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JOSEPH SANGER ATTWILL-As president and general manager of the Attwill Furniture Company, Incorporated, manu- facturers of custom-made furniture and in- terior decorators, Joseph Sanger Attwill, of Lynn, holds a position of leadership and high standing among his fellow-citizens.
The Atwill family is an old one whose name was formerly spelled Atwell. The line has been traced back to John Atwell, be- lieved to have come from Derbyshire, Eng- land, to America, accompanying John Maine to this side of the Atlantic between 1630 and 1640. The first settlement of this group was at what is now York, Maine, near Casco Bay. John Atwell resided in Maine from 1650 to 1675, and married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of John Maine. Their son, John Atwell, born in Maine and died in Lynn, married, at Topsfield, Massachusetts, June 19, 1693, Madeline Max. They had a son, William, who was born in Lynn in 1730, and died here November 5, 1806. He was a shoemaker by occupation. He was a private and later was promoted to the rank of captain in the War of the American Revolution, serving as a private in Lindsey's company, and as a cap-
tain in Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, at Concord, in 1775. Later, in 1778, he was in Colonel Gerrish's regiment. His wife, Lydia Hicks, was born at Boston in 1737, died in Lynn in 1812. Their son, Zachariah Atwell, was born October 9, 1755, in Lynn, died there November 6, 1836, and was a shoe- maker. He served in the Revolution, having been a private in Captain Hiller's company, Colonel Tipcomb's regiment, under Lieuten- ant Watts, in 1777. He was a private in Lexington at the time of the historic "Lex- ington alarm" of April 19, 1775, serving in Captain Mansfield's company. His wife, Elizabeth Breed, was born in Lynn in 1758, and died July 2, 1827, in this city. Their son, Jesse Lee Attwill, was born in Lynn on January 21, 1793, and died here October 14, 1846, and was also a shoemaker by trade. His wife was Rebecca Woodberry, who was born in Salem, New Hampshire, and died in Lynn. Their son was Isaac Meade Attwill, born October 5, 1827, in Lynn, died here May 24, 1903 ; he was a shoe manufacturer in this city, and continued in business until his death. His wife, Harriet Sanger, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, and died in Lynn. Their son was Joseph Willis Attwill, father of the man whose name heads this review, and he also was a shoe manufac- turer until he began in his present position of city clerk of Lynn. He married Effie Stella Bascom, who was born in Portland, Maine, on October 6, 1871, and now resides in Lynn.
Joseph S. (J. Sanger) Attwill was born in Lynn on June 26, 1900, son of Joseph Willis and Effie Stella (Bascom) Attwill. His father, born in Lynn on January 18, 1864, now lives in this city. He was a shoe manu- facturer in Lynn for a number of years and is at present serving as city clerk. In political allegiance a Republican and in religious be- lief an attendant at the services of the Uni- versalist Church, he is actively interested in
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Lynn and the surrounding Massachusetts community. He attended the grammar school of Lynn, spent three years at Lynn Classical High School and later attended Bryant and Stratton Business College, Bos- ton, for one year, after which he became associated with the National Shawmut Bank of Boston as a messenger boy. From that position he was promoted to the loan, col- lateral and discount departments. Six months after he had been with the bank the United States became involved in the World War. He enlisted for service in the Coast Artillery, but the signing of the Armistice prevented him from seeing active service.
Again engaging in banking, Mr. Attwill became connected with the Security Trust Company, in Lynn, continuing for a short time with that institution and then going with the Palmer and Parker Mahogany Company, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, manufacturers and importers of mahogany and hardwoods. Serving as surveyor for about three years, he aligned himself with Farquhar, Norris and Black, dealers in real estate and insurance, at Lynn, in the capa- city of salesman. So serving for two years, Mr. Attwill joined forces with the Pickering Coal Company, of Lynn, as office manager. After three years in that position, he asso- ciated himself with the Postar Furniture Company, Incorporated, of No. 232 Market Street, Lynn, of which he subsequently be- came president. In July, 1930, he purchased the business and reincorporated it as the Attwill Furniture Company, Incorporated, of which he is now president and general manager. They make custom-built furni- ture and do interior decorating on a large scale, and have been eminently successful. Under Mr. Attwill's guiding influence, this concern has prospered, gaining added pres- tige and additional trade.
