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If "Biography is the home aspect of history," as VVilmott has expressed it, it is certainly within the province of true history to commemorate the lives of those men whose careers have been of signal usefulness and honor to the State, and in this connection it is not only compatible but absolutely imperative that mention be made of Ex- Governor D. Russell Brown, who was one of the fore- most figures in the public and business life of Rhode Island. Hon. Daniel Russell Brown was the thirty-ninth gov- ernor of Rhode Island, president and treasurer of the Brown Brothers Company of Providence, and one of the most influential citizens of this State. He was a native of Bolton, Tolland county, Conn., where his birth occurred March 28, 1848, a son of Arba Harrison and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown. On both sides of the house Mr. Brown was descended from old and dis- tinguished families, many of whose members have become conspicuous in different callings throughout the southern portion of the New England States. The Brown family was founded here in early Colonial days and three of Mr. Brown's ancestors came over in the famous band of Pilgrims who landed from the "May- flower" on Plymouth Rock, in 1620. The Dart family was founded by Richard Dart, who settled at New London, Conn., and purchased land there in 1664. His son, Daniel Dart, removed to Bolton, Conn., in 1716, and was the founder of the branch which has resided at that place ever since. The paternal great-grandfather of ex-Governor Brown was John Brown, whose son, also John Brown, married a Miss Perkins, whose ancestry goes back to the "Mayflower." Among their children was Arba Harrison Brown, father of e.x-Governor Brown, who resided at Bolton, Conn., most of his life, and there successfully followed the occupation of farming. His death occurred at Manchester, Conn., in 1887, where the latter part of his life was spent. He married Har- riet Marrilla Dart, who was a woman of unusual intel- ligence and character and was one of those prominently connected with the Abolitionist movement in Connec- ticut. Her death occurred in 1864 while the Civil War was still in progress, so that her material eyes never looked upon the complete fruition of her hopes. Her faith in the eventual outcome, however, was sure, and frequently during her last years she made with the utmost assurance to her friends the statement that "the war will not end until slavery has been abolished.'' Arba H. Brown was a Baptist in religion, and his wife a Congregationalist; the former joined the Republican party at the time of its organization, and he continued a staunch advocate of its principles to the end of his life. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, of whom Daniel Russell Brown was one. The childhood of Daniel Russell Brown was passed among the healthful surroundings of his father's farm, and as a lad he attended the public schools of his native Bolton. From there he went to the .Academy at Man- chester, and still later studied at Hartford, Conn. Dur- ing his early youth he assisted his father with the work on the latter's farm, and there gained, besides a strong taste for the beauties of nature and a rural type of life, the splendid health which had stood him so well during his arduous career subsequently. Upon completing his studies at the Hartford School, he secured a position as clerk with the firm of Trumbull & Newcomb, large hardware dealers at Rockville, Conn. During his em- ployment by this concern he showed unusual ability, and two years later was offered the position of head salesman for the hardware firm of Francis & Company of Hartford. He remained with this concern until 1870. and in the month of January in that year came to Providence, with which place his career has ever since been identified. Although but twenty-one years of age at the time, he had been offered a position as head of the supply store connected with the mills of Cyrus White. It was his desire, however, to become independent in business, and in less than three months after reaching Providence had formed an association with William Butler & Son, who had purchased Mr. White's business, and the firm became known as Butler, Brown & Company. In the year 1877 Mr. Brown and his brother purchased the interest of the other partners and organized the well-known firm of Brown Brothers & Company, which not long afterwards became the largest establishment of its kind in the United States. This business was incorporated in the year 1893 as the Brown Brothers Company, and is still in active oper- ation to-day, ex-Governor Daniel Russell Brown's son, Milton Barrows Brown, being -'.s secretary. In addition to his management of this great concern, Mr. Brown was also associated with a number of other important financial and business institutions here, and became president of the Old Colony Cooperative Bank, vice- president of the City Savings Bank, a director of the old National Bank, and of many other concerns. Mr. Brown had become even better known in his con- nection with the public affairs of Rhode Island than as a merchant and business man, and was one of the fore- most figures in the political life of the community. From his earliest youth he was keenly interested in public affairs, and followed his father in his strong adherence to the principles and policies of the Repub- lican party, While still a very young man he began to take an active part in politics, and in the year 1880, when but twenty-four years old, was elected to the Providence Common Counci'. In this body he again displayed his marked ability in dealing with practical affairs and served thereon for four years. In the year HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND 1885 the Republican party nomiiuited him as its candi- date for mayor of Providence, hut this honor he de- clined in order to continue in control of his private interests. He became one of tlie presidential electors for Rhode Island in 18)^8, and four years later was the successful Republican candidate for governor of tlie otate. The campaign of that year was a very interest- ing one and out of the total vote of fifty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-nine, the largest ever cast in the history of the State up to that time, he received twenty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty-one ballots as against twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-three cast for \V. T. C. Wardwell. the Demo- cratic candidate. In tlie next campaign, that of 1803, he was again the Republican candidate, being opposed by David S. Baker, Jr., of the Democrats, and Henry B. Metcalf, of the Prohibitionists. Once more there was a closely contested campaign, and once more Mr. Brown was the successful candidate, receiving twenty- two thousand and fifteen votes, as against twenty-one thous.-.'.nd eight hundred and thirty, and three thousand two hundred and sixty-five for the other two candi- dates respectively. The election laws of Rhode Island, however, require a majority of the total vote cast in order to elect, and accordingly, there being no legal choice, the election devolved upon the General Assem- bly of the State. An exceedingly close and hard-fought political battle followed, in which great corruption was char;;ed against the Democratic members of the As- sembly. It appears that at the opening of the May session the Democrats were in a majority in the House, and proceeded to unseat two Republican members in order to gain control of the grand committee which had the election of the governor. The House then pp.ssed a resolution inviting the Senate to join the House in grand committee to count the ballots and proclaim the result. The latter body, however, recognized at once that this project was an innovation of a distinctly illegal character, and promptly declined the invitation. They followed this up by a resolution of adjournment until January, 1894, which was not concurred with in the House, the resolution being laid on the table. The upper body at once communicated with Governor Brown to the effect that a difference of opinion existed between the two branches of the Legislature as to the date of ad- journment. Governor Brown's action was characteristic of him in its courage and promptness, and the Assembly was adjourned at once by his order until the following January. This, the Democrats of the Lower House declared to be illegal, and they continued to hold rump sessions until the Assembly was reconvened in January, 1804. At once they resorted to every device and plan in order to entrap the governor, but Governor Brown was as shrewd as he was fair-minded, and in every case avoided the trap. The Democrats, as a last resort, laid their case before the Supreme Court of the State, which, however, unanimously sustained Governor Brown, with the result that the unwarrantable procedure of the House was brought to naught, and the matter went back to the people. Intense interest had. been awakened throughout the State by the long political controversy, and in April, 1894, an election was held which brought out the largest vote ever cast in Rhode Island. The result was never in doubt, however, and Governor Brown was returned to office with a plur- ality of six thousand two hundred and fifty-five votes, his total vote being twenty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-nine, as against Mr. Baker's twenty-two thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. Mr. Brown, perceiving the evils necessarily attendant upon the old system, had been very active in the meantime to alter the constitution of the State so as to insure elections by plurality. This he was successful in accomplishing, and he also exerted strong influence in favor of bien- nial elections, as against the former one year term. Among other valuable services performed by him for the State w'as the securing of the passage of what was known as the free text book law and of measures pro- viding for the improvement of highways and other re- forms, including those regulating the business of surety companies and building and loan associations, and the factory inspector's law. Governor Brown, during the three years of his administration, proved himself to be a most capable and disinterested executive, and gained the approval not only of his own political followers, but also of all right-thinking men in the State. This approval was expressed before the Republican National Convention in 1896 by making him the State's candidate for the vice-presidency. Ex-Governor Brown had for many years been prom- inent in fraternal and club circles in Providence, and especially so in the Masonic order, having taken his thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. He was a member of Adclphoi Lodge. Ancient Free and .\ccepted Masons; the Royal Arch Masons; the Roy?.l and Select Masters; St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar; and the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Brown was also prominently affiliated with the Young Men's Christian Association in this State; the Art Advance; the Talma, West Side and Squantum clubs; the Providence Press Club, the Rhode Island Press club, the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Rhode Island Society Sons of the .\merican Rev- olution, the Rhode Island Art Institute, the Provi- dence Board of Trade, the Providence Business Men's •Association, and many other social, benevolent and literary organizations. He was also president of the Pine Ridge Camp for Consumptives. Mr. Brown was eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. In his religious belief Mr. Brown was a Congregationalist, and had for many years attended the Beneficent Church of that denomination at Providence. Daniel Russell Brown was united in marriage, Oc- tober 14, 1874, at Providence, with Isabel Barrows, daughter of Milton and Mary (Guild) Barrows. Three children have been born of this union, as follows: Mil- ton Barrows, who is mentioned above as secretary of the Brown Brothers Company; Isabel Russell and Hope Caroline. L)aniel Russell Brown died at his home in Providence, February 28, 1919. FREDERICK S. PECK— On May 22, 1639, the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony met at Boston, electing John Winthrop governor, and other Colonial officers. The name of Mr. Joseph Peck, of Hingham, stands at the head of the list of deputies, twenty-eight in number, who met to make Puritan laws BIOGRAPHICAL for a Puritan Colony. In that historic assembly of legislators were John Endicott. Richard Bellingham, Simon Bradstreet, Israel Stoughton and Richard Salton- stall, while Humphrey Atherton, noted in Rhode Island history. Robert Keayne, Thomas Mayhew, Simon Wil- lard, Edward Rawson, William Hawthorne, and others, were of the legislative group that were destined to win high honors in civil life in the Bay Colony. On May 13, 1640. the Great and General Court met at Boston and again the name of Mr. Joseph Peck leads the dep- uties, now thirty-one in number. Of this number twenty-three bear the title "Mr.," four are captains, one lieutenant, one ensign, and two carry no title. In 1641 the General Court of Elections met at Boston, on January 2, and Mr. Joseph Peck is still a deputy from Hingham, with distinguished associates, over whom Richard Bellingham was chosen as governor. Among them are William Carpenter. Henry Smith, William Cheesbrough, Alexander Winchester, Stephen Paine, and others, who, in 1641, through the agency of Captain Myles Standish and Mr. John Browne, purchased a township of land, eight miles square, of Massassoit, and later called it Rehoboth. (I) Mr. Joseph Peck, who, with his brother. Rev. Robert Peck, Jr., were the founders of the Peck family in .America, was the son of Robert Peck, a resident of Suffolk county, England. The son Joseph was baptized in Beccles, Sufifolk county, April 30, 1587. Robert Peck, Jr., received his Master's degree at Cambridge University in 1603; was a Puritan minister in Hingham, England, and, with his brother, Joseph, came to New England in 1638, settling at Hingham, in the Bay Col- ony, where English settlers of Norfolk county had founded a new Hingham on the Bay coast. Robert and Joseph took the freeman's oath, March 13, 1638-39, and Robert was ordained teacher of the church at Hingham, Mass., 1639. On October 27, 1641, Robert, his wife and son, Joseph, embarked from Boston for his native land, having been invited, says Cotton Mather, to renew his pastoral office over the Puritan Church in Hingham, England, "where he was greatly sen-iceable for the good of the Church." He died in 1656, in the midst of a loved and beloved people. Concerning Mr. Joseph Peck and his family, Mr. David Gushing, town clerk of Hingham, Mass., has this record : "Mr. Joseph Peck and his wife and three sons and daughter, and two men servants, and three maid servants, came from old Hingham and settled at New Hingham." Joseph Peck married Rebecca Clark, at Hingham, England, May 21, 1617. .After being the mother of five children, she died October 24, 1637, when Mr. Peck married • , who gave him three sons. The baptismal names and dates of the children were : Anna, March 12, 1617-18, died July, 1636; Rebecca, May 25, 1620; Joseph, Aug. 23, 1623; John, about 1626; Nich- olas, April 9, 1630; Samuel, Feb. 3, 1638-39; Nathaniel, Oct. 31, 1641 ; Israel, March 4, 1644. Mr. Joseph Peck was nearly fifty-two years of age when he settled, with others of his old town, as a co- founder, in New Hingham, New England. He was in the full maturity of physical and mental power, was well-to-do in worldly possessions, and belonged to the superior class of English settlers in America. Whether aware of his lineage or not, he really had the blood of an early Sa.xon and Norman nobility in his veins, the proof of which was manifest in his own excellent and well-ordered life, and in the long lines of good men and women who gladly trace their ancestry to Joseph Peck of Hingham and Rehoboth. The election of Mr. Peck as a deputy to the General Court of the Bay Col- ony from Hingham, only a few days after taking the freeman's oath, and his repeated elections to the same office, are proof of his social and political standing, while the other offices of trust and honor from town and colony confirm the record; he was a trusted man in the Bay Colony. Mr. Peck was a pioneer as well as a founder. Reports came to him of unoccupied lands in the Narragansett Bay comitry. Boston had just sent a ship-load of three hundred people to found towns and a colony on Aquidneck. Miles Standish had preempted Sowams (Barrington). At Mt. Hope (Bristol) were Indian lands, the home of King Philip. Men of vision saw in the field attractive territory for new settlement, and "in the year of our Lord 1O41, Governor Bradford of Plymouth granted to Joseph Peck, Stephen Paine, Henry Smith, Alexander Winchester, Thomas Cooper, gent., and others with them, and such others as they should associate to tliemselves. a tract of land for a plantation or township formerly called by the natives Secunke, for which the purchasers paid Massassoit ten fathoms of beads and a coat." Most of the settlers were from Hingham and Weymouth, and as lands were apportioned according to estates, we have in the Reho- both Proprietors' Records, Vol. I., p. i, the estimated estates of the founders of ancient Rehoboth, in 1645. Richard Wright stands first with £834; John Browne second with £600; and Joseph Peck and Stephen Paine next with £535 each. Mr. Joseph Peck and family moved from Hingham to Rehoboth in 1645, thereby entering the new plantation as purchasers and founders. The first Peck home was in "the Ring of the Town," and was located not far from the railroad station at Rumford, in East Providence. Here Mr. Peck lived an active, useful and honored citizen until his death, December 23, 1663, in his seventy-seventh year. (II) Joseph (2) Peck, first son of Joseph (l) Peck, baptized in 1623, settled near his father at Seekonk Plain, but, about 1660, removed to Palmer's river sec- tion of Rehoboth. He died about 1701. (II) John Peck, second son of Joseph (i) Peck, settled near Luther's Corners, on the east side of Bowcn's river. He was a representative from Rehoboth to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1700. He died in 1713. (II) Nicholas Peck, third son of Joseph (i) Peck, settled in the southern part of Rehoboth, near Munroe's Tavern. He represented the town of Reho- both as deputy to the General Court at Plymouth for the years 1669-78-83-98, a period of nine years. He rose to the rank of captain in the Colonial militia. He died May 27, 1720. (II) Samuel Peck, fourth son of Joseph (i) Peck, remained at tlie homestead on Seekonk Plain. He was a deputy from Rehoboth to Plymouth for two years, and one of the first representatives of tlie town to the HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Massachusetts Col. my, after the union with Plymouth. He was also a deacon of the Newman Congregational Church. He died in 1708. (H) Nathaniel Peck, lifth son of Joseph (l) Peck, is the ancestor of Frederick S. Peck, the subject of this sketch. Nathaniel and his brother, Israel, settled in Barrington, then Swansea, Mass., on lands, a part of which are now owned by Frederick S. Peck, and are styled the Ousamcquin Farm. This farm is a part of ancient Sowanis (Harrington), which was purchased of Massassoit (Ousamequin), in 1653, by Governor Brad- ford, Governor Prince. Miles Standish, and others of old settlers of Plymouth, in 1653, for £35 sterling. A pioprietary was formed by the purchasers, the territory was surveyed and plotted, roads laid out, and the lands were sold to the dwellers in the towns of Rehoboth and Swansea. As early as 1655, Joseph (i) Peck had secured an interest in the Sowams proprietary by a purchase of certain lands of the original Sowams pro- prietors. These proprietary lands, with certain salt meadows. Mr. Joseph (l) Peck gave, by his will, to his sons Nathaniel and Israel. After their marriage these the two brothers settled in Barrington, building houses and rearing families, the land remaining undivided as one farm, until after Nathaniel, of the third generation, was inarried. Nathaniel Peck, father of Nathaniel and Israel Peck ali'Ve mentioned, died in 1676, at the age of thirty-five, and his wife. Deliverance, in 1678. leaving one son, Nathaniel, as heir to all his father's estate. (HI) Nathaniel (2) Peck, son of Nathaniel (i) Peck, born July 26, 1670, married (first) Christian Allen, of Swansea, Tvlarch 8, 1695-96. Three children were born of this marriage: Ebenezer, Nathaniel and Thomas. Nathaniel Peck married (second) Judith Smith, of Rehoboth, July 18, 1705, of whom were born seven children : Daniel, David, Abigail, Bathsheba, Sol- omon, of further mention; John, John. Nathaniel Peck was a prominent citizen of Barrington, holding various public offices; was an officer in the Colonial militia and a deacon of the Congregational church. He died August 5, 1751, in his eighty-second year, (IV) Solomon Peck, son of Nathaniel (2) Peck, was born November 11, 1712, married Keziah Barnes, De- cember 29, 1737, and settled upon a part of his father's estate. Eleven children were the fruit of their mar- riage. Mr. Peck was a useful and respected citizen, and Mrs. Peck a devoted wife and mother. On his tombstone are the lines: On hers : My flesh .shall rest in hope to rise Waked by His powerful Voice. A faithful Wife and Mother dear, Sueh she was who now lies here. (V) Solomon (2) Peck, son of Solomon (l) Peck, was born October 29. 1738; married Mrs. Abigail Bar- ney (born Peck), his cousin, December 8, 1763. He lived in the house which is now known as the Ousame- quin farmhouse, w-here six children were born : Abi- gail, Keziah, Solomon, Darius, Ellis, of further men- tion; and Bcebe. Solomon Peck died August 22, 1814; his widow, June 16, 1821. (VI) Ellis Peck, son of Solomon (2) Peck, was born in Barrington, August 2, 1774, and died July 27, 1854. He married Sarah Hill, daughter of David Hill, I who gave him seven children: Sarah, .\bigail, Ellis (2), ! Hannah, Asa. of further mention; Hannah and Wil- liam. No children were born by a second marriage to Lucy Bliss, in 1818. Ellis Peck and family lived at the homestead of his father, Solomon (2) Peck. (VII) Asa Peck, son of Ellis and Sarah (Hill) Peck, was born in Barrington, .\pril 7, 1812, and mar- ried Lucretia S. Remington, daughter of Enoch and Phebe (Short) Reinington, March 4, 1839. Mr. Peck inherited a part of the ancestral acres bought of the Pilgrim proprietors of Sowams by Joseph (i) Peck, and was liorn and spent his life in the house occupied by his father, Ellis Peck, and his grandfather, Solomon Peck. It is probable that the house of Nathaniel (2) Peck stood on or near this site, as a stone garrison house stood in front of the Peck house, in the center of the eight-rod way that ran from the north end of the iTiiddle eight-rod highway to the Barrington river. Asa Peck was a farmer by home occupation, but an energetic body, a resolute spirit and an acquisitive nature led him into other fields, at first as a inarket drover and trader, and later as a dealer in wool-waste, establishing, with his son. Leander R. Peck, a success- ful business on Canal street, in Providence, under the name of Asa Peck & Company, into wdiich he later introduced his son Walter A. Peck. Mr. Peck's busi- ness enterprises, honorable dealing and strict integrity won success and a comfortable fortune, which he trans- mitted to a family of children worthy to recei\ e a rich family heritage and the foundation for a larger fortune. Si.x children were born to Asa and Lucretia S. (Rem- ington) Peck: Adelaide E.. Leander R., of further mention ; George A., Juliette L.. Walter A., and Ida E. Mrs. Peck was a woman of uiuisual mental and physical powers, with a moral and spiritual quality that constituted her a leader in Barrington society. Har- mony, cordiality, generosity and hospitality character- ized the Asa Peck home and family. Mr. Peck took a deep interest in town affairs, and his voice was always on the side of economy in town expenditures. Although a member of the minority party in the town, he was chosen to fill important offices, and was a member of the Committee of Twenty at the Barrington Centennial Celebration in 1870. There were two traits in the character of Asa Peck which must be emphasized, his in- dustry and his honesty. Of this latter trait, his grandson says: "Grandfather would go as far to pay a debt as to collect one, and while he expected a payment to the last cent in any debt due him, he was equally insistent in the payment of the last cent where he owed another." Other characteristics were his unostentatious charity, his unfailing cheerfulness and his love of home. The virtues inherited from his Puritan ancestors were trans- mitted to his children, and he passed to his reward honored and respected. (\'1I1) Leander Remington Peck, son of .-\sa and Lucretia S. (Remington) Peck, w-as born at Ousame- quin Farm, Barrington, R. I., February 12. 1843, died in Providence, January 2S. 1909, and lies at rest in Prin- cess Hill Cemetery, Barrington. After obtaining a good education in high school and academy, and busi- ness experience through association with his uncle, Jeremiah S. Remington, a merchant of Providence, he '^^(^^/C^ C 1^ BIOGRAPHICAL joined with his father in organizing the firm Asa Peck & Company. The business, buying and selling wool and woolen wastes, although new to Rhode Island, possessed elements of profit which attracted Mr. Peck, and he bent every energy toward bringing the venture to a success- ful issue. The firm, the oldest in this line in the State, has always kept its leadership by pursuing the policy worked out and followed by Leander R. Peck, who was its inspiration and its directing head until his death. In addition to the founding and developing of a stable business house, Leander R. Peck was president of the Lawton Spinning Company; a director and vice- president of the Union Trust Company of Providence; a director in other financial corporations, and filled an important place in Providence business life. He was a business man of keen ability, but he had other enthus- iasms, and regarded life as something more than a succession of business transactions. He bought the site he had previously selected for the Pomham Club grounds, and was one of the founders of the club, chair- man of its executive committee, and later its president. He added to Ousamcquin Farm and rendered the grounds around the house spacious and beautiful; the landscape gardeners being freely called upon to make the old home a place of beauty. He was a great admirer of the light harness horse, and owned some very speedy ones, but these were kept for pleasure driving only. His cultured wife, too, had her enthusiasms, the greenhouses and beautiful lawns showing plainly wom- an's taste. But her great joy was her private collection of silver and copper lustre. This collection was begun in 1899, with one piece left her by an aunt and one owned by her husband's grandfather. In one room at Ousamequin, known as the "Museum," there was but one piece of modern furniture, and that a tall standing lamp. The winter home of the family was in Prov- idence, the summer home at Ousamequin Farm. Leander R. Peck married, September 3, 1866, Sarah Gould Cannon, daughter of Charles and Mary P. (Fisher) Cannon, a descendant through female lines of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, both of whom came from Leyden in the "Mayflower," Mrs. Peck being of the ninth American generation. Mr. and Mrs. Leander R. Peck were the parents of a son, Frederick Stanhope Peck, of further mention ; and a daughter, Edith Rem- ington, born March 14, 1874, married, November 15, 1898, Frank N. Phillips, president of the .American Electrical Works, and has a daughter, Charlotte, and a son, Donald Key PhilHps. There are many memorials to the memory of Leander Remington Peck to be found in the community in which he so long resided, two of them in the town of Bar- rington, and very near each other, being strikingly handsome and appropriate. In Barrington stands the modern high school building newly completed, erected on grounds, which, with the newly completed building, were donated to the town by Mrs. Sarah Gould (Can- non) Peck, in honor of her husband's memory, the building to be known as the "Leander R. Peck School." The design is beautiful, the construction and the loca- tion perfect, but the true value of the gift is the love which inspired it, and the true philanthropic spirit which could foresee the great and increasing value of an institution which shall make men better by making them wiser. The second movement referred to is the handsome memorial tomb erected in the cemetery at Barrington, in 1909, by Mrs. Edith Remington (Peck) Phillips, as a tribute of respect to the memory of her father. In order to make the gift doubly effective and to forever provide for its proper care and preservation, Mrs. Leander R. Peck and her son, Frederick S. Peck, have founded a $10,000 fund to provide for the perpetual care of the tomb. (IX) Frederick Stanhope Peck, of the ninth .-^.mer- ican generation, son of Leander Remington Peck, and grandson of Asa Peck, was born in Providence, R. I., December 16, 1868. He began business life in asso- ciation with his father in the firm of -Asa Peck & Com- pany. He was a trusted and valued assistant to his father until January 1, 1903, when he was elected sec- retary and assistant treasurer. This position he held until the death of his father, January 28, 1909, when he succeeded to the presidency. He is also vice-president of the National Exchange Bank of Providence ; vice-presi- dent of the Lawton Spinning Company, and vice-presi- dent of the Eastern Coal Company, and a director in many other business corporations. The business lives of these three men — grandfather, father and son — have flowed in similar currents, and each has exhibited that same public spirited enterprise and progressive ideas which have carried each a little further along as con- ditions changed, but in business intercourse with their fellowmen the same spirit of fairness and upright deal- ing has actuated them. Asa Peck & Company, Inc., is their business monument, a corporation just entering upon its second half-century of successful e.xistence. The old home "Ousamequin Farm," is now a valued possession of Mr. Peck, not only for its intrinsic value, but for its hallowed associations. Long before it be- came his property he had bought an estate adjoining it, calling his new residence "Belton Court," in memory of Belton, the early home of the Pecks in England. In politics he is a Republican, there departing from the faith of his father's, and rendering Barrington valuable service as councilman. State central committeeman, and representative to the General Assembly of Rhode Island, serving on the committee on finance during his entire membership and for six years as chairman. He is a member of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. Boston Wool Trade Association, Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island School of Design, Bank Clerks Mutual Benefit Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. His clubs are the Bristol Reading Room, Barrington Yacht, Bay Spring Yacht, Commercial, Economic, Pomham, Provi- dence Art, Providence Central, Rhode Island Country, Squantum Association, Turk's Head and West Side. Mr. Peck married, June 6, 1894, Mary Rothwell Bur- lingame, only daughter of Edwin Harris and Eliza (.\ylsworth) Burlingame, and a descendant of Roger Burlingame, who appeared at Stonington, Conn., in 1654, Mrs. Peck being of the ninth American genera- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Peck are the parents of a daughter, Helen, who married Weir Williams, September 10, 1918. HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND GEORGE LOTHROP BRADLEY— The nnme Bradley is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a compound of Brad (broad') and lea (a field or meadow). It is local in derivation, and it can be readily seen that William of the broad lea would in the evolution of sur- names become William Bradley. The earliest mention of the name in England occurs in the year 1183. when the Lord High Bishop of Durham mentions an estate in Wollsingham which contained three hundred acres, and another at Bradley of forty acres, held by Roger de Bradley. Arms — Gules a fosse argent between three boars' heads couped or. Crest — A boar sable bristled and hoofed or, gorged with a garland vert. There are numerous townships bearing the name located in Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Southamp- ton and Staffordshire, the latter of which counties con- tains Bradley estates and townships of very great ex- tent. In 1437 there is mention of the Bradleys of Bradley. .Again in 1475 the will of Sir John Pilking- ton. Knight, of Yorkshire, bequeathed to his brother Charles a place named Bradley. There are great and small Bradley parishes in Suffolk, and Lower and L'ppcr Bradley in Kildwick. Yorkshire. John Bradley was Bishop of Shaftsbury, in 1539. In 157S .Alexander Bradley resided in the See of Durham, and about the same time Cuthbertus Bradley was curate of Barnarde Castle. Thomas Bradley was Doctor of Divinity and chaplain to King Charles I., and afterward prebend of the Cathedral Church of York and rector of .\ckworth. His son, Savile, was fellow of Magdalen College, Ox- ford, and another son, Thomas, was a merchant in Virginia. During this period the persecutions and religious in- tolerance in England led many to emigrate to .'\merica; emigration increased to such an extent that a tax aimed at curtailing it was levied on all who left the country. This led many to slip away by stealth, leaving no record of their departure. Among the original lists of emigrants, religious exiles, etc, a number of Bradleys are mentioned. There are several distinct branches of the family in America tracing their lineage to the sev- eral founders who came to the New World in the sev- enteenth century. Few branches have produced as dis- tinguished a progeny as the Massachusetts Bradleys, of which family the Hon. Charles Smith Bradley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, was a member. (I) Joseph Bradley, the immigrant ancestor and founder, was born in London, England, in 164O. and settled in Haverhill, Alass., in 1659. He married, April 4, 1691, Hannah Heath, of Haverhill, and rose to prom- inence in the life and affairs of the town toward the close of the seventeenth century. The fifth garrison was in his house and under his command. The Bradley family was among those of early Haverhill who suffered severely from the Indian raids. In 1697 Joseph, Martha and Sarah Bradley were captured by the Indians. On April 17, 1701, Daniel Bradley was reported missing. The wife of Joseph Bradley was captured twice. The garrison at his house was sur- prised February 8. 1704, and his wife taken for the second time and carried awaj-. .\n infant child, Dorn to her soon afterward, died of e.xposure and want, or was killed, as the following ancient tradition states. Hannah Bradley received no kindness from her cap- tors, subsisting on bits of skin, ground nuts, bark of trees, wild onions and lily roots, on the terrible journey to Canada, after the birth of her child. The child was sickly and annoyed the Indians with its crying. They thrust embers from the fire in its mouth, gashed its forehead with their knives, and finally, during her temporary absence from it, ended its life by impaling it on a pike. She managed to live through the journey and was sold to the French in Canada for eighty livres. She was kindly treated by her owners. In March, 1705, her husband started for Canada on foot, with a dog and small sled, taking with him a bag of snuff to the Governor of Canada from the Governor of Massachusetts. He redeemed his wife and set sail for Boston. We are told that during one attack on the Bradley house she poured hot soft soap on an Indian and killed him, and that the torture of her child was in retaliation. Joseph Bradley died October 3. 1729; his widow Hannah, November 2, 1761. (ID Isaac Bradley, son of Joseph and Hannah (Heath) Bradley, was born in Haverhill, Mass., in ibSo. L")uring an Indian raid, Isaac Bradley, aged fifteen and Joseph Whitaker, aged eleven, were taken captive while in the open fields near Joseph Bradley's house on Parsonage road, near the north brook. Jos- eph was, tradition tells us. a large, overgrown, and exceedingly clumsy boy. On their arrival at the Indian camp at the lake, the boys were placed in an Indian family until the spring, when the Indians intended to take them to Canada. Isaac contracted a fever, and the kindness and care of the squaw alone saved his life. On his recovery he planned to escape, managed to get away with his companion, and continued to the south- ward all night. The Indians pursued them the follow- ing day, and their dogs found the boys. They gave the meat they had taken for food to the dogs, who knew them, and were saved by concealing themselves with the animals in a hollow log. Some days later they came upon an Indian camp, but escaped without detec- tion. They continued almost without food or clothing for eight days. On the morning of the eighth day, Joseph sank down exhausted, and Isaac Bradley went on alone, shortly afterward reaching a settler's camp, and return- ing for young Whitaker, whom he left at Saco, con- tinuing on to Haverhill alone. Isaac Bradley married, at Haverhill, Mass., intentions dated May 16. 1706, Elizabeth Clement. (III) John Bradley, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Clement) Bradley, was born at Haverhill, Mass., April 10, 1709. He married, and resided in Haverhill, all his life, a prosperous and well known member of the community. (IV) Lieutenant Jonathan Bradley, son of John Brad- ley, was born at Haverhill, Mass., and bapti;^ed there, February 22, 1746-47. He served with valor during the American Revolution, and held the rank of second lieu- tenant in Captain Stephen Webster's company. Fourth Essex County Regiment, in 1778. He married (first) intentions dated, February 11, 1773, Sarah Osgood, of Andover, where she died September 14, 1700, aged forty; he married (second) April 14, 1791, Sarah Ayer, BIOGRAPHICAL who died October 20, 1820, aged sixty-five, at Andover. Lieutenant Jonathan Bradley was a resident of Andover for the greater part of his life, and was one of the leading men of the town in his day. He died there, February 23, 1818, aged seventy-three years. (V) Charles Bradley, son of Lieutenant Jonathan and Sarah (Ayer) Bradley, was born at Andover, Mass., December 17, 1792. He married (intentions dated at \'ewburyport, November 14, 1817) Sarah Smith, of Hav- erhill. She was a daughter of Jonathan K. Smith, and a granddaughter of Rev. Hezekiah Smith, a famous chaplain of the Massachusetts troops in the Revolution, and for more than forty years one of the fellows of Brown University. Charles Bradley was a prominent merchant of Boston, and afterward a manufacturer in Portland. Me. (\'I) Hon. Charles Smith Bradley, son of Charles and Sarah (Smith) Bradley, was born in Newburyport, Mass., July 18, i8ig. He enjoyed excellent educ.itional advantages, and prepared for college in the Boston Latin School. He entered Brown University, drawn to it by the regard he had for his great-grandfatlier, and in 1838 was with the highest honors in his class, which contained an unusual number of brilliant men. Several years following were spent in post-graduate study in the University, and after taking the degree of Master of -Arts he chose the legal profession for his work in life, and entered the Harvard Law School. Completing his studies for the bar in the law office of Charles F. Tillinghast, of Providence, he was admitted to the bar in 1841. In the same year he formed a partnership with Mr. Tillinghast. He sprang rapidly into prominence through his elo- quence as a speaker. His public utterances were all characterized by a masterly power of reasoning, com- prehensive knowledge, and a polished diction which led to his appointment often to speak on political and liter- ary occasioi'.s. In 1854 he was elected by the town of North Providence to the Senate of the State, where he was influential in securing the Act of Amnesty to all who had taken part in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842. At a public meeting in Providence, June 9, i8.=;6, relative to the assault of Brooks on Sumner in the United States Senate, he said : Is it not well that the second city in New England, the first whicli is not connected by any personal ties with Mr. Sumner, should speak of this outrage, not in the first flu^h of our indignation, but in the tones of deliberate condemnation'; • • • We know that brutality and cowardice go hand in hand, because brutal passions and true moral courage cannot har- motiize in the same character. • * • If the South upholds this act, the antagonism of their civilization and ours will mount liigher and come closer and closer; and it requires no horoscope to show the future. Judge Bradley was a conscientious member of the Democratic party throughout his life, but had the sup- port and confidence of men of all parties in the city and State. He represented Rhode Island repeatedly in the National Democratic Conventions, notably that of i860, when the party was divided, and he adhered to the Unionists, casting his vote for Stephen A. Douglas. In 1863 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress. In February, 1866, he was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, as successor of Hon. Samuel Ames, receiving the honor at the hands of a Republican Legislature. After two years on the bench, years in which he discharged the duties of his office with consummate ability and with the greatest honor to himself and to the State, he resigned to give his entire attention to his private practice. On the occa- sion of his retirement from the bench the "Providence Journal" observed : He has discharged the duties belonging to that high position witli a success, and, we may add, a judicial distinction, in which the people of the State feel both a satisfaction and pride, and wliich they had hoped he would long continue to illustrate in a sphere so honor- able and important. On the occasion of the opening of the Rhode Island Hospital, Judge Bradley, a generous donor to the fund of $80,000 which was raised at the time, remarked in his address : Every human being is united, by mysterious ties, with ail the past and all of the future. Those who most fully realize the greatness of our being have the strongest desire to live after death, even on earth. It is no personal ambition, but a diviner instinct, which leads such nature to found, or to ally themselves with, great institutions, whose perennial existence of benefi- cence shall outlast their names and their memories among men. • • • Our State will bear proudly on its bosom through coming centuries this institution, expressing in its object, and its architecture the hu- manity of the age. • * • In aiding, you place stones of beauty in these walls, whereon the -Ml See- ing Eye, it ma>' not irreverently be said, shall read your name, though time and storm shall have written their wild signatures upon them. • • • The sons and daugliters of toil, as the day calls them to work and the night to rest, will look upon these towers, blending with the morning and the evening sky, with their tearful benedictions. In the time of illness and accident, if the struggle of life presses too hard upon them, this shall be their honorable refuge, builded with a beneficence akin to, and sanctioned by, the Divine. In 1866 Judge Bradley received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Brown University, and was also elected one of the fellows of that institution. For three years he officiated as lecturer in the Law School of Harvard ITniversity. In 1S76 he was chosen professor of that school, and filled the chair with remarkable ability until 1879. On his retirement the board of overseers, through their chairman. Judge Lowell, said: We have sutfered a great loss in the resignation of Hon. Charles S. Bradley, whose lucid and practical teaching was highly appreciated by the students, and whose national reputation added to the renown of the school. We had hoped that some incidental advantage of QUiet and freedom from care might be found to out- weigh other considerations, and that the professorship was permanently filled. Iud,ge Bradley travelled widely in America, and at different times had visited nearly all poriions of Europe. With his love of letters and broad scholar- ship he united a genuine and strong love for agricul- ture and rural enjoyments, which was perhaps in a large degree an inherited passion. The grounds about his elegant residence in Providence, his farm property and products, and his attachment to ancestral estates, were a proof of his appreciation of all that belongs to the oldest and most important of human occupations. His tastes and culture were manifested in his great love for superior works of art, of which he had many noted specimens in his home. His oration before the Alumni Association of Brown University in 1S55. his oration on the 250th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Phmiouth, his remarks on the retirement of President Caswell from the presidency of the L'niver- sity in 1872, and his oration before the Phi Beta Kappa 8 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Si'ciety of Harvard University in 1N7'). were models of ricii thought, graceful diction, and lucid argument, vindicating his right io be classed as one of the most impressive orators of his day in the United States. Of his address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Boston "Daily Advertiser" observed: If there were any need for justifioation of the custom of annual adilres.-es before the college societies, such an addre.ss as .IudJon to maintain at the highest the dignity of the bench was reeeiveii with profound sympathv and interest. It deserves the cartful attention of the bar in every part of the country. His oration on "The Profession of the Law as an Element of Civil Society," pronounced June 20. 1S81. before the Societies of the University of \'irginia. was regarded "as a learned and profound discussion of this subject, in which he argued that the bar is essential to the administration of justice, that the administration of justice is essential to the existence of society, and the existence of society essential for the protection of man in his endeavors to live accirding to the laws of his being." Judge Bradley married (first) .\pril :;8, 18+2, Sarah Manton, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Whipple) Manton, of Providence, R. 1. She was born March 10, 1818, and died December 12. 1S54, survived by three sons: I. Joseph Manton, who died March 7, 187Q, un- married. J. Charles, of whom see forward. 3. George L'lthrop, of whom see forward. Jmlge Bradley mar- ried (second) August 4, i.^'jS, Charlotte .Augusta Saunders, of Charlottesville, Va., and she died in May, 1864. her daughter, Janet Laurie, dying in the same month. He married (third) in May, 1866, Emma Pendleton (Ward) Chambers, of Winchester, \'a., who died February 2S. 1875, Judge Bradley died in New York City, .\pril 29, 1888. while on a visit to his son, the late George Lothrop Bradley. (VIU) Charles (2) Bradley, son of the late Chief Justice Charles Smith and Sarah (Manton) Bradley, was born in Providence, R. I., May 6. 1845. He received his early education under Dr. S. F. Smith in a private academy in Newton. Mass., and later attended the Uni- versity Grammar School of Providence, where he pre- pared for college. He entered Williams College, and was graduated therefrom in 1S65. Shortly afterward he entered business life and went to Chicago, where he was engaged in business for several years. He next went to Colorado, where he was interested in gold mining, hut, tiring of this venture and of business life, he returned to Providence, where he determined to fntcr the legal profession. He prepared for the bar in the ottice of his father in Providence, and after being adtnitted at once began the practice of his profession in the office of Bradley & Metcalf, of whick noted law firm his father was I senior member. His legal practice dealt more with the technical and involved problems of jurisprudence, and was for the greater part conducted in his office. He was well known in the ranks of the legal profession in Providence, as a lawyer of tine capability and masterly i reasonin.g powers, but was of a retiring disposition, | eschewing public life. Mr. Bradley spent much time on his country estate in the town of Lincoln, taking great pride in its beauty. He was essentially a home- loving man. and his home was that of the man of cul- I turc. ret'mement and sch.olarly tastes. His library and art collection, tlic nucleus of which h.ad been left him by his father were his special attractions. He was a member of the Hope and Rhode Island clubs of Prov- idence, and of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Providence Art Club. Mr. Bradley died in the prime of life November g, l^^yS', in the tifty-fourth year of his age. On October 31, 1876, Charles Bradley married Jane Whitman Bailey, who was born in the town of North Providence, July 13, 1849, daughter of William Mason and Harriet (Brown) Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of the following children: i Charles, , Jr.. mentii'iied below. J. Alice Whitman, born Nov. 5, 1S81 ; resides with her mother. 3. Joseph Manton, born iJec. 10, 1882 ; was engaged in business in Portland, Ore., for si.x years, at the end of which time he re- turned to the East, and engaged in cotton manufacturing in Brattlcboro, V't. ; he married Margaret S. Walter, of Portland. (3re., and they have two children : Joseph .Manton. Jr.. :ind Margaret Bradley. He died in Prov- idence. R. I.. March 15. 191 5. 4. Mary Emerson, born June 18, 1884; married Dr. Emery M. Porter, of Prov- idence; issue: Emery Moulton, Jr.. who died in in- fancy; George Whipple; Jane Bradley, who died in infancy; .Arnold, and Nancy Porter. 5. Margaret Har- rison, born July 6. 1890; married Brockholst M. Smith, of Providence, and they are the parents of a daughter Helen Bradley Smith, born in .Aug., 1014, and a son, lirockholst M. Smith, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1917. (VIII) Charles (3) Bradley, son of Charles (2) and Jane Whitman (Bailey) Bradley, was born in Prov- idence. R. I., December 19, 1877. He was educated in the University Grammar School of Providence, and en- tered Brown University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1898. Immediately on completing his education, he entered the employ of the Bell Telephone Company, and was assigned to the Pittsburgh (Pa.) ofhce in 1900. He rose rapidly to the fore in the office in this city, and by successive promotions was made superintenilcnt of one of the departments of the plant. His promising career was cut short by his untimely death, as a result of blood-poisoning, on January 17, igio. Charles Bradley married, October 16, i\. Helen N. Hunt, daughter of Horatio .A. Hunt, of Providence. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of the follow- ing children : Charles, Horatio Hunt. Geor.ge Lothrop. Mrs. Bradley, who survives her husband, and resides at No. 170 Waterman street. Providence, is well known in social life in Providence, and has been prominently connected with charitable and philanthropic work in the city. BIOGRAPHICAL (VII) George Lothrop Bradley, third son of the late Chief Justice Charles Smith and Sarah (Manton) Bradley, was born in Providence, R. I., October 4, 1846. He was educated in private schools in Provi- dence, and in Newton. Mass., later attending the Uni- versity Grammar School of Providence, where he pre- pared for Harvard and Brown Colleges, passing the preliminary examinations for both institutions. He entered neither, however, but, becoming deeply inter- ested in metallurgical engineering, went to Freiburg, Germany, where he pursued a course in this science at the School of Mines, from which he was graduated in 1867. On his return to America, he went to Colorado for the purpose of developing some mining property, making the journey across the plains in a stage coach, at a time when Indians and marauding bands of out- laws infested the region. The coach preceding that in which he was a passenger was attacked by Indians and all its occupants killed. Aitev a short period spent in the West, which was tilled with the thrilling exper- ience of the pioneer days, he returned to his home, and shortly afterward went to South .America to inves- tigate mining conditions there. On his return, in Boston he met Professor .\lexander Graham Bell, then a teacher ot a new' system of com- munciation for deaf mutes, who subsequently went to Salem, Mass., and. while giving instructions there, de- voted considerable time to the study and development of the telephone. Professor Bell later came to Prov- idence, where he met Norman N. Mason, who was then in the ajjothecary business, and they with others placed the telephone on a practical working basis. Mr. Bradley, deeply interested in the project, and keenly alive to its possibilities, was induced to introduce the invention in Boston, where in 1S76 he organized the New England Telephone Company. In the following year he organ- ized the National Telephone Company in New York City. In the meantime the Western Union Telegraph Company had acquired the Edison patents for the tel- ephone, and there was a contract between the two companies for the monopoly of the system. This con- tract between the two companies resulted in a com- promise which gave the Bell Company an undisputed field. Its stock had gradually increased in value from one to fifty dollars per share, and eventually rose to eight hundred dollars per share. Through his hold- ings in the company, Mr. Bradley realized a goodly profit. His name ranks among the foremost in the history of the telephone, and he probably did more to make it a business success than any other man in the country. He saw from the outset the great financial possibilities in what others of recognized foresight had regarded as a mere mechanical toy, and became one of the original investigators and promoters of the inven- tion which has played so important a part in human progress in the past three decades. In his researches he was associated with Professor John Pierce and Professor Blake, of Brown University, and. encouraged in the undertaking by the late Hon. Rowland G. Haz- ard, of Peace Dale, who was confident that the tele- phone would be as universally used as gas and water. Alter establishing the telephone on a financial basis, in 1883 Mr. Bradley settled in Washington, D. C, and became actively interested in the Mergenthaler Lino- type Company, which h.-ul been a business failure for more than six years. With the assistance of the late Hon. William C. Whitney, who was secretary of the United States Navy in President Cleveland's cabinet, Mr. Bradley put the latter company in such a sound financial condition that its stock was greatly enhanced in value. Mr. Bradley later became interested in the Florida Coast Line Canal and Transportation Company, invest- ing heavily in its stock. This company was organized for the purpose of constructing an inland waterway five hundred and sixty miles in Kngth along the eastern coast of Florida. Mr. Bradley gave this enterprise not only great financial aid, but in addition took an active in- terest in the management of the corporation, and for several years served as its president. In order to form a continuous navigable inland waterway, it was neces- sary not only to construct canals through the divides separating natural waters, but to remove shoals from the channels of these waters, and in places cut through sharp bends and increase the width of a number of tortuous salt-water creeks which form a portion of the route selected by the company. The canal is oper- ated under a State charter and has the right of eminent domain, and privilege of charging tolls on all canals constructed and channels improved, the tolls to be fixed by the president and directors of the company, and to be approved by the board of trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida. In addition to the rights acquired by the canal company under the above law the State Legislature, by special act granted to the company a land subsidy of 3.840 acres per mile for the purpose of enabling those interested in the project to obtain the necessary capital for the construc- tion of the canals and improvements along the natural waterways. This policy on the part of the State re- sulted in the Canal Company becoming such a consid- erable owner of land on the east coast of Florida that when an opportunity came to secure the construction of a railroad along the coast of Biscayne Bay, the Canal Company decided to grant a land subsidy of about 270,000 acres of land to the railway company, which resulted in the construction of one of the best railroads in the south. It soon became apparent that the directors of the Canal Company had made no mistake in subsidizing the railroad, as the construction of this rail- road not only transformed the eastern section of Florida from a wilderness into the greatest winter resort in the United States, but, in addition, gave great impetus to the development of the agricultural resources of that country by giving rapid transportation to the growers of delicate fruits and vegetables, which enabled them to place the products of their plantations in the northern and western markets in good condition. The vast improvements of the Canal Company, too, had drained large bodies of rich marsh land, which, when the water was lowered, were ready for the plow, and resulted in new agricultural enterprises, as well as the building of new towns and villages on both sides of the waterway for practically its entire length. A line of passenger and freight steamers was placed in commission and oper- ated between Titusville and Jupiter, one hundred and thirty miles to the south, another important factor in the opening up of this country. Until the year 1892 ir HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND the inside waters nf tlie Florida coast were supposed to be controlled by the .State, and the canal company, under its charter, improved the channels of the Indian river where necessary. In the latter year, however, through the efforts of the late Senator Matthew S. Quay, of Pennsylvania, an appropriation was made by Congress to be expended in still further improving the river and in enlarging the canals owned by the land company. The question of jurisdiction being raised, the United States Attorney General gave the opinion that the ap- propriation should not be expended until the Florida Coast Line Canal and Transportation Company waived its rights to charge tolls on the channels improved by the company between Titusville and Jupiter. After soiue negotiations an agreement was made which provided that no tolls should be collected on that section of the waterway, and the money appropriated was then spent on the channel, and subsequently additional appropria- tions were made for the same purpose. The remainder of the waterway, however, is still controlled by the canal company. In the launching of this colossal enter- prise, in the financing of it, and in the subsequent work of placing it on a firm business basis. Mr. Bradley was one of the leaders. To his consummate genius as a business organizer, executive and financier, a great part of the success of the Florida Coast Line Canal and Transportation Company is due. As one of the found- ers of this company he had no small part in the influ- ential place it holds in the growth and development of the interest of eastern Florida. In the difficulties which beset the establishment of so phenomenal an enterprise, he was ever the wise counselor, the keen, sagacious, foresi.ghted man of business, and his own belief in the future greatness of the gigantic scheme infused into all engaged in it the courage v.hich carried it through to completion. Mr. Bradley possessed the calm, judicial type of men- tality, was essentially an individualist and an original thinker. Although an idealist, he was endowed with a genius for the practical which made him a farsi.shted but dependable leader, a man whose vision might be relied upon, for it was tempered always with a regard for the practical. The broad understanding and toler- ance of the cosmopolite, the culture which comes with wide travel, constant association with men of influence in the world of finance, business and the professions, was his in a marked degree. He was a linguist of no mean ability, a fine conversationalist, a forceful and compelling speaker. He wns deeply interested in liter- ature and the arts, and his home was the center of a thoughtful and brilliant society. He was essentially a diplomat, a man of affairs, of large visions. Nothing of a mean nature entered into his life; he was above the petty disagreements. Mr. Bradley was a lover of nature and outdoor life, and took an especial pride in his estate, comprising over eight hundred acres of land, in Pomfret, Conn., an ideal spot, commanding a magnificent view of the surrounding country. He was one of the founders of the Pomfret School for Boys, and maintained a deep interest in it until the time of his death, serving as a member of the board of trustees. Mr. Bradley was prominent in social and club circles in New York and in Washington, D. C. He was a member of the Metropolitan, Cosmos, Elite, Chevy Chase, and Country clubs of Washington ; of the Re- form and the Players' clubs of New York City ; and also of the National Geographical and various other societies. He was a man's man. generous, chivalrous and upright in every detail of his life, surrounding him- self with none of the harriers which men who have attained the place of distinction which was his are apt to erect about themselves. In consequence, he was not only honored and respected but loved by a vast number of friends and acquaintances. On June 12. 1S7R, Mr. Bradley married Helen Mc- Henry Chambers, daughter of Dr. John Mason Duncan Chambers, a prominent physician of Virginia, and his wife, Emma Pendleton Ward. Mrs. Bradley, who sur- vives her husband and resides on the Bradley estate at Pomfret, Conn., is a descendant frt-m some of the earli- est Virginia families. She is well known in social circles in Rhode Island and in Washington. D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of a daughter, Emma Pendleton Bradley. George Lolhrop Bradley died at his home in \\'ash- ington, D. C, on March 26. 1906, in the sixtieth year of his age. By the terms of his will, the Bradley estate, in Providence, R. I., containing twelve acres of land, became the Emma Pendleton Bradley Home for Con- valescents and Invalids, in memory of his only daughter, Emma Pendleton Bradlev. HENRY LATIMER BALLOU— A gentleman of refinement, culture and polish, a business man of integ- rity and ability, Henry Latimer Ballon will live in the hearts of his fellowmen more for his broad mind and vision, in reference to public affairs, than as banker or manufacturer. He was affiliated with the Republican party from youth, and labored earnestly for party suc- cess, but it was a cardinal principle of his political faith that a party should stand for a great deal more than suc- cess at the polls. His influence was State-wide and was always exerted to hold the party to higher aims. He firmly believed in the might of right, and with broader vision than most men, led in many popular movements, although he never hesitated to identify himself with a morally just cause, although it might be an unpopular one. He championed the Bourn amendment for the extension of the suffrage movement, the ten-hour law, temperance legislation, and convenient hours at polling places. He was faithful to every trust and dutv. ad- ministered every official office to which he was ap- pointed as a public trust, was wise and judicious in counsel regarding investments, bestowing his counsel in so kindly a manner that his sincerity could not be doubt- ed. He was rarely blessed in his home life, his wife, Susan \. (Cook) Ballon, being a woman similar to him- self in taste and disposition. A woman of culture and strong character, she is a potent influence for good, and in a practical way aids in movements destined to ad- vance the public good. Her work for philanthropy has been far-reaching, and one of her favored objects has been the children of the Woonsockct Day Nursery and the Children's Home, of which she has been president since its organization in iS8g. For years she has been a member of the Woonsocket Board of Education; is past regent of Woonsocket Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; past regent of the Rhode Island iy^^j~ i f (^'1 \a^^^^^^^-s^ BIOGRAPHICAL II State Daughters of the American Revolution ; a fre- quent delegate to national conventions f)f the order of the Daugliters of the American Revolution, and past president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs of Rhode Island. She continues to occupy the handsome family residence on Harris avenue, VVoonsocket, her only daughter sharing her home. Henry Latimer Ballou traced his lineage to Maturin Ballou. who was first of record in Providence, R. I., in 1646, the line being continued through his son James, his son Obadiah, his son Ezekiel, his son Levi, a Revolu- tionary patriot, his son Levi (2). his son Latimer Whip- ple Ballou, LL. D., bank cashier and treasurer, presi- dential elector on the Lincoln and Hamlin ticket (i860), member of the Forty- fourth, fifth and sixth Congresses; his son, Henry Latimer Ballou, to whose memory this tribute to a useful life is offered. Henry Latimer Ballou. son of Latimer Whipple and Sarah A. (Hunnewell) Ballou, was born at Cambridge, Mass., October 14, 1841, died at his home in Woon- socket, R. I., May 22, 1889. While he was still very young, Woonsocket became the family home and here his after life was spent. He was educated in the grade and high schools of the city, his public school courses being supplemented by Boston Commercial School study, and by a wide course of private study and reading. At the age of twenty he entered the employ of the Woon- socket Institution for Savings, of which his father was treasurer from 1850 until 1S87. He began as a clerk in 1861, his duties being in both the Woonsocket National Bank and the Institution for Savings, and in 1876 he be- came assistant cashier of the bank and assistant treas- urer of the institution. During the years of his father's Congressional service, the son filled his place as cashier and treasurer. This responsibility greatly developed the young man, and he continued in office until his death. He acquired other important business 'nterests, and was one of the men of his city who could be depended upon to support every worthy enterprise. He was one of the incorporators of the Woonsocket Rubber Company, a director of the American Worsted Company, the Woon- socket Wringing Machine Company, formerly the Bailey Wringing Machine Company. He was a member of the Woonsocket Business Men's Association from its beginning, was treasurer of the Woonsocket Hospital Corporation, and for many years served the Consoli- dated School District as treasurer. A Republican in politics, Mr. Ballou was chosen a delegate to the national convention of 18S8, to be held at Chicago. He made every preparation to attend, but his health was failing so rapidly that at the last moment he notified his alternate that he would be unable to act. He bravely fought the malady which had laid hold on him. seeking relief in Southern California, but to no avail. He was a long time member of the Universalist church, was assistant superintendent of the Sunday school, of which his father was superintendent for half a century, and when finally, on May 22, 1889, the end came, the city mourned the loss of a Christian gentle- man, whom all delighted to honor. His father, with whom he had so long and intimately been associated in business, survived him until May 9, 1900, not quite one year. Mr. Ballou married, j^ftober 6, 1868, Susan A. Cook, who yet survives him (1919), daughter of Willis and Cyrena (Thayer) Cook, and a descendant of Walter Cook, who settled at Weymouth, Mass., in 1643. The line of descent from Walter Cook is through his son Deacon Nicholas Cook, his son Elder Nathaniel Cook, his son Deacon Ariel Cook, his son Colonel Levi Conk, his son Willis Cook, a successful business man and emi- nent citizen, his daughter Susan A. Cook, now the widow of Henry Latimer Ballou. Mr. and Mrs. Ballou were the parents of two sons and a daughter: I. Lati- mer Willis, born in W^oonsocket, R. L, Oct. 8. 1872, a .graduate Bachelor of Science, Massachusoits Institute of Technology, class of '95; popT-graduatc of Corp.ell Llni- versity, class of '96: agent of the Guerin Spinning Com- pany, a man of influence and high standing in his city. 2. Marie Louise Ballou, wife of Fnmk Sewall Bowker, of Wooster, Mass., is graduate Bachelor of .\rts, Smith College, residing with her widowed mother in Woon- socket. 3. Roland Hunnewell Ballou. a graduate Bach- elor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of '04; now treasurer of the Manhasset Auto Tire Fabrics Company, of Connecticut, with headquarters at Providence. Mrs. Ballou and her children are members of the Universalist cliurch, as the hu.'