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one began the practice of his profession in Fall River. Dr. St. George has served on the city Board of Health and is prominent in many fraternal organizations, both as a member and medical adviser. His father was one of the first settlers of the village of Flint and was recognized as a leading citizen for many years.
Sadler, Herbert A., was born in Mansfield, Mass., November 16, 1860. His father, G. W. Sadler, was one of the pioneers in the jewelry business, in which he was identified for twenty-two years, being succeeded by his sons, Herbert A. and Charles E. Charles E. died in 1888, the business being continued by Herbert A. up to the present time. Mr. Sadler is one of the representative business men of South Attle- borough, conservative and unassuming and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and town's people.
Sanders, Clinton Vincent, was born in Raynham, January 14, 1858, a son of George B. and Betsy H. (Staples) Sanders. In early life he attended the public schools of Taunton and after spending two years in the high school went to a business college in Providence, R. I., for a year. On his return from there he went into the freight office of the B. C. F. & New Bedford Railroad, where he remained about six years, and was then employed by the firm of F. D. Newcomb in the lumber business. On the death of Mr. Newcomb some two or three years later, he, in company with Charles H. Buffington, bought the business and carried it on under the name of Sanders & Buffington, and so continued until 1806, when Mr. Buffington retired, Mr. Sanders con- tinuing under the style of C. V. Sanders & Co. November 21, 1883, he married Ida M., daughter of Oliver S. and Sarah (Blood) Kendall of Taunton.
Sanders, William, county commissioner of Bristol county, and successful merchant, was born in Warren, R. I., December 10, 1848, a son of Henry and Martha B. (Viall) Sanders. When he was fourteen years old the family removed to New Bedford and here he was educated in the public schools, completing the high school course. His first business experience was as a clerk in the post office at Quincy, where he spent two years and at the end of this time went to Boston, entering the employ of a wholesale clothing firm with whom he remained several years, gaining a wide expe- rience in that business. In February, 1866, he went into business for himself, opening a retail clothing store in New Bedford at 108 Union street. After conducting the business for twelve years alone be admitted to partnership his brother, H. V. Sanders, under the firm name of Sanders Brothers Owing to the increasing de- mands of the business, which had been highly successful from the start, they moved in 1878 to the Waite block on Union street. The firm was dissolved in 1881 and H. V. Sanders was succeeded by Frank C. Barrows, who had long been a clerk in the store, the firm name being changed to Sanders & Barrows and continuing in this style until 1894, when a stock company, the Sanders & Barrows Clothing Company, was formed with a capital of $50.000, Mr. Sanders being treasurer and general man- ager. In the same year the business was removed to the present location in the new Merchants' Bank building. From a modest start it has grown to one of the largest enterprises of its kind in the State, south of Boston. Mr. Sanders has for many years been prominent in public affairs. Ile has served in the Legislature as a member of the lower house two terms (1879-80) and has been county commissioner of Bristol county since 1889. 'Two years of this period he has served as chairman. Ile has also served as chairman of the cemetery board for three years. He is a veteran
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of the Civil war, a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 1, and served as commander of the New Bedford City Guards for ten years. In politics he is a staunch Republican and has for many years been active in municipal affairs. He has been asked many times to stand as a candidate for mayor, but always declined on account of business interests. He is thoroughly well known all over Bristol county in connection with his duties as county commissioner. He is a member of Acushnet Lodge of Odd Fellows and has been twice regent of Omega Council of the Royal Arcanum. He is also a member of the Wamsutta and Dartmouth Clubs and a member and director of the Board of Trade. November, 6, 1866, Mr. Sanders married Lucretia C. Can- non of New Bedford. He is of English ancestry and is the owner of a coat-of-arms dated 1522, granted to one of his ancestors. Ilis great grandfather on the maternal side served as a captain in the war of the Revolution and the latter's commission is now in his hands.
