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TICKNOR, Caroline, author; b. Boston; d. Benjamin Holt Tieknor and Caroline Coolidge (Cushman) T .; ed. Radcliffe Coll. Mem. D.A.R. (vice regent Prescott chapt.), Mass. Indian Assn. (v.p.), Nat. Civic Speaking Union. Clubs: Boston Authors' (v.D., 1934-), Saturday Morning (Boston), Am. Women's (London), Republican (Boston), Rad- cliffe (Cambridge). Author: A Hypocritical Ro- mance, 1896; Miss Belladonna, .1897; A Poet in Exile, 1910; Hawthorne and His Publisher, 1913; Dr. Holmes' Boston, 1915; Poe's Helen, 1916; Glinipses of Authors, 1922. One of Editors: In- ternat. Library of Famous Literature (20 vols.), 1898; Masterpieces of the World's Literature (20 vols.), 1899; Library of Oratory (15 vols.), 1902; Vocations (10 vols.), 1911; New England Aviators (2 vols.), 1919; Classic Concord, 1926; May Alcott, 1928; Book of Famous Horses, 1929, Episcopallan. Republican. Home: 15 Harris Av., Jamaica Plain.
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Y TIFFT, Lewis Eliphalet, investment broker; b. Springfield, Aug. 31, 1886; s. Eliphalet Trask Tifft and Katherine (Meehan) T .; od. Springfield high sch., 1901-05; Williams Coll., 1906-07; m. Frances Smyth Blunt of Fort Snelling, Minn., June H, 1910; 1 dau .- Evelyn Blunt ( Mrs. Donald Carsonl. Mem. firm Tifft Bros., investment brokers, meins. N.Y. and Boston Stock Exchanges, asso. mem. N.Y. "Curb, main office, Springfield; 1st It., then eapt. Inf., U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. in France; mem. Am. Legion, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Williams, New York Yacht (N. Y.), Colony (Spring- field), Country (Longmeadow), Tunxis (Tolland). Mem. Christ Church. Republican. Office: 1387 Main St., Springfield. llome: 225 Maple St., Springfield.
YTIGHE, James Laurence, consulting civil engineer; b. Virginia, County Cavan, Ire., Dec. 25, 1864; s. Laurenee Tlghe and Alice (Toher) f .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs. in Ireland; B.A.Sc., McGill Univ,, Montreal, 1892. Came to U.S., 1887; naturalized, 1894; engaged in practice of civil engring., 1892 -; engr., Holyoke Mun. Water Works, 1892-1911; city engr., Clty of Holyoke, 1899-1911; in pvt. practice as consulting civil engr., Holyoke, 1910 -; mem. Mun. Gas and Elec. Commn. of City of Holyoke, 1923 -; mem. Pub. Health Council, Dept. Pub. Health, Mass., 1923 --; trustee Mechanics Sav. Bk., Holyoke, 1932 -; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Consulting Engrs., Inst. C.E. of Great Britain, Engring. Inst. of Canada, Boston Soc. C.E., En- gring. Soc. of Western Mass., N.E. Water Works; asso. and hon. mem. Am. Water Works Assn. Travel: Europe (extensive). Mem. St. lerome's Ch. Office: 189 High St., Holyoke. llome: 253 Maple St., Holyoke.