A Republican in his political views, Mr. Attwill is a member of the Lynn Chamber
of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Histori- cal Society, the Essex Institute, the Old Essex Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the New England Society for the Preservation of New England An- tiquities, of Boston. His favorite hobby is antique collecting, which, of course, is at the same time a useful hobby from the point of view of his business. Every organization or activity with which he has been connected has, in some definite way, benefited from Mr. Attwill's labors in its behalf, and his place in American life is among those of the lead- ers in business and commerce.
Joseph Sanger Attwill married, on Octo- ber 10, 1925, in Salem, Gladys Derby Net- tles, a native of Salem and daughter of Henry Dowbridge and Rita (Derby) Net- tles, of Salem. Mrs. Attwill is a graduate of Salem High School. She attends the First Universalist Church and is a member of the Junior Aid Society. Mr. and Mrs. Attwill have two children : I. Richard Derby Attwill, who was born on April 20, 1930. 2. Judith, who was born August 31, 1934.
GEORGE FOX HOGAN-Actively en- gaged in the profession of law in Nahant, George Fox Hogan is one of the leaders of the bar of this section of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has at all times par- ticipated extensively in the general affairs of the law in county, State and Nation, and his position is one of high regard and re- spect.
Mr. Hogan was born in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1867, son of Wil- liam R. and Mary Adelia (Webb) Hogan. His father, a native of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, was a farmer and saw mill operator there for many years, as well as a member of the Anglican Church and a Con- servative in politics; he died in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. His wife, Mary Adelia (Webb)
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Hogan, mother of George Fox Hogan, was also a native of Annapolis County.
Attending the public schools of his birth- place, George Fox Hogan later came to Mas- sachusetts, became a special student at Lynn High School, and attended Suffolk Law School, in Boston. Graduated there in 1916 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, he taught school until 1931. He was admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth in 1916, and settled at once in the city of Lynn, where he established an association with John H. Mattson, the two men having separate offices in the same building. He has consist- ently, however, carried on his own independ- ent practice.
At all times he has been deeply interested in the general affairs of his profession, and through membership in different legal organ- izations has kept in touch with all the new- est developments and the experiences of his colleagues in the law. He is a member of the Lynn Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the American Bar As- sociation. He is also interested in the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, and has done much, through this body, to foster the business im- provement in the whole Lynn-Nahant com- munity. During the World War he served his country as a member of the State Guard for two years. He also was a member of the araft board and was active in Liberty Loan drives, making addresses, arranging meet- Ings and doing everything possible to fur- ther, in his community, the well-being of the United States and the Allied cause.
In his political views, Mr. Hogan is a staunch Republican and a supporter of his party's policies. In 1927 he was a candidate for Congress in the Seventh Congressional District. A member of the East Baptist Church and a teacher, since 1923, of the young men's class in the Sunday school of this parish, Mr. Hogan has done much to further the Christian cause in this district.
He has a summer home at Young's Cove, in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, and there spends his vacations and enjoys fishing and boating. He participates in these same sports at Nahant.
Mr. Hogan married, on October 2, 1893, in Chester, New Hampshire, Anabel Wil- comb, a native of Chester, who died Janu- ary 9, 1931, in Nahant. She was a daugh- ter of Charles A. and Anna (Bell) Wilcomb, of Chester, New Hampshire. Her father lives at Fullerton, California, and is retired from active business. Mrs. Hogan's mother died in Chester, New Hampshire. Mrs. Ho- gan herself was a graduate of Lynn High School, and an active member of East Bap- tist Church. She organized, and was for twenty-one years a teacher of, the Philathea Baraca class, and took an active part in the work of a number of charitable organiza- tions Mr. and Mrs. Hogan are the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter : I. Roland B., a realtor in Lynn, who married Ruth Goldsmith, of Lynn; they have three children : Eleanor Ruth, Roland B., Jr., and William F. Hogan. 2. Albion L., a gradu- ate of Suffolk Law School, class of 1933 ; ad- mitted to the bar in December; married Helen L. Bent, of Lynn, and they have two children, Natalie Ann and David George Hogan. 3. Eleanor F., wife of Howard H. Hawley, who is associated with the New England Telegraph and Telephone Com- pany in Lynn ; Mrs. Hawley is a graduate of the Lynn English High School, and, after completing a full course at the College of the Spoken Word, Boston, she became prior to her marriage, secretary to George Cole- man, of the Babson Institute of Wellesley. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley's children are: Lois G., Patricia Ruth, and Carolyn Hawley.
The Hogan residence is No. 129 Wilson Road, Nahant, and Mr. Hogan has his offices at No. 14 Central Avenue, Lynn.
