Walter M. Wright.
He was associated in the practice of medicine with M. C. Edmunds, M. D., Weston, Vt., from July, 1874, till July, 1876, when he removed to Massachusetts and opened an office in Cooleyville, practicing there until 1880, when he settled in Orange, where he has been engaged in active general practice in medicine and surgery to the present time.
Dr. Wright was married in Weston, Vt., January 3, 1875, to Ella J., daughter of Nathan and Lavina (Webster) Holt. Of this union is one child: Aldine Louise Wright, born February 28, 1878.
He was commissioned by Governor Robinson, June 26, 1884, a medical examiner in Franklin county. He is president of the Franklin District Medical Society, and one of the vice-presidents of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
He is a prominent Odd Fellow, and an active and ardent member of various Masonic bodies; was master of Orange Lodge, F. & A. M., 1883, '84, and '85, and D. D. grand master of the 13th Masonic district, 1886 and '87.
Young, James Harvey, son of William and Hannah (Harvey) Young, was born in Salem, Essex county, June 14, 1830.
His early education, until fourteen years of age, was obtained in private schools. In 1842 his family removed to Boston, and at this time he entered the studio of John Pope, portrait painter. In 1844, at fourteen years of age, he opened a studio of his own in Boston, painting portraits at five dollars each.
In 1848 he entered the office of an able architect, as a draughtsman, at the same time using every spare moment in work that kept him in form for his portrait painting. At the end of four years he returned to the profession for which nature designed him, and has ever since given his entire time and attention to portraiture. He has painted much, but seldom puts a picture on exhibition.
He was one of the founders of the Boston Art Club, and from 1861 to '71 was director of the fine arts department of the Boston Athenæsum.
Among his better works are portraits of Edward Everett (the original belonging to Mrs. E. B. Everett), William Warren, W. H. Prescott and Horace Mann (both in the Salem normal school), Colonel Ellsworth and Lieutenant Brownell (belonging to the Salem Independent Cadets), General Townsend (Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C.), Thatcher Magoun (for the town of Medford), Barnas Sears and Professor Whitney (Newton Theological Institution), Rev. Dr. Peabody (for Exeter Academy), Rev. Dr. Hedge, Professor Mulford (Harvard), and John Ward Dean (in the New England Historic Genealogical Society), and of many private individuals. Mrs. George Livermore, of Cambridge, owns a half-length cabinet size portrait of Everett, and a copy of the original head is in the Boston public library.
Mr. Young was married in Leominster, in 1853, to Francena M., daughter of Luke and Clarissa Wilder. His only child by this marriage is Charles Harvey Young. He married again in 1884, Louise C, daughter of Joel and Susan C. Knight, of Boston.
In 1872 his studio was burned, and Mr. Young lost nearly all his earthly possessions. He soon set up his easel at West Street, where he is at present located. Mr. Young has attained to an enviable reputation as a portrait painter. He is a member of the Paint and Clay Club, and is personally one of the most esteemed artists of the metropolis of the State.
