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Stephen Hopkins (1707-1785) —
of Scituate, Providence
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 7,
1707.
Member of Rhode
Island house of deputies, 1732-52; Speaker of
the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1738-39, 1739-40, 1741, 1741,
1742-43, 1744, 1749; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1755-57, 1758-62, 1763-65, 1767-68; member of Rhode
Island state legislature, 1770-75; state court judge in Rhode Island,
1773; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-80; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 13,
1785 (age 78 years, 128
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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James Fenner (1771-1846) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
22, 1771.
Son of Arthur
Fenner.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1805-07; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1807-11, 1824-31, 1843-45; Presidential Elector for
Rhode Island, 1816,
1820;
delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1842.
Died April 17,
1846 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Arthur Fenner (1745-1805) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born December
10, 1745.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1790-1805; died in office 1805; Presidential
Elector for Rhode Island, 1792,
1796.
Died October
15, 1805 (age 59 years, 309
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Philip Allen (1785-1865) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
1, 1785.
Son of Capt. Zachariah Allen and Nancy (Crawford) Allen.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1819-21; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1851-53; resigned 1853; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1853-59.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
16, 1865 (age 80 years, 106
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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David Howell (1747-1824) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
1, 1747.
State court judge in Rhode Island, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1782-85; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1786; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1789; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1801-12; federal
judge, 1812.
Died July 21,
1824 (age 77 years, 202
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Jeremiah Brown Howell (1771-1822) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., August
28, 1771.
Son of David
Howell.
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1811-17.
Died February
5, 1822 (age 50 years, 161
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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John Brown Francis (1791-1864) —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1791.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1821; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1831; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1833-38; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1844-45.
Died August 9,
1864 (age 73 years, 70
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., July 22,
1829.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; banker;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1881-85; resigned
1885; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1885-89; resigned 1889.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 30,
1917 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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John Hopkins Clarke (1789-1870) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 1,
1789.
Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1847-53.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
23, 1870 (age 81 years, 236
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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James Manning (1738-1791) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
22, 1738.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1786.
Baptist.
Co-founder,
in 1764, of Rhode Island College (now Brown University).
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 29,
1791 (age 52 years, 280
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Tristam Burges (1770-1853) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
26, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1811; chief
justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1825-35; candidate for
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1836.
Died in East Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
13, 1853 (age 83 years, 229
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852.
Leader in achieving major reforms of public schools; elected to the
Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August 2,
1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Charles Jackson (1797-1876) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 4,
1797.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1841-42; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1845-46.
Died January
21, 1876 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Welcome Arnold (1745-1798) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born March 24,
1745.
Son of Jonathan Arnold (1709-1796) and Abigail (Smith) Arnold
(1714-1801).
Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1780, 1790-91, 1793,
1793-95.
Died September
29, 1798 (age 53 years, 189
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 3,
1764.
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1808, 1809-15 (at-large 1808,
1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-15).
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 18,
1838 (age 73 years, 289
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Samuel Willard Bridgham (1774-1840) —
also known as Samuel W. Bridgham —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Rehoboth (part now in Seekonk), Bristol
County, Mass., May 4,
1774.
Son of Dr. Joseph Bridgham and Martha Bridgham.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1826; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1832-40; died in office 1840.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
28, 1840 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (1791-1844) —
also known as Joseph L. Tillinghast —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Massachusetts, 1791.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1837-43.
Died in 1844
(age about
53 years).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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James Brown Mason (1775-1819) —
also known as James B. Mason —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Connecticut, 1775.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1815-19.
Died in 1819
(age about
44 years).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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John Brown (1736-1803) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
27, 1736.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1782-84; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1799-1801.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
20, 1803 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at North Burial Ground.
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Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) —
also known as Winthrop W. Aldrich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
2, 1885.
Son of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Pierce Chapman (Greene) Aldrich.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Equitable Trust
Company, 1929; president, Chase National Bank,
1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1953-57.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Bankers Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1974 (age 88 years, 115
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) —
also known as Henry B. Anthony —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., April 1,
1815.
