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ever, such as they were, and from an early age
until he was nineteen assisted with the farm
work. But he had no particular desire to make
agriculture his life work, and as he had a sister
married and living in Plymouth county,
Mass., he resolved to try his fortune in that
section. Coming to West Bridgewater, Mass.,
the home of his ancestors, in 1862, he commenced
to learn the business of shoe finishing
with Charles Martin, with whom he remained
four years, gaining tt thorough knowledge of
the trade. He had managed his resources so
well during that period that he had saved a
little out of his wages, and in 1866, in company
with Benjamin Curtis, under the firm
name of Lothrop & Curtis, he bought the business
of his employer, conducting it for two
years. Their business was located in that
part of West Bridgewater which has since become
a part of the city of Brockton. At the
end of that time Mr. Lothrop sold his interest
to Mr. Curtis. However, he did not abandon
the business, soon establishing himself at West
Bridgewater in the same line on his own account,
and continuing to devote all his time
to that establishment until he bought out a
similar one in Elmwood, East Bridgewater,
after which he conducted both, engaged in the
manufacture of men's medium-grade shoes. He
retained the Elmwood business for fourteen
years, meanwhile buying
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an interest in the
shoe manufactory of Thomas Ripley, being a
silent partner in same for six years. Then
he disposed of all his interests in the shoe trade
and branched out in an entirely different line,
is thoroughly business-like and enterprising in
all his undertakings, and has worked hard from
boyhood, but he has been well rewarded for his
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of the board of selectmen, as assessor and as
overseer of the poor. In 1910 he was appointed
one of the water commissioners of West
Bridgewater, the commission having charge of
the construction of the town's new water system
in connection with the water supply from
Brockton's source; his fellow commissioners are
Orvis F. Kinney and Hervey S. Dunham. Mr.
Lothrop has had charge of the construction,
and he threw the first shovelful of earth from
the trenches, the second being handled by Mr.
Dunham and the third by Mr. Kinney. Mr.
Lothrop is a Republican in political sympathy.
His interest in the welfare of the town has
been sincere, and he is considered a good citizen
in every way.
At Eaton, his native place, Mr. Lothrop
married Oct. 6, 1868, Lucy Planche, who was
born there, daughter of William and Janet
(Hurd) Planche. They have had two children:
(1) Charles Arthur, born Oct. 31, 1869, was
educated primarily in rthe public schools of West
Bridgewater, attended the high school, and
later took a course in medicine at the Boston
University and the Hahnemann Medical School
of Chicago, graduating from the latter institution
in 1892, with the degree of M. D. For
a period of about two years he was engaged in
practice in Brockton, and is now practicing his
profession at Sharon, Wis. He married (first)
Oct. 24, 1894, Saba K. Perkins, of Bridgewater,
and to this union came one son. Duncan
starting a grocery business in West Bridgewater,
as well as dealing wholesale and retail
in grain and coal. He was in this line for
•eight years when he sold the grain and coal
business to George C. Holmes, and after conducting
the grocery business for about one
year he sold it out to E. C. Fisher, and retired
from active affairs, his time ever since being
devoted to the care and management of his real
estate and stocks. In 1886 he built his own
fine home,- one of the handsomest in West
Bridgewater, and he has built a number of
other houses, also making valuable improvements
on the property adjoining his home. He
Lothrop, born Aug. 10, 1895. In May, 1902,
he married (second) Mary Smith Younglove,
of Wautoma, Wis., and they have one child,
Lucy Mae, born Aug. 29, 1904. (2) Jessie
Janet is the widow of Arthur Davis Copeland
(son of Davis Copeland), of Brockton, and has
one cliild, Dwight Lothrop Copeland, born
Aug. 16, 1899.
Mr. and Mrs. Lothrop have made several
trips to Califorjiia. Mr. Lothrop is a member
of Fellowship Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgewater,
a charter member of Howard Lodge, No.
116, K. of P. (of which he is one of the trustees),
and was a member of the West Bridgewater
Grange, No. 156, for several years. He
is also a member of the Economic Club of
Brockton. He attends the Unitarian Church,
both he and his wife being members of the
church society.
industry, not only in the prosperity which has
been the result of his efforts but also in the
excellent standing he has attained and the high
reputation he has won.
Mr. Lothrop has been chosen to various local
ofifices, having served three COL. ABRAM WASHBURN (deceased)
was one of the most enterprising and progressive
citizens of Bridgewater, Mass. He was a
native of Pomfret, Vt., born April 17, 1795,
a member of an old family of that section.
years as a member The name has been given several different