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In addition to other services of a public nature, Mayor Peters was appointed a member of the United States Section of the International
High Commission, in 1917. His religious pref- erence is the Episcopal church. The family residence is in Jamaica Plain, and the official address of Mr. Peters is No. 1 Federal Street, in the heart of the professional district of Boston.
Hon. Andrew J. Peters married, June 23, 1910, Martha R. Phillips, of Boston, and their child- ren are: 1. Andrew J., Jr. 2. Alanson T. 3. John P. 4. Bradford. 5. Robeson .. 6. David McClure.
GEORGE S. TALBOT-The family of which George S. Talbot is a member has long been identified with the history of Boston and the metropolitan area, and for three generations has figured prominently in the clothing trade at retail. George N. Talbot, deceased, of whom follows, was the father of George S. Talbot; and he was the son of Samuel D. Talbot. It was Samuel D. Talbot who directed the family to its first connection with the clothing trade. Just as the grandfather and father were prom- inent as clothiers, and outstanding as mer- chants of Boston, so is George S. Talbot, pres- ident and treasurer of the firm Noyes Brothers, founded in 1867.
George N. Talbot, father of George S. Tal- bot, was born in Boston, November 8, 1849. He was the son of Samuel D. and Agnes (Palmer) Talbot. Samuel D. Talbot was one of the leading merchants of the city, and the head of the clothing firm of Talbot, Newell and Company; after the death of Samuel D., his son, George N. Talbot, entered the business as bookkeeper, when he was but a youth and con- tinued with this concern until his death, at St. Stephens, South Carolina, February 20, 1928, in his seventy-ninth year, at which time he had been for more than fifty years a leader in the business of manufacturing and selling men's clothing. For a number of years he was head of the Talbot Company, with branches in the principal cities of New England and New York
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State. In October, 1927, Mr. Talbot disposed of the Talbot Company's lease on its store in Washington Street, Boston, and sold the stock. Thereafter, except for affairs connected with the liquidation of the company's retail branches in various centers, he had virtually retired from business. Apparently in good health, he died suddenly, his death being occasioned by a stroke. George N. Talbot, it is recalled, was the inaugurator in this part of the country of the business of selling clothing of the highest grades to consumers directly from the manu- facturer. The Talbot Company was widely known for its conscientious maintenance of high standards, and particularly for its "square deal" policy extended to customers, and to employes. Mr. Talbot was a member of the Algonquin Club, the Country Club, Easton Yacht Club, Wianno Golf Club, and other or- ganizations.
George N. Talbot married Florence Holt Dyer, of Brandon, Vermont, daughter of a prominent physician of that State. Her death preceded that of Mr. Talbot; and three children survive: 1. Fritz B., one of the leading physicians of Boston, and a member of the staff of Mas- sachusetts General Hospital. 2. Max L., of Brookline, treasurer of Noyes Brothers. 3. George S., of whom further. Three brothers of George N. Talbot also survive: Edward L., Charles R. and Thomas P., all of Brookline.
George S. Talbot, youngest surviving son of George N. and Florence Holt (Dyer) Talbot, was born at the family residence in Brookline, in October, 1885. He prepared for more ad- vanced studies in the Noble and Greenough School; after graduating he entered Harvard College. In 1910 he entered the firm of Noyes Brothers, No. 127 Tremont Street, Boston, dealers in high-grade furnishings and men's clothing. His father controlled this organ- ization, and under his guidance Mr. Talbot was enabled to secure the widest possible experience without loss of time. First he served as clerk, then progressed through the ranks of merchan- dising, selling and buying, until, after three years, he purchased the interest held by his father. That was in 1914, since which time Mr.
Talbot has been president and treasurer of the retail organization. Mr. Talbot's interests are diversified. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, the Boston Art Club, the Co- hasset Club, South Shore Country Club, and several other social bodies of Cape Cod. Dur- ing the World War he served with the Mas- sachusetts State Guard, and upon his discharge resumed the course of the career above out- lined.
