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While he was still in Europe, Mr. Boyden was asked by the League of Nations to be- come Commissioner General of Austria, but declined at the wish of the American State Department which desired him to remain at his post in Paris. On his subsequent return to the United States, when he took up again his legal duties and public service in Mas- sachusetts, he continued to keep in the clos- est touch with European affairs and became a leader in the movement to secure the ad- herence of the United States to the World Court. In 1929 he was recalled to the serv- ice of his country with his appointment as umpire of the German-American Commis- sion, to which were referred the claims of the two governments and their respective citizens against each other, and in the same year he went to Japan as the American del- egate to the meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations then held there. In 1930 on the appointment of Charles Evans
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Hughes as Chief Justice of the United States and his consequent resignation of his judgeship on The Hague Tribunal, Presi- dent Hoover named Mr. Boyden his succes- sor. Before he could take his seat, however, death intervened.
Mr. Boyden received many honors in rec- ognition of his distinguished career, not only from his own government and the na- tions of Europe, which bestowed upon him their several decorations, but also from such institutions as Harvard College, which con- ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1924. These honors he bore with habitual modesty and until the last re- mained the same warmly human figure which all who knew him so greatly loved.
In 1895 he married Kate Foster Whitney of Beverly, Massachusetts, who died in 1924.
Mr. Boyden survived her seven years. He died very suddenly and without previ- ous warning at Beverly on October 25, 1931, as he was entering upon his sixty-ninth year.
A good lawyer, a wise counsellor, a dignified and able representative of his country abroad, a good friend and a useful citizen, he died as he would have wished, swiftly, without impairment of his physical or mental faculties, surrounded by his friends, and in the full tide of his activity.
DANIEL CURRIER SMITH -- As treas- urer of the A. B. S. Cement Company, which he helped to organize in 1916, Daniel C. Smith is well known in the industrial life of Essex County. He has also been active in many civic and community projects at Haverhill and has contributed substantially to the development of the city in recent years.
Mr. Smith was born in Haverhill on June 30, 1887, a son of Morris A. and Bessie B. (Curtin) Smith. His father, who was born at Epsom, New Hampshire, and died on Au-
gust 8, 1929, was a chemist and manufac- turer, being associated with the shoe indus- try during the greater part of his active career. Bessie B. (Curtin) Smith, his wife, was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, and died in 1927.
Daniel C. Smith received his education in the public schools of Haverhill and at Haver- hill Business College. He went into the leather business until 1916, when he organ- ized the A. B. S. Cement and Rubber Com- pany, Incorporated, for the purpose of manu- facturing rubber cement. He has since served as treasurer of the company and has played a major part in its development. Headquarters of the company have always been located on Railroad Avenue, Haverhill. Starting on a very limited capital and with only a small Ford truck for deliveries, this concern has had a remarkable growth. It now employs some twenty-five men and occupies a plant with approximately 30,000 square feet of floor space, to which is attached a private railroad siding with a capacity of six cars. It is today the largest company of its kind north of Boston and ranks among the leaders in the American rubber cement industry, distributing its products throughout the country. In addi- tion to Mr. Smith as treasurer, officers of the company include Franklin P. Daggett, who has been president since the death of Morris A. Smith, who had been president from its organization, and Arthur A. Cas- well, who is vice-president. In 1927 Mr. Smith and Mr. Daggett organized the Merri- mack Valley Marine Company and hold the same offices therein.
Apart from his individual business con- nections, Mr. Smith has been a tireless worker for the development of Haverhill and is one of the chief leaders in the general life of the city. As president of the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce he has been instru- mental in bringing several large manufactur-
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ing concerns to this community. He has interested himself in every civic movement, assuming the responsibilities of leadership when he considered it advisable, and is now in charge of the Haverhill district under the National Industrial Recovery Act through appointment in 1933 of General Hugh S. Johnson, then its chief, and was reappointed in 1934. Mr. Smith is also a commissioner of the Haverhill water board. He is a mem- ber of the executive board of the Merrimack Valley regional planning board, was the organizer and is now president of the Pen- tucket Baseball League, organized and was chiefly responsible for the success of the Bradford Skating Rink and has been very active in Lone Tree Council, Boy Scouts of America, of which he is a director. Mr. Smith in 1934 was appointed by the govern- ment a member of the advisory cooperating committee of the New England Planning Commission, Region No. I. This body, com- posed of government officials, architects, engineers and civic leaders, has for its object the development of several major projects for New England advancement. He is a leading member of the Kiwanis Club, the Bradford Community Club and is commo- dore of the Bradford Yacht Club, which has a membership of approximately two hun- dred. Mr. Smith is fond of all outdoor sports and yachting is his principal hobby. He is the owner of a fine sixty-foot cabin cruiser, the "Eleanor," which is well known in local waters. During the World War he enlisted in the army and served as sergeant-major in the 301st Machine Gun Company. He had previously been a member of the Massachu- setts National Guard and was a sergeant at the time it became a part of the United States Army. He is a charter member of Wilbur M. Comeau Post, No. 4, American Legion, and for a number of years was a member of its crack drum corps, which twice won the State championship. Mr. Smith is
affiliated fraternally with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, in which he is Leading Knight; the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a member of Bradford Congregational Church.
