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Mr. Nash was born in Brookline, January 10, 1866, the son of Francis J. and Eliza (Palm- lee) Nash, the former a native of Roxbury. The mother of Edward R. Nash was born in Burlington, Vermont. She is also deceased. Mr. Nash entered the leather business in 1884,
taking a position with the firm of Field, Bulli- vant and Field Leather Company, with which concern he remained until 1892. For a year he was with the E. K. Butler Company of Boston and in 1893 went into the leather busi- ness for himself under the firm name of Nash & Seamans, which existed until 1903, when the partnership was dissolved and the E. R. Nash Leather Company was incorporated.
From 1887 to 1892 Mr. Nash was a member of the First Corps Cadets of Boston. He is a member of the Country Club of Brookline, and is a Republican in politics, but has never held or sought for political office. He attends the Episcopal church, and his chief recreations are golf and horseback riding.
In 1899, Mr. Nash married Allie De Lamater, . a native of Jackson, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are the parents of two children, as fol- lows: 1. Bradley D .; personal secretary to Herbert Hoover, former Secretary of Com- merce, for fourteen months; is now connected with the National City Company, No. 55 Wall Street, New York City. 2. Edward R., Jr., is employed by Hayden Stone and Company, Boston.
THOMAS WILLIAM MORRIS-When the great army of the United States began to pour into France as the American Expedition- ary Forces of 1917, Thomas William Morris, a young recruit, who had enlisted at San An- tonio, Texas, was one of them. He served with courage and at the conclusion of the World War was discharged with honor. Today he is a rising young attorney of Boston, asso- ciated with one of the most important firms of the city, with the foundation of a successful career in his chosen occupation.
Thomas William Morris was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, December 5, 1894, a son of Mc- Donald Thurlo Morris, a native of Ohio who
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removed to Oklahoma, where he died at the age of fifty-four years. He was engaged in the hardware business in Guthrie at the time of his death. His wife was Flora (Sherburne) Morris, a native of Indiana, who is living and spends a large part of her time in traveling.
Thomas William Morris is of Scotch descent, his great-grandfather having emigrated from that country to Virginia in the early days of that Commonwealth. Of the four children of his parents, Thomas received his education in Guthrie, Oklahoma, graduating from the high school there, afterward attending the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, from which he was gradu- ated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1915. He afterward attended the Harvard Uni- versity Law School and was graduated there- from in the class of 1919, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and began practice. He is now associated with the law firm of Everts, Keenan and Aldridge, at No. 16 Court Street, Boston.
Mr. Morris married, in New York City, Katherine Kemp, the issue being four chil- dren, all living: Thomas William, Jr .; Ken- neth; Katherine; and Joan.
URBAN ALDEN MORRILL-In the legal profession of Boston the name of Urban Alden Morrill is sincerely respected, as belonging to one whose professional talents and integrity have been given unstintedly to the benefit of the bar. Mr. Morrill's offices are at No. 6 Beacon Street. His clientele is among the soundest and most responsible in the metro- politan area.
Descended from John Morrill who came to America from England before the Revolution and settled in East Springfield, New Hamp- shire, Urban Alden Morrill was born at East Springfield, April 17, 1881, son of Albert and
Lettie Morrill. Albert Morrill was a native of East Springfield, born November 5, 1850, and died at Milford, New Hampshire, September 14, 1914. Lettie Morrill was also born at East Springfield, February 11, 1850, and now (1928) makes her home at Franklin, New Hampshire. She has three children living, the eldest child, Walter G., died in 1918; Milo B .; Byron F .; and Urban Alden, of whom follows.
When Urban Alden Morrill was five years of age his parents removed the family resi- dence to Franklin, New Hampshire, where he graduated from high school, in 1904. There- after he studied in Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness College, of Manchester, New Hampshire, and proceeded to Boston, here to secure work with the North Packing and Provision Com- pany. Later he worked for the Blake Electric Company, and for the Trimont Manufacturing Company. Meanwhile his interest in the law as a career had increased materially until his decision was made. He entered Boston Uni- versity Law School in 1909, and from it was graduated in 1912 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Massachu- setts bar in 1913, and from that time to the present has engaged steadily in practice. His first offices were at No. 40 Court Street, where he carried on his cases until January 1, 1928, at that time removing to Beacon Street.