-band. father and grand- fathers had been, and like them Mrs. Ballou is active in church work. HON. ROBERT LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN— Among the figures that have stood out with especial prominence in the political affairs of Rhode Island of recent years, and who have risen to positions of great esteem in the regard of the people of this State, that of the Hon. Robert Livingston Beeckman is particularly noteworthy. Mr. Beeckman is a member of an ancient Dutch family, and is descended from several lines which have taken a prominent part in American affairs since the early Colonial period. Robert L. Beeckman is a son of Gilbert Livingston and Margaret (Foster) Beeckman, and was born April 15, 1866. in New York City, where his parents were then residing. As a lad he came to Newport, R. I., and it was in the public and private schools of this city that he secured his education. .A-fter completing his studies at these institutions Mr. Beeckman entered business life and soon proved himself to have an unusual gras^p of practical affairs and a keen business judgment and foresight. He eventually became a member of the firm of Lapsley, Beeckman & Company, bankers and brok- ers. He was a member of the New York Stock Ex- change from 1897 until l'»6, when he retired in order to devote himself to his interests in Rhode Island. Since that time he has made his home in the city of Newport, and became very prominent in the general life of the community. He is a director of the Indus- trial Trust Company of Providence, the Newport Trust Company of Newport, and ex-oflncio member of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company of Providence, and of the St. Vincent de Paul Infant .-Asylum, and a trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the International Silver Com- pany. Since early youth Mr. Beeckman has been a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and has taken an active part in HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Republican politics for a number of years. He was soon recognized as a possible leader in this State, and was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representa- tives in the year I'jWS. Since that time he has been continuously in the public eye, and rapidly reached a position iif great influence in party affairs. He was returned to the vState Legislature in igio and lOil, and in the ti_>Ilo\ving year was elected State Senator, and continuously served on that body during that year and the three years following. So admirable was the record that the made for himself as a legislator and so valuable were his services both to this party and to the community-at-large that he was honored in 1914 with the Republican nomination for governor of the State. He was successfully elected in the campaign which followed and reelected in 1916 and 1918, and has held this high oflice with the greatest efficiency ever since. He has given Rhode Island a splendid business administration, and has been assi^ciated with much of the most important legislation wl-.ich has been enacted in the State for many years. Governor Beeckman is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and attends Grace Church at Prov- idence and Trinity Church at Newport. He is also associated with a number of important organizations, both religious and philanthropic, and is a well known figure in social and club circles in Providence and New- port. He is a member of the Newport Reading Room Club of Newport, the Hope Club of Providence, the Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis clubs of New York City, the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C, and the Travelers' Club of Paris, France. Governor Beeck- man has always been a keen lover of all out-of-door sports and pastimes, a fact which is illustrated in his clubs, and his favorite recreations are tennis, golf, yachting and riding. Robert Livingston Beeckman was united in marriage, October 8, 190J, with Eleanor Thomas, daughter of General Samuel and Ann Augusta (Porter) Thomas, of New York. GENERAL JOHN GARDINER HAZARD— There are but few names more closely identitied with the life and history of Rhode Island, especially that part of it connected with the industrial growth and develop- ment of recent years, than that of Hazard, a family which from the earliest Colonial times has held a high place in the regard of the community and in its various branches is related to many of the best houses in the region. In industrial, civil, commercial, judicial and military^ affairs, as well as many other departments of social activity, it has contributed distinguished figures which have upheld its honor as well as that of the community with the highest credit and success. (I) Thomas Hazard, born in l6io, appears first of record in America in Boston in 1635. and was admitted a freeman there in 1638, and two years later of Ports- mouth, R. I. He was one of the founders and first town oflicers of Newport, along with Coddington, Easton, Coggeshall, Brenton, the Clarkes, Bull and Dyer. Mr. Hazard was made a freeman of Newport in 1630. and in 1640 was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections. His first wife, Martha, died in l66<>. and he married (second) Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff. (II) Robert Hazard, son of Thomas and Martha Hazard, was born in 1635. He was admitted a freeman of Portsmouth, R. I., in 1665. and from that time until 1698 his name often appears in the Colonial records as chosen to fill some important position. In 1671 he bought five hundred acres of land in Kings Town, and in 1687 he was taxed in that town; and not long thereafter he built his house there. This house was still standing in the early part of the nineteenth century. In 1695 he gave to his son, George, the larger part of his Kings Town purchase. In 1710, a short time before his death, Robert sold to his son, Robert (2), the remaining part of his farm, with "my manor house where I now live," and the latter, in 1718, gave it by will to his son, Robert (3), after his mother's death, making three Roberts who had successively owned the old house. The last, upon the death of his grand- mother in 1739, sold to his uncle George the remaining part of the farm; it went next in 1743 to George's son, Colonel Thomas, who in 1748 sold it to John Rose. In 1695 Robert Hazard gave his son, Jeremiah, two hun- dred acres of land in Tiverton. Robert Hazard died in 1710. He married Mary Brownell, born in 1639, daugh- ter of Thomas and Anne Brownell. who lived to be one hundred years old. dying January 28, 1739, her obituary setting forth that she was accounted a very useful gentle- woman. (IH) Robert (2) Hazard, son of Robert (i) and Mary (Brownell) Hazard, died in 171S, his will being proved in November of that year. He married Amey ■, who died in 1718, a few months prior to her hus- band. His will gave to his son, Jeffrey, three hundred acres of land, which he called "the farm where I now live." It was probably in that part of Kings Town which became Exeter. To his son, Thomas, he gave two hundred acres in Kings Town, and one hundred and si.xty acres in Westerly. To his son, Robert, he gave the old manor house, and one hundred and twenty acres, given him by his father ; but Robert was not to have possession of the house and twenty acres until after his grandmother's death. To each of his daughters he gave, when of age, one hundred pounds. (IV) Robert (3) Hazard, son of Robert (2) and Amey Hazard, was born June (or January) 19, 1703, died in 1775. Early in life Mr. Hazard removed to East Greenwich, in which town are recorded the births of all his children. In 1739 he sold the old homestead with one hundred acres to his uncle George. By the terms of his father's will he was to have possession of the old home only after the death of his grandmother, which occurred in 1730. He married, in March, 1727, Martha • , and the event is recorded in North Kings Town. (V) Jeremiah Hazard, son of Robert (3) and Martha Hazard, was born July 25. 1736, and died in 1773. In his will written in that year, he gave to his son, Jeffrey, "all my lands lying in Exeter and in West Greenwich; to wife Phebe, all lands lying in Coventry (one hundred and fifty acres); to daughter .\bigail, etc. The will was admitted to probate December 14, 1773. He mar- ried, November 6, 176(1, Phebe Tillinghast. BIOGRAPHICAL 13 (VI) Jeffrey Hazard, son of Jeremiah and Phebe (Tillinghast) Hazard, was born in 1762, died in Decem- ber, 1S40. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Rhode Island from 1833 to 1S35, and again from 1836 to 1837. He was also for many years a representative in the General Assembly, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Judge of the Supreme Court from 1810 to 1818. He married Amey Tillinghast, born in 1773, daughter of Thomas Tillinghast. She died June 3, 1870. (VII) John Hazard, son of Jeffrey and Amey (Till- inghast) Hazard, was born in 1804, died in Providence, January 7, 1885. Mrs. Hazard survived her husband, and died on May 12, 1888, aged eighty-one years. John Hazard was a farmer in early life, and resided in Exe- ter, R. I. Later he removed to Providence, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a Demo- crat in political sentiment, and at one time was a repre- sentative from Exeter to the General Assembly. He married Margaret Crandall, daughter of Robert Cran- dall. (VIII) General John Gardiner Hazard, son of John and Margaret (Crandall) Hazard, was born April 15, 1832, in the town of Exeter, R. I., died May 15, 1897, in Providence. He was one of Rhode Island's foremost citizen-soldiers. The breaking out of the Civil War found him engaged in mercantile pursuits at Providence. His patriotism and the stirring events of the spring and summer of 1861 led him to tender his services to his country. He was commissioned first lieutenant. First Rhode Island Artillery, August 8, 1861 ; assisted in the organization of Batteries B and C; accompanied the latter to Washington, and was soon after transferred to Battery A. He was ordered to accompany General Williams' brigade to Ball's Bluff on the day of the battle there, and arrived on the ground at daylight the following morning. The day was spent in getting canal boats in readiness, and putting on board the battery and horses. After dark he was ordered to unship, as the troops already across were ordered back to Maryland's side of the Potomac. This move of crossing to the Vir- ginia side of the river was simply a feint to prevent the enemy making another, prior to our troops returning, which could only be done under cover of night. The following day the battery returned to its old camping ground at Darnstown. About the first of November, Lieutenant Hazard was ordered to report to General Charles P. Stone, at Poolesville, Md., where his battery remained during the winter, sending out a section weekly to do picket duty. During the great portion of the winter Lieutenant Hazard was in command of the battery. Captain Tompkins being absent on sick leave. Early in the spring the battery accompanied General Sedgewick to Harper's Ferry, from which point two or three expeditions were made up the valley to Charles- town and Winchester, resulting only in slight skirm- ishes. In April the battery was ordered to Washington to ship for Fortress Monroe. Arriving at that point, the division was united to Sumner's Corps, the Second. Lieutenant Hazard accompanied the battery up the peninsula, and was almost daily engaged in the siege of Yorktown. At the raising of the siege it was put on shipboard on the York river and landed at West Point, where it joined the main part of the army again at Camp Winfield Scott. June 30, crossing the Chickahominy, it was engaged in the battle of Fair Oaks, after which it remained in this work until the retreat was ordered to the James river. The battery was engaged almost con- stantly, as was the entire army, from the time it started until it reached the river, — more severely for the bat- tery, perhaps, at Peach Orchard, White Oak Swamp and Glend.ile. At Malvern Hill it was not ordered into the fight, yet sustained loss from the enemy's artillery. On .\ugust 20. 1862, Lieutenant Hazard was commis- sioned captain of Battery B, and took command Sep- tember I, at .'Mexandria, on its arrival from the penin- sula. It then rejoined the Second Corps, and accom- panied it through Maryland, South Mountain, thence to the battle of Antietam. From here the army went into camp in and about Harper's Ferry, to refit and reorgan- ize. The battery at this time was in a particularly bad condition, horses worn out, men were ragged, and from constant marching day and night, the men had become slack in discipline. These evils, with the assistance of Lieutenants George W. .\dams, Horace S. Bloodgood and G. Lyman Dwight, were speedily overcome. In October, 1862, Captain Hazard proceeded with the army to Warrenton, and from there, after the change in com- mand, to Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, where the battery remained in camp until ordered into the battle of Fredericksburg. On the 12th he was engaged from daylight until late in the day in shelling the same. On the morning of the 13th he was ordered across the river to report to Major-General O. O. Howard, commanding Second Division of the corps. The infantry having been repulsed again and again by many hard hours of fight- ing, it was decided to send Battery B to the extreme front in a very exposed position, within one hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's line and under a heavy crossfire of their artillery. Their orders were to go in on the run or they would never succeed in getting into position at all. They did so, but remained there only about twenty minutes, when they were ordered out, with a severe loss of men and horses. General Couch after- ward told Captain Hazard that he did not expect to see him get out without losing his command, but that he considered the sacrifice called for, as the infantry were getting much demoralized. The horses of Captain Hazard and Lieutenant Bloodgood w-ere shot under them during the battle. In April, 1863, Captain Hazard was made chief of artillery of the corps. At the same time a complete change was made in the organization of the artillery of the .\rmy of the Potomac. The artillery of each corps was taken from the division and made into a separate brigade by itself, and placed under the sole command of the chief of artillery, who was made, by the order, a brigade commander. After the fatal blunder of Gen- eral Hooker, at Chancellorsville, the enemy left our front on their memorable campaign into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Captain Hazard's brigade accompanied the Second Corps on the chase after Lee to the battle of Gettysburg, where, after three days' terrific fighting, Lee retreated across the Potomac, .\fter following him to Falling Waters our army was put in motion for Vir- ginia, and struck the enemy again near Culpeper. The Second Corps had been in a severe fight with a portion of the enemy at /Vuburn Hill and Bristoe Station, Cap- tain Hazard's command taking a very important part in the result of the day. 14 inSTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Soon after, tho army went into winter quarters on the Rapidan. In April, 1864, Captain Hazard was made major of iiis regiment, and assigned to the command of the Second Brigade of the Artillery Reserves. When the army broke camp on the 4th of May, he accompanied his brigade to the Wilderness ; thence to Spottsylvania, where the brigade was attached to that part of General Tidball's, of the Second Corps, with which he continued through the battle of the Po, Mattapony, North Anna and Cold Harbor, to Petersburg. On July i, 1864, Gen- eral Tidball was ordered to West Point as commander, and the consolidated brigade was placed under Major Hazard's command. The brigade was engaged almost daily from May 5 until August I ; from that time, until about September i, it remained quiet, with the excep- tion of the battle of Deep Bottom, and the unfortunate repulse at Ream's Station, where he lost eight guns and all the officers of Battery B, captured by the enemy. On August 8, Major Hazard was made lieutenant- colonel by brevet, for "gallant and meritorious services." During the fall and winter of 1864 his command occu- pied various forts in the works in front of Petersburg, at times withdrawing a few batteries for some of the various moves and expeditions sent out during the win- ter. Most of the time he occupied the line, Colonel Hazard had in his command nineteen light, four heavy and six mortar batteries, stationed at the most impor- tant points and requiring the greatest care and watchful- ness. On March 28 the brigade broke camp and moved with the corps across Hatcher's Run, whore they engaged the enemy, in connection with the grand advance of the whole army. Riclimond and Petersburg falling, thty pursued the enemy to Appomattox Court House, their corps being immediately on the heels of Lee's army. They were constantly skirmishing with them to the very hour of their surrender. The last battle engaged in was at Farmersville, April 7 and 8. On May 3, 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel Hazard was made colonel and briga- dier-general by brevet "for meritorious service during the war." He was recommended for these brevets by his superior officers several months prior. He accom- panied his brigade from Virginia to Washington, and participated in the Grand Review. At the disbanding of the artillery, he was ordered to report with his regiment (Colonel Tompkins having been mustered out) to Rhode Island, and on July I was mustered out. On July II, General Hazard was commissioned colonel of the Fifth United States Volunteers, retaining his brevet rank of brigadier-general, and ordered by the Secretary of W'ar to make his headquarters at Fort Wadsworth, S. I.. New York harbor, and he commanded that post until March 9, 1866, when his regiment was mustered out of service. After the war the greater part of the active business life of General Hazard was passed in the South, making his headquarters at New Orleans, engaged in the cotton business. He made a number of business trips abroad. General Hazard died May 15, 1897, '" Providence, R. I. His funeral took place from Grace Episcopal Church, May 18. there being present besides friends a large representation of the Loyal Legion, of which the deceased had been a member. The interment was at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence. The Providence "Daily Journal," in its issue for May 19, 1897, said: The reputation which General Hazard earned by his valor during the strusgrlt- of the Rebellion was well sustained by his upright lite in the time of peace which followed its close. That he held the love and respect of all who knew him was fully evidenced by the large number of friends who gathered in the church to pay the last tribute possible to the deceased. The Providence "News," for May 18, 1897, also paid him a tribute : 'J'he late John Gardiner Hazard, to whose memory the last tributes are to-day paid, was one of Rhode Island's gallant soldiers during the War of tlie Rebel- lion, and though his business career was made outside the home boundaries, he had a large acquaintance here and was greatly lil;ed and esteemed in nianv circles. His sudden death was a shock to these many friends, for though the severe service of the soldier had un- doubtedly had its effects on liis physical constitution, he had all the spirit of young manhood, and was a charming associate wherever he moved. LAURISTON HARTWELL HAZARD— In 1S94 the Hazard Cotton Comi)any was organized in the city of Providence, Captain Jeffrey Hazard, president; Lau- riston H. Hazard, treasurer. Captain Hazard, a brave officer of the Union, has long since gone to his reward, but his son, Laurislon H., still holds the position to which he was elected in 1894. He is a grandson of John and Margaret (Crandall) Hazard (q. v.), whose tw^o sons. General John Gardiner Hazard and Captain Jeffrey Hazard, were two of the gallant sons of Rhode Island, who won fame in the war between the States. Captain Jeffrey Hazard, second son of John and Mar- garet (Crandall) Hazard, and brother of General John G. Hazard, was born in Exeter, R. I., September 23, 1835, and died in Providence, R. I., November 21, 1911. He was educated in the graded and high schools of Providence, and began business life in the Manufac- turers' Bank, holding the position of teller at the time he enlisted for service in the Union army, October 5, 1861. He went to the front as second lieutenant. Bat- tery A, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. Later he was commissioned tirst lieutenant, and appointed regi- mental adjutant. With Battery A he saw hard service, and in many battles won high praise for his bravery. He fought at Ball's Bluff', Vorktown, Fair Oaks, Mal- vern Hill, and Antietam, the only battery officers pres- ent at the last-named battle being Lieutenants Hazard and Mason. But the battery covered itself with glory, and on October 10, 1S62, Lieutenant Hazard became captain, and was assigned to Battery H, Rhode Island Light Artillery, a battery recruited in Providence. He commanded Battery H until August 17, 1863, when he resigned and returned to Providence. After his return from the war. Captain Hazard en- tered the employ of the American Wood Pulp Company, at Providence, later going with William H. Reynolds, a cotton broker, with whom he remained until 1808. In that year he formed a partnership with A. Duncan Chapin, and as Hazard & Chapin the linn conducted a successful cotton brokerage business for a period 01 twenty-six years, 1S08-94. In the last-named year the Hazard Cotton Company was incorporated, Captain Jef- frey Hazard, president; Lauriston H. Hazard, treasurer; F. O. Allen, secretary. As executive head of the com- pany bearing his name. Captain Hazard had greater scope for his business ability, and until death, seventeen years later, he continued the active, resourceful, suc- cessful business man. At the time of his death he was ■■/ ''^^^ BIOGRAPHICAL 15 ihe oldest cotton merchant in Providence in active busi- ness. The family politics had hitherto been Democratic, but Captain Hazard opposed his father and brother and acted with the Republican party, although he had no desire for political office, nor did he accept one during his entire lifetime. He was a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Mas- sachusetts Comniandery; member of Prescott Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, of Providence; member of the Maine Artillery Veteran Corps of Providence; member and vestryman of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church ; member of the Providence Art Club, Squan- tum .Association and Hope Club. He was a man highly esteemed socially, and was universally admired for his genial, manly nature and disposition. Captain Hazard married, October 20, 1865, .\nna Hartwell, daughter of John B. and Harriet (Hall) Hartwell, of Providence. Mr. and Mrs. Hazard were the parents of : Lauriston Hartwell, of further men- tion ; John Hartwell, died young; Margaret Crandall, died young; Marion, married Leland H. Littlefield. of Providence; Harriet Hall, married William H. Di.xon ; Anna Rosalind, married William H. Barnum. Lauriston Hartwell Hazard was born in Providence, R. L. November 22, 1866, and is a "true native son," one of the city's successful business men. He was educated in private schools. Providence High School, and Brown University, receiving his Bachelor's degree from Brown with the graduating class of 1889. The business in which his honored father was engaged appealed to him, and immediately after leaving the University he entered the employ of the cotton brokerage firm, Hazard & Chapin. When in 1904 the business was incorporated as the Hazard Cotton Company, he was elected treas- urer, a post he has most ably filled for fourteen years. The company is an important factor in the cotton mar- ket, has widely-extended connections and transacts a large business. In club and social life Mr. Hazard is very popular, belonging to the Agawam Hunt Club. Providence Art Club, and Hope Club, of which he is president, and to the Squantum Association. His fav- ored philanthropy is the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which he is an ex- president, and since 1913 he has been a trustee of But- ler Hospital. Member of Rhode Island Board of Parole, appointed by Governor Becckman, when the board was instituted. He is a vestryman of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, an office his father also held, and in politics he is a Republican. Mr. Hazard married, June 19, 1907, Elizabeth Paine Sackett, daughter of .Adjutant-General Frederic Mosley and Emma Louise (Paine) Sackett, and a granddaugh- ter of -Adnah Sackett, who came to Providence when a lad, became head of the jewelry manufacturing firm, Sackett, Davis & Company, and was one of the leading Dcmccrats of the State and twice party candidate lor Governor. Mr. and Mrs. Hazard are the parents 01 two daughters : Elizabeth and Marion. HERVEY ARMINGTON, M. D.— For more than two hundred years the name of .-\rmin.gton has been one of the best known in New England. Descendants of the original settler have during that period played prominent parts in public and official life, in military atTairs, in the professions, and in business and commer- cial enterprises. The family has flourished in those parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which immediately adjoin each other, and its sons have left the imprint of their lives on the communities wherein they have resided. The name is found frequently in Revolution- ary rosters, in connection with both the army and navy, and is found in the high places during that period of upbuilding which followed the close of the Revolu- tionary War, and has continued since that early time to grow in prestige and honor. Loyalty, patriotism, able and signal service has brought honor to the house and entitled it to high rank among the families which have done much for our country. It is with the line of descent from the founder of the late Hervey Armington, and his distinguished for- bears, .\sa Watson Armington, a well known figure in the financial world of Providence, R. I., in the middle of the nineteenth century, and the late Hon. James Hervey Armington, that this article is to deal. The arms of the Armington family is as follows : Arms — Per chevron or and azure, in chief two lions rampant combatant of the second. In base a lion ram- pant of the first. (I) Joseph Armington, immigrant ancestor and founder of the line in .America, was born on the Island of Guernsey, Great Britain. He came from England to the American Colonies in 1714, settling in Boston, Mass., where he remained for a short time. He re- turned to England on business, and died there in 1715. His wife, a woman of great culture and unusual education for the time, after the death of her husband established a school in Roxbury, Mass., where she taught French. (II) Joseph (2) Armington, son of Joseph (i) .Arm- ington, was born about 1707, on the Island of Guern- sey, Great Britain, and accompanied his parents to America. Upon reaching his majority he removed to Rehoboth, Mass., where he established himself, and where he died on August 15, 1746. He followed the trade of brick-maker. Joseph (2) .Armington married in Rehoboth, Mass., May 27, 1729, Hannah Chafifee, born October 3, 1707, daughter of Jonathan and Han- nah (Carpenter) Chaffee. (See Chafifee IV). "Han- nah, widow of Joseph," died at Rehoboth, February 22, 1799. Their children were: Nicholas, born Jan. 12, 1730; Joseph, mentioned below; Josiah, July 28, 1733; John, June 12, 1735; Deliverance, Oct. 24, 1737; Sus- annah, Jan. 9, 1739; Hannah, April 20, 1742; Josiah (2), .April 4, 1744; William, Nov. 22, 1746. (III) Joseph (3) .Armington, son of Joseph (2) and Hannah (Chaffee) Armington, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., June 4, 1731. He was a prominent citizen of the town, and a farmer, as were most men of the period. He married, .April 19, 1760, Esther Walker, of Rehoboth, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Barstow) Walker. (See Walker VI). Their children were: Nathan, born Nov. 7, 1761; Susanna, Sept. 29. 1762; Nancy, May 14, 1765; .Asa, mentioned below; \\'alker, March 6, 1769; Benjamin, .Aug. 27, 1771 ; Joseph, March 31, 1774; Esther, March 17, 1777; George, June 17, 1779; Sylvester -Ambrose. .Aug. 19. 1782; Gardner, July 6, I7>''5; Hannah B., .Aug. 21, 17S7; James Gardiner, Sept. 9, 1789; Daniel, Oct. 12, 1791. i6 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND (I\') Asa Armington, son of Joseph (3) and Esther (Walker) Armington. was born April ig, 1767. He married Bethia Remington, and they were the parents of the following children: Asa Watson, born Aug. 18, 1791 ; Dr. Hervey, mentioned below; Ira, April 28, 1795: Polly W., April i. 1798; Mary A., Dec. 31, 1800; Ira (2). May i, 1803; Horace W., Sept. .22, 1805. died and was buried in the Bay of Honduras; Emma B., Jan. 31. 1S08. (V) Dr. Hervey Armington. son of Asa and Bethia ( Remin.gton) Armington, was born July 25, 1793. His death occurred in Providence, R. I., on August 3, 1S6S. It would be inipossible to give a better or more com- prehensive account of his life, one which showed more clearly the regard in which he was held in Providence, the feeling of the public toward the man and the phy- sician whom it loved and revered, than the sketch of his life, published in the Providence "Daily Journal," under the date of .-August 8, 1S68: Dr. Hervey Arinington. whose death we have ul- re.id.v announced, was one of our oldest physician.s. and "his departure from us deserves something more than a simple record of the fact. Dr. Armington was descended from Joseph Armington, who, with his family, came to Boston from England in the year 1714. He was bom in Barrington, 11. I., and his ele- mentary education was obtained in a common country school. He subsequently completed his course of in- struction at an academy at Leicester, Ma.ss. During his minority he spent several years in a seafaring life, for which he had a fondness, and as second mate, and afterward as chief mate, sailed to Vir.einia, thence to Brazil, touching at some ports in Portugal. The War of 1S12 broke up commercial marine, dissipated the golden dreams of this peaceful vocation, and led to tlie opening of a business in a coimtry store. This Ijroving unsuccessful it was abandoned, and the steps of enterprise were turned to the west. I'revious to 1S12 young Armington proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, taking passage to Philadelphia in a schooner just started as a pioneer in the regular freighting business, thence travelling on foot to Pittslturgh, and from tliat place descending the Ohio in a skiff built by himself and his travelling companion. In Cincinnati he en- gaged in the sttidy of medicine in the othce of Drs. Hough and Wliitman, and after completing his pre- paratory studies became a student in the Ohio Medical College, at the head of which was the late Daniel Drake. M, D. While pursuing liis medical studies, he set up soda w.ater fotmtains (tlte first probably in the West, in Maysville, Chillicothe, St. Louis, Ijouisville). and thus contributed to the cause of temperance by substituting a wholesome and delightful beverage for into.\icating liquors. In 1S22 he was graduated with the htjuors of the institution, and after receiving his degree established himself in a settlement (if we mistake not, called "Yankeetown" I, about thirty-seven miles from Cincinnati. Here he continued but a single season. Dr. Armington remained in the West nearly five years, when he returned to Providence and engaged in the drug business, practicing his profes- sion occasionally. He likewise engaged" in trade in connection witli navigation but failing of anticipated success he returned to the practice of medicine, which became extensive, and in whicii lie ever afterward continued. He was a. member of the Rhode Island iledical Society, and for nine years its treasurer. He was also at one time ijresident of the Providence As- sociation of Physicians, and enjoyed the fullest con- fidence and respect of his associates. His medical practice covered a period of about forty years. Dr. Armington was very domestic in his habits, and found his chief enjoyment in the bosom of his family, and in the society of friends who always met a cordial Avelcome at his home. Though taking no active part in political affairs, he cherished firmly his early and deliberately formed opinions, whicli his liallot at the polls undisguisedly expressed. For many years Dr. Armington was a memljer of the school committee, and during his entire otticial connection with tliat body discharged with scrupulous tidelity the duties assigned to liim. No one felt deeper interest in the education of the young, cr appreciated more accuratelj- the im- portance of our public school system. Changes bear- ing e\'idence ul houses, or in methods of teaching, re- ceived from him a hearty approval. He was especially interested in the prosperity of the high school, and viewed with unmingled satisfaction the blessing it annually conferred upon its pupils and through them u|ton the cit>'. To his profession as a physician Dr. .\rrnington was faithfully devoted and the numerous families in which he practiced welcomed him in the sick room as a safe adviser and friend. He was prompt to meet all calls for professional services, and the cases of his poorest patients, from many of whom no pecuniary compensation was expected or rendered, always leceived conscientious attention. Even after de< lining healtli warned him to be sparing of his strength, liis ready sympathy for the suffering prompted him often to transcend prudence in minister- ing at the bedside of disease and pain. He died with calm and cheerful submission to Divine Will. His life was formed under the aldding influence of fundamen- tal Christian principles to which he gave unciualified acceptance. To his family and to a wide circle of friends his death came as a deep grief. From the med- ical profession a respected and valued member was removed, while from a still wider circle of those by whom he was honored as a dispenser of healing had been taken one uiiose memory was ever fragrant of a kind and willing service. He was the last, but one, of a family of eiglit brothers and sisters. He passed a\va.v August 3, ISGS, leaving behind a record full of usefulness and high worth. Dr. Hervey .-Kmiingtiin married, on December 25, 1825, Ardelia Allin, born April 21, 1803, daughter of Captain Pearce Samuel and Hannah (Baker) Allin. tSee .-Mlin I\'). Their children were: Sainuel Allin, married Sarah Sweet, both deceased ; Hannah Bethiah, died unmarried; Horace Ward, died unmarried; Re- becca Baker, died unmarried ; Emily Louise, died un- married ; Juliana Trowbridge, deceased; Jerauld Tib- bitts, mentioned below; Emma Foster, residing in Provi- dence, at the old family residence, at No. 108 Williams street ; Hervey Blanchard. married Esther Paine, both deceased. (VI) Jerauld Tibbitts Armington, son of Dr. Hervey and Ardelia (.Allin) Armington. was born in Provi- dence, R. I., September 14, 1S42. He received his edu- cation in the private academy of John Austin, a promi- nent educator in Providence at the time, leaving school at an early age. From earliest childhood he had had a fondness for horses, and found his first employment in tlie thing he loved so well — driving an e.xpress wagon fur a large company in Providence. In 1862, at the age of about twenty years, young Armington heard the call of the West, and with a company of friends set out on the long and arduous journey across the plains. The journey was made by prairie schooner, and the ultimate destination of the party was Denver, Col. Here Mr. Armington worked for a period of about three months, at the end of which time he saved enough money to buy an "outfit," and team of horses, and with these he started in a small way in the business which he later developed to such large proportions. Starting as a contractor, he soon made his way into the field of rail- road building. After a period, in which he met with much success in his business, Mr. Armington admitted to partnership with him Mr. Peter Seims, a man of considerable business talent and practical experience. The name of the firm became .Armington & Seims, under which style the business was conducted until the retirement of jMr. Armington from business life. The firm was given the contracts for portions of the largest railroads in that section of the West, and became one of the most important of its kind in the immediate vicinity. Mr. .Armington was also keenly interested in mining, and conducted large mining operations in the (A^leA^(Ml^Qp^^^-^^~^^ BIOGRAPHICAL 17 neighborhood of Denver and Great Falls, Mont., whither he removed later. He owned extensive property inter- ests in the latter place, and conducted several large ranches. He spent the greater part of his life and his stay in the West in the State of Montana. He was one of the founders of the town of Great Falls, Mont., and one of its most prominent public men and business officials. A leader in almost every phase of the com- munity life, he was also one of its best beloved friends. The Indians, in that country where the strongest an- tagonism and resentment against the "whites" was almost universal, loved and honored him, and were his friends. They called him the Medicine Man, because of his knowledge of the medical profession, gained in his early years from his father. Through his knowledge of medicine he was able to relieve much suffering among the ignorant Indians, and they regarded him as a staunch friend. He was also their champion among the whites. His gifts for charitable purposes, though imostentatious, were extensive, and large portions of his land in various parts of the country were given to men who had failed in prospecting or in business and were reduced to the point of necessity. His political affiliations were with the Republican party, and in ap- preciation of his services to the town he was elected with an overwhelming majority a member of the first Senate of the State of Montana, which incumbency he accepted for the purpose of accomplishing needed re- forms on behalf of the people. After the expiration of his first term, however, he refused to accept office again, though strongly urged to do so. Mr. Armington was well known in the fraternal life of the town, and was a member of the Great Falls Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Montana. He also belonged to the Montana Pioneer Society. He was a gentleman of the old school, kindly, courteous, honorable, and well loved by the people to whom he gave the greater part of his life. He was popularly known as "Senator" or "Doctor" Armington, and occupied a very prominent and influential place in the hearts and lives of the people of Great Falls. Mr. Armington was the owner of the township of Arming- ton, near Great Falls. The last years of his life were spent with his sisters in Providence, where he died on December 10, 1016. (The .\llin Line). For a period of inore than two and a half centuries the family of Allin has held a position of prominence in New England. During this time the name has been spelled variously Allin. Allen, Allyn, frequently accord- mg to the preference of the men who bore it, and often- times as a distinguishing mark, when there was more than one family of the name in a community. Faulty spelling in early records is responsible for much diffi- culty in tracing ancestry in the family. In the early years of the Colonial period we find many immigrants of the name in New England, the heads of families, and to-day the family is represented in every State in the Union. The Rhode Island family of Allin has been established there since the year 1683, and in successive generations has played an active part in the building of the little Colony and the growth of the Commonwealth. The name is found with great frequency in the rolls of soldiers serving in the wars of our country, and sev- R 1-2 cral of them have achieved fame and distinction on the field of battle. The late Mrs. .Vrmington, wife of Dr. Hervey .Armington, was a descendant of one of the ancient Colonial families of .Mlin, tracing in a direct iine to one of the early progenitors. She was a daugh- ter of Pearce S. Allin, of Scekonk, R. I., and a great- granddaughter of John Allin, of Portsmouth, K. I., where the family was established in the year 1683. The arms of the ."Mlin family is as follows: Arms — Gules three swords barwise argrent points to the sinister, hilt and pommels or, between four mul- lets, two in chief and two in base of the third. Crest — On a Bible a hand couped clofse holding a sword erect. (I) John .-Mlin. of Portsmouth, R. I., where he was a prominent citizen, married Susan Goddard Wall, widow of William Wall. They were the parents of one child, James, mentioned below. (II) James .Allin, son of John Allin, was born in Portsmouth, and resided there all his life. He married Martha Pearce. daughter of Samuel and Esther (Wyley) Pearce. a member of a long established Rhode Island family. Their children were: Daniel, who re- moved to Pomfret. Conn.; Cyrus, of Brownsville, N. Y. ; John Pearce, of Westmoreland, N. Y. ; Pearce Samuel, mentioned below; Cynthia, of .Amsterdatn, N. Y. ; Mat- thew, of Canajoharie, N. Y. ; Caleb, of Brownsville, N. Y. ; Thomas, of Amsterdam, N. Y. ; James, of Amster- dam, N. Y. ; Martha, of Johnstown, N. Y. ; Susan, of .Amsterdam. N. Y'. ; Henry, of .Amsterdam, N. Y. ; Juli- ana, of Amsterdam. N. Y. (III) Captain Pearce Samuel .Allin, son of James and A-Iartha (Pearce) Allin, of Portsmouth, R. I., was born in that town and grew to manhood there. He later removed to Seckonk, R. I., where he resided for the remainder of his life. He married Hannah Baker, and they were the parents of the following children: Mar- tha, Samuel Pearce, Louisa, Louisa (2), Ardelia, men- tioned below ; Jeremiah. Joseph, William. (IV) Ardelia Allin. daughter of Captain Pearce Sam- uel and Hannah (Baker) .Allin, was born April 21, 1803. She married, December 25, 1825, Dr. Hervey Arming- ton. (See Armington V). (The Chaffee Line). From the nickname "le chauve," signifying literally the bald, came the surname Chaffee, undergoing numer- ous changes of form before it assumed that to which the family in England and .America to-day adheres. Towards the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries the form of Chaffee was well established in England, with the result that with only slight variation the name is imiformly spelled in Ameri- can registers. The family in America dates from 1635, and is traced to one Thomas Chaff e, immigrant ances- tor and founder, large land owner and prominent mem- ber of the early settlements at Hingham, and Hull, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His progeny has been prominent in New England for many generations, and the family has contributed many men whose names are notable in the history of New England life and affairs. The arms of the Chaffee family is as follows: .\rms — Azure a fesse lozengy argent. (I) Thomas Chaff e. immigrant ancestor and founder, immigrated from England to America in 1635, in which 78 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAXD year he settled in Hinsham, Mass., where he received a grant of land. The tirst mention of him in the early records of Hingham occur in tliat year, when the town gave to John Tucker land adjoining his land. Although his name was not in the list of property owners m 1635, this record proves that he was a property owner, but the entry of it was not given until 1637. Under the same date there is another entry showing that the town gave him about two acres of salt marsh, and July 17, 1637, two acres of land on Batchellor street (now Main street) for a hnuse. This small amount proves that he was unmarried at tlie time, as *he amount of land for a house was given with regard to the size of the family. In October, 1637, he was given a lot of ten acres abutting on Thomas Turner's land on the north and Ralph Smith's land on the south. The next record of him is dated .April o, 16^2, in Nanlasket, later called Hull, where lie was admitted with several others as a planter, and given tuo acres between the two hills next Pedcock's Island. There were to be at least thirt\'-t\vo lots, and the planters were to take them in order; they were to have four acres of planting land and two acres of meadow land also. On May 29, 1644, the name was changed to Hull, and in July, a church was formed there. In both Hingham and Hull, Thomas Chatt'e was i. fisherman and farmer. The name of his wife is not known. He probably married in Hull, as no mention of him or his family is found in the notes of Rev. Peter Hobart, of Hingham. The town records of Hull, before 1657. have been lost. It is probable that his wife's name was Dorothy, as her sc^ns both had daughters named Dorothy, and it was the custom to name children for their .grandparents. The next mention of him in the records is a deed, February 4, 1O50, in which he gives land over to Thomas Gill, of Hingham, and he and his son Joseph must have made a trip ixom Swansea, where they were living, in order to sign it. The last men- tion of him was in 1657, when a list of his lands was given. Between 1657 and on May 30, 1660, he had re- moved from Hull and settled in Rehoboth, then in Plymouth Colony. A deed has been found, dated May 30, rfvo, in which he sells to Thomas Loring, Sr., of Hull, his Iinuse, orchard and two home lots containing four acres; a lot of meadow by "Streights River;" two lots at Sagamore Hill, and two at Strawberry Hill; and also all his rights and privileges in all the island except Pedcock's Island. In this deed he calls himself "some time of Hull in the county of Suffolke," but does not say where he was living then. However, in the pro- prietor's records of Rehoboth, he was one of the pro- prietors at least as early as December 25, 1060, and the records also contain a description of the boundaries of land belonging to him. .\ few months after the sale of his property in Hull he made his first recorded pur- chase of land in Rehoboth, of Stephen Paine, Sr., Feb- ruary 9, 1660. On April 11, 1664, he then of Wanna- moisett, sold to Captain Thomas Willett and James Brown one of the two lots he received in the division of home lots. When Swansea was set off from Rehoboth in 1668, his home in Wannamoisett became a part of the town newly created. He very likely owned land in Rehoboth, as in a deed in 1675 he calls himself of Reho- both. in lOD") he sold to Joseph Carpenter property in New Meadi'W Neck. During King Philip's War he and his family, as well as near neighbors, doubtless lived m "Chaffe's Garrison," a stone building near his house, and during that time he bought more land of Francis Stevens in Rehoboth. On December 28. 1676. there is a record of an agreement in regard to "lands purchased of .^samequin and Wamsitto his sonne." The last men- tion of him in his life is March 16, 1679-80, in an agree- ment concerning the Paine Lots and also "pasturing neck." He made his will, July 25, 16S0, and in it men- ti'ins his two sons, Nathaniel and Joseph. It was proved Marcli (I. 1083, and an inventory of his estate taken May 15, of the same year. Thomas ChaiTe was promi- nent and highly respected in the towns in which he re- sided. His children were : Nathaniel, tnentioned below; Joseph, probably born between 1639 and 1646 in Hull. (ID Nathaniel Chaffee, s^n of Thomas Chaffe, was born between the years 163S and 1642, probably at Nan- tasket or Hull, Mass., and died in Rehoboth, September, 1720. Between 1657 and 1660 he settled in that part of Rehoboth which later became Swansea. On May 19, 1 070, he was chosen constable, and from that time onward occupied a prominent place in local affairs. He was a large land owner, inheriting some from his father, and increasing his holding considerably by pur- chase. He boi'ght sixty acres of land from Obediah Browm in Rehoboth, and later two parcels of land of twelve and a half and ten acres each from John Mar- tin, of Attleboro. That he was highly valued as a citi- zen is evident from the fact that after his removal from Rehoboth lie was invited to return to the town, and as an inducement was offered more land. Four months later he returned. Nathaniel Chaffee was a blacksmith, and from the nature of his work, and the dependence of early settlements on the work of the blacksmith, he held a prominent place in the life of the early settle- ment. The lilacksmith in those days made practically all farm implements, household utensils, arms, bells, etc. Nathaniel Chaffee became a freeman in 1681, on March 2(1. of which year he was elected const.able. On March 22, 1693, he was chosen tythingman. He received numer- ous grants of land. During King Philip's war he con- tributed £3. i6s. 6d. to the war fund. He married, in Swansea, Mass., August in. 1169. Experience Bliss, dau.ghter of Jonathan and Miriam (Harmon) Bliss, and they were the parents of eleven children, the first three of which were bom in Swansea, the others in Rehoboth. Children: Dorothy; Thomas, born Oct. 19. 1672; Rachel; Nathaniel, Jan., 1675-76; Jcinathan, mentioned below-, David, .Aug. 22, 1680; Experience, March 24, 16S2; Mehitable, Oct. 30, 1687; Daniel, Oct. 30, 1687; Noah, Jan. 10, 1690; Noah, Dec. 17, 1792. (Ill) Jonathan Chaffee, son of Nathaniel and Expi-ri- ence (Bliss) Chaffee, was born in the town of Rehoboth, Mass., April 7, 1678. On February 10, 1701-02, he re- ceived from his father four and a half acres of land near "Broken Cross." He subsequently became very prominent in the life and affairs of Rehoboth, and took active part in civic life. On March 19, 1704, he was chosen to the office of field driver. On November 21, 1715, he and one hundred and ten others agreed to pay for building a new meeting house. In 1718 he pur- chased one hundred acres of land from Joseph Russ for £8 in .Ashford. Conn. On December 11, of that year, he was a member of a jury of trials. In 1819 he BIOGRAPHICAL 19 bought of Jeremiah Allen one hundred additional acres in Ash ford. He was a large landowner and a consider- ably wealthy man, an influential citizen, and a highly respected member of the community. On March 28, 1720, he became tythingman, and from that time until his death held public office continuously. Jonathan Chafifee married in Rehoboth, Mass., November 23, 1703, Hannah Carpenter, daughter of William and Miriam (Searles) Carpenter, who was born .April 10, 1684. In 1767 she was the e-xecutrix of her husband's estate. He died December 31, 1766, leaving a will dated May 5. 1754. He is buried in the old burying ground formerly in Rehoboth, but now in the village of Rum- ford, R. I., where his grave is marked by a stone bear- ing the inscription : Jonathan Chaffe Departed this life December 31, 1766. in the 89th year of his age. Children of Jonathan and Hannah (Carpenter) Chaf- fee, born in Rehoboth: Jonathan, born June 25, 1704; Nathaniel, Oct 20, 1705; Hannah, mentioned below; Dan, Feb. 26, 1710; Miriam, Aug. 22, 1712; Susanna, Sept. 22, 1714; Ephraim, Jan. 25, 1716; William, 1717; Susanna. June 10, 1720; Deliverance, Sept. 4, 1721 ; Josiah, May 2. 1723; Susanna, Aug. 28, 1728. (IV) Hannah Chaffee, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Carpenter) Chaffee, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., October 3, 1707, and died there February 22, I79g. She married in Rehoboth, May 27, 1729, Joseph (2^ Armington. (See Armington H). Hannah (Carpenter) Chaffee, mother of Hannah (Chaffee) Armington, wife of Joseph (2) Armington, was a daughter of William and Miriam (Searles) Car- penter, as above stated, and granddaughter of William Carpenter, the founder of this family, which is one of the most notable of early American families. Her linkage is contained in the following article. (The Carpenter Line). .\rms — Argent a greyhound passant and chief sable. Crest — .\ greyhound's head erased per fesse sable \ and argent. Motto — Celeritas, virtus, fidelitas. These arms are found on the tombstone of Daniel Carpenter, of Rehoboth, who was born in 1669. This family is of ancient English origin, and of great an- tiquity in Herefordshire and other parts of England. The .\merican branch of the family is descended from .the English family of C&rpenter of which the Earl of Tyrconnel was a member. In 1761 the Earldom of Tyrconncl in Ireland was given to a third George Car- ipenter. and this branch became extinct in 1863. The < line of Lord George Carpenter was the same as that of the American immigrant of the family, William Car- penter, founder of the largest branch of the Carpenter family of America. Three other families of the name were established here in the early part of the Colonial [period, one by another William Carpenter, of Provi- dence, R. I., another in Philadelphia, and a fourth fam- ily in Connecticut by Daniel Carpenter, who died in Farmington, in 1651. The pedigree of the English house, extending from 1303 to 1605, and covering ten generations, up to the American immigrant, follows : (I) John Carpenter, the first of the name found in English records, was born about 1303, and was a mem- ber of Parliament in 1323. (II) Richard Carpenter, son of John Carpenter, was born about 1335. He married Christiana , and they were buried in the Church of St. Martin, Out- witch, Rishopsgate street, London. He was a goldsmith. (III) John (2) Carpenter, son of Richard and Chris- tiana Carpenter, was a brother of the noted town clerk of London, whose bequest founded the City of London School. (IV) John (3) Carpenter, son of John (2) Carpenter, married and had a son William, mentioned below. (\') William Carpenter, son of John (3) Carpenter, was born about 1440, and died in 1520. He resided in the parish of Dilwyne, Herefordshire, and is called William of Homme. (VI) James Carpenter, son of William Carpenter, died in 1537. (VII) John (4) Carpenter, son of James Carpenter, died in 1540. (VIII) William (2) Carpenter, son of John (4) Car- penter, was born about 1540. His children were: James, inherited the estate of his father; .Mexander, born about 1560. and his youngest child is thought to have been the NVilliam of Cobham to whom the arms were confirmed in 1663; William, mentioned below; Richard, probably settled in .■\mesbury, Mass.. and was the progenitor of the Providence branch of the family in .America. (IX) William (3) Carpenter, son of William (2) Carpenter, was born in England, in 1576. He sailed from .Southampton, England, with his wife Abigail, and his son William, in the ship "Bevis" and landed in May. 1638. He returned to England in the same vessel, and it is thought he came merely to assist his son in making a home for himself and his family. He resided in Lon- don. (X) William (4) Carpenter, immigrant ancestor and founder of the family in America, was a son of William (3) and .Mjigail Carpenter, and was born in England in 1603, and died in Rehoboth, Mass. He was admitted a freeman of Weymouth, May 13, 1640; was representa- tive from Weymouth, 1641-42; and from Rehoboth, in 1645. He was constable in 1641, and was chosen pro- prietors' clerk of Weymouth in 1643. He drew lot No. 18 in the division of lands in Rehoboth. June 30, 1644, was admitted an inhabitant of the town, March 28, 1645, and the following June was made a freeman. It was through his influence that the grant of Seekonk, other- wise known as Rehoboth, was made by the General Court then at Plymouth. This was the tract of land selected by Roger Williams for a settlement, when he was driven out of the Massachusetts Colony. In 1647 William Carpenter was made one of the directors of the town, and again held that office in 1655. The legal business of the town and colony was transacted princi- pally by him. He paid £8, 17s., 3d. toward defraying the expense of King Philip's war, and was one of a committee to lay out a road from Rehoboth to Dedham. About 1642 he received a commission as captain frotn the Governor of Massachusetts, and was called upon to act for the protection and ownership of the Pawtuxet lands. The records show him to have been a yeoman, and his estate was valued at £254, los. Governor Brad- 20 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND ford, wlia m,-irric(i Iiis cousin Alice, favored William Carpenter in all his measures in the Plymouth Court, and in all their dealings they were close friends. Wil- liam Carpenter married, in England, Abigail , who was provided for by his will of April 21, 1659. She died February 22. 16S7. Children: John, born in Eng- land, ab'iut i(>2S; William, mentioned below; Joseph, born about i<'-'. Of this imion one son, Walter Williamson. Jr., was born. Walter William- son Budlong received his education at the Jencks Alowry Private School on Academy avenue. Providence, and later at the Classical High School of that city. Upon completing his studies at the latter institution, he entered the employ of Taylor, Symonds 81 Company, where he learned the dry goods business and then later went to the Boston Store, with which he continued associated for a period of ten years. In this concern he had charge of the glove department, and the future promised a bril- liant career for him when his untimely death took place. Walter Williamson Budlong inherited a strong taste for military matters from his father, and was for a number of years a very popular officer in the National Guard of Rhode Island. He rose to the rank of captain and was placed in command of a machine gun battery to succeed Major William Ely. This battery had for years, under the command of the latter officer and Captain Henry Walcott, been placed at the head of the brigade by the annual inspectors, and Captain Budlong fully maintained its high standing. He joined the battery as a private on July 20. iSoi, and on September 6, in the following year, was advanced to corporal. On Junt zo, 1894, he was appointed sergeant, and three years later, on June 7, 1897. was elected second lieutenant of the battery. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, this bat- tery was the first militia company to offer its services to Governor Dyer, and Lieutenant Budlong was among those who signed the agreement to serve in Cuba if the government so desired. The battery was then organized as Light Battery B, First Rhode Island United States Volunteer .Artillery, and Lieutenant Budlong received his commission as second lieutenant in the national service and served in this capacity until the battery w'as mustered out in the following October. The year after the war the battery was reorganized and upon that occasion. Lieutenant Budlong was elected its captain on June 10, 181)9. Two years later he resigned from active service. 2. Martin Salisbury, born Sept. 19. 1869, and was educated at the Jencks Mowry Private School and the Providence High School, where he prepared himself for college. He then matriculated at Brown University, and was graduated from this institution with the class of 1890. taking the dc.gree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1892 he received from his alma maier the honorary degree of Master of -Arts, an honor which he prizes greatly. Desiring to follow in the footsteps of his distinguished father, he entered Hahnemann Medi- cal College, of Philadelphia, from which he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He supple- mented these theoretical studies with the practical ex- perience gained as interne at the Hahnemann Hospital at Philadelphia, where he remained for two years and then returned to his native State and engaged in general practice at Providence. He associated himself with his father, and met with a very high degree of success, and is now regarded as one of the most able physicians of the community. He married, March 4, 1905, Affie M. Bradford, of Brockton, Mass. Mrs. Budlong is active in the social life of Providence, and is vice-president of the Elmwood Woman's Club, and a member of the Rhode Island Woman's Club. 3. John Clarke, Jr.. born July 17, 1871, and now engaged in the insurance business at Providence. He married Fannie Evans, a daughter of Henry R. Evans, of Providence. 4. Warren Sawin, born April 16, 1873. and died at the age of twenty-two years. 5. Matthew Williamson, born June 27, 1875, and died while a student at Brown University. 6. Alonzo Alexander. 7. Martha Matilda. 8. William Gerard. The three last named died in childhood. Dr. John C. Budlong was one of those vivid, striking personalities that impress powerfully all those abnut them and, because we identify them so distinctly in our minds with virile, active life, assume a sort cf immor- tality in consciousness. This is borne witness to in a re- markable manner, in his particular case, by the feelings of his friends as expressed by them. He was very fond of the society of young folks, entered into their plans and proposals with remarkable spontaneity, and rejoiced if he could render them assistance, and we have it on the testimony of those who knew him best that he never seemed to grow old himself. In spite of the many cares under which he labored in connection with his public duties and private interests, he never carried them about with him and never obtruded them upon the notice of others, either abroad among his associates or in the bosom of his family at home. To the very end of his life he retained the buoyancy of youth, the outward expression of an inward spiritual good cheer which never deserted him. Among his associates, especially tho^e who w-ere fortunate enough to have been intimate with him, the feeling still remains that his spirit is still present, often expressed in such phrases as "he never died" or "something comes up every day to make us think him still with us." He was one of those natures that have no small taint of meanness such as so often blights the strongest; he had that virtue of simplicity which sinks personal pettiness in wholesome admira- tion, the simplicity of hero worship. .A fine example of this was to be found in his relations with his army asso- ciates between whom and himself there existed the staunchest admiration and friendship. In the midst of all the many tasks with which his broad and willing shoulders were burdened. Dr. Budlong's feelings and affections all drove him to his home and the intercourse of his own family for rest and relaxation. Here he ex- perienced more real happiness than he could extract out of any other form of occupation, and every hour of which he felt free to dispose to his own pleasure was thus spent among those he loved best. Thus did he round out his life, and. to his splendid record of public service, good citizenship and business success, he added that highest praise of a true and worthy manhood. GEORGE WHIPPLE HUBBARD— The name Hubbard is an exceedingly ancient I'ue and dates, ac- cording to the best authorities, from the time when sur- names first came into use in England. It is probable that it is derived, like so many other family names, from an earlier given name, which, through the habit £Partin ^. BuDlong, £19. ©. BIOGRAPHICAL 31 of calling the children and grandchildren of a wcU- kniiwn man by his name, had some prefix or affix, designating the "son of." There are some indeed who hold that in the case of Hubbard the origin is to be found in the old Danish name Hubba, which was borne by one of the famous old sea kings, who invaded and conquered a section of Britain. The .given names, Hubert and Herbert, are supposed to have had a sim- ilar derivation, while of all the many forms in which the derived patronymics have been found, Hubbard and Hobart are the most familiar to us to-day. In the old English records, however, there have been found as many as fifty different spellings and even in Colonial times in this country the varieties were numerous. In England the name has occupied a high position and several of the branches of the family have borne coats- of-arms. The arms of the Hubbard family of this re- view are as follows : Arms — ^Quarterly argent and sable, on a bend gules three lions passant or. Crest — A lion's head erased or. The Hubbard family in the United States was founded here by a number of ditifercnt immigrants bearing the name, and at least two of these were George Hubbards. who came to this country at not widely separated dates and settled in different parts of New England. From one of these, George Hubbard, of VVatertown. M:'.ss., and several places in Connecticut, the line with which we are concerned in this sketch is descended. This George Hubbard appears to have been a native of one of the southern counties of England, probably Essex or Sur- rey, whence he emigrated to the New World in 1633. Upon reaching the New England Colonies he se'tled for a time at Watertown, Mass., whence he removed to Wethersfield, Conn., and still later to Milford. From Milford he removed to Guilford, Conn., some time prior to 1650, and there he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 16S3. George Hubbard married Mary Bishop, a daughter of John and .\nn Bishop, and she removed with her husband to Guilford, where her death occurred in 1675. They were the parents of the following children, two of whom were born in Eng- land: Mary, John, Sarah. Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail, William, and Daniel. (II) John Hubbard, oldest son and second child of George and Mary (Bishop) Hubbard, was born in Eng- land some time about the year 1630, and was undoubtedly a small child when brought to the New England Col- onies by his parents, .'\bout 1647 he married Mary Merriam, a daughter of William and Sarah Merriam, of Concord, Mass. John Hubbard and his wife made their home at Hadlcy, Mass., and at Hatfield, where his death eventually occurred in 1702. His widow survived until 1713. They were the parents of nine children, the first five of which were born at Hadlcy. His children were as follows : Mary, John, Hannah, Jonathan, men- tioned below; Daniel. Mercy. Isaac, Mary, and Sarah. (HI) Jonathan Hubbard, son of John and Mary (Merriam) Hubbard, was born at Concord. Mass., January 3, 1658-59. On January 15, I(j8r, he married Hannah Rice, and resided at Concord, where he died July 17. 1728. The children born to him and his wife were as follows : Mary, Ji mathan. Hannah, Samuel, Josiph, Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Thomas, Abigail and Ebenczer. (IV) Daniel Hubbard, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Rice) Hubbard, was born at Concord, November 20, 1694, died at Worcester. Mass., .April 28, 1724. He mar- ried, December 5, 1717, Dorothy Dakin. Children: Dorothy, Beulah, Martha, Rebecca, Daniel. Lucy. Eliz- abeth, Zurviah and Jonas. (V) Daniel (2) Hubbard, son of Daniel (l) and Dorotl'.y (Dakin) Hubbard, was born at Holden, Mass., January 18, 1725-26, died at Leicester, Mass., April 18, icSo5. He married Elizabeth Lynde. He was the father of the following children : Jonathan. Daniel, Elizabeth, John, mentioned below; Benjamin, Molly, and Esther. (VI) John Hubbard, son of Daniel (2) and Eliza- beth (Lynde) Hubbard, was born March 14, 1760-61, at Leicester, Mass. He removed to Batavia, N. Y., at an early date, and there died in 1850. He married (lirst) Martha (or Patty) Tyler. The Christian name of his second wife was Agnes, and his third wife was Patience Wheeler. He was the father of seven children, the last five of whom were born at Batavia: John, Daniel, mentioned below; Julia, Rebecca, Darwin, Jabez, and Peter. (VII) Daniel (3) Hubbard, son of John Hubbard, was born at Batavia, N. Y., about the year 1784. Here he lived during the major portion of his life, but in 1S30 removed to North Providence, R. I., and settled on a farm in that township which has since become a part of tlie city of Pawtucket. Here he died in the month of March, 1840. He married, at Holden, Mass., .April 23. 1806. Tamison Wheaton, and they were the parents of the following children: Jonathan D., Daniel T., .Abigail W.. John .M., Gains W.. Martha T.. Benjamin M.. mentioned below; Jann-s D.. John W., Mary T., and Alma G. (VIII) Benjamin Merrill Hubbard, son of Daniel (3) and Tamison (Wheaton) Hubbard, was born Feb- ruary 25, 1818. at Leicester, Mass. He was a lad of twelve years of age when his father came to North Providence, R. I., and after a somewhat meager school- ing he learned in the latter place the trade of shoe- making, but the youth was possessed of an unusual degree of mechanical skill and was exceedingly ambi- tious, so that after following his trade for a short time he secured a position with the old .American Butt Com- pany, with which he remained in the capacity of super- intendent and general manager until the final dissolu- tion of the concern. He thereupon engaged in a broker- age business on his own account, and for a time had his son, George Whipple Hubbard, as a partner in this enterprise. The business was conducted under the name of B. M. Hubbard & Company, and so continued until his death. March 5, 1882. Benjamin Merrill Hub- bard was a very active figure in the life of the com- munity in those days, and was affiliated with a large number of different clubs and fraternal organizations. He was particularly prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of Hope Lodge and Moshassuck Encampment of that order. In his religion Mr. Hubbard was a Methodist and attended Trinity Church, Providence, R. I. It was this Mr. Hubbard, who in the year 1855 built the celebrated 32 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND "Octagon House," at No. 30; Knight street, one of the earliest, if not the earliest, example of this type of house built in the city. He continued to reside in this house until liis dealh. Benjamin M. Huhbard was united in marriage with Sophia Annis. Mrs. Hubbard, who survived her hus- band, continued to live in Providence until January 10, 1905, when she died at the venerable age of ninety- seven years, eleven months and eleven days. They were the p.arents of the following children : James Whipple, who died at the age of four years; Candace T., who liecame the wife of Marsden J. Perry, of Prov- idence; Martha T., who became the wife of Wanton S. Webb; George Whipple, mentioned below; and Ella Sophia, who died in infancy. (IX) George Whipple Hubbard, jon of Benjamin Merrill and Sophia (.Vnnis) Hubbard, was born Sep- tember 18, i8-)6, in the city of Providence, R. I., and made that place his home and the scene of all his various activities. It was there that he received the elementary portion of his education, attending the local public schools for this purpose, and he later attended the Bryant & Stratton Business College at Providence, where he took a commercial course. After completing his studies in the latter institution, he secured a posi- tion as clerk with the firm of E. M. Aldrich & Company of which a cousin of his, Charles A. Hubbard, was a member. For a time thereafter he was employed as representative of the ".Morning Star," and the "Evening Press." After spending a number of years in this line, he entered into partnership with his father who, as has already been stated, opened a real estate and money brokerage business. After the death of the elder man, Geor.ge ^V. Hubbard continued the business alone under the same tirm name until his own death, December 13, 1893. Mr. Hubbard did not confine his activities to his business, however, but was prominently identified with many departments of the community's life. He was affiliated with a large number of social and fraternal organizations, among which should be mentioned Hope Lodge, and Moshassuck Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Honor. In his religious belief .Mr. Hubbard was a Universalist and attended the Church of the Mediator in Provi- dence. Since his deatli his property has been managed by Mrs. Hubbard, who lias shown an unusual degree of business talent in handling the valuable estate in such a manner that it is constantly increasing in value. On March 16. 