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vation near Tipperary, Ireland. He died when Thomas was only four years of age, leaving five children, of whom the eldest was eleven years old and the youngest two. The mother carried on the farm as best she could, with the help of the older children, but she only survived her husband five years, and then the children were left alone. Unable to secure suitable help, the management of the farm soon proved too much for the children, and eventual- ly they were compelled to abandon the home of their birth.
Thomas B. Feeney was born on the home farm in Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland, March 20, 1870. Receiving his education in the national schools of his native country, he left school at the age of twelve years to do his part in the struggle to keep the family together. At that time his formal edu- cation ended, but Mr. Feeney is a man of unusual mental calibre, and has made every source of in- formation a means of education, his rare memory placing his fund of knowledge ready for instant service. He has not only become widely self-edu- cated in a general sense, but has mastered several languages, and speaks French fluently. Mr. Feeney came to the United States with a brother and sister in 1886, then being about sixteen years of age. Com- ing at once to Lynn, he secured a position as errand boy in the employ of John J. Jeffries, a broker, with offices on Beacon street, in Boston. Mr. Feeney worked for Mr. Jeffries both at the Boston offices and in his summer home at Swamp- scott, 'and continued with him for two years. He then became identified with the morocco leather industry, serving a regular apprenticeship in the employ of Eugene Berry, a morocco leather manu- facturer of that time, and was active in this con- nection until 1899. On March 20 of that year, Mr. Feeney entered the field in which he has since met with such marked success, becoming associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at their Lynn office. He began as an agent, soliciting insur- ance by the ordinary method of house to house in- terviews. His record quickly marked him as a man of larger possibilities, and thirteen months after entering their employ the Metropolitan made him assistant superintendent of their Lynn office. On May 9, 1904, he was again promoted, being then made manager of the Nashua, New Hampshire, dis- trict. His familiarity with the French language was there a strong asset in his favor, as that locality has a large percentage of French people, and after upwards of three years in Nashua, Mr. Feeney was returned to Lynn, on January 7, 1907. On that date he became manager for the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company, of the Lynn district, one of the most important districts in New England, and this position he still holds. He has gathered about him a corps of associates well fitted for their respon- sibilities, and the marked progress which the Lynn office has made during the trying period of the war and the subsequent readjustment of conditions is largely due to the discriminating judgment and forceful personality of Thomas B. Feeney.
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In the various affairs of general interest, civic, fraternal, social and political, Mr. Feeney keeps broadly in touch, although he is in no sense a poli- tician. He cast his first vote for Cleveland, but since attaining his majority he has entertained in- dependent convictions, giving his endorsement to the party or candidate he believed best fitted to serve the public good, and neither seeking nor desiring public honors for himself. Fraternally Mr. Feeney is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He has been active in the world of finance, having been one of the found- ers of the State National Bank of Lynn, of which he is still a director. One of his favorite recreations is travel, and in 1913 he crossed the ocean, accom- panied by his son, Thomas B. Feeney, Jr., spending some weeks in Ireland, visiting his birthplace and many points of interest in the Emerald Isle. Mr. Feeney has a large circle of personal friends in Lynn and vicinity, and is a member of the Kiwanis Club. His religious faith is that in which he was reared, and with those of his family who are still at home he belongs to St. Joseph's Church, of Lynn.
Mr. Feeney married, September 4, 1892, Delia Leonard, who came to the United States from Ire- land with her parents when she was still a child. She is a daughter of Michael and Bridget Leonard, both now deceased, who spent the last fifteen years of their lives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Feeney, and had many friends in the church and in the so- cial circles in which the family moves. Mr. and Mrs. Feeney are the parents of three sons and one daughter: Leonard, Thomas B., Jr., Eileen Mary, and John F. Leonard Feeney, the eldest son, is a priest of the Jesuit Order, and a teacher at Cani- sius College, in Buffalo, New York; Thomas B. Jr., is studying for the priesthood, of the Jesuit Order at St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson, at Poughkeepsie, New York; Eileen Mary is a kindergarten teacher at Cambridge, Massachusetts; and John F., the young- est son, is a student at Boston College, class of 1924. The family home is at No. 73 Lewis street, Lynn, Massachusetts. Of Mr. Feeney's brothers and sis- ters the eldest brother went to Australia, where he met accidental death in a mine disaster, and the others are now all residing in this country.
