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Mr. Byrne's offices are located in the Security Trust building, and he resides at No. 49 East Park avenue. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Improved Order of Red Men, and of the Knights of Pythias.
On October 23, 1891, Mr. Byrne married Lizzie E. Skerry, and they are the parents of two sons: Leroy R., born April 21, 1893; and Chester E., born January 29, 1895. Leroy R. Byrne, the elder son, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and during the World War, 1917-
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18, served in the United States navy, with the rank of ensign.
WILBUR K. EATON-As a prominent resident and successful manufacturer of Lynn, Wilbur K. Eaton is still remembered in the circles in which he moved, although a decade and a half have now passed since he joined the great majority.
Mr. Eaton was born in Warren, New Hampshire, January 1, 1857, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, in July, 1906. As a boy he attended the public schools of his native town, but was more interested in a business future than the professions, and left school at the age of fifteen years, coming to Lynn, where for a time, he was employed by his uncle in the shoe business. In 1882 Mr. Eaton became associated with Everett L. Hobbs, in the manu- facture of popcorn and popcorn confections, first as a summer enterprise at Coney Island, and later as a growing and, eventually, very successful in- dustry in Lynn. Beginning in this city on Boston street, outgrowing these quarters and removing to Washington street, the concern finally built their own factory on Western avenue, purchasing land for the purpose, and erecting and equipping a fine modern plant for its business, both the building and machinery being especially designed to meet its requirements. With retail places at Salem Wil- lows, Beverly Beach and Nahant Beach in Essex county, and at Asbury Park, New Jersey, they sell their product largely through these channels. in the form of corn confections, corn brittle and crispettes, an attractive variety of the favorite popcorn confections being on their list. Mr. Eaton was the head and moving spirit of this business as long as he lived, and after his death Mrs. Eaton retained an interest in the business, the firm name continuing the same.
Mr. Eaton was a man of unusual personal charm, who achieved his own success, building up on the foundations, which he himself laid, an un- imposing but substantial and significant success. He was not a man to pose before the public gaze, his chief pleasure, when not occupied by the com- mands of business, being in the home circle. Be- yond his duty as a citizen he took no part in public affairs, but kept informed of the movements of the times, and supported the Republican party. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his family were members.
In the year 1885, in Lynn, Mr. Eaton married Hattie S. Breed, of Lynn, a descendant of one of the oldest families of this city. The Breed family name is identified with the earliest beginnings of community interest which were the nucleus of the present city of Lynn. The immigrant ancestor of this family, Allen Bread, came to the New World with John Winthrop, in 1630, and was one of the fifty Puritans of that party who settled in "Sau- gus," now Lynn, the original grant of two hundred acres still being known as "Breed's End." With the birth of the third or fourth generation in the new country (about 1700), the spelling of the name became Breed, and in all the subsequent history
of the Colonies and the young Republic the name has been widely known and as widely honored. Many members of the family scattered to vari- ous parts of the country, representatives now re- siding in practically every State in the Union, but a considerable group of the descendants of Allen Bread have remained in the spot where he first established his home. In public life the name has always been familiar here, Andrew Breed being the fifth mayor of Lynn. The family has always patronized the arts and sciences, and has made many bequests for benevolent purposes. Early members were affiliated with the Society of Friends, later with the Congregational and other churches. The spirit of patriotism has burned high in every generation, giving many men to every struggle of the nation-for independence, for union, and recently for humanity. The name of Breed was connected with the first beginnings of the shoe . industry, the first cotton print works, the first salt works, the first gas company, the first bank, and a Breed brought the first coal into Lynn, becoming the first dealer in that commodity. Throughout the history of the city the family has been in the forefront of educational progress, and in response to the public sentiment of the city one of the finest public schools of Lynn was named the Breed School. A tablet in honor of the im- migrant ancestor of the family, erected by descen- dants of Allen Bread, was unveiled with appropri- ate ceremonies, December 29, 1920, its position being on the Hood street front of the building. It reads thus:
ALLEN BREAD Yeoman Born in England 1601 Emigrated to Lynn, then called Sangus, In 1630, and settled near Breed's Square, Received 200 acres In division of town lands 1638.