TILLINGHAST, Anna Churchill Moulton, lecturer; b. Cicero, NY., Feb. 6, 1874; d. Emery Moulton and Mary Jane (Churchill) M .; ed. Tufts College; Brown Univ .; Emerson Coll. of Oratory; m. Rev. lames D. Tillinghast of Buffalo, N. Y., 1893; chll- dren-Ruth M. (Mrs. James Morley ), James C. M. Began as public speaker at 16; leader in estab- lishing a scholarship in domestic science, for in- digent young women, at Pa. State Coll., 1907; or- ganized Mass. Federation of Progressive Women, of which was pres .; ordained to Universalist min- istry, 1913; active in temperance eause, serving as national lecturer for Nat. W C.T.U. 8 yrs .; national lecturing throughout U.S. and in Canada; elected to State Com. of Progressive Party (first woman in Mass, to be elected to a political state com.); leg. chmn. Mass. Women's Suffrage Assn .; exec. chmn. Women's Div., Rep. State Com. and organized Rep. women of State; conducted schs. of politics throughout State, for women; apptd. U.S. Comumr. of Immigration for N.I. at Port of Boston by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover; elected alternate at large to Rep. Nat. Conv., Cleveland, O., 1936; mem. Rep. State Com., 1920 -; founder, Business and Prof. Women's Rep. Club of Mass. (hon. pres, and past pres.); mem. Adv. Bd., Portia Coll. of Liberal Arts; mem. Newspaper Inst. Am., Cambridge Rep. Council. Clubs: Wom- en's Republican (Cambridge), Business and Pro- fessional Women's Republican (Mass.). Travel: throughout U.S. and Canada. Desc. first silver- smiths in Am., who eame to Mass. in 1636 from Eng. Home: 6 Bellevue Av., Cambridge.
TILLOTSON, Lee Stephen, lawyer, Colonel in U.S. Army (retired); b. Bakersfield, Vt., Dec. 8, 1871; s. Stephen Oliver Tillotson and Mariett Jane (Doane) T .; ed. grad., Brigham Acad., Bakersfield, Vt., 1890; M. Mil. Sci., Norwich Univ., Northfield, Vt., 1917; m. Ethel Adams of Northfield, Vt., Oct. 3, 1917; 1 son-John Adams. Lawyer, St. Albans, Vt., 1902-17; inem. Watson & Tillotson, attys., 1906-17; judge, Mun. Ct., St. Albans, Vt., 1903-06; Adj. Gen., Vt., 1910-17; officer U.S.A., 1917 -; major, Adj. Gen.'s Dept., Nov. 1917-May 1, 1919, overseas, Feb. 1918-Jan. 1919; retired as eol., Dee. 31, 1938; now practicing law, Boston; mem. bar in Vt., D.C., Mass, and U.S. Supreme Ct .; mem. Mid- dlesex Co. Bar Assn., Handel & Haydn Soe. (Bos- ton'), Masons (Vt., all degrees inel. 33rd), A.A.S.R. (G.M., Vt, 1908-10). Club: University (Boston). Author: Vermont Law on Banking and Negotiable
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Instruments, 1919; Ancient Craft Masonry in Ver- mont, 1920. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe, Hawaii. Desc. John Tillotson, who came from Yorkshire, Eng., on ship "James" to Boston, June, 1635; Deacon John Doane, Plymouth, before 1630. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: 27 State St., Boston. Ilome: Hotel Commander, Cambridge. Summer res .: Williamsville, Vt.
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TILLOTSON. Robert Sidney, president The Tillotson Co., Inc .; b. Lenox, Oct. 2, 1885; s. Sidney Wells Tillotson and Alice E. (Pinney) T .; ed. Lenox high sch .; Williston Acad., Easthampton; m. Marion L. Ferguson of Pittsfield, Dec. 16, 1914; children- Marion Roberta, Virginla. Asso. with father in grain and livery business, 1904-13, in same bus- iness as propr., 1913-23; in same business as corp., The Tillotson Company, Inc., pres., treas., and gen. mgr., 1923 -; treas., elk., and dir. Lenox Water Company; dir. Lenox Nat. Bank; served as Asso. County Commr. of Berkshire Co., 1916-20, County Commr., 1920-, chmn. Co. Commrs., 1932-38; mem. B.P.O.k., Eagles, Grange. Club: Berkshire County Republican. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Main St., Lenox. Home: Main St., Lenox.
