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Kieran, Patrick, was born in Linden county, Vt., but has resided in Fall River since March, 1872, and has been connected with the water works since that date. He was superintendent of the pipe works during the construction of the water works system and has been superintendent of the water works since 1886. Before coming to Fall River he had gained large experience on the New Bedford water works, the Hart- ford water works and the Providence water works. He is a director of the Arkwright Mills and the People's Co-operative Bank.
King, Andrew H., was born in Dartmouth, October 24, 1854, a son of Levi and Lydia B. (Tripp) King. He was educated in the public schools of his native town
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and when fifteen years old began an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under Martin Tripp with whom he remained three years. During the following six years he followed his trade and at the end of that period engaged in farming and the pro- duction of milk for market. Mr. King still continues this business and has met with considerable success. He takes an active interest in public affairs and is recognized as a man of sterling integrity and a leading member of the community, but has never sought or held public office. He is a member of Acushnet Lodge of Odd Fellows of New Bedford. His father was also a well known resident in this section, although a native of Rhode Island. He died in the sixty-eighth year of his age, after an active life, most of which was spent in Dartmouth. Mr. King married, in March, 1876, Emma, daughter of Perry and Acenith (Kelly) Lapham of Dartmouth. and they have two children: Levi F. and Lila E.
King, George Arthur was born in Taunton, Mass., May 25, 1856, a son of George Pickens and Mary Leonard (Kinnicutt) King. He received his early education in the public schools of Taunton and in the Lawrence Scientific School at Cambridge. He entered the office of J. F. Montgomery, civil engineer, in Taunton in 1873, finally succeeding him in 1881, since which time he has carried on the business. In 1889 he was chosen one of the assessors of Taunton to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry S. Hart; in 1800 and 1891 was clerk and in 1892 and 1803 chair- man of the board. In October, 1882, he enlisted in Co. F, 1st Regiment M. V. M., and served through the various grades until his election as captain in 1886, remaining in that office until 1889. In 1893 the city created the office of city engineer and in 1894 Mr. King was elected to fill it and again in 1898. April 25, 1880, he married Florence Wales Dean of Raynham, and they have two children: Lucy Catherine and Arthur Caswell.
King, George Wilson, was born in Westport, Mass., March 20, 1847, a son of Ephraim S. and Maria (Rounds) King. His education was obtained in the district and private schools of his native village and in the grammar schools of Lowell. His first work was as a spinner in a cotton mill and when he was sixteen years old he began to learn the blacksm thing trade under his brother, Leander C. King, at Smith's Mills. In 1867, after serving a three years' apprenticeship, he came to Fair- haven and began work for Isaac Terry. Two years later he purchased the business and has since conducted it successfully. Mr. King served as a selectman and over- seer of the poor for two terms and was elected for a third term, but resigned. In politics he is a Republican. In 1867 he married Clara B., daughter of Leonard Ry- der of Dartmouth, and they have one daughter, Jennie C., wife of Dr. Elisha F. Babcock.
King, Jesse, was born on the place where he now resides, October 20, 1836, and is the son of Philip and Sophronia (King) King. His early education, which was very limited, was received at the district school, and on the death of his father, in 1852, he was obliged to take charge of the place, and with his mother's help carried on the farm and has gradually brought it up to where it is at the present time. In connec- tion with the farm he runs quite an extensive dairy and has for thirty years run a team into Taunton for the sale of milk. Mr. King is at present one of the board of assessors, overseer of the poor, and a selectman, serving bis fifth year in that capac- ity. December 4, 1861, he married Caroline R. Hathaway of Raynham, and they
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have two children: Francis C., born September 25, 1863, and Florence L., born Sep- tember 12, 1867.
Kingman, Edward Y., was born in Norton, December 16, 1816. His father, Hosea Kingman, was a native of Middleborough, and married Sally Hodges. He taught school for some years and afterwards kept store at Augusta, Me, and died in 1830. Edward Y. Kingman was educated in Pawtucket, and learned the jeweler's trade with Frost & Lowden, serving four years. He came to North Attleborough in 1837, then spent three years in Philadelphia with H. M. Richards, and returned to Attle. borough in 1848, and engaged in the buckle business for a short time. He then en- tered the employ of Tift & Whiting, remaining with them over thirty years and then established business for himself. In 1842 he married Zilpha Allen, and they have two sons: Eugene and Edward B., and one daughter, Ida I. Mr. Kingman is one of the representative men of his town, taking an intelligent interest in school and church matters and is recognized as a man of sterling integrity whose life has proven his word as good as his bond.
