The Register of the Malden Historical Society Volume 1-4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... 15 grandchildren. A few years since Deacon Parker, with his wife, made an extended tour of Egypt and the Holy Land and this he enjoyed, as he did all life's pleasant experiences, to the full. Few men have left more happy impressions of their good lives in the memories of their friends than has he. JAMES B. SINER James B. Siner, a member of the society, died at his home on Hawthorne street, Malden, September 17, 1912, after a protracted illness. Mr. Siner was one of those quiet, but resourceful men, who help to make a community and a neighborhood where they live an attractive place to dwell, and who become the reliance of the interests they serve. He was born in Lowell, the son of James and Eliza (Bradford) Siner, April 13, 1835. He obtained his education in the grammar and high schools of his native city and for a time taught school in Georgia. His father was a carpet manufacturer on an extensive scale, and the practical knowledge obtained in association with him was turned to good account by the son, who for twenty-two years was mechanical superintendent of the Washington mills at Lawrence, and then for a quarter of a century was in charge of the appraisal department of the Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Company, where his work increased in value as the years sped, so that he had the satisfaction of knowing that the company felt him to be more useful to it in his last years of service than in the years of middle life when he felt himself to be more active. He married Miss Lena, daughter of Warren Mallard of Lawrence, in 1875, she having been principal of the Teachers Training School of Lawrence. They moved to Malden some twenty-five years since. Prior to that time Mr. Siner had refused a nomination as mayor of Lawrence, owing to the pressure of his private...