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Henry H. Higgins was born here Jan. 5, 1880. He grad- uated from E. H. S. in 1898. After completing his High School course, Mr. Higgins entered the employ of the First National Bank (now Union Trust Company) and was later made assist- ant cashier. In 1911, he was made cashier. Mr. Higgins has served three years as alderman.
Monroe Y. McGown was born here Sept. 25, 1875. After attending High School for two years, he went to the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College. He entered the employ of the First National Bank (now Union Trust Company) when 18 years old and is now assistant cashier. Mr. McGown served five years on the School Board and five years as Treasurer of the Board of Trade. During the World War, he gave his services as a five-minute speaker.
Edmund J. Walsh was born at South Weymouth, Mass., Oct. 10, 1861. He came to Ellsworth July 7, 1891, as super- intendent of the B. E. Cole & Company shoe factory. Later he operated a shoe store for 10 years. He then studied law and passed the Bar examination Oct. 10, 1906. He served as city treasurer one year, and is serving his twenty-third year as treasurer and director of the Ellsworth Loan and Building Association.
Charles W. Mason, born at Orland, Maine, Oct. 6, 1843. He came here March, 1861, to work in the mills. He entered the employ of H. M. & B. Hall in 1865 and continued there for 35 years. In 1906, he entered the insurance business. He served two years as assessor of taxes.
Fred L. Mason was born here Nov. 14, 1864. After finish- ing at the Ellsworth High School, Mr. Mason entered Boston University Law School from which he graduated in 1894. He
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has always practiced here and has served two terms as County Attorney and two terms in the Maine Legislature.
Dr. F. P. Laffin was born at Frankfort, Maine, Feb. 26, 1893. Dr. Laffin graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1914, and located here in 1915.
William H. Titus, born at Babylon, New York, Dec. 26, 1867. Mr. Titus came to Ellsworth in 1894 to fill the position of associate editor of the Ellsworth American. In 1902 he returned to New York State where he remained until 1905. He came back to Ellsworth in 1905, to fill his former position on the American, which he purchased after the death of Mr. Rollins.
G. H. Coleman, born here July 29, 1888. Mr. Coleman has been in the barber business for 16 years. He entered the employ of J. W. Nealley in 1916, and purchased the business in 1925.
Fred C. Scott, born here in 1894. Graduated from E. H. S. 1912. He then worked six years for C. H. Leland. After Mr. Leland discontinued business, Mr. Scott opened a confectionery store at the same stand.
Carlton S. Donnell, born at Franklin, Maine, Feb., 1869. He came to Ellsworth in May, 1897, and entered the employ of J. W. Nealley, where he continued for 13 years. He then opened a barber shop for himself.
Harold Robinson was born at Lynn, Mass., Feb. 5, 1890. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912, and engaged in mining engineering for four years at Chi- cago and in Mexico. Mr. Robinson then went to Bangor where he was first in introducing oxy-acetylene welding. He came to Ellsworth in 1915 and engaged in the garage business with C. L. Morang. He purchased the Dirigo Theatre May 29, 1925. Mr. Robinson is also President of the Chamber of Commerce.
Frank H. Gould, born at Hancock, Maine, Sept. 24, 1858. He came here in 1872, when his father, the late George Gould,
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purchased the property now known as the Hancock House. Mr. Gould took possession of the Hancock House in 1890. He also operated the St. Croix Hotel, and the Border City Hotel, both of Calais, for 12 years.
Mabel C. Webster, born at Bluehill, Oct. 4, 1867. She came here in 1911, when her husband, the late John E. Webster, was elected Sheriff of Hancock County. Mrs. Webster opened the Webster House April 1, 1912, in Spring Street, moving to the present location, April 4, 1918.
Fred E. Morang, born here Dec. 12, 1871. After working for several years at Bar Harbor and Boston, Mr. Morang returned to Ellsworth in 1904 and entered the employ of his brother, the late H. W. Morang, in the confectionery business. He now operates the business for the H. W. Morang estate. He served two years as assessor of taxes.
Estelle M. King, born here Feb. 16, 1863. Mrs. King opened a dry and fancy goods store in 1920.
Katherine Staples, born here. Mrs. Staples entered the millinery business 17 years ago. In 1924, she was burned out and has since continued the business in the dry goods store of Mrs. Estelle King.
George W. Higgins, born at Brooklin, Maine, Feb. 22, 1857. He came here July 23, 1873, and entered the employ of the late E. F. Robinson, where he learned the jewelry business. He left Ellsworth in 1879, and returned in 1918, later purchasing the E. F. Robinson store, where he continued the business until he moved to his present location in 1922.
