Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 105

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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Normandin, Louis Zephirin, M. D., is the son of Antoine and Amelia Normandin, and was born in St. Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada, October 9, 1851. He pursued an eight years' course at the College of the Sulpician Fathers in Montreal and after- wards entered Victoria College, in the same city, for the study of medicine and surg- ery, receiving the degree of M. D. therefrom in 1879. The same year he settled in New Bedford, where he has since practiced his profession. In 1883 he also engaged in the drug business, first at 620 and since 1890 at 598 Purchase street. Dr. Nor- mandin is one of the leading physicians of New Bedford, and for many years has enjoyed an extensive practice. He served for six years as a member of the School Committee and is now (1898) a member of the Board of Aldermen. He is a member

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of Alpha Lodge, I. O. O. F., M. U. and of the Elks, and also of several French organizations. In 1881 he married Mary Goulet of New Bedford, and they have four children: Azelia, Romeo, Alfred and Ella.

Nottage, Herbert H., physician and ophthalmologist, was born in Chelsea, Mass., October 1, 1863. He obtained his preparatory education in the schools of his na- tive town, graduating in 1882 with high standing in the sciences. He then entered Harvard Medical College, received his medical degree in 1886, and was then offered a position on the medical staff of the Boston Free Hospital for Women. He was assistant editor for one year of the Annals of Gynaecology, of which Dr. Cushing was editor-in chief. Dr. Nottage resigned this position to engage in the general practice of medicine, beginning at Westport, Mass., where he succeeded at once in his profession. In 1895 he became assistatt to Dr. Giles of New York, in the Man- hattan Eye and Ear Infirmary. Here in the doctor's private practice, at the Demilt Dispensary and in the Post Graduate School he had excellent advantages for ad- vancement in his profession. He next went to London, spending some time in Moorfields Hospital, where as many as 500 cases are treated daily. After returning from England he opened an office in Fall River and was soon thereafter elected a member of the New England Ophthalmological Society, and the same year was ap- pointed attending surgeon to the Roger Williams Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary in Providence and for a time filled the appointment by going back and forth between the two cities. Increase of his work at Providence led to his residence there while he still retained the better part of his practice in Fall River. Dr. Nottage has long been a student of oriental philosophy and comparative religions and has followed the development of psychical research. He writes occasionally for medical journals and for " The Christian," edited by Rev. H. L. Hastings. In 1888 he married H. May, daughter of Rev. H. L. Hastings. Of this union are two children: Percy H. and Nathaniel. Dr. Nottage is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Med- ical Club of Rhode Island, and the Massachusetts Meteorological Society.

Nute, Joseph E., was born at South Woodstock, Oxford county, Maine, Septem- ber 3, 1863, a son of Orsamus and Lavina (Davis) Nute. When he was an infant his parents removed to Boston, Mass., where he was educated, attending the common schools, the English High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated in the class of 1885. His first business connection was as an engineer on the engineering staff of the United Gas Improvement Company of Philadelphia, engaged in building holder tanks for different gas plants throughout the country. He remained in this capacity for a period of two years and then was made superintendent of distribution of the Jersey City works of the same company, where he remained three years. Mr. Nute removed to Fall River to take charge of the plant of the Fall River Gas Works Company in 1890, and has since filled that re- sponsible position with ability. He is a member of the American Gas Light Associ- ation, the New England Association of Gas Engineers and a recognized authority on all matters pertaining to gas construction. May 30, 1887, he married Harriet G., granddaughter of Samuel G. Wilkins, a city missionary of Boston. They have four children: Helen, Raymond Edson, Warren Wilkins and Alden Davis.

Nye, Pemberton Hutchinson, ship chandler, is the son of Thomas and Susan W. (Case) Nye, and a grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Hathaway) Nye, and was born

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in New Bedford, Mass., September 23, 1870. Thomas Nye, sr., a native and resident of Fairhaven, was a master mariner in the merchant service for many years and later an agent of merchant ships in his native town, where he died in 1844. Thomas Nye, jr., was born in Fairhaven, November 9, 1804. He, too, was master of mer- chant ships for many years and afterward an agent for whaling vessels in company with his brother, Asa R., the firm name being T. & A. R. Nye. He was a director and president of the National Bank of Commerce from 1860 to 1868, and died March 22, 1882, being survived by his widow. They had two sons: Pemberton H., of New Bedford, and Richard Mott, who died in infancy. Mrs. Nye is a daugh- ter of Pardon Case of Westport Point, Mass. Pemberton H. Nye was graduated from the Friends' Academy in New Bedford in 1887, and afterward made several voyages in merchant ships for pleasure. In the fall of 1894 he formed a copartnership with Frederick V. Hadley, and under the firm name of Nye & Hadley engaged in the ship chandlery business on the corner of Front street and Taber's wharf. In May, 1896, Mr. Hadley withdrew and since then Mr. Nye has conducted the business alone. He is also an agent for vessels in the coasting service. October 28, 1891, he married Jennie B., daughter of Alexander B. Crapo of New Bedford.

