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CLARENCE S. LUITWIELER.
MARCUS MORTON.
Mr. Luitwieler married Miss Lucy B. Billings, and with two children, Helen and Edward B., resides on Duncklee Street, Newton Highlands.
MARCUS MORTON, member of the school committee from Ward 2, was born in Andover, Mass., April 27, 1862, and is the son of Marcus Morton, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and Abby H. Hoppin.
Mr. Morton graduated from Phillips Academy of Andover in 1879, from Yale College in 1883, from Harvard Law School in 1885, and was admitted to the bar in 1885.
Since then he has been associated in business with Robert M. Morse, Esq., and for five years was a partner of Hon. Charles S. Hamlin in general law practice.
Mr. Morton is a member of the Union, University and Twentieth Century clubs of Boston, a vice-president of the Epis- copal Club, member of the Neighborhood and Tuesday clubs of Newton and of the Bunker Hill Association, and a director and treasurer of the Old Folk's Home of Newton.
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Mr. Morton married Miss Maria E. Welch of Newton, and with two children, Marcus and Helen, resides on Highland Avenue, Newtonville.
ALBERT P. CARTER, alderman, was born in Newtonville Dec. 13, 1873, and is a son of Henry H. and L. Augusta (Paine) Carter. He was educated in the Newton schools, Harvard College (A. B. 1894), and Harvard Law School (LL. B. 1897). He is a grandson of Albert W. Paine, a prominent Maine attorney, and a cousin of Henry W. Paine, for- merly one of the leaders of the Boston bar. Since his admission to the bar Mr. Carter has practised his profession in Bos- ton, being four years in the office of John Lowell, and then forming the firm of Dodge & Carter with Mr. Robert G. Dodge of Newburyport, who has recently been appointed an assistant attorney gen- eral of the Commonwealth.
Mr. Carter has served for four years as a member of the Republican ward and city committee, and is chairman of the ward committee. In December, 1901, he was elected a member of the board of alder-
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ALBERT P. CARTER.
ERASTUS T. COLBURN.
men for one year. He is also a member of the Newton Boat Club, president of the Newton High School Alumni Asso- ciation, and treasurer of the Newtonville New Church society.
Mr. Carter married Miss Elizabeth C. Cheney and has one daughter. He re- sides on Highland Avenue, Newtonville.
ERASTUS TALBOT COLBURN, well known in religious and political circles, was born in Westwood, Mass., and is the son of Seth Colburn and Mary A. Tal- bot.
His education was obtained in the gram- mar and Latin schools of Boston and in Pierce Academy.
Mr. Colburn is engaged in the whole- sale dry and fancy goods business. He has been an assessor of Holliston for two years, and is a state trustee of the Massa- chusetts Homeopathic Hospital, and al- though interested in good government and good men, would never take public office for himself.
Mr. Colburn is a director and clerk of the Newton Centre Trust Company, a trustee and member of the executive com-
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LEWIS R. SPEARE.
mittee of the Newton Centre Savings Bank, and has been collector or treasurer of the First Baptist Church for about fif- teen vears.
Mr. Colburn married Elizabeth A. Groves of Boston, and resides on Centre Street, Newton Centre.
LEWIS ROBINSON SPEARE was born in Boston June 6, 1861, and is the son of Hon. Alden and Caroline M. Speare.
He was educated in the common and high schools and then entered business with his father. He is now the president and treasurer of the Alden Speare's Sons Company, president and treasurer of the Ashland Emery and Corundum Com- pany, and president of the Huron Milling Company of Harbor Beach, Mich.
Mr. Speare has never accepted public office, although he served as president of the Oil Trade Club of Boston in 1899 and 1900.
He is a member of the Lotus Club, the Hardware Club, the Drug, Trade, and Lawyers' Club of New York, Exchange Club, Boston Athletic Association, Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Athletic Association of Chicago, and the Newton Club. He is also a member of the New- ton Centre Methodist Episcopal Church.
He married Miss Edith B. Holway, and with one child, Caroline M. Speare, resides on the corner of Sumner and Ward streets, Newton Centre.
EDWIN OTIS CHILDS, register of deeds for the southern district of Middle- sex County and one of the most popular men in the city of Newton, was born in Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 29, 1847, and is the son of Otis and Abigail (Holman) Childs.
He received his education in the public schools of Springfield, Mass., Phillips (Andover) Academy and in Williams Col- lege.
In 1876 Mr. Childs succeeded Mr. Julius L. Clarke as the city clerk of New- ton and held the office until 1883. Prior to his election as register of deeds of the southern district of Middlesex County Mr. Childs was a court officer at East Cam- bridge.