In 1916 Daniel C. Smith married Beulah E. Brown, of Southbridge, Massachusetts. They have one daughter, Eleanor Belle, born November 12, 1921.
JAMES W. SULLIVAN-One of the most respected citizens of Lynn, is James W. Sullivan, well known lawyer. Mr. Sul- livan was born at Lynn, December 13, 1875, a son of Patrick J. and Elizabeth (Noonan) Sullivan. His father was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and died at Lynn, May, 1898, in his forty-ninth year. Mr. Sullivan's mother was also born in Ireland, County Limerick, and died at Lynn, March 1, 1915.
Mr. Sullivan attended the public schools of Lynn, and was graduated from Lynn High School in 1891. He worked in various posi- tions and enrolled at Boston University, from which he received the degree of Bach- elor of Laws in 1900. In the same year he was admitted to the practice of law in Mas- sachusetts, and opened an office in Lynn. His ability and conscientious efforts to be of definite assistance to his clients attracted a large and reputable clientele.
His clubs are as follows: Corinthian Yacht Club, Salem Country Club, the Al- gonquin Club of Boston, and the Clover Club of Boston. He is also a member of the American Bar Association; the Essex County Bar Association; the Lynn Bar Association; and the Massachusetts State Board of Bar Examiners. He attends St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Swamp- scott.
Mr. Sullivan is unmarried and has one sister, Catherine F., who makes her home with him.
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SAMUEL BURGE HEBBARD-A de- scendant of New Hampshire and Maine pio- neers, Samuel Burge Hebbard has achieved a career which is a very modern version of the annals of his parents and grandparents. He sold bicycles when they were a novelty, and became interested in the automobile when it was not far beyond the "horseless carriage" stage, and always has been gifted with the vision and faith in the future of some new phase of business. Samuel Burge Hebbard was born in Shelburne, New Hamp- shire, September 15, 1867, son of James and Adeline (Green) Hebbard.
James Hebbard was born in Topsham, Maine, and died in Shelburne, New Hamp- shire. He was engaged in the lumber busi- ness, first running boats on the Kennebec River and later foreman of a river driving concern on the Androscoggin River. During the Civil War he trained men for army serv- ice and was called "captain." His wife was a native of Shelburne and died there. She was the daughter of George Green, who married a Miss Lary. They were among the first settlers of Shelburne, where he cleared his own farm and used to drive six oxen team twice a year for supplies. He was a merchant and most of his sales were of molasses and rum. He built a saw mill and sawed lumber for building houses. His old store is now occupied as a residence by Mrs. Adelia Hebbard.
Samuel Burge Hebbard was educated in the public schools of Shelburne, and Goulds Academy at Bethel, Maine, where he took a business course. He was then a clerk in the store of his brother, Charles C. Hebbard, who was also in the lumber mill business, was postmaster, and had a hotel in Shel- burne. Samuel worked for his brother be- fore and after completing his education, or until he was twenty-two years old. He then went to Norway, Maine, and learned the
trade of 'cutting shoes in a shoe factory, re- maining two years. Then in Auburn, Maine, he pursued his trade for another year, and for three years in Hallowell, Maine. In 1896 he removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, and was connected with several firms en- gaged in cutting shoes.
