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Mr. Pingree is a Republican; and is a member of the American Legion, and Knights of Columbus, of Haverhill. He attends the Nativity Roman Catholic Church of Merrimac. .
EDWARD DIERAUER was born at Boston, Mas- sachusetts, on June 27, 1895, and is a son of August T. and Katherine (Frye) Dierauer, both of whom were natives of Switzerland. Mr. Dierauer's father, who was a designer, died in 1906.
Mr. Dierauer received his early education in the pub- lic schools of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was a member of the graduating class of the Haverhill High School of 1913, and immediately after his graduation proceeded to the Bryant & Stratton Business College of Boston, where he completed a full course of study, graduating in 1915.
Mr. Dieraner entered the business world as a book- keeper for the United Shoe Company at Beverly, Mas- sachusetts. He held this position for one year and a half and then entered the service of Pendergast, Mar- tin & Company, manufacturers of shoes, with whom he remained until July 1, 1919. On that date he became the president of the Martin, Dierauer Company, Inc. Mr. Dierauer owes nothing to luck, but everything to industry and an intelligent use of opportunities that lay before him. Becoming president of a company at the age of twenty-four, he is perhaps the youngest of the Haverhill group of manufacturers. His company specializes in the production of ladies' fine turn shoes, and the factory at No. 64 Wingate street, has a capacity of six hundred pairs a day.
Mr. Dierauer is a member of the First Congrega- tional Church. He is a Mason, and belongs to various Masonic bodies, including the Aleppo Shrine and the Knights Templar. He is a member of the Agawam Club. Having pronounced musical tastes, Mr. Dierauer is a valued member of the Shrine band and has been connected with various musical organizations since 1909. He is unmarried.
CAPTAIN GEORGE FRANKLIN CORNING-
From the year 1865, when as a lad of twelve years he entered the British marine service, until 1884, when his ship, the "Vendome," was burned on the North Sea, George Franklin Corning followed the sea, becoming master at the age of twenty-six. His first ship, the "Novara," burned at sea March 8, 1882, and his last ship, the "Vendome," met the same fate two years later, his wife and infant son being on board, but although the ship burned to the water's edge, all on board were rescued by a British vessel and landed in safety In Rotterdam. These two experiences coming so closely together decided Captain Corning to abandon the sea, and he located in his home town, Lynn, Massachusetts, where he engaged in the restaurant business until his passing nearly forty years later. He was a son of Daniel B. and Margaret (Goodwin) Corning, who at the time of the birth of their son, George F., were residing at Beaver River, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, George F. being one of the younger sons of the family.
George F. Corning was born April 25, 1853, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, February 7, 1922. His school years ending at the age of twelve, his seafaring life
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then began. His brother Joseph was captain of a ship, and with him the lad first sailed. He became in time an able seaman, then an officer, and finally, in 1879, at the age of twenty-six, was appointed captain of the new British ship, "Novara." He sailed that ship suc- cessfully for two years, then in November, sailed from Shields, England, with a cargo of coal, coke, bricks and potash, to be delivered at San Francisco, California. All went well until March 8, 1882, when smoke was seen issuing from the hatches, which revealed spontan- eous combustion of the cargo. The hatches were bat- tered down and made tight, the pumps set at work, and everything possible was done to extinguish the fire, but without avail. The crew began making all neces- sary preparations for leaving the vessel. On the morn- ing of March 13th, the flames first appeared around the mainmast. On the evening of that day, about six o'clock, the vessel was abandoned. There were three boats in all that left the ship. Captain Corning was in one boat, with nine men and a dog. In another boat was the first mate, and in the third and smallest boat, the second mate and three men. The three boats kept as close together as possible, sailing thus for two days, but on the third day, Captain Corning and his crew lost sight of the others. The weather was good most of the time, and on March 22nd, a sail was sighted, which proved to be the American ship "Republic," Cap- tain Holmes, from Liverpool, bound for Wilmington, California. They reached San Francisco April 18th, and there telegraphed the owner first information of the disaster.
On his return to his home port, Captain Corning was put in command of another new ship, the "Vendome." After his marriage, Mrs. Corning accompanied her hus- band on several voyages, the last being in 1887, when the "Vendome," bound for New York to Amsterdam, was burned in the North Sea, and Mrs. Corning, with her infant son, Grover T., together with the ship's com- pany, were rescued by the British barge "Stillwater," and landed in Rotterdam.
