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Joseph G. Fadden was educated in public schools of West Newport, Vermont, and after removing to Lowell, learned carpentry under Valentine Wilson, a contractor and builder. Mr. Fadden remained in this em- ploy two years and then was employed by Wiggins, the Merrimac Corporation, and Frank Griffin, all of Lowell, and removing to Lynn, he was employed by C. E. Blan- chard, S. B. Hussey, and Thomas Camp- bell. In 1895, with George Davis, Mr. Fad- den formed the firm of Davis and Fadden, contractors and builders, locating on Buf- fum Street. After three years he purchased Mr. Davis' interest and has continued until the present under his own name. The com- pany's location was changed to Broad Street and later to Silbee Street, where the firm erected a building expressly for their use. Thirteen years later the quarters were again changed to State Street and in 1928, prop- erty was purchased at No. 622 Broad Street and a model plant was erected for the man- ufacture of wood work and builders' mate- rial.
Among some of the well-known buildings erected by the Fadden Construction Com- pany are the Lynn Theatre, the Auditorium Theatre, the Putnam Block, the Rhodes Block, Littlefield Block, Gifford's Furniture Store, the James A. Kelley residence, and
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many other buildings in Lynn, also numer- ous buildings in Boston. The Fadden Con- struction Company has established an envi- able name among contracting circles of Essex County, the result of selected mate- rials, careful workmanship and the personal supervision of Mr. Fadden, whose pride in his work is justified by his accomplishments.
An attendant of the Lake Side Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Fadden is active in the Men's Bible Class and in the Boy Scout Troop of the church. He is a member of Bay State Lodge, No. 40, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows ; Palestine Encampment ; Peter Woodland Lodge, No. 72, Knights of Pythias; Lynn Lodge, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks; is a charter member of the Lynn Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Master Builders Association of Lynn. An outdoor sportsman, his favorite diver- sions are hunting and fishing. He formerly maintained a stable of pacers and was the owner of "Sutherland King" and "Billy F," which won a number of ribbons and silver cups.
Mr. Fadden married (first), in October, 1884, Emma Davis, native of Jonesboro, Maine, who died in Lynn in May, 1927, aged sixty-six years. She was the daughter of David and Cynthia (White) Davis, natives of Jonesboro. In April, 1928, Mr. Fadden married (second) Mrs. Sadie (Cannon) Shat- tuck, the widow of George Shattuck of Lynn. Mrs. Fadden is a native of Newburyport, and was educated there. She is a member of Lake Side Methodist Episcopal Church ; the East Lynn Rebekah Lodge ; president of the Women's Club of Lynn; and is active in various women's organizations and in the Republican party. Mr. Fadden, by his first marriage, has a daughter, Bessie Idela, a graduate of Burdette College of Lynn and of Boston Conservatory of Music, and is married to Michael Broderick of North Adams.
WILLIAM FRANCIS DEE-In the gen- eral business life of the city of Lynn, Wil- liam Francis Dee, head of the William F. Dee Company is a native of this city. He is associated with the great leather industry of this region of Massachusetts, being en- gaged in the manufacture of products for the treatment, staining and finishing of leather and leather shoes. In this line he has been successful and his position is one of leader- ship and very high regard.
Mr. Dee was born September 20, 1867, in Lynn, Massachusetts, son of Michael M. and Jane (Brown) Dee, and grandson of Michael M. and Margaret (Mansfield) Dee. His grandparents lived in Waterford, Ireland. His maternal grandparents were Nicholas and Mary Brown, both natives of Dublin, Ireland, who died in Waterford. Nicholas Brown was an architect. Michael M. Dee, father of the man whose name heads this review, was born in Ireland in 1840, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1908. He came to the United States with his wife in 1860, arriving in his adopted land in the midst of its preparations for the Civil War. Taking up his residence in Lynn, he became a real estate operator. Politically he was a Republican, and he was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, of Lynn. He married, while still in Ireland, Jane Brown, who was born in Ireland in 1841 and died in Lynn in 1887.
Attending the public and high schools of Lynn, Massachusetts, William Francis Dee became associated early in youth with the firm of Shepard and Murphy, shoe manu- facturers of this city. Here he gave his attention to the finishing process on shoes and footwear. Afterward he was employed by other Lynn manufacturers until. in 1889, when he went into business for himself at No. 604 Washington Street. Establishing Dee's Flexity Stain Company, he remained for ten years at that site, then removed to
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Nos. 13-15 State Street. Two years later he removed to No. 215 Market Street. Here he remained for seventeen years, until 1926, when he came to the present site of the company, at Nos. 200-210 Market Street, where today he conducts business under the name of the William F. Dee Company. Of this business, he is the sole proprietor. He manufactures leather finishers for shoe fac- tories and tanneries, as well as "latex" ad- hesives for the same type of companies.