George S. Talbot married in New Jersey, in 1909, Elsa Albacher and they have three child- ren: 1. George M., born in Brookline, in 1910, now prominent in athletics at Harvard. 2. Mary Louise, born in 1912. 3. Rudolf, born in 1916. The family residence is at Hingham.
HERBERT F. CARTER-Having devoted all his business life to the leather industry, which takes such an important place in New England's commerce, Herbert F. Carter, of Boston, has advanced steadily and consistently until he is now president of the Carter Hide Company, Incorporated. Mr. Carter has been identified with the industrial progress of Mas- sachusetts since 1892. He advanced with pro- nounced success in his chosen field with the result that he was enabled to inaugurate an independent enterprise in 1911 which has con- tinued to expand and prosper. He conducted this venture alone until 1915, when the firm was incorporated with the following officers: Her- bert F. Carter, president; Francis Carter, treas- urer; Leroy Carter, vice-president. This organ- ization buys and sells raw hides and skins and, as dealers and brokers in hides, are the only independent domestic operators in the city of Boston. Their plant is located at No. 186 Lin- coln Street, this city, and the scope of their business embraces every country in the world. Mr. Carter has ably directed the policies of his company and under his supervision the affairs of the organization have flourished and prospered to great extent.
Herbert F. Carter was born in Boston, July
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2, 1876, son of Leroy S. Carter, who is de- ceased, and Julia M. (Brown) Carter, who is still living. His father was a native of Deer Isle, Maine, and his mother was born in Lan- caster, Massachusetts. Leroy S. Carter was prominent in the real estate business for many years and was a respected and esteemed mem- ber of his community until his death.
Mr. Carter was educated in the public schools of Boston, and after graduation from the Bos- ton English High School, entered the leather business in 1892, his first position being with the Boston Hide & Skin Association, and with this organization he remained for seventeen years, familiarizing himself thoroughly with the details of the industry and reserving various promotions as his value was recognized, so that when he resigned, he had been occupying the responsible position of superintendent. For two years, he was connected with the J. T. Meader Company of Boston, then in 1911, he decided to start upon his own enterprise, form- ing what is now the Carter Hide Company, In- corporated. He is active in the associations connected with the leather industry, and is prominent in the Boston Shoe Trade Benevolent Society. In politics, he is an ardent supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and his church affiliations are with the Congrega- tional denomination. Deeply interested in civic advancement and real estate upbuilding, he makes a hobby of the Harbor Isle development to which he gives much of his time outside his principal business interests.
Herbert F. Carter married (first) in 1898, Flora E. Brown, who was born in Pelingra, Nebraska, and died in 1908. To this union were born three children: Louise, Leroy, and Francis. Mr. Carter married (second), in 1912, Irene Gladys Bragg, born in Post Mills, Vermont, and they are the parents of one son, George.
JAMES PHILLIPS PARKER-The sure- ty branch of the financial field has occupied
Mr. Parker from the beginning of his busi- ness career, and a long period in the naval establishment, covering service in two wars, has been another outstanding phase of his ac- tivity. Mr. Parker is of Massachusetts ances- try, son of Charles Edward and Mary Tilden (Phillips) Parker, although he was born in Hong Kong, China, September 5, 1874. His father, Charles Edward Parker, was engaged for many years in the mercantile trade, and was a respected and esteemed citizen of Boston, in which city he was born as was also his wife, Mary Tilden Phillips.
James Phillips Parker was educated at Hale's School in Boston and in Harvard College, graduating from the latter in 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Entering the world of business in 1897, he became associated with the City Trust, Safe Deposit & Surety Company, of Philadelphia, as a member of their Boston office, and in 1902 became general agent for New England for this same organ- ization. In that capacity he remained until 1905, when he was appointed general agent for the Empire State Surety Company of New York, and in 1908 he was made manager of the Boston office of the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore, with Ed- ward J. O'Neil, and has ever since continued to direct the affairs of this office, in addition to which he is also manager of the Automo- bile Department of the Maryland Insurance Company.
