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tion, principal of the State Normal School, at Salem, Massachusetts. He has won high and honorable rank among the educators of the State, and is widely known. He is a son of William Henry and Ruth Anne (Richardson) Pitman, his father a far- mer, the family home being at Appleton, Maine.
Joseph Asbury Pitman was born at Appleton, Maine, June 30, 1867. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and State Normal School, Castine, Maine; Clark. University, special courses, 1895-96; Harvard University, 1896-97; Columbia University, special courses. He began teaching in the rural schools of Maine and was later principal of Maine high schools, 1884-90. In 1891 he became principal of a grammar school at Millbury, Massachusetts, and, in 1892 was chosen principal of a grammar school at Malden, Massachusetts. He resigned that position to accept that of district superintendent, and in that office, and as superintendent of schools at Marlborough, Massachusetts, spent the years until 1906. In that year he was elected principal of the State Normal School, at Salem, Massachu- setts, and for sixteen years he has ably filled that position (1906-1922). Professor Pitman is a mem- ber of many societies, educational, scientific, fra- ternal and religious, including the several Masonic bodies, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Ancient Order United Workmen; Massachusetts Schoolmasters' Club; the Harvard Club; and the Congregational church of Salem. In politics, he is a Republican.
In Belfast, Maine, July 23, 1890, Professor Pit- man married Flora E. Carver, daughter of Charles F. and Cynthia (Mathews) Carver. They are the parents of two sons: Earle Carver, born October 10, 1893; and Arthur Loring, born January 8, 1898. The family home is at No. 357 Lafayette street, Salem.
DR. JOHN B. BAIN, a prominent physician of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was born in South An- dover, the same State, August 7, 1879. He attended the public schools and Phillips Andover Academy, graduating from the latter institution in 1898, hav- ing completed the courses there in three years. In 1902 Dr. Bain was graduated from the Harvard Medical School and received his degree of M. D. He served as interne at the Massachusetts General Hospital and subsequently was assistant superin- tendent of this institution. Soon after this time Dr. Bain located in Lawrence, where he enjoys a large practice, not alone in that city but also throughout Essex county.
He is the discoverer of the Pseudo Tetanus Bacil- lus, and the facts relating thereto appeared in the Boston "Medical Journal" for May and June, 1901. He has several times been offered positions with various colleges in a medical capacity, and also with the United States Government, but he has confined himself to a general practice. He reported the first case of tetanus that recovered from operation in the "Annals of Surgery," in March, 1902. Dr. Bain is visiting pathologist of the Lawrence General Hospital; is a member of the Massachusetts Medi-
cal Society; the American Medical Association, and numerous other medical societies. He resides with his sister at 348 Haverhill street, Lawrence.
JOHN DAVIS WOODBURY-Still active in his lifelong profession, Mr. Woodbury, at the age of seventy five reviews a long connection with print- ing and journalism in Gloucester, his native town and lifetime home. There he learned the printer's trade in youth, and rose through every grade of journalistic promotion until he became editor and publisher, spending the last score of years as asso- ciate editor and city editor of the "Gloucester Daily Times," the only daily newspaper published on Cape Ann. He retired from the latter position in 1914, but is still actively connected with the business which claimed him in youth. He is not only the dean of Gloucester journalists, with a single excep- tion of the Essex county newspaper men, but is recognized as an authority on local history and genealogy.
Mr. Woodbury is a descendant of John Woodbury, who came to Cape Ann, Massachusetts, from Som- ersetshire, England, with the Dorchester colony in 1623-4, whose ancestry is traced to the time of the conquest by the Normans in the eleventh century. The line of descent from John and Agnes Wood- bury is through their son, Humphrey, born in Eng- land, in 1609-10, and his wife, Elizabeth; their son, Richard, born in February, 1654-5, a soldier in the Phipps expedition to Canada in 1690, and his wife, Sarah Haskell; their son, Richard (2), born August 8, 1685, and his wife, Esther Stone; their son, John, born January 1, 1727, and his wife, Elizabeth Patch; their son, Richard (3), born February 8, 1771, and his wife, Anna West; their son, Simeon, born Sep- tember 11, 1812, and his wife, Nancy Hodgkins; their son, John Davis Woodbury, the principal char- acter of this review, and his wife, Sarah Eliza Green; their children, Anna Mabel, Carrie Imogene and Bessie Sweetser (Woodbury) Tarr, forming the ninth generation of this branch of the Woodbury family in New England. Simeon Woodbury of the seventh generation was a shoemaker by trade, but also a fisherman and later a grocer of Gloucester.