Along with his business in the leather industry, Mr. Dee has acquired other inter- ests being a director of the Lynn Safe De- posit and Trust Company. Politically he follows an independent course of action, sup- porting men and measures rather than par- ties. He has attained to the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Lynn, as was his father. He also belongs to the Clover Club, of Boston; the Irish Charitable Society, of Boston ; and the Lynn Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks. During the World War, Mr. Dee took an active part in Liberty loan drives and made addresses and arranged meetings that were instrumental in carry- ing forward to success some of the coun- try's great wartime programs.
William Francis Dee married, on Novem- ber 26, 1898, in Lynn, Massachusetts, Han- nah F. Fay, a native of Marblehead, Mas- sachusetts, and daughter of Daniel and Mary (Thornton) Fay, both of whom were natives of Ireland but removed to the United States and died in Marblehead. Her father was born in 1845 and died in 1913, and her mother, born in 1852, died in 1903. Daniel Fay was for several years a deputy sheriff. His daughter, Mrs. Dee, was educated in the public and high schools of Lynn. She takes an active part in the affairs of St. Joseph's Church. She is also a leader in the work of a number of women's organizations and chari-
table institutions. To Mr. and Mrs. Dee were born the following children: I. Wil- liam F. Dee, Jr., born in 1897, graduated from Lynn English High School and the Boston School of Technology, now asso- ciated in business with his father. 2. George W. Dee, born June 17, 1901, graduated from Lynn Classical High School and George- town University, there taking his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923 ; he is now sales man- ager of the western territory of the William F. Dee Company, and lives in St. Louis, Mis- souri; he married Jane Leahy, of that city, in October, 1927, and they have one son, George W. Dee, Jr., born in July, 1928. 3. Mamee M. Dee, born June 12, 1904, a grad- uate of Lynn High School and of the Miss Brimener School, class of 1924. 4. Eleanor A., born June 8, 1906, graduated from the Miss McClintock School in June, 1927, and, at the same time, from the Katharine Gibbs School. 5. Loretta E., born June 5, 1913, graduated from Lynn Classical High School in June, 1929, and from Rosemary College, Rosemary, Pennsylvania, in 1932.
The Dee family residence is situated at No. 30 Kings Beach Road, Lynn.
CARL ULMAN CROSBY-A center of the shoe manufacturing industry, Lynn has within her borders many enterprises that are monuments of the genius and ability of their founders, and among such concerns is the firm of Crosby and Gillen, manufacturers of cut soles. This company although one of the newer organizations of Lynn, has estab- lished itself as one of the progressive and reliable commercial houses of the city and has developed a patronage that might well be the envy of older competitors. Carl Ulman Crosby, treasurer and one of the founders of Crosby and Gillen, is a native of Haverhill, born on April 8, 1886, the son of Nathan Crosby, born in Nova Scotia in 1854 and died in Haverhill in January, 1923, and
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Lennie L. (Chandler) Crosby, born in Plais- tow, New Hampshire, on February 14, 1864, and is now residing in Haverhill. Nathan Crosby was district manager for the Union Special Sewing Machine Company, was a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
Carl U. Crosby received his education in public schools of Haverhill and upon being graduated from high school in 1904, was employed by the Horne and Stevens Com- pany, cut sole manufacturers, and in this employ he laid the foundation for his future success. In the reorganization of the firm in 1912 Mr. Crosby became a junior partner of the new company, the Charles H. Horne and Company, and held this position until 1922, when he and Eben H. Hall established a cut sole factory in Lynn, under the name of Hall and Crosby, at No. 415 Broad Street. This company operated until 1928 and in that year the present company of Crosby and Gillen, Incorporated, was formed with James Harold Gillen. The firm is located at No. 37 Spring Street. Mr. Gillen is president. For more than three decades engaged in the manufacture of cut soles, Mr. Crosby's knowledge of manufacturing and distribu- ting these products has been responsible for much of the success enjoyed by this con- cern, which is favorably known to the entire shoe industry.
