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Mr. Owens married, in 1905, Mary J. Pettingall, daughter of William and Margaret (McGrath) Pet- tingall, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, the former a sea captain. They have one child, a son, James J., Jr.
CHARLES A. MORIN-After an absence of quite a few years, Charles A. Morin again came to Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1916, and very soon gave indication that he had a right to be placed among the leading shoe executives of Essex county. When he came to Newburyport, in 1916, to take charge of the shoe plant. of the Burley & Stevens Company, in the capacity of general manager, he put into operation a system which he had long been convinced would be effective, and he soon proved that it was. Indeed, it is said that the system he instituted completely. revolutionized the making of shoes there, and established for the Burley & Ste- vens product a reputation for excellence which has materially benefited the company. Formerly they specialized in girls', boys' and ladies' shoes, but under Mr. Morin's management the specialty be- came men's shoes, and upon that line their reputa- tion has since been built. By the way, the present is not the first connection Mr. Morin has had with the company. The history of the company is else- where reviewed in this department of Essex County History, but Mr. Morin's former connection with it was in the old days, prior to the reconstruction, when it was operated as Burley & Usher. . It is in- teresting to note a resolution Mr. Morin made when
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he left the company. He determined that he would not again come under the company's employ until he was offered the place once held by Mr. Burley, the general manager of the plant. He achieved his ambition, being now general manager, also vice- president, though his place is of course not quite that held by the late Mr. Burley, who was the prin- cipal owner. However, Mr. Morin has the actual management of the company's operations, just as Mr. Burley once had; and he has shown his value to the company during the last five years. When it is stated that the Newburyport plant of the Burley & Stevens Company finds employment for about four hundred people, it will be realized that it is one of the important industrial plants of the place. The output is about 3,500 pairs of shoes a day, when working at full capacity, and the factory has about 150,000 square feet of floor space. Since Mr. Morin has been a member of the firm, the chief off- cials of the corporation have been: John P. Stevens, president and treasurer; Charles A. Morin, vice- president and general manager; George M. Foster, assistant treasurer and secretary.
Charles A. Morin was born in Stoneham, Massa- chusetts, on August 15, 1871, the son of David and Mary A. (Hulin) Morin, he being the eldest of six children, three sons and three daughters, born to his parents. His mother, who died in 1894, was of a Stoneham, Massachusetts, family, but his father was of Quebec, Canada. He is still living and ac- tively engaged in business, being superintendent of a shoe factory.
Charles A. Morin was educated in the public schools of Stoneham, Massachusetts, and later' at- tended business college. His first two years of busi- ness life were given to his father, who then owned a livery stable business at Stoneham. However, after two years, Charles A. left his father and went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where for a year he worked for a wholesale leather merchant of that place. Then came his introduction to the Burley & Usher Company. He worked for that company at their Milton, New Hampshire, plant, for three years, and then was transferred to the Newbury- port plant, where he worked for ten years, at the end of that time severing his connection with the company and going to Springvale, Maine, where he became at once foreman for the W. R. Usher & Son Shoe Company. There he remained for four years, leaving then to enter into business for him- self at East Weymouth. He organized and incor- porated a company known as the Lewis Shoe Com- pany, Inc., and was president and general manager of it, but eighteen months later he disposed of his interest in it, and acquired a one-third interest in the Cass & Daley Shoe Company, of Salem, Massa- chusetts. He took active part in the functioning of that company until 1916, when he again became con- nected with the Newburyport Company, Burley & Stevens, being appointed its general manager, and elected vice-president, capacities he has since held. He thus achieved the main ambition of his life.
Mr. Morin is widely known among shoe men, and
is well regarded in Newburyport by those who know him. He is a Mason, belonging to all orders up to the Shrine; is a member of the Knights of Pythias; the Colonial Club, of Salem; and the Homestead Golf Club.
Mr. Morin married, in 1891, Grace M. Downs, of Milton, New Hampshire, daughter of Albert F. and Dora M. Downs, the former a contractor at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Morin have two children: George D., who was born in 1893; and Ruth E., born in 1895.
JAMES PATRICK MAHONEY, LL. B .- Among the younger attorneys of Essex county, Massachu- setts, the records of the legal profession of Lynn would be incomplete without the name of James P. Mahoney, whose offices are located at No. 81 Ex- change street.
