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time since that year to matters of law in Ames- bury, and also to public affairs of that community. but has nevertheless maintained his Boston prac- tice.
Martin Francis Connelly was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, on June 15, 1884, son of James and Ellen (Burke) Connelly,, who were both born in County Galway, Ireland, the father in Kilgevrin in 1849, and the mother in Kilconly in 1851.
Mr. Connelly first went to St. Joseph's Parochial School of Amesbury, graduating from that school and then entering Amesbury High School in 1898, a member of the class of 1902. He took the col- legiate course at the Holy Cross College, gradu- ating with the degree of A.B. in 1906. The next three years were spent at the Georgetown Univer- sity Law School, at Washington, D. C., where he gained the degree of LL.B. in 1909. While taking the law course, he was fortunately able to act, con- currently, for at least a part of the time, as secre- tary to United States Congressman Needham. He then took up post-graduate work at the law school, holding his secretarial position until the fall of 1910, when he returned to Massachusetts. Mr. Con- nelly was admitted to practice at the bar of Mas- sachusetts in February, 1911, then opened a law office in the city of Boston and there continued to devote his whole time to that purpose until Janu- ary 1, 1915, when he came to Amesbury and de- cided to practice law in his home town also. He opened an office in Amesbury, and has since main- tained the two offices, his Boston address being at No. 1 Beacon street. He spends the greater part of his time in Amesbury, and also has entered some- what into public work. Since 1916 he has been town counsel for Amesbury.
As a man of Irish antecedents, he might have been expected to take active part in movements affecting that people. That he has done so may be inferred by some of his affiliations. He is identified with the Charitable Irish Society of Boston; with the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Knights of Columbus, of Amesbury. By religious faith he is a Catholic, a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Amesbury. Politically a Repub- lican, socially a member of the Amesbury Club, and for general civic helpfulness a member of the Amesbury Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Connelly has given indication that he is one of the active men of that place.
Mr. Connelly married, in 1917, Nelle M. Quinn, who was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, on Octo- ber 16, 1884. They have one child, a daughter, Frances, born December 9, 1918.
HERBERT H. MERRILL-For many years in business in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and for some years a director of the Amesbury Chamber of Com- merce, Herbert H. Merrill is well known in business circles in that district. He is a native of Essex county, Massachusetts, born in Georgetown, on July 16, 1876, the son of George W. and Margaret (Hoyt) Merrill. The family for several generations has lived in Georgetown. George W. Merrill, father
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of Herbert H., was born there, and was active in public work there almost until death. Especially as a musician did he come into prominence, and he was one of those who come into honorable national record, being a veteran of the Civil' War, through the greater part of which he served as a member of Company K, Fiftieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Herbert H. Merrill was educated in the public schools of his native place, eventually graduating from the high school. Perhaps it was due to his father's activity in musical circles that Herbert H., after leaving school, became a salesman for F. W. Peabody, who had a general music store in Haver- hill. He served that company in that capacity from the time he left school until October 1, 1905, when he was appointed manager of their Amesbury branch. He did well in that responsibility, and in 1910 was given the work of opening another branch store at Newburyport, and of managing both the . branches. Mr. Merrill has been manager of the Amesbury and Newburyport stores ever since. In- deed, as the years have passed, his connection has become even closer. He is an authority on piano- fortes, understands their construction from begin- ning to end, and is an expert maker himself, being, indeed, well recognized as such. On May 1, 1919, he formed a business association as manager with F. W. Peabody for the purpose of entering into the manufacture of Peabody pianos, and that enterprise has been successfully prosecuted ever since, the piano being known as the Peabody & Lake instru- ment. On May 1, 1921, the William Bourne & Sons Company was moved to Amesbury, and there the Bourne pianos have since been made. In all, Mr. Merrill is adding appreciably to the industrial im- portance of Amesbury. He is interested in all mat- ters pertaining to the place, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and has a seat on its direc- torate. Politically he is a Republican; fraternally a Mason, a member of Charles C. Dame Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Georgetown; also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a mem- ber of Protection Lodge of Georgetown; and socially he belongs to the Amesbury Club. He is an at- tendant of the Baptist church of Amesbury.
Mr. Merrill married, in 1905, Martha U. Lord, . who was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1879. They have one child, a daughter, Margaret Eliz- abeth, who was born on June 27, 1909.