Fraternally Mr. Crosby is a member of Saggahew Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons; Haverhill Council, Royal and Select Masters; Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar, and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Ara- bic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Bos- ton. His favorite diversion is fishing and his leisure time is spent in this sport at the lakes and streams nearby.
On June 1, 1910, he married Ellen A. Melauson, a native of Nova Scotia. Mrs.
Crosby is a graduate of Haverhill High School and Haverhill Business College and is a member of the Swampscott Women's Club. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby are the parents of two children : I. Elaine, who was gradu- ated from Swampscott High School and from the Garland School of Boston; she married Charles A. Hall, of Swampscott, and they have a daughter, Debora, born on December 8, 1932. 2. William Carl, who is a graduate of Swampscott High School, and is associated with the firm of Crosby and Gillen.
WILLIAM CHARLES GOODRICH occupies a valued position in Lynn through the service that stands in the name of the W. C. Goodrich Company, Incorporated, Morticians, who have spared no expense to provide the most up-to-date facilities and equipment for their service.
Mr. Goodrich was born at Alfred, Maine, October 26, 1881, a son of Jacob M. and Augusta (Remick) Goodrich. Jacob M. Goodrich was born at Alfred, in November, 1828, died at his native city in November, 1900, was an undertaker and had funeral parlors at Alfred and Sanford, Maine. He had served in the Federal Army during the Civil War, was a Republican in politics and a member of the Congregational Church. He was a son of Jefferson Goodrich, born in New Hampshire, died at Alfred, and was a blacksmith by trade, and Mary (Welch) Goodrich. Augusta Goodrich was born at South Eliot, Maine, in 1846, and died at Lynn, in October, 1918. She was a daugh- ter of William Remick, a native and farmer of South Eliot who worked the farm which was owned by his mother and which is now the property of William Charles Goodrich.
After graduating from Alfred High School in 1898 William C. Goodrich became a con-
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ductor for the Portsmouth, Kittery, and York Street Railway, connecting the cities of these two states, Maine and New Hamp- shire. He continued as conductor for three years and subsequently went to Portland, Maine, where he was employed by Hay and Peabody, Undertakers. A short time later, Mr. Goodrich moved to Boston and was associated with W. H. Graham, undertaker, for eight years, the last six of which he was manager. During these years in Boston, he attended and was graduated from the New England Institute of Anatomy and Sanitary Science, and passed the examination of the State Board of Health, in 19II.
In 1916 he engaged in business in Lynn as an undertaker, locating at No. 57 Monroe Street. The years that followed have brought a large share of success to this firm that is today recognized in the trade as one of the largest in the State outside of Boston. In keeping with the company's policy to provide the highest service to the com- munity a small fortune has been invested in hearses, coaches and caskets that might well be compared to those of a metropoli- tan concern. Seven years later, he purchased the property at No. 128 Washington Street, and remodeled the building into a com- pletely equipped funeral establishment and with a large rolling stock of hearses, service cars, and ambulances, offers a service of the highest type. The business was incorpo- rated in 1920 as W. C. Goodrich, Incorpo- rated, of which Mr. Goodrich is president, treasurer and general manager.
Mr. Goodrich is a member of Constitu- tion Lodge, No. 88, Knights of Pythias, Kittery, Maine; George Washington Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Boston; Palestine Encampment, No. 37, Lynn ; Poquanam Tribe of Red Men, Lynn; Lynn Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Lynn Chamber of Com-
merce ; the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion; attends the Congregational Church, and is a member of the Republican party. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.
In November, 1916, at Somersworth, New Hampshire, he married Margaret Langill, a native of Essex, and a daughter of Angus and Margaret (Stewart) Langill, both liv- ing in Dorchester. Mr. Langill was for many years associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, but is now retired. Mrs. Goodrich was graduated from Dorchester High School and a busi- ness college in Boston. She is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah, the Emblem Club of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich are the parents of a son, William Alfred, born Feb- ruary, 1918, now (1934) attending Lynn High School.
EDWIN CARLETON COTTON-Lynn, with its numerous industrial opportunities, has attracted a group of able and skilled men who contribute greatly to the progress and standing of the city. Edwin Carleton Cot- ton, vice-president of the Renton Heel Com- pany, Inc., has won a place of prominence in Lynn's business and civic circles.
