Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 37

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VHROPHY, John Joseph, engineer, Inventor; b. Sa- lem, July 26, 1888; s. Michael Joseph Brophy and Julia (Ilagerty) B .; ed. Salem pub. sch. and high sch .; Harvard Univ. Summer Seh. of Seience; m. Rose V. McNally of Salem, Sept. 27, 1907; children -Roland, Eileen, Joseph, John. Asso. with Tur- ner Tanning Machinery Co., Peabody, as engr .. inventor, 1912-33, with United Shoe Machinery Corpn., Beverly, 1933 -; inventor of ultra-violet radiation process for rapid drying of varnished surfaces, machines for measuring sheet material, machines for treating leather, various other pro- cesses; mem. Bd. of Park Commn. Salem, Am. Inst. of Elec. Engrs. Catholic. Republican. Of- lice: United Shoe Machinery Corpn., Beverly. Home: Witch Hill, Salem.


BROTHERSTON, Bruce Wallace, professor of philos- ophy; b. Cobourg, Ont., Can., Aug. 12, 1877; s. James Brotherston and Gloriana ( Ilendry) B .; ed. Collegiate Inst., Cobourg, Ont .; Drury high sch., No. Adams; A.B., Williams Coll., 1903; Ph.D., Har- vard, 1923; S.T.B., Andover Theol. Sem., 1906; m. Jessle May Bowen of No. Adams, June 15, 1906; children-Stirling, Robert B. Minister,


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Cong. churches, 1906-20; prof., philosophy, St. Lawrence Univ., 1923-30, Tufts Coll., 1930 -; mem. Am. Philosophie Assn. Author: A Philosophy for Liberalism, 1934; articles In Journal of Philoso- phy, Internat, Journal of Ethics, Montst, etc. Travel: Brit. Isles. Protestant. Office: Tufts Coll., Medford. Home: 46 Grove St., West Medford. YBROUGHTON, Charles Frederic, businessman; b. Beverly, Mar. 8, 1878; s. Thomas Payson Bartlett Broughton and Emma (Pitman) B .; ed. Beverly high sch .; business sch .; m. Clara Putnam Smith of Beverly, Sept. 12, 1901; children-Carolyn Broughton Gee, Martha. With Amoskeag Mfg. Co., last 2 yrs. as supt. of weaving, 1895-1913; asst. mgr., N.E. Cotton Yarn Co., 1913-17; asst. treas., Wamsutta Mills, 1917-19, treas., 1919-, dir., 1921-, pres., 1934 -; pres. and asst. treas. Am. Casa- blancas Corp .; v.p. Nat, Assn. Cotton Manufac- turers; dir. First Nat. Bk., New Bedford, Cotton - Textile Inst., N.B. Gas & Edison Light Co., St. Inke's Hosp .; tr. Swain Sch. of Design. Clubs: Merchants (N.Y.), Exchange (Boston), Wamsutta (New Bedford), Country (New Bedford), Kittan- sett (Marion). Unitarian. Republican. Office: New Bedford. Home: 134 Page St., New Bedford. BROUSSEAU, Willlam Gilbert, physician; b. Med- ford, Feb. 14. 1873; s. Gilbert Brousseau and Celina ( Vanasse) B .; ed. Brothers Sch., Can .; St. Mary's Coll., Montreal; Holy Cross Coll. : M.D., Tufts Coll. Mod. Sch., 1896; m. Emma A. Goodrow of Cam bridge, Mar. 1, 1918 (d.); in. (2nd) Ellen T. Coyne of Cambridge, Apr. 3, 1932. In gen. practice of med., Cambridge, 1897 -; clty phys., Cambridge, 1903-34, now retired to private practice again; volunteer, Med. Service Corps, during draft for World War; mem. A.M.A., Mass, and Cambridge Med. Socs., Cambridge Improvement Soc., Order of Foresters, Soc. St. John Baptist of Am., Can. Artisans, Franco-Am. Foresters. Clubs: Assi. Notre Dame, Inc., Notre Dame Athletic Assn. (both of Cambridge). Catholic. Democrat. Ad- dress: 2343 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.