Osborn, James Edward, treasurer of the American Linen Company, was born in Fall River, Mass., January 24, 1856, a son of James and Mary B. (Chace) Osborn. He was educated in the public schools of Fall River and was graduated from the High School in the class of 1872. He began his business career in the office of the Merchants' Mills, where he remained three years and afterwards engaged in the cotton brokerage business. He became a member of the firm of Covel & Osborn, dealers in mill supplies at Fall River in 1884. Mr. Osborn was elected president of the Hargraves Mills in 1894 and for several years has been a director in the Parker Mills, the Fall River Street Railroad, the Pocasset National Bank, the Manufactur- ers' Mutual Insurance Company, the Fall River Electric Light Company and the American Linen Company, all of Fall River, and in the Carr Manufacturing Com- pany of Taunton. Since 1896 he has been treasurer of the American Linen Com- pany.

Pardee, Charles A., coal dealer, son of Isaac and Gertrude (Munger) Pardee, was born at Kingston, N. Y., June 29, 1841. His ancestors were French Huguenots, who came first to Connecticut and from there moved to the vicinity of Chatham, N. Y. His great-grandfather, James Pardee, was a mounted officer in the army of the Revolution. After completing his education in the public schools and the Kingston Academy, Charles A. Pardee was engaged for two years with the Pennsylvania Coal Company as weighmaster at Port Ewen, N. Y., and during the winter looked after the floating stock of the company at Williamsburg (now Brooklyn). N. Y. He next was given the position of foreman on the docks of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company at Rondout, N. Y., and from there was transferred to Weehawken, N. J., by the same company, to take charge of their coal depot there. In 1869 the company sent him to Grand Tower, Ill., to look after their coal shipments and local sales. In 1873 he removed to Fall River, where he engaged in the coal business with M. T. Bennett, jr., & Co. In 1878, with John M. Young, he formed the firm of Pardee & Young, and they have since carried on a large coal business on Davol strcet, Fall River. Mr. Pardee was married at Kingston, N. Y., to Kate Eltinge Deane of Port Ewen, and they have three children: Emma C., Catherine A., and Charles A.

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Pardee, Lewis O , son of Lewis R. and Mahala (West) Pardee, was born in See- konk, Bristol county, Mass., December 5, 1848. He attended the public schools of his native town and after gaining an education began to learn the mason's trade under Hiram S. Read at Providence, R. I. After an experience of five years in Providence, three of which were spent with Mr. Read, and two as a journeyman, he removed to New Bedford, where he also remained for five years. Mr. Pardee set- tled in Fairhaven in 1885 and in 1893 formed a copartnership with Zenas Dodge to conduct a general contracting business. The latter retired in 1897 and Mr. Pardee

has since continued alone with excellent success. He is a Republican in politics, has always been interested and ready to assist in the development of the village in which he lives and is a member of the Village Improvement Society. He is also a member of Concordia Lodge, F. & A. M. In June, 1883, he married Emma J., daughter of Benjamin P. Tripp of Fairhaven, and they have five children: Bessie Lewis, Bertha Tripp, Charles Elmer, Olive Mosher and Byron Matthews.

Parker, A. T., was born at Cranston, R. I., December 18, 1852. His father, Thomas K. Parker, came from Nottingham, Eng., to the United States in 1840, with his father, John Parker, who was the pioneer of the spooling of cotton. Thomas K. married Anna Reynolds, and was an expert machinist. Arthur T. Parker was edu- cated in the public schools and Friends' School of Providence, R. I., and followed civil engineering for thirteen years. In 1884 he came to North Attleborough and entered the insurance business, which in 1885 was reorganized as A. T. Parker & Co. In 1879 he married Eserphine G. Miner, who died in 1888, and later he married Min- nie F. Hall, and he has four sons and one daughter: Lawrence and Grace by the first wife, and Carlton, Sanford and Richard by the second. Mr. Parker is one of the representative business men of his town, is treasurer of the Plainville Loan As- sociation, a member of Bristol Lodge, F. & A. M., and Aurora Lodge of Odd Fel- lows.

