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White, Dr. Emory L., son of Jason and Betsy (Lincoln) White, was born at Provi- dence, R. I., May 15, 1848. His early days were chiefly passed in Norton and Taunton in this State; he was educated at a private school in Norton, where he was fitted for the aca- demic course. He entered the Harvard Medical School in 1868, graduated in 1872, and, coming immediately to Somerville, established himself as a practitioner, and has remained here ever since. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Somerville and Cambridge Medical Societies, and the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. He has been Supreme Medical Examiner of the United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers for the last thirteen years; is medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, and for the New York Life Insurance Company, and has been the city physician of Somerville, and a member of the Board of Health. He is a member of John Abbot Lodge, F. A. A. M., the Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, and the Orient Council of Royal and Select Masters. He married Miss Clara E. Grieves of Cam- bridge, by whom he has had one son. They reside at 30 Bow street.
White, Dr. Horace Carr, son of Gideon and Rhoda (Springer) White, was born in Bowdoin, Me., January 26, 1836. His great-grandfather was one of the first settlers of Bath, Me. The house which he built of hewed timber walls with port-holes for defence against the Indians, stood until about a quarter of a century ago. This ancestor came from Essex, Mass., and is said to be a descendant of Peregrine White. Dr. White was educated at the Litchfield Liberal Institute, and graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College in 1859. At the age of seventeen, he was compelled to leave school temporarily on account of trouble with his eyes, and devoted about three years to business occupations in Gardiner, Me., and Boston, devoting his leisure time in the latter place to attendance upon Lowell Institute and other lectures. Returning to school in 1855, from that date to 1860, when he settled in Lisbon Falls, Me., as a physician, he was engaged in teaching about one
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third of the time. In March, 1861, he entered the Union Army as assistant surgeon of the Eighth Maine Regiment. In July, 1863, he returned to Lisbon Falls, broken down in health. Remaining there until October, 1874, he removed to Somerville, where he lias en- joyed a large practice. The doctor has been influential in educational matters for many years. At Lisbon he was supervisor of schools for four years, and he has been a member of the School Board of Somerville for twelve years. In Lisbon he served as selectman, over- seer of the poor and assessor for three years, and postmaster of the town from 1869 to 1874. Hle has been a trustee of the Somerville Hospital since its organization, and a member of the medical board and of the medical and surgical staff. He is a member and ex-president of the Boston Gynæecological Society and of the Somerville Medical Society. IIe is a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Association, member of the Maine Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association, and was a member of the Ninth International Medical Congress. He is a member of Soley Lodge, F. A. A. M., De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Orient Council. He is connected with the Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, is ex-president of Sons of Maine of Somerville, and a member of the Mystic Valley and other clubs. In politics Dr. White is a steadfast Republican, and as such was elected to the General Court in 1896. He was married, June 4, 1860, to Miss Mary Lithgow Randall daughter of Capt. Paul and Nancy Randall of Harpswell, Me. Their children are Lucy Frances, Bessie Randall, and William Horace White.
Whiting, Dr. George W. W., was born in Carmel, Me., May 4, 1864, the son of Rev. Asa and Nancy A. (Whitney) Whiting. His early education was obtained in the home dis- trict schools, but at the age of fifteen he went to Washington, D. C., where he took a special course at Spencer's Business College. Later, he entered the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield, where he prepared for college, entering Bowdoin College as a student in the medical department. He finished his studies in the University of the city of New York, where he was graduated from the medical department in 1887. He practiced medicine in Orland, Me., four years, and came to Somerville in June, 1891, where he has been engaged in his profession steadily until the present time. He was married October 16, 1895, to Miss Alice Maude Hoyt, and they reside at 282 Broadway. Dr. Whiting is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, is examining physician for several insurance companies, and one of the visiting physicians of the Somerville Hospital. He was elected a member of the School Board in 1896 for a term of three years, is a member of the Rising Sun Lodge, F. A. A. M., of Orland, Me., the Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, and the Orient Council. He is not a club man, but is deeply interested in his profession and enthusiastic in its practice.