TILLYER, Edgar D., research director; b. Dover, N.J., Dec. 7, 1881; s. Lorenzo 1). Tillyer and Rose (Derry) T .; ed. Dover (N.J.) high sch. ; B.Sc., Rut- gers Univ., 1902, M.Sc., 1905, D.Se., 1928; M.Sc., George Washington Univ., 1903; m. Louise Lynd of Dover, N.J., 1906; children-Richard L., Louise K : 2. William, Lynd F. In Nantical Almanac oflice, 1902-06; U.S. Naval Obs., 1906-11; Bnr. Standards, 1911-16; Am. Optical Co., 1916-, dir. research. 1920 -; mem. Am. Optical Soc., Am. Phys. Soe., A.A.A.S., Am. Ceramic Soc., Washing- ton Acad. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: Amerlean Optical Co., Southbridge. Home: 20 Maple St., Southbridge.
TILTON, Elizabeth, suffrage, prohibition worker; b. Salem, Mar. 13, 1869; d. James T. Hewes and Eleanor Bridget (Jewett) II .; ed. Radeliffe Coll .; m. William Tilton of Cambridge, Jan. 10, 1911. Active in woman suffrage, prohibition and the peace movement, 1912 -; chmn. poster com., Bos- ton Associated Charities, 1912; orgn. chmn., Mass. Women's Suffrage Assn., 1918; nat. chmn. legisla- tion, Nat. Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1921- 31; dir. Women's Nat. Com. for Law Enforcement, Nat. Anti-Saloon League; chmin. Women's Nat. Com. for Edn. Against Alcohol, Radio Edn. Com., Washington, D.C .; pres. Unitarian Temperance Soc. of Am. Unitarian Assn. Author: Turning Off the Spigot, 1914; Save America, 1924; articles in Women's Journal, Current History, Survey. Asked by church and dry women to be candidate for U.S. Senate, 1930, but declined. Desc. Sir Richard Saltonstall. Home: 11 Mason St., Can- bridge.
V TILTON, Frederick Harold, lawyer; b. Salem, N. H., Nov. 28, 1879; s. Harry Tilton and Emilie O. (Kim- ball) T .; ed. Haverhill high sch .; Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial Sch ; Northeastern Univ .; m. Ella Elizabeth Sumner of Haverhill, June 24, 1903 (d.); m. (2nd) Ruthena M. Belanger of Haverhill, Oct. 6, 1931; children-Sumner B., Charles F., Floyd 12., Barbara Admitted to Mass. bar, 1902; in prac- tice alone, 1903-1908; mem. Peters, Cole & Tilton, 1908-1915; mem. Tilton, Sawyer & Cogswell, 1915- 1921; Tilton & Sawyer, 1921 -; city solicitor, Haverhill, 1908-1911; mom. Mass. No. of Rep., 1906; former pres., present dir. Chamber of Com- merce ( Haverhill), dir. Y.M.C.A .; mem. local and county bar assns .; past master Saggahew Lodge Masons, Pentucket Chapter; Haverhill Council; Haverhill Commandery Knights Templar, past commander; Merrimack Valley Lodge of Perfec- tion; Aleppo Temple Mystic Shrine; Enterprise Council J O.A.M .; Ancient Order of United Work- men. Clubs: Rotary (sr. past pres. ), Pentucket, Country (Haverhill). Congregationalist. Repub- fican. Office: Haverhill National Bank Bldg., Hlav- erhill. Home: 12 South Park St., Haverhill.
Y TILTON, Harry Lyman, publisher of outdoors maga- zines; b. Ashland, Mar. 24, 1875; od. grad., Newton high sch., 1894; in. Emily Newton Sanford, 1900;
1 son-Homer Sanford. Owner and publisher Na- tional Sportsman, 1899 -; originator and pub- lisher, Hunting and Fishing, 1921 -; pres. and dir. National Sportsman, Inc. Office: Boston. Home: Kingston.
