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Mr. Lawson received his early education in the public schools of Andover, Massachusetts. He also attended
the Lowell Textile School, and completed the courses in the International Correspondence School. After having completed his studies, he obtained employment with the Smith Dove Company, of Andover, where his father was master mechanic, and remained for ten years. At the end of that period, he resigned his position in order to become foreman of the machine shop at the Ayer Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Two years later, in 1911, he became master mechanic of the Ayer Mills and has held this position ever since. He attends the Protestant Episcopal church, of Andover. In politics he is a Re- publican. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Lawson married Gertrude A. Hamlin in 1911. M'rs. Lawson was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 9, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson have no children.
GEORGE C. BEST is a native of Bradford, Eng- land, the country which has been the birthplace of many of the leading mill authorities in the country. He was born there March 5, 1882, son of Samuel Best, born at Croix, France, and many years engaged in textile lines, and Sarah A. (Stowell) Best, a native of Bradford. The family came to Philadelphia in 1902, and resided there about ten years, then went to Hudson, Massachu- setts, where they now reside, the senior Mr. Best hav- ing occupied the position of mill superintendent in both cities.
After completing his schooling in the schools of his native town, George C. Best went into the mills and learned the textile industry, coming to the United States in 1902, located for twenty years in Philadelphia and vicinity, for sixteen years of that time in the employ of James Lees & Sons Company, at Norristown, Pennsyl- vania. After leaving there he came to Lawrence, in September, 1921, where he entered the employ of the Wood Mills, of that city, as superintendent.
Mr. Best is one of the best-informed men in textile lines in the East and is highly esteemed among his con- temporaries. He is a member of the Republican party. While a resident of Norristown he was made a member of Norristown Lodge, No. 620, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; and Norristown Chapter, No. 190, Royal Arch Masons ; he is also a member of the Sons of St. George, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Best married, in 1907, Ellen Jane Barraclough, born at Bradford, August 12, 1880, and their only child, George Edgar, was born December 1, 1911. The family attend the Episcopal church, of Lawrence.
CHARLES J. WEYMOUTH was born in Clinton, Maine, about 1837, son of Harry and Mary Betsey Wey- mouth, also natives of Maine. He served in the Civil War, holding the rank of lieutenant, and was wounded by a gunshot in the leg. Practically all of his active life was spent at work in cotton mills. Mr. Weymouth mar- ried Susan E. Thorne, born at Baldwin, Maine, October 27, 1844, daughter of Isaac and Eliza Thorne. The chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Weymouth were: I. Harry, born February 14, 1873, now a contractor and builder in Haverhill; married Mary E. - , born in Gilliard, Maine, April 12, 1872. 2. Herbert A., a resident of Cal- ifornia. 3. George E., a carpenter, and a resident of Maine.
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NATHAN H. LABOVITZ, who is among the ex- service men of Lynn, Massachusetts, and a merchant in the town, is succeeding well in the line he has chosen to follow, automobile tires and supplies. He was born in Russia, December 15, 1895. His father, Joseph Labo- vitz, was a prominent merchant in Russia, and, like so many people in that sorely-disturbed country, has had many stirring experiences during the years since 1914, when Germany set the whole world at war. At one time during the war, Joseph Labovitz was held as a civil prisoner in Germany, and used by the Germans as an interpreter.
Nathan H. Labovitz came to this country, May 25, 1912. Part of his schooling had been obtained in Russia, but soon after settling in Lynn he became a student at the local public school. Immediately after leaving school, he went into business for himself at No. 603 Summer street, Lynn, and there for six years he did moderately well as a clothier and haberdasher. When the United States entered the World War, he made plans to close his private affairs and enlist in the national forces. He enlisted in the United States Navy, in 1918, and was assigned to the Naval Intelligence Department at Boston, with the rank of machinist. He was in serv- ice until March 6, 1919, being then honorably discharged in the grade of machinist. Soon thereafter he returned to Lynn, and again entered business there, opening a store at No. 118 Central street. This time, however, he dealt in entirely different lines. He now is in the auto- mobile supply business, specializing in auto tires, and with good success, apparently, for it is said that he is the second largest dealer in automobile tires in the Lynn district. He carries a complete line of anto tires, acces- sories, and general supplies, and endeavors to give satis- faction. Withal, he is well known in Lynn, and has taken an active interest in several public movements in the town. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Labo- vitz is unmarried.