Kirby, Zebedee Davis, son of Abner and Sarah (Davis) Kirby, was born in West- port, Bristol county, Mass., October 13, 1841. Abner Kirby was a farmer in that town, where he was born in May, 1804; he married Sarah Davis and they had six sons and two daughters. Zebedee Kirby spent his youth on his father's farm and received such educational advantages as the common schools afforded to farmer's boys. During the summer he worked either on his father's farm or for some neigh- boring farmer. In 1865 he went to work for William C. N. Swift, in whose employ he remained for seven years, when he bought his present farm and has since been successfully engaged in market gardening. Mr. Kirby has never taken an active part in politics, although he has been solicited to accept numerous town offices. He was at one time road surveyor. March 22, 1868, he married Sarah A. Cornell, and they have five children: Lizzie, wife of Albert Tallman; Walter C., Lena B., Louise A., and Harold C. Mr. Kirby started in life a poor boy and by his own efforts made his way to the honorable standing which he holds among the substantial men of the county. In all his business and social relations he has sustained a high reputation for honor and integrity.
Knapp, Randolph, was born in Cumberland. December 80. 1882. His father. Ephraim Knapp, was a native of Norton, Mass., and studied for a physician at Med- field, under Dr. Mann. He went from there to Cumberland where he was engaged in practice for forty years. He married Mary J. Sabin, who died in 1886. Dr. Knapp was a man who took an active interest in school and church matters. Ran- dolph Knapp was educated in Medfield, and in 1847 entered into the mercantile business. In 1858 he came to North Attleborough and entered the employ of I. Richards & Co., remaining there until 1856, then purchased an interest with C. F. Holmes, the firm being Knapp & Holmes. Mr. Holmes retired in 1859 and from that time up to the present Mr. Knapp was actively engaged in mercantile business for forty-one years. He married Anna F. Follett in 1856, who died in 1875. He afterwards married Sarah E. Pratt, and they had two daughters: Mrs. Emma F. Wetherhead and Anna A. Mr. Knapp was one of the leading merchants of the town; he served as treasurer and collector for four years; director in the North Attleborough National Bank; trustee of the North Attleborough Savings Bank and was postmaster
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under President Harrison and after the death of George Price served as treasurer up to 1886. Mr. Knapp died April 32, 1898.
Knowles, Henry M., was born in New Bedford, December 14, 1842, a son of John P. and Susan C. (Crosby) Knowles. His family is of old Puritan stock and is in prominence throughout New England history. Among his ancestors were Col. John Knowles, born in 1672, and Col. Willard Knowles, born in 1712. His father was, in early life, a scafaring man and became a master mariner in the European and South American trade. Later, in 1835, he joined his brother, Thomas Knowles, in business in New Bedford, and in 1844, Joseph Knowles, a cousin, who had been in their employ for several years, was admitted as a partner, and the firm name then becoming Thomas Knowles & Company. This firm was extensively engaged in the whale fishery and continued in active and successful business for over half a century. Henry M. Knowles, who was the fourth son of John P. Knowles, obtained a thorough preparatory education in the private and common schools of New Bedford and was graduated from the High School in the class of 1861. He decided to embrace the profession of medicine and began his studies under Dr. Henry B. Clark of New Bed- ford, who privately tutored him. In 1864 he was graduated M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city and in the same year began practice in Wareham, Mass. After an experience of three years he discontinued practice and removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where, for sixteen years, he remained in business, being junior partner of the firm of Bourne & Knowles, which name still survives under the title Bourne & Knowles Manufacturing Company; he was also secretary and manager of the Cleveland Spring Company, and Union Iron Works Company. He settled in New Bedford in 1890 and, in connection with John P. Knowles, jr., has since managed the interests of his father's estate. He is also a director of the Acushnet Mills Corporation, and the City Manufacturing Corporation and president of the Zonia Copper Mining Company. Mr. Knowles married first, in 1865, Lucretia Bourne of Wareham, Mass., and they had three children, all now deceased. For his second wife he married, in 1883, Helen L. Dykes, a daughter of Alfred Dykes of Leeds, England, and Boston, and they have one son surviving, Robert W. Knowles.
