Biography of Alberic A. Archambault

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A native of Canada, but a resident of Rhode Island since his early childhood, Mr. Archambault has been for more than twenty years one of the leading members of the Rhode Island bar and also one of the leading figures in Rhode Island politics. He has frequently been honored by election or appointment to important public offices, which he has invariably filled with great ability and conscientiousness. To a remarkable degree he enjoys the liking, respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens, and there are few men, indeed, in Kent County, who are more popular. Alberic A. Archambault was born at … Read more

Biography of Harold A. Peckham

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After a successful business career in the provision trade, covering a number of years, Mr. Peckham identified himself with investment banking. Today he is one of the best-known investment bankers in his native city, Newport, enjoying, to an unusual degree the confidence of his numerous customers. Other phases of the community’s life, too, hold his interest and for many years he has been prominently active in fraternal and social organizations, as well as in civic affairs. Thus he represents a high type of useful, vigorous, public-spirited citizen. Harold A. Peckham was born in Newport, September 17, 1873, a son of … Read more

Biography of Leonard Stanley Holley

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One of those citizens of Rhode Island who has for years taken a prominent part in the affairs of his State, Leonard Stanley Holley is vice-president of the Holley Ice and Transportation Company of South Kingstown. In this community, where he was born and has lived practically all his life, Mr. Holley has performed much useful work, and today he is highly esteemed and respected in the business life of his town and this Commonwealth. He was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, on October 16, 1894, son of George A. and Lillian E. (Tucker) Holley. His father, also a … Read more

Biography of Walter E. Shannon

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A native and lifelong resident of Wakefield, Mr. Shannon for many years has been one of its leading and most highly respected business men. After acquiring his initial business experience by association for almost fifteen years in the retail shoe business with his father, he established himself in the insurance business, in which he has since continued with marked success. He has the distinction of being the only man in Wakefield who devotes all of his activities to the insurance business. Naturally his standing in the community, both as a business man and as a citizen, is of the highest, … Read more

Biography of Ezra Dixon, Jr.

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A native and lifelong resident of Bristol, Mr. Dixon, after seventeen years in a business of his own, became associated with his father in the conduct of a company founded by the latter many years ago. This association of father and son has proved very agreeable to both. Mr. Dixon is generally regarded as possessing all of the many characteristics which have made his father for many years one of the leading figures in the world of business in Bristol. He is also prominently active in fraternal affairs, is a member of several social clubs and in every respect ranks … Read more

Biography of Ezra Dixon

Ezra Dixon

At the age of eighty years and after seventy-one years of incessant activity, Mr. Dixon is still effectively active in business as the head of a company founded by him more than forty years ago for the manufacture and distribution of one of his inventions. Though he has always given the major share of his time and attention to this business, he has never permitted it to absorb him to the exclusion of other interests and for many years he has taken a very active part in civic and fraternal affairs. Indeed, in every respect, he represents the highest type … Read more

Biographies of Duncan W. Gillies and Roderick Gillies

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Having become associated with his late father, Duncan Gillies, and his older brother, Duncan W. Gillies, in the newspaper publishing and job printing business, immediately following the completion of his education, Roderick Gillies has continued to be successfully active in these fields and, since 1925, has been the owner and manager of this business, which was founded by his father. As publisher of the “Narragansett Times,” one of the leading weekly newspapers of Rhode Island, Mr. Gillies has been an important figure in the civic life of his native town, Wakefield, Washington County, and is regarded as one of its … Read more

Biography of Edward M. Sullivan

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Prominently identified with the local bar for thirty years, Edward M. Sullivan, of Providence, holds the esteem of all who have been observant of his progressive activities in the interest of the community. He has always been a worker and in seeking his own advancement has ever had in mind the welfare of the whole people, inasmuch as his keen mind puts full value in cooperation of individuals to promote the prosperity and happiness of all. These characteristics are not solely the cause of his popularity, for he is the fortunate possessor of a personality that establishes confidence of those … Read more

Biography of Thomas Pierrepont Hazard

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In the life of Rhode Island, one of those men who for years has taken a leading part in public affairs is Thomas Pierrepont Hazard, who is associated with a number of the foremost business organizations of this State. The Hazard home is in Peace Dale, the town of his birth and in which he is widely known today. Mr. Hazard was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, on October 26, 1892, son of Rowland Gibson and Mary Pierrepont (Bushnell) Hazard, and is the eleventh generation of this family in Rhode Island. The father was engaged for many years as … Read more

Biography of Erroll K. Wilcox

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After careful preparation in the public schools of his native State, Connecticut, and at the Rhode Island State College, Mr. Wilcox, in 1913, entered the teaching profession. For the first five years he was connected with schools in Connecticut, but since 1919 he has been identified with the public schools system of South Kingstown, first as principal of the high school and, during the last few years, as superintendent of schools. To an unusual degree he enjoys the respect and confidence alike of students, teachers and parents, his popularity being the natural result of his ability and of his personality. … Read more