Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 98

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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Fall River Royal Arch Chapter, Fall River Council of Royal and Select Masters, Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he has been eminent commander, and Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. September 2, 1884, Mr. Hathaway married Maria L. Wilbur of Fall River, and they have three children: Hazel L., Robert W. and Grace D.

Hawes, Jonathan Capen, retired mariner, is the son of Levi and Azubah (Capen) Hawes, natives of Stoughton, Mass., who settled in New Bedford in 1817 and bought land on Tarkiln Hill, where Levi died in April, 1880, aged eighty nine. His wife died in 1879, aged eighty-eight. Levi Hawes was born in 1792 and served as a min- uteman in the war of 1812. Jonathan C. Hawes was born in New Bedford on the 6th of May, 1826, received a common school education, and when thirteen began learning the trade of sailmaker with William T. Cook. When sixteen he shipped on the whaler Roman, Capt. Alexander Barker. He continued in the whaling business from 1842 to 1860, being a master mariner about fourteen years. He then retired, and under the name of the Acushnet Saw Mill Company has since conducted a saw mill at Acushnet, in New Bedford, where he also resides. Captain Hawes is a chap- ter Mason, holding membership in Star of the East Lodge, and was a member of the City Council one year and of the Board of Aldermen one year. He is also a member and trustee of the First Congregational Church of Acushnet. His first wife, Jerusha Blake of Stoughton, died at sea, leaving one son, Frederick B., of New Bed- ford. His second wife, Mrs. Sylvia Tucker Leonard of Dartmouth, died in 1876, leaving three sons by her first husband. He married, third, Mary W., daughter of Noah and Hannah Davis of Fall River, and they have two daughters living.

Hayes, Lemuel W., is a native of New Bedford, born December 1, 1843, a son of Andrew G., and Rebecca P. (West) Hayes. His father was a cooper and although a native of Maine resided in New Bedford nearly all his life. The family is of Scotch origin and Mr. Hayes's ancestors on both sides were among the early settlers of New England. He attended the public and high schools of New Bedford and then went into the photographing business, in which he continued seven years. Later he en- gaged in carpenter work and in contracting, in which he was most successful. He has now been engineer at the Bristol County House of Correction for two years. He served nine months in Co. E, 45th Mass. Regt., during the Civil war. Mr. Hayes is a member of Eureka Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Pacific Lodge, I.O.O.F., and is also a member of the Dartmouth Club, of which he was a charter member. He served in the Common Council from the Third ward in 1891, 1892 and 1893. April 2, 1866, he married Harriet A. Morgan of Boston.

Healy, Joseph, was born in Fall River, Mass., January 27, 1828, a son of David and Meribah (Hathaway) Healy, and grandson of Joseph and Thankful (Stafford) Healy. He attended the schools of his native town and in the years of his early manhood engaged in farming. For several years he was bookkeeper for the Fall River Iron Works Company. He began his successful career as a cotton manufac- turer in 1871, when he became treasurer of the Osborn Mills, which position he has since filled continuously. Mr. Healy has displayed rare executive ability as a cotton manufacturer and is also full of energy and enterprise. Hc was past middle life be- fore he engaged in the business in which he has been very successful. He has accomplisbed this by careful study of all the details of the cotton business in theory

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as well as in practice. Early in life he began to take an active part in politics and was on the board of city assessors in 1860 and 1864. He was alderman in 1894 and 1895 and was chosen a police commissioner in 1894 and reappointed in 1896 for a three year term. His ability as a financier was acknowledged by his election to the presidency of the Pocasset Savings Bank in 1894. He is also director in the Man- ufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company and the Arkwright Insurance Company of Boston. In 1863 he married Harriet, daughter of Cornelius and Abigail Parker. He is a member of the Unitarian Church of Fall River.

Heath, Henry W., was born at Easton, November 5, 1846, son of Dan W. and Esther Myrick (Walker) Heath. His father was for twenty years with E. J. W. Morse & Company at South Easton and the balance of his life a farmer; was a select- man in 1860; came from Rhode Island; and died in 1891. His mother came from Maine and she traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. Heath was educated in the public schools of Easton and at the age of twenty-one he started in life as a carpenter, following that business for twelve years, and afterwards and up to the present time engaged in the butcher's business. In 1886 he was elected a select- man and has since then held that position. May 7, 1871, he married Mary J. Dean, daughter of Simeon A. and Eliza B. (Storey) Dean, and they have two children: Alfred W. and Hattie A. He is one of Easton's progressive men, taking an interest in the town and town's people and also in school and church institutions.

