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Biography of Leander K. Carr

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More than forty years have been spent in the newspaper business by Leander K. Carr, of Newport, who began his career in that industry in 1886, after a previous service in other lines for a number of years. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island, May 18, 1863, a son of Samuel J. Carr, deceased, a commission merchant and a native of Newport, and of Mary Ann (Tew) Carr, also born in Newport and now deceased. Educated in the public schools, he then worked as a clerk in the Newport post office for two years and at the conclusion of … Read more

Biography of Lauriston Hartwell Hazard

President of the Hazard Cotton Company, Lauriston Hartwell Hazard has been associated with this enterprise during all his active business career. The company was first founded by his father, Captain Jeffrey Hazard and incorporated under its present name in 1894. At that time Mr. Hazard was chosen treasurer and in the course of years, was elected to the office of president. Mr. Hazard was born on November 22, 1866, at Providence, Rhode Island, a son of Captain Jeffrey Hazard and Anna L. (Hartwell) Hazard, his wife. This family is an old one in Rhode Island. The name itself is of … Read more

Biography of George W. Bacheller

From his fifteenth year George W. Bacheller, of Newport, has been actively associated with financial and civic affairs and has become well known throughout Rhode Island’s banking circles. His other interests have been wide and contributive to the progress of numerous organizations with which he has become connected. He has held public office and administered its duties with credit to himself and to the full satisfaction of the electorate. In fraternal circles he has also been actively associated and is a popular and influential member of various societies and orders, as well as of social clubs and commercial organizations. Altogether, … Read more

Biography of Jeremiah A. Sullivan

A native of Massachusetts, but a resident of Newport since his childhood, Mr. Sullivan has been engaged in the successful practice of law in this city for almost a quarter of a century. His professional standing is of the highest and, to an unusual degree, he enjoys the confidence of the community in general, a fact evidenced by his long continuous service as city solicitor, to which office he has been regularly reelected since the expiration of his first term dating back to 1910. Jeremiah A. Sullivan was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, August 3, 1881, a son of the … Read more

Biography of James O. McManus

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but since his early childhood a resident of Rhode Island, Mr. McManus has been successfully engaged in the practice of law in Providence and West Warwick since the completion of his education and his admission to the Rhode Island bar. During this entire period he has been prominently active in public affairs and politics and at different times has held important public offices, which he has invariably filled with ability and conscientiousness. A veteran of the World War, a member of several fraternal and legal organizations, and an active participant in civic work, as well … Read more

Biography of Frank E. Brown

Successfully engaged in the insurance and real estate business in Wakefield for some thirty-five years, Mr. Brown is regarded one of that town’s outstanding and representative business men and citizens. His exceptional business ability has brought him not only well-deserved personal success, but has also greatly benefited one of the leading local financial institutions, with which he has been identified for many years in various capacities. Civic activities, too, have received a share of his time and attention, and he has also been prominently active for many years in several fraternal organizations, in which he has held high office. In … Read more

Biography of Arthur Cushing

Descended from a Pilgrim who came on the “Mayflower” and from distinguished ancestry of Colonial days in New England, and prominent in the political affairs of Rhode Island for many years, Arthur Cushing, of North Providence, bears a fine reputation as an outstanding citizen and member of the bar. He has held many elective public offices and is a popular member of fraternal and social organizations, with a wide acquaintance and a circle of friends in all sections of the State. He was born in Providence, October 15, 1867, a son of Edward Jarvis and Mary Heath (Wild) Cushing. His … Read more

Biography of Stephen Robertson Tucker

One of the outstanding business men of Providence in the field of industry and real estate development was the late Stephen R. Tucker, who played an important part in promoting the Oakland Beach property. Stephen R. Tucker was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, January 15, 1841, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Godfrey) Tucker. He was educated in the public school of North Scituate, Rhode Island, and in youth entered the employ of the cotton mills in that town. He advanced to the position of superintendent and later was made foreman of the Bristol Mills. His cotton mill work then took … Read more

Biography of Grafton I. Kenyon

Grafton I. Kenyon is well known in Wakefield, Rhode Island, as a successful business man, secretary, and assistant treasurer of the O. P. Kenyon Company, Incorporated, and member of a family which has for more than two hundred years been associated with the development of Rhode Island. The Kenyon line includes the following generations: John Kenyon, born in 1605, who, in 1630, married Ann Smith; John Kenyon, born in 1636, married (first) Hannah Sheppard (second) Mary Rigby; John Kenyon, born in 1657, died in 1732, having married Sarah Gray, probably of Mayflower ancestry; Jonathan Kenyon, born in 1695, married Mary … Read more

Biography of B. Frank Robinson

B. Frank Robinson is a member of an old Rhode Island family, dating back to Revolutionary times. With the exception of a few years spent during his youth in New York City and in Providence, where he was engaged in laying the foundation for his knowledge of business, he has been a lifelong resident of his native town, Wakefield. As successor of his father as the head of one of the leading grocery establishments in Wakefield, established by Mr. Robinson’s grandfather more than a century ago, and as president of the most substantial financial institution of Wakefield, which for almost … Read more