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Colonel Edes is a noted rifle shot, and in 1889 was a member of the Ameri- can rifle team which went to England and defeated the rifle teams of the mother country in every match that was shot.
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In business he is the New England agent of the Sawyer-Man Electric Company.
He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution, Royal Arcanum, Monitor Lodge of Masons, Derryfield Club of Manchester, N. H., Portsmouth Gun Club, and ex-president and now secretary of the Claflin Guard Veteran Association.
He married Miss Emma F. Stanley, and resides on Carleton Street, Newton.
WILLIAM C. STRONG, the Nestor of the village of Waban, was born at Hardwick, Vt., Aug. 18, 1823, and is the son of Elnathan S. and Jane (Chamber- lain) Strong.
He was educated at Dartmouth Col- lege and adopted the profession of law. His love for horticulture was stronger than his taste for law and he soon became well known as a horticulturist. He is the author of works on " Fruit Culture" and " Culture of the Grape." He is an ex-president of the Massachusetts Horti- cultural Society and is the vice-president of the American Pomological Society. He served in the common council from Ward 5 in 1880. During the Civil War
WILLIAM C. STRONG.
CHARLES H. STONE.
he rendered active service in the Christian Commission.
Mr. Strong is a member of the New- ton Highlands Congregational Church.
In 1848 he married Margaret Breck, and they had one child, Helen B., now Mrs. L. M. Flint. In 1864 he married Miss Mary J. Davis, and they have had four children, Miss Margaret L., Jose- phine (deceased), Miss Isabel L. and Dr. Lawrence W. Strong.
He resides on Windsor Road, Waban, a village which in a large measure owes its splendid growth to his foresight and en- terprise.
CHARLES HOBART STONE was born in that part of Watertown, Mass., now known as Belmont on May 25, 1827, his parents being Charles and Sarah (Ho- bart) Stone.
He was educated in the public and pri- vate schools of his native place and stayed on the home farm until 1852, when he formed a partnership with Isaac Stickney in the produce commission business in Boston. In 1862 he bought out Mr. Stickney and continued the business in the
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WILLIAM O. DELANO.
same store until his death on June 12, 1899.
Mr. Stone served as a member of the school committee of the city from 1882 to 1888 inclusive, and was a member of the Channing Religious Society, serving on its standing committee from 1878 to 1883 inclusive.
Mr. Stone resided for many years before his death on Bellevue Street, Mt. Ida.
He married Miss Mary Augusta Green of Townsend in 1855, and two sons were the result of the marriage, Fred W. Stone, of the firm of C. H. Stone & Co., and Charles A. Stone, of the firm of Stone & Webster.
WILLIAM OTIS DELANO, son of William P. and Elizabeth A., was born at Pembroke, Mass., on Nov. 5, 1858. His parents afterwards moved to Newburyport where he received his edu- cation in the grammar and high schools there.
After leaving school he entered the em- ploy of the wholesale grocery firm of Thomas Dana & Co. in March, 1876. Jan. 1, 1885, he became a member of the
firm of Thomas Dana & Co., this firm being succeeded in 1891 by the W. H. Raymond Grocery Co., of which cor- poration Mr. Delano was treasurer. The present firm of Delano, Potter & Co. succeeded the Raymond Co. in 1898. This firm does a large business in whole- sale teas and groceries.
Mr. Delano attends the Unitarian Church and is a member of the Newton Club.
He married Miss Grace L. Curtis, and with their two children, Curtis and Alice Delano, they reside in a beautiful resi- dence on Washington Street, Newton.
WILLIAM HERMON ALLEN was born at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12, 1864, and is the son of Jeremiah M. and Har- riet (Griswold) Allen.
He was educated in the public schools of his native city and after a year's experi- ence in the fire insurance business came to Newtonville to reside in 1884. He became connected with the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, and is now the assistant manager of the North- eastern department of that company.
WILLIAM H. ALLEN.
