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property. His death occurred in 1920 at the age of eighty-five years. His wife, mother of Andrew, was Ann (Gillis) Macdonnell, born at Southwest Margaree, Cape Breton Island, who is still living, the mother of fourteen chil- dren, eleven of whom are still living.
Andrew J. Macdonnell acquired his education in Glace Bay and was graduated from the high school there in 1904. He then entered and took the course at the College of St. Francis Xavier, at Antigonish, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. For three years following he articled with an attorney at Glace Bay and in 1913 went to Halifax, where he entered Dalhousie University, taking the law course, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He then established himself in practice in Glace Bay and in Canada, where he operated for several years, being appointed a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, a position he still holds. Coming to Boston in 1919, he entered into professional association with Hugh McLellen, which continued for two years, after which Mr. Macdonnell began independent prac- tice. His work has been largely on cases to which he has been assigned by the judges of the Superior Court. He is a member of the Canadian Club, the Intercolonial and Catholic clubs of Boston and West Roxbury, and of the Catholic Alumni Sodality.
Andrew Joseph Macdonnell married, in Bos- ton, August 1, 1917, Gertrude A. Leonard, of this city, daughter of Ronald L. and Cath- erine (Jamison) Leonard, both living. They are the parents of three children: 1. Leona Marie, born June 3, 1918. 2. Andrew, born January 19, 1921. 3. Richard Leonard, born August 23, 1926.
EDWARD J. CRONIN, M. D .- The younger group of medical practitioners who have come on the stage in Greater Boston
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with great zeal and earnestness, supplemented by the learning and skill acquired in the modern school of medicine and surgery and the field of applied knowledge, has an able representative in Dr. Edward J. Cronin, who has his offices in Brighton.
Dr. Edward J. Cronin was born in Haver- hill, Massachusetts, November 2, 1897, the son of James J. and Mary V. (Cummings) Cronin; the former, born in Ireland, was for some years engaged in the grocery business, and is now retired, and the mother is a na- tive of Wales. The son Edward, attended the public and parochial schools of Haverhill, and in preparation for taking his professional course, he studied at the Tufts Pre-Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He next entered Tufts Medical School, where he made an excellent student record, graduating in the class of 1921 with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. After a service of two years as interne in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, he engaged in private practice as an internist and surgeon, taking offices at No. 23 Parson Street, Brighton, in 1922. He has given of his talents and energy in the faithful minis- trations for which a steadily increasing com- pany of patients are extremely grateful. By keeping in step with the latest developments of medical and surgical practice, he is enabled to render the last word in services to his people. He is also a member of the staff of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where he put the finishing touches on his training, and is af- filiated with the American Medical Associa- tion and the Massachusetts Medical Society. During the World War he served as a member of the Student Army Reserve Corps. His political preferments are those of the Demo- cratic party; in fraternal circles he is a mem- ber of Allston Council, Knights of Columbus, and of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters. His social organizations are the Louis Pasteur Club, Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity, of which he was president in his senior year at Tufts; Allston Kiwanis Club, Allston-
Brighton; and the Neighborhood Club of Alls- ton. He is an attendant of St. Columkille's Roman Catholic Church. He is fond of athle- tic diversions, and is much given to reading of the best authors.
Dr. Edward J. Cronin married, in 1925, Martha Irene Goulding, who was born in Bos- ton. They are the parents of a son, Edward J. Cronin, Jr., born in February 21, 1927, and a daughter, Martha T., born October 15, 1928.
JOHN JOSEPH DOUGLASS-Lawyer, orator, and Congressman, John Joseph Doug- lass has been an important and familiar figure in Boston life for many years. The ability which won him distinguished success at the bar has been given freely in the public service, and the people of the State have benefited by his efforts in many ways.
Mr. Douglass was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1873, a son of John J. and Elizabeth V. (McLaughlin) Doug- lass, of this city. With the completion of his preliminary education in the public schools of Boston, he entered Boston College, from which he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1896 he received the degree of Master of Arts from this institution, and in the same year the degree of Bachelor of Laws, from Georgetown University, where he had undertaken the course of study in law.
