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GEORGE W. TUCKER, who for many years car- ried on a good insurance business in Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1876, son of James A. and Rachel F. (Goff) Tucker, the former of Providence, and the latter of South Ber- wick, Maine. His father, who died in 1913, was engaged in the textile business almost until the year of his death. Soon after the birth of George W., the Tucker family came to live at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and there the boy went to school. He passed through the elementary grades and into the high school of Ipswich, and after leaving the latter, found his first employment, as fire- man, on the Boston and Maine railroad. He has had a somewhat varied career. After five years as fireman,
he became connected with a wholesale bakery, and three years later entered into the wholesale and retail fruit business for himself. He followed that line for about three years, then gave up his business to become man- ager of the Lawrence Public Market. After two years in that responsibility, he decided to again venture into business for himself, but this time the line he entered was real estate and insurance, for which he seems to be especially adapted, for he has followed it ever since, with steady success. It must be stated also that for twelve years Mr. Tucker followed professional work, being a skilled musician, and playing with many of the foremost bands of Massachusetts. Withal. Mr. Tucker has manifested enterprising versatility. He has given a good deal of his time to community work, especially in musical events.
Mr. Tucker married, in 1891, Anna R. Baker, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and they have three children : Lillian G .; Raymond B .; and Elsie G.
JOSEPH ISIDORE VALLIERES, who for years was connected with the Massachusetts shoe manufac- turing industry at Newburyport and Haverhill, and lat- terly has been devoting the whole of his time to a good farming property at Merrimac, was born in Suncook, New Hampshire, on November 24, 1884, son of Adolphe and Angelina ( Roberts) Vallieres. The paternal descent is from a French-Canadian family, the father of Joseph I. Vallieres having been born in Sherbrooke, Canada. The mother's family (Roberts), however, was of New Hampshire, Angelina Roberts having been born in Henniker, New Hampshire. She is still living, but her husband died in 1909. For the greater part of his life he was engaged in the textile business, latterly in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Joseph I. Vallieres was educated in the public schools of Manchester, New Hampshire, and at St. Mary's Parochial School, at same place. Soon after leaving school young Vallieres went to Newburyport, Massa- chusetts, and there for three years was in the employ of the Ellis Shoe Company. He next entered the fac- tory of the Gale Shoe Company, at Haverhill, and with that company he remained connected for eight years, leaving eventually to take over the operation of a farm he had bought in Merrimac. That has been his line of effort ever since, apparently with satisfactory result. Mr. Vallieres is well known and respected in Merrimac and Haverhill. Politically he is a Democrat; and he is a member of the Nativity Roman Catholic Church of Merrimac.
Mr. Vallieres married into a French-Canadian fam- ily, in 1916, his wife being Alma Lajoie, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, daughter of Francois Zavier and Elodie (Cerat) Lajoie. Her father was connected with shoe manufacturing in Haverhill until his death in 1912. Her mother is still living; she was of Montreal, Canada, originally.
WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL, the prominent florist of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was born in Arbroath, Scotland. on August 27, 1875, and is a son of William and Catherine (Cargill) Campbell. The elder Mr. Campbell was a farmer.
Educated in the schools of his native country, and
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reared in the open, Mr. Campbell became interested in the florist's business in his youth, and followed it for five years in Scotland, in the employ of established and experienced men. Thus it was with a practical work- ing knowledge of the business that he came to America, locating in Lawrence in 1896. He entered the employ of a Methuen florist, later working for others. In 1912 he engaged in business for himself, and has since conducted a constantly increasing business in this line. His name is now a leader in this field in Lawrence, and he is doing a very extensive business, handling a large share of the trade hereabouts, being a member of the Florists' Tele- graph Delivery. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Law- rence Chamber of Commerce, and of the Society of American Florists.
In social circles Mr. Campbell is widely known. He is a member of the Rotary Club; is chief of the Cale- donian Club; a member of Grecian Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; of Essex Lodge, Knights of Pythias; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 65; the Home Club; and also is a member of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston.
On February 4, 1913, Mr. Campbell married, in Law- rence, Sarah Mosson, daughter of Frank and Mary (Foran) Mosson, of this city, and they have one child, Evelyn Mary. The family reside at No. 27 Orchard street, and attend the Presbyterian church.