John W. Coughlin, born May 17, 1868. Sept. 24, 1893, Mr. Coughlin opened a barber shop over the Liberty National Bank, and opened his present location in Oct., 1914.
Grace M. Royal, born here Jan. 9, 1880. In 1920, Mrs. Royal engaged in the dry and fancy goods business, later pur- chasing the building.
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Austin H. Joy, born Surry, April 18, 1854. Came here in 1869 to work for his father. In 1879, Mr. Joy commenced the grocery business in partnership with C. W. Morrison, in the store now Tumble Inn Market. Mr. Joy bought out the Mor- rison interest in 1885, and moved to the present location of "Joy's Store," in 1890. He retired from business Jan. 25, 1925.
Charles W. Joy, born here July 23, 1883. After attending High School for two years, Mr. Joy entered the employ of his father, Austin H. Joy, and purchased the business Jan. 1, 1925. He served as city treasurer for five years.
Ernestine R. Shea, born here April 5, 1892. Graduated from E. H. S. in 1910. Miss Shea entered the employ of the New England Tel. & Tel. Company as an operator in 1911, and became Chief Operator of the Telephone Office in Sept., 1916.
R. W. Clark, M.D., born Franklin, Maine, June 23, 1888. After completing a course at the Maine Classical Institute, he entered the Bowdoin Medical School, from which he graduated in 1916. He served one year at the Eastern Maine General Hospital and then moved to Deer Isle where he practiced for four years. He enlisted in the American Army in July, 1918, and was discharged Dec. 30, 1918. After a practice of three years at Searsport, he came here in 1924, and began practice.
Merrill R. Head, born Waldoboro, Maine, in 1873. Came here 23 years ago, and entered the men's clothing business in partnership with George P. Smith in 1913. He enlisted in the American Army in Company F, Augusta, during the Spanish American War and served until the war was over, having been promoted to battalion bugler.
George P. Smith, born here in 1878. He was employed by the American Express Company for three years; George A. Parcher for five years; John A. Hale for four years, and acted as manager of the Reliable Clothing Company for thirteen years. In 1911, he entered the clothing business in partnership with the late Alexander Hagerthy, under the firm name of Smith & Hagerthy. In 1913, he entered partnership with
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Merrill R. Head. Since that time the business has been con- ducted under the name Smith & Head. Smith & Head purchased the Manning Block from A. C. Hagerthy in 1922. Mr. Smith served as alderman in 1911.
Charles Holtz, born in New York City, June 27, 1882. Mr. Holtz came to Ellsworth in the spring of 1921 and entered the bakery business with his father, Augustus Holtz, taking over the entire business in October of the same year. The bakery was destroyed by fire Dec. 22, 1924, and replaced by the excel- lent new building in February, 1926. Mr. Holtz now does busi- ness under the firm name of Ellsworth Daylight Bakery, furnishing both Hancock and Washington counties with his products. Mr. Holtz enlisted in the United States Army in 1899 and served in the Spanish American War. Mr. Holtz was nine months in a government hospital as the result of a wound received in the war.
Julia A. Thompson, born in Trenton, Me., Dec. 25, 1862. Miss Thompson came to Ellsworth in 1899 and purchased the stationery and book business of Fred Coombs, which she has since enlarged and in connection with which she conducts what is said to be the finest gift shop in Maine. The original store burned in December, 1924, and she built the present block in February, 1925. In point of years in business, Miss Thompson is Ellsworth's oldest business woman. She is secretary of the Republican City Committee and Trustee and Treasurer of the Ellsworth City Library.
Leon Tilden, born here July 28, 1893. In 1923, Mr. Tilden acquired the business of the late E. Tilden and has since oper- ated under the name of the Ellsworth Shoe Repair Company.
William E. Whiting, born here Aug. 20, 1878. Graduated from E. H. S. in 1898. Studied law with Judge John A. Peters. Admitted to the Bar Oct. 23, 1900. Mr. Whiting attended Bos- ton University Law School for one year and was employed in a law office at Boston for two years. He returned to Ells- worth in February, 1904, and began to practice law. He served five years as chairman of the School Board, six years as County Attorney, and Referee in Bankruptcy from 1904 to 1918.
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Harry C. Austin, born here Sept. 12, 1880. He attended the public schools here and Burns School of Anatomy at Bos- ton. He bought out the furniture and funeral directing busi- ness from R. C. Haines in 1911, after having been employed there for several years. The business is now run under the name H. C. Austin & Company.
Michael Edward Downey, born here July 3, 1890. Grad- uated from E. H. S. in 1908. He was employed consecutively by R. C. Haines, W. R. Parker, C. H. Leland and J. P. Eldridge. When the J. P. Eldridge Company was incorporated Aug. 1, 1919, he became a member of the company and is now treasurer and business manager.