In the late 1890's Mr. Hebbard quit the shoe business and became a traveling sales- man, selling bicycles for H. B. Shadden & Sons, Boston. For two years he sold bicy- cle tires for the National Rubber Company, and followed this with a year's association with the Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, of Boston as a traveling sales- man. The next decade was spent with Wil- liam Reed & Son, dealers in sporting goods. The development of the automobile had greatly interested Mr. Hebbard, and when the chance came to become identified with the trade he did so as a salesman for a branch of the General Motors Company. His place of residence for many years had been Lynn, and it was in this city six months later that he established himself as an associate of Stephen Tierney in the sell- ing of automobiles. Later he was with C. E. Whittin for eighteen months. In the autumn of the year 1915 Mr. Hebbard formed a partnership with his nephew, Har- old E. Hebbard, and at the beginning of 1916, organized and incorporated the pres- ent Central Motors Company, of which he has since been president, and his nephew, Harold E. Hebbard, is treasurer. They were first located at No. 20 Mt. Vernon Street, then moving to No. 14 Mt. Vernon Street, occupying a building erected from their own plans. The company first handled the Chandler and Oakland automobiles, but later took on the Scripps Booth car agency, and still later the Cleveland and Marmon car. In 1926 they became agents for the Oldsmobile and in 1933 for the Cadillac and
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La Salle automobiles, and the General Mo- tor trucks.
In civic and fraternal circles Mr. Heb- bard has also been prominent. Fraternally he affiliates with Damascus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Lynn Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and is a member of the city Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republican in his politi- cal faith, and is a lover of fishing, hunting and mountain climbing.
In Norway, Maine, on December 24, 1890, Samuel Burge Hebbard married Edith M. Packard, à native of Auburn, who died in Lynn, March 24, 1925. She was the daughter of Charles and Evelyn (Shuman) Packard, both deceased. Mrs. Hebbard was educated in the public and high schools of Auburn. She is a member of the Univer- salist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hebbard are the parents of a son, Carl P. Hebbard, born May, 1893, and educated in the public and high schools of Lynn. He is now sales manager for Y. D. Chevrolet, of Boston. He married Gertrude Castle of Tamworth, New Hampshire.
HAROLD E. HEBBARD-A native of Shelburne, New Hampshire, born May 15, 1882, Harold E. Hebbard is the son of Wil- liam Henry and Harriet L. (Pingree) Heb- bard. His father was the son of James and Adeline (Green) Hebbard, members of pio- neer families of Shelburne, of whose history mention has been made in the review of the life of Samuel Burge Hebbard, which accom- panies this review. William Henry Heb- bard was also of Shelburne, New Hamp- shire, nativity, born November 15, 1857, and died in South Paris, Maine, in March, 1902. He was engaged in various enterprises dur- ing his life, ranging from farming to mer- chandising ; was a Republican and a devoted member of the Baptist Church. His wife was born in Bethel, Maine, and died in South
Paris in the same State. She was the daugh- ter of Asa and Malitta (Wheeler) Pingree. Asa Pingree was a native of Essex County, Massachusetts, a farmer and Civil War vet- eran who died in Maine. Mrs. Pingree was born in Bethel, and also died in Maine.
Harold E. Hebbard, after being graduated from the South Paris High School in 1902, located in Lynn, Massachusetts, in associa- tion with Davis & Young, druggists, con- tinuing for two and a half years. He then went with the Roper Drug Company, on Union Street, Lynn, a connection which lasted for another two and a half years. In 1907 Mr. Hebbard became a registered phar- macist and established his own drug busi- ness at No. 153 Broad Street. This was car- ried on under his own name for three years, and then was reorganized as the H. E. Heb- bard Drug Company, and removed to No. 119 Broad Street. Mr. Hebbard acted as president and treasurer of the company until 1915, when he sold his interests and entered the automobile business. The Silver Lake Garage, on Essex Street, was his headquar- ters until January, 1916, when he formed the Central Motors Company in connection with his uncle, Samuel B. Hebbard, taking the official post of treasurer, in which office he has since served. The company sells the Cadillac, LaSalle and other automobiles, the General Motors and other trucks, and has been uniformly successful.
Mr. Hebbard is an independent in politics and a member of the Lynn Chamber of Com- merce. He has three brothers: James R. Hebbard, of Michigan, engaged in the bi- cycle and locksmith business; Waldo H. Hebbard, in the drug business in Lynn, re- siding in Marblehead; and the Rev. Clyde T. Hebbard, of Steuben, Maine.
