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Mr. Ford married, in Boston, September 12, 1911, Grace Daly, daughter of Timothy and Katherine Daly. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are the parents of four sons: John, born September 28, 1915; William Dudley, born January 12, 1917; Edmond, born Janu- ary 28, 1918; and Robert, born May 29, 1921.
ELISHA MORSE STEVENS-Prominent in pro- fessional circles in Essex county, Elisha M. Stevens has for years stood among the foremost attorneys of this section, and is widely known as a member of the firm of Niles, Stevens, Underwood & Mayo, of Lynn. A native of the State of Maine, Mr. Ste- vens' earlier years were spent in the West, but he has now for twenty-six years practiced in the city of Lynn. He is a son of Rufus Stowell and Sarah King (Morse) Stevens, formerly of Oxford county, Maine, and later of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Elisha M. Stevens was born in South Paris, Maine, January 5, 1864. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Minneapolis, and he there- after attended the Northwestern Preparatory School at Evanston, Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1880. His course in the arts and letters was be- gun at the Northwestern University, Evanston, but was completed at Amherst College, Amherst, Mas-
sachusetts, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1885. He thereafter pursued his pro- fessional studies at Harvard University Law School, 1887 to 1890, in which year he was graduated with the degrees of L.L.B. and A.M. First admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, Mr. Stevens soon returned to Minneapolis to practice, and was active in that city from 1891 until 1896. In the latter year he came East, locating permanently in Lynn, and has practiced continuously here since. As a member of the above firm he has gained a high place in the legal fraternity. He is a Republican by political affiliation, but has always declined the honors of elective office. Mr. Stevens was appointed a special justice of the district court of Southern Essex, Lynn, in 1907, and still serves in this capacity. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and of Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst chapter. His religious affiliation is with the First Universalist Church, of Lynn, of which he is one of the Board of Stewards, and he is a member of the Oxford and Kiwanis clubs of Lynn.
Mr. Stevens married (first), September 14, 1892, in Lynn, Mary Felton La Croix, daughter of Ed- ward and Eliza Walker (Felton) La Croix. She died, leaving one son, Rufus La Croix, born May 22, 1897. Mr. Stevens married (second), December 14, 1904, in Needham, Helen Lucas Fuller, daughter of Albert and Marianna (Gay) Fuller. They have a son, Alvin Gay, born September 30, 1905; and a daughter, Marion Fuller, born August 29, 1909. The family home is at No. 7 Outlook road, Swamp- scott, Massachusetts.
MEYER WINER, D.M.D .- Having been engaged in the active practice of his profession since 1912, Dr. Winer is familiar, and most favorably so, to a majority of residents of Salem. During these years, he has become thoroughly identified both as a den- tist and a citizen with the progressive element of the community.
Dr. Winer was born in Salem, Massachusetts, January 8, 1890, the son of Max Winer, a merchant of Salem, and of Bessie (Dembo) Winer, his wife. The elementary education of Meyer Winer was ob- tained in the public schools of his native place, after which, having decided upon the profession of dentistry for his career, he entered the dental de- partment of Harvard College, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medical Dentistry, in 1912, and passed the State board ex- aminations that same year, after which, in 1915, he opened an office at No. 60 Washington street, Sa- lem, where he has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession and has won a distinction which might well be the envy of a much older man.
On January 28, 1918, Dr. Winer was commission- ed first lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the dental section of the United States army. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Northeastern Dental Association, the Massachu- setts Dental Association, the Essex County Dental Society, the Harvard Odontological Society, the Sa- lem Golf Club, the Harvard Club of the North
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Shore, the New Century Club of Boston, the Young Men's Christian Association, Philharmonics Hour Orchestra, in which he played the violin for many years, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Harvard Dental Alumni. He also is a member of the visit- ing staff of the Forsyth Dental Infirmary.
HAROLD W. POOLE-In the shoe industry in Lynn the name of Poole has long been familiar in connection with certain branches of production, and Harold W. Poole is now associated with George A. O'Shea, conducting the business which was founded many years ago by. his father, and has since fol- lowed a special line of activity.