HARRIS STARR POMEROY, M. D .- Among the best known of Peabody's physicians must be num- bered Dr. Harris Starr Pomeroy, who has been a resident of this community since 1901, and is of high standing as a citizen no less than as physician.
Harris Starr Pomeroy was born June 30, 1875, in Willimantic, Connecticut, the son of Charles and Mary (Palmer) Pomeroy. Charles Pomeroy was sheriff of Windham county for twenty-seven years, and always took an active part in the affairs of the community. Dr. Pomeroy spent his childhood in his native place and attended the local schools there. After graduating from the Willimantic High School, he entered the Bristol Academy at Taunton, Con- necticut, where after completing a preparatory
course he matriculated at Yale, after which he en- tered the medical department of the New York University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1900. After serving an internship of one year at the Bellevue Hospital, he came to Peabody, Massachusetts, and opened an office at No. 93 Main street. This has been his headquarters ever since, and for the past few years he has devoted himself almost entirely to the sur- gical branch of the profession, in which he has achieved a gratifying measure of success. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, and is a mem- ber of the surgical staff and visiting surgeon of the L. B. Thomas Hospital of Peabody. He affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of Pythias; Jordan Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Peabody; and also is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. In politics he is a Republican, and served on the Peabody Board of Health for six years. Dr. Pomeroy also holds membership in the Peabody Doctors' Club.
On May 10, 1918, Dr. Pomeroy was commissioned first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States army and was ordered to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, subsequently being sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where he served on the surgical staff at the Base Hospital, and later was ordered to Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he received his honorable discharge, January 8, 1919, when he re- turned to Peabody and resumed his practice.
Dr. Harris Starr Pomeroy married, June 22, 1910, Frances C. Chandler; they have no children.
FRED HAMMOND NICHOLS, prominent busi- ness man, has been connected with the printing trade of Lynn, Massachusetts, for more than forty years, and is perhaps best known, aside from his post office service, as the treasurer and manager of that important company, "The Nichols Press." His father, Thomas Parker Nichols, was an em- ploying printer, and his mother was Caroline (Smith) Nichols.
Fred H. Nichols was born in Lynn, Massachu- setts, November 25, 1861. He received his educa- tion in the Shepard Grammar School, and Lynn Classical High School, from which he was gradu- ated, after three years study, with the class of 1880. He began at once to learn the printing trade in his father's establishment, and acquired a thorough knowledge of its various branches. In June, 1898, the appointment was given him as assistant post- master of the Lynn post office, and he served under two postmasters until June, 1905. Twice during this period, on account of deaths, he was acting postmaster, carrying on the work without the aid of any assistant. He became a partner with his father and brother in the printing business under the name of Thomas P. Nichols & Sons. On the death of his brother in 1911, the company was re- organized and incorporated as "The Nichols Press" with himself as manager and treasurer. Mr. Nichols is a member of the Corporation of Lynn Institution
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for Savings, and the Lynn Five Cents Saving Bank. In the years 1889 and 1890 he was on the Common Council, City of Lynn, serving on the committee of accounts and the committee of drainage.
Fraternally he is a Mason, raised in 1889 in Mount Carmel Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, acting as worshipful master in 1902 and 1903, and was appointed district deputy grand mas- ter of the Seventh Masonic district for 1904-05. In 1907 he was elected secretary of the lodge, holding the office at the present time (1922). He is also a member of Sutton and Swampscott chapters, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters; Olivet Commandery, No. 36, Knights Templar, and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs and societies are: Oxford Club of Lynn, Swampscott Masonic Club, and Sons of the American Revolution, and he is president of the Northeastern Massachusetts Typothetæ, and recording secretary of the Lynn Young Men's Christian Association. He is a com- municant of the First Universalist Church, and chairman of its board of management.
Mr. Nichols was married by the Rev. James M. Pullman, D.D., May 25, 1886, to Annie Louise Att- will, daughter of Isaac Mead and Harriet (Sanger) Attwill. They have two children: Miriam Cecelia, born in Lynn, May 15, 1888; Thomas Attwill, born in Lynn, April 22, 1891.