FRANK H. HOWARD-Now in independent business in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and for four or five prior years connected with one of the best hardware businesses in that place, Frank H. Howard, latterly treasurer and manager of the Howard Hardware Company, and director of the local Chamber of Commerce, is coming forward prominently in Amesbury business circles.
Frank H. Howard was born in Hardwick, Ver- mont, on June 11, 1891, son of Orlando J. and Sarah Edith (Burbank) Howard. In both paternal and maternal descent he comes from Vermont fam-
ilies, his father having been born in Beebe Plain, and his mother in Irasburg, Vt. His father was a contractor and builder in Vermont, but Frank H. was barely three years old when his mother died. She was born in 1860, and died in 1894.
Frank H. Howard was educated in the public schools of his native place, and at Barton Academy. After graduating from the academy he entered upon a commercial career, and for the first two years was connected with a mercantile business in Orleans, Vermont. He next was, for a similar period, in a hardware store at Whitefield, New Hampshire, leaving that place to take position as manager of the E. E. Griffin store at Derry, New Hampshire. He remained there for three years, after which he traveled for two years as a salesman for the Batchelder, Gallant Company, of Boston. How- ever, in 1915, he came to Amesbury to take up the management of the branch store of the Hanscom Hardware Company, of Haverhill. For the next five years he was connected with that company in that capacity, leaving their employ in January, 1920, so that he might venture into business for himself in Amesbury. He formed the Howard Hardware Com- pany, Inc., and has been the principal owner of it since that time, his official capacities being those of treasurer and manager. He has fitted up a most complete and modern store, carries a comprehen- sive stock, and has shown himself to be alert and enterprising.
Politically a Republican, he does not enter much into politics. However, he follows local affairs with interest, and is active in the Chamber of Com- merce. He is a good Catholic, a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Amesbury, and of the Knights of Columbus of that place. Socially he is a member of the Amesbury Club. For three years he actively interested himself in naval affairs, being a member of the Naval Reserve Forces of Boston.
Mr. Howard married, in 1917, Helena M. Quinn, of Sharon, Massachusetts, who was born on March 27, 1891. They have two children: Ruth Ann, who was born January 29, 1919; and Eileen Elizabeth, born September 1, 1920.
BENJAMIN ANDREW, one of the leading busi- ness men of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and a promi- nent citizen of the suburban town of Methuen, Ben- jamin Andrew, proprietor of the Lawrence Bindery Company, holds a place among the successful men of Essex county.
Mr. Andrew was born May 15, 1852, in Man- chester, England, son of Francis and Ann (Cryer) Andrew, the former being engaged in textile pur- suits; both parents are now deceased.
The education of Benjamin Andrew was obtained in public and private schools at Manchester, and when twenty years of age he came to America, July 3, 1872. In England he had worked for some years in the cotton mills, and had gained some ex- perience in textile work, and naturally he located in the new land in a city where this occupation pre-
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dominated, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Mr. Andrew first worked in the Arlington Mills at Lawrence, re- maining with this company until 1902, in which year he became identified with the Lawrence Bindery Company, of which he is now the owner.
This company was established by Thomas An- drew, a brother of Benjamin, in 1902, and the former died in 1916, at which time the sole interest in the business passed to our subject. In 1904 they ac- quired the printing plant of James Ward, and since then a business of general commercial printing has been carried on, as well as paper-ruling and pamph- let and book binding; they also manufacture com- mercial stationery, and employ about twelve people on an average. Through the high quality of their work this firm holds a leading place among the business houses of this kind in Lawrence, and sur- rounding towns. Their present building was com- pleted in 1912, and is modern in every way.
Mr. Andrew is active in public and fraternal or- ganizations; he is one of the members of the Law- rence Chamber of Commerce; is a member of Tus- can Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons., being past master of this lodge; is also a member of Mt. Sinai Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is past high priest, and was for three years, 1893-94-95, dis- trict deputy grand high priest of the Sixth Capi- tular District; member of the Lawrence Council, Royal and Select Masters; member of Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was commander in 1888 and 1889 ;; and a member of the Massachusetts Consistory of Boston.