John W. Poole, Mr. Poole's father, was a native of the State of Maine, and came to Lynn from Portland as a young man. He was for many years engaged with W. and E. W. LaCroix, shoe-counter manufacturers, of Lynn. Naturally of an inventive turn of mind, he saw the possibilities of improving then existing machinery, and even of supplanting it with improved machinery of his own devising. He invented what has since become known as the Poole Box Toe Skiving Machine, and, instead of placing it on the market, established the Poole Skiving Com- pany, in partnership with I. F. Spindell, operating his own machines and placing his product on the market. The business was first located at No. 23 Central avenue, in Lynn, where the Security Trust Company building now stands, but was later re- moved to Willow street, and thence to its present location at No. 48 Oxford street. The founder of the business died in 1918. He married Alvaretta Bain, whose death preceeded his own by some years.
Harold W. Poole was born in Lynn, Massachu- setts, October 9, 1885. His education was received in the public schools of his native city and the English High School, and while still a young lad he began working with his father. He learned the business in all its branches, and upon the death of his father took over its management. In 1919 Mr. Poole received into partnership George A. O'Shea, also an experienced man in the same field, and the business is still being carried on successfully under the original name of the Poole Skiving Company. About fifteen employes are kept constantly busy, the product finding a ready market in the New Eng- land district and also in more remote shoe centers. Mr. Poole is well known fraternally as a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Harold W. Poole married Maude A. Lang, and they are the parents of five children: John W., Robert, Frederick, Ernest, and Warren. The fam- ily reside at No. 19 Clayton street, Lynn.
KIMBALL GLEASON COLBY-Colbys date in Massachusetts from the year 1630, when Anthony Colby came in Governor Winthrop's fleet from the eastern coast of England. He married Susannah Sargent, in 1632, and settled in Cambridge, but in 1684 moved to Salisbury, thence in 1647 to what is now Amesbury, where he died February 11, 1661.
He left sons, John, Samuel, Isaac and Thomas, and is the American ancestor of a numerous family, Colbys being found in every generation down to the present, prominent in every walk of life. Through the marriage of Joseph Kimball Colby to Mary Ada Gleason, their son, Kimball G. Colby, derives descent from Thomas Gleason, who was born in England in 1611, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1686. The line of descent from Thomas and Susannah Gleason is traced through their son, William Glea- son, and his wife Abial; their son, Isaac Gleason, and his wife Mary; their son, Captain Isaac Glea- son, a captain in the Continental army, and his wife, Sarah (Harrington) Gleason; their son, David Glea- son, and his wife, Phoebe (Carleton) Gleason; their son, Kimball Carleton Gleason, and his wife Mary Esther; their daughter, Mary Ada Gleason, and her husband, Joseph Kimball Colby; their son, Kimball G. Colby, editor and publisher of the Lawrence "Telegram."
Joseph Kimball Colby, born in New Hampshire, October 18, 1840, and his wife, Mary Ada (Gleason) Colby, born in Methuen, Massachusetts, May 19, 1849, are both living in Northern Massachusetts, (1921).
Kimball Gleason Colby was born in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, February 9, 1873. After graduation from Phillips Andover Academy in 1891, he entered Am- herst College, whence he was graduated A.B., class of 1895. He spent a year at Harvard, then entered the field of journalism and became a member of the staff of the Lawrence "Telegram," then owned by John N. Cole. In 1907 he purchased the Cole in- terest in the "Telegram," of which he is the pres- ent owner, editor and publisher. The "Telegram" is a daily paper, Republican in its sympathies and devoted to the interests of Lawrence. The circula- tion has steadily increased until it is the largest of any Republican paper of the city. Mr. Colby is a clear, incisive writer, firm and courageous in defend- ing his opinions, but always fair in treating with men or measures appealing for support from the voters.
While Mr. Colby is devoted to the interests of the "Telegram," he has other business engagements of importance. He is a director of the Bay State National Bank, a trustee of the Broadway Savings . Bank, a director of the Lawrence Morris Plan Bank, and a director of the National Bank of Methuen. He is an ardent Republican, and in addition to the strong support he renders the party through the columns of the "Telegram," he has rendered per- sonal service on the Methuen School Board, serving six years, also on the Methuen Board of Water Commissioners. In 1920 he was a' delegate to the Republican National Convention. During the World War period, 1917-18, he was a member of various loan and drive committees, and did his "bit" in every possible way. He is a member of John Hancock Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Bethany Com- mandery, of Lawrence, and has attained the thirty- second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, His college fraternity is Chi Psi, his clubs the Methuen, Merrimack Valley Country of Law-
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rence, University and Athletic of Boston, the Te- desco Country Club of Swampscott, and the Country Club of North Andover. In religious faith he is a Universalist.
