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received his early education in the public schools of Danvers, and later completed a course of study in the Sprague Correspondence Law School. He is the owner and proprietor of a farm which he conducted success- fully for over thirty years, but now has a grocery and provision store, which he has managed successfully for the past eight years.
Mr. Bradstreet is a Republican in politics, and has been a member of the Republican Town Committee for twenty years, serving as treasurer of that body for one year. He was a member of the Board of Assessors for one year, and served as selectman in 1910. In 1913 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts State Legis- lature, serving a two years' term.
Mr. Bradstreet is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to the Danvers Lodge and the Rebekah Lodge of that order; he also is a past noble grand of the same organization. He belongs to the Naumkeag Camp of Salem; the Danvers Historical Society; and the Essex County Republican Club. He is a member of the Knights' of Pythias, belonging to the Danvers Lodge of that order, in which he is a past chancellor. He is very active in Masonic circles, being a member of Mosaic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Holton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He has served as chaplain for the Masons. He is a member of St. George Commandery, Knights Templar; and belongs to the Danvers Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Mr. Bradstreet is a corporator of the Danvers Savings Bank. For the past fifteen years he has been a member of Emmanuel Church at Beverly, and has served as superintendent of the Sunday school for nineteen years. He is also a deacon of the church, and has served as chairman of the Advisory Committee, an office he still holds, and he is the chairman of the trustees of the church.
Mr. Bradstreet married (first) Cordelia W. Staples, who died, leaving five children: 1. Emma, the wife of Charles R. Chevalier, they the parents of two children: Elizabeth and Charles R., Jr. 2. Olive W., deceased, who married Ernest F. Doty, and they were the parents of two children: Winthrop E. and Mildred, the latter deceased. 3. Cora S., a well-known teacher of the piano. 4. Florence F., the wife of Stephen F. Kimball, and they have two children: Stephen F., Jr., and Bar- bara. 5. William H., who married Murle Owen; they have three children: Alvah J., Olive and William H., Jr. Mr. Bradstreet adopted Lydia Staples when she was fourteen years of age, and she is a school teacher at Augusta, Maine. Mr. Bradstreet married (second) Bertha Lovett, and they are the parents of two chil- dren: Dudley L., and Ethel L.
JOSEPH A. DONOVAN-While serving in that capacity, it is said that the youngest fire chief in New England was Joseph A. Donovan, of Lynnfield, Massa- chusetts. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 5, 1893, a son of Milaaei F. and Mary A. (Gibney) Donovan, who are still living. His mother was of a Salem, Massachusetts family, but the Donovan home is in Lynn, where M. F. Donovan is a retired shoe manufacturer.
Joseph A. Donovan passed his schooldays in Lynn,
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attending the public schools. After leaving school he was in the hotel business for five years, from 1912 to 1917, then, with the entry of the United States into the World War, Mr. Donovan left Lynnfield to enlist in the United States Navy. His hotel experience brought him assignment as chief steward, and he held that capacity throughout his national service. He was dis- charged in September, 1918, and soon, thereafter, returned home, and reentered hotel business. This was only for a few months, however, for on January 5, 1919, he severed his connection with the hotel. On May 17th of that year he formed a partnership with Mr. Harper, the two estab- lishing the firm of Harper & Donovan, to enter the garage and automobile supply business. On November 10, 1920, Mr. Donovan acquired the interest of his partner, and assumed full control, the company name being changed to the J. A. Donovan Company. The business was rather unique, and comprehensive. There was an up-to-date garage and service station, a consid- erable oil and gas business, the company handling three kinds of gas, and in addition there was a first-class general store, carrying a full line of supplies. Also, Mr. Donovan operated a popcorn machine, and this side line seems to have been quite lucrative, so much so that it has been stated that Mr. Donovan probably sells more than any other man in the county. The store is in a very favorable situation; checking by State officials indicates that a greater number of autos pass the corner on which Mr. Donovan's store stands than pass any other junction of roads in the district. And that fact has contributed much to the growth of Mr. Donovan's business. He is a man of distinct initiative, and is, it is stated, the originator of the idea of the individual garage, or at all events was the first to put it into practice in the vicinity. He is a progressive, active citizen, ready to personally help in public work. As before stated, he served for a time as fire chief of Lynn- field, and was an efficient civic official. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Columbus. He also belongs to the Grange.