On May 6, 1879, Mr. Andrew married Mary A. Cort, daughter of Martin Cort, of Lawrence, and they are the parents of the following children: Frank M., who married Lillian Wightman, they the parents of three children: Lillian, Marian and Eliz- abeth; Thomas Edwin, who married Burma Keller, and they have one son, Thomas E., Jr .; and Alice, who married Walter C. Wilson, of Lawrence; they the parents of two children, a daughter, Jean, and a son, Andrew B. Mr. Andrew and his wife attend the Church of Christ (Scientist).
GEORGE FOX HOGAN-One of the successful attorneys of Lynn, Massachusetts, and a man who has made a name for himself in the public life of this region, is a native of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, where he was born March 29, 1867. He is a son of William R. and Mary (Webb) Hogan.
Mr. Hogan received the elementary portion of his education in the public schools of Nova Scotia. He came to Lynn at the age of nineteen years, and here took a course in the high school. Having de- termined to adopt the law as a profession, he ac- cordingly, after graduating from the Lynn High School, matriculated at Suffolk Law School, and was graduated in 1916, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Passing his bar examinations, he established himself in his chosen profession at Lynn, which has remained his headquarters ever since. He has built up an excellent practice, handling many im- portant cases up to the present, and proving himself
to be a most capable and conscientious attorney.
Besides his legal activity, Mr. Hogan has inter- ested himself in the conduct of public affairs in the community. He is strongly n favor of Prohibition, and on account of this was nominated as a candi- date for Congress for the Seventh Congressional District. He is a lawyer of marked ability, being a professor of Practice and Pleading at the Suf- folk Law School, of Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Hogan has been active in the affairs of the Young Men's Christian Association for many years; in his religious affiliations he is a Baptist.
On October 2, 1893, George Fox Hogan was united in marriage with Anabel Wilcomb, daughter of Charles A. and Anna (Bell) Wilcomb, both residents of Chester, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan are the parents of three children: Roland, born March 30, 1895; Albion L., born January 12, 1897; and Eleanor F., born May 18, 1899.
HENRY E. GUILD-Among the active business men of Amesbury, Massachusetts, one known to al- most all of the leading people of the town and vicinity, is Henry E. Guild, of the firm of Guild & Cameron, commercial printers and publishers of that place.
Mr. Guild was born in Walpole, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1882, son of Julius and Mary Ella (Pillsbury) Guild. His mother was of a New Hampshire family, born in Dublin, New Hampshire, in 1854, but his father, Julius Guild, was a native of Walpole, Massachusetts, born there in 1850, After he had reached manhood, Julius Guild gave many indications in his public work that he was a man of strong character and superior intellect. By occupation a farmer, he nevertheless found time to undertake much public work. He was postmaster at Walpole for eight years; selectman of that town for twenty years; and his capability, as well as popularity, can be readily gauged by the fact that for four years he was elected to the State Legis- lature.
Henry E. Guild grew to manhood in his native place, and after having been well educated in the local grammar and high schools, and Worcester Academy, he gave his time for about nime years to his father, who because of physical injury was un- able to continue to conduct his wholesale and re- tail milk business. . When there became no further need by his father of his assistance, Henry E. en- tered another line. He became connected with the Amesbury Commercial Press, and began at the bot- tom to learn the printer's art. Eventually he be- came one of the partners of the company, that status continuing until 1914, when he took over the business for himself. There was no further change until 1916, when he took as a business partner Colin J. Cameron (a sketch of whom follows), the firm name then becoming Guild & Cameron. The part- ners are energetic men, and turn out a high grade of work, and they have no reason to be dissatisfied with the amount of business they do.
Mr. Guild is a member of the Amesbury Cham-
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ber of Commerce, and of the Congregational church of Walpole. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of Reliance Lodge, No. 137, of Walpole; and of the King's Mountain Encampment, same place. His political inclination is with the Republican party.
Mr. Guild married, in 1911, at Walpole, Margar- etta Knobel, who was born in Dedham, January 2, 1882, daughter of Edward and Frances L. A. W. (Mahn) Knobel. Her mother was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1849, but her father was born in Germany in 1839; he died in 1909. He was a man of much ability, learned in the sciences, a naturalist, a capable writer, and gifted artist. Mr. and Mrs. Guild have four children: Louise P., who was born on September 6, 1912; J. Edward, born May 12, 1914; Eleanor M., born August 3, 1915; and John H., born October 20, 1917.
