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Fraternally, Mr. Graham is very prominent. He is a member of Mount Carmel Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; of William Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar; and is also a member of Aleppo Temple, of Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and of the Swampscott Masonic Club. He is a mem- ber of Regis Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; of Lynn Lodge, No. 117, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks; and of the Edwin Forest Club. He and his family hold membership in the First Con -. gregational Church of South Norwalk, Connecticut ..
On September 28, 1871, Mr. Graham was married in Port Chester, New York, to Augusta Minerva Brown, who was born in Vista, Westchester county, New York, in September, 1852, and is a daughter of. Webster A. Brown, long a carpenter of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are the parents of six chil- dren: Maud, born July 8, 1872; George Herbert, born March 20, 1874, died April 18, 1919; Dwight Homer, born February 14, 1876; Frederick Webster, born in 1882, in Brooklyn, New York; May, born December 14, 1887, who died on December 24, 1885; and Ralph Brown, born April 20, 1892.
VINCENT SWAIN PETERSON-Among the men who have been identified with the physical growth and development of the city of Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts, Vincent Swain Peterson is one of the leaders. Long active in constructive lines, he is still an important factor in this line of endeavor, also in finance.
Mr. Peterson was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1867, and is a son of Joseph and Harriet A. (Pope) Peterson, both of Massachusetts birth.
Receiving a practical education in the public. schools of Salem, Mr. Peterson entered the world of industry at an early age, in the employ of Par- son & Peterson, masons and contractors, the junior. member of the firm being Mr. Peterson's brother. The first position he held with this firm was as. driver of a tip-cart. Later he became an appren- tice with the same concern, and still later worked as a journeyman in the same line. In 1896 Mr. Peterson became a partner with his brother, Joseph N. Peterson, and this association continued until the death of the latter, on October 8, 1913. Since that time Mr. Peterson has held the full manage- ment of the business.
Since Mr. Peterson's connection with this firm they have built many of the most important build- ings in Salem and the adjacent territory. Among these are the Atheneum, the Harmony Grove Chapel, the Merchants' Bank, the Young Men's Christian Association building, the Massachusetts State Nor- mal School, the Masonic Temple, the Naumkeag building, which is now known as the Newmark build -- ing, the Webber building, the Lawrence (Massachu- setts) Court House, and the Public Library at. Lawrence, and has also remodeled the court house. at Salem.
The terrible fire of 1914, which affected more or less closely every interest of whatsoever nature in the city of Salem, was vitally significant to every firm in the contracting business. After the fire Mr. Peterson built many residences for those who had been rendered homeless by the destroying element. Among these residences were those of B. Parker Babbridge, Charles S. Chase, and others. They also built the extensive storehouses of Cressy, Dockham & Company, in the devastated area. It was the
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Peterson firm which had built, before the fire, the. Salem Electric Light and Power plant, the building in the fire district which withstood destruction.
In the public and financial life of the city, Mr. Peterson is a man of broad influence and respon- sibility. He is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce, and during the World War he was a member of the Public Safety Committee of the War In- dustrial Board, on the Priorities Division.
Mr. Peterson has won a high position in the finan- cial world. He is now president of the Roger Con- ant Co-operative Bank, of Salem, and a member of the Exchange Board of the Morris Plan Bank, of Salem.
Fraternally, Mr. Peterson is also prominent. He is a member of Essex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Winslow Lewis Commandery, Knights Templar; and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politically, he has always been affiliated with the Republican party. He was a member of the old Coggswell Club, a Republican club now gone out of existence, which was com- posed of Republicans of the old school.
Mr. Peterson's brother, Joseph N. Peterson, whose death in 1913 was a loss to the community, was three times mayor of Salem, and was once elected by the largest vote ever given to a mayor in this city.
Mr. Peterson married Carrie L. Langmaid, daugh- ter of George W. and Lucy (Wheeler) Langmaid. Mrs. Peterson was born in New Hampshire.
FRANK A. MITCHELL, M. D. - One of the rising young physicians of Lynn is Dr. Frank A. Mitchell, whose office is located at No. 164 Essex street. Dr. Mitchell is a son of Edmund J. and Mary F. (Atkins) Mitchell, and was born in Lynn, May 5, 1895.