FREDERICK CAUFIELD KEN- NEALLY-Except for his years away at college, Frederick Caufield Kenneally has
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lived his whole life in Lynn, where he was one of the recognized leaders in the legal fraternity, although his career has not run to the great length of many of the older members. He was born in Lynn, February 25, 1900, son of James A. and Catherine (Caufield) Kenneally. His father was also a native of Lynn and still makes it his place of residence and business. He is a merchant, Republican, and member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, of Lynn. The grandparents, on the paternal side, of Fred- erick C. Kenneally, were James A. and Han- nah (Coughlin) Kenneally, both of Irish nativity and both died in Lynn. Catherine (Caufield) Kenneally was born in Galway, Ireland.
After being graduated from St. Joseph's parochial school, in 1914, Frederick C. Ken- neally attended the Boston College Prepara- tory School, from which he was graduated in 1918. There followed two years' pre- technical study in Boston College. While an undergraduate in Boston College, he was a member of the Student Army Training · Corps, during the World War period. After engaging in varied occupations, Mr. Ken- neally matriculated at the Boston Univer- sity School of Law, from which he was graduated in 1926 with the degree Bachelor of Laws. In that same year he was admitted to the bar and set himself up in a general practice of his profession in Lynn. He is associated with his brother, Robert W. Ken- neally, of Lynn, who was admitted to prac- tice in 1934. Their offices are in the Gross- man Building, Lynn, where they are en- gaged in the general practice of law.
Mr. Kenneally is a member of the Lynn Bar Association, Essex County Bar Associa- tion, and has been licensed to practice before the United States Courts. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and holds the third degree. He is a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, Com-
mercial Law League of America, and St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. He is counsel for the International Shoe Polish Company, Olympian Products Corporation of Lynn, and for Eatons Famous Orange Drinks Company. He is unmarried and has three brothers: Edwin J. Kenneally, retail grocer of Lynn; Robert W. Kenneally, his law associate; Herbert F. Kenneally, gradu- ate machinist of the General Electric Com- pany of Lynn.
LAURENCE FREDERIC DAVIS-In the roster of the members of the legal fra- ternity in Saugus, the name of Laurence Frederic Davis stands for proved abilities and professional achievement. He is a native of Melrose, born June 3, 1900, son of Ernest Carl and Jennie Putnam (Pike) Davis. His father, born on May 25, 1874, in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, is now a resi- dent of Saugus, where he is in charge of the freight claims department of the Boston and Maine Railroad. His mother, born in Saco, Maine, May 20, 1869, is the daughter of John Randolph Pike, former street commissioner of Lowell, Massachusetts, veteran of the Federal forces in the Civil War, and noted as a national campaign speaker for the Dem- ocratic party.
Laurence Frederic Davis attended the local schools and was graduated from Sau- gus High School with the class of 1917. Studying under private tutors he prepared for the examinations required for admittance to the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland, but the entrance of the United States into the World War, led him to immediate action, and he became a member of the United States A. A. Cadet Corps, at Harvard University, in which he served until the signing of the Armistice. Upon his return to civilian life Mr. Davis began the study of law, and in 1924 he was
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graduated from the Boston University Law College, with the degree Bachelor of Laws. On October 10, 1924, he was admitted to the bar and located at Saugus to take up the practice of his profession. Since then he has been associated with John W. Morgan, with offices in the Security Trust Building.
Mr. Davis is a member of the Essex County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. A Republican, he served on the Saugus school committee and is tax counsel for the town of Saugus. He is a charter member and past president of Saugus Lions' Club, a member of Cliftondale Lodge, No. 193, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows; William Sutton Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Henry J. Mills Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Saugus Post, No. 210, the American Legion, and of Saugus and Lynn Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Davis was dean of the John Adams Senate, Delta Theta Phi, 1923 and 1924, at which time they initiated the late Calvin Coolidge, then President of the United States. The ceremony took place at the White House, Washington, District of Columbia.
On September 15, 1926, in the First Con- gregational Church in Cliftondale, Mr. Davis married Helen Rena Graves, a native of Cliftondale, daughter of Herbert W. and Ethel H. (Nourse) Graves, both now resi- dents of Saugus. Mr. Graves is in the uni- form business in Boston and is a native of Marblehead, son of Joseph Graves, who was of an old Marblehead family. Mrs. Graves is a native of Saugus. Mrs. Davis was graduated from Saugus High School in 1920, and from Posse-Nissen School of Physical Education in 1924. She is a member of the First Congregational Church of Cliftondale, active in the mission work of her church. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parnets of four children : I. James Herbert Davis, born No- vember 20, 1928. 2. Patricia Lee Davis, born
January I, 1931. 3. Franklin Graves Davis, born April 3, 1932. 4. Gretchen Helen Davis, born April 13, 1934.