Both in Boston and Hanover, where he makes his residence, No. 116 Webster Street, Mr. Morrill participates in general affairs. Frater- nally, he is affiliated with the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, and in church adherence attends the Congregational, at Rockland. Dur- ing the period of America's participation in the World War he served on the advisory board, and took part with valued assistance in the several campaigns of the Liberty Loan.
Mr. Morrill married, June 21, 1921, at Ever- ett, Massachusetts, Mabelle Jones, native of Brighton, daughter of James D. Jones, de- ceased, and Abbie (Arey) Jones, who makes her home at Walpole. Of this union was born a daughter: Abbie Arey, named after her ma- ternal grandmother.
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WILLIAM R. MARTINEAU-One of Bos- ton's extensive business concerns with rami- fications that extend to Chicago and across the Atlantic to the shores of England, is the long- established firm of Martineau and Burke, In- corporated, dealers in all varieties of leather. Their sample rooms, located at No. 46 Lin- coln Street, occupy the nine floors of the build- ing, where manufacturers of all kinds of leather goods may find an exhaustive exhibit of the material in which they are interested. William R. Martineau is the son of William and Sophie (Seeley) Martineau. His parents were both born in Quebec, Canada, but crossed the border to the United States before the Civil War. When hostilities began, Mr. Mar- tineau volunteered in the Union cause and was twice wounded in action. He was a Past Com- mander of the Littleton Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
Their son, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in Littleton, New Hampshire, on July 17, 1877, and received his education at the local public and high schools. When ready to join the ranks of bread-winners, he went to Boston, where he attended Bryant & Stratton Business College. Later he was asso- ciated with the John P. Squire Company for a year. In 1898, he entered the leather busi- ness, being employed by F. M. Shaw and Son, a firm which had been founded in 1882 under the name of Hale and Houghton, the change of name being made in 1890. In 1902 it passed into other hands, carrying on from that date as Riley and Burke. Six years afterwards, Mr. Martineau and Mr. Burke formed a part- nership and took over the business, the name becoming Martineau and Burke, incorporating under this title in 1920 with William R. Mar- tineau as president and treasurer and Frank R. Burke as vice-president. At the outset, the firm manufactured insoles and heels, later be- coming jobbers of leather which is tanned in their own factories. Steady growth has marked the history of this company since it fell into the hands of its present officers, until it is now recognized as one of the largest of
its kind in the city. Their warehouses, which stand in South Boston, furnish 77,000 square feet of space for the accommodation of their stock. The firm has had factories in Leicester, England, one in Chicago, two in Ipswich and one in Campello, Massachusetts. Here are prepared the various kinds and grades of leath- er for shoes. ยท A mill at Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, which is operated by this company, turns out leather board. Their payroll num- bers about two hundred and fifty persons.
In politics Mr. Martineau is affiliated with the Republican party. He is a member of Co- lumbian Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Joseph Warren Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Or- der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs are The Boot and Shoe, Boston City, Sandy Bar Golf, Stony Brae Golf, Bass River Golf. He also belongs to the Boston Chamber of Commerce. In out-of-door life, Mr. Martineau finds his chief recreation in golf and automo- biling.
In 1905, William R. Martineau married Mar- garet H. Hartnett, of South Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Martineau have one child, a daughter, Helen J. Martineau. The family attend the Protestant Episcopal church.
WILLIAM T. LOCKETT-A direct de- scendant of General Stark, one of this coun- try's most famous Revolutionary War heroes, William T. Lockett, of Boston, is one of this State's most prominent commercial men, being head of the well-known firm of W. T. Lockett Company, located at No. 200 Summer Street, this city. Mr. Lockett has devoted his entire career to the wool business and after a num- ber of years of valuable experience in various branches of the industry, he founded, in 1923,
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his present successful enterprise which has gradually assumed a position of importance in New England textiles circles.
