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Worcester, Hahnemann Hosp., Worcester; mem. Worcester Co. Mechanics Assn., For. Policy Assn. Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Country, Tatnuck Country, Worcester Co. Republican, Economic. Mom. Society of Friends. Republican. Office: 75 Grove St., Worcester. Home: 5 Massachusetts Av., Worcester. Summer: West Falmouth.
SYKES, George Francis, professor of anatomy; b. Suffield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1878; s. Sumner Fowler Sykes and Ida Ann (Pease) S .; ed. Conn. Lit. Inst .; Springfield Class, high sch .; Ph. B., Brown Univ., 1909, A.M., 1910; student, Univ. Chicago, Harvard Grad. Sch .; in. Elizabeth Reynolds Cole of Warren, R.I., 1915; 1 dau -Barbara Lobcl. Instr., prof., head of dept. zoology, Ore. Stato Coll., 1910-21; teaching fellow in histology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1921-23; asst. prof. anatomy, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1923 -; asso. in zool., L.I. Biol Lab., 1923-29; sec. Pacific Fisheries Soc., 1915-21; instr., S.A.T.C. Hosp. Corps., 1918; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Anatomists, Sigma Xi, Lambda Chi Alpha. Club: Brown (Boston). Author: sci. papers. Travel: Pacific coast, Mex., Can. Dir. desc. Richard Sykes, registered as freeman, Dorchester, 1638, mem. Pynchon expan. to Springfield, mem. 1st bd. select- men, Springfield, 1640-45. Protestant. Republl- can. Office: Tufts College Medical School, Boston. Ilome: 119 College Av., W. Somerville.
SYLVESTER, Albert Lenthall, investment manager; b. Church Hill, Norwell, May 6, 1903; s. Albert Lenthall Sylvester and Amy Winifred ( Dinzey) S .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H., 1916-20; A B., Amherst Coll .. 1924; M.B.A., Ilarvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın., 1927; m. Elizabeth Edwards of Green- ' wich, Conn., May 5, 1933; children-Albert L., Jr., Susan Edwards. With II. O. Houghton & Co., Cambridge, 1924; mem. research faculty, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın., 1927-28; with Hornblower & Weeks, N.Y. City, 1928-32; with Cromwell & Cabot, Inc., Boston, 1932-38, v.p. and dir., 1936-38; mem. Advisory Bd., Town of Norwell, 1932-38; pres. and dir. Fidelity Fund, Inc., 1936-38; mem. Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Ilar- vard (Boston, N.Y.), Exchange (Boston). Desc. of Richard Sylvester, Weymouth, 1633 -. Office: 24 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: Church Hill, Nor- well.
Y SYLVESTER, Philip Haskell, physician; b. Newton, Oct. 4, 1880; s. Stephen Alden Sylvester and Mary Louise (llaskell) S .; ed. Newton pub. schs .; A.B., Harvard, 1902; M.D., Harvard Med. sch., 1906; m. Dorothy Young of Haverhill, June 2, 1917. Be- gan practice 1906; pediatrician, 1911 -; teacher pediatrics, Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1907 -; asst. visit- ing phys., Children's Hosp., Boston, 1907-35, asso., 1935 -; asst. visiting phys., Infants' Hosp., Boston, 1907-35, asso., 1907 -; mein. Ist Corps. Cadets, Boston, 1902-13; licentiate Am. Bd. of Peditrics, 1935; mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Pediatrics, N.E. Pediatric Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Republican, Mass. Fish and Game Assn .. Angler's, Bald Moun- thin. Author: med. articles in med. journals. Travel: U.S., Brazil. Ancestors fought in French and Indian, Colonial and Revolutionary Wars. Congregationalist. Republican. Office and home: 25 Bay State Rd., Boston.
