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On April 28, 1909, Dr. Ewing was united in mar- riage with C. Lena Wilkins, of Middleton, the- daughter of Herbert Henry and Carrie (Killan) Wilkins. Dr. and Mrs. Ewing are the parents of two children: Eleanor Wilkins, and Robert Win- burn.
The years Dr. Ewing has spent in Peabody have been years of arduous devotion to the advancement of the medical profession and tireless endeavor for the relief of suffering humanity, and have placed him in the front rank of the city's physicians. His record forms part of the medical annals of Peabody.
PETER CARR, one of the efficient and leading public officials of Lawrence, Massachusetts, hold- ing the office of commissioner of public safety, was born April 1, 1888, in County Down, Ire-
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land, the son of James Carr, of the same county, a blacksmith, who died in 1918, and Bridget (Flan- igan) Carr, whose death occurred in 1896.
The education of Peter Carr was obtained in part in the schools of Ireland and was completed at the Lawrence Commercial School, he having come to America in 1897. His first experience in business was as a wool sorter in the Pacific Mills, and in the twelve years he remained there he worked upward through various positions, acquir- ing an extensive knowledge of many phases of the business.
Mr. Carr had always been actively interested in public matters, and in his character were com- bined those qualities which make the successful public official. In 1914 he was chosen to repre- sent his party in the Legislature, serving for two years. The year following he engaged in business as a tea and coffee merchant, and was thus occu- pied when he was appointed commissioner of public safety, of Lawrence, one of the very im- portant public offices of that city. He has under his direct supervision the police and fire depart- ments. Mr. Carr has held this office for two terms, since 1917, and has discharged his duties in a man- ner most satisfactory to the citizens of Lawrence.
In the course of his duties he is brought in con- tact with many people, and the impression which he leaves is always a very pleasing one; courteous and genial in manner, it is a pleasure to meet him. Aside from the personal side, Mr. Carr has also gained many friends and admirers through his willingness to co-operate with any welfare move- ment that is brought to his attention, and his position as commissioner is such that his influ- ence towards betterment aids very materially.
Mr. Carr is a member of the Knights of Colum- bus; the Fraternal Order of Eagles; the Loyal Order of Moose; the Ancient Order of Hibernians; the Wool Sorters' Union; and the Holy Name So- ciety; and is an attendant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, of Lawrence.
WILLIAM A. KELLEHER-For the past twelve years treasurer of the city of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, William A. Kelleher has, through his efficient management of the city's affairs, brought satisfac- tion to his constituents and to all the public-spirited citizens of Lawrence. He was born there May 27, 1875, the son of Daniel Kelleher, of County Cork, Ireland, and Bridget (Coleman) Kelleher, of the same county, whose death occured in 1879.
Mr. Kelleher was educated in the public and par- ochial schools of Lawrence, and his first experience in the world of business was an an employee of the Pacific Print Works, where he remained for ten years, resigning from the print works at the end of that time to enter in business for himself as a to- bacco merchant, locating at No. 413 Essex street. The real estate business was his next venture, and after. one year of this business he was elected a member of the Common Council in 1908, and this also marked the beginning of his public career,
which has been a singularly useful one.
Under the old system of city government, Mr. Kelleher was made president of the Council in 1904, and the following year was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen. The manner in which he dis- charged the duties incumbent on his various offices was so satisfactory that he was the choice of his party to represent them in the Massachusetts Legis- lature in 1906-7-8, and at the expiration of his ser- vice there he was appointed treasurer of the city of Lawrence, the office he now holds. Mr. Kelleher has made many friends in his several years of ser- vice as a public servant, and through his genial and courteous manner he has won the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
Fraternally, Mr. Kelleher is a member of Law- rence Council, No. 67, Knights of Columbus; and Lawrence Lodge, No. 65, Benevolent Protective Or- der of Elks.
Mr. Kelleher married, in 1912, Gertrude L. Black, of Peabody, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of one daughter, Gertrude M. Kelleher, born in 1913. . Mr. and Mrs. Kelleher and their daughter attend St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Lawrence.
SAMUEL JACOB MORSE-In the shoe industry in Essex county, the firm name of Morse & Proc- tor, of which Samuel J. Morse was the founder and is still the head, stands among the foremost con- cerns manufacturing counters, inner soles, and taps for the trade. Mr. Morse has built up the business from its modest beginning, to the present efficient and widely known organization.