Shortly after this last disaster Captain Corning aban- doned the sea, locating in Lynn, Massachusetts, where he entered the restaurant business, forming a partner- ship with his father-in-law, James Wyman, they con- ducting Wyman's Restaurant, at Munroe and Washing- ton streets, very successfully until the death of the senior partner, when Captain Corning continued the business under the same firm name. For thirty-one years he was a member of Washington Street Baptist Church, and was a man highly esteemed and greatly beloved.
Captain Corning married, May 3, 1884, in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, Florence N. Wyman, daughter of James and Adelaide S. Wyman, and they are the parents of a daughter, Florence Gladys, and of two sons, Grover Trites, born in 1887, who was in the disaster at sea with his parents, later serving in the Aviation Corps of the United States navy during the World War, 1917-18; and Douglass Duval, also an aviator of the United States army, 1917-18, having the rank of ensign; he was an aviator instructor at Pensacola, Florida. Mrs. Corning survives her husband, and resides at No. 58 Hamilton street.
BYZANT J. MANOOGIAN, M. D .- The man of merit and distinction, who by his own efforts has attained a prominent position in any field and by his personal worth commands a high place, is certainly deserving of biographic honors, and as such a one we present Dr. Byzant J. Manoogian. Especial comment is unnecessary as to his high standing in the community in which he has located his field of activity, but the outline of his career cannot fail to be of interest.
Born in Ada-Bazar, Turkey, March 18, 1878, Byzant J. Manoogian is a son of John and Denchali Manoogian. He obtained his elementary education in the American schools which had been established in Bardezag, Tur- key. In 1896 he came to the United States, where for two years he was employed in Butler Hospital, at Providence, Rhode Island, then accepted a position as a male nurse in the Massachusetts General Hospital at Boston, for two years; later he worked on a farm in New Jersey, then engaged in the blacksmith trade for five years. In 1907 he entered Boston University, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1911. He then served an interneship of a few months at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital at Boston, after which he established himself in the active practice of his profession in this city for about six months, subse- quently coming to Peabody, to his present location, No. 16 Washington street.
Dr. Manoogian is a member of the American Med- ical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Associ- ation, the New England Association of Physical Ther- apeutics, and is a member of the staff of the Thomas Hospital. In politics he is a Republican, but has never sought political office. Dr. Manoogian is a member of the Peabody Doctors' Club.
On August 31, 1910, Dr. Manoogian was united in marriage with Margaret Annie McLauflin, of Hamil- ton, Massachusetts; she was a graduate nurse of the Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston. To Dr. and Mrs. Manoogian have been born four children: Olive M., Byzant Gregory, Haig Richardson, and Robert Chambers.
It is difficult to foretell the future of a successful physician who is still in early middle life, but with his natural ability and exceptional attainments Dr. Man- oogian seems to give promise for a brilliant future.
LEWIS OF LYNN-For thirty-eight years Joseph Carleton Lewis has been in business in Lynn, Massa- chusetts, as a sign painter. He is undoubtedly the pio- neer sign painter of Lynn, and is, it is believed, the pioneer in that line in the whole of Essex county.
Mr. Lewis is a native of Lynn, born in the city on January 13, 1863, son of John C. and Susan M. (Alley) Lewis. His mother died in 1898, and his father, who was a shoe maker, died in 1912.
Joseph C. Lewis attended Lynn schools in his boy- hood, and was also a student at Ingall's School. Enter- ing upon a business career, it was not long before he became confident that he was more adapted for artis- tic work than any other. He was only twenty years old when he went into business for himself in Lynn, as a sign painter, trading under his own name. His
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place of business at the outset was on Market street. From there he moved to Central Square, and subse- quently to No. 150 Monroe street, which was destined to be his business address for twenty-five years. His next move was to No. 27 Central avenue, and later to No. 153 Oxford street, and finally to his present address, No. 71 Monroe street. In all his long association with the business people of Essex county it probably cannot be said that he was wittingly guilty of poor workman- ship. Indeed, had he not given general satisfaction, he could not have held a good business connection for so many years. Generally he has had the confidence of all who have had need of anything in his line. In the main, his business has consisted of commercial signs and show cards, electric signs, and poster advertising of all kinds. It is safe to say that he has at some time done work for almost every well-established company in the Lynn district.
