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Joshua B. Clark was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, November 20, 1888, son of George R. Clark, a native of Walpole, New Hampshire, and Belle (Robertson) Clark, of Mattoon, Illinois. He was educated in the public elementary and high schools of Boston, and then went to Dartmouth College, gradu- ating in 1911. In 1921 he became a member . of the firm of Williams & Clark, general agents for Boston for the State Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1925 Paul C. San- born (q. v.) was taken into this partnership, the offices being at No. 50 Congress Street.
Joshua B. Clark married, December 15, 1920, Alva B. Ohlund, of Cambridge. Their children are: Joshua B., Richard N., and Theodore R.
AMOS LEAVITT TAYLOR-Willingness to work coupled with natural ability has been the secret of the success of the American who has come from the New England farms. Amos Leavitt Taylor, a descendant of New England pioneers who came to this country in the year
1636, has been handmarked by the ability to work which is characteristic of all our New England forebears.
He was born in Danbury, New Hampshire, February 22, 1877. He is a son of Frank Leavitt Taylor, who was born May 19, 1844, and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor, born June 10, 1844. Frank Leavitt Taylor was a pros- perous farmer and country squire, much in- terested and of prominence in educational and political affairs, and of high standing in his · community. The paternal grandparents of Amos Leavitt Taylor were Moses Leavitt and Rebecca (Reed) Taylor; and the maternal, Newell S. and Elvira A. (Moore) Martin. The family was founded in its American origin by Anthony Taylor, who came to this country in the year 1636, when he settled at Strawberry Bank, now Portsmouth, New Hampshire. De- scendants of Anthony Taylor have attained to eminence in their chosen careers, and the name has stood for persons high in medicine, law, statecraft and commerce.
Amos L. Taylor first attended the ungraded schools of his native community of Danbury, New Hampshire, then attended the graded schools and one year of high school in Frank- lin, New Hampshire. He prepared for college during three years at Phillips-Andover Acad- emy, Andover, Massachusetts, and in the fall of 1897 entered Brown University, from which he received a degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1901. In the fall of 1901 he entered Boston University School of Law and in 1903 grad- uated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude.
His life-work has been divided into three main branches. First, his profession; second, service to the community in which he lives and to his party; and third, recreation. As an at- torney Mr. Taylor was admitted to the bar on August 21, 1903. He has practiced with suc- cess since that time in Boston. He was ad- mitted to the bar of the United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit in 1904 and in the same year to the New Hampshire bar. In 1911 he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme
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Court of the United States. Upon being ad- mitted to the bar, Mr. Taylor became associ- ated with the law firm of Adams & Blinn, and this connection endured from 1903 to 1912, when he became a partner with George R. Blinn. They continued the firm under the name of Adams & Blinn until 1926, when Mr. Taylor became surviving head. He is now en- gaged in a broad general practice, specializing in financial, trust and corporation matters. His offices are at No. 40 Court Street, Boston.
From 1911 to 1920 he lectured in Pace In- stitute of Accountancy, of Boston, and in this connection, for use from the platform and for the guidance of students, he prepared a book, which has been published under the name, "Corporation Law in Massachusetts."
In connection with his profession he has built up broad business connections. He is president and director of the Belmont Trust Company. He is director and member of the executive committee of the Waverley Trust Company. He is a director of the Waverley Co-operative Bank and member of the corpora- tion of the Belmont Savings Bank. He is vice- president and director of Carbone, Incorpo- rated, and trustee of the Decatur & Hopkins Building Trust, and is associated as director with a large number of corporations. He is also trustee under many established trusts. He has been town counsel for the town of Bel- mont since the year 1908 and is regarded as an authority on municipal law. He belongs to the Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and Ameri- can Bar associations. He has taken part as counsel in many important cases decided by courts of last resort.
