Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 96

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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Glenwood Furnishing Co., The, Charles H. Lincoln, manager,-This company was incorporated in 1888 and are successors to the old firm of Edgar H. Reed, who had been in business since 1832. They carry a complete line of house furnishings and the floor space occupied by them in the store and storehouse is something over 40,000 square feet. It is the largest store of its kind in southeastern Massachusetts, and everything that is necessary for housekeeping can be found in their goods. The officers of the company are Charles F. Baker, president; William E. Walker, treas- urer; and Charles H. Lincoln, general manager and clerk. In busy times they give employment to about twenty-five hands in all of the different departments.

Goff, William N., was born in Rehoboth, March 1, 1856, a son of William H. and Cynthia (Horton) Goff, and educated in the public schools. He learned the jewelry business with D. H. Smith, in 1886 established the grocery business, and in 1895 established his present business of dealer in real estate and insurance. In 1879 Mr. Goff married Sarah, daughter of Crawford Potter, and they have one daughter, Flora May. Mr. Goff takes an active interest in the affairs of his town, was select- man in 1897 and 1898, and is interested in school and church matters.

Golden, M. C., M. D., treasurer of the Taunton Herald Company, was born in Arc- tic, R. I., March 21, 1855. The Taunton Evening Herald was established in Novem- ber, 1893, and is a penny paper of eight pages of seven columns each. It has a daily circulation of 5,000 and its politics are independent. Dr. Golden, in addition to his ownership of the Herald, is one of the most successful of our physicians in general practice. He was educated in the public schools of Pawtucket, R. I., Dartmouth College, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of the State of Vermont. He commenced his practice in Taunton in 1881, and has been in continuous practice since that time, with the exception of one year, which he spent abroad in the hospitals.

Gorham, James H., son of Jabez A. and Eliza (Tripp) Gorham, was born in New Bedford, September 8, 1863. His father, a seafaring man, was a lifelong resident of New Bedford, and well known and respected in the community. Mr. James H. Gorham completed his education in the New Bedford High School, and soon after went to South Dakota and engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business. Later he removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he took charge of the piano business of W. W. Kimball Co. Mr. Gorham has ever since been connected with this firm, being now, in addition to his New Bedford piano business, which he established on his return to New Bedford in 1892, superintendent of the New Eng- land agencies of the W. W. Kimball Co., which are the largest piano and organ man- ufacturers in the world to-day. Mr. Gorham is a member of the Order of Odd Fel- lows. In several lines of descent he traces his ancestry to early settlers of New Eng- land, his father's mother being a Standish and a lineal descendant of that historical character of the old Puritan days, Miles Standish. In 1897 Mr. Gorham married Clarissa, daughter of William B. Nooning, who is elsewhere mentioned in this work, and they have one son, Standish.

Gorman, Augustus P., painter and wall paper dealer, and son of Thomas and Hanora (Manning) Gorman, was born in Fall River, August 28, 1860. His parents were both born in Ireland and came to this country early in life locating in Fall

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River. They died when their son Augustus P. was seven years old, and he attended school a few months each year and during the balance of the time worked in Eddy's woolen mill from his eighth to his seventeenth year. He was injured in the mill, and after his recovery obtained employment under P. P. Morris, with whom he learned the painter's trade. He was clerk for Mr. Morris for thirteen years, and in 1890 engaged in the wall paper and painting business for himself. He is located at the corner of Borden and Second streets, and carries on a large business. Mr. Gor- man was elected on the Democratic ticket to the State Legislature in 1884 and 1885, being the youngest member of the House of Representatives. He was a member of the City Council from 1890 to 1895 inclusive; and was the Democratic candidate for mayor of Fall River in 1895. In 1893 Mr. Gorman married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Mary Lingane of Denver, Col., and they have one daughter, Margaret L. Gorman. Mr. Gorman is a member of the order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus.