In political life Mr. Childs is and has
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BERTRAND E. TAYLOR.
been an influential member, particularly in municipal affairs. Heserved in the board of aldermen in 1888 and 1889.
Mr. Childs is a member of Isaac Parker Lodge of Masons, of the Waltham Royal Arch Chapter, Adoniram Council, R. and S. M.'s, Boston Commandery, K. T., and of Newton Lodge, I. O. O. F.
Mr. Childs married Miss Caroline A. Chaffin, and with three children, Mary C., Edwin O., Jr., and Carolyn H., resides on Richardson Street.
BERTRAND EUGENE TAYLOR of the firm of Kendall, Taylor & Stevens, architects, Boston, was born in St. Johns- bury, Vt., April 29, 1856, his father being Jacob Taylor and his mother Harriet Thayer of the well-known Massachusetts family of that name.
Mr. Taylor graduated with honors from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1877 and stud- ied architecture for three years in the office of Ober & Rand while taking spe- cial studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also studied spe- cial work on two extensive trips to Europe and is deeply interested in hospital and
sanatoria work, having for many years charge of this class of work for the states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa- chusetts and the cities of Boston and Newton.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the firm of Rand & Taylor from 1881 to 1895, when the present firm of Kendall, Taylor & Stevens was formed. This firm has had charge of the construction at the New- ton Hospital.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the corpora- tion and a trustee of the Newton Centre Savings Bank, and a director in the New- ton Centre Associates and several corpora- tions. He is also a member of the First Congregational Church of Newton Centre, of the 1. O. O. F., Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, 32° ; a founder of the Boston Ar- chitectural Club ; one of the earliest mem- bers of the Newton Club ; member of the National Arts Club of New York and of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Mr. Taylor married Miss Helen Clif- ton Payne in 1883, and with a family of five children, Ruth, Dorothy, Clifton, Aldrich and Marjorie, resides in a cosey home on Gray Cliff Road, Newton Centre.
REV. DANIEL L. FURBER.
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HENRY WAITT.
HENRY WAITT was born in Mal- den, the home of his father and mother, Caleb and Sarah Waitt, in 1842. His edu- cation was acquired in such of the schools as the town then afforded, but his actual training was obtained by contact with the bracing influences of a chosen social and business circle, and during the active days when he was preparing his mind with his school studies he was also planning for the future business career which he had mapped out. At an early age he learned the cigar and tobacco trade and long before he was of age entered into the business on his own responsibility. About 1870 he formed a copartnership with Charles H. Bond at 80 North Street, beginning in a small way, but with ideas of expansion which soon were realized, the business proving a success from the very outset.
Thirty years ago Mr. Waitt wedded Emma L., daughter of James and Julia Farnsworth of Cliftondale, and shortly afterwards took his young bride to his own home in Revere. Here they lived with their only child, a son, until 1898, when the family removed to the new and costly dwelling erected at No. 60 Vernon
Street, Newton. Mr. Waitt was a stanch Republican and temperance advocate. So strong was he in the latter regard that among all his large real estate holdings he would never permit a store or building to be used for the sale of liquor. Mr. Waitt was ardently fond of animals, his love for his fine horses amounting to the tenderness that he would bestow upon a child. Among the superb paintings that adorn the Waitt mansion are several animal pictures of great value, endeared to their late owner by the associations.
The only secret society with which Mr. Waitt was identified was the Masonic order, he having been raised in William Sutton Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Sau- gus a number of years ago, and in which he took a deep interest. He also was an at- tendant of the Eliot Church of Newton.
Mr. Waitt died in Newton on May 7, 1 902.
OLIVER MASON FISHER was born in Henniker, N. H., Nov. 2, 1855, and is a son of Oliver C. and Eliza E. Fisher. His early education was obtained
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GEORGE W. MORSE.
in the academy of Henniker and Contoo- cook, N. H., and he graduated from the Newton High School in 1875. He im- mediately entered the shoe business in Boston, and later, in 1883, became con- nected with M. A. Packard & Co., Boston and Brockton. He became a member of the firm in 1889 and has been its vice- president since its incorporation in 1898. Mr. Fisher married Miss Emily G. Rich- mond in September, 1889, and they reside in the family homestead on Church Street, Newton. They have two daughters liv- ing. Mr. Fisher has always taken an active interest in public matters and was a member of the board of aldermen during 1899, 1900 and 1901, serving on important committees. He is also an officer of Dal- housie Lodge of Masons, a member of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Adoniram Council, Waltham, Gethsemane Com- mandery, the Newton Educational Associa- tion, the Twentieth Century Club, Bos- ton, Hunnewell Club, Home Market Club, Boston Boot and Shoe Club, Boston Trade Club and the Reform Club, New York.
