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On September 4, 1926, in Lynn, Thomas Attwill Nichols married Florence Calder, daughter of John and Catherine Calder, the former a native of Gloucester, Massachu- setts, who died in Lynn, where he had been a shoe manufacturing executive. Mrs. Nichols was born in Gloucester, educated in its schools and plays her part in church and social circles. Mr. Nichols has a sis- ter, Miriam Nichols, of Lynn.
HAROLD A. FERNALD has risen to the position of vice-president and manager of the Haverhill Boxboards, Incorporated, through
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his own perseverance and ability. Starting in a modest capacity he has worked his way through every department of this organiza- tion and, in this manner has gained the neces- sary experience to qualify for the important executive office he now holds.
A native of Haverhill, Mr. Fernald was born November 3, 1894, the son of Arthur E. and Mary B. (Morrill) Fernald. His father, also of Haverhill, for many years headed one of the foremost contracting and building firms in this city. Mr. Fernald was educated in the public schools and later attended business col- lege. From almost the earliest part of his career he became associated with the boxboard manufacturing organization which was then known as the Haverhill Boxboard Company. As the organization grew he advanced in responsibility and performed his duties so capably that he was finally designated to aid in the management of the entire enterprise. Throughout the various changes this com- pany experienced during his career he has been looked upon as a valuable and essential person to its operation, a tribute to his effi- ciency and loyalty. Only once have his duties here been interrupted and that was during the World War, when he enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps and was com- missioned with this unit as a second lieu- tenant.
In 1916 Mr. Fernald married Leona S. Hor- ton, a native of Haverhill, and the daughter of Rolla R. Horton. They are the parents of two children: I. Arthur Ernest, born May 3, 1926. 2. Harold Allen, Jr., born June 1, 1932.
THOMAS FRANCIS MARTIN-A life- long resident of the city of Lynn, Thomas Francis Martin has for many years been en- gaged in the manufacture of shoe counters. The products of the Martin Counter Com- pany, of which he is president and treas- urer, are widely distributed throughout the
United States and Canada, and Mr. Martin himself has an extensive acquaintance in the business world and a host of friends.
Mr. Martin was born in Lynn, Massachu- setts, on June 4, 1870, son of Patrick and Mary A. (Philpot) Martin. His father, a native of Black Rock, County Monaghan, Ireland, died in Lynn in 1902, aged sixty- two years. He was for many years engaged in the business of general contracting and was more than ordinarily active in civic, social and political life. He was a staunch Democrat and a member of St. Joseph's Ro- man Catholic Church, of Lynn. His wife, Mary A. (Philpot) Martin, was born at Kan- turk, County Cork, Ireland, and died March 27, 1912, in Lynn, Massachusetts, aged seventy years.
Thomas F. Martin received his education in the public schools. He early associated himself with W. J. Clark, shoe counter man- ufacturer of Lynn, and remained with Mr. Clark for about a year. He then spent four years with W. J. Young, counter manufac- turer, and at the conclusion of that period became associated with the Howard Counter Company, of Lynn, an association that cov- ered thirty-five years, the last twenty-five of which he served as foreman of the plant.
In July, 1927, he entered into a business relationship with his brother, John S. Mar- tin, the two forming the Martin Counter Company. In 1928 this enterprise was in- corporated, and Thomas Francis Martin became president of the company and John S. Martin its treasurer. John S. Martin died on April 4, 1933, whereupon Thomas F. Mar- tin was made both president and treasurer. He has since continued to carry on the duties of his dual position, at the same time expanding the scope and influence of his company and building up its business until the Martin products have an international distribution.
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The civic and social affiliations of Mr. Martin are numerous and strong. He fol- lows an independent political course, casting his allegiance on the side of the men and measures of his choice rather than to one or another of the organized parties. His church is St. Joseph's Roman Catholic, of Lynn.
Thomas Francis Martin married, on Feb- ruary 28, 1897, in Lynn, Della T. Finnin, a native of Lynn, daughter of Thomas and Mary (O'Brien) Finnin, natives of Ireland and both of whom died in Lynn. Mrs. Mar- tin was educated in the public schools of this city, and she, like her husband, is active in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. To them have been born three children, a son and two daughters: I. Mary Louise, who became the wife of Arthur W. Smith, of Marblehead, Massachusetts ; they have three children-Mary, Neil, and Dennis Smith. 2. Josephine Martin, wife of William A. Gray, of New York City ; they have one son, Martin Gray. 3. Thomas P. Martin, of Lynn, vice-president of the Martin Counter Company, of this city.