Knowles, Thomas, was born December 31, 1803, and died at his home in New Bedford, August 29, 1877. For many years he was one of New Bedford's leading whaling merchants, being associated with his brother, John P., and his cousins, Joseph and John P., 2d. He was a member of one of our oldest families and traced his ancestry back to the early settlement of New England, when Richard Knowles, who had lived in Plymouth and Cambridge, removed to Eastham, Cape Cod, in 1658. His son John died about 1675, " slain in the colony's service." Col. John, son of the above, was born in 1678, and died 1757, and his son, Col. Willard, was born in 1711. and died 1786, leaving a son Seth, who was born in 1753, and died 1821. Thomas, son of Seth, was born 1777 and died 1820. He was the father of the subject of this notice. Thomas Knowles was a man of great clearness of thought and independence of expression and while conducting the details of his business with energy and abil- ity, was at the same time in sympathy with all movements for the better interest in National politics until the abolition of slavery, and invested his large means unhesi- tatingly in the war bonds of the government. IIe was always adverse to holding public position, but had a deep interest in temperance reform and once accepted the
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nomination for mayor on the temperance ticket. His discernment in financial mat- ters was unexcelled and during the last twenty years of his life he was a director in the National Bank of Commerce. His early religious teaching was received in a home in which the Puritan traditions almost without change were still accepted as the guides of life and thought. He continued a member of the Baptist Society, but not of the church, for many years, and in the latter years of his life attended the Unitarian Church. Mr. Knowles married Mary Keith Eaton of Middleborough, a descendant of Francis Eaton, who came in the Mayflower, and of Rev. James Keith of Bridge- water. Their children were Thomas H., Sidney W., Charles S., Mary E., who mar- ried Josiah N. Knowles of San Francisco, and Martha A., who married Dr. Charles D. Prescott of New Bedford. Thomas H. Knowles, oldest son of Thomas and Mary K. (Eaton) Knowles, was born in New Bedford, September 12, 1837, educated in the public and private schools and was graduated from Harvard in 1861. Soon after, he entered his father's business in which he eventually acquired an interest. Mr. Knowles has been interested in many of the financial and manufacturing corporations of the city, having been in the direction of the Acushnet Mills, New Bedford Gas Light Company, and the Merchants' National Bank. He has also served on the board of trustees of the Savings Bank and as president of the City Manufacturing Corporation and Bristol Manufacturing Corporation. In all of these Mr. Knowles has been valued as a man of prudence. good judgment and wise foresight. He served several years in both branches of the city government, has been a trustee of the Public Library and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor. He has long been a member of the First Congregational Church (Unitarian) and now serves the society as clerk. Mr. Knowles has been twice married; his first wife was Mary H. Swift, who died in 1881, leaving one son, Harry Swift Knowles; for his second wife he married Annie D. Swift of Acushnet. Of this union is one daughter, Sylvia Knowles.
Kollock, Lemuel Marcellus, son of Lemuel and Melissa (Eaton) Kollock, was born in New Bedford, Mass., March 80. 1830, and received bis education in the public and high schools and Friends' Academy. His father was a hardware dealer and later engaged in the cotton industry, becoming the founder and president of the Gosnold Mills, of which Mr. Kollock was at one time the treasurer. In 1863 he went to New York and for about eight years was engaged in the coal business. He returned to New Bedford, and in 1878 became the coal agent here for the New Bedford Coal Company and later for Garfield & Proctor, continuing as such until his death Octo- ber 2, 1887. Mr. Kollock was a man universally respected for his integrity, business enterprise, and ability. He was a member of the Common Council one term and of the School Committee and the New Bedford Protective Society many years. May 24, 1853, he married Helen Mar Covell, daughter of Clement P. and Amy B. (Allen) Covell and granddaughter of William Allen, all of New Bedford.
