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120th Memorial ServicePresented by the

Charitable Associationof the

Boston Fire Department&

Veterans Fireman’s Association

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor

Roderick J. Fraser, Jr., Fire CommissionerJohn F. Hasson, Acting Chief of Department

Firefighter’s Lot at Forest Hills Cemetery

Sunday Morning, June 9, 2013

Name

Tuttle, John W.Cutting, Francis F.Smith, Elisha, Jr.Martin, Richard S.Shaw, WilliamCarter, CharlesCarroll, John W.Kilburn, George H.Hall, Augustus F.Stinson, Jackson L.Jellison, Howard M.Eaton, HiramHannaford, Ruben W.Sharp, George L.Ambercrombie, George M.Town, Alvah S.Sylvester, James H.Morse, Charles N.Green, Charles W.Williams, AlfredGowan, BenjaminGolliff, George H.Hibbard, George H.Fortune, Richard J.Smith, ArchibaldStimpson, JeffersonDutton, James F.Young, Robert M.Phillips, Eugene C.Lillie, Daniel W.Fogg, George S.Sturks, James D.Clements, Jacob S.Young, Joseph S.Gowen, Samuel S.Gilbert, John L.Brown, John H.Bird, George W.Hammett William E.Stinson, Jackson L. Jr.Beal, LeviHarding, CharlesNorris, WilliamGriffin, ChandlerJordan, Ansel A.Pierce, JosephSweetzer, James W.Pike, George S.Chase, John F.Young, JosephReddy, Jeremiah P.Smith, Zenas E.Smith, Samuel H.Holmes, Albert T.Harper, William E.Dexter, Benjamin F.Mann, William H.Allison, Charles N.Hines, Frederick M.Whittle, JamesEdmonds, George W.Chase, John W.Sprague, George W.Durling, John L.Cobb, Benjamin F.Loker, Frank P.Murnan, MichaelBrooks, John J.Blake, Charles H.Young, Alfred A.Riley, DavidShaw, Augustus C.Ellison, George W.Nicholes, Richard A.Moore, George J.Wilson, David B.Goodwin, John D.

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Rank

HosemanHosemanChief EngineerAsst. EngineerHosemanLaddermanHosemanHosemanHosemanCaptainHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanCaptainHosemanHosemanLaddermanEx-EngineerHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHoseman

LaddermanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanLaddermanChief EngineerHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanCaptain

HosemanHosemanAsst. EngineerHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanHosemanCaptainHosemanHosemanCaptainMemberHosteler

LaddermanHosemanHosemanCaptainHosemanHosemanHosemanHoseman

LaddermanLaddermanHoseman

Company

Tremont 12Tremont 12

Melville 13Barnicoat 11Ladder 1Barnicoat 11Cataract 4Cataract 4Perkins 2Hose 5Tremont 8Hose 5Boston 8Engine 7Cataract 4Hose 5Engine 10Hose 7Boston 8Boston 15Ladder 1HeadquartersEngine 8Engine 8Engine 14Engine 3Hose 3Engine 15RetiredLadder 4Engine 15Suffolk 1Boston 8Engine 1Engine 23Ladder 8HeadquartersHose 7Engine 10Hancock 10Tremont 12Engine 7Engine 4Chemical 5Engine 4Protective 1Hose 4RetiredEngine 8Tremont 8HeadquartersEngine 12Engine 26/3Hose 1Engine 4Engine 4Engine 10Engine 3Hose 13Hose 10Engine 2Tremont 12Ladder 12RetiredLadder 3Hose 7Hose 7Engine 8Engine 4Extinguisher 5Hose 8Howard 7RetiredLadder 9Ladder 1Tremont 8