Mr. Mahoney was born August 17, 1896, and is a son of James and Mary A. Mahoney, of Lynn. Acquiring his early education in the public schools of this city, Mr. Mahoney was graduated from the Lynn Classical High School in the class of 1915. Thereafter entering the Boston University Law School, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1919, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of the same year. Meanwhile, Mr. Mahoney enlisted for service in the World War, in September, 1917, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Bal- loon Service, and stationed in the Toule sector in France. After many months of service he was honorably discharged, in February, 1919, and re- turned to Lynn, where he began the practice of law, and has since carried on a general practice in his chosen profession.
Mr. Mahoney is a member of the Knights of Co- lumbus, and of the American Legion. He was the first delegate from this city to the national conven- tion of the Legion, held at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
ORVILLE A. MARTIN, president of the Thomp- son-Martin Company, Inc., of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, is among the enterprising and active young business men of Haverhill. He was born in Bay City, Michigan, on April 10, 1890, son of Nye C. and Christine (Olson) Martin, of that place. His father was an engineer at Bay City, and died in 1913.
Orville A. Martin was educated in the public schools of Bay City, but was not yet twelve years old when he began to work. For about three years after leaving school he was in the employ of the Slater Quarry Company, of Graniteville, New York. In 1904 he came into Massachusetts, and for the next four years lived in Franklin, Massachusetts, the years being passed in auto repair work. In 1908 he went to Norwood, Massachusetts, and there opened a garage, which he conducted in addition to the one he had established in Franklin. About five years later he gave up the garage business and be- came a salesman and subsequently manager for H. J. Collins, of Haverhill, whose automobile- business
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covered the garage, gervice, repairs and supplies lines. Eventually, on April 25, 1921, Mr. Martin, with Fred J. Thompson, Jr., acquired the whole business from Mr. Collins, and formed the firm of the Thompson-Martin Company to conduct the same. The service station is at No. 62 Elm street, Haverhill, and is well situated for good business. Mr. Martin is president of the company, and gives most of his time to his affairs.
Mr. Martin married, in 1914, Bertha W. Penney, of Newark, Ohio, daughter of John Penney (now deceased), of Ohio, a florist by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have one child, a daughter, Esther Chris- tine, who was born in 1915.
HENRY E. CHASE-Prominent in various branches of public activity, and a successful business man, Henry E. Chase, of Cliftondale, Massachusetts, is taking a part in the general progress of the community, as well as carrying forward his own personal interest.
Mr. Chase is of Maine birth, but of Massachu- setts ancestry. Luke Chase, his grandfather, left Massachusetts with an ox team in 1826, and be- came one of the early settlers of Paris, Maine, his son, Nathan, being eleven years old at that time. Nathan Chase was born at Paxton, Massa- chusetts, and was a lifelong farmer; he married Mary A. Thayer.
Henry E. Chase, son of Nathan and Mary A. (Thayer) Chase,' was born in Paris, Maine, on March 10, 1853. Receiving his early education in the public schools of his native place, the . young man took a course at the Oxford Normal Institute, and spent a few years teaching. Then, in 1892, he came to Lynn, Massachusetts, and entered the leather business. Starting in a mod- est way, he began the manufacture of heels and counters, on Washington street, in Lynn. He ro- mained in this business for eighteen years, but as time passed he became deeply interested in the development of the city of Lynn as an in- dustrial and residential center. Gaining a gen- eral familiarity with the real estate field as an opportunity in a business way, he sold out his manufacturing interests and entered the real es- tate business, locating in Cliftondale. At the same time he took up the insurance business, al- lying himself with the leading companies of this country. He has been most successful in this new line, and is now one of the leading men in this vicinity in real estate and insurance circles.
In political affiliation Mr. Chase is a supporter of the Republican party. He ably fills the office of notary public, and is now serving his second term in this capacity. Fraternally, Mr. Chase is a member of Mt. Necca Lodge, No. 17, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Paris, Maine; and was master of the Oxford County Pomona Grange for many years." He has long been a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Clif- tandale, and for four years has been treasurer of this society; be also served in the same capacity
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Mr. Chase married, in 1877, in Paris, Maine, Lucetta E. Penley, daughter of James F. and Lodiska (Swan) Penley, of that town. Mr. Pen- ley spent his lifetime in agricultural pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Chase have one daughter, Mabel Lodiska, who was born on November 26, 1878, and is now the wife of Frank A. Carter, for- merly consulting engineer for the Boston Ele- vated railway, but now an invalid from overwork. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have two children: John A., who was born on April 19, 1898, and is now a salesman in Boston; and Ruth A., born on Janu- ary 21, 1900, who is now a student at the Bos- ton University.
