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“Attention family and friends of the Massachusetts State Police:
In 2021, the Massachusetts State Police will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first training class of the State Police Patrol, which was held September 1, 1921. The State Police Patrol, also known historically as the “Uniformed Branch,” was established 56 years after the founding of the MSP.
As part of the 100th anniversary, the MSP Museum and Learning Center is hoping to contact descendants and or relatives of members of the first class of State Police Patrolmen, as Troopers were then called. Anyone who is a descendant or relative or knows of a living relative of a member of this first State Police class is asked to contact Museum researcher Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Ron Guilmette at LtcRJG@aol.com or 978-337-9795.
Members of the first training class, seen here being sworn in at the State House by Governor Channing H. Cox on September 1, 1921, were as follow: Alfred W. Barber, Edward J. Barrett, Charles T. Beaupre, George E. Brown, George E., Burke, John F. Carey Jr., Frederick W. Cole, James J. Collins, George H. Cote, Albert M. Dasey, William F. Fitzmaurice, Joseph A. Fouche, Nicholas Glaras, Edward J. Gully, William J. Hackett, George E. Hayes Jr., Joseph E. Holleran, John P. Howland, Justin F. Jason, Edward P. Kelley, Roy E. Kimball, Ernest J. Lenhart, Frederick W. Lundberg, Duncan MacMillan, James P. Mahoney, Axel A. Manning, Irving L. Marsh, Charles B. McCarthy, Thomas J. McConnell, George E. McNamee, Edward D. Moody, Richard J. Mooney Jr., Joseph E. O’Connor, John J. O’Donnell, Thomas H. O’Neil, George F. Outus, George A. Parker, Harold G. Russell, Anthony Sardina, Bertrand G.F. Scott, James H. Sheeran, William J. Sheerin, George D. Skinner, Gustaf A. Soderberg, Leo F. Stankard, Eugene E. Stowell, William J. Sullivan, Walter A. Thom, Howard M. Whittemore, and Harold B. Williams.
Thank you. Please watch MSP’s social media sites for more information on the 100th anniversary of the State Police Patrol as the date nears.
