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of that hard-fought and well-won battle. On the second day of July he lost his right arm, near the shoulder, by a shell. He was sent to the hospital at York, Penn., and he was discharged Sept. 28, 1863. His com- manders were: Capt. Benjamin F. Cook, of Company E; Col. Fletcher Webster (son of Daniel), who was killed at Bull Run; Col. James L. Bates, who succeeded the latter; and General Reynolds, of the First Corps, who was killed at Gettysburg, July 1. He was messenger and assistant doorkeeper at the State House, 1864-65, and has been a Justice of the Peace since 1866. He was a State constable from 1865-73, and then employed as settlement clerk by the Board of State Charities from 1879 until 1883, which position he resigned to assume the duties of his present occupation. As a member of the John A. Andrew Post 15, G.A.R., from 1868-75, and subsequently of the Charles Russell Lowell Post 7, G.A.R., he won good recognition from his comrades. He transferred to Thomas G. Hatton Post 26, G.A.R., of Roxbury, Jan. 19, 1885. He was elected officer of the day, 1886-87, and commander (26), 1888. He is a member of the Gettysburg Club. He was the poet at the dedication of the Twelfth Regiment monument on the field of Gettysburg. He composed and read an original poem for the occasion, and unveiled the Twelfth Regiment monument. He is a member of the Twelfth Regiment Associa- tion, representing Company E. He has been president of the Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College. He founded a House of Representatives for the associa- tion, after the plan of that branch of the State government. He was elected five times president of the Shield Literary Institute, and the first president of the Boston Oratorio Society, 1873; vice-presi- dent, 1874-77; and president since then.
He was elected president of the Clover Club, 1887. He is a Catholic, and a mem- ber of St. Mary's choir since 1865, and bass soloist since 1877. He has written for the Boston "Journal," " Gettysburg Poems ;" "King Alcohol," for " The Nation;"
1 See Lawyers.
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and a touching poem entitled " War," for the " Grand Army Record."
GLANCY, JOHN, advertising agent, has been one of Boston's leading Irish-Ameri- cans for forty years. Mr. Glancy, who was paymaster of the old Columbian Artillery, Boston, from which the old Ninth Massa- chusetts Regiment sprang, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, in the year 1829, - a very remarkable one in Irish history, being the year that gave emancipation, or, in other words, liberty of conscience, to the people. He was a Young Irelander in IS48, the year he immigrated to this country. Being always patriotic, he joined the Columbian Artillery of Boston, immediately after landing, and declared his intentions of becoming a citizen of the United States. He remained a mem- ber of the Columbians until disbanded by Governor Gardiner in 1854. Mr. Glancy, at the Burns's Riot in Boston, and under Colonel Cass, who was then captain, took a musket and did duty as private, and was ordered by Captain Cass to take the head of the company, where he remained without flinching during that eventful period. Mr. Glancy has taken an active part in everything that interested the Irish people in Boston since then. He was in the city government of Boston during the years 1862, '63, '64; and represented the old Third Ward in the Legislature of Massachusetts two years, in 1865 and 1866, when there were only six Democrats in the Legis- lature against two hundred and thirty- four Republicans. He was truly in the glorious minority, as he himself many times remarked; but nevertheless he was in- strumental in carrying two or three very important measures under Gov. John A. Andrew, who commissioned him as a Justice of Peace of Massachusetts, a commission he still holds. In 1861, when the war broke out, he took a lively interest in the formation of the Ninth, under Colonel Cass, presented the regiment with the two battle-flags which the regiment carried through every battle, and can now be seen riddled to shreds in the
archives of the State. Mr. Glancy always attends the reunion of the Ninth, and he has himself declared he considers himself the godfather, or at least one of the godfathers, of the old regiment that covered itself with glory.
GORMAN, DENNIS J., clerk, Assessors' De- partment, born in Boston, Oct. 25, 1843. He graduated from the Boylston School in 1856, and Evening High School in IS60. He subsequently learned the photographic stock business, and later attended Holy Cross College. In 1867 was one of the Board of Directors of the Charitable Irish Society. He represented Ward 5 in the Legislature of 1869-70. , He has been a member of the Ninth Massachusetts Regi- ment since 1865, serving from private to captain. He assisted in organizing six com- panies of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regi- ment, which done service at New Orleans during the Civil War. Some time ago he was appointed a clerk in the Assessors' Depart- ment of the city of Boston.