CHARLES BOARDMAN BURNHAM is a well known dentist of Beverly, Massachusetts. His twenty-five years in the practice of his profession has brought him a large clientele and an intimate knowledge of the city. A native of Beverly, he was born on Christmas Day, 1873, son of Charles Lang- ley and Augusta (Prince) Burnham. Charles Lang- ley Burnham was an alderman of Beverly, Massa- chusetts, in 1897, and was the originator of the "Burnham Pleasure Excursions."
After study in the public grammar school, he entered and was graduated from the Beverly High School. He then completed a business course in Comer's Commercial College, and later in the Har- vard Dental School, from which he received his de- gree. His business career was begun by a connec- tion with the Graves Elevator Company, Boston, Massachusetts, but he soon found his proper voca- tion, and since 1898 has practiced dentistry at Bev- erly with increasing success and popularity. Dr. Burnham has been successively second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain of Company E, Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and during the World War served on the medical ad- visory board.
Dr. Burnham is fraternally a Mason, affiliated with Liberty Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Amity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; St. George Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He also fraternizes with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the American Academy of Dental Science, Massachusetts Dental Society, and the North Eastern Dental Society. His club is the
Union of Beverly, Massachusetts. With his family he attends the Old South Parish Church.
At Beverly, Massachusetts, October 1, 1908, Dr. Burnham was married to Lydia Sleeper Richards, daughter of Chauncey Sleeper and Alice (Gage) Richards, of Danvers, Massachusetts. Dr. and Mrs. Burnham reside at No. 137 Mckay street, Beverly, Massachusetts.
CHARLES E. HARWOOD-Throughout a long and active lifetime Charles E. Harwood has been identified with the industrial and civic progress of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, which has been his home since infancy. His energies, directed first to the establishing of his own success in the business world, later also advanced many enterprises and movements which have meant to the people of this city added comfort and greater economic security. Mr. Harwood comes of an old and honored family of the State of Maine, where his parents were born. His father, Jesse Harwood, a grocer by occupation, came to Massachusetts as a young man, and after residing for a few years in Charlestown, removed to Lynn, where the greater part of his life was spent. He married Mary A. Lidston, and both are now long since deceased.
Charles E. Harwood was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 6, 1851. He was an infant of six months when the family came to Lynn, and as a boy he attended the public schools of this city, ac- quiring a thoroughly practical, if limited, education in preparation for the future. Entering the indus- trial world while still a young lad, Mr. Harwood began the upward climb by which he achieved his present prominence in the business and financial affairs of the time. His first employment was in a heel shop, and through his experience there he gained the knowledge of the shoe industry which was later definitely useful in his independent busi- ness ventures. On November 25, 1869, Mr. Har- wood established what became the nucleus of one of the large manufacturing plants in this field, opening a heel shop in a very small way on Pearl street. This place was later burned out, but the young man had made a promising start, and had faith in the future, as well as courage to back his faith. He began again on Union street, later re- moving to Stewart street, where he carried on his business for a period of twenty years. The present factory of the Harwood Company, of which he is president, was erected in 1911, and is a fine, modern, fire-proof structure, housing one of the most im- portant industries in the trade. This organization has been built on the foundation of quality and fair dealing, and its present standing has largely been brought about by Mr. Harwood's wise management, discerning judgment and ceaseless endeavors. He now leaves much of the active management of the business in the hands of his associates, but is regu- larly at his desk in the spacious offices of the con- cern.
But it is perhaps not in the business world that Mr. Harwood is best known to the people generally.
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He became interested many years ago in the pro- gress of finance in Lynn, and was welcomed, as a practical, far-sighted business man, in the original organization of the Lynn Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which was founded in 1887, and of which he was a charter member. He was the third vice- president of this institution, and has since been active in the administration of its affairs, serving as vice-president until 1913. At that time Mr. Har- wood was elected president of the trust company, to succeed the late John McNair, and he is still identified with the concern in this capacity. His time is largely devoted to his responsibilities in this connection, and his comprehensive view-point, in re- trospect over the rise and passing of a generation which has outstripped its predecessors in high at- tainment, gives him a sane as well as a courageous outlook upon the future. Mr. Harwood's construc- tive work in the early history of this institution was recognized by leaders of civic affairs of that day, and he was early brought forward into the public service. A Republican by political affiliation, he served as alderman for some years, and for a long period was a member of the Common Council, serv- ing on many of the important committees. He was elected mayor of Lynn in 1894, and served for two terms of one year each, declining renomination on account of the multiplicity of other affairs insis- tently demanding his attention. He has since, how- ever, until very recently, devoted much time and attention to public affairs, serving as chairman of the overseers of the poor for fourteen years, as one of the custodians of the Lynn Sinking Fund, and as a member of the Public Library Board. He is now for the first time in many years unidentified with public life. Mr. Harwood was for many years vice-president of the Lynn Five Cent Savings Bank, of which he is still a director, and he is a member of the Lynn Historical Society. Fraternally, he is prominent in the Free and Accepted Masons, of which he has been a member for forty-nine years, and he is also a member of the Aleppo Temple, of Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been a member of Bay State Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows for the past fifty years, and is a member of the Universalist church, of Lynn.
