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For seventy years Mr. Mahoney has been a member of St. Mary's Parish, and for a period of fifty years he sang baritone in the choir of the church.
On October 10, 1877, Mr. Mahoney married Ellen A. Holihan, of Lawrence. They are the parents of four- teen children, of whom eleven are now living: 1. John William, associated with his father in business, who served two years with the 26th Division, IoIst Infantry, and IoIst Ammunition Train, American Expeditionary Forces, holding the rank of captain and regimental adjutant of the IoIst Ammunition Train; he is a mem- ber of the American Legion, Post No. 15, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military Order of the United States,
Massachusetts Commandery ; Lawrence Council, No. 67, Knights of Columbus; Lawrence Lodge, No. 65, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks; Division I, Ancient Order of Hibernians, of Lawrence; Lawrence Aeric, Fraternal Order of Eagles; and many clubs. He mar- ried Marguerite White, daughter of Joseph T. White, of Lawrence, and they have one daughter, Rose, born March 31, 1921. 2. Mary E., wife of Francis A. Guini- van, of Philadelphia, and they have one daughter, Rose- mary. 3. Maurice J., Jr., who married Dorothy Keefe, of Lawrence, and they have one son, Maurice J., 3rd. 4. Theresa A., wife of Patrick J. Donovan, of Andover, Massachusetts; they are the parents of four children : William, John, Eleanora, Charles. 5. Vincent A., resident agent of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, in Law- rence. 6. J. Aloyse, who was supervisor of music in the Lawrence schools, and who died in 1919. 7. Joseph A., also associated with. his father in business. 8. Captain Charles A., of the United States army, a West Point graduate, of the Fourth Division, 59th Regiment, Amer- ican Expeditionary Forces, who was wounded in battle, and who served as provost marshal of the city of Lon- don. 9. Genevieve E. 10. Madeline E., who is the wife of Frank L. Carey, a prominent Lawrence attorney ; they have one daughter, Marie. 11. Eleanor H. 12. Claire F. The other two children are deceased. The family home is at No. 180 Hampshire street, in Lawrence.
CHARLES E. COLLINS, agent of the Methuen Mills, at Methuen, and the Pemberton Mills, at Law- rence, Massachusetts, has been the architect of his own life. Through his industry, ambition and ability he carved his way upward through the various positions to the important office he holds to-day.
Mr. Collins was born October 2, 1868, at Salem, Mas- sachusetts, son of Edward Collins, of that town, and Rebecca G. (Symonds) Collins. The former survives his wife, whose death occurred in 1918. In his day Edward Collins was one of the foremost men of Salem. He was a salesman in his active days in coal and bark lines, dealing principally with tanneries. He was horn in Salem, in 1838, and was several times honored with public office. He was a member of the Salem School Board for many years; for two years served in the Common Council; was overseer of the poor; repre- sentative to the Legislature for two terms; treasurer of the Fifth Congressional District, and for a quarter of a century chairman of the Republican Committee of Ward Five.
Charles E. Collins was educated in the public schools of Salem and was a member of the Salem High School, class of 1886. His first experience in the business world was in the employ of the Nevin's Manufacturing Com- pany, remaining for five years, thence removing to Methuen, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of the Methuen Mills. For a time he worked in the office of the mills and then was appointed overseer of one of the departments. His next promotion was to the position of superintendent, and soon after this he was appointed agent of the two plants of the company, a position entailing great responsibility and one which he has very ably filled. These mills carry 50,000 spin- dles and 1,500 looms.
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Mr. Collins is a Republican, but not an active politi- cian. He is a member of the National Cotton Manu- facturers' Association, and the Methuen Home Club.
Mr. Collins married, in 1914, Vesta V. French, of Aroostook county, Maine. They attend the First Bap- tist Church of Methuen.
CHARLES HEYWOOD GREEN-The first to build a garage in the Lewis street section of Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, was Charles Heywood Green, an enterprising business man. He is benefiting by his initiative in that, and also perhaps more notably in another unique enter- prise which has made him known throughout New England. His extensive and well-organized touring parties, especially his White Mountain tours, have added very materially to his prestige in his native town, and outside.
