Providence

A member of an old Providence family and himself a native and life-long resident of this city, Mr. Hathaway has been connected for more than four decades with one of the leading department stores of Providence, The Boston Store. Having started with this concern in a clerical capacity as a youth of some twenty-one years, his industry and his devotion to the various duties assigned to him from time to time gained him frequent and rapid advancement and for many years he has held an important executive position, being now one of the officers of the company. He is widely … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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. … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more