Date

May 2,May 2,May 27,July 30,Jan. 24, Feb. 18, Feb. 21,Mar. 14,June 3,Oct. 13,Oct. 16,Oct. 20,Feb. 24,June 27,July 11,July 16,Dec. 10,Feb. 14,June 25, Mar. 14,Aug. 27,May 15,June 3,July 5,Mar. 28,Aug. 12,June 20,Dec. 29, Jan. 6,Sept. 5,Oct. 16,Feb. 27,Sept. 3,June 4,June 13, May 14,Dec. 23,May 7,Nov. 16,Jan. 6,Mar. 22,Dec. 14,Feb. 22,Apr. 18,Apr. 15, Aug. 17,July 3,Sept. 18,Oct. 13,Dec. 25,Mar. 6,June 18,July 11,Jan. 25,Apr. 22,Apr. 30,Aug. 24,Nov. 30, Dec. 24,Jan. 8,Apr. 16,July 5,July 24,Aug. 25,Nov. 7,Nov. 28,Nov. 28,Nov. 28,Jan. 8,Mar. 29,June 11,June 12,July 23,Apr. 18,May 8,May 9,May 22,

Year

18581858185818581860186018601860186018601861186118621862186218621862186418651866186618681868186818691869187018701871187118721873187318741875187618771879188018811881188118821882188418841885188518851885188618861886188718871887188718871888188818891889188918891889188918891889189018901890189018901891189218921892

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Name

Pratt, AlonzoTrainer, WilliamHeilge, Henry E.Chase, John H.Fernald, WilliamSingleton, James C.King, George E.Kendall, Henry S.Ramsdell, Charles E.Landells, WilliamBaldwin, Nahom J.Mitchell, Charles H.Saville, George K.Ray, JohnBense, Joseph C.Plaisted, George O.Cushing, Charles H.Tarlton, William B.Cooper, Charles C.Hamilton, AlvanDix, Milo S.Reed, Francis S.Chandler, AlbertTalbot, George W.Harris, Charles W.Bright, Edwin H.Lewis, Eban A.Pelton, John D.Gardner, William H.Ulverdahl, Richard L.Payrow, Rodney F.Goodwin, Edmond O.Wentworth, GeorgeThorburn, James H.Shelhamer, JohnDownes, Charles H.Gardner, George E.Wilson, Charles E.Murphy, James E.Foed, Peter A.Jennings, Isaac K.Kendall, Charles L.Sullivan, Michael C.Turner, Edward E.Murray, Charles T.Griffin, JamesHumphrey, James C.K.Smith, CharlesFlanagan, Thomas B.Harty, Thomas J.Weniger, FrederickCobb, William H.Gramer, Arthur D.Hogan, JohnDonovan, John V.Foley, MauriceFlannery, William V. Jr.Lewis, JamesConnolly, Edward R.Timberlake, AntonioMacDonald, JohnRiley, JamesFleming, WilliamUmile, Peter A.Doherty, Edward C. Jr.Griffin, PaulMullen, John J.Middleton, DavidPayne, Warren

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HosemanHosemanLieutenantFire FighterLaddermanFire FighterFire FighterFire FighterFire FighterLieutenantFire FighterLieutenant

Fire FighterFire FighterCaptainFire FighterFire Fighter

Company

Hose 12Barnicoat 11Tremont 8Ladder 1Suffolk 1Engine 10Hose 2Protective 2Ladder 7Ladder 7Engine 7

Franklin Ladder 3Engine 2Protective 2Ladder 9Protective 2Old North 1Engine 11Engine 17Hose 8Hose 5Melville 13New York 7Engine 24Hose 5Perkins 2Protective 2Hose 5Ladder 24RetiredEngine 32Eagle 12Ladder 10Perkins 2Ladder 13Engine 24Chemical 4Engine 9Engine 29Ladder 33RetiredEngine 4RetiredRetiredEngine 32Extinguisher 1Engine 1Ladder 10Engine 23RetiredEngine 26Rescue 1Ladder 28Engine 1Fire PreventionLadder 18Engine 28Ladder 17Engine 10Engine 8Engine 45Engine 3RetiredLadder 26Engine 3Engine 37Engine 51Ladder 25