Sandland, Thomas G., was born in North Attleborough, December 1, 1839, a son of Thomas Sandland, a native of Birmingham, Eng., who came to the United States in 1832, settling in North Attleborough. He was a button manufacturer and entered the employ of Robinson, Jones & Co., afterwards, in 1845, manufactured for himself, the firm being Draper & Sandland. He died in 1886. Thomas G. Sandland was educated in the common schools and worked with his father in the jewelry business. In 1856 he entered the employ of Ira Richards & Co ; in 1862 he enlisted in Co. C. 47th Mass. Regiment, receiving an honorable discharge in 1863. He returned to North Attleborough and entered the employ of Ira Richards & Co., where he re. mained until 1876, and then established his present business of jewelry manufactur- ing. In 1859 he married Clara M., daughter of T. E. Robinson, and they have two children: Charles E. and Mrs. Jennie L. Lincoln. Mr. Sandland has served his town as tax collector and represented his town in General Court in 1887. He is a member of Bristol Lodge, past master, F. & A. M. ; past high priest of King Hiram Chapter; past commander of Bristol Commandery, and past commander of G. A. R., Post No. 192.
Seabury, Warren, son of Robert and Caroline (Woodman) Seabury, was born in Tiverton, R. I., September 18, 1826. After attending the public schools he worked on his father's farm until twenty three years of age, when he engaged in business on his own account. He was appointed postmaster at North Dartmouth and held that position for twelve consecutive years. In December, 1849, he married Phoebe Peckham of Little Compton, R. I., and they have three sons: James, Frederick and Edward, all now associated with their father in an extensive general produce busi- ness. In politics Mr. Seabury has always been a staunch Republican. He has re- sided in North Dartmouth for many years and is one of the best known men in the community.
Shaw, Charles Frederick, is the oldest son of Frederick P. and Mary (Maxfield) Shaw, and a grandson of Job and Amy (Macomber) Shaw, and was born in New Bed- ford, Mass., November 28, 1840. His great grandfather, Nathaniel Shaw, and great- great-grandfather, Thomas Cory (whose daughter married Nathaniel Shaw), were Revolutionary soldiers. Ilis mother's ancestors were Quakers. Job Shaw, a native of Tiverton, R, I., became a cooper in New Bedford, where he died in 1862. Fred- erick P. Shaw, a wholesale and retail grocer in New Bedford, died December 1, 1883,
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aged seventy-three; his wife survives at the age of eighty-six; he served one year each in the New Bedford Common Council and the State Legislature. Charles F Shaw was educated in his native city, and on August 13, 1863, enlisted as a private in Co. H, 38th Mass. Vol. Infantry, being mustered out of service June 30, 1865. He served as corporal, sergeant and second and first lieutenants, and participated in the battles of Western Louisiana, the siege of Port Hudson, the Red River expedi- tion, the Shenandoah Valley campaign (including the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864), and the closing events in Georgia and North Carolina. September 1, 1863, he received his commission as second lieutenant, and from that time until he was discharged he commanded his company (the captain being on detached service) and brought it back to New Bedford. In 1865 he went to East Saginaw, Mich., and en- gaged in the wholesale grocery business as a member of the firm of Shaw, Bullard & Co. Mr. Bullard withdrew in 1873, and the firm of Shaw Brothers & Co. con- tinued the business until 1878, when it was closed up. Mr. Shaw has been an active and influential Republican since he was old enough to vote. While in East Saginaw he was a member of the Police Commission two years and of the Cemetery Commis- sion four years, and in 1878 he was nominated for mayor, but declined to run. In 1879 he accepted the nomination of city treasurer and ran ahead of his ticket, which was defeated. In 1880, without solicitation, he was nominated by the Saginaw County Republican Convention on the first ballot, by a vote of 104 out of 114, for the office of register of deeds, but was defeated by 199 votes. out of 11,000 cast. Soon afterward he was chosen sole assessor of East Saginaw city, which position he held until March, 1883, when he resigned and returned to New Bedford by reason of his father's illness. As a citizen of East Saginaw he was prominent in all public mat. ters, and for six years served as president of the East Saginaw Rifles. In 1886 he purchased the street railway there, made three miles of extensions and other im- provements, and seven months later sold it. He was also vice-president of the East Saginaw Gas Company several years, and in 1888 was again called there for four months to act as treasurer of a savings bank. Since returning to New Bedford he has been a member of the Republican City Committee ten years, being its chairman three years and its present vice-chairman; he served one term in the State Legisla- ture and two years as alderman and was nominated for mayor; and in December, 1897, was elected city assessor at large for three years. He has been president of the New Bedford Choral Association since 1890; is a director and formerly was sec- retary of the Board of Trade and vice-president of the New Bedford General Hos- pital; is a member of the Wamsutta and Dartmouth Clubs, also of the Massachusetts Republican Club; the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the G. A. R., the Loyal Legion, the Veteran Fireinen's Association and the Masonic fraternity as high as Knight Templarism; and a life member of the Old Colony Historical Society. He was also for some time treasurer of the Union Street Railway Company, resigning February 1. 1897. November 12, 1867, he married Clara D., daughter of William H. Warner of East Saginaw, Mich. She died July 16, 1873, leaving one son, Frederick Warner Shaw, who died April 16, 1878.
