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Deane, Lewis Billings, was born in Norton, November 26, 1826, a son of John and Betsey (Smith) Deane. His education was obtained entirely in the public schools of his native town and after he finished his schooling he worked for his father on the
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farm. In 1853 he went to Boston, and with his brother engaged in the teaming business, which he followed for twenty years, or until 1874, when he returned to Norton and took up farming again, which he has followed up to the present time. (1808). August 18, 1881, Mr. Deane married Rose Burns of Providence, R. I .; she was born September 28, 1844, and died August 9, 1892, leaving one son, Lewis L .. born November 23, 1883.
Dehn, Edward William, physician and surgeon, is a native of New Bedford. His father was an active merchant and well known in New Bedford for several years. He attended the public schools of New Bedford and under private tutors was prepared for college. Ilaving chosen medicine as a profession, he matriculated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York city, and in 1889 was graduated with the degree of M. D. He at once began and still continues practice in New Bed- ford. Dr. Debn has served for two years as physician to the overseers of the poor and for some time as visiting physician to St. Mary's Home. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society; Bristol South District; and the New Bedford Med- ical Improvement Society. He is medical examiner for the Maine Benefit Associa- tion, Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the Catholic Order of Foresters, and is assistant supreme surgeon-general of the Knights of Sherwood, Uniformed Rank of the Foresters of America. He is also a member of the B. P. O.E., and the Knights of Columbus.
Delano, James, son of George and Abby (Leonard) Delano, was born in Marion, Mass., August 13, 1846, educated in the public and high schools in New Bedford and the Peekskill Academy at Peekskill, N. Y., from which he was graduated. Dur- ing the following two years he went to sea in the merchant service, and then took a business course in Comer's Business College in Boston, and until 1882 was engaged in the wool trade in Boston; at that time he came to New Bedford to take the man- agement, in company with his brother, Stephen S. C. L. Delano, of the oil business, succeeding the firm at the head of which was their father, George Delano. This business is one of the historic enterprises of New Bedford, having been established previous to 1850, by Charles H. Leonard, an uncle, who conducted it until his death, and the firm name is now George Delano's Sons, consisting of Stephen S. C. L. De. lano and James Delano. Mr. Delano has been prominent, to a considerable extent, in city affairs and for three years, 1889, 1890 and 1891, served on the Board of Alder- men, and has also been a member of the Cemetery Board since its establishment, and has served his party and the city in other capacities of minor importance. He has also for some years served as a director of the Merchants' Bank. In 1875 he married Elizabeth, daughter of James S. Reed of Marion, Ohio, and they have three sons: Rede I .. , James, jr., and Kenneth H. As is elsewhere mentioned in this work, the Delano family is of old Puritan stock, most of the name in this vicinity descending from Philip De La Noye, a French Huguenot, who joined the Walloon church in Leyden, Holland, and came to Plymouth colony in the ship " Fortune" in 1621.
Delano, Joshua, is one of the oldest residents of Fairhaven, and has lived there all his life. He was born August 11, 1818, and during his boyhood attended school. At an early age he began to learn the ship carpenter's trade, at which he worked on the Union wharf in Fairhaven for nearly three years. He then turned his attention en-
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tirely to boat building, and in November, 1839, erected a building on Water street to accommodate his business. He has built almost every style of boat known to the trade, but he made a specialty for a number of years of whale boats, one of which he once shipped to Portugal. He has never given up active work, having reached the ripe age of eighty years. Mr. Delano is a member of the famous old Puritan family, the head of which was Philip Delano, who came from Leyden to Plymouth colony in 1621. Members of this family were the first settlers in the vicinity of Fairhaven, and it has always been largely represented in this section. Mr. Delano was married, October 15, 1848, to Lucretia Nye, and they had nine children: Sarah Elizabeth, Arvilla Durfee, Ada Everett, Joshua Howard, Charles Tobey (deceased), Emma Trafton, Frederick Emerson, and two sons of the name William Herbert, who died when infants. Joshua II. Delano, oldest son of Joshua and Lucretia (Nye) Delano, was born in Fairhaven, December 18, 1850, and educated in the schools of his native town. Like his father, he has resided in Fairhaven all his life and has followed the occupation of boat building with considerable success. He is a member of Acushnet Lodge of Odd Fellows. In June, 1874, he married Elizabeth A., daughter of Zad- dock and Jane Tilton, and they have three children: Joshua Everett, Clifford Perry and Louis Albert.
