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Leonard, Fred Parker, was born in Taunton, January 10, 1867, a son of Henry G. and Sarah (Field) Leonard. He received his early education in the public schools of Taunton and after leaving school was engaged as a grocery clerk in a general store, where he remained about a year and then came to the Dighton Furnace Co., going to work in the mounting room; he remained there but a short time and then went back to his first place and stayed about a year and a half. After this he went with .Bliss & Co. in the coal business as weighing clerk, and at the end of two years left them to go with the Leonard Coop Foundry as bookkeeper. He remained with them but a short time and was engaged by the Weir Stove Co., where he learned
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the molder's trade, which he followed until 1891, and on March 15 of that year, en- gaged with his present concern as salesman. The following year he was elected treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. H. Codding and he holds the same position at the present time (1898). Mr. Leonard is a member of Alfred Bay- lies Lodge, F. & A. M., St. John's Commandery of Providence, and Sabbatia Lodge, I. O. O. F. May 19, 1801, he married Lillian C. Read, daughter of Abel Read of Pawtucket, and they have three children: Mildred Staples, Edith Russell and Win- throp Nelson.
Leonard, Henry Taber, for seventeen years city clerk of New Bedford, was the son of the celebrated oil merchant, Samuel Leonard, and Hannah Taber, his wife. Ho was born in South Yarmouth, Mass., on the 17th of August, 1818, was educated in the public schools of his native village and at the Friends' Boarding School in Provi- dence, R. I., and afterward became a clerk in Seth Akin's grocery store. He sub- sequently entered into business with his father, and later went to New York as a partner in the firm of Witherell, Sprague & Co., oil and iron merchants, who were connected with Samuel Leonard and Lazell, Perkins & Co., of New Bedford. Mr. Leonard finally withdrew from this concern, returned to New Bedford and engaged in the lumber trade with Augustus A. Greene, under the firm name of Leonard & Greene. He made a number of business changes, being several times in the oil business with his father and brother Samuel as partner or bookkeeper, engaging with his father in manufacturing at Suncook, N. II., going to California in 1849, conducting a lumber yard in Charlestown, and re-engaging in the oil business in New Bedford as head of the firm of Leonard, Sturtevant & Co .; upon the dissolution of this partnership he returned to the office of his father. On the death of Sanford S. Horton in 1862 he was elected clerk of the city of New Bedford, which office he filled until his death on July 18, 1879. His intelligence, unblemished character, faithfulness to duty, geniality, and quiet manliness secured for him universal esteem and continued re-elections as city clerk during violent political changes. He also served one year as a member of the School Committee. Mr. Leonard was a birth. . right member of the Society of Friends, a man of unswerving religious convictions and strict conscientiousness, and was without an enemy. In 1841 he married Debo- rah Allen Butler, daughter of Daniel Butler of New Bedford. They had four sons and two daughters who grew to maturity. Upon the death of Mr. Leonard, his eldest son, Daniel B. Leonard, was elected his successor as city clerk, which office he has uninterruptedly held to the present time.
Leonard, Jacob Augustus, town clerk and treasurer of Norton, Mass., was born in Norton December 19, 1845, a son of Luen C. and Eunice H. (Wetherell) Leonard. He received his early education in the public schools of Norton and afterward at- tended a private school for some time, then went to work on his father's farm, when he took up the study of surveying, and has followed both of these up to the present time. In 1883 he was elected to the office of town clerk and treasurer and has been re-elected every year since. He is also a director in the Norton Savings & Loan Fund Association and has been one of the trustees of the Public Library for six years. He has been a justice of the peace since 1878, also treasurer of the Congre- gational parish. He is past master of St. James Lodge, F. & A. M., of Mansfield, and a member of Keystone Royal Arch Chapter. He has never married.
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Leonard, Philo Fremont, was born in Norton, Mass., September 18, 1851, a son of Ezekiel and Sally R. (Field) Leonard. His early education was received in the pub- lic schools and after leaving school he went to work for the Mason Machine Company. He worked for them in all about twelve years, and while there learned the trade of pattern making, a portion of this time being spent in the west in the same business. After leaving Mason's he gradually picked up the candy making trade and started out for himself; he has increased his stock and style of confections until the present time, and now has one of the largest stores of its kind in this vicinity. Mr. Leonard is a member of lonic Lodge, F. & A. M., and Sabbatia Lodge of I. O. O. F. June 6, 1877, he married Cora Frances, daughter. of George L. and Mary J. (Whittemore) Wilmarth, and they have five children: Ethel, Fremont W., J. Alma, Hazel R. and Rosamond W.
