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y three of the brothers, and under the
leadership of John Lees, they were taken
on a foreign tour that included France,
Russia, Spain and Egypt. After the
death of Mr. Lees, three other brothers
joined the troupe and their success continued.
The following is an extract from
the New York "World:" "In its later
period, when the second generation was
taking the place of the original members
on the stage, the responsibilities of the
company were divided as follows : William
Hanlon invented the tricks for which
the company was famous ; Edward
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Han-
lon managed their plays, and George Han-
lon was stage manager. At one time
George Hanlon, then in the prime of his
powers, left the stage and devoted himself
to the Christian ministry for fourteen
years, afterward returning to theatrical
work. The headquarters of the Hanlons
were at Cohasset, Massachusetts, where,
in a large seven-story building, they pre-
pared their acts for the following season."
In 1870 the Hanlon Brothers entered the
pantomimic field and starred for several
seasons in "Fantasma" and "Superba,"
famous productions at that time.
Edward Hanlon, father of Dr. Hanlon,
married Frances Kail. He was the father
of five children, four girls and one son,
among them :
mention ;
Albert Frederick, of further
and May, born in Cohasset, Au-
gust 17, 1884, married, August 18, 1904,
Willard C. Greene.
When Dr. Hanlon was six years old his
parents took him with their theatrical
company to England and there the boy
was educated under private tutors, and
was in different countries in Europe until
he was about fourteen years of age. On
their return to America, Dr. Hanlon entered
the public schools of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and matriculated in Lawence
Scientific School at Harvard. After
six months there, he went to Boston and
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was graduated from the Boston University
Medical School as a homoeopathic
physician in 1906. The following year he
spent in post-graduate work at the Hahnemann
Medical School. After finishing
the year he remained eighteen months in
the Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia.
At the end of that time, Dr. Hanlon
went to England and spent altogether
fourteen months overseas, alternating six
months in the London General Hospital,
then to the Paris General Hospital. His
first practice in America was in Atlantic
City, and in 1910 he came to Greenwich,
where he has since been engaged in gen-
eral practice and was a member of the
staff of the Greenwich Hospital for the
last six years of its existence.
Dr. Hanlon is a member of the Greenwich
Medical Society ; the Connecticut
Homoeopathic Medical Society ; the American
Institute of Homoeopathy ; the New
York Academy of Theoretical Science
and Alpha Sigma fraternity. He affiliates
with the Masonic order, having been
made a Mason at Cohasset.
Dr. Hanlon married Mary B. Decker,
daughter of Benezette Decker, and they
are the parents of a daughter, Martha,
born October 20, 1914. Dr. Hanlon and
his wife attend Christ Episcopal Church.
KUNES, Charles B.,
Designer, Building Contractor.
There is a respect accorded by the
world to men who have made their way
to success through their own efforts in
which there is recognition of character,
and of those other dominant qualities
which have made success possible.
Charles B. Kunes, a leading contractor
and builder of Norwalk, Connecticut, has
achieved success through his own efforts,
and his career is one in which he can take
just pride.
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