SYMMES, Samuel Stowell, farmer (retired) ; b. Win- chester, Oct. 22, 1858; s. Marshall Symines, Jr., and Abby (Stowell) S .; ed. Winchester high seh .; m. Jennie E. Metcalf, Dec. 3, 1885 (d. 1887); m. (2nd) Minerva R. Johnson, Mar. 5, 1895; children -Laurence M., Samuel S., Jr., Elizabeth, Russell. Did farming, Winchester, 1880-1933; mem, sch. bd., 14 yrs., bd. selectmen, 4 yrs .; v.p. Winchester Sav. Bk., pres. Winchester Coop. Bk., mem. Win- chester lfist. Soc. Travel: Alaska, Southern U.S. Symnies family still lives on land granted to Rev. Zachariah Symmes in 1636. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Home: 7 Sanborn St., Winchester.
SZIKLAS, Charles, surgeon; b. Budapest, Hung., July 31, 1896; s. Adolph Sziklas and Rosc (Jus- tus) S .; ed., Lutheran gymnasium, Budapest; A.B .; Western Reserve Univ., 1916; student, Univ. Chi- cago, 1920; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1921; m. Charlotte W. Fowler of Portland, Me., 1925; elil- dren-Robert Warren, John Justus, Edward Am-
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ory, Charles. Interne, res. phys., Mass. Mem. Hosp., 1921-25, asst, visiting surg., 1925-28, visiting surg., 1928 -; instr. surg., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1928 -; surg., Westboro State Hosp,; cons. surg.,
Leonard Morse (Natick) and Martha's Vineyard Hosps .; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Office: 475 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 121 Forest St., Wellesley Hills.
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TABER, Arthur Henry, real estate broker (retired) ; b. Vassalboro, Me., Mar. 18, 1858; s. George Taber and Esther (Pope) T .; ed. Oak Grove Sem., Vas- salboro, Me .; Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R.I .; m. Julia Wood (d.); m. Marie Way Smith of Bos- ton, 1935; children-Mrs. Charles W. Taintor. II, Wendell, Partner, real estate firm, Coffin & Taber, over 10 yrs., retired, 1937; treas. Old Brookline Club, Brookline; mem. Boston Real Estate Ex- change till 1937; also Harvard Faculty Club. Travel: Europe, Egypt, W.I. Quaker. Republi- can. Spends winter months Florida. Summer res .: Atlantie Rd., Bass Rocks, Gloucester.
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TABER, Frederie Ilowland, lawyer; b. New Bedford, May 3, 1883; s. Frederic Taber and Elizabeth (Howland) T .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1907; m, Ilelen Wendell Bourne of New Bedford, Apr. 11, 1908; children-Mrs. Helen Taber Mills, Frederic Ilowland, Jr., Philip, Standish Bourne, Elizabeth Howland. Practiced law, New Bedford, 1907 -; mem. Cook, Brownell,
Taber & Sherman, 1909 -; mem. bd., Reconstruc-V rAGUR, Peter F., postmaster; b. Boston, June 4, tion Finance Corp., 1933-37; mem. Masons. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston); Cosmos (Washington, D.C.) ; Wamsutta (New Bedford). Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 558 Pleasant street., New Bed- ford. Ilome: 141 Page St., New Bedford.
V. TABER, Henry W., banker; b. N.Y. Clty, Mar. 22, 1859; s. William Taber and Emeline (Ilolmes) T .; ed. pub. schs. of N. Y. and Mass .; m. Abble A. Covell of New Bedford, Oct. 9, 1881; children-Elliot Covell, Helen (d. Oct. 1, 1914). Began with Geo. L. Brownell, carriage mfr., later with Phila. and Reading Coal & Iron Co., advanced to head clerk; began banking in employ Merchants Nat. Bk., New Bedford, Jan. 10, 1887, elected cashier, Nov. 18, 1910, v.p., Jan. 15, 1924; mem. City Guards, 1886. Clubs: Wamsutta, Country of New Bedford (dir.). Desc. Philip Taber, who came to America in 1605. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Merchants Na- tional Bank., New Bedford. Home: 560 Rockdale Av., New Bedford.