1875, George Whipple Hubbard was united in marriage at Providence, R. I., with S. .Aug- usta Simmons, a native of Westport, Mass., a daughter of Henry L. and Susan M. (Dyer) Simmons. To them the following children were born: Sophia, born June II, 1876. whti became the wife of Curtis A. Miner, of New Haven, Conn., and has one son, Marshall Hub- bard; Cora .-Kugusta, born Feb. 13, 1882, married Carl B. How land; Genrge Whipple, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1884, attended tlie public schouls of Providence, the Cheshire .•\cademy at Cheshire, Conn., and later Trinity College at Hartford, in the State; now resides in New Haven, Conn., engaged in coal business. There is no doubt that the career of Mr. Hubbard, successful as it had already been, would have known a still more brilliant future had not death so abruptly cut it short. One of the chief factors in his success was undoubtedly his remarkable power of making friends, but this power in turn depended upon some of the most fundamental virtues for its existence. That he should first attract those who came in casual association was doubtless due to the attractive exterior, the ready wit and simple candor, liut the transformation of these acquaintances into faithful friends was possible only to the profound trust which all men fell in him, the perfect sincerity of his nature and the honest disinter- estedness of his intentions. The certainty of their con- fidence in him is nowhere better illustrated than in the common appeal that was made to him to settle disputes and quarrels. His popularity was very wide-spread, and the news of his death was felt as a loss in all parts of the State, but the strongest affection was felt for him in his own home district and it was there that l-.e gave most generously of his friendship and service. His generosity was proverbial, and yet his benefactions were so unostentatious that but few were aware of their extent. It was truly said of him that the world was better for such men as Mr. Hubbard having lived in it. His death has left a gap in the life of his community which, despite the years that have elapsed, is still unfilled. TIMOTHY V. WHOLEY— As president and gen- eral manager of the Wholey Boiler Works, Mr. Wholey has reached a high position in the iron and steel business with which he has been connected since 1S96. The Wholey Boiler Works is located at No. 95 Whipple street, Providence, occupying 65,000 square feet with buildings 325 x 200 covering the entire area. The buildings and machinery are modern, private railway tracks enter the buildings, and one hundred men are kept constantly employed in the manufacture of steam boilers and tanks. Timothy V. W'holey was born in Lawrence, Mass., December 4, 1874, son of Dennis and Ellen M. Wholey. He was educated in the public schools of Lowell, Mass., finishing with graduation from high school in 1803. He spent one year at Phillips Academy, Andoxer, Mass., then for two years was a student at Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md. In 1896 he completed his studies, then began learning the boil- erniaker's trade, and from that year he has been con- stantly connected with the iron and steel business, manufacturing steam boilers and tanks, now presi- dent and general manager of the Wholey Boiler Works. Independent in his political action, Mr. Whfiley has never desired nor held public office. He is a member of St. Raymond's Church, Roman Cath- olic, Providence, and of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Wholey married, in Lowell, Mass., October 17, 1890, Elizabeth V. Skitfington, daughter of M. J. Skitfington, of Lowell. Children: Harold. Mary E., Edgar J., Joseph S., Robert D.. .\rthur T.. Raymond G., George P., Ralph F.. and .Eileen M. The family home is at Pawtucket. ;H!ii T^" ■•***««i* / #■ '(7-^^ 2^. /iJ^e^^L,^-^^^ BIOGRAPHICAL 33 GREGORY DEXTER WALCOTT— The Wal- cott family is of ancient English origin. The spelling still varies in this family, most of the Salem branch spelling the name Walcott, most of the Connecticut fam- ily using Wolcott. The late Governor Roger Wolcott was a descendant of the Connecticut branch, the immi- grant ancestor of which was Henry Wolcott (Woolcott or Woolcoot), who was born at or near Tolland, Som- ersetshire, England, about 1578, and came to Dorches- ter, Massachusetts, in the first company. He removed in 1636-37 to Windsor, Connecticut, where he became a prominent citizen. (I) John Walcott, the immigrant ancestor of the family from which Gregory Dexter Walcott is descended, was born in England, doubtless at Glaston, whence he came to America in 1634 or earlier. He was a planter or yeoman, and was at Watertown, Massachusetts, March 4, 1634-35, when he was admitted a freeman of the colony. In the year following he was a householder at Cambridge, Massachusetts, but he shortly afterwards became a resident of Salem, Massachusetts. His life in this colony, however, was brief as he died at Salem, before July 17, 1638. He married (first) in England, Mary, surname unknown, and (second) Winifred, sur- name unknown, in this country. He was fined in Salem in 1636 "for refusing to bring his children to the ordi- nance and neglecting family duties." This was the Puri- tan way of punishing him for following Roger Williams. His brother William also received a grant of land at Salem in 1637, but was finally excommunicated from the Salem Church at the instigation of Hugh Peters, at the same time and for the same reason as Roger Williams, and, we are told, removed to Providence, Rhode Island, with him. John Walcott had five children, of whom Jonathan was the fourth child and second son. (II) Captain Jonathan Walcott was born about 1638, in Salem or vicinity; married (first) January 26, 1664, or 1665, Mary, a daughter of John Sibley, who died December 28, 1683. He married (second), April 23, 1685, Deliverance, born September 9, 1656, a daughter of Thomas Putnam. She died after 1723. Jonathan Wal- ott was admitted a freeman, April 18, 1690, was elected captain of a military company in l6go, and was on the list of taxpayers of Danvers, Massachusetts, in 1692. (HI) Mary Walcott, daughter of Captain Jonathan Walcott, became famous for the part she took in witch- craft persecutions. When she was only seventeen years old, she figured as prosecuting witness in no less than sixteen cases. Captain Jonathan Walcott hiinself fig- ured as the complainant in several cases, and appears to have been honestly carried away by the influence of the frenzy. Rev. Mr. Parrish, who was active in bringing the victims of the delusion to punishment, was finally accused of conniving with .\bigail Williams, Mary Wal- cott and others. Mary was a witness against the vener- able Giles Corey, who was pressed to death under a pile of stones by the authority of the law after being condemned for witchcraft. Captain Jonathan Walcott died at Salem, December 16, 1699. (HI) William Walcott, a son of Captain Jonathan Walcott by his second marriage, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, March 2, 1691. He married, at Salem, August 6, 1712, Mary, a daughter of George and Han- nah Felt. She was born October 13, 1687, and died before 1763. William Walcott died at .\ttleborough, Massachusetts (now Arnold Mills, Rhode Island), No- vember 3, 1777. (IV) Benjamin Walcott, a son of William and Mary (Felt) Walcott, was born at Attleborough, Massachu- setts, October 16, 1729. His marriage intentions to Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Foster, were published March 3, 1753. His wife was born Novemlicr 19. 1729, and died March 9, 1820. Benjamin Walcott's death occurred at what is now Arnold Mills, Rhode Island, July 20, 1781. (V) Ebenezcr VV'alcott, a son of Benjamin and Mary (Foster) Walcott, was born at Cumberland, Rhode Island, June l, 1765. He married, at .\ttleborough, Massachusetts, .March 20, 1788, Mary, the daughter of Simon Titus. She was born December 2, 1767, and died October 22, 1816. Her husband's death preceded that date, taking place Sepetembcr 20, 1806. (VI) Lodowick Walcott, the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Titus) Walcott, was born at Attleborough. Mas- sachusetts, September 27, 1795. He married, at Smith- field, Rhode Island, June 21, 1825, Mary Dexter. He was engaged in cotton manufacturing at .Ashton, Rhode Island. In the panic of 1837 he met with reverses that led to his failure, and, while attempting to retrieve his fortunes, contracted a severe cold which resulted in his death at Smithfield, Rhode Island, February 22, 1840. Mrs. Mary (Dexter) Walcott was a lineal descend- ant of the Rev. Gregory Dexter, who came to Rhode Island as early as 1643 or 1644, and of his friend, Roger Williams. This latter line of descent was through Meribah Williams, who was a granddaughter of Roger Williams' son Joseph, and whose daughter, Ann Brown, through her marriage with Eleazer Whipple, became the mother of Betsey Whipple, who married Christopher Dexter. From this union there was born eight child- ren, of whom Mary Dexter, the grandmother of the subject of this sketch, was one. Of this line of an- cestry nothing further need be said, since the careers of Roger Williams and of many bearing that name are so well-known. The posterity of Rev. Gregory Dexter were also conspicuous in the early Colonial history of Providence, and through successive genera- tions they have been dwellers of Rhode Island from the time of his settlement there to the present period. He was a man of fine intellect, and many of his descend- ants have left their impress upon the communities in which they have lived. Some of them have been public benefactors. Dexter Asylum of Providence, a noble institution for the unfortunate poor of that city, and the Dexter Training Grounds there, arc monuments to the name of their founder and donor, the late Ebenezer Knight Dexter. The achievements of the eminent sculptor and painter, the late Henry De.xter, whose statue of General Warren at Bunker Hill, associates the name with an historic event, reflects credit not only upon the family name but upon State and Nation. Not a few of these Rhode Island Dexters have adorned the professions and have become prominent and suc- cessful in the manufacturing world, and as a whole, they have been a respectable, industrious and thrifty people. By the marriage of Lodowick Walcott and Mary Dex- ter there were two sons, Charles Stuart and William Henry Walcott. R 1—3 34 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND ■\'I1) Charles Stuart Walcntt was burn at Smith- field, Rhuile Isl.-inil. July 13. lSju, In his early life he helped in farm work, and also as a mill hand at Asliton, Rhode Island. He shipped before the mast from a New England pi>rt for a voyage to San Fran- cisco around Cape Hnrn. He became iine of the "Forty-N'iners" in California during the Gold Fever, ■^ut returned to the East after a brief residence in that .ocality. He then became a locomotive engineer on the old Providence & Worcester Railroad ; also on the road from Providence to Warren. Rhode Island, establish- ing his residence in the latter place. Later he went to the Middle West, and was for a number of years an engineer on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad. Returning East he volunteered in the Civil War, but was rejected on account of physical disabilities. He was for a while a stationary engineer for a large chemical plant in New York; also at .\. T. Stewart & Company's (now John Wanamaker's.) store. He was a member of the Episcopal church at Lonsdale, Rhode Island; a Whig in politics, but became a member of the Repub- lican party on its organization. He married, in New York City, July 3, 1867, Mary Catherine Lcary, born at Glendale, Long Island, New York, May 5, 1850, and died at Germantown. Pennsyl- vania, April 28, 1913. The children by this marriage are: I. Mary De.xter, born at Brooklyn, New York, May, 1868, wife of Edward M. Weeks. 2. Gregory Dexter, see below. 3. Charles Stuart Walcott died at Lincoln (formerly a part of Smithlield), Rhode Island, April 6, 187 1. (\'III) Gregory Dexter Walcott was born at Lin- coln, Rhode Island August 29, 1869. His preparatory education was at the public schools of Lime Rock, Lonsdale and Moshassuck in his native State. After leaving school in the fall of 1883, he was employed for the most part in mercantile and manufacturing con- cerns. Amongst the former was a dry goods store operated by Sharpless Brothers in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. From 1884 to 1885 he was connected with the Providence Public Library, but during the following year he was engaged in farming in Lime Rock. He was for four years, from 1886 to i8go. with the Glasgow Knitting Mill at Woonsocket and Warren, Rhode Island, and Brandon. Vermont, with tlie exception of the fall of 1887 when he was with the Oakdale Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. He was for several months in 1890 with the Culler Manufacturing Company of Warren, Rhode Island. In 1890 Dr. Walcott resumed his studies and became a student at the Worcester Academy at Worcester, Massachusetts, from which he graduated with highest honors in 1893 to enter Brown University, where he spent four years, receiving the degree of A. B. upon his graduation. He entered Columbia L'niversity and Union Theological Seminary of New York City, in 1897. and spent the next three years at these institu- tions, receiving the degree of .\. M. from Columbia University in 1899; Ph. D. in 1004; and B. D. from the LInion Theological Seminary in ioix>. In 1900-01 he went abroad and matriculated at the Bonn and Berlin universities in Germany. Returning to this country he was assistant minister for a year at the Central Con- gregational Church at Providence, Rhode Island, and part of the year of 1903 had charge of the Sayles Memorial Church at Saylesville, Rhode Island. During the academic year. 1903-1904. he was a graduate stud- ent at the Union Theological Seminary and Columbia Llniversity, taking the doctor's degree in Tune as stated above. In the fall of K104 he became a member of the faculty of Blackburn College at Carlinville, Illinois, as Professor of Greek and Latin. He became Dean of the college and Professor of Greek and Philosophy in 1905, and remained there until ifJ07, when he was elected to the chair of Philosophy ana Psychology at Hamline University. St. Paul, Minnesota. This new department, which he established, became rather popular, for while all the courses were elective, at times more than sixty per cent, of the eligible students of the university regis- tered for the work. Ur. Walcott still retains his pro- fessirship in Hamline University, but was given in 1917-18 a year's leave of absence to teach psychology and lecture on ethics at Tsing Hua College, at Peking, China. This is a government institution supported by the Boxer Indemnity money refunded by the United States. He is a member of the college fraternities, Delta Upsilon and Phi Betta Kappa; also of the American ."Kssociation for the Advancement of Science, the West- ern Philosophical Association, and the American Asso- ciation of University Professors. He has been men- tioned in "Who's Who in America" for three succes- sive editions, and in 191 6 his portrait was secured by the Minnesota Historical Society for their collection of the Prominent Twentieth Century Men of Minnesota. A Republican in politics, he is a member of the Pro- gressive branch of that party. In his religious affilia- tions he is a member of the Baptist church of Warren, Rhode Island. He is the author of "The Kantian and Lutheran Elements in Kitschl's Conception of God," 1904, and has contrihuteil many reviews and articles in scientific, philosophical and other journals. RT. REV. DENIS M. LOWNEY— While of high ecclesiastical station in the PrLividenee diocese, it was as the head of St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum that .\u.\iliary Bishop Lowney first became widely known throughout Rhode Island. He was connected with that institution from its inception, and his devotion to the work of caring for the well-being of the thousands of little ones raised in the Asylum endeared him to the hearts of Catholics all over the diocese. The asylum was his most favored project, and he devoted himself unstintingly to its upbuilding and development, his efforts being largely responsible fr^r its present con- dition. Bishiip Lowney was known thrciughout the diocese as e>ne of the most charitable priests that ever labored here, and his willingness to dispossess himself of the comforts of life, in order that the needy might have them, br(iu'-;ht him the admiration and love of his people early in his priesthood. His appointment to succeed Bishop E)riran as .\uxi!iary Bishop of Providence was received with the utmost satisfaction throughout the diocese. The consecration ceremony in the Cathedral was regarded as in many respects one of the most notable functions in the history of tlie church of Rhode Island. BIOGRAPHICAL Denis M. Lowney was a son of Denis and Bridget Lovvney, who were married in Ireland, came to the United States, and with their sons, Denis M., Patrick and Timothy, are residing at Fall River, Massachu- setts. Denis M. Lowney was born in Ireland, June I, 1863, and the same year was brought to Fall River, Massachusetts, by his parents. He began his education in Fall River parochial and public schools, and after exhausting their advantages passed courses of classical study in the College St. Laurent in Montreal, Canada, and Manhattan, New York City. Having completed his classical studies, he spent two years in the study of philosophy at Grand Seminary in Montreal, then began his studies in theology at the same institution, and on December 17, 1887, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic church. Immediately after ordination, he was assigned as an assistant to the rector of St. Mary's parish. Providence, there continuing until 1891, when he was called to the Cathedral by Bishop Harkins as assistant, and con- tinued for three years, at the end of which period he was made chancellor of the Providence diocese. In January, 1903, he was installed rector of the Cathedral, a high duty he well performed until June 3. 1905, when he was installed permanent rector of St. Joseph's Church at Pawtucket, succeeding Rev. Henry Kinnemy. Father Lowney 's rise to eminent distinctions in the Providence diocese was rapid but well-justified. His learning, piety and devotion formed an irresistible force, and he was widely-recognized as a man of un- usual mental ability and religious fervor. He was a vicar-general of the diocese, a member of the Bishop's Council, chairman of the board of examiners of the clergy, chairman of the school board, chairman of the board of trustees for Infirm Priests' Fund, diocesan director of the Eucharist League, and treasurer of the St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum. On July 13, 1917, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Providence by the Pope, and on October 23, following, he was consecrated to his high office in the Cathedral with full pomp and ceremony. In 1912 Bishop Lowney observed his silver jubilee commemorating the twenty- fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The manner of the celebration was most informal and simple, that being his especial request. At a mass of thanksgiving held in St. Joseph's, at Pawtucket, twenty- five children from St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum occupied the place of honor in the center aisle. On that same occasion Bishop Harkins presented the faithful pastor with a handsome gold chalice and paten, a testimonial of his many years of devoted service. Bishop Lowney died at the Episcopal residence on Fenncr street, August 13, 1918, after an illness of sev- eral weeks, his two brothers, and a nephew, a priest, being the only members of his family at his residence. He was buried with full ecclesiastical honors at the Cathedral in Providence, August 16, following, Bishop Beaven, of Springfield, Massachusetts, officiating. PATRICK HENRY QUINN, son of Peter and Margisrct (Callaghan) Quinn, was born in Pheni.x, town of Warwick, Rhode Island, December 16, 1869. He attended the Warwick public schools, completing the grammar school course in 1881. In that year he cntcrec! the finishing room of the Clyde Print Works, and there spent the succeeding nine years. These were nine formative years of his life in which, denied the oppor- tunity to complete an education, he studied books and men, developing those qualities of mind and heart that have always commanded the respect of even those who differ from him. It was during this period, when little more than a boy in years, that Mr. Quinn, through in- herent talent as an organizer and leader, became a prominent figure in the National councils of the Knights of Labor, and was a trusted lieutenant of Tcrrcnce \'. Powderly, chief executive and the brainiest leader of the strongest labor organization of its period. The training and experience gained in this position and the opportunity it gave to develop his natural ability was the foundation upon w-hich was built the successful record he has compiled as a lawyer and a man of public importance. He came of legal age in 1891, and two years following were spent as bookkeeper and salesman with William R. Brown & Company, of Prov- idence. He met and impressed his individuality upon Edward L. Gannon, of the law firm of Tanner & Gan- non, during the summer of 1892. The acquaintance ripened into a friendship so close that Mr. Gannon felt impelled to advise and even urge upon the young man that he study law. With his usual energy, Mr. Quinn began the study of law under the preceptorship of his friend. He retained his place with Brown & Company during the three years which he spent in study under Tanner & Gannon, giving Brown & Company, his services Saturdays and odd hours and evenings, thus earning part of the cost of his legal preparation. Mr. Quinn was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island in /Vugust, 1895, and to the United States Circuit Court, January 18, 1897. In the meantime Willard B. Tanner, senior member of the firm of Tanner & Gannon, had become attorney-gen- eral, and upon Mr. Quinn's admission to the bar the partnership of Gannon & Quinn was formed, continu- ing until the death of Mr. Gannon, March 15, 1896. Following Mr. Gannon's death Mr. Quinn practised alone at the same location for several years, after which he formed a partnership with Charles H. Kernan, which has continued to the present time. On January I, 1918, Robert E. Quinn, a nephew of Colonel Quinn, was admitted to the firm, which is now located in the Turks Head building. He rapidly advanced in the law, and while he has devoted a great deal of his time to public affairs he has never neglected the interests of a client. It is this devotion which largely explains the fact that his clients are his friends, and that friendship continues after the relation of client and attorney has been dissolved. He is probably at his best as a jury lawyer, pleading and argument affording him oppor- tunity to use his powers of oratory and forceful speech. He is fair in his treatment of his opponents, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of every member of the Rhode Island bar. In politics he has always been a Democrat, and when only eleven years of age helped to organize a company of boys, and marched in the Hancock campaign of 1880. At the age of nineteen, in the Cleveland-Harrison cam- paign of 1888, he made speeches for Grover Cleveland; HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND he has since "stumped" the State in every campaign, both State and National. He was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention of 1893, and to every State Democratic Convention since that time excepting the one in 1914, at which he was named for governor. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conven- tion which nominated W. J. Bryan, in Kansas City, 1900; to that which nominated A. B. Parker in St. Louis, IQ04; to that which nominated W. J. Bryan in Denver, 1908; and in each instance was elected to the delegation unanimously. He was elected secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, in 1898, served five years in that capacity, and was then elected chair- man for three years. He was chairman of the War- wick Democratic Town Committee for ten years. In 1899 he was elected judge of probate of Warwick, the first judge of probate the town elected, the Court of Probate formerly being the Town Council. That same year he was elected town solicitor, and in 1906 he was again elected as both judge of probate and town solic- itor. Mr. Quinn won his title of colonel as senior aide-de-camp on Governor Garvin's statif, in 1903. In 1906 the citizens of Warwick, irrespective of party, united in presenting to Colonel Quinn a lifesize paint- ing of himself, and in 1914 he was the standard bearer of the State Democracy for gubernatorial honor. In 1916 he attended as a delegate from Rhode Island the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis which nominated President Wilson. At this convention he was chosen as Rhode Island's member of the Demo- cratic National Committee ; was prominent in the move- ment to divide the town of Warwick, and was appointed by Governor Pothier one of the commission of five to make that division, whereby the town of West War- wick was created ; and was elected first president of the Town Council of the new town of West Warwick. Outside his profession Mr. Quinn has few business interests, one being the Pheni.x Lace Mills, which he serves as secretary and director, another the Warwick Lace Works, of which he is treasurer. He is a director of the Pawtuxet Valley Free Library Association ; a past president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Rhode Island; a founder and ex-president of the Catholic Club of Rhode Island; one of the founders of Providence College; past chief ranger of Court War- wick, Foresters of America; a past grand knight of Gibson Council, Knights of Colimibus ; member of the American Bar Association, and the Rhode Island State Bar Association; Robert Emmet Literary Association; Providence Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Warwick Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles; and Benjamin Franklin Lodge, Providence Fraternity. His clubs are the Catholic, Radical, Turks Head, Columbus, and Noonday. Mr. Quinn married (first), November 12, 1897, Agnes G. Healey, of Providence, who died February 10, 1907. He married (second), July 22, IQ09, Margaret M. Connors, of Providence. They have one son, Thomas Henrv. NATHAN WHITMAN LITTLEFIELD— Ed- mund LitlKlu'ld, tile lir^t of the line in this country, was born in Titchfield, near Southampton, England, in 1590. He did business there as a clothier, that is, he gave out the material for weaving cloth to the owners of hand looms to be woven into cloth which he sold to the trade. He married, in 1617, Annis (sometimes written Annice and Annas) who bore to him eight children: Francis, born in 1619, Anthony, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Mary, Hannah and Francis, Jr. Francis, the eldest son, disappeared from his home when eleven years of age, and made his way to America. He was mourned as dead by his parents, and when sometime afterwards another son was born to them, they named him also Francis. Edmund, accompanied by one son, presumably An- thony, sailed from Southampton for New England in 1037. He was in Boston in 1638. where he probably became acquainted with Rev. John Wheelwright, the first pastor of the First Church of Braintree, a tablet to whose memory may be seen on the walls of the First Church of Quincy, formerly Braintree. Annis Littlefield, with the other six children and two servants, sailed from Southampton in 163S on the ship "Bevis," and joined her husband. The family appears to have been in Woburn for a short time. In 1639, the family, including F'rancis, Sr., who had been found, removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, where Edmund and Francis, Sr., became members of the combination, as it was called, and received allotments of land in that town — Edmund twenty-one acres and Francis, Sr., four acres. Rev. John Wheelwright, who had left Braintree because of disagreements with the authorities in religious matters (the Antinomian con- troversy was then raging ) had become pastor of the church at Exeter. Edmund Littlefield was an active member of that church. He became dissatisfied with conditions prevailing at Exeter, and in 1641 removed with his family into the then wilderness beyond the sounds of ecclesiastical strife and settled on the banks of the Webhannet river in the province of Maine, where he erected a saw mill and engaged in the lumber business. It is said that his mill was the first in that part of the country. Later, when other settlers arrived, he built a grist mill. The town which sprang up about his mills was early given the name of Wells. In 1643 he secured from Thomas Gorges a grant of land on which he had settled, and for a time he acted as agent of Gorges for the sale of land in that region claimed by Gorges under his grant. Rev. John Wheelwright came from Exeter with a part of his flock and settled at the same place. About the year 1643 a church was established there which is to-day the First Congregational Church of Wells, of which Mr. Littlefield was an active member during the rest of his life. He was commissioner in Wells with Ezekiel Knight and Thomas Wheelwright in 1654-55. He was also one of a commission to fix the boundary between the towns of Wells and Porpoise. He died at Wells, December 11, 1661, at the age of seventy-one years. His will and the inventory of his estate, which may be seen in the Yurk county. Maine, records, shows that he had prospered in business and was a wealthy man for those times. In his will he very carefully provides for the care and support of his wife. Bourne, the his- torian of Wells and Kennebec, says of him that "he BIOGRAPHICAL 37 was a man upon whose character no spot or blemish could be found." (II) Francis, Sr.. reference to whom has already been made, was with his father in Exeter, New Hampshire, and in Wells. For a time he resided at Dover, New Hampshire. He represented that town in the legisla- ture of the province of New Hampshire in 1648. He later returned to Wells and was very prominent in the contention between Gorges and the Massachusetts Col- ony in which he and the other men of the family took side against Gorges. He represented Wells in 1665 and 1676, and York, in 1668, in the Massachusetts Gen- eral Court. According to the Colonial records the General Court met occasionally at his house in 1662. He appears to have been a man of great energy and public spirit. He acquired large tracts of land in York county, and died in Wells in 171 2, aged ninety-three. He married in 164 — , Jane, daughter of Ralph Hill, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died December 20, 1646, leaving a daughter who probably died very young. He married in 1648, his second wife, Rebecca , by whom he had Daniel, Edmund, James, Sr., and Dependence. Regarding Edmund, who is generally held to have been the second son of Francis, Sr., there is some question whether he may not have been a son of Anthony. Anthony, the second son of Edmund, was born at Titchfield, in 1621. He lived at Wells all his life and married and had a son Edmund. Anthony died in 1662. a few months after his father's decease. It may be that his son Edmund, who was bound out to his uncle Francis at the time of his father's decease, came to be called the son of Francis. (III) Edmund, son of Francis, Sr. (or perhaps An- thony), was born in Wells in 1650, married Elizabeth Mott and resided during the remainder of his life at Braintrec, Massachusetts, where he died April g, 1718. He was a farmer and in good circumstances. He was chosen to fill several offices of trust and appears to have had the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He had a large number of children, the second of whom was (IV) Edmund, born in 1692. He married Bethia Waldo, December 6, 171 1. Bethia Waldo was a member of a family which has been eminent in New England history. She was the daughter of Daniel and Susanna (Adams) Waldo and was born at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, August 20, 1688. She was the granddaughter of Cornelius Waldo and Hannah (Cogeswell) Waldo of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. They resided after their marriage at Pom- fret, Connecticut, but their graves are at Chelmsford. The Cogeswells of Essex county, Massachusetts, are a well-known family. On her mother's side Bethia Waldo was the granddaughter of Captain Samuel Adams, son of Henry Adams, who came from Brain- tree, Essex county, England, and settled in Brain- tree, Massachusetts, and was the progenitor of the Adams family of Braintree which gave two presi- dents to the country, and of Rebecca (Graves) Adams, daughter of Rear Admiral Thomas Graves of the British navy who settled at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, in 1638. In the female line Ralph Waldo ICmerson was a descendant of Cornelius Waldo. Ed- mund and Bethia (Waldo) Littletield had several chil- dren, one of whom was (V) Daniel Littlcficld, bom in Braintree, October 13, 1712. His father died May 27, 1717, at the early age of thirty-three, and his widow settled his estate. Her account with the estate contains several charges for maintenance of the son, Daniel. Daniel married Decem- ber 8, 1732, Rebecca, daughter of Josiah and Martha (Howard) Williams of Taunton, Massachusetts, born December 25, 1715. She was a lineal descendant of Deacon Richard Williams who came from Wales and was one of the founders of Taunton, Massachusetts, and organizer, with John and Walter Dean. Hezekiah Hoare and others, of the Iron Works Company of Taunton. It is possible that Richard Williams may have been a relative of Roger Williams, who also came from Wales. On her mother's side she was a lineal descendant of John Howard, who lived in the family of Captain Miles Standish and became one of the founders of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and of Rev. James Keith. Both the Howard and Keith families have had a large place in the history of Plymouth Colony and of the nation. Major Jonathan Howard, son of John, through whom Rebecca Williams' line is traced, mar- ried Sarah Dean, a granddaughter of John Dean, of South Chard, parish of Chard. County of Somerset, England, who with his brother Walter came to Taunton in 1638 and, with Williams and others, as above stated, engaged in the iron business. John Dean's son John was the first child born in the Taunton colony. Daniel Littlefield settled in the West Parish of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where his children were born. He died at Braintree, April 6, 1800. He was a deacon of the First Church of Bridgewater and was noted for his benevolence and his championship of the cause of the poor and oppressed. He served in the French and Indian War in a Bridgewater Company. Thirteen children were born to him, of whom the seventh was : (VI) Seth, who was born March 19, 1746. He mar- ried February II, 1771, Kezia, born May 9, 1750, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Howard) Ames, daughter of Major Jonathan Howard, son of John Howard. Ebenezer Ames was a descendant of William .'\mes of Braintree, whose brother John was an original pro- prietor of the town of Bridgewater. John Ames, son of William, received his uncle John's estate by will and settled in Bridgewater. Fisher Ames, the orator and statesman, was of this family, as were also the brothers Oakes and Oliver Ames of Easton, Massa- chusetts, of whom the first built the Union Pacific Rail- road and the other was governor of the State of Massachusetts. Seth Littlefield removed to North Easton, Massa- chusetts, after his marriage and purchased a farm near the Old Bay Road which, as one of the commissioners, he laid out. The farm has always remained in the fam- ily and is now owned and occupied by Mr. F. B. Little- field, one of his descendants and a substantial citizen of that town. Seth Littlefield was deacon of the Con- gregational church in Easton. He died May I. 1839. His wife died .April 24, 1829. They were buried in the 3S HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Kc-ith burying ground, so-called, on the Old Bay Road about one-half mile west and south of his home. The inscription on her tombstone reads: "Sacred to the memory of Kezia. wife of Mr. Seth Littleiield and daughter of Mr. Ebcnezer .\mes, who died .April 24, 1829." They had ten children, of whom the si.xth was: (\'II) Seth, born January 12, i;8l, married Decem- ber 5. 1814, Sarah (Crane) Littlefield, daughter of Sam- uel and E.xperience (Thayer) Crane, of Bradford, New Hampshire. Both Seth Littlefield (VI) and Samuel Crane were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Sarah Crane was a descendant of Henry Crane of Milton, Massachusetts, the progenitor of the Crane family of Massachusetts, of which Ex-Governor and U. S. Senator Crane is a member. She was a teacher in the Massachusetts schools. On her mother's side she was a descendant of Thomas Thayer, one of the founders of Braintree. and the progenitor of the Thayer family of Massachusetts (of which General Sylvanus Thayer was a member), noted for their public spirit and generous gifts to public uses. She was also a descendant of John Bass, of Braintree, and Ruth (Alden) Bass, daughter of the Pilgrim, John Alden. Seth Littlefield removed to Grantham, New Hamp- shire, in February, 181 5, and bought a large tract of land on the Sugar River with a cottage house and a small saw mill thereon. Here his children were born Daniel, August 21, 1815; Susan, December 14, 1816 Rufus Ames, December 2, 1818; Seth, March 8, 1821 Sarah, August 14. 1822; Phebe, December 18, 1826 George VVhitefield and Kezia Ames, July 6, 1829. As the sons grew up to sturdy manhood he pur- chased lands adjoining his farm and cleared up large areas from the primeval forest. He also built a large barn and a dwelling house which is to-day one of the finest residences in the Sugar River Valley. He was a man of great energy and business ability, making many trips to Boston to market the products of his farm. He was for many years a deacon of the Croy- don (New Hampshire) Congregational Church and an earnest, devoted Christian who brought up his child- ren "in the fear and admonition of the Lord." He died October 18, 1871. Mrs. Littlefield inherited the energy of her mother, Experience Thayer, who was indeed a helpmeet to her husband. Samuel Crane, whose health had been broken by long service in the army. She was well educated and inspired her children with a strong desire for education. All the children attended Kimball Union Academy at Meriden. New Hampshire, and became teachers. Daniel graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1843. (VHI) Rufus .\mes Littlefield was named after his grandunclc Rufus .Ames, son of Jonathan and Sarah ( Howard ) Ames. He prepared for college but did not enter. The East Bridgewater (Massachusetts) Acad- emy in 1842 had for its principal, Daniel Littlefield. assistant principal, Rufus Amos Littlefield, principal of the young ladies' department, Susan Littlefield, and Seth Littlefield was a pupil. Hon. Benjamin W. Harris, Hon. James Sidney .-Mien, Hon. Jesse M. Keith and other men afterwards prominent in public life were students in the Academy at that time. Rufus Ames Littlefield taught schools in Plymouth county for many years, and was long held in grateful reiuembrance by his pupils. At the celebration of the golden wedding of himself and his wife on June 10, 1895. several of his old pupils came from considerable distances to show their respect and affection for their former teacher. He was a man of commanding pres- ence and powerful physique, and was capable intellec- tually as well as physically of playing a much larger part on the stage of life than fell to him. A certain distrust of his own abilities held him back where men of much smaller caliber but far greater self-confidence rushed on to greater achievement. He was absolutely faithful to his convictions of duty and greatly devoted to his family. He was a tuember of the school com- mittee of East Bridgewater for several years and a jus- tice of the peace appointed by the governor of Massa- chusetts for seven years. He took a great interest in religious education and the services of the church, and for many years was deacon of the Union Congregational Church of East and West Bridgewater and a superin- tendent of the Sunday school. He was also an ardent advocate of temperance, and with his father-in-law, Nathan Whitman, was an active worker in the en- forcement of the laws for the suppression of the illegal sale of liquors in East Bridgewater and vicinity. He married, June 10. 1845, Abigail Russell, daughter of Deacon Nathan Whitman and Semantha (Keith) Whitman, of East Bridgewater. Through her father Mrs. Littlefield's descent has been proved from John .Alden, William and .Mice Mullens and Priscilla Mul- lens, Stephen, Elizabeth and Damaris Hopkins, James Chilton and his wife, and Mary (Chilton) Winslow, Francis Cooke and Francis Eaton, all "Mayflower" pas- sengers. On the authority of Mitchell's History of Bridgewater (which has been questioned, but not dis- proved) her descent is claimed from Captain Miles Standish through his son Ensign Josiah Standish, whose daughter Mary married James Cary and had a daughter Mercy, who married David Thurston, whose daughter .Abigail married Jesse Byram, who was the great-great- grandfather of Abigail Russell Whitman. She was also descended from several other Plymouth settlers who arrived after the Pilgrims — John Winslow, Giles Rickard, Moses Simmons, Robert Latham, Experience Mitchell, Elder Gain Robinson, Edward Holman, George Partridge, William Haskins, and others. She also derived descent from a large number of the first settlers of Bridgewater, in addition to those men- tioned above; on her mother's side — Rev. James Keith, Arthur Harris (ancestor of Hon. Benjamin W. Harris and Hon. Robert O. Harris), Deacon Samuel Edson, Elder William Brett and Deacon John Willis; on her father's side — John Whitman, Captain Nich- olas Byram, John Fobes, Francis Godfrey, John Cary, Thomas Haywood, Thomas Snell and others. She was also through the Keith line descended from Edmund Quincy, of Braintree, who came from Eng- land with Rev. John Cotton in 1633, and was the founder of the Quincy family of Massachusetts; and from Joanna Hoar, sister of Rev. Leonard Hoar, president of Harvard L'niversitv, who became the wife of Edmund BIOGRAPHICAL 39 Qiiincy, son of Edmund and Judith Quincy ; and also from Rev. Thomas Slieppard, a professor in and bene- factor of Harvard University, whose daughter Ann married Daniel Quincy, son of Edmund Quincy 2d, and had a daughter Ann, who married Colonel John Holman, father of Captain John Holman. and had a daughter Sarah who married James Keith, great-grand- father of Abigail Russell (Whitman) Littletield ; and also from John Winslow, brother of Edmund Wins- low, who married Mary Chilton and settled in Boston ; from Abraham Shaw of Dedham, progenitor of the Shaw family of Massachusetts; from John Hayden, who settled in Dorchester in 1634; from Thomas Green and Rebecca his wife who came from England and settled in Maiden, Massachusetts; from John \'inton, a Huguenot, who settled in Weymouth, where his first child was born in 1648 ; from Thomas White ; from Deacon John Rogers, of Weymouth ; and from William Read, also of Weymouth, whose daughter Ruth mar- ried John Whitman, all of whom were first settlers; and from John Field, companion of Roger Williams, whose son John settled in Bridgewater in 1645. and had a son, Captain John Field, who married Elizabeth Ames and had a daughter Susannah, who married Joseph Keith and had a daughter Susanna, who mar- ried William Vinton and had a daughter Abigail, who married Thomas Russell and had a daughter Abigail, wlio married Deacon William Keith, the grandfather of Abigail Russell Littlefield. John Field was a lineal descendant from Sir Hubertus de la Field, who fol- lowed William the Conqueror to England in 1066, and after the battle of Hastings received a grant of land in England. John Whitman, of Weymouth and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was the tirst of a line which has given to the State of Massachusetts and the nation many men who were eminent in professional, business and public life. Among them were Ezekiel Whitman, member of Congress, and for many years Chief Justice of the Superior Court and Supreme Court of the State of Maine; William E. Russell, twice governor of Massa- chusetts; Dr. Marcus Whitman, who saved the terri- tory of Oregon to the United States; and Hon. Kilborn Whitman, of .Abington, from whom the town of Whit- man, Massachusetts, was named. Among the descend- ants of John \\ hitman were many men and women of high scholarly attainments as the records of Harvard and Brown Universities show. Abigail Russell (Whitman) Littlefield, born in Boston, March 27, 1827, was educated in the schools of East Bridgewater and Charlestown (Massachusetts) Female Seminary. She was a proficient scholar, especially in mathematics, and greatly assisted in the education of her children. Her amiability and simple unaffected piety and genuine sympathy for all persons in any trouble endeared her to a large circle of friends. Although her cares as the head of a large family were many, she found time to prepare for and teach a ladies' Bible class in the Union Congregational Sunday school for many years. She had a rare gift in the interpretation of the Scriptures and the application of their teachings to the affairs of daily life. Her devotion to her family knew no bounds, and her --hildren will ever rise up and call her blessed. There were born to Rufus Ames Littlefield and Abi- gail R. Littlefield the following children : Nathan Whitman, born May 21, 1846; (ieorge Henry, born September 18, 1848; Rufus .Ames, born December 17, 1850; Daniel Eugene, born February 8. 1853 and died .April 5, 1876; Frank Russell, born April 13, 1855 and died .'\ugust 15, i860; Abby Whitman, died in infancy; .'\gnes Keith, born July 18, 1858; Baalis Sanford, born January 21, 1862. died February 11, 1916; Charles Gil- bert, born January 26, 1864; and Abby Frances, born January 26, 1864, dieut. The plan and its execution were absolutely unique in the financial history of the country and has been pronounced by eminent authorities a most remarkable piece of work. Its success, however, was quite as much due to the splendid co-operation of the legal profession and business men of the city and State as to any merit of the plan itself, however great that may have been. BIOGRAPHICAL 41 Mr. Littlefield was senior member of the law firm of Littleficid & Barrows from 1899 until Mr. Barrows was unanimously elected by the General Assembly a Justice of the Superior Court in 1913. As the first referee in bankruptcy appointed in this State under the U. S. Bankruptcy Act of 1898, Mr. Littleficid had much to do with the interpretation of the law in its early stages. Some of the cases in which he wrote opinions which are reported in the .American Bankruptcy Reports, were and still are leading cases on the questions decided. He has been continuously re-appointed referee since his first appointment, in conjunction with Mr. Barrows since 1900, until Mr. Barrows' elevation to the bench, and is now serving his eighth term in that office. In politics he is a Progressive Democrat, having joined that party during Mr. Cleveland's administration. He was a candidate of that party for governor of the State in the year nxw, and has twice since that time declined a renomination for that office, owing to his business engagements. He was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from the city of Pawtucket, 1894-1898, and drafted the first caucus law which was passed by either house of the General Assembly. Mr. Littleficid has always taken a deep interest in all questions relating to the educational, moral and religious life of the communities in which he has resided. He was elected a member of the Pawtucket School Committee for two terms, 1897-1901 and I905-Ky38, hav- ing been elected first by the Democratic party and sec- ond by the Republican as a non-partisan candidate. He was chairman of the committee, 1898-1901. His services have been much in demand as a lecturer and orator on historical, political and other subjects, and he has delivered many addresses before various societies, such as the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Old Colony Historical Society, the Providence Art Club, the Old Bridgewater Historical Society and the Bridgewater Normal School. He delivered on June 13, 1906, the oration at the celebration of the 250th an- niversary of the founding of the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and the Phi Beta Kappa address at Dartmouth College in 1910. The honorary degree of Master of .\rts was conferred upon him by Dartmouth College in 1909, on which occasion the following words were addressed to the recipient: "Nathan Whitman Littleficid, student as well as practitioner of the law, gifted in public speech, sub- ordinating personal interests to the public weal, upon you, as one who has carried the high ideal of his col- lege life into his later career, I confer the honorary degree of Master of .Arts." Mr. Littleficid is a member of the Pawtucket Con- gregational Church and has been a superintendent of the Sunday school for two terms of several years each, and was made a life member of the Congregational Sunday School Society by the Sunday school of the Central Falls Congregational Church, where he taught a Bible class for several years. He is vice-president of the Rhode Island Congregational Conference and pres- ident of the Rhode Island Home Missionary Society, and was the legal member of the committee of the Con- ference which prepared the constitution and effected the incorporation of the Conference in 1912. In the campaign of the Men and Religion Forward Movement of 1911-12, he was chairman of the Com- mittee on Auxiliary Cities and chairman of the Com- mittee of the Whole which carried on the work in the cities of Pawtucket and Central Fails, and gave much time and thought to the promotion of that cause. He is a vice-president of the National Anti-Saloon League, and president of the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon League and has represented that society in several con- tests before the Supreme Court of the State involving the interpretation of statutes relating to the suppres- sion of intemperance, and has delivered numerous ad- dresses before conventions and the churches on the work of the League and the cause of temperance. He is a member and officer of the National Bar .As- sociation ; a member and vice-president of the I^hode Island Bar Association; a member of the National Municipal League; the .American Society for the Judi- cial Settlement of International Disputes; the National Security League; the Rhode Island Historical Society; the Old Colony Historical Society ; honorary member and trustee of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society; member and former governor of the Rhode Island Chapter of Mayflower Descendants ; assistant-general of the National Society of Mayflower Descendants; president of the National Pilgrim Society; and presi- dent of the Society of the Founders of Providence Plantations. He has always been a lover of out-of-door sports and is an enthusiastic yachtsman and golfer. On August 13, 1873. Mr. Littleficid married Arietta V. Redman, daughter of Hon. Erastus Redman, of Ellsworth, Maine, who was for many years postmaster of that city and collector of the port. She died at Providence, Rhode Island, October 18, 1878, and on December 1, 1886, he married Mary W'heaton Ellis, daughter of Asher Ellis, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and has two sons: Nathan Whitman, Jr., born April 20, 1877, Brown University, 1899; and Alden Llewellyn, born December 19, 1889. was a student at Dartmouth College, class of 1914. Mrs. Littleficid is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and regent of the Flintlock and Powderhorn Chapter, of Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, having joined through her an- cestor. Deacon .Asa Wane, of Dcdham, Massachusetts. She was also vice-chairman of the Pawtucket Woman's Liberty Loan Committee. She is a lineal descendant of Rev. John Ellis, one of the early pastors of the ancient Newman Congregational Church of East Prov- idence, Rhode Island, formerly Rehoboth, Massachu- setts. She is also a member of the Pawtucket Congre- gational Church, and takes an active part in the church work, being a member of various church societies. REV. HENRY IRVING CUSHMAN, S. T. D.— For thirty-five years. 1875-1910. the honored pastor of the First Universalis! Church of Providence, Rhode Island, Dr. Cushman was instrumental in promoting the great growth and expansion of that church during the period mentioned, his great gifts of oratory, and his devotion to the cause he loved combined with a charming personality to create a well-beloved and suc- cessful pastor. He is now approaching man's allotted years, but there is no diminution of his splendid pow- ers, and he serves Tufts College as Professor of 4-' HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Homiletics and East Providence Universalist Church as stated supply with all the zeal and devotion of a beginner. He is a son of Hartwell Coleman and Mary Ann (Earl) Cushman, of Orford, New Hampshire, his parents luith of ancient and honorable New England family. Henry Irving Cushman was born in Orford, New Hampshire, July 20, 18+4. He completed a course of graded and high school study at Chelsea, Massachu- setts, then entered Dartmouth College, whence he was graduated A. B,, class of 1S65, A. M., class of i.%8. He was rrdained a minister of the Universalist church in 1S67, and during that year and the next served the Second Church of Cambridge. Massachusetts, as its pastor. From iSt>8 to 1875 he served the Second Uni- versalist Church of Boston as associate pastor, and in 1875 was called to the First Universalist Church of Providence, as its pastor, a happy, harmonious, faith- ful relation which existed until 1910. In 1887 Tufts College conferred the honorary degree, S. T. D., and since iQio he has returned so far as possible some at least of the honors and benefits received, serving Crane Theological School, Tufts College, as Professor of Homiletics. After severing pastoral relation with the First Church in igio, Dr. Cushman accepted that posi- tion and has held it until the present. He did not, however, withdraw from all ministerial work, but has for the past eight years served the Universalist church of East Providence as stated supply. He is an ex- president of the board of trustees of Dean Academy, of the Rhode Island Universalist Convention, and is an official of many charitable societies of Providence. His Greek letter fraternities are Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Delta Phi. Dr. Cushman marrieil (first), in Chicago, Illinois, April I,?. i8(>S, Emily Eliza Oilman, who died March 14. 1805, the mother of six children: Alice, deceased; Ruth Oilman, married William O. .Anthony; Robert C, of Brookline, Massachusetts; Marcus Oilman, deceased; Earl E'.aldwin, deceased; and Albert Henry. Dr. Cush- man married (second), in Providence, July 27, 1904, Lucy Daniels Carpenter, born December 14, 1S61, who succeeded her honored father, Charles Earl Carpenter, of Providence, as superintendent of the Sunday school of the First Universalist Church. From youth she has been active in church work, as was her father, and is still deeply interested in the welfare of the East Prov- idence Church over which her husband is stated supply. She is a member of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, and an ex-president and State secretary of the General Federation, also is president of the East Prov- idence Needlework Guild. Charles Earl Carpenter, father I'f Mrs. Cushman, was a son of Earl Carpenter, son of Nathaniel Carpenter, son of Benjamin (2) Car- penter, son of Benjamin (l) Carpenter, son of William Carpenter, of Amesbury. Wiltshire, England, who ar- rived in New England. June 24, 1638, and soon after- ward settled in Rhode Island, a contemporary of Roger Williams, and one of the original members of the First Baptist Church in .America. Rhode Island was the home of e:ich head of a generation in this branch, Mrs. Cushman of the seventh. Charles Earl Carpenter was horn in Providence. June 22, 1824. and there died after a life of honored usefulness, June 28, i8g8, one of the best-known of the older men of Providence. T'r man family reside in the old Carpenter home 2(1 Pitman street. Providence. HOWARD V. ALLEN, banker and busin. and a prominent citizen of Warwick, Rhode I: a native of East Greenwich, born .August 15, iS Allen is a member of an old and distinguishec Island family, and is descended from Willian the founder of the family in this region. From -Mien the line runs through John, Thomas, Thor Judge John .Allen, to Thomas Gould .Allen, th grandfather of the Mr. Allen of this sketch. Thomas Gould Allen, son of Judge John ,A1 born September I, 1778. at North Kingstown, Island. He was a prominent man in the con and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all his citizens. He married Mary Hill, and they v parents of nine children, as follows: Mary .Ai April 21, 1802; Phebe Waterman, born October Charlotte, born August 9, 1805; Sarah Greer August 19, 1807; Caroline, born September I Daniel Gould, mentioned below; Lydia May, be 10, 1813; Thomas Gould, Jr., born November 2 and Harriett. Daniel Gould Allen, son of Thomas Gould ar (Hill) .Allen, was born December 28, 1810, at town, and died there January 16, 1895, when ovei four years of age. As a child he attended t schools, and in 1831 went to Wilbraham, M: setts, where he was prepared for college. In entered Wesleyan Lhiiversity, where he took tl tific course and was graduated with the class Mr. .Allen had already determined upon teachi career, and having completed his preparation important calling returned to Rhode Island, \\ purchased the old Kent Academy and opened E This institution, under his masterly managemei in popularity and soon became one of the wcl institutions of the place. Mr. Allen devoted unwearyingly to his school for two years, and sold it to the Providence conference of the M Episcopal church. In 1843 he was appointed cipal and continued to act in that capacity dur and the following year. L^pon the close of the session in 1844, however, Mr. Allen retired fi profession and came to live on his farm at Kii near East Greenwich, where he built the hands residence that still stands there. Mr. .Allen wa youth, a Whig in politics, but upon the organiz the Republican party joined the latter and w active in town. State and National affairs. H( number of important public offices, was pres' the town schools, moderator at town meeting dent of the Town Council, justice of the peace, 1850 a member of the Rhode Island State Le.e In his reli.gious belief he was a Methodist, an member of the Methodist Episcopal church Greenwich. He was greatly interested in local and his memory made him a valuable authority matters. In the latter years of his life he dev time to the writing of the "History of the Qi Country." Daniel Gould .Allen married, Novei 1840, .Amanda Waterman Allen, daughter of /ZOLvA. BIOGRAPHICAL 43 Ray Green Allen. On November 26, 1S90, they cele- brated the golden anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Allen died January 16, 1895, and his wife died in Sep- tember, KX)4. They were the parents of si.x children, as follows: William Waterman, born May 23, 1842. mar- ried A. Ella Reynolds, and is now deceased; Charles Henry, mentioned below; Thomas Gould, born Febru- ary I, 1847, and is a resident of East Greenwich; John Edwin, born November 15, 184.8, of East Greenwich; Frank VValdron, born July 10, 1851, and now a resident of Dallas, Texas; Daniel Gould, Jr., born September 2, 1854. and now an agent of the Swift Packing Com- pany at Passaic, New Jersey. Charles Henry Allen, son of Daniel Gould and Amanda Waterman (Allen) Allen, was born July i, 184.4, at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. His education was obtained at the local public schools, and at Kent Academy at East Greenwich, of which his father had been the principal. Upon attaining his majority he went to Providence, where he secured employment in the works of the Gorham Company for the purpose of learning the silversmith's trade, and there remained for three years. He was then employed at Brown & Sharpe's Sewing Machine Factory, after which he spent ten years in association with his uncle, Thomas Gould Allen, in the grain, coal, and lumber business at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He then returned to the Brown & Sharpe factory, where he remained for two years longer. In December, 1894, Mr. Allen retired from active business life and took up his residence on the home farm, but in September, 1918, he sold his farm and now resides in East Greenwich. He is a member of the Rhode Island Chapter of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Charles Henry Allen married, November 13, 1877, Nellie Louise Clapp. of Pomfret, Connecticut; and they were the parents of one child. Howard \'ernon ."Mien, with whose career we are here especially concerned. Howard X'ernon .-Mien attended the East Greenwich Academy, and was graduated from its commercial de- partment. After completing his school studies he en- tered the employ, in 1893, of the Commercial National Bank of Providence, his first position being that of clerk. Here he was successively promoted to higher posts until in 1900, when the Manufacturers' Trust Company of Providence bought out the East Greenwich National Bank and the East Greenwich Institution for Savings, and opened the East Greenwich branch of the Manufacturers' Trust Company, Mr. Allen accepted the position of assistant manager. Eight years after this, in 1908, he became manager when the Union Trust Company succeeded the Manufacturers' Trust Company in the control of the banking business of this section. Mr. .-Mien has also been interested in the real estate business and is a member of the firm known as the Allen Estate Agency, dealers in real estate. He is a member of the East Greenwich Chamber of Com- merce, and serves as president of that body. Mr. .^llen is a Republican in his political convictions, and has been town treasurer of the town of Warwick since November, 1912, continuously to the present time. He is a past president of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revlution. He also serves as president of the Visiting Nurses Anti-Tubercular So- ciety of East Greenwich, as captain of the \'arnum Continentals, a patriotic military organization of the place, and as captain of the Si.xtccnth Company of the Rhode Island' State Guard. Mr. Allen has taken a very active and energetic part in war work, participating with great enthusiasm in Liberty Loan Drives, and as chairman in the Red Cross organization and United War Work campaign. He was the vice-chairman of the Warwick District in the Liberty Loan drives. He is a member and past master of King Solomon Lodge. No. II, Free and .Accepted Masons, East Greenwich, and he is a member and a vestryman of St. Luke's Episcopal Church of East Greenwich. Mr. .'\llen married, December 16, U)03. .Alice Whit- ford Butts, of Providence, a daughter of George F. Butts, and their children are : Vernon Sterns, born March 16, 1906, and Kenneth Gould, born October 18, 1912. FRANK BAILEY SMITH, M. D.— In the year 1873 Dr. Smith began the practice of his profession in Coventry, Rhode Island, but five years later moved to Washington, Rhode Island, where he has ever since resided and practised. Dr. Smith is a son of Benoni Smith, born July 13. l8ig, and died June 19, 1859. He was one of the first men to begin the manufacture of cotton in the South, locating his mill at Columbus, Georgia, and later was a pioneer in paper manufacture at the same point, util- izing the water power which was so abundant at that point. .\ most prominent career was cut short by death. Benoni Smith was a son of John and Jemima (Bart- lett) Smith, the former a resident of North Killingly, Connecticut, where he was a school teacher and in later life a farmer. He was a son of Dr. Elisha Smith, of South Killingly. Conn., born 1748, died November 23, i8jo. He married Prudence .Adams, of Lexington. Mas- sachusetts. Dr. Elisha Smith, according to tradition was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War service. Benoni Smith married Mary Annie Bailey, born March 29, 1820, daughter of Silas and .Anna (Hal!) Bailey, and a granddaughter of Silas Bailey, an ofticer in the Revolutionary .Army. Mrs. Smith died March 30, 1886. Benoni and Mary .Annie (Bailey) Smith were the parents of five children: i. Frank Bailey, of this review. 2. Carrie Louise, died in infancy. 3. .Albert .Marcus, born 1853. a farmer of Moosup, Connecticut. 4. Alfred Newton, born 1856, is a merchant of Daniel- son, Connecticut. 5. Mary Emma, born 1858, died in infancy. Frank Bailey Smith was horn in Columbus, Georgia, January 3, 1848. His education, begun in the public schools, was continued in the academy at Plainfield, Connecticut, there completing his college preparation. He studied medicine for three years with Dr. William A. Lewis, of Moosup, Connecticut, and one year with Dr. F. S. Abbott, a prominent surgeon of Norwich, Con- necticut. He then entered the University of Vermont, medical department, at Burlington, Vermont, complet- ing the course, and then entered the L'niversity of New York, medical department. He completed his studies, graduating with the class of 1873, receiving the degree of M. D. He then served a term in Charity Hospital, after which he located for practice in Coventry, Rhode 44 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Island, where he remained five years, removing to Wash- ington, R. I., in 1870. The years brought him the honors and rewards of his profession, and his clientele is an exceedingly large one. He was the principal factor in organizing the Kent County Medical Society, secured its charter, in 190S was chosen its president, and has since continuously held some office, also serving the society as treasurer. He is a member and trustee of the Rhode Island Medical Society, and a member of the American Medical Association, and is enlisted in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Although his years are many, and for half a century he has been a student and a practitioner of medicine, he is as keenly alive to his responsibilities and duties as when, as a young physician, his career was in the making. He is modern in his methods of practice, keeps in close touch with all real advance in remedy or treatment, and as ardently preaches the gospel of prevention of disease by sanitary precaution and rational living as he strives to allay suft'ering and effect a cure. He has a host of friends, and in many families is not only the trusted physician, but the close friend, confidant and adviser. Old and young are his friends, and in return he gives loyal service, whether it be professional or dictated by the demands of friendship. A sworn foe to the liquor trafiic, he left the Repub- lican party when convinced it was against the legal out- lawing of that traffic and became a Prohibitionist, loyal and true. From that stand he has never retreated, and now, with victory at hand, he rejoices exultantly, for the way has been long and hard, as is the path of any man who dares to attack a public evil. Dr. Smith is a member of the National Geographical Society; the Rhode Island Historical Society; the Simplified Spell- ing Board ; the Union Plainfield Baptist Church at Moosup, Connecticut ; University of New York Alumni Association; the alumni of Plainfield Academy; Sons of the American Revolution ; Order of United Amer- ican Mechanics; Moosup Lodge, No. 113, Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Constantine Lodge, No. 223, Knights of Malta, of Riverpoint ; Anthony Lyceum Library Asso- ciation and one of its board of managers; the Town and State Woman's Suffrage Association ; the executive board of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the American Humane Asso- ciation, and in all movements, reformatory or progres- sive, tending to better conditions, he is always ready to lend a hand, but has no taste for politics and has al- ways declined all political honors or appointments. Dr. Smith tnarried, in 1879, Evangeline H., daughter of Dr. Allen Tillinghast, of Washington. Rhode Island (deceased). Mrs. Smith is a member of an ancient Rhode Island family, is cultured and refined, and is very active in the cause of temperance; for many years was secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Rhode Island; also superintendent of anti- narcotics, and at present is serving as treasurer of the former named. THOMAS ALLEN JENCKES, L.L. D.