GRAHAM, JAMES B., painter, born in Hali -. fax, N.S., about 183S. He came to Boston when about ten years of age, and has since resided in this city. He represented Ward 20. in the Common Council of IS76, and was a member of the Democratic Ward and City- Committee of the same year. He was also a member of the General Court of 1877, '78, and was reelected to the Common Council of 1884, '85, 'S6.
GRIFFIN, GERALD, born in Yonkers, N.Y., about 1853; died at Boston, Mass., March, 1889. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and at Brooklyn, N.Y. He had been a resident of Boston for about fourteen years, and at the time of his death was the New England representa- tive of Cassell & Co., the London publishers. He was elected a member of the Boston School Committee in IS86, to fill a vacancy, and was reelected in the same year for a term of three years. He was a Democrat, a
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progressive educator, and a member of many organizations, including the Y.M.C.A. of Boston College, the Orpheus Musical and Clover Clubs.
HAGGERTY, DAVID J., lawyer, born in Boston, Jan. 1, 1857. He was educated in the public schools of this city, and at pres- ent resides at South Boston. He is a com- missioned officer of the Ninth Regiment, M.V.M .; and represented Ward 14 in the General Court of 1886, '87, '88, serving on important committees.
HAGGERTY, ROGER, grocer, born in Lee- macrosson, County Donegal, Ireland, May, 1846. He arrived in this country in 1865, and located in Boston. He was educated at one of the national schools in his native land. He was employed in Boston as a teamster for five years, which business he discontinued and engaged in groceries for himself. He represented Ward 7 in the Common Council of 1887-88. He is a member of both the Catholic and the Ancient Order of Foresters, and the Charitable Irish Society.
HANLEY, PATRICK T. - He was born in Roscommon, Ireland, in 1831, and came to the United States with his people when only twelve years old. He lived for some time after his arrival here at Hamilton, O., and learned there the trade of cooper. In 1848 he moved to Boston at the request of Messrs. Fisher & Chapin, pork merchants, with whom he served as foreman of their packing estab- lishment until 1860, when he visited Ireland. In 1853-54 young Hanley was a member of the Columbian Artillery, Fifth Regiment, M.V.M., which was, at the time, commanded by Captain Thompson and Col. Thomas Cass; afterward of the " Irish Ninth," was a lieu- tenant of the company. After his European trip he returned to Boston in 1861, just at the time of the breaking out of the war, and Captain Cass invited his cooperation in organ- izing Company A, Columbian Guards, Ninth Regiment. He readily consented to assist
in the work, and extended his usefulness farther as one of the organizers of Company B, Otis Guard, of which he was mustered into service himself as first lieutenant. At Ar- lington Heights, Va., in August, 1861, Lieu- tenant Hanley succeeded as captain of the Otis Guard; and on the death of Lieutenant- Colonel Peard, to whose position Maj. P. R. Guiney was advanced, Captain Hanley, in January, 1862, was commissioned major. After the Seven Days' battles on the Penin- sula, Gen. Fitz John Porter, commanding the Fifth Corps, issued Special Order No. 92, dated July 30, 1862, "for gallant conduct in the field of battle," in which he recommended that Major Hanley be promoted to the lieu- tenant-colonelcy, made vacant by the promo- tion of Guiney after the death of Cass; and he immediately received his commission.
On the 5th of May, 1864, the Ninth Regi- ment was among the first infantry corps to charge the enemy in the Wilderness cam- paign. Marching in line of battle to the front, Colonel Guiney received a wound that lost him an eye, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hanley was compelled to assume command; and from that time to the close of the war gallantly led his regiment through many desperate engagements. In September, 1864, Colonel Hanley married Miss Sarah C. McTague, daughter of Mr. Patrick F. McTague, an old and time-honored resident of Charlestown. Thirteen children have blessed this union, ten of whom are now living, - five boys and five girls. For the past sixteen years Colonel Hanley has been engaged in the brewing business with Messrs. James McCormick & Co. He is always identified with the welfare of our charitable institutions, and is recognized as one of Boston's prominent Irish citizens.
HARKINS, DOMINICK J., upholsterer, born in Boston, Feb. 18, 1856. He received his education at St. Mary's Institute. He was elected a member of the General Court from Ward 7 in 1884, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative John Doherty, and also in 1885 and 1886. During
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his service in the Legislature he was on the Committee on Drainage.