Politically, Mr. Taylor has always been ac- tive, but he has steadfastly refused to hold of- fice, feeling that he could be of greater service as a party worker. He is a lifelong Republican and served for many years as a member (and chairman during the years 1916-1926) of the Belmont Republican Town Committee. He is a member of the Republican State Committee, of which he has been secretary and is now the chairman. He was also an alternate delegate
to the Republican National Convention in 1924. For recreation, Mr. Taylor in his younger days most enjoyed tennis. Later he has played golf, somewhat. He has been especially interested in fishing and has visited the Maine Woods and the Florida Keys for this purpose. He has to his credit a one hun- dred and twenty-five-pound Jew fish, which he caught off the Florida Keys, and a mighty tar- pon taken after a thrilling two-hour fight, weighing two hundred and twenty-five pounds.
He is a member and Past Master of the two Masonic lodges in Belmont, a member of Bel- mont Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; St. Ber- nard Commandery, Knights Templar; and Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of the Fifth Walt- ham Masonic District for 1928-1929. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason. He is a communicant of the Unitarian church, and sec- retary, and member of the parish committee, of the First Church in Belmont. He is a mem- ber of the Academy of Political Science of New York, and of the following clubs: Economic, of Boston, Oakley Country, University, Massa- chusetts, Roosevelt, Belmont Rotary, and Re- publican of Massachusetts.
On June 16, 1906, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Myra Lillian Fairbank, daugh- ter of Nathan P. and Jennie F. (Jewett) Fair- bank. Mrs. Taylor is a granddaughter of Henry and Mary (Caldwell) Jewett, and of Parker and Emily Fairbank; and is descended from Jonathan Fairbank, who came from England to Dedham, Massachusetts, in Colonial days. To this union were born two children: Amos Leavitt, Jr., and Elizabeth Fairbank.
ARTHUR W. BURKE-A prominent fig- ure in New England insurance circles, Arthur W. Burke opened the first Boston branch of the Accident and Liability Department of the Atna Life Insurance Company of Hartford
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in 1902, and has ever since acted as general agent for the Ætna Life and Affiliated Com- panies, with offices at No. 40 Broad Street.
Mr. Burke comes from one of the oldest fam- ilies in Massachusetts, being a direct descend- ant of Francis Cooke, who was one of the pas- sengers on the original voyage of the "May- flower," which landed at Plymouth, December, 1620, and he takes a prominent part in all patriotic and historical organizations. In civic affairs, he displays an active interest and is an enthusiastic supporter of all projects for municipal improvement and progress.
Mr. Burke was born in Chelsea, September 1, 1876, son of George W. Burke, who was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Hannah L. (Cruikshank) Burke, both of whom are deceased. George W. Burke was engaged in the insurance business until the time of his death. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, having served with the First New Hampshire Volunteers, and later with the First Massachusetts Unattached Cavalry, being in- jured in service.
Arthur W. Burke received his education in the public schools of Chelsea and Melrose, after which he entered the insurance business in the employ of John C. Paige, in 1891. He continued there until 1900, learning the busi- ness thoroughly, and steadily advancing by reason of his courteous and affable manner, and his keen and searching knowledge of the business. He was then appointed New Eng- land special agent for the Employers' Liability Assurance® Corporation, which position he held successfully until 1902, when he was selected by the Ætna Life Insurance Company to open their present office and to become their general agent.
Under his efficient and capable administra- tion, the business has increased remarkably and Mr. Burke occupies a high place in the in- surance organizations of New England.
In politics Mr. Burke is a member of the Republican party, and although he has never sought public office, he takes a deep interest
in all campaigns, and is a zealous worker in the interest of the public good. Popular in fra- ternal circles, he is Past Master of Joseph War- ren Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; mem- ber of St. Andrew Chapter; Boston Council; St. Bernard Commandery of Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and all bodies of the Scottish Rite, including the Massachusetts Consistory. He is prominent in the Massa- chusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and in the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and Sons of Veterans. In local clubs and business organizations he has al- ways been a well-known figure, being a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; the Engineers Club; Commonwealth Country Club; Unicorn Country Club; Boston Chamber of Commerce; Boston Board of Fire Underwriters; Massachusetts Agents Associa- tion; and the Insurance Society of Massachu- setts; a director of the Boston Protective De- partment, and a trustee of the Insurance Li- brary Association.