Mr. Cotton is a descendant of old and prominent New England families dating back to early Colonial days. That branch of the Cotton family, of which he is a mem- ber, was founded in this country by Wil- liam (1) Cotton, a native of England, who came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the seventeenth century and here he spent his life. He married Elizabeth Ham. William (2) Cotton, son of William (I) and Eliz- abeth (Ham) Cotton, was born at Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, in 1657 and died in 1737. He was a deputy in the House of Representatives in 1702-03 and 1706, a mem-
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ber of Captain Robert Mason's troop in 1684, and served in King William's War in July, 1698. He married Abigail Greenleaf, who was born and died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Thomas (1) Cotton, son of Wil- liam (2) and Abigail (Greenleaf) Cotton, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1693 and married Elie Jackson, who was also born in Portsmouth and died there in 1775. Thomas (2) Cotton, son of Thomas (I) and Elie (Jackson) Cotton, was born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1729 and died at Sandow, New Hampshire, May I, 1801. He married Abigail Beck, who was born and died at Portsmouth. Thomas (3) Cotton, son of Thomas (2) and Abigail (Beck) Cotton, was born and died at San- dow, New Hampshire. He married Sarah Shaw, who was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1756, and died at Sandow, New Hampshire. Ichabod Shaw Cotton, son of Thomas (3) and Sarah (Shaw) Cotton, was born at Sandow, New Hampshire, Octo- ber 1, 1774, and died there. He married Abigail Carleton, who was also born and died at Sandow. Thomas (4) Cotton, son of Ichabod Shaw and Abigail (Carleton) Cot- ton and grandfather of Edwin Carleton Cot- ton, was born at Sandow, New Hampshire, and died there in 1871. He was a farmer and married Abiah Fellows, who was also born and died at Sandow. Albert Thomas Cot- ton, son of Thomas (4) and Abiah (Fellows) Cotton and father of Edwin Carleton Cotton, was born at Sandow, New Hampshire, in July, 1842, and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, on January 18, 1890. He was proprietor of a variety store in Lynn. He was a Repub- lican, a former town clerk of Rochester, and later served on the city council in Lynn. He was reared in the Universalist faith and attended the Universalist Church. He mar- ried Adelaide Ray, who was born at Dor- chester, New Hampshire, in 1842, and died there on October 7, 1876.
Edwin Carleton Cotton, son of Albert Thomas and Adelaide (Ray) Cotton, was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, August 15, 1874. The grade and high schools of Lynn provided him with an academic edu- cation which he supplemented by courses taken in the Conners Business College, of Boston. His first employment of note was with the General Electric Company, at Lynn where he spent six months. He was also employed by Mr. Breer, a merchant tailor, and later by William G. S. Keene, shoe man- ufacturer, as a tag clerk. During this time he was getting an education and trying to find the vocation in which he could be the most efficient. Finally he was offered a posi- tion with the J. B. Renton Company in the humble capacity of a heel paster working at the bench. Later he was made shipping clerk, and still later a traveling salesman in the western territory of the concern. Mr. Cotton was thoroughly interested in his oc- cupation, whatever it happened to be, and he learned the heel production phase of the shoe business in all its phases from the bot- tom up. When the Renton Heel Company was incorporated, he became a member of its board of directors and later, for meri- torious service, was elected vice-president, a position he has held since.
While primarily a business man, Mr. Cot- ton has taken an active part in the varied life of Lynn. He is interested in politics as a Republican and a public-spirited citizen, and is influential in the affairs of his party, but has steadfastly declined to run for politi- cal office. Fraternally he is affiliated with Bethlehem Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, is a member of the Oxford Club, of Lynn, the Rotary Club, and the Sons of the American Revolution. He maintains a coun- try home at Tamworth, New Hampshire, which he visits upon all possible occasions for recreation and rest. His Lynn residence is at No. 21 Portland Street.
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On March 16, 1896, Edwin C. Cotton mar- ried in Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Malo- ney, a native of Cambridge. Mrs. Cotton received her education in the public and high schools of Cambridge, is a member of the North Shore Club and other women's organizations, and active in church work. Mr. and Mrs. Cotton are the parents of a son, Edwin Ray Cotton, born in 1897, who was graduated from Lynn High School and entered Boston School of Technology, where he was when the United States entered the World War. He enlisted and was in train- ing at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, where he became a second lieutenant and where he received his honorable discharge after the signing of the Armistice. He is now asso- ciated with the General Electric Company in New York City. Edwin Ray Cotton mar- ried Marjorie Maxwell, of Schenectady, New York, a graduate of Smith College.
