Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 103

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1399

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Lothrop, Cyrus, was born in Easton, October 13, 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 1823 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,1 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. H., in 1724 (at which time his brother Thomas was killed), and taken to Canada, where he was redeemed; William Lund,3 born July 8, 1717, died May 20, 1782; John Lund, 4 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 Dunstable), which remained in the Lund family until 1897; and Jonathan P. Lund,5 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 1863, and from 1865 to 1869 he conducted a saw mill in the same building. He died December 4, 1874; his wife died June 8, 1883. 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, 1863; 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, 1863, 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 Hose Company No. 2, is a son of Richard and Mary (Pickett) Lynch, born in Providence, R. I., July 18, 1847. His 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 1886. 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 1891 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 on Linden street. In 1884 Mr. McMullen 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 Irc-

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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 he 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 296 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. He 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 1873 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.

MacColl, Rev. John A., pastor of the North Congregational Church of New Bed- ford, was born at Niagara Falls, N. Y., in 1856, a son of Rev. Alexander MacColl, a Presbyterian minister, and Mary Jane Newcomb, his wife, and, as the name would indicate, he is of Scotch descent. He was graduated from the University of New York in 1879 and from the Union Theological Seminary of the same city in 1882, in which year he was licensed to preach by the New York Presbytery. His first charge was the Memorial Congregational Church in Sayersville, R. I., where he was in- stalled on the 31st of January, 1883; but this pastorate was of short duration, for in the latter half of the same year he accepted a call from the church at St. Albans, Vermont, where he was installed in May, 1884. In this parish he consolidated and greatly enlarged a somewhat divided congregation, added materially to the mem- bership and force of the church, and especially endeared himself to all, and so great was the attachment of people to pastor that the question of the expediency of his removal was a grave one; but desiring a larger field for his efforts, he accepted the

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call to his present pastorate and was installed in January, 1890. One of the chief features of Rev. MacColl's work in the North Congregational Church has been the development of the missionary spirit among his people, and the beneficence of the congregation in this respect has been most liberal. For the past eight years it has wholly supported a missionary in South Africa and has also contributed largely to the support of the Y. M. C. A. and the City Mission. In the Y. M. C. A. work Rev. MacColl has taken a constant and active interest. He is a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions and a member of the Win- throp Club of Congregational Ministers of Boston and vicinity, and his entire pas- torate in New Bedford has been characterized by energetic zeal and constant effort, and but for abnormal losses through death and removal, the congregation would have been nearly doubled. Rev. MacColl has been paid the following tribute: "He is a gifted preacher, sound in the faith, unspotted in character, and fitted for eminent usefulness." He married, in 1883, Jeannette Kyle, a daughter of James Kyle, a New York merchant, and they have three children: Jeanette Montgomery, Grace Beatrice, and Robert John.

Macomber, Eliza M., daughter of Robert and Sarah (Tripp) Lawton, was born in the town of Westport, Bristol county, Mass., November 2, 1838. She received her education in the public schools of her native town and the Pierce Academy at Mid- dleborough, Mass. Mrs. Macomber remained at home until her marriage on Febru- ary 18, 1853, to Robert F., son of Orrin and Sarah (Dennis) Macomber. Mr. Ma- comber was born in New Bedford, Mass., May 12, 1832, and was engaged in blacksmithing for a number of years, and in 1852 went to California, where he re- mained for five years when he returned to Westport and engaged in farming until his death, September 30, 1889. They had three children born to them: Sarah E., wife of Herbert F. Tripp, who died August 28, 1890; Mable, wife of Jesse F. Pierce; and Jessie S.

Macdonald, Robert B., was born in Philadelphia, July 11, 1845. His father, Ed- ward Macdonald, was a native of Manchester, England, and came to the United States in 1840, settling in Newark, N. J. In 1854 he came to Adamsdale, and in 1859 to Attleborough, where he was identified in the calico works. He married Mar- garet Broadbent, and died in 1876. Robert B. Macdonald was educated in the pub- lic schools and in 1869 learned the jewelry trade in Attleborough with Freeman & Co. In 1873 he came to Attleborough and established the business of making swivels; in 1880 he enlarged the business and was one of the first manufacturers to use the jig saw in the business and the first one to make fancy hair and hat pins. He organ- ized the firm of Macdonald, Culver & Teed, Mr. Teed retiring in 1897, and at the present time the firm carries a line of silver novelties. In 1869 Mr. Macdonald mar- ried Lydia B. Wilmouth, and their children are R. B. Macdonald, jr., Mrs. Alice Chase and Hattie R.

