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Dr. Perkins married, at Somerville, Massachu- setts, June 21, 1894, Mary Sherman Thayer, daugh- ter of Edward Francis and Nancy Jane (Sherman) Thayer, of Somerville. Dr. and Mrs. Perkins are the parents of a son, Sherman Thayer Perkins, born January 21, 1899.
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NATHANIEL B. HOPKINS, senior member of the shoe manufacturing company of Hopkins & Ellis, was born in Hebron, New Hampshire, April 19, 1887, son of Eldridge S. and Melanie (Muzzy) Hopkins. Eldridge S. Hopkins was born in Cam- den, Maine, went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, for about two years, then to Hebron, New Hampshire, and from there to New Hampton, New Hampshire, where he has resided for the past thirty-five years, and where he is engaged in farming. His wife died in 1904. He enlisted in the Second Maine Cavalry as corporal, serving from 1861 to 1865, and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Bristol, New Hampshire.
The education of Nathaniel B. Hopkins was ob- tained in the public schools of his native town, and, as was customary with many boys of his vicinity, engaged in farm work after leaving school. Soon after this time he became interested in the shoe industry and went to work for a manufacturer, con- tinuing until 1914, learning the method of manu- facture and other details connected with the busi- ness, so that' in the above mentioned year he was able, from both a financial and business standpoint, to engage in this business on his own account. He formed the Hall & Hopkins Company, and they were in business for three years. In 1917 Mr. Hop- kins sold his interest to Mr. Hall and formed a new company, taking as a partner Charles Ellis, and the firm name became Hopkins & Ellis. Their start was made at No. 100 Phoenix Row, and owing to the increase in business, larger quarters were neces- sary, so that, in 1919, they removed to No. 241 Win- ter street, having quarters containing 20,000 square
feet, and, from a start with twelve employees, they have increased this number to 140.
Mr. Hopkins is a Knight of Pythias in fraternal affiliations, and is a member of the Pentucket Club; he is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hopkins married, in 1900, Rosalie B. Seguin, of Rock Island, Province of Quebec, and they are the parents of a son, Nathaniel A. Hopkins.
JAMES P. ROULIER, M. D .- Beyond doubt, one of the most conspicuous figures in the life of Salem, Massachusetts, is Dr. James P. Roulier, whose long career as physician has been consistently devoted to the welfare of his fellow citizens, with a success achieved by but few.
James P. Roulier was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, September 29, 1860. He received the preliminary part of his education in the public schools of his native place, after which he entered the Assomption College, where he took the pre- scribed classical course. At about this time his attention was turned forcibly to the profession of medicine, and he decided to make it his career in life, and with this end in view he matriculated at Victoria College, from which he was graduated with the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889. Imme- diately after graduation he went to Turners Falls, where, after passing the Massachusetts State Board of Examinations, he practiced for about three years. He subsequently removed to Salem, where he has since been engaged in the active practice of his pro- fession, with headquarters at No. 2 Federal street. In addition to his medical practice Dr. Roulier oper- ated a drug store on Harbor street, South Salem, until 1914, when the building was completely de- stroyed by fire. He then spent three years in Bev- erly, Massachusetts, where he served as president of the commission that built the first French Cath- olic church, St. Alphons Church, in Beverly.
Dr. Roulier has always been keenly interested in the affairs of the community of which he is a mem- ber. He is affiliated with the Foresters of America, the Knights of Columbus, and St. Jean Baptiste of America. In his religious belief he is a Roman Catholic and has attended St. Joseph's Roman Cath- olic Church for many years. He has been active in the work of the church and was one of the dele- gates to organize the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Beverly.
On May 19, 1890, Dr. Roulier was united in mar- riage with Annie Page, of Turners Falls, who died in March, 1897. To them were born three children: Rene, Mary Jane and Mary Annie. Dr. Roulier married (second) Eva Smith Farham, and to them have been born five children: Cecile, Bernard, Jean, Madeline and Jeannette, deceased.
In all the years that Dr. Roulier has been active in his profession, a large percentage of his nights have been spent at the bedside where a new soul was to be ushered into the world, or upon more sad oc- casions, where one was about to depart. Rain or shine, summer or winter, the doctor has always re- sponded cheerfully to all calls.