Gorman, James J., was born October 10, 1857, and began working in a cotton mill as a boy. At fifteen he began the tinsmith's trade, which he followed for over three years and then entered the Jesse Eddy Woolen Mill, where he remained one year, after which he was second hand for six years. In 1883 he took a position as sales- man with R. S. Reed & Co., where he remained until 1889, when he became man- ager of the undertaking business of McDermot Bros. In January, 1898, he pur- chased this business, forming a copartnership with D. J. Sullivan (Gorman & Sulli- van). Mr. Gorman is prominent in many social orders, and a member of the A. O. H., the Foresters and the Knights of Columbus, of which he was made grand knight in 1897. In March, 1897, he was selected by the National Council for district deputy of the councils in Bristol county. In 1884 Mr. Gorman married Catherine McDermott, and they have five children: Augustus. John, Mary, Gertrude and Ruth. His parents were Thomas and Hanora (Manning) Gorman, both natives of Ireland.

Goward, Edwin T., was born in Easton, Mass., January 7, 1838, son of Dwelley and Lizzie Goward. His father was in early life a wholesale and retail butcher, afterwards a farmer, and they trace their ancestry to Francis Goward, who was one of the first settlers of Easton. Edwin T. Goward was educated at the public schools and afterward attended Pearce's Academy, at Middleborough. When twenty-one years of age he started in the wholesale and retail butcher business, supplying Taunton, Brockton and Bridgewater. He is extensively interested in real estate, erecting and selling houses; has a large tract of cultivated and wood land, and also has a very large cranberry bog near his residence on Purchase street, where he raises annually from two to five hundred barrels of mostly Early Blacks and of later varie- ties. He is also quite extensively engaged in small fruits for the various markets, and vegetables and hay. He married, November 1, 1865, Maria, daughter of Horace D. and Bathsheba A. (Williams) Howard, and they have two children: Bertha, who married H. Meyers, and Carrie W., who married William Neal. He takes an inter- est in school and church institutions and ever advances the interest of his town and and town's people. In politics he is a staunch Republican.

Greene, Augustus A., was born in Warwick, R. I., February 26, 1804, spent his boyhood on his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools of his native town. He learned the trade of house carpenter, serving an apprentice-

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ship with Caleb Ladd of Warwick, which expired February 26, 1825. On the 29th of the same month he went to Providence, R. I., where he followed his trade as a journeyman until June 21, 1831, when he came to New Bedford. He continued in the same business until January 1, 1845, when he formed a copartnership with Henry T. Leonard and engaged in the lumber trade on Leonard's wharf. This firm was dissolved in 1850 and a new firm organized styled Greene & Wood, which is still in existence, although Mr. Greene retired from active business in 1871. He was a man of recognized business ability, of unswerving integrity, and of great force of character, and always had the respect and confidence of the entire community. He was a member of the Common Council in 1871 and of the Board of Aldermen in 1872, 1874 and 1878, serving the greater part of the time as chairman of the committee on public property. He directed the plans and contracts and superintended the con- struction of the present High School building, and in every capacity performed valua- ble and effective work for the city. He was long a prominent member of the First Baptist Church of New Bedford, and was actively interested in the building of the North Baptist chapel on the corner of County and Merrimac streets, purchasing the site, aiding generously in erecting the edifice, and building and donating the chapel parsonage to the society. He died October 30, 1887. Mr. Greene married, first, Miss Amy B. Gorton, of Warwick, R. I., who died May 22, 1876. He married for his second wife, on the 16th of October, 1877, Miss Lucy Parker, who survives him.

Greene, Nathaniel H., son of William H. and Marcia C. (Holmes) Greene, was born in Plymouth, Mass., April 6, 1832. His father, a native of Maine, resided in Plymouth nearly all his life, having moved there when a young man, to work at the rope-making trade. He later established a cordage business of his own and became well known throughout that vicinity. Mr. Greene worked in the summer and at- tended school a few months in the winter, until he was ten years old, and at that time he went to work in a rope factory, working from sunrise to sunset for twenty- five cents a day. When he was nineteen he came to New Bedford and began the mason's trade under James L. Pierce. After the completion of his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman until 1861, and then enlisted in Co. D, 23d Mass. Vol- unteers. After an active service for three years he was honorably discharged and continued to work at his trade in New Bedford. In 1866 he established himself in business as a mason and contractor, locating on South Second street, where he con- tinued in successful business for nearly four years. Mr. Greene was appointed superintendent of streets in 1880, and served in that capacity eight successive years, and in 1894 he was appointed to his present position as assistant superintendent of public works. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias; Post 190, G. A. R ; Acushnet Lodge of Odd Fellows, Annawan Encampment; and is an honorary mem- ber of the City Guards. In 1853 he married Betsey Bishop Eldridge, daughter of Daniel Eldridge of New Bedford. Of their ten children, six survive: Marshall S., Emma, N. Herbert, Frank A. C., Etta K., wife of Charles B. Church of New Bed- ford, and Charles E.

