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He was married in 1892 to Edith E. Taylor, of Newburyport, and the following children have been born to them: Carlton L., William F., Elizabeth A., Robert P., Ruth E., and Eunice N.
EDWARD GRAVES PERKINS, second child of Edward and Mary S. (Graves) Perkins, (see pre- ceding sketch) was born in Newburyport, October 27, 1874. After passing through the public schools of Newburyport and graduating from the high school in the class of 1891, he took a business course at Conner's Commercial School. Thus equipped for a business life, he entered his father's office and has ever since been connected with the business, being, strictly, an employee until 1916, when he was admitted into the firm. He has had
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good part in the development of the company's op- erations during the almost three decades he has been connected with it.
Mr. E. G. Perkins is well known to the business people of the district, and is looked upon as an alert, enterprising, reliable man of business-one with broad, effective and modern ideas of business, and an intelligent helpful interest in the general progress of the city. He has taken a prominent part in public affairs. Politically a Republican, Mr. E. G. Perkins has for several years been a member of the Republican City Committee, and for ten years has been a member of the City Council. Fra- ternally, he is a Mason. He is an active member of the American Yacht Club, and his church is the First Congregational Church, of Newburyport.
In 1896 Mr. E. G. Perkins was married to Clara A. Goodman, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of Ephraim and Dolly E. (Pickens) Goodman, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have three chil- dren: Florence Amelia, who was born in 1897; George King, born in 1902; and Albert G., born in 1904.
CHARLES G. BROSTROM - Coming to this country in 1892 with nothing more than a stout heart and a wealth of ambition, Charles G. Bros- trom, founder of the C. G. Brostrom Company, manufacturers of shoe machinery, has successfully climbed the ladder of success. Today his name is a by-word in his particular line of industry and many successful patents of his will stand in the years to come, as a monument to his application to what he selected as his life's occupation. Success is attained only by dint of great effort, and Mr. Bros- trom may well look back upon the years of his youth when, without the usual time allotted to the growing boy for play, he began to build up a fu- ture that today stands far and away ahead of those who were satisfied to take life as it came. Backed by a brilliant and creative mind he stands today in the heyday of his career. The future holds nothing but greater success, and Mr. Bros- trom has surrounded himself with an organization composed of men who assume part of the respon- sibility which rests upon his shoulders.
Charles Gustave Brostrom was born in Koping, Sweden, March 16, 1872. He is the son of Andrew Gustave and Matilda (Berg) Brostrom, the former, previous to his death, having been superintendent of an iron and steel rolling mill at Koping for many years. The boy Charles attended the pub- lic schools of his native place until he was fifteen years of age, when he terminated his studies and entered his father's mill, where he served an ap- prenticeship to the machinist's trade, and even at this early age his shrewdness in the trade was commented upon. In 1892, when he had reached the age of twenty years, he expressed a desire to reach out into the world, so, with this end in view, he set sail for the United States. Upon landing in this country he went immediately to Hartford, Connecticut, where he secured a position as machin-
ist with the Pape Manufacturing Company, sub- sequently resigning from this concern and becoming identified with the Cushman Chuck Company of Hartford. In 1893 he came to Lynn and until 1912 worked successively for the following concerns in the capacity of machinist: the General Electric Company, Bresnahan Shoe Machine Company, and the T. C. Rowen Company, manufacturers of shoe machinery. In 1913 he founded the C. G. Brostrom Company which has met with unbounded success, the shoe machinery which the organization manu- factures being shipped to all parts of the world. During the World War the plant ran night and day in its manufacture of sights for large French guns and gauges. Mr. Brostrom is well read and in all that pertains to his craft is an authority. His knowledge of mechanical drawing, pattern mak- ing and machinery, combined with his practical knowledge of the business, make for him an un- usually strong equipment. Besides being identified with this concern Mr. Brostrom is also president of the Micas Consolidated Company, Incorporated, and vice-president of the Beacon Folding Machine Company, both concerns being located in Lynn. He is also a member of the local Chamber of Com- merce.
