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JASPER
E. LAMBIE, at the head of the enterprising firm of J. E.
Lambie & Co., the leading dry goods house of
Hampshire County, is one of the foremost business men of
Northampton. He was born in Hammond, N.Y., in August,
1843. His father, John Lambie, was born in Paisley,
Scotland, in 1800. He was a son of the manufacturer of
the celebrated Paisley shawls, and was reared to that
business in his native land. In 1821 John
Lambie emigrated to America, settling in New York State.
After coming to this country he married Ellen Morris, a
native of Scotland; and they had a family of eight
children, of whom three have departed this life, namely:
Jane, who died at the age of thirty-nine years; Robert
M., at one time engaged in the dry goods business at
Easthampton, Mass. but later a
manufacturer in New York City, where his death occurred
in 1892; and Margaret, Mrs. Otis Gardner, who died the
past year. The following are the living children:
Christiana, the widow of F. W. Blackmore,
residing in Hammond, N.Y. ; William M. ; John F. ;
Jasper E., of Northampton; and Martha M., wife of George
L.
Manchester, of Easthampton. The father passed
from earth in 1884, and the mother some three years
later at the age of fourscore years.
Jasper
E. Lambie, eagerly seizing the opportunities afforded
him in his youth for obtaining an education, after
leaving the district school pursued the higher branches
of learning at Gouverneur Academy and at St. Lawrence
University, Canton, N.Y. In August, 1864, he joined the
Ninety-first New York Volunteer Infantry, personally
enlisting thirty-three men for his company. Mr. Lambie
was appointed to a position in the commissary of musters
department, being stationed at Baltimore until the close
of the war. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Lambie first
embarked in
a mercantile career with his brother Robert, opening a
store in Easthampton, where he continued for seventeen
years, doing a thriving business alone after his brother
went to New York City. Coming to
Northampton in 1883, Mr. Lambie, bought out the
establishment of E. G. Southwick & Co., and three
years later took his brother John into partnership. They
have a large store at 92 Main Street. The original
building in which he began business was but seventy feet
deep, and is still in the possession of the former
owner. The additions, which include a three-story brick
building, fifty-two by one hundred and ninety-two feet,
have been erected and are owned by Mr. Lambie. Their
business, which is conducted on the department plan,
gives employment to twenty-five salesmen and saleswomen,
the various departments embracing all kinds of dry
goods, notions, and millinery.
On September 9, 1875, Mr. Lambie was
united in wedlock with Henrietta E. Bryan, a daughter of
Dr. Bryan, of New York City. Sorrow and joy,
the common lot of mortals, have been theirs since
marriage,. three of the beautiful children born to them
having been taken from earth. A son and a daughter
brighten their pleasant home at 37 Phillips Place, the
daughter Margaret being nine years old and the son
Morris a sturdy lad of seven years. In politics Mr.
Lambie is a stanch Republican, and has served two terms
as Alderman and one term as Mayor. Socially, he is a
Chapter Mason, being Past Master of the Ionic Lodge,
Easthampton.
WILLIAM C. LATHAM, a retired farmer
living at Florence, was born in County Tipperary,
Ireland, October 26, 1824, son of William and Joanna
(Cormac) Latham.
William
Latham, who was also a native of County
Tipperary, was steward for a state minister, who
possessed a large estate. He and his wife reared to
adult life four sons and seven daughters. Of these,
besides the subject of this sketch, there are now living
two daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a son and two
daughters in the old country. The youngest
member of the family, a son, came to America in early
manhood, served in the Civil War as First Lieutenant in
a company of cavalry, and when but twenty-six years of
age was killed in battle at Baton
Rouge, where his remains
were subsequently buried.
William C. Latham acquired a
practical common-school education, and was reared to
farm life in his native land. He embarked March 9, 1849,
on a sailing-vessel bound for the United States, and
after a voyage of five weeks and four days landed at New
York City. After spending a
short time with his aunts in Brooklyn, N.Y., he came to
Northampton, Mass. Later he secured work in a woolen
factory in Leeds, where he was employed for two years.