JAMES EDWIN CONNOR -- While his career has not run the length of many of the older members of the bar in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, James Edwin Connor has won a place among the legal fraternity that is ex- ceptional and the result of his own varied abilities and thorough training. Although admitted to the bar in 1915, the exigencies of war, and his service in it, practically de- layed his entry upon a general practice until four years later. He is a native of Lynn, born March 19, 1894, son of Lawrence and Mary E. (McCarthy) Connor, both of whom were born in Ireland, the former in County Kerry, and the latter in County Cork. Law- rence Connor, upon his coming to the United States became identified with the shoe indus- try, later in association with C. H. Kobb, was engaged in the manufacture of slippers, and this he followed in Lynn to the time of his death.
James Edwin Connor attended St. Joseph's Parochial School, later the public school and
was graduated from the Lynn Classical school, in 1911. Entering Boston Univer- sity, he was graduated in 1914 from the arts college, but remained to take his Bachelor of Laws degree in June, 1915. Admitted to the bar in September of that same year, he was intent upon establishing himself in his profession. The entrance of the United States into the World War aroused his patri- otism, and he is reputed to have been the first lawyer in Lynn to volunteer his serv- ices to the government. Already he held a commission as second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was a member of the Coast Artillery Corps. After enlisting he was graduated from the Plattsburg (New York) Officers' Training Camp and assigned to a heavy artillery camp, at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was then sent to Fort Hamil- ton, New York, later Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, and to the Personnel School at Camp Meigs, Washington, District of Co- lumbia. He was later tranferred to the Army Balloon School, at Fort Sill, Okla- homa, and after a term of service there he was returned to the coast defense of Bos- ton, with headquarters at Fort Banks, Win- throp, Massachusetts, where he remained until he received his honorable discharge on February 5, 1919, then ranking as a first lieutenant.
Mr. Connor then established his office at No. 25 Exchange Street, but shortly removed to No. 25 Central Square, where he was asso- ciated in practice with Hiram E. Miller, now deceased, from 1919 to 1927. At the time of this writing, Mr. Connor has his law offices at No. 145 Monroe Street, and is a partner of the Hon. J. Fred Manning, mayor of Lynn. Although engaged in a general practice, Mr. Connor specializes in convey- ing laws and probate. He is a member of the Lynn Bar Society, Essex County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts State Bar Association. He is an Independent in
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politics and is a member of St. Pius Cath- olic Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Loyal Order of Moose, and of the St. Pius Men's Club.
On December 31, 1922, in Lynn, James Edwin Connor married Beatrice M. Goss, daughter of Albert L. and Josie H. (Clark) Goss, of West Windham, New Hampshire, in which State Mrs. Connor was born. She is a graduate of the Nashua High School, New Hampshire, and is also a member of St. Pius Church. Mr. and Mrs. Connor are the parents of a son, James A. L. Connor, born April 25, 1925.
CHARLES FRANCIS TWOMEY, M. D. -Well known surgeon of Lynn, Dr. Charles Francis Twomey has served in his native city for many years in the field of medicine and surgery. Dr. Twomey was born at Lynn, February 13, 1895, a son of Patrick J. and Ellen (Welch) Twomey. Patrick J. Twomey was born April 5, 1858, in Ireland, came to America and settled at Lynn, where he was associated with the E. W. LaCroix Counter Company, for many years. He is now retired. He is a member of St. Pius Roman Catholic Church. Ellen (Welch) Twomey is a daughter of Michael Welch who was born in Ireland, lived for ten years in England, then emigrated to America and located at Lynn, where he was employed as a shoemaker. His wife was also born in Ireland, and died at Lynn.
Charles Francis Twomey received his pre- liminary education in the public schools and after being graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1913, matriculated at Bos- ton College, from which he was graduated in 1917 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Shortly after the United States entered the World War, he enlisted in the Medical Corps and was in training at Camp Devens,
Massachusetts, then was transferred to Camp Lee, Virginia, and from there went to Camp Meade, Maryland, where he was honorably discharged in February, 1919, with the rank of second lieutenant of infan- try. Following his discharge from the army, he enrolled at Harvard University Medical School and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1923. Dr. Twomey served his surgical interneship at Carney Hospital, Boston, and then continued his preparation by serving six months as house surgeon in the Boston Lying-in-Hospital. Returning to Lynn, he opened an office at No. 23 Broad Street and later moved to his present ad- dress, No. 80 Ocean Street. He has estab- lished a large practice and is recognized as one of the foremost surgeons in Essex County. He has been honored by being admitted to Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons, membership which re- quires a vast amount of carefully charted operative work.
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