In 1897 Mr. Douglass was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, beginning the practice of his profession at Boston which he has since continued. His thorough training and con- sistent effort brought him a wide knowledge of legal principles, together with their applica- tion in modern court procedure, and he quick- ly advanced to an important place among
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legal practitioners in this city. In politics a consistent supporter of Democratic principles and candidates, Mr. Douglass has long been ac- tive in public service, and as early as 1899 was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In the period from 1899 to 1913 he served with distinction in four ses- sions of the State Legislature, and in 1917 was honored in being elected a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, which sat during 1917 and 1918. In 1925 he became a candidate for the Congress of the United States from the Tenth Massachusetts District, was elected to the Sixty-Ninth Con- gress by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens, and subsequently reëlected to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses.
Mr. Douglass was a member of the Tenth Regiment of the Massachusetts State Guard, and is a member of many clubs and associa- tions in the State, including the Irish-Ameri- can Historical Society, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, John A. Hawes Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is an hon- orary member, and P. J. Grady Post of Span- ish War Veterans, of which he is also an hon- orary member. In Boston he has given his support to all worthy movements for advance and progress, whether civic, social, or benev- olent in nature. Mr. Douglass is the author of several published volumes, including a drama, "My New Curate," published by Xaveri- an Brothers, of Baltimore, Maryland, and two plays, "My Old Kentucky Home," and "The Dark Horse." With his family he worships in the faith of the Roman Catholic church.
On November 25, 1925, at Boston, Massa- chusetts, John J. Douglass married Marion G. Cummings, daughter of Patrick J. and Joanna Cummings of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass are the parents of two children: 1. Paul Doug- lass, born on March 10, 1927. 2. John Joseph Douglass, Jr., born on December 31, 1928. The family residence is maintained at No. 140 Bays- water Street, East Boston, while Mr. Doug- lass's law offices are situated in the Columbia Trust Building, East Boston.
ELLERY D. MANLEY-Having spent all of his business life in the rubber business, Ellery D. Manley is one of the men who thoroughly understands the requirements of the rubber trade and how to promote the business. He is the son of Dolson J. and Marion (Lindlay) Manley of Elmira, New York. His mother was a member of an old Pennsylvania family, and his father for a long time was in the wholesale grocery business in Elmira, New York. Both are now deceased.
Ellery D. Manley was born in Elmira, New York, September 8, 1886, and it was there that he began his education in the public schools continuing until he had finished the high school work by graduation with the class of 1905. He then entered Lafayette College, where he attained the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1909. He entered business with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, in New York City, as a counter salesman and, in 1913, he was transferred by this company to Boston as office manager. Later in the same year, he was again transferred, this time to Washington, District of Columbia, where he took up the responsibilities of branch manager of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Washington, District of Columbia, and Baltimore, Maryland. He continued there until 1922, when he was again sent to Boston as branch manager of the office there and remained in that position until 1927, when he resigned to accept an executive position with Nelson P. James, New England representa- tive of the Miller Rubber Company, which position he still holds. In July, 1928, Mr. Manley became associated with Messrs. Nel- son P. James and C. J. Gormley, organizing the Refinoroil Sales Company at No. 161 Brookline Avenue, which handles the sole distribution of the "Refinoroil," a machine manufactured under license granted by the General Electric Company for the reclamation of crank case oil. This is a new industry in Metropolitan Boston. During the World War, Mr. Manley was an ensign in naval aviation at Washington, District of Columbia, and at Akron, Ohio. He is a member of the Albert
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Pike Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Washington, District of Columbia, the Albert Pike Consistory, thirty-second degree Masons, of Washington, District of Columbia, and of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine, of Boston. He is a member of the Boston Square and Compass Club, of the Chestnut Hill Golf Club, and of the Bap- tist church.