FRED H. EATON-In the names of James H. Eaton and Fred H. Eaton, public service to Law- rence, Massachusetts, stands in the records of al- most three-quarters of a century. In public office and in private capacities this service has continued. Fred H. Eaton, present day representative of an honored family, senior member of the law firm of Eaton & Chandler, is known as lawyer and financier, a prominent figure among the city's men of affairs. Fred H. Eaton is a son of James H. and Elizabeth F. (Jenness) Eaton, his parents both natives of New Hampshire, his father born in Candia, his mother in Deerfield. They came to Lawrence in the 50's and James H. Eaton was for two terms mayor of Law- rence. He was also for a number of years treas- urer of the Essex Savings Bank, and a man of large usefulness to his time. Both he and his wife are de- ceased.
Fred H. Eaton was born in Lawrence, Massachu- setts, September 6, 1874, and after attending the public schools entered Phillips Academy at An- dover, Massachusetts, there preparing for profes- sional study, which he pursued in the Boston Uni- versity Law School, being graduated in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admit- ted to the bar in the same year, and began prac- tice in association with Judge Charles U. Bell, under the title of Bell & Eaton. This connection endur- ed until 1899, and in the following year the firm of Eaton & Chandler was formed. Figuring in much important litigation, and with a splendid clientele, this firm has come into reputation as one of the leading legal associations of the city, and their prac- tice is extensive in court work and in advisory re- lations. Mr. Eaton is a member of the Lawrence Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
His business interests are widespread. He is president of the Bay State National Bank, trustee and member of the board of investment of the Essex Savings Bank, and a director of the Lawrence Co- Operative Bank. Mr. Eaton was, in 1901, a member of the Board of Aldermen of Lawrence, and has long held a position of responsibility in his community. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and his clubs are the Merrimac Valley Country and the North Andover Country. He is a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church, of Andover, maintaining his residence at No. 66 Central street, in that town.
Fred H. Eaton married, August 24, 1897, in Law- rence, Abbie Maud Sherman, daughter of Judge Edgar J. Sherman. They are the parents of James H., Alma S., and Elizabeth F.
WALTER IRVING BURROWS - Among the families which can clearly trace their lineage back to the beginnings of New England history is Walter Irving Burrows, son of William Henry and Alice M.
(Ingalls) Burrows, whose maternal ancestor was one of the group who accompanied Governor Endicott to Salem in 1628. The Engalls or Ingalls family was an old one in England generations before New England was settled, and bore a coat-of-arms de- scribed as follows:
Arms-Gules, three bars gemelle or, on a can- ton, argent, five billets en solire sable.
Crest-A lily springing from a crown.
Motto-Humilis ex corona.
Edmund Ingalls, the immigrant ancestor of the Ingalls family in this country, was born in England, in 1598, ten years after the historic defeat of the Spanish "Armada." He went to Lynn, Massachu- setts, in 1629, settled at Goldfish Pond in 1680, mar- ried Ann, and among their children was Robert, born about 1621, died in 1698, who was a planter, and married Sarah Harker. Among their children was Nathaniel, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1660, died in 1787, married Anne. Among their children was Jacob, died in 1791, married November 17, 1737, Mary Tucker. Among their children was Jacob, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1747, died in 1823, was a sergeant in Captain Farrington's Company during the Revolution. He married, in 1772, Martha Lewis, and had children, among them Jacob, born May 23, 1786, died in 1834, married Rebecca Brown. He was a shoe manufacturer of Lynn, Massachu- setts, prominent in the affairs of the city, and repre- sented his district in the State Legislature for six- teen years. Among his children was Horatio, born October 25, 1824, died October 28, 1893, married, in December, 1852, Harriet G. Follet, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, June 1, 1833, died February 12, 1868. Among their children was Alice M., born Septem- ber 13, 1853, married February 23, 1876, William H. Burrows, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and had chil- dren, among them, Walter Irving Burrows.