One of the founders of Southampton, Long Island, New York, 1640. Returned to Lynn about 1650. An influential and religious citizen. Died 1690-1.
So far as known all the Breeds of America have descended from him. Breed's Hill, Where the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought, was named for Ebenezer Breed. Allen Bread's descendants served in all the wars of the Colonies and Republic and have been prominent in the professions and in public life. Erected 1920.
Asa Breed, born in Lynn, was prominent in this city three generations ago. He owned a great deal of property in the section now traversed by Breed and Nichols streets, which he cut and largely devel- oped. He was very active in all public interests and served on the city council for one term. His son, Sidney I. Breed, served as janitor of one of the public schools for more than forty years. He
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married Martha E. Mudge, daughter of Daniel Mudge, and granddaughter of Daniel L. Mudge, one of the first large shoe manufacturers of Lynn. Mr. Mudge built the first brick house in Lynn and owned considerable property there. The Mudge family also dates back to the early history of Essex county, and the name is prominently identi- fied with the industries and the professions in this and other states.
Hattie S. Breed, daughter of Sidney I. and Mar- tha E. (Mudge) Breed, married the late Wilbur K. Eaton, as above noted, and they are the par- ents of four children: Sidney Breed; Irving W., who married (first) Nellie M. Lear, deceased, and (second) Lavinia Smith; Clarence W., who married Minnie Godfrey; and Mildred H., at home, now a student at Burdette College. The family resides at No. 103 Franklin street, Lynn.
MYRON HENRY DAVIS, M. D .- One of the leading medical practitioners of Saugus, Massachu- setts, is Dr. Myron Henry Davis, whose work in connection with the influenza epidemic brought his name into prominence.
Dr. Davis is a son of Amasa B. and Lucy Jane (Tisdale) Davis. Mr. Davis was an extensive land- owner of Belchertown, Massachusetts, and con- ducted important farming and real estate opera- tions, also handling very considerable financial in- terests in the way of loans. He was born in Bel- chertown, March 12, 1830, and died in Belcher- town. Mrs. Davis was born in Guilford, Windham county, Vermont, March 28, 1832, and was a daughter of True Tisdale, a Methodist minister in his later years.
Dr. Davis was born in Belchertown, February 20, 1862, and, beginning his education in the pub- lic schools of that town, completed his high school course there also. He then entered Hitchcock Free Academy, at Brimfield, Massachusetts, from which institution he was graduated in 1881. There- after, he entered Harvard Medical University, and was graduated in 1885, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Beginning practice in Palmer, Massachusetts, in 1886, he continued there until 1891, when he re- moved to Hardwick, Massachusetts, practicing there until 1911. In that year he came to Saugus, where he has since continued in the general prac- tice of medicine. While Dr. Davis is not con- nected with any hospital in an official capacity, he attends the various institutions in and about Boston. During the influenza epidemic he was very active in relief work, and the Boston Hospi- tal placed two physicians under his direction as assistants. He is a member of the Lynn Medical fraternity.
Dr. Davis served for several years on the School Board of Palmer, and was also a member of the Board of Health of that city. Fraternally he is a member of Mount Zion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Barre, Massachusetts, and of Saugus Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Davis married, in 1886, Mary Louise Walker,
daughter of James Harvey and Sarah (McClin- tock) Walker, both of Massachusetts families. Mr. Walker was a prominent real estate dealer and private banker of Hardwick. Dr. and Mrs. Davis have three children: 1. Robert Walker, born in Palmer, October 15, 1887, who served with the 29th Evacuation Hospital Corps for about four- teen months overseas in the World War. 2. Clar- ence Mcclintock, born February 22, 1889, who married, on May 18, 1918, Charlotte Taylor, of Nahant, Massachusetts, and has one child, Elinor Louise. 3. Susan Walker, born November 26, 1891, now Mrs. Francis C. Henderson. The family have always been members of the Congregational church.
EDWARD F. FLYNN-Among the younger at- torneys of Essex county, who are carrying their profession forward with the movement of the times, is Edward F. Flynn, of No. 14 Central ave- nue, Lynn, Massachusetts, son of John F. and Mary F. Flynn, old residents of this city.