COLIN J. CAMERON-Having to his credit a wide experience as a practical printer, Colin J. Cameron, printer and publisher of Amesbury, Mas- sachusetts, has of late years entered actively into business affairs in that town and also into public matters of that district. He is well and favorably known among business men, and is interestedly working for the advancement of the place, being director and also vice-president of the Amesbury Chamber of Commerce, at the time of writing (1922).
Mr. Cameron was born in Kenzieville, Nova Sco- tia, on August 24, 1879, son of Edward and Cather- ine J. (Mckenzie) Cameron, both of Kenzieville, where the mother was born in 1846, and the father in 1836. Edward Cameron was a farmer and car- riage-maker for the greater part of his life; he re- tired in 1900. What academic education Colin J. Cameron had was obtained in the elementary schools of Amesbury. Family circumstances were such that he had to begin to work at the age of fourteen, though his first year of employment did not material- ly swell the family purse. He began his business career in the printing plant of the Amesbury Pub- lishing Company, at the outset receiving only two dollars a week for his services. He was connecte ' with that plant for fifteen years, the last seven years being foreman of same. It was in that cap- acity that he next became connected with F. N Whitney, who owned a printing and publishing busi- ness in Northfield, Vermont, the seat of Norwich University. There Mr. Cameron remained until the death of Mr. Whitney, when he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and there took a position as assist- ant foreman of the George H. Ellis Printing Com- pany, one of the largest plants in New England. However, in a short while, he returned to Ames- bury, and associated himself with Henry E. Guild (see preceding sketch), who had acquired the print- ing business with which he had first been connected in Amesbury. Soon Mr. Cameron formed a busi- ness partnership with Mr. Guild, and since 1916 the firm has been known as Guild & Cameron, Mr. Cam- eron seemingly having direction of the practical end and Mr. Guild of the commercial.
Politically Mr. Cameron is independent; frater- nally he belongs to the DeWitt Clinton Lodge of Masons, of Northfield, Vermont; to the Powow River Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and to the Eastern Star of Amesbury. His religious belief is Unitarian.
Mr. Cameron married, in 1908, Della Blanche Win- gate, who was born in Lawrence, December 1, 1880, daughter of Charles S. and Harriet H. (Woodman) Wingate, the former born December 9, 1856, in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and in later life a painter by occupation. The mother was also a native of Somersworth, born there in August, 1857. She died in May, 1886, in Amesbury. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron have one child, a daughter, Catherine, who was born November 21, 1909.
F. LESLIE VICCARO, lawyer, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, was born in Malden, same State, September 21, 1891, son of James S. and Jennie A. (Morrison) Viccaro. The former was born in Buenos Aires, South America, in 1871, but spent the greater part of his life in the United States, and was a citizen. Latterly he was in the real estate business in Massachusetts, where he died in 1912. His wife was born in Calais, Maine, in November, 1866.
F. Leslie Viccaro was educated in the public and high schools of Merrimac, Massachusetts, and hav- ing decided to take up the profession of law at the Suffolk Law School, graduated therefrom in the class of 1913, with the degree of LL.B. After leav- ing law school, he entered the law office of Spauld- ing, Baldwin & Shaw at Boston, and was associated in practice with that firm for more than five years. However, he came to Amesbury in 1919, and opened a law office there. He is a member of the Amesbury Bar Association, and has practiced mainly in Ames- bury since opening his office there.
Mr. Viccaro has entered somewhat actively into public affairs. Politically a Republican, he is the secretary of the district body of the Republican League of Massachusetts; is chairman of the Merri- mac School Committee; president of the Merrimac- port Library Association; treasurer of the Town Im- provement Society; vice-chairman of the Merrimac Red Cross Executive Committee; and vice-president of the Amesbury Chamber of Commerce; and for- mer secretary of the School Superintendency Union.
Fraternally he is a member of Bethany Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Riverside Lodge, No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; past patron of Bethel Chapter, Order of Eastern Star; member of the Men's Club; and Suffolk Law School Alumni Association.
Mr. Viccaro was in the United States army during the World War, being a member of Company F, of the Seventy-third Infantry, Twelfth Division, and with that unit was stationed at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, from July 24, 1918, to January 17, 1919, then receiving honorable discharge in the grade of private, first class. He is now a member of the local post of the American Legion. He is a Meth- odist, and is active in the Methodist Episcopal church of Merrimacport, being a trustee and mem-
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ber of the quarterly conference of that church. Mr. Viccaro married, October 12, 1917, Miss Agnes O. Olsen, of Rochester, New Hampshire.