On the paternal side, Egbert Burrows, of Lynn, Massachusetts, grandfather of Walter Irving Bur- row, was a retail shoe dealer, born August 27, 1843, married Betsy Johnson Alley, granddaughter of Joseph Alley, Jr., who served during the Revolution, and of Betsy (Johnson) Alley, born November 10, 1815. Their children were: Rebecca A., born Janu- ary 5, 1845, died same year; Helen T., born Feb- ruary 13, 1846; Elizabeth Campbell, born March 1, 1848; Joseph Egbert, born February 5, 1850; Charles J., of Manchester, New Hampshire; and William Henry, the father of Walter Irving Burrows.
Walter Irving Burrows was born in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, May 14, 1880. He attended the grammar and high schools of his native city, and then be- came associated with Burrows and Sanborn, in 1899, which connection is continued to the present time (1921). Fraternally, Mr. Burrows is a Mason, and in club circles he is well known, being a member of the Oxford Club, the Tedesco Club, and the Boston City Club. He is also a member of the Lynn His- torical Society and of the Chamber of Commerce.
On April 19, 1920, at Lynn, Massachusetts, Mr. Burrows married Ethel May Leggett, daughter of Robert Leggett, late State Senator from the Man-
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chester district of New Hampshire, and of his wife, Louise Leggett. No children have been born to this marriage.
ANDREW A. HAIG, M. D .- With the advantage of excellent preparation and very wide experience, Dr. Haig, of Essex, Massachusetts, has built up a large practice in this city and vicinity.
Dr. Haig was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, New York, May 4, 1858, and is a son of John and Ellen (Atchison) Haig, of Waddington, in that county. As a boy Dr. Haig attended the public schools of Potsdam, and also of Madrid and Massena, in the same county, then having chosen the profession in which he wished to carry forward his career, he entered the University of Michigan Medical School, at Ann Arbor, then completed his professional studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, from which in- stitution he received his degree of Doctor of Medi- cine. During the early years of his practice the doctor was in New Hampshire, first at Hancock for a year and a half, then at Peterboro for three years and a half, then practiced for eight years at Spring- field, Vermont. In 1901 Dr. Haig went on a trip around Cape Horn on the "Dirigio", one of the first steel vessels built by Arthur Sewill, of Bath, Maine. For one hundred and seventy-three days the boat did not touch land, then the doctor stayed in Cali- fornia from May 18th until the following October, thereafter returning to Boston for a short time. Later, with a party of sixteen others, Dr. Haig went up the western coast of the Continent to Arctic City, Alaska, where he remained for about a year and a half. Returning thereafter to Massachusetts, he began practice at Somerville, continuing for two years. He then came to Essex, where he is still located, and has developed a successful practice.
Dr. Haig is a member of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Springfield, Vermont. In Essex he has taken the interest of the progressive citizen in public affairs, and has served for six years on the school committee. He is a member of the Universalist church, of Essex.
Dr. Haig married, in 1905, Mrs. Ella (Adams) Ells, daughter of John and Jane (Gibson) Adams, of Berkshire county, England.
HARRY E. MERRILL, manufacturer, was born in Lewiston, Maine, June 20, 1862, son of William E. and Sarah E. (Crockett) Merrill, of Lisbon, Maine. His father was identified with the shoe in- dustry and farmed to some extent. In his boyhood Harry E. Merrill attended public school in his native place, and for a short while after leaving school worked in the Hill Cotton Mill. In 1888 he came to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and for the next six years found employment there at the shoe business. In 1889, he established a shoe trimming business which he conducted for a number of years, and to which, in 1906, he added the manufacture of die blocks, mallets, ceiling blocks, and other forms of wooden blocks used in the manufacture of shoes. In 1908 Mr. Merrill sold that business to M. E. Kil-
lam, of Lynn, but in 1908 he repurchased it from Mr. Killam and moved from the original location at No. 112 Phoenix Row to No. 208 River street. In 1910 Mr. Merrill added the manufacturing of wooden heels to the business, taking in as a partner Lyman W. Cole, a man of long experience in that business. The business since then has been conducted under the firm name of The United Die Block Wood Heel Company. By July 1, 1915, it was necessary to take more commodious quarters, and the plant was re- moved to No. 113 Essex street corner of Locke street, there remaining until February 1, 1921, when another removal became necessary, for a like rea- son, the company having added the manufacture of brush handles. A three-story factory building was secured at No. 140 Hale street, which is the main factory, handling the business of the Eastern States for the company's products. . The manufacture of brush handles has so satisfactorily developed that it became necessary, in 1916, to utilize a branch fac- tory, formerly used as a covering department for wood heels, to adequately care for the Western trade. This branch establishment is located in St. Louis, Missouri, and is devoted exclusively to the requirements of the western market.
