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sen I 7:\/R EDITIOX. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE MEN 
 
 . ul 
 
 SOMERVILl.E. 
 
 Fruiii the Incorporation ot the Cit\ in \\S~1 tu 1 898. 
 
 CONTAINING THE 
 
 Last Board of Selectmen. : Senators. : Representatives. : Mayors. 
 
 Aldermen, : City Solicitors. : City Treasurers. : City 
 
 Clerks. : City Engineers, : City Messenger, 
 
 Clerk of Committees. 
 
 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY 
 \VAI,TKR FRVE TURNER. 
 
 MAkCH, 1S98. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 IN placing this book before the people of Somerville, I have endeav- 
 ored to make it complete, in regard to everything for which it was 
 originally intended. I do not claim that it is a historical work on 
 the City of Somerville, but I have endeavored to give to its sub- 
 scribers a complete photograph album of the men who, in the days 
 when Somerville was a town of scarcely more than a thousand 
 inhabitants, gave their time and energy to condud; the town aBairs in a manner 
 that would be for the best interests of all of the people, and continued to do so 
 until the town was made a city and they were called upon to give the charge of 
 affairs which had been so long in their keeping into the hands of the men who 
 from 1S72 until the present time have labored hard at City Hall and in the Sen- 
 ate Chamber and the House of Representatives on Beacon Hill in Boston, to 
 bring our municipality from a small town in 1S42, with a population of scarcely 
 more than a thousand, with an assessed valuation of taxable property of less than 
 half a million dollars, with only four district school-houses and four teachers, for 
 the support of which only $i,Soo was annually appropriated, and where no 
 churches were erefled in which the people might worship God ; to a city of 
 nearly sixty thousand inhabitants, all of whom are proud to claim it as their place 
 of residence; where the taxable property is valued at over fifty million dollars; 
 where we have twenty-six school buildings, with two hundred and forty-nine 
 teachers, for the support of which over $200,000 is expended annually ; where 
 we have thirty churches, and public property which is valued at $2,638,100.12. 
 With the photographs of these representative men of Somerville will be 
 found a short sketch of their lives, which in many cases is far too short to tell 
 of the many ways in which they have been a value to our city and to their 
 country at the time when it needed their services. 
 
 The book is supposed to contain the pictures of the last board of select- 
 men, all of the mayors, aldermen, representatives, senators, city clerks, solicitors, 
 treasurers, engineers, and the city messenger and clerk of committees, who have 
 in many ways lightened the burdens of those higher in office. 
 
 The publisher does not claim to have all of the city officials in this work, 
 for it would be by far too small to contain the portraits alone of all of the men 
 who, in hundreds of ways, have assisted in the builtling up of Somerville from 
 a small town to one of the largest ai\d fliost model cities in the Commonwealth ; 
 but, as far as I have been, I have endeavored to be thorough, and trust that the 
 public will find in looking over this work the familiar faces of many former 
 friends. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 EX MAYOR GEORGE O BRASTOW, 
 
 MAYOR lB73'3. 
 
Representativk Men of Somerville. 
 
 
 THE SENATORS, 
 
Representative Men of Somkrville. 
 
 EX MAYOR WILLIAM H FURBER. 
 
 MAYOR 1874 7i 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 CITY TREASURERS, CITY CLERKS AND MESSENGER. 
 
Rkpresentativk Men of Somerville. 
 
 MAYOR AUSTIN BELKNAP 
 MAVOR I8T6 7! 
 
lO 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 CITY ENGINEERS. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 II 
 
 EX MAYOR GEORGE A BRUCE. 
 
12 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THP RFPRFSFNTATIVFS. 
 
Representative Men of Somerviule. 
 
 13 
 
 EX MAYOR JOHN A. CL'. v -. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THE REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 15 
 
 EX-MAYOR MARK F. BURNS, 
 
 MAYOR lSS5-«^-87-8e 
 
i6 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THE CITY SOLICITORS. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 EX MAYOR CHARLES G. POPE. 
 
 MAYOR I 889-90- j I 
 
i8 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
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 TMP OCPDCQrMTATn/FC 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 19 
 
 £X MAYOK , WILLIAM n HOOGKINS 
 MAYOR l«92-9J-94-»5 
 
20 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 21 
 
 MAYOR ALBION A. 
 
 PERRY. 
 
22 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 23 
 
 THE ALDERMEN, 
 
 BY THE YEARS THAT THEY SERVED. 
 
 In some cases the cuts are not as clear as the publisher would like to have had 
 them, bill as many of the members of the early Boards are now dead, I have procured 
 the best photographs of them that were in existence. 
 
 GEORGE W. HADLEY, 
 
 WILLIAM H. FURBER, 
 •872-73- 
 
RErRESENTATIVE MeN OF SoMERVlLLE. 
 
 THE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
Represf-.ntative Men of Somerville. 
 
 HORACE BASKIItS. 
 
 l■^;J. 
 
 DAHIEL E. CHASE. 
 
 CLARK BEKIfETT, 
 
 ■''T-T.i 74-75 
 
 JACOB T. GLIKES. 
 
 i^7--75-75-7''- 
 
26 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 THE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 JOHN R. POOR, 
 
 JOBII G. HALL, 
 
 EZRA D. CONAHT. 
 
 PERSON DAVIS, 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
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Representativk Men of Somervili-e. 
 
 29 
 
 HATUxn TLKTS. JR. 
 
 AUSrin BELKNAP, 
 
 1S7,. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES, 
 
 CROMWELL G. ROWELL, 
 
30 
 
 RErRESEXTATIVE MeN OF So.MERVILLE. 
 
 GEORGE H. DICKERMAS, 
 iS74. 
 
 SIEPEEK W. FULLER, 
 1S74. 
 
 1S74-75- 
 
 EDWrs A. CURTIS, 
 ^ IS74-75- 
 
Representative Men of Somervii, 
 
 LE. 
 
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 PRAHKLIN n. POOR. 
 
 TBOMAS B. LORD. 
 
 SAMUEL LITTLEFIELD. 
 1S75. 
 
 JOHH HARRIHGTON, 
 ■875-76. 
 
32 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 GEORGE A. BRUCE, 
 1S76. 
 
 CHARLES VV. SAWYER, 
 KS76. 
 
 
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 RICHARD E. NICKERSON, 
 
 1876-77. 
 
 JAMES B. DAVID, 
 1S76-77. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 33 
 
 PATRICK RAFFERTY, 
 1876. 
 
 JOHN F. COLE, 
 
 iS7(.-7V. 
 
 JAMkb LUMO, 
 
 WILLIAM C. TALLHAR, 
 1S77-78. 
 
34 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 JOHN B. G. KAMI 
 1S77. 
 
 JOHN R. CONANT, 
 1S77-7S. 
 
 I 
 
 JOHN ADAMS CUMMINGS, 
 1S77-7S. 
 
 GEORGE CURTIS SKLLTON, 
 
 1S77-7S. 
 
Rkcresentative Mkn of Somervillk. 
 
 35 
 
 OLIVER }. DAVIS. 
 ihpS-;^. 
 
 STILLMAN H. LIBBY. 
 187S-79. 
 
 AARON R. COOLIDGE. 
 
 .S77. 
 
 SEWARD DODGE. 
 
 1 ^77- Vi. 
 
36 
 
 Rkpresentative Mex of So:\iervili,e. 
 
 SAMUEL PENNOCK, 
 
 JESSE J. DNDERHILL, 
 1S7.J-S0. 
 
 ASA DURGIK, 
 1S79-S3. 
 
 MALCOM B. COLE, 
 iSSl. 
 
Representative Men of Somervikle. 
 
 MAKTIR W. CARR, 
 i8iiu-Si. 
 
 
 ABIJAH B. COOKIH. 
 1880-81. 
 
 ELIJAH C. CLARK, 
 
 CALEB A. PAGE, 
 
38 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 GERSHOM T. BURNHAM, 
 
 1881. 
 
 J. LELAND NORCROSS, 
 1S81-S2. 
 
 J. FRANK WELLINGTON, 
 1SS2-S3. 
 
 MARK F. BURNS, 
 1S82-S3. 
 
Rki'RESENTAti\ i: Men of Somerville. 
 
 ;>9 
 
 THOMAS R. R0UL5T0RE. 
 
 QUIMCY A. VINAL. 
 
 ALBION A. PERRY. 
 
 iss;,-S,. 
 
40 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 WILLIAM E. WELD, 
 1SS2-S3. 
 
 NATHAN A. FITCH, 
 
 1S84-85. 
 
 SAMUEL G. A. TWYCROSS, 
 
 18S4-85. 
 
 FRANKLIN R. PERRY, 
 1S84-S5. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 41 
 
 DAHIBL R. RAYWARD, 
 
 HIKAM V. SMITH, 
 
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 HOSES G. STEELE. 
 
42 
 
 Rkpresextative Mex of Somervili.e. 
 
 ALBERT M. ROBIHSON, 
 1SS5-S6. 
 
 DANIEL C. STILLSON, 
 1SS5-S6. 
 
 ELBRIDGE G. PARK. 
 1SS6-S7. 
 
 SAMUEL W. HOLT. 
 18S6-S7. 
 
Representativi: Mkx of Somervii.lk. 
 
 43 
 
 JOHN F. KERNARD. 
 
 NATHAN H. REED. 
 
 CHARLES L. NORTH. 
 
 isss S<y. 
 
 GEORGE WEMYSS. 
 
44 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 HARRISON ALDRICH, 
 
 iSsr,-S7. 
 
 DANA W. BENNETT, 
 1SS6-S7. 
 
 WALTER C. MENTZER, 
 
 1SS7. 
 
 BERNARD W. LAWRENCE, 
 
 1SS7-SS. 
 
Representative Men of Somervii.le. 
 
 45 
 
 TIMOTHY C DWYER. 
 
 EDWARD H. BRADSHAW. 
 
 JOHS W. CONVERSE. 
 
 iS.v-A>. 
 
 CHARLES M. REMhNWAY. 
 1SS9-90. 
 
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 Ri t'KisiN iwrn i: >[i:\ oi' 8omi k\ ii.i.k.. 
 
 ROBERT DUDDY. 
 1SSS-S9. 
 
 GEORGE A. KIMBALL. 
 lSSi)-<)0. 
 
 EZRA r. :?. . :;iis. 
 1SS9-90. 
 
 CHARLES B. SANBORN. 
 1890-91-9,^ 
 
Representative Men of Somkkmkle. 
 
 47 
 
 ALLEN K. CARPEKTEK. 
 
 ALVAMO T. NICKERSOH, 
 
 ALBERT W. LLl.MAMib. 
 
 I S>/o-ij I . 
 
 CLARENCE H. WILLEY, 
 
RFrR^<^vTATivE Men of Sovkrvillk. 
 
 3>01- 
 
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Rkpresentatu K Mkn ok Somerville. 
 
 49 
 
 S WALKEM: JAKES. 
 
 WARREN J ROBINSON, 
 1891. 
 
 FRANK B FITTS, 
 
 WILLIAM L. BARBER, 
 
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 CH^SLESiJU G. vnriBES, 
 
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Rkpreskxtativf. Mkn of Somerville. 
 
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 FRAHKLIR F PHILLIPS. 
 
 Lrwis STOCKBRISGE, 
 |S.>4. 
 
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 ISAIAH U. WIL£Y. 
 
 FEED W. GiLEERT. 
 
52 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 JOHN AITDREWS, 
 
 '893-94- 
 
 CALVIN H. WHITNEY, 
 1894-95- 
 
 WILFRED B. RICH, 
 
 1S95. 
 
 MELVILLE D. JONES, 
 1S95-96. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 53 
 
 bkNJAMIN i U.jWN:. 
 
 LEONARD B. CHAMbLER, 
 
 IS.J5-,/,. 
 
 lacily-i)- . 
 
 h. HERBERT HUHTLET, 
 1896-97-98. 
 
54 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 ROBERT S. WRIGHT, 
 1S96. 
 
 HOWARD D. MOORE, 
 1896. 
 
 JAMES M. ANDREWS, 
 1 896-97 . 
 
 JOSIAH N. PRATT, 
 1S96-97. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 55 
 
 WILLIAM M IHVlWi, 
 
 GEORGE E. WHITAKER, 
 
 ,11 *•<» 
 
 I 
 
 ANDREW A. LAMOHT, 
 1S97-9S. 
 
 FRENCH 0. J. TARBOX, 
 18^. 
 
56 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 JOHN N. BALL, 
 1S97-9S. 
 
 FREDERICK M. KILMER, 
 
 1S9S. 
 
 JAMES F. DAVLm, 
 1S9S. 
 
 F. DeWITT LAPHAM, 
 1S9S. 
 
Rkpresentative Men of Somerville. 
 
 57 
 
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 SILAS L. CUMMIRGS. 
 
 WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. 
 Clerk of Comitiittccil. 
 
 jA.MLb K. uurn.;.-. 
 
 chief of the Fire Department. 
 
 MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, 
 Cliief of Police. 
 
58 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. 
 1872— 1898. 
 
 1872. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 GEORGE O. BRASTOW. 
 
 Ward, 
 
 I. William H. Fuiber, 
 
 I. ^George W. Hadley, 
 
 1. ^Horace Haskins, 
 
 2. Clark Bennett, 
 
 2. Daniel E. Chase, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Jacob T. Glines, 
 
 3. John R. Poor, 
 
 4. Person Davis, 
 4. John G. Hall. 
 
 18T6. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 AUSTIN BELKNAP. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Richard E. Nickerson, 
 
 1. John F. Cole, 
 
 2. George A. Bruce, 
 2. Patrick Ratferty, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Jacob T. Glines, 
 
 3. Charles W. Sawyer, 
 
 4. James B. David, 
 4. John Harrington. 
 
 1873. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 GEORGE O. BRASTOW. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. William H. Furber, 
 
 1. Ezra D. Conant, 
 
 2. Clark Bennett, 
 
 2. Nathan Tufts, Jr., 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Jacob T. Glines, 
 
 3. Austin Belknap, 
 
 4. Person Davis, 
 
 4. Christopher E. Rymes. 
 
 1877. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 AUSTIN BELKNAP. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Richard E. Nickerson, 
 
 1. John F. Cole, 
 
 2. James Long, 
 
 2. William C. Tallman, 
 
 3. George C. Skilton, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 Ward. 
 
 3. John R. Conant, 
 
 4. James B. David, 
 4. John B. G. Rand, 
 
 4. John A. Cummings. 
 
 1874. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H. FURBER, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 1 Ward. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Edwin A. Curtis, , 3 
 
 1. Cromwell G. Rowell, , 3 
 
 2. Clark Bennett, [ 4 
 2. Robert L. Spear, | 4 
 
 Stephen W. Fuller, 
 George H. Dickerman. 
 Thomas H. Lord, 
 Franklin N. Poor. 
 
 1878. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 GEORGE A. BRUCE. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. John F. Cole, 
 
 1. Oliver J. Davis, 
 
 2. William C. Tallman, 
 2. James Long, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. George C. Skilton, 
 
 3. John R Conant, 
 
 4. John A. Cummings, 
 4. Stillman H. Libby. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Edwin A. Curtis, 
 
 1. Cromwell G. Rowell, 
 
 2. Clark Bennett, 
 
 2. Robert L. Spear, 
 
 1875. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H. FURBER. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 I Ward. 
 
 3. Jacob T. Glines, 
 
 3. Samuel Littlefield, 
 
 4. Thomas H. Lord, 
 4. John Harrington. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. John F, Cole, 
 
 1. Oliver J. Davis, 
 
 2. Seward Dodge, 
 
 2. Aaron R. Coolidge 
 
 1879. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 GEORGE A. BRUCE. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 John F. Cole, President. 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Samuel M. Pennock, 
 
 3. Jesse J. Underbill, 
 
 4. Stillman H. Libby, 
 4. Asa Durgin. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 59 
 
 MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. (CONTINLED.) 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 GEORGE A. BRLCE. 
 
 ALIiEMMEN. 
 
 Jesse J. 1'nuerhii.i., I'rtsidrHl 
 \\ard Wird. 
 
 I. Malcoin B. Cole, { 
 
 I. Elijah C. Clark. \ 
 
 J. Seward Dodge, I 
 
 1. Abijah B. Gookin, I 
 
 3. Samuel M. Pennock, 
 
 3. Je»»eJ. fnderliill. 
 
 4. Ata I)iir);in. 
 4. Martin W. Carr. 
 
 I8M. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 .MARK F. BIRNS. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 lliRAM D. Smith, Prefiilent. 
 
 \V«rd. 
 
 1. Nathan .\. Filch. 
 
 I. .Moses G. Steele, 
 
 1. Sam'IG. A. Twvcross, 
 
 2. Franklin R. Herrv, 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Hir.tm I). Smith, 
 
 3. D.-iniel C. Stillson, 
 
 4. Irving L. Russell. 
 
 4. .\lbert W. Robinson. 
 
 IHHI. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 ]U\\S A. CfM.MINCN 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Martin W. Carr. I'rr\ulrml. 
 
 NV.rd. ' W»rd. 
 
 I. MalcoMi B. Cole, 3. J. I.eland Norcro»«, 
 
 I. Elijah C. Clark, 3. Ger»honi T. Burnhain. 
 
 ). Ahijah B. (iookin, 4. \\» l>ur|>in, 
 
 I. Caleb A. Hajje. 4. Martin \V. Carr. 
 
 I8MO. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 MARK F. BIRNS. 
 
 Irvin>. L. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. .Monea G. Steele. 
 I. ElbridKe(i. I>ark. 
 J. Samuel \V. Holt, 
 1. Dana \V. Bennett, 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Rl'ssELL, Prtsidtut. 
 
 W.rd. 
 
 3. Daniel C. Stillson, 
 
 3. Harrison Aldrich, 
 
 4. Irving L. Russell, 
 4. Albert M. Robinson. 
 
 IHK-i. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 JOHN A. ClMMlN(iS. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 William E. Weld. Prtiidiml. 
 
 W.rd. 
 
 I. Mark F. Burn«. 
 
 1. Elijah C. Clark. 
 
 2. J. Frank WellinKtoii, 
 
 3. Caleb A. Page, 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. J. Leiand Norcrosa, 
 
 3. rhomaa R. Roulttone, 
 
 4. Aoa Durgin. 
 
 4. William E. Weld. 
 
 1887. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 MARK F. BURNS. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Ei.uRiDoE U. Park. PmidtHl. 
 Ward. Ward. 
 
 I. Elbridge G. Park, 3. Harrison Aldrich, 
 
 1. Nathan H. Reed, 3. John Kcnnnrd, 
 
 J. Samuel W. Holt. "4. Waller C. Mentzcr, 
 
 2. Dana W. Bennett. 4. Bernard W. Lawrence. 
 
 Ward 
 
 I. Mark F. Burn*. 
 I. Levi F. S. Davis. 
 1. J. Frank Wellington 
 1. C^iincv A. Vinal, 
 
 IHH3. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 lOIlN A. CIMMINGS. 
 
 \LDKR.MCN'. 
 
 Wn I lAM E. Weld, Prtsidtml. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Thomas R. RouUtone, 
 
 3. .\lbion A. Perrv, 
 
 4. Kf-A Durijin. 
 
 4. William E. Weld. 
 
 IHKH. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 MARK F. BIKNS. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Bernard W. Lawrence, Preiidtnl. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 Ward. 
 I. Nathan H. Reed. 
 I. tieorge I). Wcmvsa, 
 J. Charles L. North, 
 J. Timolhv C. D«ver, 
 
 3. John F. Kennard, 
 
 3. Robert Duddv. 
 
 4. Bernard W. Lawrence, 
 4. Edward H. Bradshaw. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Levi F. S. Davis. 
 I. Nathan .\. Fitch. 
 J. Sam'ltJ. .\. Twvcrons 
 J. Franklin R. Perrv, 
 
 IHH4. 
 MAYOR. 
 
 JOHN A. CIMMINGS. 
 
 aldermen. 
 
 Levi F. S. Davis, Prtsidtut. 
 I Ward. 
 
 3. Albion A. Perrv. 
 
 3. Hiram D. Smith. 
 
 4. Irving L. Russell, 
 4. Daniel H. Havward. 
 
 1889. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 CHARLES G. POPE. 
 
 alder.men. 
 
 CilARLE.s L. North, Prtsidtnl. 
 Ward. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. George D. Wcmyss, 
 
 1. Chas. M. Henienwav 
 z. Charles L. North, 
 
 2. George .A. Kimball. 
 
 3. Robert Duddy. 
 
 3. Ezra D. Souther, 
 
 4. Edward H. Bradshaw, 
 4. John W. Converse. 
 
6o 
 
 Represkntative Men of Somerville. 
 
 MAYORS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN. (CONTINUED.) 
 
 Ward. 
 I. Cha 
 
 1890. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 CHARLES G. POPE. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Charles M. Hemenway, President. 
 Ward. 
 
 M. llenienway, 
 
 1. Charles B. Sanborn, 
 
 2. George A. Kimball, 
 2. Allen F. Carpenter, 
 
 3. Ezra D Souther, 
 
 3. Alvano T. Nickerson, 
 
 4. John W. Converse, 
 4. .\lbert \V. Edmands. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Isaiah H. Wiley. 
 
 1. Lewis Stockbridge, 
 
 2. Frank J- Hamhlin, 
 2. Fred \V. Gilbert, 
 
 1894. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 John Andrews. President. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. John Andrews, 
 
 3. Calvin II. Whitney', 
 
 4. Franklin F. Phillips, 
 4. Edmund S. Sparrow. 
 
 1891. 
 
 M.\YOR. 
 
 CHARLES G. POPE. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 Alvano T. Nickerson, President. 
 
 I Ward. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Charles B. Sanborn, | 3, 
 
 1. Clarence H. Willey, ■ 3 
 
 2. Allen F. Carpenter, ! 4. 
 2. Jeremiah J. Lyons, I 4 
 
 Alvano T. Nickerson, 
 Charles B. Osgood, 
 Albert W. Edmands, 
 Wm. A. Hunnewell. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 
 
 Edmund S 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Isaiah II. Wilev, 
 
 1. Wilfred B. Rich, 
 
 2. Fred W. Gilbert, 
 2. Melville D. lones. 
 
 ALDERMEN. 
 
 . Sparrow, President. 
 Ward. 
 3. Calvin II. Whitney, 
 
 3. Leonard B. Chandler, 
 
 4. Edmund S. Sparrow, 
 4. Benjamin J. Downs. 
 
 189S. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 
 
 aldermen. 
 Charles B. Osgood, President. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. S. Walker Janes, 
 
 1. Edric Eldridge, 
 
 2. Warren 1. Robinson, 
 2. Frank E". Fitts, 
 
 3. Charles B. Osgood, 
 
 3. William L. Barber, 
 
 4. Wm. A. Hunnewell 
 4. Newell F. Caswell. 
 
 1896. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 ALBION A. PERRY. 
 
 aldermen. 
 
 Melville D. Jones, President. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. L. Herbert Huntley, 
 
 1. Josiah N. Pratt, 
 
 2. Melville D. Jones, 
 2. Robert S. Wright, 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Leonard B. Chandler 
 
 3. James M. Andrews, 
 
 4. William II. Berrv, 
 4. Howard D. Moore. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. Charles B. Sanborn 
 
 1. Edric Eldridge, 
 
 2. Frank E. Fitts, 
 2. Frank J. Ilamblin, 
 
 1893. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 WILLIAM H, HODGKINS. 
 aldermen. 
 
 Fred W. Gilbert, President. 
 Ward. 
 
 3. William L. Barber 
 3. John Andrews 
 4'"" 
 4- 
 
 Chas. A. G. Winther, 
 Franklin F. Phillips. 
 
 1897. 
 
 m.\yor. 
 
 ALBION A. PERRY. 
 
 .\ldermen. 
 
 Josiah N. Pratt, President. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. L. Herbert Huntley, 
 
 1. Josiah N. Pratt, 
 
 2. William M. Irving, 
 2. George E. Whitaker, 
 
 Ward. 
 
 3. Jaines M. Andrews, 
 
 3. Andrew A. Lamont, 
 
 4. William H. Berr\ , 
 4. John N. Ball. 
 
 1898. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 ALBION A. PERRY, 
 
 ALDER.MEN. 
 
 John N. 
 
 Ward. 
 
 I. L. Herbert Huntley, 
 
 1. F. DeWitt Lapham", 
 
 2. French O. J, Tarbox 
 2. James F. Davlin, 
 
 Ball. President. 
 Ward. 
 3. Andrew A. Lamont, 
 
 3, Frederick M. Kilmer, 
 
 4. John N. Ball, 
 4. Silas L. Cummings. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 6i 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES TO LEGISLATURE. 
 FROM 1872 TO 1898. 
 
 IH72. 
 
 Charlct II. Tavlor, 
 Samuel A. Carlclon. 
 
 ia7s. 
 
 C^iiiniv A. Vinal. 
 
 IH7« 
 
 John A. Cuinmingi, 
 Horace llatkinit. 
 
