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 5 So LITTLE. LOCKE. Rockland Bank, Roxbury, at that time or- ganized. On the death of Samuel Walker, its president, he was elected to fill the vacancy thus created, and has occupied this position ever since. Mr. Little was married in Hingham, June 6, 1855, to Elizabeth, daughter of Micajah and Eliza (Parker) Malbon. Of this union is one son : Arthur Malbon Little. Mr. Little's capacity for business, and personal traits of character, early attracted the attention of his fellow-citizens, and he was soon called to represent them in im- portant offices of trust and responsibility. He was a member of the common council of the city of Roxbury in 1856 and '57 ; served as a member of the board of alder- men eight years, from 1S61 to '68, inclu- sive. After the annexation of Roxbury to SAMUEL LITTLE I losti hi, he became a member of the board of aldermen of the latter city in 1871, and was re-elected for 1872, and served as chairman of the board that year. He was also a member of the House of Represen- tatives from Roxbury in 1S64 and '65 ; member of the board of directors of public institutions of Boston, from 1S73 t0 S-, inclusive, and served as president of the board from 1877 to his retirement. Mr. Little was active in the organization of the Highland Street Railway Company, in 1872, and was its treasurer until its con- solidation with the Middlesex Street Rail- way Company. He was a director of the consolidated company until its union with the West End Street Railway Company. He was then made one of its directors, which position he still holds. Mr. Little was one of the state agents for the improvement of the South Boston flats belonging to the Commonwealth ; has been referee in many important cases, notably the City of Boston vs. the Boston Belting Company, and trustee and executor of many large estates. He is a trustee of the Roxbury Institution for Savings, and was one of the incorporators of the Rox- bury Homoeopathic Dispensary. During the civil war he was one of the most active and influential members of the city government, serving as chairman of the finance and military committees. Mr. Little has been master of the Wash- ington Lodge, F. & A. M. ; is a member of Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, and has served as commander of the Joseph Warren Commandery. He is president of the Boston Lead Man- ufacturing Company, the E. Howard Watch & Clock Company, Roxbury Gas Light Company, Bay State Gas Company, and director of the Boston, Dorchester & South Boston Gas Light companies. Mr. Little's unbroken record of intelli- gent and faithful public service, his long career as a shrewd, honorable and success- ful business man, at once qualify him to stand as one of the truly representative men of the Commonwealth. LOCKE, Warren Edgar, son of Amos and Rhoda (Blodgett) Locke, was born in Lexington, Middlesex county, May 28, 1841. The district schools of Lexington gave him his knowledge of books till he was ten years of age. At this time his parents removed toWoburn, and he attended War- ren Academy and Woburn high school. He began life for himself as driver on a Cambridge horse-car. He was afterwards brakeman on the Fitchburg Railroad, then baggage-master on a through train from Boston to Burlington, Vt., then conductor on a passenger train on the Cheshire Railroad running between Bellows Falls and Fitch- burg. He left this road in 1866 to take a position on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, in the freight department. He was afterwards made local freight agent. He left this road in 1869 to take a position as New England agent of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, and held