Desmond, Thomas F., a prominent member of the Bristol bar, was born in Limer- ick, Ireland, June 17, 1851, and removed to this country when but a boy, settling in Braintree, Mass. He attended the public schools of that town and also the State Normal School at Bridgewater. He began the study of law in the office of Asa French in Boston, and in June, 1872, was admitted to the bar. For three years sub- sequent he was in the office of Edward Avery. He began his present practice in New Bedford in April, 1879, and has since won a high reputation, especially as a criminal lawyer. Mr. Desmond was registrar of voters for five years, four of which he was chairman of the board. He has also served as city solicitor and in that ca- pacity exhibited vigorous and fearless methods in the performance of his duties. Ile acquired considerable distinction from the correct position he took regarding the po- lice tenure of office.
Dickerman, Charles Reynard, was born August 21, 1849, a son of John Quincy and Clarissa Jane (Townsend) Dickerman. He received his early education in the public schools of Taunton, Bristol Academy and Prince's Academy at Middleborough. He then engaged in the marble business in Taunton with W. H. Jackson, under the firm name of W. H. Jackson & Co., remaining with him two and a half years, and then went into the office with his father to learn dentistry. In 1878 he went to the Bos- ton Dental College and remained there two years, when he returned and engaged in business with his father in the present location. Upon the death of his father, in 1889, he succeeded to the business and continues to-day in the same place. Dr. Dickerman is a member of Charles H. Titus Lodge of Masons. He has been mar- ried twice, first, in 1871, to Mary Emma Cummings of Berkley, by whom he had four children: Harry Almond, Minnie Isabelle, Clarissa Babbitt and Milton White. Mrs. Dickerman died in January, 1895, and in October, 1896, he married Lizzie Nelson Elmer of Wareham.
Dineen, Daniel J., was born in Easton, Mass., October 15, 1863, and is a son of Daniel and Mary Lyons Dineen. They trace their ancestry back to a family of
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Dineens in Ireland, nearly two centuries ago. Daniel J. Dineen graduated from the High School in 1880 and then started as clerk in the grocery business and in 1889 started for himself in that line, in which he is at present engaged, having steadily built up a considerable trade. November 18, 1800, he married Annie E., daughter of Patrick and Mary Lynch Reynolds, and they are the parents of three children: Mary, Joseph (deceased), and Frank. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus of Easton and Council Hendricken, Court of Foresters. He is a self-made man and has battled the tide of life from his boyhood, receiving a liberal share of patronage from the citizens of Easton, who show their appreciation and esteem toward him. He takes an intelligent interest in his church and town and towns- people.
Doran, J. E., was born in North Attleborough, November 7, 1865. His father. John Doran, was a native of Ireland, and came to North Attleborough in 1864, where he has been identified in the jewelry business. J. E. Doran was educated in the public schools and graduated from the High School in 1882. He then entered the employ of R. F. Simmons & Co., and in 1800 went with W. H. Bell & Co., remaining with them until 1895, when he was appointed postmaster at Attleborough Falls by President Cleveland. Mr. Doran is one of the progressive men of the town, was president of the North Attleborough Musical and Literary Association and a mem- ber of the Democratic town committee for four years, and is now secretary of the T. P. McDonough Council, K. of C. During his term of office as postmaster the mail service has been greatly increased and the office raised to the grade of an in- ternational money order office.
Dudley, Sumner Arthur, was born in Sutton, Mass., March 15, 1854, a son of Da- vid Tyler and Lucy Larkin (Wilder) Dudley. He received his early education in the public schools and at the close of his school days went to work for his father to learn the trade of shuttle making. He remained with him fourteen years and then went to Hopedale, Mass., and started in business for himself under the style of Dudley & Knight, which partnership was formed in April, 1884. In 1888 Mr. Dudley bought out Mr. Knight's interest in the business and came to Taunton, starting alone in the same line of business, the manufacture of shuttles of all description, and continues it to-day in the same style. He belongs to several orders, among them being the I. O. O. F., the K. P .. I. O. R. M., and A. O. U. W. May 22, 1878, Mr. Dudley married Susan II., daughter of Hugh E. and Eliza (Carney) Boyd, of Goshen, Conn., and they have seven children: David T., Harold B., Forest A., Martha II., Beulah C., Ly- man L. and Ruth G.