Greene, William Stedman, ex-mayor of Fall River, son of Chester W. and Abby (Stedman) Greene, was born in Tazewell county, Ill., April 28, 1841. He came with his parents to Fall River in 1844, was educated in the public schools, and at fifteen became a clerk in a store, where he remained two years. In 1858 he engaged

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in the insurance business with John P. Slade and in 1865 went to Buffalo and later to New York city, where he prospered in the same business. The firm of Greene & Son, engaged in real estate and insurance in Fall River, was formed in 1866 and has since been continued, both members having become widely known as successful business men. Mr. Greene was a member of the Fall River City Council from 1876 to 1879 inclusive, and was president of the body during those years. In 1879 he was elected mayor, served two years in that office and then resigned to accept the position of postmaster, which was tendered him by President Garfield in 1881. He filled a full term of four years. He was elected mayor again in 1885 and served one year. In 1888 Governor Ames appointed him superintendent of prisons for the State of Massachusetts. In 1894 he was again elected mayor by the Republican party and has been twice re-elected to that office. The career of Mayor Greene in his business operations and in public life has been a continued success. He possesses rare ex- ecutive and administrative abilities, is a gentleman of exemplary habits, and posses- ses many of the strong characteristics which win popular favor. He is an influential member of St. Paul's M. E. Church and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. In 1865 he married Mary E., daughter of Pardon A. and Elizabeth W. (Spink) White of Fall River, and they have three children: Mabel Lawton, Chester White and Foster Regnier. Mr. Greene is a member and past master of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. & A. M., Chapter, Council, and Commandery; also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the order of Odd Fellows.

Grime, George, attorney at law, was born in Manchester, England, September 7, 1859, and came to Fall River with his parents, William E. and Ruth (Mellors) Grime, when he was seven years old. He attended the public schools, spent three years in the Fall River High School and then entered Brown University, from which institu- tion he was graduated in 1886. Deciding to take up the study of law he passed one year in the office of Hon. Milton Reed of Fall River and then entered Harvard Law School and after taking a three years' course was graduated LL. B. in 1890. He practiced his profession alone in Fall River for a short time, and upon the accession of Hon. Henry K. Braley to the Superior Court bench of Massachusetts, he formed a copartnership with Marcus G. B. Swift and they have since conducted a large and lucrative practice under the firm name of Swift & Grime. Mr. Grime was city so- licitor during the the years 1893 to 1896 and performed the duties of the office with exceptional abiltity. He is one of the two special justices of the Second District Court of Bristol county, having been appointed in the spring of 1896. He was counsel for the city of Fall River in 1897 to conduct the public investigation of charges of corruption made against the committee on public instruction in relation to charges of bribery in awarding contracts for the building of school houses. Mr. Grime is a member of Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, Knights Templar, Mt. Hope Lodge of Masons, Puritan Lodge No. 88, Knights of Pythias, Fall River Lodge of Odd Fellows, Quequechan and Columbian Clubs.

Grover, Charles L., was born in Mansfield, October 17, 1850, a son of Lewis F. and Sarah E. (Braman) Grover. He was educated in the public schools and learned the jewelry business. In 1870 he established a business in Mansfield and in 1875 came to Attleborough, organizing the firm of Chas. L. Grover & Co. in 1895, admitting L. W. Teed in 1897, under the name of Grover & Teed. In 1872 Mr. Grover married

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Estelle, daughter of W. W. Knapp, and they have two sons: Louis E. and Arthur W. A daughter was born June 1, 1873, and died at the age of two years and seven months.