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FRANK HERBERT HARDY-For more than twoscore years Frank H. Hardy has been identified with Essex County industrial life, having all this time operated as a brush manufacturer in Andover. He has also served the municipality in various important offices.
Born in Buckfield, Maine, October 15, 1871, Frank Herbert Hardy is the son of Charles A. and Elizabeth C. Hardy; his father was a veteran of the Civil War, and held a corporal's warrant, and afterward he was engaged in the manufacture of brushes.
His association with the manufacture of brushes in Andover began in 1893 and has since been continuously and successfully maintained. He is a director of the Atlantic Cooperative Bank at Lawrence. His public service in the town of Andover has embraced a number of the highest offices in the gift of the voters. Among these have been mem- bership on the board of selectmen, board of assessors and board of public welfare. He was president of the Association of Massa- chusetts Assessors for the year 1934 and is secretary of the Essex County Assessors Association. Other of his affiliations are with Walter L. Raymond Camp, No. III, Sons of Veterans of the Civil War ; the Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Andover Grange, Pa- trons of Husbandry. He is a member and director of the Andover Country Club and a member of the Masonic Club. His reli- gious fellowship is with the West Parish Church of Andover.
Mr. Hardy married, September 30, 1896, at Lawrence, Edith E. Downing, daughter of James Dyer and Lizett (Nash) Downing. They have one son, Frank Kenneth Hardy, born October 22, 1897. The residence of the Frank Herbert Hardy family is No. 90 Shawsheen Road, Andover.
GEORGE HOLLAND KIRKPATRICK, M. D .- An active factor in the medical pro- fession of Lynn for a quarter of a century, George Holland Kirkpatrick, M. D., has gained a place of high regard among his colleagues and the public. He was born in South Thomaston, Maine, December 20, 1880, son of George and Emma (Bartlett) Kirkpatrick. His father, George Kirkpat- rick, was a native of Scotland, born in April, 1857, and now a resident of Winchester, Massachusetts, where, for many years be- fore his retirement, he was the proprietor and operator of a nursery. He was brought as a small child to the United States and was reared and educated in Maine where his parents had settled. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Campbell) Kirk- patrick, both of whom were of Scottish birth, the former being a landowner and horse and cattle raiser who operated his estate from the city in which he resided. George Kirkpatrick, the elder, married Emma, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Hix) Bartlett, both of whom were born and died in Thomaston. Joshua Bartlett, shipbuilder and sea captain, owned his vessels and sailed them across the Atlantic. At a later period he was the owner of the West End Railroad of Rockland, Maine.
George Holland Kirkpatrick, M. D., of this review, attended West Brook Seminary in Portland, Maine, and was graduated from Kents Hill Seminary in 1897. He then attended the University of Vermont for two years ; also studied medicine at the Uni- versity of Vermont Medical School, gradu- ating in 1906 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After a year as interne in the Lynn Hospital, he located first on South Common Street, Lynn, but later moved to his present address at No. 64 Broad Street and engaged in a general practice. Dr. Kirkpatrick is visiting surgeon at Lynn
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Hospital, a member of the Lynn Medical Society, Massachusetts State Medical Asso- ciation, and the American Medical Associa- tion. In his religious faith he is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, for twenty years having served as vestryman. In his fraternal affiliations he is a member of Damascus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; the Royal Arch Chapter ; the Royal and Select Masters; and all the York Rite bodies ; member of the Old Essex Chapter Sons of the American Revolution ; Tedesco Country Club; Lynn Historical Society; Whiting Club; Army and Navy Club of Boston; Boston City Club; Y. D. Club of Boston, and the Lynn Chamber of Com- merce.
Dr. Kirkpatrick enlisted on March 28, 1917, for service in the World War and was stationed at Lynn to examine recruits until the formation of the 26th Division, when he was commissioned medical officer of the 104th Infantry of that division. He sailed overseas on September 1, 1917, in the first convoy to cross to France. For about three months he was stationed around Neufcha- teau in training with the French. In Jan- uary, 1918, he went into the trenches as Battalion Surgeon of the 104th Infantry and served in France until the Armistice was signed eighteen months later. He was in all the engagements in which American forces participated, at Chemin-Des Dames and the battles of the Toul sector, second battle of the Marne and the Champaign- Aisne Offensive of the Meuse-Argonne. He was honorably discharged at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, April 28, 1919, with the rank of captain. Dr. Kirkpatrick was awarded a silver star medal for gallantry in action by the President of the United States.