GEORGE W. MORSE was born in Lodi, Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1845. His father was Peter Morse, born in Chester, N. H., and his mother was Mary E. Randall, born in Bedford, Mass., both of old New England ancestors. George W. and his sister, Miss C. Au- gusta Morse of Athens, Ohio, are the only surviving children of Peter and Mary E. (Randall) Morse.
He was one year in the preparatory department of Oberlin College, one year at Chester Academy in Chester, N. H., and was studying in Haverhill, Mass., in May, 1861, when he enlisted, then not quite sixteen years of age, as a private sol- dier in the 2d Massachusetts Infantry. He remained with the regiment until mustered out in July, 1865, as a first lieutenant, commanding one of the companies. He then studied at Andover, Mass., for one year, at the end of that time entering Dartmouth College as a sophomore, and left before graduating to study law. The college has since conferred upon him the degree of A. M.
LIEUT. GEORGE W. MORSE.
Aged 19, commandiog Co. I, 2d Mass. Infaotry " at muster-out " July 1865, after four years and three months continuous service.
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He studied law with Chandler, Shat- tuck & Thayer of Boston, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1869. During his first ten years of practice he was of counsel in many important commercial matters, particularly in the old Massachusetts Cen- tral Railroad and in the failure of N. C. Munson, the great railroad contractor, and was one of the counsel in the Boston, Hart- ford & Erie litigation.
He then served two years as a repre-
and General Electric companies, and while such had charge of the foreclosure and re- organizing of the railway systems of Knox- ville, Tenn., Macon, Ga., and several other southern cities.
He organized the first street railway in Newton, and, following that, several others in Newton and elsewhere, including the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Com- pany. He also organized the Newton- ville Trust Company, the Newton Land
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, NEWTON CENTRE.
sentative from Newton in the legislature of Massachusetts.
Returning to practice he became coun- sel in the great leather failures of F. Shaw & Bros., and in the numerous others which followed that disaster in 1883, in- volving many millions of dollars, and also in the matters of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company.
Later he was one of the counsel for several years for the Thomson-Houston
and Improvement Company, Newton Real Estate Association and Newton Electric Light and Power Company. Mr. Morse was one of the syndicate which donated the Bulloughs Pond Park to the city of Newton.
He is a member of the board of trust- ees in the consolidation of the street rail- ways west of Boston.
Mr. Morse has spent in all four years travelling in Europe, Asia and Africa and
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SECTIONAL VIEW OF GARDENS, MRS. F. C. PERRY, NEWTONVILLE.
in the education of his children in Europe. He is a member of the Newton Club, Boston Athletic and several other Boston clubs ; is also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, and of the Sons of the American Revo- lution.
He is now engaged in the active practice of his profession in Boston, with one part- ner, under the firm name of Morse & Lane.
Mr. Morse married Clara R. Boit, and their children are Harriet C., Gertrude E., Rosalind ( Mrs. Larrabee), Henry B., Samuel F. B. and Genevieve Morse.
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CHARLES W. ROSS.
CHARLES WILSON ROSS, street commissioner of Newton, was born in West Boylston, Mass., March 8, 1849, his parents being William J. and Harriet (Merriam) Ross. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester and West Boylston, and when twenty years of age came to Newton as assistant superintend- ent of the Newton Cemetery. This posi- tion he held until his appointment as superintendent of streets of Newton in December, 1890, an office which was changed by the present city charter to that of street commissioner. To Mr. Ross more than to any other person is due the excellent condition of the streets of the city, and his reputation as a road builder led to his appointment in 1898 as a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission, an office he held with great credit for two years.
Mr. Ross served as a member of the common council from Ward 6 in 188 5-86.
He is a member and past president of the Massachusetts Highway Association, has served as treasurer for many years of the Newton Horticultural Society, and is a member of the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society, of the American Park Asso- ciation and of the Association of Cemetery Superintendents. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Newton Centre and of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons.
Mr. Ross married Miss Ella R. Gould of Newton Upper Falls, and they have five children, H. Wilson Ross, the super- intendent and treasurer of the Newton Cemetery, Emma E. Ross, Hattie A. Ross, Lida M. Ross and George W. Ross.
Mr. Ross resides on Hull Street, New- tonville.