Samuel J. Morse was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire, June 21, 1868, and is a son of Isaac and Wata Ann Morse, farming people of that section. His educational advantages were limited to the grammar school course in his native place, but he was endowed with a taste for business affairs and the force and initiative to overcome all obstacles, and win through to success. Beginning the manu- facture of leather counters on a small scale in 1892, Mr. Morse first operated under a partnership, the firm name being Tappan & Morse. Adding inner soles and taps to their list almost at once, they con- tinued for six years, then with the withdrawal of Mr. Tappan from the firm, John Herbert Proctor was received as a partner, and the firm of Morse & Proctor has gone steadily forward until the pres- ent time, and now stands among the leaders in its line. In 1919 they built a seven story brick fac- tory building of the most approved modern mill con- struction, containing 35,000 square feet of floor space. The building is equipped in the most up-to- date manner, with an independent heating plant, and employing electricity as the motive power. Throughout the history of the business, which now covers a period of thirty years, Mr. Morse' has been the executive head, and has given his personal attention to the production branch, as well as the distribution, and is still thus actively engaged. Mr. Morse is well known in fraternal circles, being a member of Merrimack lodge, Free and Accepted
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Masons; the Order of the Eastern Star, of which he is past patron; and the White Shrine of Jerusalem; and he is grand director of the Golden Star of Mas- sachusetts. Politically he supports the Republican party, but has never been interested in politics ex- cept as a citizen. He is a member of the First Church of Christ (Congregational).
Mr. Morse married, on October 15, 1889, in Brad- ford, Massachusetts, Carrie Bush Tappan, daughter of Myron and Ann Bush, and the adopted daughter of Amos and Sophia Tappan. Mr. and Mrs. Morse have two children: Arthur Stanley, born July 14, 1892; and Laura Deming, born April 15, 1909.
JOHN H. CYR, dentist, of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, was born in that city, April 27, 1887, son of Edmond E. and Elmira (Couillard) Cyr. The for- mer was a native of Canada, long engaged in the textile industry, until his death in 1902. Mrs. Cyr also was a native of Canada, but now makes her home in Lawrence.
The education of John H. Cyr was obtained in the public and high schools of Lawrence, then, hav- ing decided upon his profession, he entered the Baltimore Dental College, graduating with his de- gree in 1916. Returning to his home city, Dr. Cyr engaged in the practice of his profession, with offices in the Elks' building, where he has remained to the present time. He is among the well known profes- sional men of Lawrence, and has many public and fraternal affiliations.
In politics Dr. Cyr is a member of the Republican party, and he holds the following memberships in- cidental to his profession: Member of the Massa- chusetts Dental Association; the Northeastern Den- tal Association; and the Lawrence Dental Associa- tion. Other connections include: Member of the Order of Foresters, of Lawrence, and of the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks. Dr. Cyr attends St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of his home city, and aids in the support of its charities.
JUDGE GEORGE B. SEARS-With a long rec- ord of activity in the legal profession, Judge George B. Sears has been judge of the First District Court of Essex county, Massachusetts, for the past seven- teen years (1922).
Judge Sears is a son of John Augustus Sears, who wa born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, October 26, 1815, and came to Danvers at the age of five years. He was a shoe manufacturer of the early days, and also conducted quite extensive farming opera- tions. He married (first) in 1838, Harriette Kent. He married (second) in 1864, Sarah L. Simonds. The children of the second marriage numbered seven, of whom George B., the eldest, was born in Danvers, June 5, 1865; Horace G., in 1866; Gertrude Isabella, in 1868; Mary Ann, in 1870; Martha Louise, in 1871, died September 1, 1872; Gabrielle Woodburn, born in 1872; and Abbey Marian, in 1877.
Receiving his early education in the public schools of Danvers, Judge Sears, as a young man, entered Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated in
1890. Then having chosen the law as his future field of endeavor, he entered Boston University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1895. In the same year he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and thereafter, for ten years, practiced law in Boston. In 1905 appointed judge of the First Dis- trict Court of Essex county, he still ably fills that responsible position.
By political affiliation Judge Sears is a Democrat. In every phase of public life he takes a construc- tive interest, and for some years has served as a trustee of the Peabody Institute. Fraternally he is thirty-second degree Mason; a member of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Improved Order of Red Men.