Y TILTON, Henry Odin, sales manager; b. Lexington, June 1, 1885; s. Josiah Odin Tilton and flattie Adams ( French) T .; ed. Lexington high sch .; A.B, Harvard, 1907; m. Olive Northrop Fobes of Lex- ington, Sept. 30, 1914; children-Edwin O., Harriet 10., Deborah B. Employed in ollice of Gen. Elec. Co., Boston, 1907-1911; transferred to Worcester and employed there, 1911-1920; local sales mana- ger for firm, 1920 -; dir. Stratton & Co. (Con- cord, N.IL.); served as mem. sch. com., Worcester, as mem. City Council, pres. Worcester City Com- mon Council; mem. Am. Inst. E.IS., A.F.&A.M., Kappa Sigma, Clubs: Rotary, Bohemian. Travel: Europe, 1906, 1930; represented City of Worcester at celebration in Worcester, Eng., 1932. Congre- Rationalist. Republican. Office: 165 Commercial St., Worcester. Home: 29 Metcalf St., Worcester. Y TILTON, Homer Sanford, publisher; b. Newton, May 25, 1903; s. Harry Lyman Tilton and Emily (San- ford) T .; ed. Newton high sch., 1917-21; B S., Dart- mouth Coll., 1925; m. lelen Winchester of Waban, Oct. 22, 1926; children-John Winchester, Joan. With National Sportsman Mag., 1925 -; became v.p., sec. and gen. mgr. National Sportsman, Inc .; pres. and dir. Nat. Skeet Shooting Assn., Inc .; mem. Am. Wildlife Inst., N.E. Revolver League, Dartmouth Alumni Assn., Mass. Fish and Game Assn., Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Gamma Delta Chi, Lambda Sigma. Clubs: Dartmouth Outing, Advertising ( Boston), Four Seasons Sportsman's of Chicago (hon.). Episcopallan. Republican. Office: 275 Newbury St., Boston. llome: Waban.
TILTON, Walter Francis, banker and wholesale millinery; b. Boston, Apr. 26, 1857; s. Daniel Lam- bert Tilton and Ellen Marie (Jennings) T .; ed. Williams gram. sch., Chelsea, 1863-69. Phillips gram. sch., Boston, 1869-71; m. Anna Marie Col- burn of Norwood, Apr 26, 1883 (d.); children --- Mabel Frances, (Mrs. Arthur W. Coolidge), Arthur C. Felton. Asso. with Clapp & Tilton, wholesale inillinery, Boston, and snecessors, continuously, 1871-, treas. Clapp & Tilton, 1895-1917, Clapp & Tilton Co., 1917-29, pres. Clapp & Tilton, Inc., 1929 -; pres. Norwood Trust Co. 1918 -; dir. Nor- wood Coop. Bk .; served as mem. bd. selectmen, Norwood, 1918-24; mem. Masons, K.T. Univer- salist. Republican, Office: Norwood Trust Co., Norwood. Home: 49 Beech St., Norwood.
TIMBIE, William Henry, professor of electrical en- gineering; b. Pittsfield, Aug. 20, 1877; s. Charles Neville Timble and Mary E. (Loveland) T .; ed. A.B., Williams Coll., 1901; m. Florence 12. Ilill of Pittsfield, Aug. 23, 1905; children-Charles Ed- ward, Marion Loveland, Robert William, Theodore Ruggles, Frances Benedict, Florence Neville. Instr. industrial elec., Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1902-11; head of applied sci. dept., Wentworth Inst., Boston, 1911-18; (d .- in-chief, War Dept. Com, on Edn. and Spl. Training, 1918-19; prof. elec. engring. and industrial practice, Mass, Inst. Tech., 1919-, organizing the courses in coop. elec. engring .; fellow Am. Inst R.E. (v.p. 1934-35), mem. Assn. Coop. Colleges (pres. 1929), Soc .. Pro- motion Engring. Edn., Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Kappa Eta Kappa. Clubs: Williams (N.Y.), Albemarle (Newton). Author: Elements of Elec- tricity, 1911; Essentials of Electricity, 1913 (with Prof. II. H. Hligbee) Alternating Current Elec- trleity. 1914; (same) Essentials of Alternating Currents, 1919; (with Prof. V. Bush) Principles of Electrlenl Engineering, 1922; Industrial Elee- tricity, 1921. Desc. John Tower, settler in Hing- ham, 1637. Ilome: 295 llighland Av. West Newton.