Y BROWN, Alice, author; b. Hampton Falls, N.H., Dec. 5. 1857; d. Levl Brown and Elizabeth (Lucas) B .; od. grad., Robinson Female Sem., Exeter, N.H. Mem. Women's Rest Tour Assn. Clubs: Boston Authors, Women's Rep. Author: Fools of Nature; Meadow-Grass (N.S. stories) ; By Oak and Thorn (Eng. travels); Life of Mercy Otis Warren; The Road to Castaly (poems) ; The Day of his Youth (story); Robert Louis Stevenson-A Study (with Louise Imogen Guiney); Tiverton Tales; King's End; Margaret Warrener; The Court of Love; John Winterbourne's Family; Children of Earth (Winthrop Ames' $10,000 - prize play) ; The Wind Between the Worlds; Ellen Prior poem; The King- dom in the Sky; Fable and Song (poems); etc. Ilome: 11 Pinckney St., Boston.


V BROWN, Alice Van Vechten, professor of art (re- . tired); b. Hanover, N.H., June 7, 1862; d. Samuel Gilman Brown and Sarah (Van Vechten) B .; ed. schs. of Clinton, N. Y .; tutors; Art Students League (N.Y. City) ; M.A., Wellesley Coll., 1930; unmar- ried. Prof. art, Wellesley Coll., 1897-1930; asst. dir. and dir. Art Sch., Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; mem. bd., various learned socs. for many yrs .; mem. Soc. Companions of the Holy Cross; past mem. Archaeol. Inst. Am., Coll. Art Assu., Art Students League N.Y., Eng. Speaking Union. Club: Cosmopolitan (N.Y.). Author: Short History of Italian Painting (with William RankIn), 1914. Travel: It. (4 yrs. at different times), Constanti- nople, Syria, Greece, Egypt, Eng. (6 mos. a year, many yrs.). G.d. Francis Brown, pres. of Dart- mouth Coll .; father pres. Hamilton Coll., N.Y .; desc. a Gilman who landed in Mass., 1636, a Brown, who landed 1635. Episcopalian. Independent. Ilome: Wellesley.


BROWN, Arthur Harrison, lawyer; b. Reading, May 31, 1877; s. Charles Freeman Brown and Eliza- beth Anna (Harrison) B .; ed. Reading high sch .; . S.B., M.I.T., 1899; LL.B., George Washington Univ. Law Sch., 1903; Master Patent Law, 1904; m. Nellie Abigail Kenney of Minneapolis, Minn., June 24, 1908; children-Kenneth Wright, Charles Freeman, H. Practiced law, Boston, 1904 -; splty.


patent law; nem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Am. Patent Law Assn. Travel: U.S., Europe. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: Ocean Avenue, Marblehead Neck.


BROWN, Arthur Leonard, professor of law, lawyer; b. Boston, June 19, 1904; s. Charles Joseph Brown and Margaret M. (Leonard) B .; ed. Winthrop high sch .; B.B.A., Boston University, 1924; LL.B., Bos- ton Unlv. Sch. Law, 1928, LL.M., 1931; m. Jose- phine A. Kelly of Somerville, June 7, 1930; chil- dren-Arthur Leonard, Jr., Charles Joseph, 11, Thomas More. Pub. accountant, James V. Giblin Co., 1924-25; law sec. to Justices of Supreme Ju- dicial Ct. (Mass. ) 1928-29; prof. law and prac- ticing atty., 1929 -; mem. Delta Mu Delta, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Sigma Pl. Co-author: The World Conrt Myth, Wild Game- its Legal Status; faculty ed .- in-chief, Boston Univ. Law Review, 1929-37. Catholic. Republi- can. Office: Boston University School of Law, 11 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: 50 Chapin Rd., Newton Centre. Summer res .: West Groton.