On October 31, 1899, Judge Sears married Jennie P. White, of Danvers, and they have three children: Ruth E., born August 22, 1901; Miriam W., born January 22, 1904; and Clark: Simonds, born October 15, 1906.
CHARLES C. CHASE, son of A. Washington and Mary Ellen (Tate) Chase, was born in Haverhill, May 11, 1871, and is an alumnus of the Haverhill public schools. On the death of his father he im- mediately assumed the responsibilities of extensive real estate holdings, and as treasurer of the Chase and Laubham Corporation, he has been identified with the rebuilding of Washington Square property, which is owned by members of his family.
Mr. Chase has been prominently connected with various public enterprises, and he is one of the trus- tees of the Wingate Associates, the Essex Associ- ates, and other factories, which have added to the building equipment of the city and thereby assisted in the development of manufacturing. He also is one of the owners of the Haverhill Milling Com- pany, and as treasurer and manager has made that company noted for its fairness to public needs. He is a director and clerk of the Haverhill Trust Com- pany. In Masonic affiliations he is president of the Free Masons Hall Association, and has served in official capacity in various lodges.
Mr. Chase has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since its organization, and has served as president, being counted as one of the public-spirited men of the city, and in every way he has by gener- ous contributions and unselfish devotion endeavour- ed to advance the city's interests. He was the prime worker for the "great white way" and worked in- defatigably to raise the funds necessary to estab- lish the present admirable lighting effects in the business section.
Politically Mr. Chase is a Republican and a staunch worker for the interests of that party. He is a member of the Pentucket Club, the Wachusett Club, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Chase is married, and has one son, Charles Stuart Chase.
GEORGE A. SANBORN -- The Sanborn-family of Lawrence, comes notably into the recorda .of Essex county, Massachusetts, where for more than sixty
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years a member of the family has been superinten- dent of The Essex Company, a great deal of im- portant construction work having been done under their supervision. The present superintendent, George A. Sanborn, took office in 1898, succeeding his father upon the latter's death after fifty-three years of service.
An early settler of Hampton, Massachusetts, one William Sanborne, was on November 27, 1639, ap- pointed "to ring the bell before meetings on the Lord's Day and other days for which he is to have 6d. per Lott of every one having a lotte with in the town." William was a selectman of Hampton for six terms, served in King Philip's War, and was the owner of considerable land. He married Mary Ormsby, and among their children was a son, Josiah, the ancestor of George A. Sanborn, of the ninth generation.
The line of descent from William and Mary (Ormsby) Sanborne, of Hampton, Massachusetts, is through their second son, Josiah Sanborne, and his wife, Hannah Moulton; their eldest son, William Sanborne (killed in the French War of 1712), and his wife, Elizabeth Dearborn; their fourth son, Joshua, and his wife, Abigail Sanborn (as the name is now spelled) ; their son, Daniel Sanborn, and his wife, Hannah Polsom; their son, Daniel (2) San- born (a farmer in Epping, New Hampshire), and his wife, Sally Marsh; their son, Zebulon Sanborn, a farmer of Epping, New Hampshire, and his wife, Betsey Hill; their son, George Sanborn, and his wife Jane Blair; their son, George A. Sanborn, of Law- rence, Massachusetts.
George Sanborn, son of Zebulon and Betsey (Hill) Sanborn, was born in Epping, New Hampshire, No- vember 5, 1823, died March 8, 1898. He was edu- cated in the district school, and spent the first eighteen years of his life at the home farm in Ep- ping. He then became an apprentice under his brother Daniel, who taught him the carriage- maker's trade, serving a three years' apprenticeship, then worked for one year as a journeyman, leaving in July, 1845, to enter the employ of The Essex Company, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, a corpora- tion formed under the Act of the Massachusetts General Court passed March 20, 1845, authorizing that company to dam the Merrimac, construct locks and canals, hold real estate, collect toll, sell water power, etc.
Mr. Sanborn became superintendent of The Essex Company in 1858, and for forty years until his death in 1898, held that position. During that period he superintended a great deal of important con- struction work, The Essex Company, under their charter, founding and building dams, mills, canals, etc., there not being a power mill operating in New England at the date of organization of that com- pany (1845). Mr. Sanborn was one of the incor- porators of the Lawrence Lumber Company, and in- terested as a stockholder in that company from its beginning». He was a Republican in politics, and served two years in Council, and two years on the Lawrence Board of Aldermen. For seventeen years
he was a member of the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment.
