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1785; William, born February 10, 1788; and Aaron, born July 20, 1791.
Jeremiah (2) Blanchard, first-born of Jeremiah (1) and Dorothy (Smith) Blanchard, was born at Dunstable, New Hampshire, September 17, 1760. He married (first) Susannah Pearson, of Newbury- port, December 13, 1784. Later, on January 14, 1810, he married Sarah (Bartlett) Allen, widow of Jahpen Allen. Jeremiah (2) Blanchard was a sol- dier of the Revolution. His name is on the rolls as a "minute-man"; he served for three years in Captain Amos Lincoln's company of artillery, Paul Revere commanding. He was discharged May 9, 1780. After he was discharged from the Continen- tal army he enlisted on the brigantine "Rover," a privateer commanded by Captain Adam Willman. He was captured and taken to Halifax, and was among those prisoners the English attempted to try for piracy. Eventually his release came by ex- change. Soon afterwards Blanchard enlisted on the brig "Haskett and John," a privateer. He was again captured and this time taken to England, where he was incarcerated in the Dartmoor and Old Mill prisons, and not liberated until peace was declared. He returned to America on the ship "Havre de Grasse," and settled in Newburyport. He followed maritime occupations for many years afterwards, however, death coming on September 13, 1845, at Newburyport. His children by his first wife were: Polly, born February 14, 1786, died March 4, 1808; Dolly, born January 12, 1789; Jere- miah, born December 16, 1790, and lost at sea in 1815; Lois, born March 2, 1793; Rebecca, born February 15, 1796; Fanny, born April 19, 1798; James Pearson, born August 29, 1801; and William and Susanna, twins, born February 24, 1805, the former dying on March 14, and the latter on March 15, of the same year. His children by his second wife were: Mary, born April 16, 1813, died in November, 1814; Susan, born February 11, 1817; Frederick, of whom further.
Frederick Blanchard, son of Jeremiah (2) and Sarah (Bartlett-Allen) Blanchard, was born in Newburyport, October 26, 1810. He married (first) Abby W. Hickocks, of Newburyport, in February, 1838; she died September 11th of the same year. On August 5, 1840, he married (second) Mary Jane York, at Lee, New Hampshire, and their children were: Abbie Jane, born August 17, 1841; Mary Choate, born April 4, 1843; Jacob Stickney, born January 25, 1846; Rebecca Chapman, born Febru- ary 6, 1847; Susan Lowell, born September 3, 1850; Jeremiah, born July 19, 1853, died in August, 1853; Frederic William, of whom further; Nellie Com- fort, born June 6, 1858.
Frederic William Blanchard, son of Frederick and Mary Jane (York) Blanchard, was born at Lee, New Hampshire, October 31, 1854. He was educated in public schools in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, and took a further course under Professor Hubert, of the Berlitz School of Languages, in addition to which he was privately tutored by Professor John Collins. Afterwards he learned a trade, that of decorating. He worked in
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Boston for the Warner Bailey Company for six years, leaving their employ to enter into business for himself. Four years later he became a travel- ing salesman, his line mechanical hardware. He represented one house in that line for ten years, the Frank J. Scott Company. He next worked for the Belcher & Loomis Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, for one year; for a similar period he was with the R. G. Dun Company, but from that time until 1909 he was a member of the sales force of the Cutter, Wood & Stevens Company. For the next nine years he represented the A. J. Wilkinson Company, and in 1918 assumed charge of the office and paint department of the Merri- mac Lumber Company, staying with that com- pany until 1921, when he became associated in business with W. H. Franklin, Jr., of Merrimac, Massachusetts. His business career has thus been an active one.
Politically, Mr. Blanchard is a Republican; fra- ternally he is a Mason, member of Mount Vernon Lodge, of Malden; religiously, he is a member of the Unitarian church. He served for one enlist- ment as a private in Battery B, Second Massachu- setts Artillery.
Mr. Blanchard married, November 14, 1900, Marie Adele Dumont, of Boston, Massachusetts. She was born on March 20, 1864, at Boston, daugh- ter of Louis and Constance (Dubeau ) Dumont.