Gurney, Jonathan R., is of English descent and traces his ancestry to two broth- ers, John and Joseph, who came to this country and settled in Whitman, on what is now Plymouth street, Plymouth county, Mass. Mr. Gurney is a son of Jonathan R. and Deborah (Reid) Gurney, born in Abington (now Whitman), Plymouth county, Mass., March 20, 1819, and his early days were spent in the employ of his father, who was engaged in the manufacture of small nails and tacks. In November, 1841, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of Rev. James and Anna (Gurney) Gurney, and they have two children: Anna, wife of Zachariah Spooner of Dartmouth, and James L., who married Anna Washburn of Middleborough. Mrs. Gurney died Au- gust 29, 1853, and on August 2, 1856, he was married to Lucy P., daughter of Abisha H. and Lucy (Cummings) Chase, and they have seven children : William A., Herbert F., Jonathan R., jr., Franklin A., Charles E., Jennie, wife of Charles S. Maywhinney, and Nellie, wife of Samuel Taybor. Mr. Gurney's second wife died October 10, 1895. Mr. Gurney has always taken an active part in town affairs, having held the offices of assessor, selectman, school committeeman, road commissioner, and offices of minor importance. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of East Freetown.

Gustin-Mackie, Dr. Laura V., is the daughter of Charles M. and Ellen Grant Gus- tin. She was educated in the schools of Westbrook, Me., and is also a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, in the class of 1874. She has since taken postgraduate courses in Philadelphia and Boston hospitals. She first prac- ticed in New Bedford, but in 1876 removed to Attleborough, where she built up a large practice, until in 1888 she opened the Attleborough Home Sanitarium, which makes a specialty of nervous diseases and gynaecology. This sanitarium has received the support and hearty endorsement of the leading physicians and citizens of Attle- borough and neighboring towns. Dr. Gustin-Mackie is a member of the Massachu- setts and the American Medical Associations. She is not only a highly successful physician, but also a woman of unusual strength of character, with power to win the confidence and trust of all who know her. She has been for twelve years a valued member of the School Board and by her interest in and knowledge of child life has rendered great assistance to the moral and physical good of the schools. She is in- terested in every movement for the good of the community and a valued member of the various societies instituted for this purpose. Dr. Gustin Mackie is a strong and unusual argument for the broadest culture and highest spheres of woman's work and influence.

One of the most widely known of Attleborough's citizens is the Rev. Ellen Grant- Gustin. Mrs. Gustin is one of the pioneer women in the American pulpit; for sev- eral years she was the only ordained woman in New England and is still the only one in Bristol county. She was born in Frankfort, Me., and married very early in life to Mr. Charles M. Gustin, also of Maine. Her natural gifts were such that al- most without her own volition she was called to preach. A member from her early girlhood of the Christian Church, she was formally ordained as a minister in 1869 and for thirty years was engaged in active service as a pastor. She filled pastorates in Lynn, in Westerly, R. I., and in West Mansfield, Mass., covering a period of

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twenty-three years. She has rendered much service, not only to her own denomina- tion and to the citizens of her various places of residence, but to the general cause of Christianity and of woman's advancement, by her gracious and persuasive personal- ity, enforced by her high standards of Christian citizenship. No woman before the public in those early trying years of woman's upward efforts has more successfully proved that the most womanly women are also the bravest and strongest and most successful, both in their own homes and in the hearts of the public. Mrs. Gustin has one child, Laura V. Gustin-Mackie, and is now associated with her in the man- agement of the Attleborough Sanitarium, where is found a singular blending of the results that should follow the united working out of the best, in two strong, highly trained and successful women, winning results impossible to women less than a gen- -- eration ago.

Haffenreffer, Rudolf F., jr., son of Rudolf F. and Catherine (Burkhardt) Haffen- reffer, was born in Boston in 1874. He attended the Chauncey Hall School and later took the course in chemistry at the Boston Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated. He completed his education in Germany and then returned to take the course of the United States Brewer's Academy in New York city. Mr. Haffenreffer's father has been for many years one of the most prominent brewers of Boston. He is a native of Germany and came to this country in 1870. He has long been connected with the Boylston Brewing Company of Boston as superintendent and owner. Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, jr., obtained his first business experience as assistant superintendent of the Boylston Brewery, where he remained nearly three years. At the end of that time he came to Fall River, and in April, 1895, organized the Old Colony Brewing Company; this company was incorporated the same year and he was made treasurer in addition to his duties as brewer and manager. He has a thorough knowledge of the business in all its forms and under his efficient management the present prosperity of the company has been attained. He also has charge of the construction of the Hub Brewing Co. of Boston; this is to be the mod . ern brewery of New England.