 IH7S. 
 John A. C'liinniing*, 
 SelMrn /. Itowtiian. 
 
 iH;a. 
 Charlc* G. Pope. 
 
 IH77 
 Chnrlev Ij. I'opr, 
 Tlioiiia^ C°iinniiii;h:iiii. 
 Eiiovh R. Momc. 
 
 IH7H. 
 
 Thoiiia* Ctinninghnm, 
 KUhard K. Nickcr«on, 
 Jacoh T. {>linc« 
 
 IH7U. 
 
 Richard E. Nickeriton. 
 Jacoh T. Glincs. 
 Janicn Uonp. 
 
 John llnKkcll Itiitlcr, 
 Rohcrl L. Spear, 
 Person Davis. 
 
 John llasktll Hntler. 
 Person Davis. 
 
 Charles 11. Guild, 
 Edward Glines. 
 
 Edward Glincs. 
 Elitha C. Clark. 
 Charles S. Lincoln. 
 
 Elitha C. Clark, 
 John M. \Vood», 
 J. Waricn Italic^'. 
 
 J. Warren Hallcv, 
 I^vl F. S. Davi., 
 William Klvnn. 
 
 Levi K. S. Davi», 
 William Klvnn, 
 Samuel C. Darling. 
 
 IB1I7. 
 
 Samuel C. Darling. 
 Samuel Culler, 
 James F. Davlin. 
 
 s.iiniicl C. Darling, 
 Irving Russell, 
 Francis H. Rnvmond. 
 
 Irving Russell, 
 Francis H. Ravmond, 
 Joshua Davis. 
 
 1800. 
 
 Francis M. R.-iymond, 
 Joshua II. Dnvis, 
 Frederick M. Kilmer. 
 
 1801. 
 Frederick M. Kilmer, 
 George W. Perkins, 
 Joseph J. Giles. 
 
 IHO'J. 
 
 George W. Perkins, 
 Joseph J. (iiles, 
 George (). Proctor. 
 
 1M03. 
 George O. Proctor, 
 AllcnF. Carpenter, 
 Charles S. Crane. 
 
 1804. 
 
 .\llen F. Carpenter, 
 ChartcN 11. Crane. 
 RolK-rt Duddv. 
 
 1 80S. 
 
 kohcrt Diiililv. 
 Amasa K. Southuorth, 
 Frank \V. Kaan. 
 
 1806. 
 Amasa E. Southwortli, 
 Frank W. Kaan, 
 Elmer A. Stevens. 
 
 1807-1808. 
 
 Horace L. White, 
 Melville D. Jones, 
 Leonard B. Chandler, 
 Franklin F. Phillips, 
 Franklin E. Huntress. 
 
62 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE, 
 
 FROM SOMERVILLE, 1S72-1898. 
 
 Christopher E. Rymes, Edward Glines, 
 
 Selwyn Z. Bowman, Francis H. Raymond, 
 
 George A. Bruce, George W. Perkins, 
 
 William H. Hodgkins. 
 
 Cm' Clerks. City Treasurers. 
 
 Charles E. Gilman, Aaron Sargent, 
 
 George I. \'incent. Jo'in F. Cole. 
 
 City Solicitors. 
 
 Selwyn Z. Bowman, Samuel C. Darling, 
 
 Charles Robinson, Frank W. Kaan. 
 
 City Engineers. 
 
 Charles D. Elliot, Horace L. Eaton, 
 
 George A. Kimball, Ernest W. Bailey. 
 
BIOGRAPHIES. 
 
64 
 
 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Harrison Aldricii was born in Williams- 
 ville, V^t., September iS, 1S40. lie was edu- 
 cated in the district and high schools of his 
 native town and the Power's Institute of Ber- 
 nardston, Mass. lie was married to Miss 
 Helen Louisa Morse, of his native town, and 
 moved to Boston in 1S66, where he became 
 engaged in the produce business, in which he 
 has continued until the present time. He came 
 to Somerville in iSSo and purchased an unde- 
 veloped tract of land on the East side of Gil- 
 man street, and laid out a new street, which 
 bears his name. In 1S8S he erected a hand- 
 some residence on Fianklin street, where he 
 now lives. Mr. Aldrich was elected a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward One in 
 1SS4-S5, and was a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1SS6-S7. He is a member of the 
 Masons and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, 
 G. A. R., the Boston Chamber of Commerce 
 and the Fruit and Produce Exchange. 
 
 James Mills Andrews was born in Free- 
 dom, N. 11 , May 33, 1S3S. lie was educated 
 in the schools of his native town and moved to 
 Charlestown in 1S57, ^^ lie re he lived until 1SS5, 
 when he moved to 172 Broadway, Somerville, 
 where he has since resided. He was married 
 in 1S63 to Miss Mira A. Wood, of his native 
 town, and has one son, Horace Andrews, who 
 is engaged in business with his father, under 
 the firm name of J. M. Andrews & Son, car- 
 penters and builders. Mr. Andrews was elect- 
 ed a member of the Common Council from 
 Ward Three in 1S95, and a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1S96-97. 
 
 John Andrews was born in Southington, 
 Conn., in 1S45. He attended the public schools 
 of his native town, and afterward went to the 
 Hudson River Institute at Claverick, N. Y. 
 At the breaking out of the war he enlisted as 
 a private in the First Connecticut Cavalry, and 
 was twice promoted and served imtil the close 
 of the war. He moved to Somerville in 1SS4. 
 
 ]Mr. Andrews has been in the a; lestos business 
 for a number of years, and at the present time 
 is connected with the Asbestos Paper Company 
 of Boston. He was elected a member of the 
 Common Council in 1S92, and was a member 
 of the Board of Aldermen in 1S93-94, being 
 president of the Board during his second jear. 
 He is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M., The Loyal Legion and Willard C. 
 Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. He was mar- 
 ried October 28, 1S74, and resides at 34 Albion 
 street. 
 
 Ernest W. Bailey was born in Somerville, 
 December 20, 1S66. He was educated in the 
 public schools and graduated from the Forster 
 Grammar vSchool in iSSi, after which he at- 
 tended the High School, and then took a special 
 engineering course at Tufts College, After fin- 
 ishing his course at Tufts he worked for two 
 years in the office of Fuller & Whitney, civil 
 engineers in Boston, and in 18S7 he was ap- 
 pointed by Mr. Horace L. Eaton, at that time 
 City Engineer, as his first assistant, which po- 
 sition he held until Mr. Eaton's death, which 
 occurred November 23, 189^. Mr. Bailey was 
 then appointed City Engineer by Mayor Perrv, 
 and holds tliat position at the present time. 
 He is a member of Boston Societ}' Civil Engi- 
 neers, the New England Water Works Associa- 
 tion, and of the Somerville Central Club, and 
 Young Men's Christian Association. He was 
 married in October, 1S93, to Miss Nellie E. 
 Barrett of Melrose, and resides at 79 Central 
 street. 
 
 J. Warren Bailey was born at Deny, 
 N. H., June 3, 1846, was educated in the com- 
 mon school and at Pinkerton Academy. After 
 leaving school he served for six years as a pris- 
 on officer, a portion of the time as Dejjuty 
 ^\'arden at the R. I. State prison. ISIr. Bailey 
 engaged in the upholstery and embroideiy goods 
 business in Boston in 1S72, and has continued 
 the same successfully to the present time, for 
 the past 14 years being located at 108 Tremont 
 street. Mr. Bailey came to Somerville in 1872. 
 
Representative Mkx of Somerville. 
 
 He sen'cil in the Common Council of 1.SS2 
 and iS.S^, the last year as president, and repre- 
 resented the city in the Legislature of 1SS4 and 
 18S5. lie is president of the West Somerville 
 Co-operative Hank. In 1S94, Gov. Greenhalge 
 appointed Mr. Hailey as a member of the State 
 Hoard of Commissioners of Prisons, which 
 olhcc he helil for three years, resigning the same 
 in July last in order to accept the secretaryship 
 of the Hoard, a position he now holds. He is a 
 member of Kim Council, K. A., and has been a 
 representative to the Supreme Council ; Cameron 
 Lodge, K. IL, and I'rovident Lodge, A. O. L'. 
 \\ ., of which he was the first .M. \V. Mr. 
 Bailey has been twice married, his tirst wife 
 was Miss Emeline R. Clark, daughter of Ebcn 
 T. and Kcbccta (Kimball) Clark, of Derry ; 
 his second wife was Miss Jennie M. Loud, 
 daughter of George H. and Susan J. ( Mc- 
 Intyre) Loud, of I'lymouth, Me. Hy his first 
 wife he had one ilnughter, Ldith Newell, now 
 20 years of age. They reside at the corner of 
 Orchard and l)ovcr streets. 
 
 John N. Hai.i. was born in Antrim, N. \., 
 in 1S33. When he was very young his parents 
 moved to Marlow, where he attende<l the dis- 
 trict and high scho<ils until he was ij^, when he 
 moveil to Nashua. He was a hotel keeper in 
 Nashua for eight years, lie afterwarti moved 
 to Wisconsin, where he lived for two years, and 
 in 1S63 moved to New Orleans, where he lived 
 until 1S71, two years of which time he was 
 employed in the I'nitcd .'states Custom House, 
 and was for four years deputy collector of 
 revenues. Mr. Hall moved to Somerville in 
 1872, and has been engaged in the pasted shoe 
 stock business for a number of years, with a 
 large factory at North Somerville. He was 
 elcctetl a member of the Common Council in 
 iS<)5-y6, and was a member of the Hoard of 
 Aldermen in 1897-98. He is a member of the 
 Knights of Honor, and resides at 690 Broadway. 
 
 Ex-Al.l)KRMA\ WlI.I.IAM L. HauRKR Was 
 
 born in Plymouth, Mass., April 9, 1S59, and 
 
 was educated in the public schools in Ch.nrles- 
 town district, Boston. He removed to Somer- 
 ville in 1 883, and has always been greatly in- 
 terested in matters relating to the well-being of 
 the city. He was a member of the Common 
 Council in 1S90 and 1S91, and a member of the 
 Hoard of .Mdermen in iSy2 and 1S93, ser\-ing 
 as president of the Hoard of Aldermen in 1S93. 
 He served on nearly all of the important com- 
 mittees of the City Government during his 
 term of office, being especially interested in all 
 matters relating to the streets and improvements 
 in the city, being a member of the Committee 
 on Highways for four, and its chairman tor two 
 years; and during his service in that capacity 
 some of the most extensive highway improve- 
 ments were carried through to successful com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Ci.AKK He.nnktt was born in Londonilcrry, 
 \'t., November 30, iSio. He was educated 
 in the district schools of that town, ami at 
 the age of 21 moved to Somerville, which 
 was at that lime a part of Charlestown, 
 and carried on an extensive brick busine.ss 
 for a number of years, after which he was 
 engaged in the insurance business. Mr. Ben- 
 nett was a prominent resident of Somerville, 
 and gave a great deal of his time to town 
 affairs in its early history. He was Town 
 Treasurer for a number of years, and was a 
 member of the School Boartl for a period of 
 1 1 years. He was a member of the first Board 
 of Aldermen, in 1S72, and continued to repre- 
 sent Ward Two in the Bo.ird-. nf i''^73-7^-75. 
 He died in January, 1882. 
 
 Dana W. Bennett was born in Somenille, 
 February 28, 1859. He was educated in the 
 Somerville schools, from which he graduated 
 with high honors. He is in business at 82 Water 
 street, Boston, where he represents large fire 
 and accident insurance companies for Boston 
 and Massachusetts. He was elected a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward Two in 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 1S83-S4-85, and was a member of the Board 
 of Aldermen in 1SS6-S7. Mr. Bennett is a 
 member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 
 He resides at 41 Putnam street. 
 
 and was a member of the Board of Aldermen 
 in 1S96. Mr. Berry is a member of the Masons 
 and Odd Fellows. He was married in iSSi, 
 and resides at 39 Cherry street. 
 
 Austin Belknap was born in Westboro, 
 July iS, 1S19, the son of John and Ruth 
 (Fay) Belknap, of that town. His educa- 
 tion was obtained in the district school of his 
 native town, and at the Worcester Manual 
 Labor High School, from which he was grad- 
 uated as a civil engineer. After some ex- 
 perience in railroad construction, he came to 
 Boston in 1S43, and entered the general pro- 
 duce and commission business, in which he 
 has remained till the present time. Mr. 
 Belknap came to Somerville, then Charles- 
 town, in 1S53. He served the town as Select- 
 man in 1S69, '70 and '71, and the city as a 
 member of the School Committee in 1862, 
 '63 and '64. He was a trustee of the Public 
 Library in 1873 and '74, and was Mayor in 
 1876 and '77. Mr. Belknap is a member of 
 John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville 
 R. A. Chapter, and De Molay Commandery 
 K. T. Mr. Belknap married Miss Jane P., 
 daughter of Holloway and Frances (Read) 
 Brigham, of Westboro. He resides on Cen- 
 tral street. 
 
 William H. Berry was born in New Jersey 
 March 25, 1855. He moved to Lexington, 
 Mass., when he was very young, where he 
 attended the public schools, and moved to 
 Somerville in 1867, after which he attended a 
 business college in Boston. At the age of iS 
 he went to work at the mason's trade in Boston 
 for J. W. Leighton, and afterward went to 
 California, where he worked at the same trade, 
 and later engaged in the teaming business. In 
 1889 he purchased the property known as the 
 Custom House stables at 14 Custom House 
 street, where he is now in business and puts up 
 about 200 horses daily. He was elected a 
 member of the Common Council in 1S94-95, 
 
 Selwyn Z. Bowman was born in Charles- 
 town, May 10, 1840, the son of Zadock and 
 Rosetta (Cram) Bowman, of that place. His 
 early education was obtained in the public 
 schools and high schools of Charlestown, 
 whence he passed to Harvard College, where 
 he was graduated A. B. in i860 and LL. B. in 
 1S63. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 
 1863, and opened a law office in Boston, where 
 he has ever since remained. Mr. Bowman 
 came to Somerville in 1S56. He has served 
 the city as city solicitor in 1S73, '73, and from 
 1S90 to 1S97. He represented the city in the 
 Legislatures of 1870 and 1S75 ; the county of 
 Middlesex in the Senate of 1876 and 1877 ; and 
 the fifth Congressional district in the 46th 
 and 47th Congresses in 1S7S-S1. Mr. Bow- 
 man is a P. M. of John Abbott Lodge, and a 
 member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; a 
 member of Somerville R. A. Chapter, the Cen- 
 tral and Middlesex Clubs. Mr. Bowman mar- 
 ried Miss ALirtha E., daughter of Bowen E. 
 and Sarah A. (Mead) Tufts, of Lexington. 
 They reside on Broadway. 
 
 Edward H. Bradsiiaw was born in Somer- 
 ville in 1855. He was educated in the public 
 schools, after which he became engaged in the 
 mill supply business, under the firm name of 
 Bradshaw, Crocker & Co. He was elected a 
 member of the Common Council from Ward 
 Four in 1886-87, '"*"'' '' member of the Board 
 of Aldermen in 1S88-89, and served on some 
 important committees. In 1S91 he went West 
 and is now the salesman for one of the largest 
 shoe manufacturing and jobbing concerns in 
 that section of the country, making his head- 
 quarters at Salt Lake City in Utah, from which 
 place he wrote the author that he would like 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 67 
 
 to have any of his I-ii>iiTii iruniis visit him 
 anion); tlic Mormons, as they were the best 
 friends he had in the West. 
 
 (JKoiiGE <J. JJkastow, horn in W'rcntliam, 
 Septemher S, iSii, came to (.'harlcstown 
 (Somerville) in ••^3.^, and located on Spring 
 Mill; was a Iart;e owner of real estate, and 
 built many houses in the town; was very 
 prominent in the division of the town in 1S42 ; 
 was chosen Selectman in 1S45 ami again in 
 |S''>7; served on the School Committee from 
 I.S4J' to |S^«»; represented Somerville in the 
 House in l>>4y, '50, '51 and 'f>2 ; member of 
 the Senate in 1854, and was again elected in 
 I.S<»6, serving four years, the last two as presi- 
 dent ; went to the war as ca])tainof the Somer- 
 ville Company in lS6j; was afterward pay- 
 master in the army ; was chosen first Mayor of 
 Somerville in 1.S71 ; re-electe»i in iSj^ ; mem- 
 bei of the (iovernor's Council in iS74, '75 an«l 
 ■76; was one of the founders of the Middlesex 
 and Somerville Horse Kailroads, also of Post 
 No. I3'(; dieil at C.iiiaiidai;;ii:i, \. ^'., Novem- 
 ber .20, i>i7X. 
 
 (fKont.E .\. Miit'CE, son of Nathaniel and 
 Lucy ( IJutlerfield) Bruce, was born at Mount 
 N'crnon, N. H , November ly, 1S39. He was 
 fittcil for college at the Applcton Academy in 
 hi<« native town, and was graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 1.S61. He enlisted in tlie 
 Thirteenth New Hampshire X'olunteers, and 
 served as tirst lieutenant, aiile, judge advocate, 
 and assistant ailjutant-general. He was mus- 
 tered out July 3, 1S65, and brevctted lieutenant- 
 colonel. He studied law in Lowell, and was 
 admitted to the bar in 1S66, and opened his 
 ortice in Boston, where he has ever since re- 
 mained. Mr. Bruce was a member of the New 
 Hampshire Legislature in 1.S66, and of the 
 Senate of Massachusetts in 18S2, 1.SS3 anil 
 1.SS4. He was chosen president of the Senate 
 the last year. He came to Somerville in 1S74, 
 and has served the city as Mayor in 1879, iSSo 
 
 and iSSi. Mr. Bruce married Miss Clara M., 
 daughter of Joseph F. and -Sarah (Longlev) 
 Hall, of Groton. They reside on Highland 
 avenue. 
 
 Geksiiom T. Bi'R.NiiAM was born in Harri- 
 son, Me., in October, 1S33. At the age of 
 three his parents moved to Boston, where he 
 attended the public schools until he moved to 
 Somer\ille when he was iS. He learned the 
 carpenter's trade, and soon after went into busi- 
 ness, which he continued in for over 2^ years, 
 retiring a few years before his death, owing to 
 failing health. He was elected a member of 
 the Common Council from Ward Three in iSSo 
 and a member of the Board of AMcrmen in 
 1S81, Mr. Burnham was a member of Soley 
 Loilgc, A. F. & A. NL ; .Somenillc Royal 
 Arch Chapter, C<iur dc Lion Commandery, K. 
 T., and a prominent member of the Cross- 
 Street I'niversalist Church. He died January 
 31, 1S9S, leaving a widow who resides at No. 
 60 Central street. 
 
 Makk F. BiKNs was born at Milford, N. II., 
 May 24, 1.S41, the son of Charles A. and Lliz- 
 abeth (Hutchinson) Burns. He attended the 
 district schools and .\ppleton Academy at 
 .Mount N'ernon, and worked on the farm until 
 he was iS. He then taught in the district 
 schools in New I lampshire and in New Jersey. 
 He came to Cliarlestown in 1.S66 and engaged 
 in the retail milk business. In 1S71 he became 
 a milk contractor with the firm of P. S. Whit- 
 comb \ Co. In |S^1^ the firm was consoliiiated 
 with Tower. Whitcomb & Co., and in August, 
 iSyi, the Boston Dairy Company was organ- 
 ized, and -Mr. Burns became its treasurer. 
 I Ic was also one of the largest retail milk dealers 
 in Boston. He came to .Somer\'ille in 1S73. 
 He ser\cd the city in the Common Council 
 from Ward One in 18.S0 and 1S81, being presi- 
 dent of the Council the latter year. He was a 
 member of the Board of Aldermen in 1SS2 
 and 1SS3, and was a trustee of the Public 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Library in 1SS4. He was Mayor in 1SS5, '86, 
 '87 and '88. During his term as Mayor he 
 conceived the idea of the Mayors' Club, which 
 was formed, and of which he was for several 
 years secretary, and was afterward elected 
 president. He was a member of Soley Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M. ; Webcowit Club ; Excelsior 
 Council, R. A. ; Beacon Lodge, A. O. U. \V., 
 of Boston ; was a director in the Monument 
 National Bank, and a trustee of the Five 
 Cents Savings Bank of Charlestown ; a director 
 in the Charlestown Gas and Electric Light 
 Company, and has held the offices for several 
 years of president and secretary of the Milk 
 Contractors' Association of Boston. Mr. Burns 
 died January 16, 1S9S. 
 
 John Haskell Butler was born in ]SIid- 
 dleton, August 31, 1S41, the son of John and 
 Mary J. (Barker) Butler, of that town. He 
 was educated in the district schools of Groton 
 and Shirley, was fitted for college at the Law- 
 rence Academy, Groton, and was graduated at 
 Yale College in 1S63. He studied law with 
 Griffin & Stearns, of Charlestown, and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1S6S. The same year he 
 formed a partnership with William G. Stearns 
 for the practice of law in Boston, where he 
 continues. Mr. Butler came to Somerville in 
 1870, and has served on the School Committee 
 from 1S76 to 1887. He represented the city in 
 the Legislatures of 1880 and 1S81, and served 
 in the Governor's Council in 1S84, '85, and '86. 
 Mr. Butler is a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M. ; Boston Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Franklin 
 Lodge, K. P. ; Prospect Council, A. L. H. ; 
 Webcowit Club, and the New England Com- 
 mercial Travellers' Association. In 1883 -'85 
 he was supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum ; 
 in 1887-SS supreme representative of the K. 
 H., and is advisory counsel of the Ancient 
 Order United Workmen. Mr. Butler married 
 Miss Laura L., daughter of Jabez B. and Mary 
 (Ford) Bull, of Pittsburg, Penn. They reside 
 on Pearl street. 
 
 Samuel A. Carlton was born in Salem, 
 Alass., in 1S27. Received his education in the 
 public schools of that city, leaving, however, at 
 the early age of i 2 years. He moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1 86 1, built and resided in the house 
 now owned by the estate of Samuel Langmaid 
 on Broadway, Winter Hill. Removed to Bos- 
 ton in 1S79, and now resides in Copley Square, 
 corner of Dartmouth and Boylston streets. He 
 was a member of the Somerville School Com- 
 mittee for 10 years, and, as chairman of the 
 High School Building Committee, personally 
 superintended the construction, completing the 
 same for nearly one thousand dollars less than 
 the sum appropriated, sixty thousand dollars. 
 He was a representative from Somerville in 
 the Legislature of 1872. Mr. Carlton was 
 for many years a member of the firm of 
 Ryam, Carlton & Co., manufacturers of fric- 
 tion matches. He organized the National Se- 
 curity Bank of Boston, and has been president 
 of the same for 28 years, also president of the 
 Bay State Brick Company, having large manu- 
 factories at Cambridge and Medford, and presi- 
 dent of the Union Carpet Linmg Company, 
 with factory at Watertown. 
 
 Allen F. Carpenter was born at Water- 
 ford, Vt., February 28, 1843, the son of 
 Francis R. and Achsah (Holbrook) Carpenter, 
 of that place. His education was obtained 
 at the district school and the Fairbanks 
 Academy at St. Johnsbury. Directly after 
 leaving school he enlisted in Company H, 
 Twelfth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. Mr. 
 Carpenter came to Somerville in 1864, and en- 
 tered the grocery business in Union Square, 
 removing to his present store in 1S69. He was 
 a member of the Common Council from Ward 
 Two in 1888, and a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen in 18S9-90, and a representative 
 to the Legislature in 1893-94. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, 
 Boston Retail Grocers' Association, treasurer 
 of the JVeiv Englatid Grocer Publishing Com- 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 69 
 
 pany, director of tlie Somcr\'illc National Bank, 
 and a member of the Somerville Board of 
 I lealtli, a member of Charity Lodge, F. A. M. ; 
 Somerville It. A. Chapter, Oasis Lodge and 
 Somerville Encampment, L O. O. F. ; Wono- 
 haquaham Tribe, L O. R. M. ; Cential and 
 Middlesex Clubs, and a member of Willard C. 
 Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. Mr. Carpen- 
 ter married Miss Caroline S. I'ratt, daughter 
 of Job and Susan (Nichols) I'ratl, of Coha&set. 
 They reside on Laurel street. 
 
 Maiitin W. Cakii «as iHirii .it Easton, 
 Mass., March 9, iXnj, the son of Caleb and 
 Chloc (I'arkcr) Carr, of that place. He is a 
 <lircct ilescendant of Robert Carr, governor of 
 Rhode- Island in 1692. I lis education was ob- 
 tained in the district school ami the Adclphian 
 Academy at North Bridgcwatcr. He began his 
 business life by learning the manufacture of 
 shovels with the Anic» Company at North 
 Faston. Thence he went to Attleboro, where 
 he actjuired n thorough knowledge of the art of 
 manufacturing jewelry. In 1856 he went into 
 business for himself at Attleboro. For three 
 years he was foreman at the L'. S. Armory at 
 Springfield, when he came to Boston and rc- 
 entere<l the jewelry business, in which he still 
 continues. Mr. Carr came to Somerville in 
 1864, and has serxed the city as an Alderman 
 from Ward Four in iSSo and iSSi.and as a 
 member of the School Conuniltcc since 1SS4. 
 lie is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. tV 
 A. M. ; Somerxille R. A. Chapter; Cn-ur de 
 Lion Commandcry. K. T. ; the Central and 
 Mvstic Vallev Clubs, the Massachusetts Char- 
 itable Mechanic Association, and Excelsior 
 Council, Royal Arcanum. Mr. Carr married 
 Miss Emily Brackett, of Qjiincy. They reside 
 on Craigie street. The new school building on 
 Beach street, recently erected, was named in 
 Mr. Carr's honor. 
 