Mr. Burke finds great recreation and relax- ation from business affairs in athletics, par- ticularly in golf.
He is married and has one child.
MAYALL BRUNER-Though a native of New Mexico, Mayall Bruner has spent the greater part of his life, to the present time, in New England, that is, he has spent his ma- ture life here, for his education was obtained elsewhere, and he came to Boston when school days were over and entered the employ of the United Shoe Machinery Company of Bos- ton, of which his father is treasurer. Later he engaged in the wool business in Boston, where since 1925 he has been engaged in busi- ness under his own name as a general wool broker, handling both domestic and foreign wools, but specializing in foreign wools, both
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in the grease and scoured. He has his office at No. 212 Summer Street, in Boston.
The Mayall family is of English ancestry, dating back in this country to Samuel Mayall, great-grandfather of Mayall Bruner, on the maternal side, who came to this country and settled in Gray, Maine. He was one of the courageous souls who dared to make the effort to bring to this country from England the machinery for the manufacture of woolen goods, and because he brought cards and looms from the mother country to help establish the woolen industry in the colonies, a price was set upon his head by the King of England. It is recorded that Samuel Mayall started the first woolen mill in this country. On the father's side, Mr. Bruner should have come naturally by an interest in machinery, but pos- sibly the maternal strain proved to be strong- est in his inheritance and he turned to the woolen business.
Mayall Bruner was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 1, 1894, son of Maylert, a native of Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsyl- vania, who is treasurer of the United Shoe Machinery Company of Boston, and of Mary Elizabeth (Mayall) Bruner, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, both living (1928). As a boy Mr. Bruner attended the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, and private schools in the South. When his edu- cation was completed he came to Boston and began his active life with the United Shoe Ma- chinery Company, and that connection he con- tinued for a period of two years. In 1915 he made a change and began his connection with the wool business by entering the employ of the Ayers & Bridges Company, of Boston, with whom he remained until 1925, a period of ten years. During that time he had acquired the needed experience and he decided to en- gage in the wool brokerage business for him- self, under his own name. He located at No. 212 Summer Street, Boston, where for the past three years he has been engaged in handling both foreign and domestic wools, but special- izing in the former, both in the grease and
scoured. He also handles a line of mohair, and does some business in noils and waste. The greater part of his transactions are with the Boston wool trade, and he is a member of the Boston Wool Trade Association. Politically, Mr. Bruner gives his support to the principles of the Republican party, and he is interested in the general affairs of the city. During the World War he enlisted for service, in Febru- ary, 1918, in the Remount Division of the Quartermaster's Corps of the United States Army, and in July, 1918, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, which rank he held at the time he received his discharge on Febru- ary 3, 1919. Mr. Bruner finds healthful recrea- tion on the golf course, horseback riding, and playing squash, and his religious affiliation is with Grace Church, of Newton, Massachusetts.
Mayall Bruner was married, June 13, 1917, to Margaret Manson Gruener, who was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and they have one child, Mayall Bruner, Jr., who was born July 19, 1921. Mr. Bruner is known among his many associates as a business man of ability, and as a friend and companion who is a wel- come addition to any group.
DONALD FALVEY, assistant secretary and treasurer and manager of the Boston city office of the widely known firm, the Massachu- setts Bonding & Insurance Company, was ele- vated to this responsible position in 1926 after having been connected with the company for three years. Mr. Falvey's offices are located at No. 14 Kilby Street, Boston.
He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, February 22, 1896, son of Timothy J. and Mary (Cosgrove) Falvey, the latter a native of Mil- ford. He was educated in the public schools of Brookline and later attended Brookline Acad- ' emy and Phillips Academy at Andover, from which he proceeded to Harvard University at Cambridge, receiving his degree of Bachelor of
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Arts from the latter institution with the class of 1920. Upon the completion of his formal edu- cation, he embarked on his business career and his first position was obtained with the firm of E. A. Shaw & Company, Incorporated, prominent figures in the cotton business in New England. He continued in this associa- tion for two years, resigning to accept a post with the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company in the early part of 1923, being at- tached to their home office, and in 1926 he was appointed manager of the city office. In profes- sional organizations, he is a member of the In- surance Society of Massachusetts, and his civic interests find outlet through his membership in the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Falvey's social organizations embrace the Fox Club, University Club, Harvard Club, Hasty Pud- ding Club, the famous dramatic society con- nected with Harvard, and the Charles River Country Club. In politics, he is an Inde- pendent, preferring to judge the merits of vari- ous candidates for himself rather than align himself with any particular party. During the recent World War, he enlisted in the United States Navy. His hobby is sport and he finds great recreation in all outdoor activities.