Mr. Donovan married, October 19, 1921, Mary E. Higgins, of Danvers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Joyce) Higgins. Mrs. Donovan is a graduate of the Carney Hospital, South Boston, Massachusetts.
CALVIN LUTHER WORDEN, president and treasurer of the C. L. Worden Company, Inc., of Lynn, Massachusetts, is one of the active young business men of that place. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on March 29, 1886, son of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Thorne) Worden. His mother, who died in 1904, was of a New Brunswick family, but his father's home was in New Jersey, and there earlier branches of the family were of distinguished record. Rear-Admiral Worden, of the United States navy, was a grand-uncle of Calvin Luther Worden. The last-named was one of seven children, four sons and three daughters, born to Gabriel and Elizabeth (Thorne) Worden, and part of his boy- hood was spent in New Brunswick. His father was engaged in the lumber business, and that took him first to New Brunswick, and later into New Hampshire, the family then living at Portsmouth, where Calvin L. con- tinued his schooling. He was eighteen years old when he
came to Lynn, in 1904. He entered the employ of the Ideal Machinery Company, working in their shops for three years. For a further seven years he was connected with L. D. Robbins, of Lynn, working in the shops (repairing). In 1914, however, he became an automobile driver for A. W. Pinkham, serving him for two years. For a further two years he was in Salem, Massachusetts, where he had charge of an automobile garage business. In 1918 he returned to Lynn, and then established the firm of C. L. Worden Company, opening a garage, and entering into the business of overhauling and repairing automobiles, vulcanizing, and dealing in auto supplies. He has continued that business to the present, and has developed it very satisfactorily. In 1920 the company received a charter of incorporation, and Mr. Worden is president and treasurer of the corporate firm, the C. L. Worden Company, Inc. The garage and the repair and vulcanizing shops are situated on Eastern avenue, near Floating Bridge, Lynn.
Mr. Worden belongs to several fraternal orders. including the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Moose and the Knights of Pythias. In his younger days he was much interested in naval affairs; in 1907 he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves, being assigned to Com- pany E. He served for five years, until 1912. and his rank at the time of discharge was as gunner's mate. In that year he won the first prize as marksman in the competition open to all naval reserve units of the State.
Mr. Worden married, in 1912. Elizabeth Childs Hay- den, of Concord, New Hampshire, daughter of Herbert WV. and Euphremia (Childs) Hayden, both living, the former originally of Quincy, Massachusetts, and a marble and granite worker by trade, and the latter of a New Brunswick family. Mr. and Mrs. Worden have five children: Emily L., born in 1913; Elmer T., born in 1914: Douglas W., born in 1915; Isabelle, born in 1917; and Beth, born in 1920.
MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY, one of the organizers of the Lynn Paper Stock Company and now sole owner of it, has not been in business in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, for many years, but in the short time he has been there he has made many friends, and has developed an appreciable business. He was born in Iona, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on July 18, 1872, son of Bernard and Alice (McKenna) Connolly, both of Prince Edward Island, where the former still is actively fol- lowing farming occupations.
Michael J. Connolly was reared on the island, and attended the public schools of his native place. After- wards, he took the collegiate course at St. Dunstan's College, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His subsequent career has been somewhat unusually varied. For many years he was in professional life. After Jeav- ing college he was for four years a teacher in Canada, then came into the United States, and after spending a year at the Dental College in New York City, went to Boston, and for the next five years was in the employ of J. J. Graham, a dealer in paper stock, of that city. Mr. Graham's business was an extensive one, and Mr. Connolly, for the greater part of the five years, was his foreman and general manager. He left him to start in business for himself at Cambridge, Massachusetts. There he established the firm of Connolly & Company,
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dealers in paper stock. In May, 1918, he came to Lynn, and with Mr. Koritzky, organized the Lynn Paper Stock Company. The partnership continued until March 31, 1921, when Mr. Connolly acquired the whole of the business. He has since held full control of its affairs, and is, without doubt, the largest dealer in his line in Lynn, the present standing of the business being directly due to his careful management. Mr. Connolly is a member of the Catholic church, and of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Connolly married, July 18, 1910, Mary B. Walsh, daughter of Edward and Jane (Curran) Walsh, of Prince Edward Island. Both of the parents of Mrs. Connolly are living, her father still actively farming at Summerville, Prince Edward Island. Mr. and Mrs. Connolly have five children: Evelyn R., born in 1911; Mary Rita, born in 1913: Girard, born in 1915; Joseph, born in 1917; and Francis, born in 1919. Mr. Connolly and family reside at Melrose, Massachusetts.