 Nevvei-L F. Caswei.l was born in Stratlbrd, 
 N. II., Apiil 15, 1S45. He attentled the com- 
 mon schools and, at the age of 14, went to 
 work as office boy for the Cocheco Manufac- 
 turing Company of Dover, where he worked 
 until he was 17, when he enlisted in the Twen- 
 ty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 
 and sened until the close of the war, and was 
 present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. 
 He came to Somenille in 1S69 and was em- 
 ployed by S. R. Rollins, cracker baker, until 
 1S73, when he was appointed on the police 
 force, where he remained until 1SS3, when he 
 resigned to enter the employ of \Villiams & 
 Co., of Nashua, N. II., dealers in Frances- 
 town soapstone, and opened a Boston oflice 
 I'or thcnj on Bowker street, where he has since 
 been their Boston manager. He was elected a 
 member of the Conunon Council from Ward 
 Two in 1SS5, and from Ward Four in iS9o-'9i, 
 ami a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
 1S92. .\Ir. Caswell is a member of Willard 
 C. Kinsley Post, No. 139. Royal Arcanum, 
 Knights of IIf)iii)r, Home Circle and the Red 
 Mi-n. 
 
 Leovaki) B. Ciiandi.kk was born in Prince- 
 ton, Mass., August 29, 1S51. He attended the 
 public schools of his native town, and worked 
 on a farm in his younger days. At the age of 
 19 he moved to Charlestown and soon after 
 purchased a milk route in Boston, which he 
 owns at the present time. In 1S73 he moved 
 to Somerville, into the house on Jacques street, 
 where he now resides. He was elected Coun- 
 cilman from Ward Three in 1S92-93, and was 
 a member of the Board of Ahlermen in 1S94- 
 95, and in 1S95-96 was elected Representative 
 to the Legislature. Mr. Chaiuller is a promi- 
 nent Mason, Odtl Fellow, member of the 
 Daughters of Rebckah, Eastern .Star, Ancient 
 Order L'nitcd Workmen, New England Order 
 Protection, and is a member of the Knight 
 Templars. 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Daniel E. Chase was born in Warner, 
 N. H., October 31, 1S29. His boyhood was 
 passed on the farm, and his education was 
 obtained at the district school. Coming to 
 Boston in 1S50, he found employment at 
 the old Bowman distillery. In 1S54 '^^ ^^' 
 came superintendent of Trull Brothers' dis- 
 tillery in Charlestown, and a partnership with 
 the Trulls soon followed, which lasted till 1878, 
 when Mr. Chase retired. In 1SS3 he erected 
 the plant on Somen'ille avenue, where he con- 
 ducts an extensive business. Mr. Chase served 
 in the Somerville Board of Aldermen from 
 Ward Two in 1S72, and on the School Com- 
 mittees of 1S74-75-76 and '77. Mr. Chase 
 has been W. M. of William Price Lodge, F. A. 
 M. ; H. P. of King Solomon Chapter, R. A. 
 M. ; E. C. of Mt. Palestine Commandery, K. 
 T. ; and G. M. of Xaphthate Council, R. and 
 S. M. He has been deputy grand master of 
 the sixth Masonic district, and is a life member 
 of the Massachusetts Consistory, Scottish Rite. 
 He is an Odd Fellow, and P. G. of Oasis 
 Lodge, and is a member of Wonohaquaham 
 Tribe, I. O. R. AL Mr. Chase married 
 Mary A. Hoxie, of Castine, Me. The}' reside 
 on Park street. 
 
 Elijah C. Clark was born at East Corinth, 
 Me., in 1845, the son of Leonard and Harriet 
 (Clement) Clark. He went to Bangor when 
 he was twelve years old, and remained there 
 until the war broke out, when he enlisted 
 in the First Maine Heavj- Artillery. He was 
 seriously wounded at Petersburg. He came to 
 Somerville in 1S71. He served the city in the 
 Common Council from Ward One in 1S7S and 
 1879, and in the Board of Aldermen in iSSo, 
 1S81 and 1S82. He was representative to the 
 Legislature in 1883 and 18S4, and has been 
 a trustee of the Public Library since 1SS9. 
 He is engaged in the wholesale fruit and pro- 
 duce business in Boston. He is a member of 
 Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
 Chapter; DeMolay Commandery, K. T. ; Ex- 
 
 celsior Council, R. A. ; Webcowit Club, Tay- 
 lor Club, of Boston, and Boston Fruit and 
 Produce Exchange. Mr. Clark married Miss 
 \'iola J. Peaslee, daughter of Daniel and 
 Elizabeth (HoUon) Peaslee, of Xewton, N. 
 H. They reside on Rush street. 
 
 John F. Cole was born in Salem, May 16, 
 1S35, the son of John and ISIary Ann (Gowan) 
 Cole. lie was educated in the public schools 
 of his native city, and when quite young 
 entered the freight office of the Boston & 
 Maine Railroad. He was promoted to the 
 position of cashier in the treasurer's office, and 
 afterward became general ticket agent. He 
 was in the ser^■ice of the road, in all, about 
 fifteen years. He came to .Somerville to live 
 in 1S62. When the Narragansett Steamship 
 Company was formed he became general ticket 
 agent. The offices were first in the Old State 
 House Building, Boston, but were afterward 
 transferred to New York, ^^'hile in New- 
 York he also became treasurer of the L^nited 
 States Tow Boat Company. He resigned his 
 position as agent of the steamship company to 
 take charge of the private interests of two 
 wealthy citizens of New York. He was 
 elected treasurer of the New Jersey Southern 
 Railroad, which position he afterward relin- 
 quished to take the more active position of 
 general passenger and freight agent of the same 
 road. In 1S75 he returned to Somerville. He 
 served the city in the Board of Aldermen from 
 Ward One in 1S76, '77, '78 and '79, and dur- 
 ing his term was chosen the first president of 
 the Board. He was a member of the Water 
 Board in iSSo and i8Si,andwas elected City 
 Treasurer in 1SS2, and has held the position 
 since, making twentv-two years' continuous 
 service to the city. He is a thirty-second 
 degree Mason, was a charter member of Soley 
 Lodge, and held first the position of treasurer, 
 was afterward secretary, and was master of the 
 lodge for two years. He received the consis- 
 tory degrees in New York. He is a member of 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 71 
 
 Somerville Royal Arcanum Chapter; Dc Mo- 
 lay Commandery ; Beacon Lodge, A. O. U. 
 \V. ; Excelsior Council, R. A. ; Mt. Benedict 
 Lodge, K. of IL; Central and Webcowit 
 Clubs ; Middlesex Club, of Boston ; Corinthian 
 Yacht Club, Massachusetts City Treasurers' 
 Association, Mystic N'alley Club, and is treas- 
 urer and a trustee of the Somerville Hospital. 
 
 Aakii.n R. Cooi.iikje was born in Water- 
 town in 1S25. His boyhood was spent on a 
 farm and he attended the village school in the 
 meantime. After becoming thoroughly versed 
 in farming he drove a market wagon to Boston 
 for about 15 years, and in i>'57 went into the 
 commission business in Boston, dealing in fruits 
 and vegetables, and, with the exception of four 
 years, has continued in the same line up to the 
 present time. In 1S43 Mr. Coolidge went to 
 Japan, with the first cargo of ice that was ever 
 shippeil to that port from the L'nitcil .States, 
 and rcmaine<l there in the ice and stevedore 
 business until 1S47, when he returned to this 
 country. He was elected a member of the 
 Board of AMcrmcn from \Var»l Two in 1S79 
 and resides at 70 Mt. IMeasant street. 
 
 E/RA D. CoNANT was born in Irasburg, Vt., 
 in November, iSii. He attended the village 
 schools of his native town, ami afterwar<l went 
 into the grocery business, in which he continucti 
 until 1S48. when he njovcd to Charlestown and 
 opened a store in the same line, and, after carry- 
 ing on the store there for several years, sold out 
 ami went into Boston and engageil in the 
 wholesale business lor a number of years, in 
 partnership at dilVcrent times with a Mr. Blake 
 and a Mr. Sanborn. Mr. Conant moved to 
 Somerville in its early history and was elected 
 a member of the Common Council from Ward 
 One in 1S72, and was a member of the Board 
 of Aldermen in 1873, and continued to take an 
 active interest in the city aflairs up to the time 
 of his death, which occurred in 18S7. 
 
 John R. Co.n.\xt was born in Irasburg, Vt., 
 April 12, 1S23, the son of Samuel and Sarah 
 (Richardson) Conant, of that place. His edu- 
 cation was obtained in the common district 
 schools, and his time was otherwise occupied 
 in ordinary farm duties till he was 21 years of 
 age, when he came to Boston. He entered 
 upon business as a grocer at Charlestown Neck 
 in 1.S44, thence removing to Leverett street, 
 Boston, where he remained for many years. 
 Finally, he located on Merchants Row, where 
 he remained until March, 1S97, when he re- 
 tired from business. Mr. Conant was a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council from Ward Three 
 in 1S76, and of the Board of Aldermen in 
 1S77-78. Mr. Conant joined Warren Lodge 
 of Masons, and is a charter member of Somer- 
 ville R. A. Chapter. He has been forty 
 years an Od»l Fellow, taking the degrees in 
 Montezuma Lodge, and is a charter member 
 of Paul Revere Lo<lge. He is a member of 
 I'nity Council, Itoyal .Vrcanum, and Webcowit 
 Tribe, I. O. R. M Mr. Conant has been 
 twice married: lust, in iS.),S, to Miss Susan 
 Doilge, of Edgec<imbe, Me., and in 1S61 to 
 Miss Lucy I. Norwood, daughter of Captain 
 .\loscs \orwoo<l, of Pembroke, .Me. They 
 reside on Marshall street. 
 
 John W. Coxversk was born in Marlbor- 
 ough, N. 11., July 3, 1848. He received his 
 education in the common schools of his native 
 town, and at a neighboring academy, after 
 which he studied law with Wheeler & Faulk- 
 ner, of Kcenc, X. H., and Judge .Soule of this 
 State. After being admitted to the bar, Mr. 
 Converse has since been engageil in the practice 
 of law, and has an office at 28 .School street, 
 Boston. He moved to Somerville, in 1880, 
 and has always been very prominent in local 
 politics, and was elected a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen, from Ward Four, in 1889- 
 yo. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Red 
 Men, Royal Arcanum and Royal Conclave, 
 and Knights and Ladies. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Charles H. Crane was Isorn in Fayette, 
 Me., in 1S43. He was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town and of those of 
 Livermoie Falls. At the breaking out of the 
 war he enlisted and served three years, after 
 which he settled in Boston, where he remained 
 a vear, and came to Somerville in 1S69 and 
 opened a drug stoie on the corner of Pearl and 
 Myrtle streets, and moved to his present place 
 of business in 1S69. Mr. Crane was elected a 
 member of the Legislature in 1893 and 1S94, 
 and served on important committees. He is a 
 member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , Somer- 
 ville Royal Arch Chapter, Orient Council, De 
 Molay Commandery, Royal Arcanum, Knights 
 of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen, 
 and a member of the Past Commanders' Union 
 of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and has 
 been a member of the Somerville Board of 
 Health for five years. He resides at No. 133 
 Perkins street. 
 
 John Adams Cummings was born in Nelson, 
 N. H., January 16, 1S38. He was educated 
 in the common schools of his native town, 
 and the Scientific and Literary Institute of 
 New London, N. H., where he remained 
 two years, teaching school during the winter. 
 He commenced the study of law, and con- 
 tinued until the war broke out, when he was 
 among the first to enlist. He was commis- 
 sioned Lieutenant of the Sixth New Hamp- 
 shire Volunteers at the age of 23, and served 
 three years in that regiment in the Army of the 
 Potomac in the West. He was then made 
 Major of the First New Hampshire Cavalry, 
 and served with Sheridan's army until the close 
 of the war. After spending two years in the 
 West Mr. Cummings returned to Boston and 
 engaged in the printing business. In 1867 he 
 moved to Somerville, and became publisher of 
 the Somerville Journal during 1S71-72. In 
 1874 he was elected representative to the Legis- 
 lature He was elected Alderman from Ward 
 Four in 1877-7S, and in 1881 was elected 
 Mayor, which office he held for four years. He 
 
 was faithful, courteous and painstaking; at the 
 same time fearless and justly conservative in 
 municipal affairs. He died January 6, 1877. 
 Cummings School, which was built during his 
 term as Mayor, was named in his honor in 
 1S84. 
 
 Sii.As L. Cummings was born in Waldo- 
 boro. Me., in 1851. He attended the com- 
 mon schools of the place, and lived there 
 until he was 20 years old when he moved 
 to East Somerville and afterwards to Lex- 
 ington, where he resided for ten jears, and 
 moved to West Somerville in 1S82, since which 
 time he has been engaged in the milk business. 
 Mr. Cummings is also interested in real estate 
 and owns several valuable pieces of property 
 in that locality. He was elected a member of 
 the Common Council from Ward Four in 1896- 
 97, and is a member of the present Board of 
 Aldermen. He is a member of the Masons, 
 Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and the 
 Knights and Ladies of Honor. He resides on 
 Elm street, West Somerville. 
 
 Thomas Cunningham was born in Groton, 
 January 3, 181 5. He came to Boston in 
 1S23, and attended the Fort Hill and Hawkins 
 street schools. He was left the only support 
 of his mother and five sisters at the age of 13. 
 He began to go to sea in 1S32, and con- 
 tinued until 1857, when he went into busi- 
 ness in Boston. He was elected Selectman 
 in 1862, and served on the Board during 
 the war. He was Town Treasurer from 
 1863 to 1872, a member of the Board of As- 
 sessors for 13 years, Overseer of the Poor for 
 ten years, representative to the Legislature in 
 1S76-77, was appointed Inspector of Milk in 
 1S78, and Inspector of Vinegar in 1889, and 
 continued as such until 1896, when he retired 
 to private life. He was a prominent Mason, 
 Odd Fellow, Knight Templar, and an honorary 
 member of several military organizations. 
 Capt. Cunningham was twice married, his first 
 
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 V3 
 
 wife being Miss Marin Ingalls of Andover, 
 Mass., and his second wife was Miss Annie I. 
 Ingnlls of Kinderhook, N. Y. He resided at 
 No. 3 Oak street. He had an apoplectic shock 
 in December, 1S93, an<l was an invalid until 
 the time of his death, which occurred August 
 10, 1896. 
 
 Edwin A. C'fKTis was born in Hoston, in 
 February, iSi). He attended the common 
 schools and, after completing his studies, went to 
 work in a printing oftice, and continued in that 
 trade for a number of years, until he went to 
 work in a type foundry, at which business he 
 was employed at the time of his death, which 
 occurred in iSSo. Mr. Curtis moved to Som- 
 erville in iSftj and was interested in the history 
 of Somcr\ille as a town, and when it was 
 made a city he was elected a member of the 
 C(»mmon Council for the liist two years and 
 was a member of the Hoard of Aldermen in 
 iS^.f-and 7^. He lived on. Mt. Vernon street. 
 
 Samiei. Ccti.ek was born in Townsend, 
 \'t., August zy, 1825. NN'hen he was two years 
 old his parents moved to lirooklinc, which is 
 an adjoining town, where he received his early 
 education, and Hm-iI until he was ;:o vears old, 
 when he moved to Moston antl went t<> work in 
 a paper stock store, where he remained for 
 about 12 vears, when In- went into business 
 himself with Mr. Hill, under the firm name of 
 Hill \ Cutler, and continues in the same busi- 
 ness at the present time at 567 Atlantic avenue. 
 He moveil ti> Sonierville in 1S57. and in 1SS7- 
 88 represented Ward One in the Legislature. 
 Mr. Cutler has always been a prominent citi- 
 zen, and for thirty years has been tlcacon of 
 the East Somervillc Baptist Church, which 
 was formerly the Perkins-Street Baptist Church. 
 He resitles at No. 70 I'earl street. 
 
 In 1S66, and was admitted to the New York Bar 
 that year. The following year, however, he 
 began practice in Boston. He has resided 
 in Somerville since 1S73, having been City 
 Solicitor of Somerville from January, 1S76 to 
 1SS7. He represented the Sixth .Middlesex 
 Representative District, then comprising Wards 
 Three and Four, in the General Court in 1SS6 
 and 1 887, being upon the Committee on Steam 
 Railroads and House Chairman of the Commit- 
 tee on the Litjuor Law, also on the Committee 
 on Rules and Probate and Chancery. In 1S92 
 he was chosen as president of the Congrega- 
 tional Club of Boston, and has been president 
 of the Congregational Church Union of Boston 
 and vicinity ever since its organization. He is 
 also a member of the Prudential Committee of 
 the American Board of Commissioners for 
 Foreign Missions. He was chosen president of 
 the Charter Revision Committee for Somerville, 
 which reported a new charter for the city to the 
 General Court in 1897-98. He was married 
 December 27, 1871, and has five children. 
 
 L\MKs B. David was born in .'\mherst, N. 
 H.. June 17, 1835. His education wa.s re- 
 ceived in the Lawrence .\cademy, Groton. 
 After leaving school he went West, where he 
 engaged in business, and came home at the 
 time of the war and enlisted with the Second 
 Regiment. New Hampshire \"i)hinteers, where 
 he served as lieutenant. He was afterwards in 
 the Fifth New Hampshire, when he was trans- 
 ferred to the Seventh Regiment of Iowa Cav- 
 alry as first lieutenant. He rose by suc- 
 cessive promotions to the rank of captain, 
 major, lieutenant-colonel, and, upon discharge, 
 was brevetted colonel. He was a member of 
 the Common Council in 1874-75, ^"'^ '"* mem- 
 ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1879-So. 
 He resides on Belmont street. 
 
 Sami'KL C. Darmxc. was born at Milltown, 
 N. B., March 5, 1843, graduated at Yale Col- 
 lege in 1864, and from the Albany Law School 
 
 Josiii'A H. Davis was born in Truro, Nov- 
 ember 14, 1S14, the son of Ebeneza Lombard 
 and Azuba Ilinkley Davis. He was educated in 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 the common schools of his native town, and the 
 Teachers' Seminary, at Andover, graduating in 
 1S36. From 1S40 to 1S54 he was principal of 
 the Truro Academy, resigning on account of 
 failing health. He was afterward secretary of 
 the United States Insurance Co. for nine years. 
 Since 1S54 he has lived in Somer\'ille, and 
 from 1S66 to 1S8S he was superintendent of the 
 public schools. He served two terms, 1SS9-90, 
 in the Legislature. He was an assistant asses- 
 sor of Somerville in 1S91. He has been a 
 member of the Franklin Street Congregational 
 Church since it was organized in 1S55, and was 
 its clerk from 1S64 to 1SS9, and for a number 
 of years has been a deacon, still sei-ving in that 
 capacity. Mr. Davis married, in 1S39, Miss 
 Anna Gross Lombard. His home is on Myrtle 
 street. East Somerville. 
 
 Levi F. S. Davis was born at Truro, Mass., 
 October 3, 1S47, ^^^^ ^O" of Benjamin and 
 Betsey (Stevens) Davis, of that town. His 
 education was obtained at the Prescott Gram- 
 mar and the high schools of Somerville. On 
 leaving school he entered upon commercial life, 
 and engaged in the business of ship brokerage, 
 chandlery and wholesale paper stock. Air. 
 Davis came to Somerville in 1S56, and served 
 the city in the Common Council from Ward 
 One in 1881 and 1S82, and the Board of Alder- 
 men in 1SS3 and 1884, the last year as presi- 
 dent of the Board, and represented the city in 
 the Legislature of 1885 and 1S86. Mr. Davis 
 is a member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; 
 Oasis Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and several fraternal 
 organizations. Mr. Davis married Miss Mary 
 A., daughter of Captain Edgar and Mary 
 (Stevens) Paine, of Truro. They reside on 
 Pearl street. 
 
 Oliver J. Davis was born in Boston in 
 1821. He received his education in the public 
 schools, and at the time of the gold craze in 
 1849 went to California, where he remained 
 until 1862, when he returned to Boston and 
 
 engaged in the round lumber business, in 
 which he continued until the time of his death. 
 He moved to vSomerville in 1864, and in 1876- 
 77 he was elected a member of the Common 
 Council from Ward One, and was a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1878-79. Mr. Davis 
 was a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M. ; charter member of Soley Lodge, a 
 member of Waverly Royal Arch Chapter of 
 Melrose, and Hugh DePayn Commandery, K. 
 T. He died October 14, 18SS. 
 
 James F. Davlin was born in Lowell, Au- 
 gust 25, 1S42. He attended the public schools 
 and, at the age of 16, he learned the plumber's 
 trade. In 1S62 he enlisted in the navy, and 
 after the war settled in Cambridge, where he 
 became a member of the City Council in 1S74- 
 76. He moved to Somerville in 1S7S and 
 engaged in the business of sanitary plumbing, 
 which he is now engaged in. He was a rep- 
 resentative to the Legislature in 1887 from 
 Ward Two, and in 1S98 was elected a member 
 of the Board of x\ldermen from the same ward. 
 Mr. Davlin is a member of Willard C. Kinsley 
 Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; St. Joseph's Total Ab- 
 stinence Society, Master Plumbers' Association 
 of Boston and vicinity, .Somerville Celts, Kear- 
 sarge Naval Veterans, Improved Order of Red 
 Men, Good Fellows, United Workmen, Som- 
 erville Catholic Lyceum. He was married in 
 1 866 to Miss Rebecca Dow of Lisbon, Maine. 
 They reside on Kingman Court. 
 
 George E. Dickerman was born in Stough- 
 ton, Mass., April 30, 1824. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of that town and 
 the Bridgevvater Normal School. After 
 graduating, he taught school in Sharon, Can- 
 ton and West Bridgewater. He moved to 
 Canton in 1853, and went into the paper box 
 business in 1S55, beginning in a smalL shop 
 with only two assistants. He gradually in- 
 creased his business and moved to Boston in 
 
Representative Men ok Somerville. 
 
 75 
 
 October of the same year, and went into busi- 
 ness in liowdoin Square, where he continued 
 until 1S64, when he purchased the business 
 property on Green street, where he has con- 
 tinued until the present time, and now has one 
 of the largest establishments of the kind in the 
 L'nitcd States, employing over 200 hands. 
 Mr. Dickcrman moved to Somerville, in No- 
 vember, 1.S60, and was elected a member of the 
 Hoard of Aldermen from Ward Three in 1S74. 
 lie was married June 2^, iS^j to Miss Susan 
 A. P. Sawtclle, of Sidney, Me., and resides 
 on Central street. lie is a member of the Cen- 
 tral Club, Masons, and is a K night Templar. 
 
 .Sewaki) Doogk was born in Hamilton, 
 Mass., .September 12, 1S23. At the age of 
 15 he was apprenticed to Exra liachelder of 
 Meverly, with whom he learned the trade of 
 carriage ship ami blacksmith. After learning 
 his trade he worked in .South Danvers and 
 Cliarlcstovvn, and moved to .SomcrNille, May 
 13, l'"^.|7, and opened the shop for himself in 
 Union .Scpiare, where he has since done a suc- 
 cessful i>usiness in horse-shoeing and carriage 
 building. He was elected a member of the 
 Common Council from Ward Two in 1S77-7S, 
 and was a member of the Board of .Mdermen 
 in iS7<;-So. lie is a member of the Masons, 
 Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
 Honor, and was for many years a member of 
 the National Lancers, First Battalion Cavalry 
 of Boston. 
 
 Benjamin J. Downs was born in Falmouth, 
 October 1, 1848. His parents moved to Mar- 
 tha's N'inevard when he was five years old, 
 and he atteiulcil the public schools at N'ine- 
 yard Haven. He left school when he was 
 16, and went whale llshing for three years, 
 after which he moved to Cambridge, where 
 he entered the employ of ]. J. Walworth 
 «^ Co., where he learnc<l the brass mould- 
 er's trade, and remained with them for 10 
 years, after which he worked for Mowry & 
 
 Phillips of Boston for 15 years, when he en- 
 tered the employ of the .Star Brass Co. of Bos- 
 ton, and remained with them until 1S97, when 
 he moved onto a farm at Ashburnham. He 
 was a Councilman from Waril Four in if<94, 
 and was elected a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1S95. He was a member of the 
 Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of I'nited Work- 
 men, and the West Somerville Baptist Clnirch. 
 