RALPH S. BAUER-A native son of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ralph S. Bauer is today actively engaged in business in the city of Lynn, which he served as mayor from 1926 up through 1929. He has figured prominently in community affairs, having taken part, as mayor, in the celebra- tion of the 300th anniversary of the settle- ment of the town.
Mr. Bauer, who occupies a definite place of leadership in Lynn, was born on January 31, 1867, in Provincetown, Massachusetts, son of Thomas Dodson and Hannah (Sher- man) Bauer. His father was born in Alle- gany County, New York, and died in Palo Alto, California. In early life he was a teacher, though later he became a Metho-
dist minister. He was an active Democrat in politics. His wife, mother of the man whose name heads this review, was also a native of Allegany County, New York, and she died in Lynn. Ralph S. Bauer's paternal grandfather was Michael Bauer, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and in 1787 came to America in a sailing vessel with his parents. His wife's maiden name was Hall. Mrs. Hannah (Sherman) Bauer's parents, the maternal grandparents of Ralph S. Bauer, were Samuel and Malanda (Stan- ton) Sherman. Samuel Sherman was a na- tive of New York State, and died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, after a long and useful life as a farmer. His father was Peleg Sher- man, born near Albany, New York, died in Wirt, New York; he was a farmer, and served six times in the War of the American Revolution, having been a member of the army in the winter months and having farmed during the summers. Samuel Sher- man's wife was born in Syracuse, New York, and died in Wirt, Alleghany County, New York.
Ralph S. Bauer, whose name heads this review, was graduated from Boston Latin School in 1885, and in 1889 took his degree of Bachelor of Laws at Boston University, Boston. While attending the university, he also served with the circulation department of the Boston "Herald" for seven years. Then he was with the New York "Herald and Evening Telegram," acting as assistant circulation manager for a period of one year. He next became associated with the Chi- cago "Herald and Evening Post" as circu- lation manager, so continuing for two years. His next step was to become business man- ager of the Chicago "Mail," in which ca- pacity he served for a year, during which period the paper grew in scope and size. For one year he was assistant manager of the St. Louis "Star Sayings," which in that year came to be known as the St. Louis "Star."
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After serving as manager of the "Star" for one year, he came to Lynn, here buying the stationery business of F. A. Easton. At the time of that purchase Mr. Bauer occu- pied only a small room. But the passing of the years brought growth and development. Thirty-five years of service to the business life of Lynn have carried Mr. Bauer far along the road to achievement and have given him a merited position of standing in his community. In 1930 the enterprise had advanced to such a point that he was able to erect the present building which the sta- tionery establishment occupies. It is a one- story edifice with a 100-foot frontage, at No. 50 Exchange Street, and having a depth of ninety feet. Here Mr. Bauer carries a com- plete line of stationery, periodicals and office furniture and equipment of all kinds.
Accomplishment in business readily dem- onstrated Mr. Bauer's abilities, so that he came to be esteemed and honored by his fellow-citizens. In 1917 he served as a mem- ber of the constitutional convention which met in the State House in Boston. In 1926 he was elected mayor of Lynn, and, as noted above, in 1929, took part in the celebration of the city's 300th anniversary. Another of Mr. Bauer's noteworthy activities was the founding of the Essex County Agricultural School, of which he is now president. In his political views he is a staunch Repub- lican. His church is the Central Congrega- tional, of which he is a trustee and chairman of the board. He is a member of the cham- bers of commerce of Lynn, Boston, Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts. Each of Mr. Bauer's achievements has in some way added to the richness of Lynn's civic life, and there is, indeed, no matter of importance to his city, county, State or Nation in which he has not taken an active and lively inter- est. Politics, civic betterment, education, business and social life; these are among
the subjects to which he has constructively and usefully turned his attention.
Mr. Bauer married, in Kenosha, Wiscon- sin, on February 21, 1894, Fannie Miller, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a graduate of the Chicago High School. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer became the parents of one son, Paul Sherman Bauer, who was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1906. He is a graduate of Bricket Grammar School and Phillips Academy, and holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts from Harvard University, Cambridge. At the present time he is associated with his father in business. Paul Sherman Bauer married Katherine Williams, a native of Illinois, and they have two children, Paul and Bettie Ann Bauer.