BROWN, Arthur March, lawyer; b. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 18, 1876; s. Lyman Kellogg Brown and Eleanor Agnes (McNamee) B .; ed. Leavenworth ( Kan.) high seh .; Hyde Park high sch., Chicago, Ill .; m. Alice Paine Davis of Boston, Feb. 3, 1921. Studied law in the office of Judge LeBaron B. Colt; dep. clk., U.S. Dist. Ct., Boston, 1914 -; mem. Am. Bar Assu. Club: St. Botolph. Author: Guide to Federal and Bankruptcy Practice; articles In law journals. Episcopallan. Office: 1525 Federal Bldg., Boston. llome: 12 Woodlawn Av., Wellesley Ilills.


BROWN, Balley LeFevre, asst. professor of mathe- maties; b. Jamestown, N.Y., June 12, 1903; s. Harold LeFevre Brown and Alice Elizabeth ( Rushworth) B .; ed. Jamestown (N.Y.) high sch .; B.A, Amherst Coll., 1924; M.A., Princeton, 1925; m. Marion Alice Appelbee of Montelair, N.J., 1929; children-Jerram LeFevre, Diana Rushworth, Kid- ley James. Instr., Bryn Mawr, 1927, instr. math., Amherst, 1927-36, asst. prof., 1936 -; mem. Am. Math. Soc. Christian. Republican. Address: Am- herst Coll., Amherst.


BROWN, Bertha Millard, teacher; b. Boston; ed. Girls high sch., Boston; Mass. Inst. Tech., B.S., 1892; Sch. of Pub. llealth conducted by M.I.T. and llarvard, C.P.H .; student Marine Biological Lab. Summers 1891, 93, 94; Boston Mus. of Art; Scott Carbee Sch. of Art. Teacher, Brookline Il.S., 1892- 93, Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1893-95, State Normal Sch., Hyannis, 1898-1906, 1909-12, teacher math., Univ. Extension, Mass. Dept. Edn., 1915-17, at Teachers Coll. taught math .. biology and prac- tier teaching, and developed school gardens and correlated them to the works of other subjects of a grade-8 school, 3 garden charts were published, 500 of which went to schools all over U.S., and some were printed in Bulletin No. 160, U.S. Dept. of Agr. and "Among School Gardens," now, teacher crafts, Univ. Extension, Mass. Dept. of Edn. Author: Good Health for Girls and Boys; llealth in Home and Town; Physiology for the Laboratory; also 3 mag. articles for Journal of Education. Episcopalian. Republican. Interested in gardening, arts, crafts and teaching. Address: 25 Castleton St., Jamaica Plain.


VBROWN, Clinton Charles, wool merchant; b. Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 13, 1887; s. Charles Warren Brown and Myrtella (Champion) B .; ed. Battle Creek high sch .; m. Hazel Berkey, of South Bend, Ind., Oct. 1, 1913; children-Jane, Charles Warren, Clinton Charles, Jr. Wool student, Armour Co., Chicago, 111., 1907-08; with Geo. F. Willett & Co., Boston, 1909-10; with H. T. Thompson & Co., Chicago, Ill., 1910-12; with Crimmins & Peirce Co., Boston, as rep. at Salt Lake City and also in So. Am. as wool buyer, 1913-21; pres. Ryder & Brown Co., Boston, 1922-36; pres., treas. and dir. Clinton C. Brown, Inc., wool and mohalr mer- chants, Boston, 1936 -; m'em. S.A.R., Masons. Club: University (Boston). Episcopalian. Office: 53 Fargo St., Boston. Ilome: 14 Ellot Memorial Rd., Newton.