Mr. Flynn was born in Lynn, January 13, 1893, and received his early education in the public schools of the city, after which he entered Boston College, studying for two years at that institution, then entered Boston University Law School, tak- ing the full three years' course, and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Essex county bar in 1916, and has since practiced in Lynn, having now attained a gratifying measure of success. He is now assist- ant district attorney of Essex county.
Enlisting in the World War, Mr. Flynn was commissioned second lieutenant of infantry, and served in various camps, but to his disappoint- ment, did not see active service. Like so many other young men, he was awaiting orders to go overseas when the armistice was signed.
Mr. Flynn is a member of the Knights of Co- lumbus, and was the first commander of the American Legion in Lynn. He is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
On June 12, 1918, Mr. Flynn married Mary Mc- Donald, of Revere, Massachusetts.
HENRY C. ATTWILL, chairman of the Board of Public Utilities of Massachusetts, is among the most prominent citizens of Lynn. He was born there, March 11, 1872, son of Isaac M. Attwill, and the public schools of his native town afforded him his early education. In 1893 he received his degree of LL.B. from the Boston University, and the same year was admitted to the Suffolk county bar. Subsequently he was associated with Will- iam D. Turner, attorney for the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, remaining there until 1895, in which year he was elected to the Massachu- setts Legislature, being at the time the youngest member of the House of Representatives. Mr. Attwill also served in the Senate during the years 1899, 1900 and 1901, and in the latter year he was appointed chairman of the Judiciary Commit-
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tee. A singular point of interest of his service in the Senate is that in 1899 he was also the young- est member of that body.
In 1905 he was appointed assistant district at- torney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts. and ably discharged the duties of this office for a period of six years, and at the end of this time he was unanimously nominated by the Republican convention for the office of district attorney, being re-elected in 1913, which in itself was sufficient warrant of his ability.
At the expiration of his term in 1915, Mr. Att- will was elected Attorney General, which office he resigned in 1919 to accept the appointment of Public Service Commissioner by appointment of Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, who was at that time Governor of the State of Massachusetts, and at the present time (1921) Mr. Attwill is chair- man of the Board of Public Utilities.
Mr. Attwill married, June 30, 1906, Augusta Harris, daughter of Samuel Harris, and they re- side in Lynn.
FRANK EVERT WRIGHT, whose position as a manufacturer of fine leathers places him in the leading industrial circles of Essex county, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, November 10, 1881, and has spent practically all of his business career in the leather industry.
Mr. Wright is a son of Frank Eugene and Al- berta (Clark) Wright. Frank Eugene Wright was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1849, and, coming to Lynn in his boyhood, was thereafter always a resident of that city. For about thirty years he was employed in the Charles E. Har- wood factory, and died in 1913. His wife was born in Lynn.
Attending first the public schools of Lynn, Frank Evert Wright was graduated from the English High School with the class of 1900. Entering at once the field of industry, he was employed for one year as shipping clerk for the New England Structural Company. He then became connected with the Charles E. Harwood Company, remain- ing with this concern for about five years in the capacity of clerk. His next step was indicative of the character of the man. In 1906 he made an independent start in the leather business as a job- ber, and continued along this line for four years. Making this only a step upward, he thereafter be- gan the manufacture of leather, his location being on Fayette street, in Lynn, for about a year, after which he spent a year in a Salem tannery. About 1912 he located permanently in Peabody, as a manufacturer of a variety of leather products, in- cluding a special chrome leather, technically known as "splits," and the best velvet ooze, in all colors. He also makes an imitation grain leather. He employs about thirty-five people, and sells all his products at his store in Boston, located at No. 717 Atlantic street. Up to 1913 the business was 3 partnership, but upon the death of his father it was incorporated,. Mr. Wright being the sole owner.
Mr. Wright is a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and of the Peabody Cham- ber of Commerce, and in connection with his leather business, is also interested in a shoe manu- facturing business in Lynn.
Fraternally, Mr. Wright is prominent, being & member of all the Masonic bodies, and of the Knights of Pythias. Politically he supports the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Universalist. His clubs reveal his tastes, and include the Tedesco Golf Club, the Boston Athletic Club, and the Park Club.