On July 30, 1923, in Lynn, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Dr. George Holland Kirkpatrick married Mrs. Mary (Lovejoy)
Olds, a native of Lynn and daughter of Dr. Charles and Alice (Foster) Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was a native of New Hampshire and died in Lynn, where he had been a prac- ticing physician for many years, one of the organizers and the first superintendent of the Lynn Hospital. His wife was a native of Lynn and died here. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is a graduate of Lynn Classical High School, and Wellesley College, from which she received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1905. She is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, the Star Club, is on the board of managers of Lynn Hospital, on the board of Associated Charities, and active in church organizations. Dr. Kirkpatrick has a stepson, Herbert Olds, born December 19, 1913, in Lynn, and now a senior at Harvard University.
HENRY JENNINGS COLLINS-In a life crowded with incident, adventure, and interesting activities, Henry Jennings Col- lins, of Lynn, has won his way to excellence in journalism and the bar. He was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, February 10, 1895, son of Henry Patrick and Alfretta (Park- hurst) Collins, the former also a native of Bradford, born September 15, 1875, who still makes this town his place of residence. He is the son of Henry Patrick and Cathe- rine (Roach) Collins, the first born in County Cork, Ireland, the latter born in Bradford. He has been a shoe industrial executive, and has been associated with sev- eral companies in Lynn and Haverhill. Mrs. Collins is the daughter of Darius and Mary Jane (Dane) Parkhurst; Mr. Parkhurst be- ing a notable musician who died in Haver- hill. His wife, a native of Barre, Vermont, later became Mrs. John Reynolds and died in Kingston, New Hampshire.
After being graduated from the Lynn English High School in 1914, and from the
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Lynn Classical High School, a year later, Henry J. Collins entered Northeastern Uni- versity and had completed a year of studies prior to his enlistment in the United States Army for service during the World War. He volunteered on July 31, 1917, and was sent to Fort Banks, Massachusetts. Exactly a year later he was sent abroad with the American Expeditionary Forces and saw active duty until he was returned to this country and received his honorable dis- charge on June 28, 1919, at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, a week after his return. While abroad he ranked as sergeant, first class, in the Medical Department. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps on October 4, 1924, and served five years.
Again a civilian he resumed his law studies, but this time in the Suffolk Law School. Admitted to the bar in 1926 he established himself in general practice in Lynn, where he has since continued. He is a member of the Lynn, Essex County, and Massachusetts State Bar associations. He enjoys a fine clientele and an unusually large acquaintance with other members of the bar. His wide and varied experience has been of practical value to him as a law- yer. Mr. Collins, for twenty years, has been a member of the staff of the "Boston Globe," Boston, and in 1930 he was made Lynn cor- respondent, succeeding George B. Grant. He is one of the founders of the Lynn Press Club and its counsel. Fraternally he is affiliated with Lynn Lodge, No. 117, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of St. Pius Catholic Church, of Lynn.
On February II, 1929, in New York City, Henry Jennings Collins married Margaret Claire Battersby, a native of Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, and daughter of William and Bridget Agnes (Lyons) Battersby. Mr.
Battersby, a machinist, was born in Dublin, Ireland, and his wife in Galway, Ireland. They are both deceased. Mrs. Collins re- ceived her education in Lowell public schools and at Sacred Heart Convent, Lynn, and with her husband is a member of St. Pius Roman Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are the parents of four chil- dren : I. Henry J., Jr., born November 27, 1930. 2. Robert Parkhurst, born November II, 1931. 3. Richard Frederick, born April 9, 1933. 4. Nancy Gail, born August 13, 1934.
WALTER HERNAN MURPHY-Mr. Murphy as an attorney at law and a certi- fied public accountant has a dual equipment in the instruments of his service to Lynn, his native city, where he has numerous pro- fessional and social affiliations. He was born October 18, 1898, a son of Patrick A. and Frances M. (Conley ) Murphy, both born in Massachusetts.
Patrick A. Murphy was born in Lynn, January 8, 1867, a son of Michael Murphy, born in Ireland and died at Lynn, where he was a shoe manufacturer. Mr. Murphy was a traveling representative of the United States Rubber Company and supervised the company's rubber plantations in various parts of the world. He was also an inven- tor and patented a process of applying rub- ber to a steel shaft, a method now in gen- eral use in textile mills. He was a Demo- crat and a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, at Lynn. Frances M. (Conley) Murphy was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, November 18, 1873, a daugh- ter of Michael and Bridget (Hernan) Con- ley, natives of Ireland. Michael Conley was overseer of the Coolidge farm in Water- town for many years.