Y TABOR, Frederick Alfred Merlin, educator; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 16, 1888; ed. B.A., Cambridge Univ., Eng,, 1912, M.A., 1914; m. T. Kathleen Kelly, May 23, 1923; children-Frederick Hebard, Niall Edward, Eithne Mary. Asst, master, Santer's Sch., Mil- waukee, Wis., 1913-15; founder, Aiken (S.C.) Prep. Sch. for Boys, 1916, headmaster, 1916 -; prin., Fer- mata Sch. for Girls, Aiken, S.C., 1926 -; capt., Am- bulance Corps, with Brit., French, Italian, and Am. armies, World War; awarded War Cross of Italy (twice), Volunteer's medal (Fr.), Victory and Service medals (Gt. Brit.), Cavaller Crown (It.). Clubs: Racquet & Tennis (N.Y.), United Universities (London). Episcopalian. llome: Aiken, S.C. Summer res .: Osterville, Cape Cod.
V TAFT, George Spring, lawyer; b. Uxbridge, Nov. 14, 1859; s. Henry G. Taft and Adriadne (Jefferson) T .; ed., Uxbridge high sch .; Worcester high sch .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1882, A.M., 1885; m. Nancy Hall of London, Eng., June 26, 1913; children-Mrs. Norah Taft Shaw, Mrs. Margaret Taft Russell, Nancy Spring. Clk .. Com. on Privileges and Elec- tions, U.S. Senate, also pvt. sec. to Senator George Frisbie Hoar (Mass.), 1883-87; admitted to Mass. bar 1887; practiced law, Worcester, 1887 -; asst. dist. atty., Middle Dist., Mass., 1897-1905, dist. atty., 1905-11; mem. Mass. Bd. Bar Examiners,
1900-, see. 1913 -; mem. Am, Law Inst. Clubs:
Union, Curtis (Boston ). Desc. Robert Taft of Mendon, 1678. Author: Senate Election Cases, 1789-1885. Unitarian. Office: Slater Bldg., Wor- cester. Home: So. Main St., Uxbridge.
TAART, Theodore Howard, asso, professor of heat engineering; b. Dedham, Apr. 8, 1880; s. Ezra F. Taft and Emma 11. (Browne) T .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1902; m. Bortha L. Stratton of Cambridge, June 7, 1906. Various kinds of engring. work, 1902-03; instr., asst. prof., asso. prof. heat engring,, M.I.T., 1903 -; taught in spl. schs. for engr. officers, M.I.T., World War; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Nat. Assn. Power Engrs. Clubs: Plant Engineers, Bos- ton City, Maugus (Wellesley), Faculty (M.I.T.), Appalachian Mt. Author: Elementary Engineering Thermodynamics. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cam- bridge. llome: 21 Cypress Rd., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: North Lovell, Me.
1871; ed. Frothingham and Eng. high schs .; m. Josephine T. Fitzgerald, Jan. 31, 1900. Mfg. chem- ist; mem. Boston Common Council, 1894-96, Mass. No. of Rep., 1897-98. 1913-14. Senate, 1899-1900; mem. for 10th Mass, Dist., 64th to 68th Congresses (1915-25); chmn. Bd. Election Commrs., City of Boston; postmaster, Boston, Oct. 1935 -. Demo- erat, Home: 21 Monument Sq., Charlestown.