At Washington, District of Columbia, on February 14, 1917, Ellery D. Manley married Mary Wells, daughter of Nelson A. and Mary (Sayre) Wells. They have one child: Pru- dence W., born at Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1925. Mr. and Mrs. Manley make their home at Newton Center, Massachusetts.
DAVID H. MURPHY-Twenty years of continuous association with the leather busi- ness, in the employ of well-known concerns here in Boston, prepared David H. Murphy for the successful management of the volume of business which the firm of David H. Murphy and Sons handles. The business was founded in 1913, as a partnership, and has gone through several changes in personnel and in name, but since 1923 Mr. Murphy has been the sole owner under the present firm name of David H. Murphy and Sons. The business is located at No. 20 East Street, in Boston, and handles all kinds of high-grade leathers, speci- alizing in high-grade upper leather.
David H. Murphy, son of James and Mar- garet F. (Doyle) Murphy, was born in Milton, Massachusetts, March 5, 1878, and was edu- cated in the public schools of Milton. After finishing his work in Milton High School he, in 1893, entered the employ of F. Blumen- thal and Company of Boston, with whom he re- mained as salesman until 1898. In that year he left this company and identified himself with F. B. Bancroft and Company, also of Boston,
and he served in this connection in the ca- pacity of salesman until 1904, a period of six years. The E. C. Mills Leather Company of Boston next engaged the services of Mr. Murphy, and with this concern he remained for a period of nine years. By that time he had become very familiar with the general condi- tions of the leather trade, and he decided to venture into the leather business for himself. His first experiment was a partnership, with two associates, operating under the name of Murphy, McDermott and Haskell Company, and this association was maintained until 1917, when Mr. McDermott withdrew and the name became the Murphy and Haskell Company. In 1923 Mr. Murphy purchased the interest of Mr. Haskell and at that time the firm style was changed to its present form, David H. Murphy and Sons Leather Company. The concern handles calf and patent leathers for the shoe trade, in- cluding practically all kinds of high-grade leathers, but it specializes in high-grade upper leather and has established a reputation which is annually bringing new business. At the present time (1928) the average yearly business handled aggregates about a million dollars a year, and is steadily increasing. Mr. Murphy is an Independent in politics. He is fond of hunt- ing and fishing, and in these two out-of-door activities finds his chief recreational interest. He is a member of St. Gregory's Roman Cath- olic Church.
David H. Murphy was married, in 1909, to Marguerite K. McNally, who was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and they have five children: David L., Robert P., Charles P., Suzanne L., and Ruth. The family home is located at No. 303 Reedsdale Road, in Milton, Massachusetts.
JOSEPH B. KINGSTON-As sales manager of the Commonwealth Chevrolet Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph B. Kingston
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holds one of the important positions in the automobile selling game of the country. He is the son of G. R. and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Kingston, of Elmira, New York, where his father is a contractor, and was at one time a member of the Board of Aldermen of that city. Mr. Kingston also served as a soldier in the Spanish-American War.
Joseph B. Kingston was born in Elmira, New York, on March 12, 1890, and was educated in the grammar and high schools of Elmira and then attended Syracuse University, from where he graduated in the class of 1912. He began business with the Aluminum Company of Amer- ica at Massena, New York, where he held the position of assistant to the general superin- dent for three years. After the World War, during which time he was in service, he became associated with the Dodge Motor Car Company of Washington, District of Columbia, as as- sistant sales manager, and remained there until 1926, when he came to Boston as sales manager of the Commonwealth Chevrolet Company. During the World War, Mr. Kingston was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army Engineer Corps, and served for two years in France, being in active service in the offensive of St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and other battles. He was promoted to the rank of captain and was discharged from the service September 26, 1919. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Racquet Club of Boston, and the Roman Catho- lic church.
JAMES D. McQUAID-The Massachusetts bar, long noted for its brilliant array of legal lights among whom there shines many a name of national renown, has a worthy representative -a member of that fine old school of Bay State attorneys and counselors-in James D. Mc- Quaid, who for thirty years approximately has conducted a general practice of law in Boston.