LEONARD ORDWAY PHILBRICK, one of the most prominent citizens of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, was born there January 1, 1867, son of Isaac H. and Sarah E. (Ordway) Philbrick, and of the tenth generation in direct descent from Thomas (1) Philbrick, of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1630, through his son James, of Hampton, New Hamp- shire, in 1640.
With the exception of three years, he has resided continuously in his native city, and there attended the public schools, Cannon Commercial College of Lawrence, where he took a course in bookkeeping and banking, graduating in 1884. Soon after this time he became identified with the shoe business, and gradually entered the manufacturing end of this business. Mr. Philbrick held various positions with the different firms, working sometimes in the office and at other times in the factories, thereby learning all the details of the work and the business. He was identified with many of the older shoe firms, such as Cluff & Gale, Miller & Foster, F. H. Huss, and Fitts & Weeks. It is be- lieved that Mr. Philbrick was the first salesman to carry a line of women's welt boots, which were made in Haverhill, "on the road"; and this was at a time when he was salesman for W. H. Nason.
At the time of the financial panic in 1893, Mr. Philbrick was office manager and assistant superin- tendent of the factory of Wilbur H. Davis & Company, and to his great credit, he held his or- ganization and kept up a production of 6,000 pairs per day without putting out a pay-roll for over five weeks. Later, when the money was obtainable
from the banks, the employees were paid in full and this was one of the very few factories to keep running during that time. The Davis plant was removed to Richmond, Virginia, soon after this time, Mr. Philbrick going also and starting opera- tions there; upon his return to Haverhill, he entered the employ of James W. White, in the business of shoe findings and supplies, as accountant and credit man, which position he has held to the present time.
There is perhaps no other man in Haverhill with a broader knowledge or longer acquaintance with the shoe industry. He has a diploma of the Na- tional Association of Bookkeepers and Accountants, and in addition to his regular work, often audits the books of various business houses.
In politics Mr. Philbrick is a Republican, and as an ardent worker in the interests of this party, he is known throughout the State. During 1901-02 Mr. Philbrick was a member of the Common Council from Ward Six, and also was a member of the Re- publican City Committee for many years. He has been a member of the various Republican clubs since the organization of the first "Brother Jonathan's" in 1884, and is at present a vice-president of the Essex Club, the county organization; member of the Massachusetts Republican Club; and the Repub- lican League of Massachusetts. Mr. Philbrick is also very active in other public affairs of the city, and is always seeking to advance the general wel- fare. He organized the Haverhill Choral Society and served as its vice-president; the World War handicapped this work considerably. Other member- ships. of Mr. Philbrick include: The Haverhill Camera Club; the Haverhill Historical Society ;. president of the Haverhill Archæological Society; and his business memberships are with the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, having served for three years as secretary of the latter.
. Mr. Philbrick married Carrie B. Osgood, a native of Groveland, and they are the parents of a son, Arnold Dodge. With his family Mr. Philbrick at- tends the North Church, being treasurer of the society, and is a member of the Men's Club of that church.
ROLAND W. BOYDEN, LL. D .- For many years prominent in the legal profession and in all civic advance, Roland W. Boyden, of Boston and Beverly, Massachusetts, has of recent years been an inter- national figure.
Mr. Boyden was born in Beverly, October 18, 1863, and is a son of William Cowper and Amy Lydia (Hoag) Boyden. Educated in Beverly and Salem high schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Harvard University, he was graduated from the latter institution in 1885. After teaching school for a short time, he entered Harvard University Law School, from which he received his degree upon his graduating in 1888. His first legal experience was with Henry P. Moulton, a prominent Salem attorney. Then, for a period of two years, Mr. Boyden was associated with H. W. Chaplin, of Bos- ton, thereafter entering into partnership with
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Charles I. Gidding, of Boston. Mr. Gidding's death occurred in 1893, and one year later Mr. Boyden became a member of the distinguished law firm of Ropes, Gray & Loring, now Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins. Gaining prominence in his profession in New England, Mr. Boyden was chosen for National honors in 1917, when he was made a member of the legal staff of the United States Food Administra- tion at Washington, D. C., as director of prosecu- tions under the food laws. He served on the gen- eral executive committee under Mr. Hoover, hav- ing charge of the enforcement of all decrees and regulations given out by the food administration, and filling this exacting position for a year and a half.