Mr. Lewis is an active fraternal member, belonging to all the Masonic bodies up to the Shrine; to the local body of the Improved Order of Red Men; and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He also is a member of the Swampscott Masonic Club. He belongs to the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, to the Kiwanis Club, and also to the Young Men's Christian Association.
Mr. Lewis married, in 1889, Annie Florence Churchill, of Lynn, daughter of William and Sarah E. (Clarke) Churchill, the former a Lynn police officer. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have one child, a son, Earl C., who was born in 1893. He served in the naval forces during the World War, enlisting in the United States navy in 1917. Soon afterwards he was assigned to duty at the submarine base, New London, Connecticut, as machin- ist's mate. Before he was discharged from the navy he had risen to commissioned rank, being an ensign in the latter part of his service. He was honorably dis- charged as such in April, 1919. He is now mechanical engineer for the General Electric Company.
FRANK A. BRYANT, manufacturer, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, is a native son of that town, where he was born September 12, 1889, the son of George W. and Mary (Higgins) Bryant. In 1907 he graduated from the high school, then attended Ainsley Academy, and later Bryant & Stratton's Business College, gradu- ating in 1910. Soon after this time he entered the employ of Biddle & Smart, of Amesbury, as stock clerk, then worked his way upward until he became purchas- ing agent, so continuing until the outbreak of the World War. Mr. Bryant was among the first to vol- unteer his services, and he was commissioned first lieu- tenant of the Aviation Corps.
Upon his return to civil life Mr. Bryant became a partner of the firm of the Bryant Body Company, Inc., builders of automobile bodies, the following the officers of the company: President, J. J. O'Brien; vice-presi- dent, James H. Walker; treasurer, Frank A. Bryant ; secretary, James Miller. Mr. Bryant is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Amesbury Club.
FRANK EDDY DUDLEY-In this day of varying occupations and rapid business changes it is unusual for a man to be able to say, as can Mr. Dudley : "For over
forty years I have been in the same business, in the same city and on the same street in which I started." Now the business is the oldest of its kind in the United States.
Frank Eddy Dudley was born in Candia, New Hamp- shire, April 10, 1864, of parents who were both born in, and were long residents of that State. The father, Alvin Dana Dudley, and mother, Judith C. (Cook) Dudley, were well known and loved dwellers in Candia. Coming to Haverhill, Massachusetts, Alvin Dana and A. J. Dudley (the latter an elder brother) engaged in trade, and during the year 1873 formed a partnership concern for the manufacturing of ladies' slipper trim- mings, ribbons, buckles, etc.
Frank Eddy Dudley, after the usual period of school work, began, in 1880, that which has since been his voca- tion, at that time entering the employ of his father and brother. Beginning at the very bottom, he put in ten years of steady endeavor before being admitted to the fırın. In 1905 came the death of Alvin Dana Dudley, and two years later A. J. Dudley was taken, leaving the business to be carried on by Frank E. Dudley and Charles Dana Dudley, his nephew, who, in 1905, became a member of the concern. Frank E. Dudley is now (1921) president and general manager. His unremit- ting endeavors have led to a large expansion of the firm's trade, and they now have branch agencies at Rochester, New York, Burlington, New Jersey, and Montreal, Canada. In 1923 the company will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
Mr. Dudley's political interest is as a Republican ; he is a member of the Pentucket Club and of the Cham- ber of Commerce. He holds religious fellowship with the Universalist church.
Mr. Dudley married, in Haverhill, Alice B. Bishof, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown Bishof, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Mr. Bishof is the well-known gentleman who for twenty-four years served as county commissioner of Essex county, Massachusetts, and acted for many years as chairman of the board, and in retir- ing from this office, left a surplus of many thousands of dollars in the county treasury as a result of his able supervision. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley are the parents of three daughters: 1. Linda, now the wife of George Sisavick, residing in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, he being engaged in the bond business. They have three daughters: Vera, Beatrice and Mildred. 2. Evelyn, who married (first) Walter S. Wright, who passed away in 1918, and by this union there is one daughter, Janice; Mrs. Wright married (second), in 1920, C. T. W. Tigh, and they reside in Riverside, Connecticut, where he is connected with the bond business. 3. Alice, the wife of Raymond R. McCormond; they reside in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he is professor of mathematics in Choat School. By this union there are three children: Alice, Raymond R., Jr., and Jean.