He next worked at farming, and afterward obtained a
salaried position in the meat business. Soon after his
marriage, in the fall of 1850, he settled in Florence on
four acres of land on West Street, in the locality known
as "The Commons," where he erected a comfortable and
substantial home.
His wife, whose maiden name was
Miss Mary Grady, was born in County Kerry,
Ire-land. She came
to this country alone in 1848, and until her marriage
made her home with her brother, Thomas Grady, who then
resided in Florence. Eleven children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Latham, of whom six sons and
three daughters grew to adult life.
Three were born at Whately, while the rest are
natives of Florence. All now reside
in Florence except Michael Latham, who lives in Newark,
N.J. Those deceased
were David Latham, who went to Colorado, where he was
killed when but twenty-one years old; and John Latham,
who died in 1892, about the age of thirty-five years,
leaving a wife and three children, who
reside in Florence. William Whately
Latham, the contractor of Florence, has met with success
in his chosen vocation, and has carried through several
large contracts in a very satisfactory manner. His fine
stone dwelling, erected in the summer of 1893, is one of
the best houses in Florence.
He is married, and has a son and daughter.
Nathaniel Latham, who is in the cutlery business, resides next to
his father. He, too, is
married, and has a son and daughter.
Henry Latham follows the trade of a painter. He has a wife;
and they have three children, two sons and a daughter.
William C. Latham and his family are all communicants of
the Catholic church. They are highly
esteemed in the town, and have a large circle of
friends.
SAMUEL W. LEE, Jr., is a member of
the Nonotuck Silk Company of Leeds, Mass., and a valued
citizen of Northampton. He was born in Northampton,
August 10, 1857, and is a son of Samuel W. Lee, Sr., who
was born in Northampton Centre, April 14, 1835. His
grandfather, Samuel William Lee, was born in
Connecticut, and lived for some time in Middletown, but
subsequently removed to Northampton. He married Electa
Bacon, who bore him five children, of whom Samuel W.
Lee, Sr., of Northampton, Electa Lee, of Newfield, N.J.,
and Cornelia, the widow of the Rev. William Bates, are
now living.
Samuel W., son of Samuel William
and Electa (Bacon) Lee, married Hepzibah Severance, a
native of Heath, Mass., who passed to the life eternal
in November, 1891, leaving four children, namely: Samuel
W., Jr.; Grace, who married John Robinson, and died in
the prime of womanhood, leaving one son; Arthur, who is
married, and is in business with his father; and Philip,
who died when young.
Samuel W. Lee, Jr., was educated in
the district and high school of his native city, being
well fitted for the responsibilities of life, and at the
age of seventeen years began to be self-supporting. He first
entered the insurance office of Peck & Pierce,
remaining with them until 1878.
Coming then to Leeds,
Mr. Lee was employed as book-keeper for the Mill
River Button Company three years; and in the
spring of 1881 he accepted a similar position in the
office of the Nonotuck Silk Company, with which he has
since been connected, this being the largest silk thread
company in the world.
On the 20th of April,
1881, Mr. Lee was united in marriage with Miss
Emma L. Dimock, a daughter
of Lucius and Electa
(Jones) Dimock. Mrs. Dimock
died in 1884, leaving her husband and two daughters:
Emma L., Mrs. Lee; and Kittie, the wife of George Wright
Clarke. The union
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee has been brightened by the birth of
one child, Harold Dimock
Lee, a promising boy of thirteen years. Mr. Lee
resides with his
father-in-law, who is the Managing
Director of the Nonotuck Silk
Company.
In politics Mr. Lee is a
strong Republican, and for two years served his fellow
townsmen as a member of the Common Council. He also
represents this ward on the Northampton Board of
Education, and has been Secretary of the Forbes Library
since its organization, being a
most
responsible and trustworthy
official. Socially, he is
a Knight Templar, and for three years was Commander of
the Northampton
Commandery.
Mr. Lee is
greatly interested in music, having a decided talent for
the art, which he has cultivated, and for several years
was organist in the First Church, and afterward sang in
the choirs of that and of the Unitarian
church.
