, presi- dent and general manager; Albert J. Hawke, treasurer; Eugene Bissell, vice-president. This establishment now has an output of six hun- dred dozen sheep-skins per day, and although up until 1925 they furnished leather almost ex- clusively for shoe manufacture, since that time they have furnished leather products for all types of manufacture. The company maintains its own agencies in the principal cities of the United States and also retains one agent in Cuba and throughout Central America, con- ducting a large export trade. The success of this enterprise has been due to the efficient and progressive management of Mr. Gutterson and Mr. Hawke, and to the thorough maintenance of their original policy of supplying only the highest quality materials and carrying on all business deals with integrity and courtesy. Mr. Gutterson is a true public-spirited citizen and answers generously all appeals for aid or as- sistance in behalf of his fellow-men or muni- cipal improvement. He is a Republican in pol- itics, and his religious adherence is given to the Brighton Congregational Church. He is a member of the Commonwealth Country Club, and his hobbies are golf, traveling and yacht- ing. Mr. Gutterson is interested in the com- mercial and industrial life of the city also as a director in the F. L. & J. C. Codmam Com- pany, manufacturers of buff wheels. Always athletic and fond of sports, while a student at Boston English High School, he was a mem- ber of the baseball team and was captain of the team of 1884.
Herbert E. Gutterson married, in 1896, Eve-
lyn Pearson, who was born in Boston, and they have one son: Lyman Pearson, a director in the H. E. Gutterson Company.
EDWIN CRANDELL BARRINGER-
Boston may well be proud of her long list of able men of the legal profession. Among those who have achieved success is Edwin Crandell Barringer, who is a graduate of Bos- ton University Law School. The story of how Mr. Barringer financed his own educa- tion and persistently held to his purpose until his goal was achieved is one of interest and inspiration and well worthy of permanent rec- ord.
The Barringer family came to this country from Holland in 1813, and settled in Schenec- tady and Dutchess counties, in New York State. The grandmother of Edwin Crandell Barringer was a Simpson. Frank A. Bar- ringer, father of Mr. Barringer, was born in Kinderhook, New York, January 4, 1838, and is living retired in Canaan, New York. He was a paper manufacturer and was the pio- neer in the manufacture of paper from wood pulp. During the Civil War he served in the Twenty-second New York Division, and he still feels the effect of a wound in the foot received in action. He married Mary A. Crandell, who was born July 4, 1850, and was reared near Kinderhook, New York, and who is still living. They became the parents of eight children, of whom the follow- ing four are living: Carrie L., wife of Ed- ward A. Booth, of Bennington, Vermont; Ed- win Crandell, of further mention; Harry D., of Waterbury, Connecticut; and Grace D., wife of Walter L. Blaine, who lives in Canaan, New York.
Edwin Crandell Barringer, son of Frank A. and Mary A. (Crandell) Barringer, was born in Chatham, New York, April 25, 1875. His
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parents removed to Canaan, New York, while he was still an infant, and there, in the little old wooden schoolhouse, the kind which fig- ures in the early lives of so many of New England's successful men, Mr. Barringer re- ceived his early school training. In winter and in summer he partly earned his way by working in a Pittsfield store, for which service he received the sum of three dollars weekly. He continued in the local school and with his work in the store until he was sixteen, and then entered railroad employ. In this connec- tion he gave such careful attention to business, displayed so much ability and proved to be so dependable, that he was a train dispatcher at the age of eighteen years. While working in railroad employ he was also continuing his studies, and when he was twenty he came to Boston. Here he attended a preparatory school, even though he was past the usual preparatory age, working in a railroad position during his time out of school. In 1906 he was graduated from the preparatory school which he had at- tended intermittently for a period of nine years, and the following fall he entered Bos- ton University, from which he was graduated in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1910, and since that time has been continuous- ly engaged in general legal practice in Boston. In addition to the responsibilities of his private practice, Mr. Barringer has been active in pub- lic affairs and has been a candidate for the Lower House of the Legislature, nominated on the Progressive ticket.
While achieving success in his profession Mr. Barringer has found time for numerous recreational and educational interests. He has a fine library containing about fourteen hun- dred volumes, exclusive of his law library, and he is also interested in music. He plays a cornet and for some time led a rural band. He is also interested in oriental rugs. Frater- nally, he is identified with the Masonic Order, including Omar Grotto, Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm; and he is also a member of the Square and Compass Club. His relig-
ious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Barringer is unmarried.
HENRY E. JOHNSON-Having been ac- tive in the business life of Boston since 1887, Henry E. Johnson is one of the city's best- known insurance underwriters and a popular figure in the various social and fraternal or- ganizations of this Metropolitan District. Mr. Johnson has the honor to be a direct descend- ant of one of New England's earliest pioneers, Edmund Johnson, who settled in North Hamp- ton, New Hampshire, about 1635, the progeni- tor of a family which has been ultimately con- nected with the history of this section during the succeeding generations. He is also de- scended directly from Dr. Samuel Swett, who served with great distinction and bravery as a surgeon during the Revolutionary War, ren- dering great aid to the valorous soldiers in the Continental Army. Mr. Johnson heads the firm of Henry E. Johnson, which he estab- lished about 1895, with offices at No. 18 Oliver Street, where he specializes in fire insurance work and is well and favorably known through- out the entire city and State as one of the most efficient and successful adjusters of fire losses.