In the field of politics, Mr. Parker has never sought political preferment, having served on political committees only, exerting his influence and lending his aid at all times to every worthy project for civic betterment and the well-being of his fellow-citizens. In 1907, he was ap- pointed adjutant-general of Massachusetts and executed the duties of this office with great success, and to the satisfaction and commenda- tion of the public. Mr. Parker is well known and active in the leading social and civic or- ganizations of Boston, being prominently iden- tified with the Boston Athletic Association; the Boston Art Club; Exchange Club; Harvard
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Club of Boston; Harvard Club of New York; Oakley Country Club; Tedesco Country Club, and the Army and Navy Club of Washington, District of Columbia. In connection with his business activities, he is a member of the In- surance Federation of Massachusetts; the In- surance Council of Massachusetts; the Insur- ance Society of Massachusetts; the Casualty Underwriters' Association, and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. His fraternal affilia- tion is with the Pi Eta Society of Harvard. In his religious adherence, he is a member of the Unitarian church.
While a student at Harvard, Mr. Parker was a member of the fencing club and was an out- standing figure on the fencing team for three years, while in 1902, he was United States amateur champion for foils. For more than thirty years he has been attached to the Naval Militia and the Naval Reserve, having seen active service in the United States Navy dur- ing the Spanish-American War, 1898, holding the rank of lieutenant. During the recent World War, he served as captain in the Na- tional Naval Volunteers and the Naval Re- serve, retiring in 1924, with the rank of cap- tain of the United States Naval Reserve. In the various organizations composed of men who have served their country, Mr. Parker is an active leader, being senior vice-commander of the Kearsarge Association of Naval Vet- erans; past commander of the Massachusetts Commandery, Naval and Military Order of Spanish-American War; past secretary of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars; a member of the council of the Naval Order of the United States, and a valued member of the American Legion.
James Phillips Parker married, October 17, 1900, in Boston, Emmeline Eames Williams, daughter of Joseph S. and Annie F. (James) Williams, both of whom were born in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are the parents of two children: 1. Katharine Williams, born in 1901, married in 1921. 2. James Phillips, Jr., born in 1906, married in 1927.
GEORGE PEABODY GARDNER, Sr .- Distinguished by an ancestry of pioneers, who were among the first settlers from England of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, George Pea- body Gardner, of Boston, has eminently up- held the traditions of a sturdy, industrious and patriotic line. As an executive in manufac- turing, financial and philanthropic organizations he has long been a virile factor in the develop- ment of Boston's various activities and one of the most prominent of its citizens. From early manhood he has been called upon to admin- ister offices of the greatest importance in or- ganizations and in the manipulation of trust funds, in directorates of magnitude and in financial enterprises of wide influence in the financial world. In all of these positions he has achieved and maintained a reputation for accuracy and far-sightedness of judgment that has placed him in the highest rank of execu- tives, coupled with a loyal citizenship in both civic and military life that has added to his sterling worth as a descendant of an honorable ancestry.
He was born in Boston, November 19, 1855, a son of George Augustus Gardner, also a trustee, who was born September 30, 1829, and who died August 6, 1916. The earliest ances- tor to settle in America came from Dorsetshire, England, in the early part of the seventeenth century and was given charge of an agricultural establishment on Cape Ann in 1624. In the following year he removed to Naumkeag, where he settled and reared a family. This was Thomas Gardner, the originator of the family in this country. George Augustus Gardner married Eliza Endicott Peabody, who became the mother of George Peabody Gardner.