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CHARLES JOHN POWELL-In the legal pro- fession in Essex county, Massachusetts, Charles John Powell, of Peabody, is now taking a promi- nent place as a member of the firm of Donnell & Powell, and also as clerk of the District Court of Peabody.
Mr. Powell is a son of William and Mary J. Pow- ell, long residents of this section. William Powell was born in Ireland, and came to America at the age of seventeen years, locating in this county, and for many years was engaged in the manufacture of leather in Salem and Peabody. His wife, whom he married in Lowell, Massachusetts, was born in In- dia, of English parents.
Charles J. Powell was born in Salem, Massachu- setts, June 24, 1889, but removed to Peabody at the age of seven, where he received his early education in the public schools. He was graduated from the Peabody High School in the class of 1908. In 1907, during afternoons and at odd times out of school, he was employed by S. Howard Donnell, long a prominent lawyer of Peabody, and now district at- torney of Essex county, as a stenographer and clerk, meanwhile studying law, and was admitted to the Essex county bar on February 21, 1913. He is now Mr. Donnell's partner, and their suite of offices, on Lowell street, in the business center of Peabody, are spacious and well appointed.
Mr. Powell was appointed clerk of the District Court of Peabody by Governor Samuel J. McCall, May 22, 1918, for a term of five years. He is a member of the American Bar Association, also the Essex County and Salem Bar associations. He is a member of the Association of Clerks of the Police, District and Municipal courts.
Fraternally and socially Mr. Powell is also well known. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar, and also is a member of Holten Lodge, No. 104, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Peabody, and of Peabody Lodge, No. 1409, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Now and Then Association of Salem, and of the Peabody Club, of Peabody.
ALDEN S. MOORE, manufacturer, and for very many years identified with the Massachusetts shoe industry, was born in Candia, New Hampshire, September 22, 1851, the son of Samuel G. and Ruth (Taylor) Moore, of that place, the former a shoe worker.
Mr. Moore was educated in the public schools of his native place, and for a number of years after leaving school worked for Kimball Brothers. Eventually he came to Groveland, Massachusetts, and established a workshop, or factory, where he did contract work for Haverhill shoe manufactur- ers. So employed, he passed many years, but ulti- mately took up another branch of the shoe industry, the manufacture of wooden heels, in which business he was associated with his son, Elmer A., until they disposed of same. During these years he has held closely to business, and has never sought public office. He is a member of Protection Lodge, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; and Georgetown Lodge, Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Mr. Moore married, in 1870, Ella F. Walsh, daughter of Ardis and Sarah (Turner-Nunn) Walsh, the former English-born, but his wife a Nova Scotian. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born three children: Lowella M .; Elmer A., a sketch of whom follows; and Harry.
ELMER A. MOORE, manufacturer of wooden heels, formerly owner of a substantial plant at Groveland, Massachusetts, was born in that place on August 7, 1883, son of Alden S. and Ella F. (Walsh) Moore (see preceding sketch), formerly of New Hampshire, but then of Groveland, where the father was in business as shoe manufacturer and contractor. The mother was originally of Lowell, Massachusetts, daughter of Ardis and Sarah (Tur- ner-Nunn) Walsh.
Mr. Moore received the whole of his academic schooling in the public schools of Groveland, and when old enough, began to work, his first employer being C. K. Fox, shoe manufacturer, whose factory was on Duncan street, and with whom he remained for three years; a further three years he spent in the plant of H. Guptill. After that general experi- ence, he took up another branch, entering the Eagle Wooden Heel Company's factory on Washington street, having an interest in the business. Later, however, he went into the Emery and Marshall building, but eventually moved to Phoenix Row, where he operated a business in wooden heels for three years, selling the business to advantage. He then established a factory in Groveland, and in 1919 opened the plant on Lincoln avenue. He es- tablished another plant on Sumner street, with a floor space of three thousand square feet, and which turned out about three hundred dozen wooden heels a day, for local and export trade. Mr. Moore has lately disposed of his business.
Mr. Moore is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the American Mechanics, fraternal orders, and has very many close friends in shoe circles of Haverhill district.