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YBROWN, Daniel Luelus, lawyer; b. Norwich, Conn., June 23, 1891; s. Lucius Brown and Hannah M. (Larrabee) B .; ed. Norwich Aend .; A.B., Brown Univ .. 1912; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1919; m. Bettina T. Savage of Marshfield, 1926; children- Lnela, Deborah, Betsy, Eric. With Hale and Dorr, Boston, mem. firm 1923 -; dir. several bus. and financial corps .; mem. Mass. and Am. Bar Assns. Officer, Army Transport Service during World War; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Har- vard (Boston and N.Y.), Badminton and Tennis, Milton. Independent. Office: 60 State St., Bos- ton. Home: 100 Green St., Milton. Summer res. : Marshfield Hills.


V BROWN, Farle, lawyer; b. Worcester, Aug. 15, 1873; s. Edwin Brown and Marianna Mifflin ( Karle) B .; ed. Belmont St. pub. sch., Worcester, 1880-88; Fish and Dalzell Pvt. Sch., 1888-91; A.B., llar- vard, 1895; 1.1 .. B., Ilarvard Law Sch., 1902; m. Mary Felton Sargent of Worcester, Sept. 21. 1907; children-Edwin Sargent, Earle, Jr., Nancy Hack - er. Mechanic and asst. supt., Mechanical Fabric Co., Providence, R.I., 1895-98; admitted to Mass. bar, 1902; with firm Smith, Cage & Dresser, Worcester, 1902-05, in gen. practice alone, 1905- pvt. First .R.I. Vols., Spanish Am. War, 1898; mem. Am .. Mass, and Worcester Co. Bar Assns., Sp .- Am. War Vets (judge advocate dept. and eamp), Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Economic, Quis- igamond Boat, Tatnuck Country, University, Worcester. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 808


Slater Bldg., Worcester. llome: 77 Elin St., Worcester.


YBROWN, Edmund R., publisher; b. Everett, Sept. 2, 1888; s. Randolph Brown and Mary S. (llosmer) B .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Alice N. Very of Westwood, 1918; children -- llosmer, Charlotte P., Cynthia B., Martha R. Treas., dir. Bruce Humphries, Inc., publishers; dir. Chapman & Grimes, Inc., Manthorne & Bu- rack, Inc., William L. Tutin, Inc., Internat. Pocket Lib. Corp., Beaconside Bookshops, Inc., tr. Street Manual Tr. Sch., Minter, Ala .; mem. United Pub- lishers Assn. Club: Reciprocity. Author: many mag. and newspaper articles. Editor: The Poetry Journal, Internat. Pocket Lib. Christian Scien- tist. Democrat. Office: 30 Winchester St., Bos- ton. llome: 10 Viaduct St., Sharon.


BROWN, Edun Adelalde, librarian, author; b. Provi- dence, R.l., Mar. 7, 1875; d. Joseph Farnum Brown and Adelaide Victoria (Ballou) B .; ed. Girls high sch., Providence, R.I .; Brown Univ., 1891-96; B.L.S., N.Y. State Lib. Sch., 1898; un- married. Asst, Providence Pub. Lib., 1899-1901; Rosenberg Lib., Galveston, Tex., 1901-06; lib., Mom. Hall Lib., Andover, 1906-39; mem. Am and Mass. Lib. Assns. Clubs: November (Andover), Women's City ( Boston). Author: two novels; 11 books for children; prof. phpers; children's plays. Travel: extensive in U.S. and Europe. Episco- palian. Republican. Home: Andover.


BROWN, Edward Claude, consulting engineer; b. Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. 9, 1880; s. lolin Brown and Margaret (Sheady) B .; ed. Lock Haven (Pa.) hlgh sch .; Mercersburg Acad .; E.E., Lehigh Univ., 1904; m. Gertrude L. Lamprey of Hampton, N.IL., . Feb. 1922; 1 son-Gordon K. With Interborough Rapid Transit Co., N. Y. ('ity, 1904-05; elec. trac- tion dept., N.Y.C.&I.R.R.R., 1905-08; boiler room engr., later supervising engr. all plants, Pub. Service Corp., N.J., 1908-11; asst. supt. power, Boston Elevated Ry., 1911-13; supt, power, Eastern (Pa.) Power Co., 1913; cons. and supervising engr., Am. Felt Co., 1913-17; pres., treas. Ed- ward C. Brown Co., eons engrs., 1917 -; regis- tored prof. engr., N.Y., Me., Conn .; served as engr., U.S. Fuel Administration, World War; mem. Anı. Soc. M.IS., Masons (32°), Shrine, Boston Chamber of Commerce. Presbyterian. Republi- can. Office: 77 Summer St., Boston. Ilome: 55 Winsor Av., Watertown. Summer res .: Kittery, Me.