Heath, James Francis, was born in England, March 10, 1860, a son of James and Margarett (McCormick) Heath, and came to Taunton in 1864, where he attended the public schools. At the close of his school days he went to work for the Mason Ma- chine Co. and stayed with them about five years, and then went into the meat and provision business with H. M. Starks, where he remained three years, and then went with Sears & Keith in the grocery business. He stayed here nine years and then engaged in business for himself under the name of Mckenzie & Heath, which copartnership continued six months and he bought out Mr. Mckenzie's interest and continued the business alone up to the present time (1898). In 1896 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen and re-elected in 1897. November 17, 1885, he married Margaret McIntosh of Boston, and they have six children: Mary E., Joseph H., Ruth, Margaret T., Constance and James A.

Henry, William T., mill engineer, was born in Fall River in 1845. His parents, James and Martha (Whitaker) Henry, came to this country from England early in life. William T. Henry was educated in the public schools of Fall River, graduat- ing from the high school in 1864. Two years later he became a pupil in the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology and completed a four years' course in that institu- tion in 1870. He then returned to Fall River and entered the office of Josiah Brown, and upon the death of Mr. Brown in 1875 he succeeded to the business. He has since devoted his time and attention to mill work with marked success. Mr. Henry has designed, planned, and superintended the erection of many of the cotton mills built in Fall River during the past twenty-five years, having built during this time forty-six of the mills of that city and about twenty-five in other towns and cities. He originated the plans for the four mills of the Fall River Iron Works Company, the largest group of mills engaged in the manufacture of print cloths in America. Among the other large mills he has recently erected in Fall River are the Globe Yarn,

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Parker, Border City, Hargraves and Awkwright, also the Cohannet Mills of Taunton, Mass., the mills of che Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Lace Company; the plant of Cheney Broth- ers, silk manufacturers of South Manchester, Conn., and the plant of the Sewall & Day Cordage Company at Allston. Mass. In his field of operation Mr. Henry has displayed good executive ability and by close attention to business has succeeded in all his enterprises. In 1884 he married S. Louise Hadcock of Fall River, who died in 1893. For his second wife Mr. Henry married Carrie S. Luce of Martha's Vine- yard.

Herrick, George H., was born in Brooklyn, Conn., March 19, 1861, a son of Tim- othy and Lydia A. (Lathrop) Herrick. Timothy Herrick was identified as a pattern maker and now resides in Providence, R. I. George H. was educated in Norwich, Conn., learned the trade of watch making and October 25, 1880, came to Attlebor- ough and established his present business, being the leading retail jeweler in his town. In 1886 he married Alice O., daughter of Albert Robbins. Mr. Herrick is one of the conservative men of his town, taking an intelligent interest in school and church matters and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and town's people. He is a member of Orient Lodge of Odd Fellows; the Occident Rebecca Lodge; Ezekiel Bates, F. & A. M .; King Hiram Royal Arch Chapter; and Attle- borough Council and Bristol Commandery.

Hersom, Thomas, son of John and Acenith (Shorey) Hersom, was born in Lebanon, York county, Maine, August 17, 1836. His father was a millwright and repaired and built saw mills in the lumber districts of Maine. Thomas Hersom. during his boyhood, attended the common schools of the vicinity about five months of the year and during the balance of the time worked at farm work and in cotton mills. When fourteen years old he went to Great Falls (now Somersworth), New Hampshire, where he was employed in the cotton mills of that town for two years, and then went to Boston, but was unsuccessful in gaining a foothold and returned to his home. In the next year he again went to Boston, and after a short time to Randolph, where he found work in a stable, of which he became foreman in less than two years. He re- mained in that capacity about five years and then began to drive a stage for the same stable, from Randolph to the Randolph depot about two miles. He drove this route for about three years and was then given a route from Randolph to Milton, driving six horses in winter and four in summer. At the end of four years he came to New Bedford and, with his savings and money borrowed from a friend, bought the Acushnet stage line, from New Bedford to Acushnet, then owned by M. H. True, also at the same time, buying a small opposition line, thus having a clear field. In three years he had entirely paid his obligations and had also nearly doubled his stock. Later he put on stages to run to Long Plain and Rochester Center, in con- nection with his original route, and his stage lines gained a wide reputation. He now began at his stable in Acushnet to do some livery business, increasing largely his stock of wagons and horses, and he also bought of H. M. Brownell the city stage line. Mr. Hersom's success was due entirely to his own indefatigable industry and courteous interest in the comfort of his patrons. In 1876 he disposed of his stable and stage lines to Andrew E. Hathaway, and at once bought the soap manufacturing plant of Otis A. Sisson, located at the foot of Middle street, taking as a partner in the enterprise N. L. Bryant, the firm name becoming T. Hersom & Co. The work