HAYES, JAMES B., grocer, born in Boston, March, 1858. He is a graduate of the Quincy Grammar School, and of the English High School of 1874. He first entered the merchandise brokerage business with Benja- min W. Parker, and remained one year, when he accepted a position as stenographer for the Boston & Lowell Railroad. He is now engaged in the grocery business on his own account. In 1888 was a member of the Common Council.
HAYES, JOHN E., born in Boston, March 6, 1845. He was educated in the public schools of this city. During the war he served with the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers and the Eleventh Battery. He is a prominent Democrat of Charlestown, and was a member of the House in 1883 and 1887. During his terms in the Legislature he served on the Committees on Military Affairs and Elections.
HAYES, JOHN J., commission merchant, born in Killarney, Ireland, Jan. 26, 1845. He was educated at the schools of Dublin, Ireland. For some years past he has taken an active interest in the business and political interests of the city. From 1876 to 1880, inclusive, he was a member of the Boston School Committee, and represented the Eighth District in the Legislature of 1886. He is a member of the firm of Hayes & Engle, im- porters and commission merchants, and ranks among the prosperous young business men of this vicinity.
HAYES, JOHN W., born in Boston, July 7, 1852, where he has always resided. He attended the public schools of this city until eleven years of age. He was apprenticed to McAteer Bros. at the age of fifteen, and worked at his trade in various places for eleven years. About ten years ago he became engaged in the saloon business. He has been a member of the Democratic Ward
and City Committee for four years, and of the Common Council of 1886, '87, '88, serving on a number of important committees. He has also been a member of Court Constantine Catholic Order of Foresters, for four years.
HAYES, WALTER L., elected to serve in the Common Council during the year 1889.
HAYNES, EDWARD F.1
HENRY, NEIL, bill-poster, born in County Derry, Ireland, March 29, 1853. He immi- grated to this country very early in life, and received his education in the Boston public schools. He is by occupation a bill-poster, and resides at the North End. He was a member of the Legislature of 1879 from Ward 7.
HOAR, JOHN J., salesman, born in Brook- lyn, N.Y., June 17, 1863. In 1865 he re- moved to Dorchester with his parents. He attended the Dearborn School and Boston College. He was employed as clerk for R. H. White & Co. from 1880 to 1882, and later for Jordan, Marsh, & Co., where he left in 1884 to take his present position as sales- man for Richardson & Co., dealers in paints and oils. He is a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick's Church, Massachu- setts Lodge 1,226, Knights of Honor, was vice-president of the Norfolk Associates for a year and a half, and represented Ward 20 in the Common Council of 1887, '88, '89, serving on the Committees on East Boston Ferries and Sewers.
JENKINS, EDWARD J.
JOYCE, JOHN, currier, born in London, England, May, 1857. He was educated in Ireland. He has served in the United States Army and Navy. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Ward 19 in 1879, '80, '81, and served on the Com- mittee on Parishes and Religious Societies.
1 See Lawyers.
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KEARINS, PATRICK, born in County Gal- way, Ireland, March 15, 1849. He attended the National School in Ballencurry, Ireland, and immigrated to New York in 1865, remov- ing to Vermont in 1866, and, finally, to Bos- ton in the following year, where he has since been located. He was employed as a team- ster for three years, afterward as coachman; later with James O'Brien, dealer in whole- sale liquors, and then began the business of wholesale and retail liquors for himself. He served in the Common Council from Ward 6 in 1884, '85, '86, and was a member of the Committees on Claims, Public Parks, Com- mon, Water, Fisher Hill Investigation, and chairman of Committee on East Boston Ferries.
KEEFE, JOHN A., elected to the Common Council for the year 1889.
KEENAN, THOMAS F.1
KELIHER, THOMAS J., grocer, born in Bos- ton, Oct. 13, 1858. He graduated from the Brimmer School in 1872. He was first em- ployed with his father in the grocery busi- ness, and afterwards obtained an interest in the concern, under the firm name of Keliher & Son. He was a member of the Common Council of 1885, '86, '87, '88, and served on many of the important committees.
KELLEY, FRANCIS B., painter, born in Ireland, Jan. 12, 1844. He came to Amer- ica in 1847, and received his education in the public schools of Roxbury. He represented Ward 22 in the Legislature of 1881.