Mr. Harwood married, at the age of nineteen years, Nellie I. Blaisdell, daughter of Joshua Blaisdell, and they are the parents of two children: Charles W .; and Bertha A., wife of Dr. Arthur E. Harris. The family home is at No. 104 High Rock street, Lynn.
GEORGE A. LYONS, A.B., M.D .- In the medi- cal profession in Essex county, Dr. Lyons hold a position of prominence, his success as a specialist carrying his reputation far beyond the bounds of the city of his residence, Lynn. Dr. Lyons is a son of Michael E. and Mary A. (Keane) Lyons, old residents of Winchester, the father now deceased, but the mother still living, at the age of eighty- three years.
Dr. Lyons was born in Winchester, Massachu-
setts, December 15, 1884. He attended the public and high schools of his native city, then for his course in arts and letters entered Boston College, from which he was graduated in 1905, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts. He then entered Har- vard University Medical School, in addition to the regular course, taking special work on the eye, ear nose and throat. He was graduated from that in- stitution in the class of 1909, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Thereafter Dr. Lyons spent about two years in hospital work, first at Carney Hospital, then at the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, and later at the Children's Hos- pital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. In this connection he gained invaluable breadth of ex- perience, which has been the foundation of his sub- sequent success. In December, 1911, Dr. Lyons took up his practice in Lynn, and from the first took high rank in the profession. He is now (1922) wide- ly sought in his specialties, his time being thus filled to the exclusion of general practice. He is a mem- ber of the Lynn Medical fraternity, the Essex County Medical Society, and the New England Oto- logical Society. The general interests of the city claim a share of Dr. Lyons' attention, and he holds membership in the Knights of Columbus, the Te- desco Club and the Oxford Club, and is a member of both the Boston and Lynn Harvard clubs. He belongs to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Dr. Lyons married Alice M. Mack, of Salem, Massachusetts, daughter of John J. and Alice (Dolan) Mack, her father one of the prominent building contractors of Salem. Dr. and Mrs. Lyons have two children: Alice, six years of age; and Jeanne, aged four. Dr. Lyons' office and residence are at No. 161 North Common street, Lynn.
JOHN BERNARD FRANCIS FEEHAN-In the business world of Lynn, Massachusetts, the name of Feehan stands for all that is progressive and worthy in the field of plumbing and heating, Mr. Feehan's long experience and strict business integrity having placed him among the leaders in this branch of en- deavor which involves so closely the public health and comfort.
Mr. Feehan comes of sturdy North-of-Ireland stock, being a son of Bernard Feehan, who was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and came to the United States as a young man. Bernard Feehan served in the Union army in the Civil War as a member of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teer Infantry, under General Butler. Later he was engaged for many years in the morocco leather in- dustry, but spent the last years of his life as a merchant in old Beach street, now known as Wash- ington street, in Lynn. Well known and highly es- teemed in this city, he lived to the age of seventy years. He married, after coming to America, Brid- get Collins, who was born in the city of Boston, and lived to the age of seventy-eight years. They were the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom John Bernard Francis Fee- han was the first-born.