FRANK CHIOFOLO-Coming from his native land of Italy, and making his home in the United States, Frank Chiofolo, of Lynn, Massachusetts, has become identified, of recent years, with the shoe industry as a manufacturer. He is now part owner of the Cliftondale Shoe Company, of Lynn.
Mr. Chiofolo was born at Villa Sangiovanni, Province of Di Reggio, Calabria, Italy, and was educated in his native city. At the age of seventeen years he came to the United States, locating in New York City, later taking out his citizen's papers in Boston. He later removed to Lynn, and having been connected with the shoe industry ever since coming to this country, he fol- lowed this branch of activity here. In April, 1919, he hecame a partner in the Cliftondale Shoe Company, in association with Edwin Anderson, of Chelsea, Massachu- setts, and Charles Hall, of Salem. The business was prosperous from the beginning, and is now an estab- lished success, going forward in every way, and taking rank with long prominent firms. Mr. Chiofolo takes an active part in the management of the business.
On March 30, 1897, Mr. Chiofolo married Mary Cata- lano, who was also born at Villa Sangiovanni, and they are the parents of six children : Anthony, Flora, Wini-
fred, David, Francis, and Stella. The family are mem- bers of the Roman Catholic church, of Saugus.
Anthony Chiofolo, eldest son of Mr. Chiofolo, enlisted in the United States army, December 2, 1917. He was stationed in Boston Harbor until September 28, 1918, when he sailed for France. He died on board ship, October 4, 1918, and was buried at sea. He was a mem- ber of the 73rd Coast Artillery.
ADAM MARONCELLI, of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, where he is in business for himself as a motor- cycle agent and repairer, also as a dealer in supplies and accessories, was born in Forli, Italy, on November 29, 1891, son of Paolo and Adella (Barbeirier) Maroncelli, and grandson of Simon Maroncelli. By religious faith the family is Catholic, and it is only the last generation that has come to America.
Paolo Maroncelli, father of Adam Maroncelli, was born in Italy, in 1853, and is still living there. His life has been spent mainly in farming, and to him and his wife have been born seven children, four sons and three daughters. Adam Maroncelli attended the public school in his native place, the course being equivalent, perhaps, to that of our elementary school, but was not very old when he came to this country. He worked for his brother, who had a bicycle store, for four years, and in 1913 came to Haverhill, where for three years he worked for F. E. Leavitt, doing contract work in his shoe fac- tory. For some time afterwards he was in the employ of Mr. Dudley, but in 1919 he decided to venture into business for himself in Haverhill, and having secured an agency for a good motorcycle, he opened a store at No. 181 River street, Haverhill, where he has since done a good business in the sale of motorcycles and accessories, and in repairs and service. For a short period before coming to this country Mr. Maroncelli was in military service.
On October 3, 1915, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, Adam Maroncelli married Louise Sevinalli. She was born in Italy, in 1894, the daughter of Joseph Sevinalli, who is a guard in an Italian prison. Mr. and Mrs. Maroncelli have a son, Albert, who was born on July 17, 1916.
MICHAEL J. RYAN, manager of the Newbury- port district for the Samson Steam Laundry Company, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, October 13, 1879, son of James M. Ryan, a native of County Cork, Ire- land, where he was born in 1864, and after becoming a resident of Amesbury, was engaged in the automobile business. James M. Ryan married Nora Keeley, of Gal- way, Ireland, born in 1866, died in 1904.
Michael J. Ryan was educated in the parochial and high schools of Amesbury, and his first position was with the Standard Thermometer Company, where he re- mained eight years, rising to the position of assistant superintendent. Mr. Ryan entered the laundry business in the employ of H. L. Bailey, of Amesbury, and after two years' experience secured the position he now holds.
In politics Mr. Ryan is a Republican, and is a mem- ber of the Knights of Columbus and of the American Legion. During the World War he enlisted in the United States army, June 15, 1918, in the Second Com- pany, Coast Artillery, and was stationed at Fort Han-
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cock, New York, until his discharge in May, 1919, with the rank of mechanic.