Parker, Henry W., son of Ward M. and Marcia F. (Lewis) Parker, was born in New Bedford, November 2, 1849. His father, a native of Falmouth, was in early life engaged in the coasting trade commanding a vessel running to Charleston, S. C. He later engaged in procuring live oak timber in Florida, under contracts with the government, and finally embarked in the whaling business at Wood's Holl, where he built the ship Bartholomew Gosnold, and by shrewd management he acquired a large estate. For nearly forty years he was a director in the Marine (now First National) Bank, and for many years was in the direction of the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad, the Gas Light Co., the Commercial Insurance Co., the Taunton Locomo- tive Works, and the Taunton Copper Co., of which he was president several years. He died in New Bedford, August 6, 1881, in his ninety-seventh year, a man univer- sally respected and of many friends. Henry W. Parker attended private schools in New Bedford and Falmouth, preparing for college at New Bedford under the late Charles P. Rugg, who was for twenty-five years principal of the High School, and in 1868 he entered Brown University and took the A. B. degree in 1872. In the same year he began the study of medicine at Harvard University, 'School of Medi- cine, but discontinued his medical course at the end of the first year and established a drug store in New Bedford, locating at the corner of Middle and Purchase streets. At the end of a period of four years he sold out and became connected with

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Smith's Homoeopathic Pharmacy in New York city, but on the death of his father returned to New Bedford to assume the management of the estate. In 1885 he again took up the study of medicine at Harvard University, School of Medicine, and was graduated M. D. in 1890, but has never been in active practice. Mr. Parker be- came associated with the firm of Gifford & Company in 1989, and now owns the en- tire interest. This clothing store, now located on Pleasant street, was established by Nathaniel Gifford in 1853, and consequently may be remembered among the old- est establishments of its kind in the city.

Parker, William Crowell, lawyer, was born February 19, 1850, in New Bedford, Mass., where he has always resided. His grandfather, Benjamin Parker, and great- grandfather, Sylvanus Parker, both lived in Falmouth, whence his father, William C. Parker, came to New Bedford when a young man, learned the trade of painter, and died in 1876, aged sixty-four. The latter was for many years one of the leading master painters in the city. He married Huldah N. Potter of New Bedford, who died in 1883. William Crowell Parker, their sixth child and second son, was edu- cated in the New Bedford public schools, read law in the offices of Barney & Knowl- ton, attended the Albany (N. Y.) Law School one year, and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1876. Since then he has successfully followed the general practice of his profession in New Bedford. He has had but one law partner, Robert F. Raymond, in 1883-84. Mr. Parker has long been a prominent Republican, and for several years was a member of the New Bedford Common Council. In 1872, when twenty-two years old, he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, in which he served in 1873 and 1874, having been re elected. He was the youngest member of that body. In 1873 he was a member of the labor committee, and at the close of that session was appointed a member of the special committee to investigate the accounts of county officers, of which he was made the secretary. He drew the report of that committee, which was submitted to the Legislature. In 1878 and and again in 1880 Mr. Parker served as city solicitor of New Bedford. He was married in September, 1882, to Abbie G., daughter of William Tallman, jr., of New Bedford, Mass.

Paull, Elbridge Gerry, son of Elbridge Gerry and Abby (Parris) Paull, was born in Freetown, April 21, 1836. His father was a native of Berkley, Mass., and for many years conducted a saw mill in Freetown. He removed to Fairhaven in 1875 and lived there until his death in 1886. Mr. Paull attended the Freetown schools and when sixteen years of age began to learn the machinist's and blacksmithing trades in the machine shop of D. E. Strange, for whom he worked five years, acquir- ing a thorough knowledge of his business. He then went to Taunton, where he was employed by the Dean Cotton Machine Company as a blacksmith for two years, and at the end of that time went to Somerset, where he was employed in the same capac- ity for seven years by the Mt. Hope Iron Company. In 1865 he came to Fairhaven with Cyrus D. Hunt and Russell Hathaway to start the American Tack Company and was employed in the plant as a blacksmith until 1886, when he became superin- tendent. In 1891, when the company was merged into the present Atlas Tack Company, he became superintendent and agent. He is now general superintendent of all the mills of the Atlas Tack Company, three of which are located in Taunton, one in Plymouth and one in Fairhaven. Mr. Paull has been enabled to fill his re-

