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Connell, Arthur Irving, physician and surgeon, was born in Fall River, May 17,
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1865, a son of William and Clarissa (Gifford) Connell. His father was superintend- ent of the public schools of Fall River for twenty two years. Dr. Connell obtained his preparatory education in the public schools, graduating from the Fall River High School in 1883. He then entered Brown Universtiy and completed the regular course at that institution in 1887, receiving the degree of A. B., and three years later the degree of A. M. In the fall of the same year he matriculated at Harvard Medical School and passed three years there. In order to receive the special advantages of the German universities he passed one year as a medical student at Heidelberg, Dresden, Berlin and Vienna, and upon his return to America in 1891 received his degree of doctor of medicine from Harvard. The same year he began his profes- sional career on South Main street, Fall River, where he has since continued. Dr. Connell is a member of the Fall River Medical Society and the Massachusetts Med- ical Society. Ile is physician to the Fall River Hospital, visiting surgeon to the Emergency Hospital and bacteriologist for the city Board of Health.
Connell, Charles W., physican and surgeon, son of William and Clarissa (Gifford) Connell, was born in Fall River, March 10. 1839. His father, William Connell, was superintendent of public schools for a period of twenty-three years, and was a man widely known and popular as an educator. During his administration, and largely through his influence, the plan of furnishing free text books to all children of the schools was put into force in Fall River, which was the first city in Massachusetts to accept the provision of the act of the Legislature, allowing school books to be sup- plied at the public expense. Dr. Connell obtained his preparatory education in the schools of his native city, and was graduated from the high school in 1877. He then entered Brown University and completed the course in that institution in 1881. He taught in the Latin department of the Fall River high school five years and in the meantime began the study of medicine. He matriculated at the medical department of Harvard University and received his medical degree in 1887. Since then he has. been engaged in the practice of medicine in Fall River. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and the Fall River Medical Society; a member of the board of trustees of the Emergency Hospital, and a director of the Pocasset hat factory. His brother, Arthur I. Connell, is also a practicing physician in Fall River. In June, 1893, Dr. Connell married Emma P., daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Borden) Earl. Of this union are two daughters: Clarissa E. and Grace Connell.
Cook, Abraham S .- Prominent among the younger men of the town of Dartmouth who have successfully made their own way is Abraham S. Cook. He was born in Dartmouth, Februry 15, 1871, a son of John and Sarah (Durfee) Cook. Most of his education was received in private schools and during his boyhood he was engaged in farm work. At the age of eighteen he began an apprenticeship to the painter's trade under F. T. Akin of New Bedford, and has ever since followed that business, being now connected with the firm of Kern & Wright in New Bedford. He has always been an earnest advocate of Republican principles and has taken an active part in party politics. The Cook family, several branches of which have been identified with the growth of this vicinity, is of good Puritan stock. Isaac Cook, from whom Abraham S. Cook directly descends, was a captain in the Continental army. Mr. Cook is unmarried.
Cook, Alexander O., plumber and stemheater, son of Perry and Lydia (Gifford)
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Cook, was born at Tiverton, R. I., May 20, 1827. He is a lineal descendant of Thomas Cook, one of the early settlers of Rhode Island. His grandfather, Joseph Cook, was a farmer at Tiverton, and his father was a carpenter and builder. In his youth Mr. Cook worked on the farm in summer and attended school a few months of the winter. In 1843 he united with the Baptist Church in Tiverton, R. I. In 1844 he came to Fall River and learned the trade of tin plate and sheet iron worker and in the mean time went to night school. He worked as a journeyman until 1851, when in company with John Johnston he bought the business of his employer and established the firm of Cook & Johnston in the stove, sheet iron and tin plate busi- ness on South Main street. In 1860 the firm was changed to Shaw & Cook, which afterwards became Cook, Grew & Ashton. Mr. Ashton died in 1873, when the pres- ent firm of Cook & Grew was formed. In 1870 they added plumbing to their busi- ness and soon had a large trade in that line. Mr. Cook has confined his attention closely to his business in which he has prospered and is one of the oldest merchants of Fall River. This firm carries on a general plumbing, steam heating, hot water heating, gas fitting and sheet iron business. Mr. Cook united by letter with the Second Baptist Church of Fall River in 1853. He served on several of the commit- tees at different times and in 1880 was elected deacon, serving in that capacity until 1897 when he withdrew with others and formed the Third Baptist Church, where he is now serving in the capacity of deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school. This church is the outcome of a small Sunday school that was started by and through his efforts and those of his associates thirty-six years ago, and has become a flourishing church. He also assisted in forming, in the year 1868, the Fifth Street Sunday school, so called, which to-day is known as the Foster Street Mission and is a branch of the Second Baptist Church of Fall River. In 1853 he married Mary S. Bronson, daughter of the late Rev. Asa Bronson, who was pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Fall River for several years, and who was one of the prominent factors in the rebuilding of the city after the great fire of 1843. Their children are Charles C. Cook, the well known real estate and insurance agent, and Charlotte E. G. (wife of Walter Titcomb).