John Davis Woodbury, of the eighth generation, was born in Gloucester, Essex county, Massachu- setts, October 11, 1847, there was educated in the public schools and there has spent his years, seventy- five. In youth he learned the printer's trade and as a journeyman printer for many years, gained the insight into the newspaper business, which cul- minated in 1877 in the establishment of the "Cape Ann Bulletin" at Gloucester, a journal which he . edited and published from 1877 until 1883. In 1896 he became associate editor of the "Gloucester Daily Times," a position he held for twelve years, then exchanged for the city editor's desk on the same paper, holding that position six years, 1908- 1914.
Mr. Woodbury is a Republican in politics, and in 1885 represented Ward Six in the Gloucester Com- mon Council. He is a member of the Prospect Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Gloucester,
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member of the Templars of Honor and Temperance; Grand Templar of the Grand Temple of Massachu- setts of that order, 1910-1911; now Deputy Supreme Templar for Massachusetts; Grand Chaplain of the Grand Temple of Massachusetts; Past Chief Temp- lar of Atlantic Temple of the Order, in Gloucester; also member of the International Order of Good Templars; Past District Chief Templar and Past District Secretary of Essex District Lodge; and of Essex County Lodge; Past Chief Templar and Treasurer of Fraternity and Agamenticus Lodges of Gloucester, and for twenty years held the office of Deputy Grand Chief Templar, and is a Past President of the Massachusetts Good Templar Vet- eran Association. He is a member of the Essex County Press Club, of which he was a founder and original member, and its permanent secretary since its organization in 1910; a member of Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library, and of Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association.
Mr. Woodbury married, May 17, 1871, at Eastport, Maine, Sarah Eliza Green, daughter of John and Mary (Clark) Green, and in 1921 the couple cele- brated their golden wedding anniversary. They are the parents of three daughters: Anna Mabel, born May 24, 1872, a teacher in Gloucester public schools; Carrie Imogene, born February 5, 1877, a teacher in Gloucester High School; and Bessie Sweetser, born January 1, 1885, married Francis Cudworth Tarr, of Gloucester.
MICHAEL JOHN SHERRY was admitted to the Essex county bar in 1919, and in Peabody, the place of his birth, he has since been engaged in the prac- tice of law. That was not, however, his first intro- duction to public life, for he had been for a decade much in the public eye, filling several important public positions including that of representative to the General Court. He is a son of Michael Sherry, a shoe stock manufacturer of Peabody and for five years 1912-1916 a member of the Peabody board of overseers, serving during the last two years of his term as chairman of the board.
Michael J. Sherry, son of Michael and Margaret Sherry was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 2, 1887. He completed the courses of Center Street Grammar School with the graduating class of 1902, attended Peabody High School during 1903, was graduated from Salem Commercial School in 1904, and that year began his business career as a bookkeeper. For twelve years he filled that posi- tion in the business world, then for a year 1917-18 he was claim adjuster. He entered Suffolk Law School during that period, and in 1919 graduated from that institution, was admitted to the Essex county bar, and established law offices in Peabody, where he is successfully engaged in building up a clientele. In 1912 he was elected auditor of Pea- body, and during 1915-16 represented the Eleventh Essex District in the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1921 he was elected collector of taxes for the city of Peabody, an office he is now (1922) holding. Mr. Sherry is a member of St. John's Roman Catholic Church of Peabody; Father Matthew Total Absti-
nence Society, Massachusetts; Catholic Order of Foresters; Leo Council No. 508, Knights of Colum bus; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Suffolk Law School Alumni Association, and Peabody Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Sherry married in Peabody, Massachusetts, November 27, 1913, Anna J. Kirane, daughter of Patrick and Winnifred Kirane, her father deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Sherry are the parents of & son, Robert L. Sherry, born in Peabody, Massachusetts, January 1, 1922.