Son of William Anthony and Eliza (Greene) Anthony.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1849-51; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1859-84; died in office 1884.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
2, 1884 (age 69 years, 154
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881) —
also known as Ambrose E. Burnside —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Liberty, Union
County, Ind., May 23,
1824.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1866-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
13, 1881 (age 57 years, 113
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Sprague (1830-1915) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., September
12, 1830.
Republican. Governor of
Rhode Island, 1860-63; resigned 1863; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1863-75.
Died September
11, 1915 (age 84 years, 364
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966) —
also known as Theodore F. Green —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
2, 1867.
Son of Arnold Green and Cornelia Abby (Burges) Green.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1918; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1933-37; defeated, 1912, 1928, 1930; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1937-61.
Baptist.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 19,
1966 (age 98 years, 229
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Theodore Foster (1752-1828) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April 29,
1752.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.
Died January
13, 1828 (age 75 years, 259
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860-1942) —
also known as Jesse H. Metcalf —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
16, 1860.
President of a woollen
company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1907; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1924-37; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928.
Unitarian.
Died in 1942
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Jones (1753-1822) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born October
8, 1753.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1809-10,
1810-11; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1811-17.
Died April 9,
1822 (age 68 years, 183
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Sprague (1799-1856) —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Rhode Island, November
3, 1799.
Speaker
of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1832-35; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1835-37; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1838-39; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1842-44.
Died October
19, 1856 (age 56 years, 351
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., September
15, 1805.
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1851-57.
Died of wounds that he received from the accidental
explosion
of a cannon
shell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, at
Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
17, 1862 (age 57 years, 32
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Norman Stanley Case (1888-1967) —
also known as Norman S. Case —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
11, 1888.
Son of John Warren Case and Louise Marea (White) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1921-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1927-28; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1928-33; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1934-45.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., October
9, 1967 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Lemuel Hastings Arnold (1792-1852) —
also known as Lemuel H. Arnold —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., January
29, 1792.
Son of Jonathan
Arnold.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1826; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1831-33; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1845-47.
Died June 27,
1852 (age 60 years, 150
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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James Y. Smith (1809-1876) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., September
15, 1809.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1863-66.
Died March 26,
1876 (age 66 years, 193
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Seth Padelford (1807-1878) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., October
3, 1807.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1863-65; Presidential Elector for Rhode
Island, 1868;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1869-73.
Died August
26, 1878 (age 70 years, 327
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Warner Hoppin (1807-1880) —
also known as William W. Hoppin —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
1, 1807.
Republican. Governor of
Rhode Island, 1854-57; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 1856
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died April 18,
1880 (age 72 years, 230
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) —
also known as Alfred H. Littlefield —
of Lincoln, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Providence
County, R.I., April 2,
1829.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1880-83.
Died December
21, 1893 (age 64 years, 263
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry F. Lippitt —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
12, 1856.
Son of Henry
Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916
(speaker).
Died December
28, 1933 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Elisha Dyer III (1839-1906) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born November
29, 1839.
Son of Elisha
Dyer.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1897-1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
29, 1906 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913) —
also known as Herbert W. Ladd —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., October
15, 1843.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1889-90, 1891-92.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
29, 1913 (age 70 years, 45
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Daniel Russell Brown (1848-1919) —
also known as D. Russell Brown —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., March 28,
1848.
Son of Arba Harrison Brown and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1888;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1892-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1919 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Elisha Dyer (1811-1890) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 20,
1811.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1857-59.
Died May 17,
1890 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
9, 1818.
Son of Warren Lippitt (1786-1860) and Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1875-77.
Died June 5,
1891 (age 72 years, 239
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Augustus Osborn Bourn (1834-1925) —
also known as Augustus O. Bourn —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
1, 1834.
Son of George O. Bourn and Huldah B. (Eddy) Bourn.
Manufacturer of rubber goods; founder and president, National Rubber
Company; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-83, 1886-88; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1889-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Author of Bourn Amendment to the Rhode Island state constitution,
extending voting rights to foreign-born citizens.
Died January
28, 1925 (age 90 years, 119
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin (1841-1922) —
also known as Lucius F. C. Garvin —
of Lonsdale, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Son of James Garvin and Sarah Ann (Gunn) Garvin.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1900; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1903-05.