Cook, Charles C., insurance manager, real estate operator and notary public, was born in Fall River, Mass., March 28, 1854, a son of Alexander O. and Mary Sher- wood (Bronson) Cook. His mother was the daughter of Elder Asa Bronson, who was pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Fall River, a very prominent and in- fluential clergyman, deeply interested in the growth and development of the city and a promoter of many interests that contributed to the public good of the community. Mr. Cook obtained his education in the public schools of his native city and very early in life began his business career. He first entered the employ of Cook, Grew, & Ashton, who were engaged in the sale of plumbing and heating material and ap- paratus and mill supplies. His father was senior member of the firm, which carried on a large trade in Fall River and vicinity. Charles C. Cook during his connection with this firm had charge of the mill work and outside management of the business. He sustained this relation to the firm for fifteen years, his active and energetic efforts greatly extending the business and enlarging the trade of the firm and helping to prepare him for other positions of trust and responsibility which he has since held. In 1888 he became general agent for Bristol 'county of the Massachusetts Mutual
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Life Insurance Company and devoted himself to the interests of that company for several years. His knowledge of human nature and general adaptability to the busi- ness assisted him in achieving success as a life insurance man. In the mean time he added to his business fire insurance, real estate operations and dealer in local stocks. Since 1894 he has also been district agent, adjuster and general manager for Bristol county of the Travelers Life, Accident and Liability Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Mr. Cook, owing to his good executive ability and mature judg- ment has been called upon to become the business manager of several large estates, including the Andrew J. Borden estate and the John Campbell estate. He does all the building and looks after all business connected with these and other smaller es- tates, whose interests are entrusted to him. October 4, 1877, Mr. Cook married Wealthy W., daughter of Benjamin F. and Margaret (McEwan) Winslow.
Cook, Charles Edward, is the son of Edward C. and Ruth (Cook) Cook, a grandson of William Cook, who was engaged in the China trade and later in farming, and a great-grandson of Isaac Cook, who served as a captain in the Revolutionary war. His father, Edward C., a farmer, was born February 14, 1802, and is still living. Mr. Cook was born in Tiverton, R. I., and when eighteen years old removed with his parents to Dartmouth, Mass., where he remained on the farm until he reached the age of thirty. Ile then came to New Bedford and for ten years was engaged in the meat and produce business where the Standard building now stands. Afterward he became interested in real estate operations, first with S. T. Viall and for several years past with Abbott P. Smith. Mr. Cook was one of the organizers and the first president and manager of the Acushnet Street Railway Company, and after its con- solidation with the Union Street Railway Company he held the position of manager and purchaser for several years. Later he and others built the Dartmouth and Westport Street Railroad, of which he is now a director and vice-president. He married a daughter of Royal Sherman of Dartmouth, where his only son, Edward R., is engaged in business.