WILLIAM H, PERRY, JR .- As head of the Perry & Elliott Company of Lynn, William H. Perry, Jr., is widely acquainted, although he is perhaps better known as Brigadier General Perry, with a record of nearly twenty-six years of ser- vice in the United States army, and the Massachu- setts National Guard.
Mr. Perry was born in Lynn, July 10, 1874, and received his education in the schools of that city. His first employment was with a concern in Boston, where he became foreman. Later he formed his present business connections. The firm of which Mr. Perry is the head was established in 1897. After the Spanish-American War it was taken over and incorporated. In 1904 Mr. Elliott became a mem- ber, since that time the firm name being the Perry & Elliott Company. At that time the plant was located on Washington street, Lynn, but with the expansion of the business they removed to Stewart street. In Salem the firm became publishers of "Little Folks," a monthly magazine for children, taking over the entire plant, building and equip- ment, and under the Cassino name they continued the periodical. In 1916 Perry & Elliott Company published a book entitled "Lynn," containing one hundred and twelve pages and four hundred illus- trations, the information accumulated in its pages covering that period of the city's history between 1849 and 1916. The firm Perry & Elliott Company still carry on the two plants.
On December 11, 1893, Mr. Perry enlisted in Com- pany D, 8th Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, and on May. 2, 1895, was promoted to the rank of second-lieutenant. He served in the Span- ish-American War, with Company F, 8th Massa- chusetts Regiment, United States Volunteers, with the rank of lieutenant, and was mustered out April 28, 1898. In 1911 he was in command of a de- tail of militia at San Antonio, Texas. Within the same year he was in command of troops at the Lawrence, (Massachusetts) strike. In 1913 he served on the staff of the marshal in command of President Wilson's inaugural parade, and has served in similar capacity on many miiltary oc- casions for the past twenty-five years. He was in command of troops at the Salem and Chelsea fires, saw service on the Mexican border in 1916 as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Regiment, Massachu- setts Infantry, and had the responsibility of bring- ing his regiment home. He was made colonel in command of the 8th Massachusetts, in 1917, and with his command, later known as the 5th Pioneer
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Regiment, was at Lynnfield and Westfield, Massa- chusetts, also at Charlotte, North Carolina, and Spartansburg, South Carolina, and prepared eleven regiments for service overseas. In August, 1919, William H. Perry, Jr., retired from the Massachu- setts National Guard, with the rank of brigadier- general.
In civilian life Mr. Perry is prominent also as a member of the Rotary Club, and the Tedesco Coun- try Club. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the American Legion, the Spanish War Veterans, the Military Order of the World War, and the National Guard Association. He is vice-president of the Quicksilver Company, of Sancillo, Mexico.
In 1899 Mr. Perry married Theresa M. Pratt, of Lynn, and they are the parents of a son, Harrison Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Perry attend Holy Name Episcopal Church of Swampscott.
ARTHUR SWEENEY, junior partner of the law firm of Sweeney, Sargent & Sweeney, of Lawrence, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 17, 1888. He is a son of John P. and Anna M. (Stedman) Sweeney, his father being the head of the law firm above mentioned.
Beginning his studies in the public schools of Lawrence, Mr. Sweeney later entered Phillips- Andover Academy, from which he was graduated in 1906. He then entered Harvard University, and was graduated in 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, then took up the study of law at Har- vard University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1913 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1913, and immediately thereafter began practice, taking up the general practice of law. In 1916 Mr. Sweeney became a member of the law firm of which his father is the senior partner, the firm then being Sweeney, Cox & Sweeney. Upon the retirement of Judge Louis S. Cox, in 1918, the firm name became Sweeney, Sargent & Sweeney, as at present. This firm handles a general practice. Mr. Sweeney is a member of the Essex County Bar Association, and of the Lawrence Bar Association, and he is also a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and of the Merrimac Valley Country Club.
In 1916 Mr. Sweeney married Mildred L. Grimes, of Lawrence, and they have one little daughter, Martha.
JOHN COOK METCALF-One of the names which hold a place of honor in the annals of Essex county, Massachusetts, is that of John Cook Metcalf, who contributed widely to public progress, civic, state and national, in various branches of individual enterprise and public endeavor.