Bernice E. Downey, born here May 15, 1889. Graduated from E. H. S. in 1908. Mrs. Downey was made president of the J. P. Eldridge Company when it was incorporated in 1919.
Royal J. Goodwin, born here Oct. 2, 1875. Mr. Goodwin's first employment was with F. B. Aiken. After six years work there, he entered the employ of the late J. P. Eldridge, where he has been for thirty years at the plumbing trade. When the J. P. Eldridge Company was incorporated in 1919, Mr. Good- win became a member of the company. He has served the city most efficiently as fire chief for over twenty years.
Edward F. Robinson, born here. Mr. Robinson attended the Mitchell Boy School at Billerica, Mass., Moses Brown School, Providence, R. I., Massachusetts Optical College, grad- uating in 1905, and the Kansas School of Optometry, from which he graduated in 1906. He went in business with his father, the late E. F. Robinson, in 1906, and purchased the business in 1917. He is secretary of the State Association of Agricultural Fairs.
Martin L. Adams, born here June 19, 1883. He graduated from E. H. S. in 1901. Mr. Adams was away from Ellsworth for 12 years, traveling for Boston and New York Dry Goods Houses. Returning in 1913, he soon engaged in the Dry Goods business. He served three years as tax collector.
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Linwood F. Giles was born at Waltham, Maine, May 3, 1863. He came to Ellsworth in 1886, and read law with Hale & Ham- lin. He then attended the University of Michigan and Boston University Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in 1890 and engaged in practice here. He has also been interested in real estate, timber lands and mining properties.
Everard L. Moore, born here May 15, 1876. He gradu- ated from E. H. S. in 1894. He worked three years with John W. Coughlin at the barber business and opened a barber shop for himself in 1897.
Lawrence G. Higgins, D.D.S., born here Oct. 1, 1897. He graduated from E. H. S. in 1915 and Tufts Dental College in 1921. He entered the service of the American Army in Sept., 1918, and served until the following year. In 1921, he opened dental parlors at Ellsworth.
Pearl S. Thorsen, born Hancock, Maine, Jan. 22, 1888. Mr. Thorsen's career and success reads almost like an Alger book. His first adventures were eight years at sea. In 1911, when 23 years old, Mr. Thorsen saw a great future in heat and cold storage insulation and entered the business in Brooklyn, N. Y. With each day his success increased and his plant grew. About ten years ago it became necessary to establish a branch office at Boston. With prosperity, Mr. Thorsen remembered his home town. He purchased and remodeled the Thorsen Block in Main Street and in May, 1922, opened a grocery store. The following year, June, 1923, he established the Ice Cream Fac- tory. His excellent farm in West Hancock speaks for itself.
Edward F. Small, born here Aug. 13, 1880. Mr. Small entered the employ of the Burrill National Bank (now Liberty National Bank) in August, 1899. In 1908, he became assist- ant cashier, and cashier in 1912. He served three years as alderman and two years on the School Board.
Frank J. Dunleavy, born at Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 12, 1889. He came here with his parents at the age of five years. He graduated from E. H. S. in 1908, and entered the employ of
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the Burrill National Bank in the following Fall, being made assistant cashier in January, 1912. Mr. Dunleavy enlisted in the American Army April 27, 1918, and was discharged Aug. 21, 1919, having served thirteen months overseas. He has served four years as alderman.
I. Perlinsky, born at Bangor, Maine, Oct. 16, 1802. Mr. Perlinsky enlisted in the 76th Division Coast Artillery, April 1, 1918, and was discharged in May, 1919, having been pro- moted from private to first sergeant. He came here in 1921, and entered the men's clothing business.
Arthur H. Parcher, M.D., born here July 4, 1889. He graduated from E. H. S. in 1908. He graduated from Bowdoin College with the degree A.B. in 1912, M.D. in 1915. He spent one year at the Eastern Maine General Hospital. Dr. Parcher then came to Ellsworth and practiced medicine from July, 1916 to December, 1917. In 1917, he enlisted in the British Expe- ditionary Forces and served in the World War overseas from that time until his discharge in February, 1919. He returned to Ellsworth in 1919 and engaged in general practice until October, 1924, at which time he went to New York and took a special course in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. In December, 1924, he received an appointment as assistant orthopedic surgeon at the Eastern Maine General Hospital, Bangor. Dr. Parcher returned to Ellsworth in August, 1925, and resumed his practice here. He is a member of the County, State and National Medical Societies.