ORRIN E. LIVERMORE, of Northampton,
a carpenter, contractor, and builder, is among the
foremost men in his line of business in this part of
Hampshire County. He owns and
occupies the property at 103 West Street, which he
bought in 1871, having rebuilt the house six years later
in its present modern style. Mr. Livermore is a native
of Berkshire County, born November 28, 1837, in
Hinsdale, son of Chester Livermore. His father was born
in Shutesbury, Mass., March 28, 1809, and was a son of
Elijah Livermore, who was born and reared in Leicester,
Mass., but afterward removed to Shutesbury, where he
engaged in general farming. Grandfather Livermore reared
a family of eight children, five sons and three
daughters, none of whom are now living.
Chester Livermore learned the carpenter's trade
when a young man, and, removing to Hinsdale, there
followed carpentering for fourteen years, when he
changed his occupation to farming, which he carried on
in the towns of Worthington and Peru for several years.
In 1835 he married Betsey Pratt, of Shutesbury, and they
had a family of five children, namely: Orrin E., of
Northampton: David E., an unmarried man; Adeline M.,
wife of Andrew S. Cook, a wood-turner, of Springfield;
Frances L., wife of Edwin Skillings, of East
Bridgewater, Mass.; and Marinda, who died in infancy.
The father died in 1864, the mother in 1870.
Orrin E. Livermore was reared on the home
farm, and, after receiving an academic education, taught
school one term. In 1863 he came to Northampton, having
secured work with Moses Breck, by whom he was employed
nine years, after which he succeeded to his well
established business. Some of the most elegant and
substantial buildings of the city have been erected by
Mr. Livermore, among the principal public ones being the
Hampshire County bank, McCallum's store, the Northampton
Institution for Savings, Lilly Hall, the art gallery,
and the annex to the main building of Smith College, and
the Hatfield and Washburn houses that are connected with
the college; and among the fine residences those of
Messrs. McCallum, Crook, Porter, H. A. Kimball, and
Professor H. M. Tyler.
Elizabeth W. Ferguson, who
became the wife of Mr. Livermore on April 3, 1861,
wasborn in
Newark, N.Y., but was reared in Hinsdale, Mass.,
her parents, the late Selden K. and Margaret (Stowell)
Ferguson, having died in early life. She was
one of three young children who were left orphans, her
brothers being Myron Ferguson, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
and Charles Stowell,
who was adopted by his uncle, Marshall
Stowell, a farmer in Peru. Of the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Livermore two
daughters and one son have passed to the brightness of
the eternal life, the daughters dying in infancy, and
the son, Ernest Howard, when nineteen years old.
He was a young man of great promise, a fine
scholar, and for one and one-half years was a clerk in
the post office, under Mr. Campbell.
The remaining children are: Minnie, wife of John
W. Draper; Alma B., a talented young musician, pursuing
her studies under Professor Greene, taking lessons in
voice culture and on the piano, having developed a
remarkable taste and talent for that instrument when a
child of three years; and Carleton, a winning little
fellow of two years.
Mr. Livermore is a public spirited citizen of
Northampton, ever evincing a genuine interest in all
things pertaining to the general welfare and
advancement. He is a prominent member of the Republican
ranks, and has served in the Common Council three years,
having been president one year and an Alderman two
years. He is a Master Mason and an active member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the
chairs up to and including that of the Canton.
Religiously, he is an esteemed member of the Baptist
church, in which he has served as Deacon for
twenty-three years, and for the past eighteen years has
been superintendent of its Sunday-school.
FRANCIS LOOMIS, a lifelong resident
and a thrifty and enterprising farmer of Williamsburg,
Mass., was born on the place that he now owns, April 6,
1833. He is son of William and Lucinda (Thayer) Loomis,
and grandson of Jonathan and Zilpha (Field)
Loomis.