ALBERT L. NICHOLS, one of the prominent inen in the printing business in the city of Lynn, Massachu- setts, placed on the annals of Essex county a record of usefulness and steady advancement in business, frater- nal, social and religious activity, and in his passing the city lost a representative man.
Mr. Nichols was born in Lynn, January 31, 1871, and was a son of George Herbert and Sarah Abbie ( Plum- ber) Nichols. The elder Mr. Nichols was an early printer of Lynn, and served in the Civil War in defense of the Union.
Receiving a practical education in the public schools of Lynn, Mr. Nichols, as a young man, entered the printing business with his father. This business was established many years ago by George H. and W. A. Nichols, and throughout his entire career Albert L. Nichols was an active member of this firm. The busi- ness, which is located at No. 545 Washington street, this city, is one of the leading enterprises of the kind, and handles a wide trade.
Fraternally, Mr. Nichols was well known, being a member of Mount Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; also Regis Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. He was a mem- ber of the West Lynn Yacht Club; West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Fra- ternity Encampment, No. 67, of the same order; and of the Firemen's Relief Association, in the work of which organization he was deeply interested.
On October 3, 1899, Mr. Nichols married Lydia A. Foster, daughter of Fulton and Annie I. (Smith) Fos- ter. Mrs. Nichols was born in Nova Scotia, but has been a resident of Lynn since 1883.
Albert L. Nichols died in December, 1914, when scarcely past the prime of life. In many circles in Lynn his presence is missed, and he will long be remembered
as a man of fine character, such a man as no city can afford to lose, but a man whose memory is an inspira- tion to those who knew him.
EARLE RAYMOND DAVIS, who is rated high among shoe manufacturing executives of the Haverhill district, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, on March 7, 1884, son of Charles F. and Claribelle (Leighton) Davis. His paternal descent is from an old Maine fam- ily, his father having been born in Biddeford, that State. His mother was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, and died in 1911. By profession, his father was a cer- tified public accountant, and lived until 1917. During the boyhood of Earle R., the family lived in Brockton, Massachusetts, and in the excellent public schools of that city he was educated, remaining in school until he had graduated from the Brockton High School, with the class of 1899. Soon, thereafter, he entered actively into business affairs, becoming an employee of the Burt & Packard Company, shoe manufacturers, of Brockton, which company he served for five years. For twelve years thereafter, he was in the employ of John H. Cloudman, of Farmington, New Hampshire, leaving them to go to Salem, Massachusetts, where for three years he was a responsible official in the plant of Marston & Brookes. Then he went to New York City, where for a year he was general foreman for H. Jacobs. Next he is found in a Chicago (Illinois) plant, that of the Flexible Shoe Company, and for eighteen months he was assistant superintendent there. Coming to Haverhill in 1918 to take up the position of superin- tendent in the large factory of the Cushman & Hebert Shoe Company, he has remained here, and still holds the same appointment, which is an important one, and gives him good standing in shoe and leather circles of Haverhill and Bradford.
Mr. Davis holds closely to business, and the only fra- ternal order to which he now belongs is the Knights of Pythias. In 1901 Mr. Davis traveled abroad, visiting the West Indies and South America, traveling exten- sively in the latter country ; also England.
Mr. Davis married, in 1914, Mildred Blair, daughter of Charles and Lillian ( Whitney) Blair, of Gardiner, Maine. Mrs. Davis' mother is still living, but her father, who was a merchant at Gardiner, died in 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have three children: Carroll G., who was born in 1915; Edgar R., born in 1917; and George Wes- ley, born in 1919.
SAMUEL L. ATWOOD, of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, is the only violin maker in Essex county, Massa- chusetts, but he is probably better known as a shoe manufacturer than as a maker of violins, for he was connected with the Massachusetts shoe industry for more than forty years before he took up his present line of manufacture.
Mr. Atwood was born at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on October II, 1853, son of Hawes and Eliza Jane (Lawton) Atwood, the former a native of Cape Cod, and the latter of a Maine family. Hawes Atwood was a sea captain; he married in Cape Cod, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was a Methodist. Eliza Jane (Lawton) Atwood, mother of Samuel L., died in Ha- verhill in 1906. She was the daughter of Thomas Law-
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ton, who was born in Damriscotta, Maine. He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and later a sea captain. His children were: Thomas; Samuel; Leander; Lydia; Sally; Susan; Eliza Jane; and Louisa.