CHARLES W. BAMFORD, who was for many years active in the industrial world of Essex county, Massachusetts, and for the past thirty-four years has been town clerk of Ipswich, is a native of this town, and as a veteran of the Civil War, has long been hon- ored as a leading citizen of the community.
Mr. Bamford was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on June 2, 1842, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Patch) Bamford. Acquiring his early educational training in the public schools of Ipswich, he attended high school until he was fifteen years of age, then went out into the industrial world and made his start in life. His first employment was as a hosiery knitter, then, later, he worked as a machinist for a time. Going to Lynn, he worked as shoe cutter for a time, then was associated with Ignatius Dodge, of Ipswich, for about two years, as shoemaker, doing general work. .
It was here that Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861 found the young man, who responded at once, enlisting in Company L, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He served with honor, as private first, then was pro- moted to corporal, and still later was again promoted to sergeant, then to regimental commissary sergeant and was mustered out of the service August 16, 1865.
Returning to Ipswich, Mr. Bamford again took up the civilian life, becoming associated with his father in the hosiery business, manufacturing by the old hand-frame methods, which later were superseded by power machinery. A number of years later Mr. Bamford was associated with the Ipswich Mills for ten years.
During his business activities Mr. Bamford had, of necessity, become a familiar figure in the historic old town of Ipswich, and when in 1888, it became necessary to elect a new town clerk, it was with a gratifying majority that the choice of the people placed Mr. Bam- ford in this office. He has served uninterruptedly since, and still fulfills the duties of this office with the ability of long practical experience.
Mr. Bamford is at the present time commander of the James Appleton Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and has been for the past twenty-four years. He is a member of John T. Hurd Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which lodge he is past master.
Mr. Bamford married, in 1866, Lydia M. Averill, and
of their three sons, Chester W., Harry M., and Charles, the latter two died in infancy. Chester W. reached manhood, and married Lucy S. Stone; he is now deccased, passing away at about the age of fifty years; he was treasurer and collector of the town of Ipswich at the time of his death. Mr. Bamford's grandson, Rodney Chester Bamford, was killed in action during the World War at Argonne Forest, September 28, 1918, and another grandson, Lieutenant Robert T. Bamford, United States Navy, lost a foot in the World War, and is now one of the Board of Selectman of Ipswich.
JOHN ROBERT GRAHAM, rising from a sub- ordinate position in the employ of the city of Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, has, by his own efforts, reached a high point of efficiency in his department and now stands at the head.
Mr. Graham, who is of Scotch-Irish descent, was born October 27, 1865, and is a son of Robert C. and Eliza Graham, who both came to this country when they were very young.
John Robert Graham received his formal education in the public schools of Lynn, leaving school at the age of fifteen years to go to work. But he was not satis- fied to go forward on such limited opportunities, and during the early years of his activity in the world of industry he spent all his spare time in study and attend- ing the evening schools of the city. His first employ- ment was in a shoe factory, but after about a year in this work he secured a position in the street depart- ment of the city of Lynn, and has now for nearly thirty years been identified with the work of that department. Beginning as an ordinary laborer, he made the most of every opportunity that came his way, and in 1911, under Commissioner McPhetres, was appointed foreman. Making good in every particular in this position, he was Inade general foreman in 1916. On the death of Com- missioner McPhetres, Mr. Graham was elected to fill the unexpired term thus left vacant, and was reelected the following year for a full term, the vote of the people ratifying his appointment with a good majority. In 1916 the commission form of government was abolished, and a council body formed, which elects and appoints the various city officials, but Mr. Graham has repeatedly received his reappointment, and as a thoroughly capable and experienced executive, is still serving the city in this capacity.
Mr. Graham is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Lynn Encampment of the same order, and also of the Orientals, a social branch of the order. He is also a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. He attends the Episcopal church.