ALBERT EATON WRIGHT, a member of the school committee from Ward I, was born in Hopewell, New Brunswick, and is the son of William C. and Martha (Rogers) Wright. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1885 entered the employ of H. B. Endi- cott & Co., leather merchants, of Boston. He became connected with the Lester- shire Manufacturing Company, boots and shoes, upon its organization in 1891, and in 1894 was elected secretary and treas- urer. In 1901 he retired from that com- pany and formed the firm of A. E.
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GEORGE P. WHITMORE.
Wright & Co., for the manufacture of boots and shoes.
Mr. Wright is a trustee of the New- ton Methodist Episcopal Church, and in December, 1900, was elected a member of the school committee.
Oct. 17, 1894, he married Miss Eliza- beth Mabel, daughter of Captain Charles H. Curry of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, and with a family of two children, a son and a daughter, resides in a beautiful home on Waban Park, Newton.
GEORGE PALFREY WHIT- MORE, a prominent Mason in the city, was born in Boston Nov. 21, 1849, and is a son of Joseph B. and Sarah J. Whit- more. He was educated in the high school of his native city and then entered the employ of the Boston Belting Com- pany as a salesman. In 1883 he was ap- pointed secretary of the company, a posi- tion which he now holds.
Mr. Whitmore is a member and past master of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons ; was chairman of the Masonic Hall build- ing committee and is now president of the Newton Masonic Hall Association ; treas-
urer of the New England Rubber Club ; member of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, Newton Club, Neighborhood Club, Newton Boat Club and the Trade Club of Boston.
He and his family are attendants at the West Newton Unitarian Church. Mr. Whitmore married Miss Alice A. Eaton, and they have three children, Arthur E., Roswell C. and Grace A.
CHARLES ANDREW POTTER was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 15, 1847, and is a son of Andrew B. and Eliza A. Potter.
He was educated in the schools of New- ton, and in 1867 entered the employ of Houghton & Dutton of Boston, with whom he now holds the position of buyer of domestic and foreign dry goods.
Mr. Potter is an incorporator and vice- president of the West Newton Savings Bank, and an incorporator, director and member of the investment committee of the West Newton National Bank. He is a member of the West Newton Uni- tarian Church and has served upon its
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G. FREDERIC SIMPSON.
standing committee ; and also belongs to the Newton and Northgate clubs.
He married Miss S. Anna Paige, and they have had five children, Elizabeth A .. Frederic A., Andrew B., Kenneth P. (de- ceased ) and Wilfred D). Potter.
GEORGE FREDERIC SIMPSON was born at Sullivan, Me., the son of Captain Amos B. and Amelia ( McKay) Simpson.
He was educated in the common schools. When young he enlisted in the 26th Maine Regiment and saw consider- able service in the Civil War at the siege of Port Hudson and other battles. His health gave out, but he remained with his regiment and was honorably discharged and mustered out at Bangor, Me., in 1863.
After the war he was employed in the granite business for several years, then afterwards went to sea for a time. In 1869, with his brother James, he organized the firm of Simpson Bros., and engaged in the business of bituminous and cement concrete paving. In 1885, with his brothers Joseph B. and James, he estab- lished the firm of Simpson Bros. of Chi- cago, Ill. Both these concerns were suc-
cessful, but after the death of James in 1896 the Chicago company, at that time a corporation, was sold and the Boston business incorporated with Mr. Simpson as president, which position he still retains.
Mr. Simpson was interested in building the Newton & Boston, Wellesley & Bos- ton, Newtonville & Watertown and Lex- ington & Boston street railways, being a director in the three first named until they were consolidated with others.
He is an attendant of Channing Church and a member of its standing committee, trustee of the Newton Savings Bank, a director in the Newtonville Trust Com- pany and Newton Co-operative Bank, and a member of the Newton, Hunnewell and Katahdin clubs and Charles Ward Post, G. A. R.
Mr. Simpson has lived in Newton since 1872, and resides at the corner of Franklin and Eldredge streets.
GEORGE SAWYER BULLENS, one of the well-known financiers of the city, was born in Walpole, Mass., April 13, 1829. His parents were Elisha and Nancy M. (Sawyer) Bullens.
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FRANCIS MURDOCK.
Mr. Bullens was educated in the public schools of Chicopee, Mass., and then en- tered the commission dry goods business in the firm of J. C. Howe & Co. He remained with this firm for twenty-three years, the last seven years as a partner. In 1875 on the dissolution of this firm he en- tered the banking business under the name of Bullens & Mixter. This firm was dis- solved in 1878 upon his election as presi- dent of the National Revere Bank. This position he held for twenty years, until the bank was merged into the National Shaw- mut Bank.