Hon. Hannibal E. Hamlin, born Hampden, Maine, Aug. 22, 1858, son of Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President of the United States 1861-1865. He graduated from Waterville Classical Institute; received the degree of A.B. from Colby College in 1879; he was a student at Columbia Law School; received the degree of LL.B. from Boston University in 1882. He was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1883. Mr. Hamlin then came to Ellsworth and became the law partner of Hon. Eugene Hale (U. S. Senator 1881-1911) and Hon. Lucilius A. Emery in firm of Hale, Emery & Hamlin; Mr. Emery was appointed Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in 1883, and the firm name
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changed to Hale & Hamlin. Mr. Hale died October, 1918; present members of firm: Hannibal E. Hamlin and Henry M. Hall; Mr. Hamlin served in the Maine House of Representatives 1893-1895; Senate, 1899-1901 (Pres., 1901) ; Judge Advocate General, 1897-1904; one of the three Maine Commissioners on Uniformity of Legislation, 1895-1913; Attorney General for Maine, 1905-1908; President of Maine State Bar Association, 1923-1924; President Hancock County Bar Association since.
Hon. Hannibal E. Hamlin
Omar W. Tapley
Omar W. Tapley was born in Brooklin, Maine. Mr. Tapley came to Ellsworth in 1887 and received a position as clerk in an insurance office. In 1893, he opened an office for himself. In 1919, his insurance and real estate business was incorporated under the name of O. W. Tapley Company, Inc. The agency now represents a list of more than twenty American and foreign companies. Mr. Tapley served as County Treasurer ten years (1896-1906) and Collector of Customs for French- man's Bay under President Taft for about five years. During the World War, Mr. Tapley was prominently active in Red
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Cross work. He is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union Trust Company, and Secretary and Director of the Ellsworth Loan & Building Association.
Henry Martyn Hall, born here December, 1859. He grad- uated from E. H. S. in 1874 and from Harvard College with the degree of A.B. in 1883. Mr. Hall then entered the office of Hale & Hamlin to read law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1885. He practiced law in Alabama for eight years. Returning to Ellsworth in 1900, he entered the offices of Hale & Hamlin, and is now a member of that firm. Mr. Hall served as Judge of the Municipal Court for four years.
G. W. Alley, born here Jan. 24, 1853. When a boy of fifteen years, Mr. Alley started to follow the sea and retired in 1906, having served thirty-eight years on the seas, thirty-five of which he commanded his vessels without having lost one. After his retirement, Capt. Alley opened a grocery store at Bayside. In 1910, he came to Ellsworth and conducted a grocery business in the City Market. He is now in the business with his son at the former location of the J. A. Haynes store.
Clarence W. Alley, born here Jan. 22, 1887. After following the sea for five years, Mr. Alley entered the employ of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. In 1910, he entered the grocery business. Mr. Alley enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1917 and was discharged in 1918. He made two trips in the U. S. S. Severance to France. After the war he re-entered the grocery business.
Edward J. Collins, born in Bangor, Maine, October 14, 1876. Mr. Collins was in the retail shoe business at Bangor, Bar Harbor and with C. L. Morang, of this city, for 17 years. In November, 1918, he opened his shoe store in the Tapley Block.
Patrick E. Kearns, born here March 28, 1874. Mr. Kearns' first employment was in the mills, followed by five years in H. M. & B. Hall's grocery store, and with Albert Hopkins six years. He then engaged in the restaurant business with Hollis E. Davis. Later, in partnership with C. S. Cottle, he bought
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out the grocery business of J. A. Haynes which he conducted for five years. In May, 1911, he opened a grocery business in the Odd Fellows Block, moving to his present location the following October.
Harvard C. Jordan, born here Dec. 9, 1873. He graduated from Eastern Maine Seminary, after which he entered the employ of A. W. Greely. Mr. Jordan purchased the jewelry business from Mr. Greely, April 10, 1911. He served one year as alderman.
Edward G. Moore, born here in 1868. Mr. Moore entered the employ of S. D. Wiggin Drug Store in 1877. In 1901, he purchased the business and later bought the building. His store has served as an apothecary shop since its erection in 1837.
Dr. George S. Hagerthy, born at Surry, Aug. 2, 1870. He came to Ellsworth in 1886. Graduated from Philadelphia Dental College in 1895. Returning to Ellsworth he commenced practice in the Granite Block, where he continued until 1919. In 1919, he moved his office to the Moore Block.
Dr. Edward H. Baker, born at Wellfleet, Mass., 1872. He graduated from Wellfleet High School; attended Boston College of Eastern Surgeons three years; seven years he was with Dr. Frederick A. Davis, oculist, Boston; he graduated from Phila- delphia College of Optometry in 1900. Dr. Baker began his practice here in 1912.