Shay, Jeremiah M., & Co .- Jeremiah M. Shay is a son of Michael P. and Anna (Harrington) Shay, natives of Ireland, who came to this country when quite young and a few years after settled in Fall River, where they were married in 1859, re-
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moving to Portsmouth, R. I., where Mr. Shay was born, January 28, 1866. The family returned to Fall River when he was ten years old and he attended school and worked in the mills. He served an apprenticeship with Louis Lavoie at the carriage making business, and in 1886 became a partner. In November, 1892, Mr. Lavoie retired and since then Mr. Shay has conducted the business alone. All kinds of car- riages and wagons are made to order, and in addition a harness making and repair- ing business is conducted. Mr. Shay is an active, enterprising citizen and enjoys the respect of all with whom he comes in contact. He is possessed of considerable inventive ability; one of his most important inventions being a shuttle-supplying mechanism for looms which increases the capacity of the loom about ten per cent., and reduces the labor of the weaver more than fifty per cent.
Sherman, Albert S., is a descendant in the seventh generation of Philip Sherman, who was born in Dedham, England, in 1610, and came to this country while young and settled in Boston, thence to Portsmouth, R. I. Albert S. Sherman is a son of Wilson and Mary (Davis) Sherman, and was born in Westport, Mass., February 9, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of that town and at an early age went to California in a merchant ship. During this service he visited the East Indies, England and numerous foreign ports. Mr. Sherman abandoned the sea after several years' service and returned home and engaged in farming. He is a Republican it politics and is now serving his twelfth year as selectmen of his native town, is a member of the Board of Health and is serving his seventh year as justice of the peace, being appointed by Governor Russell. On October 15, 1868, he married Mary H., daughter of Howland and Mary B. (Sherman) Russell of Dartmouth, and they had two children: Wilson H., born October 18, 1871, died August 15, 1875, and Waldo A., born March 22, 1881.
Sherman, Clifford Parker, attorney at law, was born in New Bedford, September 13, 1861, a son of David W. and Charity (Parker) Sherman. He attended the public schools, and graduated from the High School in the class of 1879. In the summer of 1880 he entered the law office of Crapo, Clifford & Clifford, to read law. After six years' reading he was admitted to the Bristol bar, June 14, 1886. He had been en- gaged before this time in the work of investigating titles, and remained with Crapo, Clifford & Clifford until the business in hand was finished, when he opened an office on North Water street and engaged in practice, which has been chiefly confined to legal investigation of titles, etc. In May, 1896, he removed to the Masonic build- ing. Mr. Sherman has been for some time clerk and trustee of the First Congrega- tional Society ('Trinitarian). He married, June 8, 1891, Emma B. Allen, daughter of Abuer W. Allen of New Bedford, and they have two sons: Allen and Clifford P., jr.
Sherman, James L., son of Abner and Abbie W. (Durfee) Sherman, was born in New Bedford, February 11, 1842. His father, who still lives at the age of eighty-two years, was a native of Westport and came to New Bedford when a boy to learn the carpenter's trade. Ile later located a shop on Water street, where he has been in business for over fifty years, having been associated during the entire time with Levi H. Sturtevant under the firm name of Sturtevant & Sherman. The gentlemen are now the oldest firm of carpenters, contractors and builders in New Bedford. James L. Sherman was educated in the New Bedford schools and after being employed a short time as a clerk he went into the retail lumber business for himself, locating in
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the Sturtevant & Sherman building on Water street, with yards on the Wilcox and Richmond wharf. He has continued this business for upwards of twenty years. With the exception of three years on the School Committee he has never held public office. He is a prominent Mason, a past master of Eureka Lodge, past high priest of Adoniram Chapter, Council, past E. C. of Sutton Commandery, and at present district deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Mr. Sbernian married, in 1869, Caroline M., daughter of Timothy D. Cook of New Bedford, and of their children, one daughter, Abbie D., survives.
