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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY factory of The Sherwood Shoe Company. In 1885 he became identified with the shoe manufacturing firm of J. H. Win- chell & Company, and was associated with this firm at the time of his death, being the oldest member of the factory organization. Mr. Brickett was superin- tendent of the stitching department of the factory for twenty-seven years, and in Ig12 he was advanced to the position of purchasing agent, which position he held at the time of his demise. He served as a councilman from Ward Four in 1902, during ex-Mayor Isaac Poor’s term of ofhce. He was a prominent member of the Haverhill Association of Superinten- dents and Foremen, having served as its secretary and president for a number of years. He was a member of Saggahew Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Ha- verhill Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters, Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, Palestine Lodge, Knights of Pythi- as, and a member of Haverhill Lodge, Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was vice-president of the Larchmont Club and a member of its board of direc- tors. He was also a member of the Ke- noza Driving Club for many years. In banking circles he was also well known, being a director of The Haverhill! Co-op- erative Bank. On February 23, 1887, Frank Elwin Brickett was united in marriage with Phoebe Catherine Lynch, daughter of Robert Adolphus and Anna (Cahill) Lynch, both natives of New York. Mrs. Brickett is a descendant of Thomas Lynch, Jr., one of the signers of the Dec- laration of Independence. Her grand- father, Robert Adolphus Lynch, was an officer in the English army, and her mother was born in London, England, the daughter of John and Anna Cahill. Mr. and Mrs. Brickett were the parents of one daughter, Iva Mae Brickett, who 52 married Walter S. Bailey, and they are the parents of three children: Dudley John, Thelma Elizabeth, and Velaska; all three children were born in Haverhill. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Brickett has continued to reside in Ha- verhill, Massachusetts. The Haverhill “Gazette” paid the fol- lowing tribute to Mr. Brickett’s memory: Genuine sorrow was apparent on every hand at the funeral of Frank Elwin Brickett, which took place from his home on Fourth avenue. Hundreds of friends and fellow-employees vis- ited his home for the purpose of consoling the grief-stricken wife and daughter and to pay their tribute of respect to one whom everyone esteemed. The services were largely attended, the home being thronged with friends and as- sociates of Mr. Brickett who wished to indicate their loyalty of regard to his memory. His ab- sence will be felt most severely by his many friends in the shoe factory, but he was also well known in fraternal and social circles, being a member of a number of lodges and clubs. These were all represented at the services conducted by the Rev. Nicholas VanDerpyl, pastor of the Centre Congregational Church. Following the church services, the Haverhill Lodge of Elks conducted the services of that fraternity, and committal services were conducted by the officers of Saggahew Lodge of Masons. The memory of the individual may fade, but the result of the good work which he has done remains as a perman- ent advantage to his race. Not every man who rears to himself the monument of a successful life leaves his memorial in the popular heart, but this was undeniably true of Mr. Brickett whose wish was to be recorded “as one who loved his fel- low-men.” RICHARDSON, Leander P., Dramatist, Oritic. The late Leander P. Richardson, well- known dramatist and dramatic critic of New York City, where his death, Feb- MIICLOOOlK