EVERETT MITCHELL, shoe manufacturer, founder and treasurer of the Fellows Shoe Com- pany, Inc., of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, January 28, 1872, the son of Hiram S. and Elizabeth (Ridley) Mitchell. His father, who died in 1904, was in the ministry, and through his mother he descends from one of the pioneer families of Maine.
Everett Mitchell was educated in the public schools of his native place, and for three years after entering business life was employed in a saw- mill, then, for a similar period, he worked in the Maine stone quarries of Booth Brothers. He came to Massachusetts and to Haverhill in 1896 and or- ganized the Haverhill Scrap Leather Company. With that company he was identified for eighteen years, leaving them in 1919 to open in business for himself on Locke street. He did well in independent business, and on January 1, 1920, organized the Fellows Shoe Company, Inc., establishing a plant for the manufacture of shoes at No. 29 Beech street, Haverhill. Its capacity is seven hundred and fifty pairs of shoes a day, not an inconsiderable output. Mr. Mitchell directs operations, and is treasurer of the corporation.
Mr. Mitchell does not enter much into public affairs, having no time to spare from his business affairs, but he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Mitchell married, in 1902, Annie Hinchcliffe, daughter of George and Sophia (Hearst) Hinch- cliffe, people of English birth, and residents of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
ASA FREDERICK HOWE The life story of Asa Frederick Howe, of Georgetown, Massachusetts, covers activities in many fields, his versatility being remarkable. He is a veteran of the Civil War, has been a worker on shoes, a teacher, grocer, farmer, legislator, constable, justice of the peace, and pro- bation officer. He is a twin with Dr. George W. Howe, a dentist living in Danvers, Massachusetts. These twins recently celebrated their seventy-sev- enth birthday, and they believe they are the cham- pion old-age twins of the State of Massachusetts. They are sons of William F. and Susan Eliza (Pot- ter) Howe, the father a market gardener of Row- ley, Massachusetts, the mother born in Bridgton, Maine, both long deceased, the father dying in Octo- ber, 1874.
Asa Frederick Howe was born in Rowley, Mas- sachusetts, January 31, 1845. He was educated in the public schools of Rowley and Ipswich, and when his schooldays were over, entered a shoe factory, remaining there two years, but with the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the military service of his country, enlisting in Company M, Fourth Regi- ment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. That regi- ment campaigned in Maryland and Virginia, and Howe was in the detail sent out to search for Booth
after his assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. He was honorably discharged from the United States service in June, 1865, and for the next four years pursued his trade in the Danvers shoe factory of Sears & Putnam. In 1869 he was appointed a teacher in the old State Reform School, where he remained until 1873, and during this period held at different times almost all the offices of the school, and was teacher and leader of the school band. In 1873 he returned to Rowley, and for the next three years engaged in merchandising there that he might be near his parents. Before the death of his father in 1874, Asa F. took over the working of the ancestral farm, and eventually took active part in local public affairs. He served a period as constable of Rowley, and became chief of police, also chair- man of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Asses- sors. In 1877 he was elected from his district to the State Legislature. In 1878, however, he de- cided to go West, and for the next two and a half years was in Lincoln, Nebraska, there engaged in the cattle business, and in general farming. Return- ing East in 1881, he took up his residence and oc- cupation in Georgetown, Massachusetts, entering the store of Samuel Poor, grocer of that place. Later he opened the same business independently in Georgetown, his store being situated near the pres- ent site of the bank. After a while, however, be decided to again take up educational work and was appointed master and military instructor at the Ly- man School for Boys at Westboro, and there, in that capacity, spent the next eight years. Coming again to Georgetown, he acted as parole officer for about a year, then returned to Westboro and again became master. When the probation department was created by law he was its first officer under the superintendent, and he served in that capacity for about fourteen years, and then, after State service covering twenty-five years, he applied for retire- ment, which was granted by Governor Guild. Dur- ing his connection with State work he also served as justice of the peace. He also was for a time an officer in the Ipswich House of Correction and in the Lawrence Jail.
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