Mr. Moore married, in 1911, Elsie M. Gale, daugh- ter of Perly and Mary Elizabeth (Hewitt) Gale, the former of Plaistow, New Hampshire, and the latter originally of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Moore have one child, a son, Alden Perly Moore, now six years old.
GEORGE E. KERRIGAN, a prominent lawyer of Haverhill, Massachusetts, has practiced his pro- fession in such widely separated states as Califor- nia and New Hampshire, and with success in each. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, July 24, 1872, of good old Irish blood. His father, Henry Michael Kerrigan, was one of those who followed the shoe trade. His mother, Elizabeth, came from the "Green Isle of Erin."
George E. Kerrigan prepared for college in the city schools, graduating from Haverhill High in 1890. Entering Holy Cross College, he gained the
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degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1896 took his Master's degree at Georgetown University. While in attendance at Holy Cross, a college noted al- most as much for the high class of its baseball teams as for its distinguished scholastic qualities, he became one of its famous baseball players; he was president of the athletic association. His course in law was taken in the Law College at Georgetown, District of Columbia, where he acquir- ed the degrees of Bachelor of Law and Master of Laws in 1899.
Returning to Haverhill, Mr. Kerrigan was ad- mitted to the bar of Massachusetts at Salem and began the practice of law. He was just taking a conspicuous place among the legal lights of Haver- hill when ill health overtook him, and in 1907, go- ing to California for physical betterment, he de- cided to stay there and practice his vocation. He was admitted to the bar of California in 1908, and before returning to Haverhill, in 1911, had been for two years attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad, the Shasta Bank, and a number of other corporations. Taking up again in 1911 the prac- tice of law in his native city, he met with success from the start, which continues to follow him through the passing years. In 1912 he was ad- mitted to the bar of New Hampshire.
Mr. Kerrigan is a member of the Essex Bar Asso- ciation and the Haverhill Bar Association. Outlet for his athletic inclinations has been found in mem- bership in the Iseland Golf Club. In politics he is a Republican; in religion, a Roman Catholic. Mr. Kerrigan has one son, John, born July 13, 1906.
JAMES CASSEY-In the optical field in Lynn, James Cassey holds a leading position and has been very successful. Mr. Cassey is a son of James Cas- sey, who was for many years manager of a large concern manufacturing iron and tin ware in Eng- land. He died in 1919, at the advanced age of ninety years. Early in life he married Mary Ann Wright, and they were the parents of ten children, of whom Mr. Cassey of Lynn was the second child.
James Cassey, the son, was born in Birmingham, England, September 7, 1849, and was educated in the public schools of his native city, this being the extent of his formal school attendance, although in later life he broadened his education materially. Learning the trade of watchmaker in England, and following it there for some years, he came to the United States, with his brother Charles, in 1878. His first position in this country was in the employ of James H. Connor, on the same site which he now occupies. He remained with Mr. Connor for a period of eight years, then purchased the business, which he has carried on independently ever since. Many years ago he prepared for the profession of optician, making a thorough study of optics, and has since won a high place in this profession, hav- ing been very successful in the treatment of the eyes through the fitting of glasses. In the public life of his adopted country Mr. Cassey takes great
interest, but only as a progressive citizen support- ing the Republican party, taking no leading part in political affairs. He is a member of the Uni- tarian church.
On April 24, 1872, Mr. Cassey married, in Eng- land, Clara C. Darby, daughter of Fred and Ann (Holmes) Darby. Their children, of whom those now living fill useful positions in life, are as follows: Marian, wife of Edward L. Dickason; James Charles, died at the age of thirty-two; Sydney, elec- trical engineer in Elizabeth, New Jersey; Lillie; Ernest Alfred, civil engineer, with the New York Central railroad, at Chicago; Jane, wife of J. C. Welsh, of Lynn; Thomas E., electrical engineer in the employ of the United States Government in Washington, District of Columbia.
FRED B. MARSTON-With lifelong experience in the great shoe industry, and for the past eigh- teen years actively engaged in an executive ca- pacity as a shoe manufacturer, Fred B. Marston, of Danvers, Massachusetts, is a representative man of Essex county.