V BROWN, Edward P., lawyer; b. Springfield, July 29, 1900; s. Dr. Edward Manning Brown and Eliza- beth (PottInger) B .; ed. cent. high sch., Spring- feld; llartford (Conn.) Conservatory Music, 1919;


LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1921; m. Kathryn Allen of Chatham, N.Y., June 7, 1924; 1 son- Timothy Manning. With Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1921-35; partner, Ely, Bradford, Thomp- son & Brown, 1935 -; Clk., gen. counsel, Boston Fund, Inc .; Boston Management & Research Corp .; Welco Corp .; dir., clk., A. C. Allyn & Co. N.I., W. F. Rutter, Inc .; pvt., U.S.A., 1917-18; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assus., Delta Theta Phi. Clubs: Wellesley Ilills Country, Unlver- sity. Travel: Europe, 1938. Gt.g.s. Ruben A. Chapman, Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Ct., Mass .; g.s. T. M. Brown, prominent lawyer, Spring- field, one of first commrs., Ilampden Co. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Oflice: 49 Federal St., Boston. Home: 14 Cushing Rd., Wellesley Hills. VBROWN, Elliott Wilber, clergyman; b. West Brook- field, Aug. 25, 1859; s. Edwin T. Brown and Iliza- beth R. (Marsh) B .; ed. A.B., Wabash Coll., 1885, A.M., 1888, D.D., 1901; grad., MeCormlek Theol. Sem. (now Presbyn. Theol, Sem. of Chicago), 1888; m. Minnie Mac Woollacott of Chicago, Ill., Apr. 24, 1888. Ordained to Presbyn. ministry, 1888; pastor, 1st Ch., Seattle, Wash., 1888-92, Westminster Ch., Detroit, 1892-94, 2nd (now West- minster) Ch .. Dubuque, Ia., 1894-99, Congl. Ch., Glen Ridge, N.J., 1899-1909, St. Nicholas Av. Ch. (now the North Presbytn. Ch.), N. Y. City, 1915-25, 1st Congl. Ch .. Ilolvoke, 1928-33; v. moderator, Presbytery of New York, 1923-25, also tr .; mem. Moderators' Council, mem. bd. mgrs., Am. Tract. Soc .; mem. standing com, N.Y. Fed. Chs., formerly moderator Presbytery of Puget Sound and of Congl, Assn. of N.J .; mem. Phi Gamma Delta, Chi Alpha. Republican. Home: Northfield.


YBROWN, Ethel Clare, writer, artist; b. Boston; d. Benjamin F. Brown and Clara M. (Noal) B .; ed. Girls' Latt. sch., Boston; Boston Mus. Fine Arts, N.Y. Art League, Eric Pape Sch., Woodbury Sch .; summer courses, Univs. of Perugia, It., and Cam- bridge, Eng .; unmarried. Leader of Agrl. Unit, Philadelphia, 1918; Reconstruction Aid, Washing- ton, D.C., 1919; mom. Eng. Speaking Union, Copley Soc., Soc. for Preservation N.E. Antiquities, Au- dubon Soc. Clubs: Women's City, Women's Re- publican (both of Boston). Author: The So and So Family, The Three Gays, series of 4 vols .; The Green Gate to the Sea; poems in mags. Il- lustrator: Star Jewels, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Cousins (by Abbie Farwell Brown). Travel: annual trips abroad, Father a Mayflower dese .; mother desc, of officers in Civil War. Epis- copalian. Republican. Address: 41 West Cedar St., Boston,