PAINTOR, Giles, lawyer, trustec: b. New Rochelle, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1866: s. Frank Lathrop Taintor and Charlotte Jean (Wilson) T .; ed. S.B. (elec. en- gring. ), Mass. Inst. Tech., 1887; Harvard Law Seh., 1898-99; m. Charlotte Morton of Springfield, Oct. 10, 1894; children -- Charles Wilson, II, Elizabeth Ashmun, Martha Morton With Elec. Accumulator Co., N.Y., 1887-88; with N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co, 1888- 1906, mgr. at Keene, N.H., actig mgr., Worcester, mgr. Cambridge., has served as asst. elec. engr., supt. Western div., Springfield; supt. right of way dept., Boston; now in gen, law practice; mem. Plattsburg (N.Y.) O.T.C., 1915-16; mem. Legal Adv. Bd., Cambridge; mem. Alumni Council Mass. Inst. Tech., Harvard Law Sch. Assn., M.I.T. Alumni Assn. Republican. Home: 51 Highland St., Cam- bridge. Summer home: Westport.
TALAMO, Joseph, lawyer; b. Worcester, Sept. 3, 1894; s. Jacob M. Talamo and Fannie E. (Fein- gold) T .; ed. Worcester Class, high sch .; student, Columbia; A.B., Clark Univ., 1914, A.M., 1915; Ll.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1918; m. Rebecca Fein- gold of Worcester, Apr. 12, 1929; 1 son-S. Charles. Practiced law, Worcester, 1918 -; ensign U.S.N., World War; mem. Am., Mass, and Worcester Co. (pres.) Bar Assns,, For. Policy Assn., Worces- tor Jewish Community Council (pres.), Clubs: llarvard, University, Mt. Pleasant Country, Repub- lican, Economic, Jewish. Republican, Office: 390 Main St., Worcester. Home: 40 Beechmont St., Worcester.
TALBOT, Edmund Hawes, lawyer; b. Sharon, Nov. 4. 1864; s. Solomon Talbot and Emily Eliza (Hawes) T .; ed. pub. schs .; studied law, Boston Univ. Sch. Law; m. Edna J. Betts of Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 2, 1896. Practiced law, Boston, 1887 -; mem. Ball & Tower (succeeding Ball, Storey & Tower), 1893-99; Tower, Talbot & Hiler,
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1900 -; dir. Potter Drug & Chemical Co., Rob- Inson Bros. & Co .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Mass. Soc. S.R. (pres.), Masons (32°). Clubs: Country (Brookline), Eastern Yacht. Desc. Peter Talbot, who settled in Dorchester in carly part of 17th cent. Unitarian.
Republican. Office: 35 Con- gress St., Boston. Home: 176 Bay State Rd., Boston. Summer res .: Marblehead Neck.
V TALBOT, Ellen Bliss, professor of philosophy (re- tired); b. Iowa City, Ia., Nov. 22, 1867; d. Ben- jamin Talbot and Harriet (Bliss) T .; ed. Colum- bus (O.) high sch .; A.B., O. State Univ., 1890; Ph.D., Cornell, 1898; Univ. Chicago, summer, 1901; Berlin, autumn semester, 1904; Heidelberg, spring semester, 1905; unmarried. Teacher, Dresden (O.) high sch., 1890-91, Troy (O.) high sch., 1891-94, Emma Willard Sch., Troy, N.Y., 1898-1900; prof. philosophy and chmn. of dept. of philos. & psy- chology, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1900-36; prof. emeritus of philos., 1936 -; men. Am. Philos. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Am. Birth Control League, Am. Civil Liberties Union, Mass. League of Women Voters, League for Industrial Democracy. Author: The Fundamental Princi- ple of Fichte's Philosophy, 1906; articles in philos. \' and psychol. journals. Travel: Europe twice.
Protestant. Independent. Home: So. Hadley.