Wild, Benjamin F., was born in Somerville, October 8, 1853. He was the son of Charles D. and Almira W. (Baldwin) Wild, who located in Somerville in 1843, and was the first to run a spring wagon in Boston. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the Prescott. He subsequently attended a Boston commercial college. After complete training in the wholesale trade, he engaged in the wood and coal business, and, in 1877, opened a yard at Charlestown Neck. With the enlargement of his business he located, in 1884, at the capacious wharves on the Mystic River, where he still continues. Mr. Wild is a member of Soley Lodge, F. A. A. M., Somerville R. A. Chapter, Cœur de Lion Commandery, K. T., and is a charter member of Somerville Council, R. and S. M. He is a member of Paul Revere Lodge, I.O.O. F., the Central and Webcowit Clubs; also of the Exchange Club, Boston, the 999th Artillery, and Charlestown Club, of Charlestown. He married Miss Amy P. Faulkner, daughter of L. W. and Martha ( Merriam) Faulkner, of Billerica. They reside on School street, Winter Hill.
Wiley, Isaiah H., comes of sturdy Cape Cod stock, such as has contributed so materi- ally to make the wealth and renown of Boston and the Commonwealth. He was born in
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Truro, Mass., December 5, 1852, the son of Freeman A. and Mary C. (Harding) Wiley. When he was very young his parents removed to Wellfleet, and there Mr. Wiley was reared and educated, going to the village school steadily until he was eleven years of age, after which he attended it only in the winter months until he was sixteen years old. During the remaining months of the year he worked in his father's store, though, like many other Cape Cod boys, he followed the sea for the most of the time in the summer months between the ages of twelve and eighteen. In 1870 Mr. Wiley came to Boston and entered the employ of Wads- worth & Howland, and remained in that position six years. He then went into business on his own account, first in the copartnership of White & Wiley, they purchasing the business of Crowell Bros. & Co. Subsequently the firm was changed to White, Wiley & Co., the new partner being B. J. Richardson. Sometime thereafter Mr. Wiley and Mr. Richardson bought out Mr. White's interest, when the firm naine was changed to Wiley & Richardson. In March, 1888, Mr. Richardson retired, since which time Mr. Wiley has conducted the business alone, under the firm style of I. H. Wiley & Co. He does a large and successful wholesale business in a general line of paints, oils, varnishes, and painters' supplies, having a large store on Sudbury street, and a well-equipped factory on Portland street. Mr. Wiley came to Somerville in 1878, and served the city in the Common Councils of 1891 and 1892, being President of the Council in 1892. He is a member of Soley Lodge, F. A. A. M., Somerville Chapter R. A., De Molay Commandery, K. T., Wonohaquaham Tribe, I. O. R. M., Excelsior Chapter, R. A., Webcowit Club, the Paint & Oil Club of New England (of which club he is now president), and a number of other organizations in different portions of the State. He married Miss Mary C. Porter, daughter of James F. and Mary C. (Parker) Porter, and their residence is at 54 Mt. Vernon street.
Wilkins, G. Franklin, was born in Boston, January 4, 1857. He lived in that city until fourteen years of age, with the exception of one year, 1863, which was spent in Somer- ville, where he attended the Prospect Hill School. In 1871 he located in Somerville perma- nently, and has resided in Ward 3 since that year. He completed his education in the Somerville High School, graduating in the class of 1875. Mr. Wilkins, soon after leaving school, went into business, and is now a member of the firm of F. Wilkins & Son, forwarders for the Boston & Maine Railroad, Southern Division, one of the oldest trucking firms in Boston. He was an active member of the Republican Ward and City Committee for several years, and its secretary for one year. Mr. Wilkins is a member of the Winter Hill Lodge, A. O. U. W., and of the Central Club. He served the city two years in the Common Council. His residence is at 98 Central street.
Willey, Clarence H., son of Rufus W. and Lydia O. (Hoyt) Willey, was born in Concord, N. H., January 17, 1858, and came to this city when nine years of age, living, until 1891, on Flint street, when the family moved to a new and beautiful home at 26 Dartmouth street, then being developed. He was educated in the Prescott and High Schools, leaving, after two years, to attend a commercial college. He worked for Moulton & Bradley from 1879 to 1883, and then went with his father, who had succeeded General Alfred Hoyt, an ancestor, and the pioneer shipper of baled hay to Boston, thirty-five years ago. The father and son have conducted-a very successful hay and grain business, and, in addition to their Beverly street store, have a large place at Beverly Farms, where they ply a substantial private stable trade. Mr. Willey was elected to the Common Council in 1889 and 1890, and an Alderman from Ward I in 1891, declining re-election the following year by reason of his removal to Ward 3. He is a member of Soley Lodge, past high priest of Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, a member of Orient Council, Cœur de Lion Commandery, Excelsior Council, Central Club, the A. O. U. W., and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. In 1884 he married Miss Mary Appleton, a daughter of Jolin C. and Mary J. Appleton, now both deceased, but who had lived many years in Somerville.