Donald Falvey married, in June, 1925, Lid- wine Curran, who was born in Andover.
H. ARTHUR ELY-A member of old and distinguished New England families, and de- scended paternally from ancestors who have been connected with the tannery and leather industry for several generations, H. Arthur Ely has given his entire life, since 1876, to this field in Boston, a period now (1929) of over fifty-three years, and he is the best-known man in the Boston and New England leather busi- ness today. For thirty-four years he has been manager of the Boston branch of the A. F. Gallun and Sons Company, but he was familiar with the leather industry from earliest boyhood, and his years of experience in Bos-
ton prior to 1894 prepared him for the respon- sibilities which he has carried since that time. Mr. Ely is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and has been very well known to the trade here in Boston for well over a quarter of a century.
H. Arthur Ely was born in West Spring- field, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1858, a son of Homer Ely, a native of West Spring- field, who was engaged as a tanner until the time of his death, and of Maria M. (Rice) Ely, who was born in Hubbardston, Massa- chusetts, and is now deceased. Homer Ely, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this record, Nathan Ely, great-grandfather, and Cotton Ely, a great-uncle, were all tanners, maintain- ing the traditional standards of excellence al- ways associated with their name. The Ely family came into this section with the opening of the Connecticut River Valley, and were among the first to settle on the grant of land at Springfield, under the leadership of the historic William Pynchon. They were people of substance, and the name frequently ap- peared in the records of historically impor- tant events. Since early times members of the family in every generation have won fame, in railroading, in connection with the opening up of the great West, as well as in the various trades and professions of the country. Maria M. (Rice) Ely was also a member of a well- known American family, and a great-grand- daughter of General Israel Putnam, of Revo- lutionary War fame.
After attending the public schools of his birthplace, H. Arthur Ely became a student in the high school at Chicopee, Massachu- setts, and when he finished his course there he took a business course in the Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1876, immediately after completing his com- mercial studies, he began his connection with the leather industry by entering the employ of the firm of McConnell and Gardner, Boston, with whom he remained for a short time. Dur- ing the next three or four years he was asso- ciated with several different leather houses,
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but in 1880, he became connected with Wil- liam Quirin and Company of Boston, and in this capacity he remained for a period of four- teen years, until 1894. In that year he accepted a position as manager of the Boston branch of the prosperous business of the A. F. Gallun and Sons Company, and since that time he has filled this responsible position with great abil- ity. His offices are located at No. 11 East Street, in Boston, and at the present time (1929) he is handling through this branch establishment a large volume of business. He is a member of the New England Shoe and Leather Association and of the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, and has for many years been known as one of the able men of the leather trade. His favorite recreational inter- ests are the healthful ones of fishing and the culture of fruits and flowers. His religious affiliation is with the Congregational church. Mr. Ely has always been a man of quiet tastes, devoted to his business, his home, and his com- munity, and he has a very large number of friends who respect him highly for the many admirable qualities of character which have revealed themselves through the experiences of long years.
In 1883, H. Arthur Ely was married to Vir- ginia Sequira Van Dyne, who was born in Liverpool, England. Mr. and Mrs. Ely are the parents of five children: Esther M., Homer K., Samuel A., August K., and Enid V. Au- gust K. Ely served with the United States Army during the World War as a member of Company A, 101st Ammunition Train, and was in active service with the American Ex- peditionary Forces in France for twenty months. He was gassed twice, and ranked as a non-commissioned officer.