Mr. Marston was born in New Hampshire, May 80, 1872, and was educated there in the public schools. As a young man he became a shoe worker in a Farmington, New Hampshire, factory, where he remained for eleven years. In that time he familiarized himself with the different departments, and by the practical method of doing the work, pre- pared himself for the efficient fulfillment of execu- tive responsibilities. His next step was upward, to the superintendency of Gale Brothers shoe factory, at Exeter, New Hampshire, where he remained for two years. In 1903 Mr. Marston came to Danvers, becoming treasurer of the Marston & Tapley Shoe Company, then a growing concern, and now a lead- ing factor in the shoe industry of this county.
In connection with the foregoing principal busi- ness interest Mr. Marston is also treasurer of Marston's Express Company, doing business over a wide territory, with headquarters at Danvers. He is also a director of the Salem Trust Company, and is a member and director of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. In the trade he is widely known, and is president of the North Shore Shoe Manufactur- ers' Association.
Fraternally Mr. Marston is a thirty-second degree Mason, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Marston married Ester A. Bunapers, of Turner, Maine, and they have one son, Frank M.
BENJAMIN F. ARRINGTON, journalist, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, July 6, 1856, re- moving with his parents to Lynn in 1859. He learn- ed the printer's trade in the office of the Lynn "Semi-Weekly Reporter," beginning in his sixteenth year, and became foreman before attaining his ma- jority. Self-taught in phonography (Isaac Pitman system) during reporterial work, he finally qualified as a verbatim reporter. This led to an invitation in the 80's to join the staff of a shorthand bureau
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in Boston, for court and special stenographic work. The lure of newspaperdom, however, prevailed. When the Lynn "Daily Bee" was started, with the "Reporter" as the weekly edition, he was for two years its business manager, contributing mean- while to the news and editorial columns. He was then called to the Salem "Evening News" as editor- in-chief, and here labored under happy auspices for more than thirty-seven years, broken only by a year's absence in Springfield, Massachusetts, as editor and general manager of a local daily, of which he was one of the promoters. Feeling the need of a respite, he resigned on the 29th of May, 1920, being at the time of retirement the senior editor in point of service in Essex county.
He is a student of French, and has "Englished" a number of short stories and sketches, in addition to special writing for a few outside publications. Travels in this country and in Canada were follow- ed by two extensive voyages to Europe, on each occasion opportunity being afforded for a passing glimpse of life in the Azores, at Gibraltar, Funchal, Madeira, and Algiers. For many years a Free Mason, he is particularly interested in Blue Lodge Masonry, and is a past master and honorary mem- ber respectively of Mount Carmel and Damascus Lodges of Lynn, being a charter member and the first master of the last-named; was secretary for Mount Carmel Lodge for eight years, and at present is rounding out his fourteenth year of like service in Damascus Lodge. He is married, and, with his wife, is a member of the Unitarian church of Lynn, in which he has served as parish clerk, and in 1915 was elected to the board of trustees, of which he is now chairman.
ALBERT N. BLAKE-In the shoe and leather trades, particularly in Essex county, Massachusetts, the name of Albert N. Blake is well known as an executive, both in personal enterprises and in the organized advancement of the industry.
Mr. Blake was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, December 13, 1870, and is a son of J. Albert and Abbie D. (Hyde) Blake. Gaining the fundamen- tals of education in the public schools of Danvers, he completed his studies at Phillips-Andover Acad- emy, at Andover, Massachusetts. As a young man he became interested in the shoe industry, his father and uncle being engaged in the manufacture of shoes in Haverhill. Therefore he turned to this branch of industry as a field of effort, and entering the factories, familiarized himself with every de- partment of shoe making by modern factory meth- ods. Beginning at the bottom, Mr. Blake learned the shoe business by the practical method of experi- ence as a shoe worker, spending only the time re- quired to master the details in each department. In 1911 he came to Lynn, and became associated with the Watson Shoe Company, as president of the concern. In the intervening decade he has placed himself in a position of more than local promi- nence.
As a director of the National Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Blake is widely known. He is also president of the National Shoe and Leather Exposition and Style Show. He is a director of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, and is a member of the board of gover- nors of the Boston Shoe Trades Club. He is a director of the Essex Trust Company of Lynn; and a trustee of the Lynn Independent Industrial Shoe- making School.