TINGLEY, Louisa Paine, physician, specialty oph- thalmology; b. Providence, R.I., June 14, 1869; d. Charles Edward Paine and Eliza T. (Fiske) P .; cd. Miss Abbott's Sch. for Young Ladies (Provi- dence, R.I.); studied in Germany, 1886-89, abroad, 1896-97; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med Sch., 1901; m. Frank Foster Tingley of Providence, R.I., June
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14, 1899 (d. 1921). Postgraduate work in ophthal- mology with Drs. Alexander Duane Hermann and Knapp, N.Y .; German tutor and instr. In pvt. schs., 1889 97; practicing physician in Boston and Providence, 1901 -; ophthalmologist, N.E. Hosp. for Women and Children, 1901-10, Deaconess Hosp, Boston, 1901 -; consultant ophthalmologist, Mass. Women's Ilosp., Boston, 1918 -; ophthal- mologist, R.I. S.P.C.C .; ophthalmologist, Boston Children's Friend Soc .; staff of the Base Hosp., N.E. Deaconess Hosp. during World War; coun- sellor Mass. Soc., 1920-24, 1931-37; v.p. Providence Animal Rescue League; mem. A.A.A.S .; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Nat. Assn. for the Prevention of Blindness, A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., R.I. Med. Soc., Providence Med. Assn., N.E. Ophthal. Soc., Am. Acad of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Il- luminating Engring. Soc., Am. Unitarian Assn. (life), R I. Hist. Soc., Roger Williams Assn. Clubs: Mass. Women's Republican, Republican (Boston). R.I. Women's Republican ( Providence). Author: Some Sidelights in the Blography of my Great Great Grandfather, Caleb Fiske, M.D .; number of articles on medical subjects. Travel: Eng., the Continent, North Cape, Caribbean. Desc. Roger Williams. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 416 Marlborough St., Boston, and 171 Westminster St., Providence, R.I. Home: 148 Medway St., Providence, R.I.
Y TINKHAM, Frank Luscombe, lawyer; b. Taunton, May 18, 1856; s. Abel Babbitt Tinkham and Mary Emeline (Luseombe) T .; ed. Taunton publle schs .; Bristol Acad., 1875-76; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1880; LL.B., Boston University Sch. Law, 1883; m. Addie Bradford Hodges of Taunton, June 26, 1895; chil- dren-Ruth F., Robert E., Stuart A. Admitted Mass. Bar, 1883; in gen, practice of law, Taunton, 1883 -; pres. and dir. Taunton Gas Light Co., Attleboro Gas Light Co .; pres. & tr., Taunton Sav. Bk .; dir. Bristol County Trust Co .; mein. Taunton school committee, 1887-1890, 1903-15; pres. & dir., Old Colony Ilist. Soc., Taunton; mem. Taunton Bar Assn. Desc. Ephraim Tinkham, Plymouth, 1632, and wife Mary Brown, dau. Peter Brown of Mayflower; William Wilbore, who married Ann Bradford, dau. Gov. Bradford of Mayflower; Thomas Rogers of Mayflower, who married Ann Churchman. Baptist. Republican. Office: Crock- er Bldg., Taunton. Ilome: 206 Winthrop St., Taunton. Summer home: Sagamore Beach,
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TINKHAM, George Holden, congressman; b. Bos- ton, Oct. 29, 1870; s. George Ilenry Tinkham and Frances Ann (Ilolden) T .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894; student, Harvard Law Sch .; unmarried. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1899; mem. Common Council, Boston, 1897, 1898, bd. aldermen, 1900-02; mem. Mass. Senate, 1910-12; mem. 64th to 76th Con- gresses (1915-39), 10th Mass. Dist .; pres. Wash- ingtonlan Ilome; the first Am. to fire shot against the Austrians after declaration of war by U.S., at Capo d'Argine, on Piave River, Dec. 11, 1917; did not accept decoration Chevalier della Corona d'Italia conferred, because of constl. provision; The Governor & Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, mem. Am. and Mass. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of City of Boston, N.E. Hist.