WALTER HEMAN SARGENT, deceased, was widely known and much respected by residents in the Amesbury and Merrimac districts of Massa- chusetts. He was a descendant of one of the oldest Massachusetts families, the ancestor of this family coming over in the "Mayflower," and was one of the seamen on the ship. The line traces back to Richard Sargent, an officer of the Royal navy of Great Britain, who was in the Virginia colony early in the seventeenth century, and came into Massachusetts about 1834, settling for two years in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and there- after being recorded as of Salisbury, Massachu- setts. There are several branches of the old Colonial family, and some of the scions have given distinguished service to the State and Na- tion. The branch to which the Sargents of Ames- bury and West Amesbury belong have farmed ancestral estates for many generations.
Orlando Sargent, great-great-grandfather of Walter Heman Sargent, was born in West Ames- bury, April 21, 1728, and farmed there for the greater part of his life. He died on April 3, 1808. He was twice married; his first wife, Sarah Balch, of Groveland, Massachusetts, was born in 1788, married on December 26, 1751, and died on Dec- ember 10, 1753. On January 9, 1755, Orlando Sargent married (second) Betsy Barnard, of West Amesbury. She was born in 1782, and died on November 3, 1808. One child was born to the first marriage, Abigail, born January 22, 1758 (death not given). To the second marriage eleven children were born: Sarah, born December 14, 1755, death not given; Moses, of whom fur- ther; Jonathan, born February 25, 1759, death not given; Betsy, born January 19, 1761, died August 16, 1761; Tabitha, born July 4, 1768, death not given; Jonathan, born July 14, 1765, died May 20, 1795; Ichabod B., born December 27, 1766, died May 1, 1849; Orlando, who was born in 1769, and died August 1, 1850; Betsy, born March 10, 1771, death not given; Molly, born June 12, 1772, died July 21, 1781; and Rhoda, born July 29, 1775, . date of death not given.
Moses Sargent, son of Orlando and Betsy (Bar- nard) Sargent, of West Amesbury, Massachu- setts, was born there on July 4, 1757, and died
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February 13, 1886. He was a farmer, and mar- ried Dolly Sargent, of West Amesbury, on June 1, 1780. She was born on July 16, 1758, and died January 3, 1839. Their children were: Betsy, born November 24, 1784, death not given; Jonathan, of whom further; Sally, born June 18, 1789, death not given; Rhoda, born August 9, 1792, died in 1860; Orlando (2), born October 11, 1794, death not given; Dolly, born July 13, 1797, died August 30, 1831; Moses, born May 12, 1801, died Febru- ary 15, 1862.
Jonathan Sargent, son of Moses and Dolly (Sar- gent) Sargent, was born at West Amesbury, Massachusetts, August 20, 1787, and died there on October 2, 1859. He followed farming, and was married (first) to Betsy Sargent, of the same place, on December 24, 1817. She was born Dec- ember 5, 1794, and died May 15, 1845. On April 11, 1846, Jonathan Sargent married (second) Eliza Kelly, of West Amesbury. She was born March 14, 1806, and died July 29, 1866. The children, both by the first wife, were: George W., of whom further; and Mary E., born July 30, 1824, died March 6, 1893.
George W. Sargent, son of Jonathan and Betsy (Sargent) Sargent, was born in West Amesbury, Massachusetts, November 25, 1819, and died April 25, 1904. He was engaged in farming and lum- bering, and married, on December 31, 1854, Myra Sargent, of West Amesbury, now Merrimac, born April 10, 1882, died May 14, 1907, the daughter of Richard W. and Sally (Sargent) Sargent, the former born in West Amesbury, March 4, 1800, died there October 28, 1862, a farmer, the latter born January 3, 1803, died January 15, 1879. She was a granddaughter of Orlando and Hannah (Welch) Sargent, the former born in West Ames- bury, January 20, 1769, and died August 1, 1850, a farmer; his wife, Hannah (Welch) Sargent, was born May 6, 1770, died July 13, 1856. Four chil- dren were born to George W. and Myra (Sargent) Sargent, as follows: Walter Heman, of whom further; Homer Roscoe ( q. v. ); Edgar Porter ( q. v. ); and George Allen ( q. v.).
