Providence

An outstanding figure in Providence, Rhode Island, throughout his mature years was the late Henry Marsh, Jr., attorney and public official. He held many offices of educational and general significance and bestowed upon his duties a loyalty and integrity of spirit which placed him among the exemplary public servants especially esteemed by his community. Henry Marsh, Jr., was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, September 20, 1849, son of Henry and Mary M. A. (Doane) Marsh. He was educated in the Providence public schools and graduated from Brown University in 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then read law … Read more

No insignificant part in the rapid expansion of the insurance business which has characterized recent years has been that of Eben Luther, of Providence, general agent for the State of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is a man of wide understanding of men and conditions, and large public spirit, in keeping with the ideals of insurance. Eben Luther was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 24, 1884, son of Daniel S. and Nellie (Bartlett) Luther, both still hale and hearty. The father, born in Fall River, Massachusetts, is engaged in the furniture business. … Read more

One of the leaders in realty and insurance activity in Rhode Island, John H. Peckham is prominent in business circles of Providence. He has been a resident here for over sixty years, and throughout that extended period has contributed largely to the general welfare and advancement through the medium of business affairs. Born at Glocester, Rhode Island, June 14, 1869, he is a son of George H. and Susan E. (Harris) Peckham, both of whom are since deceased. The former engaged long as an agriculturalist, until the time of his passing. The family is one of long residence in Rhode … Read more

Having become connected with the lumber industry as a youth of seventeen years, Mr. Walcott has been identified with this industry for almost half a century. Today he is known as a successful man in the lumber business and is connected in executive capacities with numerous important lumber companies in Providence and in other cities. Though his interests are in various parts of the country, he has always made his business headquarters and his home in his native city, Providence, which ranks him as one of its leading business men and as a prominent and most representative citizen. Nelson H. … Read more

A little more than twenty-two years of age when he came to America from his native Ireland, the late Edward J. Walsh, of Providence, made the most of the opportunities offered him and became one of the most efficient and popular hosts in the catering business in that city. During his career he gratified to a large extent his desire for knowledge and added to an abbreviated school period a self-education by which he became a well-informed man on many subjects. He was also a firm believer in and warm supporter of higher education, which he coveted for his own … Read more

A member of an old and prominent Rhode Island family and himself a native and lifelong resident of Providence, Judge Gorham has been successfully active in the practice of law for almost three decades, ever since his admission to the Rhode Island bar in 1900. For the greater part of his time he has been associated with the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District of Rhode Island, of which he is still judge. He is widely known as a very able and resourceful lawyer and as a courageous and invariably fair judge. Though his professional work has always received … Read more

Beginning his business career as a drug store clerk when he had completed his early educational training, Charles T. Toomey, of Providence, soon determined upon a different pursuit and is now actively and prosperously engaged in the conduct of an insurance and real estate enterprise located at No. 49 Westminster Street. Although one of the younger business men of this city, Mr. Toomey has attained a high reputation in his field and is regarded with esteem by all who have had the benefit of business or social relations with him. He is a man of action, fond in his recreational … Read more

A member of an old Rhode Island family, Mr. Potter, like his father before him, entered, at an early age, the employ of the Union Railroad Company, one of the predecessors of the United Electric Railways Company of Providence. Again, like his father, he worked his way up through positions of ever-increasing importance and responsibility, until he became president of the company with which he started in a comparatively modest position almost thirty years ago. He is one of the most able men in the street railway field in New England and enjoys to a remarkable degree the liking and … Read more