James LAMPHIER

                   Andrew was born on the Old Jenkins Farm,North River,near Charottetown,P.E.I. Following his father's,death,(James Lamphier), in 1869, Andrew's mother emigrated to Boston,leaving Andrew behind in P.E.I. Later,in 1870.at the age of 8 yrs. Andrew was brought to Boston. They lived in Boston's South End at #581 Shawmut Ave.(Census 1882).
He attended public school(Prince School,Newbury St.,Boston). He worshipped at the Immaculate Conception Church on Harrison Ave.,Boston. It was at this church that he received his First Holy Communion. His request  to be buried from this same church was honored in 1946, Old Calvary Cemetery,Boston. (Grave lot42-43,Section3,Range 23),along with his two younger sisters who had died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1873 in Boston. Andrew held several jobs as a young boy. He worked carrying baskets in the markets,earning 3 cents for each basket he toted. He sold newspapers and did odd jobs,such as hitching up a doctor's horse & buggy in the South End of Boston. As a boy of 10 yrs., he witnessed the Great Boston Fire of 1872. At 20,he and a friend hitch-hiked to Denver,Colorado. In 1887,he worked as a conductor on the horse-drawn streetcars that plied their way back & forth along Tremont St. Boston. He applied for U.S. citizenship by taking out Naturalization papers on Nov 30,1887. Around 1900 he opened a saloon(Keith & Lamphier) with Mr.Keith. Situated on Hanover St.Boston,its location was near old Scollay Square,where the John F. Kennedy Federal Bld. now stands. In time, Mr.Keith abscounded with a lady friend,taking all the money he and Andrew had accumlated.The brewing company owners, rather than lose their entire investment in the saloon, backed Andrew by providing the funds that enabled him to start anew. Some time after that incident he moved his saloon to Commercial St. Boston. Eventually, he sold his license to a Mr.Purcell, who moved the saloon to School St.,Boston, next door to the Old Boston City Hall.Andrew opened another saloon (circa 1914) named Coes & Lamphier on North Beacon St.,Brighton,near Market St., and closed it when prohibition became law.
         Andrew married twice. His first wife was Mary Hayden. They were married in 1885 and lived at 967 Tremont St.Boston. Andrew was employed as a clerk at 797 Tremont St. In 1890 his brother James, a blacksmith,was living with him and his brother Samuel, a teamster. His elder brother,John,was employed as a coachman by a wealthy Yankee family. Andrew & Mary had one son, John, who never married. Mary & John are buried in Old Cavalry Cemetery(Lot 55-Range 29,Section 9). Andrew was the orginator & owner of the well-known "Jamaica  Way Kennels" in Boston, registered under his name in the American Kennel Club of New York. He had a number of prize-winning "Boston Terriers" which were in vogue in the early 1900's.  Among his prize-winning Terriers were: "Cracksman," a champion sire; "Bonney," a champion daughter of Crackman; "Mollie El", "Sportsman," sold for $500; "Gordon Boy," a champion in New York, was bought by a Mrs.Dresser Of Connecticut for $1500; and "Little Boy," bought by Lizzie Borden's family of Fall River for $2500. The Jamaica Way Kennels were later registered by Andrew's second eldest son,Lt.Colonel Richard A. Lamphier.
              John L. Sullivan, the reknown prize fighter, was a cousin and personal friend of Andrew Lamphier. When they were young boys living in the South End of Boston, they played baseball together on the Boston Common. Andrew gave his eldest son,James Andre Lamphier,a photograph depicting Sullivan in a boxing pose, which Andrew had gotten from Sullivan just after the Paddy Ryan fight that took place on Feb.7,1882 in Mississippi City. In winning this fight by a knock out in the 9th round, Sullivan became the bareknuckle heavyweight champion of the boxing world. Sullivan died on Feb 2,1918. He is buried in Old Cavalry Cemetery, Boston, on Maple Ave., next to the Lamphier burial lot. That lot (a 16 grave site) is at the corner of Consecration Ave. and Maple Lane. (Section 3 Lot 19) Andrew's mother, Mary Brogan Lamphier along with her sisters Delia & Frances,bought it on
April 1,1882 for $225.