Cook, William, was born in New Bedford, in August, 1883, a son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Hudson) Cook. During his boyhood he attended the common schools of New Bedford and later an academy at Kingston, Mass. When a young man he went to sea, making one voyage to Calcutta and one to the West Indies. He then went into his father's business, the firm being Cook & Snow, ship agents and outfitters. After some time he was given an interest in this firm. In 1863 he enlisted in the Sixth Company of the Unattached Heavy Artillery and was made a junior first lieu- tenant and afterward promoted to senior first lieutenant. He had previously been a member of the City Guards for some length of time and had thus gained experience which fitted him for this position. He served one year and then established himself in the merchant tailoring business in New Bedford under the name of William Cook & Co .; his business was located on Union street in the building east of the Mansion House, and he afterwards moved across the street to the present First National Bank building. In 1871 he sold out and became a traveling salesman for the Boston firm of Brigham, Jones & Co., woolens and tailors' supplies. He remained in their em- ploy until 1873, when he was appointed a general agent of the Equitable Life Insur- ance Company, which position he held until his death. Mr. Cook was a prominent member of the volunteer fire department and served for some time as assistant en-
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gineer. He was a member of many fraternal organizations and of various temper- ance societies. At the time of his death he was district deputy grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a man who gained the respect of all and enjoyed the esteem of a wide circle of friends. Ile was a sincere and earnest advocate of temperance and did all he could to advance the cause in New Bedford. With his pen he was alwas ready and was a frequent contributor to the local press and for some time a correspondent of the Boston Globe. He died on March 20, 1876, in the forty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Cook married, in 1855, Cornelia A., daughter of Otis Seabury of New Bedford, and she survives him. Their children were six: Clarence A., Elizabeth B., wife of W. A. Mackie of New Bedford; Francis A. (de- ceased); Mary T., wife of James E. Stanton, jr., of New Bedford; Cornelia S., wife of Dr. Harlon P. Abbott of Providence, R. I., and Otis S. Clarence A. Cook, son of William and Cornelia (Seabury) Cook, was born in New Bedford, January 11, 1856. He was educated in the public and the high schools and in H. H. Allen's private school in New Bedford. After leaving school he entered the employ of the New Bedford Copper Company as an office boy and remained in their employ, although not in that capacity, having been successively promoted, until 1876, when he succeeded his father as general manager of the Equitable Life Insurance Society, being asso- ciated in the insurance business with Hon. George B. Riclimond under the firm name of Richmond & Cook. In 1878 he went to Boston and entered the employ of Holder & Herrick, dealers in tin plate and sheet iron and Boston agents of the New Bedford Copper Company. He was first employed as bookkeeper, but in a short time went on the road as a traveling salesman, meantime keeping his residence in New Bed- ford. In June, 1891, he was elected treasurer of the New Bedford Copper Company to succeed William H. Mathews. Mr. Cook is a member and vice-president of the New Bedford Board of Trade, trustee of the Institution for Savings and a director of the New Bedford Copper Company; Union Street Railway Company; Dartmouth Mills; Bennett Spinning Company; Lambeth Rope Company; the Masonic Building Association; and the National Bank of Commerce. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum; Dartmouth Club, and vice-president of the Wamsutta Club of New Bed- ford and of the Exchange Club of Boston. Mr. Cook married, in May, 1876, Sarah L. Allen, daughter of George F. Allen of California, and they have one daughter, Bertha Allen Cook.
Cook, William Henry, city assessor, a son of Benjamin and Margaret (Smith) Cook, was born in Fall River, March 7, 1856. Ilis parents came from Burnley, England, to Fall River in 1848, where William H. Cook received his education in the public schools. At the age of fifteen years he secured employment with Almy & Milne, publishers of the Fall River News; he remained in their office twenty-two years and during this long period of faithful service became thoroughly trained in the art of printing. Mr. Cook represented Ward 2 in the Common Council in 1885 and 1886, serving on the committees on fire department, printing and streets. In 1803 he was elected city assessor for a term of three years, and at the expiration of that time was re-elected in 1896 for a similar term. He is a member of King Philip Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Columbian Club.
Cooke, Rev. M. J., rector of St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, was born in Ulster county, Ireland. When eighteen years of age he came to this country to be edu-
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cated for the preisthood, and was sent to the Sulpician Fathers' College and Semi- nary at Montreal. Completing the rigid courses of instruction with success, he was ordained to the ministry in that city, December 23, 1876. He acted as assistant in dif- ferent places until 1884, when he took charge of his first pastorate at Harrisville, R. I., where he remained until November 1, 1890, at which date he came to Fall River to take charge of St. Patrick's Church. Father Cooke's congregation numbers about 6,000 souls. He has under his charge two assistants, and a parochial school employing a staff of six teachers and with an average attendance of 400 children. During his pastorate he has thoroughly completed the new church and has also built the IIoly Name Hall for the young men of his congregation. The church has pros- pered greatly under his care and he has a host of warm friends throughout the city.