Gaining his early education in the public schools of Lynn and of New York City, Dr. Mitchell, with the family's change of residence, covered his high school course in the city of Chicago. Then enter- ing the University of Chicago, he studied there for two years, after which he came east and entered the Boston University School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He thereafter served as in- terne at the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital, and also at the John Haines Memorial Hospital for Contagious Diseases, at Brighton, Massachusetts, then came to his native city and enlisted in the Medical Corps for service overseas. Commissioned first lieutenant, he was stationed at Camp Green- leaf, Georgia, where he remained for two months, then was transferred to Camp Meade, and assigned later to the Twenty-eighth Engineers at Camp Bally McElory, in Occoquan, Virginia. Two months later ' he sailed for France with Company E, of that regi- ment, and was stationed first at the Verdun front, then in the Argonne, then at St. Mihiel, where he remained until after the armistice was signed. In March, 1919, the doctor went to London, England,
for a course in surgery in a London hospital, re- maining until July of that year, then returning to Brest, France, for a time. He sailed for the United States, landing on this side August 12, 1919. On the nineteenth of the same month he received his honorable discharge from the service at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and returning to Lynn, en- tered upon the general practice of medicine in this city. He has already won his way to the confidence and esteem of the people, and is considered one of the rising young men of the day in his profes- sion.
Fraternally Dr. Mitchell holds membership with the Knights of Malta, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the New England Order of Protec- tion. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and of the Alpha Sigma Medical fra- ternity. He is a member of the American Legion, and is a member of the Essex street Baptist church of Lynn. On November 7, 1917, Dr. Mitchell mar- ried Edith M. Lister, daughter of Allan C. and Elizabeth M. Lister, of Lynn. They have three children: Allen L., born December 30, 1918, and twins, born September 28, 1920, Mary Frances and Jeanie Preston.
WILLIAM STEVENS FELTON-Prominent in the financial world of Massachusetts, Mr. Felton is also active in many branches of public endeavor. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, July 2, 1872, and has been a lifelong resident of this city. Re- ceiving his education in the public and high schools of Salem, he began his business career as a clerk in the Salem National Bank. Later, he entered the field in which he has since gained an assured posi- tion, and has for some years been the sole pro- prietor of the William S. Felton Company, invest- ment bankers, real estate and insurance brokers. This business has developed extensively, and is one of the leading firms in this section.
In connection with his individual enterprises, Mr. Felton is associated with some of the leading finan- cial institutions of Eastern Massachusetts. He is director or trustee of the Liberty Trust Company, of Boston; of the Business Men's Cooperative Bank, of Boston; of the Salem Five Cent Savings Bank; the Carr & Daley Shoe Company, of Salem; of the Roger Conant Cooperative Bank, of Salem; and of the Salem Morris Plan Company. Mr. Felton is also director or trustee of the Massachusetts State Chamber of Commerce; of the Tidewater Portland Cement Company, of Baltimore, Maryland; of the Dedham & Hyde Park Gas and Electric Company Voting Trust; and president of the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange.
In the Republican party Mr. Felton is a leader. He is chairman of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee, and has been presi- dent of the Salem Common Council, president of the Salem Board of Aldermen, and of the Salem Board of Trade.
In the general advance of all worthy objects Mr. Felton is broadly interested. He is chairman of
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the Massachusetts International Exposition Com- mission; and is president of the League of the Friends of Greece in America, and in recognition of his services to this cause has received from King Alexander, of Greece, the Golden Crown of a Knight of the Royal Order of Our Saviour.
Fraternally, Mr. Felton is a member of Star King Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Salem. He is a member of several well known clubs, in- cluding the Twentieth Century Club, of Boston. the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Salem Club, the Now and Then Association, of Salem; and the Massachusetts, Middlesex, and Essex Republican clubs.
Mr. Felton married Ethel M. Adams, and they attend the services of the North Unitarian Church.
CHARLES BREED HILTON, one of the promi- nent business men of Lynn, Massachusetts, a man of broad interests and progressive activities, is re- membered in many circles of his native city, al- though nearly two decades have gone down into history since his passing, in the prime of life, at the age of forty-four years.