The family residence of the Bauers is situ- ated at Cherry and Ocean streets, Lynn, and Mr. Bauer's place of business is at No. 50 Exchange Street.
WILLIAM PAUL BARRY -- A native of Lynn, Massachusetts, William Paul Barry has become one of the prominent young business men of this community and is a partner in his father's insurance and real estate firm.
William Paul Barry was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on April 5, 1907, the son of William J. and Jennie (Baxter) Barry. His father, also a native of Lynn, is the junior member of the firm of William J. Barry & Son, a business which he established in 1894. William J. Barry has been active in the civic and social life of the community and is a member of the Republican party, in which he takes an active and intelligent part. During the World War he was one of the leading speakers in the Liberty Loan campaigns held throughout Essex County. This Barry family was established in Amer- ica by Richard Paul and Mary Ann (Griffin) Barry, grandparents of William Paul Barry,
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and both natives of Ireland. The first Ameri- can Barry was in the shoe manufacturing business in Lynn. He was active in labor matters and was a charter member of the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, to which he was appointed by Governor George Robinson. He was also the treas- urer of the Crispin Association of Lynn, and a member of the Land League Home Rule Association. Richard Paul Barry was the son of Matthew and Catherine (Boyl- son) Barry, natives of County Cork, Ireland, where the former was an exporter of pro- duce to England. Richard P. Barry's wife, Mary Ann (Griffin), was born in Killarney, Ireland, September 16, 1842, and died in Lynn. Jennie (Baxter) Barry, mother of William Paul Barry, was the daughter of Thomas Howes Baxter, who was a native of Cape Cod and a descendant of Elder W. Brewster, of the "Mayflower," and Elizabeth (Evans) Baxter. Thomas H. Baxter, who lived in Lynn and was connected with the shoe manufacturing industry, was the son of Obed, Jr., and Lovey (Kelley) Baxter. Obed Baxter, Jr., was the son of Magor Obed Baxter, a native of West Dennis and a Revo- lutionary officer, and Mary (Howes) Baxter.
William Paul Barry graduated with the class of 1925 from the Lynn Classical High School. After completing his studies here he attended the Bryant and Stratton Busi- ness College for two years and then took a special course in business administration at Boston University. Shortly after complet- ing this work he became associated with the Nantucket Steamship Company in Boston and two years later he joined the Boston Evening "Globe," serving in the accounting department for eight months. Since 1928 he has been associated with his father in the insurance and real estate business and is a junior member of the firm of William Barry & Son.
As a native of Lynn, Mr. Barry has been active in the social and civic life of the com- munity. He is a member of the Lynn Cham- ber of Commerce, the Lynn Kiwanis Club, the Lynn Historical Society, and the Re- publican party. He is also a member of the Lynn Board of Underwriters, the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, the Massachu- setts Agents Society and the Massachusetts Casualty Agents Society. He belongs to the St. Pius Association and is a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church of Lynn. One of Mr. Barry's diversions has been the out-of-doors and at his father's farm at Middleton, Massachusetts, hunts and fishes when time permits. He is also fond of read- ing and compiling historical data, and has become a collector of old maps and histori- cal photographs.
Mr. Barry has one sister, Elizabeth Evans Barry, a student at the Yale University Medical School.
FRANK EMERY HUTCHINSON-The history of the shoe industry in Haverhill could not be written in complete form without the name Hutchinson coming prominently into the narrative. Elisha Hutchinson was one of the pioneer shoe makers, or manufacturers, of the city. He was followed by his son, Wil- liam A., and by his grandson, the subject of this review.
Frank E. Hutchinson, son of William A. and Mary Esther (Emery) Hutchinson, was born on November 5, 1861, at Haverhill. While he was still a child the family removed to Plaistow, New Hampshire, where the father engaged in the shoe business in what was called a barn work shop. It will be re- called that prior to the Civil War, and even for some time later, shoes were made almost wholly by hand, and a shoe factory consisted physically of any small building, usually a part of a home, where a small group made
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footwear, each member of it doing the part that he could do best. Frank E. Hutchinson learned the rudiments of his trade while he attended the public schools of Plaistow. At the age of eighteen he went to Haverhill and established a small business of his own. He was doing well, specializing on the production of children's shoes of the highest grade, when the disastrous fire of 1882 destroyed his plant. His second venture followed quickly, this time taking quarters in the Carleton factory build- ing on Wingate Street. Later he engaged the Gardner Building and then the Arnold Build- ing, where he continued to manufacture shoes under his own name until, because of poor health, he retired from business about 1903, and has since devoted his attention to his other varied interests.
