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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, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich (1809-1888); cousin of William Aldrich; married, October 9, 1866, to Abby Pearce Truman Chapman (1845-1917); father of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller; great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Married, May 28, 1834, to Emeline Mumford Eames (1810-1900).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederic Mosley Sackett (1868-1941) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 17, 1868. Son of Frederic Moseley Sackett (1840-1913) and Emma Louisa (Paine) Sackett (1842-1922). Republican. Lawyer; president, Louisville Gas Co. and Louisville Lighting Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co. and Black Star Coal Co.;; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33. Unitarian. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1941 (age 72 years, 152 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, April 12, 1898, to Olive Speed (1869-1948).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Books about Frederick Sackett: Bernard V. Burke, Ambassador Frederick Sackett and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1930-1933

 

 


 
   
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