Mr. Hilton was descended from an old New Eng- land family prominent for many years in Essex county. John Hilton, his grandfather, lived on Mar- ket street, in Lynn, and owned very extensive hold- ings in real estate. He conducted the first express business ever inaugurated in the city of Lynn.
John H. Hilton, son of John Hilton, and Charles B. Hilton's father, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and was for many years foreman in the Bubier Shoe Factory; he died in 1884. He married Celista A. Bacheller, a daughter of Breed Bacheller, and a descendant of one of the oldest and best known families of Lynn. John H. and Celista A. Bachel- ler) Hilton were the parents of two children: Charles B., of whom extended mention follows; and Laura E., now Mrs. Towne, who has one daugh- ter, Hazel C., now Mrs. Charles R. Ernst, who has two children, Marjorie Etta, and Reda Baker.
Charles B. Hilton was born at No. 39 Summer street, Lynn, Mass., in 1859, and died May 27, 1903. As a boy he prepared for his business career in the educational institutions of Lynn, his native city. When he had completed his studies, he entered the employ of his uncle, Mr. Hathaway, and for a num- ber of years was associated with him in the flour and grain business. Later, he engaged in the com- mission business for himself in Boston, his offices and storehouses being located on Congress street. He followed this line of endeavor for many years, then, several years before his death, retired from active business, and devoted his time to looking after his interests in Lynn, in the way of real estate and other affairs, and was thus engaged until his death. He was a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce from the age of twenty-one until the time of his death.
Mr. Hilton was always alert to the movement of the times in every field of human endeavor, and gave of his time and means to advance every worthy
cause. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Park Club, but although deeply interested in public affairs, never took a leading part in politics nor allowed his name to be brought forward as a candidate for public office.
Mr. Hilton married, June 12, 1893, Annie Hath- away Goss, daughter of George and Caroline (Gut- terson) Goss, her father being a native of Marble- head, Mass., and her mother of Lynn. Mr. Goss was a leading stove and hardware merchant of Lynn for many years, having his store on Exchange street.
CHARLES CABOT JOHNSON-In the public life of Nahant, Massachusetts, Charles Cabot John- son is one of the leading figures, having served the community in one or more public offices ever since he attained his majority, a period of twenty-four years. He is also broadly active in the real estate and insurance business.
Mr. Johnson was born in Nahant, December 9, 1876, and is a son of Charles F. and Pauline 1. Johnson, old residents of this place. As a boy Mr. Johnson attended the public schools of his native place, later entering the Bryant & Stratton Business College, of Boston, Mass., from which he was grad- uated in due course. At the age of twenty-one years he became town clerk of Nahant, and served in that capacity for a period of six years. Meanwhile, the following year (1898), he was made collector and treasurer of the town of Nahant, and these offices he still holds, having filled them acceptably for twenty-three years. In 1906-7-8 Mr. Johnson served the town of Nahant as representative in the Massachusetts State Legislature, and was elected to the State Senate from his district for the term of 1912-13. He was the Republican candidate for Congress in 1914 and 1918, and in 1916 acted in the capacity of presidential elector. Mr. Johnson is a fearless advocate of Republican party principles and never loses sight of the ultimate good of the people. In connection with his wide activities in political affairs, he conducts an extensive business in real estate and insurance, his office being located in the Security Trust building in Lynn.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Loyal Order of Moose, and is also a mem- ber of the Father Matthew Total Abstinence So- ciety, and the Kiwanis Club, of Lynn.
On March 24, 1898, Mr. Johnson married Esther A. Curran, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Curran, and they have three sons: Harold, Charles, and Thomas.
ALVAH P. THOMPSON-In the leather business of Essex county, Massachusetts, Alvah P. Thomp- son, of Salem, is a leading figure. Broadly capable as an executive, he is a part of that great aggrega- tion of prosperous industrial achievement which is holding Essex county at the head of the line of progress.
Mr. Thompson is a son of Erastus and Della B.
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(Burden) Thompson. The elder Mr. Thompson was connected with the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad Company for more than forty years. Alvah P. Thompson was born in Searsmont, Maine, on January 3, 1873. The family removing to Nor- wood, Massachusetts, it was there that he received his education in the public schools. He entered the business world in the employ of the same railway system with which his father was connected, but re- mained in this connection for only a short time. The world of production held for him a stronger appeal, and he went into the Winslow Brothers' Tan- nery to learn the business. After he had mastered the details, he remained with this company for a considerable time, in all about twelve years.