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WILLIAM J. FOLLETT.
Mr. Allen attends the Central Congre- gational Church and is a member of the Trade Club of Boston and the Newton Club and Albemarle Golf Club of Newton. He also served on the Republican ward and city committee from 1900 to 1902.
Mr. Allen married Miss Lillian I. Booth, and they have one child, Jeremiah Mervin Allen, 2nd.
WILLIAM JOHN FOLLETT was born in Granville, Ohio, May 14, 18 56, his parents being Austin W. and Mary A. Follett.
He received his education in the country schools of Ohio and at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, and since 1880 has been engaged in business as a wool merchant.
Mr. Follett is a member of the Eliot Church and of the Algonquin and New York Athletic clubs. He was most active in organizing the Newton Club, and served for some years as chairman of its executive committee. He was also chairman of the building committee which erected the present clubhouse and he is an honorary life member of the club.
Mr. Follett has also been a prominent
figure in municipal politics, serving as chairman of the Democratic city commit- tee, and an influential factor in the citizens' movement of a decade or two ago.
He married Miss Nellie Dana Wood- bridge, and with two sons, Austin W. and William D. Follett, resides on Eldredge Street, Newton.
DANIEL SULLIVAN EMERY was born at Sullivan, Me., and is the son of Hiram and Rachael (Simpson) Emery. He was educated in the common schools and in 1850 came to Boston and entered a ship chandler's store as clerk and sales- man. Jan. 1, 1857, he began business as a ship broker with his eldest brother, the late John S. Emery, under the style of John S. Emery & Co., continuing un- til 1901 when the business was incorpo- rated, with Mr. Emery as president. Since its establishment the firm has managed a large fleet of sailing vessels in both the coastwise and foreign trade, sailing to all parts of the world, and it is now the old- est firm in Boston in that line of business.
Mr. Emery has never held any public office, but was a director in the New Eng-
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land Marine Insurance Company until it went out of business after the great Bos- ton fire. He is at present a director of the Boston Insurance Company, a director and a former president of the East Boston Dry Dock Company, until its sale to the At- lantic Works, a member and a former di- rector of the Boston Chamber of Com- merce, a director of the Commercial Na- tional Bank for twelve years, resigning on account of private business, a member of the Bostonian Society, of the Boston Ma- rine Society, a member of the New Eng- land Ship Owners' Association, of the Pine Tree Club of Boston, the Katahdin and Hunnewell clubs of Newton, and of the American Bureau of Shipping of New York.
Mr. Emery married Miss Lydia S. Hill, also of Sullivan, Me., and their sur- viving children are Ralph C. and Georgia H. Emery.
For nearly twenty years Mr. Emery made his summer home at Auburndale, but has been a resident of Newton since 1893, when he built a beautiful home on Waverley Avenue.
S. EDWARD HOWARD, member of the school committee from Ward 3, was born at Jamaica, Vt., May 15, 1840, and is the son of Nathan S. and Cilista C. Howard.
He received his education in the dis- trict school and at Leland Seminary, Townsend, Vt., and on the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as a private in the 8th Vermont Regiment. His army serv- ice lasted between three and four years, and he was wounded three times. He was rapidly promoted and commissioned as captain for gallantry on the field, for which he received a Congressional medal. After the war he engaged in the hardware business at Brattleboro, Vt., until 1879, when he entered the cattle business in Montana and Texas, which he followed until 1891, and since which time he has not been in active business.
Captain Howard represented the city in the legislature in 1891 and 1892, and has
S. EDWARD HOWARD.
been a member of the school committee since 1900. He attends the Congrega- tional Church and is a member of the Loyal Legion, Brae-Burn Golf Club, North Gate Club, the G. A. R. and the Vermont Association of Boston.
Captain Howard married Miss Helen E. Marsh, and with one daughter, Pauline S., resides on Putnam Street, West Newton.