Judge John A. Peters, born here Aug. 13, 1864. He grad- uated from E. H. S., 1881; Bowdoin College with the degree of A.B. in 1885; A.M., 1888. Judge Peters returned to Ellsworth after his graduation from Bowdoin College and entered the law office of his cousin, Judge Wiswell, to study law, and was ad- mitted to the Bar in 1887. He then entered a partnership with Andrew P. Wiswell, later Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court, and Arno W. King, late Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court, under the firm name of Wiswell, King & Peters, and practiced law in that firm here and at Bar Harbor until 1892, when Mr. Wiswell went on the bench. In 1896, Mr. Peters
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was appointed Judge of the Ellsworth Municipal Court, suc- ceeding Judge Dutton. He continued in that position and practicing law until 1908, at which time he resigned and was elected to the Legislature of Maine. He was also elected to the Legislature in 1910 and 1912. In 1913, he was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. In the death of Forrest Goodwin, who represented the Third District of Maine in the United States House of Representatives in 1913, Judge Peters, at a special election, was chosen to succeed him, and was elected to successive Congresses until 1921, at which time he resigned to accept the appointment of Judge of the United States Court for the District of Maine, succeeding the Hon. Clarence Hale, retired. Judge Peters received an honorary degree of LL.D. from Bowdoin College in 1924, and is Vice-President of the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College.
Harry L. Crabtree, born at Franklin, Maine, Dec. 8, 1877. He graduated from E. H. S. in 1896, after which he taught school for three years. Admitted to the Hancock County Bar in January, 1900, Mr. Crabtree practiced law here until May, 1913. At that time he went to New York City where he prac- ticed nearly three years with Burlingham, Montgomery & Rucher. In October, 1915, he returned to Ellsworth and entered a partnership with Congressman John A. Peters. The partnership was dissolved in 1922 when Mr. Peters was appointed Federal Judge. Since that time Mr. Crabtree has practiced alone. In 1909, he was appointed Master in Chancery by Judge L. A. Emery. He was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court by Governor Milliken in May, 1918, and reap- pointed by Governor Baxter. He is a member of the Maine and New York State Bars.
John J. Duffy, born in Ireland, April 4, 1873. Mr. Duffy came to the United States when three years of age with his parents and settled at Boston, where he remained for seventeen years. He came to Ellsworth in 1893, and entered the employ of the W. R. Parker Clothing Company. In 1901 he opened a tailor shop for himself in Franklin Street, moving in 1922 to his present location.
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Miss M. E. Holmes, born in Ellsworth, Maine. Miss Holmes is the pioneer woman insurance agent in Hancock County. She purchased the George H. Grant Insurance Agency when it was retiring from the business field, nineteen years ago, and has since operated under her own name.
John Frederick Studer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 20, 1889. He came to Ellsworth in 1903. Mr. Studer attended the University of Maine one year, and then went to the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Later he entered the employ of the Brooklyn Heights Company, an electrical company. During the World War, Mr. Studer served the government in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He returned to Ellsworth in 1919 and entered the electrician business.
Mabel C. Studer, born at Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 1874. Mrs. Studer opened her Beauty Parlors in State Street, in March, 1919, after having given two seasons in New York learning the trade.
Doris E. Scribner, born here September 9, 1906. She graduated from E. H. S. in 1924. After an employment of four months in the telephone office, Miss Scribner entered the Western Union Telegraph Office in November, 1924, and was made manager Sept. 15, 1925.
George S. Foster was born at Ellsworth in 1874. He graduated from E. H. S. Mr. Foster returned to Ellsworth after an absence of eighteen years and engaged in the lumber business. He was also treasurer of the Carroll Felt Shoe Com- pany. Mr. Foster served the City three times as Mayor, hav- ing been elected on a non-partisan ticket, and one term in the Maine Legislature. He is a member of the firm, Moore, Foster and Hillgrove, dealers in pulp wood and timber lands and own- ers of the George S. Dodge Corp., wholesaling confectionery and tobacco.
Howard B. Moore was born at Ellsworth in 1860. Mr. Moore has always been interested in timber lands and lumber- ing. When a lad he worked in the mills and scaling logs. Soon
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his unusual ability earned for him the management of the Hale & Wiswell and King & Peters lumber lands. Mr. Moore built the Ellsworth Lumber Company's mills and acted as manager. Later, in partnership John A. Peters, he purchased and operated the Branch Pond Mill. He is now a member of the firm, Moore, Foster and Hillgrove. Mr. Moore has served twelve years as County Commissioner, and four years as alderman in Ward 5.
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