In everything pertaining to the welfare and ad- vancement of Lynn he has taken a keen and active interest and no good work, done in the name of charity or religion, appeals to him in vain. He is prominent in the fraternal organizations of the city, being affiliated with East Lynn Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Moody Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor; Paul Revere Council, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias; the Pythian Sisters; and Poquanum Tribe No. 105, Im- proved Order of Red Men. He attends the Luth- eran church.
In May, 1894, Charles Gustave Brostrom was united in marriage with Emma Hagerstrom, who died in 1900. To them were born two children: Huldah Matilda, born June 13, 1895; Andrew Gus- tave, born June 11, 1898. Mr. Brostrom married, (second) in November, 1910, Elizabeth May Ever- ett, daughter of Hezekiah and Elizabeth May (Irish) Everett, of Poland, Maine.
Such is the life of Charles Gustave Brostrom, a self-made man, starting in this country poor in finances, but rich in shrewdness and foresight, traits which go to make a man among men. Quick to grasp the necessity of mingling with the na- tion's successful men, he adapted himself to cir- cumstances and took advantage of every oppor- tunity which would bring him in contact with the worth-while things in life. Today he stands as one of the most prominent and respected business men in Lynn, a product of Democracy's free institutions.
CHARLES A. GREEN-One of the younger members of the legal profession in Essex county, Massachusetts, and interested in every phase of public progress, Charles A. Green is going forward to success.
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Mr. Green was born in Salem, July 19, 1889, and is a son of James F. and Margaret (Reagan) Green. The elder Mr. Green was for many years engaged in the great shoe industry in Salem, continuing in this connection until the time of his death, which occurred December 6, 1907.
Gaining his early education in the public schools of Salem, Mr. Green then studied law under Mc- Sweeney & McSweeney, leading Salem attorneys, then completed his studies at the law school of Charles H. Innes, in Boston. Admitted to the bar September 15, 1913, Mr. Green soon established himself in his chosen field of endeavor, and is now considered one of the promising men of the day in legal circles. His office is located on Essex street, in Salem. On December 24, 1918, Mr. Green was appointed a master in chancery, of Massachu- setts. He is also a justice of the peace.
Mr. Green is a member of the Salem and of the Essex County Bar associations, also a member of the Legal Advisory Board of Salem. Fraternally he is prominent in the Knights of Columbus and the Father Mathew Society. He is a Roman Cath- olic, a member of the Immaculate Conception Church at Salem. During the World War he was appointed a "four-minute man," and spoke through- out the county for various drives during the war.
REV. EDWARD TILLOTSON, rector of the Church of the Holy Name, in Swampscott, Massa- chusetts, is widely known, not only as rector of one of the most beautiful churches in New England, but as a worker in many branches of public effort.
Rev. Mr. Tillotson was born in the historic old town of Farmington, Connecticut, on July 2, 1874, and is a son of Charles Edward and Cornelia (Cowles) Tillotson, the former also born in Farm- ington, in 1842.
Receiving his early education in the public and high schools of New Haven, Connecticut, Edward Tillotson early in life chose the Christian ministry for his future field of effort. He entered Yale University, from which institution he was graduated in 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. There- after entering Berkeley Divinity School, in Middle- town, Connecticut, he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.
Mr. Tillotson's first church was St. George's, at Newburgh, New York; from there he went to St. Paul's, in Boston, which is now a cathedral. He came to Swampscott, Massachusetts, on October 1, 1905, as rector of the Church of the Holy Name. This church, which is Protestant Episcopal, is of local interest as a memorial erected by Mrs. Joy to the memory of the late Charles S. Joy and Enoch Reddington Mudge, her father. But the church is of general interest as a rarely beautiful structure, and one of the points of interest along the north shore. The church was built after the plans of the famous architect, Henry Vaughn. It is Gothic in design, and its charming setting, as it stands on the old Mudge estate, just back from the ocean, . reveals its beauty even to the most casual observer.
Mr. Tillotson has heard tourists from all parts of the world admire it, and say that they never saw a more beautiful church. One of the most beautiful features of the edifice is comprised in the five me- morial windows brought over from England, made at the studio of the celebrated firm of C. E. Kempe, of London. The church was consecrated on Sep- tember 28, 1893. The first rector was Rev. Arthur B. Papineau; the second, Rev. Henry C. Braddon; then followed Rev. William Gardner, and his suc- cessor, Rev. Richard E. Armstrong, was Mr. Tillot- son's predecessor. The rectory of the church was built in 1907, and the fine parish house, in the same design as the church, was built in 1920, and is known as the Remick Memorial.