VERNON EATON CARPEN- TER was born at Thompson, Conn., May 15, 1833, his parents being Richard and Cynthia ( Walker) Carpenter. He re- ceived his education in the common schools.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of the first city government of Newton, serving in the common council in 1874 and 1875 and as a member of the board of aldermen in 1876 from Ward 3.
He was married to Miss Martha J. Bal- lard, now deceased, and they have had four daughters, Fanny Ballard, Alice M., the wife of William J. Clark of Chicago, Josephine C. and Clara L. Carpenter.
Mr. Carpenter is a member of the West Newton Congregational Church and resides on Waltham Street, West Newton.
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RESIDENCE, WILLIAM O. DELANO, WASHINGTON STREET.
WILLIAM EDWARDS HUNT- INGTON, dean of the Boston Univer- sity, was born in Hillsboro, Ill., July 30, 1844, the son of William P. and Lucy (Edwards) Huntington.
He graduated with the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from the University of Wisconsin and S. T. B. and Ph. D. from Boston University.
He enlisted in the Civil War and at its close in 1865 held the rank of first lieu-
tenant. From 1868 to 1882 he was en- gaged in his profession as a Methodist clergyman, and was then selected as the dean of the college of Liberal Arts at Bos- ton University.
He was a member of the school com- mittee of Newton from 1895 to 1900.
He married Miss Ella M., daughter of the Hon. Alden Speare, and they have four children, Raymond E., Emma C., Genevieve and Miriam.
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RESIDENCE, EDWIN B. HASKELL, VISTA HILL.
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THE SACO AND PETTEE MA- CHINE SHOPS of Newton Upper Falls, Mass., were established by Mr. Otis Pettee in 1831, and manufacture cotton machinery.
After the death of Mr. Pettee the busi- ness was continued by his two sons, Otis and George, and his son-in-law, Henry Billings, under the firm name of Otis Pet- tee & Co.
During the year 1880 Henry Billings
state in the Union where cotton mills are located. They do a very large business in the southern states as well as in the north- ern states, and have an office at Charlotte, N. C.
In 1897 the Pettee Machine Works was consolidated with the Saco Water Power Machine Shop of Biddeford, Me., under the name of the Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, with a capital of $800,- 000 and organized under Massachusetts
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bought out the interests of Otis Pettee and George Pettee and continued the business under the name of Pettee Machine Works. In the year 1882 the business was incor- porated as a stock company, with a capital of $200,000, with Mr. Henry Billings as president. At this time the company em- ployed about two hundred men.
During the last few years the business of the corporation has been constantly in- creasing, and their machinery is in every
laws, with the main office at Newton Up- per Falls, and the management of the new corporation under the same control as that of the Pettee Machine Works.
The corporation now employs a total of over two thousand men, one thousand four hundred at Biddeford, and about seven hundred at Newton Upper Falls.
The officers of the corporation are: Henry S. Shaw, president; R. P. Snelling, treasurer ; Frank J. Hale, general agent.
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CONTENTS.
Page
Adams, A. F. 152
Allen, W. H. . 188
Armstrong, G. E. 145
Auburndale Village Improve-
ment Society 50
Avery, C. F. 149
Ayer, H. L.
178
Bacon, B. F. 79
Bacon, W. F. 108
Baily, Henry .
178
Baptist Church
49
Barber, D. F.
165
Barbour, A. L.
149
Barker, H. E.
118
Bassett, H. D.
120, 121
Batt, C. R.
99
Bigelow Grammar School, Hart- well, Richardson & Driver, Architects 51
Bishop, G. W. 93
Blake, P. M. 182
Bond, G. H. . 152
Bothfeld, H. E.
60,61
Bowen, E. B. . 154, 176
Brackett, Albert 147
Bray, Mellen 128
Bray's Block .
66
Bridges, G. E. 170
Bridgham, P. C. .
70, 122
Bullard, G. P. 78, 117
Bullens, G. S. 142
Burr, C. C. 183
Burr, I. T. .
151
Burr, H. M.