Later Mr. Boyden was accorded the greater honor of acting as the representative of the United States of America on the Reparations Commission of the Peace Conference, by appointment of Presi- dent Wilson, subsequently being reappointed by President Harding. As a delegate he was an "un- official" member of the commission, since his gov- ernment declined to ratify the treaty of Versailles.
For a number of years Mr. Boyden has been widely interested in the industrial as well as in the professional activities of this section. He is presi- dent of the Beverly Savings Bank, a director of the Beverly National Bank, is also a director of the First National Bank, of Boston, and of the Quincy Market Cold Storage and Warehouse Company. He has served on the Boston Chamber of Com- merce as a director, as a member of the executive committee, and as chairman of its special commit- tees on both the State budget system and a move- ment towards thrift. He also served as a member of the State Committee of Public Safety. He served for several years as chairman of the School Com- mittee of Beverly, and is a director of the Ameri- can Unitarian Association.
In college, and later, Mr. Boyden was noted as an athlete, and still takes the keenest interest in all athletic sports. He was prominent on the dia- mond, playing as pitcher and center fielder on the Harvard baseball teams of 1886 and 1887, and was a half-back on the football teams of those years. After graduation his interest continued, and he was a member of the famous Beacon nine of Bos- ton, and played football with the Boston Athletic Association, of which he was long a member. He has traveled extensively, and owns a farm in Tamworth, New Hampshire.
EUGENE M. GALE, M. D., now in practice in Merrimac, Massachusetts, was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, August 4, 1891, son of Eugene L. and Nellie M. (Manson) Gale, the former a hatter and for many years superintendent of a hat factory in Amesbury.
As a boy Eugene M. Gale attended the public schools of Amesbury, graduating eventually from high school there, after which he took the prepara- tory course at Tufts College. From there he pro- ceeded to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Boston, and became a medical student, graduating
ultimately with the class of 1914, and thus gaining his professional degree of M. D. The next two years were spent in hospital work; he was interne, or house physician, at Boston City Hospital until 1916, and during that time had considerable prac- tice. In 1916 he went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and opened an office for private practice in that neighborhood. The next year, 1917, however, brought that National emergency which altered the plans of millions of young men. With the entry of the United States into the World War, all phases of America's manhood had to set aside personal af- fairs, and give precedence to National. Dr. Gale, in September, 1917, enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States army, and as a sergeant of that corps, was soon afterwards assigned to overseas duty at Base Hospital No. 44, situated at Pougues- les-Eaux, France. He served at that post through- out the war, and returned to this country in May, 1919, being then honorably discharged, with the grade of sergeant. Soon afterwards he again enter- ed into civil practice of medicine, establishing him- self at West Warren, Massachusetts, where he re- mained only about a year, however, then came to Merrimac, where he has since practiced. His record during the years since 1914, when he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in- dicates that he has a wide knowledge of medicine.
Dr. Gale holds membership in several profes- sional associations; they include the American Medi- cal Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the Pentucket Medical Association. He is far advanced in. Masonic degrees, belonging to Warren Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Amesbury; Enoch Lodge of Perfection; Zerubbabel Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Evergeen Chapter, Rose Croix; Colwell Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret. He is a member of the Oxford Club, of Merrimac; Boston City Hospital Alumni Associa- tion; and is also a member of the American Le- gion.
Dr. Gale married, in 1917, Florence M. Woodward, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, daughter of Welling- ton R. and Etta (McLinn) Woodward, the former an automobile body manufacturer at that place. Dr. and Mrs. Gale attend the Congregational church of Merrimac.
HENRY T. MOODY-It is almost seventy years since Henry T. Moody, inventor of the Moody hangars, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the date of his birth being July 6, 1852. Thirty years later he made the first public demonstrations with his hangar, this taking place at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston, and during the remaining almost forty years, up to the present time, he has con- tinued to manufacture them, as well as many other devices of his invention. Even today his firm finds almost constant employment for forty people of Newburyport.