Geneal. Soc., Soc. Mayflower Deses. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), National Press (Washington), Hasty Pudding (Harvard). Republican. Office: Barristers Hall, Pemberton Sq., Boston. Ilome: 326 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
Y TINSLEY, John Francis, loom manufacturer; b. Hampton Junct., N.J., July 4, 1880; s. Robert Tin- sley and Elizabeth (Ahern) T .; ed. B.S., Rutgers, 1900, M.S., 1904, D.Se., 1931; hon. M.A., Holy Cross Coll., 1922; m. lIelen Munroe of Worcester, Nov. 26, 1910; 1 dau .- Mary Munroe. With Western Elec. Co., N.Y. City, 1900-02, United Elec. Co., Newark, N.J., 1902-03; asst. elec. engr., Signal Corps, U.S.A., 1903-05; with Am. Steel and Wire Co., Worcester, advancing to gen. supt., South Works, 1905-16; v.p. and gen. mgr., Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester, 1916-38; pres. and gen. mgr., July 1938 -; pres. and treas. Cromp- ton & Knowles Jacquard & Supply Co .; dir. Worcester County Trust Co., Peoples Sav. Bk.,
Morris Plan Bk., Worcester St. Ry. Co., 2nd Nat. Bk. of Boston, Worcester County Elec. Co., N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co .; chmn. adv. bd., Boston office, R.F.C., mem. adv. bd. of War Dept., Boston Ordnance Dist .; tr. Rutgers Univ., St. Vincent Ilosp. (Worcester); pres. Worcester Trade Schs .; v.p. and dir. Worcester Community Chest; dir. Worcester Children's Friend Soc .; dir. Nat. Assn. Textile Machinery Mfrs. (past pres.), Nat. Assn. Mfrs. (dir.), Am. Iron and Steel Inst., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Asso. Industries Mass. (mem. exec. com.), N.E. Council (dir.), Nat. For- eign Trade Council (regional dir.), Worcester Chamber of Commerce (past pres.), Home Market Club (dir.), Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Phi, Tau Beta Pi. Decorated Cavaliere Order of Crown of Italy; Knight, Order of the Knights of Malta, Knight Comdr. Order of Mercy; Chevalier, Legion of IIonor (France). Clubs: Economic (past pres. ), Worcester, Tatnuck Country ( Worcester), Lotus (N.Y.), Rutgers of N.E. (pres.), University (N.Y.). Author: New Phases of Industrial Management, 1926. Office: 93 Grand St., Worcester. Home: 15 Regent St., Worcester.