Mr. Green was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, October I, 1888, son of Charles L. and Susie F. (Hill) Green, of Lynn. His father, who died in 1919, was a salesman, and as a Lynn resident was much respected.
Charles H. Green was educated in the public schools of Lynn, and also of Mount Hermon. After leaving school he was for three years in the employ of the United States Shoe Machinery Company, and at the end of that time left them to venture into business for himself. He opened a grocery store, under his own name, at Swampscott, and developed it to some extent, but was influenced to sell it and take advantage of other opportunities which were in sight if he gave his time to another line of business. He built a garage at No. 142 Lewis street, Lynn, and was the pioneer in that business in that part of the city. He has since con- ducted a very active business. His garage is complete and up-to-date in every particular, and his other busi- ness development has so expanded his automobile busi- ness that it has been found necessary to erect new buildings, so as to properly cope with the volume of trade. Mr. Green is a man of clear vision and original- ity of thought, quick to act when he sees an opportu- nity. And out of the original idea he has quite rapidly developed an appreciable business in automobile tours throughout the East. His White Mountain Tours have become very popular, and he is now getting the returns that come out of resolutely followed initiative. He is quite young yet, and has not been in business for very many years, but it is astonishing what a number of people throughout New England know of him and his tours.
Mr. Green married, in 1912, Gladys B. Ham, of Lynn. They have two children: Doris Phillips, who was born in 1914; and Margaret Farnsworth, born in 1918.
CHARLES E. MATTESON, general superintendent of the Farwell Bleachery Company, of Lawrence, Mas- sachusetts, was born January 19, 1872, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, son of Charles N. Matteson, who was born in July, 1840, in Coventry, Rhode Island, where he was engaged in textile pursuits. The latter served three years during the Civil War in the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, and was a member of Sanford Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of North Adams, Massachusetts, where he resided during his latter years.
He married Mary Gorton, also of Coventry, and her death occurred in 1879.
Charles E. Matteson was educated in the public and high schools and also attended Brown University, and these courses were supplemented with a course in the International Correspondence School. The first position held by Mr. Matteson was with the Arnold Print Works of North Adams, and there he was employed in the engineering department. In all, he remained there for twelve years and during this time was advanced to the positions of foreman and assistant engineer, respec- tively.
The native State of his father next claimed his resi- dence, and there he was employed by the Sayles Bleach- ery Company, holding the position of mechanical super- intendent for three years. This work brought him in contact with the Dominion Textile Company of Can- ada, and there he held a similar position for two years, then returning to Massachusetts, he assumed the posi- tion of superintendent of the Farwell Bleachery Com- pany of Lawrence, which he has ably held to the pres- ent time.
Mr. Matteson is among the well-known and esteemed citizens of Lawrence, and as a member of the Repub- lican party, takes an active interest in all public matters. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of North Adams, and Lawrence Lodge, No. 65, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Matteson married, in 1893, Amelia MacNulty, born April 15, 1873, at North Adams, and their chil- dren are: Ernest; Agnes; Helen; and Mildred, all born in North Adams. Ernest Matteson, the eldest child, enlisted in the United States navy, and was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, from 1917 to 1919, and then discharged with the rank of first class seaman.
JAMES E. KNIPE, assistant treasurer of the Haver- hill Trust Company, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, February 2, 1891, and was educated in the public schools of that place. In 1908 he graduated from the high school, and spent the following year at the Haverhill Business College. On July 15, 1909, Mr. Knipe entered the employ of the Haverhill Trust Company.
Mr. Knipe is a Republican in politics, actively inter- ested in all public affairs. He served in the World War, serving thirteen months. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus; he resides at No. 35 Chandler street, Bradford District.
Mr. Knipe married, at West Newbury, Massachu- setts, April 21, 1919, M. Irene Powers, born at Haver- hill, daughter of Dennis and Mary A. (Moylan) Powers.
KARL S. BRACKETT, florist, of Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 9, 1878, the son of Walter F. and Jennie (Starkey) Brackett. His father, who is still living, was a teacher for the greater part of his adult years. He was of a Massachusetts family, but in the maternal line, Karl S. Brackett comes of a Maine family.
Mr. Brackett was well educated, for after passing through the public schools of Chester and Haverhill.