69
Burrage, H. L.
68
Carpenter, V. E. 190
Carter, A. P. 133
Carter, J. R. 56
Central Congregational Church, Hartwell, Richardson & Dri- ver, Architects 123
Channing Church 12
Channing Church (Old) 52
Charles River 72, 98
Chase, H. S. 125
Cheney, C. F.
40, 180
Chester, Dwight
107
Childs, E. O. .
134
Follett, W. J.
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Forbush, F. M. 165
Fowle, W. B. .
175
French, J. W.
109
French, S. W.
106,107
Frost, G. A.
73
Furber, D. L., Rev.
135
Gardiner, R. H. 85
Gay, E. W.
159
Goddard, C. M.
146
Gould, J. A.
155
Grace Episcopal Church
20
Hale, F. J. 99,108
Hall, E. K.
127
Hammett, W. F.
124
Harvey, G. D.
100
Harwood, Sydney 166
Haskell, E. B. 57,191
Haskell, E. H.
62, 63
Hatch, E. P. .
95
Hatfield, C. E.
97
Hayward, A. F. .
153
Heath, D. C. .
73, 102
Henry, J. Q. .
112
Hibbard, H. E.
11,96
High School, Hartwell, Rich-
ardson & Driver, Architects . 18
Hinds, F. C.
173
Historical Sketch
3
Hovey, Alvah, Rev.
67
Howard, S. E.
190
Hull Mansion
19
Hunnewell Club
47
Hunt, H. H. .
172
Hunt, O. E., Dr.
59
Huntington, W. E.
191
Hutchinson, Freedom
83
Hyde Grammar School, Hart- well, Richardson & Driver,
Architects 23
Hyde, J. F. C.
54
Introduction
2
Jackson, S. M. . 163
Jackson, W. M. .
97
Jackson House
139
Jaynes, J. C., Rev. 170
Johnson, Frederick
17, 113
Jones, F. E.
80
Jones, S. W.
92,93
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City Hall . 5
Claflin, William 173
Clark, C. P. 92
Clark, F. E., Rev. 65
Clarke, J. L.
103
Clubs and Societies
46
Cobb, A. B
15, 71
Cobb, H. E. 58,91
Coburn, N. P.
106
Colburn, E. T. 133
Colby, Gardner
76
Converse, E. W. 60
Coolidge, W. H. 104, 124
Copeland, F. M. .
180
Crehore, F. M.
88
Curtis, F. G., Dr.
94
Dana, W. F. 78
Davis, Seth
Davis, W. H., Rev. 115
Day, H. B.
Decade of Development
21
188, 191
Dennison, C. S. .
7,82
Echo Bridge
10
Edes, R. B. 186
Edmands, A. L., " Woodside" 80
Edmands, J. W.
174
Eliot Church, George F. Mea- cham, Architect 38
Eliot Block 130
Ellison, W. P. 77
Emerson, W. H. 50, 100
Emery, D. S.
185, 189
Ensign, C. S.
121
Estabrooks, E. J. H.
125
Farley, A. C. 68
Farley, W. T. 127
Farlow Park
8, 116
Felton, F. L.
157
Fenno, J. A.
89
Ferris, A. M. 64
Fillebrown, C. B. 13,101
First Congregational Church 138
Fisher, O. M. . 136
Fiske, G. M. . 120
Fitzpatrick, T. B.
79
Flanders, W. M. 87
102
177
Delano, W. O.
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Kendal, II. W. . 155 Newton Hospital, Nurses' 37
Kenrick House
105
Kimball, J. W. . 158
Kimball, W. F. . 91,164
Kimberley, L. A.
66
Kingsbury, I. F. 129
Knowlton, W. A.
158
Newton Highlands Improve- ment Association 51
Lamson, Jarvis 110, 145
Langford, J. T. .
167
Newtonville Square, 1895 22 Stickney, J. M. 84, 150
Leonard, C. W. . 179
Newtonville Square, 1902 1844
Lord, G. C. 115 Nichols, J. H.