Lewis Bros .- The Dighton Nursery is one of the oldest branches of business of its kind in Massachusetts. It has been owned by the Lewis family forty years. John A. Lewis, father of the present proprietors, was formerly a merchant at Dighton, where he carried on a general business for many years, but finally disposed of his interests and entered the employ of the Dighton Nursery Co., owned at that time by Dr. Wood. A few years later he purchased the business and continued it up to six years ago, when he retired and was succeeded by his sons, Charles A. and Edgar P., the latter up to that time had been employed in New Bedford. The Messrs. Lewis conducted the business on an extensive scale, propagating all the hardy varieties of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, vines and climbing plants suitable to the trade in this latitude. In 1807 they commenced an addition to their trade by erect- ing greenhouses in order to fill a demand from that department of trade. They are also arranging for the further enlargement of their business in the establishment of an agency system, whereby a force of traveling men will be put upon the road for the sale of their nursery stock, and they hope to extend their business, which has formerly been of a local character, throughout New England. No family in this vicinity are better known or enjoy a better reputation than the Lewis family. Their father, lately deceased, was always a steadfast Republican and has enjoyed the confidence of his political associates to the degree that he has been at times deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, selectman, and in 1878 was elected to serve in the lower house of the Massachusetts Legislature. The five children with their mother sur- vive John A. Lewis and are as follows: Albert G., of Dighton; Susan, wife of Will- iam J. Bennett, cashier of the Boston freight office of Fall River; John A., also con -. nected with the Boston freight office, and Charles A. and Edgar P.
Lewis, Herbert Warren, son of Warrer D. and Sarah A. (Jencks) Lewis, was born in Seekonk, Mass , April 2, 1866. He was educated in the schools of East Prov- idence, R. I., and was graduated from the East Providence Union School in the class of 1881. Mr. Lewis has spent most of his active business life in Westport in the employ of George H. Lewis. He began in the Westport Mills as a bobbin boy and was promoted from time to time until he became overseer of the spinning room. In 1892 be removed to Taunton and established himself in the wood and coal busi- ness, but a year later returned to Westport to assume the management of the store connected with the Westport Mills and still remains in that capacity. Mr. Lewis is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding member-
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ship in Pacific Lodge No. 128, of New Bedford, Encampment No. 8, and Canton New Bedford. He married, in August, 1892, Abbie S., daughter of George A. and Abbie (Manchester) Simmons, and two children have been born to them: Madeline and Herbert Warren, jr.
Lewis, James Edwin, was born in Duxbury, Mass., December 28, 1866, a son of John J. and Mahaly Harris (Josephine) Reed Lewis. He received his early educa- tion in the public schools and graduated from the Partridge Academy of Duxbury. In 1882 he went to Boston to learn the drug business with Carter, Harris & Hawley, remaining there one year, but on the death of his father he returned to Duxbury and was appointed station agent of the O. C. Railroad in that place. In 1886 he came to Taunton for the O. C. Railroad, and after three months resigned and took a position in the Western Union Telegraph office, where he has remained up to the present time. In 1897 he was appointed manager of the office. Mr. Lewis is a past master of Charles H. Titus Lodge, A. F. & A. M., a member of St. Mark's Chapter, R.A.M., and New Bedford Council, president of the Bristol Club and secretary of the Taun- ton Republican Club.
Lincoln, Edward, a son of Jonathan T. and Mary (Cook) Lincoln, was born in Fall River, July 7, 1881. He received his early education in the public and high schools of Fall River, and then attended Pierce Academy at Middleborough, where be'took a three years' course. After this he remained at home for some time and in 1856 went as bookkeeper in the firm of L. Lincoln & Co., who succeeded the firm of C. M. & L. Lincoln, paper manufacturers, who had been in business since 1852. Mr. Lincoln remained with them as bookkeeper for about two years, and then was ad- mitted as a partner in the firm, and upon the death of his father, which occurred July 28, 1881, he took his interest in the company and has continued it ever since. He has been selectman about eight years, and for a number of years was a member of the school board; in 1886 he was the representative to the Legislature from his dis- trict, and at the present time (1898) is one of the trustees of the Public Library. December 26, 1859, Mr. Lincoln married Ann L. Codding, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Pettis) Codding, and they have five children: Edward Elsworth, Nellie Cook, Henry C. L., Annie Leavitt and Mary Ethel.