Mr. Lockett was born in Lacon, Illinois, No- vember 16, 1879, son of John Lockett, born in Coventry, England, and Emma (Stark) Lockett, who was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, being a member of one of the old- est Colonial families of that State, of whom General Stark was a direct ancestor. John Lockett came to the United States early in life and engaged in the textile business in which he continued for many years until his death.
William T. Lockett was educated in the pub- lic schools of Lacon, Illinois, and after high school, went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he entered the Philadelphia Textile School, graduating from this famous institu- tion with the class of 1906, ably equipped with a thorough knowledge of the technical and scientific side of the textile industry. His first position was in the employ of the W. E. Tillot- son Mills at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he remained for eight years, advancing steadily by his patient application to his duties, with the result that he was serving as superintend- ent for some time before he left. Going West, he worked at various occupations, gaining a thorough insight into the various methods of textile manufacture, after which, in 1917, he accepted a situation with the Charles J. Webb Company, of Philadelphia, prominent wool dealers of that city, with whom he was con- nected until 1923. Since establishing his own independent enterprise in 1923, Mr. Lockett has acquired a steadily mounting volume of trade, and numbers among his patrons some of the most important manufacturing concerns of New England. He conducts a general wool business, handling both foreign and domestic staples, although most of his products are Texas and California pulled wools. The largest percentage of the business is handled with the textile trade of New England, while they also operate a large import business, also having considerable trade in waste. Throughout the city of Boston, the firm of W. T. Lockett
Company is known as one of the most repu- table concerns operating in the metropolitan area.
Mr. Lockett is prominent in local affairs, being a popular member of the Boston Wool Trade Association and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally, he is identified with the Fayette Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Berkshire Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Melba Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In politics, he is a staunch Republican and his religious attend- ance is at the Congregational church.
William T. Lockett married, in 1901, Rachel Templeton, born in Talcottsville, Connecticut. Mr. Lockett's principal hobby is traveling, in which he obtains great recreation and pleas- ure.
CHARLES C. IDE-For a period of eight years Charles C. Ide has been engaged in the wool business for himself, first operating un- der his individual name, but since 1922 as head of the concern known as Charles C. Ide & Company. As president of this concern he is at the head of one of the largest concerns in Boston specializing in South Afri- can wools, but his company also handles Aus- tralian and domestic wools. The offices are located at No. 246 Summer Street.
Charles C. Ide was born in New York City, September 9, 1894, son of Francis L., a na- tive of Claremont, New Hampshire, who is engaged in the real estate business, and of Frances S. (Brown) Ide, who was born in Rochester, New York. As a lad he attended private schools and the Boston Latin School, later becoming a student in the Newton (Mass- achusetts) High School. When his school training was finished he entered the banking
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business in the employ of the R. L. Day Com- pany, of Boston, and with them he remained for three and a half years. In 1918 he became associated with the Washington Mills, of Law- rence, Massachusetts, as pay clerk, and that connection he maintained for a year and a half. In 1920 he made another change, this time en- gaging in the wool business for himself, and he has since continued in that line of business activity. From 1920 to 1922 he continued to operate alone, under his own name, but in 1922 he founded Charles C. Ide & Company, of which he has been president ever since. In 1926, Drury L. Sheraton was made vice- president of the concern and Ezra L. Bush- nell (see following biography) was made treas- urer, and these three compose the present personnel of the business. While specializing in South African wool, the company also handles domestic wools on commission. The bulk of its business transactions is with the Boston wool dealers, among whom the firm has already established an enviable reputation for efficiency and for honest dealing.
Mr. Ide is a member of the Boston Wool Trade Association and of the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, and is well known among his colleagues of the trade. Politically, he supports the Republican party, and he is in- terested in the general welfare of the com- munity. He is an interested member of the Waban Neighborhood Club and of the Epis- copal Club of Boston, and he and his family attend the Episcopal church. For recreation Mr. Ide favors automobiling, and he is also fond of all out-of-door sports, enjoying any one of several whenever he finds the oppor- tunity. He is known as an able business man, as a good citizen, who is always ready to "do his bit" for the common good, and as a friend and associate who is welcomed wherever he goes.
