PHILIP ALLEN was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After finishing school, he took charge of his father's business in trade, became involved in cloth manufacturing, and served as President of…

FRANCIS M. DIMOND was born in Bristol, Rhode Island around 1858. He traveled to the Caribbean as a young man and served for several years as U.S. consul at Port-au-Prince.…

WILLIAM WARNER HOPPIN was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He completed both his undergraduate and law studies at Yale University and was admitted to the Bar in 1830, after which…

ELISHA DYER was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduating from Brown University, he entered his father’s mercantile business and became a junior partner at the age of twenty. Dyer…

THOMAS GOODWIN TURNER was born in Warren, Rhode Island. As a young man he worked with his father on a passenger and cargo boat that sailed between Warren and Newport.…

WILLIAM SPRAGUE was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. In 1856 he became administrator of the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, which printed calico and manufactured cotton. He also engaged…

A native of Newport, Rhode Island, WILLIAM COLE COZZENS ran a successful dry goods business for many years. He also was President of the Rhode Island Union Bank. He served…

Born in Groton, Connecticut, JAMES YOUNGS SMITH was a descendent on his mother’s side of John and Priscilla Alden. He had become the manager of a country store in Salem,…

Well known for his military as well as his governmental service, AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE was born in Liberty, Indiana. He apprenticed to a tailor, becoming an expert tailor himself before…

SETH PADELFORD was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. After receiving a public education, he entered the grocery business, where he remained for forty years. He was a representative on the Providence…

Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, HENRY HOWARD studied law and practiced for several years before joining Harris Manufacturing while in his early thirties. He served in the Rhode Island General…

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, HENRY LIPPITT became co-owner with his father and brother of the Tiffany Mill—a cotton mill in Connecticut that later became the Quinnebaug Manufacturing Company. Lippitt…