 RoBEKT DiDDV was born in Boston, Febru- 
 ary 17, 1S43, and was educated in the Eliott 
 Grammar .School. He enlisted in the war with 
 the Flcventh Massachusetts Battery, and was in 
 all the engagements of Grant's army during 
 1S64-65. He moved to Somerville in iSSi, and 
 was a niember of the Common Council in 
 1S86-S7, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men from Ward Three in iSSS-Sy. He was 
 representative to the Legislature in 1S94-95. 
 He was appointed .Superintendent of the Health 
 Department by Mayor Ilodgkins in 1S96, but 
 resigned, after holding the otVice for several 
 months, to accept an appointment as Deputy 
 .SherilTand Court Otbcer of Middlesex County. 
 In 1S91 he establisheil the horse boarding stable 
 on Pearl street. He is a menjber of Temple 
 Lodge, F. A. M. ; Signet Chapter, R. A. M. ; 
 f)rient Council, R. and .">. M. ; Ca-ur de Lion 
 Commandery, K. T. ; Paul Revere Lodge, L 
 O. O. F. ; Wonohatjuaham Tribe, I. O. R. M. ; 
 Monument Council, R. A. ; and is president of 
 the \\inter Hill Club. He is an ex-president 
 of the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery .Associ- 
 ation. Mr. Duddy married Miss Ma rv Corey, 
 daughter of Matthew and .Margaret Corev, of 
 New York. They reside on Bond street. 
 
 Asa Dcrgin was born in Limerick, Me., 
 April 10, iS^l, son of Benjamin and Martha 
 (Irish) Durgin. He was educated in the dis- 
 trict school of his town and Limerick Acad- 
 emy. In 1S49 he came to this vicinitv, and en- 
 tered the employ of Gage & Hittinger as an ice- 
 man. In 1S5S he went into the ice business, in 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 North Cambridge, on his own account, and is 
 now president of the Cambridge Ice Company, 
 to whom he sold out in 1S96. Mr. Durgin has 
 served the city in the Common Council in 1S77 
 and 1S7S, and is the only Alderman who ever 
 sei-ved for five successive years, having been a 
 member of the Board from Ward Four in 
 1S79-S0-S1-83 and 'S3. Mr. Durgin married 
 Miss Eliza B. Heald of Lovell, Me., and lives 
 in a handsome residence on Broadway, near the 
 top of Clarendon Hill. 
 
 Timothy C. Dwver was born in Ireland in 
 1S43. When he was four years old his parents 
 moved to this country and settled in East Cam- 
 bridge, where he attended the public schools. 
 He was elected a member of the Overseers of 
 the Poor m Cambridge when he was 21, and 
 served two years, resigning from the board to 
 move to Somerville. He was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council from Ward Two 
 in 1SS6-S7, and was a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1SSS-S9, and was chairman of the 
 Committee on Police when the police signal 
 system was put in. lie was engaged in the 
 shoe business in Caml)ridge in his younger 
 days, and for about 28 years has been con- 
 nected with the office of the superintendent of 
 Holy Cross Cemetery. He resides at 31 S 
 Somerville avenue. 
 
 Horace L. Eaton was born in Boston in 
 1 85 1. He was educated in the public schools, 
 and graduated from the Elliott Grammar 
 School in 1866 and the English High School 
 in 1869. After leaving school he entered 
 the employ of the City Engineer, and 
 worked in that office when the Chestnut 
 Hill Reservoir and the Atlantic avenue sea 
 wall were built. He was appointed City 
 Engineer of Somerville by Mayor Burns in 
 May, 1887, and continued in that capacity until 
 the time of his death which occurred Novem- 
 ber 23, 1895. During his term of office Cen- 
 
 tral Hill Park was laid out and graded. The 
 improvements were made on Broadway Park- 
 way', high service water works were put in and 
 Nathan Tufts Park in West Somerville was laid 
 out. Mr. Eaton was a member of the Boston 
 and National Societies of Civil Engineers, was 
 a prominent Mason and a member of the Pros- 
 pect Hill Congregational Church. 
 
 Albert W. Edmands was born in Charles- 
 town, September 9, 1840. He attended the 
 Charlestown schools and graduated from the 
 high school in 1S5S, and from Harvard Univer- 
 sity in 1862 ; immediately after which he en- 
 listed as Orderly Sergeant, with Co. A, 44th 
 Massachusetts Volunteers, and served nine 
 months, when he was brought home a victim 
 of slow fever. After his recovery he went to 
 New York, where he remained until iS6^, 
 when he moved to Charlestown and went to 
 work in the Bimker Hill National Bank, where 
 he is now paying teller. Mr. Edmands moved 
 to Somerville in 1S72 and was elected a member 
 of the Common Council in 18SS-89, and a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1S90-91. 
 He is a member of the Knights of Honor, 
 Royal Arcanum and Willard C. Kinslej' Post, 
 No. 139. He resides on Summer street. 
 
 Edric Ei.dridge was born in Yarmouth, 
 Mass., in 1S49, and educated in the public 
 schools of his native town. At the age of 
 iS he entered a country store, serving three 
 years; came to Boston when 21; worked first 
 for Moore, Smith & Co., then as salesman 
 with J. C. Frye & Co. In 1884 Mr. Eldridge 
 went into the wholesale grocery business at 84 
 and 86 South Market street, Boston, the firm 
 name being Crocker & Eldridge. Mr. Crocker 
 retiring in 1S92, Mr. Eldridge carried on the 
 business and established the well-known house 
 of Eldridge, Baker & Bain, and has been its 
 head ever since. Mr. Eldridge removed to 
 Somerville in 188S, and at once took an active 
 
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 interest in city aflairs. He served in the Com- 
 mon Council in iStyo and iS(;i, ami in the 
 MoanI of Aldermen in 1892 and 1S93. In 1896 
 he built a handsome residence near Jamaica 
 I'ond, removing there in 1S97. Mr. Eldridge is 
 vice-president of the Boston Wholesale Grocers' 
 Association, a member of the Chamber of 
 Commerce, a member of Revere Lodge, F. A. 
 M. ; Somerville K. A. Chapter, DcMolav Com- 
 mandcry, K. T. ; Exchange Club, Republican 
 Club, Eliut Club, Jamaica Plain ; also the soci- 
 ety, Sons of American Revolution, and Massa- 
 chusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. 
 
 Ciiaki.es D. Ei.i.iot was bom in Foxboro, 
 June 20, 1S37, the son of Joseph and Zenora 
 (Tucker) Elliot, came to Somer\ille in l.S.j6; 
 was educated in its grammar and high schools, 
 and Hopkins Classical School, Cambridge; 
 studied civil engineering with William H. 
 Stearns (late presiilcnt of I'itchburg Railroad) ; 
 was engaged on railroad, water supply and 
 sewerage engineering surxcy of Somerville un- 
 til iSCii, when he was appointed by War De- 
 partment on engineering stall" of Nineteenth 
 Army Corps, and served in Port Hudson, Red 
 River, and other campaigns in Louisiana and 
 Florida imtil 1.S64; married in New Orleans 
 Emily J., daughter of Ju<lgc Hycr; he built 
 the Arlington water works in lS-l-72, and was 
 city engineer of Somerville in 1872, '74 and 
 ■75 ; he built the Miller river trimk sewer. 
 Public Park and widening of Somerville avenue 
 etc., made sewers for Cape Cod Canal in 18S2, 
 and recently laid out the Mystic Valley Park- 
 way. Is engaged in a general and expert pro- 
 fessional practice. Is a member of Sons of 
 .\merican Revolution, New England Historical 
 (Jenealogical, and other societies. He resides 
 on Oxford street. 
 
 Nathan A. Fitch, son of Nathan Burnham 
 Fitch, was born in Bedford, Mass., in 1S36. He 
 was educated in the public schools of that town 
 and the New Hampton Institute of Nevs- Hamp- 
 
 ton, N. H. He came to Boston in 1S52, and 
 worked in a provision store on Leverett street, 
 where he worked for seven years, when he en- 
 tered Faneuil Hall Market, where he is at pres- 
 ent engaged in the poidtry business. Soon after 
 coming to Boston Mr. Fitch became associated 
 with the Baptist Bethel, where he has been for 
 39 years actively engaged in church and Sun- 
 day School work, having been superintendent 
 of the Sunday School for 36 years and iS 
 years treasurer of the church and society. Mr. 
 Fitch is a prominent Otld Fellow, Mason, mem- 
 ber of the New England Order of Protection, 
 Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Ancient 
 Order of United Workman, Boston Fruit and 
 Produce Exchange and the Chamber of Com- 
 merce. He was elected Councilman from 
 Ward One in 18S2, and was a nu-mbcr of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1SS3-S4. Mr. Fitch 
 married Mi.ss Calista F. Tarbell, of Rindge, 
 N. H. They reside on Franklin street. 
 
 I'liAVK L. I'lTTS was born at Lowell, May 
 26, 1848, the son of Isaac N. and Harriet N. 
 (Peabody) Fitts, of that city. He was edu- 
 cated at the Bartlett (Jramniar and High 
 .'Schools of Lowell. Selecting a mercantile 
 life, Mr. Fitts came to Boston in 1S66 as a 
 bookkeeper for a furnishing goods firm. In 
 1.S70 be went into the business on his own 
 account, and was burned out in the great fire 
 of 1872. He returned to book-keeping and, in 
 1S78, connected himself in that capacity with 
 George Dunbar & Co. He was admitted a 
 member of the firm in 1SS4, and succeeded to 
 the entire business in 188S, which he continues 
 under the style of the Frank E. Fitts Company. 
 Mr. Fitts came to Somerville in 1875, and has 
 served the city in the Common Councils from 
 Ward Two of 18S2, '83, the last year as presi- 
 dent, and 1S91 ; also in the School Committee 
 of 1SS3, over which he presided; and was a 
 member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S92-93. 
 Mr. Fitts is a member of John Abbott Lodge, 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 A. F. & A. M. ; Oasis Lodge, T. O. O. F. ; 
 Somerville Lodge, A. O. U. W., of which he 
 was the first M. W. ; Franklin Lodge, K. P., 
 and the Wonohaquaham Tribe, L O. R. AL 
 Mr. Fitts married Miss Lottie, daughter of 
 George T. and Charlotte (Brigham) Whitney, 
 of Lowell. They reside on Pleasant avenue. 
 
 William H. Flynn was born in Cambridge, 
 September 3, 1S50. His family moved to Bos- 
 ton, where he attended the public schools. He 
 was first employed as errand boy, in a Wash- 
 ington street clothing house. He attended 
 night school; was two years with C. D. 
 Elliott, first city engineer of Somerville, and 
 was afterwards associated with his brother in 
 business on Somerville avenue. He was elected 
 to the Legislature in the fall of 1SS4 and again 
 the following fall. He is the only Democrat 
 who has ever served two terms as Representa- 
 tive from Somerville. He served the city as 
 Postmaster from July ist, 1SS6, until Septem- 
 ber 1st, 1S91, a little more than five years. 
 Since 1 89 1 he has been in the Real Estate and 
 Insurance Union Agency. 
 
 Stephen W. Fi'ller, son of Stephen and 
 Dorcas Fuller, was born in Charlestown, 
 Mass., January i, 1S36. He attended the 
 primary school on Bow street, and Training 
 Field, Harvard and High schools of Charles- 
 town, leaving school in 1S34 to learn the 
 lumber business. In 1S60 he engaged in 
 business with John F. Ayer, and continued 
 until 1875, when Mr. Fuller took charge of 
 the business, occupying the same ofiice for 36 
 years. In 1895 Mr. Fuller moved to 482 Ruth- 
 erford avenue, in order to have more room to 
 conduct his business. In i860 Mr. Fuller was 
 married to Miss Lavinia P. Turner, of Lyme, 
 N. H. In 1873 he was elected Councilman 
 from Ward Three, and was elected Alderman 
 the following year. He resides at 151 Walnut 
 street. 
 
 William H. Furber was born in Boston, 
 October i, 1828, the son of Thomas and Sophia 
 (Monroe) Furber, of that city. His education 
 was obtained in the public schools. Mr. Fur- 
 ber came to Somerville during its existence as a 
 town, and here exercised a large influence. 
 He was a member of the Board of Aldermen 
 for 1S72 and '73 from Ward One, one of the 
 trustees of the Public Library for 1S73, '74, 
 '75, and mayor in 1874 and '75. He delivered 
 the centennial address on the history of Somer- 
 ville in 1S76, and is now in the insurance busi- 
 ness, with his office at 9 Doane street, Boston. 
 ^Ir. Furber married Miss Joanna, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Elizabeth (Boynton) Parker. 
 They now reside in Newton. 
 
 Frederick W. Gilbert was born in West 
 Brookfield, June 10, 1S61, the son of Zebina A. 
 and Almira J. Gilbert, of that town. His early 
 education was received in the public schools, 
 afterward graduating from a commercial col- 
 lege at Worcester. Choosing a business career, 
 he entered a boot and shoe counting-room at 
 Worcester as a book-keeper, which he supple- 
 mented by an experience as a travelling sales- 
 man. He came to Somerville in 1SS7, and has 
 ever since conducted his boot and shoe business 
 in Union Square. Mr. Gilbert was a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward Two in 
 1S92-93, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men in 1894-95. ^^ '^^ member of John Ab- 
 bott Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has been secre- 
 tary of the Retail Shoe Dealers' National Asso- 
 ciation. Mr. Gilbert married Miss Jennie A., 
 daughter of Colonel E. T. and Mary J. (Gray- 
 son) Sherlock, of Detroit, Mich., and resides 
 on School street. 
 
 Joseph J. Giles was born in Somerville, 
 March 24, 1S42, the first male child born in 
 the new town, the son of John B. and Olive 
 (Burrell) Giles. He attended the Prospect 
 Hill Grammar and the high schools. In 1861 
 he enlisted in Captain Brastow's Company, 
 
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 Company B, Fifth Massachusetts \'olunteers, 
 and, later, he became first lieutenant of Com- 
 pany E, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts N'oiunteers. 
 In 1S63 he served on the statV of General Mar- 
 tindalc, commandant of Washington. Since 
 the war he has heen engaged in the real estate 
 business in Union St(uarc. Mr. Giles served 
 the city as representative in the Legislature of 
 iSrjl and iSiji. He is a member of John 
 Abbott Lodge, A. F. A; A. .\I. ; Somerville R. 
 A. Chapter, Wonohaijuaham Tribe, L O. R. 
 ^L ; Royal Arcanum, Indepeiulcnt Order Good 
 Fellows, Ancient Onler I iiited Workmen and 
 Mystic \'alley Club. Mr. Giles married Miss 
 Lucy NL Welch, daughter of Abraham and 
 Martha (I'nderwood) Welch, of Somerville. 
 They reside on Putnam street. 
 
 CllARl.Ks v.. (ill. MAN, son of Joseph and 
 Lucy .Sawyer Gilman, was born in .'shrews- 
 bury, January 1, 1.S09. His father died when 
 he was very young and soon after his mother 
 moved to Meilford, where he received his early 
 e<lucation in the public schools. Soon afker 
 leaving school he procured a position with the 
 Moston \ Lowell Railroad, where he sold the 
 first ticket ever sold over the road from Moston 
 to Lowell. Af>er remaining with the railroad 
 for seven years, he was employed by the New 
 England Hank of Moston, where he remained 
 until iS'ji, when .Somcr\ille was made a city, 
 and he resigned to accept the otlice of City 
 Clerk, having been Town Clerk ever since 
 Somerville was set otT from Charlestown in 
 1842. Mr. (iilman moved to Somerville, then 
 Charlestown. in 1838, and purchased several 
 acres of lanil and a house on Walnut street, 
 where he lived for 45 years. He was City 
 Clerk until the time of his death, which oc- 
 curretl in Medford, Mass., at the home of his 
 daughter, Mrs. George C. .Skilton, Februarj-, 
 22, 1.SS8. Monday evening, January 2d, 18S2, 
 Mr. Gilman was tendered a banquet bv his 
 many frientis of the city, it being his fortieth 
 anniversarj- as Town and City Clerk. At that 
 
 time he was presented with a handsome watchi 
 chain and seal, as a token of the regard in 
 which he was held by the people of Somer- 
 ville, which has always remained in the family. 
 He was one of the incorporators of the First 
 Unitarian Society, and took a prominent part in 
 all the affairs of the town; was a member of 
 John Abbott Lodge, and Mystic R. A. Chap- 
 ter of Medford. 
 
 Edwaiii) Gi-iNEs was born in Somerville, 
 and received his early education in the public 
 schools, graduating from the high school in 1S69. 
 He then went to work in the fancy grocery 
 store of 11. T. Parker & Co. of Charlestown, 
 after which he carried on a Moston antl Somer- 
 ville express business for two years. In 1S72 
 he entered the employ of his father in the cof- 
 fee business, as clerk, and worked in every 
 branch of the business, including the mill and 
 factory, and has been the travelling salesman, 
 agent, buyer and book-keejier, thus becoming 
 thoroughly versed in all branches of the busi- 
 ness. When his father retired in iSSo he suc- 
 ceeded him as jiroprietor, and has graduallv 
 increased his business. .Mr. Glines has always 
 been actively interesteil in .Somerville politics, 
 anil has helil many olliccs. He was a member 
 of the Conmion Council from Ward Three in 
 1S7S-79, and was president of that body the 
 second year. He was a Rcjjrescnfative to the 
 Legislature in 1SS2-S3, and a member of the 
 State Senate in iSSy-SS. He was a delegate 
 to the Republican National Convention, in 
 1S92, and was a Presidential Elector the same 
 year, and voted for Harrison and Reid, in the 
 Electoral College. He was a member of the 
 Republican .State Committee in 1885-86, and 
 was appointed Aide de Camp, with the rank of 
 Captain, on General Mathew's Stafl", 1st Regi- 
 ment M. \'. M. in August, 1S97. He was a 
 member of the Overseers of the Poor for three 
 years, and was one of the early members of 
 the Central Club, and has served as president ; 
 has been a member of the Webcowit Club, and 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 is now a memher of the Winter Hill Club, and 
 the Middlesex, New England and Taylor Clubs 
 of Boston, Boston Athletic Association, and the 
 Sons of American Revolution, and is a member 
 of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, 
 Knights Templar and the Veteran Firemen's 
 Association. "Sir. Glines married Miss Frances 
 C. Hanks of Augusta, Maine, and resides on 
 Highland avenue. 
 
 Jacob T. Glines, was born in Moultonbor- 
 ough, N. H., Juh- 3o, 1S17. He removed to 
 Charlestown, when a young man, and married, 
 in 1S40, Miss Sarah A. Washburn, of Kenne- 
 bunk. Me. He was always identified with the 
 prosperity of Somerville as a town and city ; 
 member of the last board of selectmen, and 
 was elected a member of the first Board of Al- 
 dermen, in 1S72, from Ward Three, and was 
 re-elected in 1S73-75-76, was elected Repre- 
 sentative to the Legislature in 1S78-79. Dur- 
 ing his life he carried on an extensive brick 
 business, and for many years was a prominent 
 Coffee merchant in Boston, establishing a busi- 
 ness as Importer, Jobber and Roaster, at No. 2 
 Haymarket Square, in 1S3S, where he contin- 
 ued until 1S80, when he retired from business, 
 and was succeeded by his son, Edward Glines, 
 who has since carried on the business, and is 
 now located at No. 50 India street, where he 
 moved in 1S97. Mr. Glines was a charter 
 member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. O. P., of 
 Charlestown. He died August 3, 1SS2. The 
 Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse on Jacques street 
 was named in his honor. 
 
 Abija B. Gookix, son of Thomas Thwing 
 and Mary Brown Gookin, was born in Water- 
 town, Mass., September 7, 1S25. He attended 
 the public schools of that town until he was 15 ; 
 when 19 attended the High School at Fitchburg. 
 Mr. Gookin went into the provision business 
 in Boston, October i, 1S46, at 370 Commercial 
 street, where he remained for 50 years, retir- 
 
 ing from business in 1S97. He moved to 
 Somerville in 1S73, and has since resided in 
 the same house at 15 Grand View Avenue. 
 He was elected Councilman from Ward Two, 
 in 1S79, was elected Alderman in iSSo-iSSi. 
 He is a member of the Boston Chamber of 
 Commerce, Fruit and Produce Exchange, and 
 has been deacon of the Union Square Baptist 
 Church for a number of years. Mr. Gookin 
 has been twice married, his first wife being 
 Miss Sarah F. Munroe of Cambridgeport. 
 His second wife. Miss Louisa M. Loring of 
 Boston. 
 
 Charles H. Guild was born at Roxbury, 
 June II, 1S25, the son of Chester and Harriet 
 (Fiske) Guild. He received his education in 
 the public schools of Roxbuiy, supplemented 
 by a course at Chauncy Hall School in Boston. 
 He followed the occupation of his father, hav- 
 ing obtained a thorough practical knowledge of 
 the leather business. In this he continued 
 many years. He became a resident of Somer- 
 ville soon after its incorporation as a separate 
 municipality, and has served the town in various 
 public capacities, having been a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen and School Committee, 
 president of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- 
 lic Library, and was elected to the Legislature 
 in 1882. He has held other positions of trust 
 and responsibility. In all public, religious, 
 educational and patriotic movements he has 
 been a zealous worker and supporter. Mr. 
 Guild married, November 31, 1S4S, Margaret 
 Jane, daughter of William and Abigail (Eaton) 
 Fox, of Woburn. In 1S88 Mr. Guild moved 
 to Newton Highlands, where he resided until 
 the time of his death, which occurred Novem- 
 ber 17, 1896. 
 
 George \\'. Hadley was born in Somer- 
 ville, now Charlestown, in 1S26. He was 
 educated in the public schools of Somerville, 
 and was engaged in the coal and wood 
 business at Charlestown Neck for over 20 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
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 years. He was a member of the Board of 
 Selectmen for four years during the war, and 
 was a member of the first Board of Aldermen 
 from Wartl One. He was a member of the 
 Board of Assessors for 15 years. Mi. Hadley 
 was married in 1852 to Miss Elizabeth Moore, 
 and resides on Perkins street, East Somer>'illc. 
 
 |<iiiN G. Hai.i., son of Lieut. Seth and 
 Khoda Gilmore Hall, was born in Uaynham, 
 Mass., October 27, iSio. When |<S years 
 old he lefk l)on)c and walked to Boston where 
 he entered the employ of his lirother, who 
 at that time coniluctcd a provision store on 
 Cambridjje street. After working there for 
 a few years he went into the shipping and 
 commission business at 6^ Chatham street with 
 Frederick I. add, under the lirm name of I.add 
 \ ILill, which, at the death of Mr. I.add 
 in iS(>:;, was changed to John G. Hall A; Co. 
 Mr. Hall afterward took his two sons, Herbert 
 C anil, Irving (i., into business with him, and 
 at the tinie of his death in Aug\ist, l.SSi, they 
 succectled him. Mr. Hall married Miss Sarah 
 Cushing, daughter of Isaac Cushing of Boston, 
 in iS.}6, and, after living in Cambridge for 
 three years, moved into a new house that had 
 been built for them, on the corner of Summer 
 and Cambridge streets, on Spring Hill, which 
 is occupied at the present time by .Mr. Hall's 
 son. Mr. Hall was a member of the School 
 Board from iSsv *o 'S''>5 ; a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen from iS6y to 1S71, and a 
 member of the first Board of Aldermen in 
 1872. Mr. Hall died, leaving a wife, five sons 
 and one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. l^dd, of 
 Portland, Oregon. 
 
 Fmanki.in I. Hambi.in was born in Somer- 
 ville, November 2S, 1852, the son of Samuel 
 and Harriet R. (Hubbard) Hamblin. He was 
 educated in the public schools of the town, and 
 at the age of 17 went to learn the machinist's 
 trade. He was afterward employed in the 
 
 pump factory of Caleb Kingman. In iS7!S he 
 became book-keeper in the office of the supreme 
 secretary of the Royal Arcanum, giving up the 
 position to accept a position as accountant in 
 the office of the commissioner of the American 
 Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association. Upon 
 the dissolution of the association he became 
 book-keeper for Kilborn, Whitman & Co. He 
 was elected to the Common Council from Ward 
 Two in 1S91-93, and was an Alderman in 
 1S93-94. He is now treasurer of the Somer- 
 ville Co-operative Bank. He is a member of 
 the Royal Arcanum and Good Fellows. Mr. 
 Hamblin married Miss Antoinette H., daughter 
 of Samuel and Rebecca R. (Howes) Dill, of 
 Chatham. They reside on Walnut street. 
 