Samuel L. Atwood spent his boyhood and nonage in the parental home at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, attended public school there, and for about two years after leav- ing school worked on the home farm. Then for nine years he followed his father, going to sea. He was still a young man, however, when he went to Boston and entered a shoe factory. He worked at that trade in Boston for fourteen years, and then came to Haverhill, where for the next thirty years he was actively identi- fied with the shoe manufacturing industry. At the end of that time he decided to go into business for himself as a maker of violins, a rather unique change of occu- pation. This had been his hobby in his youth, and before 1870 he began making violins. He has found good business in that line of manufacture, being the only manufacturer of violins in that part of Massachu- setts. Fraternally, Mr. Atwood is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of a Charlestown, Massachusetts, lodge; religiously he is a Methodist.
Mr. Atwood married, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on Christmas Day of 1880, Ida Baxter, who was born in Charlestown in 1861, and died in Haverhill in 1890. She was the daughter of William and May ( Flanders) Baxter, the former a machinist by trade, and resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts. To Mr. and Mrs. Atwood two children were born: Edith Gertrude, who died in 1919; and William Baxter Atwood, now a foreman in a Haverhill shoe factory, and married to Miss Lena Rol- lins, of York, Maine.
WALTER AUSTIN GUPTILL-Prominent among the business men of Lynn, Massachusetts, is Walter A. Guptill, whose broad and comprehensive experience in his particular field of activity has made the Osmond Pharmacy, of which he is the head, one of the foremost business organizations of its kind in the city. Mr. Gup- till is a son of George Alonzo Guptill, long a resident of Portland, Maine, and for thirty years a wholesale grocer in that city, also widely known as a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Portland. He died in the year 1903. He mar- ried Jennie Jennings, who was a music teacher before her marriage.
Walter Austin Guptill, son of George Alonzo and Jennie (Jennings) Guptill, was born in Portland, Maine, November 6, 1878. He was educated in the public schools and the evening high school in the city of Boston, but at the early age of fourteen years entered the employ of George Fred Williams, long a prominent Boston attorney, then Congressman, in the capacity of office boy. At the age of seventeen years Mr. Guptill secured a position, which for him was the beginning of a useful career, with a German chemist of East Boston, with whom he remained until 1911, during that time enjoying invaluable privileges of study and research in connection with his duties as an assistant. He then became asso- ciated with the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, of Brook- line, Massachusetts, having full charge of their phar- macy in Brookline for a period of three years. In 1914
Mr. Guptill came to Lynn, and one year later bought out the A. M. Bailey Drug Company, whose business he continued under the corporation which he organized at the time, and of which he is president. The store is now known as the Osmond Pharmacy, dispensers of the better-class druggists' sundries and prescriptions.
Mr. Guptill . now stands among the successful and well known men of Essex county. He is broadly inter- ested in every phase of the general advance, and polit- ically thinks and acts independently. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic.
In 1898, in East Boston, Mr. Guptill married Helen Moran, daughter of James and Helen (O'Neil) Moran, of Canada, and they are the parents of seven children : George L .; Sheridan, deceased; Genevieve, who is the wife of Lloyd W. Meserve, and they have an infant son, Walter F .; Marguerite; Blanche, deceased; Monica ; and Walter A., Jr.
HENRY W. ANDREWS, of Essex, Massachusetts, who has been active in somewhat different fields of en- deavor since his youth, is one of the successful men of this town.
Mr. Andrews was born in Essex, February 17, 1870, and died November 2, 1921. He was a son of Henry Andrews, the oldest resident of Essex at this time (1921). He is ninety-two years of age, and in good health. Up to the time of his retirement from active labor he had spent his lifetime on the farm. He mar- ried Emily Burnham, of Essex, who died in 1908, at the age of seventy-two years. Henry Andrews moved to Woodville, Massachusetts, in April, 1922.
Receiving his education in the public schools of Essex, Henry W. Andrews became interested in the butcher business, which he followed for twelve years. There- after he took up milling and the raising of strawberries, in which line of enterprise he is still successfully engaged.
Mr. Andrews is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, and of the Order of United American Mechan- ics, and is a member of the Universalist church.