Lake, Edward Bennett, is one of the oldest and best known business men of Fall River. He was born in that city October 20, 1835, a son of Edward and Mary Lake. He attended the old High Street Grammar School and after completing his educa- tion served an apprenticeship at the wheel and millwright trades under Samuel Thurston, with whom he remained for seven years, working during this time on the water wheels of the mills in Fall River, and the windmills in this city and Rhode
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Island, returning to Fall River at dull seasons and working in the cooper shop owned by David Brayton. In 1867 he entered the employ of Chase, Allen & Slade as a salesman. This business was then its infancy. It has since become one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in New England, each year having added to the prestige gained by long establishment. During the growth of the business Mr. Lake has been connected with it in all capacities. He became a partner in 1872, at which time, in company with B. S. C. Gifford, he purchased the interest of Nathan Chase, the firm name being then changed to its present form, Allen, Slade & Co. Mr. Lake was a member of the old volunteer fire department for many years, his name being on the roll of the first steamer company in the city. He was also a member of the old Fall River Artillery Company, commanded by John Sanford, and now disbanded. January 22, 1878, he married Emma F., daughter of Thomas Gul- liver of East Cornith, Maine, and they have two children, Eva M. A. and Russell Bracket. Mr. Lake has been for many years a member of Fall River Lodge No. 219, I.O.O.F. He has spent his entire life in Fall River and has always been prom- inently identified with the best interests of the city, being esteemed both in business and socially by a wide circle of friends.
Lane, Homer L., was born in Norton, Mass., January 4, 1862, a son of Charles D. and Fanny H. Lane, and was educated in the public schools of Norton. He first engaged in the jewelry business, with which he has been connected fifteen years, and is now an active member of the firm of Freeman, Daughaday & Co., who con- duct a large jewelry industry at Chartley Village, town of Norton, Mass. The above firm of Freeman, Daughaday & Co. succeeded Engley, Wetherell & Co., and consists of James B. Freeman, residence New York city, Frank P. Daughaday, residence Providence, and Homer I .. Lane. Mr. Lane was married in 1892 to Mary, daughter of George and Abbie Fales, and they have one daughter, Doris. In politics he is an Independent and is one of Norton's self-made men. He holds the office of regis- ter of voters; takes an intelligent interest in schools and church institutions, and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and townspeople.
Lariviere, A., was born at St. Marcelle, Province of Quebec, April 5, 1850, and came to the United States in 1870. After a short stay he returned to Canada, but came back to this country and settled permanently in 1878. He worked for some time in the furniture business and then formed a partnership with his brother, which lasted fourteen months, since which time he has been in business for himself as an undertaker. In 1894 he added a livery to his business, but gives his own attention wholly to undertaking. October 14, 1830, he married Seraphine Chausse, and they have two children: Mariana and Arthur.
Law, George H., superintendent of the Bristol Mills of New Bedford, was born in Lancashire, England, October 1, 1858, a son of Henry and B. Alice (Stansfield) Law. His father was a weaver and when George H. was seven years old the family re- moved to this country and settled in Fall River, where Henry Law was well known for many years as a weaver room overseer in different mills. Until he was fifteen years of age Mr. Law attended the public and high schools of Fall River and at that time he began work in the American Linen Company's mill, but still continued his education in the night schools. He has been in the cotton manufacturing business all his life, working up by successive stages to his present position. When only
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twenty-one years old he became a second hand and two years later an overseer. He came to New Bedford in 1893 to take a position as overseer of the weaving depart- ment in the Bristol Mills and was made superintendent in 1895. In 1882 Mr. Law married Kate, daughter of James and Agnes Touhey of Medway, Mass., and they have three children: Henry, Mary and George H., jr.
Lawrence, James Whippey, merchant, is the oldest son of James C. and Mary R. (Fisher) Lawrence, and was born in Nantucket, Mass., February 9, 1837. The fam- ily resided in Nantucket for several generations. James C. Lawrence was a cooper by trade and later a teamster, and in 1861 removed to Michigan, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in Arcada about 1888. He was one of two sons and a daughter, triplets, whose father was lost at sea three months before their birth, while en route on a vessel from Nantucket to Virginia. All of these triplets lived to be over seventy years of age. Mr. Lawrence had thirteen children, James W. being the third; his wife died about 1888. James Whippy Lawrence was educated in the public schools of New Bedford, whither the family moved in 1845. Afterward he spent a short time in the merchant coasting service and then learned the trade of harness maker, which he followed about four years. He subsequently spent sixteen and a half years in George L. Brownell's carriage shop and later engaged in the samo business for himself. In 1878 he formed a copartnership with Charles II. Briggs, and under the firm name of Briggs & Lawrence has since carried on the fur- niture business at 197 and 203 Union street, adding to the original stock a full line of carpets, draperies, etc. This is one of the largest and finest establishments of the kind in the city. Mr. Lawrence is a member of Star in the East Lodge, F. & A. M., of Adoniram Chapter, R. A. M., of New Bedford Council, R. & S. M., of Sutton Com- mandery, K. T., and of the Veteran Firemen's Association. March 8, 1857, he mar- ried Sarah E., daughter of William B. King of New Bedford, and. they have had three children: Clara E. (deceased), Ida E. and Etta F., still living.