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Willis, Dr. Reuben, was born at Belchertown, Mass., in 1842, and was fitted for col- lege in the Milford High School. Ile dropped his studies at the breaking out of the Rebel- lion, and enlisted in 1861 in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, which joined the Burnside cxpedition to North Carolina. He served two and one-half years in the war, during which he took part in several battles, among which were those of Roanoke Is- land and Newberne, N. C. He was slightly wounded at Newberne, and was honorably dis- charged, on account of physical disability, in December, 1863. He subsequently resumed his studies and entered Harvard Medical College, graduating in 1867. Dr. Willis was estab- lished as a physician three and one-half years in Weston, Mass., and came to Somerville in 1871, where he still resides and practices his profession. He was married in 1868 to Eugenia, daughter of the late William Stowe of Arlington, president of the American Net and Twine Company. They reside at 285 Broadway. Dr. Willis served on the Somerville School Board four years, 1872 et seq., is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, a member of the medical staff of the Somerville Hospital, and in his profession is widely and favorably known.
Wilson, Francis M., was born at Sterling, Ill., December 24, 1858. With his parents he removed to Kansas City, Mo., and three years later, the father having died, the family removed to Lanark, Ill., where, at the age of twenty, Mr. Wilson engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, in which he continued until May, 1893, when he came to Somer- ville, and purchased the old and well-known establishment of Horace D. Runey, at 103 Cross street, where he still continues in business. Mr. Wilson was educated in the public schools of Sterling and Lanark, Ill., and of Kansas City, Mo. He is a member of the Cen- tral Club, the John Abbot Lodge, F. A. A. M., the Somerville Chapter, R. A. M., the De Molay Commandery, K. T., the Paul Revere Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the Excelsior Council, R. A. Mr. Wilson was elected to the Common Council in 1896.
Winship, Albert Edward, author, editor of Journal of Education, Boston, lecturer, son of Isaac and Drusilla (Lothrop) Winship, was born at West Bridgewater, Mass., Febru- ary 24, 1845. He is descended from Lieut. Edward Winship, who came to Cambridge from England in 1634. He studied in Bridgewater Normal School, Andover Theological Semin- ary; served as private in Sixtieth Massachusetts Regiment the last year of the Civil War. He taught first in Maine, going from that school to take charge of a grammar school in Newton, Mass., for three years, afterward teaching for four years in Bridgewater Normal. He was for nine years pastor of Prospect Hill Church in Somerville, leaving that charge to take the office of secretary of the New West Educational Commission. Since 1885 he has been editor and publisher of the Journal of Education. In 1890 and 1891 was editor-in-chief of the " Boston Daily Traveler." As a lecturer connected with Redpath Lyceum Bureau, he is widely known in every State from Maine to California, going regularly each year to the Pacific Coast. He has a wide reputation as a many-sided writer and campaign speaker. He has published " Methods and Principles," "Essentials of Psychology," etc. He is a member of the Republican State Committee of Massachusetts, and was a member of the St. Louis Convention that nominated Mckinley. August 24, 1872, he married Miss Ella R. Parker, daughter of Stillman E. and Lavinia P. Parker, of Reading, Mass. His children are George Parker, Edith A., Luella P., Edna E., Lawrence L., Mildred L. Winship. He has resided in Somerville for more than twenty years, and has been closely identified with public affairs. His residence is at 74 Perkins street.
Woodberry, William H., was born in Newburyport, Mass., August 18, 1855, the son of Orsment and Miriam P. (Johnson) Woodberry. He is essentially a Somerville boy, hav- ing moved here with his parents when less than two years of age. He was educated in the public schools of this city, and early in life went into business. He is well known in the produce trade of Boston, having been for many years in the employ of Sawin, Edwards &
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Co., and for the last six years a partner in the firm of R. S. Edwards & Co., at 15 Blackstone street. In 1880 he became a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. and A. M., has always taken an active interest in Masonic affairs, and is the present master of the lodge. In 1887 he was married to Miss Alice S. Farnum, of Warner, N. H., by whom he has had one daughter. They reside at 181 Central street.