Died October
2, 1922 (age 80 years, 323
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Charles Warren Lippitt (1846-1924) —
also known as Charles W. Lippitt —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
8, 1846.
Son of Henry
Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1896.
Died April 4,
1924 (age 77 years, 179
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Charles Dean Kimball (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles D. Kimball —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1859.
Son of Emery S. Kimball and Mary C. (Briggs) Kimball.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1894-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1900-01; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died December
8, 1930 (age 71 years, 86
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Samuel Greene Arnold (1821-1880) —
also known as Samuel G. Arnold —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Middletown, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 12,
1821.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1852-53, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1862-63.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
14, 1880 (age 58 years, 308
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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David Leonard Barnes (1760-1812) —
also known as David L. Barnes —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
28, 1760.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1797-1801; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1801-12; died in office 1812.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
3, 1812 (age 52 years, 280
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Royal Chapin Taft (1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Son of Orsmus Taft and Margaret (Smith) Taft.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad;
director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Olney Arnold (1861-1916) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I., September
8, 1861.
Son of William G. Arnold and Lucy M. (Aldrich) Arnold.
Democrat. Treasurer and manager Rogers Screw Company; president,
Angell Land
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1888;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1908, 1909; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1913-16, died in office 1916; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1914-16, died in office 1916; under
investigation in 1916 on charges
of making unneutral
utterances.
Unitarian.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
March
5, 1916 (age 54 years, 179
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Arthur Lewis Brown (1854-1928) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
28, 1854.
Son of Samuel Welch Brown and Mary Elizabeth (Thurber) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1896-1927; retired 1927.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 10,
1928 (age 73 years, 195
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Walter Russell Stiness (1854-1924) —
also known as Walter R. Stiness —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., March 13,
1854.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1878-81; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1904-09; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1915-23.
Died in 1924
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Adin Ballou Capron (1841-1911) —
also known as Adin B. Capron —
of Stillwater, Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
9, 1841.
Son of Carlile Willis Capron (1811-1900) and Abigail (Bates) Capron.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; miller;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-92; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1891-93; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1897-1911;
defeated, 1892.
Died in Stillwater, Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., March 17,
1911 (age 70 years, 67
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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George Huntington Browne (1811-1885) —
also known as George H. Browne —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Glocester, Providence
County, R.I., January
6, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1849-52; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1861-63; defeated,
1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1872-73.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
26, 1885 (age 74 years, 263
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Daniel Larned Davis Granger (1852-1909) —
also known as Daniel L. D. Granger —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 30,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1903-09; died in
office 1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1909 (age 56 years, 260
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Henry Joshua Spooner (1839-1918) —
also known as Henry J. Spooner —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., August 6,
1839.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1879-81; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1881-91.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
9, 1918 (age 78 years, 187
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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George Moulton Carpenter (1844-1896) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I., April 22,
1844.
Justice
of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1882-85; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1885.
Died July 31,
1896 (age 52 years, 100
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Charles Harrison Page (1843-1912) —
also known as Charles H. Page —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Glocester, Providence
County, R.I., July 19,
1843.
Democrat. Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1887, 1891-93,
1893-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 21,
1912 (age 69 years, 2
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941) —
also known as Richard S. Aldrich —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1884.
Son of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Chapman (Greene) Aldrich.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1916,
1924;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1923-33; director,
Providence Journal newspaper,
Providence National Bank,
Providence Washington Insurance
Co.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
25, 1941 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Benjamin Tucker Eames (1818-1901) —
also known as Benjamin T. Eames —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 4,
1818.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1869-70;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1871-79.
Died in East Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., October
6, 1901 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Thomas Allen Jenckes (1818-1875) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rhode Island, 1818.
Republican. Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1863-71.
Died in 1875
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Amos Chafee Barstow (1813-1894) —
also known as Amos Barstow —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1813.
Son of Nathaniel Barstow and Sophia (Chafee) Barstow.