 HoitAt I. Haskins was born in Dover. \*t., 
 .\pril 3, i.S2</. He attendeil school in his na- 
 tive town and at Brattleboro, and spent the 
 remainder of his time working on the farm. 
 When a young man he went to Worcester and 
 was employed in a machine shop until 1851, 
 when he movetl to Boston, anil soon after went 
 to work for a large commission house, who 
 dealt in <dd metal, and after learning the busi- 
 ness went in for himself, forming a partnership 
 with ."^amuel A. Montague, ex-mayor of Cam- 
 bridge, and continueil for 35 years, after which 
 he was manager of two of the largest pulp 
 mills in the State of Maine, for four years, un- 
 til the time of his death, which occurred July 
 15, 1S93. Mr. Haskins moved to Somcrville 
 in iSsftf anil was a member of the last l?oard of 
 Selectmen and the first Board of Aldermen, and 
 was a Representative to the Legislature in 1S74. 
 He was married in 1S53 to Miss Laura 15. 
 lameson of Manchester, Vt., and had a son, 
 Mr. Charles Haskins, who succeeded him in 
 business. 
 
 Daniel H. Havward was born in Bridge- 
 water, Mass., January 25, 1S36. He attended 
 the public schools until he was iS, when he 
 went to Portland, Me., and went to work in a 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 provision store for four years, after which he 
 was admitted as a partner. He came to Boston 
 in iS6o and engaged in the manufacture of con- 
 fectionery with Daniel Forbes and Albert F. 
 Ilayward, under the firm name of Forbes, Hay- 
 ward & Co. ^Ir. Hayward moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1S64, and was elected a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1SS4. ]Mr. Hayward 
 purchased a handsome residence on Cherry 
 street soon after moving to Somerville, where 
 he lived until his death, which occurred on Jan- 
 uar\- 3, 1SS5. 
 
 Charles M. Hemenway was born in Somer- 
 ville, December 14, 1S5S. He attended the 
 Somerville schools, and graduated from the 
 high school in 1S77 and Harvard College in 
 iSSi, after whicli he attended Law School for 
 two years, and then entered the office of Charles 
 S. Lincoln, where he remained a few years, 
 and then opened an office of his own. He was 
 elected a member of the Common Council from 
 Ward One in iSS^-SS, and the Board of Alder- 
 men in 1SS9-90. Mr. Hemenway is a member 
 of the Masons, and the Central and Webcowit 
 Clubs, and resides on Central street. 
 
 William H. Hodgkins was born in Charles- 
 town, June 9, 1840. His education was ob- 
 tained in the Harvard Grammar and the Charles- 
 town high schools. On leaving school he 
 learned the business of a merchant, in the South- 
 ern shipping and commission trade, on State 
 street. In July, 1S62, he enlisted in Company 
 B, Thirty-sixth Regiment, ^Massachusetts Vol- 
 unteers, was promoted second lieutenant, first 
 lieutenant, adjutant, and captain. In 1S65 he 
 was brevetted major. After the war I\Iajor 
 Hodgkins came to Somerville, and entered the 
 service of the city of Boston, in the department 
 of public institutions, where he sened as clerk 
 of the board for twentv-one vears. He is now 
 trustee of the estate of the late J. Putnam Brad- 
 lee. Major Hodgkins served the city in the 
 Common Council of 1S73 and 1S74, the last 
 
 year as president. In 1S93 he was elected 
 mayor, which position he held for four years. 
 In 1S97 he was elected a member of the Massa- 
 chusetts Senate. Major Hodgkins is a member 
 of Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; 
 of the Loyal Legion; and was five j-ears presi- 
 dent of the Somerville Young Men's Christian 
 Association. He is the author of the history of 
 the Thirty-sixth Regiment, and the battle of 
 Fort Stedman. Major Hodgkins married Miss 
 S. Augusta Hayward, daughter of Ebenezer 
 and Sarah (Lane) Hayward, of Boston. They 
 reside on Central street. 
 
 Samuel \V. Holt was born in Landgrove, 
 Vt., October 23, 1S27, the son of Reuben and 
 Sibil (Piper) Holt, of that town. His school- 
 ing was obtained in district schools of his native 
 town. In 1845 he came to Boston and obtained 
 employment in the grocery trade, but soon con- 
 nected himself with the teaming business of 
 Fifield, Richardson & Co. Purchasing the in- 
 terest of a retiring member, he entered the firm, 
 and continued there imtil he retired, in 189=;. 
 He was a member of the Boston Volunteer Fire 
 Department nine years, and was a charter mem- 
 ber of the Boston Light Artillery, First Mounted 
 Battery, M. V. M. He came to Somerville in 
 
 1560, and has served in the Common Council of 
 1S84 and 1SS5, in the Board of Aldermen in 
 1S86 and 1 887, and on the Water Board of 1889 
 and 1S90. He is a member of John Abbott 
 Lodge, A. F. cS: A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
 Chapter ; Boston Veteran Firemen's Associa- 
 tion, and the Vermont Association. Mr. Holt 
 married Miss Mary A. Richardson, daughter of 
 Artemas and Rachel (Davis) Richardson, of 
 Weston, Vt. They reside at 197 Washington 
 street. 
 
 James R. Hopkins was born in East Cam- 
 bridge, January 10, 1836. He attended the 
 public schools, and at the age of 16 he was ap- 
 prenticed to learn the wood carving trade, at 
 which he worked in Boston and Dedham until 
 
 1561, when he enlisted with the Somerville 
 
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 Light Infantry in the Fifth Mass. Regiment, 
 anil remained about two years, after which he 
 came home anil workcil at his trade until 1S70, 
 when he went into the contracting and excava- 
 ting business for himself, and continued until 
 iSjry, when he gave up his business to devote 
 all of his time as chief of the fire department. 
 His career as a fireman began in April, 1S54, 
 in Kast Cambridge. He moved to Somerville 
 in November of that year anti joined the Somer- 
 ville department, and continued to be a member 
 until he moved to Dedham, in 1S5S, where he 
 Joine<l the department there and remainetl a 
 year, when be movetl back to Somerville and 
 again became a niember of the Somerville de- 
 partment, lie has held many positions in the 
 dillcrent conjpanies, and in 1S69 he was ap- 
 pointed engineer by the Hoard of Selectmen, 
 and in January, t>i'j2, »fK>n after .Somer\illc be- 
 canie a city, he was appointed chief of the 
 department, and has heltl that ollice ever since, 
 lie is an active member of the Massachusetts 
 State Firemen's Association, the Charlestown 
 N'oluntccr Veteran Firemen's Association, Mas- 
 sjichusetts Fire Chiefs' Club. He is also a 
 member of John Abbott Lo<lge, A. F.\ A. M. ; 
 Oasis Lodge, I. (). O. F. ; the Koyal Arcanum, 
 Knights of Honor, Good Fellows, and the (i. 
 A. K. 
 
 Wii.i.iAM .\. I IiNNKWEi-i. was born in Cam- 
 briitge, June 23, 1S45, the son of William and 
 Catherine (Southwick) Hunncwell, of Cam- 
 bri<lge. He was educated at the Otis and I'ut- 
 nam (irammar and the High schools of his na- 
 tive city. Five years of his early business life 
 were passcil in his father's family grocery store, 
 from which he changed to the coal and wood 
 business, in which he continues. Mr. Hunne- 
 wcll came to Somer\ille in 1S77, and has sc^^•ed 
 the city in the Common Councils of 1SS9 and 'yo 
 from Ward Four, and on the Boards of Alder- 
 men for iSyi anil 1S92. He is a member of 
 Charity Lodge, A. F". & A. NL ; Cambridge R. 
 A. Chapter; Cambridge Commandery, K. T. ; 
 Wonohaquaham Tribe, L O. R. ^L ; .\gassiz 
 
 Council, R. A. ; North Avenue Lodge, K. 11. ; 
 Central Club, Mystic Valley Club, Universalist 
 Club, and L'niversalist Social I'nion, of Hoston. 
 Mr. Hunncwell married Miss Cora L., daughter 
 of Joseph A. Wellington of Cambridge. They 
 reside at No. 9 Mason avenue. West Somerville. 
 
 L. Heiibert Hi-NTi.EV was born in Charles- 
 town, May I, 1.S5S. He moved to Somer\'ille 
 in 1S70 and attended the Somerville schools, 
 after which he entered the employ of his father 
 in the produce business, and later became a 
 partner, under the name of R. Huntley & Son. 
 He has continued in the same business, and is 
 now sole proprietor. He was elected a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward One in 
 1894-95 ""'' ^ member of the Hoard of Alder- 
 men in 1S96, '97 and '9S. Mr. I liuitley is a mem- 
 ber of the Masons, Hoston Chamber of Com- 
 merce, Home Circle, anil the East Somerville 
 Haptist Church He resides at No. i Pearl 
 street. 
 
 Fkanki.in E. Hi'NTRESs was born in Hidde- 
 ford. Me., 1S66, and moved to West Somerville 
 in 1S71. His early education was received in 
 the old Lincoln School, on Elm street. He 
 graduated from the Somerville High School, 
 and entered Tufts College the same year. After 
 leaving Tufts College he enteretl Harvard 
 College, from which he graduated. While 
 at Har\aril he was a member of the Harvard 
 I'nion and Tlicta Delta Chi Society. He en- 
 gaged in the iron business in 1S90, in which he 
 is still interested, under the name of F. E. 
 Huntress iS: Co. He has also been agent for 
 some of the largest concerns in the United 
 States, and is to-ilay Eastern representative of 
 the Harney & Smith Car Co., L'nited States 
 Headlight Company, and controls the Neal 
 Electric Headlight Co. In politics Mr. Hun- 
 tress was a member of the Ward anil City Com- 
 mittee for five years, secretary of the Young 
 Men's Republican Club, member of the West 
 Somer>ille Republican Club, member of the 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Common Council from Ward Four from 1S91 
 to 1S93, and was elected as an Independent Re- 
 publican to the Legislature in 1S96. lie re- 
 ceived the largest vote in three out of four pre- 
 cincts in Ward Four, which was his home ward ; 
 was renominated in 1S97, and at the polls in 
 Ward Four led all other candidates. lie has 
 been delegate to State Conventions and other 
 conventions during the past eight years. Mr. 
 Huntress is a member of the Masons, Odd Fel- 
 lows, Royal Arcanum, Middlesex Club, Glen- 
 wood Club, University Club, West Somerville 
 Board of Trade, and other local social and po- 
 litical organizations. 
 
 William M. Ikving was born in New 
 Brunswick in 1S65. He attended the common 
 schools and lived there until he was 16, when 
 he moved to Boston and went to work at the 
 dry goods business, where he remained for sev- 
 eral years, and then went to work for the John 
 Hancock Insurance Co., and is now engaged in 
 their employ as an inspector. Mr. Irving moved 
 to Somerville in 1SS5, and was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council from Ward Two 
 in 1895-96, and a member of the Board of Al- 
 dermen in 1S97. He resides at No. 82 Sum- 
 mer street. 
 
 S. Walker Janes was born in Charlestown, 
 May 5, 1862. His parents moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1 87 1, where he lived until 1895. He 
 now resides on Commonwealth avenue, Boston. 
 He was educated in the Somerville public 
 schools, leaving the high school in 1879 to enter 
 the employ of Eugene R. Knapp, one of the 
 largest wool importers in the United States, 
 where he had a thorough business training. 
 Mr. Knapp retired from the wool business in 
 1893, and Mr. Janes has succeeded to his busi- 
 ness, and is one of the leading wool merchants 
 of Boston. He has always taken an active in- 
 terest in politics, and served in the Common 
 Council in 1890 and 1S91, and in the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1892. lie is a member of John 
 
 Abbott Lodge, Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, 
 De Molay Commandery of Boston, Corinthian 
 Yacht Club, Republican Club of Massachusetts, 
 Beacon Lodge, New York Wool Club and other 
 organizations. 
 
 Melville D. Jones was born in Boston, 
 September 25, 1842. He attended school until 
 he was 18, when he enlisted in Company C, 
 Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. After receiving 
 an honorable discharge, he came home and 
 went to work at the ornamental iron buinesss, 
 and in 1S70 went into that business for himself, 
 and continues in it at the present time. He 
 moved to Somerville in 186S. In 1S95-96 he 
 was elected a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men, and in 1897-98 was a Representative to 
 the Legislature. Mr. Jones is a member of the 
 Masons, Knights Templar, Knights of Honor, 
 Ancient Order United Workmen, and Willard 
 C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. He was 
 married August 31, 1864, to Miss Catherine F. 
 Lovett of Boston, and resides at No. 53 Walnut 
 street. 
 
 Frank W. Kaan was born in Medford, 
 Mass., September 11, 1861. He came to Som- 
 erville in 1864, and attended the public schools, 
 graduating with the class of 1878 of the Somer- 
 ville High School. After spending a year in 
 the Boston ofhce of the Warren steamship line, 
 he entered Harvard College, from which he 
 graduated in 1883. He taught school one year 
 in Buflalo, N. Y., and one year in the Waltham 
 High School, after which he studied law in the 
 Harvard Law School, where he received the 
 degrees of A. M. and LL. B., since when he 
 has practiced law in Boston. Mr. Kaan is a 
 member of the Somei-ville Central Club and the 
 Boston Bar Association, and is secretary of the 
 Home for Aged Women, Revere street, Boston. 
 Mr. Kaan is a prominent Mason, having been 
 one of the Masonic State Lecturers for three 
 years. From 188S to 1S92 he was clerk of the 
 Overseers of the Poor ; a member of the Com- 
 
Representative Men of Somf.rville. 
 
 8S 
 
 mon Council in 1893 and presiilent of that body 
 in 1S94 ; and was a Representative to tlie Legis- 
 lature from that Ward in 1S95-96, serving on 
 the Committee on Mercantile Affairs both years, 
 an<l was House Chairman of the House Com- 
 mittee on Elections the second year. 
 
 John F. Kknvarp was l)orn in Newmarket, 
 N. II. He was educated in the common 
 schools of that town. After leaving school 
 he learned the machinist trade, and worked 
 at it until 1S62, when he enlisted in Com- 
 pany A, Eleventh New Hampshire Volun- 
 teers. He has an honorable war recortl, ami 
 »er\-ed until April 22, 1S64, when he was 
 discharged for disability, having been seri- 
 ously ill with malarial fever. He came to 
 Boston in the nuluiun of 1S66, and was em- 
 ployed as Sidesman for the firm of George K. 
 Paul & Co., with whom he remained for 2S 
 years, until they went out of business. Mr. 
 Kennard movcil to Somerville in 1S77, repre- 
 sented Ward Three in the City Council in 
 18S4-85-.S6, and was a member of the HoartI 
 of Aldermen in 1S87-SS. He was o prominent 
 Mason, ()d<l I'ellow. a member <>f Willard C. 
 Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. K ; L'nity Council, 
 R. A.; Winter Hill Lodge, K. of H., and 
 Harmony Council, II. C. He resides on Dart- 
 mouth street. 
 
 I"nEi>KniiK M. Kii.MKit was born in Need- 
 ham, Februarys, 1S5J. I le attended the pub- 
 lic schools until he was 15, when he went to 
 work at the carpenter's trade and continued 
 until he was 21, when he came to Koston and 
 attended a business college. After completing 
 his course he was book-keeper for a hardwood 
 lumber firm until iSSi, when he formed a part- 
 nership with Mr. George H. Derby and en- 
 gagcil in the desk business, under the firm name 
 of George II. Derby & Co., which in a few 
 years was changed to the name of the Derby & 
 Kilmer Desk Co., anil then in a few more years 
 the firm was changed to a corporation, retain- 
 
 ing the same name. Soon after, a combination 
 of two large desk firms was made and the name 
 was again changed to the Derby, Kilmer & Pond 
 Desk Co., and in 1S95 the firm adopted the 
 name of the Derby Desk Co., of which Mr. 
 Kilmer is secretary and treasurer, having held 
 those offices through all of the changes in the 
 firm. He moved to Somerville in 1S7S, was a 
 menjber of the City Council of 1SS9, a Repre- 
 sentative to the Legislature in 1890— 91 , and in 
 1S9S was elected a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen from Ward Three. Mr. Kilmer was 
 marrieil in 1S7S to Miss Alice F. Higbee, of 
 Kalama/oo, Mich., and they reside at No. 420 
 Broadway. 
 
 GEORiiE A. KiMiiAi.i. was born in Little- 
 ton, May 14, iS^o, the son of William and 
 Mary A. (Lawrence) Kimball, of that town. 
 His education was obtained at the Appleton 
 Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. He came 
 to Somer\'illc in 1869, and became a student 
 with the Frost Brothers, civil engineers. Mr. 
 Kimball was appointed City Engineer in 1S76 
 by Mayor Belknap, which position he held 
 until |SS6, when he resigned. He has since 
 been cngagcil as consulting engineer, by Brock- 
 ton on their sewer system, ami by New Bed- 
 ford, Brockton and Haverhill in regard to 
 abolishing grade crossings. He was apjjointcd 
 consulting engineer for the city of Somerville 
 in 1S96 by Mayor Perry, and in Novcmlier, 
 1S96, was appointed a member of the Metro- 
 politan Sewerage Commission by the Governor 
 and his Council. He was a member of the 
 Board of Health from 1S79 to 1886; an Alder- 
 man for 1SS7 and 1S90, and is at present a 
 member of the Mystic Water Board. Mr. 
 Kimball married Miss Elizabeth E. Robbins, 
 daughter of Lewis and Emily ( Winship) Rob- 
 bins of New Ipswich, N. II. They reside on 
 High street. 
 
 Andrew A. Lamont was born in Douglas- 
 town, N. B., March 16, 1S49. ^^^ ^■•'"* e^Juca- 
 ted in that town, and between the ages of 12 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 and 17 learned the ship carpenter's trade. 
 Afterward he learned the carriage maker's 
 trade at New Castle, N. B., and Salem, Mass., 
 moving to Salem in 1S6S. He carried on busi- 
 ness in Chicago for some time, after which he 
 returned to Salem. In September, 1S74, he 
 married Miss Henrietta H. Powell, and moved 
 to Somerville in 1S78. In iSSi he went into 
 business in Boston on the corner of Lancaster 
 and Merrimac streets, and has continued to do 
 business there until the present time. His wife 
 died in 1SS7, and in 1S91 he was married to 
 Miss Mary J. Russell, a resident of his native 
 town. Mr. Lamont is interested in real estate, 
 being trustee of three land companies. He was 
 elected a member of the Common Council from 
 Ward Three in 1S94-95, and a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1S97-9S. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Winter Hill Congregational Church, 
 Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
 Honor, and the Somerville Finance Club. He 
 resides at 43 Heath street. 
 
 F. DeWitt Lapham was born in Littleton, 
 Mass., July 6, 1S45. His education was ob- 
 tained at the district school and at Eastman's 
 College, Foughkeepsie, N. Y. He came to 
 Boston in 1S65, and for twenty-one years was a 
 book-keeper, seventeen years in the employ of 
 Sussman Brothers. He moved to Somerville 
 April I, 1S69. After the dissolution of Suss- 
 man Brothers, in 1SS6, Mr. Lapham started in 
 the real estate and insurance business at the 
 corner of Broadway and Franklin street, Som- 
 erville, where he still continues. In 1S95-96 
 Mr. Lapham was elected Councilman from 
 Ward One, and was elected Alderman in 1S9S. 
 He is serving his fifteenth year as secretary of 
 Excelsior Council, Royal Arcanum ; has been 
 an officer of Somerville Council, Home Circle ; 
 past noble grand of Howard Lodge, I.O.O.F. ; 
 past chief patriarch, Somerville Encampment, 
 I. O. O. F. ; chevalier of Grand Canton Wash- 
 ington, Patriarchs Militant, and Major of Sec- 
 ond Regiment, Patriarchs Militant ; member of 
 
 Winter Hill Lodge, A. O. U. W. Mr. Lapham 
 married Miss Jennie H. Dickson, daughter of 
 Thomas and Hannah (Graham) Dickson, of 
 Salem. They reside on Hathon street. 
 
 Bernard W. Lawrence was born in East 
 Lexington, Mass., June 15, 1S46. He was 
 educated in the grammar and high schools of 
 that town. He came to Boston in 1S63, and 
 was engaged in the fruit and produce business 
 in Faneuil Hall Market until 1S90; he then re- 
 moved to 103 and 105 Commercial street, and 
 went into the foreign and domestic fruit trade 
 and the sale of cigars. He moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1S73, where he still lives. He was a 
 member of the Somei-ville Fire Department for 
 13 years, was elected to the City Council from 
 Ward Four in 1SS5-S6, and was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Aldermen in 1SS7-SS, be- 
 ing president of the Board during his last term, 
 lie resides at 289 Highland avenue. 
 
 Stillmax H. LiiiBY was born in Limington, 
 Maine, April 3, 1S26. He attended the village 
 school and worked on a farm until 1S41, when 
 he moved to Boston, where he went to work in 
 a dry goods store. He continued in that line of 
 trade for 33 years, 28 years of which time he 
 was in business for himself. He moved to 
 Somerville in 1S64, and purchased the house at 
 No. 45 Elm street, where he has since resided. 
 In 1874 he went into the real estate and insur- 
 ance business in Union Square, in which he is 
 now engaged. Mr. Libby was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council from Ward Four 
 in 1S76-77 and was president both years. In 
 1S78-79 he was a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen. He is a member of the Knights of 
 Honor, Royal Arcanum and Home Circle. 
 
 James Long was born in Ireland, December 
 10, 1839. He came to this country in 1849, 
 and settled in Charleston, South Carolina, and 
 learned the ship and house carpenter's trade, 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
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 which he followed during his life and a number 
 of the large buildings in Boston and Cambridge 
 were erected under his management. He was 
 a member of the Common Council in i^JS-'J^i, 
 and was a member of the lioard of Aldermen 
 from Ward Two in 1S77-7S, and a Kcpresenta- 
 tivc to the Legislature in 1S79. Me died Janu- 
 ary 28, 1S79. 
 
 Jekemiaii J. I.voNs was born in Moston, 
 April 9, 1857, and received his education in the 
 public schools of that citv, removing to Somer- 
 ville in i>>75. lie was elected to the Common 
 Council from Ward Two in 18SS-S9, and to the 
 Hoard of Aldermen in 1.S91. He also ser^■ed as a 
 member of the Board of Trustees of the Somer- 
 ville Hospital from 1891-94. Mr. Lyons in 
 politics is a democrat, and was a member of the 
 Wanl and City Committee a long time, being its 
 chairman for two years. As a member of the City 
 Government, he served on a number of important 
 committees, among others those of I'ublic I'rop- 
 erty and Ordinances, being chairman of the lat- 
 ter committee, which revised the City Ordi- 
 nances, a Work of no small magnitude. Mr. 
 Lyons is the New Knglanil manager of K. II. 
 Butler \ Co., educational publishers of IMiil- 
 aili-Iphia. 
 
 Iaiius Mann was luirn in Charlestown, Oc- 
 tober itj, 1S25, the son of Joseph and Eunice 
 ( Jacobs) Mann. His father died when he was 
 nine years old, and after attending a private 
 school for a year he entered the law office of 
 William Sawyer, of Charlestown, at that time 
 the leading lawver and the onlv trial justice in 
 the town. He afterwanls lived for some time 
 at Cohasset, and at i 7 came back to Charles- 
 town (now SomerNille), living here at the time 
 the town was set oil" in iS.j2. He learned the 
 pottery business of John Runey, and he sul)se- 
 (juently worked at his trade in Brooklyn, N.Y., 
 Waterbury, Conn., and at West Amesbury. In 
 iS5_^ he was appointed a police officer in Som- 
 erville, and was afterward an assistant engineer 
 
 and secretarj' of the fire department. He was 
 made lieutenant of the police in 1S65, and held 
 the position until he was appointed citv mes- 
 senger in 1S7;; since then he has held this 
 office continuously, every mayor having made 
 him his first appointee. He is now the longest 
 in the service of the city of anv of its officers. 
 In 1S76 he was appointed special coroner for 
 Middlesex County and held the position until 
 the new office of medical examiner was created. 
 He has been a member of John Abbott Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. M., since 1S59. He is a member 
 of Somerville Excelsior Council, R. A. He is 
 a member of the National Lancers, where he 
 has held the positions of corporal and sergeant. 
 He was the originator of the Massachusetts City 
 Messengers' Club, of which he is now secretary. 
 He resides at No. So Porter street. 
 