Mr. Johnson was born in Passadumkeag, Maine, November 22, 1861, son of Samuel M. and Frances A. (Gilbert) Johnson. His fa- ther was born in Brownville, Maine, and was a shoemaker by trade. He enlisted at the out- break of the Civil War and was killed in ac- tion at Deaconville, Virginia. His mother was born in North Brookfield, and died in 1923.
Henry E. Johnson was educated in the pub- lic schools of Melrose, and after high school embarked on his business career, accepting first a position with the Wakefield Rattan Com- pany at Wakefield, remaining with this in- dustrial concern for eight years. In 1887, he entered the insurance world and formed a part-
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nership under the firm name of Westgate & Johnson which was successful in transacting business in Boston for about eight years. Then the name of the organization was changed to its present form, Henry E. Johnson, and as such has ever since continued, growing steadily and building up a reputation for thorough and de- pendable work, occupying a position of high prestige among the underwriters of the metrop- olis. Mr. Johnson, apart from business, de- votes much of his time to local organizations of a civic, historical and fraternal nature, and has always given generously of his time and support to every municipal campaign for pub- lic improvements or philanthropic work. He assists city development and progress materi- ally by his membership in the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, and he is also active in the New England Genealogical Society and the Sons of the American Revolution. His fra- ternal affiliations are with the Wyoming Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Waverly Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he was secre- tary for several years; Hugh De Payen Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and the Sons of Veterans. In politics he votes the Independent ticket, preferring to select his own particular candidate rather than align himself with any particular party. His religious adherence is given to the Congregational church. His hob- by is that of fancy pigeon raising.
Henry E. Johnson married, in 1893, Hattie F. Elliot, born in Falmouth, Maine, and they are the parents of one son: Henry Elliot, who served in the United States Navy during the World War, holding the rank of ensign, being cited for rescue work at the Halifax Explosion, and wounded by an exploding bomb in the Mediterranean Sea. Mrs. Johnson comes of a prominent, old New England family, and is a direct descendant of Colonel John Goff.
GEORGE WHITEHORNE REED-Turn- ing from the insurance business to that of
manufacturing and thence to the law as a life profession, George Whitehorne Reed, of Bos- ton, has in a few years established a high rep- utation for himself as a practitioner and advo- cate before the highest courts of the land.
He was born in New York City, August 18, 1870, a son of George W. Reed, a veteran of the Civil War, who was severely wounded in that conflict and died in New York City, at the age of forty-six years. His mother was Sarah Augusta Reed, born and deceased in New York City, 1850-1886. They were the parents of three children, all at this writing, living; George Whitehorne, of whom further; Theodore M., of Newton, Massachusetts; and Joseph Ambrose, of Tennessee.
George W. Reed received his education in. the public elementary schools of New York City, leaving in 1884 to engage in the insur- ance business in his native city, which he con- tinued for three years. He then became asso- ciated with a concern manufacturing webs, with factory at Newport, Rhode Island, and at twenty-two years of age was the New York representative of the house. He held this post until 1894, and then entered the Lighthouse Department, afterward beginning the study of
law, graduating and being admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1903. He has been suc- cessively admitted to practice before the high- est court of this State and before the Supreme Court of the United States. In Massachusetts he practices before the United States Circuit Court and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. He is president of the Reade Genea- logical Society of Boston and a member of the Middlesex Bar Association. He makes his home at No. 58 Reed Street, Lexington, Mass- achusetts. He served with distinction in the army during the World War, holding a com- mission as captain in the Quartermaster's Corps, with station at Camp Lee, Virginia, and else- where. He also served in this corps in New York City, where he was assistant to the Zone Supply Officer and was also engaged in the settlement of war contracts in the office of the Quartermaster General of the Army. No-
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vember 23, 1920, he was commissioned a re- serve captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department. The Reed stock is originally English, their descent coming directly from an officer in the army of Oliver Cromwell, his own descendants coming to America and setling in Rhode Island, near Providence, in 1660.
George Whitehorne Reed married, in Frank- lin, Massachusetts, October 10, 1893, Eudora Sherman Kelly, of Newport, Rhode Island, a daughter of James R. Kelly, a major in the United States Army, deceased, and a grand- niece of Major-General Thomas Sherman, of Civil War fame. They have two children, both living: Virginia Marie, born March 15, 1897; and Sherman Whitehorne, born May 18, 1899.
W. NEWTON HARLOW-More than an ordinary interest in the political activities of his community, which he early adopted as ad- ditional to his chosen field of business, has been a valuable asset to W. Newton Harlow, of Boston, by bringing into his realm of action large numbers of clients who might not other- wise have been so attracted. It is the virile citizen whose work brings recognition from all sides, the man who displays sincere regard for the welfare of his fellows as well as his own who more quickly wins his way to the front. Such a citizen has been Mr. Harlow, one of the very successful insurance men of the city. Essentially an outdoor man, a keen disciple of Izaak Walton, he is a natural maker of friends, a condition spelling success with a capital "S."
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