Woodcock, Shephard S., was born October 6, 1824, at Sidney, Kennebec County, Me. At the age of seventeen he came to this state, and served four years as an apprentice at the building trade; after the expiration of his apprenticeship he carried on the trade in Boston for over ten years, during which he gave much time to the study of his chosen profession of architecture. He subsequently devoted much study to landscape gardening, and was for a time the landscape designer for the Public Garden in Boston; he also laid out forty acres of land in Lowell for the late Samuel Fay, whose house he designed. During the past forty years he has designed and erected upwards of one hundred and forty churches, and fifty schoolhouses, many of which are in this city, and various public buildings, hotels, institutions, etc., and numerous high-class residences, one of the finest being that of Mr. Frederick Ayer, of Lowell. Among the prominent structures designed and erected by Mr. Woodcock are the Howard Seminary at Bridgewater, Mass., the Sanborn Seminary at King- ston, N. H., the high-school houses at Franklin, Mass., and Keene, N. H., and the Masonic Halls at Haverhill, Hudson, Natick, Abington, Attleborough and Chelsea, Mass. Many manufacturing buildings have been erected from his plans, such as the Pacinc Mill, and the woolen mill, one hundred and forty feet wide and four hundred and fifty feet long, at Law- rence, Mass. Many public buildings have been remodeled under his supervision, such as the Huntington Hall in Lowell, the City Hall in Haverhill, Mass., and the Rockingham Bank and the First National and Savings Bank of Portsmouth, N. H. He also furnished the de- signs for the soldiers' monuments in Lowell, Natick and Danvers, and was the architect in charge of the proposed alterations of the Masonic Temple in Boston, before the fire; he finished the construction of the Rice Library Building at Kittery, Me., and was the architect for the dwelling-house of H. E. Wright on Pearl street, this city, illustrated in this volume. Mr. Woodcock is a prominent member of several societies, being a life member of the Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association, a life member of the De Molay Commandery, K. T., a member of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston, the Sons of Maine, John Abbot Lodge, F. A. A. M., of Somerville, and Waverly Royal Arch Chapter of Melrose. Few architects have had the patronage from our best citizens that Mr. Woodcock has received, and his success has been phenomenal. His place of business is at 40 State street, Boston, and his home is at 38 Pearl street, this city, where he has resided with his family for more than thirty-five years. Mr. Woodcock has devoted much time and thought to the development of Somer- ville, and has served the city three years as a member of the School Committee.
Woods, Edward F., was born in Somerville, March 14, 1864, the son of Henry F. and Lucy Adams (Magoun) Woods. He attended the Forster Grammar School, and fitted for Harvard at the Somerville High School. Was graduated from Harvard University in 1885. Immediately after graduation, in order to obtain a business education, he spent two years in the Maverick National Bank. He then entered the fire insurance business as a clerk, and in six months became member of the firm of Crane & Woods to continue the insurance busi- ness established by Wesley C. Crane in 1868. A few years later a combination was made of the insurance agency business of Freeman & Vinton, Frederic Hinckley and Crane & Woods, under the name of Hinckley & Woods. This firm are the head agents for Boston and vi- cinity of the Northern Assurance Co. of London, the Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of Providence, the Northwestern National Insurance Co. of Milwaukee, and the Thuringia In- surance Co. of Germany. In 1891 he married Bertha L. Hutchins, daughter of Horatio H. Hutchins of Somerville, and moved to West Newton, where he now resides. Mr. Woods is
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a member of the Central Club, of which he was formerly secretary, Soley Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Somerville, the Exchange Club and Chamber of Commerce of Boston, is a director in the South End Industrial School, and is a member of the Newton Club, the Neighborhood Club and the Newton Boat Club of Newton.
Wright, Robert S., was born at the " North End," on Commercial street, Boston, March 30, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876. The business in which he embarked was that of architectural draughtsman, and he is now a furniture designer, and has for fifteen years been connected with the firm of A. B. & E. L. Shaw as designer and superintendent of their large works in East Cambridge. Mr. Wright came to Somerville in June, 1889, and has served the city in the Common Council, and as a member of the Board of Aldermen. He is a member of the Central Club, the John Abbot Lodge, F. A. A. M., the Order of Red Men, and the Designers' Club; he is also a director of the West Somerville Co-operative Bank, and an associate member of Company M, Eighth Regiment. He is married, and resides at II Summit avenue.
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THE following biographical sketches were not received in time for insertion in their alphabetical positions.