Lawson, Frederick W., son of Alexander and Christina G. (Rae) Lawson, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, December 11, 1870. His father was a stone cutter and in 1871 came to America, returning a year later to bring his family. They settled first in Hallowell, Me., and later removed to Westerly, R. I. In 1876 they removed to Fall River, and in 1880 Alexander Lawson established a granite and marble mon- umental works on Prospect street, near the Oak Grove Cemetery. At his death, in January, 1891, his son, Frederick W., succeeded to the business. He was educated in the public and high schools of Fall River, graduating from the latter in the class of 1888. After graduation he was employed in the office of the King Philip Mills for nearly three years, resigning his position at the end of that time to take charge of his father's business, which he has since conducted with success. He is a member of King Philip Lodge, F.& A. M., Fall River Chapter and Council, and a member of Co. F, Mass. Naval Brigade. At the beginning of the war with Spain he was one of the first detail to leave Fall River and served as acting boatswain's mate on the monitor Lehigh till that vessel was put out of commission and her crew discharged at the close of hostilities.
Lawton, Frederick E., youngest son of Welcome J. and Almira B. (Thompson) Lawton, was born in the village of Fairhaven, June 11, 1852. His father was a na- tive of Swansea, and very early moved to Bristol, R. I., where he married. His
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father was a cooper, which business he followed until 1862, when he engaged in farming and continued until his death, June 10, 1895. His mother died July 27, 1893. Frederick E. received his education in the village schools and at his majority engaged in farming, which vocation he has since pursued. On June 14, 1888, he married Myra F., daughter of Henry and Harriet (Ellis) Akin of Fairhaven. Mr. Lawton is an ardent Republican, but has never aspired to political office. During his residence in this town he has been fairly enterprising, sustaining an excellent reputation as a good citizen and through his strict business habits and qualifications he has been successful in accumulating wealth and the honor and respect of all who know him.
Lehan, Daniel Francis, born in Dedham, Mass., September 27, 1863, a son of Daniel and Margaret (Cronin) Lehan. His early education was obtained in the pub- lic schools of Dedham, and for five years he attended a boarding school in Boston. On leaving school in 1878 he came to Taunton and commenced work in the hotel he is now proprietor of, which at that time was run by Col. A. L. Bliss. With the ex- ception of a short time Mr. Lehan has spent his business life in the City Hotel, be- ginning as bell boy and is now proprietor. In addition to the City Hotel Mr. Lehan is proprietor of the Nemasket House at Raynham, and has a farm there of over fifty. acres, which supplies the two houses. March 1, 1892, he married Laura A. D'Aubin of Norton, Mass , and they have two children: Ralph Russell and Emma Frances Leban.
Leeming & Jones. - This firm although not an old one has become one of the lead- ing houses of contractors and builders in Fall River. During the last five years they have erected over 800 buildings and put up about sixty in 1897. The firm is com- posed of Alfred Leeming and J. G. Jones. Alfred Leeming was born in England, May 2, 1808, and came to this country with his parents, Richard and Elizabeth Leem. ing, when an infant. They settled in Fall River, where Alfred attended the public schools for some time and then found work in a cotton mill. In 1885 he began an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under Nathaniel Ford, with whom he re- mained five years, when he worked as a journeyman for several years with E. Brownell, whose business he bought in company with Mr. Jones in 1892. Mr. Leem- ing is a member of the I.O.O.F. He married Susan E., daughter of Pelig H. Peck- ham of Fall River, and they have three children: Elsie, Elwood and Preston. J. G. Jones was born in Wales, February 14, 1849, and came to America in 1872. He was a carpenter in the old country and followed that occupation here until the formation of the present firm of Leeming & Jones. Mr. Jones married Sarah Popple, and they have four children: Herbert, Frederick, Edith and Kate.
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