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017 1931 James E Cashman obituary

James E. Cashman, well known contractor and builder, died yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at the Mary Fletcher Hospital of acute dilation of the heart following a minor operation. He had just returned from a trip in the West and went to the hospital Monday. Mr. Cashman has been engaged independently in business in Burlington for more than a quarter of a century and has had contracts for the construction of many of the principal buildings and bridges in the city and State, including Burlington's new City Hall, Memorial Auditorium, Vermont State Armory, the Winooski bridge, the new Parkhill block, Chittenden County Trust Company (now under construction), and many new bridges about the State which were constructed following the flood of 1927. Mr Cashman was born at Quincy Mass., May 22, 1876, son of John and Hannah (Falvey) Cashman. His father was born in Ireland in 1850. He attended the public schools in Quincy, graduating from the high school there in 1893 and began business as associate with his father in the contracting business. For a period of nine years this arrangement continued. Mr Cashman taking an active part in railroad construction building of breakwaters and harbor dredging with which his father was chiefly occupied at the time. He came to Burlington in 1902 and established his company here. He was affiliated with the Burlington Lodge of Elks, the Burlington Country Club, the Lake Champlain Yacht Club, United Commercial Travelers, the Ethan Allen Club, Boston City Club, Burlington Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a director, the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the United States Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the construction division of the United States army, a member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, New England director of the American Associated General Contractors, and a member of the Associated Industries of Vermont. He was also treasurer of the Bay State Dredging and Contracting Company in Boston. Mr. Cashman is survived by his wife; by his mother, Mrs. John Cashman; by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Dorn, Eleanor and Grace, all of this city; by two sons, James, Jr., of New York city, and Bernard, whose home is here; by two brothers, John of East Milton, Mass., and William of Atlantic, Mass; by four sisters, Mrs. Henry Hamel of Biddeford, Me, Mrs. Thomas O'Brien of East Milton, Mass., Mrs. Daniel Reardon of Quincy, Mass., and Mrs. J.W. Dalton of Sandwich, Mass, and by an uncle, Daniel Falby [sic] of Burlington. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, at 9 o'clock from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.


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