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of the factory had previously been done in the old fashioned way, and they at once began to install new machinery, beginning the manufacture of soaps and washing powder on an extensive scale. In 1878 Charles R. Tucker, jr., was admitted, the firm name being changed to Hersom, Tucker & Co., but in the next year Mr. Tucker retired and it became Hersom & Bryant. Later Mr. Tucker desired to re-enter the business and Mr. Hersom sold his interest to him. With characteristic energy, he at once leased property on Fish Island and started in business alone under the name of T. Hersom & Co., which he has ever since continued, on account of the reputation his brands, which had been before the public for some time, had gained in connec- tion with this name. He greatly improved and added to his plant on Fish Island up to 1890, when the lease expired, and he purchased the paper mill property on Acush- net avenue, north of Lund's Corners, a two story building, 105 by 50, but this soon became inadequate to the growing needs of the business, and in recent years addi- tions have been built, which nearly double the capacity. Work is given to an average of fifteen employees, and the trade extends all over the New England States. Among the brands manufactured are Italian Sapone Washing Powder, Hersom's Best, Northern Belle, and various other brands of common laundry soaps. Mr. Her- som is a member of Acushnet Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Eureka Lodge of Masons, holding membership in the Chapter, Council, and Commandery, and is also a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. In 1862 he married Almeda T. Bryant, a daughter of Nathan Bryant of Bedford, Mass., and they had five children, three of whom survive: Annie M., wife of J. B. Ashley, jr., of New Bedford; Clara, wife of Arthur Weeks of New Bedford; and Thomas Hersom, jr., associated with his father as traveling salesman.

Hilliard, Rufus B., city marshal of Fall River, was born in Washington county, Me., May 5, 1850. His mother died when he was quite young and at the age of three years he moved with his father to Athens, Pa., and remained two and a half years. They returned to New England at the expiration of that time and located in Newburyport, Mass., where he attended school until the age of fifteen and then enlisted in the regular army and was assigned to Battery I, 3d U. S. Artillery, stationed during his three years of service at various forts along the Atlantic coast. In 1866 he accompanied his battery, which formed part of the army of General Meade, to guard the line between the United States and Canada during the Fenian raids of that year. After his term of military service had ended he worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, Mass., until 1872, when he came to Fall River, where he was employed for eight years in the American Print Works, now the American Printing Company. In 1879 he was appointed night patrolman on the Fall River police force and in that same year was transferred to the day patrol. In 1882 he was promoted to be sergeant and was assigned to duty in the Third Division of the city in March, 1883, as assistant marshal, and served as such until April, 1886, since which time he has filled the position of city marshal of Fall River. Marshal Hilliard has an excel- lent record in the office he has so long held; he possesses good executive abilities and has performed his duties with a devoted earnestness of purpose. During his administration the police force has been well disciplined and the best interests of the city always protected. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, Tri-Mountain Garrison No. 98 of the Regular Army and Navy

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Union, United Order of Workmen, American Benefit Society, and other organiza- tions. In 1885 and 1886 he was grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias for the State of Massachusetts. Marshal Hilliard was married in 1888 to Nellie S. Clark of Fall River, and they have one son, Dana S. Hilliard.