Charles C. Ide was married, September 30, 1916, to Hazel H. Harper, a native of Hous- ton, Texas, and they are the parents of five children: 1. Charles C., Jr. 2. Warren H. 3. Francis S. 4. Hazel H. 5. Henry H.
EZRA L. BUSHNELL-As treasurer of the wool concern which operates under the name of Charles C. Ide & Company, Ezra L. Bush- nell is officially identified with a concern which ranks among the largest importers of South African wool in the city of Boston. The firm does a general importing and commission busi- ness, making a specialty of South African wool, but also handling Australian and domestic wools. Their offices are located at No. 246 Summer Street.
Joseph Johnson Bushnell, father of Mr. Bushnell, was a native of Brooklyn, New York, who was, during his early mature years, en- gaged in the leather business, but who later in life owned a ranch in Osage County, Kansas, which he operated to the time of his death. He married Sarah Bueler, a native of Phila- . delphia, who is now (1928) deceased, and among their children was Ezra L., of further mention.
Ezra L. Bushnell, son of Joseph Johnson and Sarah (Bueler) Bushnell, was born in Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas, February 29, 1880, and received his education in private schools in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Upon the completion of his education he chose the real estate business as his field of business activity, but after four years in this line he decided to make a change, and in 1912 entered the wool business in Boston in the employ of Salter Brothers & Company, with whom he remained until 1925. In 1925 he became asso- ciated with the newly established wool busi- ness of Charles C. Ide (see preceding biog- raphy). In 1926 he was made treasurer of the concern, which now operates under the name of Charles C. Ide & Company, with Mr. Ide as president, and Drury L. Sheraton as vice-president. As has already been stated, the company conducts a general wool import- ing and commission business, and though they handle Australian and domestic wools, they make a specialty of South African wools. They handle domestic wools on commission. Their business is chiefly with the Boston wool deal- ers, among whom they have already become
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well known, and though the concern is young in years, having been founded in 1922, it has already taken its place among the successful and well known concerns of the city. As a business man, Mr. Bushnell has won the re- spect of his associates, and he is devoting his energies to the advancement of the interests of the concern with which he is officially identified as treasurer.
Mr. Bushnell is a member of the Boston City Club, also of the Waban Neighborhood Club, and politically, gives support to the prin- ciples and the candidates of the Republican party. He is devoted to his family, and in addition to the usual pastimes enjoyed with them, he also finds rest and relaxation from the pressing cares of business in the world- old sport which Izaak Walton made immortal, the intriguing art of fishing. Mr. Bushnell and his family attend the Episcopal church.
Ezra L. Bushnell married, August 23, 1909, Katherine E. Salter, a native of Brooklyn, New York, and they are the parents of two children: Sarah H., and Ezra L., Jr.
ANGUS HOLDEN-The city of Boston in- cludes among its able business men numerous men of English birth who are here represent- ing English concerns, for which they handle sales in the United States and Canada. Among these is Angus Holden, representing the Ed- ward B. Whitley Company of Bradford, Eng- land, one of the largest mohair houses in the world. Mr. Holden has his offices on Summer Street, in Boston, and handles a line of mohair exclusively.
Angus Holden was born in Bradford, Eng- land, August 11, 1887, and received his educa- tion in the public schools there. In 1902, at the age of fifteen years, he became associated with the firm of Edward B. Whitley & Com- pany, with whom he remained until 1925, in Bradford, England. Twenty-three years of continuous experience in this line of business
activity had by this time made him, an expert in the wool business, and in 1925 he was sent by the company to open a branch office in Boston, Massachusetts. He successfully ac- complished his mission and was made man- ager of this establishment, in which capacity he has continued to serve to the present time (1928). The Boston office serves as selling agent for the Edward B. Whitley Company, of Bradford, England, in the United States and Canada, handling a line of mohair exclu- sively, and has built up a very large trade. It has customers in all parts of this country and Canada. Mr. Holden is a veteran of the World War, having enlisted early in 1915, in the British Army, as a member of the Royal Garrison Artillery, with which he served in France for eighteen months, taking part in the action at the Sommes, at Bullecourt, and at Arras. He was invalided home from the Sommes front suffering from trench fever, and received his discharge in July, 1918, rank- ing then as a non-commissioned officer. Since coming to this country Mr. Holden has be- come a member of the Boston Wool Trade Association, and he is also identified with sev- eral British organizations, including the Brit- ish Charitable Society, the Victorian Club, Cottage Park Yacht Club, and the famous Blighty Club. He is a man of sound judg- ment and of wide experience in business, and is also a man of many social connections, one who is always welcome in any group and who makes and keeps a large number of friends. He finds his favorite pastimes in golf and billiards, and, like most of his countrymen, believes in keeping physically fit through health- ful sports. Mr. Holden is a son of Mitchell Holden, who was born in Bradford, England, and who has been engaged in the wool tops and waste business for many years, and of Clara (Dobson) Holden, both of whom are living (1928).