The son had the advantages of sufficient fi- nancial support to undertake an extensive edu- cational preparation. He first attended Noble's School and then was sent to Europe with a private tutor, where he remained and studied from 1870 until 1873. Upon his return he en- tered Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1877, when he at once entered upon a business career. He served during this
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period in the First Corps of Cadets, Massachu- etts Volunteer Militia, and on the Second Brigade Staff. Since his beginning as a busi- ness man he has constantly added to his labors, which at this time include the following offices and organizations: Director and member of the Executive Committee of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company; trustee of the Amoskeag Company; director of the Champion Copper Company; vice-president and director of the Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company; vice-president and direc- tor of the Douglas Copper Company; director and member of the Executive Committee of the General Electric Company; president and direc- tor of the Great Falls Manufacturing Com- pany; vice-president and director of the Hough- ton Copper Company; director of the Inter- national General Electric Company; director of the Mayflower-Old Colony Copper Company; director of the Old Colony Railroad Company; director and member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Old Colony Trust Company; president and trustee of the Provident Institu- tion for Savings; president and director of the St. Mary's Mineral Land Company; director of the State Street Exchange; director of the Union Freight Railroad. Other organization affiliations are: President and member of the executive committee of the Children's Hospi- tal; member of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; direc- tor and member of the finance committee of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company; vice-president and trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts; vice-president of St. Mark's School; treasurer of the Society for the Relief of Aged or Disabled Episcopal Clergyman; member of the board of managers of the Trustees of Donations for the Protes- tant Episcopal Church. His recreations are fishing and outdoor sports. His clubs are the Somerset and Harvard University of Boston, and Harvard and University, of New York.
George Peabody Gardner married, at South- borough, Massachusetts, June 11, 1884, Esther Burnett, daughter of Joseph Burnett, a manu-
facturer, and they are the parents of two chil- dren: Catharine Elizabeth, and George Pea- body, Jr., a biography of whom follows this.
GEORGE PEABODY GARDNER, Jr .- Athlete, scholar and business man of outstand- ing ability and associated with many commer- cial and financial enterprises, George Peabody Gardner, Jr., of Boston, represents the highest class of our active citizenry. Heir to a proud escutcheon of accomplishment in the world of progress, he has, ever since his graduation from Harvard University, upheld its traditions with unvarying ability. Manifold as his business interests have been, he has at all times dis- played every qualification necessary to suc- cessful execution of their mnost intricate details, thus making for himself a name among his business associates that is synonymous with achievement under all conditions and circum- stances. The family stock represents pioneer New England at its best, its individuals hav- ing been prominent in making the history of the section in commerce, manufacture and fi- nance, George Peabody Gardner, Jr., being a worthy descendant of an illustrious line of fore- bears, standing as a representative citizen of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts.
He was born in Boston, January 28, 1888, a son of George Peabody Gardner, long one of the most prominent citizens of this city, and whose biography accompanies this. He was educated in St. Mark's School, at South- boro, Massachusetts, following which he en- tered Harvard University and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1910 and receiv- ing the degree of Bachelor of Arts. While at Harvard he was very active in sports, hav- ing been three years a member of the track team and winning his letter "H" for that work. He played one season on the 'Varsity
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baseball team and won another letter "H" and for three years was one of the most sensa- tional and dependable members of the hockey team, getting his third letter "H" for that work. Additional to these three coveted dis- tinctions he was awarded a major "H" for winning the intercollegiate tennis tournament in 1907, thus making him the only undergrad- uate ever turned out by Harvard to hold four letters for athletic work in the same institution. Upon graduating from Harvard he became secretary of the Harvard Corporation, which he held for three years, then entering business life with his father, continuing in that until 1916, when he became associated, as a member, with the shipping house of William H. Ran- dall Company, of Boston. He occupied him- self there until 1921, when he severed his con- nection and became a member of the firm of Jackson & Curtis, investment bankers, with offices at No. 19 Congress Street, Boston, with whom he is still associated (1928). His mili- tary record embraces his commission as a captain, December 12, 1917, in the Ordnance Reserve Corps, United States Army, which commission he resigned, April 5, 1918, to en- roll as quartermaster, third class, in the United States Naval Reserve, April 23, 1918. He was commissioned ensign in the Naval Auxiliary Reserve Corps, September 9, 1918, and served with that rank until January 7, 1919, when he was honorably mustered out. During his ca- reer in the Navy he saw considerable service at sea. His interest in sports is still keen and, with Mrs. George S. Wightman, he holds the national indoor mixed doubles tennis cham- pionship for 1926-1927. In politics he is a Re- publican and in religion a Protestant Episcopa- lian. He is president and director of Joint Stock Securities Corporation of Massachusetts; vice-president and director of the Jackson and Curtis Securities Corporation, Coastwise Trans- portation Corporation and of Waterloo Prop- erties; chairman of the board of directors of the Wilson-Jones Company; director of the American European Securities, Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company, Amoskeag Manufacturing
Company, Boulevard Trust Company of Brook- line, Conveyancers Title Insurance and Mort- gage Company, Eastern Steamship Lines, In- corporated, Farms Company, Laconia Car Com- pany, Massachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Nantasket Beach Steamboat Com- pany, North American Mines, Incorporated; Old Colony Trust Company, Rivett Lathe and Grin- der Corporation, State Street Trust Company, Travelers' Company, Thomson Electric Weld- ing Company, Waltham Watch Company and Waterloo Textile Corporation; trustee of the Jackson and Curtis Investment Associates, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and Per- kins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. He is also a member of the board of managers of the Children's Hospital. He is a member of the Somerset Club, Longwood Cricket Club, of which he is president (1928); the Harvard Club, Country Club of Brookline, Racquet and Tennis Club of New York, Harvard Club of New York, India House Club of New York, Exchange Club and the American Legion.