Duff, John, son of David and Mary (Saunders) Duff, was born in New Bedford, January 21, 1858. His father, a native of the county of Cork, Ireland, came to this country when a young man and soon settled in New Bedford, where he still resides. His first occupation in New Bedford was in the teaming business and later, having acquired a small capital, he started a coal business on Race street (now Acushnet avenue), and, putting the full force of his indomitable energy into the business, working early and late, he very soon was able to reach out until eight or nine wag- ons were employed. At this stage in the history of the business John Duff, who had attained his majority, was admitted to partnership and the firm name was changed to David Duff & Son, and in 1884 the William O. Brownell property on Front
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street was purchased and extensive wharves and pockets erected. Two years later, in 1886, the coal business and stock of Parker & Haskill were purchased, and thus the business, which started on practically no sure foundation, had become one of the largest coal dealing concerns in Bristol county. When the property on Fish Island, where the coal pockets, stables, wharves, etc., of the business are now located, was purchased, steps were at orce taken towards its improvement, with the result that the area was nearly doubled by filling in and by building wharfage. About three-fourths of this island is now used in the conduct of the business and an aver- age of fifty men are employed, and during the year, February 1, 1897, to February 1, 1898, over fifty thousand tons of coal were handled. David Duff, who founded the business, is now retired, and the enterprise is managed by John Duff, the subject of this sketch, under the old firm name of David Duff & Son. Mr. Duff was educated in the New Bedford public schools and when fifteen years old began to materially assist his father in the conduct of the business and, in fact, practically grew up with it. He was admitted to partnership by his father in 1879, having that year attained his majority. Mr. Duff has always taken an active interest in municipal politics and has been a member for several years of the Republican City Committee, and in 1893 he served in the city government as alderman. He is recognized throughout the en- tire community as a man of keen insight, shrewdness and executive ability, and is a director of the Citizens' Bank and of St. Mary's Hospital, and also a trustee of St. Lawrence Church. Mr. Duff married Mary A. Mitchell, a daughter of Michael Mitch- ell of Taunton, and they have five children: Norah E., Aloise A., John, Mark N., and Walter F.
Dunn, James P., was born in East Taunton, August 17, 1861, a son of Patrick and Catherine (Powers) Dunn. He received his education in the public schools of Taun- ton, and then went to work in the meat business with Macomber Bros., remaining with them until 1879, when he started in business for himself in a small way, and has been constantly increasing ever since, and in addition to this is proprietor of one of the hotels in the city. Mr. Dunn belongs to several local organizations, including the Elks, and is one of the successful business men of the city. June 14, 1886, he married Nellie E. Leddy of Taunton, daughter of Andrew Leddy; they have three children: Nellie E., James P. and Rose G.
Durand, John, was born in Prunet (Auvergne), department of Cantal, France, May 0, 1800, a son of John and Anna (Delon) Durand. Four brothers and two sisters still reside in his native country. Mr. Durand was educated at the college of Cler- mont, France (Puy-de Dome) and at the Jesuit college of the same place. He came to the United States in 1878 and settled in New York city, thence removing to New Milford, Conn. Later he engaged in business at Haverstraw, on the Hudson, for two years, and in 1881 came to Fall River. In June of the following year he estab- lished a printing business at 84 Pleasant street, where he was located until 1898, when he removed to his present location at 154 East Main street. He has made a specialty of society and business work and especially of card novelties, employing from thirty to fifty agents and trading in New England, New York, Pennsylvania and the South. In September, 1808, he established " Le Dimanche," a French Sun- day paper of sixteen pages, which has already met with good success, circulating widely in Fall River and neighboring cities and towns. Mr. Durand is a member
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of the Franco- American Society and was its treasurer three years; he is also a mem- ber of the Garde Napoleon ler, and president of the Republican Club of Ward 1. He married, January 1, 1882, Eva Morin, a daughter of William Morin of Fall River.