Angus Holden was married, November 11, 1915, to Mary Hardy, who was born in Brad- ford, England, and they are the parents of one child, Donald.
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ALBERT PERKINS LANGTRY-Editor, publisher, and man-of-affairs, Albert Perkins Langtry has been a familiar and important figure in Massachusetts life for many years. He was born at Wakefield, in this State, on July 27, 1860, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Lak- in) Langtry, and received his education in the Newton public schools. His father was harnessmaker and always very poor.
When he was eight years old, Mr. Langtry spent a year with his parents in California, and as his vessel passed through the Golden Gate of San Francisco harbor, well remembers hear- ing the men about him calling out, "Grant is elected president." His fifteenth year, however, found him at work for the firm of C. L. Jones & Company, soap manufacturers of Boston, and when he was nineteen he went to New York as their representative. At twenty he obtained a place as a reporter on the "Brook- lyn Union" for eight dollars a week, and short- ly afterwards joined the staff of the "Brooklyn Times." This early experience confirmed him in his journalistic career, and at the age of twenty-six he was receiving a salary of eight- een dollars a week, and was married to Sarah Cowing Spear, of Boston.
In 1890, Mr. Langtry became editor and pub- lisher of the "Springfield Union," in Massa- chusetts, and shortly afterwards its principal owner. He has retained control of this im- portant journal since that time. As an editori- al writer he soon became widely known throughout the country, and his political ar- ticles were quoted everywhere, playing a con- spicuous part in forming public opinion. Since 1902 Mr. Langtry has also been a director of the Associated Press.
In politics he is a supporter of the Republi- can principles, and he served many years on the Republican State Committee of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives during 1909-10, and was hon- ored in being chosen secretary of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, in which office he served with distinction for a term of eight years. In 1913 he was chairman of the com-
mission to build an extension to the State House. Mr. Langtry is president of the Na- tional Association of Secretaries of State, and was the author of the direct primary law in Massachusetts. He is generally considered the best public speaker in the State, and for two years, during the period of the World War, he spoke on an average of two times each day, selling Government bonds and helping the Red Cross. He is known as a publicist, as editor of the present history of Boston, and au- thor, among other volumes, of a religious book, "Traitors to the Church," which was widely read, and commended by leading clergymen, including Dr. S. Parks Cadman, president of the Federal Council of Churches in America.
Albert Perkins Langtry married, August 3, 1886, Sarah C. Spear, of West Roxbury, Mass- achusetts, and they are the parents of one daughter, now Mrs. Ruth (Langtry) Skakle. There is also a grandson, Jack.
WILLIAM ALLISTON LEY BAZELEY,
real estate man of Boston, Massachusetts, is also a man who has devoted many years of his life to the service of his State as a member of the Legislature and also as a State Senator. Born during the year 1872, in Great Britain, Mr. Bazeley is a son of Augustus Ley and Georgina F. (Hall) Bazeley. The father, Augustus Ley Bazeley, was a noted solicitor of England.
William Alliston Ley Bazeley received his education at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. His first real contact with the world of commerce was gained when, at the age of eighteen years, he became associated with the Boston & Montana Copper Company, in 1890. He remained with this concern for nine years when, having taken a keen interest in real estate for some considerable time, he resigned from this position in 1899 to enter the real estate field. In this type of endeavor he met with marked success and as his business
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