Mr. Blake is prominent fraternally as a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and his clubs are: The Tedesco, Oxford, Neighborhood, and Ma- sonic. He is a member of the Protestant Epis- copal Church of the Incarnation.
On November 14, 1895, Mr. Blake married Mabel Welch, daughter of William and Marjorie (Doane) Welch, and they have one daughter, Marjorie Doane Blake.
STARR PARSONS-As president of the Essex County Bar Association, thus holding one of the most important positions in the gift of the legal profession and bringing the strength of his position to bear in the advance of industrial interests throughout his district, Starr Parsons is a man of unusual prominence in his chosen field of action, and of more than ordinary significance to the pub- lic.
Mr. Parsons was born in Lynnfield, Massachu- setts, on September 4, 1869, and is a son of Eben and Mary A. (Dodge) Parsons. Receiving a thor- ough grounding in the essentials of education at the public schools of his native town, he later took a course at the Boston Latin School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1887. Having from boyhood planned a career in the legal pro- fession, he entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1891, having been one of the first twenty-five in his class.
Admitted to the Essex county bar in 1892, Mr. Parsons became associated with Walter H. South- wick, a prominent attorney of that day, in the law firm of Southwick & Parsons, which gained a high reputation in the county, and continued for some years. During his early experience he assisted John R. Baldwin, then city solicitor of Lynn, in his work pertaining to this office. On the death of Mr. Bald- win in 1897, Mr. Parsons was elected to succeed him in the office. Later he resigned from this office, and was in turn succeeded by Arthur G. Wadleigh. The partnership of Southwick & Par- sons was dissolved in 1902, and the following year Mr. Parsons became associated with H. Ashley Bowen, under the firm name of Parsons & Bowen. In the January following they admitted to the firm Charles D. C. Moore, the firm name becoming Par- sons, Bowen & Moore. Later this partnership was also dissolved and the present association formed. The firm is now Parsons, Wadleigh & Crowley, and their commodious offices are located in the Gross- man building.
The firm makes a specialty of corporation law, and among their clients are many of the most im-
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portant industrial and commercial concerns in this part of the State, as well as a great number of in- dividuals. Mr. Parsons is most highly esteemed in every one of the many circles of his acquaintance. He is counted one of the best jury trial lawyers in the State of Massachusetts, and was elected presi- dent of the Essex County Bar Association on Janu- ary 3, 1916, and is also a prominent member of the Lynn Bar Association.
In fraternal circles Starr Parsons is also promi- nent, being a member of Peter Woodland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which order he is past chan- cellor.
In many branches of public endeavor Mr. Par- sons has always taken a deep interest, also in those interests which make up the wholesome activities of youth. He is particularly interested in athletics and was for years a stockholder and director of the Lynn Baseball Association.
On June 26, 1894, Mr. Parsons married Minnie C. Bickford. On March 10, 1896, his son, Eben Parsons, was born. He graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1918. He was an ensign in the Naval Aviation Service during the World War and is now identified with the firm of Parsons, Wad- leigh & Crowley.
EDGAR W. JOHNSON-While the great war period, 1914-1918, brought hard problems for the American people to solve, the young man between twenty-one and thirty had one peculiarly his own, for upon him fell the great problem involving all the others and even life itself. It was a young man's war, and nobly they responded to the leader- ship of an inspired President. War was declared by the United States against Germany in May, 1917, and in July Edgar W. Johnson had solved his prob- lem, and was wearing the khaki as a private of the 101st Regiment, Field Artillery, United States army. Then came nineteen months of overseas duty with the American Expeditionary Forces, during which he fought in those desperate engagements that proved the American soldier the peer of any and the superior of every German he met on the land, in the air or under the sea. Thence he returned to private life again in his native Salem, and to the position with the Salem Savings Bank, which he had resigned to carry out his solution of the prob- lem which in 1917 every young man in the country had laid before him.
Edgar W. Johnson was born in Salem, Massachu- setts, September 5, 1895, son of E. Frank and Julia (Barrows) Johnson, his father the greater part of his life engaged in amusement enterprises. After completing grade and high school courses in Salem public schools, Edgar W. Johnson entered the em- ploy of the Salem Savings Bank in 1914, and there remained until July, 1917, when he resigned to enter the military service of his country.
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