Background
Palfrey, John Gorham was born on October 2, 1875 in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Carver and Adelaide Eliza (Payson) Palfrey.
Palfrey, John Gorham was born on October 2, 1875 in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Carver and Adelaide Eliza (Payson) Palfrey.
Graduate Browne & Nichols School, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1896, Bachelor of Laws, 1899.
Harold West. Fullerton), Mianne (Mistress Franklin Dexter), Sarah Hammond (Mistress Elwood T. Cooke), Joanna Oakes (Mistress Rodney West. Brown, Junior), John Gorham, Junior Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1899. Secretary to Justice Horace Gray of Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1899-1900. Associated with Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, 1900-1904.
Member Boyden, Palfrey, Bradlee & Twombly, 1904-1916.
Partner Warner, Stackpole, Stetson & Bradlee and predecessors since 1916. Counsel for New England Fuel Administrator, 1917-1918.
Assistant director Marine & Dock Industrial Relations Division, United States Shipping Board, 1918-1919. Director Fiduciary Trust Company.
Executor estate of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1935.
Member American, Massachusetts and Boston bar associations. Clubs: Somerset (Boston).
Married Methyl Oakes, October 3, 1905. Children: Margaret Germaine (Mistress Charles Woodrow), Elizabeth Howland (wife of Doctor.