Mr. Moody is a son of Henry T. and Harriett E. (Bartlett) Moody, the former born in Cornville, Maine. He was a blacksmith by trade, and died in 1876. Harriett E. (Bartlett) Moody was of a
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Newburyport family, and lived a widowhood of more than ten years, death coming in 1887. They had six children, four of whom were sons, Henry T. Jr., being the eldest. The home of the family was in Newburyport, and there the children went to school. After his schooldays were over, Henry T. Jr., learned the blacksmith's trade under his father, working in his smithy for nine years, after which for four years he lived in Moultonville. Returning to Newburyport in 1876, he formed a partnership with his brother, the trading being done under the name of Moody Brothers. His shop was situated in the rear of the Library building, and also for two years he was on Liberty street. In 1882 he established the Victor Manufacturing Company, and equipped a plant on Water street, which has been the address of the company ever since. Mr. Moody had for some years prior to the organization of the Victor Manufacturing Company experimented on certain devices he had designed, and with the inven- tion of the Moody hangar, which was first demon- strated in 1882, he had a specialty which found favor and brought steady business to his company. The Moody hangars are used throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Mr. Moody has not been content with his original invention, but has been constantly improving and perfecting it to meet the changing conditions of the time. The Moody type of hangar is known to most persons connected with hardware in that part of the country, and the business it has brought to the Victor Manufactur- ing Company, together with other excellent devices invented by Mr. Moody, has been sufficient to keep Mr. Moody constantly in his home town. The Vic- tor Manufacturing Company was the first to manu- facture its own fusable links, and quite a large trade was built up.
Personally, Mr. Moody is esteemed in his home town, and he is well known throughout the county and State among people in his line. He is a mem- ber of the American Yacht Club, but does not seem to have many other connections that would be likely to draw him from his business affairs. He apparently has not at any time manifested a de- sire to enter actively into public affairs, though he has furthered most of the worth-while public move- ments in his own town.
Mr. Moody married, October 17, 1877, Nellie A. Huntington, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, daughter of David and Clarissa (Osgood) Huntington. Mrs. Moody's mother died in 1878, eight years after the death of her husband, who was of a Massachusetts family, born in Pleasant Valley, that State, and for the greater part of his life a mason. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Moody: Gertrude, who died at the age of five and one-half years; Harry; and Arthur, who is also deceased. Mrs. Moody passed away January 12, 1921.
JOHN E. ALLEN, a prominent citizen of Lynn, Massachusetts, and a well known business man, was born December 22, 1879, in Swampscott, Massachu- setts, son of Daniel and Harriet (Chase) Allen. On both the paternal and maternal sides he traces
to the earliest settlers of New England who were prominent in the building up of the colonies. Mr. Allen attended the public schools and the high school, and when twenty-one years of age was engaged in the leather business with Breed & Clapp, of Boston and Lynn. He followed this line of business until 1906, in which year he had an op- portunity to engage in business for himself as a broker in stocks and bonds. He has been very successful and has built up a large and thriving business, with headquarters in Boston. Mr. Allen is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Bos- ton, and of the Boston Athletic Association.
Mr. Allen married Doris Johnson, daughter of Harry Johnson, and they are the parents of three children: Phyllis, Bryce, and Marjorie. With his family he attends the Episcopal church of Lynn, where they make their home, and he is also active in the civic affairs of that city.
DANIEL S. JORDAN-The recent passing of Daniel S. Jordan, removed from the city of Law- rence one of her oldest residents, a man whose life had contributed to the welfare of the people and the progress of the community.
Mr. Jordan was a descendant of old New England stock, in direct line from Rev. Robert Jordan, the immigrant ancestor of this family in America, who came from England and settled in Maine very early in the history of the Colonies. He cared for the spiritual needs of the people over a wide district, from the Casco settlement to Saco. He was fear- less in his denunciation of witchcraft, and it was largely through his labors that the practices in connection with this idea fell into disuse, through the section in which he preached and taught. The sturdy qualities of the old pioneer forebear, came down through several generations to Ichabod Jor- dan, Mr. Jordan's father. Ichabod Jordan was born in Biddeford, York county, Maine, February 2, 1782, and died August 7, 1874. In early life he con- ducted a country store, prospering and becoming a leading man in the community. Later in life, with dignity and position secured, he represented the district in the general court at Boston. He was for many years deputy sheriff of York county, Maine. He married Betsey Nason.