ALEXANDER ELLIS was born in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, January 25, 1887, a son of Alexander O. and Katherine (Crandon)
Ellis. The elder Ellis was also a native of Cambridge, his wife of the city of Quebec, Canada. The father was engaged as manager of the Armstrong Transfer Company until his death in 1913. The mother died the same year.
Alexander Ellis, the younger, was educated in the public schools and the high school, from which he was graduated. He then took the course in engineering at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, in the class of 1908. He at once became associated with the Underwriters' Bureau of New England, re- maining in this work until 1910, when he be- came insurance engineer for the firm of Rus- sell and Fairfield. He remained in that post for three years, leaving to accept a similar po- sition with the insurance agency of Field and Cowles. In 1920 the insurance firm of Bar- ton and Ellis was formed, which operated for five years, when it was consolidated with the house of Russell and Fairfield, with Mr. Ellis a partner from that time to the present. His military record is outstanding. In 1912 he enlisted in the Massachusetts National Guard, with the First Cadet Corps, and was dis- charged as a private four years later. With the entry of the United States into the World War in 1917 he was commissioned a first lieu- tenant in the 101st Engineer Corps, 26th Di- vision, United States Army, and sent to France with the American Expeditionary Forces. He served overseas from September, 1917, to Jan- uary, 1919, and was honorably discharged in February, 1919, with the rank of captain. While in France he was for several months attached to Headquarters of Chief of Engineers, in which capacity he organized a Fire Prevention Bu- reau for operation throughout the American Expeditionary Forces. In politics he is inde- pendent. He belongs to the college fraternity of Phi Kappa Sigma and to the Boston Ath- letic Association, Belmont Spring Country Club, Boston City Club, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Military Order of the World War, American Legion, Boston Board of Fire Un- derwriters, Massachusetts Insurance Society, Insurance Library Association, Insurance
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Brokers' Association of Massachusetts, First Corps of Cadets. His hobby is golf. He is married, and has three children.
SIDNEY A. EISEMANN-As senior mem- ber of Eisemann Brothers, dealers in foreign and domestic wools, Sidney A. Eisemann is one of the most prominent men in the New England woolen and textile industries. The firm, which was established in 1880 by Mr. Eisemann's father, Albert Eisemann, has con- tinued' to expand since that time. Various re- organizations have admitted new members to partnership, and since 1919 Mr. Eisemann has been in control. It is due in no small degree to his fine energy and ability, and generally progressive policies, that the firm ranks today as one of the largest, and oldest, of those en- gaged in the wool trade at Boston. The com- pany specializes in territory wool-wool grown west of the Mississippi-and in Australian wool, but they also handle a complete line of foreign and domestic wools, most of which is supplied to the New England textile trade. Mr. Eisemann takes an active part in organiza- tions designed to promote the welfare of the wool industry, having served as president of the Boston Wool Trade Association, and he
1 is also active in the civic and social life of Boston.
He was born on January 16, 1885, at Al- buquerque, New Mexico, a son of Albert Eise- mann, who was born in Mosbach, Germany, and of Sally (Grunsfeld) Eisemann, who was born in Albuquerque. He attended the pub- lic schools of Boston, the Boston Latin School, and after three years spent in Frank- fort-on-Main, Germany, he entered Harvard University, where he was graduated in 1907, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. When he completed his education, he became associ- ated with the firm of Eisemann Brothers, and
since 1912, he has been a member of this firm, whose record since its establishment in 1880 has been one of constant growth. In 1883, Albert Eisemann, the founder, took his brother, Nathan Eisemann, into a partnership which existed, until the year 1900, when they both retired from business, turning the busi- ness over to the younger members of the firm at that time. Ludwig and Julius Eisemann and Louis Baer continued operations under the old name until 1917, when Julius Eisemann retired and Sidney A. Eisemann took his place as senior partner. After two years another re- organization took place, Walter C. Donald and Lawrence Ilfeld replacing the older members, and they, with Sidney A. Eisemann as senior partner, have continued the business since that time, with offices at No. 196 Summer Street, Boston. Recently, Alick McDonnell McLean and Emil Nilsson have been admitted to junior partnership in the firm.
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