Mackreth, M. B., was born in Yorkshire, England, în 1834, and came to the United States in 1850, settling in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he remained three years, and then came to Attleborough Falls and finished learning the jewelry business in Attle- borough with Thompson & Hayward. In 1856 he engaged in business for himself and the firm was obliged to suspend during the panic of 1857. After that he went to Mansfield and engaged in the manufacture of horn goods; later he entered into part-

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nership with W. D. Fisher, manufacturing chain trimmings and continued in that up to 1893, when he retired. In 1861 he married Adelaide, daughter of Willard and Rebecca Robinson, and they have one daughter, Fanny. Mr. Mackreth is one of the self-made men of Bristol county, serving as park commissioner and taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious institutions; is recognized as a man of sterling integrity who has ever received and merited the respect of his associates.

Maglathlin, Edward B., was born in Duxbury, May 15, 1852, a son of Edward D. Maglathlin, who was a native of the same town. Their ancestor, John Maglathlin, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and settled in Duxbury about 1700. Edward D. married Persis Walker of Pembroke, a lineal descendant of Gov. William Bradford; and his life was identified with shipping interests at East Boston, where he died in 1868. Edward B. Maglathlin was graduated from the Boston public schools, the State Normal School of Bridgewater, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; and pursued a course in theology in Harvard University. In 1876 he visited Europe and in 1877 was appointed principal of the Partridge Academy at Duxbury, remaining there for six years. While in Duxbury he served as a member of the board of School Committee and as a director of the Plymouth County Teachers' Association. On June 1, 1881, Mr. Maglathlin was ordained to the Christian ministry by the Plymouth and Bay Ministerial Association, and in 1882 was installed as pastor of the Unitarian Church at Harvard, Mass., where he remained until 1885. Mr. Maglathlin then taught in the Cambridge High School, supplying at the same time the pulpit of Grace Chapel at Green Harbor, and in the summer of 1887 accepted a call to the pas- torate of the Unitarian Church in Westford. In 1889 he resigned his charge at West- ford to accept the position of superintendent of schools at Easthampton, Mass., and in 1891 was elected superintendent of schools in Easton, also serving as one of the three directors of the Bristol County Teachers' Association, from 1891 to 1896. Since October 1, 1894, in addition to his work in the Easton Schools, Mr. Maglathlin has had charge of the Unitarian pulpit in West Bridgewater. In 1898 he was elected a trustee of the Howard Seminary. In 1877 he married Clara, daughter of Olcott Webb of Northfield, Mass., and they are the parents of five sons; Webb C., Leon E., Sydney A., Carl W. and Ralph H. Mr. Maglathlin is one of the progressive men of Bristol county, devoting his life energies to the advancement of religious and edu- cational institutions and to the welfare of his fellow men.

Makepeace, D. E., was born in Norton, June 9, 1848, a son of David W. and Abi- gail S. (White) Makepeace. The family trace their descent from William Makepeace, who came from England. D. E. Makepeace was educated in Norton and Mansfield and in 1867 came to Attleborough and learned the jewelry business. In 1888 he established the business for himself, and at the present time (1898) is making a spe- cialty of gold and silver rolled plate. In 1873 he married Myra, daughter of Isaac N. Johnson, and they have two daughters: Lulu B. and Edna M. Mr. Makepeace is one of the conservative men of his town, taking an intelligent interest in educa- tional and religious institutions. He is a member and master of Ezekiel Bates Lodge, F. & A. M. ; treasurer of King Hiram Royal Arch Chapter; member of Bris- tol Commandery and Aleppo Temple of Boston; of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. ; Orient Lodge of Odd Fellows; A. O. U. W .; Royal Arcanum; Com- pany C Association; and chairman of the building committee of the Odd Fellows Building Association, and director of the Co-operative Bank.

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Marvell, Edward T., deputy collector of customs, son of Ira and Mary (Tracy) Mar- vell, was born in Slatersville, R. I., and obtained his education in his native town. He left home at the age of fifteen and went to Danielsonville, Conn., and engaged in the cotton mill business. Later he removed to Massachusetts and at the opening of the Civil war came to Fall River. In 1861 he enlisted in the 7th Mass. Vols., and was in the Army of the Potomac for eighteen months, when he received his dis- charge on account of ill health. In 1870 he was appointed deputy collector of cus- toms at Fall River, and has since held this position. This is a long term of service, he having been in the employ of the government a period of over twenty-seven years. In December, 1865, he married Anna C. Wilbur, daughter of Dr. Thomas Wilbur of Fall River. Of this union are four children.