— There are great moments in the lives of eminent men, mo- ments when they rise to undreamed of heights and accomplish the unbelievable. Such a moment came to Thomas Allen Jenckes, one of the strong men of the Rhode Island bar, 1840-75, when in a memorable speech in the case. Hazard Z'S. Ives, involving the right of the General Assembly to revise the judgments of the court so far as to order a new trial, Mr. Jenckes, a member of the Assembly, rose to such heights of eloquence and convincing speech that he carried the Assembly with him causing them to reverse its previous action. He won legal fame in Congress in drafting the general bankrupt law\ the patent and copyright laws, and in advancing civil ser\'ice reform, but no victory which he ever won was so spectacular as causing the Assembly to reverse itself. He finally confined his law business to a special line of practice, and became one of the most eminent patent lawyers, being counsel in some of the most important patent litigation in this country. He came from a family eminent in the manufacturing world, his American ancestor, a master mechanic and inventor from whom the mechanical strain descends apparently unweakened. The American ancestor, Joseph Jenckes, was born in Wales of an ancestry traced to Athelstane, King of Wales, 925-04, and came from England to Lynn, Massa- chusetts, to establish iron works. He built a forge in 1647 and manufactured scythes of his ow'n invention, a patent not being granted him until nine years later; invented mill improvements in made dies for the coin- age of money in 1652; built a fire engine, an order from the selectmen of the city of Boston in 1654, that being the first fire engine ever built in America; and invented the present form of scythe in 1655. Joseph Jenckes, the founder, was succeeded by his son. Joseph (2) Jenckes, born in England, who worked with his father at Lynn, and became an iron master. Later he estab- lished an iron foundry at Pawtucket. His shops were destroyed by the Indians in King Philip's War, but were rebuilt. He married Esther Ballard, of Lynn, and had four sons, the line of descent to Thomas A. Jenckes, being through Major Nathaniel Jenckes, his son, Jona- than Jenckes, his son. Jonathan (2) Jenckes, his son, Jeremiah Jenckes, the Revolutionary soldier, his son, Thomas Bowen Jenckes, his son, Thomas Allen Jenckes, the honored subject of this review. Jeremiah Jenckes. grandfather of Thomas A. Jenckes, was born at Smithfield, R. 1., November 29, 1739. He w-as one of the remarkable men of his times. He was a physical giant, several inches over six feet in height, and splendiilly proportioned. This was a trait also of his wife and three daughters, all of whom were about six feet tall. He was a lieutenant of Newport Volunteers, July 24, 1776, and in 1777 served in the Ticonderoga Expedition. In 1802 he was the largest individual taxpayer in New'port, was selectman, active in the church and the owner of considerable farm land. He married Lucy Whipple, of Cumberland, February 25, 1776, and died January 4, 181 1. Thomas Bowen Jenckes, father of Thomas \. Jenckes, was born October 8, 1786, and died August 19, 1819. He sold the farm bequeathed him by his father, and about 1815 began cotton manufacturing in Cumberland, Rhode Island. He married Abigail W. .-Mien, of Cumberland, born January 31, 1794, died November 20, 18(53, surviv- ing her husband forty-four years. Thomas Allen Jenckes, only son of Thomas Bowen and Abigail W. (.Mien) Jenckes, was born in Cumber- BIOGRAPHICAL 45 land, Rhode Island, November 2, 1818, and died in Prov- idence, November 4, 1875. After preparation in private schools he entered Brown University, finishing with graduation, class of 1838. He embraced the profession of law, studied under Samuel V. Atwell, and in 1840 was admitted to the Rhode Island bar. He began prac- tice in Providence in partnership with Edward H. Hazard and quickly rose in rank, was engaged as coun- sel in several important suits and eventually rose to unusual eminence as lawyer and statesman. He pos- sessed great courage as well as ability, always retained complete self-control and was never known to lose his temper in debate or argument. In 1873 he received from Brown University the degree of LL. D. The public service rendered by Thomas A. Jenckes as a legislator was of the highest order; elected to the State Legislature in 1845, he became a controlling spirit in that body and came prominently into the public eye. In 1862 he was elected to the office of representative and through re-elections served continuously in the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-first con- gresses, 1863-71. In Congress he was chairman of the committee on patents, serving also on judiciary. The general bankrupt law of 1867 was introduced and car- ried through to passage by Mr. Jenckes, who also secured the passage of the bill, making the appointment of cadets to West Point dependent upon competitive examination, not upon the favor of the congressman. For his advocacy of certain reforms, he won the title "Father of Civil Service Reform," a name he fully deserved. He began with reporting out of com- mittee a bill establishing a department of the civil service and providing for competitive examination. This was followed by another on May 25, 1868, and both were accompanied with a great body of evidence upon the conditions and systems of the public service, together with ample information regarding the foreign systems, especially the reformed methods recently intro- duced in England. Public opinion, however, was not yet ripe for the reform ; Congress and party managers were hostile; and after a brief struggle the bill was temporarily abandoned. But the seed was sown, dis- cussion in the public press awoke general interest, and in the autumn of 1880 the Civil Service Reform Asso- ciation of New York was revived and other associations with similar import organized all over the country. The National League was formed in 18S1, and in 1883 the measure which Mr. Jenckes originated and to which he devoted himself so assiduously became a law. The advocacy of such a bill in 1868 required moral courage of the highest order, and this Mr. Jenckes possessed together with the intellectual vigor and ability to ren- der him a powerful advocate of any cause which he espoused. After the expiration of his fourth term in Congress, March 4, 1871, he returned to the practice of law, but his course was nearly run, and four years later, November 4, 1875, he passed to his reward, aged fifty-seven, a great lawyer and an able statesman. Mr. Jenckes married, in June, 1842, Mary Jane Fuller, born in 1822, died January 11, 1872, daughter of Zelotes Fuller, of Attleboro, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Jenckes were the parents of seven children: Mary Edith, married William Goddard, of Providence ; Jeanie Rosalie, married John Russell Bartlett; Ida Cornelia, (lied in 1863; Florence Madeline, married Joseph Bridg- man ; Agnes, died young; Eleanor, born .^pril 20, 1854, died September, 1907; Thomas Allen, a memlier of the Rhode Island bar. ADDISON PIERCE MUNROE— No list of suc- cessful business men and eminent citizens of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, but would include the name of .Addison Pierce Munroe, retired since August r, i(K)9, from the wholesale and retail grocery business. He was then but in the prime of life, yet he had won for- tune's favor as a merchant, and although not a member of the dominant party has served in both branches of the General Assembly, and is the father of some im- portant legislation. Successful in business and politics, he is prominent in the patriotic orders, his ancestry tracing to the "Mayflower," and in its course entitles him to membership in all societies based upon early Colonial residence and Revolutionary service. Of these privileges he has availed himself, and is a member of the Rhode Island Society and of the National Society of Mayflower Descendants, holding official position in both. The family in Scotland traces to remotest times and in .\merica to William Munro, born in Scotland in 1625. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester by the forces of Cromwell, and on November 11, 1651, was banished to New England by the Protector, along with others. He settled at Lexington, Massachusetts. This branch traces to Thomas Munro, believed to have been a nephew of William Munro, he settling in Bristol, Rhode Island, where his son, John Munroe, was born May 14, 1701. He married Hannah Rosbotham. fifth in descent from Richard Warren, of the "Mayflower." The line continues through their son, Stephen Munroe; his son. Burden Munroe; his son, Philip .\llen Mun- roe; his son, .Addison Pierce Munroe. Philip .Allen Munroe was born in Swansea, Massachu- setts, November 27, 1821, and died in East Providence, September 18, 190S. During his youth he was variously employed, but finally settled in Providence, where he became a grocer, retiring in 1876, leaving a business which extended to Providence, Rehoboth, Seckonk and Swansea. After retiring from mercantile life he devoted himself to the management of his private estate, includ- ing thirty houses and stores in East Providence and Providence. He was a fine business man, a Univer- salist in his religious faith, and an ardent Demo- crat. He married, at Thompson, Connecticut, Decem- ber 29, 1844, Delana Pierce, born in Rehoboth, July 13, 1823, died at Barrington, Rhode Island, June 19, 1909, daughter of Isaac and Polly Pierce, of ancient New England family, Isaac Pierce, a soldier of the Revolution, tracing to Captain Michael Pierce. Philip Allen and Delana (Pierce) Munroe were the parents of a large family, this narrative dealing with the life and career of their youngest son and eighth child, Addison Pierce Munroe. Addison Pierce Munroe was born in Providence, Rhode Island, January 2, 1862, and is yet a resident of his native city. He completed the course of Thayer street grammar school, then studied under a private tutor until entering business life as clerk in the store of his brothers, Lyman F. and Philip A. (2). He continued in their employ until 1885, then formed a 46 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND partnership with liis hrotlior Pliilip, they opening a grocery at No. 14 Cranston street. They prospered, enlarged that store, and opened another at No. in Washington street, Addison P. becoming manager of the new store. Munroe Brothers continued in trade for sixteen years, until IQOI, then dissolved, Addison P. taking the Washington street store, Philip the Cranston street business. .Addison P. Munroe con- tinued a successful liusiness on Washington street, dealing in both wholesale and retail quantities, until August I. iQog, then retired, there not then being a single firm or merchant doing business on Washing- ton street who was there when he opened his store on that street in 1885. Since 1909 he has devoted himself to his private business affairs. A Democrat in politics. Mr. Munroe early began his active interest in public affairs, serving as presi- dent of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Provi- dence in 1899 and 1900. He represented Providence in the House of Representatives in 1903, being elected by over two thousand majority, although defeated the previous election by a small plurality. In the House he served on the committee on accounts and claims, and completed a record of usefulness. In 1910 he was elected State Senator from Providence, was reelected in 1911, and in igi2, at the first biennial election, was returned for a term of two years. He introduced some important bills during his legisla- tive career, and took active part in the discussions in both House and Senate, and in the latter body was on the committees on judiciary and militia. He found favor with the independent voter, and at the contest at the polls in 1912 he received a majority of five thousand votes. At the Democratic State Convention of 1912, Senator Munroe was a candidate for Gov- ernor, but in the interest of harmony withdrew his name, although strongly supportetl. In 191,? he received the full party vote in tioth House and Senate for United States Senator, and is a recognized leader of the party in the State. In 1916 he was the Demo- cratic candidate for Governor, but was defeated at the polls, the Republican party being successful in that election. He was appointed a member of the commission in charge of the new armory for the State cavalry demands, and has rendered other public serv- ice of note. Through his descent from Richard Warren he gained membership in the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants, and has served the society as treasurer, deputy governor and governor. In 1912 he was elected deputy governor-general of the Na- tional Society of the same order; is a member of the Society uf Cnlonial Wars. Sons of the American Revolution, and Rhode Island Historical Society. Senator Munrcie married, December 22. 1885, Annie Burnside Hfipkins. born in Cranston. Rhode Island, August 12, iS'ii, daughter of Nelson and Emily Greene (Bateman) Hopkins. Mrs. Munroe is a mem- ber of the .Society I'f C"lonial Dames, tracing to seven Colonial ancestors, and a member of Gaspee Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, by right of descent from Spencer Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe are the parents of two sons, Chester Pierce, a salesman, who married Mary Doris Davenport, and Harold Bateman, a salesman, who married Esther Louise Whipple. FRANK C. ANGELL— Angell is one of the oldest family names in Rhode Island, and dates back to the time when Roger Williams fled from the Massachu- setts Colony and settled upon land he had previously purchased from the Indians, and which he, in grati- tude to God's merciful providence to him in his dis- tress, gave the name of Providence. At the time he came to Providence he was accompanied by Thomas Angell, Joshua Verin, John Smith, William Harris, and I'Vancis Wickes. Thomas Angell, the original or founder of the Angell family in Rhode Island, came from England in 16,31, in the ship "Lion." when he was a lad of some twelve or thirteen years, and apparently in charge of Roger Williams, whose protege he seems to have been. What part of England he came from, or who his parents were, we have little knowledge. He remained with Roger Williams while in Boston and accompanied him to Salem, and when Roger Wil- liams fled from Salem on account of persecution he went with him. and a little later was one of the little party of five who accompanied him when they settled upon the banks of the Mooshausick river in 1636, and founded the State of Rhode Island and Provi- dence Plantations. When the first division of land was made among the Providence settlers. Thomas Angell received in conmion with the others a six-acre lot of land, although he was too young (being still a minor) to sign the civil agreement entered into by the other members of the pact, but which he signed afterwards. His lot. however, was number two on the division list, and included the land on which the First Baptist Church of Providence now stands, and a part of the section traversed by Angell street. .'\s the colony increased in number, and personal safety became more secure, the pioneers naturally pushed their way back into the country a few miles from the Providence settlement, and took up land from the commoning, as the public lands were called. .Among those to so push out into the common land and take up holdings therein were Thomas Angell, John Smith, Epenetus Olney and Richard Pray, and these seem to have been the pioneers in the settle- ment of that portion of the Woonasquatucket valley, which afterwards became known as Centerdale, North Providence. Thomas Angell married and had two sons, John and James, and five daughters, .Amphillis, Mary, De- borah, Alice and Margaret. He died in 1695, but during his life he had taken up several tracts of land and one of these claims he gave to his grandson, James Angell, son of John Angell, who afterward sold it to his brother, John Angell, Jr., and upon his death the farm passed to his son Stephen. This farm was located 'lish a free public library in Center- dale, then a country village of less than two hundred people. After preliminary meetings an organization was etfected, known as The Union Library Associa- tion, and on May 13, 1869, a constitution and by-laws were adopted. The first list of officers of this asso- ciation, which has always been under the care of Frank C. Angell, who has served as librarian from the opening day in 1870 until the present (1918), with the exception of two years, 1871-72, is of interest now, as the first half century of its life is nearing a close: John C. Bullions, President. Ale.xander W. H.irrington, Vice-President. John Marsh. Vice-President. .James C. ColHngs. Vice-President. Harrison J. Turner, Vice-President. George \V. Heminston, Treasurer. Frank C. AiiKell. Secretary. Alexander \V. Harrington. Corresponding Secretary. Prank C .Xnyell. I.,ibrarian. John C. Budlong, Director. George T. Batchelder, Director. Benjamin Sweet. r>irector. Marcus M. Joslin, Director. Israel B. Phillips. Director. John Marsh, Director. George \V. Remington, Director. The Lhiion Library .Association was incorporated in 1870, the library building thrown open to the pub- lic, July 4, 1S70, at high noon, three hundred and fifty volumes being on the shelves. On February 17, 1877, it was \oted a free public library, under the act of the Rhode Island Legislature of .April 15, 1875, and has so existed, prosperous and useful, its six thousand volumes and other privileges free to all. Mr. .Angell's term of service as librarian covers a period of forty- six years, his interest yet a deep and abiding one. His connection with Roger Williams Lodge, No. 32, Free and .Accepted Masons, is an equally remark- able one and constitutes a record. He has been sec- retary of that lodge (of which he and his father were charter members) for forty-three years, 1875-1918, and is the senior secretary of the Rhode Island Ma- sonic body. He was made a Mason in Temple Lodge, No. 18. in 1874, and is a member of the Masonic \'eterans .Association, also Scituate Royal Arch Chapter. Xo. 8. For twenty years he has been senior warden of St. .Albans Episcopal Church; is and has been for eighteen years town treasurer of the town of North Providence; has served as member of the Town Council : as a ta.x assessor, and in many ways his public spirit and loyalty to Centerdale have been manifested. He is the author of "The Annals of Cen- terdale," from which voluminous extracts have been made in compiling this review, and in matters historical is a local authority. He is a worthy representative in the twentieth century of this worthy family founded by Thomas Angell in the seventeenth century, this nearly three hundred year period finding Angells upon the land owned by the first of the name in every year without lapse or break of continuous owner- ship. JOHN WESLEY HORTON— In the town of Hinsdale, in the State of New Hampshire, Mr. Hor- ton obtained his first business training and spent his youth. He passed through varied experiences in dif- ferent localities, finally in 1897 settling in Providence, Rhode Island, where the partnership was formed, now the Rhode Island Supply and Sprinkler Com- pany, of which Mr. Horton is first vice-president and treasurer. His business really began at the age of fourteen when he rebelled against authority, "Walked Out" and found a job. He was not afraid of the world then and that same courageous spirit has been the keynote of his career. He has succeeded in his under- takings since leaving Hinsdale, his capital represented at that time by a minus mark. The company in Prov- ience at first employed two hands, now sixty are required, and in like ratio Mr. Horton has developed to meet his responsibilities. Horton is an old New England name, ancestors of Mr. Horton serving in the War of the Revolution. Heirlooms owned by his father, which he well-remembers in the New Hamp- shire home, were an olden-time rifle and a sword, both of which a Horton carried in the fight for liberty. His great-grandfather, Stafford Horton, settled in Guilford, \'ermont, in the year 1800, but the next generation settled at Hinsdale, and there Hezekiah Frank Horton, grandson of Stafford Horton, spent his life a farmer. He was born in 1825, and during BIOGRAPHICAL 49 the Civil War recruited a company for the Union Army but was himself rejected on account of phy- sical disability. Hc.^ekiah F. Horton married Stisan Elizabeth Cook, and they were the parents of John Wesley Horton, of Cranston, Rhode Island. John Wesley Horton was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, January ig, 1864, and spent the first four- teen years of his life at the home farm, attending school in the winter months and assisting with farm work in summer. The last two years he attended Hinsdale High School, but became dissatisfied and walked out. He did not inform his father that he was not attending school, but left each day, working for a contractor for whom he lathed two new houses. He was found out, I-ut his father appreciating the situation did not comi)cl the lad to return to school. Later his father bought an interest in a Hinsdale hardware st( re for his son, the same store, by the way at which he had been working nights and morn- ings for some time, receiving $12.00 monthly for his services, and paying eleven dollars for his room and board. The firm was Stebbins & Horton. and for two years Mr. Horton continued therein, then secured a position as a traveling salesman for a prominent firm of Utica. New York, putting a man in his place at his Hinsdale hardware store. After one year with the Utica firm he returned to Hinsdale, sold his interest in the bus- iness, paid his father the money he had loaned him and paid other debts, this leaving him $20. A bank failure quickly accounted for that twenty, and he returned to !iis position in Utica broke. He continued in the employ of the Utica firm fourteen years, ending in December, 1897, that being the drite of the founding of the busi- ness with which he is now connected. A partnership known as Mills; Horton & Keed was founded in Pmvidence, Rhode Island, in iJ''<57, vvlii.h was the beginning, the partners continuing as a i"rm until about 1000. then incorporated as the Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Company. The business pros- pered and in 1915 was leased to the Rhode Island Supply and Sprinkler Company, Mr. Horton, first vice-president and treasurer. Branches are maintained in Boston. Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut, the plant and main offices of the company at Provi- dence. Mr. Horton is also vice-president of the War- wick Lace Works, a corporation in which he is finan- cially interested. \ Republican in politics and an active worker, he consented in 19X) to allow his name to be presented for the office of mayor of Cranston, the city of his residence. He consented much against his will, but once in the race made a strong canvass and reduced a normal adverse majority of six hundred to two hun- dred and twenty-five. In 191 1 he was again the Re- publican candidate, but lost the verdict of the jiolls by three votes. Jn ici,? he was again a candidate and was returned victor by six hundred votes. In 1916 he was reelected and for the first time in the history of Cranston every political oftice in the city is filled by a Republican. He has given the city a clean, efficient administration, has kept all pre- election promises, and is a most popular cliief execu- tive. In religious fcith he prefers the Methodist Episcopal church: his parents were members of that church and bestowed upon their son the name honored above all otliers in Methodism. In Masonry, Mr. Horton is a member of Har- mony Lodge, No. 9, Ancient Free and .Accepted Ma- sons; Providence Chapter, No. i. Royal Arch Ma- sons; St. John's Commandry, Knights Templar, of Providence; Palestine Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Providence, and Rhode Island Consistory. He is a member of the Edgewood Casino, Alerta and Providence clubs, is en the transportation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and is helpful in all municipal affairs. Mr. Horton married, June 17, 1897, Grace Medorc Pales, of Hinsdale, and they are the parents of a son, Rogers Fales. Iiorn .'\pril II, 1901, now a student in Cranston High Schocd. CHARLES R. EASTON— For twenty years Mr. Hasten has practised his profession in Providence, Rhode Island, and occupies a strong position at the Rhode Island bar. lie is a descendant of Nicholas Easton, one of tlie founders of Newport, Rhode Island, and of a numerous influential family. Charles R. Easton, son of Charles F. and Laura P. Easton, was born at Lincoln, Rhode Island, May 12, 187.1. After preparation in graded and high school, he entered Brown University, whence he was grad- uated A. B., class of 1896. He studied law in the offices of Judge Benjamin M. Bosworth and Judge W. B. Tanner, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and has been in continuous practice in Providence since that year. Mr. Easton was State Senator, l8g,V95; was chairman of the Republican Town Committee of Lincoln, iyi2-i), .ind is one of the active, public- spirited men of the community. He married Eliza- beth M. Jordan, of Lincoln. WILLIAM BINNEY— Providence, Rhode Island, the home of William Binney, of Wilson, Slade & Company, was also the home of his eminent father, William Binney, lawyer, founder of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, the first trust company incorporated in New England, president of City Coun- cil, author of the i>rcscnt city charter, and member of Legislature. William Binney is a grandson of Horace Binney, United States Senator from Pennsyl- vania, director of the United States Mint in Philadel- phia, with a national fame as a lawyer. For many years he was honored as the oldest living graduate of Harvard College, that institution conferring upon him the honorary degree, L.L. D., in 1827. OT him it was said: "A proficient in the literature of France and Spain, delighting in history and poetry, a close student of theology, he was much more than a law- ver, much more than a scholar." Horace Binney was a .son of Dr. Barnab.".s Binney, a surgeon of the Revolution, and a physician of Phil- adelphia, a graduate of Brown L^niversity, 1774. "dis- tinguished on account of his patriotism, a steadfast friend, and a generous advocate of the rights of man." Dr. Barnabas Binney was a son of Captain Barnabas R 1-4 50 JilSTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Binncy, born in Hull, Massachusetts, a master mari- nur, owner of a plantation at Demerara, British Guiana, a Boston merchant, his estate in Boston extending from Summer street to the shore front. Captain Barnahas Binney was a son of Deacon John Binney, of Hull, Massachusetts, who in several docu- ments of the period is variously styled, "mariner," "deacon," and "gentleman." Deacon John Binney was a son of Captain Ji>hn Binney, founder of the family in America, who came from England to Hull, Massa- chusetts, with his wife Mercy, and two sons, John and Samuel. Captain John and Deacon John Binncy were buried in the same grave at Hull, and in 1883 a monu- ment was erected by their descendants to mark the hallowed spot. This review will deal with the Rhode Island Binneys, William Binney. father, and Wil- liam Binney, the son, the latter being the worthy twentieth century representative of one of the strong- est American families. William Binney, son of Horace and Elizabeth (Coxe) Binney, was born April 14, 1825, in the city of Philadelphia. The elementary portion of his edu- cation was received at the local schools, where he prepared for college, and in 1845 he matriculated at Yale. Unfortunately, however, his health was not robust, and he was obliged to abandon his studies there at the end of his junior year. In spite of the fact that he never graduated from that institution, he received the honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1849, 'I"'! of Master of Arts in 1866. He was also the recipient of the latter degree from Brown Uni- versity in 1856. While still comparatively young. Mr. Binney chose the legal profession as his career in life, and accordingly studied law in Philadelphia, being admitted to the bar in that city. He did not, how- ever, remain in Philidelphia, but in 1853 removed to Providence, Rhode Island, where he resided until 18S3-S4. During these years he erected his handsome residence at Newport, on the corner of Catherine street and Delois avenue. In the meantime he has built up a large legal practice in Providence, and it has been with this city that his career has always been associated. In 1867. however, he organized the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, in Providence, and be- came its first president. From that time onward until his resignation, in 1S81. he gave practically his entire Ittention to the building and developing of this great i'lncern. and abandoned the practice of the law. The Rhode Island Hospital Trust Comp.my was the first trust company incorporated in Xew England, and Mr. Binney continued as a director of it until his death, April 23, 1909. From the time of his coming to Providence, Mr. Binney took a pulilic-spirited inter- est in city affairs and identified himself with every department of its life. In spite of the important ]>rivate interests which he was resprmsible for and which of necessity made heavy demands upon his time, he nevertheless gave much of his energy to local public affairs and held a number of important offices in the city. From June, 1857. until January. 1874. he served as a member of the City C'immon Coun- cil, was president of this body from 1S63 to 1871. and drew up the present city charter of Providence. Mr. Binney was chosen to deliver the memorial oratiori in the old Roundtop Church after the assassination of President Lincoln, represented Providence in the General Assembly of the State, and in many ways served the community. He never lost his interest in tlie common weal, an j it was only very shortly before his death that he wrote to the Providence "Journal" a letter advocating a pullic market in Providence. In his possession was an invaluable old family heirloom, the oil portrait of Avis (Engs) Binney, the wife of Captain Barnabas Binncy, his great-grandfather, and a fme portrait of his father, the Hon. Horace Binney by Sully, and a miniature of him by Brown. William Binney married, June 14, 1S48, Charlotte Hope Goddard, liorn December i, 1824, died April 26, 1S66, daughter of William and Charlotte Rhoda (Ives) Goddard, of Providence, and a sister of Col- onel R. H. I. Goddard. Children: i. Hope Ives, born May 10, 1849; married, December, 1870. Samuel Powel. Jr., of Philadelphia. 2. Mary Woodrow, born December 14, 1856: married Sidney Frederick Tyler. 3. William, Jr., of further mention. 4. Horace, born May 18, i860; a graduate of Harvard, class of 1883; married, April 20, 1888, Marie Sorcham, of Paris, France. William (2) Binney, son of William (l) and Char- lotte Hope (Goddard) Binney, was born July 31, 1858, at Potowomut. in the town of Warwick. Rhode Island. His early education was received at the well- known Mowry and Goff's School of Providence, and at St. Paul's Schoid of Concord, New Hampshire. Here he completed his preparation for college, and immediately upon graduation matriculated at Har- vard University, from which he was graduated .\. B., class of 18S1. He .it once entered business life as an employee of Lawrence, Taylor & Company, a large dry goods firm of New York City, but there re- mained for a short time only. His next position was with the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company of Providence, founded by his father, and from that time he has been connected with the banking interests of the city, first as partner in the firm, Wilbour Jackson & Company, bankers and brokers, then as junior partner in the firm, Sheldon & Binney, and finally as partner in the well-known firm, Wilson, Slade & Company, bankers and brokers. Mr. Binney married, July 14, 1881, Harriet D'Costa Rhodes, daughter of James Aborn and Rosa Mer- lano (D'Costa) Rhodes. They are the parents of the following children: i. Hope Ives, born Janu- ary 25, 1884. died September 7. 1806. 2. Beatrice Rhodes, born June 12. 1886; married, .\pril 20. 1909, Howard Anson Richmond; they have three children: Hope Binney, born May 8. 1910: Howard, born March 20, 1913; and Harriet Binney. born July 2. I9I7- 3. Elisabeth Goddard. born January 0. 1803; married. June 28. 1915, Barnes Newberry, a son of Hon. Free- man H. Newberry, of Detroit. Michigan, former Sec- retary of the Navy under President Roosevelt: they have a daughter, Elisabeth Goddard Binney, born July 3, 1917. /^^(^/^ ^ /o, BIOGRAPHICAL 51 WILLIAM HENRY JORDAN, M. D.— As a skilled specialist, devoting his knowledge and talents to the treatment of diseases peculiar to children, Dr. Jor- dan is well-established in the affections of a large and loyal clientele in Providence, Rhode Island, a city in which he began practice in 1901. He not only made the usual educational preparation for the practice of his profession, but during the years 1905-06-07 he attended special courses on children at Harvard, and in 191 1 studied abroad in London, Paris, Munich, Stras- burg, and Vienna, spending more time in the last-named city than in any of the others. He also visited the hos- pitals in \enice, Rome, and Florence. Dr. Jordan is a son of William Jordan, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who died in 1909, and his wife, Ellen (Sullivan) Jor- dan, who is yet a resident of Woonsocket. William Henry Jordan was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, May 18, 1874. His youth was spent in Woonsocket. and there he attended grammar, parochial, private, and high school. He entered Maryland Medi- cal College, at Baltimore, and in 1901 was graduated an M. D. As soon as he received his degree. Dr. Jordan applied for enlistment in the United States Marine Hos- pital Corps, passed the examination successfully, and was assigned to duty in Baltimore. A month later he was transferred to Evansville, Indiana, but shortly afterward he resigned from the corps, and the same year, 1901, located in Providence, lihode Island, which has since been his professional home. Dr. Jordan has made a specialty of children's diseases, and through experience and special study at Harvard Medical Col- lege, and abroad, has fitted himself as an authority on such diseases. In 1906 he was appointed visiting physi- cian to Saint Vincent de'Paul's Infant's .Asylum, and the same year physician to the out-patient department of children, of the Rhode Island Hospital, and received similar appointments at about the same time to St. Joseph's Hospital, at Providence. In 1909 he was ap- pointed visiting physician to the department of children, St. Joseph's Hospital, and in 1917 was appointed assist- ant visiting physician to the department of children, at Rhode Island Hospital. He is a member of the Ameri- can Medical .Association, a life member of the American Medical .Association of Vienna, Rhode Island Medical Society, Providence Medical Association, New England Pediatric Society, president in IQ15 of the Pediatric department of the Rhode Island Medical Society. He is a member of St. Michael's Church, and of the Catho- lic Club, in his political action is an Independent. A feature of Dr. Jordan's professional career is his crusade agaiiist impure milk and his strong fight for an amended milk law which would provide for a compulsory tuber- culin test. Over his own signature. Dr. Jordan dis- cussed the subject in the October, 1916, issue of the "State Board of Health Bulletin," and boldly declared that conditions in Rhode Island were badly in need of correction. He asserted that the milk supply of the city fell far short of the standard set for good milk, and with facts and figures fully proved his position. Dr. Jordan married, in St. Mary's Church, Provi- dence, June 27, 1904, Louise Gertrude Atkinson. They are the parents of two daughters: Helen Louise, born February 23, 1906; Marian Gertrude, bom May 22, 1908. The family home is a beautiful Broad street resi- dence, purchased by Dr. Jordan several years ago. JONATHAN VARIAN BARNES— At his home at Greenville avenue, in the town of Johnston, Rhode Island, Mr. Barnes is enjoying the material results of a life of industry and usefulness, and happy in the respect and esteem of his conmiunity he can review his life with the satisfaction of a man who has successfully solved many of life's problems. The history of this branch of the Barnes family began in New England with Thomas Barnes, who was in Swansea, Massachusetts, in 1669, and was a proprietor of Rehoboth, in 1689, although not then living there. He was a man of piety, and in 1693 was ordained pastor of the Second Baptist Church, con- tinuing as pastor of that church until his death, June 8, 1706. His first wife, Prudence, was the mother of all his children, his second, whom he married November 12, 1694, being a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth King. (II) Peter Barnes, son of Thomas and Prudence Barnes, was born June i, 1682. and died in I757- He was a carpenter by trade, and for some years followed his trade in Providence, but later located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, on land which his father had bought from the Indians, the original deed which is preserved in the Barnes family bearing date, March 27, 1659. Some of this old Indian purchase is yet owned in the Barnes family, and the old house now standing, north of the one-time home of Orrin Barnes, is believed to have been built by Peter Barnes, and rebuilt by his son. Cap- tain Enoch Barnes. In 1708 Peter Barnes was made a freeman, and prior to his death he divided his large estate into three farms, giving one to each of his sons. He continued to reside at his Smithfield home until his death, and then was buried in the private family cemetery upon the farm. He married, September 29, 1716, Margaret Borden, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret (Angell) Whipple, and widow of Joseph Borden. They were the parents of : Nathan, died unmarried ; Enoch, of fur- ther mention; Lydia ; and John, who moved to Con- necticut. (III) Captain Enoch Barnes, son of Peter and Mar- garet (Borden) Barnes, was born at the homestead in Smithfield. Rhode Island, August 18, 1721, there always resided, receiving a farm from his father as a gift. While he was a prosperous farmer and agriculturist, he was one of the foremost men of his community in public life and eminently religious. He was for a long time a justice of the peace, and so deep was his interest in religious matters that prior to the building of a church in the locality he gave the use of his house for purposes of worship. He married, February 23, 1751, Alice Brown. (I\') Colonel Levi Barnes, only son of Captain Enoch and .Mice (Brown) Barnes, was born at the old homestead in Smithfield, Rhode Island, March i, 1753, and became one of the most important men of his town. He succeeded his father in the ownership of the old farm, and was also head of a prosperous coopering business. To each of his three sons he gave a well- stocked farm, and to each of his six daughters $500 in cash, these gifts only being possible to a man of large means, and bears out the statement that he was one of the wealthiest men of his town. He served as a private in the Revolutionary War, in the defense of Newport, and it is related that his father. Captain Enoch Barnes, although then an old man, came to New- port and served as his son's substitute for a time. HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND After the war he became prominent in the State Mihtia, and on May 12, 1788, was commissioned major of the second regiment. Providence County Militia, by Gov- ernor John Collins. Later he was commissioned lieu- tenant-colonel of the same regiment by Governor Arthur Fenner, the date, May 10. i^iX), both of these commis- sions being preserved in the family. Like his father, he was a very religious man, and his home was often thrown open for public worship. He built a school- house near his home for the use of his and the neigh- bors' children, that schoolhouse now being used as a dwelling. When the Powder Mill turnpike was built he donated one mile of right of way through his land, stipu- lating, however, that his posterity should travel the turnpike toll free as long as they owned and occupied the land. He was known far and near, but took little part in political affairs, prefering to serve his commun- ity as a private citizen. Colonel Barnes married, July 2. 1775, Hannah Water- man, who survived him, a daughter of Resolved Water- man, of Johnston, Rhode Island. They were the par- ents of nine children: Jonathan, of further mention; Levi, born May 13, 171)2, and was buried on his farm, he married Joanna Payne ; Nathan, died unmarried ; Xancy, married Annanias Mowry, and settled on a fariri in what is now North Smithlield; Deborah, mar- ried William Mowry, and also resided in North Sniith- tield ; Hannah, married (first) David Warren, (second) Dennis Balton, and lived in North Smithlield; Elsa, married Asa Manning, of Smithheld ; Mercy, married Arnold Mowry, of North Smithtield ; Mary, married Martin Tefft and lived in North Smithfield. (V) Jonathan Barnes, eldest son of Colonel Levi and Hannah (Waterman) Barnes, was born at the homestead in Smithfield, and there lived all his life, receiving from his father the farm given by his great- grandfather, Peter Barnes, to his son Nathan. He married Nancy Lovcll. and was succeeded by his son, Jonathan (2) Barnes. (VI) Jonathan (2) Barnes, son of Jonathan (i) and Nancy ( LovelO Barnes, was born at the Smithheld homestead, February 11. 1821, and resided there until about forty years of age, then settled at Graniteville, Rhode Island. There he followed his trade, stone- cutter, establishing in business for himself, so continuing for many years, when he engaged in dairying, which he continued until his death, .August 3, J&M, at the age of seventy-three years. He was a Republican in politics, and took an active part in town affairs, serving in dif- ferent offices, including that of representative to the General Assembly. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and in a pulilic-spirited way ardent in all that affected the welfare of his community. He married Joanna E. Staples, of Smithtield, a sister of Arnt'Id Staples, and a daughter of Welcome and Phoebe (Eddy) Staples, Welcome Staples, a ship carpenter, died in New ^'ork, his widow surviving him until April 7, 1S64, dying in her sixty-fourth year. She was buried in a private graveyard in the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island, about midway between Centerdale and Enfield. Mrs. Joanna E. Barnes died at the home of her daugh- ter. Mrs. Smith, in Johnston, Rhode Island, May 10, 1896. Jonathan and Jiianna E. Barnes were the par- ents of five children : i. Lucinda R., the deceased widow of Jarvis Smith; she died March 16, IQ17, at the age of 73 years. 2. Horace Arnold, died October g, IQ07; he and his wife, who was .\djarine Manchester, were parents of si.x children, three of whom survive. 3. Lucius, died in infancy. 4. Jonathan Varian, of further mention. 5. Maria Amanda, married (first) Charles Cram, (second) George Cram, and now resides in Manton, Rhode Island. By her first marriage Mrs. Cram had two children : Irene Bertha, married Walter Howard Woodmansie and Lizzie lona. now deceased. (VII) Jonathan Varian Barnes, youngest son of Jon- athan (2) and Joanna E. (Staples) Barnes, was born in Smithfield. Rhode Island. April 4, 1856. He was educated in the public schoiil of Johnston, and at Jencks Mowry's Academy, and after finishing his studies began business life as his father's assistant in the milk busi- ness, father and son conducting the business until the former's death, in 1894, after a connection of thirty years with the milk business. From that year, 1894, Jonathan \'. Barnes became sole owner of the business, and until October i, 1917, conducted a profitable milk and dairy business, giving it his close, personal manage- ment. In 1895 he built his present house and other- wise improved a part of the old Manton farm, the same year occupying the home on Greenville avenue which has since been their home. Mr. Barnes, now retired, having sold his business in 1917, reviews a business life as a milk dealer covering a period of forty-seven years, beginning in 1870 as a youth of fourteen years. Honorable and just in all his dealings, he retired with the respect of every man with wdiom he had come in business contact. A Republican in politics. Mr. Barnes has given his town loyal service, and has held about every town office. He has served as a member of the Town Council and president of that body for three years; member of the school committee for six years ; police constable for twenty years; and during the years 1913-14, represented Johnston in the Rhode Island General Assembly. Pub- lic-spirited and progressive, he has always stood for all that was best in local government, and numbers his friends everywhere. His public service has been of value to his town and there is no diminishing of his interest and public spirit. He married, December Id. 1S74, .Anna E. Matthew- son, born .\pril 21, 1S52, daughter of James Olney Matthewson, whose career is recorded elsewhere in this work in connection with that of his son, Byron Matthew- son. Mr. and Mrs. P.arnes are the parents of seven children: i. Walter X'arian. born March 13, 1876; now engager! in the drug business in Providence; he mar- ried Stella Tyas. 2. Nettie Josephine, born August 13, 1S77 ; a graduate of State Normal School; married, August 13. i';.«7. Professor Frank Arthur Burr, of Cornell University; children: Edith Barnes and Evel- yn Josephine Burr. 3. .\nna Louise, born August 19, 1878, resides at home. 4. Lucius Irving, born January 4. 1880; married (first), Grace Carpenter, who died February 9. 1915. leaving four children, Kenneth, Ruth, Charles Henry and Estella ; Lucius I. married (second) Amey Sutcliffe, of Scituate. October 11, 1916. and now resides in Providence. 5. Nelson Sweet, born October 8, 1882, died February 5, 1894. 6. Edith Evelyn, born BIOGRAPHICAL 53 July 9, 1886; married John J. Dolan, of Auburn, Rhode Island, and has a son, John J. (2). 7. Ethel Sweet, born January 18, 1897, resides at home. LE ROY FALES— The Fales name has long been connected with manufacturing in Rhode Island, the first important man of the name to engage in that business being David Gilmore Fales, who in the cighteen-twen- ties was classed as one of the principal men of the village of Central Falls. He was the founder of the firm, Fales & Jenks, the forerunner of The Fales & Jenks Machine Company, a business with which his son, John Richmond Fales, was connected all his active years, and with which Le Roy Fales, son of John Richmond Fales, is now connected as vice-president and director. David Gilmore Fales was a man of great mechanical talent, and an expert machinist, but was able to set a broken limb or heal a dislocated joint with equal skill. He laid the foundation for a great business, and when he and his partners passed away, able sons, well- trained in the business, were at hand to develop what is now the well-equipped and prosperous Fales & Jenks Machine Company. John Richmond Fales, son of the founder, was a man of strong character, self-reliant and resourceful, quiet and reserved in manner, but of high personal worth, leaving his impress upon his times both as a business man of unimpeach- able integrity and a citizen of just life and good example. Le Roy Fales is the third in direct line to have a voice in the management of the Fales & Jenks Machine Company, he also being prominent in the affairs of other corporations, both in Paw- tucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island, while he has also become well-known in public life and in both fra- ternity and club. He is of the eighth generation of the family founded in New England by James Fales, whose name also occurs in the early records as "Vales." James Fales came from Chester, England, and on September 10, 1636, signed the original Dedham Plan- tation Covenant. He was an early settler of Dedham, the name being then Contentment ; was admitted a freeman there in 1653, and in 1675 was a soldier in King Philip's War. His home in Dedham was on what is now Sprague street, opposite Greenlodge street. He married there, Anna Brock, sister of Rev. John Brock, of the Isle of Shoals, they the parents of Rev. Henry Brock. From James Fales the line descends through his third son, Peter Fales, born in 1668, and his wife, Abi- gail (Robbins) Fales; their son, Peter (2) Fales, and his wife, Sarah (Allen) Fales; their son, Peter (3) Fales, and his wife, Avis (Bicknell) Fales; their son, John Fales, and his wife, Roby (Gilmore) Fales; their son, David Gilmore Fales, and his wife, Parthenis C. (Sprague) Fales; their son, John Richmond Fales, and his wife, Harriet B. (Lee) Fales; their son, Le Roy Fales. David Gilmore Fales, of the sixth generation, was born in Attleboro. Massachusetts, June 4, 1806, came to Central Falls, Rhode Island, a young man of eighteen, and there learned the machinist's trade in the shops of David Jenks & Company. In 1830 he formed a partner- ship with Alvin F. Jenks, and in a rented shop in Central Falls began to manufacture cotton machinery. In 1833 the firm of Fales and Jenks bought the Rhode Island State right to manufacture the Hubbard Patented Rotary Pump, this, with their other lines of manu- facture, placing the young men on a firm basis. The first machine ever turned out by Fales & Jenks was a "spooler" which went to a \'irginia factory, the price paid $60. Spinning frames were first made by the firm in 1845; ring twisters in 1846; these machines, made for Benjamin Greene, being among the lirst of their kind made in the United States for thread, worsted and silk. In 1859-60 Fales & Jenks erected a furnace in a foundry for making their own castings ; a brick shop, three stories high, with large ground area, was built in 1861-62; and in 1866 the plant was removed from Central Falls to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and there located on Dexter street, David G. Fales with Alvin F. Jenks and Stephen .\. Jenks constituting the firm, Fales & Jenks retired finally, and were succeeded by their sons, John R. Fales, Alvin F. Jenks and Stephen .'\. Jenks. David G. Fales died in 1875, and in 1876 the firm, Fales & Jenks, became the corpora- tion. The Fales & Jenks Machine Company, Alvin F. Jenks, president, John R. Fales, vice-president; and Stephen A. Jenks, treasurer. The large, well-equipped plant of the company in Pawtucket is a fitting monu- ment to the business ability of these men, while the rep- utation the company holds in the trade and in the busi- ness world is competent evidence that the trust com- mitted to them was sacredly observed. John Richmond Fales was born at Central Falls, Rhode Island, March 5, 1833, the house in which he was born standing at the corner of Central and High streets, his sister, Elizabeth K. (Fales) Austin, later residing in a beautiful house built upon the site of the old home in which she was born. He was educated in the Belden school at Fruit Hill, a noted school of that day, and began his business career with his father in the firm, Fales & Jenks. He inherited his father's mechanical genius as well as his business ability, and became one of the strong men of The Fales & Jenks Machine Company, and its vice-president. He was widely-known as a most capable and skilled machine builder, and became interested in a variety of manu- facturing enterprises, his interest extending to the mak- ing machinery for cotton mills, hydrants, water meters, water wheels, cotton goods, balls, and other standard articles. He was vice-president of the United States Cotton Company, incorporated in 1885 ; vice-president of the Lily Pond Land Company; a part owner in the E. Jenks Manufacturing Company, the Hope Thread Mill, the Pawtucket Manufacturing Company, was a director of the Pacific National Bank, and a trustee of the Franklin Savings Bank. He w-as also interested in mills at Fall River and New Bedford, he being rated one of the most substantial men of the Blackstone V'alley. Mr. Fales passed his entire life near the place of his birth, and no man was more highly esteemed. He was an able business man, and his time was fully occupied, but he was not a slave to money or its accumulation. He loved out-of-door recreations, particularly yachting, his third fine yacht "Harriet" being in the builder's hands at the time of his death. He contributed gener- ously to the support of the church, and was a member of the Masonic order, affiliated with Union Lodge, h'ree 54 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND and Acciptcd Masons; Pawtuckct Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Pawtucket Council, Royal and Select Masters; Holy Sepulchre Conimandery. Knights Templar. He would never accept political office, although his fellow- townsmen would gladly have given him any office within their gift. At an early day he ser\-ed Central Falls as a member of the board of iire wardens, that being his nearest approach to a public office. He accomplished a vast amount of witW. through his trait of concen- tration, he never allowing himself to be diverted to another task until that in hand was completed. Quiet and reserved always, this trait deepened and intensified after the death of Iiis wife. He gave generously to those in distress, hut so quickly and secretly were his benefactions bestowed that they were known to but few. He was stricken with a fever while on a journey to Mexico, and soon after his return passed away, on .\ugust 15, i8qj, leaving a record of honor and use- fulness. John R. Fales married Harriet B. Lee, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, their children, three sons, Le Roy, of further mention; Jerome Atherton, died in infancy; Warren R., now an extensive poultry farmer, his farm the old Whitconib homestead in East Providence ; he is a world-wide traveler, and a great reader, possessing perhaps the finest private library in the Staie of Rhode Island; he married Carrie B. Hopkins. Le Roy Fales. eldest son of John Richmond and Har- riet B. (Lee.) Faks, was horn at Central Falls, Rhode Island, August 30, It^59, and until sixteen years of age attended the public schools there and Deane Academy, Franklin, ]\Iassachu6etts. He entered the employ of Fales & Jenks in 1875, continuing after the incorpora- tion as The Fales & Jenks Machine Company, in 1S76, mastering the details of factory and office management during sixteen years which elapsed between his en- trance and his succeeding to the secretaryship of the company in i8oj. From secretary he advanced to the vice-president's office, whicli he now fills. He is also a director of The Fales & Jenks Machine Company; president of the Jenks Spinning Company; president of the Pawtucket ^lanuf acturing Company ; president of the United States Cotton Company ; director of the Pawtucket branch of the Industrial Trust Company; and has other interests of importance. A Republican in politics, Air. Fales represented Central Falls in the State General .Assembly four years, 1896-1900, and yet retains a deep interest in party concerns and public affairs. In I'jtX) Mr. Fales moved his residence froin Central Falls to Earrington, which is now his home. He is a member of the Masonic order, holding the thirty- second degree, Rhode Island Consistory, .-\ncient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite. He is also a noble of Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Alystic Shrine. His clubs are the Ponham and Squantum. Mr. Fales married Emma G. Kelley, of New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of a son, Jerume Richmond, bi'rn November 3. 1889. CHARLES O. CHATTERTON is the son of George Chatterton, the first file maker in the United States. George Chatterton was born in Sheffield, Eng- land, in 1816, and died January 18, 1908, at the age of ninety-two years. He was the first to manufacture files out of steel, and came of a long line of file makers, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, having been in the same business in England. He served his ap- prenticeship in the celebrated manufactory of W. & S. Butcher, Sheffield, England, and learned all that could be acquired by him of that art in the best English shops. Mr. Chatterton incurred the enmity of certain persons in power in 1839 by a strenuous advocacy of reform in regard to the question of suffrage as it affected "younger sons." He was placed in stocks at one time, but finally came to .America in 1839, settling in Providence, where his first attempt in business was converting a dozen old files into mercantile high grade goods, performing the work by his own skilled hand labor. This was the beginning of the file industry in Providence and to George Chatterton, father of Charles C). Chatterton, file manufacturer, of Providence, the honor is due. George Chatterton located in Providence, Rhode Island, the same year of his arrival in the United States, and there formed the acquaintance of Obadiah Mason, a descendant of a commander in the United States Navy in 1776. Mr. Mason owned a tannery and a slioe shop on North Main street at Jenkins street and with him Mr. Chatterton arranged for the use of the small shed and forge in the rear. There he restored old files to a better condition then ever, doing the work by hand and soon gaining local acquaintance and trade. The business grew and became one of the prosperous ones of the city, the forerunner of the present plant now engaged in file manufacture in Providence. Mr. Chatterton soon made a place for himself in the indus- trial and commercial life of the city, and at various times was director of the Liberty Bank, president of the Hope Iron Foundry, treasurer of Rhode Island Manufacturing Company, wliich office he held ten years. At the time of the Dow troubles he was an active and ardent sympathizer of Governor Dow, and at one time during the height of the controversy w-as hunted un- successfully in the woods, where he had found it wise to escape temporarily. George Chatterton married Phoebe Mason, daughter of Obadiah and Phoebe (Hopkins) Mason, and a sister of Owen Mason, the well known Providence historian, whose portrait adorns the walls of the Rhode Island Historical Society buildings, that portrait being the gift (if his nephew, Charles O. Chatterton, whose boyish love and respect Mr. Mason gained never to lose. Charles O. Chatterton. son of George and Phoebe (Mason) Chatterton, was bi Tn in Providence, Rhode Island, April 5, 1848, and was educated in the public schools of the city, and in the Moses Brown School. After lea\ing school, he entered his father's file factory, there learning the business in its every detail in the factory department, mastering the practical side of the business and becoming a skilled file worker, then ad- vancing to oflice and executive positions. As his father had advanced in years he withdrew more and more from the business, the son gradually assuming greater respon- sibility, until the burden of management rested upon him. This was preparatory to full control, and fitted him fur the managemeni of the business he was soon >^^; i>'^ ^C^^^^-—. BIOGRAPHICAL 55 to assume. In iqo<9 George Chatterton, the founder and pioneer file manufaclurer, died, and since tliat time Charles O. Chatterton has been principal owner and manager of the Chatterton File Works. Hand-made files are still the product of this plant, and the reputa- tion and quality of these files are still maintained and in greater demand than ever. The superiority of hand- made files over mnchine-cut files is due to uniformity in size and sharpness of teeth. In the machine-made file whenever the chisel comes to a hard spot, a shallower cut is made, and when it conies to a softer spot the cut is deeper and the tooth sharper. In cutting a file by hand, however, the skilled workman can follow the effect of his chisel, striking it harder in the hard spots and lighter where the metal is soft. With these condi- tions understood it is evident that uniform annealing is the prime requirement for producing a first-class file of the high grade required by tool and watch makers. One of the men yet in action in the factory and a fore- man is James Chatterton, a brother of George Chatter- ton. who came from England and joined his brother in Providence in 1843. Mr. Chatterton resides in Paw- tucket. SAMUEL PENNY COOK— When a youth of eighteen years, just out of high school, Samuel P. Cook entered the service of the Producers National Bank of Woonsocket. That was nearly half a century ago, and from the year of his admission, 1870, until the present, 1918, he has known no other business home nor a greater business interest. This long term of service, eleven years of which has been as president of the bank, coupled with the fact that for a quarter of a century he was city treasurer, has given him a grasp of matters financial and brought him so prominently before the people that his opinions on finance carry the weight of authority. The radical changes made in banking laws during the past few years, although not at first cheerfully accepted by the financiers of the country, and the problems presented were approached by bankers with characteristic caution, but as their value became apparent and their ability to meet national and inter- national demands was proven, all doubt vanished and the splendid response made by national banks and bankers to the enormous demands made upon their financial resources and upon their patriotism is the best answer to any criticism of either American banking laws or upon the patriotism and good faith of Amer- ican bankers. No business has been called upon for greater sacrifice during these years of national stress and storm, and the best thought of the financial world has lent itself to the solution of the war's financial prob- lems. As executive head of Woonsocket's leading bank, Mr. Cook has borne his part in carrying the financial burden imposed upon this city and has as well aljly fulfilled his obligations to those who look to the Pro- ducers Bank as their source of financial supply. Mr. Cook is a son of Ariel Lindsey Cook, son of Ariel (2) Cook, son of Ariel (i) Cook, son of Deacon Nathaniel Cook, son of Nicholas (2) Cook, son of Deacon Nich- olas (i) Cook, son of Walter Cook, founder of the branch of the Cook family in New England. Walter Cook was of Weymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1642, married, was the father of a family of eight, and died January 5, 1685, an old man. His son, Deacon Nicholas (l) Cook, bom February g. 1660, married (first) Johanna Rockett, (second) Mehitable Staples, and was succeeded by a son, Nicholas (2) Cook, born June 10, 1687. This Nicholas (2) Cook married, in 1715, Elizabeth Staples, who died in Belling- ham, Massachusetts, March 3, 1788, aged eighty-nine, the mother of twelve sons and daughters. Nathaniel Cook, the eldest of these children, was born September 15, 1718, and resided in Wrcntham, Massachusetts, in that part of the town which later became Cumberland, Rhode Island. He was a deacon of the Si.x Principle Church, and a man of influence. He married, January 27, 1741, Margaret Ballon, born October 6, 1720, daughter of James Ballon, and a descendant of Maturin Ballou, founder of the family in Rhode Island. Ariel Cook, son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Ballou) Cook, was born October 15, 1749, and died June 18, 1803. He resided at the homestead in the town of Cumberland, not far from the Ballou Meeting House; he was a farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist church. He married, February 20, 1772, Dorcas Whipple, famil- iarly and lovingly known to the entire neighborhood as "Aunt Dorcas." She died December 24, 1839, aged ninety, the mother of nine sons and daughters Ariel (2) Cook, son of Ariel (i) and Dorcas (Whip- ple) Cook, was born at the homestead in the town of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and there resided all his life, a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen. He married, September 10, 1809, Eliza G. Sabin, daughter of John Sabin. of Newport. They were the parents of sons and daughters, namely : George, who was cashier of the Cumberland Bank, at Cumberland Hill, for forty- seven years, serving until two weeks prior to his death; Albert, John, Edmund L., Charles, Ann Eliza, Horace, .Ariel Lindsey, of further mention ; Rebecca, Maria, Ellen F. and Joshua S. Cook. Ariel Lindsey Cook, seventh son of Ariel (2) and Eliza G. (Sabin) Cook, was born at the homestead in Cumberland, Rhode Island, December 11, 1823, and died in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. December 23. 1886. He grew to manhood at the homestead farm, later settling in Albion, Rhode Island, where he became a prominent merchant dealing in general merchandise. He married Mary Harris Phillips, who died February 26, 1917. They were the parents of Samuel P., of further mention; Herbert L. ; Ida F., married Charles H. Pond ; Sophia E., married Dwight Clarence Lord. Samuel P. Cook, son of Ariel Lindsey and Mary Harris (Phillips) Cook, was born in Albion, Rhode Island, July 20, 1852. He attended graded and high schools of Woonsocket until 1870, then entered the employ of the Prons. and W'oonsocket Commandcry, Knights Templar. He is interested in the welfare of his adopted city and is generous in his support of all worthy aims. Mr. Cook married, in 1883, Lucia G. Moses, and they are the parents of Theodore Phillips, born in Wn.ai- sockel, August ", i;--84. now receiving teller of the Producers National Bank, and a daughter. Gertrude Xourse, Ijorn April 15, iSSO. GEORGE EAMES BARSTOW— The Barstow family is 'if French Norman extraction and emigrated from Normandy to Flngland at the time of William the Conqueror advent into English History. According to "Magna Brittanica," the Lordship of Barstow was held in the reign of Richard I of England by a cadet of the ancient family of Fi;z Haman. He was a man of great distinction, and through him his descendants obtained the designation of de Barstowe. In 1247 John de Barstowe obtained a grant by charter to hold a market in the Manor de Barstowe. The estate descended to Richard de Barstowe, wdio in 13117 made a grant of the manor. The dc and final <■ was dropped from the name during the fifteenth century. The family was for several generations locateil at Naburn Hall, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, where many of the name still reside. William Barstow, a son of Thomas Barst'iw (the latter being a brother of Michael Barstow, a prominent merchant of York, whose portrait still hangs in Naburn Hall), when he was twenty-three years of age, came in September, 1635, in the ship "Truelove" to America. He was one of the proprietors and signers for the in- corporation of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1630, and appeared before the General Court in June of that year. He married at Dedham, Massachusetts, May S, 1038, Ann Hubbard, who was admitted to the church, July 16, 1641. William Barstow removed to Scituate, Massachusetts, and became the first settler of that part of the town which is now called Hanover. In 1664 he contracted to build a bridge and keep it in repairs in that tovv'n. He was a man of high respecta- bility and a most worthy and enter[)rising citizen ; a man of note and an extensive landhnlder. He died in Scituate in \fyjS. His children were: Joseph, born .■\pril (1, 1(130; Mary, born October 28, l<>4i ; Patience, jjurn I )ctober 3. 1043; Deborah, baptized Augr.st iX, 1050; William, see below; and Martha, baptized April 22. 1(153. William (j) Barstow, son of William (i) and Ann (Hulibard) Barstow, was baptized in Scituate, IMassa- chusetts, in September, 1652, married and occupied his father's homestead in his native tow'n. He was pos- sessed of a saw mill besides other property and to some extent was engaged in the business of ship building. Kis will bears date of 1711. his property being be- queathed to his seven children. Of this family Benjamin Barstow was the youngest son, being born July 22, i&X)- He married (first), December 20. 1701;), Mercy Randall. She died December 17, 1728, in Hano\er, Massachusetts. His second wife was Sarah Barden (or Burden) of Middleboro, jNIassa- chusetts ; her ijeath occurred about 1738; he married (third) N'L'vemlier 22. 1738, ^Mrs. Ruth Wilson. Mr. Barstow- lived on the old homestC'.d in Scituate, Massa- chusetts, and was a shipwright by ir.nle, his yard being located near the "N" river brirlge. He is said to have been the father of twenty-one children. Caleb Barstow. youngest son of Benjamin Barstow, was born in 1740. and married, November 23, 1770, SyKina Magoun. of Pembroke, Massachusetts. Caleb Barstow died in W'indsor, Connecticut, March 17, 1800, Nathaniel Barstov.-. the youngest si>n of Caleb and Sylvina ( Magoun ) Barstow, was liorn in Providence, Rhode Island, .April 28, 1788. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Sophia Chafee. .