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and being otherwise prepared, he entered Dartmouth College, from which, eventually, with the class of 1904, he was graduated. After leaving college, he was for some years connected with the New England Telephone Company, but in 1914 resolved to open in business for himself as a florist and horticulturist. His store is at No. 38 Winter street, Haverhill, and he has done a satisfactory business to the present time.
Mr. Brackett is one of the active business men of Haverhill, taking a helpful interest in the public affairs that concern his city. He is a member of the Haver- hill Chamber of Commerce, and the local Rotary Club; he also belongs to the Agawam Club. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Mr. Brackett married, in 1904, Gertrude Harding, daughter of Albert G. and Alice G. (Cheney) Harding, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. They have one child, a daughter, Dorothy M.
ELLIS LAYCOCK, general agent of the three mills owned by the United States Worsted Company, with headquarters in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is a native of Cowling, Yorkshire, England, where he was born September 2, 1864. He obtained his education in the public schools of Bradford, England, and then started his business career in his father's employ, he being a textile manufacturer in Bradford. At the age of eighteen years Mr. Laycock left his native land and came to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he obtained employment with the Pacific Mills Company, as a weaver, remaining there about five years, after which time he returned to England, and in order to perfect his experience and develop his natural ability, attended the textile school at Bradford for a time. After his graduation he went to South Africa and for five years was engaged in railroad construction work, gaining experiences of value to him in any walk of life.
Returning again to the United States, he was located in the southern states, working in various mills for some years, gradually coming northward, and working as loom fixer in the Lorraine Mills in Rhode Island, and as loom fitter for the Crompton & Knowles Company at Worcester. Mr. Laycock was employed for five years at Unionville, Massachusetts, in the interests of the Worcester Textile Company, there holding the posi- tion of boss weaver and boss. finisher, later becoming overseer. After leaving Worcester Mr. Laycock was employed in Lowell, still as overseer in textile indus- tries, and when the Lowell concern, the Muketaquid Mill, was merged with the United States Worsted Com- pany in 1909, he was appointed superintendent. Two years later he came to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the interests of the same company and was made superin- tendent there, holding this position until 1913, in which year he was appointed general agent of the three mills. Mr. Laycock has proved himself worthy of the respon- sible position he holds, and his vast experience com- bined with his theoretical training make an ideal combi- nation for his post.
Mr. Laycock is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce of Lawrence; of the Young Men's Christian Association, and in political faith is a Republican. His fraternal affiliations include: Member of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows; the Masonic order, belong- ing to Excelsior Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Franklin, Massachusetts; and Royal Arch Masons' Chapter, in Lowell.
Mr. Laycock married, in 1896, Emily Brown, born in April, 1864, at Stockport, England, and they are the parents of the following children : Ethel, born in March, 1897, died in 1918; Edward Arthur, born in April, 1900; Albert, born in May, 1902; and Clarence, born in June, 1905. Of these children the eldest son, Edward Arthur, served in the Students' Corps of Dartmouth College, and is now a member of the Boston "Evening Globe" staff, and the second son, Albert, is learning the textile business by practical experience, working for the United States Worsted Company of Lawrence.
FREDERICK O'KEIFF-Well known in mercan- tile circles in Essex, Massachusetts, Frederick O'Keiff is following a practical line of business endeavor. Mr. O'Keiff is a son of Dennis and Ada A. (Smith) O'Keiff, of Ellsworth, Maine. Dennis O'Keiff is a veteran of the Civil War, and is a member of Post No. 45, Grand Army of the Republic, of Ellsworth.
Frederick O'Keiff was born in Ellsworth, Hancock county, Maine, January 18, 1882, and received his edu- cation in the public schools of his native place. After completing his school course he took up railroading, which he followed until 1919, when he became manager of the Essex store for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which position he is now filling, with excel- lent success.
In 1905 Mr. O'Keiff married Cecelia McGlinchey, daughter of Miles and Margaret McGlinchey, who were both born in Ireland. Mr. McKlinchey was in the pro- vision business, and died in 1896. The mother still sur- vive's her, and resides in Somerville, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. O'Keiff have five children : Agnes, Mary, Cecelia, Dorothy, and Francis. The family are mem- bers of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, of Essex.