BROWN, Frank Chouteau, architect; b. Minneapo- lis. Minu., Jan, 3, 1876; s. Franklin Buckman Brown and Emma Clara (Hollidge) B .; (d. Min- neapolis gram. sch .; Minneapolis Sch. Fine Arts, Boston Art Club, Europe; m. Mabel Stowell Frank- lin of Boston, Nov. 20, 1912. Settled in Boston, 1897; practicing architect, 1904 -; specialist in res- Idential and suburban architecture, gardens and country estates, and in restoration of colonial or early buildings; lecturer on archt, hist., decora- tive design, hist. of theatre, Boston Univ. Sum- mer Sch, and Teachers' Classes, 1916-30; on stage settings and theatre lighting, Emerson Coll. of Oratory, 1931; dist. administrator and reg. dir., Fed. Hist. Amn. Blogs. Survey, Mass., New Eng., and New York State, 1933 -; instr., architecture, history of theatre, and scenic design, Mass. Univ. Extension, 1935; v. chmn. Boston Tercentenary Com .; mem. Citizens' Pub. Celebration Assn. (Bos- ton), Am. Pageant Assn. (dir.), Drama League of Am. (dir.), Am. Inst. Architects, Boston Archtl. Club: fellow Boston Soc. Architects. Clubs: Stu- dio (Minneapolis), Twentieth Century (Boston ). Author: Letters and Lettering, 1902; (with F. A. Bourne) The Orders of Architecture, 1901; Book Plate Designer, 1905; New England Colonial Ilouses, 1915; The Brick House, 1919; Modern English Churches, 1917, 1923; Modern English Country Houses, 1923; (with Herman Ritow) Architectural Design and Lettering, 1928; arti- cles on theatre to mags .; and archtl. articles to Pencil Points and The Monograph Series-Rec- ords of Early American Architecture. Editor:


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The Architectural Review, 1907-19; corr. editor, The Architectural Record, 1921-27; asso. editor: Monograph Series, 1935 -. Designer: stage set- tings, book covers, musie covers, book plates. Travel: U.S. (extensive), Europe (several yrs.). Office: Room 604, 141 Milk St., Boston. Home: 76 Chestnut St., Boston. Summer res .: "Little Pond", Nanepashemet St., Marblehead Neek.


BROWN, Frederic Kenyon, clergyman, writer; b. Oldham, Eng., Dec. 1, 1882; s. Samuel Brown and Mary Jane (Kenyon) B .; ed. Taylor Univ. Acad .; Dartmouth Coll., 1910; Bangor Theol. Sem .; m. Ethel Cartland Knight of Westbrook, Me., Jan. 1, 1908; children-Roland Kenyon, Walter Varlan, Laurence Cartland, Kennerly Whitney, Miriam Dalton. Cotton Mill operative until 19; preacher, author, lecturer on various social and human problems, having to do with industrial life; served In Community Service at Camp Dix during World War. Author: Through the Mill; Through the Sehool; Man or Machine-Which ?; The Playtime Guldebook; also numerous magazine articles and short stories. Congregationalist. Independent. Home: Lancaster.


BROWN, Frederick Ronald, physiclan; b. Castlebar, Q., Dee. 7, 1890; s. G. Frederick Brown and Vio- let (Thorburn) B .; ed. Danville Acad .; B.A., Me- Gill Univ., 1913; M.D. (magna cum laude), Har- vard Med. Seh., 1917; m. Florence E. Wilson of Danville, Q., Sept. 1922; children-Frederick, Margaret, Louise, Anne. Instr. med., McGill Univ., 1920-23; visiting phys., Montreal Gen. Hosp., 1920-23; instr. med., Harvard Med. Sch., 1924-25; asst. med. dir., N.E. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1928-38, asso. med. dir., 1938 -; mem. staff, Win- chester Ilosp .; town meeting mem., Winchester; eapt. Can. Army Med. Corps, World War, 2 yrs .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soe., Life Ins. Med. Dirs. Assn. Ciubs: Winchester Country, Exchange (Boston). Author: tech. med. articles. Travel: Europe, 1936; Can. (every summer). Protestant. Republican. Office: New England Mutual Life In- surance Co., Boston. Home: 6 Warren St., Win- chester. Summer res .: Danville, Q., Can.