Mr. Bullens was an alderman in 1876, 1877 and 1878, and reorganized the treas- ury department, introducing new methods which with additions are still in force. He served as a trustee of the Suffolk Savings Bank from 1871 to 1902, and was a mem- ber of its board of investment from 1876 to 1900. He was elected treasurer of the Newton Hospital in 1882 and still holds that office. In 1884 he was appointed a sinking fund commissioner of the city and has served as chairman of the board for many years. He was also treasurer of Grace Church from 1860 to 1881,
and has been a warden since the latter date.
He married Miss Caroline A. Jerome, a native of Boston, and their children have been Edmund W., Charlotte L., George L. Bullens and Mary W. (who married Robert M. Raymond).
Mr. Bullens has resided in Newton since 1859, and in his present house, 78 Waver- ley Avenue, since 1870.
FRANCIS MURDOCK was born at Waltham, Mass., Oct. 28, 1835, his par- ents being George and Mary A. (Bacon) Murdock. The family moved to Brighton when he was six months old, and a few years later came to Newton which has since been his home.
He received his education in the com- mon schools of Newton and at Deacon Woodward's private school.
He then entered the store of his uncle, Mr. George W. Bacon, was later made a partner, and subsequently succeeded to the entire business, which had always been lo- cated in Bacon Block, opposite the New- ton National Bank. In 1885 Mr. Mur- dock was elected the treasurer of the Newton and Watertown Gaslight Com- pany, a position he now holds, and in 1896 he succeeded the late Joseph N. Bacon as president of the Newton Na- tional Bank. Mr. Murdock has been a director and agent for the Middlesex Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company of Concord, Mass., and is also a general insurance agent for the city.
Mr. Murdock attends the Eliot Church and was a member of the building com- mittee of the present structure. He is a director in the Newton National Bank, a trustee and member of the investment committee of the Newton Savings Bank, a trustee of the Newton Cemetery and a member of the Hunnewell Club.
Mr. Murdock has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Henrietta C. Sullivan and his present wife Miss Mary W. Fuller.
He resides on Centre Street, Newton.
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ALONZO R. WEED.
ALONZO ROGERS WEED, presi- dent of the board of aldermen, was born in Bangor, Me., Jan. 22, 1867, and is a son of Alonzo S. and Esther A. (Marston) Weed.
He was educated in the Newton schools, graduated from the high school in 1883, from Harvard College in 1887 (A. B.) and from the Boston University Law School in 1890 (LL. B.). Upon his ad- mission to the bar in 1890 he formed a partnership with his brother, under the name of Weed & Weed, with offices on Devonshire Street. The firm are the at- torneys for the Newton Co-operative Bank, and Mr. Weed has also been an instructor in equity at the Boston University since 1894. He was also a member of the Massachusetts Naval Militia from 1892 to 1895.
Mr. Weed is an active Republican and was elected to the board of aldermen from Ward 7 in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902,and was the unanimous choice of his associates for the presidency of that body in 1902. Mr. Weed is an influential member of the Newton Methodist Church, and is also a member of the Hunnewell Club.
He married Miss Charlotte Ford At- water, and with one child, Anne Atwater Weed, resides in the family homestead on Park Street.
ANDREW SUMNER MARCH was born at Boston, Mass., June 24, 1833, his parents being Andrew S. and Ann E. March. He was educated at Chauncy- Hall School at Boston.
In business Mr. March was for about half a century the selling agent of J. & P. Coats of Paisley, Scotland, with offices in Boston.
Mr. March was treasurer of the Re- becca Pomroy Home for many years, was the treasurer of the Eliot Memorial before it was turned over to the city, and has been the president of the Inglewood Club of New Brunswick for ten years. He is a member of the Eliot Church, and served upon the building committee for the pres- ent edifice. He was also an original member of the Newton and Hunnewell clubs.
Mr. March had two children by his first wife, Annie and Andrew S., Jr., and
ANDREW S. MARCH.
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GEORGE E. ARMSTRONG.
three children, Herbert B., Arthur Wins- low (who died in infancy) and Clare Dor- othy March by his present wife, formerly Miss Melissa Jencks.
He resides on Park Street, Newton.
GEORGE ERNEST ARM- STRONG, a well-known Boston banker, was born in that city Sept. 27, 1857, his parents being William and Margaret (Harper) Armstrong.
He received his education in the public schools of his native city, including the English High and Boston Latin schools.
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