1. | George Selby JUNKINS was born on 10 May 1846 in North Berwick, York, Maine (son of Daniel JUNKINS and Louisa Hartwell WEYMOUTH); died on 12 Nov 1900 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1850, North Berwick, York, Maine
- Census: 1860, Lebanon, York, Maine
- Census: 1870, North Berwick, York, Maine
- Census: 1880, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts
- Census: 1900, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts
Notes:
From Essex, Massachusetts Biographies, 1897.
GEORGE S. JUNKINS George S. Junkins, a former Mayor of Lawrence, was born in North Berwick, York, Me. May 10, 1846. A son of Daniel and Louisa (Weymouth) Junkins, he is of the fifth generation in America descended from his immigrant ancestor, who came from Scotland an settled in old York, Me. From York the family subsequently moved to Berwick, Me. Jotham Junkins, the grandfather of George S., born in 1791, was a farmer in North Berwick. He married a Miss Ingraham, of Portland, Me., who bore him one son and three daughters. Daniel Junkins, born in North Berwick in 1821, who as a meat dealer in South Berwick, died in his native town in 1893. His first wife, Louisa, also a native of North Berwick, died in 1855, aged thirty-seven. She was the mother of five children, namely : Mary Ellen, who died at the age of seventeen; Oscar W., who became a sea captain, and whose residence is in Lawrence; Daniel E., now a farmer of Buxton, Me. ; George S., the subject of this sketch ; and Sarah A., who became the wife of Charles H. Lindsay, and died without issue in 1895. The maiden name of Daniel Junkins’s second wife, who came from Smithfield, was Olive Merrill. A most estimable lady, she has been a kind mother to the orphaned children. At present she is living in Somersworth, N.H. Her children by her late husband are : Louise, the wife of Alvin H. Stevens, of Dover, N.H. ; Mary, the wife of Frank Malory, of Somersworth, N.H. ; and Frank, a resident of Lebanon, Me. George S. Junkins acquired his early education in the common schools of South Berwick and Lebanon. At the age of sixteen he wen to work in a flannel factory in North Berwick, where he was employed for six years. He then opened a meat market in Lawrence in company with A. I. Mellen. Since that time the firm has established an extensive and prosperous business. Mr. Junkins has ranked prominently among the business menn of Lawrence for over thirty years. He is active and popular among the Lawrence Republicans. In 1890 he was in the Common Council, in 1891 and 1893 he was member of the Board of Aldermen, and since 1893 he has been serving on the Water Board, of which at present he is the President. Elected Mayor in 1896 an re-elected in 1897, he proved a progressive and able chief magistrate. Mr. Junkins was married April 2, 1870, to Josie M. McDuffee, of this city, a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Hopkinson) McDuffee. Some time ago, Mr. McDuffee, who was a carpenter and builder, fell from a building, and died one week after from the injuries he then received, aged fifty-nine years. His wife had died at the age of twenty-nine, leaving Josie M., her only child. Mr. and Mrs. Junkins have three children : Bertha L., an accomplished young lady, who, having completed the classical course in Boston University, graduated therefrom June 1, 1898 ; Helen M., who is a teacher in Dr. Sargent’s School of Physical Culture in Cambridge, Mass. ; and Marion W., now sixteen years of age, who graduated in June, 1898, from the Lawrence High School. Mr. Junkins is a steward and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church and a member of several fraternal organizations. The family resides in a handsome home at 6 Greene Street, which Mr. Junkins purchased in February, 1875.
Republicans Select George S. Junkins LAWRENCE, Nov 18 — The republican mayoralty and aldermanic conventions tonight made the following nominations: For mayer, George S. Junkins; for aldermen, ward 1, E. H. Humphrey; ward 2, George H. Goldsmith; ward 3, A. H. Robinson; ward 4, Ira D. Blandin; ward 5, S. Byron Bodwell; ward 6, John Haigh. (Source: Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 19, 1895).
George married Josephine Mary McDUFFEE on 2 Apr 1870 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts. Josephine (daughter of Charles McDUFFEE and Sarah Clay HOPKINSON) was born on 2 Feb 1848 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 6 Aug 1913 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Bertha Louise JUNKINS was born on 8 May 1875 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Oct 1971 in North Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
- Helen MacDuffee JUNKINS was born on 10 Jun 1877 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1963; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
- Marian Weymouth JUNKINS was born on 30 Jul 1880 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Apr 1966 in Belvedere, Marin, California; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts.
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