Sherman, Jesse T., son of Asa and Alice (Anthony) Sherman, was born in South Dartmouth, November 18, 1845. His father was a farmer who resided in the town of Dartmouth all his life. As a boy he attended the common schools and when only fifteen years of age went to sea in a whaler. He followed the whaling business for over twenty-seven years, finally becoming mate and then master, in which capacity he sailed for twelve years upon all the oceans of the globe. He discontinued long voyages in July, 1886, and shortly after began work for S. C. Hart as captain of the tow boat Cygnet. At the death of Mr. Hart in February, 1894, he with others formed a corporation called the The New Bedford Tow Boat Company and purchased the boats and equipment belonging to Mr. Hart's estate. Captain Sherman was made manager of the company in March, 1894, and has since continued in that capacity. He is a member of Star of the East Lodge, F. & A. M., and enjoys the confidence of all with whom his business brings him in contact. In politics he has never allied himself with any party, but has cast his ballot for the candidate whom he considered best fitted for the office. November 19, 1865, he married Ellen B., daughter of Elihu Briggs of New Bedford, and they had two children: Jessie A., wife of George Case, and Arthur B.
Sherman, Zacheus, was born in Plympton, Mass., August 5, 1819, a son of Zacheus and Jane (Bradford) Sherman. He received his early education in the common schools and in 1837 came to Taunton and engaged at carpenter's work with Earl E. Ryder, at which he served an apprenticeship of three years, working for him two years and a short time for William Mason. In 1845 he started in business for him- self and has continued up to the present time (1898), making fifty-three years of actual service. During this time he has built the station and freight house; locomotive works: Mason machine works, and many of the large buildings in the city, and at one time employed seventy-five men. In 1801 Mr. Sherman was one of the first to put foot on Virginia soil in defense of his country; he was a member of Co. G, 4th Mass. Vol. Militia, and took an active part in the battle of Big Bethel. IIe received his discharge in July, 1861, and did not re-enlist on account of ill health. Mr. Sher- man is a member of Charles H. Titus Lodge, F. & A. M. December 23, 1845, he married Betsy M., daughter of Levi and Melinda (Pratt) Hale, and they have one son, Clifford A., born March 12, 1854.
Silvia, Frank M., son of Francisco Machado and Mary Claudina (Pacheco) Silvia, was born in the Azores, on the Island of St. George, March 2, 1850. His father was a seafaring man and he early manifested a desire to follow the same calling, but at- tended the public schools until he was twelve years of age and then made his first voyage. Subsequently he visited England, Germany, France, Brazil and adjacent islands, Australia, New Zealand, and in fact circumnavigated the globe. His father
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had meantime made his headquarters in this country, being captain of a coasting vessel, and he having been injured and placed in a foreign hospital was sent to America upon his recovery by the American Consul. He was landed in New Bed- ford in 1871, and soon after came to Fall River and found employment as a laborer. In 1874 he engaged in the trucking business, buying his outfit with money which he had saved by industry and economy. In 1880 he sold his business to engage in the retail liquor trade, first locating on Ferry street and later removing to his present location at the corner of Ferry and Washington streets, which property he pur- chased. Here he conducts a wholesals and retail liquor business, and also is exten- tensively engaged as a ship, railroad and emigrant agent. Mr. Silvia is one of the leading representatives of the Portuguese race in Bristol county and is actively in- terested in all that will promote the best interests of the people of his nationality. Ile organized and secured the charter of the St. Joseph Benevolent Society and also was instrumental in the purchase of the old First Baptist chapel on Columbia street, which is now used as a Portuguese church. He is an honorary member of many fraternal organizations and a member of the American Order of Druids and the Order of Foresters. In August, 1874, he married Mary Emcarnacao Dutra, and they had nine children, of whom seven survive: Annie, Catherine, Frank, jr., Manuel Joseph, Stephen and John.
Sistare, Frank B., son of George B. and Mary (Shaw) Sistare, was born in New London, Conn., January 21, 1861. His father, a seafaring man, now lives in New London, having reached the age of seventy years. When he was an infant the fam- ily moved to Little Compton, R. I., and later to that part of Dartmouth, Mass., called Smith's Neck. He gained his education in the public schools of Little Compton and Dartmouth, and at the early age of fifteen began to learn the carpenter's trade under Russell E. Burrows, of New London, Conn., with whom he remained about three years, and then went to Taunton, Mass., where he worked as a journeyman carpen- ter for one year, and for two years was head carpenter at the Elizabeth Poole Cot- ton Mill, being then scarcely of age. From Taunton he removed to Dartmouth, where he was employed for one year by Samuel Davis, and then returned to New London. In 1884 he came to New Bedford, and in 1886 began business as a con- tractor and builder. Mr. Sistare has been accorded a good measure of success in his business, and is one of the representative builders of the city. Among the more important buildings he has erected are the Casino at Fall River, the Dartmouth Town Hall, pumping station at Fairhaven, and numerous large dwellings and tene- ment houses. Ile is a member of Pacific Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Aunawan En- campment. IIe married in 1883, Elvira, daughter of Thomas Smith of South Dart- mouth, and two children have been born to them, George H. and Esther.