Daniel S. Jordan, son of Ichabod and Betsey (Nason) Jordan, was born in Biddeford, Maine, July 23, 1824, and died in Lawrence, Massachusetts, January 2, 1921, in the ninety-seventh year of his age. Daniel S. Jordan was educated in his native town, and worked with his father until he had at- tained his majority. In 1845 he left Biddeford, and struck out for himself, coming to Massachusetts, and locating in Charlestown, where he found employ. ment in a grocery store. Remaining there until 1847, he then came to Lawrence, which became his permanent place of residence. At first he worked as a grocery clerk, but he was ambitious to gain a foothold on the road to success, and through hard work and thrifty habits, acquired a little cap- ital. In 1850, in association with his brother, A. S. Jordan, he entered the grocery business, under the
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firm name "A. S. Jordan & Company." The venture proved very successful, grew and prospered, and for eighteen years the brothers continued together. The firm as originally established, comprised A. S. Jordan and G. H. Gilmore, under the name of A. S. Jordan & Company. In 1850 Daniel S. Jordan who had been associated with W. H. Bridgman, bought Mr. Gilmore's interest, and the brothers worked together with untiring zeal and marked suc- cess. The enterprise started at a site on Common street between Union and Newbury streets in 1848, and in 1853 the present site was purchased, where now stands the substantial brick building erected in 1896 by Daniel S. Jordan, bearing his name and still owned by his estate. Then in 1869 the death of A. S. Jordan left Daniel S. Jordan sole proprietor, and for years he carried on the business alone. The firm name was then changed to D. S. Jordan & Co., and so remained until 1872, when Mr. Jordan disposed of his business to Messrs. Eastman & Buell. During its entire history the business was located at the corner of Newbury and Common streets. In 1873 Mr. Jordan retired from the grocery business, and when he turned it over into other hands, this was one of the most im- portant interests in the city of Lawrence, in this field of mercantile endeavor.
For a number of years prior to his retirement, Mr. Jordan had acquired very considerable holdings of real estate, and from that time on, he occupied himself with the management and development of the various properties in which he was interested. He also built a beautiful and spacious home at No. 134 East Haverhill street, in Lawrence, and taking up his residence there in 1876, spent his declining years in the house which represented the summit of his success.
Of a quiet, retiring nature, a lover of home and intellectual pursuits, Daniel S. Jordan lived to an age now rare in the history of a hurrying, pro- gressive world. Although for many years prac- tically retired, he kept in touch with all public ad- vance, and took great pride in the growth and pros- perity of the city of his adoption. He was a mem- ber of the Unitarian church, but for several years before his death was unable to attend any church. Broadly interested in every branch of forward en- deavor, he will long be remembered in Lawrence as a worthy citizen, and a progressive, high-minded man.
Daniel S. Jordan married, December 29, 1869, Alicia Parham, of Tyngsboro, who is his sole sur- vivor.
PAUL LYNCH, dentist, of Amesbury, Massachu- setts, was born at Waltham, that state, October 15, 1875, son of Michael and Ellen (Mullen) Lynch. He was educated in the public schools and high school, graduating from the latter institution in 1895. Subsequently he attended Tufts College for two years and then attended the University of Maryland where he received his degree of Doctor of Dental Science in 1907. For a short time he
was located in Boston, having charge of an office there, and in 1909 opened his own office at Vineyard Haven where he remained for two years. Since 1911 he has been located in Amesbury, Massachusetts, continuously engaged in the practice of his pro- fession.
During the World War, Dr. Lynch offered his services to his government and was overseas for seventeen months. He was in charge of dental sur- gery for the Red Cross interests and was stationed at Paris the greater part of the time. He was com- missioned lieutenant and later captain, being dis- charged in July, 1919. Dr. Lynch is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Amesbury Club. He is also a member of the Essex County Dental Society and the Massachu- setts Dental Society, and is an attendant of St. Joseph's Church.
JAMES EDGAR BARNES, who holds an assured position in the Essex county bar, is a descendant, through both his paternal and maternal lines, of early Colonial pioneers who landed at Plymouth shortly after 1620. Both families were represented in the early progress of the colonies and in the Revolutionary War. He is a son of Charles E. and Mary Susan (Schellinger) Barnes, and his father, who was a shoe worker during the greater part of his life, was connected with the General Electric Company in his later years, and died in Lynn, De- cember 80, 1916.
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