Mr. Ryan married, in 1917, Mildred George, born May 25, 1897, at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of a son, Joseph W., born February 28, 1920.
ROY H. BRADFORD-Very often we find among the executive heads of large corporations or in leading public office the descendants of those worthy men who first came to this land and who through their endurance of the hardships and dangers laid the foundation of many of the things which have since made this country one of the most desirable on the globe. Roy H. Brad- ford, general superintendent of the Smith & Dove Com- pany, of Andover, Massachusetts, is a direct descendant in the tenth generation of the first governor of the Ply- mouth colonies, Governor William Bradford, and it seems particularly fitting that he should be engaged in carrying on important work entailed by the office he holds.
Mr. Bradford was born October 31, 1882, son of the Rev. Park A. Bradford, now living retired at Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Lillian A. (Welch) Bradford. His education was obtained in the public schools and at the Lowell Textile School, graduating in the class of 1906. His first position was with the Smith & Dove Company, as assistant superintendent, and in 1919 he was made general superintendent of the entire plant, having under his supervision six hundred men.
Mr. Bradford is a member of the school board of Andover, and is also active in church work there. He is treasurer of the Congregational church, and is also a member of its board of trustees. For two years Mr. Bradford was a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, Company H, 16th Regiment, and his fraternal connections are with the Free and Accepted Masons, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Mr. Bradford married, in 1908, Bertha S. Swanton, of Lowell, daughter of A. F. Swanton, of Dexter, Maine, for many years connected with the Sterling Mills and for fifteen years agent of these mills, and Mattie A. (Upton) Swanton, of Andover. Mr. and Mrs. Brad- ford are the parents of three children : William S., born in 1909; Edward H., born in 1911; Robert C., born in 1921. The family attend the Congregational church.
WILLIAM F. WALKER, assistant master mechanic of the Wood Worsted Mills, of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, was born January 27, 1883, at Lancashire, Eng- land, son of James H. Walker, a native of Liverpool, England, and at present holding the position of master mechanic of the E. Frank Lewis Wool Scouring Mill, of Lawrence. Mr. Walker's mother, Mary E. (Yates) Walker, is a native of Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Mr. Walker attended school in Lawrence, whence his parents had removed when he was but a child, and later entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grad- uating in the class of 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and soon after this time, entered the employ of the firm, of whose plant he is now assistant master mechanic. During the time he was attending school Mr. Walker served his apprenticeship as a mechanic with E. Frank Lewis, and has made very rapid progress in his particular line. He is a Republican in politics,
and is a member of Grecian Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Lawrence. Other fraternal affiliations in- clude: Member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows; member of Ruth Lodge of Rebekahs; the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks; Merrimac Valley Technology Association; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association, of Boston.
Mr. Walker married, in 1907, Isabelle Barrie, born June 26, 1882, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, daughter of William C. and Charlotte A. (Smith) Barrie, and they are the parents of a daughter, Ruth Isabelle, born Sep- tember 26, 1908. Mr. Walker and his family attend the St. Augustine Episcopal Church, of South Lawrence.
WALLACE ROSE, master mechanic of the Law- ence Duck Company, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was born September 13, 1876, in Huddersfield, England, son of John Rose, a master coach builder, who died in Keighley, England, in 1905, and Emma (Burton) Rose, also of Huddersfield. She died in Lawrence, Massachu- setts, in 1920.
Mr. Rose attended the public schools of Huddersfield, and later studied mechanical engineering at a technical school there, to perfect the natural mechanical ability which he had displayed at an early age. After coming to this country he studied mechanical engineering with the International Correspondence School. He worked in various industries in England previous to coming to America, gaining a wide knowledge, both practical and theoretical. In 1907 he came to the United States and entered the employ of the Lawrence Duck Company, and in the next eight years worked through various depart- ments, along mechanical lines, until 1917, when he was made master mechanic of the mill, which position he now holds. He is a member of Loyal Victoria Lodge, Manchester Unity, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Lawrence, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of the same city.
Mr. Rose married, in 1899, Kate Mullin, of Leeds, England, and they are the parents of four children : Donald, born in 1901; Wilfred, in 1904; Eileen, in 1909; and Nora, born in 1912.