Slade, George W., member of the firm of Allen, Slade & Co., wholesale grocers in Fall River, was born in Swansea, July 31, 1826, and is a descendant of one of the early settlers in Massachusetts. His grandfather, Peleg Slade, was a colonel in the Revolution, and an honored citizen of Swansea. Mr. Slade is a son of Lloyd and Elizabeth (Lewin) Slade, who came to Fall River in 1886, when it was a village of less than five thousand people, and where George W. at the age of nine years ob- tained employment at $1 per week in the American Print Works, then under the management of Holder Borden. He remained there and in the Robeson Print
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Works until 1845, when he began to learn the machinist's trade in the shop of Hawes, Marvel & Davol, manufacturers of cotton machinery. Early in 1849 he joined a party from Boston on the ship Regulus around Cape Horn to San Francisco, arriving there on September 15, of that year. While in California he worked in dif- ferent gold mines until 1852, when he returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama. The following year he followed his trade of machinist, the next year engaged in the commission business, receiving butter, cheese and other products, in partnership with B. G. Chase. In 1858 he formed a partnership with Capt. James Brightman and William Marvel under the firm name of Brightman, Marvel & Slade, and en- gaged in importing West India molasses, sugar and other tropical products. This firm 'dissolved partnership in December, 1862. Mr. Slade then chartered the schoon- er Spencer D., which afterward, together with D. A. Brayton, he purchased and loaded with flour and sailed December 6 for New Orleans, just after the city was captured by Admiral Farragut. After disposing of his flour he brought back a cargo of molasses, making a very successful trip under dangerous conditions. The next year he engaged in the business of jobbing merchandise; in 1864 he bought the schooner Hydrangia and with a permit from Secretary Chase and Senator Sprague of Rhode Island, took a cargo of sutler's supplies to Hilton Head, South Carolina, returning in the fall of 1865. He then formed a copartnership with Nathan Chase and Howard B. Allen, under the firm name of Chase, Allen & Slade, and engaged in the wholesale grocery business on Bedford street. The present firm of Allen, Slade & Co., composed of George W. Slade, Edward B. Lake and B. S. C. Gifford, was formed in August, 1872, and has since continued. They have conducted a very large and successful trade as wholesale dealers in groceries and have six traveling salesmen employed and seventeen delivery wagons for the city trade. Mr. Slade is one of the oldest business men in Fall River and is still active and energetic. He has been engaged in the wholesale grocery business for forty years. In 1833 he married Lydia A. Lake of Fall River, and they had four children, only one now liv- ing, Susie M., wife of James M. Cameron of Fall River. In 1894 Mr. Slade visited Europe for an extended tour through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzer- land, France, England, Ireland and Scotland.
Slade, John Palmer, president of the Laurel Lake Cotton Mills, was born in Som- erset, Mass., November 13, 1824, a lineal descendant of Edward Slade, who came from Wales to Newport, R. I., with the early settlers of that colony. William, son ot Edward, settled at Slade's Ferry in 1680, and was the founder of the Slade family of Somerset. The father of John P. died when the son was three years old, and his mother when he was fourteen. He went to live in the family of Capt. Robert Gibbs, a farmer of Somerset. He obtained his education in the schools of his native town and at Myers Academy at Warren. R. I. Having been thrown upon his own resources in his youth he early acquired a spirit of self-reliance, and by his energy and perseverance soon acquired a reputation among his associates for enterprise and correct business methods. He entered upon his prosperous career in 1841 at Fall River as a clerk in a grocery and drug store. Eight months later he went to George- town, South Carolina, where he engaged for a few mouths as a clerk, then as part- ner with his cousin, F. P. Cummings. They were cotton dealers and general mer- chants. Two years later Mr. Slade purchased his partner's interest, settled up the
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