KELLEY, JOHN, assistant inspector of buildings, born in County Limerick, Ire- land, April 7, 1830. He immigrated to this country in 1834, and located in Charlestown, where he has since resided. He was edu- cated in the Charlestown public schools, and afterwards went to work in a rope-walk. He subsequently learned his trade as a
mason, and worked at it for a number of years. He represented Ward 3 in the Common Council of 1875, '76, '77. He was later appointed an inspector of build- ings, his present position. He has been connected with the St. Mary's Mutual Relief Society for thirty-one years; is a member of the Charlestown Veteran Fire Association, St. Mary's Temperance Society, and the Montgomery Veteran Association.
KELLEY, JOHN P., plumber, born in Rox- bury, Mass., in 1849. He attended the pub- lic schools, and Bryant & Stratton's College during the evening. He learned the plumber's trade while employed by P. D. Allen. He was a member of the Common Council in the year 1888-89. He is a mem- ber of the Roxbury Bachelor Club, the Clan- na-Gael Society, and Company A, First Regiment, M.V.M.
KELLEY, THOMAS F., printer, born in Bos- ton, Dec. 4, 1861. He graduated from the Mayhew School, 1873. He worked on the Boston "Daily Globe " about two years after leaving school, and then entered the Rand-Avery establishment to learn the printer's trade. He represented Ward 8 in the Common Council of 1887-88. He is a member of the St. Joseph's Young Men's Catholic Association and the Hendricks Club.
KENDRICKEN, PAUL H., manufacturer, born in the County of Galway, Ireland, De- cember 25, 1834. He received a common- school education in the Cooper-street and Mayhew schools in Boston. He possessed talent, and showed a decided inclination for mechanical engineering. He spent his even- ings in study to fit him for that occupation, and qualified himself laudably and success- fully. He passed an excellent examination as an engineer in the spring of 1862, and a few months later he was commissioned third assistant engineer in the U. S. Navy, and served in that capacity until promoted to the position of second assistant engineer, Sept. 6, 1863, for bravery under the hardest fire. His
1 See Journalists.
PAUL H KENDRICKEN
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first service was on board the " Connemaugh " of Admiral Dupont's fleet. Subsequently he was under Admirals Dahlgren and Farragut on board the ship " Circassian " and the moni- tor " Nauset," from which he was transferred to the " Connemaugh " by request of its com- mander. Mr. Kendricken's first engage- ment was at the attack on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, which was captured in 1863, after a long struggle, by the land and naval forces. He was with Admiral Farragut while passing Forts Morgan and Gaines, in Mobile Bay, when the celebrated ram "Tennessee " was captured. Thence he proceeded up the Mississippi river, and participated in the en- . gagements at Baton Rouge and vicinity. Mr. Kendricken served in the navy four years and three months, and his resignation was ac- cepted Sept. 6, 1866, at which time he received a diploma from the Naval Depart- ment, on which were inscribed words of gratitude for his valuable services. He also received a similar diploma from the State of Massachusetts. At the close of his service he returned to Boston, and was at once ap- pointed superintendent of the steam-heating works of T. S. Clogston & Co., and filled the position until the death of Mr. Clogston, when he formed a copartnership with Mr. Ingalls, one of Mr. Clogston's partners, and established the firm of Ingalls & Kendricken, now one of the most successful and reliable firms in this line of business in the city. Mr. Kendricken married an estimable lady and settled at Boston Highlands, where his public spirit was quickly appreciated. He was elected a member of the Common Council of Ward 20 in 1878, and reelected in 1879 and 1880, when he positively declined to be reëlected. A new honor was bestowed upon him by the people when they elected him to the aldermanic board, in 1883, where he served with credit to himself and benefit to the city. He was a director for Public Institutions, and introduced many improve- ments and reforms. In the fall of 1884 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, defeating Mr. Charles Whittier, president of the Whittier Machine Company, the Repub-
lican candidate. He was the first Democrat that his party had been able to elect since the formation of the district, and his success caused much rejoicing. During his senatorial term he was on the side of popular govern- ment. He opposed the Metropolitan Police Bill vigorously, and advocated the bill com- pelling corporations to make weekly pay- ments to their employees, which would have applied to all incorporated cities and towns, as well as to business corporations. He urged and fought for the passage of the Soldiers' Exemption Bill, which was calculated to relieve veteran soldiers from the restric- tions of the civil-service rules in the matter of employment and appointment to office. The tenure of office bill for school teachers received his attention, and his efforts were directed towards its successful passage. This bill passed, and under it teachers retain their positions until removed by a vote of the committee. He was interested in the Tax Limitation Bill, which curtailed the borrowing capacity of the city. The passage of this law helped Mayor O'Brien in lowering the tax-rate. The new city charter shows much of his handiwork. In 1885 he was reelected to the Senate, defeating his Republican op- ponent, Mr. Halsey J. Boardman, by a hand- some majority. He proposed and effected the passage of the Park Loan Bill, amount- ing to two million five hundred thousand dol- lars. The vote stood eight to three against the bill before he had it passed. He is a large owner of real estate, notably the Hotel Nightingale, situated on Dudley, corner of Folsom street, which is assessed for ninety thousand dollars. He is a member of Ed- ward Kingsley Post 113, G.A.R., Commo- dore of the Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, and has a large interest in the Roxbury Club, of which he is a director. It includes some of the most influential and prominent men on its membership roll.