TIRRELL, Theron Loring, banker; b. So. Weymouth, Dec. 17, 1863; s. Loring Tirrell and Louisa Maria (Morton) T .; ed. Weymouth high sch .; m. Caroline B. Costello of Boston, June 1, 1893; children- Louise Morton, Loring Vinson, Miriam Richmond. Clk. in younger years; conducted live stock bus., 25 yrs .; pres. So. Weymouth Sav. Bk., 1928 -; dir. Weymouth Trust Co .; mem. State Bd. Agr., sev- eral yrs .; selectman, 6 yrs., mem. Rep. Town Con., sch. com .; mem. I.O.O.F. (Wildey Lodge). Travel: U.S. Desc. Mortons who arrived at Plymouth on ship Anne, 2nd to go there. Protestant. Republi- can. Office: So. Weymouth Savings Bank, So. Weymouth. Home: 544 Main St., So. Weymouth. TITCOMB, Albert Clement. executive; b. Salem, May 21, 1885; s. Albert Cushing Titcomb and Hetta L. (Clement) T .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1907; m. Mil- dred Covell of Philadelphia, Jan. 14, 1914; chil- dren-Clement, Elizabeth, Joan. Pres., treas. N.E. Foundation Co., Inc., engring., constrn., Boston, 1908 -; pres. Simplex Co., finance, Boston, 1927 -. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Harvard (Boston, N.Y.). Desc. William Titcomb, who came from Newbury, Eng., and settled Newbury, 1636. Re- publican. Office: 38 Chauncy St., Boston. Home: 59 Essex Rd., Chestnut Hill.
TITUS, Edward Kirk, editor; b. Beverly, Sept. 20, 1866; s. Eugene llenry Titus and Lucy (Chaplin) T .; grad. Georgetown high sch., 1883; student Coll. of Liberal Arts, Boston Univ., 1 yr .; m. Mary Alice Kleinhans of Belvidere, N.J., Jan. 21, 1902; 1 son-Edward Kleinhans; mem. shoe mfg. firm, Georgetown, 1887-96; became reporter Springfield Union, 1896; Republican, 1897; asso. editor, 1899, editor Greenfield Gazette and Cour- ier, 1900-16; producer syndicated newspaper features, 1908 -; ed. writer Salem News, 1920 -. Home: 23 Otis St., Newtonville.
TITUS, Percy Hobart, insurance executive; b. Co- lumbia, N.H., Nov. 6, 1879; s. Ethan Albert Titus and Hattie E. (Ilobart) T .; ed. Colebrook (N.H.) Acad .; m. Maud B. Bunnell of Colebrook, N.H., Apr., 1904; m. Elizabeth Howland of Osterville, Sept., 1912; children-Dorothy M., Bursley II. Successively book agt., hotel clk., timber sur- veyor, mgr. for 3 affiliated lumber companies; adjuster, then chlef adjuster, Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 1904-17; gen. claims mgr., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 1917-, v.p., 1927 -; commd. Kentucky Colonel, Apr. 1930; mem. Masons (32°), Shrine. Club: Weston Golf. Desc. Robert Titus, Boston, 1635; Edmund Hobart, Hingham, 1632. Office: 175 Berkeley St., Boston. Home: 270 Boston Post Rd., Weston. Summer res .: Osterville.
TOBIN, John A., clergyman, professor of physics; b. Boston, June 19, 1894; s. Cornellus P. Tobin and Mary E. (Keenan) T .; ed. Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Woodstock Coll., 1915, M.A., 1916, Ph.D., 1931. Instr. in S.A.T.C .; head of physics dept., Fordham Univ., 1926-1928; head of physics dept., Boston Coll., 1929 -; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Phys. Soc. Author: Laboratory Experiments in
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V. Physles. Catholic. Office: Boston College, Chest- nut Hill. Home: Chestnut Hill.
TOBIN, Maurice Joseph, public official; b. Roxbury, May 22, 1901; s. James Tobin and Margaret (Daley) T .; ed. Boston high sch. of commerce; Pre-Legal Sch .; Boston Coll. Law Sch .; m. Helen Noonan of Brighton, Nov. 19, 1932; ehildren -- Helen Louise, Carol Ann, Maurice Joseph. With Conway Leather Co., 1921-22; with N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1922-37; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1927-28, Boston Sch. Com., 1931-34, 1935-37; mayor of Bos- ton, 1938 -; mem. Mass. C.O.F., K.C. (4º), Moose, Owls. Clubs: Commonwealth Country (Brighton), Boston City. Office: City Hall, Boston. Home: 30 Hopkins Rd., Jamaica Plain.