Date

May 4,Nov. 28,Jan. 25,Mar. 15,June 5,July 8,Sept. 30,June 1,June 8,Aug. 28,Mar. 29,Apr. 27,June 13,Dec. 27,Dec. 31,Apr. 3,Apr. 12,June 28,Aug. 17,May 18,May 19,Jan. 9,Apr. 1,Aug. 10,Dec. 31,Mar. 26,May 19, Oct. 20,Feb. 18,Nov. 21,Apr. 24,Jan. 21,Sept. 12,Mar. 19,Sept. 5,Apr. 7,Aug. 14,Oct. 23,Jan. 9,Mar. 4,Apr. 1,June 21,Mar. 2,Jan. 31,Apr. 4,Aug. 18,Oct. 13,Feb. 24,Jan. 2,May 28,Nov. 26,Oct. 22,Oct. 24,Oct. 9,Mar. 12,May 13,May 4,Mar. 2,Mar. 21,Feb. 14,July 9,July 19,Aug. 30,Apr. 6, Aug. 1,Dec. 11,Jan. 28,May 29,Aug. 29,

Year

189318931894189418941894189418951895189518961896189618961896189718971897189818991899190019001900190119021902190219031903190419051905190619061907190719071908190819101911191319161916192119221923192719281930193619401947197419741979198419861991199119911991199419951997200220072007

Members Buried at the Firemen’s Lot at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain Members Buried at the Firemen’s Lot at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain

Note: These two graves adjacent to the Firemen's Lot are also decorated on Memorial Sunday by theCharitable Association

Chief of Department John S. Damrell, President of the Charitable Association from 1877-1890

Chief of Department William T. Cheswell, Vice-President of the CharitableAssociation from 1885-1887 and Treasurer from 1887-1906Chief Cheswell died in the Line of Duty on February 15, 1906

The cost of the monument was, base$3,800.00, bronze statue and four tablets $6,200for a total of $10,000. The monument was theresult of 25 years of unceasing labor on the partof the Charitable Association, Boston ProtectiveDepartment, subscriptions from fire companiesof Boston and Roxbury and friends.

Monument Dedication

The monument was dedicated on Sunday,June 13, 1909. The Boston Globe reported thatthe veteran and regular firemen gathered in themorning at the rooms of the Barnicoat Association hall located at 380 Tremont Street. The variousorganizations lined up and with several bands playing dirges the men marched to East Lenox Streetwhere they boarded electric cars for Forest Hills Square.

At Forest Hills Square under the direction of Chief Marshall Captain Edward A. Bennett werethe following aides: John A. Collicut, Henry S. Pike, Captain James F. Hutchins, Squire S. Rogers,Major George M. Quinby, George Fitzgibbons, James J. Hughes, John Durham and Lt. John P. Lane.The line of march to the cemetery and the firemen’s lot was taken up with Captain Walter McLean asadjutant. The line marched into the cemetery in following order: Boyd's Brass Band, escort of 30 menfrom the Protective and Fire Departments; Captain McCarthy in command; Charitable Association ofBoston Fire Department; 60 men with the President Hoseman Daniel W. Mahoney Engine Company42 in command, Chief Marshall Captain Edward A. Bennett and staff, Tenean Veteran Association;Peter J. Kelley president, Charlestown Veteran Fireman's Association, Mission Church Drum andBugle Corps., Roxbury Veteran Association; James A. Mitchell president, Boston Veteran Association;John Taylor president, Barnicoat Association; Walter W. Delano president, Fairbank’s Band, JamaicaPlain Veterans; John H. O’Brien president, Star of Jamaica Veterans Association; James E. Knight pres-ident.

