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Accountant Politicians in Rhode Island

  Ward Hanbury Cann (1900-1985) — also known as Ward H. Cann — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y.; Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 22, 1900. Accountant; member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1949; Communist candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1980. Died in July, 1985 (age 85 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Woodward Cann and Lavinia 'Lillian' (Hanbury) Cann; married, August 16, 1930, to Julia Margaret Rusby (grandniece of Leonard Rusby).
  Charles C. Greene — Born in Kent County, R.I. Flour and grain business; auditor, Antofagasta and Bolivia Railroad; U.S. Vice Consul in Antofagasta, as of 1897-98; U.S. Consul in Antofagasta, as of 1899-1905. Burial location unknown.
  George Robert Lawton (1858-1937) — also known as George R. Lawton — of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I. Born in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., December 31, 1858. Republican. Accountant; auditor, American Woolen Company, Douglas Shoe Company; member of Rhode Island state senate from Tiverton, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1916. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., November 14, 1937 (age 78 years, 318 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Turner Lawton and Elizabeth Tillinghast (Harris) Lawton; married 1899 to Calista Church; second cousin five times removed of Ezekiel Cornell.
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  Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) — also known as Emil Eugene Nabel — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Chemnitz, Germany, October 28, 1879. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; accountant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in St. Gall, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1914-19; Rotterdam, as of 1922-32; Zurich, as of 1938-43. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 6, 1965 (age 85 years, 70 days). Burial location unknown.
  Joseph J. Solomon Sr. (1957-2021) — of Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., April 30, 1957. Democrat. Accountant; lawyer; mayor of Warwick, R.I., 2018-20; defeated, 2020. Maronite Catholic. Lebanese ancestry. Died in Warwick, Kent County, R.I., May 20, 2021 (age 64 years, 20 days). Interment at St. Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel G. Solomon and Rose (Melan) Solomon; father of Joseph J. Solomon Jr.; nephew of Anthony J. Solomon; first cousin of Michael A. Solomon.
  Political family: Solomon family of Providence, Rhode Island.
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