 Walter C. Mkntzek was born at Brady's 
 Bend, Penn., October 26, 1S52. He came to 
 Boston when he was six years old, and lived 
 at Northboro, where he was educated, grad- 
 uating from the Northboro High School. He 
 came to Somerville in 1S72. He has been 
 engaged, with his brother, in the wholesale 
 beef business in Boston at 2sA and 27 North 
 Market street, for 25 years. He served the 
 city in the Common Council from Ward Four 
 in 1SS5 and 1SS6, and was president of the 
 Council the latter year. He was in the Board 
 of Aldermen in 1SS7, and se^^•ed on the Water 
 Board in 1SS9 and 1.S90. He was president of 
 the Republican Ward anil City Committee in 
 1.S93-94-95 and '96, is vice-president of the 
 West Somerville Co-operative Bank, and a 
 director of the Somenille National Bank, and 
 is a member of Mt. Sinai Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 of North Cambridge; Charity Lodge, F. A. 
 M., of Cambridge ; Somerville R. A. Chap- 
 ter, De Molay Commandery, Central Club, 
 and the Boston Markc-tmcn's Club. Mr. Ment- 
 zer married Miss Clara B., daughter of Almon 
 R. and Diana (Jackson) Thurston, of Barre, 
 \'t. They reside on Cedar street. 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 William P. Mitchell was born in Boston, 
 January 35, 1S44. ^^ attended the Boston 
 public schools and graduated from the Dwight 
 School in iS^9, after attending the Brimmer 
 School for eight years. After leaving school 
 he worked in the saddlery hardware business 
 for his father and grandfather, and was after- 
 ward cashier and book-keeper for the firm of 
 Spaulding, Hay & Wales for fifteen years, 
 leaving them to go to work as book-keeper for 
 L. P. Hollander & Co., where he stayed two 
 years. lie entered the employ of the city in 
 1SS3 as assistant clerk of committees, and in 
 iSSS, when Mr. Vincent was made City Clerk, 
 Mr. Mitchell was promoted to the office of 
 clerk, vv^hich position he now holds. He was 
 married June 29, 1S97, to Miss Amy Manning, 
 who for a number of years was head assistant 
 to City Clerks Oilman and Vincent. They re- 
 side at No. 30 Thurston street. 
 
 Enoch R. Morse was born in Attleboro, 
 Mass., July 25, 1S22. He engaged in business 
 in Boston in 1S39, and moved to Somerville in 
 1S53. He took an active interest in town affairs, 
 and was elected a member of the .School Board 
 in 1S64, and remained a member for nine years, 
 until after the incorporation of the city. His 
 services were so highly appreciated that the 
 Morse School, erected on vSummer street in 
 1S69, was named in his honor. He was elected 
 Representative in 1S76, and was always a 
 prominent and honored citizen. 
 
 Howard D. Moore was born at Moore's 
 Mills, N. B., November 21, 1854. He attended 
 the village schools during the winter months, 
 and when he was 17 moved to Lawrence, Mass., 
 where he worked as a mechanic for two years, 
 and for three years was clerk in a law office. 
 At the age of 21 he decided to study law, and 
 attended Nichols Latin School in Lewiston, 
 Me., graduating in 1884, after which he at- 
 tended Bates College. In 1885 he entered the 
 Boston University Law School and graduated 
 
 from there in 1SS7. He was admitted to the 
 Suffolk bar the same year, and has since con- 
 tinued the practice of law in Boston, with an 
 office at 131 Devonshire street. Mr. Moore 
 married Miss ISIaud E. Roberts of Wollaston 
 Heights in 1S91, and moved to Somerville the 
 same 3'ear. He was elected a member of the 
 Common Council from Ward Four in 1S95, and 
 a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1896. 
 He has been president of the West Somerville 
 Republican Club, a member of the Ward and 
 City Committee, and is a member of the Charter 
 Commission appointed in 1S97. 
 
 Alvano T. Nickerson was born at Chat- 
 ham, June 24, 1S39, the son of Caleb and Julia 
 A. (Hamilton) Nickerson, of that place. He 
 was educated in the district schools on the Cape, 
 and came to Boston in 1854. He entered busi- 
 ness for himself as a member of the firm of 
 Ryder & Nickerson in Chicago, and was after- 
 ward of the firm of Stearns & Nickerson, Bos- 
 ton. Since 1S67 he has been in business alone 
 at Charlestown bridge. Mr. Nickerson came to 
 Somerville in 1882. He is a member of the 
 Central and Mystic Valley Clubs, and a director 
 of the Odd Fellows' Building Association. He 
 is president of the trustees of the W'inter Hill 
 LTniversalist church, president of the Tv^enty 
 Associates, a trustee of the Somerville Hospital, 
 and a member of the building committee. Mr. 
 Nickerson served the city in the Common 
 Council of iSSS and 1SS9, and in the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1S90-91. He has been a member 
 of the Board of Health since 1S93. Mr. Nick- 
 erson married Miss Lauretta Nickerson, daugh- 
 ter of Lumbert and Sarah (Bassett) Nickerson^ 
 of Chatham. They reside on Broadway. 
 
 Richard E. Nickerson was born at Prov- 
 Jncetown, April 29, 1830, the son of Thomas 
 and Mary (Paine) Nickerson of Provincetown. 
 His education was obtained at the district 
 school, the Adelphian and Sandwich Acade- 
 mies. His early business was in the ship 
 
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 chamllcry and outfitting trade in his native 
 town, wliere he continuetl till 1S55, when he 
 was chosen treasurer of the Seaman's Savings 
 Bank of I'rovincetown, and local secretary of 
 the Atlantic Marine Insurance Company. In 
 1859 he removed to New York and embarked 
 in business as a commission merchant, where 
 he remained throughout the war, when he re- 
 turned to Hoston, and has since been in busi- 
 ness on Commercial street. In 1S6S Mr. N'ick- 
 erson came to Somer\ille. In 1S73 he was 
 elected to the Common Council fr<jm Ward 
 One, was re-elected the next year, and in 1^75 
 became an alderman ; he remained in the Hoard 
 two years. Mr. Nickerson represented Somer- 
 ville in the Legislature in 1S7S and l^i79. He 
 was a member of the Mystic Valley Club and 
 ICxcclsior Cotuicil, Koyal Arcanum. Mr. Nick- 
 erson married .Miss Mcthia Dyer, daughter of 
 John and Clarissa (Nickerson) Dyer, of I'rov- 
 incetiiwn. Mr. Nickerson ilied on I'earl street. 
 
 JosKiMi Lki.ani) Ndih uoss wa» born in 
 Woodbury, N't., December 6, 183^. At the 
 age of 21 he came to Knston, where he engaged 
 in the teaming business, having his headr|uarters 
 at City Wharf imtil 1S73, when he removed to 
 his present place of business at 212 State street. 
 In January, 1S61, he was married, and became 
 a resident of Somerville. Mr. Norcross has 
 been identified with a number of Somer\'ille in- 
 stitutions from their first inception. lie with- 
 drew from the Franklin Lodge, I. O. {). F., of 
 Boston, to assist in the organization of Paul 
 Revere Lodge of this citv, and has been treasurer 
 of that Lodge since its foundation in 1.S7S. lie 
 is also a charter member of Winter Hill En- 
 campment. In iSS^, when the Odd Fellows 
 organized a building committee to erect the 
 brick buiUling on the corner of Broadway and 
 Marshall street, Mr. Norcross was elected treas- 
 urer of the association, a position which he has 
 retained until the present time. lie lias always 
 been actively interested in the W infer Hill L'ni- 
 versiilist Church, which he assisted to organize 
 
 in 1S7S. In 1S79 and iSSo he was elected 
 Councilman from Ward Three, and the two fol- 
 lowing years was elected Alderman. Mr. Nor- 
 cross has been one of the directors of the Mas- 
 ter Teamsters' Association of Boston since its 
 foundation and is now president of that asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 CiiAiii.ES L. North was born in Boston, 
 August 19, 1S60. He was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Boston and .Somerville, where his 
 parents moved when he was quite young. After 
 completing his schooling he entered the employ 
 of his father, Mr. Charles H. North, who at 
 that time was one of the largest pork dealers in 
 the country-. He contiiuicd in that business un- 
 til after the firm changeil hands and he was 
 obligetl to give up business on account of fail- 
 ing health. He was elected a member of the 
 Common Council from Ward Two in 1SS6-S7, 
 and was a member of the Boartl of Aldermen in 
 iSSS and '89. He was married in iS.'*9 to Miss 
 Blanche E. Griflin of Boston, and resided on 
 Prospect Hill. 
 
 CiiAHi.K.s B. OsnooD was born in Boston, Sep- 
 tember I I, l.*^63. lie was the son of Benjamin 
 D. and Elizabeth F. (Wood) Osgood; moved 
 with his parents to Woburn when six years old. 
 He was educated in the public schools of 
 Woburn, and the Bryant and .'^tratton Commer- 
 cial College in Bo.ston. After serving his ap- 
 prenticeship in the manufacture of leather in 
 Woburn, he entered the employment of a pro- 
 duce commission house in Boston. Serving in 
 various capacities forsi.x years, he was admitted 
 to the firm, and upon the retirement of the 
 other partners he became sole proprietor, under 
 the firm style of Charles B. Osgood & Co., now 
 located at Nos. 196, 19.S .State street. 
 
 Mr. Osgood came to .Somer\'ille in 1S84, was 
 elected to the Common Council from Ward 
 Three in 1SS9 antl 1S90, the latter year being 
 president and ex-o)Ticio member of the School 
 Committee; also elected an Alderman in 1S91 
 and 1S92. Being president of that body in 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 1892, he served on the following committees: 
 Finance, Accounts, Fire, Water, Sewers, State 
 Aid, Legislative Matters, Public Grounds and 
 the special committee appointed for the Semi- 
 centennial Celebration. 
 
 He is a member of Franklin Street Church, 
 Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Somerville R. A. 
 Chapter, Boston Chamber of Commerce and 
 Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange (having 
 been a director in the latter organization), an 
 associate member of the Apollo Club of Boston 
 and the Y. M. C. A. of Somerville. 
 
 Mr. Osgood married Miss Mary E., daughter 
 of Benjamin T. H. Porter, a prominent citizen 
 of Woburn, and came to Somerville in 1SS4, 
 building a house at No. 71 Oilman street, 
 where he, with his wife and two children, 
 still reside. 
 
 Caleb A. Page was born in Boston, Sep- 
 tember 21, 1 84 5. He moved to Somerville 
 when he was seven years old and attended 
 school until he was 16, when he was appren- 
 ticed to the Orand Trunk Railroad Company. 
 When the war broke out he enlisted with 
 the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment and served 
 through the war. After the war he returned to 
 Somerville, and was elected a member of the 
 Common Council in 1879-80, and a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1SS1-S2. He went 
 to Richmond, Va., in 18S3 and went into busi- 
 ness, where he remained until 1SS7, when he 
 returned to Somerville, and in 1S88 was ap- 
 pointed agent for the Board of Health, which 
 position he now holds. IVIr. Page is a member 
 of the Masons, Red Men, Ancient Order United 
 Workmen, and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 
 139, G. A. R. He resides at No. 19 Webster 
 avenue. 
 
 Melville C. Parkhurst was born in Stan- 
 dish, Me., April 26, 1843. He attended school 
 there and came to Somerville in 1S57. August 
 12, 1S63, he enlisted with Co. E of Somerville, 
 39th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and 
 remained through the three years of the war. 
 
 He was appointed to the Somerville police 
 force in 1S68, was made captain in 1S71, and 
 chief in 1872, and has held that office ever 
 since Somerville became a city. He is thor- 
 oughly acquainted with criminal law, and in 
 many cases conducts the case for the govern- 
 ment. Chief Parkhurst is a member of John 
 Abbott Lodge of Masons, Somerville Royal 
 Arch Chapter, and Ca-ur De Lion Command- 
 ery, K. T., and Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 
 139, G. A. R. In 1S65 he was married to Miss 
 Mary E. Coolidge of Waltham, and has two 
 children. He resides on Columbus avenue. 
 
 Eldridge G. Park was born in Ashby, 
 Mass., in 1S39. He received his education in 
 the district and high schools of his native town, 
 and came to Boston in 1S60, and engaged in the 
 produce trade, in which he remained two years. 
 He then entered the restaurant business and has 
 continued in it for thirty years, conducting 
 large places at No. 30 North Market and 123 
 Causewaj' streets. He removed from Charles- 
 town to East Somerville in 1S74 and has resided 
 on Arlington street since that time. In 1SS4 
 Mr. Park represented Ward One in the Com- 
 mon Council, and was re-elected in 1885. He 
 was an Alderman in 18S7-SS, and was presi- 
 dent of the Board during his last year. Mr. 
 Park is a prominent Mason, Knight Templar 
 and a member of Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 of Charlestown. 
 
 George W. Perkins was born at Tamworth, 
 N. H., July I, 1S42, the son of True and Mary 
 Ann (Chapman) Perkins, of that town. His edu- 
 cation was obtained at the district school and the 
 New Hampton Institution. After three years' 
 employment as a school teacher he came to Bos- 
 ton and found a situation in the dry goods 
 trade. In 1S63 he changed to the tea business, 
 engaging with Ar Showe & Co. as a traveling 
 salesman. In 1S70 he was admitted to the 
 firm, and continues to the present. Mr. Per- 
 
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 kins came to Somerville in 1S73. In 1S91 he 
 was elected a representative to the Legislature 
 from Ward One, and served on the Committee 
 on Drainage, and was re-elected in 1S92 and 
 served on the Committee on Cities. In 1S95 
 Mr. Perkins was elected a mcmher of the 
 State Senate, and was Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on Printing, and a member of the Com- 
 mittee on Education and Metropolitan Alfnirs. 
 In i.Si^''i he was re-elected a memher of the 
 Senate, and was Chairman of the Committee 
 on Public Service, and was again a njembcr of 
 the Committees on Kducation and Metropolitan 
 Allaiis. lie is a member of Soley Lodge, A. 
 F. it .\. ^L ; .Somcr%illc R. A. Chapter; I)e 
 Mohiv C'lmmandcry, K. T. ; .\lt. Menedict 
 Lodge, K. II.; Kxcelsior Council, K. A.; 
 Soincr\ille Lodge, A. O. U. W., and Web- 
 cowit Club. Mr. Perkins married Mi^s Min- 
 erva R., daughter of Llishn and Louisa (Wil- 
 liams) Hcrr)', of Westminster, Vt. Mr. Pcr- 
 kin-. i> a member of the Mvstic Valley Club, 
 Massachusetts Re|)ublican Club, anti the .Metro- 
 politan ^'oung Men's Republican Club. He 
 resides on Webster street. 
 
 Ai.nioN A. pKHUV was born in Standish, 
 .Me., January 26, 1.S51, the son of Rev. John 
 C. an<l Mary E. ( Iloston) Perry. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools and at Monmouth 
 Academy. lie chose the professirm of phar- 
 macist, serving at Lcwiston in his native state, 
 and completing his course of study at the Mass- 
 achusetts College of Pharmacy. In i.S6i» he 
 began business in Somerville, and was vcrv 
 successful, finally retiring rrf)m the drug busi- 
 ness in iSSo. Afler this he took up the study 
 of law at the Boston I'niversity School of Law, 
 and later conducting an oflice in Somerville. 
 In I. SS6 he associated himself with Hon. Selwyn 
 /. llovvman, having offices in .'Somerville aiul 
 Hoston, and the partnership has continued to 
 the present time. He was elected to the School 
 Hoard for three years, but after one year's ser- 
 vice, 1S76, he resigned on account of the pres- 
 
 sure of business. He was a member of the 
 Common Council in 1SS1-S2, the latter year 
 being president, and was in the Board of Al- 
 dermen in 1.SS3-S4. He was appointed on the 
 Water Board by Mayor Pope in 1S91, and was 
 made its president. In 1895 he was elected 
 Mayor, after the hottest political campaign in 
 the history of the city, and has been twice 
 re-elected. He was also elected to the presi- 
 dency of the Somerville Savings Bank in 1S91, 
 and re-elected in 1S93. Mr. Perry married 
 Mary I-^., daughter of John W. and Hannah 
 W. Brooks, of Somerville. They reside on 
 Broatlwav. 
 
 FiiANKi.iN R. Pekkv was born in Wilton, 
 Me., October 2, 1S32. He was left an or])lian 
 at the age of three and lived with friends until 
 he was iS, when he taught school. At the age 
 of 21 he Went to North Chelmsford, Mas.s., 
 where he engaged in the manufacture of edge 
 tools for seven years, when he mf)Ved to North 
 Wayne, Me., and carrie<l on the .same business 
 for several years. In 1S71 he entered the em- 
 ploy of Ilussey, Howe & Co., of Pittsburg, 
 Pa., as traveling salesman, and in 1S76 opened 
 an oflice for them in lioston and was their agent 
 until the time of his death which occurred Octo- 
 ber n>, iSSfi. Mr. Perry was elected a member 
 of the Board of Aldermen from \\ :iiil Two in 
 iSS.} and 1SS5. 
 
 I'uANKi.iN F. Piiii.i.ip.s was l)orn in Sears- 
 mont, .Me., December 21, 1S53. He was educa- 
 ted in the common schools of Searsmont and 
 ."^o\ith Montvale and graduated from the Nichols 
 Latin School of Lcwiston in i S73, and Bates Col- 
 lege in 1S77. He taught school for six years, 
 five vears of which time he was principal of the 
 Rockland, Me., high school. He was appoint- 
 ed State Assayer of Maine in iSSo, and while 
 in Rockland read law extensively with Hon. 
 Charles E. Littlefield, late Attorney General of 
 Maine. Since 1S83 he has been New England 
 Agent for Harrison Bros. & Co., chemical 
 manufacturers of New York and Philadelphia. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 Mr. Phillips moved to Somerville in 1SS4, and 
 was a member of the Common Council in 1S91 
 -92 and a member of the Board of Aldermen 
 in 1S93-94. He sensed on the committee for 
 four years and was chairman the last year, he 
 was also on the committees on Fire Department 
 and Public Property. He was elected Repre- 
 sentative to the Legislature in 1S97-9S and was 
 chairman of the committee on Public Service 
 and a member of the committee on Education. 
 He is a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. 
 Mr. Phillips was married in 1S77 to Miss Julia 
 A. Lyman of Colbrook, X. H., and thev reside 
 at No. 311 Holland street. 
 
 Franklin N. Poor, was born in Got^stown, 
 N. H., January 23, 1S21. He remained at 
 home and engaged with his father, Hon. Noyes 
 Poor, in the lumber business, until he was 27, 
 when he accepted the position as treasurer of the 
 Manchester" and North Weare Railroad Com- 
 pany. He came to Boston in 1S53 and was a 
 prominent director in the Vermont, Massachu- 
 setts and Fitchburg railroads for many vears. 
 In 1S65 he was elected treasurer of the Vermont 
 and ^Massachusetts Railroad Company, which 
 position he still holds. Mr. Poor moved to 
 Somerville in 1S71, and resides at 30 Chester 
 street. West Somen-ille. He was a member 
 of the Board of Aldermen from Ward Four in 
 1874, is a justice of the peace and a well-known 
 and honored citizen. 
 
 John R. Poor was born in Danvers, Jan- 
 uary 28, iSiS. He attended school in the lit- 
 tle country schoolhouses of that time, where 
 the scholars varied in age from four to forty 
 years. His early business training was obtained 
 in a grocer}- store with his father, and during 
 the first forty years of his life he spent most of 
 his time in that business. He moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1S50, and for 28 years was a member of 
 the firm of Stickney & Poor. The early his- 
 tory of Somerville, as a town and as a city, is 
 full of Mr. Poor's many acts of generosity, and 
 
 the first water works and gas pipes that were 
 laid in that part of the cit}' were laid through 
 his untiring efforts and his generous financial 
 aid. What is now Central Hill, with the ex- 
 ception of what was formerl}- the engine house 
 property, was bought b}- Mr. Poor and sold to 
 the town at the price he paid for it. Mr. Poor 
 was married in 1S40 to Miss Sprague Dole, and 
 was a resident of Somerville until 1S40, when 
 he went West and went into the sheep raising 
 business. He is at the present time engaged in 
 business at No. 11 Central Wharf, Boston, and 
 makes his home in Brookline, with his daugh- 
 ter. He was a member of the early Boards of 
 Selectmen, and \vas a member of the first Board 
 of Aldermen in 1S72, being elected a member 
 of the Board after declining a unanimous nom- 
 ination as a candidate for the first mayor of the 
 city. 
 
 Charles G. Pope was born at Hardwick, 
 Mass., Nov. iS, 1S40, the son of Rev. Rufus S. 
 and Sarah (Brown) Pope, of that town. He 
 was educated in the district school of Hyannis, 
 whither his parents had remo\ed in his boyhood, 
 was fitted for college at the Pierce Academy, 
 Middleboro, and was graduated at Tufts Col- 
 lege in 1S61. He taught school at Hyannis till 
 1S64, when he became master of the Forster 
 Grammar School in Somerville. In 1S70 he 
 became master of the Bunker Hill Grammar 
 School, Charlestown. Mr. Pope studied law 
 with Sweetzer & Gardner and John W. Ham- 
 mond, and was admitted to the bar in 1S74, 
 when he formed a partnership with Mr. Ham- 
 mond for the practice of law in Boston. In 
 1878 he was appointed a special justice of the 
 Somei-ville police court. }vlr. Pope came to 
 Somei-\-ille in 1864 and served in the Common 
 Councils of 1S72 and 1S73, being president of 
 the Council the latter year. In 1S76 and 1S77 
 he represented the city in the Legislature, and 
 was Mayor in 1889, 1S90 and 1S91. He was a 
 trustee of the Public Library seven years. He 
 is also a trustee of Tufts College. Mr. Pope 
 married Miss Josephine IL, daughter of Eras- 
 
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 tus E. and Harriet N. Cole of this city. Dur- 
 ing his last year as mayor, the Pope School- 
 house on Washington street was completed and 
 named in his honor. Mr. Pope died April 24, 
 
 JosiAH N. Phatt was born in Frecport, 
 Me., March 14, 1S3S. He entered the pub- 
 lic schools of that town, and at the age of 
 iS apprenticed himself to learn the mason's 
 trade, nt which occupation he worked in 
 Portland for three years. He enlisted in 
 the navy, and serx'ed until September i, 1S65. 
 .Mr. Pratt was a prominent contractor in 
 Portland in lSS6->>j', at which time he moveil 
 to Lawrence, Ma.ss., where he conducted a 
 similar branch of business until iSSi, when he 
 cntercil the employ of the Jarvis Engineering 
 Company, with whom he has held nianv posi- 
 tions of responsibility and trust, until 1SS7, 
 when he was chosen treasurer and general 
 manager of the company, which position he 
 now holds, with an otfice at 61 Oliver street. 
 Mr. Pratt was elected Councilman from Wanl 
 One in 1SS4, and was elected a member of the 
 Hoard of Aldermen in 1S95-96, his second year 
 being president of the Board. He is a popular 
 Mason, Knight Templar, a member of the 
 Knights of Honor, and of Willard C. Kinsley 
 Post, t«. .\. R. Me resides at No. 9 Prospect 
 Hill Terrace. 
 
 GEOKiiE (). I'K<nTni< was born in Rocking- 
 ham, Vt., February 23, 1S47, the son of Na- 
 than antl Harriet (Dorand) Proctor. He was 
 brought up on the farm, and received his etlu- 
 cation in the public schools ot that town, and at 
 the aca»lcmy at Chester, \"t. He left the 
 academy to take a position in a store, in the 
 latter town. He was after>vard engaged in 
 farming and lumbering for five years, and then 
 he came to Uoston and formed a p.irtncrship 
 with his brother in the hay and grain trade, at 
 the end of Craigie's bridge. After their place 
 of business was taken by the city of Boston for 
 a park, they removed to the Cambridge side of 
 
 the bridge. His brother having retired. Mr. 
 Proctor carries on the business alone, having 
 an extensive wholesale and retail trade. He is 
 also a member of the firm of Proctor Bros. & 
 Billings, street sprinklers and contractors, and 
 owning large lumbering interests near Rumney, 
 N. H. He came to Somerville in 1X77. He 
 served in the Common Council in 1JSS7 and 
 iSSS, the second year as president, and in 1S93 
 was elected a Representative to the Legislature 
 from Wards Three and Four and servctl on the 
 committee on Street Railways, was re-elected 
 in 1S93 and placed on the committee on cities. 
 He is a member of Boston Chamber of Com- 
 merce, Somer\illc Central Club, Solcy Lodge, 
 A. F. & A. NL, Home Circle, Golden Cross, 
 Pilgrim Fathers and Somerville I'nitarian Club. 
 Mr. Proctor married Miss Lillie A. Clark, 
 daughter of Captain Thomas R. Clark of Ches- 
 ter, \'t. They reside on .Spring street. 
 
 i'ATKiiK Rai KKiiTY was bom in Ireland in 
 in 1S13. He was educated in the schools 
 of Ireland and came to this country when 
 he was iS. He settled in Cambridge, where 
 he lived until 1S6S, when he moved to Som- 
 erville, where he has since resided. He was 
 engaged in the soap business in Cambridge 
 for nearly twenty years, and when Holy Cross 
 Cemetery was opened in 1S6S he was made su- 
 perintendent, and holds that position at the 
 present time. Puring the thirty years that he 
 has had charge of the cemetery over 50,000 
 have been buried there. Mr. Raflerty was 
 elected a member of the first City Council in 
 1S72, from Ward Two, and in 1S76 was a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Aldermen from the same 
 Ward. He now resides at No. 31S Somerville 
 avenue. 
 