Grandfather Loomis was a resident
farmer of Whately, Mass. He served in
the Revolutionary War, and during the last years of his
life was in receipt of a pension from the
government. He and his
wife, Zilpha Field, were the parents of five children:
Jonathan, Leonard, Luther, Sally, and William. William
Loomis, father of Francis, was born in Whately. In his
early manhood he learned the trade of a carpenter and
bridge builder; and examples of his work may now be seen
in Chicopee Falls,
Miller's Falls, and West
Springfield, Mass. He
first established a home for himself in Whately; but
about the year 1822 he purchased in Williamsburg a farm
of eighty acres, on which he erected new barns, besides
remodeling the house. While he supervised the work of
his farm, his attention was chiefly devoted to his
trade, at which he met with good success. He was a
communicant of the Congregational church and in
political affiliation a Whig. He died in
1853, at the age of sixty-four years. His first
marriage was to Miss Mary Waite, who died, leaving him with three
children; namely, Luther, Maria, and Jane. His second
and last union was with Miss Lucinda Thayer, who died in
1872, at seventy-seven years of age, leaving five
children: Rebecca, Mary, Leonard, Francis, and
Elizabeth. His son Luther, now dead, kept the
Haydenville House, and had two children, one of whom
survives.
Francis Loomis remained with his parents and
cared for them during their old age. At their decease
he purchased the farm, which then had very little cultivated
land. Having cleared away the bushes, timber, and
stone with which it was encumbered, he has in it
now one of the best cared for farms in the town.
He has also set out a nice variety of fruit trees, and
made improvements in the house and barns. Besides he
carries on general farming, raising good crops of grain
and tobacco; and he keeps a dairy of choice cows.
On June 1, 1853, he was
joined in marriage with Miss Sarah Hillman, a daughter
of John Hillman, of Charlemont; and they have reared
four of the six children born of their union. The two
who died in childhood were Wilbur and Hattie, and the
others are: Henry, born September 23, 1854; David C, who
married Miss Fanny Rhood, lives in Haydenville, and has
two children, Ethel and Charles; George F., married to
Miss Helen Rivard, having one child, Edward F., and
residing at home; and William G., born October 16, 1877,
also living at home. Mr. Loomis casts his vote
with the Republican party. He is a member of Hampshire
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and he and his wife and family
are active and influential members of the Congregational
church.
HARMIDASSE LUSSIER, baker and
dealer in bread, cake, and pies in Northampton, has
built up an extensive and lucrative trade in this city,
and has the reputation of making the finest and most
wholesome of bakery products. He is a native of Canada,
in which country he was born, October 24, 1858, a son of
Peter Lussier, who was born in the same province on
Christmas Day, 1831. His father, Joseph Lussier, also a
native of Canada, was there engaged in farming for the
greater part of his active life, although the year
preceding his death was spent in Holyoke, where he died
at the age of sixty years. He was twice married, his
first wife, grandmother 'of our chief subject, bearing
him five children, and his second wife eight. Peter
Lussier lived in Canada until after his union with
Derimenne Charbonneau in 1853. In 1867 he removed with
his family to Holyoke, where he learned the baker's
trade, which he followed there for nine years. In 1886 he opened a
bakery in Springfield in partnership with his eldest
son, Peter Lussier, Jr. ; and they are still carrying on
a thriving business in that city. Of the thirteen
children born to the parents five sons and three
daughters are now living, and, with the exception of a
daughter in Canada, are residents of the old Bay
State.
Harmidasse Lussier learned the
trade of baker from his father in Holyoke. In 1885 he
went to Northampton, where he worked two years as baker
for Mr. Couture. He then went to Leeds and engaged in
business for himself, remaining there three years and
meeting with a fair degree of success; but desiring a
larger field of operation he came to Northampton and
purchased his present home and bakery. He is now well
established, and enjoys a large and increasing trade.
Mr. Lussier was united in marriage November 24, 1879, to
Margaret Dauyard, a daughter of Michelle Dauyard, of
Canada, she being one of a family of four daughters and
five sons born to her parents. The two children born to
Mr. and Mrs. Lussier passed but a
short time on earth, their little son dying in infancy,
and a winsome little girl when two and a half years
old.
Their household, however, is
brightened by the presence of two adopted children,
Wilfred Lamontagne, a boy of sixteen years, and Albina
(Labreche) Lussier, a beautiful child of five years. Mr.
Lussier is a man of unquestioned integrity, and by his
steady industry and honest business methods has won the
respect of the community. Socially, he is a member of
the Foresters and of the St. Jean Baptiste Society; and,
religiously, both he and his wife are devout and
faithful members of the French Catholic
Church.
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