VTALBOT, Fritz Bradley, pediatrician; b. Boston, Jan. 30, 1878; s. George N. Talbot and Florence Holt (Dyer) T .; ed. grad. Brookline high schi., 1896; A.B., Harvard, 1900; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905; m. Beatrice Wight Bill of Spring- field, Sept. 26, 1909; children-Nathan B., M.D., Ruth, Beatrice. House officer, Boston Children's Hosp., Apr .- Sept. 1905; med. service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 18 mos., 1905-07; practice in Boston, 1907 -; phys. in charge of children's med, dept., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1910-, chief of children's med. dept., 1911-30, bd. consultation, 1932 -; asst. in pedia- tries, Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1912-15, clin. instr. pediatrics, 1915-22, clin. prof., 1922-32, emeritus, 1932 -; cons. pediatriclan, Boston Lying-In, Symmes Arlington, Union (Fall River) and Cape Cod Hosp .; capt. Med. Res. Corps, U.S. Pub. Health Service; during World War was mem. Com. on Conservation of Child Life to Mass. State Bd. Health; after Armistice attended In- ternat. Med. Conf., Cannes, Fr., Apr. 1-11, 1919, one of Am. reps. for child welfare which was start of Internat. Red Cross, which now has hdqrs. at Geneva, Switz .; mem. Am. and N.E. Pediatric Socs., A.M.A., A.C.P., A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Clin. Investigation, Am. Acad. Pediatrics, Assn. Study Internal Secretions, Mass. Med. Soc .. Am. Aead. Arts & Sciences. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Cruising of America, Harvard (Bos- ton, N.Y.), Odd Volumes, First Edition (London), Triton Fish & Game, Wianno, Iroquois Reserve Fish & Game, Mass. Fish & Game Assn., Boston Art, Business Men's Art, Republican of Mass. Author: numerous articles on metabolism, en- dlerinology, ete. Co-author: (with Francis G. Benedict) Gaseous Metabolism of Infants, 1914; Physiology of the Newborn, 1915; Metabolism and Growth from Birth to Puberty, 1921; (with John Lovett Morse) Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding; The Internal Secretory System and Metabolism, 1928; Treatment of Epilepsy, 1930. Travel: around world, 1900-01; cruising summers. Interested in painting, collection of first editions, curling, cruising, quail shooting, trout fishing, golf, etc. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. lome: 100 Cottage Farm Rd., Brookline.
Y TALBOT, John Edward, physician; b. Holliston, Nov. 1, 1879; s. Zephaniah Talbot and Eliza Fran- ccs (Paul) T .; ed. pub. schs., Holliston; Boston Latin sch .; Volkmann's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1902; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1905; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1912; m. Florence G. Sanger of Framing- ham, June 12, 1907; m. (2d) Florence Lillian Moore of Brookline, Apr. 8, 1916. Practiced law 3 yrs. in Holliston and Boston before entering Harvard Med. Sch .; has held hosp. appointments at Free Hosp. for Women ( Brookline), Mass. Gen. Hosp., East Med. Service; Boston Lying-
In Hosp .; in practice of obstetrics; obstetriclan, Memorial Hosp., Worcester; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Worcester Dist. Med. Soc., Obstet. Soc. of Boston, Masons, K.T. Clubs: Aescula- pian (Boston), Tatnuck Country, University, Harvard ( Worcester ). Oflice: 28 Pleasant St, Worcester. Home: 12 Algonquin Rd., Worces- ter.
TALBOT, L. Raymond, leeturer; b. Chelsea, Jan. 18, 1886; s. George Daniel Talbot and Cyrene Victoria (Martin) T .; ed. A.B., Boston Univ., 1906, A.M., 1911; student, Sorbonne, Paris, 1919-20. Teacher, Hebron Acad., Me., 1906-07; travel and study, 1910-11; sec. Christian Assn., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1911-14; instr., Boston Univ., 1907-10, 1914- 17, asst. prof. French, 1917-19, exec. sec., 1914- 19, lecturer, 1924 -; ednl. field agt., Mass. Audubon Soc., 1929 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Club: Brookline Bird (pres.). Author: Le Français et sa Patrie, 1912; La France Nouvelle, 1921; mag. articles. Editor: "Bird News". Travel: Europe 1919-20, 1922-24. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 66 Newbury St., Boston. Ilome: South Lincoln.