 John B. G. Rand was born in Maine in 
 1S31. He attended the common schools of his 
 native town and graduated from the Harvard 
 Scientific School, where he had studied civil 
 engineering, in 1S55. After leaving school he 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 went West, but returned to New York, where 
 he assisted in the laying out of Central Park. 
 During the war he was in the employ of the 
 government, and worked at Key West, Fla., 
 and at Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Rand had charge 
 of the work when the water works were put 
 into Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was at work in 
 the same capacity at Orange, N. J., at the time 
 of his death. He also had charge of large con- 
 tracts during the last years of his life in Wis- 
 consin, Minneapolis, Illinois and Kentucky. 
 He moved to Somerville in 1875, and was 
 elected a member of the Board of Aldermen 
 from Ward Four in 1S77, but on account of 
 business he resigned in a short time. He died 
 in July, 1 878. 
 
 Francis II. Raymond, the son of Francis 
 L. and Abigail (Fosdick) Raymond, was born 
 in Charlestown (Somerville), February 19, 1S36. 
 He attended the public schools of the town, and 
 after leaving the high school entered the employ 
 of J. B. Hanson in the wholesale grocery busi- 
 ness in Boston. He was afterwards with Rob- 
 inson & Holbrook, and in iS65the firm of Rob- 
 inson, Nourse & Raymond was formed. F. II. 
 Raymond & Co. were its successors. In 1876 
 Mr. Raymond left the grocery business and be- 
 came treasurer of the American Arms Com- 
 pany, in which he was interested. Two years 
 later he was chosen treasurer of the Cambridge 
 Electric Light Company, which position he now 
 holds. He has been a director of the Market 
 National Bank for the past twenty-three years. 
 Mr. Raymond was a trustee of the Public Li- 
 brary in 1S76, 1S77 and 1878. In 18S7 he was 
 elected to represent Ward Two in the House of 
 Representatives. He was Senator in 1 891, and 
 was re-elected for the present year. He mar- 
 ried Martha L., daughter of Samuel T. and 
 Sarah (Hobbs) Frost, of Charlestown. They 
 reside on Laurel street. 
 
 Mass., May 25, 1S4S. He completed his edu- 
 cation at Lawrence Academy, Groton, and 
 moved to Somerville in 1870. Mr. Reed was 
 elected a member of the City Council in 1886, 
 and a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
 1SS7-8S. He has been overseer of the poor, 
 and is now one of the principal assessors. He 
 has been chairman of the standing committee of 
 the First Unitarian Church for seven years, and 
 has been treasurer of the Associated Charities 
 of Somerville since its organization. Mr. Reed 
 was engaged in the provision business for a 
 number of years, later in the real estate busi- 
 ness, and is at the present time part owner of 
 the iron foundry on Washington street, and is 
 still considerably interested in real estate in 
 Somerville and other places. He is a promi- 
 nent Mason, Odd Fellow, and a member of 
 Washington Council, Home Circle. He mar- 
 ried Miss Clara B. Parker, of Billerica, and re- 
 sides in a handsome residence, recently erected, 
 at No. 35 Pearl street. 
 
 Nathan II. Reed, son of Nathan O. and 
 Nancy Bacon Reed, was born in Bedford, 
 
 WiNFiELD Babson Rich was born in Jack- 
 son, Me., April 3i, 1S55. While an infant his 
 parents moved to Bangor, and when he was 17 
 they moved to Brooks, near Belfast, in the same 
 State. After completing his studies in the pub- 
 lic schools Mr. Rich attended college and taught 
 school during the winter. In 1874 he entered 
 the law ofHce of Hon. A. W. Paine of Bangor, 
 with whom he remained until 1S80, when he 
 was admitted to the Penobscot County Bar. He 
 at once began the practice of law, and in 1S82 
 became assistant editor of the Camdeti Herald, 
 and at the same time was postmaster during 
 President Garfield's administration, which po- 
 sition he resigned after the election of Cleve- 
 land. He moved to Boston in 1SS5, since which 
 time he has been successfully engaged in the 
 practice of law and has had the settlement of 
 several large estates. He moved to Somerville 
 in 1886 and was elected a member of the City 
 Council from Ward One in 1S93-94, and was 
 elected a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
 
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 1S95. He has been treasurer of the Webcowit 
 Club, a member and ex-president of the Owl 
 Club, and past leader of Harvard C. Council, 
 No. 51, Home Circle. Mr. Rich resides at No. 
 13 Franklin street. 
 
 Ai.iiEUT M. Robinson, son of Enoch and 
 Eleanor ( McLean ) Robinson, was born in 
 Hoston, .\u<just iS, 1S41. He came to Charles- 
 town (Somerville), in 1S47, and was educated 
 in the Somerville public schools. He learned 
 the locksmith business of his father, who was 
 the possessor and manufacturer of valuable 
 patents. At the outbreak of the war he en- 
 listed in Company E, Twenty-fourth Mass;ichu- 
 setts Regiment, and served in the Hurnside 
 expedition to Ronnokc Island. His further 
 service was in the ipiartermaster's department 
 at headipiarters of the Tenth Army Corps, anil 
 was stationed on Morris Island, S. C. At the 
 close of the war he returned to his former home 
 and restuned his business at Cornhill, iioston, 
 where he still continues. Mr. Robinson scrvetl 
 the city in the Coinmim Council in 1S.S4, from 
 \\'ard Four, ami in the Hoard of Aldermen in 
 1S85 and 1SS6, and as a tnistce of the Public 
 Library from 1SS6 to iSi^i, where he was secre- 
 tarv of the Moard. He resides on lieach street. 
 
 \\'ai(iii:n _|. Roiunson comes of an old New 
 England family and was born in western New- 
 York, in 1S55. He is the son of John I', and 
 ICIizabeth M. (Davis) Robinson. Removing to 
 lioston in 1^7:;, he soon after established him- 
 self in the book and job printing business, 
 which, as the Robinson I'ress, uniler his man- 
 agement, still continues. He served the city, 
 from Ward Two, as a member of the Common 
 Council in iSyl, and as an Alderman in 189^. 
 Helonging, as he does, to manv social and fra- 
 ternal orders, clubs, and military and political 
 organizations, his knowledge and acquaintance 
 with public men and measures is very extendeil. 
 He married Miss Cora A. Hastings, daughter of 
 Dr. S. Emery and Emcline C. (Achorn) Hast- 
 ings, of Cambridge. Resides on Greene street. 
 
 Thomas R. Rollstone was born in Charles- 
 town, December 7, 1S39. He attended the pub- 
 lic schools and lived in Charlestown until he 
 was 30 years old, when he moved to Somer- 
 ville. After leaving school he learned the ship 
 carpenter's trade in the Charlestown Navy Yard 
 and worked there for a number of years. He 
 enlisted in the army \i\ i!S6j, and was one of the 
 many brave men who went to the front from 
 Massachusetts. He was elected a member of 
 the Common Council from Ward Three in iSSo 
 and iSSi, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men in iSSj-S^. In 1SS6 he was appointed 
 superintendent of public buildings by Mayor 
 Burns, and in 1S91 the duties of inspector of 
 buildings were added. He was a member of 
 John Abbott Lodge of Masons, Eastern Star, 
 Oasis Loilgc of Odd Fellows and the Encamp- 
 ment. He died October 17, 1S95, leaving a 
 widow, who resiiles at No. 60 Bonair street. 
 
 CriOMWELL G. RowEi.r. was born at Corinth, 
 \'t., .August ly, 1SJ7. His eilucation was ob- 
 tained at the district school and academy at 
 Framingham, Mass., whither his parents re- 
 moved in his childhood. Early in life he went 
 to sea for six years. He then united with his 
 father in the stove business at Framingham. in 
 iSj;^ he became a member of the prilicc force 
 of the city of Boston, where he remained till 
 the war. He was instrumental in raising the 
 Ninth Regiinent, .Massachusetts \'olunteers, in 
 which he was captain of Company D, and 
 afterwards appointed lieutenant-colonel. He 
 subsequently raised a company which was at- 
 tached to the Thirtieth Regiment. At the close 
 of the war he returned to the stove business, in 
 which he has remained, and now has a position 
 with the Smith i^ Anthony Stove Company. 
 In 1S67 Colonel Rowell was a member of the 
 Legislature from the city of Boston. He came 
 to Somerville in 1869; was a member of the 
 Common Council from Ward One in 1S73, of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1S74 and 187^, and 
 of the Water Board in 1S77 and 1878, of which 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 he was president. He has been president of 
 the Board of Registrars of Voters since iSS6. 
 Colonel Rowell is a member of John Abbott 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Somerville R. A. 
 Chapter; Orient Council, R. & S. M. ; Coaur 
 de Lion Commandery, K. T. ; Excelsior Coun- 
 cil, Royal Arcanum ; and Mt. Benedict Lodge, 
 K. H. Col. Rowell has been twice married. 
 His first wife was Miss Harriet Maynard, 
 daughter of Lawson and Nancy (Angell) ISLiy- 
 nard, of Framingham; his second wife was 
 Miss Lottie A. Larkin, daughter of Henry and 
 Annie Larkin, of Concord, N. H. They reside 
 on Pearl street. 
 
 Irving L. Russell, son of Levi and Mar- 
 tha (Smith) Russell, was born in Somerville, 
 then Charlestown, May 24, 1S53. He was ed- 
 ucated at the Lincoln Grammar School, the 
 Woburn Academy, and a Boston commercial 
 college. Mr. Russell is a market gardener by 
 occupation, cultivating over forty acres of land, 
 his farm being the largest of the kind in Som- 
 erville. He was a member of the Common 
 Council from Ward Four in 1SS2-S3, and a 
 member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S84-85 
 and 'S6, and was elected a member of the Leg- 
 islature in 1 888 and 1S89. Mr. Russell mar- 
 ried Miss Addie Johns, of New York City. 
 They reside on Broadway. 
 
 Christopher E. Rvmes was born in Forts- 
 mouth, N. H., September 23, 1S27. He came 
 to Boston in ISLirch, 1S44, to learn the ma- 
 chinist's trade, entering the employ of Tuttle 
 & Dow. In 1S50 he was employed as fore- 
 man in the machine shops of Ilittenger, Cook 
 & Co., and was admitted to the firm in 
 iSSt. In 1 866 the firm name was changed to 
 Cook, Rymes & Co. This partnership con- 
 tinued until April, 1SS7, when it was dissolved, 
 and all the partners retired from the business. 
 In October, 1S64, ISIr. Rymes bought the estate 
 on Summer street. Spring Hill, where he now 
 lives. He was a member of the original com- 
 
 mittee authorized by the town to contract with 
 the city of Charlestown for the supply of 
 water. He was a member of the first Water 
 Board, and for several years its president. In 
 1889 he superintended the introduction of the 
 high-water service in Somerville. He served in 
 the first Common Council, in 1S71, and in 
 1S72-73 the Board of Aldermen. He has been 
 a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public 
 Library for years, and was also one of the 
 trustees of the sinking fund. In 1875 he was 
 elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Mr. 
 Rymes is a life member of the Massachusetts 
 Charitable Mechanic Association ; a member of 
 John Abbott Lodge, Somerville Chapter, and 
 Boston Commandery of Knights Templar. 
 He was the first president of the Central Club, 
 serving for five years. Mr. Rymes married 
 Almira L., daughter of the late Dr. Joseph 
 Cheever. 
 
 Charles B. Sanborn was born in Seabrook, 
 N. IL, September 29, 1842. He was educated 
 in the common schools of that place and later 
 in the Putnam School of Newburyport, Mass. 
 He came to Boston in 1S66, and became en- 
 gaged in the fruit and produce business, and is 
 now a member of the firm of C. B. Sanborn 
 & Co., 29 North Market street. He moved to 
 Somerville in 1S41 and was elected a member 
 of the Common Council from Ward One in 
 188S-89, and was a member of the Board of 
 Aldermen in 1S90-91-93. Mr. Sanborn is a 
 member of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Somerville Chapter, DeMolay Commandery, 
 Excelsior Council, Mt. Benedict Lodge, K. of 
 H., Boston Chamber of Commerce, Fruit and 
 Produce Exchange and the New Hampshire 
 Club. He lives in a handsome new house 
 recently erected on Adams street. 
 
 Aaron Sargent, the son of Aaron and 
 Sarah (Nichols) Sargent, was born in Charles- 
 town, October 29, 1S23. His education was 
 obtained in the public schools of Charlestown. 
 
Representativk Men of Somerville. 
 
 97 
 
 He came to Somerville, then Charlestown, in 
 1.S46, residing in East Somerville till iS6y, 
 when he removed to Winter Hill. He ser\-ed 
 on the school committee of the town from 1S58 
 to 1862, on the auditing committee from 1S60 
 to i&fiz and from 1S68 to 1S71, on the finance 
 committee from iS6Sto 1S71, and on the Water 
 lioard from 1S6S to 1S71. On the incorporation 
 of the city government Mr. Sargent was elected 
 City Treasurer, and continiie«l in the otficc by 
 successive elections till iSSi, when he resigned. 
 He served as a commissioner of the sinking fund 
 from 187^ to 188S. He is now treasurer of the 
 Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. Sargent married 
 Miss .S. Maria Adams, daughter of Joseph and 
 I'hche P. (Morse) Adams, of S<>mer\'ille. She 
 is a lineal descendant of John .\ilams, the early 
 miller of Cambridge. They reside on Broad- 
 way. 
 
 CiiAiii.Ks W. Sawvkk was born in Charles- 
 town, February 28, iS.VV '''*^ **'" "^ •'''^''' 
 .Sawvcr. His early education was in the Train- 
 ing-field School in Charlestown, and after 
 graduating from the grammar school he attended 
 a private school and took a course at a commer- 
 cial college. In 1853 he was appointed clerk 
 in the Charlestown post-ollice, where he re- 
 mained sixteen vears, most i>f the tinie being 
 assistant postmaster. In l86y he resigned the 
 position and engaged in the real estate business 
 in Citv S(iuarc, Charlestown, with an office also 
 in Mostoii. In this business he has since con- 
 tinued. He moved to Somer^•ille in 1S73. In 
 1875 he was a niember of the Common Coun- 
 cil, an<l served in the Hoard of .Milcrmen in 
 1S76. He was chairman of the Board of Health 
 for two years and is now one of the trustees of 
 the Public Library. He is a charter member 
 of .Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of Signet 
 Chapter, of Charlestown ; has been two years 
 commander of Cnur De Lion Commandery, 
 K. T., of which he is also a charter member. 
 He is president of the Training-field School 
 Association, and has been president for many 
 years of the 9yyth Artillery Association, of 
 
 Charlestown. Mr. Sawyer married, in 1S56, 
 Miss Julia A., daughter of the late William S. 
 Heal of Belmont, Me. They reside on Main 
 street. 
 
 George Ci'RTis Skii.ton was born in 
 Charlestown, April 28, 1S3S. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools and graduated from 
 the high school in 1855. He was afterward 
 in the employ of Daniel Deshon & Sons, 
 large ship owners; G. W. and J. B. Hagar, 
 grain dealers; and in 1857 went West as gen- 
 eral ticket agent for the Cincinnati & Chicago 
 Railroad, .\fter remaining two years he was 
 obliged to return East on account of ill health. 
 He then went into the vinegar and pickle 
 business with his father and soon after united 
 with Mr. Edward Foote, under the firm name 
 of Skilton, Foote A: Co., and for two years 
 during the war the entire product of their fac- 
 tory was shipped to the United States Navy. 
 Mr. Skilton was a member of the Common 
 Council from Ward Three in 1^75, and was a 
 member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S76-77, 
 and was a member of the Board of Health 
 from 1S7.S to 18S5. He was married .April 28, 
 1S63, to Miss Annie («. L. (Jilman, daughter of 
 Charles E. Gilman. They have seven children 
 anil reside in Bedford, Mass., where they 
 moved in 1888. Mr. Skilton is a member of 
 the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, 
 Royal Arcanum, and the National Lancers, of 
 Boston. 
 
 IIiKAM D. .Smith was born in Candia, N. II. 
 He attended the schools of his native town and 
 those of Ashland and Lowell. He came to 
 Boston when he was 19 and went to work in a 
 grocery store, where he remained six months, 
 after which he was clerk in the otiice of the Old 
 Colony machine shops. In 1S50 he went to 
 Mobile, Alabama, for his health, and remained 
 there until after the war. He came North in 
 1866 and entered the firm of Hovey, Mead & 
 Co., of Boston, and retired in 1872 to form the 
 firm of Weston, Smith \ Co. He was a prom- 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 inent Odd Fellow, Mason, and a member of the 
 Royal Arcanum. He was elected Councilman 
 from Ward Three in 1SS3-S3, and a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1SS4-S5. Mr. Smith 
 died March 3, 1SS9. 
 
 valuable time to city matters. Mr. Sparrow 
 married Miss Maria D. Pearson, of Cambridge, 
 and resides on Meacham street. 
 
 Amasa E. Southworth was born in 
 Stoughton, Norfolk County, May 19, 1S44. 
 He was educated in the ungraded common 
 schools of that place, and at the age of 16 
 came to Boston and entered the employ of 
 Dana, Farrar & Hyde, wholesale grocers. 
 He remained with this house through its 
 various changes, and is at the present time a 
 partner of the junior member of the firm for 
 whom he first worked, the firm name now being 
 Hyde & Southworth, continuing in the same 
 store and same business. In 1S66 he married 
 Miss Abbie M. Dorman, of Rockport, Mass., 
 and moved to Somerville in 1868. They have 
 had six children, only three of whom are now 
 living. Mr. Southworth was a charter member 
 and past master of Soley Lodge of Masons. 
 He was a representative to the Legislature from 
 Ward One in 1S95-96, .ind served on import- 
 ant committees, where his services were of 
 vital importance to Somerville. 
 
 Edmund S. Sparhow was born in Orleans, 
 Mass., October 16, 1S46. He attended the vil- 
 lage school until he was 15, when he went to 
 sea, which he followed for six years. He then 
 moved to Boston and learned the carpenter's 
 trade in Cambridge, and afterward carried on 
 the business of contractor and builder for twenty 
 years. For a number of years he has been 
 trustee of a large estate in Boston, and in 1S97 
 went into the hardware business in Davis Square. 
 He is a member of Caleb Rand Lodge of Odd 
 Fellows, a director in the Sprague & Hathaway 
 Co., and the West Somerville Co-operative Bank 
 and the Cambridge Stone Co. He was elected 
 a member of the Board of Aldermen from Ward 
 Four in 1894-95, ^"*^ devoted a great deal of 
 
 Elmer A. Stevens was born in North An- 
 son, Me., January 15, 1S63. When he was 
 three years old his parents moved to Industry, 
 where he attended the common schools. He 
 moved to Somerville in iSSi, and entered the 
 employ of his brother, C. L. Stevens, where 
 he worked at the grocery business for five years, 
 after which he traveled one year and returned 
 to Boston and opened a provision market on 
 Friend street, where he remained until the 
 building was torn down in 1897- ^^ li''^ re- 
 cently moved into new quarters on the corner 
 of Hanover and Blackstone streets. He was 
 elected a member of the Common Council in 
 189^, and was a Representative to the Legisla- 
 ture in 1S96. He has been a successful business 
 man, and in 1S97 built a handsome new resi- 
 dence on Liberty avenue, West Somerville, near 
 Powder House Park. Mr. Stevens is an active 
 member of the West Somerville Baptist Church. 
 
 Lewis Stockbridge was born in Charles- 
 town, July 9, 1S47. He attended the Charles- 
 town public schools. When fifteen years old 
 he entered the employ of a large leather con- 
 cern in Boston, and was admitted to the firm 
 at the age of twenty-one. After continuing 
 business for several years, owing to ill health 
 he went West, where he remained for three 
 years. Returning East he resumed his former 
 business, which he carried on in Boston and 
 New York. He moved to Somei-ville in 1S76 
 and went into the grocery and provision busi- 
 ness on the corner of Franklin and Pearl 
 streets, in which he has continued until the 
 present time. He was elected a member of the 
 Common Council from Ward One, 1S93-93, and 
 a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1894. 
 He resides on Flint street. 
 
Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 99 
 
 Fkenxii O. J. Taiiiiox was born in Charles- 
 town, September 2, iS6i. He attended the 
 primary and grammar schools of that place and 
 graduated from the grammar school in the 
 class of 1S77, after which he took a six months' 
 course in a IJoston business college. He then 
 went to sea for a number of voyages after 
 which he spent four years in the oil business, 
 and h.is since been a steam-filter, having held 
 responsible positions with Walworth i*t Co. 
 of Boston ; the P'itchburg Railroad, with which 
 he was connected for five years, and has since 
 been employed as air-brake fitter for the Boston 
 & Maine Railroad. lie was elected a member 
 of the City Council from Ward Two in 1S96 
 nntl a member of the Moard of Aldermen in 
 1S97. He is a member of the Odd Fellows; 
 Loval ( )ranj;c Institute, and the Fitchburg 
 Railroad Relief Association. Mr. Tarbox was 
 married September 12, iScjo, to Miss Sarah 
 K. Mafjrath, of Charlestown. They resitle at 
 60 Oak street. 
 
 CiiAUi.Ks H. Tavi.oh was born in Charles- 
 town, July i.(, i.S}''', the son of John I. and 
 Abigail K. (Hapgood) Tnylor. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Charlestown, and 
 when 16 years old eidisted in the I'nion Armv, 
 and served until wounded au<l sent home. Af- 
 ter his recovery he became a reporter on the 
 lioslon Traveler, and was appointed corre- 
 spondent for the Ne-u.' I'orl Trihune. When 
 he was 21 Governor Claflin appointed him pri- 
 vate and military secretary, with the rank of 
 colonel. In |S<^| he was appointed on Gover- 
 nor Russell's stall, with the rank of j,'eneral. 
 In journalism he has climbed the ladder from 
 the first round, beginning in the composing 
 room and advancing through the various posi- 
 tions until he has become manager anti owner 
 of the Boston Glof<e, which is acknowledged to 
 have a larger circulation than any other daily 
 paper in New England. No American jour- 
 nalist ever accomplished a more complete suc- 
 cess in so short a time. General Taylor lived 
 
 in Somer\-ille for a number of years and has 
 always taken an interest in its welfare. He 
 representeil .Somenille in the Legislature in 
 1S72, anil the following year was chosen clerk 
 of the House. He is past master of John Ab- 
 bott Lotlge, A. F. & A. M., president of the 
 Taylor and Algonquin Clubs of Boston, and a 
 prominent member of many other organizations. 
 CJeneral Taylor married, in Charlestown, in 
 \S,fi(i, Georgianna O., daughter of George W. 
 and L. F. Davis. They reside on Beacon 
 street, Boston. 
 
 Natiiav Tufts was l>orn in Somerville, then 
 Charlestown, January S, iSiS. His father was 
 a brickmaker, but Mr. Tufts learned the grain 
 business of his father-in-law, Abraham Fitz, 
 with whom he stayed until he went into business 
 for himself, when 2_^ years f.ld. at Charlestown 
 Neck. His business gradually increased until 
 he bought out a place on Warren Bridge, and 
 conducted the two places until his death. He 
 was electc<l a member of the Board of Select- 
 men in 1S52 and 185^, and was an Alderman 
 in 1X7^, but refused to be re-elected. He was 
 a valued member of the Unitarian Cliurcli, :i 
 trustee of the Warren Institute for .'Savings, a 
 director of the Bunker Hill National Bank, a 
 member of the Central Club and a fine member 
 of the Somerville Light Infantry. Mr. Tufts 
 lived on the corner of Summer and Central 
 streets for 20 years with his daughter and 
 son Albert. Mr. Tufts was a man of sterling 
 <|ualities, and had many friends among all 
 classes of people. He died October 20, 1S87. 
 
 Samiei. G. a. Twycross was born in Dres- 
 den, .Maine, July 2, 1S49. His parents moved 
 to Massachusetts when he was 12 years old, and 
 he attended the Howe Academy at Billerica. 
 He moved to Somerville in 1S67 and worked 
 for a number of years for Flint & Hall and 
 later for Gale & Wood, for whom he was fore- 
 man for seven years, giving up that position to 
 take the agency for J. R. Booth iS: Co. of Bur- 
 
 uorc 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 lington, Vt., in 1S7S. After carrying on busi- 
 ness for himself for a number of years, he be- 
 came foreman for William H. Woods & Co., of 
 East Cambridge, which position he now holds. 
 He resides on Elm street. 
 
 Jesse J- UNnERiiiLL was born in Boston, 
 March 3, 1S34. He attended the public schools 
 until he was i^, when he entered the Suffolk 
 Bank as money clerk and worked there for seven 
 years, after which he went into the shoe busi- 
 ness and remained in that until the war broke 
 out, when he enlisted with Company A, 40th 
 Mass. Volunteers, as a private. He served 
 three years and came out of the army as captain 
 of the same Company. He then went into the 
 shoe business in Richmond, Va., and remained 
 there until 1873, when he moved to Somei-ville 
 and became engaged in the coal business, which 
 he continues to carry on at the present time, and 
 during the past three years has added the real 
 estate business, having an office on Perkins 
 street. Mr. Underbill was a member of the 
 Common Council in 1S78, and a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1S79-80, and was presi- 
 dent of the Board the second year. He resides 
 at No. 48 Pinckney street. 
 