Hindle, William, grocer, son of James and Mary Ann (Demery) Hindle, was born in Portsmouth, England, March 18, 1834. His father was a soldier in the 99th Regi- ment of the British army, and in that capacity spent six years in Australia, his wife and William accompanying him. In 1855 William Hindle came to New Bedford, where he found employment in the Wamsutta Mills as weaver. In 1861 he made a visit to England, and on his return to New Bedford became a clerk in the grocery store of his brother-in-law, David Cook, corner of Purchase and Willis streets, where he remained several years. Afterward he accepted the position of manager of the Industrial Co-operative store on Linden and Ashland streets, but finally resigned on account of ill health, and entered the old Charles Taber art establishment as foreman of the finishing room. He continued in this position until April, 1883, when he purchased of David Lythgoe the old David Cook store, which he has since con- ducted. Mr. Hindle is a Republican, has served his party as a committeeman and delegate to local, county, and senatorial conventions, and was a member of the City Council two years. He joined Star in the East Lodge, F. & A. M., in 1876, and has been a member of the Pleasant Street M. E. Church since 1855, was for many years a singer in its choir, and is now a member of its official board. December 24, 1855, he was married in this church to Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary Parkinson, whose parents came to New Bedford from England in 1854. Their children are Mary Ann (Mrs. Richard Jackson), Elizabeth Ellen, Emma (Mrs. William V. Ripley), Louisa (Mrs. John J. Walmsley), and William T., all of New Bedford, and Walter Parkinson Hindle, deceased. William T. Hindle married Alice Porter of New Bruns- wick, and is associated in the grocery business with his father.

Hix, George Andrew, an old and representative citizen of the town of Dartmouth, was born in Westport, Bristol county, Mass., June 24, 1829. He obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town and engaged in farming, which vocation he has always followed. He is a son of Daniel E. and Prudence B. (Gif- ford) Hix, and his father was a prominent farmer in this section for several years. June 25, 1854, Mr. Hix married Mary A. E., daughter of George D. and Loraine Crapo of Westport. Four children have been born to them: Frank H., Sarah H., wife of Thomas L. Lewis, Nellie F., wife of Franklin K. Sisson, and Cora A. Mr. Hix is a man of many friends and is a prominent member of the South Bristol Farmers' Club.

Hoag, Frank W., hardware and lumber merchant, was born in England, July 1, 1865, and obtained his education in the schools of his native country. He came to America in 1883 and located at Fall River, where he followed the occupation of a carpenter in the employ of C. F. Tripp for eleven years. In 1897 in association with Thomas T. McNulty he began the wholesale and retail hardware and lumber busi- ness on Second street, Fall River, under the firm name of McNulty & Hoag. They have a large establishment and keep on hand an extensive variety of goods and sup- plies pertaining to their business. In 1896 Mr. Hoag was elected to the Common Council of Fall River from Ward 7, as a Republican and in 1897 he was chosen to

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represent Ward 8 in the same body. He has been treasurer of the Knights of Sher- wood of Fall River, has also been financial secretary for six years of Court Onward, Foresters of America, and was a State delegate to the Supreme Convention of the order held in 1895 at Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1897 was chosen a similar delegate to the convention at Denver, Col. In 1889 Mr. Hoag married Bridget Neary of Fall River.

Hoar, George E., painter and dealer in wall paper, was born in Warren, R. I., August 27, 1826. He left school when twelve years old, working in a cotton mill for one year and in the Robeson Print Works two years. He then learned the painting and paper hanging trade, which he has followed ever since with the exception of about two years. In 1853 he went to California, returned the next year and in 1856 went a second time, taking his wife and daughter. They started for California with the first party that crossed the entire Isthmus of Panama by railroad. They had gone safely across the Isthmus from Aspinwall to Panama and while getting their tickets registered at Panama to board the steamer for San Francisco, party of about fifty, including himself and family, were attacked by a band of negro ruffians and all of the men except three were killed for plunder. Mr. Hoar arrived in safety at San Francisco, where he engaged in the bakery business until his return in 1857. On February 14, 1858, he began a business in painting and paper hanging for himself and has since prospered. He conducts his business on Bedford street in a large building which he erected in 1882 and now owns. Mr. Hoar has been a director in Tecumseh Mill for fifteen years. In 1851 he married Elizabeth A. Mascraff, and after her death married her sister. They have three children: Annie, George W., and Mary Gertrude. His son, George W. Hoar, is associated with him in the busi - ness as a partner.

