Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . cretary at the session of 1882, and isnow serving his tenth year in that position. Since1882 he has made his headquarters in Boston, resid-ing in Cambridge. He is a member of the LInionBoat and the Athletic Clubs, and of Post 30,, Department of Massachusetts. His faniilxconsists of a wife, three boys, and two girls. \\AkREX, Coolev, SOU of Johu Wrightand Harriet (Cooley) Warren, was born in Lin-coln, Mass. He was educated in the pu
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . cretary at the session of 1882, and isnow serving his tenth year in that position. Since1882 he has made his headquarters in Boston, resid-ing in Cambridge. He is a member of the LInionBoat and the Athletic Clubs, and of Post 30,, Department of Massachusetts. His faniilxconsists of a wife, three boys, and two girls. \\AkREX, Coolev, SOU of Johu Wrightand Harriet (Cooley) Warren, was born in Lin-coln, Mass. He was educated in the public schoolsthere and in a private school in Boston. In 1S44he began business as clerk or confidential agent forF. A. Benson, coal dealer of Boston, remaining withhim for several years. In September, 1850, hebegan the wholesale and retail coal business withSeth Whittier as partner, under the firm name ofWhittier & Warren, at Fisks wharf. The associationcontinued for four years, when they dissolved part-nership. Mr. Warren then began business for him-self in the \Vest F^nd, on Charles street. Heremoved to his jiresent oifice and wharf, .AduwiV( a/iwo-t,i\/r BOSTON OF TO-DAY. 437 Washington avenue, foot of Kneeland street, inI 884. When he began the coal business there wereforty-two coal-wharves in the city ; since then, not-withstanding that there has been an enormous in-crease in the volume of the business, the number ofwharves has steadily decreased, there being now(1892) but twelve in Boston proper. Mr. Warrenhas travelled considerably in Europe ; other than thishis time has been devoted chiefly to business ; he hasnever aspired to or held public office, though repeat-edly urged by his ]iart\ asxx iates to stand as acandidate for place. 1 K- ( in e his ancestry backto 1630, when his am L-^turs i\ime to .America fromEngland in the ship Arbella, landing June 8,1630, at Essex. Mr. Warren was married in .\ugust,1850, to Miss Margaret M. Covley. , H. Langford, arc
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