HAROLD MABRE WATERHOUSE, of Merri- mac, Massachusetts, comes of an old Merrimac family on his father's side, while his maternal lineage leads back, in American generations, to the earliest decades of the Massachusetts colony, and earlier to the Virginia colony.
Harold M. Waterhouse was born in Merrimac, Sep-
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tember 20, 1899, son of Charles L. and Isabelle Nichols (Sargent) Waterhouse, both natives of Merrimac, and grandson of Alvin M. Waterhouse, who was born in Enfield, New Hampshire, but was in business in Merri- mac, as a carriage builder, almost until his death, which occurred in 1900.
The maternal descent in the Sargent family is worthy of record in civic, military, academic, and literary annals of colony, state and nation. The progenitor of Amer- ican generations of the Sargent family was Richard Sargent, an officer in the Royal navy of Great Britain. He was born in England, son of William Sargent, and was early in the colony of Virginia, and is of record in the Ipswich, Massachusetts, colony about 1634. About 1636 he removed to Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was born in 1602, and died in 1675. The first-born of his ten children was Thomas Sargent, who was born in 1643, at Amesbury, and died in 1706, aged sixty-two years. It is thought probable that he lived at Bear Hill, where members of Merrimac branches of the Sar- gent family still hold estate. Thomas Sargent married Rachel Barnes, of Amesbury, in 1668, and they had ten children. The descent is again in the eldest son, Thomas Sargent, Jr., who was born in 1669. He married Mary Stevens, of West Amesbury, in 1702, and died in 1719. The oldest son, Moses Sargent, born in West Amesbury, in 1707, married Sarah Bagley, in 1727. Their oldest son, Christopher Sargent, was born in West Amesbury, in 1740, and died there in 1830. He married Anna Sargent, in 1759. Their first-born was Steven Sargent, born in 1778. He married Polly Nich- ols. in 1802, and their son, Moses (2), who was born in 1808, and died in 1894, married Miss Persis Crane, issue being Isabelle Nichols Sargent, who married Charles Luther Waterhouse, of Merrimac, Massachu- setts, as above mentioned.
Charles L. Waterhouse, father of Harold M. Water- house, was born in Merrimac, Massachusetts, April 23, 1870, and has been a respected resident of that place throughout his life. Latterly he has branched from his father's trade, that of carriage-building, into the manu- facturing of automobile bodies. His wife, Isabelle N. (Sargent) Waterhouse, is two years his junior, having been born in Merrimac on November 22, 1872. Ten chil- dren have been born to them: Moses Sargent, who was born on April 1, 1892; Lewis Osborne, born January 9, 1894; Alvin Raymond, born in July, 1896; Bernice Elizabeth, born on January II, 1898; Harold Mabre, of whom further; Charles Luther, Jr., born November 22, 1901; Marion Crane, born November 1, 1903; Per- sis Ruth, born November 22, 1907; Doris Isabelle, born October II, 1911; Alice Howe, born May 1, 1914, died May 28, 1916.
Harold M. Waterhouse, fifth child of Charles L. and Isabelle Nichols (Sargent) Waterhouse, was born Sep- tember 20, 1899. He was educated in the public schools of Merrimac, graduating in due course from the Mer- rimac High School. Later he took the course at the Essex County Agricultural School. After leaving school he worked for a while for the Gray & Davis Company, of Amesbury, and later for J. B. Judkins, of Merrimac, but it was not long after leaving the agri- cultural school that he was busily farming. He has since held to agricultural pursuits, and has charge of the
Old Oak Farm, at Merrimac, where he has proved that he is a discerning and energetic farmer, who is apply- ing his scientific knowledge of the industry to good advantage.
Mr. Waterhouse is well known in Merrimac; he belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, being a member of Bethany lodge of the former, and the Riverside lodge of Odd Fellows; he also is a member of Merrimac Grange. By political allegiance he is a Republican. Mr. Waterhouse attends the Pilgrim Con- gregational Church of Merrimac. He is unmarried.