Cornell, Charles Frederick, superintendent of public cemeteries, is the son of John M. Cornell, a native of Attleborough, Mass., and Patience S. Tucker, his wife, daughter of Griffin Tucker and Nioba West, of Bristol county. His grandfather, William Cornell, was a farmer and a soldier in the war of 1812. John M. Cornell came to New Bedford in early life, and for seventeen years was sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery. He died in 1891 and his wife in 1895. Charles F. Cornell was born in New Bedford. Mass., November 20, 1887, received a public school education, and learned the painter's trade. When sixteen he shipped on a whaling vessel. Later he was for twelve years in the coastwise merchant service, filling every position to that of master mariner. In 1872 he was appointed sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery, which post he filled until 1894, when he was made superintendent. Since May, 1895, he has been superintendent of the public cemeteries of New Bedford, taking the office when it was created and filling it with credit and satisfaction. He is a mem- ber of the Veteran Firemen's Association; the Knights of Pythias; the Odd Fellows and other fraternal societies. In 1857 he married Azubah Mayo Nickerson of Har- wich, Mass.
Cottrell, William T., is a native of Rhode Island, born in Tiverton, May 17, 1843, a son of Benjamin and Ann (Grinnell) Cottrell. Ile has lived in Fall River almost all his life. He enlisted December 9, 1861, in the R. I. Heavy Artillery, served three years and four months, and then re-enlisted for two and one-half years. He participated in the siege of Morris Island off Charleston and Fort Wagner, Fort Pulaski, etc., and also in several battles, being mustered out at the close of the war. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Pilgrim Fathers. Mr. Cottrell married first, Hannah Leary, who died leaving two children: William and Hannah. Ilis second wife was Josephine Legacy, and they have four children: George, Henry, Norman and Ilannab. Mr. Cottrell established his present marble and granite business in 1894 and is known as an expert in his trade as well as a reliable business man.
Couch, Leonard Crocker, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 26, 1856, son of Major General Darius N. and Mary Caroline (Crocker) Couch. He obtained his ed- ucation in Norwalk, Conn. He came to Taunton in 1875 and went to the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company to learn the trade of machinist, and by patient and persistent work he soon reached the top and was made superintendent of the locomotive department and also took charge of the draughting room. He remained with them until they stopped building locomotives and then he engaged with the
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Fitchburg Railroad as chief draughtsman in their locomotive department, where he remained one year. After the death of Andrew S. Briggs, of Taunton, in 1800, Mr. Couch bought his insurance business and good will, and has continued very success- fully up to the present time. Ile was married in April, 1882, to Cecilia May Francis, who died May 20, 1804, leaving two children: Cecil Thomas, born May 20, 1883, and Caroline Avis, born April 11, 1885. Mr. Couch is at present a park commissioner of the city of Taunton and a member of the following societies: Aztec Club of 1847; Sons of the American Revolution, and Sons of Veterans, U. S. A.
Coughlin, Richard Patrick, was born in Whitman, Mass., April 10, 1873, a son of John and Johanna (Grady) Coughlin. Ile received his early education in the public schools of Whitman and was graduated from the Boston University Law School in the class of 1894. In June of this same year he was admitted to the bar and started an office for himself in Rockland, remaining there about six months and then came to Taunton in 1805, where his practice has steadily increased and although one of the youngest lawyers here he is not by any means the least successful.
Covel, Thomas D., son of Benjamin and Angeline (Baker) Covel, was born in Fall River, June 21, 1850. He attended the public schools of that city and later was grad- uated from Scofield's Commercial School at Providence, R. I. He then was em- ployed for some time as a clerk in a grocery store owned by his brothers, subse- quently securing a position in the office of the Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactur- ing Company as an assistant. The following year (1873) he formed a copartnership for the conduct of a general hardware business with Mr. Sanford, under the firm name of Sanford & Covel. This association continued until 1884, when Mr. Sanford retired to engage in the manufacture of cotton goods and the present firm of Covel & Osborn was formed by the admission of James E. Osborn. This firm has since conducted an extensive business and for several years has made a specialty of man- ufacturing cotton banding. Mr. Covel is a director of the Arkwright Mills and the Troy Loan Association; president and director of the National Union Bank and trustee of the Union Savings Bank. In October, 1876, he married Betsey P. Gray, daughter of Franklin Gray of Fall River.