Mr. Metcalf was born in December, 1842, in Bel- lingham, Massachusetts, the son of Savel Metcalf, a prominent farmer of that community, and Abby (Cook) Metcalf. Receiving his education in the public schools of his native town, Mr. Metcalf en- tered a business career, and eventually became a power in the manufacturing world as a producer
of paper box machinery. A man of far-seeing judg- ment and progressive spirit, he brought his influ- ence to bear at all times for the advancement of the public welfare, and for many years was a mem- ber of the City Council of Lynn. .
At the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. Metcalf enlisted at once in the Union army, and served dur- ing the entire period of the war, with the rank of corporal .. He was for many years an honored mem- ber of Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Metcalf was a staunch Republican, and served on the City Council in Lynn for two years, being a member at the time the Lynn woods reservation was set off. Fraternally he was well known, having been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a founder of the East Lynn Social Club, was for many years its president, and was highly esteemed by its entire membership.
In 1865 Mr. Metcalf married Lucy Tuttle, born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, September 13, 1841, and they were the parents of a daughter, Flora A., now Mrs. Tyler, of Lynn, and a son, John A. Metcalf, also of this city.
Mr. Metcalf's death, on September 29, 1916, re- moved from the city of Lynn a man whose influ- ence has ever been strong on the side of right and . progress, a man of personal integrity and public dignity, who will long be remembered in many circles where his presence was always welcome.
CHARLES NICHOLAS McCUEN, a leading physician of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was born August 14, 1875, in Vergennes, Vermont.
Nicholas McCuen, father of Dr. McCuen, was for many years engaged in the real estate business. For fourteen years he was a member of the Order of Eagles and also was a member of the New Eng- land Order of Protection. He died in 1918. The mother of Dr. McCuen was Kate H. (Allen) Mc- Cuen, a descendant of Ethan Allen, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and also organized and founded several orders.
Charles N. McCuen attended the public schools and a military school for one year, after which he matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Boston. In 1902 he received his de- gree of M. D. He engaged in the practice of his profession in Haverhill, and soon was appointed superintendent of the Haverhill Emergency Hos- pital. After ten years he returned to private prac- tice, continuing to the present time with offices at No. 7 Main street. Dr. McCuen is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; member of the Loyal Order of Moose; of the Knights of Pythias, and of the New England Order of Pro- tection.
Dr. McCuen married Elizabeth P. Sole, in 1902, and they are the parents of a child, Robert G. Mc- Cuen.
KINGFORD JOHN MURRAY-At the time of his passing in 1921, Mr. Murray was conducting a successful business enterprise in Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, being senior member of the firm of Mur-
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ray & Dugdale. He was a native of Cape Breton Island, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (Morrison) Murray, his father also born on Cape Breton, be- ing a tanner by trade. Mrs. Mary Ann Murray, like her husband, was of Cape Breton birth, both families of Scotch ancestry. Daniel Murray died in 1880.
Kingford John Murray was born on the island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 5, 1868, died in the city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1921. He was educated in the public schools and early in life followed the sea. He then learned the tan- ner's trade and after coming to the United States was engaged in rubber works and factories. In 1889 he located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and there was employed by the Summer Counter Com- pany as a sole cutter, for two years. He then abandoned that special branch of shoe manufac- ture and for ten years following, was with A. S. Cram, later forming a partnership with Mr. Dug- dale, and under the firm name of Murray & Dug- dale continued in prosperous business until his death. His place of business was 47 Water street, Haverhill, and there the partners conducted a plumbing, steam heating, sheet metal and general store business; their store, general in character, be- ing one of the largest in the city.
Mr. Murray was an active member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church of Haverhill, serving as trus- tee and steward; he also was Sunday school superin- tendent and treasurer. When younger he served in the militia, and he was a member of the Masonic order, both York and Scottish Rites.
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He married in 1893, Nellie May Abbott of North Bridgton, Maine; daughter of A. P. and Triphena B. (Newcomb) Abbott, her parents both born in North Bridgton, her father a farmer and a lumber dealer. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Murray: Ruth Barden, born in 1898, a graduate of Skidmore College, New York University, Bachelor of Science; and Myrtle I., born in 1904. Mrs. Murray survives her husband and continues her residence in Haverhill.
JAMES T. SAUNDERS The business of the Saunders Awning and Decorating Company, Incor- porated, Haverhill, was founded by James T. Saun- ders, an expert upholsterer, who came to Haverhill in 1911, after an experience in other places, notably Worcester, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire. The business is a prosperous one, the company having as a slogan "no job too large, none too small," their motto "quality and service."