TALBOT, Mignon, professor of geology; b. Iowa City, la., Aug. 16, 1869; d. Benjamin Talbot and Harriet (Bliss) T .; cd. Columbus (O.) high sch. to 1887; B.A., O. State Univ., 1892, post grad. study, 1901-03; Ph.D., Yale, 1904. Teacher, high sch., Columbus (O.), 1895-1902; instr. geology, Mt. Ilolyoke Coll., 1904-05, asso. proť. 1905-08, prof. 1908-35, retired; fellow Geol. Soc. Am., Paleont. Soc., A.A.A.S., mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Xi. Congrega- tionalist. Independent Republican. Home: South Hadley.
TALBOT, Richard James, lawyer; b. Derby, Conn., Jan. 27, 1874; s. Edward Thomas Talbot and Eliza (Dooley) T .; ed. Granby high sch., 1887- 92; Conwell Acad., 1893-95; Temple Coll., Phila., Pa., 1896-98; m. Minnie L. Kinne of Westfield, Jan. 27, 1903; children-Esther May (Mrs. Kings- ley B. Woodworth), Edward Elisha, Richard Milton. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1899; in gen. practice of law, Springfield, 1899 -; pros. atty. Springfield, 1906; counsel, Springfield Legal Aid Soc. 1925-38; mem. Western Mass. Transporta- tion Com., 1913-15; mem. Nat. and Mass. (pres., 1930-) Assns. Legal Aid Socs., Am., Mass., and Hampden County Bar Assns., Masonie. Lodge, I.O.O.F., R.A. Club: Masonic (Springfield). Au- thor: Chainbreakers, 1914; Middlefolks, 1930. Of- fice: 1214 Main St., Springfield. Home: 68 Bilt- more St., Springfield.
TALBOT, William Fletcher, research chemist; b. Loup City, Neb., Oct. 29, 1903; s. Nicholas Lewis Talbot and Mary Ela ( Fletcher) T .; ed. Loup City (Neb.) high sch .; B.Sc., Hastings (Neb.) Coll., 1923; M.S., Univ. Fa., 1925, Ph.D, 1929; m. Janet Woolbert of Iowa City, Neb., Aug. 28, 1928; son-Charles II. W. Instr. chem,, Neb. Sch. 1 Agr., 1923-24, 1925-26; research chem., E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 1929-31, Gustavus J. Esselen, Ine., 1931-37, Dennison Mfg. Co., 1937- 39, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1939 -; holds a num- ber of patents; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Inst. Chem. E., Tech. Assn. Pulp & Paper Industry (v. chmn. N.E. sect.). Author: tech. articles. Prot- estant. Independent in politics. Office: 30 Charles River Rd., Cambridge. Home: Edmands Rd., Framingham.
TAMKIN, Hayward, lawyer; b. Koretz, Rus., Sept. 12, 1908; s. Benjamin Tanıkin and Ida (Gladstone) T .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; B.S. (edn.), Bos- ton Univ., 1930; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1933; m. Etta Goldfarb of Boston, Feb. 18, 1934; ch .- Curtis S., Douglas B. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1934, Federal Bar, 1935; with Avery, Dooley, Post and Carroll 1934 -; instr. law, Curry Sch. of Expression; on faculty, Boston Center for Adult Edn .; dir. Boston Center of Adult Edn .; exec. dir. Boston Univ. Legal Aid Bureau; 2d It. Q.M.R.C., U.S.A., and 91st Div., 1101st Motor Transport Corps, 1932; mem. Boston Univ. Alumni Assn., B'nai B'rith, Tau Epsilon Rho, Kappa Delta Phi. Club: 20th Century. Travel: Europe,
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western and southern U.S. Jewish. Independent, Office: 41 Harvard St., Camb. Home: 17 Gardner Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Whatley.