Durfee, George B., son of Matthew Chaloner and Fidelia (Borden) Durfee, is a native of Fall River. His father was for many years cashier of the Fall River Bank of Fall River, and prominently identified with many large manufacturing interests. The family is in direct descent from Thomas Durfee, who came from England in 1660 and settled in Portsmouth, R. I. In 1688 he purchased a part of the town of Tivertou, R. I. He was the progenitor of most of the name of Durfee in this vicin- ity. As a young man George B. attended the schools of Fall River and engaged in various mercantile pursuits; later he became a partner in the house of Low, Harri- man & Company of New York city, selling agents of the American Print Works. In 1868 he returned to Fall River and was for some time treasurer of the Mechanics' Mills. He is now owner and manager of the Carr Metal Company, and is a well known figure in the business circles of Fall River. Mr. Durfee was married, De- cember 6, 1855, to Eliza O. Borden, daughter of Jefferson Borden of Fall River, and they have three children: Matthew C., Eudora and Owen.
Dwinell, Byron Lee, was born in East Calais, Vt., October 2, 1850, a son of Ira S. and Clarinia H. (Pearce) Dwinell. In early life he attended the public schools of Vermont and in 1876 entered Barre Academy. Later he went to Goddard Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1872. He then entered Tufts College, graduating in 1876. In the same year he began a complete course in the Boston University School of Medicine. Immediately following his graduation from the School of Medi- cine he located in Taunton, corner of High and Weir streets, in the same office which he occupies to-day. Dr. Dwinell was made a Mason in Vermont, is a member of St. Mark's Chapter of Taunton, and of St. John's Commandery, K. T., of Providence, R. I. He is also a member of Sabbatia Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of a Greek Letter Fraternity. He is a member of the Massachusetts Homocopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homoeopathy. August 14, 1878, he married A. Louise Barron, daughter of Lyman P. and Emily A. (Godfrey) Barron of Washington, Vt. Two children were born to them: Barron Ira and Alice Louise, the former dying in his seventeenth year.
Dyer, George F., son of David II. and Mary E. (French) Dyer, was born in Fall River, August 5, 1867. Ile was educated in the public and high schools of his native city and at Brown University, Providence. Ile then entered the Thomson-Houston electrical works at Lynn, Mass., to take an electrical engineering course. Upon completing this course Mr. Dyer was sent to Cuba by the Thomson-Houston Com- pany to undertake the work of placing several hitherto non-paying gas and electrical companies on a paying basis. This work he accomplished successfully by improv- ing the plants and consolidating the companies, and then returned to Fall River to open his present business in company with his father, David II. Dyer, as a consult- ing mill and electrical engineer. He has been employed in the reconstruction of many of the large cotton mills in this vicinity, and has also undertaken important work on cotton mills in Mexico. In electrical construction he has put in several large plants, notably the plant at the Bridgewater State farm at Titicut, Mass. Mr. Dyer is treasurer of the Bristol Brewing Company. He is an indisputable authority
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on matters pertaining to mill engineering and as a citizen is widely respected and esteemed.
Eastwood, Frederick, is a native of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He is an extensive manufacturer of sizing for cotton, woolen and linen, and it is also used largely by bleachers and printers. Mr. Eastwood's father was a manufacturer of these same goods in England, and it was while at home he acquired the knowledge which laid the foundation of the business in Fall River. Mr. Eastwood came to the United States, and to Fall River, ten years ago (1888) and erected the buildings which serves as a manufactory and which are located at Broadway and Harvey streets, with a frontage of eighty feet and a depth of sixty feet. Mr. Eastwood has as customers all the woolen, cotton and linen manufacturers in this country and Can- ada. He has lately established a branch in Atlanta, Georgia. The home factory at Broadway and Harvey streets, Fall River, is under the efficient management of James McDermot, where a large force of help find constant employment. In addi- tion to the above business, in 1896 Mr. Eastwood established the Troy Laundry and erected a building 90 by 50 feet, two stories, where he carries on a large business, employing a force of forty men, which is under the management of I. L. Bassett, with a branch at Newport. They run seven teams and have many agencies. The downtown office of the laundry is at 39 North Main street. An immense business is carried on in hotel and family work.
Eddy, Everett W., was born in Providence. R. I., May 27, 1856. Ilis father, Alexander J. Eddy, was a native of Taunton and was engaged as a moulder and pattern maker; he married Louisa M. Dyer and died in 1879. Everett W. Eddy was educated in the common schools, worked in the foundry at Norton and Taunton and learned the moulder's trade, and was one of the organizers and founders of the Co- operative Foundry at Taunton. In 1890 he came to Attleborough and in 1895 pur- chased the Opera House Cafe, adding the Park Hotel as an annex in 1897. In 1881 Mr. Eddy married Nellie M. Dunham, who died in 1889; later he married Abbie E. Winsor, and they have one daughter, Helen.