During the World War, 1917-18, this church, under Rev. Tillotson's leadership, bore an active part in the various movements in support of the American Expeditionary Forces. Fifty-two men enlisted from this parish. Mr. Tillotson engaged in welfare work, three days in each week, at the Bridges Company plant, manufacturers of air- planes, and was also active in Red Cross work:
Rev. Mr. Tillotson is chairman of the school com- mittee of Swampscott, and is deeply interested in every phase of public progress. He supports the principles of the Republican party. He is a mem- ber of the Clerical Club of Boston, a club of twenty clergymen, and is a member of the Swampscott Club.
In 1905 Rev. Tillotson married, in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, Alice Lethbridge Duer Sawyer, daugh- ter of Enos D. and Elizabeth (Smith) Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer is an extensive dealer in lumber in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. Rev. and Mrs. Tillotson have one daughter, Cornelia Duer, born on August 27, 1915.
HARRY S. CLARK, B. S., D. M. D .- In profes- sional circles in Danvers, Massachusetts, the name of Dr. Harry S. Clark stands for the most ap- proved methods in modern dental science, and has come to hold a leading place.
Dr. Clark is a son of Sylvester and Laura M. (Towle) Clark, his father being a skilled mechanic. The family formerly resided in Rochester, Vermont, later removing to Randolph, Vermont. There were two sons: Fred, now deceased; and Harry S., of whom further.
Harry S. Clark was born in Rochester, Vermont, July 22, 1877, and his education was begun in the public schools of his native town. At the age of thirteen years, the family then becoming residents of Randolph, Vermont, the boy continued his studies there. He entered Dartmouth College, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1901; then, having chosen the dental profession, took up that course at Harvard University, and was graduated in 1904. His B. S. degree was con- ferred upon him at Dartmouth, and the D. M. D. at Harvard. Coming to Danvers in 1904, Dr. Clark established an office and began the practice of his profession. He has since continued, with ever in-
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creasing success, and is now a leading practitioner five years on the library board, and for a long period in this vicinity.
Dr. Clark is a member of the National Dental Association, of the Metropolitan Massachusetts Dental Society, and of the Essex Dental Society. He is also a member of the Harvard Alumni Asso- ciation, Harvard Odontological Society, and of the Northeastern Massachusetts Dental Society. He has been instructor at the Harvard Dental School since 1905. In the Masonic fraternity Dr. Clark is prominent. He is past master of Amity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Holton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lodge of Perfection; and holds the office of deputy grand marshal of the Ninth Masonic District. He is also a member of the Masonic Club. Politically Dr. Clark supports the Republican party. He is a member and trustee of the Maple Street Congregational Church.
In 1905, Dr. Clark married Louise Hastings, of Randolph, Vermont.
FRANCIS EDMUND INGALLS, who for many years was identified with the shoe and silk indus- tries, and is now retired from all active business, is a descendant of Edmund Ingalls, one of two broth- ers, Francis and Edmund Ingalls, who came to Essex county, Massachusetts, in 1629, and were the first settlers of Swampscott, spending the remainder of their lives in this community.
From Edmund Ingalls, the original immigrant an- cestor of this branch of the family in America, Mr. Ingalls is directly descended through six intervening generations, as follows: Robert, son of Edmund; Nathaniel, son of Robert; Joseph, son of Nathaniel; John (1), son of Nathaniel; John (2), son of John (1); and Ephraim, son of John (2), Ephraim being the father of Francis Edmund.
John (2) Ingalls was a fisherman, and prospered in this business, also, with the thrift and industry characteristic of his day, made shoes in winter, this being before the days of shoe machinery. He mar- ried Martha Blaney, of Swampscott.
Ephraim Ingalls followed his father's calling, that of fisherman, which was, indeed, the occupation of each succeeding generation from the time of their settling here, and also manufactured shoes all his life, living to see something of new methods and in- creased production which resulted from them. He married Elizabeth Cloon, of Marblehead, Massachu- setts, who was the daughter of a sea captain.