Mr. Graham married, November 24, 1893, Mary M. Smith, and they are the parents of three children: Bea- trice M., Blanche L., and J. Archibald.
JAMES H. CLIFFORD COMPANY-Built upon a definite idea, the business of the James H. Clifford Company, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, established more than fifty years ago, is covering a broad scope to-day. In the development of this idea, the Cliffords are indeed "Makers of Homes Beautiful."
James H. Clifford, Sr., the founder of this business, was born at St. John, New Brunswick, in the year 1845, and
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came to Lawrence with his father, Thomas Clifford, the first decorator in this city. Their work together con- sisted largely in general painting. In 1870 James H. Clif- ford, Sr., went into business for himself. devoting more attention to the interior branch of this field of endeavor. His idea was the harmonizing of exterior and interior decorations, particularly in the homes of the city, and although the firm has handled many contracts in con- nection with the completion or re-finishing of public buildings, their especial pride has always been, as their advertising slogan indicates, the making of homes beau- tiful. The original location of the business was at No. 331 Common street, but after thirty years of constant growth and development, the business was removed, in 1900, to No. 400 Essex street. Nineteen years later, the business having outgrown these quarters, the present location was purchased (May, 1919), and the concern now occupies the entire building at No. 430 Essex street, five spacious floors. In connection with the gen- eral decorating business, the salesrooms include rug departments, clectric floor lamps, house furnishings and hangings, and a very complete line of wall paper.
The elder Mr. Clifford, who died in 1911, had in his later years turned over the active management of the business into the hands of his sons, Thomas F., and James H. Clifford, Jr. The firm holds a seat in the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
James H. Clifford, Sr. married, in 1866, Mary Leahn, of Lawrence. They were the parents of three sons and six daughters, as follows: Thomas F .; James H., Jr .; Charles A., a prominent Lawrence attorney; Elizabeth, deceased; Catherine, wife of Dr. John T. Cahill, of Lawrence; Blanche; Loyola, widow of the late Charles A. Holihan, of Lawrence; Sarah; and Mary E. The family are members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
THOMAS F. CLIFFORD-Following the same branch of endeavor in which his father and grandfather were long prominent, Thomas F. Clifford is now the head of the James H. Clifford Company, of Lawrence, . decorators and home furnishers.
Thomas F. Clifford was born in Lawrence, in the year 1873, and received a practical education in the public schools of this city. Interested from childhood in the work in which his father was engaged, as soon as the boy had completed his studies he entered the employ of his father, quickly becoming an active factor in the progress of the business, which was at that time located at No. 331 Common street. With the expansion of the business greater responsibilities fell to the share of the younger man, especially with the removal of the busi- ness to its second location at No. 400 Essex street. When James H. Clifford, Sr., the founder, wished to retire from the active management of the now very extensive interest, Thomas F. Clifford assumed the duties which he laid down, and has since been the head of the concern. Since coming to the present location, at No. 430 Essex street, the James H. Clifford Com- pany is one of the leading firms in this line outside of the city of Boston. In the fraternal world Mr. Clifford is well known, being a member of Lodge No. 65, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, and also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
In November, 1900, Mr. Clifford married Teresa Healy, of Lawrence, and they have one son, Charles Edward.
James H. Clifford, Jr., brother of Thomas F. Clif- ford, who is associated with him in business, was born in Lawrence, in 1879, and educated in the schools of the city and Phillips-Andover Academy, from which he was graduated in 1900. Thereafter for eight years he was engaged in the dyeing business, then became a member of the present firm. James H. Clifford is also a mem- ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Merrimack Valley Country Club.
He married, in December, 1910, Bertha A. Griffin, of Lawrence, and they have four children: Bertha, Mary, Elizabeth, and James. They attend St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
FRANK E. BURNHAM, one of the leading men in the contracting field in Essex, Massachusetts, has been active in construction work for many years. Mr. Burn- ham was born in Essex, September 23, 1853, and is a son of Josephus and Helen Burnham. The elder Mr. Burnham was throughout his entire career engaged in shipbuilding, and died in 1881. His wife survived him for thirty-six years, passing away in Essex in 1917.