Mr. Hutchinson was a trustee of the Haver- hill Savings Bank, was active in the Shoe Manufacturers' Association, of which he was one of the organizers and a charter member, and was one of the oldest members of the Pen- tucket Club. He was also a member of the Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers' Board of Trade, which he helped to found. His reli- gious affiliations were with the Universalist Church.
In 1889 Frank E. Hutchinson married Grace H. Bailey, daughter of John J. and Susan E. (Currier) Bailey. The former was of Richmond, Virginia, and interested in the mill industry. Mrs. Bailey was a native of Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were the parents of two children : I. Marion E., who married (first) John P. Mansur, and (second) Arthur W. Hodson. By the first marriage there are two sons, John P., Jr., and Richard W. Mansur. 2. Helen E., who is the wife of Frank E. Adams, and their six children are : Marion H., Virginia, Helen E., Dorothy J., Frank E., Jr., and William E.
The death of Frank E. Hutchinson occurred on December 10, 1925. He had been a man highly respected for his business career and
civic activities, and had endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact by his ad- mirable character, generous consideration for others, and his contributions to the welfare and progress of the community. His memory is cherished, and the story of his life and achievements make an interesting page in the annals of Haverhill.
SOLOMON JONAS BARNET-During an active business life of almost forty years, Solomon Jonas Barnet, of Lynn, has estab- lished himself as a leader in his field of leather manufacturing. He is prominent in the commercial life of the city, having inter- ests in industrial and financial organiza- tions, and is a citizen of constructive influ- ence in fraternal, religious and civic circles. A son of Jonas S. and Hannah (Dick) Bar- net, he is one of thirteen children born to his parents. Two children died in infancy and the others are: I. Lucius J., who is associ- ated with J. S. Barnet and Sons, Incorpo- rated, of Lynn. 2. and 3. Howard J. and Carl J., who are also connected with the foregoing firm. 4. Frederick G., who is en- gaged in the leather business in New York. 5. Mrs. Rose S. Hecht, of Lynn. 6. Mrs. Etta B. Rintels, of Boston. 7. Mrs. Cora Adler, of Rochester, New York. 8. Mrs. Alma Williams, of Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York. 9. Mrs. Lillian Frankenstein, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 10. Mrs. Aimee Mayer, of Woodmere, Long Island, New York.
Mr. Barnet's father, Jonas S. Barnet, was born in Bavaria, Germany, on March 19, 1849, the son of Solomon and Etta (Heaven- rich) Barnet, both natives of Germany, where Solomon Barnet was a cattle dealer and where he and his wife died and are buried. Jonas S. Barnet first established himself in business in New York State, in 1873, as a member of a firm that was incor- porated in 1900. They remained until 1905,
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when they came to Lynn, Massachusetts, where the firm rented and then purchased and enlarged the property at No. 128 Boston Street, under the name of J. S. Barnet and Sons Company, where it has continued since. J. S. Barnet was an active Republican and filled several appointive offices in New York State. He was a member of Temple Israel of Boston up to the time of his death, which occurred in Lynn on October 4, 1905. His wife, Hannah (Dick) Barnet, was born in Bavaria, Germany, on June 28, 1854, the daughter of Bernard and Sarah (Hambur- ger) Dick, both natives of Germany, who later came to the United States, where they resided until their deaths, in Albany, New York. Hannah (Dick) Barnet died on Janu- ary 6, 1933.
Solomon Jonas Barnet was born at Al- bany, New York, on March 28, 1877, and was graduated from Little Falls (New York) High School in 1894. He immedi- ately began his career by becoming asso- ciated with his father's business in Little Falls, and early demonstrated his ability and capacity for responsibility, soon being promoted to a director of the firm and gen- eral manager of the company that, at that time, was known as the Barnet Leather Company of Little Falls. When the firm removed in 1905 to Lynn, its present title was adopted, the J. S. Barnet and Sons, In- corporated, of which Mr. Barnet is presi- dent and treasurer. The family have for more than sixty years been successfully en- gaged in the manufacture of calf leather, and during this time they have established active markets throughout the world and acquired a reputation that is second to none for the quality of its merchandise. The firm has shown a steadily increasing line of progress and is held in high regard.