Hall, Frederick Stanley, son of Richard Henry and Susan Jane (Drake) Hall, was born in Norton, February 10, 1861, was educated in the public schools of Taunton, was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1882, and entered the Boston University Law School, from which he graduated in 1885. He commenced his active practice at once alone in Taunton, was a member of Massachusetts Legislature in 1887 and 1888, and formed a partnership with Judge E. H. Bennett in 1892. At the present time he is associate judge of District Court and a member of the School Board and is also president of Taunton Board of Trade. Mr. Hall was married November 20, 1888, to Bessie H. Perkins of Taunton, and they have two children: Stanley Perkins and Frederick Hastings.

Hambly, George H., son of Joseph and Patience D. (Brown) Hambly, was born in Tiverton, R. I. (now Fall River, Mass.), March 5, 1858. After attending the public schools he worked on his father's farm until 1875, when he went to Fall River, where he was employed by William Durfee at steam and gas fitting and remained for four years, thoroughly learning the plumber's trade. He then returned to the farm and has since devoted his time to agriculture, being also engaged in the milk business. April 26, 1878, he married Mary E., daughter of Humphrey H. and Synthia M.

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(Wordell) Wordell of Westport. Mrs. Hambly's ancestors were of English descent and were among the early settlers of this part of New England. Mr. and Mrs. Hambly have four children: Gladys L., born June 8, 1880; Inez W., born September 7, 1882; Avis C., born July 23, 1888; and George H., jr., born December 10, 1893.

Hamlin, Ezra, was born in Sandwich, Mass., January 10, 1839, a son of Cornelius F. and Martha (Munroe) Hamlin, and educated in the public schools of Sandwich and the East Greenwich Academy at East Greenwich, R. I. He then returned to Sandwich and went to work in the glass works, remaining fourteen years with them, with the exception of one year in the military service. Mr. Hamlin enlisted in Sep- tember, 1862, in Co. D, 45th Mass. Vol. Militia and received his discharge about one year later. In 1870 he came to Taunton and traveled for L. B. West, as tin peddler, and was then in the store of L. B. West & Co. fo: eight years; in 1886 he left there and went to the Dighton Furnace Co., where he was employed for seven years and then came to the firm of L. B. West and bought an interest in the business and to- day is manager of the Home Furniture Co. He is a member of the G. A. R. De- cember 25, 1858, he married Hannah C. Fish of Sandwich, and they have one son living, Edward M.

Hammett, Charles Warren, was born in Taunton, October 1, 1868, a son of Will- iam and Mary J. (Cahoon) Hammett. He is a graduate of the public schools of Taunton, and at the close of school days went to Boston to study dentistry at the Boston Dental College, which he entered in 1887 and was graduated from there in 1890. He then came to Taunton and opened an office of his own in the same place where he can be found at present. He is devoting his whole time to city practice and is one of the successful practitioners in his line to-day. June 24, 1896, he mar- ried Mindora L. Codding of Taunton, daughter of Henry H. and Laura J. (Ricket- son) Codding.

Hammett, Shubael Franklin, was born in Taunton, May 7, 1852, and is a son of William and Mary J. (Cahoon) Hammett. He received his early education in the Taunton public schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Providence, R. I. In 1869 he engaged as a clerk with E. H. Reed, where he remained one and one-half years and then went with Washburn & White as bookkeeper, where he remained until June, 1872, and then went to the freight office of the old Taunton branch rail- road. During the many changes of the road Mr. Hammett has remained in the same office and has advanced until now he is local freight agent of the Consolidated Railroad. He is a member of King David Lodge, F. & A. M., and Sabbatia Lodge, I. O.O.F. November 24, 1875, he married Isabella W. Macomber of New Bedford, a daughter of George B. and Sarah (Brewster) Macomber, and they have two children: George B. and Harold M.

Hammond, Caleb, is the son of Ammittai and Eunice (Chandler) Hammond and a grandson of Caleb Hammond, and was born in Fairhaven, Mass., November 19, 1829. His ancestors came to this country from England about 1632 and have always been respected citizens of Eastern Massachusetts. His materal grandfather, Joshua Chan- dler of Fairhaven, served in the Revolutionary war, and his father, Ammittai, was a farmer and lumberman. Mr. Hammond when eleven years old went to Mattapoi- sett to live, but in 1844 came to New Bedford, where he learned the carpenter's trade

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Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 96

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