From his base in Haverhill as a merchant dealing in English goods, Bailey Bartlett moved in government circles to take part in some of the most important moments in the early life of this country. He was a friend of John and Samuel Adams and was with them in Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence…
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Joseph C. Goyette (1884-1969)
Joseph C. Goyette went to work in the shoe factories of Haverhill at age 14 and in 1941 he helped to organize the United Shoe Workers Union in the City, becoming manager-treasurer in 1942. He was later an organizer for the Union. In the 1950s, he became a Marshall Plan worker with the State Department….
Louis Alter (1902-1980)
Louis Alter’s musical career started at age 13, playing the piano in Haverhill theaters and took him to a place in the “Songwriters Hall of Fame,” among many other honors as a composer of popular music. His songs included, Manhattan Serenade, You Turned the Tables on Me, Rainbow on the River, and the music for…
William Francis Bartlett (1840-1876)
An outstanding military record in the Civil War led to William Bartlett becoming the youngest Major General in the Union Army, at the age of 25. He achieved that honor when he returned to duty after losing a leg to wounds in the siege of Yorktown. He entered the Army after graduating from Harvard College and…
Dudley Eaton Fitts (1903-1968)
Dudley Eaton Fitts graduated Haverhill High School in 1921, then went on to attend Harvard College. After Harvard he began a teaching and writing career that earned him distinction as a poet and translator. He taught at the Choate School and Phillips Andover Academy. Mr. Fitts’ first book of poetry was published in 1931. In…
James U. Crockett (1915-1979)
Millions of television viewers got acquainted with this 1933 graduate of Haverhill High School when National Public Television picked up the program that started at Boston’s Channel 2, WGBH. It was titled “Crockett’s Victory Garden.” He began his career in gardening at the Gray & Cole Nursery in Ward Hill and studied horticulture at the…
Brigadier General James Brickett (1738-1818)
Post written by Hall of Fame committee secretary, Arthur Hale Veasey III onto the Facebook group. You can follow the conversation on Facebook, even if you aren’t a member. While having a Facebook account will allow you to participate, you can still read the posts as a non-member. “Born February 16, 1738 in Newbury, Massachusetts,…
Arthur Harrison Cole (1889-1974)
A 2016 inductee to the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame Cole was born Nov. 21, 1889 in Haverhill. He attended Governor Dummer Academy and graduated from Bowdoin College with a bachelor’s degree. He received his master’s and PhD in economics from Harvard University. He tutored and taught economics at Harvard after completing his dissertation and…
William Smith Shaw (1778-1826)
A 2016 inductee to the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame. Shaw was born in Haverhill Aug. 12, 1778 to Reverend John Shaw, minister of the First Parish Meetinghouse, and his wife Elizabeth Smith Shaw. Elizabeth was the sister of Abigail Adams and by all all reports just as distinguished as her famous sister in intellectual…
Induction Ceremony Highlights
On Saturday, October 15th at 2pm, the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame inducted two new members, inside the Johnson Auditorium at the Haverhill Public Library. Dr. Paul M. Bevilacqua, chairman of the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame committee opened the 9th Induction Ceremony for the Haverhill HoF. Committee member, E. Philip Brown inducted Arthur…
Induction Ceremony – Will you be there?
You are officially invited to the 2016 Induction Ceremony for the Haverhill Citizens’ Hall of Fame! Won’t you join us? What: Induction of two new members to the Hall of Fame When: Oct. 15, 2 p.m. Highlight: Hobson Woodward of the Massachusetts Historical Society discusses the President John Adams Papers. Where: Haverhill Public Library, 99…
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