Walter Hernan Murphy of this record was graduated from Lynn Classical High
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School in 1916 and was valedictorian of his class. He enrolled at Boston University, College of Business Administration, and he was graduated in 1919. His college studies were interrupted by the World War and he enlisted, in 1918, in the United States Naval Reserve at Boston and was in training at the Harvard Ensign School four months. He was honorably discharged December 6, 1918, with the rank of quartermaster, and returned to college to complete his studies.
In June, 1919, he became associated with one of the leading law firms of Essex County, Parsons, Wadleigh & Crowley, as junior accountant, and in 1923 passed the State board examination for certified public accountants. In 1921, while continuing his work in the law firm, he began a four-year course in law with the Suffolk Law School, from which he was graduated in 1925 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar but remained with Par- sons, Wadleigh & Crowley, as senior ac- countant and tax expert until June, 1934, when that firm dissolved. Mr. Murphy be- came an associate of the new firm of Par- sons and Wadleigh in June, 1934.
He is a member of the Lynn Bar Associa- tion; the Essex Bar Association; the Ab- bott Post, American Legion; the Senior Red Cross Life Saving Corps; and St. John's Roman Catholic Church, of Swamp- scott. Swimming and horseback riding are his favorite sports.
Mr. Murphy married, November 11, 1925, Ina C. Sharkey, of Lynn, and a daughter of John and Nellie (Mclaughlin) Sharkey. John Sharkey was a native of Lynn and was in the shoe stain and blacking business. His wife also was a native of Lynn and now resides there. Mrs. Murphy is a graduate of Lynn English High School and of Bur- dett College and was employed by the law firm of Parsons, Wadleigh & Crowley. prior
to her marriage. She is a member of St. John's Roman Catholic Church, of Swamp- scott. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are the par- ents of a son, Daniel, born July 24, 1928, and a daughter, Audrey Claire, born May 15, 1934.
Mr. Murphy is apparently destined to be a lifelong resident of Essex County, as he owns his own home at No. 32 Barnstable Street in the town of Swampscott, in said county.
WILLIAM MITCHELL SHAW-A coal merchant of long standing in Lynn, William M. Shaw has made a place of his own in the business community. He is ac- tive also in civic affairs and fraternal or- ganizations.
Mr. Shaw is of a family of Canadian ex- traction. William Mitchell (1) Shaw, born in Bristol, Nova Scotia, August 11, 1810, died in South Brookfield, Nova Scotia Feb- ruary 4, 1899, was a shoemaker by trade. He married Margaret Harlow, born in Bris- tol, Nova Scotia, May 11, 1814, died at Brookfield, Nova Scotia, February 13, 1899. Two of their children survive: Augustus Shaw, of South Brookfield, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Leila Ada (Shaw) Marshall, of Lynn. Lemuel Shaw, a son of William Mitchell (1) and Margaret (Harlow) Shaw, was born in Bristol, Nova Scotia, June 13, 1852, died in Lynn. He was a shoecutter and was associated at different times with shoe manufacturers in Lynn. He was a Re- publican and attended the Baptist Church. He married Ida Bishop, born in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, died in Lynn. Their son is William Mitchell (2).
William Mitchell (2) Shaw, son of Lem- uel and Ida (Bishop) Shaw, was born in Lynn, January 5, 1888. While receiving his education in the public schools, he worked in his spare hours as a messenger
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boy and salesman for Sidney Kenyon, in the drug business and later was employed in the variety store of Martin Call in Lynn. Having completed his schooling, he got a job as clerk in the Hutchinson hardware store and during the eighteen months he held this position worked evenings for his former employer, Sidney Kenyon, the drug- gist.
His connection with the coal business be- gan January 13, 1905, when he entered the employ of Reed & Costolo, of Lynn. He started as weigher and clerk and later was promoted to assistant bookkeeper. Mr. Costolo died in January, 1913, and Mr. Reed became the sole proprietor of the business, carrying it forward under the old style until his own death, which occurred in Novem- ber, 1916. Thereupon Mr. Shaw and D. B. Blondel, another old employee of the origi- nal firm, united and purchased the business of the Reed estate. They have since con- tinued as partners and are using the old firm name, selling coal and all kinds of fuel, having an office and coal wharf as part of their plant.
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