Cox, Peter E., was born in England, April 24, 1867, a son of Peter and Theresa (O'Rourke) Cox. He came to America in 1876, settling in Fall River, where he first worked in a cotton mill for three years, and then spent six years in the loom-harness business. In 1888 he embarked in the cigar and tobacco business, of which he has made a great success, being one of the leading dealers of Bristol county. He was first located on Bedford street and thence removed to his present location at 12 North Main. Mr. Cox has taken an active part in politics since he became of age and has twice been nominated by his party (Democratic) for councilman. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Crandall, George N., was born in Charlestown, R. I., October 27, 1819, a son of George N. and Thankful (Greene) Crandall, and grandson of Oliver Crandall, one of the prominent Quakers of that town. Mr. Crandall's father was a farmer and dealt largely in live stock and sheep; he died in 1856. George N. Crandall was ed- ucated in the public schools and at the age of twenty-one (in 1840) began life in mer- cantile business. In 1841 he established the firm of Crandall & Segar, in Westerly,
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R. I., and in 1847 purchased Mr. Segar's interest, and disposed of the business in 1849. He then kept a hotel and the post-office in Natick. R. I., two years. In 18.55 be established the firm of Whipple & Crandall, in Attleborough, Mass., and in 1861 purchased Mr. Whipple's interest, disposing of the business in 1866. Mr. Crandall has served as selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, member of the Board of Health, a special commissioner of Bristol county eighteen years, represented the town in the General Court in 1881, was justice of the peace fourteen years and super- intendent and treasurer of the gas company fifteen years. In 1844 Mr. Crandall married Maria S., daughter of Jesse Babcock, of Kingston, R. I., who died in 1856, leaving one son, George H. Mr. Crandall married second, Frances A., daughter of Dr. Alfred Martin of Attleborough, Mass.
Cross, James W., president of the Fall River Rubber Company, was born in Black- burn, England, April 1, 1869, a son of John W. and -Elizabeth (Ballard) Cross. He came to America with his parents when six months old, settling in Lawrence, Mass., for a short time and thence removing to Lowell, Mass. He obtained his education in the public schools and early in life was employed by the Lowell Rubber Company, in whose employ he remained eight years. In November, 1891, he came to Fall River to take charge of the company's store, which was established October 1, 1887. Through his energy and business ability he greatly enlarged the business of the store, and in February, 1896, together with others, organized the Fall River Rubber Company, which was incorporated in the same year. This company is engaged in the wholesale and retail trade in all kinds of rubber goods and are constantly extend- ing their business. Before the company was incorporated, J. Francis Hayward was proprietor of the store, and when it was incorporated Mr. Cross was made president and Mr. Hayward treasurer, who remained in that position until his death in 1897, when Mrs. K. W. Hayward became treasurer. Mr. Cross was married, November 9, 1893, to Julia Etta Chace, daughter of Leander F. and Mercy A. Chace of Fall River. They have two children: Eunice Howard and Ida Chace Cross. Mr. Cross is the inventor of a new and useful device for an attachable rubber heel on shoes, and is actively engaged in its manufacture and sale.
Crowell, Ezra, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1820, a son of Ezra and Nancy (Flinn) Crowell. He was educated in the public schools of Centerville, Mass., to which place his parents removed when he was six years old. After leaving school he learned the trade of painting and glazing, at which he worked until 1855, when he came to Taunton and started in business for himself, which he has followed up to the present time (1898), making forty-three years he has been in business for him- self. During this time he has had three partners; the first was Mr. Lincoln and the firm was Lincoln & Crowell, and when he retired Mr. Hinckley took his place, the firm being Crowell & Hinckley, and in 1875 Mr. Crowell engaged with Mr. Savery under the present style of Crowell & Savery. They carry on a business of hard- ware, paints, oils, glass and paper hangings Mr. Crowell has been married twice, first to Sarah Tripp of Fairhaven, now deceased, and second to Eliza J. Waldron of Dighton. He has two children: William W. and Eva M.
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