 Qltincy a. Vinai. was born in Somerville, 
 near what is now Union Square, in 1S26. He 
 attended the common schools, and after com. 
 pleting his studies engaged in the flour and grain 
 business for a number of years, during the last 
 few years of which time he had an office in 
 Boston and did simply a wholesale business. 
 He has always been a careful business man, 
 and as such has been successful. He was 
 elected a member of the Common Council in 
 1875-76, the Board of Aldermen in 1SS3, and 
 a Representative to the Legislature in 1873, '81 
 and '83. He resides at No. 9 Aldersy street. 
 
 ed the public schools, and later a business col- 
 lege. In 1867 his parents returned to Somer- 
 ville and his father purchased the estate at 32 
 Cherry street, where the family have since resid- 
 ed. The same year he entered the employ of a 
 large dry goods firm in Boston and remained 
 with them until March, 1S74, when he was ap- 
 pointed by Mayor Furber as clerk, at the call of 
 the mayor ; and in that capacity he acted as clerk 
 of the Board of Assessors, and of the Commit- 
 tees on Claims, Sewers, Public Property and 
 Ordinances. In 1S7S he was made clerk of the 
 Board of Health, and in 1S83 was appointed clerk 
 of assessors and committees ; serving with an 
 assistant, as clerk of all committees of the 
 City Government, and of the Board of Health, 
 Superintendent of .Streets, and Chief of the 
 Fire Department. February 28, 18S8, Mr. 
 Vincent was unanimousl}- elected to the office 
 of City Clerk, to succeed City Clerk Charles 
 E. Oilman who died the 22d instant, and he has 
 been unanimously re-elected every succeeding 
 year. Mr. Vincent has been treasurer of the 
 Somerville Musical Association, and was the 
 first secretary of the Somerville Co-operative 
 Bank. He was formerly superintendent of the 
 Sunday School of Emmanuel Cluircli and is a 
 member of the corporation and the junior 
 warden of that parish. He is also the treas- 
 urer of the City Clerks' Association of Boston, 
 ISIass. In his younger days he was a member 
 of the Sons of Temperance and Good Temp- 
 lars, and is a prominent Odd Fellow, member 
 of the Daughters of Rebekah, Royal Arcanum 
 and Home Circle, and a contributing member 
 of Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, 
 G. A. R. He was married November 26, 
 1872, to Miss Sophia Elizabeth Edwards of 
 Allston, and has four daughters. 
 
 George I. Vincent was born in Somerville, 
 July 6, 1851. When he was three years old his 
 parents moved to Bangor, Me., where he attend- 
 
 WiLLiAM E. Weld was born in Somerville, 
 on Spring Hill, in 1852, the son of Alexander 
 H. and Hannah Weld. He was educated in 
 the Somerville public schools, through all 
 grades of which he passed, and was graduated 
 
Representative Men of Somervili.e. 
 
 lOI 
 
 at the Somcr\iIlc High School in the class of 
 1869. Preferring a l>u$inc$s career as a young 
 man, he entered the ofTice of his father. He 
 was soon admitted to partnership, and they con- 
 tinued in business together until May, 1S94, 
 when the senior retired and Mr. Weld asso- 
 ciated himself with the tirm of Reuben King & 
 Co. Mr. Weld has always manifested an inter- 
 est in municipal atVairs, and has served in the 
 city government. In iSSo and iSSi he was a 
 member of the Common Council from Ward 
 Four, and in 1SS2 and iN^ij was a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen, serving the second year 
 as its president. On retiring from the munici- 
 pal council, Mr. Weld was elected a trustee of 
 the Public Library, which position he held for 
 nine years. He marricil, in 1S77, Miss Flor- 
 ence Howie, (l:iu;;hter of John and ."^arah A. 
 Howie. Mr. and Mrs. Weld reside ;it \i>. iM 
 Summer street, on Spring Hill. 
 
 I. FliANK WF.l.l-lMiToN was born in Lexing- 
 ton, Nov. zo, 1X49, the son of Horatio and 
 Mary Hownian (Teele) Wellington. The Wel- 
 lington tatnilv has been settled in Watertown 
 and I^exington for two centuries. His parents 
 moved to Lexington in his infancy, and he was 
 educated in the public schools, grailuating from 
 the high school in iSft-j. He began his busi- 
 ness career in the upholstery goods' trade in 
 lioston, where he spent five years. In 1872 he 
 became associated with his father in the coal 
 business, and was admitted to the firm in 18S4. 
 He moved to .'somcrville in 1S76. He has 
 serN-etl the city in various otbcial positions. He 
 was elected to the Common Council (rom Ward 
 Two in iSSi, and served in the Hoard of Alder- 
 men in iSSj and 1^83. He was on the iioard 
 of Registrars of Voters in 1SS5 and 1SS6, and 
 a member of the Hoard of Health in 1SS7, and 
 was chairman of the Hoard for live years. He 
 is a member of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & 
 A. M. : Howard" Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Charles- 
 town ; Central Club; is president of the Somer- 
 ville Co-operative Hank ; an»l is secretary of 
 
 the Boston Coal Club. He is also a trustee of 
 the Somerville Hospital. Mr. Wellington 
 married Charlotte A., daughter of Edwin and 
 Sarah A. (Cutter) Ilunnewell of Charlestown. 
 They reside on Summit avenue. 
 
 George D. Wemvss, son of James and Mar- 
 garet (Duncan) Wemyss, was born in Hawick, 
 Scotland, in 1842. When he was twelve years 
 old his parents moved to Charlestown, where 
 Mr. Wemyss was educated and resided until he 
 moved to Somerville, in 1S81. He was a mem- 
 ber of the City Council from Ward One in 1SS6 
 and 1S87, and a member of the Hoard of Alder- 
 men in 18SS-S9. He has been a member of 
 the Somerville Water Board for eight years and 
 has been president of the Hoard live vears. He 
 is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, pres- 
 ident of the Scotch Charitable Society, the old- 
 est charitable society in this country, organized 
 in 1657, and a member of the British Charitable 
 Society. He was married January •^, 1876, to 
 Miss Agnes Elliot, of North Andover, Mass., 
 and has had four chiblren. Mr. Wemyss is 
 engaged in the manufacture of furniture, his 
 factory being located at No. 51 1 Me<lford street, 
 Charlestown, where he has been for 29 years. 
 His home is at No. 3 Austin street. 
 
 Oeorge EtH:Ai( WiiiTAKKK was born in 1862 
 in Mcdwav, Massachusetts, a descendant of 
 New England ancestors for several generations. 
 His grandfather was a member of the Gover- 
 nor's Council in 1849. Educated in the public 
 schools of this .State, he graduated from the 
 Cambridge high school in 1881, and from the 
 College of Liberal Arts of Boston L^niversity in 
 1885. He taught mathematics one year, 188S- 
 1SS9, in Boston University, and was for eleven 
 years assistant to the eminent astronomer, Dr. 
 Benjamin A. (Jould of Cambridge, in astro- 
 nomical work. .Mr. Whitaker came to Som- 
 erville in the spring of 1882, and was thorough- 
 ly identified with the First Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of our city during his residence here. 
 
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 Representative Men of Somerville. 
 
 having held official positions in that church for 
 eleven years. He was a member of the Repub- 
 lican City Committee for four j-ears, a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council for 1S95 and 1S96, 
 the latter year serving as president ; and a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Aldermen for 1S97. He 
 left the city in 1S97 to accept a position as in- 
 structor of mathematics in the English High 
 School of Worcester, ^[ass. 
 
 Horace C. White was born in Bowdoin. 
 ]Me., January 26, 1S36. His early education 
 was received at the Litchfield Liberal Institute, 
 but on account of trouble with his eyes he was 
 obliged to leave school, and he came to Boston 
 and was engaged as clerk in a broker's office. 
 In 1S55 he returned to school, and was grad- 
 uated from the medical department of Bowdoin 
 College in 1S59. He began practice in Lisbon 
 Falls in 1S61, and in March, 1S62, he entered 
 the army as assistant surgeon of the Eighth 
 Maine Regiment. In 1S63 he returned to Lis- 
 bon Falls, and remained there until iSj^f, when 
 he removed to Somerville. He is now serving 
 his twelfth year as a member of the school com- 
 mittee. In 1S97 he was elected Representa- 
 tive to the Legislature from Ward One. He is 
 a member of the militarv order of the Loyal 
 Legion, the G. A. R., the Maine Veteran Asso- 
 ciation, and is a prominent member of the Som- 
 erville Sons of ^NLiine Club. He is also a 
 member of the American Medical Association, 
 the Massachusetts Medical Societ}' ; is an ex- 
 president of the Boston Gynaecological Society, 
 and the first president of the Somenille Medi- 
 cal Society ; is a member of Soley Lodge, Ori- 
 ent Council, R. and S. Masters ; De Molay 
 Commandery, Royal Arcanum, Knights of 
 Honor, and Home Circle. Dr. White married 
 Miss Mar}- R., daughter of Paul and Xancy 
 (Alexander) Randall, of Harpswell, Me. They 
 reside on Perkins street. 
 
 and moved to Somerville in 1S79. lie went 
 into the restaurant business on Washington 
 street, Boston, and in 1SS5 engaged in the 
 wholesale cracker business in Somenille, under 
 the firm name of Wentworth & Whitney. In 
 1S94 he went into the wholesale confectionery 
 business, in which he still continues. He was 
 elected a member of the Common Council from 
 Ward Three in 1S92— 93, and was a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen in 1S94-95. He is a 
 member of Olive Branch, I. O. O. F., of 
 Charlestown, and the Society of the Sons of 
 Maine. He resides at No. 68 Oilman street. 
 
 Isaiah H. Wiley was born at Wellfleet, 
 December Si 1S52, the son of Freeman A. and 
 Mary C. (Harding) Wiley of Wellfleet. His 
 schooling was at the district and high schools 
 on the Cape. Earlv in life he went to sea, 
 which he followed six years. He came to Bos- 
 ton, and in 1S70 entered the paint and oil busi- 
 ness with Wadsworth, Howland & Co. In 
 1S7S he besan business for himself in the same 
 line, and still continues. Mr. Wile}- came to 
 Somerville in 1S7S, and ser\-ed the city in tlie 
 Common Council of 1S91 from Ward One, 
 and in 1S92 was chosen president. He was 
 elected Alderman in 1S94-95. He is a mem- 
 ber of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Som- 
 erville R. A. Chapter; De Molay Commandery, 
 K. T. ; Wonohaquaham Tribe, I. O. R. M ; 
 Excelsior Chapter. R. A. ; Webcowit Club, the 
 Paint and Oil, Home Market, Cape Cod Trav- 
 ellers', and the Massachusetts Republican Clubs 
 of Boston, and the Corinthian Yacht Club of 
 Marblehead. Mr. Wiley married Miss Mary 
 C. Porter, daughter of James F. and Mary C. 
 (Porter) Parker of Somenille. They reside 
 in a handsome new house on Pearl street. 
 
 Calvin H. Whitney was born in Yar- 
 mouth, !Mass., September 10, 1S50. He was 
 educated in the common schools of that place, 
 
 Clarence H. Willev was born at Concord, 
 N. H., January 17, 175S, the son of Rufus 
 and Lydia O. (Hoitt) Willey. He came to 
 Somenille in 1S67, was educated in the public 
 schools and at a commercial college in Boston. 
 
Representative Men of Somervikle. 
 
 103 
 
 lie was New Enj^Iand selling agent for the 
 Livingston Woolen Mills three years, and then 
 he and his father became the successors of A. 
 D. Iloitt in the hay and grain business in Hos- 
 ton, with a branch at Heverley Farms, Mass. 
 In May, 1891, the firm moved from Canal 
 street to the Charlestown bridge, opposite the 
 Fitchburg station, where they remain. Mr. 
 Willey served the city in the Common Council 
 in iS.Sf^ and 1S90, and was a member of the 
 Hoard uf Aldermen in iSt^i. lie is a member 
 of Soley Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; is scribe of 
 Sonier\'ille R. A. Chapter; is a member of 
 (Orient Council, R. S. M. ; Cu'ur de Lion Com- 
 mandery, K. T. ; Excelsior Council, R. A. ; 
 and Central Club, lie is also a menit>er of the 
 Moston Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Willey 
 married Miss Mary, daughter of John C. and 
 Mary J. Applcton, of Marblehead. They re- 
 side on Dartmouth street. 
 
 Ciiahi.es a. (i. NN'iNTMKR Was born in («cr- 
 many, February J5, 1S5J. lie attended the 
 schools uf his native town and graduated from 
 the high school nn<l Institute of Technolog}-. 
 lie came to America in 1871 and move<l to 
 Somcrville in 1S73. lie has been superintend- 
 ent of the Star Brass Co. in Boston for a num- 
 bcr of years, anil is a member of the firm. He 
 was elected a member of the Common Council 
 in IVS91-92, and was a member of the Board of 
 AKIernicn in 1S93. Mr. Winthcr is past grand 
 of Caleb Kand Lodge of Odd Fellows, a menu 
 ber of John Abbott Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; a 
 member of Somcrville Chapter and Dc Molay 
 Commandery. lie resides at No. .(oS niu'lil;in(l 
 avenue. 
 
 John M. Woods was bom in Pelham, Octo- 
 ber 22, 1S39. He began work when he was 
 but eight years of age, and had few oppor- 
 timities for education. In 1S62 he enlisted in 
 Company I, Thirteenth N. H. Volunteers, and 
 
 sers-ed three years. lie came to Boston in 
 March, ii>66, and was employed by Clark & 
 Smith, lumber dealers, and was admitted a 
 ])artner in 1S72. After the firm was dissolved, 
 Mr. Woods became a salesman for Holt & 
 Bugbee. In 1879 he became the eastern agent 
 for George D. Emery, of Indianapolis, and 
 started in business for himself in 1SS4, dealing 
 in foreign and domestic hardwood lumber. Mr. 
 Woods came to Somerville in 1S74. He repre- 
 sented Somervillc in the Legislature in 1SS4, 
 and for two years was a member of the Water 
 Board. He was a delegate to the National 
 Democratic Convention that nominated Cleve- 
 land. He is a member of Centre Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M., of Indianapolis; Somerville R. A. 
 Chapter, Ca-ur de Lion Commantlcry, and be- 
 longs to the Massachusetts Consistory. He is 
 also a member of Oasis Lo<lge, I. O. O. F. ; 
 Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R. ; 
 I'nited Workmen, Good Fellows, and Knights 
 of Honor. Has been vice-president of the Bay 
 State Lumber Dealers' Association. He resides 
 on Spring street. 
 
 RoHEitT .S. WuKiiiT was born in Boston, 
 March 30, 1S5S, was educated in the public 
 schools and graduated from Massachusetts In- 
 stitute of Technology, in 1S76. He studied 
 to be an architectural draughtsman, and was 
 employed with A. B. & E. L. .Shaw, as 
 designer and superintendent of their factory 
 for 15 years, after which he went into busi- 
 ness for himself in East Cambridge. He came 
 to Somerville in June, 1SS9, and was elected a 
 member of the City Council from Ward Two 
 in 1S95, and a member of the Board of Alder- 
 men in 1S96. He is a member of the Central 
 Club, Designers' Club, a popular Mason, Red 
 Man, director in the West Somerville Co-opera- 
 tive Bank and an associate member of Com- 
 pany M, Eighth Regiment. Mr. Wright is 
 married, and resides at 1 1 Summit avenue. 
 
 ROBINSON PRESS. BOSTON. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Pages. 
 
 
 Pages. 
 
 Flynn, William H., 
 
 20-78 
 
 AMilch, Harrison, 
 
 44-6+ 
 
 Fuller, Stephen W., 
 
 .30-78 
 
 Andrews, James M., . 
 
 54-64 
 
 Furber, William II., 
 
 . . . 7-23-78 
 
 Andrews, Jolin, 
 
 53-64 
 
 G 
 
 
 B 
 
 
 Gilbert, Fred. W., 
 
 51-78 
 
 Bailey, Ernest W., 
 
 . 10-64 
 
 Giles, Joseph J., . 
 
 22-78 
 
 Bailey, J. Warren, 
 
 20-64 
 
 Gilman, Charles E., 
 
 8-79 
 
 Ball, John N 
 
 56-65 
 
 G lines, Edward, 
 
 6-79 
 
 Barber, William L., . 
 
 49-65 
 
 G lines, Jacob T., . 
 
 25-80 
 
 Bennett, Clark, 
 
 25-65 
 
 Gookin, Abija B., 
 
 37-80 
 
 Bennett, Dana W., 
 
 41-65 
 
 Guild, Charles H., 
 
 18-80 
 
 Belknap, Austin, . 
 
 . !)-29-66 
 
 H 
 
 
 Berrj-, William H., 
 Bowman, Selwyn Z., . 
 
 53-66 
 
 
 . 6-16-6G 
 
 Hadley, George W., 
 
 23-80 
 
 Bradshaw, Kdward C , 
 
 45-66 
 
 Hall, John G., 
 
 27-81 
 
 
 
 llambliu, Franklin J., 
 
 50-81 
 
 Brastow, George O., . 
 
 5-67 
 
 
 
 Bruce, George A., 
 
 ;-l 1-32-67 
 
 Harrington, John, 
 Hasklns, Horace, . 
 
 31 
 . 12-25-81 
 
 Burnliam, Gersliom T., 
 
 38-67 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ha.vward, Daniel H , 
 
 41-81 
 
 Burns, Mark F., 
 
 . 15-38-67 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hemenway, Charles M 
 
 , . . 45-82 
 
 Butler, John Haskell, . 
 
 18-68 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hodgkins, William H., 
 
 . 6-19-82 
 
 C 
 
 
 Holt, Samuel W., . 
 
 42-82 
 
 Carlton, Samuel A,, 
 
 12-68 
 
 Hopkins, James R., 
 
 57-82 
 
 Carpenter, Allen F., 
 
 . 24-47-68 
 
 Hunnewell, William A 
 
 ., . . 48-83 
 
 Carr, Martin W 
 
 37-69 
 
 Huntley, L. Herbert, 
 
 53-83 
 
 Caswell, Newell F., 
 
 5(1-69 
 
 Huntress, Franklin E., 
 
 . 26-83 
 
 Chandler, Leonard B., 
 
 26-53-69 
 
 I 
 
 
 Chase, Daniel E 
 
 25-70 
 
 Irving, William M., 
 
 55-84 
 
 Clark, Elijah C 
 
 18-37-70 
 
 J 
 
 
 Cole, John F 
 
 8-33-70 
 
 Janes, S. Walker, . 
 
 49-84 
 
 Cole, Malcom B., . 
 
 36 
 
 Jones, Melville D., 
 
 . 26-52-84 
 
 Coolidge, Aaron R., . 
 
 35-71 
 
 K 
 
 
 Conant, Ezra D 
 
 27-71 
 
 
 Conant, John R., . 
 
 34-71 
 
 Kaan, Frank W., . 
 
 . 16-24-84 
 
 
 
 Kennard, John F., 
 
 43-85 
 
 Converse, John W., 
 
 45-71 
 
 
 
 Crane, Charles H., 
 
 24-72 
 
 Kilmer, Frederick M., 
 
 . 22-56-85 
 
 Cummings, John A., 
 
 13-31-72 
 
 Kimball, George A., 
 
 . 10-46-85 
 
 Cnmmlngs, Silas L., 
 
 57-72 
 
 L 
 
 
 Cunningham, Thomas, 
 
 14-72 
 
 Lament, Andrew A., 
 
 65-85 
 
 Curtis, Edwin A., 
 
 30-73 
 
 Lapham, Frank D., 
 
 56-86 
 
 Cutler, Samuel, 
 
 22-73 
 
 Lawrence, Bernard W. 
 
 44-86 
 
 D 
 
 
 Libby, Stillman H., 
 
 . 35-86 
 
 
 Lincoln, Charles S., 
 
 20 
 
 Darling, Samuel C, 
 
 16-20-73 
 
 LittleBeld, Samuel. 
 
 31 
 
 David, James B., 
 
 32-73 
 
 Long, James, 
 
 . 14-33-86 
 
 Davis, Joshua H., 
 
 22-73 
 
 Lord, Thomas H., 
 
 31 
 
 Davis, Levi F. S., 
 
 20-39-74 
 
 Lyons, Jeremiah J., 
 
 48-87 
 
 Davis, Oliver J., . 
 
 35-74 
 
 
 
 Davis, Person 
 
 18-27 
 
 M 
 
 
 Davlin, James F., 
 
 22-56-74 
 
 Mann, Jalrus, 
 
 8-87 
 
 Dickerman, George H., 
 
 30-74 
 
 Mentzer, Walter C, 
 
 41-87 
 
 Dodge, Seward 
 
 35-75 
 
 Mitchell, William P., 
 
 57-88 
 
 Downs, Benjamin J 
 
 53-75 
 
 Moore, Howard D., 
 
 64-88 
 
 Duddy, Robert, . . . . 
 
 24-46-75 
 
 Morse, Enoch R., . 
 
 14-88 
 
 Durgin, Asa, 
 
 36-75 
 
 N 
 
 
 Dwyer, Timothy C, - 
 
 45-76 
 
 Nickerson, Alvano T., . 
 
 . 24-32-88 
 
 E 
 
 
 Nlckerson, Richard E., 
 
 . . . 14-88 
 
 Eaton, Horaee L., . . . 
 
 10-76 
 
 Norcross, J. Leiand, 
 
 38-89 
 
 Edmunds, Albert W. , . 
 
 47-76 
 
 North, Charles L., 
 
 43-89 
 
 Eldridge, Edrlc 
 
 43-76 
 
 O 
 
 
 Elliot, Charles D 
 
 F 
 Fitch, Nathan A 
 
 10-77 
 
 Osgood, Charles B., 
 
 48-89 
 
 40-77 
 
 P 
 
 Page, Caleb A., 
 
 37-90 
 
 Fitts, Frank E 
 
 49-77 
 
 Parkhurst, Melville C, 
 
 57-90 
 
 
 Pages. 
 
 Park, Elbridge G., 
 
 . 42-90 
 
 Pennock, Samuel N., . 
 
 36 
 
 Perkins, George W., 
 
 6-90 
 
 Perry, Albion A., . 
 
 21-39-91 
 
 Perry, Franklin R., 
 
 40-91 
 
 Phillips, Franklin F., . 
 
 26-51-91 
 
 Poor, Franklin N., 
 
 31-92 
 
 Poor, John R 
 
 27-92 
 
 Pope, Charles G 
 
 14-17-92 
 
 Pratt, Joslah N., . 
 
 54-93 
 
 Proctor, George O., 
 
 24-93 
 
 R 
 
 
 Rafferty, Patrick, . 
 
 33-93 
 
 Rand, John B. G., 
 
 34-93 
 
 Raymond, Francis H., 
 
 6-94 
 
 Reed, Nathan H., . 
 
 43-94 
 
 Rich, Wilfred B., 
 
 52-94 
 
 Robinson, Albert M., . 
 
 42-95 
 
 Robinson, Charles, 
 
 16 
 
 Robinson, Warren J., . 
 
 49-95 
 
 Roulstone, Thomas R., 
 
 39-95 
 
 Rowell, Cromwell G., . 
 
 29-95 
 
 Russell, Irving L., 
 
 22-41-96 
 
 Rymes, Christopher E., 
 
 6-29-96 
 
 S 
 
 
 Sanborn, Charles B., . 
 
 46-96 
 
 Sargent, Aaron, 
 
 8-96 
 
 Sawyer, Charles W., . 
 
 32-97 
 
 Souther, Ezra D 
 
 46 
 
 Southworth, Amasa E., 
 
 24-98 
 
 Sparrow, Edmund S., . 
 
 50-98 
 
 Spear, Robert L., . 
 
 18-30 
 
 Skilton, George C 
 
 34-97 
 
 Smith, Hiram D., 
 
 41-97 
 
 Steele, Moses G 
 
 41 
 
 Stevens, Elmer A., 
 
 26-98 
 
 Stillson, Daniel C, 
 
 42 
 
 Stockbridge, Lewis, 
 
 51-98 
 
 T 
 
 
 Talhnan, William C, . 
 
 33 
 
 Tarbox, French O. J., 
 
 55-99 
 
 Taylor, Charles H., . 
 
 12-99 
 
 Tufts, Nathan, 
 
 29-99 
 
 Twycross, Samuel G. A., . 
 
 40-99 
 
 U 
 
 
 Underbill, Jesse J 
 
 36-100 
 
 Vinal, Quincy A., 
 
 12-39-100 
 
 ^'incent, George I., 
 
 W 
 
 Weld, William E., 
 Wellington, J. Frank, 
 Wemyss, George D., 
 Whitaker, George E., 
 ^Vhite, Dr. Horace C, 
 Whitney, Calvin H., 
 Wiley, Isaiah H., . 
 Willey, Clarence H., 
 Winther, Charles A. G, 
 Woods, John M., . 
 Wright, Robert S., 
 
 8-100 
 
 40-100 
 38-101 
 43-101 
 55-101 
 26-i02 
 52-112 
 51-101 
 47-102 
 60-103 
 20-103 
 54-103 
 
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