Y BROWN, George Artemas, physician; b. Barre, Apr. 18, 1858; s. George Brown and Catherine (Wood) B .; ed. Barre high seh .; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Yale, 1880; M.D)., Coil. Physicians & Surgeons, now Columbia Med. Sch., 1883; m. Susan E. Bar- num of Bethel, Conn., 1887; ehildren-Catherine D., G. Perey, Donald R., Evelyn L. Supt. Elm Hill Sch. & Home for Feeble-minded, Barre, 1883, retired, 1937, but still owner; pres., tr., lib .; mem. Am. Psychiatric Soe. Travel: Europe (twice). Desc. Thomas Brown, first town clerk, Coneord. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice and home: Broad St., Barre. Summer res .:


Pleasure Beach, Waterford, Conn.


Y BROWN, . George Edwin, lawyer; b. Qulney, Aug. 26, 1888; s. Sylvester Brown and Mary Weare (Woods) B .; ed. Quincy high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1908; Boston Unlv. Law Sch., 1918-20; m. Mil- dred Nickerson Hunter of Boston, June 13, 1917; children-Mildred Hunter, George Edwin, Jr. Cik., Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 1909-16; with Franels Clarke Welch, Sept. 8, 1916-20; admit- ted Mass. bar, Sept. 24, 1920; practiced law with E. Sohier Welch, son of above, splty. settlement of estates, management of property, 1920 -; ad- mitted to practice, U.S. Supreme Ct., Feb. 1, 1938; treas., dir. Boston Coop. Bldg. Co .; dir. Commer- eial Wharf, Lewis Wharf, props. of Boston Pier or the Long Wharf, Metropolitan Storage Ware- house Co .; v.p., dir, Vt. & Mass. R.R .; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Mass. Charitable Fire Sor, Masons (past Master, Lodge of St. Andrew). Ciubs: Union, Exchange, Abstract (Boston), Country (Brookline), Cohasset Golf, Yacht. Dir. Dese. Meshech Weare, Harvard, 1735, Chief Jus- tice of Supreme Ct. N.H., 1776-82, 1st pres. N. I. Govt. when organized 1784. Unitarian. Republi- can. Office: 73 Tremont St., Room #1034, Boston. Home: 119 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Cohasset.


YBROWN, George Hollister, lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 17, 1870; s. Charles Hali Brown and


Georgiana (Neweomb) B .; ed. Detroit pub. schs .; LL.B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1901; m. Mabel L, Polloek of Quiney, Feb. 22, 1893; children-Madeline Mudge (Mrs. Paul Zerrahn), Franeis Irving, Grace Lawrence (Mrs. Walter Goodwin Ferguson), John Edgar. Broker Ins., real estate and mortgages, 1887-1901; admitted to Mass. bar, 1901; gen. practice of law, Boston, 1901 -; admitted to practice before Supreme Ju- dicial Ct. of Mass., 1901, Dist. Ct. of U.S. for Dist. of Mass., 1902, U.S. Circult Ct. of Appeals, 1903, Supreme Ct. of U.S., 1914; mem. Mii. Order Loyal Legion of U.S., Mass. Soc. Order of Found- ers and Patriots of Am. (gov.), Mass. and Nor- folk Bar Assns., Law Soe. of Mass., Bar Assn. of the City of Boston. Clubs: University, Appala- chlan Mt. (Boston), Mass. Republican. Episco- palian. Republican. Ofliee: 73 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 123 Buckminster Rd., Brookline. BROWN, George Percy, physielan; b. Barre, Apr. 17, 1888; s. George A. Brown and Susan E. (Bar- num) B .; ed. Barre high sch .; Taft Sch., Water- town, Conn .; A.B., Yale Acad., 1911; M.D., Har- vard Med. Seh., 1915; m. Mary E. Hicks of West- port, 1916; 1 son-Durant Hicks. Asst. supt.


