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Jonathan Arnold (1741-1793) —
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
3, 1741.
Son of Josiah Arnold and Amy (Phillips) Arnold.
Physician; member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1782-84; member of Vermont
Governor's Council.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., February
1, 1793 (age 51 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker of
the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at East
Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Alexander B. Briggs (b. 1850) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., November
12, 1850.
Republican. Physician; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-88.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin (1841-1922) —
also known as Lucius F. C. Garvin —
of Lonsdale, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Son of James Garvin and Sarah Ann (Gunn) Garvin.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1900; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1903-05.
Died October
2, 1922 (age 80 years, 323
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Edwin J. Knerr —
of Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Democrat. Physician; member of Rhode
Island state senate from Hopkinton, 1911.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Interment at Wood
River Cemetery, Richmond, R.I.
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