Lincoln, Elmer, was born in Raynham, January 80, 1836, a son of Abishia and Lettice (Dean) Lincoln, and received his education in the public schools and a pri- .vate academy at Mansfield. His father ran a general store which he started in 1825, and young Elmer was taken into it to learn the business and he continued in that until his father's death in 1863, when he, with his brothers, succeeded to the business and later on he sold out his interest to them. In 1869 he came to his present location and has been here ever since. He has been selectman for about eight years and on the board of assessors for four years and has spent one year in the Massachusetts Legislature. He received his first appointment as postmaster in 1872, and with the exception of four years has held that office ever since. October 80, 1858, Mr. Lin- coln married Eilza H., daughter of Royal W. and Rhoda (Howard) Danforth, and they have four children: Alcott E., Charlotte Howard, Harry D. and Roy W.
Lincoln, George Arthur, was born in Taunton, October 25, 1850, a son of Captain Hodges R. and Nancy (Reed) Lincoln. He received his early education in the public
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schools of Taunton and later attended the Pierce Academy at Middleborough. After leaving school he went on a vessel for a short time coasting, and then returned to Taunton and engaged with the Taunton Stove Lining Co., remaining with them twelve years. In 1882 he, in company with some others, formed the Union Stove Lining Co., and Mr. Lincoln was made treasurer and manager and has held the same positions up to the present time (1898). He was a member of the City Council in 1886 and 1887 and of the Board of Aldermen in 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891, the latter year being chairman of the board. He is vice-president of the Weir Co-operative Bank and member of Ionic Lodge, F. & A. M.
Lincoln, Martin Jerome, was born in Cohassett, Mass, April 17, 1830, a son of Martin and Nancy (Jenkins) Lincoln. His early education was obtained in the pub- lic schools of Cohassett, and in 1853, at the age of seventeen, Mr. Lincoln came to Taunton and went to the Mason Machine Co. to learn the machinist's trade, remain- ing there thirty-five years, and then left and engaged with the Dighton Furnace Co., being with them about three years. In 1879 he was elected to the City Council and served one year, was elected alderman from the First ward and served three years in succession; was one of the overseers of the poor from 1880 to 1887, and in 1890 was elected on the Board of Assessors and is now on his ninth consecutive year of service. January 30, 1862, he married Annie J. Hall, daughter of George and Cynthia (Collier) Hall, and they have three children: Edward H., George M. and Charles J.
Lincoln, Stephen Russell, was born in Taunton, February 1, 1845, a son of Ginea- son and Rebecca (Leonard) Lincoln. He received his early education in the public schools of Taunton and the Mansfield Literary and Scientific School, which he at- tended two years. After his school days he was employed by Davenport & Mason, in the express business, remaining with them two years, then engaging in black- smithing in Norton, later removing to Raynham, following the same business there until a few years ago. Mr. Lincoln was on the board of assessors of the town of Raynham from 1878 to 1880, and in 1885 was elected selectman and has been on the board ever since, being chairman of the board for the last nine years; he was repre- sentative to the Legislature in 1802. In 1879 he was appointed by Andrew R. Wright as one of his deputy sheriffs, and has retained the position ever since his first ap- pointment. He is a member of King David Lodge, F. & A. M., of Taunton. June 11, 1865, Mr. Lincoln married Julia P., daughter of Ezra P. and Bethia (Baylies) Woodward, and they have three children: Lizzie P., Ezra P. and Eugene R.
Lothrop, Cyrus, was born in Easton, October 18, 1822, and his father, Howard Lothrop, was also born in the same town, where Edmund Lothrop was one of its pioneer settlers. Howard Lothrop married Sally, daughter of Edward Williams. His life was identified as a farmer, and he took an active interest in school and re- ligious institutions. He was a member of the State Legislature from 1828 to 1827, and the next four years was State senator, and a member of the Governor's Council from 1832 to 1836. He was noted for his sterling integrity, and died in 1857. This family trace their descent from Mark Lothrop, who settled near Salem, about 1650. Cyrus Lothrop was educated in Easton and Bridgewater Normal School, after which he taught school for about one year. In 1845 he went to Taunton and entered the employ of Cyrus Lothrop, cotton manufacturer, and in the latter part of 1849 he
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went to California and followed mining enterprises, returning in 1851, in which year he built the first boot and shoe factory in North Easton. For five years he was en- gaged in knife manufacturing at Sharon, Mass. In 1856 he went to Canton, Mass., and took an interest in the Kinxley Iron and Machine Company, of which he was treasurer for five years, and in 1860 he bought the Phillips & Mosely stock of iron in Boston, continuing up to 1890, then retired. Mr. Lothrop is one of the conservative men of his town; a liberal supporter of educational and religious institutions, and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and town's people. He has been president of the First National Bank since October, 1893.