He is prominently connected with the Demo- cratic party, has served the city as bail con- missioner and the Federal Government, during the World War, as a member of the Legal Advisory Board and a campaign speaker. He enjoys high standing among his legal brethren, having a wide acquaintance with members of the bench and bar throughout the State.
James D. McQuaid was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 9, 1869, the son of Francis and Jane (Dorman) McQuaid, both natives of that city, the latter now deceased. His father was engaged for many years prior to his death in Boston in the furniture manufacturing business here. The son James was in early childhood when brought by his parents from his native Scotland to make his home in this city. He attended the public schools, finishing his academ- ic course at the Boston English High School. He had by no means, however, relinquished the idea of pursuing his studies further, since he was convinced he had been called to the pro- fession of the law. He was ambitious and energetic, possessing the will to do, and by day he worked as a stenographer, while by night he attended a Young Men's Christian Association evening law school. The knowledge he acquired there was supplemented by a course of inten- sive reading in the law office of Charles H. Innes, one of the most celebrated lawyers that the Massachusetts bar has produced in his gen- eration. Under this able preceptorship, he was so thoroughly prepared for his examinations that he was certified for practice and admitted to the bar in 1901. He at once opened an of- fice at No. 126 Massachusetts Avenue, where he has ever since done a general law practice.
As Mr. McQuaid continued to surround him- self with an increasingly large and desirable clientele, he gave not a little of his time to the furtherance of the successes of the Boston Democracy, which during his day has attained a strong hold on the local government. His activities led him to his reception in the inner circles of the party, and as a reward for timely and efficient services he was appointed bail com- missioner, serving in that office for six years. His name was brought forward on a number of
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occasions as a possible candidate for various of- fices in the city, and in many other ways has he been made the recipient of the esteem and confidence of his party associates and district. When the United States entered the World War, Mr. McQuaid offered his services to the Government, from a professional standpoint, and he was appointed a member of the Boston Legal Advisory Board and a member of the "four-minute" speakers' group. In both of these departments of patriotic work he ex- hibited his old-time enthusiasm and wonted abil- ity, and was happy in the thought that he was doing what he could to assist the Allies and Associated Nations in the prosecution of the war. For these services he merited the thanks of the Government bureau which had super- vision of them.
His fraternal affiliations are with the Back Bay Council, Knights of Columbus, and Boston Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is an attendant of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, to which for many years he has given generously active support. He owns to baseball and football as his sports hobbies.
James D. McQuaid married, in 1896, Mary Elizabeth Jordan, who was born in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts.
JOSEPH E. DOWNEY was born in Prov- idence, Rhode Island, on March 17, 1887, son of John Joseph and Katherine A. (Monahan) Downey, both of whom, natives of Providence, are still living. The father is engaged in the insurance business. Joseph E. Downey attended the public schools of Newton, Massachusetts, the Newton High School, from which he was graduated; and then entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1910, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. When he completed his academic training, Mr. Downey became associated with the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company, in Prov-
idence, and remained with that company's of- fices for three years. Then he came to Boston with the insurance agency of Hinckley and Wood, with whom he continued from 1914 to 1917. In the latter year he enlisted in the United States Army and was in January, 1918, assigned to the Ordnance School at Camp Jack- son, South Carolina. He received his com- mission as second lieutenant in August, 1918, served with the 304th Engineers of the 79th Division and was commissioned first lieutenant on February 17, 1919. His active service in- cluded one year in France with the American Expeditionary Forces and he was honorably discharged August 5, 1919, now holding the rank of first lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Corps. Returning to Boston after the war, he formed the company of Joseph E. Downey and Company, general agents for the following firms: the Constitution Under- writers' Department of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Springfield, Massachusetts; the American Union Insurance Company of New York; the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, of Boston; the People's National Fire Insurance Company, of New York City; the Eastern Department of the National Security Fire Insurance Com- pany of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Home Fire and Marine Underwriters of Cali- fornia. Joseph E. Downey and Company main- tain offices at No. 40 Broad Street, Room No. 321. The officers of the organization are: Joseph E. Downey, president; and John J. Downey, vice-president. He is also a director of the Newton Theatre, Incorporated, the Bellevue Community Theatre, Incorporated, and the Nonantum Cooperative Bank.