KENNEDY, PATRICK J., trader, born in East Boston, Jan. 2, 1858. His early edu- cation was acquired in the public schools. He is a well-known Democrat of Noddle's
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Island, and has served in the Legislature during 1886 and 1887. As a member of the lower branch of the Legislature he was a member of the Committees on Cities and Printing.
KIDNEY, JOHN A., auditor's clerk, born in Boston, Feb. 2, 1849. He graduated from the Eliot School in 1864, and afterwards attended the English High School. He was employed by Geo. B. Upton, merchant, the New England Lithographic Company, and from 1874 to 1878 was engaged as treasurer and secretary of the shoe-machine companies of H. E. Townsend. He was in the insurance business for a short period, until he accepted the position, in July, 1880, of clerk in the auditor's office of the city of Boston. He represented Ward 6 in the Common Council of 1877, '78, '79, and to July, 1880. He is a member of American Legion of Honor, Paul Revere Mutual Bene- fit Association, and Irish Charitable Society.
KINNEY, JOHN F., elected to serve in the Common Council for the year 1889.
LAMB, ABRAHAM J., provision dealer, born in Boston, July 27, 1844. He received his educational training in the public schools of this city. He has been engaged in the provision business for some time past; repre- sented Ward 16 in the Common Council of 1872-73 and the Legislature of 1881, '82, '83, serving on the Committee on Mercantile Af- fairs.
LANE, THOMAS J., superintendent of print- ing, born in Mallow, County of Cork, Ireland, Dec. 15,- 1843. He immigrated in 1850, and located in Boston. He attended the public schools until eleven years of age, when he left to learn the printer's trade. He served an apprenticeship in the offices of Damrell & Moore and J. E. Farwell & Co. He left the latter office at nineteen years of age to enter the service of the United States in the Rebellion, and enlisted as private in a company of the Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers. The regiment did nine months'
service in North Carolina, and upon its return Mr Lane reënlisted in the Fourth Massa- chusetts Cavalry, serving as the company quartermaster-sergeant, second and first lieu- tenant. He served until the close of the war, when the company was disbanded at Galloupe's Island, by order of the adjutant- general. After the war he returned to Far- well's printing-office, where he remained until the spring of 1866, when he entered the employ of Rockwell & Churchill. In 1883 he was appointed superintendent of printing of the city of Boston.
LAPPEN, JOHN EDWARD, wooden and willow ware, born in Chelsea, Mass., Jan. I, 1855. He graduated from the Lawrence Grammar School in 1869, and attended the English High School for a year. He after- wards became employed by his uncle, of the firm of Owen Lappen & Co., dealers in wooden and willow ware, and on Oct. 10, 1885, began business in the same line for himself. He served in the Common Council of 1883, '84, '85, and was a member of the Committees on Treasury and Collector's De- partments, City Hospital, Improved Sewer- age, and Finance. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Charitable Irish Society.
LEAHY, DENNIS J., real estate, born in Boston, July 28, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. He is at pres- ent a member of the firm of Leahy & Kelly, real-estate dealers and auctioneers. He has been a member of the State Militia, and repre- sented Ward 6 in the Legislature of 1885-86, serving on the Committee on Mercantile Affairs.
LEARY, EDWARD J., music compositor, born in South Boston, May 27, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of this city. He was first employed by the Suffolk Glass Company, and later, until 1887, by Giles & Gay. He represented Ward 13 in the Common Council of 1886-87 and the General Court of 1888, serving on important committees in both bodies. He is a member of St. Peter
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and Paul's Total Abstinence Society, South Boston Athletic Club, Knights of Labor, Avenue Hall Democratic Club, and Chief Ranger, St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Order of Foresters.
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