At the cemetery, the marchers met the carriages which were carrying the dignitaries. In the firstcarriage was Chief of Department John A. Mullen, Honorable John R. Murphy the orator of the day,Fire Commissioner Samuel Parker and Captain Brown S. Flanders Superintendent of Fire Alarm. Inthe second carriage was ex-mayor John F. Fitzgerald, Nathanial H. Taylor, ex-commissioner Wells andFrederick J. Brand Chairman of the Board of Aldermen and acting Mayor. The following carriages car-ried distinguished guests, city officials and veteran firemen unable to march.

At the Firemen’s lot, there was a tent for the speakers and guests and as the bands alternated play-ing dirges, the firemen and veterans marched within the roped-off enclosure and stood at attentionwhen Chief Marshall Bennett opened the ceremonies. The Boston Post in their reporting of the unveil-ing and dedication ceremonies reported that seven hundred men formed and rode to Forest HillsSquare and all marched to the cemetery. The Post further reported that the firemen's lot was sur-rounded by a hollow square of red shirted and blue coated figures. The Boston Herald reported thatfive thousand were in attendance.

The opening address was made by acting Mayor Frederick J. Brand in which he paid tribute tothe bravery of the firemen of Boston, those of today as well as the noble men about whose last restingplace the throng had gathered. Mr. Nathaniel Taylor of the Boston Globe remarked, “The many noblefiremen who served the City of Boston efficiently and honorably did the best they could for the pub-lic good. The saving of life was their province. That they did all that was possible for human beings todo in their line of duty is the sincere belief of all our citizens”.

“To the departed we say rest in peace. To their living comrades we say your life work is thoroughlyappreciated by the City of Boston”.

Following Mr. Taylor’s remarks, the monument was unveiled by Margaret and Josephine McLeanof Ashmont, the young daughters of Fire Captain Walter McLean of Engine Company 46. FireCaptain McLean served as Chairman of the monument committee.

After the Mission Church band played “Departed Comrades”, the Honorable John R. Murphyof Charlestown who was the orator of the day spoke as follows. We have gathered here today to dedi-cate this memorial in honor of the men of theBoston Fire Department. It is fitting that itshould be erected here amidst the graves wheresleep so many of the dead who have served ourcity. It is a memorial of beautiful and simpledesign, yet noble in its simplicity, symbols of thebrave deeds of the men in whose honor it waserected.

Fireman’s Lot at Forest Hills CemeteryFounded In the Year of Our Lord 1828Instituted In the Year 1829 by James BoydIncorporated February 13, 1830

Each year on the second Sunday in June,memorial services sponsored by the CharitableAssociation of the Boston Fire Department areheld at the Firemen's Memorial at Forest HillsCemetery in order to pay tribute to deceasedmembers so they would be assured of a decentand final resting place and they would not neces-sarily end up in Pauper’s Field.

At one time, the lot was strictly for indigent fire fighters. However, that rule has been rescinded.This Charitable Association was the first of its' kind in the country to be originated for the benefit ofthe fire fighters injured in the line of duty.

In order to protect themselves and their families back in the 1800's in the event of illness, injuryor sometimes even death, these early firefighters formed associations. This was necessary because lifeinsurance was not available. Even today every fire department still has a relief association.

James Boyd, founder of the Charitable Association of the Boston Fire Department was the sonof Hugh and Mary Patton Boyd, and was born in Newtownand, Ireland on November 11, 1793. Hemarried Margaret Curry of Cainey Caw, Ireland in 1815 and came to Boston in 1817.

In 1820, he was a manufacturer of leather fire hoses. He also manufactured fire buckets, fireman'scaps and general fireman's supplies and also military equipment, knapsacks, etc. The firm was thelargest of its' kind in the United States.

James Boyd became a member of the volunteer fire department and was second foreman of Hero#6 and later fireman at Brooks H1. He first suggested and promoted the organization of the CharitableAssociation of the Boston Fire Department and drew up its constitution and by-laws in 1828.

James Boyd was the fifth president of the board of trustees from May 1838 to January 1839 whenhe retired. In 1838, the Association passed a resolution of highest esteem and appreciation of his splen-did services! He died in Boston in 1855.