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sponsible position with success, partly owing to a native business ability, and partly to the fact that he is a practical machinist and tack maker. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He has served on the School Committee and as assessor and is now a member of the Sewer Commission. He is a prominent member of the Village Im- provement Society, and actively interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the village in which he has resided for over thirty-three years. Mr. Paull is a member of Concordia Lodge, F. & A. M., the Chapter and Council. For a number of years he has been a member of the Unitarian Church of Fairhaven. In 1859 he married Nancy M., daughter of Malbon Hathaway of Freetown, and they have two sons: Norman M. and Alton B.

Pearse, William G., son of William H. and Rosanna (Gardner) Pearse, was born at Bristol Ferry, in 1848, and obtained his early education in the district schools of that vicinity. When he was quite young the family removed to Cumberland, near Woonsocket, R. I., where he worked on his father's farm until 1867. At that time he located in Swansea and formed a copartnership with David Mason, under the firm name of D. Mason & Co., to deal in live stock, principally horses and cattle. He continued in this and in other minor enterprises for ten years. In 1877 he en- gaged in the wholesale fruit and produce business on Second street in Fall River, associating himself with E. O. Easterbrooks, under the firm name of Pearse & Easter- brooks. Three years later they added agricultural implements to their stock, as well as a line of hardware, and still later they dropped the produce business and added harness and horse clothing. At this time Mr. Easterbrooks withdrew and his inter- est was taken by his brother, Charles E. Easterbrooks. Soon after the latter also retired, and Mr. Pearse became sole proprietor. In 1897 he took his son, William H. Pearse, into the firm, the name being then changed to William G. Pearse & Son. In August of the same year George Marvell was also admitted, at which time the firm name took its present form of W. G. Pearse & Co. Mr. Pearse has resided in Swansea for nearly thirty years. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of all with whom he comes in contact and is one of the leading business men of Fall River. He was married in 1870 to Elizabeth M., daughter of Gardner Slade of Somerset. Of this union one son survives, William H. Pearse.

Peck, Charles C., was born in Barrington, R. I., February 7, 1831, a son of Leonard and Harriet (Short) Peck. His father was a farmer and hotel proprietor and died in 1863. Charles C. Peck was educated in the common schools and in 1847 came to North Attleborough, where he learned the jeweler's trade with Morse & Bailey and Tift & Whiting, traveling from New York for them. He spent two years in Cincin- nati with R. Clayton, also two years with L. D. Sim. April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 6th Ohio Vols., for three months, then re-enlisted for three years and took part in the battles of Rich Mountain, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, going out as a private and re- tiring with rank of first lieutenant, and received an honorable discharge June 23, 1864. He then returned to Cincinnati and spent two years in Omaha, and fifteen years in Nebraska stock raising. In 1880 he returned to North Attleborough. In 1852 he married Frances M., daughter of Othaniel and Julia Blackinton. Mr. Peck is one of the conservative men of his town, serving as overseer of the poor, and mem- ber of the public and town committee. He was one of the founders of the G. A. R., Post No. 192, and has ever advanced the best interests of his town.

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Peck, Lydia D .- Capron Peck was born at Attleborough, February 4, 1797. He was descended from Hezekiah,1 Hezekiah,2 Hezekiah,3 Jonathan,4 and Capron,5 who were all born on the same place, which is still owned by the family. Jonathan Peck was born in 1769. The family trace their descent from Joseph Peck who came from England in 1638. Jonathan Peck married Sabra, daughter of Joseph Capron, and he was prominent in his town. Capron Peck, the fifth generation to reside in Attle- borough, married Lydia M., daughter of Hon. Ebenezer Daggett, and was identified in the cotton manufacturing industry at Attleborough. His death, which occurred September 7, 1874, was a loss not only to his family, but to all who knew him. Of him it can well be said, " An honest man is the noblest work of God." He was con- servative and unassuming in character; his judgment was sought and respected by all who knew him; and his hand ever aided any enterprise intended to benefit his town and town's people.

