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 SULLIVAN'. SULLIVAN. 587 His earl)' education was secured in the common schools of his native place and 1 [olyoke. He came to this country when nine years of age, and at the age of fourteen years, worked in the mills of the city of which he is now chief executive. In 1S56 he en- gaged in the meat business, and has since continued in the same line. Mr. Sullivan was married in Holyoke, November 25, 1863, to Kate E., daughter of John and Helen (Fitzgerald) Dower. Of this union were seven children : Frank J., Claire E., Grace A., William 1)., Kate, Mary (deceased), and Abbie Sullivan (de- ceased). JEREMIAH F. SULLIVAN. Mr. Sullivan's career has been that of a successful businessman, and it was only to the most earnest demands of his party that he yielded and accepted office. In 1873 and '74 he was a member of the board of overseers of the poor ; he was assessor in 1875, serving continuously upon that board from 1S75 to '89, and was chairman of the board nine years, from 1S80 to '89. He was elected mayor of Holyoke in 1S89. SULLIVAN, John Clarke, is a native of Ireland, where he was born July 13, 1S43. He came to this country when a child, and was educated in the public schools at Middleborough and Pierce Academy, where he fitted for college, and was graduated from Brown University in the class of 1S67. After fitting for college, however, he entered the army and served in com- pany C, 4th regiment, Massachusetts vol- unteers, in the department of the Gulf, under General Banks, until 1S64. After graduating from college he taught school and studied law with Judge V. H. Wood, judge of probate and insolvency for the county of Plymouth. In 1869 Mr. Sullivan was admitted to the bar of Plym- outh county, and began the practice of law in Middleborough, where he at present has a large legal business. On the 24th of November, 1SS1, he was married to Myra E. Stacy, of Waterville, Me. They have one child : Olive W. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan has been a member of the school committee, commissioner of insol- vency of Plymouth county, a member of the House of Representatives in 1881 and '82, serving on the committee of probate and chancery. He was also a member of the Republican state central committee for three years. He has been commander of Post 8, department of Massachusetts, G. A. R., and is now one of the trustees of the Middleborough Savings Bank, and a notary public. His recent election to the office of register of probate and insolvency for Plymouth county adds another marked and merited recognition of his energy, industry and ability. SULLIVAN, JOHN HENRY, son of Michael and Mary (Kelly) Sullivan, was born at Bere Haven, county Cork, Ireland, April 27, 1848, receiving his early educa- tion in the national schools of his native land. When a young man he left Ireland and came to Boston, where he pursued a course at Comer's Commercial College. After mastering the science of navigation, while for a time following the sea, he located in Boston, and became engaged in the survey of cargoes brought to this port by East India merchants, and developed such re- markable proficiency in clerical work that he was made inspector of East India mer- chandise. After four years of this work, Mr. Sullivan secured the position of chief clerk and superintendent of the National Line of steamers, and on the withdrawal of the National Line, which was succeeded by the Dominion Line, he was engaged by the new company in the same capacity. He also superintended the docks of the Warren and Leyland lines, resigning after