George Sanborn married (first) in 1848, Sarah Norton, of Buxton, Maine. He married (second) in 1855, Jane Blair of Barnet, Vermont, who died in 1903. Two children were born to George and Sarah (Norton) Sanborn, twins, who died in in- fancy. To George and Jane (Blair) Sanborn two children were born: George A., of further mention; and Genevieve, who married William A. McCrillis.
George A. Sanborn, only son of George Sanborn, and his second wife, Jane (Blair) Sanborn, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, March 4, 1858, and was educated in the public schools, finishing with graduation from high school, class of 1878. Soon afterward he entered the employ of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company, and remained in that em- ploy four and a half years, leaving to go with a private company, having been appointed overseer of the yard of the Everett Mills. In 1891 he went to Boston to take a better position, that of a steam- ship line general agent, and he was thus employed for some time, but later returned to Lawrence and entered the employ of The Essex Company, in charge of outside repair work. He held that posi- tion until the death of his father in 1898, when he succeeded him as superintendent; he retired in 1922. Much notable work has been done in that time under his supervision. The Essex Company still continuing a power in the construction world, fitting out mills, factories, and improving water power systems. Mr. Sanborn is installing machin- ery in the gate house at the head of North Canal to replace that installed by his father seventy-five years ago, before being appointed superintendent.
Mr. Sanborn is a director of the Lawrence Lum- ber Company, (of which his father was an incor- .porator), and a member of the New England Water Works Association. The Old Guard Association of Boston, and the National Guard Association, these affiliations arising out of his interest in mili- tary affairs, he having for seventeen years been a member of a military organization of the State. For five years he was in Company M, of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, as sergeant. After trans- fer to Battery C of the first battalion he came into commissioned rank, and was later an officer of Company C, First Battalion, Field Artillery, at the outbreak of the World War, known as Battery C,. 102nd Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Ex- peditionary Force, and was commissioned captain, retiring after seventeen years of service. Mr. San- born is widely known in Essex county, as a broad- minded man, actively interested in the worthwhile affairs of his native State.
WALDO H. SANBORN-The business of the Knox Street Garage, Inc., of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, is one of the largest in the city in that line. Its repair department is equipped with the most modern tools and appliances, and the efficient ser- vice points to the fact that the men in charge know their business and how to expand it. The officera
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of the company are: George A. Sanborn, president; Waldo H. Sanborn, treasurer; and M. J. Tardiff, sec- retary.
George A. Sanborn's life has been reviewed in the preceding sketch. His son, Waldo H., was born in Lawrence on November 30, 1888, and in due course was educated in the Lawrence public schools. He graduated from Lawrence High School in the class of 1905, and from there proceeded to the Lowell Textile College, graduating therefrom in the class of 1909. For eighteen months, thereafter, he was in the employ of Warren Allen, of Lawrence, but in 1911 he was brought into the company organization then proceeding, his father being the principal or- ganizer. The Knox Street Garage, Inc., was then in- corporated, and that business came into operation, with the result stated above. The garage is the sec- ond oldest in Lawrence, and has held its place well.
During the World War period, when young Mr. Sanborn, like so many thousands of other young men, had to take up national duty in the emer- gency. He was stationed in Charlestown Navy Yard, having voluntarily enlisted in the United States navy . for civilian service. After the war, and discharge from the service, he resumed his connection with the business, and is now treasurer.
Mr. Sanborn belongs to the Masonic order; he also is a member of the Twinas Club, of Lawrence; and attends the Universalist church. He is the only child of his parents, George A. and Dora (Harvey) Sanborn.
Mr. Sanborn married, in 1912, Marion Glenn, of Lawrence, daughter of Allen and Helen (Kilborn) Glenn, of that city. Her father was born in Scot- land, and is identified with the Lawrence mill in- dustry; her mother, who died in 1914, was of a Maine family. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo H. Sanborn have one child, a son, George Allen Sanborn, who was born in 1913.