Mr. Downey has many fraternal affiliations, being a member of the Alpha Delta Phi, a Greek letter fraternity; the Sphinx Senior So- ciety of Dartmouth, a coveted college distinc- tion; Newton Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Newton Council, Knights of Columbus. He holds memberships in the Uni- versity Club; the Albemarle Country Club; the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters; the Military Order of the World War; the American Legion;
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the Newton Chamber of Commerce; the Army and Navy Club; and the Insurance Society of Massachusetts. Mr. Downey, whose work in a business and military way has been important, is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. When he is not busy with his many different duties, he takes time to enjoy his favorite hob- by, which is the game of golf.
On June 30, 1917, Mr. Downey married Marie L. O'Brien, who was born in Clinton, Massa- chusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Downey are the parents of two children: Nancy Ryan and John Joseph, 2d.
PEARL J. CALDWELL, who since 1907 has been superintendent of the Cedar Grove Cem- etery, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, is a mem- ber of an old Maine family of Aroostook County, to which place his grandfather, Wesley Cald- well, came as a pioneer, settling with a family of eleven children at Golden Ridge, in the midst of a forest, where he made the first clear- ing and began the building of a home six miles from his nearest neighbor. He kept steadily at the task of clearing until he had a beautiful, well-cultivated farm. His family of eleven chil- dren included seven sons: Hiram, Phillip, As- bury, Levi, Frank, Leonard, and John Wesley, who aided in the task. They were all true patri- ots, and when the Civil War broke out six of them enlisted in the Union Army. Of these, three, Hiram, Phillip, and Asbury, were killed in action. Levi lived to be eighty-nine years of age, Frank to the age of eighty-eight, and a daughter, Maria, also lived to be eighty-eight, as did the mother of the family.
John Wesley Caldwell, father of Pearl J. Caldwell, was born in Aroostook County, Maine, and received his education in the district schools, and then for some years was engaged in farm- ing. Being a progressive man, he later engaged in the selling of plants, eventually specializing in young apple trees. In this enterprise he was successful and built up a business extending over
a large territory in that section of the State. The blood of the pioneer was in his veins, how- ever, and, like his father before him, he resolved to remove to new territory and carve out a claim of his own. Accordingly, he removed to the Gunnison River Valley, Colorado, took up a claim, and remained there long enough to establish his claim and to clear a considerable acreage. He then returned to Sherman Mills, where he was appointed postmaster, which of- fiçe he held for a number of years, to the time of his death, which occurred at the age of eighty- eight years. He was also a justice of the peace for many years, took an active part in town affairs, and was a man very highly esteemed. He married Mary Perry, who was born in Wilton, Maine, and they had nine children, of whom only five are living: Ida, aged seventy- one; Pearl J., of further mention; a twin sister of Pearl J .; Mrs. Dr. Merrill, whose husband is associated with the Veterans' Hospital, at Bedford, Massachusetts; and Gertrude, who married a Mr. Webber, of St. Albans, Maine. Another member of this family, Grace, died at the age of seventy-one years.
Pearl J. Caldwell, son of John Wesley and Mary (Perry) Caldwell, was born in Sherman, Aroostook County, Maine, April 16, 1866, and spent the years of his minority in his father's home, attending the public schools, including the high school, and living the usual busy life of a boy on the farm. When he was twenty- one, he went to Worcester, Massachusetts, where for eighteen months he was employed at various positions. At the end of that time he was taken sick and obliged to return to his home. After recovery, he came to Boston, where for eight years he was engaged in the masons' supply business. At the end of this tinie he associated himself with the Frost Coal Company, and that connection was maintained until 1907, a period of ten years. That year he accepted the position of superintendent of Cedar Grove Cemetery, of Dorchester, and this place he has filled most effectively for the past twenty-one years.
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