\mos Chafee Barstow, son of Nathaniel and Sophia (Chafee) Barstow, was born at Providence, Rhode Island, -April 30, 1813. He was educated at the public and private schools in his native city. He decided to forego the advantages of a collegiate education on account of his passion for mechanics and commercial pursuits. His first position was in a retail store, where he remained only six months, having been tendered employm.ent at double the wages he was then receiving. He advanced from one position to another until 1S36, when he became a partner in a small iron foundry at Norton, Massachusetts, engaged in the manufacture of stoves. Here he gave evidence of his mechanical genius; w.iod at this time was the principal fuel used in Amer- ica, Anthracite coal was just beginning to come in use for factory purposes, but found its way slowly into houses for use in grates. A small amount of soft coal was imported from England. The stoves for cooking purposes were arranged for the use of wood only; the variety was small, the workmanship faulty and coarse, and their demand limited. Air. Barstow had for some time been working with a view to making improvements in the manufacture of stoves and made his first pattern in the fall of 1836. In the spring of the following year the result of his improvements was placed upon the market and the stoves met with a ready sale. The capacity of the factory was doubled in size, and in the fall of 1844 removed to Providence. Rhode Island, where it was enlarged from year to year. The products manufactured were sold in all parts of .America in the islands of the Pacific, China. Norway, Sweden, Ger- main- and England. Air. Barstow- was originally an nld time Whig, but in the organization of the Republican party became iden- tified w-ith it, and he became prominent in the temper- ance and anti-slavery movements. He was elected in i>^5i a member of the Rhode Island Assembly, and in 1870 was made speaker of the house. He was elected mayor of Providence in 1852, and declined a re-election on account of the pressure of his personal business and a natural disinclination for public life. President Grant apiiijintcd him in 1875 a member of the United States BIOGRAPHICAL 57 Board of Indian Commissioners, which office he held until l8So and he was chairman of the board during the last two years. Mr. Barstow was president of the City -National Bank, president of the Mechanics Saving Bank, president of the Providence Gas Company and Mechanics Mutual I''ire Insurance Company, a director in the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, and an officer in various religious and benevolent organizations, national as well as local. Xotwithstanding the engros- sing demands of his business, he was always ready to work in the cause of philanthropy, either as a private or a public citizen. Mr. Barstow married. May 24, 1834, Emeline Mum- ford Eames, daughter of James and Sarah (Muniford) Eamcs, of Providence, Rhode Island. His , 1880. Harriet F. Eastwood, of Provi- dence. They are the parents of two daughters and a son: Alice N.. married W. W. Little, of Providence, their cliiMrcn. Wilson G. and Frances; Mancell Walter, of further mention ; Elizabeth F., married Evan F. Kullgren. of East Orange, \ew Jersey, and has a daughter Nancy. Mancell Walter Taleott was born on Pawtuxet Neck, Rhode Island, March 10, i88 he has been a deacon of the church. Mr. .Arnold is living practically retired, but conducts a truck garden in order to occupy his leisure time. Po- litically he is a Republican, and an advocate of prohi- bition. He married, .August 16, 1866, Susan I. John- son, of Warwick, Rhode Island, and a daughter of Palmer T. and lsali;.-l (Remington) Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are the parents of a son and daughter: Alfred Ray, born .August I, 1873, died .Augu.st 16, 1873; Bel Arnold, born May 11, 1875, married, September 22, i8(>S, Herbert .Allen Matteson, of Coventry. Rhode Island; they are the parents of one son, Raymond -Arnold, born September 15, 1914. The foregoing record shows Mr. .Arnold as a man who has devoted the years of his youthful and matured manhood to the furtherance of the cause of education. .Although, as with all who labor for the public good, results are hard to tabulate or even estimate, it is cer- tain that his work was performed in a spirit of devo- tion, and to the thousands of youths wdio sat under his instruction he has imparted some of his own spirit of loyalty, progressiveness and ambition to excel in any task undertaken. GEORGE BOYD WATERHOUSE— Three gen- erations of this family have been associated with woolen manufacturing in Centerville, Rhode Island — Richard Waterhousc. an English weaver of woolen fabrics; his son, Benjamin F. Waterhouse, founder of the Kent Manufacturing Company, of Centerville, Rhode Island; and the latter's son, George B. Waterhouse. treasurer and director of the Kent Manufacturing Company, pres- ident of the Centerville National Bank, and vice-presi- dent of the Centerville Savings Bank. The Kent Manu- facturing Company, founded by Benjamin F. Water- house in 1872, later became his sole property, and its development and management became his great work. That company is an incorporated enterprise, operating under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, capitalized at $100,000, and officered entirely by the sons of the founder, who also comprise the board of directors. Richard Waterhouse, the founder of this branch of the family in Rhode Island, was a son of Thomas Waterhouse. a Yorkshire, England, weaver of woolen cloth. He had children : Samuel, Richard, James, who came to Rhode Island and became a woolen manu- facturer ; Matthew. Mary, Ruth, and Martha. Richard Waterhouse, the second son, was born in Meltham, Eng- land, there learned the weaver's art, and lived until 1846, when he came to the United States, locating in Center- ville, Rhode Island, where he quickly found work at his trade. He resided in Centerville the remainder of his life, and was one of the highly-expert weavers of his day. He married Mary Hurst, daughter of John Hurst, of Meltham, England, and they were the parents of children: Maria. Benjamin F., of further mention; Walker, Richard, Martha, Mary, Hannah, John, Sarah, Margaret, and Emma. Benjamin F. Waterhouse, eldest son of Richard and Mary (Hurst) Waterhouse, was born in Meltham, I%ng- land, September 15, 1839, and there lived until 1846, when he accompanied his parents to Rhode Island. He had been R I_5 66 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND a mill worker from the age of nine years, beginning as a bobbin winder, and from the age of twelve had operated a hand loom making v.n.jjcn cloth. On reach- ing CenterviUe, Rhode Island, in 184O, he secured em- ployment in the woolen mill with his father, and there continued until he had mastered all tlie operations involved in the making of woolen cloth. He then became foreman of the weaving department of the Ezra Pol- lard Mill at East Greenwich, RliLide Island, there remaining until 1S57. The next si.x years were spent in a woolen mill at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and tlie following six years he was superintendent of a mill in East Greenwich, owned by his uncle. James Waterhouse. He was then similarly engaged at a mill in Burrillville. Rhode Island, until i8rj, when he returned to CenterviUe, ever afterward his home. The same year lie organized with others the Kent Woolen Company, and began the manufacture of fancy cassimeres. worsted and meltons. Mr. Waterhouse owning one-quarter of the stock and holding the position oi manager. In July, 1888, he bought the mill in which he first worked in this country, and in 1S97 incorporated the Kent Manu- facturing Company, he having acquired sole ownership. He was the first president of the company which has always been known for the high quality of the goods produced. His son, George B. Waterhouse, was treas- urer of the company from 1880, and so continues under the corporation ; Richard E., a superintendent, later succeeding his father as president. Another son, Charles L. Waterhouse, a vice-president of the company; Henry A. Waterhouse serving as director. Mr. Waterhouse, Sr., belonged t(j that old scliool of manufacturers, thoroii.gh masters of their business, active and energetic themselves and demanding the highest quality for any goods bearing their own or the corpor- ate name. Sturdy, upright, and honorable himself, he insisted upon his goods possessing the same quality. He only surrendered the management of the Kent Manu- facturing Ccmipany when the years became too heavy a burden, then turned the mills over to the capable sons, all of whom save Henry A. had been associated with him in the business. He was a devoted churchman, and for many years was senior warden of St. Philip's Epis- copal Church at Crompton. Benjamin F. Waterhouse married. November jt. 1853, Margaret Liddle, daughter of Joseph and Mary Liddle. Mrs. Waterhouse died in ir»7. Mr. and Mrs. Water- house were the parents of five sons and two daughters: Benjamin W.; Henry A., a long-time superintendent of the Sayles Mill at Pascoag, Rhode Island, and a pres- ent director of the Kent Manufacturing Company; Richard Edgar, a mill worker from youth, associated with his father, and his successor as president of the Kent Manufacturing Company. He married Dora .\rnold. who died in 180;. leaving a daughter, lola. and a son, Richard Edgar Waterhouse, Jr.; George Boyd, of further mention; Fannie F., deceased; Margaret M., the wife of Rev. E. N. Curry, of Sharon, Connec- ticut ; and Charles L., vice-president and director of the Kent Manufacturing Company. George Boyd Waterhouse. fourth son of Benjamin F. and Margaret (Liddle) Waterhouse, was born Sep- tember 2(). 1803. He was educated in the public schools of CenterviUe, and East Greenwich Academy, finishing his studies with graduation from the .'\cademy in 1885. He then began his business career by entering his father's employ, acting as bookkeeper for three years, and in 1889 was elected treasurer. He has held the office of treasurer of the company from that time until the present, and since incorporation in 1897 has been a member of the board of directors. He has acquired other important interests, being president of Center- viUe National Bank of Warwick, Rhode Island, a posi- tion of honor and trust which he has held since 1894 when he succeeded Enos Lapham in the presidency. The bank is the largest in Kent county, and ranks among the strong financial institutions of the State. He is vice-president and trustee of the CenterviUe Savings Bank of Arctic, and a director of the Putitan Life Insurance Company of Providence. Although a man of marked ability, Mr. Waterhouse takes no active part in politics but e.xerts his influence for the good of his Community a> a private citizen. He is "a vestryman and treasurer of St. Philip's Episcopal Church of Cromp- ton, Rhode Island. Mr. Waterhouse married, October 12, 1912, Margaret Dougherty, of CenterviUe, daughter of Daniel S. Dougherty. WILLIAM CHARLES HUGO BRAND— Since the year 1905, Mr. Brand has practiced his profession in Providence, Rhode Island, his preliminary practice in the olifice of Thomas A. Jenckes, and his training at Harvard Law School, having fitted him for the career he began in the year mentioned. He is a son of Wil- liam and Minnie Breul Brand, both now residing in Providence. William Charles Hugu Brand was born in P'rovidence, Rhode Island, September lO, 1879, and obtained his pre- paratory education in the graded and high schools of the city. He entered the college department of Brown University, and was graduated A. B., class of 1901. Having selected a profession, he prepared at Harvard Law School, there completing his course and receiving his degree, LL. B., class of 1904- Returning to Provi- dence, he spent six months in the law offices of Thomas .\. Jenckes, was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in I'Xij, began practice the same year, and is now well established professionally in his oftices at No. 87 \\ ey- bosset street. He specializes in the law of real estate, but conducts a general practice. Mr. Brand is an In- dependent in his political action, and in religious faith an Episcopalian. He is a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias, and a deputy grand chan- cellor, holds the degrees of Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of the Masonic order, and is a noble of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Brand married, in Providence. June 2S, 1906, Emelyn B. Bradford, a descendant of the early Colonial family founded by Governor William Bradford. Mr. ancl Mrs. Brand are the parents of two daughters: Bar- bara Bradford, born Ma\ i-'. 1908; and Charlotte Eliza- beth, born Mav 29. lolJ. CHARLES FREMONT ANGELL— In 1874, at the age of eighteen, Mr. Angell, now president-treas- urer of the Providence Steel & Iron Company, came to the city of Providence, and during the forty-four ^tyff-iAi^ BIOGRAPHICAL 67 years which have since intervened has risen from lowly to high and honorable position in the husiness world. He has kept pace socially with his business rise, and in the church, Masonic order and club life is highly- esteemed and popular. (I) Mr. Angell is a descendant in the eighth .genera- tion of one of the oldest families in the State, tracing his ancestry to Thomas Angell, who came to America with Roger Williams in the ship "Lion" in 1631, he then being thirteen years of age and an apprentice to Wil- liams. A more complete record of Thomas Angell is included in another part of this work. (II) John Angell, son of Thomas Angell, was born in Providence, and there died July 27, 1720. He mar- ried Ruth Field, and their children were: Thomas, John. Daniel, Hope and James. (III) Thomas (2) Angell. son of John Angell, was born in Providence, March 25, 1672, resided there until 1710, when he built a tavern in Scituate which was occupied as a public house for several successive gen- erations of the family. He died in Scituate in 1714. His wife was Sarah (Brown) Angell, and their child- ren were: Martha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Sarah, Nehemiah and Thomas. (IV) Nehemiah Angell, son of Thomas (2) Angell, was a farmer and resided in Scituate one-half mile north of the Angell Tavern and there died. He mar- ried Mary, sister of Elder Reuben Hopkins, and their children were : Pardon, Nehemiah, Abraham, Zilpha, Martha, Mercy and Mercy (2). (V) Pardon Angell, son of Nehemiah Angell, was born in 1750, and resided in Scituate where he was a farmer, a Revolutionary soldier, drew a pension, and died in 1838. He married (first), Anna Angell, born 1759. died December 24, 1806. He married (second), Susannah Wells, born August 7, 1780, died August 14, 1857. The children were all of the first marriage, namely: Nehemiah, born 1780; Solomon, bnrn 1781 ; Lucy, born 1784; Meliitable, born 1785; Emor, born 1788; Mary, born 1789; Pardon, born 1792; John, born 1794; and Nancy, born 1796. (VI) Emor Angell, son of Pardon .'\ngell, was a farmer of Scituate, and there died in 1871. He mar- ried (first), Rachel Salisbury, born December 24, 1790, died October 9, 1839. He married (second), Celia Codding. The children were all of the first marriage, namely: Eliza, born November 25, 181 1, became the third wife of Judge Eli Aylesworth, of Providence; Harley Pardon, born May 30, 181 5; Ostrando, born April 21, 1822, died October 17, 1839; Amy Ann, born June II, 1826, married Abner Angell. (\"II) Harley Pardon Angell, son of Emor Angell, born May 30, 1815, in Scituate, was reared on a farm. After his marriage he removed to Danielson, Con- necticut, where he remained a short time. He suc- ceeded his father in the ownership of the home farm after the latter's death in 1871. He moved to Provi- dence in 1874, there continuing until his death, April 22, 1893. From 1874 until his death he was in mercan- tile business in Providence. On March 6, 1845, he mar- ried Waity C. Smith, daughter of William Smith. She died May 31, 1907, at Providence. Their children were: Ostrander, born April 3, 1848, died September 22, 1849; Newton E., born January 9, 1850, married Jane Knight, was in the hardware business in Providence, and died March 4, 1902; William H., born January 25, 1853, married Charlotte Wilbur; Charles Fremont, of this sketch; Walter B.. born April 19, 1862, married Bessie Child; Clarence S., born .August 31, 1867, married Ida Curran, is in the wholesale hardware business in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Pardon .Angell were active in the Congregational church. (VIII) Charles Fremont Angell, son of Harley Par- don Angell, was born at the home farm in Scituate, October 21, 1856. and tliere in public school and in Lapham Institute of North Scituate he obtained his education. In 1874 the family moved to Providence, Charles F. obtaining a position in the city sewer depart- ment as engineer's assistant. In 1876 he entered the employ of the Builders' Iron Foundry as general office clerk, and there found his true sphere. He became skilled in the manufacturing of structural iron and won his way from post to post during the years which fol- lowed, each change a rise in position until his energy, application and loyal devotion to the company's inter- ests brought him the position of manager of the struc- tural iron department. While filling that post he built, in i'X)2, the plant which was operated as a branch shop of the Builders' Iron Foundry for three years, but which later became the plant of the Providence Steel & Iron Company. The branch plant was detached from the parent company in 1905, and became the foundation upon which arose a separate corporation, the Provi- dence Steel & Iron Company, then capitalized at $25,000, with Charles F. Angell, president and treasurer ; Frank L. Toof. vice-president; Harry P. Wilson, secretary; Charles C. Luther, assistant-treasurer. The company are specialists in the manufacture of structural and orna- mental iron and have prospered abundantly, winning their secure position in the trade through excellence of product and efficiency in management. In 191 7 the capital stock of the company was increased to $100,000, the value of the product produced for that year reach- ing half a million dollars. This great expansion of business demands greater mill facilities, and si.xty thousand square feet of land adjoining the present plant has been purchased upon which a modern plant will in time appear. Mr. Angell. while essentially the alert, capable man of business, has the happy faculty of laying his problems aside after business hours, and holds many social and fraternal memberships. He is a member of What Cheer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Providence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Providence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Calvary Commandery, Knights Templar; and Palestine Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His club is the Providence Central, of which he is an e.x-president. He is an Independent in his political action, and in religious faith a member of Beneficent Congregational Church, of Providence. CHARLES H. HORTON— There are very few families that have been more closely or prominently identilicd with the interests of Rhode Island, or for a greater period of time, than that which bears the name of Horton, and which is so well represented at the present time (1917) in the person of Charles H. Horton, of Woonsocket, that State. From the close of the 68 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND seventeenth century to now, the twentieth century, the Hortons have resided in and ahout the ancient town of Kehoboth. Massachusetts, and the adjacent portions of Rhode Island. The sturdy and virtuous character of the stock, so typical of all tliat is best in New Eng- land, has been preserved throughout the many genera- tions with undiminished force, and is especially notice- able in this present day descendant of a long line of worthy ancestors. Born in 1S19. Otis H. Horton, father of Charles H. Horton, was a native of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and was there reared and educated. Upon attaining man- hood, he acted as paymaster as well as bookkeeper for the mills at Orleans, Massachusetts. At that time it was the custom to pay the employees once in three or four months, those having families adjusting their accounts with the factory store at this period of settle- ment. Charles H. Horton, then a mere boy, was ac- customed to carry the envelopes from the office to the mill, passing them about to the employees, all of whom he knew by name. The employees were mostly natives of the vicinity, known as "Yankees," with a sprinkling of English people, who had come to this country from the cotton manufacturing shires of England. This was a period of long credit, commencing witli labor, and passing through all commercial transactions. In the winter of 1862, Otis H. Horton removed to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, having been engaged by Edward Harris for a term of three years to take cliarge in the con- struction of the mills known as Privilege Mills, now the Lawton Spinning Company, and later as a contractor and builder. Tvlr. Horton married Elizabeth Kingsley, of North Swansea, iMassachusetts, and they were the parents of the following children: Albert K., Marion E., Ellen F., Charles H., of whom further; Walter, Adeline, and Otis H.. Jr. The father of these children died June 17, 1896. Charles H. Horton was born September 21, 1850. in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, whither his parents removed in 1862. He was an excellent scholar and exhibited an ambition to excel, not very usual in his sex at that age, and he showed in a marked degree the qualities that were later to distinguish him in his career. When sixteen years old, he was appointed a clerk in the post office at Woonsocket, which position he held for four years. Then, like so many young men of that period, he followed the advice of Horace Greeley to go West, and accordingly went to Illinois, in the year 1870, and served in the capacity of bookkeeper, and later buyer for Day & Sprague, of Providence, Rhode Island, who were engaged in the grain business, with whom he remained until 1872. In that year he returned to Woon- socket and engaged in the small ware and notion busi- ness, and later in the shoe business, and conducted an establishment along that line until 1882. While en- gaged in the shoe business, he was the manager of the Music Hall, the only place of amusement in Woonsocket at the time. During that period, between the years 1877 and 1882, the theatrical profession was particularly brilliant, containing such talent as Edwin Forrest, Ed- v,;:; riooili. Lawrence Barrett, John McCulloch, Mary .\nderson, Madame Janauscheck, Modjeska, .\nnie Pix- ley, John T. Raymond, Kate Claxton, E. L. Davenport, E. H. Sothem, and many others, all of whom visited Woonsocket, and in many instances were taken to the larger cities of New England under Mr. Horton's man- agement. Mr. Horton lirst took up the manufacture of harness pads and horse furnishings in 1877, and has continued in the same up to the present time. This enterprise has prospered greatly, and Mr. Horton is now at the head of one of the largest concerns of its kind in New England. He finds a very large market for these goods throughout the United States ansition and at the end of a year he wished to give it up. The burden of every man was his burden, the disappointments of others were his disappointments. The tenderness of his heart was something which only tho.^e who came into close touch with him can know. He had an appreciation for all the higher and finer things in life, and he was a leader in tiie Chiistian church. Professor Natlianicl F. D:ivis said on the occasion of Professor Upton's death : The University faculty loses one of its most efficient niembers. He was not unly a well-known specialist in his chosen subject, but he was a particularly gifted teacher. I have many times advised students to elect astronomy in order to coine under his personal influ- ence. Valuable as has been his work as a teacher, it has been etjualled, if not surpassed, by his work in connection with the .'Standing and special committees of the faculty. No one has given more time and strengtii to work of this kind. A man singularly free from prejudices, he brought a sound judgment to the consideration of every question referred to him. PETER WILLIAM McKIERNAN— A young lawyer, junior member of the law firm of Quinn & Mc- Kiernan, of Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. McKiernan is fairly started upon the profession he has chosen and is already reaping the reward of a profession which most generously repays honest effort and applied skill. He is a son of John McKiernan, who died in 1903, and his wife, Ellen (Sammon) McKiernan, who survived her husband until 1015. Mr. and Mrs. McKiernan were also the parents of two daughters, Catherine Helena and Margaret, and another son, John Francis. They are all residing in Providence. Peter W. McKiernan was born in Providence, R. I., March i, 1891. He tinishcd the courses of Point Street Grammar School and entered Classical High School, but did not finish the course, instead entered Dean's Academy whence he was graduated in 1910. He studied in Boston University Law School, whence he was grad- uated LL. B., class of 1913, and the same year was ad- mitted to the Rhode Island bar, he choosing Providence as a location and becoming the junior member of the law firm of Quinn & McKiernan. He was barely twenty- two years of age when he made his first appearance in court, his first being in the Superior Court, he being one of the youngest men to appear as counsel in that court. He is a member of the Boston University Law School .■Mumni Association, of Rhode Island, and of Dean's Academy Alumni .-\ssociation, the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, of Providence, and the Cliurch of SS. Peter and Paul, Roman Catholic. In politics he is a Democrat, and at the age of twenty-three was elected to the General Assembly; during the years of 1915 and 1 91 6 he represented the Twenty-fourth .Assembly Dis- trict of Providence in the State Legislature, serving on committees on labor, legislation and education. AUGUSTUS OSBORN BOURN— For over sixty years Mr. Bourn has been connected with rubber manu- facturing, and for nearly that entire period has been a partner or an official of the firm or corporation com- manding his service. This period, 1859-1918, also covers most valuable service to his State as soldier, legislator and governor, and to the Nation as soldier and diplo- iTiat. His years, eighty-three, have been spent in his native Rhode Island, in Providence and in the town of Bristol, with the exception of the years spent in the diplomatic service of his country. The last forty years have been spent in Bristol, where for twenty-two years, 1865-87, he was treasurer and active manager of the National Rubber Company, that enterprise then being the principal industry of the town. His life has been one of usefulness, and although now walking amid lengthening shadows, he retains a lively interest in the business he has always followed, and is the capable treasurer and manager of the Bourn Rubber Company of Providence. -A. retrospective view of his life as a business man. State senator, soldier, governor and diplomat, can give him naught but satisfaction, and it is cause for an additional thrill of pleasure to know that no man in the Commonwealth stands higher in the estimation of his fellowmen. He will be remembered as the author of the "Bourn .'Amendment" to the Rhode Island Con- stitution, which gave to naturalized citizens equal fran- chise rights with citizens of native birth. .As governor of Rhode Island for two terms, 1883-85, he ably adinin- istered the affairs of State and gave to public duty the same conscientious attention as to his private aft'airs. While State Senator his powers of oratory were invoked to deliver memorial addresses upon President Garfield, General Burnside, John F. Tobey, Henry B. .Anthony, and others. He also delivered an eloquent address upon the life and services of President Grant, before a large gathering at Bristol, Rhode Island. This ability to elo- quently voice his thoughts before great audiences has been one of the gifts liberally bestowed upon him and his State papers rank with the best literary work of Rhode Island executives. .As a diplomat, his four years in Italy as consul general added to his fame, and com- mercial relations between the United States and Italy were wonderfully strengthened through his business- like administration of the consul general's office. He bears the military title, colonel, through his connection with the Rhode Island militia, in which he served from i89t to 1885, advancing through every rank from pri- vate to lieutenant-colonel of cavalry. V ^ ''SW£x'2<^-,^_^ BIOGRAPHICAL 75 Governor Bourn is a son of George Osborn Bourn, who as early as 1840 became interested in the making over of India rubber shoes, as they were imported fmm Brazil, making them over to more nearly conform to the shape of the foot. The shoes, as then made, were shapeless affairs, the first attempt at manufacture be- ing by simply soaking the rubber shoes in hot water, then stretching them on lasts and allowing them to dry. In this way they were made to retain something of the shape of the last. A strip of fur was then sewed around the top, and a coat of sponge varnish applied to the rubber. His first partner was David C. Winslow, the firm, Bourn & Winslow, continuing from 1840 until 1842. Mr. Bourn was then alone until 1847. when Col- onel William W. Brown, of Providence, became his partner. Bourn & Brown continued until 1851, when the firm became Bourn, Brown & Chaffee, and so op- erated until 1859, when the senior partner died. This experience of nineteen years, 1840-55, ranks George O. Bourn with the pioneer rubber manufacturers of tlie country, and when he laid down the burden his mantle descended upon his son, Augustus Osborn Bourn. Ed- win M. Chafifee, who was admitted in 1851, was the friend and associate of Charles Goodyear, the inventor and patentee of the art of vulcanizing rubber, a dis- covery which made it possible to manufacture rubber for any desired purpose. Mr. Chaffee is credited with aiding Mr. Goodyear in the experiments which led to his discovery, and in 1836 he invented machinery for breaking, reducing and working rubber into plastic condition, which is still of standard type and unim- proved save to give the machinery greater speed and Strength. Governor Bourn is a descendant of Jared Bourn, who was admitted to the church in Boston, April 22, 1634, later moved to Rhode Island, locating at Portsmouth, where he was representative to the Colonial Legisla- ture, 1654-55. He finally moved to Swansea. Massa- chusetts, where he occupied the blockhouse at Matta- poisett, now Gardiner's Neck, that being a place of refuge from the Indians at the beginning of King Philip's \\'ar. Swansea and that portion which, about 1780, was incorporated as a separate town by the n;;me of Somerset, was the family seat for five generations. Jared; his son, Jared (2); his son. Francis; his son, Stephen; his son, Stephen (2). The last named was the father of George Osborn Bourn, father of Gov- ernor Bourn. George Osborn Bourn was born July 4. 1809, and died in Providence in 1859. He married, in Providence, Dec. I, 1833. Huldah Batty Eddy, daughter of Ezra and Sally (Peckham) Eddy, and granddaughter of William Eddy, of Providence, a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. The family collateral lines embrace many distinguished families of New England, dating from the earliest days of the English settlement. Augustus Osborn Bourn was born in Providence, R. I., Oct. I, 1834, his birthplace the first two-story wooden house on the south side of Pawtuxet street (now Broad street). His first teacher was Miss Arnold, daughter of Mrs. Mary .'\rnold, who with her two daughters, Margaret and Sarah, both school teach- ers, resided in the upper tenement of the Bourn home, then on Trinity street, opposite Sabin street. He at- tended private and public school until twelve years of age, and, in September, 1847. entered the high school on Benefit street, and four years later entered Brown University. He attended the latter institution four years, 1851-55, was graduated with the degree of \. M., and at once joined his father in the rubber manufac- turing business. The elder Bourn was senior of the firm. Bourn, Brown & Chafifee, but in his later years was a semi-invalid compelled to spend the winter months in Cuba, or in an equally tropical climate elsewhere. The son, Augustus O., took his place in the business so far as possible, during the winters of 1855-59, de- voting his time especially to factory manufacturing details. After the death of the senior partner, .Augus- tus O. succeeded to his interest and place in the firm. As Colonel Brown, one of the partners, went to the front as captain of the First Company, Light Artillery, of Providence, it was decided to incorporate to avoid complications which would arise in the event of Cap- tain Brown's death. The Providence Rubber Company was therefore incorporated in 1861. as the successor of Bourn, Brown & Chaffee, and, before the expiration of the Goodyear patent in 1865, Mr. Bourn organized the National Rubber Company, and built a large plant in Bristol, Rhode Island. About January. 1868. the Prov- idence Rubber Company consolidated with the National Rubber Company and moved their plant to Bristol. Mr. Bourn was treasurer and active manager of the National from 1865 until 1887, that company becoming the most important corporation of the town, nearly half the then population being employed at their plant. In 1894, after his return from Rome, Italy, Mr. Bourn again began rubber manufacturing in Providence, and in 1804 his interests and the old Providence Rubber Company were merged and re-organized as the Bourn Rubber Company, the firm becoming an incorporated body in 1902. Mr. Bourn is yet its capable treasurer and manager. .\ Republican in politics, Mr. Bourn represented Bristol in the State Senate, 1876-83, and from 1886 to 18S8. From 1877 to 1883 he was chairman of the com- mittee on finance, and a member of the committee on the judiciary. The constitution of Rhode Island, prior to 1888, limited the voting power of foreign-born cit- izens to those owning real estate. During the session of 1887-88, Senator Bourn introduced an act to amend the Constitution, and to grant foreign-born citizens equal franchise rights with native-born citizens. The amendment, as passed by the Legislature, was ratified by the people, and the "Bourn" .Amendment became a part of the organic law of the State. In 1883 Senator Bourn was nominated by the Republican State Con- vention for the office of governor, and was elected by a vote of 13.068 votes against 10,201 for his Demo- cratic opponent. In 1884 he was re-elected by a vote of 15,936. From 1889 until 1893 he served as consul gen- eral to Italy, located at Rome, being appointed by Presi- dent Harrison. At the close of his term he returned to his home in Bristol, and shortly after resumed rubber manufacturing in Providence. He is an ex- president of the New England Rubber Club of Boston, now the Rubber Association of .\merica, a very large and influential association of which he is at present a director. To this association there has been entrusted. -6 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND since the beginning of the present war by the Govern- ment of the United States and Great Britain, the dis- tribution of all the rubber imported into the United States, as it was the only available, competent organ- ized body in the country. The duty of the association has been to so supervise and oversee distribution of rubber among the different manufacturers as to make certain that no rubber can be used either directly or in- directly in a way that would benclit the enemy. The value iif the rubber so distributed in 191 7 amounted to ovrr two hundrctl and thirty-six millions of dol- lars. He is a member of the University Club of Provi- dence, and of numerous other societies and clubs; mem- ber of Brown Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; What Cheer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Providence Chap- ter, Royal .\rch Masons ; and Calvary Commandery, Knights Templar. Governor Bourn married, Feb. 26. 1863, Elizabeth Robarts Morrill, daughter of David C. and Mary Mans- field (Wentworth) Morrill, of Epping, N. H. Her VVentworth and Morrill ancestry traced to the earliest New England days, both being prominent in Slate and National affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Bourn were the parents of three sons and two daughters : Augustus Osborn (2), Imrn May 5, 1865, a graduate of Brown Univer- sity, .-V. B,, Harvard Law School, and Columbia Uni- versity, Washington, D. C, LL. B. ; Stephen Went- worth, born ,\pril 5, 1877, a graduate of Brown LTniver- sity ; Elizabeth R. ; George Osborn. a twin brother of Elizabeth R., who died in Bristol, Feb., 1887; and Alice M. W. Mrs. Governor Bourn died at the family residence in IVistol, R. T., Jan. 28, 1015. REV. DANIEL LEACH, D, D., son of Apollos and Chloe Leach, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., June 6, 1806. His early education was such as the schools of that time afforded. In these he was stud- ious, and laid a solid foundation for tlie higher depart- ments of learning to which he subsequently devoted himself. Possessin,g an active, self-reliant spirit, he, at the age of sixteen years, left the quiet of his native town to engage in mercantile pursuits in Boston. After becoming familiar with the rules and customs of trade, his mind, seriously impressed with the great truths of Divine revelation, inclined to the Christian ministry, and the more suitably to prepare himself for his duties he entered Brown LIniversity in 1825, and was grad- uated in 1830, his term having been extended one year on account of ill health. While in college he became greatly proficient in mathematics. His knowledge of the ancient languages also was marked. The study of Hebrew, for which he had a special fondness, he con- tinued to pursue after leaving the L'niversity, and made himself a thorough master of the nice shades of mean- ing to be drawn from the original tongue I'f the Psalter. He studied divinity at .^.ndover, Mass.achu- setts, two years, and one year with Bishop Griswold, by whom he was ordained an Episcopal clergyman in 1S33. He settled in Quincy, Massachusetts, and re- mained live years, when he retired from the rector- ship and accepted the position of principal of the Clas- sical Schoiil in Roxliury. Massachusetts, in which he continued four years, and then I'pened a private school, which lie taught six years with eminent success. His interest in the cause of popular education led to an engagement as an agent of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, an associate of Dr. Barnas Sears. In the discharge of the duties of this office he ex- amined the condition of the school houses ( more than one thousand in number) and the schools throughout the State, noting their defects, besides devoting much time to advising with school committees on points which conduce to the highest prosperity of the schools. In 1853, in a report to the board, he presented an improved system of ventilation for school houses, devised by himself, which was soon introduced where needed, to the increased comfort and health of pupils. This sys- tem has also been introduced into school houses and other buildings in Providence, with entire satisfaction. In 1855 Dr. Leach was called to succeed Professor Samuel S. Greene as superintendent of the public schools of Providence, Rhode Island, the duties of which office he discharged for more than thirty years. His previously large and varied experience, no less than his thorough knowledge of the philosophy of edu- cation, eminently qualified him for this position, and under his energetic and judicious management, the public schools of Providence gained distinction in some of the best methods of teaching. The quarterly and annual reports of Dr. Leach bear the impress of a dis- cerning and discriminating mind, and have been eagerly sought by educators both in this country and Europe. In 1866 Rev. Dr. Frazer, a commissioner ap[iointed by the British Government to inspect the schools of the United States, visited Providence, and in his report to Parliament spoke of the public schools of that city as among those he deemed worthy of special commenda- tion, and particularly the remarkable accuracy of the pupils in spelling. In 1873 Dr. Leach prepared a series of directions to teachers of the primary and inter- mediate schools, embracing the best methods of teach- ing the alphabet, spelling, reading, geography, arith- metic, general exercises, and object lessons, together with judicious counsels in the administration of dis- cipline. The methods thus indicated have contributed much ti> the advancement of schools and have been adopted in many places other than Providence. The educational views of Dr. Leach are comprehensively expressed in the following extract from an address delivered by him at the dedication of the Providence High School in 1878; The tlrst as well as the hii;hest aim of education should be to develop in harmony and to strengthen all the powers and faculties both of mind and body, b.v judicious trainins, beginning with the simplest ele- ments of thought, to lead the pupil on. step by step, to think clearf\-. to reason correctly, and to classify all the materials of kiiowleds^e according to tlieir true relations. The niemor.v sliould he the repository only of important and well-attested facts, systematically arranged, and not buniened with useless details and words witliout meaning. An education that is chiefly ornamental and showy, instead of thorough and exact, creating and fostering a distaste for labor, and fitting one especially for a life of leisure ratlier than for its active work, and responsible duties, fails of one of its noblest purposes. But all true culture, to be valuable, must have a moral as well as an intellectual basis, ever insydring noble aims and aspirations for a pure and elevated character. It then adorns and ennobles every condition of life, the humblest as well as the highest. The education we have thus designated is now demanded by the spirit of the age. as an essential and vital element in all human progress. BIOGRAPHICAL In 1870 Dr. Leach was elected a member of the Rhode Island Roard of Education, which oflficc he held \mtil the time of his death. He was for more tlian twenty years a vice-president and director of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction. In 1875 Brown University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. and in 1877 he was elected a trustee of the University for life. Besides the numerous reports before referred to, he has published an .Arithmetic, a Complete Speller, and a Manual of Geography. The rules and definitions of the former were based upon the decision of the highest mathematical authority. All of these publica- tions have been in extensive use. Dr. Leach married, in May, 1834, Mary H. Lawton, daughter of Captain Robert and Penelope (Brown) Lawton, of Newport, R. I., three children being the issue of the marriage, two of whom are now living, Henry B., and Mary C, wife of C. \V. VVilco.x, M. D., of Providence. Mrs. Leach died July 2, 1879, aged seventy-four years. Arms — Ermine on a chief indented gules three ducal coronets or. Crest — A hand couped at the wrist, grasping a snake. ARTHUR WHITMAN CLAFLIN— In 1842 the name Claflin first became known in Providence. Rhode Island, in connection with the drug business. In that year George Lyman Claflin came to the city, a young man of twenty, and entered the employ of the drug firm John H. Mason & Company, whose store was on Weybossct street nearly opposite the old City Hotel. In 1869 another Claflin entered the same business, Arthur Whitman, and in 1873 the firm of Geo. L. Claflin & Company was organized. In 1884 Arthur W. Claflin became a partner in that firm, and for two years father and son were thus closely allied. Then the elder Claflin yielded to the inexorable demand that comes to every man, the son continuing and being now the hon- ored president of the Geo. L. Claflin Company, whole- sale and retail druggists, incorporated in 1903. Thus for seventy-five years, Claflins, father and son, have been intimately connected with drug activity in Provi- dence, this review being devoted to their lives and work. George Lyman Claflin. of the sixth .\merican gener- ation of the family founded in Wenham, Massachusetts, in l6(n, by Robert MacClaflin, son of Lyman and Re- becca Gay (Starkweather) Claflin. was born at Paw- tucket, R. I. (then in Massachusetts), Dec. 22, 1822, and died in Providence, April 4, 1886. He was educated in public and private schools, completing his studies at the Academy in Pawtucket taught by Frederick Vinton. In 1842 he came to Providence and became a drug clerk in the John H. Mason & Company store, continuing with their successors, Earl P. Mason & Company, with whom he remained many years, becoming a partner, the firm re-organizing later as Snow, Claflin & Company. This arrangement continued until 1873, when Mr. Claflin bought the stock, fixtures and good will of the Store on South Main street, conducted by J. Balch & Sons, and continued the business under the firm name, Geo. L. Claflin & Company. He was senior member of that firm for thirteen years, building up a very large business in drugs, both wholesale and retail. His connection with Providence business interests was not confined to drugs, but he was widely interested, and as the years passed he rose to influential position. He was one of the organizers of the Northern Bank in 1856. became a member of the first board of directors, and ever held that place in the bank's management. He was also a director of the Coventry National Rank; the Coventry Savings Bank (Anthony, Rhode Island) ; Jackson Institution for Savings; of the Second National Bank ; Roger Williams Insurance Company ; and the Union Mutual Insurance Company. He considered it a patriotic duty to answer every demand upon him, and in that public spirit consented to bold office, although he had no liking for public life. In 1870 he was elected councilman from the First Ward, served three separate terms in that body, then in 1874 ^^'-'s elected rei)resen- tative to the State Legislature, and in both positions served with ability and fidelity. Church affairs always attracted him, and he labored zealously for the ad- vancement of the Congregational church which he joined in 1843, soon after coming to Providence, the congregation worshiping then in Westminster Hall, Rev. Thomas T. Waterman acting as pastor. When the Central Congregational Church was organized, Mr. Claflin at once identified himself with all its interests and became responsible for a large addition to the building fund. He became superintendent of the pri- mary Sunday school, December 4, 1859, and for over twenty-five years held that position, one which only a man of tact, resource and love for the work could suc- cessfully continue, as he did, for such a period. Mr. Claflin married, Sept. 3, 1850, Louisa Sisson Whit- man, born in 1828, died Oct. 19, 1892, daughter of Christopher A. Whitman, a manufacturer, bank presi- dent, and State Senator of Coventry, Rhode Island. In 1864-65 the Claflin mansion, at the corner of Halsey and Pratt streets, was erected by Mr. Claflin's orders, and there he resided the remainder of his life, no man taking a greater pride nor a deeper pleasure in his family and home. Mr. and Mrs. Claflin were the parents of four children: Arthur Whitman, of fur- ther mention; George Lyman, died young; William Lyman, born June 18, 1862, died Jan. 24, 1903; George Edwin, born April 4, 1866, married, April 18, 1894, Susan Emily Talbot, of Providence. Arthur Whitman Claflin was born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 10, 1852, and there was educated in the pub- lic schools and at Mowry & GofF's English and Classi- cal High School, completing his courses with gradu- ation, class of 1869. His father was then a member of the drug firm, Snow, Claflin & Company, located on Canal street, and for three and a half years Arthur W. was connected with this firm, learning the drug business. In 1873 the Geo. L. Claflin & Company firm was organ- ized on the J. Balch & Sons drug business site on South Main street, Nos. 62-72, the business of the new firm being conducted with both wholesale and retail depart- ments. L'ntil 1884 .Arthur W. Claflin served the firm as an employee, being his father's assistant, but that year he was admitted a partner. In 1886 he succeeded his father as senior member, and on January 1, 1903, became executive head of the new incorporated Geo. L. Claflin Company, one of the leading wholesale and retail drug houses of New England. Mr. Claflin con- tinues as president and treasurer of tlie corporation, -s HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND the business yet being located at Nos. 6J-72 South Wain street. He confines his activity largely to his own company, although he has had official banking connec- tions in the past, and is now a director of the People's Savings Bank. He is a member of Central Congrega- tional Church lit Providence, and in politics a Repub- lican. Mr. CliiHin married, March 15, 1881, Mary .-Mice Hi'w- ard, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Albert C How- ard, of East Providence, a descendant of Thomas How- ard, born in 1643, of Entleld and Lynn, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Clatiin are the parents of two children : Louisa Howard, born March 7,1882; Albert Whitman, born Jan. 31, 1885; married, Feb. 23. 1018, Harriet A. Fuller, daughter of R. Clinton Fuller, of Providence, and is now a member of the Geo. L. Claflin Company, and assistant treasurer. THOMAS HENRY HANDY, treasurer of the Contre.xc\ ille ^Llnufacturi^g Company of Manville, and one of the most prominent men in the community, is a member of an old family which has for many years held a distinguished place in the affairs of this region. The naiTie was originally spelled in several different ways and we find Handy. Hendy and Hendee in the early records of New England. The early history of the family is somewhat obscure, but we have a record of one Samuel Handy, age twenty-five years, a passenger in the month of July, 1625, in the ship "Assurance de Zo" sailing from England for Virginia. In 1730 again Hannibal. Isaac, John, Zacheus, Ivichard and Ciirnelius Handy were heads of families in Sandwich, Massachu- setts, and through various portions of Bristol county lying adjacent to Rhode Island, and in a number of towns in the latter State the family has been repre- sented for generations. The records are, however, fragmentary, especially in connection with the Rhode Island branches. The immediate ancestor of that branch of the family with which we are concerned was Stephen Handy, who spent his early days in tliat part of Gloucester, Rhode Island, which is now Burrillville, where he followed the trade of shoemaker, taught in the local school, and also operated a small farm at Herring Pond, where he built his house. It is illustrative of the primitive times in which he lived that Stephen Handy himself forged the nails with which he built his house. He was in many ways a remarkable genius, possessing that extraordi- nary ability to handle difficult practical conditions which is so marked a cliaracteristic of the Yankee character. He removed in the early thirties with his family to what is now the village of Manville, where he spent the remainder of liis life. Stephen Handy married Deborah Ballou, a native of Gloucester, now Burrill- ville, and they were tlie parents of the following chil- dren: Sarah, born April 6, 1814, became the wife of James Andrews; Celinda E., born July 22, 1822; Esther \V., born June 10, 1823, became the wife of Thomas W. Lawton; .\niey Ann, born March 5, 1825: George D., born Dec. 29, 1828, married Mary Corey; Russell, mentioned below: and John, born June 12, 1834, married Mary Kno-x, and resided at Whitinsville, Mass., where he died. Russell Handy was born Feb. 25, 1830, at Burrill- ville, R. I., but was still a child when his parents located at Manville. His educational advantages were decidedly meagre, and he was still very young when he started work in the mills at Manville, where he began at the bottom round of the ladder. He was exceedingly bright and capable, however, and was rapidly promoted until he became superintendent and subsequently a share- holder in the Manville mills. During his superintend- ency he made many improvements, including the build- ing of the large mills of the Manville company and en- larging the dam. He was a man of great enterprise anil capability, and while still superintendent of the Manville mills established a manufacturing business of his own at Kinderhook, New York, the conduct of which he placed in the hands of his sons, who were very capable young men. The mill at Kinderhook, how- ever, was destroyed by fire, whereupon Mr. Handy withdrew from the Manville mills, and in association with his son started the manufacturing business at what is now Contrexeville. He purchased a large tract of land in 1887, known as the Lapham place, upon which he erected a mill, much of the machinery of which was of his own invention, but his death occurred Nov. 22, 1887, only a few months after the mill began active operations. Russell Handy was a man of unusual ability who, with very scanty opportunities, by his own efforts, reached a place of great prominence in the community and was known generally as one of its most successful men. He was a member of the Emanuel Episcopal Church at Manville and for many years was a vestryman thereof, contributing liberally to the sup- port of the parish and its charitable work. He married, Dec. 24, 1857, at Fishkill, Dutchess county, N. Y., Eu- phemia Ketcham, a native of New York City, and a daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia (Rogers) Ketcham, both of whom are natives of Harrison, New York. Russell Handy and his wife were the parents of the following children : Edwin Rogers, a sketch of whom follows in this work; Thomas Henry, mentioned below; Russell, Jr., who died at the age of twelve years; and Ruth Louise, who died when four years old. Thomas Henry Handy was born March 12, 1863, at Manville, R. I., and was educated at the Mowry & Goff English and Classical School. Upon completing his education, he engaged in business with his father and elder brother and became treasurer and secretary of the Contre.xeville Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in 1887 with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. The company manufactures cotton, jute and Ha.x plushes and velveteens by a process of which it holds the patent, and it was for a number of years the only concern engaged in this line in the coun- try. At the time that Mr. Handy became associated with it the mill consisted of a large brick building two stories in height and which was then equipped with the best devices known in this line of industry. The death of the elder Mr. Handy was followed by that of the elder son, Edwin Rogers Handy, since which time the subject of this sketch has been associated with Russell H. Handy, son of the late Edwin R. Handy, now serving as president of the company. The great business has during this period doubled its former proportions under their most capable management and many improvements have been added. The plant is situated about one mile fc%c-^^^^ '^^ -^.1^^^^ \ ^' L- BIOGRAPHICAL 79 from the Manville Railroad station, in a very attractive locality, and employment is given to above two hundred hands there. Mr. Handy himself is greatly interested in agricultural pursuits and spends much of his leisure time engaged in this way. He makes his home on a very handsome two hundred acre farm, which he keeps in a high state of cultivation and improvement, and from his house one can overlook the mills of the Con- tre.xeville Manufacturing Company, in his religious belief Mr. Handy is an Episcopalian and attends the church of that denomination at Manville. He is a strong Republican in politics, but the demands upon his time and energies are so onerous that he can give but little attention to this aspect of the community's life. He is, nevertheless, rightfully regarded as one of the great benefactors of Manville and the surrounding country, and has played an important part in the ma- terial development of the region. Thomas Henry Handy married, Nov. 3, 1889, Susan Ellen Waterman, of Cumberland Hill, a daughter of William W. and Abby Green (Sayles) Waterman, old residents of that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Handy the following children have been born : Thomas Henry, Jr., who attended the public schools, and took a course at the Fall River Textile Institute of Fall River, Mass.; Abhie Waterman, educated in the public schools, and is now taking a course at Russell Sage College for Do- mestic Science; Susan VVescott, educated at the public schools, and now a pupil at Wellesley College ; William R., who attended the local public schools, and was a pupil at the Massacluisetts School of Technology, in Boston. He died Nov. i, 1918. EDWIN R. HANDY, president of the Contrexe- ville Manufacturing Company, of Manville, from 1887 to 1904, figured prominently in manufacturing circles in the State throughout that period, and at the time of his death bade fair to become a leader in the textile manufacturing industry. He was born in Wilkins Falls, N. Y.. October 2, 1858, the son of Russell and Euphemia (Ketcham) Handy, and a descendant of Samuel Handy, founder of th9 family in New England. He was educated in the public schools of Manville, and later attended the Mowry & Goff English and Classical School of Providence. On completing his studies he at once identified himself with the manufacturing business of his father. After a comprehensive study of all phases of the business he assumed charge of the plant at Kinderhook, New York. Mr. Handy remained at the head of the plant at Kinderhook until its destruc- tion by fire. In 1887 Russell Handy purchased a large tract of land at Manville, Rhode Island, known as the Lapham place, and here erected a mill, installing in it machinery of the most modern and efficient type, in the invention of which he and his sons had collaborated. His death in 1887, a few months after the mill had been put into operation, threw the arduous task of lay- ing the foundations of a new business on the shoulders of his sons. Edwin R. Handy, at the time assistant superintendent of the Contrexeville Manufacturing Company, under which name the business had been in- corporated in 1887, succeeded to the office of presi- dent. Under his able direction the business was devel- oped raoidly, and soon took a leading place among similar enterprises in the State. Edwin R. Handy was an able executive and organizer; a man of shrewd judg- ment and keen foresight ; he was thoroughly familiar with every phase of the industry in which he engaged, and an expert in his line. He was widely known and eminently respected in business circles. He married Eliza C. Howard, and they were the par- ents of four children: Ruth Louise; Russell How- ard, who succeeded his father as president of the Con- trexeville Manufacturing Company, married Caroline B. V'ose ; Edwin Rogers; John Ketcham. Edwin R. Handy died in Manville, R. I., May i. igo.}. EDWARD EVERET ARNOLD— Tracing through more than a score of generations from Vnir, an ancient Prince of Wales, and of the eighth generation of the family founded in New England by William .\rnold, in 1635, Edward Everet .Arnold, of Providence, Rhode Island, brings to his activities the best traits of an ancestry seated in Rhode Island since 1636, when Wil- liam .Arnold became an associate of Roger Williams. The stay in Massachusetts was very short, as one year after being made a freeman of Hingham he joined with Roger Williams and others in the purchase of land in Rhode Island, acquiring large tracts in Providence, Pawtucket and Warwick. He was one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence, and in 1640 was one of the signers to the form of government. In Provi- dence he became influential in business and public life, the last record of him being under date of March 9, 1658. He married Christian Peake, the line of descent being through their youngest son, Stephen. Stephen Arnold was born in England, Dec. 22, 1622, and he was brought to New England by his par- ents in 1635. He removed from Providence to Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, and there acquired a large estate. He was prominent in public life, deputy-governor in 1664, and assistant in i6<55. He married Sarah Smith, and was succeeded by his son, Stephen (2) Arnold, born Nov. 27, 1654, inherited an estate from his father, and was one of the leading men of his day, a deputy in 1704-1706-1719. He married Mary Sheldon, the line to Edward E. Arnold being traced through their son, Philip Arnold, born at Providence, R. I., Feb. 12, 1693, who settled at Warwick, R. L, where his son, Thomas .-Arnold, was born June 22, 1730. He married Hannah , and had a son, Nathaniel Arnold, who married Eleanor Rice. Their son, Na- thaniel (2) Arnold, was born at Coventry, in 1808, and died Jan. 4, 1872. He was a substantial farmer all his active years, owning a fine estate adjoin- ing the Rice farm. He served the church faithfully all his life, and was held in high regard by all who knew him. He married Lydia Vaughn, and they were the parents of three daughters : Mary, Eunice, Harriet ; and three sons, George H., Henry Nathaniel, and Ed- ward Everet. Edward Everet Arnold, youngest child of Nathaniel (2) and Lydia (\'aughn^ Arnold, was born at Cov- entry, R. I., Dec. 17, 1853. his birthplace the homestead farm. The homestead farm was a part of the land purchased by twelve men from Miantonomi, chief sachem of the Narragansetts, Jaimary 12, 1642. After public school courses were completed, he attended East 8o HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Greenwich Academy, finishing his studies with a course at Elastnian's Business College. Pcaighkeepsie, New York. He entered business life in Providence, May il, 1874. his first position being with Mason, Chapin & Com- pany, wholesale drugs and chemicals. From a clerk- ship in 1874, he rose to a partnership in 1883, and later, as the elder partners retired, a complete re-organization was affected, the new style and title of the firm. Arnold, Peck & Company. In later years Mr. Arnuld formed a partnership with William H. Hoffman, drugs and chem- icals, the business at first, Arnold, Hoffman Company, a firm, now and since January 2. 1000, Arnold, Hoff- man & C>-impany, Incorporated, Edward E. Arnold, president. His business life has been one of marked success, his connection with wholesale drugs and chem- icals covering the entire period now nearing the half- century mark. But his association with Arnold, Hofli- man & Company is but one of his many important bus- iness interests. He is president of the Mathieson Alkali Works, which he founded in 1892, at Saltville, \'irginia; president of the Castner Electolytic Alkali Company of Niagara Falls, New- York; president of the Nitrogen Products Company : president of the Oneonta Light & Power Company; president cf the Pawtucket Valley Water Company; director of the Ponemah ^lills. Notwithstanding his heavy business responsibilities, Mr. Arnold reserved a share of his time for the ful- fillment of his obligations as a citizen, and gives freely of his time, ability and means to the public good. He served for three years as a member of the Rhode Island Senate, and in public spirit and interest never falters. He is fond of country life, is an earnest advo- cate of the cause of good roads, and spends his sum- mers at the homestead owned by his grandfather, Na- thaniel (l) Arnold, at Coventry, which he also owns. No good cause appeals to him in vain, and his life must be deemed a worthy and successful one, from whatever angle viewed. He is a member of Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Alasonic order, also is a member of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Hope Club, and the Squantum Association of Providence. He has won his way in the world, and his life is an example of right living and w-ell-directed effort worthy of emu- lation. Mr. Arnold married, Jan. 3, 1SS9, Mittie Hodges, of Peoria, 111., and they are the parents of three daugh- ters and three sons: Mittie, Edward Nathaniel, died aged two years ; Dorothy, Edwin Hodges, Henry Na- thaniel, and Elizabeth. JOHN FRANCIS McCUSKER, M. D., son of Thomas and Honor (Keough) McCusker, was born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 19, 1865. He completed public school education with graduation from high school in 1883, going thence to Manhattan College, New York City, taking the scientific course, and receiving his degree, B. S., class of 1886, honor man and prize mathe- matician. Later, in 1892, he received the degree M. S. He studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and was graduated M. D., class of 1889. He entered Rhode Island Hospital in Providence as officer in 1S89; w'as made assistant sur- geon of the ^ut-patient department in 1891, and later becan'e connected uith the ophthalmokigical depart- ment. He was visiting surgeon to St. Joseph's Hospital and secretary to the staff, 1892-95; assistant surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, New York, 1895; house surgeon to the Massachusetts Char- itable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1897, tiow a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear. nose and throat, his offices. No. 382 Broad street. Providence. He is a member of the Providence Medical Association. Dr. McCusker married Florence M. Rafter, of Dama- riscotta. Me., Sept. 21, 1908, and they are the parents of a daughter. Honor. NELSON W. ALDRICH— The late Senator Nel- son W. Aldrich was one of the most conspicuous figures in the public life of recent years. Beyond that simple statement of fact, a biography of his life needs no fur- ther introduction. He was a man of National reputa- tion, and his work as a conscientious and able legislator in the L'nited States Senate is now a matter of history. Nelson W'ilmarth Aldrich was a native of the State of Rhode Island, born in the town of Foster, Nov. 6, 1841, the son of Anan F. and .\bby (Burgess) Aldrich. He was a member of the famous old Aldrich family of Rhode Island, and a lineal descendant of several of the early founders of the Colony. The family has been prominent in the history of the Colony since its found- ing, and its original land holdings extended to the boundary line between Rhode Island and Connecticut. Nelson W. Aldrich received his early education in the town of Killingly, Connecticut, where he attended the elementary schools. He later studied at the Providence Seminary and at the Academy at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. At the age of sixteen years he discon- tinued his studies in the latter institution and went to Providence, where he entered the employ of the firm of Waldron & Wightman, wholesale grocers, in the capacity of bookkeeper. He remained in this position for eight years, and at the end of this time became a partner in the business, the name of the firm becoming Waldron, Wightman & Company. Mr. Aldrich made his entrance into the world of poli- tics and public affairs in the late sixties, in that turbulent period of reconstruction following the Civil War. From the very beginning of his public career he was a firm and staunch believer in the principles and doctrines of the Republican party. He was a man of signal ability, and devoted mucli energy to work in the interests of the people of Providence He became a member of the Common Council of Providence in 1869, and for six years remained in that office, rendering especially con- spicuous services to the city during the years 1871-72-73. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Rhode Island Legislature, and in that year became Speaker of the House. Three years later he was elected to represent his district in the Luiited States Congress, and was reelected in 1880, serving four years. During his terms in the House of Repre- sentatives he was influential in bringing about much- needed and beneficial legislation, with the coopera- tion of the other delegates from Rhode Island. Dur- ing his second term in the Lower House of Congress, the death of Ambrose E. Burnside, Senator from Rhode Island, left a vacancy in the L'nited States Senate, and on October 5, 1881, Mr. Aldrich was r^f.-^'n fm\ii /fisf^ri V ^r^^/-!.-/*i/.:.r-i .v.«-, ,v-K ?-<^/'-dij v.-fcUL / BIOGRAPHICAL 8i elected to fill tlie unexpired term, which liad five years to run. In 1886 he was reelected, and served in every Congress thereafter until 191 1, when at the end of thirty years' service he refused a renomination and retired from active participation in politics and public life. While Senator Aldrich was not noted as an elo- quent speaker, he was conspicuous for his sound judgment, application and shrewdness, and he at once took rank in the Forty-seventh Congress among his contemporaries, including such recognized leaders as Allison, Ingalls. Sherman, Dawes, Hoar and Ed- munds, The brilliant Conkling and the politic Blaine had retired from the Senate to enter other fields of strife. Senator Aldrich came to the Senate after an experience in the Lower House, and during the first session voted for the establishment of a tariff com- mission for which he had persistently cast his votes as a member of the House of Representatives. This experience in public life was supplemented l\v an active business career and an instinct of watchful- ness, and his acquirements soon placed him in the foremost ranks among the originators and moulders of legislation and public opinion. He was chairman of the committee on finance, on which he served during his entire term of Senatorial service. Because of his industrious study of the problems placed before him, he became thoroughly familiar with all of the intri- cate questions of finance and tariff, and when he had occasion to present his views the Senators accorded him an attentive hearing. In the Fifty-first Congress he ofTered an amendment to the McKinley Tariff Measure, involving the reciprocity features originated hy Secretary of State Blaine, and strongly advised their acceptance. By force of his arguments and in- fluence the amendment was passed and became a part of the bill. In his subsequent career in the Senate, Mr. Aldrich was prominent in the discussions of the great financial questions, and he was the father, the originator and the organizer of the present financial system of the Nation. He visited Europe as the chairman of a commission appointed by Congress to study the financial systems then in use abroad, and after many years of study brought forward the pres- ent national banking law, substantially in the form adopted by the administration succeeding that from which he retired. Senator Aldrich was conspicuous as an untiring advocate of monometallism. The measures with which Senator Aldrich's name is most conspicuously associated are known as the Payne- Aldrich Tariff Law and the Vreeland-Aldrich Emer- gency Currency Act of 1908. As chairman of the monetary commission he achieved fame, but he was always busy with every legislative programme which affected the tariff or the national finances. Senator Aldrich was the owner of the finest and most comprehensive library on economics in the entire country. The collection of books dealing with economics covers the following range ot subjects: Economic theory, economic history and conditions, commerce and trade, shipping and subsidies, commer- cial treaties and reciprocity, tariff policy, tariff ad- ministration, industries, capital and labor, prices and wages, the cost of living, trusts and monopolies, transportation, money, general works, banking, coin- age, exchange, money and banking, public finance, taxation, social science, statistics, etc. The entire library falls into three main divisions, the first com- prising books on travel, history and art, fine literary works, standard authors, etc.; the second, the eco- nomic collection, above mentioned; the third, books and papers, and various material relating to the his- tory of Rhode Island, past and present. In private life, Senator Aldrich was conspicuously identified with the largest business and financial interests of his native State. Senator Aldrich died in New York, April 16, 1915, and was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R. I. Senator .Mdrich married, Oct. 8, 1866, Abby Pearce Truman Chapman, a daughter of Francis Morgan and Lucy Ann (Truman) Chapman, and a member of one of the oldest families of Rhode Island. Their children were: i. Lucy T., of Warwick, R. I. 2. Edward B., resides at Warwick; married Lora E. Lawson, of Troy. N. H. 3. Abby Greene, who be- came the wife of John D. Rockefellow, Jr. 4. Stew- art M., married Martha L. Clackwell. of St. Louis. S. William Truman, married Dorothea Davenport, of Boston. 