JOHN J. DEACY, M. D .- The career of Dr. John J. Deacy, first assistant city physi- cian and health physician of Lawrence, has a background rich with examples of achiev- ing success over obstacles and of persist- ently advancing his capacity for service. Dr. Deacy was born in Lawrence on April 6, 1889, the son of John and Mary (Deacy) Deacy. John Deacy (the first) was a native of New Jersey and served in the Union Army during the Civil War, after which he en- gaged in the insurance business and later became a clerk in the charities department of Lawrence. He died in 19II.
Public schools of Lawrence provided Dr. Deacy with his preliminary education and, after being graduated from Lawrence High School in 1907, he obtained employment with the New England Telephone Company and worked in this position for two years. Early in his youth he became interested in seeking a career in medicine and determined that despite financial handicaps he would prepare himself for this work. Having put aside a small amount from his employment, he entered Tufts Medical College in 1909 and was graduated in 1913 a Doctor of Medi- cine, having earned his way through college. He worked at such odd jobs as he could obtain ; teaching three nights a week in the Lawrence schools and working the other week nights in a clothing store having been some of the means by which he put himself through medical school.
Upon being graduated he received an ap- pointment to the Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and was there during the sum- mer of 1913, becoming, in the fall of that year, an interne at Saint John's Hospital, at Lowell, where he remained one year. Dr.
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Deacy began to practice in Lawrence in 1915 and was not long in establishing him- self as a successful physician and surgeon, the latter subject being his specialty in pri- vate practice. In March, 1915, he was ap- pointed the first assistant city physician and health physician of Lawrence and has served the city in that capacity ever since. Under his administration many reforms in sanita- tion and hygiene have been effected and health conditions generally have shown de- cided improvement. In a profession of ever- changing methods, Dr. Deacy has constantly been alert to progress and advanced tech- nique and in furtherance of his knowledge and skill has studied considerably in the out- standing medical centres of America, includ- ing the Mayo Brothers Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, which he attended twelve times ; the John B. Murphy Clinic in Chicago; the John B. Devers Clinic in Philadelphia and the Cleveland, Ohio, Clinic. He is a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Medical Associa- tion, the American Medical Association and is a life member of the Surgeons' Club of Rochester, Minnesota. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Dr. Deacy's many professional duties leave little time for social engagements.
In September, 1923, he married Margaret M. Breen, of Lawrence, and they are the parents of a son, John.
SETH WHITTEMORE ROWELL EAMES-The financial department of a large system of business interests comes under the direction of Seth W. R. Eames, of Lynn and Swampscott, treasurer of Huntt's, Incorporated, owners and operators of a chain of restaurants in five towns and cities of this State. The main office and head- quarters of the corporation are in Lynn.
The family of Eames in New England traces to the pre-Revolutionary period, ac- cording to family history, to Jeremiah
Eames, of Boxford, New Hampshire, who was one of fourteen who were the first to settle on what is now known as Northum- berland, New Hampshire. He was born May 6, 1735. In return for services rendered the government he received a free grant of land. He was captain of the "block house," which stood in sight of the present Eames homestead, which was built in 1842. Cap- tain Jeremiah Eames married and had a son Seth. Seth Eames was born in Groveton, New Hampshire, and died there. He was a farmer. He married Laura Williamson, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, died in Groveton. Their son, John Eames, born in Groveton, October 16, 1825, died there in October, 1926, in his one hundred and first year. His wife was Caroline. Their son, Seth J. Eames, was born in Groveton, died in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1889. He was associated with C. Brigham and Com- pany, wholesale milk dealers of Boston. He was a member of the Unitarian Church. He married Minnie A. Rowell, born in Boston, August 16, 1856, and now residing in Water- town, daughter of Whittemore Rowell, born in Rutland, Massachusetts, who was half owner in the business of C. Brigham and Company, wholesale milk dealers, at the time of his death, which occurred in August, 1889. They were the parents of Seth Whitte- more Rowell Eames.
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