Lund, Parkman Macy, is descended from Thomas Lund,' born in 1660, who set- tled in Dunstable, N. H .; William Lund,' born January 26, 1686, married Rachel Holden, and was captured by the Indians near Nashua, N. II., in 1724 (at which time his brother Thomas was killed), and taken to Canada, where he was redeemed; William Lund,' born July 8, 1717, died May 20, 1782; John Lund,' born February 22, 1749, married Hannah Phelps, became a major in the Revolutionary war, served at the battle of Bunker Hill, and died March 11, 1822, on the old homestead in Nashua (formerly a part of Duustable), which remained in the Lund family until 1897; and Jonathan P. Lund,' born in Nashua, N. H., September 12, 1796, married, November 25, 1827, Rebecca Ames Eaton (born December 22, 1799), daughter of Jacob Eaton of South Reading. now Wakefield, Mass. Jonathan P. came to Acush- net, New Bedford, about 1831, and engaged in the tin business, establishing in 1836 the tin and hardware store at that point now owned by George A. Cobb, which he continued until 1864. He also, in company with Charles W. Morgan, operated a candle, paper, and later a wall paper factory there from 1842 to 1862, and from 1865 to 1869 he conducted a saw mill in the same building. He died December 4, 1874; his wife died June 8, 1888. Their children were Parkman Macy Lund, born in Wakefield, Mass., February 25, 1829; Rebecca H., born June 7, 1830, married Charles A. M. Taber, February 18, 1850, and lives in Wakefield; Eliza S., born February 15, 1832, in North Fairhaven, Mass., married James H. Carter January 9, 1867, and also resides in Wakefield; Jonathan P., jr., born August 21, 1834, in New Bedford, Mass., married Rebecca E. Doty October 10, 1860, and died December 31, 1868; and Ed- ward P., born September 2, 1839, in New Bedford, Mass,, married Mary L. Doty October 6, 1864, and died June 10, 1866. Parkman M. Lund was educated in the public and high schools of New Bedford and was associated with his father in the tin and hardware business at Acushnet until 1864, when he purchased the store. He sold out in 1868, and since then has devoted his attention to his private interests. He was a foundation member of the New Bedford Board of Trade, and has been a trustee of the Five Cents Savings Bank since January, 1879, a member of its board of investment since January, 1887, and clerk of the board since January, 1888. Jan- uary 23, 1868, he married Sarah R., daughter of Clifton Lund of Nashua, N. H., and they have one son, Willie Clifton Lund, born October 27, 1866.
Lynch, James H., inspector of plumbing of Fall River, was born in that city, De- cember 30, 1856, a son of Michael and Hannah Lynch. He attended the public schools and in 1874 entered the employ of the Fall River Plumbing Company where he served an apprenticeship at the plumber's trade Later he worked as a journey- man in Boston, Brooklyn and Taunton. He was appointed inspector of plumbing by Mayor Coughlin in 1891 and still holds that position.
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Lynch, Thomas E., captain of Ilose Company No. 2, is a son of Richard and Mary (Pickett) Lynch, born in Providence, R. I., July 18, 1847. Ilis father came to Bos- ton from Ireland and his mother came to the British provinces from the same country in early life. After their marriage they moved to Providence, R. I., and in 1849 located in Fall River, where Thomas E. received his education. In 1861 he began to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he followed until 1880. He began his career in the fire department in 1861 as a torch boy for Engine Co. No. 1. In 1869, when quite young, Mr. Lynch saved the life of Michael Hare by breaking open a door of the room where Mr. Hare had been unconscious from the smoke and heat at a fire in the Waddington building on Court Square. During his long career as fireman he has performed various daring feats for the safety of others. He was made foreman of Engine Co. No. 2 in 1875, captain of No. 2 in 1882, and since 1886 has been permanent captain of Hose Company No. 2. Captain Lynch was the chief promoter of the Fall River Firemen's Mutual Relief Association, organized in 1883. In now has a membership of 150 with a relief fund of $10,000. In 1893 he wrote and published an exceedingly interesting and valuable work of 200 pages on the " His- tory of the Fire Department of Fall River;" it is recognized as an authentic work and for that reason it is highly prized. Captain Lynch has in his possession many interesting relics and curiosities of the old time fire department. In April, 1886, he married Margaret E. Mahoney of Fall River. They have one son, Richard E. Lynch.