Mason, Dennis S, is a member of one of the oldest and most respected pioneer families in Bristol county. He is a lineal descendant on his father's side of William White, who came to this country on the Mayflower in 1620. The next in line of de- scent is Resolved,? Samuel,3 John,4 John, William,6 William,7 Hannah, 8 Reuben. 9 Dennis S. is the tenth in descent and was born in the town of Acushnet, July 5, 1860. His boyhood days were passed on the farm and in 1888 he succeeded Caleb Slade in the mercantile business, which he has since conducted. Mr. Mason has always been more or less active in public affairs, and in April, 1889, was elected town clerk, treas- urer and tax collector. In May, 1890, he was appointed postmaster of the Long Plain post office, which position he now holds; he is also justice of the peace. No- vember 3, 1887, he married Bertha W., daughter of James A. and Mary D. (Chace) Lawrence, and they have two children: Reuben 3d, born June 27, 1891, and Law- rence, born October 6, 1896.

Mason, George A., was born at Attleborough, February 12, 1834, a son of Noah and Harriet (Fisher) Mason, and grandson of John Mason, who was one of the pioneers of the town. He was educated in the common schools and for some years was engaged in the mercantile business, late years being engaged in dealing in fine horses. In 1857 he married Mary A. Cushman of Middleborough, Mass., and they have two sons, Frederick G. Mason, teller of the First National Bank, and William H., a manufacturer. Mr. Mason is one of the conservative men of his town, of ster- ling integrity, whose word has proven as good as his bond.

Mason, Henry W., chief of police of the city of New Bedford, was born in Port- land, Chautauqua county, N. Y., November 25, 1840, a son of Norman and Sarah A. (Allen) Mason. During his early boyhood he worked on his father's farm and at- tended the schools of that vicinity. Later he attended the Fredonia Academy at Fredonia (now the Fredonia Normal School), and was graduated in the class of 1859. During his course he paid his way by teaching country schools a part of the year. At the outbreak of the Civil war he at once enlisted in Co. D, of the 9th N. Y. Vol. Cavalry, and served in fifty-four engagements, being mustered out at the close of the war with the rank of major, to which office he had risen from the ranks. During a part of his service he was on the staff of Brigadier General Buford of the Army of the Potomac. At the close of the war he engaged in business in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and in September, 1876, came to New Bedford and engaged in busi- ness as a solicitor of patents Mr. Mason has been prominent in Grand Army affairs and in Masonic circles, having been commande. R. A. Pierce Post No. 190, G. A.

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R., and eminent commander of Sutton Commandery, Knights Templar. He has been a staunch adherent of the Independent citizens' party for a number of years, but in National politics is a Republican and has served for some time as secretary of the Republican City Committee. October 9, 1867, he married Hattie A., daughter of William B. Stanton of New Bedford, and they have four sons: Frederic A., George N., Charles O., and Clarence W,

Mason, Hezekiah, is descended from Sampson Mason the Baptist, a dragoon in Cromwell's army, who came to America. He married Mary Butterworth and they had thirteen children, one of whom was Isaac Mason, and he married Hannah --- , and they had eleven children, one of whom was Hezekiah Hezekiah married Re- becca Martin and had four children, one of whom was Hezekiah (second), born 1732, and he married Parnel West. Their son Hezekiah married Sally Rounsville and they had a son Hezekiah who married Hannah J. Edminster, who are the parents of the subject of our sketch. Mr. Mason was born on the old homestead, in the town of Freetown, Bristol county, Mass., June 4, 1856, and is one of four children: Heze- kiah, Mary E., Evelyn E., and Sarah J. He has devoted his entire life to agricul- ture; has never aspired to political office; and is one of Freetown's honored and re- spected citizens.

Mason, John R., was born in Biddeford, Me. His first business experience was with the Cunard S. S. Line, as a clerk, after which he went into a cotton mill, start- ing at the bottom and finally becoming superintendent in May, 1895, of the Laurel Lake Mill. Mr. Mason is a member of Narragansett Lodge F. & A. M., Council and Commandery, also of the Odd Fellows and other orders. In 1836 he married Edith J. Skillings, a native of Gray, Me. They have two children : John R. E., and Everett V. Mr. Mason's parents were John H. and Catherine P. (Skillings) Mason, and the progenitor of the Mason family came from England to this country early in the sev- enteenth century. The Skillings family of Portland, Me., is also an historic.one.

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Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 103

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub Publication date: 1899 Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company Number of Pages: 1399

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1399