Manufacturer;
founder, Barstow Stove Company; president, City National Bank of
Providence; president, Mechanics Savings Bank;
president, Providence Gas
Company; president, Mechanics Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; co-owner, Providence Warehouse
Company; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1858; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1870-71.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
5, 1894 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Henry Manchester Boss, Jr. (1875-1960) —
also known as Henry M. Boss, Jr. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1875.
Son of Henry M. Boss and Emma J. (Wilbur) Boss.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1926, 1929-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died April 9,
1960 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Albert Gallup (1796-1851) —
of New York.
Born in East Berne, Albany
County, N.Y., January
30, 1796.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1837-39.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
5, 1851 (age 55 years, 279
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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John Taggard Blodgett (1859-1912) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 16,
1859.
Son of William Alfred Blodgett and Anna Maria (Taggard) Blodgett.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1898-1900; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1900-03.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Oscar Lapham (1837-1926) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Burrillville, Providence
County, R.I., June 29,
1837.
Son of Duty Lapham and Lucinda (Wheelock) Lapham.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1887; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1891-95.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March 29,
1926 (age 88 years, 273
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Harvey Almy Baker (1881-1951) —
also known as Harvey A. Baker —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., April 24,
1881.
Son of Benjamin Baker and Lucy Anna (Sisson) Baker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1914-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March 28,
1951 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Bates Greenough (1866-1956) —
also known as William B. Greenough —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1866.
Son of James Carruthers Greenough and Jeanie Ashley (Bates)
Greenough.
Republican. Lawyer; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
17, 1956 (age 89 years, 361
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Almy Pirce (1824-1891) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rhode Island, 1824.
Republican. Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1885-87.
Died in 1891
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Thomas Davis (1806-1895) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
December
18, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1845-53; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1853-55.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 26,
1895 (age 88 years, 220
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Joshua Melancthon Addeman (1840-1930) —
also known as Joshua M. Addeman —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bay of Islands, New
Zealand, November
15, 1840.
Son of Thomas Addeman and Maria (Fligg) Addeman.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; secretary of
state of Rhode Island, 1872-87.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died October
13, 1930 (age 89 years, 332
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Lucius Bowles Darling (1827-1896) —
also known as Lucius B. Darling —
of Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bellingham, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
3, 1827.
Son of Samuel Darling and Margaret (Smith) Darling.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1885-87.
Died January
3, 1896 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Angeline H. Armington. |
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Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) —
also known as Zenas W. Bliss —
of Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Johnston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1867.
Son of Zenas Randall Bliss (1835-1900; U.S. Army Major General,
recipient Medal of Honor) and Martha Nancy (Work) Bliss (1840-1919).
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State Tax
Commissioner.
Unitarian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Freemasons.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1957 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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William Maxwell Greene (1832-1920) —
also known as W. Maxwell Greene —
of Rhode Island.
Born July 23,
1832.
Son of Nathaniel Greene.
U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1898-1915.
Died August
25, 1920 (age 88 years, 33
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, June 26,
1872, to Katherine Celia Larned (1845-1917). |
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Charles Ray Brayton (1840-1910) —
also known as Charles R. Brayton —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., August
16, 1840.
Son of Anna (Clarke) Brayton and William
Daniel Brayton.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
lawyer;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1876-77; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1896-1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1900.
Died September
23, 1910 (age 70 years, 38
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Nicholas Van Slyck (1829-1892) —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Pine Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 28,
1829.
Son of Hugh Van Slyck and Orminta Matilda (Pulver) Van Slyck.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1876.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 3,
1892 (age 62 years, 249
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Lyman B. Frieze (1825-1917) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
15, 1825.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1868-72.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
6, 1917 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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Joseph Edward Fletcher (1866-1924) —
also known as Joseph E. Fletcher; "The
Colonel" —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bradford, England,
June
9, 1866.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1900,
1908,
1920.
Head of the Coronet Worsted Company of Mapleville, R.I., the
Plainfield Worsted Company of Plainfield, Conn., the Central Yarn
Company, of Central Valley, Conn., and the Allentown Woolen Company
of Wickford, R.I. Was also president of the American Association of
Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers.
Died on
board the yacht "Juniata", at Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., September
28, 1924 (age 58 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan Point Cemetery.
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