Lovell, W. D. 169
Nickerson, J. H.
Nonantum House, 1870
4
Tarbox, F. A. 182
Taylor, B. E. . 135
Thayer, F. L., Dr. . 76
Thompson, Eben, Dr. 146
Trowbridge, W. B. . 148
Tucker, S. W. 163
March, A. S ..
144
Partridge, W. HI. 71
Mason, E. H.
126
Patrick, H. J., Rev. 162
Masonic Building, Hartwell,
Paul, Luther 114
Richardson & Driver, Archi- tects
16
Pettee, George 128
Wade, L. C. 89
Waitt, Henry 136
Walker, George 147
Walworth, A. C. 67, 70
Mayor and Aldermen, 1901 29
Political View
27
Wardwell, C. H. 153
Melvin, J. C. . 168
Potter, C. A. .
141
Warren, A .. C.
103, 117
Warren, E. W. . 61
Webster, W. E .. 82
Mitchell, A. R. 9, 114
Morgan, G. H. 157
Morse, G. W. 137
Morton, Marcus . 132
Municipal Roster
30
Murdock, Francis 143
Nagle, F. L. . 85
Newton Bank Building, George
F. Meacham, Architect 24
Newton Boat Club .
48
Newton Cemetery .
43, 44, 45
Newton Club, Hartwell, Rich-
ardson & Driver, Architects . 46
Saco & Pettee Machine Works 192
Wiswall, E. T. 118
Newton Free Library 41,42
Sanborn, W. L. .
167
Woodbridge, S. H. 123
Sawyer, Edward
75, 122
Wright, A. E.
140
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Shedd, W. E. 172
Shinn, G. W., Rev. 159
Simpson, G. F. . 104, 142 Simpson, J. B. 164, 168
Slocum, W. S. 119
90 Smith, S. F., Rev. . 6,95
Speare, Alden 58,59
Speare, L. R. 134
Stanley, F. E. 177
Stone, C. H. .
187
Strong, W. C.
187
St. John's Church 151
Lowe, F. M., Dr. 113
Lowell, J. A. . 171
Lowell, John . 171
Norris, A. S. , 112
Luitwieler, C. S. 132
Noyes, A. F. . 109
Mclellan, Edward 175
Palmer, B. S. 75
Mansfield, W. II. 184
Park Street 81
Turner, A. B. 160
Tyler, W. P.
88
Utley, E. R., Dr.
118, 119
Perry, F. C. 139, 154
May, E. P. 156
Mayor and Common Council, 1897 28
Pierce Grammar School 14
Merriam, C. M. 150
Metcalf, Albert 84, 161
Pratt, L. G.
9,62
Weed, A. R. . 144
Weeks, J. W. 54
Wetherbee, F. A. 183
Whitmore, G. P. 141
Ranlett, C. E. 181
Ranlett, F. J.
181
Whittemore, Charles 176
Raymond, F. F., 2nd
169
Whittemore, J. Q. A. . 131
Whittlesey, H. L. . 156
Richardson, W. C. 126
Wholey, D. J., Rev.
162
Riley, C. E. 48
Wilder, H. A.
169
Ross, C. W. 140
Williamson, R. W. .
161
Ross, H. F. 179
Wilson, E. B.
74
Wing, Mitchell 96
Newton Hospital
36
Photographs by Partridge, Newton ; Marshall, Newton ; Elmer Chickering, Boston. Half-Tone Engravings by C. J. Peters & Sons, Boston. Binding by H. M. Plimpton & Co., Boston. Printing by The Bartlett Press, Boston.
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Nonantum Square, 1902 . 111
Pettee, Otis 64
Pickard, E. L. 55
Powers, S. L. . 53
Priest, H. A. .
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Pulsifer, R. M. 86, 87
Putnam, F. H. 185
Whitmore, Henry 148
Richards, J. L. 86, 110
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