In 1906 Mr. Wright married (first) Grace Os- good, a well-known Lynn school teacher, daughter of John C. and Evelyn (Harvey) Osgood; she died in 1915. Their three children are: Kenneth Os- good, born December 2, 1910; Joan, born March 6, 1913; and Frank E., Jr., born April 10, 1914. Mr. Wright married (second), in 1918, Virginia Woodworth, who was born in Virginia. Mrs. Wright's parents are both deceased.
JAMES REED-The term "self-made," often misapplied, may be justly used in connection with James Reed, of the well-known firm, Reed & Cos- tello, coal dealers of Lynn, Massachusetts, who, in 1916, ended a career which covered a period of sixty-six years. He lost his father when a child of six years, and from a very early age was self- supporting. When he started the barge line be- tween Nahant and Lynn, he had but five dollars capital, yet so good was his reputation that he secured a horse and an old barge on credit. And, through energy and native business ability, he made the line a great success, only withdrawing it when the electrics came. He was truly a self- made man, and, realizing the difficulties he had en- countered, he was always ready to extend a help- ing hand to others. Considering the few advan- tages Mr. Reed had in his youth, and knowing the business success he attained, no boy or young man need feel disheartened or doubtful of his future, for he proved that "where there is a will there is a way," and that honesty, energy and integrity will win in any contest.
James Reed was born in Lynnfield, Massachu- setts, in 1850, and died in Lynn, November 19, 1916. He came to Lynn a poor boy, fatherless and dependent upon himself for a living. He found employment in a shoe factory, and there contin- ued until one day he announced to his friends that he was going to have a business of his own. True to his resolution, he left the factory, and shortly, with one horse and a barge bought on credit, he was operating between Nahant and Lynn. He made the line pay, and barge after barge was added until he had nine in operation and was do- ing a very profitable business. When the trolleys came he abandoned the barge line, and for ten years was a member of the firm of Roed & Wade. coal dealers. Later he was engaged in the same business as a member of the firm of Reed & Cos- tello. They built a wharf for a coal depot and
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were one of the first firms to build a railroad for handling their coal on the wharf.
Mr. Reed was very popular in Lynn, was high- ly esteemed as a business man, and was a mem- ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Prospect Club, Lynn Yacht Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. He gave liberally to charity and all good causes, was public-spirited and progressive and a good citizen. In politics he was a Republican.
James Reed married (first) Adell Douset, of Nova Scotia. He married (second) Jeannette S. Estes, widow of William A. Estes. William A. Estes was born in Lynn, and there died in No- vember, 1906, aged fifty-two. He was the son of Ezekiel F. and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Estes, both born in Lynn, both of ancient and honorable New England family. Ezekiel F. Estes was one of the first manufacturers of shoes in the city of Lynn, the firm being Philips & Estes. Later, William A. Estes bought Mr. Phillips out and the busi- ness, at No. 50 Suffolk street, was continued under the firm name of W. A. Estes & Company. The original firm made Congress gaiters only. Will- iam A. Estes spent his entire adult life in the shoe manufacturing business, W. A. Estes & Com- pany making custom shoes only. He was a thirty- second degree Mason, and was highly respected in the community. Mrs. Reed survives her husband and continues her residence in Lynn, her home be- ing at No. 65 Newhall street.
FREDERICK EVERETT SHAW, A.B., LL.B .- Having long since attained an assured position in the legal profession in Essex county, Massachu- setts, Frederick Everett Shaw is now esteemed one of the leading attorneys of this section.
Mr. Shaw was born in Troy, Waldo county, Maine, June 11, 1872, and is a son of Samuel Francis and Julia A. (Estes) Shaw. The family removing to Lynn after Mr. Shaw had completed his common school course, in 1889, he attended the Classical high school of this city for a term, then entered the Coburn Classical Institute, of Waterville, Maine. Thereafter he entered Dart- mouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, from which he was graduated in 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, then prepared for his profes- sion at Boston University Law School, from which institution he was graduated in 1901, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws. Within the same year Mr. Shaw entered upon the practice of his pro- fession in Lynn, handling a general practice, and from the first meeting with success, which has constantly grown wider and more substantial. He now stands in an enviable position in the profes- sion.
Mr. Shaw served in the Lynn City Council in 1903-04. He is a member of Bay State Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at- tends the Church of the Holy Name at Swamp- scott, Massachusetts.