Walter Heman Sargent, eldest child of George W. and Myra (Sargent) Sargent, was born in West Amesbury, Massachusetts, November 1, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of his native place, and eventually graduated from the high school. After leaving school he gave his time to farming and lumbering, in association with his father. He continued active connection with those industries until his death, which occurred on Sep- tember 17, 1902.
Mr. Sargent married, September 24, 1894, Lizzie I. Huntington, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth (Sawyer) Huntington (see Hunt- ington line). To Mr. and Mrs. Sargent was born one child, a son, Franklin Huntington Sargent, who was born in Merrimac, Massachusetts, on January 24, 1900. He attended the public schools at Ames- bury, also the Essex County Agricultural School.
He married, September 14, 1921, Iva Mae Johnson, of Bradford, Massachusetts, a daughter of Marion and Ellen (Durgan) Johnson, the former a marble- cutter by trade.
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The Huntington family is among the old families of New England, and its branches are numerously spread throughout the eastern States. It has given many distinguished men to the nation, among them Samuel Huntington (1732-96), a signer of the De- claration of Independence. He was of a Connecticut branch. One of the Massachusetts branches is that to which Mrs. Lizzie Israella (Huntington) Sar- gent, widow of Walter Heman Sargent, of Ames- bury, Massachusetts, belongs. Her great-great- grandfather was John Huntington, who was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, August 15, 1787. He was a farmer, and married Hannah Weed, of Amesbury. Their children were: Jacob, born Sep- tember 28, 1758, died in 1779; Benjamin, born April 24, 1760, death not given; Moses, of whom further; John, born August 25, 1766, died July 5, 1853; he was a soldier of the Revolution, member of Captain John Currier's company, and later of Captain Simeon Brown's company, of Colonel Jacob Gar- rish's regiment, during the war; he enlisted August 11, 1775, and was discharged July 3, 1778; Hannah, born August 23, 1768, died September 10, 1841; Mary, born in 1769, died about 1814; David, born May 13, 1770, died March, 1841; Sarah no dates given; Judith, born April 2, 1773; died June 19, 1851; Abigail, no dates given.
Moses Huntington, third son of John and Hannah (Weed) Huntington of Amesbury, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, May 25, 1768, and died January: 15, 1854. He was a farmer, and married Hannah Page, of Berwick, Maine. Their children were: Enoch, born December 27, 1794, died in December, 1884; John, born September 7, 1797, died October 27 1888; Ruth, born in 1799, died in 1800; Jacob, of whom further; Philip, born May 22, 1808, died September 8, 1880; Donald, born March 17, 1806, died January 24, 1887; Moses, born May 6, 1809, died April 11, 1899; Lydia Jones, born May 14, 1812, died December 29, 1868; Ephraim, born July 16, 1816, died May 17, 1877.
Jacob Huntington, fourth child of Moses and Hannah (Page) Huntington, of Amesbury, was born there on January 16, 1801, and died May 4, 1892. He was a farmer, and married ( first) Elizabeth Huntington, of Hennecker, New Hampshire, on October 31, 1834. She was born March 29, 1813, and died September 16, 1838. On June 20, 1842, he married (second) Hannah Peasley, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. To Jacob and Elizabeth (Hunt- ington) Huntington was born one child, a son, Ben- jamin Franklin, of whom further. To Jacob Hunt- ington, by his second wife, Hannah (Peasley) Hunt- ington, was born a daughter, Elizabeth, on May 17, 1844, and a son, John Warren, on August 10 1853.
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Jacob and Elizabeth (Huntington) Huntington, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1888. He died May 10, 1907, having farmed in Amesbury for the greater part of his life. He mar- ried Sarah Elizabeth Sawyer, of West Newbury, on December 2, 1863. She was born on September 27, 1842, and died July 29, 1914. Their children were: Lizzie Israella, who was born on October 25, 1864, and married Walter Heman Sargent, September 24, 1894, (see Sargent) ; Ellen Augusta, born October 2, 1869; Mabel Sawyer, born February 9, 1878, died June 15, 1878.
HOMER ROSCOE SARGENT, who has been in farming and lumbering business in and near Merri- mac, Massachusetts, for the greater part of his life, and has for many years taken a prominent part in the public affairs of that place, was born in West Amesbury, December 14, 1857, the son of George W. and Myra (Sargent) Sargent (see preceding sketch).