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TODD, Thomas, master printer; b. Concord, May 25, 1878; s. Thomas Todd and Rebecca (Wheeler) T .; ed. Concord high sch .; 2 years at M.I.T .; m. Louise Towle of Providence, R.I., Oct. 16, 1911; children -Jeannette S., Thomas, Jr. After leaving col- lege, served in Spanish War; since then connected with printing bus .; v.p. Middlesex Inst. for Sav. (Concord); dir. and sec. Ain. Congregational Assn. (Boston); mem. Masons. Club: City (Bos- ton). Congregational. Republican. Office: 11 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 97 Main St., Coneord. Summer res .: Pigeon Cove.
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TOLL, Charles Hansen, professor of psychology; b. Denver, Colo., May 21, 1882; s. Charles Hansen Toll and Katherine E. (Wolcott) T .; ed. Manual Training high sch., Denver, Colo .; Andover; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1904; M.A., Harvard, 1905; John Harvard fellow, 1906-08; traveled, 1906-07; studied Univ. of Berlin, 1907-08; Ph.D., Univ. Freiburg, 1909; hon. M.A., Amherst Coll., 1934; m. Mayes Martin of Denver, Colo., July 17, 1912; children -- Katharine W., Charles H., Henry C., Caldwell M. Asst. prof. philosophy, Amherst Coll., 1919-12, asso. prof., 1912-24, prof. philosophy and psy- chology, 1924 -; enrolled 2nd O.T.C., Plattsburg, N.Y., Aug. 1917; commd. 1st It., San. Corps, later capt., 1918; chief psychol. examiner, Camp Custer, Mich., Apr .- Dec., 1918; maj., Sanitary O.R.C., 1922 -; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Am. Plrilos. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Club: Cactus (Denver). Travel: Europe and Far East. Desc. of Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins, and some 30 others who came to Mass. before 1640. Inde- pendent. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: 76 Snell St., Amherst.
TOLMAN, Ellsworth Baker, fire insurance engineer and inspector; b. Lynn, July 25, 1891; s. Elmer Ellsworth Tolman and Adiana (Leonard) T .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; Engring. Sch., Tufts Coll., Class of 1915; unmarried. Mun. engr., 1912 (part time) -1915; structural engr., 1915-17; ins. insp., 1919-22; asst. supt., New Bedford Water Works, 1922-25; fire ins. engr. and insp., Eastern Under- writers Inspection Bureau, 1925 -; 1st lt. Corps of Engrs., U.S.A., 1917-18, eapt. 1918-19, 2 yrs. service; mem. N.E. Water Works Assn., Delta Upsilon. Unitarian. Republlean. Office: 89 Broad St., Boston. Home: 315 Arnold St., New Bedford.
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TOMAJAN, John Sarkis, hardware manufacturer; b. Worcester, Apr. 11, 1892; s. Mardiros Sarkis Tom- ajan Nahlgian and Margaret (Garolan) N .; ed. Worcester Classical high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1914; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1918; m. Gladys Ilarlow of Somerville, June 11, 1920; children- Gladys, Joan, Carol. Joined the Washburn Co., Worcester, 1918, as sec. to pres., sales mgr., eastern dlv., 1919-23, western div., 1924-25, gen. sales mgr. 1925-, v.p. 1926-, dir., 1927 -; gen. sales mgr. and dir. Mich. Wire Goods Co .. Andrews Wire Works of Canada, Ltd .; pres. N.E. Div. of Asso. Harvard Clubs, 1938-40; mem. Masons, Uni- tarian Laymen's League (pres. 1938-39), Worces- ter Boys Club (corporator). Clubs: Harvard (Worcester, pres. 1936), University, Economic (Worcester). Author: trade and other articles. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 28 Union St., Worcester. Home: Holden.
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