The cemetery committee in 1856 looked at grave lots in Mt. Auburn cemetery in Cambridge andWoodlawn cemetery in Everett before they purchased grave lots in Forest Hills cemetery in JamaicaPlain, MA. Graves were purchased from the city of Roxbury in the county of Norfolk on December19, 1857 at a cost of $3,398.50. The Fireman's lot according to the deed contains 13,594 square feetdivided into 249 grave sites. The Fireman's lot holds the remains of 147 members, 15 of which areline of duty deaths. There is also one father and son combination Jackson L. Stinson Sr. and Jr., 1 NewYork firefighter was also buried in the cemetery in 1900 and 2 members were cremated.

The first two burials at Forest Hills cemetery were line of duty deaths; they were Francis F.Cutting, age 25 and John W. Tuttle age 36, both assigned to “Tremont #12”. They lost their lives onMay 2, 1858 at 133 - 139 Federal Street when they were crushed by falling walls. It was a six storygranite warehouse. For some unknown reason the two men were not buried until 25 days later. ElijahSmith at age 41, former Chief Engineer of the Boston Fire Department died in 1856 of typhoid fever.He was disinterred and buried in the Fireman’s lot on the same day, May 27, 1858. Another firefight-er killed in the line of duty and buried here was Firefighter Edward R. Connolly who was killed March21, 1986 at box 7413 by a building collapse. Ed was the treasurer of the Charitable Association whenhe lost his life. The last member to be buried here was Firefighter Warren J. Payne, killed in the lineof duty August 29, 2007 at the 4th Alarm Box 281.

Regarding the Monument

The monument was erected in 1909 in memory of deceased firefighters of the Boston FireDepartment. The monument consists of a granite base upon which stands a 9' 3" bronze statue of afirefighter wearing his firefighting apparel. The model for the statue is believed to be a firefighternamed Cosgrove. The base of the monument was constructed at Quincy Granite by J.M. White and

Sons. The bronze statue was cast at the Spauldingfoundry in Chicopee, MA. We do not have anyinformation concerning the mould.

The overall height of the monument is 26feet. The bronze figure of the firefighter wasdesigned by John Wilson of Boston. Wilson alsodesigned the four bronze tablets which areattached to the four sides of the granite base. Thetablets depict a steamer, a hook and ladder truck,a protective wagon, and an old-time hand tub.Imbedded in the front of the base are the words,"In Memory of Departed Comrades".

PROGRAM

PresidingCaptain Charles Papineau

President of the Charitable Association

National AnthemAcappella Quartet of the Boston Fire Department

Deputy Chief Richard DiBenedetto, District Chief Michael RuggereCaptain James Hoar, Firefighter William Carey

Amazing GraceBoston Gaelic Fire Brigade

InvocationChief Chaplain Father Daniel J. Mahoney

GreetingsRoderick J. Fraser, Jr.Fire Commissioner

Orator of the DayMichele McPhee

Presentation of BouquetsSarah Donnelly and Ryan Kelly

Decoration of GravesMembers of the Boston Fire Department

Decoration of the MonumentTrustees of the Charitable AssociationBoston Firefighter’s Local 718 IAFF

Remembrance of the late Firefighter Edward R. ConnollyTreasurer of the Charitable Association

Taps

Firefighter’s PrayerAcappella Quartet of the Boston Fire Department

Photos by Bill Noonan, Fire Investigation Unit (retired)

Charles Papineau, PresidentStephen Mortlock, Vice-PresidentDavid Johnson, TreasurerJames Feeney, SecretaryWilliam CareyGeorge EganPaul FinnLeo P. HughesArthur Johnson

Edward KellyJohn KellyPatrick MacAuleyKevin MeehanJoseph MinehanWilliam NelsonJoseph QuinnMark SandersDave Walsh

Charitable Association of the Boston Fire DepartmentTrustees