James T. Saunders is a son of James Valentine and Letitia K. (Shaw) Saunders, who at the time of the birth of their son were living in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, James V. Saunders then being a manu- facturer of candy. He had formerly been a mari- ner and in the naval service of his country during the Mexican War. During the Civil War he served in the navy, and was also a private of the 36th Regiment of Volunteers of Massachusetts. He died in 1885, his wife surviving him four years, passing away in 1889.
James T. Saunders was born in Boston, Masss chusetts, June 27, 1862, and there educated in the public schools. He enlisted in the United States regular army and spent eight years at various posts and in various duties, then returned to civil life, becoming an expert upholsterer. He was in the em- ploy of different men in that business, notably Henry Turner and Kilbern & Whitman, before mak- ing his decision in 1893 to engage in business for himself. He was thoroughly familiar with the fur niture business, and in 1893 he opened his ow place, his lines covering all branches, and for seven- teen years he there remained in successful opera- tion as a furniture manufacturer, dealer and up- holsterer. In 1910 he sold out his Worcester bus- ness and re-opened in Manchester, New Hampshire, but in 1911 moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he opened a store and a workshop for the making of awnings, canopies, decorations, flags, tents, auto covers, and hardware. The venture was successful, and in 1917 he took over the business of the Tilton Awning Company, which had been established more than forty years previously. Since that time increased business and limited space in the old building at No. 30 Elmwood avenue, Brad- ford, made more changes necessary, and Mr. Seun- ders purchased the building formerly used as a resi- dence, situated north of the Haverhill Yacht Club, and which was owned by that organization. This building has been remodelled at considerable ex- pense; modern machinery for the manufacture of awnings, tents, and other canvas goods was in- stalled, and the Saunders Awning and Decorating Company, incorporated May 10, 1922, occupy the three and a half floors of the new plant, which contains a floor space of approximately 2,800 square feet. Mr. Saunders displayed versatility and thor- oughness in his work, and under the name of the Saunders Awning and Decorating Company, Ine, has won enviable reputation for excellence of work- manship and quality of service. The advertising slogan, "no job too large, none too small," has made a working principle of his business, and his customers recognized that fact.
In the fraternal orders, Mr. Saunders is well- known, being affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Knights of Malta, Improved Order of Red Men, and the Loyal Orange Institution; in which he holds the highest degree. His religious membership is with Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, of Haver- hill.
James T. Saunders married (first) Martha M. Howard, of Freeport, New Hampshire, and of their seven children two are now living, Rosella M. (Mrs Shenton), and Letitia M. (Mrs. Pratt), residents of Nashua, New Hampshire. A son, James A. Sau- ders, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, January 18, 1900, died in Haverhill, July 16, 1922. He attended the public schools until April 16, 1916, then left high school to enlist in the United States Navy. When the United States declared war against Ger many in 1917, he was assigned to duty on the battleship "Arkansas," where he served until the
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war ended, rating as coxswain of the 4th gun turret when honorably discharged in December, 1919. He witnessed the surrender of the German fleet to the allies prior to their assembling at Scapa Flow, where they were later sunk by the Germans, and saw a great deal of the naval side of the great war. After his discharge from the navy, he re- turned to Haverhill, became associated with his father in business, and at the time of his passing was president of the Saunders Awning and Decor- ating Company, Incorporated. He was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Knights of Pythias, and Grace Methodist Epis- copal Church. He married Mary E. Moher, of Man- chester, New Hampshire, who survives him with a daughter Barbara Mary. He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Ballardvale. James T. Saunders married (second), in 1911, Emma Flower, daughter of Albert and Emma Alice Flower, her father a one time postmaster of Pawlet, Vermont, her mother of ancient Vermont family.
WILLIAM C. BRADLY, who is president, gen- eral manager and principal stockholder of the Bradly Counter Company, Inc., of Haverhill, was born in Cableton, Canada, February 27, 1884, son of Wil- liam George and Rose F. (Lowell) Bradly. His father was of Richmond, England, where he was engaged in the counter business; his mother, who died in 1917, was of a Windsor, Canada, family.
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