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Biography of Elmer E. Tufts, Jr.

Elmer E. Tufts, Jr., is a member of the law firm of Edwards & Angell, No. 1109 Hospital Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. Tufts was born in Kingfield, Maine, February 27, 1891, son of Elmer E. and Nettie (Vose) Tufts. He was educated in the local public and high schools and attended Bates College in 1909-1910. He then transferred to Bowdoin College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1913. Entering Harvard Law School, he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1917. Then came the interruption of his military service. He enlisted in the United […]

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Biography of Oscar W. Johnson

Oscar W. Johnson has been throughout the course of his entire business career in the insurance business. When he came to it in 1912, he brought to his office as adjuster and supervisor of claims for the State of Rhode Island for the Employees Liability Assurance Corporation of Boston, a ripe experience gained through many previous years in the employ elsewhere of the same company. This experience has since been augmented until now he ranks as one of the most able insurance men in New England in his particular field. Mr. Johnson is a public-spirited citizen of Providence whose cooperation

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Biography of Charles Bristed Rockwell, Jr.

Vice-president of the Collins and Aikman Corporation, operators of the Cranston Worsted Mills at Bristol, Rhode Island, Charles Bristed Rockwell, Jr., has succeeded his father as an executive of one of Bristol’s most important industrial enterprises. He was born at Cranston, Rhode Island, on October 15, 1889, son of Charles B. and Martha Briggs (Skerry) Rockwell, and member of an old New England family, descended directly, in the tenth generation, from Deacon William Rockwell, one of the three original selectmen of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630. Later, Deacon William Rockwell moved to Windsor, Connecticut, where a branch of the family was

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Biography of Louis Ward Dunn

Louis Ward Dunn, since 1916 a justice of the Eighth Rhode Island District Court, and also an ex-judge of the Probate Court of Johnston, has gone far in his profession of law and in his work on the bench. He is highly esteemed by members of the Rhode Island bar, as well as by the general citizenry of the State and by a host of friends. Judge Dunn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 25, 1889, son of John Francis and Mary (O’Donnell) Dunn. His parents lived in Johnston, Rhode Island, where his father is retired from the active

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Biography of Wilfred Harold Munro

Professor of European history at Brown University for many years, and a well-known author and educator, Wilfred Harold Munro comes of a distinguished Rhode Island family. He was born at Bristol, in this State, on August 20, 1849, a son of John Bennett and Abby Howland (Batt) Munro. His father was a merchant and banker, and served in the Rhode Island Legislature for a number of years. Of the children in the family, several have risen to national prominence. Wilfred Harold Munro, of this record, now the oldest man connected with the faculty of Brown University, attended the public schools

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Biography of James Greenan Connolly

Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island and an important figure in its life for a number of years, James Greenan Connolly was born on March 28, 1886, at Riverpoint, Warwick. He attended the public schools of Pawtucket, was graduated from the high school there in 1905, and later entered Brown University, where he took the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909. Thereafter he attended the Law School of Harvard University, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1912. Mr. Connolly’s career of public service began very early in his active life. As the Republican

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Biography of Judge Frederick Rueckert

Lawyer, jurist, and man of affairs, Judge Frederick Rueckert has occupied a distinguished place in Providence life for many years. He was born in this city on November 21, 1855, a son of Christian and Theresa Rueckert, both of Rhode Island. Following graduation from high school in Providence, he entered Brown University, where, in 18 77 , he took the Bachelor’s degree. Three years later, in 1880, he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar. Judge Rueckert began the practice of his profession immediately afterwards at Providence, and within a short time had risen to a position of considerable prominence.

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Biography of Colonel Frank W. Tillinghast

An outstanding citizen of Johnston, Rhode Island, Colonel Frank W. Tillinghast ranks high among the members of the legal profession throughout the United States. He is a member of the firm of Tillinghast, Morrissey & Flynn, attorneys, of Providence, Rhode Island. He is also president of Tillinghast, Stiles & Company, and interested in many industrial and financial enterprises in Rhode Island and New York. In thus assuming a position of leadership, Colonel Tillinghast continues the traditions of a family long honored in Rhode Island. The name is derived from the German word “theilen” (Dutch “deelen”), meaning to separate, divide, pay

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Biography of George Clarence Clark

An important manufacturer and a Masonic leader in the State of Rhode Island for many years, George Clarence Clark, general treasurer of Rhode Island, occupies a distinguished place in the life of the Commonwealth. Mr. Clark was born at West Mansfield, Massachusetts, on November 13, 1878, a son of George Adolphus and Mary Elizabeth (Pomfret) Clark. His father was a jeweler by occupation, and at one time was sergeant of police at Providence. Both paternal and maternal families have long been established in New England. George Clarence Clark, of this record, received his educational training in Bridgham Grammar School, and

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Biography of Hon. Frank Fenner Davis

For a period of thirty-five years the Hon. Frank Fenner Davis, of Chepachet, Rhode Island, has been active in the public life of his town and State. In thus giving his career to the service of the people and the advancement of the public welfare, he has achieved a notable record of success, and the positive value of his achievements have added much to the progress of the State. Mr. Davis was born at Glocester, Rhode Island, on January 1, 1873, a son of Gilbert H. and Abigail Alverson (Briggs) Davis. He is a descendant of the ancient and eminent

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