Elin Hill Seh. & Home for Feeble-minded, Barre, 1915 -; tr. Town Lib., Barre Sav. Bk .; enlisted Med. Res., U.S.A., World War, not called to serv- iee; mem. Am. and Mass. Psychiatric Soes., Am. Iris Soe. Travel: Europe, U.S. Mrs. Brown desc. by 4 lines from Mayflower: George Sowle, John Alden, and Priseilla, George Cook. Congrega- tionallst. Republican. Office and home: Broad St., Barre. Summer res .: Westport.


Y BROWN, George Russell, business man; b. El Paso, Tex., July 12, 1898; s. Edwin P. Brown and Emma J. (Todd) B .; ed. Middlesex Seh., Con- eord; A.B., Harvard, 1920; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1923; m. Ilelen Grinnell of Spokane, Wash., July 20, 1921; 1 dau .- Mary Helen. Associated with United Shoe Machinery Corp., 1923-, asst. gen. mgr., 1934, v.p., 1937; dir. United Shoe Ma- chinery Corp., Boston Herald-Traveler Corp., First . Nat. Bank (Boston), U.S. Smelting, Refin- ing & Mining Co .; in U.S. Marine Corps, at Paris Island, S.C., June to Dec. 1918; v.p., tr., mem. Ex. Com., N.E. Conservatory of Music; mem. Bd. Overseers, Boys Club of Boston. Clubs: Algon- quin, Harvard, Eastern Yacht, Tedeseo, Country ( Brookline), Republican (Mass.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 140 Federal St., Boston. llome: 381 Warren St., Brookline. Summer res .: Galloupe's Pt., Swampscott.


BROWN, George Waner, business executive; b. Northam, P.ES.I., Can., Oct. 9, 1887; s. John Wel- lington Brown and Sarah Leonora (Hopgood) B .; ed. Country Schs .; Prince of Wales Coll .; Char- lottetown Bus. Coll .; married; 1 dau .-- Olive Wilhelmina (Vanner); m. (2nd) Madeline Louise Mayer of Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 10, 1933. Court stenographer work, Can., 1 yr .; in wool bus. with Criminins & Peirce Co., Boston, 1909-21; with Draper & Co., Ine., wool merchants (formed from Crimmins & Peiree Co.), 1921-, now asst. treas. & dir .; treas, and dir. Draper Consign- ment Co., Summer St. Stores, Inc .; mem. A.F.&A.M. (Manet Lodge), R.A.C. (St. Stephens Chap.), R.&S.M. (Boston Couneil), K.T. (Quincy Com- mandery). Clubs: University (Boston), Charles River Country (Newton Centre). Episcopalian. Republican. Ofliee: 421 Summer St., Boston. Honie: 79 Fairbanks Av., Wellesley Ilills,


VBROWN, Grace Evelyn, painter, writer, leeturer; b. Beverly, Mass., Nov. 24, 1873; d. Joseph Einer- son Brown and Mary Evelyn (Porter) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; Miss Speare's private sch .; Bos- ton Univ. (extension courses); grad., Sargent Sch. Phys. Culture, 1896; grad., Mass. Normal Art Sch. (now Mass. Sch. of Art), 1913; unmar- ried. Editor, Boston Ideas, 1920-26; free lance writer and painter, pupils In painting, poetry, short-story writing, 1914 -. Exhibited portraits, still life, landscapes in many cities, U.S., 1919 -. Many accounts of paintings in Parisian art mags., 1923 -; poetry to music recitals, 1932 -; broad- casts; mem. Copley Soc. (Boston); v.p. and his-




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