Berry, Arthur W., was the son of John Adams and Mary (Wilde) Berry, and was born in Moultonboro, N. H., July 27, 1858, where he lived until eighteen, when, after re- siding in several places, he finally came to Somerville in 1882, and one year later went into the carpenter business with Charles A. Slager, under the firm name of Berry & Slager. This copartnership lasted until 1888, when the firm was dissolved, Mr. Berry continuing alone, and erecting about seventy-five houses, some costing as high as $12,000. February 25, 1890, he married Miss Jennie Louise Knight, of Port Aupique, N. S., and occupied a new home on Hudson street. They have one child. Mr. Berry has revolutionary ancestry on both sides of his parentage. His mother's grandfather, Daniel Conant, participated in the Concord fight, April 19, 1775, served in the war until the end, and was wounded. Mr. Berry is a steward of the First M. E. Church, is a member of the Sons of the Revolution, and the Y. M. C. A. In 1895 he was elected a member of the Common Council, serving on three im- portant committees, and was re-elected for 1897.
Blaikie, Thomas B., was born in Onslow, near Truro, N. S., September 14, 1836, a son of John and Sarah Ann (Yuill) Blaikie. One of his ancestors, a snuff-dealer, came to this country from Scotland in the ship Hector in 1639, and settled near Boston. Mr. Blaikie, at the age of seventeen, came to Massachusetts, and worked at the carpenter's trade, which he learned from his father, and he was employed in Brookline and East Boston, and on the People's Ferry, then being constructed. He went to Melrose, where he remained two years, and, at the age of nineteen, took the first contract on his own responsibility, and built a fine residence for his employer, earning great credit for his skill, industry and thor- oughness. He returned to Onslow, and on October 15, 1857, married Eliza W., daughter of Daniel and Margaret Cummings. He came to Cambridgeport, after working two years in his native town, and was foreman for a building firm when Ira Hill was about starting his speculative career, and Mr. Blaikie became interested with him, building, first, several houses on Grand View avenue, then others in quick succession, until, when he had finished, he had built Hotel Warren, Hill Building, two blocks of residences, a bakehouse, and several
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houses on Warren avenue. The next section of the city to receive his attention was the Prospect Hill district, and the bare hill soon began to blossom with pretty homes, three of which were occupied by Mr. Blaikie and two of his sons. It would be unnecessary to recapitu- late all the work done by Mr. Blaikie. The Prospect Hill Church, Cummings School, and Agas- siz School in Cambridge, the Day-street Church, the Hudson-street district, the work done on the Little estate in Boston, and others, are among the three hundred buildings of various kinds which he has constructed, causing him to be the most extensive builder Somerville has ever known. Mr. and Mrs. Blaikie have had three sons, Alfred C., Edwin K., and Will E., the former being in the real estate business, and the two latter Boston architects with fine reputations for character and work. There are also two daughters, Ida May and Lena Blanche. Mr. Blaikie was one of the founders of Putnam Commandery No. 38, U. O. G. C., and is still a member. He has always taken a great deal of interest in politics, and is an ardent Republican. Outside of his home his next heartbeat is for the Prospect Hill Church, where he and his family are highly esteemed members and officials in one degree or another.
Clark, Herbert L., son of William L. and Mary Mellissa (Hanks) Clark, was born in South Boston, October 10, 1861. He received his education in the public schools of Somer- ville, and in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, Boston. He was employed as book- keeper in the cashier's office of the Boston & Maine Railroad for a year, then for eleven years served in the same capacity for Farley, Harvey & Co., of Boston. He left that firm to enter a partnership with his father in 1891, under the name of W. L. Clark & Co., contractors and builders. The firm is well known among master-builders, they having erected the Public Library, Stickney Building, Litchfield Block, the Citizen Building in Somerville; the Hotel Savoy, Colchester Hotel, Beacon street, Boston; the Parental School, West Roxbury; and many other notable edifices. Mr. Clark was a member of the Common Council of Somer- ville in 1893 and 1894. He is at present Junior Warden of Soley Lodge of Masons, a mem- ber of Somerville Chapter, R. A. Masons, of Orient Council, R. S. M., and of De Molay Commandery, Boston, also of the Central Club and the A. O. U. W. He married Miss Lil- lian A. Foss of Old Town, Me., in 1887. Ilis residence is at 124 Sycamore street, and his place of business at 17 Milk street and 166 Devonshire street, Boston.
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