DOMNICK CARANCI-Since coming
to the United States and completing his education, the career of Domnick Caranci has been one of industry and prog- ress. He was born September 7, 1884, in Castello Pizuto, Italy, son of Angelo Caranci, a merchant, and Antonia (Di Santi) Caranci, who died in 1893. The father be- came a resident of Lawrence, in 1921.
Domnick Caranci began his education in his native land, and after coming to America in 1901, continued to attend school in Providence, Rhode Island, and then entered the employ of the Centerdale Worsted Mills as a wool sorter, remaining there for eight years. Remov- ing to Lawrence, Massachusetts, Mr. Caranci continued this same occupation with the Washington Mills, and then went to Stafford Springs, Connecticut, for a short time, where he worked in the mills of that town. De- ciding that this line of work held little promise for the future, he accepted a position with the John Hancock Insurance Company, and eventually became agent of the company for Essex county, Massachusetts, making a record by leading the fifty-two men in that territory in
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volume of business. After several years, in 1911, he was in a position to engage in a business of his own and for three and one-half years was in the meat and grocery business on Amesbury street, in Lawrence. Through his diligence and thrift he was in a position to build a large block on Lawrence street and to this location he removed his store, and continued for four successful years.
Not yet satisfied with the progress made, Mr. Caranci in 1919 established the Lawrence Automobile Body Company, Inc., at No. 636 Essex street, later removing to No. 341 South Broadway, and there auto bodies are manufactured and repairing of all kinds is done. An extensive business in automobile painting is also a fea- ture of the plant. Mr. Caranci is president and treas- urer of the company and its general manager. Frater- nally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Order of Eagles.
Mr. Caranci married, in November, 1907, Annie T. Lenehan, daughter of John Lenehan, of Lawrence, and they attend the Immaculate Conception Church.
LOUIS W. ROSENTHAL, one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Haverhill, Massachu- setts, was born in Russian Poland, September 25, 1889, son of Abraham and Jennie (Rosen) Rosenthal. He was educated in the public schools, and subsequently went to work in the shoe factory of J. A. Windsor, where he remained for two years. Through his thrift and indus- try he was then able to open a retail shoe store on his own account, which he did, at No. 37 Locust street.
This was in 1901, and three years later Mr. Rosenthal opened a second store on Merrimac street, and in another three years a third one on Washington street. Outside of his mercantile interests Mr. Rosenthal has large real estate holdings, the management of which requires much of his attention. Fraternally Mr. Rosenthal is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias; of Zion Lodge, B'nai B'rith; and the Foresters of America.
Mr. Rosenthal married, February 27, 1919, Maud F. Berger, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, daughter of Wolfe and Dora (Wassan) Berger, natives of Russia. Mr. Berger is a well known merchant of Boston, Massa- chusetts.
JOHN BENIROWSKI was born in Poland, June 24, 1884, where he spent the first seventeen years of his life, obtaining his education in the public schools. In 1001 he came to the United States and found a home in Danvers, Massachusetts, where he secured a position in the Marston & Brooks Shoe Company, as a factory hand. He remained a shoe factory worker for eleven years, but in 1912 he left Marston & Brooks and entered the agency employ of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany, at Salem, where he remained for five years, mak- ing a good record. In 1916 he started business for him- self as the Polish Investment Company, but in 1919 he changed the name and has since continued business as the Derby Shoe Company, of Salem.
Mr. Benirowski married (second), in 1920, Stella Benirowski, of Salem. By his first marriage he had two children : Andrew and Wanda.
ADDENDA
FRANK AUGUSTINE GARDNER, M. D., surgeon, author, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, January 7, 1861, son of Stephen Wilson and Marion Wallace (Woods) Gardner, and a descendant of Thomas Gardner, planter, and Roger Conant, governor, who settled at Salem in 1626.
Dr. Gardner was educated in the Salem public schools, Peabody High School (1878), Salem High School (1879), Boston University (1882), and took his M. D. degree in 1883, then pursuing post-graduate courses. He married, June 15, 1887, Caroline L. Read, of Salem (died April 23, 1902), and married (second) Marion R. Fuller, of Salem, Massachusetts, October 31, 1906. He has two daughters: Pauline, born November 9, 1888 (Smith College, 1912), wife of Captain Philip S. Donnell, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dorothy, born June 19, 1910.