TANNER, Amy Eliza, teacher (retired); b. Owa- tonna, Minn., Mar. 21, 1870; d. Rev. George Clin- ton Tanner and Emma (Campbell) T .; ed. St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, Minn .; State Normal Sch., Winona, Minn .; A.B., Univ. Mich., 1893, Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1898. Asso. in philosophy, Unlv. Chicago, 1898-1902; prof. philosophy, Wilson Coll., 1903-1907; research asst., Clark Univ., 1907-1918; dir. Worcester Girls' Club, Employment Soe., etc .; mem. League Women Voters. Author: The Child; Studies in Spiritism; articles in psychol. and ednl. mags. Episeopalian. Republican. Home: 9 Hawthorne St., Worcester.
TAPLEY, Harriet Silvester, librarian, editor; b. Danvers, June 2, 1870; d. John Welch Tapley and Luella Stacey (Silvester) T .; ed. Holten high sch., Danvers; grad., Dean Acad., 1890, En- gaged in newspaper work and printing; in pub, bus. on own account, 1890-1902; employed by Essex Inst. to compile and prepare for printing records and files of the Quarterly Courts, Essex Co., 1636-82, later published in 8 vols., 1911-20; ed. of publications, Essex Inst., 1920-, acting sec., 1931-32, librarian, 1927 -; corr. mem. N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc .; mem. Essex Inst., Danvers Hist. Soc., Marblehead Hist. Soc., D.A.R. (regent, Dan- vers Chapt., 1895-96). Author: Tapley Genealogy, 1900; Chronicles of Danvers, 1923; The First Fifty Years of Printing in Salem, 1768-1825 (with bib- liography of Salem imprints), 1927; artieles in hist. mags. and in the Commonwealth Hist. of Mass. Editor: Danvers Historieal Collections, 1913-37. Dese. Richard Silvester, Marshfield, 1630, Gilbert Tapley, Salem, 1660, and allied families; Govs. Bradstreet and Dudley, Noyes, Chase, Mer- rill, Little, Collin, Greenleaf, Dummer, Ingersoll, Putnam, Goodale, etc. Episeopalian. Republican. Office: 132-4 Essex St., Salem. Home: 4 Peabody Av., Danvers.
Y TARR, Frederick Hamilton, lawyer; b. Rockport, Oct. 8, 1868; s. George Washington Tarr and Eliza (Hamilton) T .; grad., high sch., Glouces- ter, 1886; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1891; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1896; m. Angie Choate Parker of Roekport, June 19, 1901; children-Frederick HI., Louise. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1896, and began practice at Gloucester; pres. Roekport Nat. Bk .; dir. Gloucester Nat. Bk., Gorton Pew Fish- eries Co., Perkins and Corliss Co .; tr. Cape Ann Sav. Bk .; spl. counsel for U.S. before Am. and Brit. Tribunal; U.S. dist. atty., Mass., 1926-33; mem. exec. council of Mass .; tr. Addison Gilbert V Hosp., Gloucester; mem. Masons, Odd Fellows. Clubs: University, Mass. Republican, Essex Re- publiean, Rockport Country. Episcopalian. . Re- publican. Office: Gloucester. Home: Rockport.
TATMAN, Charles Taylor, lawyer; b. Worcester, Dec. 16, 1871; s. R. James Tatman and Susan M. (Taylor) T .; ed. Worcester Poly. Inst., 1889- 91; LL. B., Harvard Law Seh., 1894; m. Anna C. Snedberg of Woreester, Aug. 28, 1901. Practiced law, Worcester, 1894 -; chmn. Republican City Com., 1898; rep. in Gen. Court of Mass., 1899-1900; alderman, City of Worcester, 1906; dir. Worces- ter Free Pub. Lib., 1907-13 (pres. 1912); mem. exec. com., Rep. State Com., 1914-16; del .- at- large, Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917-18; Worcester Chamber of Commerce, (pres. 1909-11); deco- rated Officier d'Académie (France); mem. Am. Mass., and Worcester Co. Bar Assns., Am. Anti- quarian Soc., Alliance Française (pres. 1934-35), S.A.R., Am. Numismatic Soc., Worcester Hist. Soc. (pres. 1913), Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Rotary, Tatnuck Country, Economic ( Worcester). Travel: Europe (extensive), Cent. and So. Am. Desc. Major-Gen. Daniel Gookin, founder of Worcester. Unitarian.