George P. Gardner, Jr., married, January 28, 1913, Rose Grosvenor, of Providence, Rhode Island. Their children are: Catherine Pea- body, Isabella Stewart, George Peabody (3), John Lowell (2), Rose Phinney, and Robert Grosvenor.
OLIVER G. TINKHAM, M. D .- To out- standing skill and a real sympathy, those char- acteristics so requisite in the tried and true physician, Oliver G. Tinkham, M. D., owes much of his success and fine reputation as a practitioner in Boston and the vicinity. His high standing in the profession has been at- tained through a score of years of ministra- tions to an increasingly large and desirable practice. Dr. Tinkham, the son of a former well-known physician, performs much hospital work in leading institutions of Boston and nearby cities.
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Granville W. Tinkham, M. D., father of Dr. Oliver G. Tinkham, was a native of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. For the unusual length of time of forty-one years he practiced in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he was respected and beloved by practically the entire community. During his long period of serv- ice there he came to be known to nearly every family, for into most of them, at one time or another, and as often as need demanded, he had gone as the prescriber of remedies and as counselor of their affairs. In many instances he had been the family physician for several gen- erations-parents and children and children's children-so that his name was known through- out the town and countryside as the harbinger of health and the purveyor of comfort and good cheer. To many, many of the good peo- ple of Weymouth it seemed that when he passed away, one of their very own, almost, had been wrenched from this and that family circle. There was practically universal mourn- ing when his death was announced in 1911. He married Augusta Trask, who was born in Yar- mouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, and who survives her husband.
Oliver G. Tinkham, M. D., son of Dr. Gran- ville W. and Augusta (Trask) Tinkham, was born in Weymouth, June 22, 1879. Having passed through the grade schools of his native town, he took a preparatory course at Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Massachusetts, with the objective in view of emulating his honored father in performing the great mission of the physician to the sick and afflicted. He made a fine student record at Tufts College Medical School, from which he was graduated Doctor of Medicine in the class of 1904. It was early in his student days that he determined to make a specialty of surgery and obstetrics, and with that in view he pursued two years of surgical study at Boston City Hospital, which was followed by six months' further study and observation at the Boston Lying-In Hospital.
Dr. Tinkham entered upon the private prac- tice of his profession in 1908, gratifying his desire to be a specialist in the departments
of surgery and obstetrics. He has been con- tinuously in practice, having his Boston offices at No. 520 Commonwealth Avenue, in the very heart of the professional district of the metropolis. He is visiting surgeon to the Bos- ton Dispensary and a member of the associate staffs of Newton Hospital, and the Faulkner Hospital, and a member of the staff of the Massachusetts Women's Hospital. He is af- filiated with the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, of which he is a Fellow; and the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society.
During the World War, Dr. Tinkham was commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, but was not called into service. In his politics he is a member of the Republican party. He has important fraternal relationships, being a member of Jo- seph Webb Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles Fonda Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem; and Bos- ton Consistory of the Scottish Rite. His clubs are the Boston Square and Compass, and the University. He is an attendant of the Unitarian church. His principal hobby is gunning.
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