Peckham, Anson C., physician and surgeon, son of Reuben M., and Elizabeth (Churchill) Peckham, was born in Somerset, Mass., September 3, 1855, and moved with his parents to Fall River when three years old. He received his preparatory education in the public schools of Fall River, then studied under the instruction of Isaac Smith, A. M., M. D., matriculated at the medical department of Dartmouth College, received his medical degree from that institution October 30, 1877, and on November 15 of that year commenced the practice of his profession in Fall River, where he has since met with continued success. When the Fall River Hospital was opened he was appointed a member of the surgical staff. on which he served three years and resigned to accept an appointment on the medical staff of the same insti- tution. Dr. Peckham has served as president of the Fall River Medical Society. In the fall of 1897 he was appointed one of the medical examiners of the Fall River Pension Board. He is a member of Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; past chancellor Annawan Lodge, K. of P., and represented that lodge at the Grand Lodge in 1892. He is medical examiner for the National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, Vt., and Mt. Hope Lodge, United Order of Pilgrim Fathers. November 7, 1882, Dr. Peck- ham married Ida L. Waite of Tiverton, R. I , and they have one daughter, Sadie. Dr. Peckham's grandfather, Henry Peckham, was born in Rhode Island, served in the war of 1812, and for many years was town clerk of Newport.

Peirce, Charles M., jr., who died in New Bedford, September 12, 1875, in his fifty- third year, was for years a prominent figure in political and business circles of New Bedford. He was engaged for many years in an extensive brick and lime business on North Water street, was a member of the Common Council six years, two of which he served that body as president, and he represented this district for several terms in the State Legislature, served on the School Committee several years, and at the time of his death, was a member of the General Court. Mr. Peirce was a man of indomitable energy and possessing the courage of his convictions, had the man- liness to support them without subterfuge or hypocrisy, and he was for many years an active and valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Peirce was of good New England stock, being eighth of the line of that branch of the fam- ily headed by Michael Peirce, who was born in England and came to America about 1645, locating in Hingham, Mass., and in the following year in Scituate; he was

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commissioned a captain by the Colony Court in 1669; Charles,7 Barnard, 6 Joshua, 5 Mial, + Ephriam,3 Ephriam,2 aud Michael.1 Mr. Peirce married first Susan A. Durfee and of this union was one son, Frank O. For his second wife he married, November 28, 1860, Amanda E. Hill, daughter of Thomas J. and Betsy (Brown) Hill, who sur- vives him, and they had six children: Annie C., William C., Mary A. H., Emily H., Albert B., and Elizabeth S.

Peloquin, Pierre F., grocer and member of the School Committee of Fall River was born May 26, 1851, at Sorel, Canada. After completing his preparatory studies in the government school he spent one year at Sorel University and was graduated from Montreal College in 1872. He then moved to Fall River, becoming one of the earliest French residents of the city, and was employed as bookkeeper in a grocery store for six years. In 1878 he engaged in the grocery and provision business for himself on Bedford street, and by diligence and industry has since prospered. He is a shareholder in the Fall River Laundry, Fall River Ice Company and is treasurer of the Sand Rock Gold Mining Company of Arkansas. Mr. Peloquin is one of the trustees of St. Matthew's church of Fall River, for seven years has been president of the Ligue de Patriote (an influential organization of Frenchmen in Fall River with about 1,000 members). He was elected a member of the School Committee in 1896 for a term of three years. He holds a high social position among the French element and is an enterprising and progressive citizen of Fall River.

Perkins, Thomas Peleg Whittridge, son of Josiah and Asenith (Clark) Perkins, was born in Middleborough, Mass., December 2, 1820. His father was also a native and lifelong resident of Middleborough, and died there in the eightieth year of his age, honored and respected. Mr. Perkins, like his father and grandfather, has fol- lowed the blacksmith's trade all his life. He began when fourteen years old in his father's shop in Middleborough, having previously been given the advantages of the common school. He came to Fairhaven in 1869 and established a shop on the south- east corner of Main and Bridge streets; three years later he built a shop on the cor- ner of Privilege and Bridge streets, which he has ever since occupied, a period of twenty-eight years. Mr. Perkins has ever been a staunch adherent of Democracy, and has always been deeply interested in the welfare of the town and many years ago was earnestly identified with a project for the extension of Privilege street across the old pond by Bridge. This project failed, but the step has been taken, justifying his earlier course. Mr. Perkins married, first, Laura A., daughter of John Bennett of North Rochester, and second, Betsey W., daughter of Zebulon Canedy of Lakeville, Mass., and of their children, two are now living: Oscar T., and Olive B., wife of Henry Sherman of New Bedford.

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Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 105

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