EDWIN PAYSON STANLEY, of Manchester, Massachusetts, who is among the rapidly thinning ranks of the Civil War veterans, is still actively engaged in useful endeavor in a public capacity. As treasurer of the town of Manchester for the past thirty years, his life story is of interest to the people.
Mr. Stanley was born in Manchester, Massachusetts, on May 26, 1844, and is a son of Paul and Statera (Pert) Stanley, the father having been an old-time cabinetmaker, and a life-time resident of Manchester. Educated in the public schools, Mr. Stanley was still a youth when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in December, 1861, when in the eighteenth year of his age, and served until 1863. He was taken prisoner on July 30, 1862, but was later exchanged. In a six days' battle at Glendale, he was severely wounded and was taken prisoner at the time. In 1863 he was discharged as totally disabled.
With his health permanently broken, the young man went to Colorado, where he spent the next two years trying to recuperate. Returning, thereafter, to his native town, he worked for himself, as a painter, con- tinuing along this line for about twelve years, when he was obliged to give up active work for a time. In
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March, 1888, Mr. Stanley was elected tax collector for the town of Manchester, which position he held for three years. His services in this capacity were so acceptable to the people that he was elected town treasurer in 1891, and has been continuously reelected to this position since, now still ably fulfilling his duties.
Mr. Stanley was made department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1918, and has long been a very active member of Allen Post, of Manchester, which now (1922) has only six members left. He is chairman of the State Memorial Commission, and is a member of the Memorial Town Hall Committee. Fra- ternally, Mr. Stanley is connected with the Masonic lodges of both Manchester and Beverly. He is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Improved Order of Red Men. His religious con- victions place his membership with the Congregational church. Mr. Stanley is fond of painting, and in his spare moments, from time to time, he has painted sev- eral beautiful pictures of historic places of interest in and around Manchester.
Mr. Stanley married, in 1870, Rachael J. Hobbs, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and they have one daughter, Mary A. (Mrs. Thomas Baker), of Manchester.
AUSTIN J. RILEY-Until his death in 1912, at the age of fifty-five, James F. Riley, of Fall River, Massa- chusetts, was there engaged as a textile worker. He married Catherine McDermott, of Fall River, and they were the parents of Austin J. Riley, owner and manager of the North Shore Utility Company of Salem, Massa- chusetts.
Austin J. Riley was born at Fall River, Massachu- setts, and there educated in the public schools. After leaving school he spent three years as a worker in the Mechanic Mill at Fall River, then entered the employ of the National Window Company, of Boston, and re- mained with that company for nine years. At the end of that period he located in Lynn, Massachusetts, and entered the same business for himself, under the name of the North Shore Utility Company of Lynn. He continued in the window cleaning business in Lynn until 1918, then removed to Salem, Massachusetts, where he continues in the same business under the same name.
Mr. Riley married, in 1907, Rose S. Gendron, of Lynn, daughter of Joseph and Rose S. Gendron, her father a wood carver of Cambridge, Massachusetts, her mother of Quebec, Canada.
FREDERICK A. BRYDEN was born at Edin- burgh, Scotland, on February 16, 1872, and is a son of Alexander and Frances (Sinclair ) Bryden. His father, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, was engaged in the steel industry until his death. His mother, who was also born in Edinburgh, Scotland, is still living there.
Mr. Bryden received his early education in the public schools of England. After having completed his stud- ies, he obtained employment in the steel industry with which his father was connected, and spent four years working in that industry. In 1886 he decided to leave home and seek his fortune in a new country. Accord- ingly, he gave up his connection with the steel industry and came to the United States. He went to North
Adams, Massachusetts, and obtained employment with the Arnold Print Works of that city. He worked as an assistant finisher at the Arnold Print Works, spending four years there. At the end of that period, in 1900, he moved to Rhode Island and obtained employment at the Phillipsdale branch of the Sayles Bleachery, where he worked as a finisher. He remained at the Sayles Bleachery for thirteen years, at the end of which time he was offered a position as superintendent of the fin- ishing department of the Pacific Print Works at Law- rence, Massachusetts. He accepted this position and moved to Lawrence in 1913. He still holds the position of superintendent of the finishing department, and is well known throughout the city, both in the business and social worlds.