Mr. Andrews married, in 1898, Minnie F. Hibbard, of Essex, and they have two children : Henry F., who was a member of the United States Merchant Marine, of Boston, and served during the World War in 1918; and Burton E.
JAMES JOSEPH LIFFIN-For many years active in the business world of Essex county, Massachusetts, and long identified with the hotel business, James Joseph Liffin, of Lynn, became one of the widely-known men of this city, and his death, on January 6, 1921, was a shock to many friends who esteemed him highly.
Mr. Liffin was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, August 18, 1860, and was a son of Thomas and Mary (Lane) Liffin, both his parents having been natives of Ireland. Educated in the public and high schools of his native city, Mr. Liffin, as a young man, entered the morocco leather business, in the employ of Lynch Brothers, of Beverly, and continued there until he was about thirty years of age. In 1890 he came to Lynn, and here he became manager of the Hotel Seymour, which was then owned by W. W. Davis. Later he purchased the Lynnfield Hotel, and for some years operated it under
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the name of the Hotel Sauntaug. Still later, for a time, Mr. Liffin was manager of the retail department of Hoyt Brothers, liquor dealers, located on Washington street, in Lynn. For two years thereafter he retired from business, but not content to lay aside his business interests permanently, he took over the Seymour Hotel in 1910, on a lease from A. S. Newhall, then owner, and successfully conducted this high-class caravansery until the time of his death. Genial as a host, and broadly efficient as a manager, no detail escaping him, he was a rarely capable man, and his passing left a vacancy which will long be felt by those to whom he was friend as well as host.
Mr. Liffin was a life-member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 117, and was a member of the Roman Catholic church.
On September 25, 1891, Mr. Liffin married, in Bev- erly, Ellen Joseph Harrigan, who died January 26, 1917. They were the parents of two sons: Harold Dugan and Leonard Gookin, both of further mention.
Harold D. Liffin was born November 4, 1893, and edu- cated in the public and high schools of Lynn. He early became identified with the hotel business in association with his father, and is now engaged, in association with his brother, in operating the Seymour Hotel, having taken charge upon his father's death. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of Lynn, and the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 117. His religious connection is with St. Joseph's Roman Cath- olic Church. He married, December 25, 1918, in Lynn, Beatrice A. Arey, daughter of Robert and Alma (Malen- faut) Arey.
Leonard G. Liffin was born May 31, 1896, and also educated in the public and high schools of Lynn. He served in the World War as a member of the 348th Infantry, 87th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, seeing service on the battle fronts in France. Since his return to civilian life he has been identified with his elder brother in the management of the Seymour Hotel, in Lynn. He is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Cath- olic Church, and the Knights of Columbus; of Lynn.
WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN, who has for some years been prominent in the business world of Man- chester, Massachusetts, and for several years has served the public in a responsible capacity, was born in Bos- ton, same State, on July 25, 1873. He is a son of Timothy J. and Catherine (Jefferds) Sullivan, both natives of County Kerry, Ireland. Timothy J. Sullivan came to the United States when a boy, and during the greater part of his lifetime was engaged in the livery business in Wellesley, Massachusetts; he died in 1906.
Gaining his early education in the public schools of his native city, Mr. Sullivan was, for a considerable time, a student at Boston College. But not caring to enter a professional field, he left college to take up the harness business in Manchester. Later in 1909, he was made chief of police of Manchester, serving one year. Returning to the harness business, he continued for three years in this branch of mercantile endeavor, then was again elected chief of police. This position he has since con- tinued to fill, and is still the head of the efficient organ- ization which guards the safety of the citizens of Manchester.
Mr. Sullivan belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Beverly, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart.
Mr. Sullivan married, in 1913, Mary H. Holmes, of Grand River, Nova Scotia, who died February 18, 1920.
JOSEPH R. VATCHER-With broad preparation for the responsibilities of his career, and filling a posi- tion of trust, Joseph R. Vatcher is representative of the large group of younger men who are contributing to the progress of Essex county.
Mr. Vatcher was born on the island of Newfoundland, September 15, 1891, and is a son of Robert and Zip- poralı J. (Parsons) Vatcher, of Lynn. The elder Mr. Vatcher died in 1914.