Republican. Office: 900 Slater Bldg., Worcester. Home: 242 Salisbury St., Worcester. Summer res .: Lake Quaeumquasit, Sturbridge.
TATSCH, Jacob Hugo, historian, librarian; b, Mil- waukee, Wis., Jan. 29, 1888; s. Jacob Tatsch and
Louise II. (Hartmann) T .; ed. West Div. high sch., Milwaukee, Wis .; George Washington Univ., 1923-24; grad., Army Finance sch., Washington, D.C., 1924; Coe Coll., Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1925-27; grad., Command & Gen. Staff Sch., U.S.A., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1929; Litt.D., Theosophical Univ., Pt. Loma, Calif., 1929; A.M., Atlantic Univ., Virginia Beach, Va., 1933; m. Harriett Hughes of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Oct. 3, 1928. Engaged in bank- ing, Spokane, Wash., and Los Angeles, Calif., 1905-21; Masonic research and editorial work with Nat. Masonic Research Soc. and Masonic Service Assn., 1922-24; eurator, lowa Masonic Lib,, Cedar Rapids, Ia., and asso. ed., Grand Lodge Bulletin, 1925-29; v.p., Macoy Pub. Co., N.Y., 1927-34; with Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. Mass., Boston, 1930 -; now dir. edn. and lib .; capt., Nat. Guard, Washington, 1917-18; spl. agt., Mil. Intelligence Div., U.S.A., 1918; eapt., .Finance Res. Corps, U.S.A., 1924, major, 1929, lt. col., 1935; mem. Spl. Lib. Assn., Res. Officers Assn. U.S. (pres., Ia, Dept., 1927-28), Nat. Sojourners (historian), Medieval Acad. Am., N.E. Ilist. Gen- ealog. Soc., Am. Mil. History Foundation (Wash- ington, D.C.), Scabbard & Blade, Societas Rosi- cruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis (sec. gen., IX° ), Mason 32°; mem. several overscas and Am. re- search bodies; gen. sec., U.S.A., for Quatuor Coro- nati, Lodge No. 2076, London. Clubs: Authors' (London), Librarians' (Boston). Author: Mili- tary Monographs, 1924; Short readings in Ma- sonic History, 1926 (Sp. and Rus. translations) ; High Lights of Crescent History, 1926; Practices and Customs of the American Craft, 1926 (Fr., Ger., Dutch, Nor. translations); (with Winward Prescott) Masonic Bookplates, 1928; (with Erik Mckinley Erickcon) Morgan Affair and Anti- Masonry, 1928; Freemasonry in the Thirteen Col- onies, 1929; A Reader's Guide to Masonic Litera- ture, 1930; The Facts about George Washington as a Freemason, 1931; Lodge Officers' Speech Book, 1934; Books on Freemasonry, 1935; chap. on "Freemasonry in the Philippine Islands" in Gould's History of Freemasonry Throughout the World, 1936; Freemasonry in Medieval Days, 1938; (with Harry Smith) Moses Michael Hays, 1937; (with Muriel A. Davis) List of Masonic Subject Headings, 1937; The Literature of Free- masonry, 1938; John James Joseph Gourgas, 1938; many articles in periodieals. Awarded diploma and decorations for contributions to Masonic ednl. effort and lit. Travel: U.S. (extensive). Offiee: Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Mass., 51 Boyl- ston St., Boston. Home: 1677 Beacon St., Brook- line.
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