Mr. Merrill gives close attention to his business affairs, which indeed demand most of his time, but, being of an old New England family, he is interest- ed in the patriotic and historical societies. He is a member of the Pilgrim Fathers, of the Pentucket Club, and of the Lewiston Zouaves of Maine.
In 1901 Mr. Merrill married (second) Jennie Col- ligan, daughter of James and Agnes (Bradley) Col- ligan, of New York State. By a first marriage Mr. Merrill has three children: Elizabeth B .; William E .; and Pearl M.
LYMAN W. COLE, manufacturer, partner in the United Die Block and Wood Heel Company, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, November 12, 1878, son of Albert S. and Eva F. (Prescott) Cole, the former originally of Wentworth, New Hampshire, a painting contractor, and the latter, now deceased, of Eppin, of that State.
Lyman W. Cole was educated in the public schools of Atkinson, New Hampshire, and at Atkinson Acad- emy. After leaving school, he learned the painter's trade under his father's instruction. After four years spent in house painting, he entered the em- ploy of a manufacturer of wooden heels for shoes, and became foreman of the Pentucket Wood Heel Company, remaining with that corporation for seven years. A further seven years he was with the Slipper City Company, in like capacity, and for three years was with the F. W. Mears Wood Heel Com- pany. Coming to Haverhill, in 1908, he became associated with Harry E. Merrill, manufacturer of dies, blocks and wooden forms used in shoe manu- facturing, and in 1910 became partner with Mr. Merrill in the United Die Block and Wood Heel .Company, of Haverhill, manufacturers of wood heels and cutting blocks. In 1915 the company's plant was moved to No. 118 Essex street, to more com-
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modious quarters, and on February 1, 1921, when brush handles of every description were added to the company products, a still greater space was needed, and a three-story factory at No. 140 Hale street, Haverhill, was secured. In 1916 a covering department for the wood heel business of the West- ern States was established at St. Louis, Missouri, that factory also handling the brush handle busi- ness of the Western States since the establishment of that department. Mr. Cole is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the local grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, the Ma- sonic order, Merrimac Valley Country and Pen- tucket clubs.
Mr. Cole was married, in 1900, at Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, to Cora E. Day, daughter of Charles L. and Mary E. (Wildes) Day, of Kennebunk, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are the parents of four children: Eva May, Charles A., Mildred C., and Joseph M.
JOSEPH FRANCIS DOYLE-Among the young- er professional men who are taking high rank in Essex county is numbered Joseph F. Doyle, of Sa- lem, who is also connected with one of the leading attorneys of Lynn. Mr. Doyle is a member of an old and prominent Salem family, and is a son of Michael J. and Ellen T. Doyle. The elder Mr. Doyle has for many years been an influential citizen of Salem, a member of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen, having served for twenty-five years in such capacity, a record unequalled in the history of Salem.
Joseph Francis Doyle was born in Salem, Decem- ber 19, 1888. His early education was received in the public schools of this city, and his preparatory and classical studies were pursued at Fordham Uni- versity, from which he was graduated in 1912. Then entering upon the study of law at Harvard Univer- sity Law School, he was graduated from that insti- tution in the class of 1915. Shortly afterwards ad- mitted to the bar, Mr. Doyle took up the practice of his chosen profession in his home city, and has won his way to ·marked success. Several years ago he became associated, also, with James W. Sullivan, a prominent lawyer of Lynn, and his Lynn practice is now an important part of his professional inter- ests. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Young Men's Catholic Temperance Society, of Salem, and former advocate for Veragua Council, No. 76, Knights of Columbus, also of Salem. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church.
THOMAS BUTLER FEENEY-In the business world of Lynn, Massachusetts, Thomas B. Feeney has for many years held a position of significance, and his work along one of the most practical ave- nues of economic advance-insurance-has contrib- uted in no small degree to the individual and com- munity prosperity. Mr. Feeney is of Irish nativity and comes of highly respected farming people, being a son of Edward F. and Julia (Butler) Feeney. Edward F. Feeney was a prosperous farmer, owning his home and thirty-five acres of land under culti-
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