Gaining his education in the public schools of Essex, Mr. Burnham took up his first employment with the Hamlin Company, of Newton, Massachusetts, where he learned the trade of mason, and thereafter remained with the same concern for four years. Then returning to Essex, Mr. Burnham went into business for himself, along the line of masonry and contracting. under his own name, and meeting with excellent success, has con- tinued in this business up to the present time.
Mr. Burnham is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Essex, and of the Ancient Order of United Work- men, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He attends the Con- gregational church of Essex, and has been clerk of the parish for thirty years.
Mr. Burnham married, in 1876, in Chicago, Illinois, Clara M. Burnham, of Essex, and they have three chil- dren : Roy G., who is an instructor in the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; Margaret E., who is very active in Baptist mission work in Bos- ton; and Louis. B., associated with his father in busi- ness, who married Charlotte Mitchell, of Cochituate, Massachusetts, and has a daughter, Barbara.
CHARLES EDWARD OBER-Among the large group of prominent Beverly citizens whose business interests are in Boston, Massachusetts, is Charles Ed- ward Ober, dealer in bonds, whose office is located at No. 60 State street, Boston.
Mr. Ober was born in Beverly, November 4, 1869, and is a son of Edward H. and Mary E. (Diggins) Ober. With his early education secured in the public schools of Beverly, Mr. Ober also covered the high school course here, then at once entered the world of business. Going to Boston, he started, at the age of eighteen, as messenger boy with Adams, Blodget & Co., of that city. From that time until the present Mr. Ober has never made a change, remaining with the same company and its successor, Blodget & Co., for a continuous period of upwards of forty years. Beginning in a sub-
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ordinate position, he made his way upward from one to another position of greater responsibility, and for the past fourteen years has been a member of the firm, having been received as a partner in the year 1908.
In connection with his principal business interest Mr. Ober is active in Beverly financial circles. He is vice- president of the Beverly National Bank, a director of the Beverly Co-operative Bank, and a trustee of the Beverly Savings Bank. He is a member of the Red Cross, and interested in all benevolent organizations.
Fraternally, Mr. Ober is connected with the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He takes only the interest of the progressive citizen in public affairs, supporting the Republican party. He attends the Dane Street Congregational Church.
Mr. Ober married, in June, 1903, Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Hugh and Mary (Webster) Hill, and they have one son, Edward H., born September 20, 1904.
EDSON CUMMINGS WALKER, of Merrimac, Massachusetts, well known throughout that district, and especially to those connected with farming, has lived in Merrimac since boyhood. He was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, September 30, 1879, son of Rev. Henry Olin (2) and Mary Adeline (Coburn) Walker, and descendant of Phillip Walker, who was in the Massa- chusetts colony early in the seventeenth century. Phil- lip Walker died in 1679. His birth date is not known, but about 1654 he married Jane Butterworth, of Reho- both, Massachusetts, who died in 1702, or Joane Metcalf, of Dedham. He was the father of the following chil- diren : Samuel, born in February, 1655, died August 12, 1712; Sarah, born February 16, 1657, died August 2, 1693; Phillip (2), of whom further; Elizabeth, twin with Phillip, born in March, 1662, died in 1664; Mary, born in May, 1663, died May 8, 1694; Experience, date of birth not known, died November 10, 1674; Elizabeth, born April 1, 1666, died December 8, 1704; Michael, born Mareh 1, 1667, died February, 1677; Ebenezer, born in November, 1676, died March 13, 1718; and Martha, dates of birth and death not known.
(II) Phillip (2) Walker, son of Phillip (1) and Jane (Butterworth) Walker or Joane ( Metcalf) Walker, was born in March, 1662, and died February 17, 1739. He was a farmer, and was twice married. He married (first) Mary Bowden; she died in 1694. His second wife was Sarah Bowden; she died in 1739. The chil- dren born of the first marriage were: Ebenezer, born October 21, 1688; James, born September 3, 1690, died November 28, 1747; Phillip (3), born August 13, 1693, died November 5, 1742. The children of second mar- riage were: Sarah, born January 8, 1695; Esther, born in 1697; Mary, born March 19, 1699; Jane, born March 21, 1702; Nathaniel, born January 31, 1703, died April 20, 1783; Daniel, of whom further; Stephen, born Au- gust 7, 1709.
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