At the end of that time Mr. Thompson became associated with the Morrill Leather Company, short- ly being made assistant superintendent of the com- pany, and remaining with them for about two years. Thereafter he was with the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company for two years in the same capacity. He then became identified with the Helburn Leather Company, and it was under Mr. Thompson's direc- tion that operations were begun in the construction of his former plant, and six years ago the present up-to-date plant was erected. The site of this plant was purchased from the American Hide & Leather Company, and the entire plant was equipped in the most thoroughly modern way. It is carried on in conjunction with two other plants, owned by the same company, which are located at Fulton, New York. The company is composed of Julius Helburn, president; A. P. Thompson, vice-president, and J. W. Helburn, treasurer.
Mr. Thompson, as one of the leading executives of this important interest, stands high in the manu- facturing world of Essex county. His belief in the future of Salem, and his active participation in one of the principal industries of the city, place his name high on the list of the prominent citizens of Essex county.
On November 24, 1896, Mr. Thompson married Charlotte, daughter of Theodore Wellington, of Norwood, Massachusetts, and they have one son, Richard, born on December 26, 1908. The family are members of the Tabernacle Church, and are prominent in all the social and benevolent activities of the society.
HAMLIN P. BENNETT, M. D .- Advancement in any of the learned professions is not so much the result of fortuitous circumstance or of influence as it is the result of individual merit, application and skill. When these are combined with ambition and a fixed determination to achieve success, the desired result is inevitable. Dr. Bennett, of Lynn, Massachusetts, has already achieved this enviable reputation in the most difficult of professions and is fairly on the way to even greater distinction.
Hamlin P. Bennett was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, March 27, 1881, and obtained his ele- mentary education in the public schools of his na- tive place. After graduating from the Farmington High School in 1899, he matriculated at Dartmouth
College, where he pursued a literary course and was graduated A. B., class of 1903. In the meantime he had decided to adopt medicine as a profession, and with this end in view he entered the Medical Department of Dartmouth College, from which in- stitution he received the degree of Doctor of Med- icine in 1906. He then served an interneship in the Lying-in Hospital in New York City, and the Bos- ton City Hospital, after which he came to Lynn and spent two years in Dr. Gray's private hospital. In 1909, equipped with a thorough practical knowledge which was the result of many months of tireless energy devoted to the profession, he established himself in private practice. Here he has since re- mained, acquiring a large and steadily growing cli- entele and carving out for himself a place in the front rank of the city's physicians. He is a mem- ber of the Essex County Medical Society and the Lynn Medical fraternity. He has had charge of the Lynn Tuberculosis clinic and is gynecologist for the out-patient department of Lynn Hospital. Dr. Ben- nett served as city bacteriologist from 1907 to 1919. He affiliates with the Masons, and belongs to St. Stephens Church.
On September 22, 1909, Dr. Bennett was united in marriage with May J. Snow, and to them have been born two children: Roger H., born March 4, 1913, and Gordon P., born May 21, 1915.
It is sometimes said of a man, the early part of whose career is indicative of more than usual prom- ise, that "he will be heard from later." Dr. Bennett has already been heard from, and Lynn thinks that he will be heard from again and for many years to come.
GEORGE HENRY JACKSON-For many years active in the printing business, and a resident of Lynn, Massachusetts, for more than thirty years, George H. Jackson is one of the representative men of the city.
Mr. Jackson comes of a very old family, and is the ninth in lineal descent from James Jackson, who settled in Durham, New Hampshire, in 1687, eight generations of this line having been born in Durham, he being the first born elsewhere. He is a son of John Page and Melissa (Staples) Jackson, formerly of Lowell and Haverhill, Massachusetts.