McDonald, Edward, was born in Taunton, February 22, 1860, a son of John and Margaret (Hanrahan) McDonald. In early life he attended the public school and in 1879 learned the machinist's trade with the Mason Machine Company. He remained with them fourteen years and then left to go in business with Mr. E. F. Goodwin, which partnership continued January 1, 1898, when they dissolved partnership and Mr. McDonald continues the bicycle part of it alone, making a specialty of the Dayton, 'Trinity, Stearns and Crawford machines. Mr. McDonald is one of the successful merchants in the city at the present time. He is a member of the American Order of Foresters.
McMullen, George, son of Sidney and Ann (McKegge) McMullen, was born at Canton, Mass., March 8, 1857. He obtained his education in the public schools and when six years old moved with his parents to North Easton, where they remained one year and then returned to Canton. His father enlisted in the 20th Mass. Vols. and served in the army until he received a wound that disabled him for military duty and after receiving his discharge returned home. The family then resided in Can- ton a short time, again returned to North Easton and later moved to East Taunton. where they remained for five years and came to Fall River in 1875. Mr. McMullen in his youth worked in a cotton mill two years, then went to sea for three years, and from 1880 to 1801 was engaged in the local express and trucking business, at which he prospered. In 1891 he started a livery at Seventh and Franklin streets, where he has since conducted a livery and boarding stable business and has built up a large trade. Owing to the increase of his business he opened an additional stable in 1897 ou Linden street. In 1884 Mr. MeMullen married Annie Sullivan of Fall River,
McNulty, Thomas F., hardware and lumber merchant, was born in Fall River, December 27, 1857, a son of John and Margaret (O'Hare) McNulty, natives of Ire-
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land, who came to this country early in life. Mr. McNulty was educated in the pub- lic and private schools of Fall River. He worked one year in the Wattupa Cotton Mill, then passed another year in the grammar schools and at the age of thirteen began to learn the carpenter's trade, first under Andrew Porter, and after his death with Obadiah Pierce. After completing his apprenticeship of three years he worked as a journeyman for seventeen years, with the exception of one year spent in Min- nesota and Dakota engaged in bridge building for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. From 1886 until his resignation in June, 1895, Mr. McNulty was on the Fall River police force, being appointed by Mayor William S. Greene. In 1895 he bought out his former employer, Charles F. Tripp, and during the following three years did a large business as a carpenter and builder at 95 West Bank street. He did the wood work on the engine house back of the city hall, remodeled the old court house, and had the contract for all the wood, iron and copper work for the Boys' Club House In 1897 be formed a copartnership with F. W. Hoag, under the firm name of McNulty & Hoag, and engaged as wholesale and reatail dealers in hard- ware, lumber, blinds, sash, doors and all kinds of builders' supplies at 206 Second street. They are now doing a prosperous business. April 4, 1876, Mr. McNulty married Catherine J. Morgan of Fall River, and they have ten children: Louisa, John, James, Thomas, Charles, Frederick, Mamie, Michael, George and Irene.
McRae, Arthur A., was born in Taunton, Mass., October 19, 1859, and his father, Daniel McRae, a native of Prince Edward Island, came to Taunton about 1850, and was identified as a carpenter and builder. Ile married a daughter of Thomas K. Gay and died in 1896. Arthur A. McRae came to Attleborough from New York in 1872, where he was educated in the public schools and in 1878 entered the employ of W. S. Blackinton, where he remained twenty-two years, beginning as errand boy and working up to the position of head designer. In 1894 he organized the firm of McRae & Keeler, making a general line of ladies' goods and novelties. In 1890 he married Martha, daughter of George Carlisle, and they have one son, Donald. Mr. McRae is one of the self-made men of his town; is a member of Ezekiel Bates Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Knights of Pythias, and A. O. U. W. He takes an intelligent interest in school and church matters and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and townspeople.
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