Mr. Bryden is a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church of North Andover, of which he is a vestryman. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge at North Andover, and the North Andover Club.
Mr. Bryden has twice been married. He has one son, Frederick E., by his first marriage. He married (sec- ond) Lillian Cryer, of Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1904, and they are the parents of three children: Florence Annie, Dorothy Lillian, and William Bryden.
LYMAN EARL WINN, a native son of Haverhill, Massachusetts, w born May 22, 1888, son of Henry C. Winn, whose biography is found in detail elsewhere in this work.
Lyman E. Winn was educated in the public and high schools of that city. He attended the Lowell Textile College and subsequently the Young Men's Christian Association Automobile School of Boston, graduating in 1909. Thus equipped for his business career, Mr. Winn entered the employ of the Hilliard & Cass Company, of Haverhill, repairers of automobiles, and after four years' experience there, became a private driver for Moses S. Dow, where he remained for six years. Then he entered the employ of the Atlantic Corporation, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and after a year there, returned to Haverhill to become associated with his father in the garage and accessory business, which the former had founded some time before. Mr. Winn is now foreman of the business conducted under the name of the Kenoza Garage, and is one of the leading citi- zens of Haverhill.
Mr. Winn married, in 1909, Mildred C. Chase, daugh- ter of Abram and Edith Chase, of Haverhill, and their daughter, Olive Frances Winn, was born December 10, 1917. The family attends the Congregational church.
CHARLES EMERY HOYT, one of the substantial citizens of Merrimac, Massachusetts, who has materially aided in the upbuilding of that community for many years, was born at West Newbury, same State, August 3, 1872, son of George W. Hoyt, also born there, April 10, 1833, and who died July 17, 1917. The latter mar- ried (first) Mary Erwin, of Vermont, and a few years after her death he married (second) Jane K. Noyes, daughter of Stephen Emery Noyes, of West Newbury, the latter born in Newhury, afterwards West Newbury, June 21, 1810, and died February 14, 1893.
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Charles E. Hoyt was educated in the public schools of Merrimac, and soon afterwards engaged in agricultural pursuits in that town, which occupation he has fol- lowed to the present time. He is one of the most pro- gressive farmers of Essex county and his large pros- perous farm is proof of his industry and excellent management.
In politics, Mr. Hoyt is a Republican and he is a member of several fraternal organizations, among them being the following: Riverside Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows; the Rebekahs; and Merrimac Grange. Mr. Hoyt has passed through all the chairs in both the Odd Fellows and the Grange. With his fam- ily he attends the Pilgrim Congregational Church of Merrimac.
On November 26, 1908, Mr. Hoyt married Annie A. Wells, born July 11, 1878, at Wells, Maine, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Wells, born August 18, 1846, and his wife, Cynthia Flagg (Littlefield) Wells, born April 27, 1848, at Wells, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt are the par- ents of two sons: George R., born July 15, 1911; and Arthur W., born February 11, 1915.
EDWARD A. O'MAHONEY, who saw service with the Twenty-eighth Engineers in France during the World War, and was wounded in Argonne Forest, comes of a family very well known in Lawrence, Massachu- setts. His father had part in civic affairs there, and at one time was one of the largest public works' con- tractors in New England.
Edward A. O'Mahoney was born in Lawrence, Mas- sachusetts, on June 19, 1885, the son of Michael and Ellen G. (Donovan) O'Mahoney. The mother, who is a native of Lawrence, is still living, but the father, Michael O'Mahoney, was born in County Cork, Ireland, and died in 1910, within a few months of being sixty- two years of age. In his early association with Law- rence affairs, he was the superintendent of streets. He is best remembered, however, as a contractor, and in that trade was responsible for some of the very large public works' contracts of New England. As a con- tractor, he was in partnership with Jesse Moulton, of Boston, and they were responsible for the construction of the Clinton Dam, the Spot Pond Reservoir, Fields Point, Rhode Island, sewer, and Stony Brook sewers, of Boston, Brookline Park, and the first filter gatherer in Lawrence, which is the second largest in the country. Among the many other large contracts they carried through may be mentioned the Duck Bridge in Law- rence.
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