Hoar, James H., assistant postmaster, 1894-98, was born in Fall River, October 8, 1860. He attended the public schools of his native city and then worked for several years in different cotton mills. Being of an active and enterprising turn of mind, he left the mills and for several years was a wide-awake and efficient agent in Fall River for the John Hancock Life Insurance Company. He severed his connection with the life insurance business February 26, 1894, to accept the position of assistant postmaster in the Fall River post-office. He filled this place very acceptably for the full term of four years. Mr. Hoar has been active in local politics and served during 1889 and 1890 as a member of the Common Council from old Ward 5. In 1892 he re- ceived the caucus nomination of the Democratic party for alderman and was de- feated at the polls by only nine votes. He was several times a delegate to the State conventions and for one year served as chairman of the Democratic congressional committee. In 1897 Mr. Hoar was nominated on the Democratic ticket for mayor of Fall River. He is a member of the A. O. H., Robert Emmett Temperance Society, the Foresters, and is president of the Black Bass Social Club, and exalted ruler of the Fall River Order of Elks. May 19, 1881, he married Mary F. Coppinger of Fall River, and they have seven children: Nellie, Henry G., Nora M., James E., John W., Sarah and Mary L. Mr. Hoar is a son of Charles P. and Sarah A. (Murphy) Hoar. Charles P. Hoar was a native of England and came to America in 1852. He served in the late war in Co. G, 26th Mass. Vols., and held the rank of sergeant. He has been a well known citizen of Fall River many years.

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Hodges, Alfred Baylies, was born in Norton, August 17, 1841, a son of William S. and Avis P. (Whitmarsh) Hodges. His early education was obtained in the Norton public schools, after which he started in life as a grocery clerk in Foxboro, where he remained until 1862, when he enlisted in the 4th Regiment, M. V. M., and went to Algiers, La. Here he was confined to the hospital for a time with swamp fever and then went to Brashear City and Port Hudson, then home via Cairo, and re- ceived his discharge at Camp Hooker in August, 1863. After recovering from the fever and ague which he contracted in the South, he came to Taunton in 1864 and went to the Taunton Oil Cloth Works and from there to the Porter Britannia Company, where he remained thirteen years. In January, 1877, he was appointed assistant marshal and in July, 1879, was appointed city marshal and remained in that office until 1885. He opened an insurance broker's office in that year, which he conducted until 1890, and was again appointed city marshal for one year. In 1891 he reopened his insurance office and continued in that business until April, 1896. In 1896 he was appointed on the Massachusetts district police force, which position he now holds. Mr. Hodges has always been active in military life and was a member of the the 1st regiment, M. V. M., seventeen years. He worked his way up from private until he was appointed lieutenant-colonel under Col. Wellington, which position he held until he retired He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a past master of King David Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and a past com- mander of William H. Bartlett Post No. 3. G. A. R. December 14, 1864, he married Ellen Augusta, daughter of Augustus L. and Vesti (Leach) Pratt of Norton, and they have one daughter, Bertha Ellen Hodges.

Holden, Charles S., M. D., was born in Chicopee, Mass., April 29, 1856. His father, Peter S. Holden, was a native of Leicester, and through life was identified in educational interests and later in life the manufacture of cotton in Augusta, Ga. He married Mehitabel, daughter of Eliphalet Emery; he died in 1878. Charles S. Holden was educated in the public schools and Harvard College, graduating from the Har- vard Medical School in 1882, and serving as house surgeon one year in the Massa- chusetts General Hospital. In 1883 he came to Attleborough and began the practice of his profession. In 1885 he married Caroline, daughter of Dr. Edward Sanford, and they have three children: Alice, Ruth and John S. Dr. Holden is one of the progressive men of his profession, is medical examiner for Bristol county ; a member of the Board of Health; one of the trustees of the Public Library; and is a member of the Massachusetts Medical and Massachusetts Medico-Legal societies.

Holmes, Charles F., was born on the homestead April 9, 1823. His father, James Holmes, was also born in the same neighborhood, where Eliphalet Holmes settled in 1760 and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. James married Nancy, daugh- ter of Enoch Arnold. Charles F. was educated in the high school in North Attle- borough, and in 1855 married Julia, daughter of Seth L. and Lydia Hartshorn, and they have one daughter, Cora E. Mr. Holmes is one of the conservative men of the town, passing twenty five years in mercantile business, and taking an intelligent in- terest in educational and religious institutions and has ever been recognized as a man of sterling integrity.

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Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 98

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