Francis Edmund Ingalls, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Cloon) Ingalls, was born in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, that part which is now Swampscott, in 1843. Educated in the schools of that day, and trained in the traditions of the shoe industry, he was for thirty-seven years a representative of man- ufacturers of shoe findings, and also represented a Boston silk agency, travelling throughout New Eng- land for these two concerns until his retirement in 1918. He was also broadly active in civic and re- ligious progress, and was a member of the board of selectmen of Swampscott for one year. For twelve years he served on the school board, for twenty-
on the building committee. In 1877 he helped to organize a Universalist Sunday school in the town hall, and served as superintendent of this Sunday school from its organization until 1920, when he re- signed. He assisted largely in the building of the Universalist church edifice, and is still active in the work of this church society.
Francis Edmund Ingalls married Marrietta Ban- croft Nowell, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and they were the parents of two children: Bessie, who be- came the wife of Herbert L. Rideout, and has one child, Miriam; and Nowell, of further mention.
Nowell Ingalls was born in Swampscott, Massa- chusetts, September 6, 1878, and received his early education in the public schools of his native place. Later entering Tufts College, at Medford, Massa- chusetts, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately thereafter, he became identified with the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Association at Boston, and for many years held an executive position in their main office in that city. He is still connected with the same concern, and now has charge of their interests in the Lynn district.
Mr. Ingalls is a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce. He is broadly interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and is a member of the organization. His college fraternity is the Delta Tau Delta, and he is a member of the Universalist church.
On June 8, 1904, Mr. Ingalls married Kate Smith, daughter of Charles R. and Hannah B. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls have two children: Francis Ed- mund (2), and Katharine Smith.
GEORGE JOHN GODSLAND-In the industrial world of Salem, Massachusetts, the name of Gods- land is familiar. As owner and manager of the Salem Brass Foundry, George John Godsland bears a construcitve part in the manufacturing interests of the city.
Mr. Godsland was born in Exeter, on the River Exe, in England, January 28, 1849, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Godsland. His parents never made their home in this country, although his father came here and remained for a short time. Gaining his education in the national schools of his native land, and there learning the trade of brass moulder, Mr. Godsland turned his face across the Atlantic, as a young man of twenty-three years. He located first in Portland, Maine, but wishing to see more of this country before locating permanently, spent the next three years in Boston and Cambridge, then spent two years in Cleveland, Ohio, thence going to the oil country of Pennsylvania, being interested mostly in contract work for the Standard Oil Com- pany, at Oil City. He then returned East to in- dustrial interests in Salem, having loaned money to a firm of brass moulders there. This was about the time of the death of President Garfield, in 1881, when the confidence of the country was more or less disturbed by the inevitable changes in the ad-
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ministration at Washington, and this firm of brass mulders failed to make a success of the business. To protect himself Mr. Godsland was obliged to take over the business, and in his hands it has grown and developed, until it long since became an important part of the industrial life of Salem, and a profitable enterprise for the owner. Thus Mr. Godsland's permanent location was not entirely of his own choice, but he has become one of the lead- ing men in the industrial circles of Salem. His work is largely along the line of contracts with the General Electric Company, the United Shoe Ma- chine Company, and the Salem Manufacturing Com- pany.
Mr. Godsland is a member of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic Order, is a member of Winslow Lewis Commandery, Knights Templar, and is also a mem- ber of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, No- bles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Rotary Club and of the Sons of St. George.
Mr. Godsland married Elizabeth Jackson, of Wo- burn, Massachusetts, who died about ten years ago. They had one son, Frederick T., born January 12, 1876. Receiving his education in the public schools of Salem, he learned the trade of brass moulder with his father, and has been associated with him in business ever since, of late years becoming active in the management of the affairs of the plant. He married Madeline Douglas, and has one son, George Frederick. Frederick T. Godsland is also a mem- ber of the Free and Accepted Masons, and promi- nent in the social and business life of Salem.