6. Richard S. 7. Winthrop, married W. Harriet .'Mexander. 8. Elsie, wife of Stephen Mau- rice Edgell. CLARENCE ALVERN ALDRICH, one of the most prominent and brilliant attorneys of his day in the State of Rhode Island, and a figure of State- wide prominence in the ranks of the Democratic party, whose death occurred Feb. i, 1916, was a lineal descendant of the progenitor, George Aldrich. Clarence .Mvern .Mdrich was born in the town of East Killingly. Connecticut, August 9, 1852, the son of Anan F. and Abby (Burgess) Aldrich. Maternally, Mr. .Aldrich was descended from one of the oldest and most honorable families of Rhode Island, the Burgess family. Anan F. .Aldrich. father of Clarence .Alvern Aldrich, was a member of the Aldrich family of Foster, Rhode Island, and resided there during the early part of his life. He removed to the town of East Killingly, Connecticut, and it was there that his son was born. Clarence Alvern .-Mdrich received his early educa- tion in the town of Killingly, where he attended the grammar school, later going to Danielson, Connecti- cut, to attend the high school there. .After being graduated from the Danielson High School he entered Lapham Institute, at North Scituate, Rhode Island, with the intention of pursuing a course pre- paratory to entering Brown University. However, on the completion of his course at that institution in 1871, he spent a period of four years in teaching. During this time he taught in the district schools of the western part of Rhode Island, and the east of Connecticut, at Chepachet in the former State, and East Killingly in the latter. It was during this period that he finally decided on the profession of the law as his life work, and took the first steps toward R r- 6 82 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND that end. His decision taken, he crime to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1875, and entered the law office of the prominent attorneys, Benjamin X. and Simon Lapham, leaders in the legal profession in Provi- dence, under whuse preceptorship some of the most able lawyers in Providence in the past few decades received their initial training in the law. Mr. Aldrich was a man of great strength of mind and firm convictions, and allowed nothing to swerve him from a decision justly and thoughtfully taken. He was possessed of a mind keenly analytic, indi- vidual, and original, and supported with great ability and persistence the principles which he espoused. He was very distinctly the master of his own des- tiny, his own career, and clung to the course which he had mapped out for himself in early life despite the pressure and force brought to bear on him by the fact that his brother was in a position in the work of affairs t'l aid him materially to a place of prominence in tlie public eye. The elder man, the late Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, was then a man of higlily-respected judgment, mature, influential, and highly-honored in Providence, and eminently in a way to aid Mr. Aldrich onward on the ladder of success. His aid would undoubtedly have been along the lines of his own convicti<.ns, precluding the possi- bility of originality or expression for the younger man, and in the end would have beyond reasonable doubt have stifled the originality which was one of the principal characteristics of Clarence Alvern Aid- rich. His authority, however lightly-imposed, would have liad a disastrous efi^cct. Mr. Aldrich evinced an independence which later brought his path in life in direct opposition to that of his brother, and wrought for himself a career eminently of his own making. After a period spent in the office of the Laphams, Mr. Aldrich successfully passed his bar examinations and was admitted to the bar of Rhode Island in 1879, and immediately thereafter began the practice of his jiriifcssion. He achieved a high degree of success from the very beginning, and gradually assumed a position of authority and prominence in the legal profession in Providence. He practised independ- ently during his entire career, never forming a part- nership. Mr. Aldrich was recognized as one of the most able lawyers of his time in the city, and handled some of the most important litigation of Providence and the larger cities throughout the entire State. He was known lor a man of the strictest integrity, unas- sailably honest, a strict adherent to the ethics of his profession, and a careful guardian of the rights of his clients. However, although his work in the field of the law Iirought him a State-wide reputation, he was nevertheless brought more prominently into the pub- lic e>c through his political connections. During his entire lifetime he was a staunch and ardent supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He was thus, in the matter of politics, opposed to his brother, who was one of the most prominent men in the ranks of the Republican party in the State of Rhode Island. His choice of sides against his bri.ither m the field of politics, when it would have been natural that he fol- low the lead of the man who was already firmly established on the ladder of success, and wdiose very prominence offered advancement, are indications of the courage and independence of the younger man. Having once formed for himself convictions of a deci- sive nature, Mr. Aldrich clung to them throughout his life, despite the fact that the party to which he gave his allegiance was decidedly in the minority in the State of Rhode Island. He joined the ranks of the Democratic party comparatively early, and soon became known locally as an energetic worker and as a leader of more than ordinary ability. Mr. Aid- rich during his career worked with some of the most prominent and influential men of the Demo- cratic party of the time. Some of these men became his friends for life, and through them he formed some of the most delightful of his associations. Among these men was the late Ziba O. Slocum, with whom Mr. Aldrich first became associated through his legal practice. The offices of the two opened into one another for years. In 1887 Mr. Slocum was the can- didate for the oft'ice of attorney-general of Rhode Island, and at the same time Mr. Aldrich ws running for election to the State Legislature. Both were successful, and shortly after his election the attorney- genefal, who under the old regime could appoint but one assistant, gave the appointment to Mr. Aldrich, who then became assistant attorney-general of the State. His services in this office were generally recognized to be of the highest order. Mr. Slocum continued to be the Democratic candidate for this office for several years thereafter, and on each occasion of his reelec- tion, reappointed Mr. Aldrich as assistant. In 1893, Mr. Aldrich himself became the candidate for offica but although he polled the strongest vote of any can- didate, he was not elected, because of the existing law which made a majority vote necessary for elec- tion. The election was thrown into the Legislature, which was at the time Republican. His opponent was elected in spite of Mr. Aldrich's plurality of more than one thousand over any of the candidates. In 1894 he was again persuaded to become a candidate, but was defeated in the election in an overwhelmingly strong Republican year. During the period which fol- lowed, he devoted his entire time and attention to the absorbing work of his legal practice and to his efiforts in behalf of the Democratic party. In 1902 he again entered the field of active politics as a candidate for the General Assembly. He was elected to office, and during his term in the Legislature rendered valuable service in the interests of the district which had elected him. His popularity gradually gained, and in 1905. despite the hopelessness of the situation and the fact of the obvious strength of the Republican party during that year, he accepted the nomination for the mayoralty of the city of Providence. His opponent was Governor Elisha Dyer, beyond doubt the strr.ngest man the Repuldican party could have found, but despite his strength Mr. Aldrich ran less than sixteen hundred votes behind. At this time Mr. .-\Idrich retired from active par- ticipation in politics, though to the time of his death BIOGRAPHICAL 83 he worked ardently for the good of the party in Rhode Island. He was appointed to the Board of Bar Examiners, and in this capacity accomplished many needed reforms for the good of the city. He served in the post for many years. Mr. Aldrich pos- sessed the talent of working without cessation for any principle or cause which he espoused, of devoting himself purely for the love of work and accomplish- ment to a task which could not bring him personal preferment. He was thoroughly disinterested, and was appreciated as a man of unimpeachable integrity alike by his friends and political opponents. Mr. Aldrich was a well-known figure in the pro- fessional and official life of the community, but was equally well-known in its club and social circles. He was a member of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Providence, of which he was president for several years. He was very active in the work and interests of the club, and was almost always a speaker on the occasion of public banquets. He was also a mem- ber of the Pomham and Wannamoisett Country Clubs. Clarence ."Xlvern Aldrich married, January 25, 1887, Adeline M. Kennedy, daughter of Alexander and Bethana (Wood) Kennedy, residents of the town of Sterling, Conn. Mrs. Aldrich survives her husband, and is a resident of Providence. Mr. Aldrich died in Providence, February i, 1918. Nothing could better express the place which he held in the esteem of his fellow-citizens than the following excerpt from a biography of him written shortly after his death: For one who never occupied any higher office than he. he held an extraordinary place in the regard of his fellow citizens, and was certainly one of the most pop- ular men in the city at that time without regard to politics or party. He was a disinterested champion of the people, and without fear or favor worked in their interests and the absolute sincerity of his purpose could not fail to impress them. There was a certain direct and fearless element in the way that he went after any object that absolutely disarmed the suspi- cion as to his motives and caused even his bitterest political enemies to pay tributes to his essential hon- esty. Altogether he was a man of whom his city may be justly proud and whose virtues should long dwell in the civic memory. (The Kennedy Line). Arms — Granted February 1, 1618. Sable, an escallop or, between three helmets close argent, garnished of the second. Crest — A hand proper holding an acorn, between two oak leaves vert. The name of the original progenitor of this large family in America is unfortunately unknown. A Mr. Kennedy and his wife took passage on a ship from England, bound for the New World, in the latter part of the seventeenth century. During the voyage, a rough and stormy one, and while hearing the shores of New England Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to a son, Hugh. Hugh Kennedy is supposed to have lived most of his life in Connecticut, where his parents settled, not far from the village of Voluntown. He was a farmer. He married, and had a son Alexander. Alexander Kennedy, son of Hugh Kennedy, was born in Connecticut, near Voluntown, about 1725. He lived in Voluntown for some time, and married Mary Edmunds, of that place. Later he removed to Rhode Island and settled in what is now the town of Foster, where he purchased a tract of land of two or three hundred acres, a small parcel of which was in the State of Connecticut. This became the home of the Kennedys of Rhode Island, where Mr. Kennedy's twelve children were born. The homestead remained in the possession of the family until 1870, when it was sold. The children of Alexander and Mary (Edmunds) Kennedy: Alexander, Joseph, William, Joshua, Samuel, George, Hannah, Deborah, Cath- erine, Rachael, Polly, and Betsy. William went West early in life, and established a branch of the family in that part of the country, f)f which little is known. Joshua and Samuel lived in the eastern part of Con- necticut, had large families, and their descendants are still living. Hannah and Deborah married into the Montgomery family, of Connecticut, and Rachael died a young woman, unmarried. Catherine married Russell Wood, of Connecticut, whose descendants still live in that State. Polly married Thomas Blanch- ard, of Foster, R. I., leaving descendants in Provi- dence. Betsy married Christopher Place, of Foster, R. I., having seven sons. A granddaughter is living near there now. Captain George Kennedy, the youngest son of .\lexander and Mary (Edmunds) Kennedy, was born at the old homestead in Foster, R. I., in 1789. He worked on his father's farm for some time. He mar- ried Celinda, daughter of Thomas and Rosanna (Tyler) Parker, of Foster. He was greatly inter- ested in the militia, attaining the rank of captain. He died at Foster, July 25, 1868, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. His wife died December 8, , aged seventy-nine years, two months, twenty-five days. Their children: i. Alexander, mentioned below. 2. Thomas P., born in Jan., 1818, died a year later. 3. William E., bom Dec. 11, 1819, died Feb. 25, 1908. 4. Edgar M. 5. George W., born Jan. 21, 1824, died April 5, 1901. 6. Theodore P., born Sept. 10, 1825, died Sept. 3, 1913. 7. Lorenzo M., born June 27, 1827, died Aug. 13, 1896. 8. Eveline R., died Sept. 27, 1830, aged ten months, four days. Alexander Kennedy, eldest son of Captain George and Celinda (Parker) Kennedy, was born in Foster, R. T.. October 26, 1816. He was a farmer. He served in the Civil War. He died May 2, 1873. He married Bethana Wood, daughter of William and Hepsie (Nickerson) Wood. She died December II, iSgg. aged eighty years. She married Mr. Alexander Kennedy when twenty-two years old. They had eight children: I. Jerome, of Rhode Island. 2. Eveline, died Jan. 5, 1916. 3. Thomas O., died aged twenty- six years. 4. Jane O., died July 28, 1916. 5. Hepsie M., of Providence, married Gilbert Weaver, of Illinois. 6. .Adeline M., married C. A. Aldrich. 7. Emily J., of Providence. 8. George A., of Rhode Island. MICHAEL F. DOOLEY served as national bank examiner for Rhode Island and Connecticut, and as a vice-president of the Union Trust Company for a long term of years. In 1908 he became the chief executive of the National Exchange Bank of Provi- 84 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND dencf, an institution founded as a State bank in 1801. He is a son of Timothy and Mary (Birney) Dooley. Michael F. Do'dey was born in New Britain, Conn., December i, 1S53. In 1854 the family moved to i-Iartford, where he obtained his early education. He entered Fordham University in 1868, whence he was graduated, class of 1872, the ne.xt two years being spent at St. Supplice, Paris, France. In 1874 he returned to Hartford, where he served in a law office for a time, and shortly after was elected one of the assessors of the city of Hartford, and was chairman of the board for several years, 1880-87. In the latter year he was appointed a national bank examiner and was assigned to duty in the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island, continuing in that position and terri- tory until 1899. He then resigned his position to accept the vice-presidency of the Union Trust Com- pany of Providence, an office he filled until 1908, He was then elected president of the National Exchange Bank of Providence, an old and stable institution. He is still president of this bank. He is a member of the University and Turks Head clubs of Providence, and the Catholic Club of New York City. Mr. Dooley married, in June, 1888, Ellen M. Mc- Manus, of Hartford. Conn. The family home is No. 170 ."Kngell street, Providence. CHESTER WILLARD BARROWS— Prior to his elevation to the bench of the Superior Court of Rhode Island, in 1913, Judge Barrows had practised law in Providence, beginning with admission to the bar in 1898. He rapidly grew in public favor and rose to position among the best law>-ers of that State. Learned in the law, and skillful in its application to the cause in hand, he was unusually successful in his practice, the rewards of his profession coming in honors and material recompence. He brought to the bench a record of brilliant achievement at the bar, and during his five years* service upon the Superior Bench he has added to that record valuable service as a jurist. He is a son of William G. and Lydia S. (Willard) Barrows, of Woonsocket, and a descendant of John Barrows, who settled in Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1637, and founded a family distinguished in Colonial and State history. Chester Willard Barrows was born in Woonsocket, R. I., July 4, 1872, and there obtained his preparatory education. He entered Brown University, was grad- uated A. B., class of 1895, then in pursuance of a long- formed plan began the study of law at Harvard Law School. He was awarded his degree, LL. B., at grad- uation, class of 1898, was admitted to the Rhode Island bar the same year, and at once opened office in Providence. He practised privately for a time, devoting himself assiduously to the upbuilding of a clientele. The next year, 1899. he was appointed an instructor in law at Brown L'niversity, a post he ably filled for four years, when the demands of practice and the duties of his position as referee in bankruptcy compelled him to resign. He was appointed United States referee in bankruptcy in 1900, and held that office continuously until 1913, when he resigned to accept the higher post. From 1900 until 1913 he was a member of the law firm, Littlefield & Barrows, the firm ranking with the leaders of the Rhode Island bar. He withdrew from all connections with the firm when, on February 7, 1913. he was chosen a justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. While the law to Judge Barrows is a jealous mis- tress, and he devoted to her services, he has found the happy medium between service and slavery, and gives himself up to other interests, public and personal. Since 1907 he has served Edgewood Free Public Library as president; is a member of the American Bar .Association and interested in the proceedings and its work: Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Upsilon are his college fraternities, and in the Masonic order he is a master Mason of Harmony Lodge; a companion of Providence Chapter; a sir knight of Calvary Com- mandery: and in the .\ncient Accepted Scottish Rite he holds the thirty-second degree. In religion he is a Unitarian, in politics a Republican. He is president of the Economic Club. His preferred recreations are mountain climbing, walking, and occasionally tennis. Judge Barrows married, in Providence, June 21, 1899. Mary Etta Crossley, and they are the parents of three children: Doris, Willard C, and Lois Bar- rows. The family home is No. 1874 Broad street. Providence. HON. LUCIUS FAYETTE CLARK GARVIN. M. D. — Twice elected Governor of the State of Rhode Island, thirteen times elected to the General .Assembly as representative, and three times as State Senator, such is the record to date of Dr. Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin. .Although born in the State of Tennessee, he is of New England family, his father, a college professor, being in the South tem- porarily filling a chair in the East Tennessee Uni- versity. Dr. Garvin is a son of James and Sarah .Ann (Gunn) Garvin, his father born in Bethel, Vt., in 1809, a graduate of .Amherst College in 1831, died in Knox- ville, Tenn., June 25, 1846. His wife, Sarah Ann (Gunn) Garvin, born in Pittsfield. Mass., in 1812, was the daughter of a physician. She died June 27, 1890. Lucius F. C. Garvin was born in Knoxville, Tenn., November 13. 1841. his father, an educator of note, being then a professor in East Tennessee Llniversity. Soon after the death of her husband Mrs. Garvin came from Eastern Tennessee to Sunderland, Mass., remaining for a brief time, the journey then taking three weeks to accomplish by wagon, boat and train. Later Mrs. Garvin and her son, Lucius F. C, located in Greensboro, N. C, where he attended private school in Greensboro. He completed his college preparation at New Gordon, now Guilford College, near Greensboro, and in 1858, at the age of sixteen, entered .Amherst College. He was graduated in 1S62, a short time prior to attaining his twenty-first year, and during his last college year taught a winter school at Sunderland, Mass. .After graduation he taught a full school term at Ware, Mass. He served in 1862 and 1863 as a private in Company E, Fifty-first c^/iA^CyUlAj J,i/M/y/yiy^' BIOGRAPHICAL 85 Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, com- manded by Colonel A. B. R. Sprague, of Worcester, and saw service under General Foster, mainly in Eastern North Carolina, very near the locality in which he had formerly lived. After the war Dr. Garvin returned to Massachu- setts, and taught a select school at Leverett, and at the same time privately studied medicine. Early in the year 1864 he came to Pawtucket, as a student of medicine under Dr. Sylvanus Clapp, and from there entered Harvard Medical College, whence he was graduated M. D. with the class of 1867. During his last year in medical college he was an interne at Boston City Hospital, ten months in the surgical and two months in the medical departments. After graduation he at once began practice in Pawtucket, starting with a debt of $300, which he had borrowed to enable him to complete his last year at medical school. He did not long remain in Pawtucket, but soon moved to Lonsdale. R. I., remaining in his first location nine years, until 1876, then moving to his present location in Lonsdale, which he built. There he has rounded out more than a half century of medi- cal practice, 1867-191S, nearly the entire fifty-one years having been spent in Lonsdale. He is a mem- ber of the Providence and Rhode Island State Medi- cal societies, is a physician of skill and devotion, deeply-beloved by a large clientele and highly- esteemed. A Democrat in politics. Dr. Garvin soon forged to the front as a leader of his party in his town, and finally became a State leader of the Democracy. His first political oflice was town moderator, which office he held in Cumberland in 1881. In 1883 he was elected to the lower body of the Legislature, and has served under thirteen reelections and three times has been elected State Senator. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Second Rhode Island district, in 1894, 1896, i8g8, 1900 and 1906, defeated each time, but always polling a large vote in excess of the nor- mal Democratic number. He was elected governor of Rhode Island in November, 1902, reelected in 1903, 1904, 1905, each time the standard bearer of the Democracy advocating proportional representation and the single tax also the Constitutional initiative as a means to those ends. He is a member of the relig- ious society of Bell Street Chapel, member of Ballou Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Central Falls, his fraternity. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Amherst Chapter. Dr. Garvin married (first), December 23, 1869, Lucy Waterman Southmayd, of Middletown, Conn., who died January 20, 1892. They were the parents of three daughters: Ethel. Norma, and Florence. He married (second). April 2, 1907, Sarah Emma Tom- linson. of Lonsdale, R. I. They are the par- ents of two sons: Lucius, born February 2, 1908; and Sumner, August 6. 1909. The family home is at No. 577 Broad street, Lonsdale. CHARLES EDWARD ANGELL— From the clos- ing of his school years until the present, Mr. Angell has been engaged in machine work or machine build- ing, his Providence plant being one of the most mod- ernly-equipped and efificiently-managed. He is a son of that Jeremiah O. Angell, who was known all along the New England coast as a boat builder and yachts- man. He was one of the best known of Narragansett Bay characters, having begim in youth the carrying of pleasure parties in sailing craft. He not only sailed, but designed and built his own boats, rarely owning one by purchase if it was to be sailed by him- self. He was a skillful designer and in the yachts he built, both for himself and others, he embodied new ideas that meant speed and stability, his yachts com- ing first over the finish line so frequently that his col- lection of trophies became valuable. The "North Star," a forty-eight foot sloop-rigged yacht, was his most famous craft, and brought her builder consider- able lame. He was a handsome, hearty, whole-souled man, possessed of many virtues, and a friend to every- body. Charles E. Angell is a great-grandson of Colonel Israel Angell, a brave officer of the Revolution, and a descendant of Thomas Angell, who came to Provi- dence with Roger Williams. The line of descent from Thomas Angell to Charles E. .Angell, of Providence, is through the founder's son, John Angell, and his wife, Ruth (Field) Angell; their son, Hope Angell, and his wife, Lydia (Olney) Angell; their son, Oliver Angell, and his wife, Naomi (Smith) Angell; their son. Colonel Israel Angell, of Revolutionary fame, and his second wife, Susannah (Wright) Angell; their son, Luther Angell, and his wife. Patience (Smith) Angell; their son, Jeremiah Olney Angell, the Narragansett Bay boat builder and vessel owner, and his wife, Maria (Burlingame) Angell; their son, Charles Edward Angell, the engine builder of Provi- dence, whose useful career is the inspiration of this review. Jeremiah Olney Angell, born in North Prov- idence, R. I., July 16, 1820, died in Providence, August 29, 1869. He married Maria Burlingame, daughter of State Senator Lyman Burlingame, of Cumberland, R. I., and his wife. Alpha (Cook) Burlingame. Charles Edward Angell was bom in Providence, May 4, 1865, and continued a resident of his native city until May, 1916, when he removed to his new home in East Providence. After completing his courses of public school instruction, he entered the employ of W. O. Talcott, manufacturer of belt hooks. Simeon Budlong soon afterward became a partner, the firm Talcott & Budlong continuing until January 7, 1885, when that firm dissolved and Mr. Angell with Mr. Budlong organized the firm of Simeon Budlong & Company, their principal place of business. No. 3 Washington street. Four years later, on January i, 1889, they moved to the Billings building. No. 2i Eddy street. Until the removal to Eddy street, belt hook manufacture had been the sole business of the firm, but after the removal to the larger quarters, Mr. Angell added the machine shop, a department of especial interest to him, which gradually absorbed almost his entire time and energy. In 1891 he pur- chased the Budlong interest and for nine years con- ducted both departments, then in 1900 sold his belt 86 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND hook department and has since been the machinist and engine l)nilder. In March, 1900. after divorcing the two depart- ments of the business, Mr. Angell bought all the pat- terns, engine parts and records of Armington & Sims and of the Eastern Engine companies of Providence, and created from his own shop and these purchases a new business, which has developed into the valu- able enterprise and plant of which Mr. Angell is the sole owner and manager. In March, 190S, the Billings block burned and necessitated Mr. .'\ngell securing larger quarters, so in May, 1908, he removed to No. 223 Aborn street, his present location. Engmes and high-grade macliincry is the plant's specialty, and nothing is lacking in perfection of equipment and efficiency of management to produce the finest of machines and engines. Mr. Angell is a business man of strong quality, and has few interests outside his own business which he has built up from the small beginning as a department of Simeon Budlong & Company. He has won high reputation in tlie line of activity he has pursued from youtli, and is one of the real factors in community progress. Mr. Angell is a Democrat in his political faith, but is independent in action. He is a member of the Rhode Island Branch of the Society of the Cincinnati through descent from Colonel Israel Angell. an original member. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of other organizations. Mr. Angell married. May 18, 1892, in Worcester, Mass., Evelyn E. Munroe, of Worcester. PRESCOTT TILLINGHAST HILL— In the homestead of Providence, in which he maintains his office and practices his profession. Dr. Hill was born. His father. Dr. Lester Seneca Hill, long lived and prac- ticed his profession, father and son both eminent phy- sicians, but not contemporaries at any time. Dr. Hill descends from the ancient Rhode Island family founded by Jonathan Hill, one of the numerous pioneers of this family in New England prior to 1660. But little is known of Jonathan Hill further than that he lived in Portsmouth, Warwick, and elsewhere in Rhode Is- land, and that he died in i6go, leaving sons: Robert, Jonathan, Henry and others Dr. Lester Seneca Hill died in Providence, R. I., after a useful and successful career, September 7, 1907. He served four years in the Civil War with both light and heavy Rhode Island batteries, and in after years served his fellowmen as an agent of healing instead of de- struction. His career as a physician was a long and honorable one, and he was held in the highest esteem. He was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and through his patriotic ancestry gained ad- mission to the Sons of the American Revolution and other societies in which war service or Colonial an- cestry is the basis of membership. Dr. Lester Seneca Hill married Elfrida Elnora Remington, of ancient Rhode Island family, she also deceased. Prescoft Tillinghast Hill was born in Providence, R. I., at Xo. 225 Brorul street, now his residence and office, .'\ugust 10, i(x--5. He completed graded and high school courses, finishing wiih graduation, class of 1902, going thence to Brown University, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1906. Choosing his father's profession, he entered Harvard Medical School, and in 191 1 was awarded his M. D. with the class of that year. The following two years were almost entirely spent in the General Hospital, Hartford, Conn., as a member of the stafT, Dr. Hill specializing and concentrating his study on pulmonary cases. In 1913 he returned to his native city and to the house of his birth, and there he has since practised his profession, the second Dr. Hill to occupy the same offices and to win a high place in public es- teem. In addition to his private practice he is visiting physician to St. Elizabeth's Home; assistant visiting physician to the medical out-patient department of Providence City Hospital; visiting physician to the pulmonary department of the Providence City Hos- pital ; visiting physician to Lakeside Home, and ex- terne in the pulmonary out-patient department of Rhode Island Hospital. He also examines for the Aetna, New England Mutual and the State Mu- tual Life Insurance companies, and has a great deal of special practice in pulmonary diseases. He is a mem- ber of the Rhode Island and Providence Medical asso- ciations; the Providence Medical Literary Association; Orphans Lodge, No. 36, Free and Accepted Masons; Grace Protestant Episcopal Church ; and is a Repub- lican in politics. His fraternity is Beta Theta Pi. of Brown University, his club the Central of Providence. Dr. Hill married, December 27, 11109, Eva Fenner, of Providence, they the parents of a daughter, Marjorie Howland. born November 24, 1910. PATRICK JOSEPH McCARTHY— "A true friend, a warm-ficarted, clear-headed, helpful man, and a loyal, patriotic American." So spoke a citizen of Providence of Patrick J. McCarthy, ex-mayor of that city, an executive, who, fearless in the discharge of his duty and in his disregard of party, won universal com- mendation for his administration of civic affairs during his two terms as mayor of Providence. As a lawyer he has been successful, enjoying the esteem of the court and the bar. His Providence residence began in 1863, and thirteen years later he graduated from the machine shop to the practice of law, having gained his first knowledge of the law from self study of Black- stone and Kent, while yet being employed at his trade. He financed his own law course through Harvard, and wdicn awarded his LL. B., class of 1S76, he returned to Providence, and there has won high standing as lawyer, public official, and citizen. His start in life was not conspicuous, both parents dying at the end of the voy- age to the United States, from Ireland, the orphaned infant being cared for by a Boston Benevolent Society, connected with the Roman Catholic Cathedral. But this handicap was overcome, and he grew to manhood filled with a laudable ambition to rise in the world. Every- thing he did was toward that end, and he laid the good foundation of a common English education upon which to buiH his future. He was fortunate in his associa- tions and to Professor Charles Eliot Norton's (of Harvard University) kindly interest Mr. McCarthy traces the desire and aspirations toward a higher, better plane of life. But no circumstance nor association could furnish the motive power whch drove the lad onward, that came from within, and to his own force ^•L^ Wt^ BIOGRAPHICAL 87 of character, courage and initiative he owes the posi- tion he now holds at the bar, and in the regard of his fellownien. Patrick Joseph \tcCarthy, youngest of the seven sons of Patrick and AHce (Cullen) McCarthy, was born in County Sligo, Irehmd, in 1848, and when an infant was brought to the United States by his parents. Ere the ship landed in Boston, and while yet in q\iarantine at Deer Island, in the harbor, both parents died, and the young child was taken in care by strange but loving hearts. Until eight years of age he was in the care of the Society which took him, then from that age until fourteen years he attended a day school in the winter season in Somerville, Mass., and for a few years at- tended night school at old Cambridge, the latter school having been established by Professor Norton, and asso- ciates, one of whom was Charles W'illiam Eliott. of Harvard University. To this school in Cambridge work- ing boys of Somerville, were admitted, and the boy gladly availed himself of the opportunities it offered him, both in tuition and association. ,\t the age of twenty he moved to Providence, R. I., where he resided with his eldest brother John, while learning a trade. After accumulating a small capital, he became ambitious to go into business on his own account, and as a pre- liminary he made occasional investments in real estate. He was so uniformly si:ccessfiil that he decided to make real estate operating his life work. To fit himself better for that business, he decided to acquire some knowledge of real estate law, and began the study of standard authorities, Blackstone, Kent and Washburn. As he progressed in his study the ambition to become a lawyer seized him, and all thought of real estate was lost. After reaching a certain point of study, and hav- ing accumulated the necessary funds he entered Harvard Law School, and w-as graduated LL. B., class of 1S76. With his newly acquired degree Mr. McCarthy returned to Providence, was admitted to the Rhode Island bar, began practice at once, and was established in public favor in a very short time. He has since been admitted to all Federal courts of the district, and to the United States Supreme Court, his practice now extending to all of these courts. Professionally he ranks high, and he is a powerful advocate of any cause to which he allies himself. He has no taste for criminal law practice. He is a member of the local and State bar associations, is attorney for the Clear Title Land Company, In- corporated, transacting his legal business from offices Nos. 505 and 506 Westminster street. A Democrat in politics, Mr. McCarthy was always in- terested in public affairs, and held decided views upon all questions which came before the public for discus- sion and settlement. He shunned public office for many years but finally was induced to allow his name to go upon a fusion ticket. This was in 1889, and with little effort upon his own part he was elected a member of the Common Council of the city of Providence. He was not bound by party obligation, and acted independ- ently in all matters before the Council, serving all the people, not a party. He was re-elected in 1890, 1892 and 1894. During the legislative years, 1891-92 and 1903, he served his district as representative to the General Assembly, there completing a record of usefulness, making a strong stand against the granting of special privileges to public service corporations without ade- quate compensation therefor. He was the principal factor in procuring transfer tickets in street cars — Rhode Island. In 1903, he was again elected assembly- m;m, and in November, 1906, was elected mayor of Providence, being again elected to the same office in 1907. His record as mayor was endorsed by his fellow citizens who bear testimony to his fair and impartial discharge of his duties. Although his nomination to both assembly and mayoralty came from the Demo- cratic party and were duly appreciated, Mayor Mc- Carthy was a mayor of the city and not of a faction. He knew neither friend nor foe in the performance of duty, and fearlessly went forward wherever his con- science approved. He retired from office stronger in public esteem than when he was inaugurated, and his administration marks an epoch in city government. Genial and hospitable, Mr. McCarthy has many friends who are bound to him by even more than the ordinary ties of friendship. In his younger years the stage ap- pealed to him strongly, and he was well known in ama- teur theatricals, Shakespearean readings and entertain- ments. He is fond of good literature and of the social side of life, renewing in the society of friends and books the strength needed for the serious duties with which he has so amply provided himself. Mr. McCarthy married in 1875, .Anne M. McGinney, of Providence, who died in 1880, leaving three children. One of these children is still living, Mary Josephine, who married William H. Bannon of Central Falls, R. I., now general manager of the Mansfield Bleachery, of Mansfield. Mass. SIMEON B. TILLEY— While not with the seven- teenth century settlers of New England, William Tilley, the ancestor of Simeon B. Tilley, of Providence, came early in the eighteenth century and founded one of the large and influential families of Rhode Island. This William Tilley was a nephew of another William Tilley, a rope maker, who preceded his nephew to the New England Colony and resided in Boston, a member of the Old South Church and the .Ancient and Honorable .Artillery Company until his death in 1717. William Tilley, the nephew, was born in Devonshire, England, about 1685, son of John Tilley. In 1710 William Tilley, the uncle, sent to England for the sons of his brother John to come over, and in response three of them, John, James and William Tilley, came to Boston and for a time were with their uncle. They then separated, John going to New York State; James to New London, Conn.; and William going to Newport, R. I., in 1732, and establishmg a rope walk. He married Dorcas Earle, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Slocum) Earle. He died in Newport about 1755. (II) Deacon William Tilley, son of William and Dorcas (Earle) Tilley, was born in Newport, R. I., October 19, 1738, and followed his father's business, rope manufacturing. His rope walks were upon Kay street, on lands he owned running from Truro street, and he was the owner of a large tract east of Vernon street. He was a prominent Baptist, long a member of the Second Church of Newport, and for forty years a deacon of that church. He died April 14, 1825, having lived a life of piety and usefulness, and for HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND sixty years lived in llic conscientious discliarge of religious and moral iliities, and as husband, father, son, brother and friend fullilled every obligation. Deacon Tilley married (first), October .'5, 1750, EHz- abeth Rogers, of Middletown, R. I., daughter of Jere- miah and Patience Rogers. She died August 28, iSoo, aged fifty-nine, and he married (second), in January, 1802, Catherine Sabine, of Rehoboth, who died (3ctober 15. 1S17. He married (third), November 4, 1821, Eliz- abeth Reed, who died January 3. 1836, aged eighty-six years. The family home was on Elizabeth street, New- port, near the Jewish Cemetery. Deacon Tilley and his first wife were the parents of seventeen sons and daugh- ters, thirteen of whom lived to years of maturity. At the time of liis death Deacon Tilley had living: ten children, seventy-nine grandchildren and forty-four great-grandchildren. (III) John Tabor Tilley, fourteenth child of Deacon William Tilley and his first wife, Elizabeth (Rogers) Tilley, was born in Newport, April 5, 1778, and died August 22. 1828. He, like his father and grandfather, was a rope manufacturer. He luarried, April 20, 1800, Margaret Nicoll, born March 23. 1780, died October I, 1864, daughter of John and Sarah (Bouton) Nicoll, and great-granildaughter of William Nicoll, speaker of the New York House of Assembly, and great-great- granddaughter of Mathias Nicoll, third mayor of New York. They were the parents of nine sons and daugh- ters, and their sixth child, William J. Tilley, was the father of Simeon B. Tilley, of Providence. (IV) William J. Tilley, of the fourth generation of his family in Rhode Island, was born in Newport, October 5. i8n, and died April 30, 1885. He was a leading merchant tailor on South Main street. Provi- dence, for several years, then retired and devoted him- self to the management of estates for others, and to real estate dealings. He was a man of great energy, an ardent Republican and devout Baptist. At one time he was city assessor and on property values his opinion was authoritative. He married, September 11, 1S38, Jane Barker, born January 5, 1820, daughter of Simeon Barker, of Middletown, R. I. They were the parents of three sons and a daughter: William H., born in 1840, died Nov. 5, 1843; Simeon B., of further mention; Emma J., the widow of Herbert L. Perry, of Boston ; William J. (2), who enlisted as a drummer boy in Com- pany H, Tenth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer In- fantry, served during the Civil War, was later and for years railway postal clerk, died November ig, 1909. (\') Simeon B. Tilley, second son of William J. and Jane (Barker) Tilley, was born in Providence, R. I., September 4, 1843. Aiter completing public school courses of study, grammar and high, he spent one year at Greenwich Seminary, then for a time was engaged as a liank clerk in Providence. He spent tw-o years in California after leaving the bank, then returned to Providence, entering the employ of (^eorge F. Young & Brothers, the wholesale and retail tobacco manu- facturers and dealers. He was cashier and office man- ager for that firm for many years, retiring but a few years ago. He is an Independent in politics, but has devoted his life to his business to the exclusion of pol- itical clubs or fraternal activities. Mr. Tilley married, in Providence, .\b].iie F. Foyer, daughter of Robert Foyer, a leading designer, long as- sociated with W. W. Sprague and the Cranston Print Works. Mr. and Mrs. Tilley's only child, Robert Foyer, born December 16, 1892, died January 28, 1893. JOSEPH BAKER, JR.— When John Gorham. of the (lorham Manufacturing Company, went to London, in 1852, he worked for Haynes Brothers, silversmiths, and alongside of him at his work was a skilled work- man, one Joseph Baker, of whom he formed a high opinion, .\tter John Gorham returned to Providence, he sent tor Joseph Baker, offering him work in the Gorham plant. This offer was accepted, and in 1853 Joseph Baker with his son, Joseph (2) Baker, who was then a child of two years, arrived in Providence. Sixty-live years have since elapsed, the elder Baker has long since gone to his reward after years of usefulness with the (jorhara Manufacturing Company, and the child of two years is now the retired silversmith of sixty- seven years, most of which was spent in the service of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, his father, Joseph Baker, Sr., bearing the distinction of being the first employee of that company to be retired upon a pension. Joseph Baker, Sr., born in London, England, March 31. 1822, died in Providence, R. I., January 21, 1901, was a silversmith and skilled worker in fine metals. He came to Providence, in 1853, at the personal request of John Gorham, of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and from that year until his death was in the employ of that company as a molder and caster of silver, and as a spoon maker. His school years were limited, but he thirsted for knowledge, and all his life was a student and rc:ider. a patron of lecture courses, with the result that he was one of the best-informed of men. He married Eleanor Scott, horn in England. Joseiih Baker, Jr., son of Joseph and Eleanor (Scott) Baker, was born in London, England, January 2, 1851, but two years later was brought to Providence, R. I., by his parents, and in that city the years, sixty-one, which have since intervened, have been spent. He attended the public schools in Providence until fourteen years of age. then entered the employ of the Gorham Manufac- turing Company, in the die cutting department, thor- oughly mastering the trade of die cutter and becoming i.ne I t the ci:)mpany's experts. He began w'ith the com- pany in 1805. and until 1S78 was employed in die cutting as a jiiurneyman, but in the latter year was promoted foreman of that department, a position he filled until January 5, 1915. when he was automatically retired under the company's rule, retiring on a pension, which was granted every employee at the end of fifty years of un- interrupted service. Mr. Baker is now a retired em- ployee of the company, after half a century of faithful, efficient service, fully appreciated by those with whom he was so long associated and held in high esteem as a citizen. .\lr. C:iker is a trustee of the Gorham Savings Bank, and president of the Roger Willi.ims Savings Fund and Loan Association. As a luember of the City Ciiiineil since 1906, elected as a Republican, he has ren- dered valued service on the floor and in committee was e-pccially valuable, and since 1910 has been chairman (.if the committee on claims, and in that important chair- mansliip he has won the highest commendation of the /y^C^^:^a-^-i t_^<-^^ ,fn ^-f/i^ BIOGRAPHICAL 89 press for his careful, just and speedy settlement of claims. He is a member of Nestcll Lodge, No. 37, Free and Accepted Masons ; Providence Chapter, No. I, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council, No. I, Royal and Select Masters ; and is the present recorder of Calvary Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar. Of the latter body he is also a past commander. Twice married, Mr. Baker has three children: Mrs. Fred G. Dietz, of Plainfield, Mass.; Walter J. Baker, of Bridgeport, Conn; issue of first marriage. Mrs. Victor E. Marshall, of Everett, Mass., is a child of his second marriage. ELLEN MARIA HINDS., D. O.— In the year 185(1. William Henry Hinds, then a young man of sev- enteen, came from his Massachusetts home to Provi- dence, R. I., and entered the employ of the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Five years later, on the out- break of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army. After the war he returned to Providence, and built up a large and prosperous drug business, and for forty- two years continued in that business, retiring with the distinction of being the oldest druggist in ihe State. The name is perpetuated in professional circles in Providence by his only daughter, Ellen Maria Hinds, a practicing osteopathic physician of the city, a lady of high professional reputation, who since beginning prac- tice in Providence, immediately after her graduation from the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy, has built up a large clientele. Dr. Hinds is of the ninth generation of her family in New England, tracing to John Hinds, the first set- tler, who came from England to Massachusetts not later than 1637. The name is spelled differently in early records, but from this first settler, James Hinds, sprang the many families: Hinds, Hines, Hynes, Hyndes, found so frequently in New England. James Hinds, the founder, settled in Salem, Mass., and there owned a farm, but later he moved to South- old, L. I., and there died in 1652, leaving a widow Mary. From James Hinds the line of descent to Dr. Ellen M. Hinds, of Providence, is through John Hinds, eldest son of James and Mary Hinds. John Hinds removed from Lancaster to Woburn. Mass., in 1676, his home there a garrison house under John Moore in 1704. But he finally returned to Lan- caster, where he died March 20, 1720. By his second wife, Mary, widow of James Butler, he had several children, the line being traced in this branch through his eldest son John (2). John (2) Hinds was born in Brookfield, Mass., Jan- uary 19, 1683, and died there October 10, 1747. He was a member of the garrison of Fort Drummer under Cap- tain Thomas Buckminster, and about ten years prior to his death built a mill on Horse Pond. He married a widow. Hannah (Whitaker) Corliss, of Haverhill, who survived him and took a third husband. John and Hannah Hinds were the parents of thirteen children, and at the time of the death of the mother they were all living, as were eighty-two grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. Descent is through Corliss, the eighth child. Corliss Hinds was born in Brookfield, Mass., ."Kpril 28, 1724, and died there in 1821. He was a soldier of the Colonial Army prior to the Revolution, and for several years was a member of the Committee of Saf- ety, 1780-89. He married (first), Janet .McMaster, of Brookfield, and reared a large family, Cornelius, the eldest being head of the fifth generation. Cornelius Hinds was born March 17, 1743, and died at Hubbardstown, Mass., .August 23. 1S12. He was a sol- dier of the French and Indian War, selectman, and a man of good repute. He married Martha Howe, who died May 15, 1802. They were the parents of six sons, Cornelius (2) the third. Cornelius (2) Hinds was born at Barre, Mass., December 3, 1775, and died at Hubbardstown, April 3, 1848, a farmer. He married Hannah Waitc, born July 26, 1778, died December 27, 1839, both buried in Hub- bardstown. Hiram Dana, great-grandfather of Ellen M. Hinds, was a third son. Hiram Dana Hinds was born February 13, 1807, and died at .Athol, Mass., October 3, 1879. Most of his life was spent in Athol, where he was a manufacturer of boots and shoes. He married Elemanda Woodward They were the parents of seven children, William Henry being the fourth son and fifth child. William Henry Hinds was born in Athol. Mass, Feb- ruary 25, 1839, and died at his home in Providence, R. 1., March 10, 1913. He attended the public schools and remained at home until the age of seventeen, when he entered the employ of the Gorham Silver Manufactur- ing Company, at Providence, R. I. There he learned the silversmith's trade, but five years later, in 1861, he marched away with his friends and neighbors in the Second Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, to protect the flag from disgrace. His work in the army as postmaster of the brigade gained him the title, "The soldier's friend," and General Wheaton once said that the influence of William H. Hinds did more to keep his soldiers up to the mark of moral fitness than any other agency. In 1868 he began his long career as a druggist by forming a partnership with Mason B. Wood, and buying the Gideon Calder drug store at the corner of South Main and Transit streets, continuing business there under the firm name of Wood & Hinds. In 1871 he bought his partner out, and continued the business alone until 1886. He opened a second drug store, in 1885, at the corner of Governor and Power streets, and in 1886 sold the South Main street store. Thereafter, until 1910, he devoted all his energy to the Governor street store. For forty-two years a successful drug- gist was his record, and in 1910 he retired permanently from business. Mr. Hinds was an earnest temperance worker, a member of Prescott Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Union Baptist Church. He was a man of genial, social disposition, and of wide charities, without ostentation. On June 14, 1861, Mr. Hinds married Mary Eliza- beth McCrillis. born March 9, 1839, daughter of .Amos Howe and Tabitha Wood (Hopkins) McCrillis, a greatniece of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declara- tion of Independence for Rhode Island. Mrs. Hinds survived her husband but one year, dying April 29, 1914. Mrs. Hinds was a woman well-known in char- itable and philanthropic work, especially such as were a part of the work of the Baptist denomination. She was a charter member of the first Young Women's 90 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Christian Association organized in Rhode Island, and its first recording secretarj-. She was a charter mem- ber of the City Missionary Society of Providence, and its first treasurer, serving for a number of years. She was a member of the board of managers of the Rhode Island Nursery .Association; president of the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society of Rhode Island for fifteen years, and vice-president of the board of man- agers of the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society for twenty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hinds were the parents of a daughter, Ellen Maria. Ellen Maria Hinds, only child of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (McCrillis) Hinds, was born in Prov- idence. R. I., March i, 1866. She passed the graded and high school courses of study, finishing with grad- uation from the High School, class of '84. She then entered Smith College, whence she was graduated with the degree of B. A., class of '89. After graduation from the later college Miss Hinds engaged in Young Women's Christian Association work, and for seven years was general secretary of the Providence Evan- gelical Young Women's Christian Association. In 1904, she went to Haverhill, Mass., to organize a Young Women's Christian Association there, and remained as its general secretary for three years. At the end of ten successful years of Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation work, Miss Hinds resigned and soon after be- gan the study of osteopathy, entering the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy, whence she was graduated in the class of 1913. She opened offices in Providence, and is now well established. She is a member of various societies, professional, educational, and social, her relig- ious affiliation being with the Union Baptist Church. WILLIAM H. DRAPER— Brought by his par- ents to the United Siates when a boy of eight years, Mr. Draper, now a substantial business man of Provi- dence. R. I., specializing in real estate, has but a dim personal knowledge of any other land than this. About thirty-five years ago (ICS83), he first located in Provi- dence, entering mercantile life in a small way, and from that year he has steadily advanced in substance and in public regard. He is a man of energy, has prospered through his own efl'orts and enterprise, and fairly won his way to success. He is a son of Noah (2) Draper, and grandson of Noah (i) Draper, both of English birth, and of ancient English family. Noah (I) Draper, a reed-maker of Hyde, England, later was a twister, and all his life engaged in some phase of cloth manufacture. He was a skilled textile worker, labored long and hard, but he and men of his class developed cloth manufacture into an art as w'ell as a tremendous source of income and wealth for the Nation. He lived through a period of wonderful development in textile machinery, and was an instrument in effecting some of these improvements. He married and each of his five sons became textile workers, and men of earnest, upright, steadfast lives. Noah ( i ) Draper died in 1866, aged eighty-six years. Noah (2) Draper, son of Noah (il Draper and his second wife, Mary (Openshaw) Draper, was born at Flowerfield, .\shtun-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, October 14, i^j.s. and died in Pawtucket, R. I., July 2, 190S. He was quite young when his mother died, and early in life his schooldays ended, and mill work sub- stituted, his particular line of education being the art of weaving. He possessed natural mechanical ability, and in course of time he graduated from the weaving department to the position of loom fixer. This work became more complicated as new looms and machines came into use, the textile mills always furnishing a fer- tile field for the inventive genius and mechanical expert. In August, 1869, he came to the United States, intend- ing to invest the money he had saved from his earnings in a farm, and thereafter breathe the pure air 'if '.he country and be forever free from the unhealthy condi- tions under which his former life had been lived. But he found conditions here not as favorable to his ex- periment in agriculture as he had expected, and he decided to follow his trade for a time. He located at Hebronville, Mass., there securing employment in the B. B. & R. Knight mill, and for fifteen years he con- tinued a textile worker. He gradually became inter- ested in real estate dealing, buying, building and selling improved and unimproved property, finally making that his sole business, .■\bout 1S83 he moved to Pawtucket, R. I., there becoming heavily interested and becoming an important factor in real estate operations. He was successful in his undertakings, and through sijund judg- ment and careful investment acquired a competence. In politics he was a Republican, and in religious con- nection a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Earnest, public-spirited and upright he occupied a high place in public regard, and at the age of seventy-five passed to his reward. Noah (2) Draper married (first), April 2S, 1S54, in England, Hannah Rayner, born in Denton, Lancashire, August 21, 1824, died in Pawtucket, R. I., April 19, 1899, daughter of William Rayner. William H. Draper, only son and second child of Noah (2) Draper, and his first wife, Hannah (Rayner) Draper, was born at Hyde, Cheshire, England. October 23, i860. He attended school there for a time, but in 1869 he was brought to the United States by his parents, their landing place being Boston. After attending the public schools at Hebronville, he became a mill worker, so continuing until 18S1. He then entered commercial life as a traveling salesman for a manufacturing jewelry house, continuing "on the road" for two years. In 1883 he opened a jewelry store on North Main street. Providence, under his own name, and from a small beginning built up a substantial retail jewelry business. For ten years he continued a jewelry merchant, but in the meantime was investing in real estate as oppor- tunity aft'ijrded and his finances allowed. In 1893 he sold his jewelry business and has since conducted a real estate business, both as a broker and as a prin- cipal. He has won his way to high position in his particular field of activity, has prospered financially, and is held in high regard by his business associates. Genial and of attractive personality, he has many friends, and may review his career from the standpoint of the successful man. He is a member of the Bene- volent and Protective Order of Elks, the Ponham Club, the West Side Club, and the Edgewood '^'acht Club, of which he is ex-commodore. Mr. Draper married, March 20, i8i>S, Lizzie A. Math- eson, who was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, daughter of Amlrew and Xancy Matheson. ^u^ /}^!ay BIOGRAPHICAL 91 JOSEPH JAMES CUNNINGHAM— Among the lawyers who have in the last few years built up a good practice in Providence the name of Joseph James Cun- ningham ranks high. He holds an excellent position among his professional brethren, and his clientele is an indication of the respect accorded to his ability by the community-at-large. It should be a matter of great satisfaction to him that this success is due entirely to his own initiative, and is the achievement of his own personality, and not the result of favorable circum- stances. He is a native of Providence, having been born in what was then North Providence, May 19. 1873, the son of James and Mary (Owens) Cunningham, who are now both dead, James Cunningham having been a grocer in Providence. Joseph J. Cunningham attended the public schools. He was a lad of promise and ambition, so that after he had finished the grammar school and taken two years of the high school course he decided to go to Bryant qnd Stratton Business College. For five years after this he was assistant in his father's store, and during this time he determined to become a lawyer and make that profession his life work. It was necessary that he should have a good foundation for his legal studies and accordingly he went to Seton Hall, from which he graduated in 1S94, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. This he followed by a course of two years' study at the Harvard Law School. He then went into the law office of Gorman & Egan, and became familiar with all the practical details of the calling. After this excellent training he was admitted to the bar in iSgQ, having passed the necessary examinations. Mr. Cunningham established himself in Providence where his labors have met with great encouragement and where he has built up an excellent practice. In IQ12 he became associated with Jeremiah E. O'ConncU, the firm name being Cun- ningham & O'Connell, with offices at Nos. 301-302 Gros- venor building. He has always taken a keen interest in political matters, he himself being a Democrat. He served on school committee from 1900 to 1906, and was various times a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Legislature and Common Council in the Tenth Ward. He is a member of the Democratic State Cen- tral Committee and town committees of North Prov- idence. He is chairman of the Tenth Ward Legal Ad- visory Board, and is secretary of the State (Demo- cratic) Central Committee. He is a member of the North Providence Improvement Association, and has held the office of president and treasurer in the organ- ization. He is a trustee of the Fruithill Volunteer Firemen's Association. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of the Pen and Pencil Club, of the Rhode Island Bar Association, and of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and served as president in 191 5. He be- longs to St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Cunningham married Mary E. Corcoran, in War- ren. Mass., November 27, 1907. WILLIAM WEST HUNT, M. D., one of the leading physicians of East Providence, where his name has been well known for the past three decades, is a member of a family which for generations has been associated with this region and that part of Massachu- setts lying near to Rhode Island. The Hunt family was founded at Rehoboth, Mass., in the early Colonial period, and various lines of descent from the immigrant ancestor, Lieutenant Peter Hunt, are represented at Attleboro and Seekonk, Mass., and at East Providence, Barrington and Pawtucket. (I) Lieutenant Peter Hunt was at Rehoboth, Mass., as early as 1643, when we have record of him as being one of the proprietors of that town. He was a freeman there, June 4, 1645, and was also a town officer. He was married to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry and Judith Smith, who came from Norfolkshire in England. Mr. Hunt's will was probated December 26, 1692, and he was buried on October 21, of that same year. His widow survived him until 1724. when she was also the widow of Isaac Williams, whom she had married later. Lieutenant Peter Hunt and his wife were the parents of the following children: Sarah, born Jany. 21, 1646; Judith, April 12, 1648; Peter, Jr., June II, 1650; Enoch, Feb. 28, 1652; Elizabeth, March I. 1654; John, Oct. IS, 1656; Mary, June 15, 1658; Ephraim, mentioned below; Tabitha, Sept. 14, 1663; Daniel. Feby. 14, 1665; Benjamin. Sept. 29, 1668, and Nathaniel, Dec. 31, 1670. Lieutenant Peter Hunt, ac- cording to the author of the genealogy of the Hunt family, which was published in 1862-63. was a son of Enoch Hunt, who came from Tittenden, in the Parish of Lee, England, and who was at Weymouth, Mass., in 1640, and a town officer in 1651. Enoch Hunt's wife, Dorothie. was formerly the widow of Barker. Enoch Hunt died before 1647, his wife surviving him. (II) Ephraim Hunt, son of Lieutenant Peter and Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt, was born March 31, 1661, at Rehoboth, and died at that place. May 9, 1694, having resided there all his life. He married Rebecca , who survived him. later marrying David Carpenter, of that place. To Ephraim Hunt and his wife the follow- ing children were born: Daniel, July 12, 1687; John, mentioned below; Sarah, Oct. 16, 1690; and Hannah, June 26, 1693. (III) John Hunt, son of Ephraim and Rebecca Hunt, was born March 9, l6J^8, at Rehoboth, and made his home there during his entire life, and there his death occurred October 15, 1751. He is spoken of in the old records as Lieutenant Hunt. He married, December II, 1712, Susannah Sweeting, and they were the parents of the following children: Sarah, born in 1716; Susannah, March 26, 1718; John, Feby. 20, 1719; Isaiah, July 16, 1721 ; Hannah. Oct. I, 1722; Simeon, mentioned below; Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1726; Levi, Dec. 22, 1730; and Mol- lie, March 17, 1732. (I\') Simeon Hunt, son of John and Susannah (Sweeting) Hunt, was born January 15, 1724, at Re- hoboth. Mass. It was Simeon Hunt who first came to Providence, R. I., where the latter part of his life was spent. He married Elizabeth Donnison, and they were the parents of the following children: John, mentioned below; Simeon, Jr., born May 3, 1757, died Jany. 12, 1758: Simeon, Jr. (2), May 4, 1761. (V) John (2) Hunt, eldest son of Simeon and Eliza- beth (Donnison) Hunt, was born July 11, 1755, at Providence, R. I., and died there May 31, 1819. He married Ruth Straight, and they were the parents of 92 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND the following children: Simeon, born March II, l/Sg, died in 1872 at the town of South Cortland, N. Y. ; Eliza D., born April 24, 1791, at Providence, died in that city. Sept. 18, 1872; Nancy, born June 7 or g, 1793, died .-Xug. I, 1704; John, born Aug. 8, 1795, died Sept. 31. 