Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . until 1875, when the presentbusiness was formed, under the firm name of W. & Son. Mr. Leatherbee is also one ofthe trustees of the Franklin Savings Bank, andtreasurer of the Little Kanawha Lumber Company,of Parkersburg, W. Va., of which his son, (ieorgeH., is general manager. He is a member of theOld School Boys Association. Mr. Leatherbeewas married Oct. 25, 1848, to Miss Mary JaneMillard; they have one daughter, Anne M. Olm-stead, a
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . until 1875, when the presentbusiness was formed, under the firm name of W. & Son. Mr. Leatherbee is also one ofthe trustees of the Franklin Savings Bank, andtreasurer of the Little Kanawha Lumber Company,of Parkersburg, W. Va., of which his son, (ieorgeH., is general manager. He is a member of theOld School Boys Association. Mr. Leatherbeewas married Oct. 25, 1848, to Miss Mary JaneMillard; they have one daughter, Anne M. Olm-stead, and two sons, Charles W., of the Bostonfirm of W. H. Leatherbee & Son, and George , of the Parkersburg, W. Va., lumbercompany. Lee, William H., son of William and Susan(Clarke) Lee, was born in Boston March 4, early education was attained in the old AdamsSchool on Mason street, and in a Jamaica Plainiiulilic school. Before he had completed the regu- BOSTON OF TO-DAY. 287 lar course he was obliged, by stress of circumstances,to leave school and learn a trade. After some timeL iihimber. he found a spent ai>|irenti. Mr. Lee is a member of the Masonic order, thirty-second degree; of the Odd Fellows, of which he isa past grand ; of the Knights of Pythias, a pastgrand chancellor; the Red Men, a past grandsachem ; the Royal Arcanum ; the United Friends,a past imperial councillor; and the Good is also one of the National Lancers, and amember of the Bostonian Society and the AthleticClub. He was connected with the old MercantileLibrary Association when it was in its prime, join-ing in 1867. For two or three years he was on theboard of directors, and for a longer period hadcharge of the department of amusements, in whichwere given some of the most famous amateur dra-matic performances of the time. Leighton, George E., was born in Pembroke,Me., Feb. 12, 1850. He learned his trade ofbuilder in Maine, and coming to Boston workedat it here until 1875, when h
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