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chusetts, April 24, 1865, and came to Lyna with his Mr. Feehan married, on April 28, 1898, Almeta Varney, who died April 13, 1910. mother, as an infant. He attended the public schools of this city up to the sixth grade, but is sometimes heard to remark that he completed his education in EDWARD A. RUSSELL, who has been post- master at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, since 1916, and has spent the whole of his life in that vicinity, was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, January 26, 1878, son of Charles W. and Carrie L. (Derby) Russell, both still living, the former a native of Lynnfield, and the latter of Wakefield. The father of Edward A. Russell has been connected with the Massachu- setts shoe industry throughout his life, and the fam- ily is one of the best known in that neighborhood. Edward A. Russell is, in fact, a direct descendant of the old family of Russell recorded among the pioneers of that part of Massachusetts. the "school of experience." His first employment, while still a very young lad, was in a shoe factory. Remaining in that connection for only a time, how- ever, he then learned the dyeing business, in the employ of Frank Johnson, now deceased, who at that time was well known as the owner of a clean- ing and dyeing establishment. Later on, Mr. Fechan took up the plumber's trade, serving a regular ap- prenticeship at plumbing, heating and tin-smithing. Having mastered his trade, the young man went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was em- ployed for about fifteen months with Alonzo Jones, of that city. His work at Philadelphia took him to Edward A. Russell was educated in the schools of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and is of the class of 1895 of the Peabody High School. He also has to his credit one year of study at Bryant and Stratton's Business College, at Boston. After leaving school, he became a telegraph operator, continuing as such for ten years. For a further three years he was in the employ of Charles E. Pierson. Later, he be- came connected with George M. Roundy, of Lynn- field Center, and has worked with him in the store ever since. He also holds the position of post- master in his native place, having been appointed by President Wilson in 1916. many different parts of the country, and he was travelling the greater part of the time, but he even- tually returned to the home of his boyhood, in Lynn, and entered the employ of Reardon Brothers Company. Mr. Feehan remained with this concern for a period of twenty-one years, during which time he rose to the position of foreman. With the fore- going valuable and practical experience, Mr. Fechan started out for himself in the plumbing and heat- ing business in Lynn. He began in a very modest way, his headquarters being in his own home. But being a highly skilled workman, and going forward by the most approved methods, and also conducting Fraternally, Mr. Russell is identified with the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and with the An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, Blue Lodge, being also a member of the Royal Arch Masons and of the Knights Templar. He also is a member of the Grange, and is widely known. his business on good business principles, he pros- pered from the first. Soon after starting he opened a shop on Oxford street, then, in 1906, removed to the George Grossman Box Company's building, on Washington street, where the Grossman building now stands. Three years later the building burned, He was married, in 1912, to Lucinda, daughter of Orin and Mary (Green) Blanchard, both Canadian born, and both still living. Mrs. Russell's mother was of Prince Edward Island, and her father is a farmer in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have two children: Ireta Louise, born in 1913; and Elbridge E., born in 1916. but Mr. Fechan reopened his business in the old Sagamore Hotel building, where the Strand Theatre is now located, on Union street. Again a period of only three years elapsed before he was again forced to move, this building being torn down to make way for the new theatre. He then secured his present location in the building owned by Walter L. Libby, at No. 471 Union street. Notwithstanding these CHARLES RALPH TAPLEY'S life-long experi- ence in his business has made him one of the best known and most substantial insurance brokers in Boston, Massachusetts. A citizen of Danvers, Mas- sachusetts, he is a member of a family long resident of that town, and prominent since Revolutionary times. He traces his ancestry from the famous Lieu- tenant Gilbert Tapley of that period, and his wife, Phoebe (Putnam) Tapley. many vicissitudes, the business prospered and grew, and in 1916 it was incorporated, under the name of John B. Feehan, Inc., Mr. Fechan being president and treasurer, John A. Woodman, secretary, and Ed- ward Feehan a director. The concern handles steam and hot water heating contracts, and does plumbing and gas fitting, also wholesaling and retailing the various supplies incident to these activities, and they take rank with the leaders in their field in Essex Charles Ralph Tapley was born in Danvers, Mas- sachusetts, October 29, 1870, the son of Charles and Mary A. (Underwood) Tapley. After receiving his education in the local public schools, he attended the Bryant and Stratton Commercial School of Boston, Massachusetts. He early became interested in the insurance business, and from 1895 has conducted agencies in Boston and Danvers, being head of the firm of C. R. Tapley & Company. county. Mr. Feehan is a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts State As- sociation of Master Plumbers, of which he was formerly president; and the Sanitary Club, of Mas- sachusetts. Politically he supports the Democratic party, but is by no means a politician, taking only the progressive citizen's interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Besides his activities as an insurance agent and of the Rotary Club; his religious amliation is as a . broker, he has found time to be treasurer of the member of the Roman Catholic church. Holten Cemetery Corporation; a member of the
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