1795; John Donnison, born July 2, 1796, died Aug. 16, 170; William Donnison. mentioned below; Mary Ann, born Oct. 3, i8oo; and Abby S., born April 11, 1809. (VI) William Donnison Hunt, son of John (2) and Ruth (Straight) Hunt, was born December 29, 1797, at Providence, R. I., and made his home in East Provi- dence during part of his life. He was the owner of a large tract of land where Watchemoket Square in this city is now located. He was also the owner at one time of what afterwards came to be known as the old Mauren farm. In about 1836 he sold his properties in East Providence and purchased a large farm at Reho- both, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a very successful farmer and became noted in this connection throughout the entire community. He was a man of broad and liberal views and of excellent judg- ment and strong character, and a great believer in the power of education, so that he saw to it that his child- ren had very superior advantages in this way, and as many as seven of them afterwards became teachers in the surrounding towns of Rehoboth, Swansea, East Providence, Pawtucket and Taunton. For many years he was a selectman of .Seekonk, and also represented that place in the Genera! Assembly of Massachusetts for a considerable period. William Donnison Hunt married, February 19, 1821, Lydia J. Chase, and they were the parents of the following children: Ann, born June 7, 1822, who became the wife of a Mr. GofT, of .'Vttleboro, and the mother of Major W. H. GofT ; John, born March 6, 1824, who was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts General Assembly; William D., born Oct. 19, 1825, died Oct. 28, 1847; Sarah Chase, born Oct. 15, 1827, became the wife of Horace G. Smith; Elizabeth Peck, born Feby. 11, 1830, became the wife of George H. Carpenter; Catherine Jenks, born Feby. 11, 1S32, made her home at Rehoboth; Samuel M., born Feby. 17, 1835, died in California in 1894; Simeon, men- tioned below; and George Henry, born Dec. 16, 1839, died in Feby., 1905. (VID Dr. Simeon (2) Hunt, son of William Don- nison and Lydia J. (Chase) Hunt, and father of Dr. William West Hunt, of this sketch, was born April 27, 1837, at Seekonk, Mass. He became a very famous physician at East Providence, where he established the practice which his son now continues so successfully. In childhood he attended the local public schools of Seekonk, and afterwards became a student at the famous Friends' School of Providence, where he was prepared for college. He then entered Dartmouth College, where he took the usual classical course, and was graduated in 1862, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. As a young man he determined to adopt the medical profes- sion, and before his graduation from Dartmouth had already begun the study of this subject under the direc- tion of Dr. Phineas Spaulding, of Haverhill, N. H., in the winter of 1861. After leaving Dartmouth, he con- tinued his medical studies under Dr. A. B. Crosby, of Hanover, and Dr. William D. Buck, of Manchester. He was one of the seven members of his family who became a teacher and acted as instructor in a number of schools, both public and private, between the years 1857 and 1863. He also took two courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical School, from which he was grad- uated in October, 1864, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately thereafter he went to Corry, Pa., where he engaged in the practice of his profession, and later continued this practice at Springfield, Erie county, in that State, until 1867, in which year he re- turned to East Providence, and from that date until his death, which occurred in 1916, continued to practise here. At the time of his death he was the oldest phyi- cian of East Providence, and a man who was looked up to and admired by the entire community. He de- veloped a very large practice and enjoyed a popularity during the many years of his service here second to no physician in the community. While a student at Dartmouth, Dr. Hunt became a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa college fraternity, the only chapter of this fraternity, being founded by Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate and Charles B- Haddock, in 1842. He was also a Phi Beta Kappa man, and in 1878 was honored with the degree of Master of Arts by his alma mater. He was for many years an active member of the Provi- dence Medical Association, the Rhode Island Medical Society, and the American Medical .-Association, and was also affiliated with the American Public Health .Association. He was a charter member and afterwards an honorary member of the Rhode Island Medico-Legal Society, and held the position of medical e.xaminer for the Tenth District of East Providence for si.x years, between 1885 and 1891, being appointed to this respon- sible post by Governor Bourne. He was also a prom- inent Free Mason, being a charter member (1864) and past master of Rising Son Lodge, .Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons; and a member of Providence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Calvary Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; Palestine Temple, .Ancient .Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; Rhode Island Consistory, Scottish Rite; and of the Veteran Masonic Association. He also served his town as health officer from 1885 to 1887, and as a member of the school committee from 1886 to 1888. Dr. Simeon Hunt married, October 25, 1865, Anna M. Balch, a daughter of Samuel W. Balch, of Lyme, N. H., and they became the parents of the following children : Charles Balch, born Sept. 2, 1866, died in in- fancy ; William West, mentioned below ; Charles Balch (2), born July 24, 1869, died in infancy; Fred Balch, born Jany. 8, 1872, and was drowned Aug. 2, 1882; Archie John, born Nov. 3, 1878, and now resides in Mexico, where he is engaged in the occupation of assayer. (VIII) Dr. William West Hunt, son of Dr. Simeon (2) and Anna M. (Balch) Hunt, was born April 22, 1868, at East Providence. During his childhood Dr. Hunt attended the East Providence grammar school and afterwards the Classical High School in this city, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886 and where he completed his preparatory studies. He then entered Dartmouth College, but a year later left that The Amebic art ffistc^rat S^ne^. Fnij Ji-j E"ff lf.;r(3"i9 L'Bfa ^ffY /- i^ vZ^'. BIOGRAPHICAL 93 institution to enter the medical school at Columbia University of New York City. It is natural that his early association with his talented and successful father should suggest to him the idea of following in his footsteps so far as his career was concerned. He con- tinued his studies at Columbia University until 1890, when he was graduated with the medical degree, after which he did some special hospital work in the Hood- Wright Hospital. He then returned to Rhode Island and entered the Rhode Island Hospital at Providence, remaining associated with that institution in the surgical out-patient department for fourteen years. In the year 1800 he joined his father in general i)ractice in this city, and continued thus engaged at the same lime that he worked for the Rhode Island Hospital. He is now recognized as one of the leading physicians of this community, and is carrying on the splendid traditions established by his father of ability and absolute adher- ence to the highest ethical standards of his profession. Like his father, he is a prominent Mason, having at- tained the thirty-second degree of Free Masonry, and is a member and past master of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 30, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of East Prov- idence; Providence Chapter, No. i, Royal Arch Masons, of Providence; Providence Council, No. I, Royal and Select Masters, of Providence; past commander of Cal- vary Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar, of Provi- dence; Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Rhode Island Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret; past patron of Naomi Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Besides these Masonic bodies. Dr. Hunt is affiliated with the Im- proved Order of Red Men and the .\ncient Order of the United Workmen, of which latter he is a charter member and has I)een medical examiner since its organ- ization here. He is also past master workman of this lodge. Dr. Hunt has also been police surgeon for many years, and is a member of the Providence Med- ical Association, the Rhode Island State Medical So- ciety, and the American Medical .Association. In pol- itics Dr. Hunt does not identify himself with any party, but is an independent voter. Dr. William West Hunt was united in marriage. May II, 1892, at East Providence, with Eliza A. Johnson, a daughter of Pliny F. and Phoebe CMann) Johnson. Dr. and Mrs. Hunt are the parents of two children, as follows: I. Frederick Johnson, born February 24, 1804; he was a student at the grammar school and Classical High School of East Providence, and afterwards at- tended Brown University, where he graduated with the class of 1915, being one of the honor men of this class; he received at that time his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and afterwards had the honorary degree of Master of Arts conferred upon him by his alma maUr; he received his Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and Delta Zeta Phi in senior year ; he is at present connected with the trust department of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company ; Frederick Johnson married Josephine John- son, a lady who is no relation of his in spite of the iden- tical name, and they are the parents of one child, Eliza- beth Anna Hunt. 2. Arthur Balch, born July 26, 1897; he attended the grammar school and Classical High School of Providence, and afterwards was a pupil at the Rhode Island State University at Kingston for a short time; he is now taking a commercial course at the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Providence. WILLIAM ANGELL VIALL is of the eighth generation of the family founded in New England by John X'iall, who became an inhabitant of Boston, Jan- uary II, 1639, and was made a freeman, June 2, 1641, and on the same date joined Boston's first church, the Old South Church, This John Viall is he who pur- chased the "Ship Tavern" in Boston as early as 1662, and remained its proprietor until 1679. The "Ship Tavern" figures prominently in early Boston annals, and is one of the early famous Boston inns. John Viall moved to the Narragansett country in 1679, bought land at or near Annavvomscott brook, and died Februarv 26, 1685. John Viall. the founder, was succeeded by his son, Benjamin Viall, a prominent citizen of Barrington, Mass., now Rhode Island, the line continuing through his son, Nathaniel Viall, a constable in Barrington in '^7Ai', his son, Benjamin (2) Viall, he the father of Nathaniel (2) Viall, a private in the Revolutionary Army, and a pensioner of the Government on account of his army service. Nathaniel (2) Viall married Patience Richmond, who traced descent in the eighth generation from John and Priscilla Alden, both of the "Mayflower," she being the daughter of John Rogers and Hannah (Kinnicutt) Richmond. Nathaniel Viall, the Revolutionary soldier, was the father of An- son Viall. of Barrington, he the father of Richmond Viall, and the grandfather of William Angell Viall, this review especially dealing with the lives of these two men of the seventh and eighth generations. Richmond Viall was born in Barrington, R. I., Decem- ber 16, 1834, and died in Providence. November 16, 191 1. He attended public schools in what is now East Providence until seventeen years of age, then spent a term of four years as apprentice to the jeweler's trade in Providence, his employers being Briggs, Hough & Stone, the young man making his home with Mr. Hough, and being employed as a jeweler until 1861, then until January 5, 1863, was in the employ of Handell Daggett, a manufacturer of calvary sabres. On January 4, 1863, he returned to Providence and at once began his asso- ciation with J. R. Brown & Sharpe, an association which existed forty-eight years, and was only dissolved by death. Mr. Viall began as a machine hand, January I, 1864, was then advanced to foreman of a department, and eight years later, in 1872, he was given full charge of the sewing machine department of the company's business. Six years later, February 16, 1878, he was promoted to the superintendency of the entire plant, a position he filled until his death, November 16. 1911, the company in the meantime having increased in size time and time again, the Brown & Sharpe Manufactur- ing Company being one of the greatest of America's industrial manufacturing corporations. Mr. \'iall had a hand in this wonderful expansion, and no name is held in higher regard among the men of the past who built up the great business than its long-time general superintendent, Richmcjnd Viall. 94 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND The following tribute appeared at the time of his death : Able director of men and deviser of methods. Always a teacher regarding his men as pupils, Promoting the best in design and honest workmanship. A friend to all his workmen who numbered thousands, Lioyal in seivice and wise in counsel. His labors remain an inspiration. Richmond Viall married, June i. 1859. EHza Nelson Cole, and tliey were the parents of WiUiam Angell, of further mention; Richmond Irvin, born Nov. 6, 1863, died June 10, 1875; and Albert A., born Sept. 5. 1871. Wilhani Angell Viall was born in East .^ttleboro, Mass., October 26, 1861, but in 1863 was brought by his parents to Providence, R. I., where he was educated in the graded schools, high school, and Brown Univer- sity. His university training consisted of a special laboratory course in chemistry at Brown, and later, in 1886, he went abroad and for two years was a student in Germany, specializing in chemistry. In 1S88 he re- turned to the United States and at once began a two years' engagement at Cornell University as instructor in pharmacy. On September I, iSgo, he entered the employ of Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, and was elected secretary of the company in 1906, a position he now holds. He is a vestryman of Grace Episcopal Church, Providence; a Master Mason of Orpheus Lodge; a companion of Providence Chapter, and a sir knight of Calvary Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; his clubs the University, Turk's Head, and Wan- amoisett. all of Providence. Mr. \'iall married, June 10, 1891, Harriet Elizabeth Warner, daughter of Carlos J. and Nancy (Loring) Warner, of Medina, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Vial! are the parents of two daughters : Katherine, born Dec. i, 1892, died July 23, 1893, and X'irginia. born November 12, 1894; and a son, Richmond (2), born June 26, 189^, at present a lieutenant in the Royal Air Forces. HENRY PAIGE— When just preparing to step into the rank of nonogenarians, Henry Paige received his final summons on March 6, 191S, having spent sixty of his years, eighty-nine, in the city of Providence, where he was living retired at the time of his death. He was a son of Martin Paige, of Hardwick, Mass., an e.xpert dyer, who in the pursuit of his calling lived in many New England towns until ill health compelled his retirement, his last years being spent with his son in Providence, where he died December 7, 1872. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Paige, who came from Eng- land to Ro.xbury, about 1685. On the organization of the new government. June 2, 1686, he was appointed one of the two marshals of Suffolk county, and in 1688 bought land in Billericn, now Bedford, Mass.. upon which he settled. He was one of the eight purchasers of lands from the Indians, from which the town of Hardwick was later erected, and a month later the same persons purchased the lands now embraced in the towns of Spencer and Leicester. He was a man of wealth and by will bequeathed his lands at Billerica, his wild land at Quaboag (Brooktield), and \\'orcester. to his two sons. Nathaniel and Christopher, and two hund- red acres in Dedham, bought from the Indians in 168", to his two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah. P'roni this ancestor sprang Martin Paige, who died December 7, 1872, father of Henry Paige, to whose memory this review of a long and useful life is dedicated. The Paige ancestry also traces in maternal line from Gov- ernor Dudley, of Massachusetts. Henry Paige was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1829, and died in the city of Providence, R. I., March 6, 1918. .\fter completing his school years he became clerk in a store at Baldwinsville, Mass., there remaining several years. He was next employed in a wholesale grocery in Boston until 1850, going thence to Providence, R. I., where he had two brothers, Frederick A. and George Paige, in business, they having located in the city about 1848, succeeding the old College street firm, Stimson & Hodges, groceries and provisions, the new firm trading as G. & F. A. Paige. Henry Paige secured a position with his brothers, and continued an employee until the death of George Paige, w-hen he was admitted to a partnership, the firm reorganizing as F. .•\. Paige & Company. Henry Paige continued actively engaged in business until 18S8, wlien Paige & Company sold their business to F. P. Garrettson. From that time Henrj- Paige was not actively engaged in business, but during the thirty years of his retirement took an active interest in all current afTairs and aided by counsel and example in many movements tending to advance the common good. He was a member of the Providence Board of Trade for many years, was an ardent Republican, and attended the First Congregational Church. Mr. Paige married. August 22, 1859, Caroline M. Warner, daughter of Giles Warner, of Hardwick, Mass. Mrs. Paige died December 4, 1893, leaving a son, George W. Paige, born in Providence, June 2, i860, educated in the public schools, and for many years was associated with his father in the grocery firm of F. A. Paige & Company. After that firm sold out he spent six years with a Boston house, then returned to Provi- dence, entering the employ of tlie Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Company, in the office department. He is now engaged in the life insurance business represent- ing the F'acihc Mutual. He is a member of the Narra- gansctt Boat Club. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paige were also the parents of daughters; Mary S. and Caroline M.. the last named the widow of John C. Knight, and the mother of a son, Henry D. Knight. HENRY MANGER SHIPPER— The "Shippee Settlement" in the ancient town of East Greenwich, Kent county, R. I., was the birthplace of several gen- erations of the ancestors of Henry M. Shippee, now retired, of Washington, R. I. Thomas Shippee, great- great-grandfather, was born at the "Settlement" and built the house there. He was a member of the Rhode Island General .Assembly, and was one of the signers of a declaration pledging assistance to the colonies, and appropriating money. Thomas Shippee was a grandson of David Shippee, the earliest known Shippee in War- wick, R. L. he being of record there in It564, the year of his marriage to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Scran- ton. In the record he is styled "of Maidfields," his wife "late of Warwick, now Providence Island." He lived in Kingstown, East Greenwich, and Providence, R. I., the date of his death later than 1718. David and jyjMhY M Mh'iMi t BIOGRAPHICAL 95 Margaret Shippce were the parents of: Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel, David Thomas and Solomon, all except Sam- uel living in Providence and Smithfield, R. I. Samuel Shippee, son of the founder, married, Decem- ber 29. 1702, Ann Leithfield, and lived in East Green- wich, R. I., where he died in 1740, his will being proved September 2y, of that year. His widow survived him, their children being Samuel, Stephen, Thomas, Eliza- beth, Ann, Mary, Margaret, Sarah and Deliverance. Thomas Shippee, son of Samuel and Ann (Leith- field) Shippee, was born in East Greenwich, and there lived, the father of the "Shippee Settlement." He sat in the Rhode Island General Assembly of 1776, and was a staunch patriot, bearing his full share of the public responsibilities of the day. He married, Decem- ber 24. 1732, Hannah Matteson, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Shippee) Matteson, their children being recorded in East Greenwich vital statistics. Children : Almy, born April 11, 1734; David, Aug. 26, 17JO; Sam- uel, Aug. 22, 1742; Caleb, of further mention; and Thomas, Jan, 26, 1751. Caleb Shippee, son of Thomas and Hannah (Mat- teson) Shippee, was born in East Greenwich, R. I.. August 2i, 1747. He married, February 12, 1775, Alice Cooper Collins, daughter of Cupper Collins, of Cov- entry, R. I. Their children entered in East Greenwich records are: William, born March 15, 1776; Allen, March 18, 1778; Hannah, Feby. 26, 1782; Loise, July 16, 1784; John, Sept. 21, 1786; and Lodowick Updike, of further mention. These children were born and reared in the "Shippee Settlement" of East Greenwich, R. I., so many descendants of David Shippee having fettled there that section was generally called by the family name. Lodowick Updike Shippee, son of Caleb and Alice Cooper (Collins) Shippee, was born August 23, 1789. He learned the trade of machinist, being engaged in that business for many years, having a shop in Center- vHle, and in Compton. R. I. He married Mary E. Spencer, and they were the parents of three sons, all born in the "Shippee Settlement," East Greenwich, R. L : Mancer C, of further mention; Wanton, born in 1827; Christopher A., born in 1837, who became one of the substantial citizens of East Greenwich, and from 1871 to 1880 was postmaster of the village; Henry; Isaac; L'KJowick U., Jr.; Margaret; and Maria, died in in- fancy. Mancer C. Shippee, eldest son of Lodowick Updike and Mary E. (Spencer) Shippee, was born June i, 1818, and died at the old homestead in the "Shippee Settlement" (Shippeetown), March 8, 1805. He at- tended the district school, and early in life began learn- ing the machinist's trade with his father. At the age of nineteen he became a mill worker, learning weaving, and ranking as boss weaver for twenty years, from 1837 to 1857. He continued to be a weaver, and then for a number of years he was superintendent of the Usquepaugh Mill in South Kingstown. During the Civil War period he lived at the old homestead in Shippeetown, which was his home until death. He was a member of the Six Principle Baptist Church, and a man of deep piety, especially interested in Sunday school work, and serving for many years as the super- intendent of the Sunday school. Mancer C. Shippee married Harriet Rahama Dawley, who died March 5. 1895, three days prior to the death of her husband, their funeral services being held on the same day. Their children were: Sarah, born in 1840, married James Holland, a contractor and builder in East Greenwich ; Moses, died in childhood ; Mary E., married Charles Tarbox ; .\arun, married Mary Eliza Nicholas, of Coventry, R. 1.; .\manda, married David Vaughn, and moved to California; Delia B., married Nathaniel G. Carpenter, of East Greenwich, R. I.; Ella R., married Colvin Gardner; Henry Mancer, of further mention; Moses E., a real estate dealer of East Green- wich, married Sarah .Xylesworth, of North Kingston, who are the parents of a daughter, Marion E. Flenrv- Mancer Shippee, son of Mancer C. and Har- riet R. (Dawley) Shippee, was born in 1859, at Shady Lea, in South Kingstown. R. I., br.t a few years later was taken to the homestead at Shippeetown in East Greenwich, He attended the Shippeetown public school, and upon arriving at a suitable age learned the car- penter's trade with the contracting firm of Holland &• Shippee. He became an expert workman in wood, and about 1890 began contracting under his own name. He continued in successful business as a contractor, also built several houses for himself which were later sold, although he is still the owner of a great deal of real estate and residence property in Washington, R. I. He retired from business about four years ago and is now residing there, retired from business cares, his time occupied with the management of his own estate. He has no political ambitions, and has persistently refused to accept office although often urged to become a candi- date. He is a member of the Six Principle Baptist Church. Mr. Shippee married Edna Priscilla Johnson, daugh- ter of Philip and Tryphena Howe (Greene) Johnson, and a granddaughter of Philip Johnson and of Benja- min and .Abbie Greene. In 1917 Mr. Shippee bought the place in East Greenwich in which he was married forty-one years ago, in 1877. Mrs. Shippee is the owner of the old Johnson homestead farm. Henry M. and Edna P. (Johnson) Shippee are the parents of six children: i. Henry Elmer, married Anna R. Rathbun, of Washington, R. I. 2. Charles Ernest, married Win- nie Carr, of Sterling, Conn. 3. Gertrude May, married James Bigbee, of Washington, R. I., and has a daugh- ter, Gertrude Edna Bigbee, married George E. Greene, and resides in Coventry, R. I., and they are the parents of two children, Marjory Hazel and James Elmer Greene. 4. Jessie Christine, married Henry Amend, of Harris, R. I., and has two sons, George Henry and Raymond Stanley Ameml. 5. Gerald Arthur, married Helen Ada Barns, and they have a daughter, Edith Priscilla Shippee. 6. George Edwin, married Flora .\n- drews, and they are the parents of two children, Elmer Mancer and Gerald Andrew Shippee. GEORGE EDWARD TEEHAN, M. D.— Soon after receiving his degree authorizing him to practice medicine. Dr. Teehan returned to his native city — Prov- idence — and there since 1908 he has practiced the healing art, with offices at No. 98 Broad street. He is a son of Morris W. and Catherine (Dailey) Teehan, his father deceased. 96 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND George E. Teehaii was horn in Providence, R. I.. July I". i'^79> and completed the full public school course, finishing with graduation, class of 1899. He then pur- sued a two years' course in chemistry at Lcland Stan- ford University (California). This brought him to the time when a decision was made in the matter of a pro- fession, the practice of medicine being chosen as a life work. He prepared at Yale Medical School, received his M. ri. with the graduating class of 1907, then for a time was interne at Kings Park Hospital, New York City. With this e.xtended preparation Dr. Teehan re- turned to Providence in lOoS, and began general prac- tice. He is medical inspector for the public schools of Providence, and a member of the surgical staff of Rhode Island Hospital, these duties being in addition to the demands of his private practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association and Rhode Island Medical Society, his clubs the Catholic, his political action strictly independent. Dr. Teehan married, October 14, 191 7, \'esta Tomlinson, of New Brunswick, Mass. and Airs. Glendinning have one son, H. Ervin. born May 5, 1904, who is now attending the New Y':'rk !Mil- itary Academy. HENRY DUKE GLENDINNING — In the younger circles of the legal profession of Providence, Henry Duke Glendinning holds a prominent place as an able lawyer, and has a personality of such force that he would make himself felt in whatever circumstances he might be placed. Though he comes of a family of means he owes his success wholly to his own efforts, and may thus be considered justified in a certain pride in his achievements. He is not a native of the State, but a son by adoption, having been born in Troy, N. Y., the son of John Emmett and Sarah (Trimble) Glen- dinning. '^is father was a large linen manufacturer of that city, and is now dead, but his mother is still living and makes her residence in Providence. When a boy his family moved to Bmokhn. N. Y., where he began his education in the public schools, later going abroad and completing his studies in Scotland and Ireland. He returned to the United States in 1896, making Providence his objective, and here he attended the Rhode Island Law- School. After this he became a student in a law office where he mastered the practical details of the profession and completed his studies for admission to the bar. This aim was ac- complished in I90J and since that time he has been steadily at work at this profession, building up an e.x- cellent practice. He is a member of the American Bar Association, of the Pen and Pencil Club, of the Ben- evolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is an ex- president of the Washington Park Yacht Club. During the Spanish-American War he enlisted in Substitute Company A, Rhode Island Militia. He has a brother, Thcimas Trimble Glendinning, who is a member of Company E, Twenty-First Engineers, United States Expeditionary Force, now' in France, and another brother, William Bell Glendinning. M. D., who is prac- ticing his profession in Cleveland, C, and a sister, Mrs. W.alter T. Smith, who makes her home in Provi- dence, K. I. Mr. Glendinning married, Octolier 3. I'lO^. Maud M. Blakeley, of Taunton, M;iss. Mrs. Glendinning's brother, Frank Blakeley, was the first sailor killed on the American side in the Spanish-American War. Mr. WILLIAM ORRELL, president of the Orrell Mills, Incorporated, of Glendale, R. I., one of the most capable and successful citizens of this community, and a man of great public spirit and wide influence here, is a native of England, having been born November 14, 1848, at Richdale, Heywood, Lancashire, in that country. He is a son of James and Mary Ann (Tetlow) Orrell, his father, a native of the same place, born in 1S19, from which country he went to the Lhiited States about 1854 and located at Olneyville, where he was employed in the mill. He also worked in the mills at Bridge- port and Putnam, Conn., at Bridgeton, Greenville, Belle- ville and Mohegan, R. I., and at Blackstone, Mass. After spending various periods at these places, he re- turned from the last named to Rhode Island, making his home at Nasonville, where after a number of \ears he retired from active labor and where his death oc- curred in 1879. His WMfe, who was born in England in 1817, survived him and lived with her son William until 1887, when she also died. They are both buried in the cemetery at Pascoag. They were the parents of a number of children, several of whom died in infancy in England. Those who reached adult age w-ere as follows: Elizabeth, who became the wife of James Clarkson, of Glendale; William, with whose career we are here especially concerned ; Samuel, an overseer of weaving in his brother's mill at Glendale; and Lucy, who became the wife of Joseph Beaumont, of South Royalston. Mass. William Orrell passed the first seven years of his life in his native land, and then came to the United States with his mother and the remainder of the family to join his father w-ho had settled in this country the year before. His educational advantages were decidedly meagre, as it was necessary for him to begin work as soon as he was old enough to secure employment. He was living with his parents at Bridgeton, R. I., about 1838, and it was there that he first began to work, hav- ing secured employment in the mill operated by Mr. Edward Marsh, on the site of the present mill of James O. Inman, where the Clear River Woolens are manufactured. After a time at this mill, the lad was employed in the Pook and Stecre Mill at Greenville, to which place his parents moved in i860. It was five years later that Mr. Orrell first came to Glendale, where he was given a position as chore boy in the mill oper- ated by Day & Chapin. He afterwards returned to Greenville, however, where for a time he was employed in the local mill until his removal to Belleville. He was also employed in Mohegan and Blackstone, Mass. At each of these places the youth continued to work in the mills, as did also his father, and gained a very com- plete knowdcdge of the woolen industry, having been employed in every department in the manufacture of these gorids. He had become so expert that by the time the family moved to Masonville, in 1879, he was in charge of weaving. He held the same position later in mills at Mohegan and Hampden, Mass., and at the Wheelock Mill at Putnam. Conn., remaining at the latter "V A'^fira-x *'iSto'j_-ntinued the busi- ness upon the same well-defined lines laid down by the founder and by him instilled into the owner. Mr. Luther started liquitlati' m of the above business, June 15, 1918, owing to conditions created by the war. 'For his own recreation Mr. Luther started about twenty-five years ago a greenhouse, 10 x 12 feet in size, which he built himself. A neighbor soon after- ward gave him a stan. He married Phoebe Lovina Stone and thev are the parents of Lillie Caroline, wife of J. Willard Baker. Through the maternal line Mrs. Baker traces descent from Hugh Stone, born in England in 1638. died in Rhode Island, 1732, a blacksmith by trade. This line is traced through the founder's son, Peter Stone, his son, Peter (2) Stone, his son, Peter (3) Stone, his son, Amos Stone, his son, Charles Stone, all of Cranston, R. I., their daughter, Phoebe Lovina Stone, born .'\pril 5. 1830. married William R. Cranston, their daughter, Lillie C. Cranston, a member of Pawtucket Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, married J. Willard Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are the parents of a daughter, Louise Baker. Mr. Baker has for many years been actively identified with the interests of the Baptist denomination in Rhode Island, having served as clerk of the First Baptist Chiirch for ten years, clerk of the Providence Baptist Association for seven years, and is now (1918) vice- president of the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention and a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Pawtucket, with which he united in 1886. He is also engaged in other denominational work and is a well-known layman in Rhode Island. lOJ HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND HENRY AUGUSTUS SISSON— Richard Sisson, founder of tliis family in America, was born in Eng- land, in K'xtS. and on coming to this country settled at Portsmouth, R. I., and was there made a freeman. Later he lived for a time in Dartmouth. Mass., residing there in 1667 and serving on a grand jury. In 1671 he is of record as a surveyor of highways, and in 1684 his will was probated, the exact date of his death being unknown. By his wife Mary he had sons: George, James, John, and from them spring all of the Sissons of Rhode Island claiming early Colonial ancestry. Henry A. Sisson, a retired farmer of Washington, R. I., is a son of John and Amy (Allen) Sisson, and a descendant of Richard Sisson, the American founder of the family. John Sisson, son of Nathan and Lydia Sisson, was a farmer most of his life, living for a time in Potovvanet. Later he lived in Cranston, Knightsville, Quidnick, Dodgeville, Central Falls, West Greenwich, working small farms iti these milling districts of Rhode Island. He married, October II, 1829, Amy Allen, daughter of Benjamin and Susannah Allen, of IMiddletown, R. I. John and Amy Sisson were the parents of the following children: i. Alfred P., died July, igi8, was an over- seer of the cardin.g room of a Bissell Cotton Mill, over- seer of the Sepachet Mills and of the Harris Mills, superintendent of the riiulgeville Mills of B, B. & R. Knight, and Iield positions in Webster, Holyoke and Fall River. Mass., and Phenix, R. I.; he aided in the uplniilding of several cotton mills which had been badly managed, and was one of the most capable of mill men ; lie married Cynthia Knight, of Coventry, daugh- ter of Alfred Knight, and they were the parents of two daughters, Nellie, married C. H. Hoar, of Barrington, R. I,, and Annie, married Ladd, of Holyoke, Mass. 2. Peter K., was a mill man, associatCfl with Rhode Island cotton manufacturing as a weaver until his death. 3. .Albert G., also a mill worker, engaged as a carder until his death. 4. Robert I., now deceased, was a spinner. 5. Truman B., at the age of sixteen years went t" sea on a whaling vessel, his first voyage continuing for three and a half years; during that cruise he suffered shipwreck and finally, by working his passage, reached his Rhode Island home, where he be- came a mill worker, like his brothers : at the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving until honorably discharged ; he then returned to Rhode Island and for seventeen years was engineer at the Phenix Mills; he then retired, and in January, 1018, ])assed away. and 7. Lyilia and Lucy (twins) ; Lydia married George H, Franklin, of Washington, R. I., now deceased; Lucy married Robert Sterrett, of Phenix, R. I., and has three children. 8. Millie, mar- ried Byron \'ars, of .Auburn, R. 1. 0. Am.v, resided with her parents, until her death. 10. Nathan A., was a cnttiin mill superintendent; he was a soldier of the Union, enlisted in the Second Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers. 11. Ji'Iin \V., engaged in business as a part- ner with his briitlier. Henry A. Sisson, and after a life of industry as mill worker and farmer has now retired and resides with his brnther. 12. Benjamin F., was a mill worker in his ynuth, then liecame a farmer, but when his cnuntry called him. he enlisted in the .Seventh Regiment, Rhode Ishind Volunteers, from West Green- wich and was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania. 13. Henry Augustus, of further mention, 14. George W., was reared a farmer, but later learned and followed the carpenter's trade. 15. .Austrilla. remained at the home farm until her death. 16. Oraline L., always lived at the family home, being both mother and sister to her brothers, as well as their homekeeper and companion, and shares with them an intense love of the home which she beautifies and adores through her passion for flowers. Henry .Augustus Sisson, son of John and .Amy (.Al- len) Sisson, was born in North Kingston, R. I., October 8, 1846. He attended the public schools of Coventry and West Greenwich, R, I., but at the age of seven years became a mill worker, holding the job of sweeper in the Quidnick Mill for four years. He was next employed in a Dodgeville, R. I. mill, remaining there eighteen months, then moved to Central Falls, and continued as a mill worker. From the Central Falls mill he moved to a small farm in West Greenwich, there remaining twelve and a half years. In 1867, to- gether with his mother, and brother. John W. Sisson, he bought a farm on Bowen Hill in the town of Cov- entry, R. I. There he resided until October, 1909, building up a large dairy farm business and adding one hundred acres to the original one hundred and thirty- five acres. The twelve cows he began with increased to a herd of one hundred fine cattle, Holsteins and Ayr- shires. This prosperous milk and dairy business, to- gether with the farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, was sold to Professor John E. Boucher in 1909, and in October of that year he moved to a farm in Johnston, R. I,, there continuing a stock and dairy busi- ness until 1013, when he sold out and bought the old John Killon property in Washington Village, R. I., where he has since lived a contented life of retirement from business cares. For two years Mr. Sisson was a member of the Washington Town Council, then refused further election. In 1908 he served as State Senator, he being the last Democratic senator elected from that district. Mr. Sisson is unmarried. JOSEPH OCTAVIUS SAN SOUCI was born in Stuklcy. Quebec, Canada, July 27, 1855, son of Euzebe and Marie Louise (Couett) San Souci, and in 1856 was brought to the L'nited States, the family settling in Saco, Me. In i860 the family moved to St. .Albans, Vt., where they were residing in 1862, when the father, Euzebe San Souci. enlisted in the First Regiment, Ver- mont Cavalry, and rode away never to return, he re- ceiving death wounds during the battle of Salem Church, June 10, 1864. leaving a widow and nine child- ren. Joseph O. San Souci attended St. Albans schools until sixteen years of age, but in the meantime had contributed his earnings to the family purse, aiding his capable mother in her task of bringing up and edu- cating a large family of children' deprived of a father's care. In 1871 Joseph O. began his business career b.v accepting a position as clerk in a dry goods and shoe store in Greenfield, Mass. There he remained eighteen months as a clerk in the shoe department, then came to Providence, R. I., wdiere he entered the employ of Eben J. lleane, a shoe store merchant of the Olneyville sec- tion. He remained in Mr. Beane's employ until 1880 when, in association with S. C. Jameson and .Asa Pink- ^;h2^ ey BIOGRAPHICAL 103 ham, he bought out the Beane shoe store, the firm oper- ating as Jameson, San Souci & Company. In 1882 Mr. Jameson sold his interest to his partners, the firm name then becoming Pinkham & San Souci. Mr. Pinkham retired in 1885, on account of faihng heahh, Mr. San Souci purchasing his interest and operating under the firm name, J. O. San Souci & Company. In the mean- time other stores were opened under that name, one of them. The Rhode Island Shoe Store, occupying the present site of the San Souci Department Store. .\n- other store was at Attleboro, Mass. In 1 809 J. O. San Souci & Company bought out the retail shoe firm, Fowler & San Souci, of Hartford, Emery J. San Souci, now lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island, and a brother of Joseph O. San Souci, being the junior member of that firm. Emery J. San Souci remained in charge of the Hartford store until 1892, when the San Souci brothers, Joseph O., Emery J., and Alfred G., pur- chased the business of Wetherell & Pierce, known as The Boston Store, No. 125 Westminster street, that concern having failed and being put under the auction- eer's hammer. The San Souci brothers, operating as J. O. San Souci & Company, operated these various stores together with a small department store in Olney- ville, on Olney Square, until 1900, when they began consolidating their mercantile enterprise under one roof. The Hartford Shoe Store was sold in 1892, Emery J. then coming to Providence, and taking charge of the Boston Store, at No. 125 Westminster street. The new Library building on Olney Square, completed in 1891, was rented for a term of two years, and a clothing and men's furnishing business established under the name, "San Souci," In 1892 the firm entered into an agree- ment with the .Alfred Anthony Estate Company to erect for them the building they now occupy, and when that building was completed a general store business was opened therein. By the year igoo the outside interests of the firm were sold and their business consolidated on Olney Square, No. 1957 Westminster street. Provi- dence. The Attleboro store was sold to its former manager, Thomas E. McCaffrey, who continued it as "The San Souci Store" until it was destroyed by fire in 1917. The clothing store in the Library building was sold to George A. Johnson, and later the Boston Store and the original store were sold, and the San Souci mercantile interests were al! consolidated at the "big store," No. 1957 Westminster street. This store is a very large one, thirty departments being maintained, the only feature of a modern department store not therein conducted being a grocery section. Sixty clerks are regularly employed with an equal number of extra clerks for rush hours and days. Alfred G. San Souci, broken in health, retired from the firm, removed to California, and there died in 1916. The business was incorporated as J. O. San Souci & Company, November 16, 1909, Joseph O. San Souci, president, and Emery J. San Souci, treasurer, as at present (1918). Mr. San Souci, in addition to his large business in- terests and duties as president of the company, has long taken an active part in city affairs. For twenty- one years he was a member of the school board, resign- ing from that body in 1912. He represented Ward Ten, in Common Council, for two years, and was chairman of the executive conunittee of the Ward Committee until press of business caused his resignation. He is a member of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, the Catholic Club of Providence, the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the For- esters of America, Sons of Veterans, charter member, ex-president and treasurer of the Olneyville Business Men's Association, the Knights of Columbus, and the Warwick Club. Joseph O. San Souci married, in Providence, R. I., June 15, 1880, Sarah G. Lynch, daughter of James and Sarah (Markey) Lynch, her parents both born in Ire- land. Mr. and Mrs. San Souci are the parents of five children: i. Paul A., born Feby. 3, 1886, a graduate of Classical High School, Providence, and Amherst Col- lege, A. B., class of 1910; at high school and college he ranked high in athletics, was captain and pitcher of the high school baseball team, member of the hockey team in both high school and college, member of the high school football team, and of the college baseball team; he is now engaged in business with J. O. San Souci & Company, in official position. 2. George E., born Nov., 18S9; a graduate of high school and a former hockey and baseball player, now enlisted in the United States Navy, serving at Newport. 3. Joseph O., Jr., a graduate of Holy Cross College, A. B., class of 1913, and a mem- ber of Battery C, One Hundred and Third Regiment, Fiebl .Artillery, Twenty-Sixth Division, from Rhode Island, serving in France; he was advanced to the rank of corporal, accompanied the Battery to France, saw hard service, and in August. 1918, returned to the L^nited Stales, having been detailed for training officer at the military camps. 4. Sadie Louise, born Nov., 1897 ; a graduate of Bay View Seminary and Sacred Fleart .Academy. 5. Claire Marie, born Aug. 23, 1901 ; now a student at Child's Business College, Providence. The family home is at No. 4 Claremont avenue, Providence. JAMES ALPHONSE McCANN, M, D., was born in Providence, R. I., September 27, 1881, a son of John and Mary A. (McDermott) McCann, both resi- dents of Providence. There he completed public school courses of study, finishing with graduation from high school with the class of i<;wo, his courses being marked by good scholarship and punctual attendance. He early decided upon medicine as his profession, and after attending high school passed to Brown University, whence he was graduated Ph. B., class of 1904. This completed his collegiate courses, and the same year he entered the medical department of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., and from that famed insti- tution was graduated M, D., class of 1908. After graduation Dr. McCann returned to Providence, and until 1911 was interne at Providence Lyi"g-!n-Hos- pital, then beginning private practice, specializing in fibstetrics. He is connected with the staff of Rhode Island Hospital, is assistant physician and secretary to the staff of Providence City Hospital, all in addi- tion to his own private practice. He is a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the various medical societies of the city and State, and in politics an Independent. Dr. McCann married, October 6, 1913, Rebecca F. Mahoney. of Providence. His home and offices are at No. 142 Francis street. Providence. I04 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND HENRY DARLING HEYDON— In business life president of tlie Central Real Kstate Trust Company of Providence, and in public life superintendent of the Rhode Island State Armory, Henry D. Heydon is rounding out a life of great usefulness to his State, beginning as postmaster in Crompton, R. I., in 1883. and continuing through both branches of the State Legislature and in many public positions. He is the only son of David (4) and Jemima C. (Johnson) Hey- don. descending through David (3), David (2). and David ( I ) Hayden, the last named a great-great-grand- son of Lieutenant William Hayden, who came from England to New England in the ship "Mary and John," first appearing at Dorchester, Mass., in 1630. He was one of the early Indian fighters, serving with Captain Mason in the Pequot War, 1637, ^or which he was granted land in Hartford, Conn. He moved to Wind- sor, Conn., about 1643, and in 1667 was a deputy to the General Court from the town of Kenilworth (Killing- worth). Conn. The line is through his son, Lieutenant Daniel Hayden, who retained the Hayden home in Windsor, was selectman, commissioner and lieutenant, serving in King Philip's War. He married Hannah Wilcoxson. Their son, Ebenezer Hayden. inherited a part of the original homestead, resided in Windsor, Conn., the greater part of his life, but removed to Har- winton. Conn., where he died. He married Mindwell Griswold, and they were the parents of David (i) Hayden, of Harwinton, who married Dorothy Allen. The line descends through David (2) Hayden. of Har- winton, C(mn.. and Angelica, N. V., and his wife, Jemima (Ellsworth) Heydon; their son, David (3) Heydon, of Greenbush, N. V., and his son, David (4) Heydnn. David (4) Heydon, father of Henry Darling Hey- don, was born in Greenbush, N. Y., March 2, 1822, died in Centerville, R. I., in IQ04. At an early age he became a cotton mill worker in New York, coming to Rhode Island in early manhood, and after a short time spent in Pheni.x, located at Woonsocket, where he was a foreman of spinning in the Burnham mill. Years later he engaged in the retail boot and shoe business in Prov- idence, but later moved to Killingly, Conn., where he was superintendent of a mill until his retirement. He lived in East Killingly, retired, until his death, at the age of eighty-three years. He married, in 1849, Jemima C. Johnson, who died in 1903, and is buried in the Crompton Cemetery. Henry Darling Heydon was born December 25, 1851, in the town of Coventry, R. I. Woonsocket became the family home in i860, and in that city and in Mt. Pleas- ant Academy, Providence, he prepared for the business of life. He began as a grocer's clerk in Providence, and later was engaged in business at Olneyville, R. I., and until 1874 was manager of an established business there. In that year he moved to Crompton. R. I., to become manager or receiver of a business which had fallen into the hands of its creditors, .\bout one year later he formed a partnership with Daniel W. Batch- elder, purchased the busniess he had been managing, and together they conducted it very successfully until IQ04, when the business was sold and the firm dissolved. His connection with the Central Real Estate Company of Providence began as a director about i8y8, and since June 3, 1916. he has been its executive head. He was a director of the Second National Bank, United National Bank, and of the Central Trust Company, all of Provi- dence. He was in business in Centerville, R. I., from 1003 until 1008. From the time Mr. Heydon became a permanent resi- dent of Crompton, R. I., he manifested a deep interest in the welfare of the town, and in every way possible aided in promoting the public good. Crompton is located in the town of Warwick, and as a member and chairman of the school board of the town he served many years, beginning in 1883. The same year he was .-ippointed postmaster at Crompton, and for five years he served the town of Warwick as auditor. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, was again elected in 1888, and was suc- cessively re-elected until 1899. He was a member and for six years chairman of the committee on finance, and when elected State Senator in April, 1900, was ap- pointed a member of the same Senate committee. He also served as chairman on committees on unfinished business and public institutions. He served upon Gov- ernor Taft's staff with the rank of colonel and with the same rank upon the staf? of Governor Ladd during his two terms as governor. He was a member of the com- mittee appointed to purchase a permanent camp ground for the State National Guard, and of a committee to procure a site for a new armory in Providence. Since 1913 he has been superintendent of the armory, built upon the site he aided in selecting. It is a matter of interest that in 1885 he introduced the hill under which the Legislature gave authority to build the armory, which, however, was not completed until IQ08. He has been a member of and secretary of the board of exam- iners of the Rhode Island State Normal School, is president of the board of trustees of the Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf, and holds the same relation to the Home for Aged in Providence. This record of pub- lic service in varied positions covers a period of about fortv years, and village, town, city and State has ben- efited through his devoted public spirit and service. Colonel Heydon was made a Mason in Manchester Lodge, No. 2, Free and .Accepted Masons, Coventry, R. I., a lodge of which he is a past master. In Capitu- lar Masonry he is a past high priest of Landmark Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of Warwick ; in Cryptic Masonry a member of Providence Council, and in Templar Masonry a Sir Knight of St. John's Com- mandery of Providence. He is also an Odd Fellow of Manufacturers Lodge, Olneyville, a member of the Economic and Players clubs of Providence, and of Grace Episcopal Church in Providence, but formerly was a vestryman of St. Philip's Church. Colonel Heydon married, March 16. 18S0, Charlotte .-\. Booth, daughter of Wright and Jane G. (Bradley) Booth, of Crompton. R. I., her father born in 1826, died in iSit6. Mr. and Mrs Heydon are the parents of two sons: I. Howard Raymond, born in Warwick. R. I.. January 22. 18S3, a graduate of the English and Classical High School, Providence, and of Brown University, A. B.. class of 1005; studied music in Germany, and is a composer of music for string instruments; he began business life with the National Rubber Company of Bristol, R. I., going thence to St. Louis, Mo., as sales BIOGRAPHICAL lo:; manager for the Worth, Heimer & Swarts Shoe Com- pany, now secretary of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, located at Newark ; he is also chief of the pubhcity department of the Red Cross work relative to the maintenance and teaching of trades to invahded and disabled soldiers; he married Elsa Swarts. daugh- ter of Charles Swarts, of St. Louis. 2. Wright David, born in Warwick, R. I., March 3, i8qo; was educated in Crompton schools, Hope High School, Providence, and Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass., class of 1907, Brown University. A. B., 191 1 ; for a short time he was with the Industrial Trust Company, then for one year with G. L. and H. I. Gross, later for two years was with the American Surety Company of New York, in the Providence office, and is now manager for the Fidelity Insurance Company. ARTHUR HUDSON HARRINGTON, M. D.— Before beginning his long connection with the State in- stitutions of Massachusetts and Rliode Island, Dr. Harrington spent two years in private practice in Prov- idence. After years spent in institutional service in Massachusetts and New York he came to Rhode Island in 1907. and has since been superintendent of the Hos- pital for Mental Diseases, located at Howard, R. 1., one of the philanthropic institutions maintained there by the State. For thirty-five years Dr. Harrington has been prominent in State hospital work, and he is one of the acknowledged authorities on mental diseases, his study and research, combined with his wide exper- ience, completing a perfect equipment to cope with the disordered mind or body. Dr. Harrington has sacri- ficed a successful career as a private practitioner in order to devote himself to his specialty in these various institutions. Had he devoted himself to private practice his success financially would have been remarkable, for professionally he is an exception and lias a remarkable personality. He is a grandson of Dr. Loammi Harrington, born in 1780, died in 1840, a physician and a surgeon in the American army during the War of 1812. After the war he practised his profession in Pa.xton, Mass. Dr. Lo- ammi Harrington was the father of Loammi (2) Har- rington, a merchant of Worcester, Mass., who married Susan F. Waite, of an ancient New England family, a descendant also of the Lakin family of New England. Arthur Hudson Harrington, son of Loammi (2) and Susan F. (Waite) Harrington, was born in Worcester, Mass., July 25, 1856. He completed the courses of public school study with graduation from Worcester High School in 1875, and from high school he passed to Brown University, whence he graduated with the degree of .\. B., with the class of 1879. Deciding upon the profession of medicine he entered Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and there was awarded the degree of M. D. with the class of 1882. From 1882 until 1884 Dr. Harrington practiced medicine in Providence, R. I., after which he accepted appoint- ment as assistant superintendent at the State Hospital, Danvers, Mass., there remaining ten years, gaining valuable experience in the management of such an in- stitution and in the demands which were made upon its medical staflt. In 1894 he was appointed medical director of the State Hospital at Bridgewater, Mass., remaining in that relation for four years, then return- ing to the State Hospital at Danvers as superintendent. He continued in the supcrintendency at the latter hos- pital for five years, 1808-1003, after which he accepted appointment as superintendent of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, and there spent four years, closing his connection with that institution in 1907, and beginning his connection with the Rhode Island Hospital for Mental Diseases at Howard. This post he has held continuously from that year until the present (iQiS"). There he has the welfare and care of about fifteen hundred patients, devolving upon him, and it is the highest eulogy which can be pronounced upon his management to simply note the fact that he has continued in office year after year as the most fitting man for the position. Nor is Dr. Harrington's valuable service confined to the State of Rhode Island alone. He has contributed to the medical journals, and through them has reached a world-wide audience, the topics of his articles mental and nervious diseases, hospital construction, equipment and management. To the work of a facile pen he has added that of an eloquent public speaker, and on these same subjects he had delivered many addresses before public audiences gathered to discuss them from the view point of the best authority. He is a member of the .American Medical Association. American Medico-Psy- chological Society. New England Society of Psychiatry, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Medical Society, and Rhode Island Medico- Legal Society. His college fraternity is Delta Kappa Epsilon; his club the L'niversity of Providence; his church the Protestant Episcopal. Dr. Harrington married. September 7. IQ06. May L. George, daughter of James Newell George. By a former marriage Dr. Harrington has a son. Dr. Clifton Ward Harrington, now a practicing physician and surgeon of Everett, Massachusetts, and a daughter. Ethel, the wife of Jean Pierre de Botassi. of .\thens. Greece; she is a professional soprano singer of international reputation. EDWARD LAWRENCE LEAHY— Although a member of the Rhode Island bar since 1908, Mr. Leahy is one of the young members of that bar numbering in years, but a veteran in practice, for he began practice at the age of twenty-two years in 1908— ten years hav- ing elapsed since he pleaded his first cause. He is a son of John L. and Ann (Murphy) Leahy, his father yet a prosperous farmer of Bristol, R. I. Edward Lawrence Leahy was born in Bristol. R. I.. February 9, 1886. He attended the public schools of Bristol, completing the course with graduation from high school, class of 1904. He spent the next year in academic course study at Brown University, going thence to Georgetown L^niversity Law School, Washing- ton, D. C, there continuing until awarded his LL.B. with the class of 1008. With his newly-acquired dignity he returned to Rhode Island, was admitted to the bar in October of the same year, located in Providence, and is now well established, practising in all State and Fed- eral courts of the district, his offices at No. 704 Gros- venor building, having been associated since admission io6 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND to the bar with the firm of Fitzgerald & Higgins. He is a member of tlie Rhode Island State Bar Association, and thorout;hly respected by his brethren of the pro- fession. Mr. Leahy is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Bristol, is ex- State advocate and past grand knight of tlie Knights of Columbus, member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, an ex-president of the Bristol Improvement Association, and in politics a Democrat. In I'HO he was elected judge of probate for Bristol, and has been reelected annually ever since. He is a former member of the General Assembly and of the Bristol School Committee. All his interests except his law practice are centered in Bristol, and there he is best known and most highly esteemed. He has been fond of athletics since boyhood days, making the freshman baseball team at Brown, "Varsity" basketball team and Varsity rowing crew at Georgetown. He retains his love and interest in these sports and in all other health- ful recreations. Mr. Leahy married. February 15, 1013, Fern Dixon, of Bristol, daughter of former State Senator and Mrs. Ezra Dixrm. They are the parents of a daughter, \"ir- ginia, born .August JO, 1015, and a son, Edward Law- rence. Jr., btirn March 24. 1018. JOSIAH S. PACKARD— Although the J. S. Pack- ard Dredging Company is a Xew Jersey corporation, its principal place of business is Providence, R. I., their operations extending from New York harbor to the coast of Maine. The business was founded in 1878 by Josiah S. Packard, who conducted the business with his brother until i89i> as a private enterprise. During that period he did a great deal of harbor work of a con- structive nature, but then he organized the J._ S. Pack- ard Dredging Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, with a capital stock of $50,000. He located at Pn:ividence shortly afterward and continued active in the business until his death. With his passing, his son. .\nibrose Packard, who had literally grown up in the business, succeeded him, and is now president of the J. S. Packard Dredging Com- pany, and president of the Packard Hydraulic Dredg- ing Company, the latter a subsidiary company. The officers of the parent company are: .Ambrose Packard, president; C. C. Wheeler, vice-president: and Kirke W. Packard, secretary-treasurer; these constituting the board of directors. When the company began business, ten employees, one dredge, and three scows comprised the plant and working force. They now employ one hundred men, own three powerful tug^s, live modern dredges of large capacity, and twenty scows. They are constantly en- gaged in harbor dredging and improvement somewhere along the .Atlantic coast from New York north. In their particular field they are in the highest rank, and the only company of im]jortance in Providence engaged in this business. The Packard family is an ancient one in New Eng- land, and in the Revolution many of the name are found on the side oi the Colonies. On the Woodruff side descent is traced from French and English ancestors dating to earliest days of tlie seventeenth century. The family is a num.er7. four brothers were students at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., all pursuing the same course. One of the brothers was William Smith Flynn, now a popular member of the Rhode Island bar and representing a district of that city in the Rhode Island General .\ssembly. He is a son of James A. and Elizabeth (Kelley) Flynn, both life- long residents of Providence, where the mother died in 1905, James A. Flynn now residing in Providence. William Smith Flynn was born in Providence, .Vugust 14, 18S5, completing graded and high school study there, graduating from the classical high, class of 1903. He entered Holy Cross College the same year, financing a four years' course there through his own personal efforts, being purser on one of the boats of a promi- nent line, and later ticket agent in the main office of the company. He was graduated A. B., class of 1907, and in the same year entered the law department of George- town University, Washington, D. C, receiving his degree of LL. B. at graduation, class of 1910. To finance his legal education the same methods were em- ployed, and in the immigration, commerce and navy departments of the government he held positions suffi- ciently remunerative to meet all his expenses. Too much importance cannot be placed upon the fact that this classical and professional education was secured entirely through the labor of his own hands and brain, for it gives the keynote to his character and explains why at the age of thirty-two he is well-established in a law practice, and has long been numbered with one of the rising stars of the political firmament. Hard work having brought him to a place in which his intel- lectual gifts became available, and in competition with men whose way had been made easier for them, he has proved the strength of his character and the quality of his attainment. With his law course at the University completed, Mr. Flynn spent the next six months with Thomas A. Car- roll, of the Providence bar, in further preparation, be- ing admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 191 1, to prac- tice in the United States District Court in 1913, and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in 1916. In- cidentally it is of interest to know that he won his first case in both the United States District and Circuit courts. He began practice in Providence in 1911, and so continues, winning friends and constantly adding to his stature as a lawyer of learning, skill and honor. He is a member of the Rhode Island Bar .'Association. From youth Mr. Flynn has taken a deep interest in politics and soon became known as one of the young men of his ward who could be depended upon for effective campaign work, both in platform and com- mittee. In 191 1 he was the Democratic candidate for representative from his district, was elected and since has represented the sarne district continuously except- ing in 1915-16. During 1917-18 he was deputy floor leader of the Democratic party, and in 1919 was elected floor leader of the Democratic party. He is now a mem- ber of the judiciary committee, having previously served on the militia and State property committees, and is an eloquent, forceful speaker, and very popular. In religious faith Mr. Flynn is Roman Catholic, belong- loS HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND ing to St. Michael's Church, Providence. His fraterni- ties are tlie Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus; his clubs are the St. Michael's, Catholic, Columbus and Pen and Pencil. He is art editor of his College Year Book, and is an ex-president of his college class. BYRON SPRAGUE WATSON— While every graduate looks back with pleasure and pride upon his graduation day and the awarding of the coveted degree, the day is one of especial pride to Mr. Watson, for in the commencement day procession walked his grandfather. Rev. Elisha Freeman Watson, class of "40," and his father. Colonel Arthur Hamilton Watson, class of "70." his own class was "97," the lirst named a minister of the Gospel, the second a financier, the last named a wholesale merchant, all loyal sons of Brown. This family is distinctly Rhode Island through each of the eight generations herein mentioned. Both in direct and collateral lines eminent names appear, and Watsons have tilled honorable stations from the coming of the ancestor. John Watson, who is first recorded in North Kingston, R. I., in 1673. He was a man of influence, served as deputy in i6qo, and was succeeded by his son, John (2) Watson, the first child born in Narragansett, R. I., after King Philip's War, who attained nonagena- rian honors and almost reached the century mark, dying November 8, 1772, aged ninety-seven years. John (2) Watson became a large land owner and was an influential citizen, filling high stations. Thrice wedded, he had eight children, fifty-seven grandchildren, forty-five great-grandchildren and three great-great- grandchildren, a large number of whom attended his funeral. The line of descent is through John (3) Wat- son, eldest son of John (2) Watson and his first wife, Hannah (Champlin) Watson. John (3) Watson mar- ried Isabella Sherman, and they were both members of the Society of Friends. Their son, Elisha Watson, born August 5, 1748, married (second) Susannah Perry, and they were the parents of Freeman Perry Watson, who married Phoebe Watson, and they were the parents of the Rev. Elisha Freeman Watson, grandfather of Byron Sprague Watson, of Providence, son of Colonel Arthur Hamilton Watson. Rev. Elisha Freeman Watson was born at "Boston Neck," South Kingston, R. I., March 28, 1814, and died at his home, "Matunuck Farm," in the same town, Januar\' 16, 1900. He secured a good preparatory edu- cation, entered Brown University, was graduated A. B., class of 1840, A. M., 1843, pursued studies in divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York City, completed his studies under the Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D., of Newport, R. I., and was ordained a priest of the Protestant Episcopal church in .August, 1843. He was rector of St. Paul's, Tower Hill, and St. Matthew's. Jamestown, R. I., 1843-46; rector of Christ's Church. Lonsdale, 1846-49; retired, living on his farm in South Kingston, 1851-60; rector of the church at Otis, Mass.. 1860-61 ; chaplain of the Eleventh Regi- ment. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861-64; and of the Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers after returning from the from in 1804. He was one of the founders of the Republican party in Rhode Island, speaking all over the State and in Massachusetts, in support of Freemont and Dayton in i8;6, and was an ardent Abolitionist. He was identified with the first temperance movement that ever was organized in his town, and had for his motto. "From the cradle to the eolfin a temperance man," After retiring from the min- istry he became more than ever the student, and even when an old man he was devoting a great deal of time to the study of languages of other lands. He married January 6, 1843, Mary Dockray, who died October 5, 1904. surviving her husband four years. Colonel Arthur Hamilton Watson, only child of Rev. Elisha Freeman and Mary (Dockray) Watson, was born in Lonsdale, R. I., September 20, 1849, and died in Providence, November 16. 