On July 14, 1903, Mr. Shaw married Mary A. Drinan, of Calais, Maine, daughter of William J. and Mary (Doyle) Drinan, and they now reside at No. 107 Eastern avenue, Lynn.
PHILEMON EVELETH, M. D .- In the chroni- cles of every city are names which the people de- light to place in permanent records, names that have meant much to the daily lives of the citizens, and which are still remembered, although years have gone by since their passing. Such a name is that of Dr. Philemon Eveleth, for thirty-two years a successful medical practitioner in Marble- head, Massachusetts.
Dr. Eveleth was born September 27, 1845, in Essex, Massachusetts, and was a son of Edward and Lucy (Mears) Eveleth, of that city. Begin- ning his education in the public schools of Essex, and taking a course at Exeter Academy, the young man entered Harvard University Medical School, later completing his studies at Dartmouth College, and receiving from the latter institution his de- gree of Doctor of Medicine. During the long course of his professional career he bore a signifi- cant part in the progress and well-being of Mar- blehead, the scene of his activities during the en- tire thirty-two years of his practice. His stand- ards of professional attainment were of the high- est, and his endorsement of every forward move- ment most cordial. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and for nineteen years was a member of the School Board of Mar- blehead.
In fraternal circles, Dr. Eveleth was widely known, through his membership with the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a devout member of the Congregational church.
Dr. Eveleth married, in 1871, Eleanor Davis Wonson, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and they were the parents of four children: Edward Smith, born January 21, 1876, of Washington, D. C .; Dr. Charles Wonson, born May 21, 1878, of New York City; Dr. Samuel Chester, born March 13, 1883; and Lucy Mears, born September 10, 1890.
On May 14, 1900, Dr. Eveleth passed from a life of great and unceasing usefulness in a noble profession. Other hands took up the burdens he had carried, but in the hearts of those who knew him best there was no one to take his place.
ARTHUR R. KIMBALL is one of the keenest, most alive business men in Lawrence, Massachu- setts. Men know and appreciate his many other fine qualities; they value his counsel and leader- ship in any undertaking, but they admire most of all his ability to see and foresee the many sides of a business situation and the promptness with which he states or acts on his conclusions. He is general manager and treasurer of one of the old- est and most important shoe manufactories of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and of the one which specializes most on shoes for the Southern and West Indian trade.
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His father, Alfred Kimball, was born in Merri- mac, Massachusetts, November 21, 1837, and his mother, Mira B. Chesley, June 13, 1835. Alfred Kimball, at the age of eighty-four, is one of those men who will not grow old, being an active dir- ector of the Merrimac National Bank of Haverhill, Massachusetts, an ardent Republican, and was one of the first to organize the Masonic order in his city. He holds membership in the Universalist church, to which he has given great aid and ser- vice.
Arthur R. Kimball, born January 15, 1878, re- ceived the rudiments of his education in the pub- lic schools of Haverhill and Dean Academy, and his higher training at Tufts College, Massachu- setts, from which he was graduated in 1901, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Straight from college he went into his father's shoe factory in Lawrence to get the education that no school can give, that in life and work.
The concern with which he started is one of the oldest, being founded before the Civil War by Alfred and Warren Kimball, and was called the Kimball Brothers Shoe Company. They began operations in Haverhill, Massachusetts, but in 1889 moved to Kennebunk, Maine, where they continued the making of shoes until 1893, when they again moved, this time to Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was while the firm was at this city that Arthur R. Kimball set out to learn the trade. January 1, 1919, the company was reorganized under the cor- poration laws of Massachusetts with the following men as its parts: Alfred R. Kimball, president; Arthur R. Kimball, treasurer and general manager; and C. E. W. Grinnell, and J. S. Larrabee. The company is a large manufacturer of men's, boys' and youths' Goodyear welt shoes, averaging more than 10,000 pairs of shoes a week. Their 1919-20 business amounted to more than one and one-half millions of dollars. The average number of em- ployees on the pay roll is over 350. For the proper distribution of their large output a store is maintained in Boston, at No. 54 Lincoln street. Most of the company's shoes find their final destin- ation in the South and West, or Cuban ports.
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