HENRY M. FOX, D. D. S., who is among the younger generation of practicing dentists in Pea- body, Massachusetts, where he has been active since the year 1915, is a native of Clinton, Massachusetts, his birth having occurred there July 8, 1886. He is a son of Michael and Mary (Fay) Fox, like himself natives of Clinton. Michael Fox for many years was a civil engineer in his native city. He served in the Civil War. To Mr. and Mrs. Fox were born six children: George T., a physician at Bristol, Pennsylvania; Henry M., of further mention; Mary, a teacher in Clinton; Florence, a teacher; Charles, a dentist in practice at Lynn, Massachusetts, and Joseph.
The childhood of Henry M. Fox was passed in his native place, and it was there that his prepara- tory education was received. He attended the gram- mar and the high schools there, and after gradua- tion matriculated at the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania, having decided to make that profession his career. He took the usual den- tal course, graduating with the class of 1915, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Since that time he has made his headquarters in offices at No. 10 Peabody Square, where he has developed a large and high class practice, so that he is already re- garded as among the leaders of his profession.
Besides his professional activities, Dr. Fox is an energetic participant in the public life of Peabody,
and is well known in many departments of its af- fairs. In politics Dr. Fox is an Independent, and has not identified himself with any political party, preferring to remain free from all partisan influ- ences in the exercise of his own judgment on pub- lic issues. He affiliates with the Knights of Co- lumbus, and Peabody Lodge, No. 1409, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and prominent in the affairs of St. John's Roman Catholic Church, which he attends.
Henry M. Fox was united in marriage with Mary Madeline Norton, April 6, 1920. Mrs. Fox is the daughter of Michael and Annie (McDonald) Norton.
FRED J. CLOUTMAN-Among the representa- tives of the legal profession in Salem, Massachu- setts, Fred J. Cloutman is a leader in the younger group. Broadly interested in public progress, he is throwing his influence on the side of all advance.
Mr. Cloutman was born in Peabody, Massachu- setts, September 11, 1894, and is a son of Frederick W. and Mary A. (Donovan) Cloutman, both of Salem, Massachusetts. Gaining his early educa- tion in the public schools of Salem, and deciding upon the law as his field of future effort, he entered the Northeastern College of Law in Boston, and was graduated from that institution in 1918. Ad- mitted to the ban in the same year, he began the practice of law in Salem at once, and has made a most promising start.
Deeply interested in civic matters, Mr. Cloutman is now serving the public as a member of the school board, having been elected for a period of three years. Mr. Cloutman is a member of the Essex County Bar Association, and of the Salem Bar As- sociation. He served as clerk of the Probate Court from 1913 to 1918, and was for one year connected with the Old Colony Trust Company, of Boston.
Fraternally Mr. Cloutman is prominent in the Knights of Columbus and the Young Men's Cath- olic Temperance Society, of Salem. He is a mem- ber of St. James' Catholic Church, of this city.
REV. FREDERIC WILLIAMS PERKINS, D. D. -Since his ordination to the ministry of the Uni- versalist church in 1894, Dr. Perkins has served but three charges, the last being the First Church of Lynn, Massachusetts, over which he has been pastor since 1905, a period of sixteen years. He has merited the honors of his profession bestowed upon him, and has worthily borne the responsibili- ties which attach to the sacred calling. He is a son of Francis Blake and Mary Elizabeth (Will- iams) Perkins, his father a mechanical engineer and a Union veteran, serving with the 35th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg.
Frederic Williams Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 16, 1870, and at the age of seventeen was graduated from Roxbury Latin School. He then entered Tufts College, and was
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graduated A. B., 1891. He then pursued theological study at Tufts Divinity School, receiving his B. D. and A. M., class of 1894, and in 1908 received from his alma mater the degree of D. D. In 1894 he was ordained to the Universalist ministry, and called to the Church of the Redeemer at Hartford, Connec- ticut, there remaining seven years, until 1901. From 1901 until 1905 he was pastor of the First Univer- salist Church of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and in 1905 accepted a call from the First Universalist Church of Lynn, Massachusetts, his present pas- torate (1921).
During the years 1912-13-14, Dr. Perkins was lec- turer on Theology in Tufts Divinity School; was a trustee of the Universalist General Convention, 1909-17; president of the Lynn Associated Chari- ties; director of Lynn Inter-Church Union; and chairman of the Civilian Relief Committee, Lynn Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a mem- ber of the Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi fraternities, and of the Oxford and Rotary clubs, of Lynn.
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