191 3. He prepared in public and private schools of Kingston and Providence, and entered Brown University, whence he was gradu- ated A. B., class of 1870, just thirty years after his hon- ored father's graduation from the same institution. In 1871 he became a clerk in the wholesale boot and shoe house, Greene, Anthony & Company, of Providence, and on January I, 1873, was admitted a partner. From that time until his death, forty years later, he con- tinued in the same business, becoming head of the house, the name Greene, Anthony & Company yet re- maining unchanged, the house the largest of its class in Rhode Island. Mr. Watson was the active head and practically the owner for many years, his only son be- ing admitted a partner in ii-X)3. At the time of his death he was president of the Providence, Fall River & Newport Steamboat Company ; vice-president of the Nicholson File Company; vice-president of the Narra- gansett Electric Lighting Company; a director of the Rhode Island Insurance Company; director of the American Screw Company; and director of the Union Trust Company. For a number of years he was a director of the Globe National Bank, formerly in opera- tion in Providence; director of the American National Bank for fifteen years preceding its absorption by the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company; was president of the Commercial Bank from its organizati^jn until merged with the Union Trust Company. From 1883 until l8<;»6 he was a prominent figure in city politics, serving for ten years as councilman from the second ward, being president of council the last three years; was the Republican candidate for mayor of Providence in 1892; and for three years, l8i33-96, was a member of the Board of Aldermen, serving as president of the board the last two years. He served on many committees of councils, regular and special, and was one of the active working members of the city's legislative bodies. He gained his military title as aide- de-camp, ranking as colonel on the staft' of Governor Brown. His clubs were the Hope, Agawam, Commer- cial and University. Colonel Watson married, Februan," 20, 1873, .Anna P. Sprague, who died February 22, 1904. a member of the Society of Colonial Dames, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution ; daughter of Colonel Byron Sprague. of Providence. Colonel and Mrs. Watson were the parents of three daughters and a son : Har- riet Sprague, married John Bosworth Lewis ; Byron Sprague, of further mention; Mary Dockray, married ^L^son Freeman Cocroft; Annie Hamilton, married Charles Fletcher. BIOGRAPHICAL 109 Byron Sprague Watson, only son of Colonel Arthur Hamilton and Anna P. (Sprague) Watson, was born May 26, 1876. He prepared at the Berkeley School and at University Grammar School, entered Brown Univer- sity and was graduated A. B., class of 1897, twenty- seven years later than his father and fifty-seven years later than his grandfather, received the same degree from the same institution and all were present at the commencement day exercises, 1897; the grandfather aged eighty-three; the father aged forty-eight; the son aged twenty-one. Immediately after graduation Mr. Watson became associated with the firm, Greene, Anthony & Company, wholesale boots and shoes, beginning in a lowly posi- tion and rising through every position to a partnership in 1903. For ten years he was his father's partner and close associate, and when the latter went to his reward in 1913, the son remained the only surviving partner and head of the immense business, located at No. 36 Pine street, Providence. He is also a director of the Nicholson File Company, Narragansett Electric Light- ing Company, Union Trust Company, the Rhode Island Fire Insurance Company and Belcher & Loomis Hard- w-are Company. A member of the staff of Governor Kimball, Mr. Watson attained the rank of colonel. He is a Republican in politics, but takes no active part in political affairs, his prominence being in the business world, his opinion there carrying the weight of author- ity. His clubs are the Hope, Agawam. Hunt. Rhode Island, Country, Commercial, Dedham Polo and others. Mr. Watson married, October 31, 1899. Isabel, daugh- ter of Edward A. Loomis, and they are the parents of Isabel Loomis, Annie Potter Sprague, and Hope Watson. HENRY PEIRCE ELDREDGE— The association which has existed between this branch of the Eldredge family and the municipality of East Greenwich since 1810 began with the coming of Dr. Charles Eldredge, a graduate of the medical department of the L'niversity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Eldredge had no intention of per- manently locating in East Greenwich, but a malignant disease became epidemic in many parts of New England, and before he was really aware of it he had so extensive a practice that the temporary arrangement under which he came became permanent settlement. Thus the family came to East Greenwich, this record tracing briefly the four lives which have been intimately connected with the life of the town: Dr. Charles Eldredge; his son, Charles Child Eldredge, a farmer; his son, Henry Peirce Eldredge, a merchant; his son, Henry Peirce (2) Eldredge, a lawyer. Dr. Charles Eldredge was a son of Captain Eldredge, of Brooklyn, Conn., a brave officer of the Revolution, and his wife, Lucy (Gallup) Eldredge. He was born in Brooklyn, Conn., July 31, 1784, and died in East Green- wich, R. I., September 15, 1838, and his remains were interred in the burying ground on Baptist Meeting House Hill, but later they were removed to St. Luke's Cemetery. He studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Hub- bard, of Pomfret. Conn., attended medical societies at the University of Pennsylvania, and for one season at Pennsylvania Hospital. He came to East Greenwich, a man of twenty-nine years, strong in physique and mind, and devoted to his profession. He was a disciple of Dr. Rush, the eminent professor of medicine under whom he sat at the university, but he was not a blind follower of any school. He kept in touch with all advance in matters of the medical profession, adopting all that his judgment approved, and rejecting the sen- sational and untrue. He was a skilled surgeon, called upon in all critical cases for miles around, although it was his pride to avoid rather than to perform heroic operations. He often spoke with pardonable satisfac- tion of the many limbs he had saved by careful treat- ment, when amputation seemed the proper treatment. He was one of the original members of the Rhode Island Medical Society, was its president from 1834 to 1837, was an honorary member of the Connecticut Medical Society ; anS he was appointed private secretary to William C. Baker, mayor of Providence, serving two ^^^^; yy^sr BIOGRAPHICAL III years. He became the Providence agent of the New Haven Steamboat Company in 1899, and hitcr he was appointed assistant to the general superintendent of the marine department of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, with headquarters in New York City. Later he returned to Providence, where he entered the banking and brokerage business, his present activity. In September, 1907, he became a member of the lirm. Miller & George, bankers and brokers. No. 96 Westminster street. In 191 1 the firm moved to their present quarters. No. 336 Industrial Trust building, where they conduct a successful banking and investment business. Mr. George is an ardent devotee of all out-of- door sports; is a member of the Hope and the Agawam Hunt clubs; and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity of Hrown University. GEORGE HENRY HOLMES— Prominently iden- tified with the jewelry business with which he has been actively associated for a number of years, George Henry Holmes occupies a place of importance in the manufacturing circles of Providence. He is a son of William H. and Harriet (Handy) Holmes, and was born in Providence, June 13, 1858. He attended the local schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College. While still a youth he entered upon his business career, securing a position in the office of Samuel Slater & Sons, of Providence. He later became bookkeeper for Brown and Monroe, whole- sale fruit dealers. In 1883 he became associated with Henry T. Smith, and together they established a jewelry manufacturing business under the style of Smith &; Holmes. This partnership was dissolved in iSi-!^, and was succeeded by that of George H. Holmes and Company, which, in 1904, became the George H. Holmes Company, Inc., Mr. Holmes being president and treasurer. The firm makes a specialty of manufacturing a general line of gold-plated jewelry, their plant being located at No. 185 Eddy street. Mr. Holmes is a former president and now a director of the New England Manufacturing Jewelers' and Sil- versmiths' Association, and is president of the Free Masons' Hall Corporation. In the Masonic order he has been very active and has attained the highest rank, holding the coveted thirty-third degree of the Ancient .\ccepted Scottish Rite. He is a member of Adelphoi Lodge, No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he has served as master; Providence Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Rhode Island Council, Royal and Select Masters ; St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar; Rhode Island Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Palestine Temple, An- cient Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In 1911 the honorary thirty-third degree was conferred upon him. In igi6 he was made an active member of the Supreme Council, and in 1918 was made deputy of Rhode Island. Mr. Holmes is a member and vestryman in All Saints' Episcopal Church. His club associations are the Squantam, Turk's Head, Hope, and Wannamoisett Country, and he is a member of the Society of Col- onial Wars. In politics he is a Republican, and served in 1909 and 1910 in the House of Representa- tives from Providence. He became a member of the State Harbor Improvement Commission from its inception, and served six years, until consolidated with the State Harbor Commission. On October I, 1917, he was appointed fuel administrator of Rhode Island, by Dr. H. A. Garfield, and served until June, igi8, when he resigne. iylVlAylxL BIOGRAPHICAL "3 the chair two years. In 1876 he became a charter member of Adelphoi Lodge, No. 33, Ancient Free and .Accepted Masons, and was chosen the first Wor- shipful Master, serving in 1S76-77-78. He was a mem- ber of St. John's Commandery, No. I, Knights Tem- plar. In 1892 he was elected to the office of Grand Master of Rhode Island. His clubs were the Pom- ham and Central. On January 31, 1861, Mr. White married Lydia Worsley, daughter of John and Lydia (Bunn) W'ors- ley, of Barre, Mass. Mrs. White was an attendant of the Episcopal church, was active in charitable and benevolent work, and for many years was a member of the board of visitors of the Rhode Island Homoeo- pathic Hospital. She died December 17, 1902, aged sixty-nine years. Stillman White passed away in Providence, April 3, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. White were the parents of one daughter, Abby Howard, who became the wife of George H. Holmes, of Provi- dence. George H. Holmes, son of William H. and Har- riet (Handy) Holmes, is a member of the firm of George H. Holmes Company, manufacturing jewelers of Providence. He is well known in business circles in the city, and prominent in the Masonic order, in which he has reached the thirty-third degree. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes are the parents of two children: Stillman Howard, who died in infancy, and Ruth Weston, the wife of James Taylor Wilson, of Provi- dence. WALTER HAMMOND BARNEY— Admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1S70, Mr. Barney was in con- tinuous practice in Providence for thirty-eight years, being at the time of his passing senior partner of the law firm of Barney, Lee & McCanna. A learned and able lawyer, he long served a large and influential clientele, his practice being general in character, but in later years he specialized as much as possible in equity and the law of corporations. While the law always held him closely, he did not neglect other activities of city life, and in politics, athletic and sport associations, in church and Sunday school w'ork he was active and useful. He was for a quarter of a century one of the strong supporters of the game of duplicate whist, and was one of the men who in 1891 organized the American Whist League, was an ex- president and a life member of the league, and by every member of the New England Whist .'\ssocia- tion. and of the Narragansett Whist Club is regarded as the father of those clubs, while all over the L^nited States whist clubs and organizations bear his name on their rolls as an honorary member. Mr. Barney traced his descent from Jacob Bar- ney, of Swansea. South Wales, Great Britain, who came to New England in 1680, and settled at New- port, R. I. His son, Joseph Barney, settled in Reho- bnth, Mass., in 1670, and owned there 640 acres. He married Constance Saunders, and was succeeded by their son, Joseph (2) Barney, who married Joanna Martin. Their son, Martin Barney, married Abigail, daughter of Lieutenant Nathaniel Peck, and they were the parents of the sons, Jonathan and Nathaniel. Jonathan Barney, born April 24. 1755, married Ruth Perry, and they were the parents of John Barney, the grandparents of Josiah Kent Barney, and the great-grandparents of Walter Hammond, of Provi- dence. John Barney, of the sixth American generation, was a farmer and also a contractor of mason work. He rebuilt the Washington street piers in Providence after the bridge had been swept away in 1815, built the Brook street sewer, and was employed in the erection of the stone wall around Dexter Asylum. He w-as a soldier of the War of 1812, his widow, Ruth (Viall) Barney, being granted land on account of his war services. Josiah Kent Barney, son of John and Ruth (Viall) Barney, was born in Seekonk (now East Providence), December 17, 1830. He had completed a three years' term as apprentice to the machinist's trade when, on February 20, 1852, he left New York City for California, where he remained for two years working in the mines. He then returned to Providence, was asso- ciated with ex-Governor John W. Davis in the gro- cery business, 1855-60, and then went again to Cali- fornia. When he arrived in San Francisco, he found that the silver mines of Nevada were attracting the miners and there he spent two years mining, the Piute Indians adding greatly to the danger and discomfort of his life. He quit mining in 1S63, and engaged in a mercantile venture until i860, in the meantime serving as county commissioner of Lyon county, 1866-69, and as member of the Legislature during the session of 186S-69. In 1869 Mr. Barney sold his business and returned to Providence, entering into a business partnership with Darius Davis, their place of business being on the site of the present Central House. This partner- ship was dissolved in 1871, the lease on the property expiring at that time. Mr. Barney then bought property, and in August, 1871, opened a grocery and market, and there conducted a successful business until his retirement. He was a past m.aster of Amity Lodge. No. 4. Free and .\ccepted Masons, Silver City, Nev.: and was a member of the' Grand Lodge of Nevada, and filled the office of grand sword bearer and grand junior deacon. He was a member of the Veteran Masonic .'Association of Providence, and of the West Side Club, a Republican in politics, and a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Susan Hunt Hammond, daughter of Dr. John A. Hammond, of Seekonk. They were the par- ents of two sons, Walter Hammond and Charles .-Mfred, the latter born November 19, 1858. Walter Hammond Barney, of the eighth .American generation, was born in Providence, R. I., September 20, 1S55, and died there. December II, 1917. The years 1864-69 were spent in Silver City, Nev., his edu- cation having been continued in Providence, where he attended the public schools after the family returned in 1869. He completed his college preparation at Mowry & Goff's English and Classical School, and in 1872 w'as graduated therefrom with valedictorian honors. He then entered Brown L'niversity. whence he was graduated with tb.e degree of A. B. in the class R 1-8 114 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND of .1876, again being the valedictorian, having in his junior year won the Phi Beta Kappa. In 1879 he received the degree of A. M. from Brown University, and the same year was admitted to the Rhode Island bar. having been a student under Colwell & Colt of the Providence bar during the years 1876-79. Imme- diately after admission he began practice in Provi- dence alnne, but three years later he formed a part- nership with his former preceptor, Francis Colwell, city solicitor, that association continuing for ten years, lS8j-Q2. From 1893 until 1900 he was a law partner of Samuel Morris, and from 1900 until 1903 was sen- ii^r member of the firm nf Barney & Lee, his partner, Judge Thomas Z. Lee. In 1903 Francis I. McCanna was admitted, the firm then being reorganized as Barney, L^'c & r^lcCanna. A Republican in politics, Mr. Barney was long active in party affairs, and for many years his was a potent voice in party councils. He represented Providence in the Rhode Island House of Represen- tatives during the sessions 1889 and 1890; was chair- man of the committees on special legislation, and as such was in charge of the ballot reform act of these sessions, working hard for its introduction and pass- age. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Provi- dence school committee, and until June, 1904, he held that office, serving as president of the committee for nearly the entire period. He was a member of the Providence Common Council, 1891-92-93, and 1895, and held many important committee assignments, and for several years after retiring from the Council con- tinued as chairman of the special committees on puri- fication of the city water supply and of public parks. Mr. Barney was one of the founders of the L'ni- versity Club, of which he was a member until his death, and of the Providence Athletic Association. In 1801 he aided in the organization of the American Whist League and was its secretary until 1896, vice- president for one year, 1896, president in 1897, and a life member of its executive committee. He was a founder and for three years was president of the New England Whist Association, and a life member of its executive committee. He was an e.x-president of the Narragansett Whist Club, and was one of the tiest known devotees of duplicate whist in the United States. Fle was an official member of Trinity, now Trinity Union, Methodist Episcopal Church, of Prov- i^'cnce. from 1S79. and from 1903 was president of the board of trustees. F^ir fifteen years he was chief secretary of the Sunday School Secretaries' Union. He was interested in all good works, and gave freely of his professi' inal ability to the organizations to which he belonged. Mr. Barney married, June M. 1882, Sarah Lydia Walker, daughter of Ezra I. and Margaret (Lambert) Walker. Their only child, Walter Howard, was born in Providence, Octolier 25, 1883. mal origin, signifying literally the son of Colvin. Colvin, or Culvinus, as the name appears in the Latin form in the Domesday Book, was a Devonshire teiKint-in-chief, and held lands in the reign of Edward the Confessor. The surname Coffin, found in County Devonshire, and with great frequency in New Eng- l.ind, is but a variant of Colvin in many cases. The American Colvins date from the second half of the seventeenth century, and are traced without exception to John Colvin, immigrant ancestor and founder of the family, of Dartmouth, Mass., and Providence, R. I. Rhode Island has been the home of the most notable branches of the family since the time of its founding in the State, and the name carries an hon ira!jle repute in professional, business and industrial annals in the State. The line of ancestry herein under consideration is that of the late Stephen Colvin, founder and for many years head of the firm of S. Colvin & Company, and manufacturer of the celebrated Colvin Looni- (I) John Colvin, the progenitor, emigrated from England to Dartmouth, Mass., at a date unknown. He is first of record in Providence, R. I., in the year I "05, when he purchased upwards of four thousand .icres of land. It is evident from this fact that John Colvin was a man of wealth. Little is known of his life, however. He made subsequent purchases of land in Providence and the vicinity, and is thought to have been a farmer on a large scale. He married (first) Dorothy .Allan, daughter of Matthew Allan, of Dart- mouth, Mass. He married (second), May 30, 1726, Mary Reach. .According to Austin, he died prior to November 17. 1729. (II) Rev. James Colvin, son of John and Doro- thy (Allan) Colvin, was born November 24, 1695. He resided first in Providence, later removing to Coventry, R. I. On July 7, 1729, he bought of Randall 1 1 olden and his wife. Rose, sixty or seventy acres of land in Westquadnaig. On February 2, 1743, he is mentioned as one of the executors of the will of Peter Roberts, who calls him brother-in-law. Rev. James Colvin married (first) ; (second) Anne He died March 5, 1755, and his will, dated STEPHEN COLVIN— The surname Colvin, one of the most ancient of English surnames, greatly antedates the Norman Conquest, and is found in the Dcimesday Book. Its origin is traced to the invasion of Britain I)y the Romans. The name is of baptiz- Feliruary 24, 1755, was proved on March 29 follow- in.g. The inventory of his estate amounted to £570. (Ill) Caleb Colvin, son of Rev. James Colvin, in- herited land under the will of his father. He was a life-long resident of Coventry. R. I., and a prosper- ous farmer there. He married, .August 3, 1739, Anne Burlingame. daughter of Rev. Thomas Burlingame, of Providence. He died after 1773. (!\") George Colvin, son of Caleb and Anne (Bur- lingame) Colvin, was born in Coventry, R. I., De- cember 25, 1744. He was a resident of Cranston, 1\. I., and ser\ed during the .American Revolution in the navy. He followed the sea for many years prior til his death. George Colvin married, March 13, 1774, Mary Sheldon, daughter of Nicholas and .Abigail Sheldon, of Cranston, who after his death received a pension friim the LInited States government: she died December 30, 1841. at the venerable age of ninety- one years, seven months, six days. Mr. Colvin died December 19, 1806. BIOGRAPHICAL "5 (\'i George (2) Colvin, son of George (i) and Mary I Sheldon) Colvin, was in Cranston, R. I., May 23, 1779, and was a lifelong resident of the town. He married Hiildah Davis. (V) Sheldon Colvin, son of George (l) and Mary (Sheldon) Colvin, was born in Cranston, R. I., Feb- ruary 21, 1781. He was a farmer and well-known citizen of Cranston for many years prior to his death, in November, 1871. He married Sarah Randall, who died August 8, 1878. Their children were: l. Caleb, who married Catharine Dawley, and died April 6, 1882. 2. Mary Ann, died Oct. 1897. 3. Nehemiah. 4. Stephen, mentioned below. 5. William Wallace, born Aug. 27, 1825, died Sept. 22, 1851. 6. Daniel, born June 30, 1830, died March 17, 1832. 7. Daniel, born June I, 1833. (VI) Stephen Colvin, son of Sheldon and Sarah (Randall) Colvin, was born in the town of Cranston, at Pippin Orchard, on February 24, 1821. He was educated in the schools of the town, attending during the few short winter months, and leaving in the spring as did all farmers' sons of the period in New England to help with the work of the farm. Despite these dis- advantages in education, however, he found time for study. He was an apt student of mathematics, of an inventive turn of mind, and the wide knowledge of mathematics and mechanics which he gained in early years later stood him in good stead in his business career. At an early age he learned the trade of machinist at Black Rock, in the Valley section of Warwick, and later entered the machine shop of Perez Peck at .Anthony. At a later date he was employed with Asa Sisson, builder of the once well-known Sisson Loom, in Anthony. Under Perez Peck and Asa Sisson, both inventors of considerable genius, Mr. Colvin received training of great value. He familiarized himself thoroughly with every detail of loom manufacture, and subsequently made some important improvements in the loom manufactured by Perez Peck. In 1862, in partnership with several gentlemen, among whom were Alden Williams and Charles Case, Mr. Colvin founded the firm of S. Col- vin & Company. In December, 1862, the firm began the manufacture of the celebrated Colvin loom, which within a short period came into very general use in New England and throughout the South. The busi- ness grew to very large proportions, and under the direction of Mr. Colvin was one of the most success- ful enterprises of its kind in Rhode Island. Lodo- wick Brayton became half-owner of the firm and the plant was removed to Riverpoint, R. I., where the business was conducted successfully until the .death of Mr. Colvin. Although widely known and eminently respected in business and financial circles in Rhode Island, the late Stephen Colvin, as far as was possible for a man of his responsibilities, remained a private citizen. He was a Republican in political affiliation, but in no sense of the word an office seeker. A keen student of the times, he was deeply interested in national and local issues, and espoused every movement for the advancement of the interests of the Valley. He was essentially a worker, detesting idleness. His success in life was distinctly the result of his own indomitable perseverance and energy. The strictest integrity characterized his every transaction in business, and he was widely known for the fairness and justice of his dealings with men. For many years prior to his death he was a director of the Pheni.x Trust Company, and the Phenix National Bank of Phenix, R. I., and he was also a stockholder in other local enterprises. He was a member of Warwick Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. On May 6, 1868, Mr. Colvin married at Phenix, R. I., Clara \. Turner, daughter of Charles P. and Caroline (Hale) Turner. Mrs. Colvin, who survives her husband, resides at the Colvin home in River- point, R. I. Mr. and Mrs. Colvin were the parents of the following children: i. Dr. .Stephen Sheldon Colvin, born March 29, 1869; a graduate of Worces- ter Academy in the class of 1887, and from Brown University in 1891; on completing his studies he was employed for about a year on the "Providence Jour- nal" and the "Telegram;" in 1895 he went to Berlin, where he pursued a course of study for several months, later going to Strasburg, where in May, 1897, he was granted the degree of Ph. D.: on his return to America, Dr. Colvin taught at Worcester English High School for four years; in 1901 he was called to the chair of Philosophy and Natural Theology of the University of Illinois, at Champaign, 111., where he remained about ten years, then came to Brown L^ni- versity and is now head of the department of educa- tion. Dr. Colvin married (first), Oct. 18, i8gi, Edna Boothman, who died Jany. 19, 1893; he married (sec- ond), July 23, 1895, Eva Mable Collins, of Provi- dence; they are the parents of one son, Sheldon David, born Sept. ig, 1896, in Strasburg, Germany. 2. Sara Hale, born Aug. 29, 1878; was a graduate of Brown University in the class of 1899; she married. May 23, 1900, Lewis Anthony Colvin, son of James Colvin, of Worcester, Mass.; they have one son, Ken- neth Hale, born Jany. 5, 1902, and one daughter, Amey, born Jany. 3, 1909. 3. Vincent Livingstone, 1 orn Dec. 6, 1882, lives at home. Stephen Colvin died at his home in Riverpoint, R. I., Feby. 18, 1904. EVERETT L. SPENCER— One frequently turns to nature for a simile expressive of the growth of man's genius and ability resulting in successful accomplishment. The great river that finds its source in the little spring, the strong and sturdy tree that sprang from the tiny seed, and many other phenomena of nature have been made the metaphorical expression of man's development. Any such would apply to the life record of Everett L. Spencer, who as a youth of nine entered the business world, and at the age of twenty-three became sole owner of one of the lead- ing jewelry m.inufacturing concerns of Providence. Everett L. Spencer, son of Charles Edward and Sarah Jennie (Farr) Spencer, was born in Providence, April 29, 1867. His father came to .America with his parents when an infant, the family locating in Rhode Island. Charles Edward Spencer was a Civil War veteran. Everett L. Spencer, left an orphan at an early age, secured a meager education in the public lit. HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND schools of Providence, and at the age of nine began earning his own living, operating a little fruit stand and selling newspapers. At the age of thirteen he secured his first employment, being with the jewelry firm of Waite, Smith & Company, later known as the W'aite, Thresher Company. He remained with that firm ten years, advancing rapidly in rank, and spend- ing the last fi>ur years of his life as a traveling sales- man, meeting with a good degree of success in that branch of the business. In 1S90, after ten years of faithful, continuous service with Waite, Thresher & Company, Inc., he resigned his position, and for a few months traveled in the West, representing the Providence jewelry firm of George H. Holmes & Company. In 1891 he entered into partnership with Alliert A. Reniington, forming the firm of E. L. Spencer & Company, and then began the manufacture of a general line of gold and plated jewelry. Their plant was formerly owned by Horace Remington. There the firm gained their foothold in the business world, but at the end of the first year Albert A. Rem- ington withdrew, Mr. Spencer purchasing his interest and becoming sole owner in 1892. For several years he followed the original line of manufactures, but was constantly making additions, each in its turn an advance in quality, design and finish. Finally he abandoned the manufacture of plated goods, and adopted a general line of solid gold jewelry, large quantities of goods for personal adornment being manufactured. Until the year 1900 the factory remained at No. 62 Page street, and in August of that year removed to the Emma building at the corner of Aborn and Washington streets. In 1905 the plant was moved to its present location. No. 95 Chestnut street. The company employs a large number of skilled jewelry makers, the machinery used being of the latest and best, the entire plant being operated to secure the best results. In 1903 the business was incorporated as the E. L. Spencer Company, Mr. Spencer being president and treasurer. The company also maintains a New York office, located at Nos. 15-T7-19 Maiden Lane. He is a director of the Mer- chants' National Bank, and of the Manufacturing Jewelers' Board of Trade, and for many years a direc- tor of the Union Trust Company. He is past presi- dent of the New England Manufacturing Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Association, a member of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers of the United States, and various organizations. He is active in Masonic bodies, and is a member of lodge, chapter, council and commandery, and the Rhode Island con- sistory. He is a member of the Commercial Club. Pomham Club, .'\nawan Club, Turk's Head Club, and varii'ius others. Mr. Spencer married, .\pril jq. iSqo. Nettie James Waite. a daughter "f the late Daniel B. and Sarah M. (Clewly) Waite. a pioneer jewelry manufacturer of Providence. .1 -ketch of whom appears elsewhere in this vrilnme. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are the par- ents iif a d.uiL;Iiter, Evelyn Waite. It is with l,:^ >2^/// ':tV ■■ J"i'*.'i-'V'-' i^uUprPr::, BIOGRAPHICAL 119 gogue or office seeker, has preserved his high char- acter and glories in the fact that every success which has come to him has been won honorably and fairly. He is strong in his party alles;iance, a tower of strength to the party, and is so recognized in party councils. He is the oldest member of the Knights of Columbus in the city, in point of years of membership, and is a past grand knight; he is an ex-president of the Provi- dence Catholic Club, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Sons of V'eterans, and once held the second highest office in the National body of that order. He is an honorary member of Slocum Post, Grand Army of the Republic; honorary member of Connell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars ; member of the West Side and Sunset clubs. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic, being a member of St. Anthony's Parish, Prov- idence. Lieutenant-Governor San Souci married Minnie A. DuiYy, and they are the parents of two daughters: Mary Louisa and Euphcmia Maybclle San Souci. The family home is No. 176 Webster avenue. Providence. JUDGE JOHN DORAN, well-known in the legal profession, is a son of James and Catherine (Nolan) Doran, of Barrington, R. L, where he was born, November 8, 1858, and there prepared for college in private schools, one of his instructors being Isaac F. Cady, of Barrington Centre. From preparatory school he went to Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., there completing his classical study. After a course of law study and preparation, he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in July, 1882, and at once began practice in Providence. For five years he practiced alone, and then formed a partnership with Edwin D. i\IcGuinness, which continued for fourteen years, 1887- 1901. That parinership was then dissolved upon Mr. McQuinness' death. He was elected to the Superior Court of Rhode Island as associate justice, February 7. I9'3- Judge Doran is a Democrat in politics, but numbers his friends and his supporters in both parties. He is a member of the University and Catholic clubs. JOHN LINCOLN ALGER, A. M.— The position Professor Alger holds among the educators of New England is one of honor, and has been won by close devotion to the profession he embraced since i8go. His connection with the Rhode Island State Normal School at Providence began in 1908, and has resulted in in- creased professional reputation for Professor Alger, and in a higher plane of efficiency and usefulness for the institution. He is a son of Nathan Willis and Mary Key (French) Alger, his parents residing in Vermont. John Lincoln Alger was born in Eaton, Quebec, Can- ada, November 20, 1864. His education was completed at Brown University, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of i8go, making Phi Beta Kappa. In 1895 he was awarded the Master's degree with the class of that year. Prior to graduation, in 1890, he began teaching in the Rutland ( Vermont) High School, under the principalship of Professor George Grafton Wilson, then came to Providence and taught in the high school until 1892, when he became instructor in mathematics at Brown University, a post he occupied from 1892 until 1895. He then resigned to accept the superintendency of the public schools of Bennington, Vt., holding that position five years, 1895-1900. The ne.xt four years he spent in Normal work as principal of the Vermont State Normal School of Johnson, going thence, in 1904, to Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt., as principal. Four years were spent at the academy, then came his return to Providence, K. I., in September, 1908, as head of the Rhode Island State Normal School, his present position ten years later. He is a member of several professional societies, is well-known in edu- cational circles as instructor, speaker and writer, and is wholly devoted to his work. Out-of-door recreation attracts him, and his vacation periods are usually spent in some spot convenient to ocean or forest. Professor .\lger married, June 30, 1896, Edith Good- year, of North Haven, Conn. NATHAN MANCHESTER WRIGHT— Tracing in unbroken line of descent to a hero of the Revolution, Lieutenant James Wells, and to Henry Wright, of Dor- chester, Mass., 1O35, Mr. Wright is a native and loyal son of Rhode Island, best known, perhaps, for his valuable assistance and untiring effort in effecting a division of the old town of Johnston, and annexing the easterly portion to Providence. Originally Johnston was a dis- tinctively rural community adapted to a town form of government. But while the western part of the town retained its rural character, the eastern part filled up with city families, became very populous and demanded the form of city government and the advantages to which they were accustomed. Mr. Wright was of this latter party, and ably headed the movement to bring about the desired conditions. The opposition was strong, and the prejudice to be removed was deep seated, but as the recognized leader he met this objec- tion with infinite tact and patience, finally effecting the separation of the town. After annexation he con- tinued his leadership, and was the most potent force in securing from the city of Providence the improve- ments sorely needed by the annexed district. So he is held in high honor by his fellowmen of his home dis- trict, and in the city is the well known, efficient clerk of the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District of Rhode Island. Since 1643 Wrights have been asso- ciated with tlie history of Rhode Island, Henry Wright, the American ancestor, coming from Dorchester, Mass., in that year, the records showing that his home lot was adjuinitig tliat of Roger Williams. In this branch the town of Foster, R. I., became the family seat, Nathan M. Wright being of the fourth generation of Wrights to reside there. His father, .Mbert H. Wright, was a farmer of Foster in early manhood, but later engaged in the lum- ber business, then until retirement devoted himself to real estate as agent and trustee. Albert H. Wright married Mary C. Mathewson, daughter of Nathan and Laura A. (Millard) Mathewson. An ancestor of Nathan M. Wriglit was Lieutenant James Wells, of the Sixth Company, Rhode Island Militia, of the town of Scituatc, Lieutenant Wells being a brave officer of the Revolution through whom his great-grandson, Nathan M. Wright, obtains membership in the Rhode Island Society, Sons of the American Revolution. 120 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND Nathan Manclicster Wright was burn in the town of Foster, R. I., February 14, 1865, and there his parents resided until i8-i. wlien tlicy moved to the town of Johnston. Tliere the lad. Nathan M., attended public schools, passing later to the grade and high schools of Pro\'idence, completing the higli school course with graduation, class of 1885. He entered Brown Univer- sity. coni[deted a fidl four years' course, made Phi Beta Kappa in his senior year, won honors in English, and was gradu;itcd A. B., class of i88q. The following year. 1800. he became a member of the reportorial staff of "The Providence Journal," and shortly afterward was appointed secretary to the editor of the "Journal," a position he fdled until 1903. During that period he studied law, and on October 31, iiX)4, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. He at once began general practice in Providence, was ad- mitted to the bar of the United States Circuit Court, December 4, l<.X)5. and became well established in public regard as a lawyer of learning and skill. In July, IQOO. Mr. Wright was elected by the City Council as justice of the Police Court of Providence, and by successive re-elections filled the position ably for three years, surrendering it after election for his present post, clerk of the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District of Rhode Island, March 19, 1909. In political faith a Republican, Mr. Wright has given much time to the public service, beginning as a senate page at the age of thirteen, and when barely a voter serving as delegate to State and local conventions. He was superintendent of schools for the town of John- ston for three years, l8<)l-94; elected a member of Providence Common Council in 1S9S, serving two years; elected secretary and treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee in July, 1903, an office he yet most ably tills. His services to the party in that position have been well nigh invaluable, his peculiar qualities of thoroughness, systematic arrangement of detail and ready pen. htting in well with the requirement of the post. Quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Wright is most energetic, and never leaves a subject until it is mastered. He is an ex-president of the Sunset Club; member of the Bernard Club; Nestell Lodge, No. 37, Free and Accepted Masons ; Providence Chapter, No. I, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Cavalry Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar; past noble grand of Manufacturers Lodge, Nil. 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and is grand officer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Rhode Island Bar .Association. Judge Wright married, November 27, 1S89, Mary Elizabeth Page, daughter of John W. Page, of Provi- dence. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of two sons, Nathan M. (2), and Harold P.; also of two daughters, Beatrice M. and Evangeline P. Nathan M., Jr., is a member of the Rhode Island bar, having been admitted to practice in November, 1915, and is an assistant clerk of the Superior Court. Harold P., a law student, was in the service during the "World War," graduating from the Second Plattsburg Officers' Train- ing Camp, taking up aviation, and finally going into the Tliirty-seventh Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps, being with the latter unit when the armistice was signed. Beatrice M.. married Harold R. .Shippee, of Pawtucket ; parents of two children: Elizabeth W., Elmer R. FRANK D. SIMMONS, president of the Eastern Coal Company, anil for a quarter of a century a prom- inent figure in business circles in the City of Provi- dence, was b(irn on February 17, 1857, son of the late Stephen and Fannie E. (Allen) Simmons, and mem- ber of a well-known Rhode Island family of early Colonial date. Stephen Simmons was born in Little Compton, son of Henry Brightman and Sally (Sea- bury") Simmons, and a lineal descendant of Moses Sim- onson, founder of the family in America. The sur- name is of Dutch origin, and the progenitor, a Dutch gentleman of Leyden, settled among the Pilgrims at Plymouth prior to 1634. As early as the second gen- eration, the family name had become Simmons, and as such it has figured in Massachusetts and Rhode Island annals since the middle of the seventeenth century. Stephen Simmons was for many years a member of the firm of Brown & Keach, jewelry manufacturers; on disposing of his interests in this enterprise, he en- tered the field of real estate, in which he engaged suc- cessfully until his death, April 13, 1886. Frank D. Simmons was educated in the public schools of Providence, and later attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College. In 1S77, after two years experience with a manufacturing jewelry firm, as bookkeeper, Mr. Simmons accepted a position with the Tucker & Little Coal Company as clerk and collecting agent. In 1879 he established himself independentlv in the coal busi- ness, under the name of the F. D. Simmons Coal Com- pany, locating his coal yards on Pearl street. After conducting this business successfully alone for a short period, Mr. Simmons formed a partnership with Robert B. Little, under the firm name of R. B. Little & Com- pany. The business was conducted under this naine, with yards at Point street, until 1S90, when the firm consolidated with three other companies of Provi- dence, and incorporated under the name of the East- ern Ci lal Company. Frank D. Simmons became a direc- tor and assistant to the president of the new company. In 1910 he was elected president and general manager, which offices he holds at the time of writing (1919). Mr. Simmons is active in numerous other mercantile enterprises of Providence, and ranks prominently among the most successful business leaders of the city. He is treasurer and director of the Fidelity Mercantile Agency, of the Loose Leaf Manufacturing Company, and of the Economy Faucet Company. Mr. Simmons is well known in Masonic circles, and is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. i. Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Providence Chapter. Royal Arch Masons; Calvary Commandery. Knights Templar; and Palestine Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs are the Turk's Head. Pomham, .\nawan and Central, of Providence, In political affiliation he is a Republican. On April 20, 1S82. Mr. Simmons married Mary E. Little, daughter of Robert B. Little, his former partner. ^L^-J ^ BIOGRAPHICAL 121 Mr. and Mrs. Simmons were the parents of a daughter, Rachel, wife of Alan C. Blanding, of Providence; and a son, the late Captain F. Ronald Simmons, of whom a narrative follows. CAPTAIN F. RONALD SIMMONS— The Great War has taken its grim toll in lives from every walk of life; every profession, every vocation, every science, every art has given of its best to the end that civiliza- tion might survive the menacing onslaught of the Hun. When the storm cloud of war broke over Europe in August, 1914, Paris harbored a colony of artists and cosmopolitans famed the world over as "The Amer- ican Colony," and composed of Americans who sought in Paris the training and inspiration which only her schools and ateliers can give. Carefree, thoughless be- yond the needs of the day, they lived in a fever of excitement, varying earnest study with pleasure seeking. At the outbreak of the war, F. Ronald Simmons was a well-known member of the inner circle of American artists in Paris, a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and already an artist of recognized powers. In the course of four years' residence in Paris he had acquired an exceptional understanding of French character and French point of view, and an acquaintance in many circles of Parisian life which subsequently was of the utmost value to him in his work as an officer of the Intelligence Section of the American Expeditionary Force. F. Ronald Simmons was born in Providence. R. I., in 1885, the son of Frank D. and Mary E. (Little) Simmons, After preparation in private schools and at Phillip's Andover Academy, he matriculated at Yale, where he took a Bachelor's degree in 1907. He then completed a course in architecture in the Boston Institute of Technology, and after a short office experience in Prov- idence, went to Paris to continue his studies. Art gripped him strongly, however, and by 1914 he had definitely abandoned architecture, had long been a student at the Beaux Arts, and was working with water colors, and later oils, in a famous Paris atelier. Then came July and August, 1914, and all was forgotten ex- cept the dire predicament of Paris. Many left the city, but F. Ronald Simmons was one of those who stayed, and was among the first American to begin relief work among the stricken French. He was one of the organizers of the American Committee of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, through which American students of the school aided former French students who had gone to the front and their families. In the winter of 1916- 17 he resigned from this committee to devote his entire time to work in the convalescent homes under the direc- tion of Mrs. Edith Wharton, the American novelist, who, in a tribute to his memory says : "As a member of the committee of the Tuberculeux de la Guerre he collaborated with me till that charity was absorbed by the American Red Cross, and again and again I had occasion to profit by his wise advise, his tact and pati- ence and discernment.'' When, in March, 1917, the American Military Com- mission, headed by Major Churchill, arrived in Paris, Mr. Simmons was asked to become one of its civilian members, because of his extensive knowledge of the French people, of their language and their customs, and his seemingly instinctive ability to create an atmosphere of harmony and cordial intimacy between the French and Americans. With America's entry into the war. Major Churchill was established at General Pershing's headquarters in Paris, and with him was Mr. Simmons, who rendered a service which cannot be overestimated in the trying six months of adjustment which ensued. He played no mean part in the evolving of the Amer- ican system intelligence, and by August, 1917, it was decided that he could work more effectively as a mem- ber of the Expeditionary Forces than as a civilian. He was commissioned a lieutenant, and soon afterward was put in charge of the American mission of the Inter- Allied Bureau at Paris. In February, 1918, he was given the rank of captain, and a few months later was as- signed to a responsible mission in the Intelligence Sec- tion of the Service of Supply (the familiar S. O. S.) and went to Southern France, taking up headquarters at Bordeaux. He was in line for further promotion when stricken with double pneumonia ; his strength had been undermined by his constant and tireless devotion to duty, and the disease proved fatal within three days. His death at the outset of what many predicted would have been a brilliant career is one of the tragedies of war. But he died a hero, as much so as if he had died on the field of battle. His death was mourned as a personal loss by the highest officials of the American Expeditionary Forces, who paid eloquent tribute to his services to our army — services rendered at a time when few were qualified to perform them. Of his measure as a man, and a friend, Mrs. Edith Wharton, the novel- ist, says : His friends would like to dwell on qualities more deeply concealed under the incurable modesty; on the responsive warmth of his sympathies, his joyous sense of humor, his sensitiveness to all things fine and rare, and the strange maturity of his judgments. • • • He was always ready; e\"ery call found him, every dis- tress appealed to him. If he had faults, his friends ne\er discovered them; if he had lived long enough to give his full measure many more would have mourned him as we are mourning him to-day. — Taken from the Paris Edition of "The New York Herald," of August 14, 191S. PHILIP HERBERT WILBOUR— From the time Samuel Wilhore fled from Tauntiin, Mass., to Provi- dence, driven by the persecutions of his religious op- ponents, the family has been prominent in the public and business life of the Colony and State of Rhode Island. Without an exception the heads of each of the nine generations of the branch herein recorded have been land owners and substantial farmers, the family possessions lying mainly in the town of Little Compton. Isaac Wilbour, of the sixth generation, although a member of Congress, 1807-09. lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1810, and from May, 1819, to May, 1827, chief justice of the Supreme Court. Rhode Island, ever made his home at his farm, following in that regard the example of his father, and was likewise emulated by his son Philip, his grandson, Isaac Champ- lin, and his great-grandson, Philip Herbert Wilbour, who inherited from his father the distinction of own- ing and operating the most extensive poultry farming business in the United States. He has made the con- 122 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND tinuation of that farm the aim of his business career, but since 1900 has figured prominently in public life. He is of the ninth American generation of the family founded by Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, who was ad- mitted to the church there, December I, 1633, that being the first recorded mention of the founder of the family in New England. The name Wildbore became Wil- bore in the second generation, was so spelled by the third, but in the fourth generation William changed it to Wilbour, which since prevails in this branch, al- though many of the same family line spell it both Wilbour and Wilbur as well. Samuel Wildbore was one of the founders of the iron industry at Taunton, Mass., building with his associates a furnace at what is now Raynham. the tirst built in New England. He became wealthy for his day, but his standing in the community could not preserve him from religious per- secutions, and for embracing the "dangerous doctrines" of Cotton and Wheelwright he was banished from Massachusetts with seventeen others. Although he owned a house in Boston, and one in Taunton, he abandoned both, and on the advice of Roger Williams he, with seventeen fellow exiles, purchased from the Indians the Island of Aquidneck, he moving there with his family in 103,'-;, these eighteen persons forming a colony under a solemn compact, Alarch 7, 1638. The founder died September 29, 1656, twenty-two years after having been made a freeman at Boston. His first wife Ann was a daughter of Thomas Bradford, of Dorchester, Yorkshire, England. Two of their sons, Samuel and William, settled in Portsmouth, R. 1.; another, Joseph, located at Taunton, Mass.; the fourth, Shadrach, in that part of the same town now known as Raynham. Prior to November 29, 1045, Samuel Wildbore married a second w'ife, Elizabeth. The line of descent from the pioneer settler, Samuel Wilbore, to Philip Herbert Wilbour is through William Wilbor, of I'ortsmouth, deputy in 1O78; his son, Sam- uel Wilbor, a farmer of Little Compton, R. I., and his wife, Elizabeth (Potter) Wilbor; their son, William Wilbour, also a farmer of Little Compton, and his wife, Esther (Burgess) Wilbour; their son, Charles Wilbour, who owned and cultivated a large tract of land near Sakonnet river in the town of Little Compton, and his lirst wife, Hannah (Borden) Wilbour; their son, Isaac Wilbour, a farmer of the old homestead, member of Congress, lieutenant-governor, and his wife, Hannah, daughter of Captain Philip Taber; their son, Philip Wilbour, a farmer of one hundred and twenty- five acres yet owned in the family, and his wife, Eliza Penelope (Champlin) Wilbour; their son, Isaac Cham- plin Wilbour, of further mention, and his wife, Deb- orah Josephine Wilbour; their son, Ir'hilip Herbert Wil- bour, of further mention. Isaac Champlin Wilbour, born at the homestead in Little Compton, R. I., May 11, 1831, died September, 1809, He became owner of the home farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, added to it by purchase until he had increased its area to two hundred and si.xty acres. He was the pioneer poultry farmer of his district and developed that business to enormous pro- portions, having five thousand hens, his yearly ship- ments of eggs to all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe averaging 150,000 dozen. His energy and progressive ideas won him great success, and he ranked with the leading business inen of his section. A work of love which was carried to completion with the aid of his cousin, Charles Edwin Wilbour, was the build- ing of Sakonnet Cemetery, the beautiful chapel therein having a chime of bells imported from Belgium. Within are marble tablets commemorative of many members of the family beginning with Lieutenant-Governor Isaac Wilbour, and there the donor rests. Isaac Cliamplin Wilbour married (first). Deborah Josephine Wilbour, born July 13, 1834. died, 1865, daughter of Benjamin and Abby M. (Taylor) Wilbour, and granddaughter of Daniel Wilbour and of Samuel Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbour were the parents of Philip Herbert, of further mention; Caroline Corey, died aged seven; Elizabeth Champlin; Deborah Jose- phine, married Frederick Marcy Patten, of Brookline, Mass. Mr. Wilbour married (second), .-Vmelia French, of Nantucket, who survived him. They were the par- ents of a son, William French, a lawyer of New York City. Philip Herbert Wilbour, only son of Isaac Champlin Wilbour and his first wife, Deborah Josephine (Wil- bour) Wilbour, was born at the homestead at Little Compton, which he now owns, .\ugust 27, 1856. He was educated in the public schools and Friends" School, Providence, and grew to manhood at the homestead, his father's chief assistant and later partner in the poultry raising business for which the farm was famous. After the death of the founder of the business in 1S99, the son assumed entire control and has continued to successfully manage it along the same lines, imfiroved and added to as experience dictated. The house which sheltered several generations has been remodeled and added to until, with its beautiful grounds, conservatory and location, it is most attractive to the eye of the beholder, and a source of deep pride and satisfaction to its owner. Inheriting the public spirit of his forbears, Mr. Wil- bour has taken an active part in public aft'airs, and given much time to the service of the people of his State. He had been a member of the Town Council prior to the year 1900. and in that year was elected representative from Little Compton to the State Legis- lature. He served three years in the House, being chairman of the committee on special legislation, and a member of other committees. His work in the House pleased his constituents, and in i()03 he was elected State Senator, and in 1907 reelected. He was chairman of the coiTimittees on corporations and finance, and other committees, also upon the floor of the Senate proved one of the able, influential and valuable mem- bers of that body. In 1912 Senator Wilbour was elected president pro tempore of the Senate, holding until March 15, 1917. During that period, in the absence of the governor and lieutenant-governor, he ofticiated sev- eral times as acting governor. On November 30, 1897, he was appointed a member of the Shell Fish Com- mission by Governor Dyer, and after five years on the commission was chosen its president, holding that office twenty years, until January 19, 1917. In 1917 he was elected to his present post, state auditor and insurance commissioner. In politics he is a Republican, influen- tial in 'the party and potent in council. BIOGRAPHICAL 123 His farm responsibilities and State public service have not caused him to neglect local duties, and for fifteen years he served Little Compton as town treas- urer, was a director of the Tiverton & Little Compton Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a charter member of Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and with his wife has continued that membership until the present. He is also a member of the State Grange and the Na- tional Grange, and keeps in close touch with the efforts made through these bodies to improve farming condi- tions. He is a member of Eureka Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Portsmouth, R. L, and Sekonnet Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. There is no interest of his State but what appeals to him and commands his loyal support. As a public official his record is one of efficiency, every office being regarded as a trust to be faithfully administered as though it were his own private business. .\ genial, pleasing per- sonality adds to his popularity, and he has never yet received an adverse decision at the polls. Mr. Wilbour married, in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1885, Grace Frances Ropes, born in Salem, Mass., daughter of Ripley Ropes. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbour are the parents of a son, Lincoln, born March 6, 1886, now enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force. District No. 2, Station, New London, Conn., in business in Providence, R. I.; and two daughters: Elizabeth Champlin. who died young, and Dorothy. There is a portion of the old farm, however, which is held sacred to the preservation of a historical spot, and a story which dates back to the early Indian occu- pation. This part of the farm bears the name Awash- onks Park, and was once the home of the Saugkon- nates tribe of Indians, it being known in an earlier day as the Tompee Swamps. Over this tribe reigned Queen Awashonks, a Queen who was gifted with a keener in- sight and greater wisdom than even the powerful King Philip, and stood firm in her insistence upon the white man's right to live among them in peace. When King Philip sent his chiefs to her inviting her to join him and them in a war of extermination against the Whites, she flatly refused her aid and tried to dissuade the King from attempting war. She failed and one of the adornments of Awashonks Park is a monument to the good Queen's memory. This monument is in ihe form of a great boulder of slate through which runs a gleam of white flint quartz. The face of the rock bears this inscription : "To the memory of Awashonks, Queen of the Saugkonnates, and friend of the white man." This inscription is deeply engraved in the face of the rock, and by chance curiously enough the words "White Man" are cut into the strata of white flint in the boulder. Another large boulder serves as a monument to both King Philip and the Queen, commemorating her refusal to join the King in his war against the Whites, a war which resulted in his death. The inscription on this monument is as follows: "Pometocum — August 12, 1616 (Philip) King of the Wampanoags." This part of the old farm Mr. Wilbour has converted into a park, which he has improved and traversed with roads and paths, making all parts of its beautiful area accessible to the public to whom he has opened it, free of charge or expense. He has devoted much time and money to preserve this historic spot for future generations. The beautiful drives reach the spots pre- served l)y tablet or inscription, and no part of the farm, no matter how important it may be to the business thereon conducted, receives the care and attention be- stowed upon Awashonks Park, which commemorates the worthy deeds of this so-called "Savage" Queen. The development of its beauty and the preservation of its historical value has given him deep satisfaction, and it is with an honest pride that he regards this chapter in his life's history. No trees are allowed to be moved until they mar the landscape, and forestry is combined with skillful landscape gardening to pro- duce the best results. To the natural timber Mr. Wil- bour has added different varieties with especial regard to their autumn coloring, selecting those whose colors will form with the native trees a beautiful landscape view full of warm color when the frosts of the autumn have developed their richest tints. For the later winter landscape he has caused to be planted the choicest evergreens, and thus in spring, summer, autumn and winter, some particular form of sylvan beauty is pre- sented in Awashonks Park. MARSDEN J. PERRY— At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Perry cast his lot with the business interests of tlie city of Providence. In 18S1, he became a director of the Bank of America, now tlie Union Trust Com- pany, and during the thirty-eight years which have since elapsed. 1881-1919, that relation has remained unchanged further than advancement to chairman of the board of directors, a responsible position which he resigned from in January, 1919. He is a man of wide and varied activities in business, heavily interested in public util- ities, manufacturing and finance; in social life a well- known clubman and member of many organizations of varied nature; in literature a disciple of Shakespeare, his collection of Shakespeareana noted for its rare editions and manuscript. He is not only a man of large business alf'airs, but is big mentally, broadminded, public spirited, a type we love to classify as "American." He runs true to the type, and is a worthy twentieth century representative of the ancient New England family which gave the hero of Lake Erie to his country, and in every generation has produced men of similar merit. Marsden J. Perry, son of Horatio Nelson and Mal- vina (Wilson; Perrj-, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., November 2, 1850. He was educated in the public school, and under private instructors, his business life beginning in 1871, with his removal to Providence, R. I. He at once took a part in the business affairs of im- portance, and in 1881 was elected a member of the Bank of America, a strong financial institution of Providence, known to the present day investors as the Union Trust Company. From that time Mr. Perry has been a potent factor in the business world, and is one of the strong men of his day upon whose shoulders are laid heavy burdens of development and management. These burd- ens, however he carries lightly, and gives them only their proper place in his scheme of life. He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Union Trust Company, the Electric Bond & Share Company, the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, and the John L. Roper Lumber Company, of Norfolk, \a. He is a 124 HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND director of tlie American-La France Fire Engine Com- pany, American Screw Company, Eastern Carolina Home & Farms Association, Electric Securities, Gen- eral Electric Company, Intertype Corporation, Nichol- son File Company, Pawtucket Street Railway Company, and vice-president of the Providence Cable Tramway Company, holding the same office with the Rhode Island Suburhan Railway Company, Union Railroad of Prov- idence, United Traction & Electric Company, Denver & Northwestern Railway Company, and the Holding Com- pany of New York. He has long been interested in the development <<{ Massachusetts and Rhode Island elec- tric lighting and street railway properties, his invest- ments being extensive beyond those named. A man of public spirit and interested in all tliat in- terests his fellow-men, Mr. Perry has affiliated with many societies and organizations of varied importance, including the Chamber of Commerce of Providence, the famous Burgess Corps of Albany, N, Y., the Civic League of Newport, R. I,, the Rhode Island Historical Society, and the Newport Historical Society. His clubs are "Tlie Brook," of New York City, the Squan- tum Association, Turk's Head. .Art, and Rhode Island Country of Providence; Yacht and Golf, of Newport; Sleepy Hollow Country, and Westchester Country. Mr. Perry married Marian Lincoln, of Worcester, Mass., daughter of Edward Winslow and Katharine Von ^^'eber (Marston) Lincoln. They are the parents of a son, Marsden J. (2). The family summer home is "Bleak House," at Newport, the city residence No. S- Power street, Providence. JOHN SIMMONS PALMER, 2nd— Descending from William Palmer, who came from England in the ship "Fortune," in direct paternal line, and from John .•\lden, of the "Mayflower," 1620, John S. Palmer, of Providence, R. I., is of pure New England stock, and in his own life exemplifies the energies and virtues of a worthy ancestry. He is a native son and the second John Simmons Palmer who has been identified with jewelry manufac- ture in Providence, his grandfather, John Simmons Palmer, wdio was born in Newport, R. I.. March 22, 1824, and died in Providence, July 8, 1908, having es- tablished the firm of Palmer & Stave in July, 1845, a firm which in September, 1852, became as at present Palmer & Capron. The founder was succeeded by his son. Julius Palmer, wlio had long been his assistant and partner and who retired from partnership on Jan- uary I, 1916. John Simmons Palmer, 2nd, of the third generation in the business, has been connected here- with since toOt, and since 1906 lias been a member of the firm. The company plant is located at No. 167 Dorrance street, Providence, its longtime home, that has sheltered grandfather, fatlier and son, the three generations at one time contemporary, the founder continuing active in the business for more than fifty- five years, his son Julius, since 1877, and his grandson, John S., since 1005. John Simmons Palmer, 1st, was apprenticed in Sep- tember, 1840, with the firm of G. and S. Owen, George Owen of that firm being his brother-in-law, and after acquiring expert knowledge of the jewelry business formed a partnership in July, 1S43, ^\■ith a Norwegian toolmaker. Christian Stave, who later removed to Wis- consin and the firm was dissolved. Lucien P. Lainson then became a partner of Mr. Palmer and continued until the former's death on November 15, 1852, when the firm was again changed by Charles S. Capron join- ing with Mr. Palmer. The firm was then organized as Palmer & Capron and continued until 1801, when Mr. Capron withdrew on account of ill health and advanced age. The firm name was, however, retained, and Julius Palmer and Fenelon A. Peirce were admitted to part- nership. The firm has been noted for the manufacture of rolled plate and sterling silver rings from the begin- ning, and one of the most successful firms in the field. They were one of the first to establish a New York office. In 1854 they located at No. 20 ISIaiden Lane and remained at that address sixty years, and are now at No. Q Maiden Lane, while the factory at Dorrance and Clifford streets. Providence, has been their home since 1864. Julius Palmer was born in Providence, R. I., July 20, 1854, son of John Simmons and Frances M. (Pren- tice) Palmer. He attended the public schools of Prov- idence, after which he entered Brown L^niversity, from w-hich he received his degree of A. B. in 1877. L^pon completing his years of educational preparation he became associated with his father in the jewelry manu- facturing firm. Palmer & Capron, and from 1877 until the present has been one of the active men of the jewelry manufacturing business. Julius Palmer was his father's close friend and valued partner until death claimed the veteran manufacturer, Julius then becom- ing and continuing sole head of the business until 1008, when John S., of the third generation, was admitted, tlie firm name, however, continuing since 1S52, as Palmer & Capron. He has other business engagements, was director of the old National Bank of Providence from 1806 until 1012, and from 1806 until 1002 was president of the bank and highly regarded as a financier. He has been director of the Equitable Marine Insur- ance Company since 1884. and has rendered valued aid in founding and developing many Providence enterprises. He is a member of the University and the Squantum clubs of Providence. He retired from partnership in the firm. J.muary i. 1916. He married. October 16, 1878. Jessie F. Richmond, and they are the parents of a son. John Simmons Palmer. 2nd. of whom further; and two daughters. Laura Richmond and Jessie F. John Simmons Palmer. 2nd, only son of Julius and Jessie F. (Richmond) Palmer, was born in Providence. R. I., February 14. iSSi, and was there educated, com- pleting grade and high school courses and entering Brown University in 1901, and leaving in his junior years. He began his business career with Palmer & Capron, and passed through all grades of promotion, and since 1908 has been a partner in the firm which for nearly three-quarters of a century has been prominent in jewelry manufacture and in the Palmer name. He lias business interests of importance beyond the sphere of Palmer & Capron, and is one of the highly esteemed, substantial young business men of Providence. He is a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, Sons of the Revolution. Zeta Psi. Barrington and Bristol Yacht clubs, being commodore of the latter (1919). yachting being his favored form of recreation. C<-<^-<-<2/ L/>(xJ ajCM--t-<--