Homer Roscoe Sargent was educated in the pub- lic schools of West Amesbury, and at the Merrimac High School. After leaving school he took to the farming work with energy, and has ever since held to it, with the success that comes only by persistent effort. He has gained for himself a good place in the esteem of the people of the community. He has entered much into public affairs; was a select- man of Merrimac for six years, and chairman of the Board of Selectmen for three years; he has been trustee of the cemetery, overseer of the poor, and a member of the Board of Health commission- ers. He is also trustee of the Merrimack Savings Bank, and fraternally belongs to the Riverside Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been especially active in the operation of the local Grange, being overseer, past master, and secretary of it. He also has at various times lectured in the Grange.
Mr. Sargent married (first) at West Newbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1891, Lydia A. Hoyt, of that place. She was born on October 16, 1867, and died on December 10, 1908. On February 15, 1911, Mr. Sargent married (second) Annie E. Knight, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. She was born in Lee, New Hampshire, on August 16, 1869. There was issue of the first marriage, the children of Homer R. and Lydia A. (Hoyt) Sargent being: Richard E. (q.v.); George Leonard (q.v.); Frederick H. (deceased), born October 18, 1897, died December 24, 1914; Porter R. (deceased), born July 11, 1900, died December 10, 1904; and Walter H., born March 21, 1904.
EDGAR PORTER SARGENT, president of the Merrimac Savings Bank, belongs to the Sargent family of Colonial record. The family has been resident for many generations in the Amesbury part of Essex county, and the ancestral estate is still in the possession of the family. Genealogical record is given in a previous sketch of his brother, Walter Heman Sargent.
Edgar P. Sargent was born in West Amesbury,
on August 6, 1861, son of George W. and I (Sargent) Sargent (q.v.) both of West Amesi He grew to manhood in the paternal home, after attending school in his native place an Merrimac, where he was a high school student; associated with his father in farming and lumber until the latter's death. Agriculture has been main occupation since, though he has given tim several other responsibilities of public or semi -!! lic character. He has been for many years ide filed with the Merrimac Savings Bank, of which is now president; and he is a past master of Amesbury Grange. Politically, he gives support the Republican party. By religious conviction is a Congregationalist, as have been members the Sargent family for some generations. Ed; P. Sargent is a valued member of the Pilgrim C. gregational Church of Merrimac.
Mr. Sargent married Mrs. Amy (Palmer) Eva: of Kensington, New Hampshire, on June 16, 191 She is the daughter of Daniel Ellery and Mart (Brown) Palmer, of Kensington, New Hampshir Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have one child, a son, Edgı Palmer Sargent, who was born on June 30, 1911 and there is a daughter, Gertrude L. Evans, by Mr. Sargent's first marriage.
GEORGE ALLEN SARGENT, son of George V and Myra (Sargent) Sargent, and brother of Wa. ter Heman Sargent (q.v.), was born in West Ame bury, Massachusetts, on February 13, 1864. B was educated in the public school of West Amen bury, and also attended the schools of the town o: Merrimac, eventually entering the Merrimac Higi School. When his schooldays were over he assiste; his father in the work of the home farm, and in th! somewhat extensive lumbering operations conducted by the father. He has followed these lines ever since, being well known in the district, and a re- spected member of the Merrimac Grange. Political- ly, Mr. Sargent is a Republican. And for very many years he has been a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, of Merrimac.
Mr. Sargent married, June 11, 1908, Jeanette M. Hatch, of South Hampton, New Hampshire, daugh- ter of Lemuel O. and Emily F. Hatch.
RICHARD EMERY SARGENT, eldest son of Homer Roscoe and Lydia A. (Hoyt) Sargent (q.v.), was born in Merrimac, Massachusetts, June 29, 1898. In his boyhood and youth Richard E. attended the schools of Merrimac, and after graduating from the Merrimac High School, went into his father's lum- ber business in Merrimac, and has continued in that line to the present.
Richard E. Sargent is a member of Riverside Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of Pilgrim Congregational Church, of Merrimac.
Mr. Sargent married, in 1917, Anna H. Rodigrass, of Bradford, Massachusetts, daughter of George W. and Roxcy (Hopkinson) Rodigrass, of that place; she passed away December 1st, 1921. The father of Mrs. Richard E. Sargent is well known in Brad-
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