Dr. Gardner began practice in Peabody, Massachu- setts, in 1883, and in Salem in ISS4; was resident physician to Consumptives' Home, Grove Hall, 1882-83; lecturer on first aid, etc., to Salem Young Men's Chris- tian Association; major surgeon Salem Light Infantry Veteran Battalion. He is a member of the Massachu- setts Surgical and Gynaecological Society (president, 1901); Massachusetts Society of Examining Physicians; Essex Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Salem Council, Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs are the Patria and Helmet. He is a Republican in politics, and a Baptist in religion.
Dr. Gardner is deeply interested in local history, and is the author of a number of volumes of lasting worth: "Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some of His Descend- ants;" "The Founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony;" "The Old Planters at Salem;" "John Endi- cott and the Men Who Came in the Arbella in 1628;" "The Higginson-Skelton Migration to Salem in 1629;" "Glover's Marblehead Regiment in the War of the Revolution:" and the histories of many other Massa- chusetts regiments in the same war. Chapters II and III on "The Story of the Planters" in our present work, "History of Essex County," are from his pen. He is a member of various historical and kindred asso- ciations: The Essex Institute, the Old Planters Soci- ety (president), president of the Gardner Family Asso- ciation, first vice-president of the Roger Conant Family Association, and president of the Lakewood Grove and the Birches Improvement Association.
Dr. Gardner's professional office is in No. 27 Kilby street, Boston; home, 23 North street, Salem; and sum- mer residence, Lakewood Grove, East Weymouth.
CHARLES HOWARD BANGS, M. D., was born in Limerick, York county, Maine, April 14, 1861, only child of William B. and Martha Philpot (Sweat) Bangs, and is a descendant of many long lines of Ameri-
can ancestry. It has been a source of satisfaction to him to assist in tracing the history of his family through four hundred years and to organize a family association which, under the name of The Edward Bangs Descend- ants, Inc., has a membership in more than thirty States, Canada and England. Under the title of "Edward Bangs the Pilgrim," he has published all that is known of the life of the founder of the American branch of the Bangs family and his forty years of public service in Plymouthi colony.
Dr. Bangs spent his boyhood on the farm of his father and grandfather, and received his education in the schools of that town. At the age of seventeen he was obliged to assume the responsibilities of manhood, and continued to acquire some parts of an education in the period between harvest and seed time and in the intervals between the terms of school which he taught in the neighboring towns of Parsonsfield, Waterboro, Buxton, Cornish and Standish. He graduated at Lim- erick Academy (chartered as Phillips Limerick Acad- emy in 1808), in June, 1882, having been obliged to pursue much of the course under private instruction. He graduated at the medical school of Maine (Bowdoin College), in June, 1892, having pursued his studies at the above college, Portland School for Medical In- struction, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Balti- more, and Maryland Maternity Hospital. He practiced for a few months in Sanford, Maine, and removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, in September, 1892, where he resided until 1916, when he removed just across the boundary of Lynn to the town of Swampscott. He established an office in Boston in 1908, devoting himself to the practice of dermatology. He was for fifteen years the dermatologist at Lynn Hospital, and for several years has filled that position at the Middlesex Hospital at Cambridge. He is a member of the Ameri- can Medical Association and has been frequently as- signed by that society to speak upon Public Health in various parts of New England. A Fellow of the Mas- sachusetts Medical Society, he has served for twelve or more years on its council, and has represented the society twice as a delegate to the Maine Medical Society. He was president of the Essex South District Medical Society during its centennial year, having previously served as its secretary and upon its board of censors. He helped organize the Lynn Medical fraternity, and has filled every elective office in that body and served on many of its committees. He was one of the mem- bers of the American Congress on Internal Medicine at its organization, and is an active member of the New England Dermatological Society. His writings have appeared in various medical journals and health publications. His love for teaching and his realization that the most direct way to master a subject is to teach it, has caused him to associate himself with the teaching staff of medical schools and hospitals. In his special
Note .- The narratives on this and the following pages were unavoidably delayed until too late to appear in the body of the work .- Editor.
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department of Dermatology he has been called to address the nurses in the training schools of twelve hospitals from Bangor, Maine, to New York City.
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