HARRY H. NEVERS, M. D., who has had un- usual breadth of experience in his chosen line of endeavor, has been a practicing physician in the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, for the past fifteen years. He was born in Norway, Maine, on April 9, 1876, and is a son of Alonzo J. and Rose J. Nevers of that place. Mr. Nevers was a merchant in Nor- way, Maine, for many years, in early life served in the Civil War, on the Union side, and until his death was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The mother still lives in Norway.
As a boy the doctor attended the public schools of his native town, then entered Bowdoin College Medical School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1903. For one year thereafter he served as interne in the Maine General Hospital, at Portland. He entered upon the practice of medicine in Bing- ham, Maine, in August, 1904, and continued there until October, 1906. At that time he removed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he established his office and began a general practice. Becoming a member of the Medical Corps of the Massachusetts National Guard in Lawrence in 1907, he served until 1908, then later, on October 16, 1910, was commis-
sioned first lieutenant of the Medical Corps. He was promoted to captain on October 22, 1912, and to major on March 26, 1916. In 1916 he was sent to the Mexican Border, at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, with the First Massachusetts Field Artillery for six months. On July 25, 1917, he was detailed to Boxford, Massachusetts, with the same regiment, for six weeks, then later was transferred to the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry and sent to West- field, Massachusetts, and still later to Charlotte, North Carolina. He was preparing to go overseas, and his discharge, on December 13, 1917, on account of heart trouble, was a great disappointment to him. The doctor is still surgeon in the United States Public Health Service at Lawrence.
Dr. Nevers is a member of the American Medical Association, of the Massachusets Medical Society, and of the Lawrence Medical Club. He is assistant on the staff of the Lawrence General Hospital, and has been city bacteriologist of Lawrence since 1908.
On October 19, 1904, Dr. Nevers married Susan I. Bean, of Concord, New Hampshire.
JOHN FLETCHER RANDALL was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, November 7, 1862, a descendant of John and Elizabeth Randall, who set- tled in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1640. On his mother's side he traces to the ancient Hooper fam- ily. He attended the public schools of Marblehead, finishing the grammar course and two years of the high school course before leaving for a position in the business world. His first postion was with the firm of Benjamin Callender & Company, one of the oldest hardware houses in Boston. He spent an ap- prenticeship of a year and a half with that house before being sent out on the road to cover ter- ritory in the maritime provinces of Canada. Cal- lender & Company later dissolved, and Mr. Randall formed a connection with Henry Brooks & Com- pany, wholesale hardware, with whom he spent twelve years as traveling salesman, covering ter- ritory in New England states. At the end of that period he joined the selling force of the Boston wholesale hardware and cutlery house, Bigelow & Dowse, continuing with that house twenty years. Marblehead was his home until 1898, when he moved away, but in 1919 returned and opened a re- tail hardware store at No. 92 .Washington street, which he is conducting very successfully.
Mr. Randall married, in 1888, Emma Woodfin Bowden, born in Marblehead, January 28, 1865, daughter of Joseph W. and Rachel (Woodfin) Bow- den. Mr. and Mrs. Randall are the parents of seven children: John Albert, of whom further; Dora Ade- laide, born January 14, 1891; Sarah M., born July 12, 1893; Ruth, born May 16, 1899; Roger, of whom further; Dwight, born December 28, 1908; and Rich- ard B., born February 3, 1907.
John Albert Randall, the eldest son of John Flet- cher Randall, was born in Marblehead, July 1, 1889, and there spent the first nine years of his life, the family moving to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the fall of 1898. He was graduated from Bridgewater High School and entered Dartmouth College, whence
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he was graduated, class of 1911. He then began the study of medicine, later entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, and in 1916 was graduated from that institution, with the de- gree of M. D. He spent the following year in hos- pital work, then volunteered for service in the United States army, then at war with Germany. He was commissioned first lieutenant and sent to the Medical Corps Training School at Washington, D. C., where he spent the winter of 1917. He was then attached to the 302nd Ammunition Train of the Seventy-Seventh Division, and went overseas, remaining with that division until the armistice was signed. He was then detached and assigned to the Army of Occupation, remaining in Germany until the latter part of 1919, when he was returned to the United States and assigned to duty at the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. He con- tinued on duty there until June 30, 1920, when he resigned from the army and began the private prac- tice of medicine and surgery on Staten Island, New York. Dr. Randall saw hard service in France with the Seventy-Seventh, being engaged at the Aisne- Marne, Oise-Aisne Meuse, Argonne offensives, and in defensive sectors.
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