Mr. Barnet is affiliated with various other commercial concerns, including the Joseph M. Herman Shoe Company of Millis, Mas-
sachusetts, of which he is chairman of the board of directors; the National City Bank of Lynn, in which he is a director; and the Massachusetts Leather Manufacturers' As- sociation, of which he is also a director. He is an associate member of the Tanners Coun- cil of the National Calf Skin Association and the firm are members of the New England Shoe and Leather Association. Mr. Bar- net's fraternal and civic organizations in- clude membership in the Oxford Club of Lynn ; the Lynn Chamber of Commerce ; the Kernwood Country Club of Salem ; the Bos- ton Chamber of Commerce; the Boys' Club of Lynn, of which he is a director ; the Lynn Rotary Club; the Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Lodge No. 181, of Little Falls, New York; and Sutton Chapter, Lynn, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Barnet actively coop- erates with community organizations and institutions in their endeavors to advance the welfare of Lynn.
On February 18, 1909, in Boston, Solomon Jonas Barnet married Sarah Herman, who was born in Boston on August 3, 1882, the daughter of Joseph M. and Hennie (Adler) Herman, the former a native of Bavaria, Germany, and died on December 6, 1920, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the latter a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and now a resident of Boston. Mrs. Sarah (Herman) Barnet died in Boston, on July 14, 1930. Of this union were born two children : I. John S. Barnet, born in Boston, on February 27, 19II, a graduate of Harvard University, class of 1934. 2. Ann, died in early child- hood. The family residence is in Boston during the winter, and in Clifton, Massa- chusetts, in the summer.
CHARLES HORATIO CUNNINGHAM
-Actively engaged in the contracting and building trade in Lynn, Charles Horatio Cunningham contributes substantially to the well-being of his community and to the gen-
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eral betterment of business conditions in Essex County. Both he and his family have participated extensively in commercial life here.
Mr. Cunningham was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, on September 13, 1893, son of Charles S. and Carrie Eva (York) Cun- ningham. His father, born at Milo, Maine, on January 26, 1858, is now living in Swamp- scott, Massachusetts, where he has been a contractor and builder all his life. He at- tends the Church of Christ Scientist, is prominent in many branches of community affairs, and is a Republican in his political alignment. His wife, Mrs. Carrie Eva (York) Cunningham, born at Deer Isle, Maine, now lives in Swampscott. She is a daughter of Captain York, the first man to go out of Gloucester as captain of a vessel on a whaling expedition. He died in Lynn.
In the common schools of Lynn, and at Burdett Business College, this city, Charles Horatio Cunningham received his early edu- cation. He then studied at Colby Academy, New London, New Hampshire, for three years, after which he associated himself with his father in the building and contract- ing business. With the C. S. Cunningham and Sons Construction Company, he learned the trade of brick mason, later studied car- pentry and continued in the business until at length he became superintendent, and, in 1915, junior partner. In that year his father and his brother, Frederick Cunningham, withdrew from the business to form the C. S. Cunningham and Sons Company. At the death of Frederick Cunningham, in 1916, Charles H. and Charles S. Cunningham con- tinued the business under the same firm name until 1918, when the father retired from active connection with the company.
Charles Horatio Cunningham thereupon reincorporated the enterprise as the C. H. Cunningham and Son Company, Inc., of which he became and still is president and
treasurer. The company is housed in offices at No. 31 Exchange Street, Lynn, having come to its present quarters from the Secur- ity Trust Building in 1933. The Cunning- hams are general contractors and engineers. Some of the prominent buildings erected by the firm include the Young Men's Christian Association Building, of Lynn; the Secur- ity Trust Branch Bank; the Lynn English High School; the Burrows and Sanborn store, in Lynn; the Pittsfield High School, at Pittsfield, Massachusetts; the Somer- ville, Massachusetts, High School; the high schools at Wakefield and Peabody, Massa- chusetts; the Senior High School at Clare- mont, New Hampshire; the graded school at Millinockett, Maine; the high schools at Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; and Melrose, Massachusetts; and other edifices which have brought renown to the name and rec- ord of the Cunninghams.
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