Coming to the United States as a child with his par- cents, Mr. Vatcher received his early education in the public schools of Lynn. He is a graduate of the Shep- ard Grammar and the English High schools. He after- wards attended the Northeastern College, at Boston, Massachusetts, completing his studies in 1916. Previous to that date, however, Mr. Vatcher had been employed on the Lynn "Item" for three years, and in 1913 had entered the Manufacturers' National Bank, in the capacity of assistant to the discount clerk. He has con- tinued in this institution until the present time, and has advanced until he is now assistant cashier.
When the United States intervened in the European War, Mr. Vatcher enlisted in Company B, 102nd Ma- chine Gun Battalion, Massachusetts National Guard, and was stationed at Allston, Massachusetts. In September, 1917, he sailed for overseas duty with the American Expeditionary Forces. He was promoted to lieutenant on the field in France. He took an active part in the battles of Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and Verdun, and was twice cited for bravery on the field. He was dis- charged in April, 1919, with the rank of lieutenant.
Mr. Vatcher is a member of Golden Fleece Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Lynn, holding the office of marshal ; is a member of Mount Olivet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of G. F. Yates Council, Royal and Select Masters; and of the Boston Lodge of Perfection. He is a member of the Oxford Club, and of the Swamp- scott Masonic Club, and is a member of the American Legion. His religions faith places his membership with the Methodist church.
Mr. Vatcher married, in 1921, Harriet Campbell, daughter of Joseph F. Campbell, of Bath, Maine.
HENRY G. HATHORNE was born at Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, on October 18, 1846, and is a son of Henry G. and Helen M. (Fay) Hathorne. He is a direct descendant of Major William Hathorne, who settled in Salem in 1632.
Mr. Hathorne received his early education in the public schools of Lynn, and in due course proceeded to A. D. Bill's Commercial College at Boston for business training. He entered the dry goods business at West Lynn after completing his education, spending five years in his first position. He then entered a wholesale dry goods house, and after two years of this experience, returned to the retail trade with S. J. Weinberg of Lynn. His connection with Mr. Weinberg lasted for eleven years, at the end of which time Mr. Hathorne
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became associated with T. W. Rogers of that place. Seven years later, in 1891, he came to Danvers and entered the real estate business, with which he has been connected ever since. For the past ten years, Mr. Ha- thorne has been the township assessor.
Mr. Hathorne is a Mason of the thirty-second degree. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion through John Fay of the battle of Lexington fame ; he also is a member of the Grange; and of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He attends the First Congregational Church of Danvers.
Mr. Hathorne married Lizzie A. Chase, of Exeter, New Hampshire; she died November 9, 1921. To Mr. and Mrs. Hathorne two children were born, a son and a daughter: Florence F., who is the wife of Deputy Sheriff Walter H. Brown; they are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy Brown, and they reside at Peabody, Massachusetts; Arthur L., married Lovett Dwinell; they are the parents of two sons, Henry and Louis, and they reside in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
HOWARD E. GOWEN-In one of the responsible positions in the social fabric of Lynn, Massachusetts, Howard E. Gowen is bearing a constructive and broadly significant part in the progress of the city.
Mr. Gowen was born in Springvale, Maine, September 13, 1875, and is a son of Howard L. and Ella M. Gowen. The family removing to Lynn when he was five years of age, Mr. Gowen received his early education in the public schools of this city, completing his studies with his eourse at the Classical High School. His first occu- pation was in the capacity of clerk in the employ of Small & Jones, leading tea and coffee merehants of that day, with whom he remained for three years. After that period Mr. Gowen entered the same business for himself, following it for a time, but eventually sold out. He then entered the Colb & Putnam shoe factory, as a heeling machine operator, and it was here that the outbreak of the Spanish-American War found him. Enlisting in the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teer Infantry, he was thereafter transferred to the Sec- ond United States Cavalry, from which branch of the service he received his honorable discharge. After re- turning to Lynn, Mr. Gowen entered the employ of the General Electric Company, as clerk in their office, remaining in this connection for about eight months, then resigning to become identified with the Lynn post office. Serving first as substitute letter carrier, under Postmaster Howard K. Sanderson, he remained for a period of eighteen years, during that time working up to the office of assistant postmaster. Mr. Gowen resigned from this position to accept the office of membership secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Lynn, in November, 1918. He is still filling this posi- tion, and his work is counting as an active force for the good of the organization, and through it, of the general publie. In December of the same year Mr. Gowen was elected councillor-at-large.
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