Elcock, Harry Alfred, M.D., was born in Enfield, Conn., June 2, 1870, a son of Alfred and Mary (Kerr) Elcock. His father, in his early life, was identified in the manufacture of gunpowder in England and Hounslow, Scotland, and later became identified with Carl Zerrahan, the great musical director, who is now at Boston. They trace their descent to a family of Elcocks a century and a half ago, who were also identified in the manufacture of gunpowder in the above places. His father settled at Enfield, Conn. Dr. Elcock began his academic studies at Yale University and afterwards entered Yale Medical College, graduating in 1891, and then studied for about a year in Berlin, also receiving a diploma from the Manhattan Infirmary, New York. He was for a year and a half connected with the New Haven Hospital, three years at Parker's, New Haven, and also an instructor in Yale Medical College for diseases of the throat, nose and ear, and began the practice of medicine in North Easton in March, 1897. He takes an interest in everything that interests the people of North Easton and expresses a desire to spend the balance of his days there. He is one of the regular school physicians and surgeons, and in his form of worship is a Catholic. He is unmarried.
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Eldridge, Albert Stanley, was born in Taunton, November 16, 1859. He attended the public schools of Taunton, and at the close of his school days, entered his father's factory to learn the trade of making casket hardware. He advanced from boy to foreman, which position he held until 1891, when he purchased a part of his father's share in the business. His father retired in 1896, when he and his brother John H. took the entire business; they continue it to-day under the same name (Eldridge & Co.) used by their father fifty years ago. Albert S. Eldridge was formerly connected with the militia, joining as a private and being successively promoted until he was made captain of Co. G, 1st M. V. M., November 4, 1879. On November 6, 1898. he was elected a member of the School Committee for three years. He is a member of Ionic Lodge, F. & A. M., St. Mark's Chapter, New Bedford Council, St. John's Com- mandery of Providence, Palestine Temple, A. O. N. M. S., and the B. P. O. E. July 21, 1879, he married Mary II., daughter of William Watson of Taunton, and they have three children: Ralph F., Harold W., and Carleton W.
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Eldridge, John Henry, was born in Taunton, January 7, 1853, a son of Eli Henry and Lydia Anna (Thrasher) Eldridge. Ile received his early education in the public schools of Taunton and the Bristol Academy and then went to Boston and took a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. After finishing his education he returned to Taunton and went with his father to learn the trade of making casket hardware and spent five years in the factory. In 1875 he was admitted to the firm as a partner and so continued until 1896, when his father retired, and John H., with his brother Albert S., who had also been a member of the firm for some years, took the entire business and continue it to-day under the firm name of Eldridge & Co., the same style as was adopted by their father in 1848. Mr. Eldridge has served in both branches of the city government; in 1885 and 1886 he was a member of the lower board and in 1887 and 1888 was on the Board of Allermen, the latter year be- ing chairman of the board. He is one of the directors of the Bristol County National Bank ; a member of King David Lodge, F. & A. M., St. Mark's R. A. Chapter, Boston Commandery, Knights Templar of Boston, Good Samaritan Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Naomi Encampment, I. O. O. F. July 1, 1874, he married Mary Jane, daughter of Job Godfrey and Eleanor (Cooper) Codding, of Taunton.
Elliot, W. L., D. D. S., was born in Rumford, Maryland, March 81, 1853, son of William Elliot, who was a native of Pembroke, N. H., but who was identified at Rumford, Md., as a contractor and builder. W. L. Elliot was educated at the public schools and Hebron Academy and then entered the office of C. W. Clement, of Manchester, serving three years; returning then to Rumford, where he practiced three years. Ile next went to Fall River and remained there three years, and in August, 1885, came to Attleborough where he established his present business, using the latest and most improved scientific methods of modern dentistry. In 1886 be married Mary W., daughter of Dr. Edward Sanford, and they have two sons: Law- rence and Lloyd. Dr. Elliot is one of the conservative men of his town; he served as town auditor; has been a member of the School Board for three years; and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and townspeople.
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