George Henry. Jackson was born in Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, March 9, 1865, and, his parents remov- ing to Haverhill when he was five years of age, it was here that he attended the public schools, lay- ing a practical foundation for his career. In 1881 he left school, and entered the employ of the Hav- erhill "Gazette" as an apprentice, learning the prin- ter's trade. In 1883, desiring to see something of the world, he went to Maine, where he worked at his trade during that and the following summer, then went South. Setting type in Florida and Louisiana, he afterwards struck North again, and was in Chi- cago, Illinois, for a time, then in Montreal, Province of Quebec. Eventually returning to Haverhill, he has since remained in the old Bay State. In 1890, after remaining in Haverhill for about five years, Mr. Jackson came to Lynn, where he became identi-
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fied with the Lynn "Item." After a time, however, he entered the printing business for himself, in partnership with Ralph W. Prentiss, of Swampscott, this county, the firm becoming Jackson & Prentiss, Inc., their place of business being located at No. 515 Washington street, Lynn. This business has grown and developed very widely and is now one of the leading printing establishments of Essex county.
Since becoming a resident of Lynn, Mr. Jackson has been brought to the front ranks in public af- fairs. He was elected to the Common Council of the city in 1898 and 1899, and to the Board of Al- dermen in 1900 and 1901. First elected in 1902, he .erved the city of Lynn as. representative in the State Legislature for five successive terms. Not only was this signal honor accorded him by the vote of his own city, but following his service in the House of Representatives, he was elected for five successive terms to the State Senate, his public ser- vices ending in 1919.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Rebekahs, the Knights of Pyth- ias, the Sons of Veterans, and other benevolent and fraternal orders.
In 1886 Mr. Jackson married, in Lawrence, Mas- sachusetts, Esther Gertrude Blood, of Methuen, Massachusetts, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Frost) Blood. Their children are as follows: Her- bert Edwin, born in Groveland, this county, in 1887, died in infancy; Alice Gertrude, born in Haverhill, in 1888; Morris Charles, born in Lynn in 1890; Everett Eugene, born in Lynn, in 1895; George Ar- thur, born in Lynn in 1898; and Elmer Ellsworth, born in Lynn, in 1909.
RICHARD THOMAS COLE-In the business world of Marblehead, Massachusetts, the more prac- tical branches of mercantile endeavor are in the hands of a group of men who are carrying the town forward, in the best sense of the word. Richard Thomas Cole is prominent in the lumber, building materials and coal business of Marblehead. He is a son of John and Sarah Cole, natives and long resi- dents of Marblehead. John Cole was a prominent wood and coal merchant in Marblehead until his death in 1902.
Richard Thomas Cole was born in London, Eng- land, on January 6, 1870, but received his education in the public schools of Marblehead, Massachu- setts. He was employed by the American Radiator Company, and later was connected with the E. T. Burrows Screen Company, of Portland, Maine. With this latter company he remained for about fifteen years, but upon the death of his father he took over his business, and has been the leading factor in its development, the firm doing business under the name of the Gilbert & Cole Company. This is now one of the leading houses in its line in Marblehead, and Mr. Cole holds a position of dignity and influence as the manager of the business. Mr. Cole has few interests outside of his business. He is a member of the Unitarian church, of Marblehead.
On October 23, 1898, Mr. Cole married Jane G. Wilson, daughter of Francis B. and Mary J. Wilson, of Marblehead.
JOHN GREENOUGH GOODRIDGE, dentist of Lynn, Massachusetts, was born in that city, May 1, 1894, son of George and Ruth (Greenough) Good- ridge, and a scion of a family long established in that section of Massachusetts
Dr. Goodridge was educated in the public and high schools of Lynn and there prepared him- self for college. In 1917 he graduated from Tuft's Dental College with his degree, and soon afterward engaged in the practice of his profession. For eighteen months he was associated with a promin- ent Boston dentist and then opened an office in City Hall Square, Lynn, later removing to the of- fice in the Lynn Women's Club House, corner of Nahant and Broad streets.
Dr. Goodridge's fraternal affiliations are with the following: he is a member of the Golden Fleece Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulan Council, R. S. M .; Olivet Com- mandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo .Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Lynn Chapter, Eastern Star; Kearsage Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Palestine Encamp- ment, I. O. O. F .; Asoka O. O. H. & P. In the in- terests of his profession Dr. Goodridge is a mem- ber of the Metropolitan Dental Society; the Massa- chusetts Dental Society; the Northeastern Massa- chusetts Dental Society; the National Dental Asso- ciation. He is also a member of the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity, and of Tuft's College Alumnae As- sociation. His clubs are the Oxford Club of Lynn and the Swampscott Masonic Club.
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