ALEXANDER MORRISON was born at Merri- mac, Massachusetts, on January 10, 1890, and is a son of John L. and Jane H. (Hill) Morrison. His father, who was born June 17, 1865, at Andover, Massachu- setts, has been engaged in carriage repairing on his own account for many years there. His wife, Jane H. (Hill) Morrison, who is still living, is a daughter of John Hill, of Andover. They were the parents of three children : Alexander, of whom further; Frederick, of Andover; and Phillips, who was captain of ordnance at Aberdeen Proving Grounds during the World War, and died in the service; he was then the youngest captain in the United States army. Mr. Morrison is a member of St. Matthew's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Rose Croix, in Lowell; Massachusetts Consistory ; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison attend and support the Old South Congregational Church of Andover.
Alexander Morrison received his early education in the public schools of Andover. Later he proceeded to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated as a member of the class of 1914, receiv- ing his B. S. degree; he specialized in chemical engi- neering. After having completed his studies, Mr. Mor- rison accepted a position in the chemical department of the American Woolen Company. He has been con- nected with this company ever since, and at present holds the position of assistant chemist.
Mr. Morrison is a member of the South Congrega- tional Church of Andover. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and the American Chemical Society. He also belongs to the Masonic order, being a member of St. Matthew's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Andover ; Massachusetts Con- sistory; and Aleppo Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Boston.
Mr. Morrison married, in 1916, Mildred F. Wildes, daughter of Eugene L. Wildes, of Hamilton, Massa- chusetts; she was born at Hamilton on December 8, IS90. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have one son, Lincoln Wildes Morrison, who was born on May 18, 1918.
HOWARD L. WEBBER-A prominent shoe manu- facturer and a leading citizen of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, Howard L. Webber was born there February 12, 1881. His father was also in the shoe business as a retail dealer. Mr. Webber, Sr., was a native of Bradford, New Hampshire, and died in 1881. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and a member of the local Grand
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Army of the Republic Post. Mr. Webber married Olive M. Wood.
The early education of Howard L. Webber was ob- tained in the public schools of Haverhill. After finish- ing his schooling he went to work for the Troy Laun- dry Company, of Haverhill, where he remained for two years. Then he went to work for the Gale Shoe Manu- facturing Company, of Haverhill, and this marked the turning point in his career. For fourteen years he remained with this firm, working his way upward, by diligent effort, to overseer of the cutting department. Mr. Webber resigned his position to enter the shoe business on his own account, taking as a partner, I. J. Webster, and the firm name became the Webster-Webber Shoe Company. They manufactured women's Goodyear welt shoes and this arrangement was successfully con- tinued until 1914.
In October of the latter year Mr. Webber formed a new company to manufacture women's turned shoes, making a specialty of white shoes. J. S. Moore was admitted as a partner, and the name of the firm became the Webber Shoe Company. Their place of business is located in the Essex Associate building, on Essex street, and there they have successfully carried on their manu- facturing for seven years. Each succeeding year brings them an increase in business from satisfied customers, and both members of the firm are well and favorably known among the business men of Essex county. Mr. Webber is a Mason, a member of the lodge at Haver- hill, and also is a member of the Pentucket Club.
Mr. Webber married, in 1910, Bessie P. Brown, of Groveland, and they are the parents of a daughter, Bar- bara E. Webber.
ALDEN M. WORCESTER, city marshal of Haver- hill, Massachusetts, one of the best known and highly respected of Haverhill's public servants, and a member of the police force for almost forty years, was born in Columbia, Maine, November 9, 1850, the son of Moses Worcester, a lumberman of Maine, and his wife, Dia- dem B. (Smith) Worcester, who survived her husband for many years, she dying in 1889.
Alden M. Worcester attended the common school of his native place, and for several years after leaving school worked in the woods of Maine, as lumberman. In 1864 he came to Haverhill and worked in shoe fac- tories for about one year, then went back to Maine and worked in the woods. He returned again to Haverhill and worked in the shoe factories for two years, then joined the police force, as patrolman. In January, 1873, he was promoted to sergeantcy, twelve years later, in 1885, becoming captain. In the following year, 1886, he was appointed city marshal, and served as such for four years, and afterwards resumed his patrol duty. For almost another two decades, until 1919, he actively followed such duties in the city administration, when he again became city marshal, which post he still holds. It may be readily appreciated that there are few persons in Haverhill so well known; and it may also be inferred that such long service means a consistent, faithful per- formance of duty through the decades.
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