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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank; president, First National
Bank of Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill
Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941) —
also known as Richard S. Aldrich —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1923-33; director,
Providence Journal newspaper,
Providence National Bank, Providence Washington Insurance
Co.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
25, 1941 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) —
also known as Winthrop W. Aldrich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
2, 1885.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Equitable
Trust Company, 1929; president, Chase National Bank,
1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1953-57.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Bankers Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1974 (age 88 years, 115
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Peleg Arnold (1751-1820) —
Born in Smithfield (part now in North Smithfield), Providence
County, R.I., June 10,
1751.
Lawyer;
tavern
keeper; banker; member of Rhode Island state legislature,
1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1787-88; chief
justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1795-1812.
Died in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., February
13, 1820 (age 68 years, 248
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Woonsocket, R.I.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) —
also known as Henry P. Baldwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814.
Republican. Merchant;
banker; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892 (age 78 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Amos Chafee Barstow (1813-1894) —
also known as Amos Barstow —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1813.
Whig. Manufacturer;
founder, Barstow Stove Company; president, City National Bank
of Providence; president, Mechanics Savings Bank; president,
Providence Gas
Company; president, Mechanics Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; co-owner, Providence Warehouse
Company; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1852-53; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1860; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1870-71.
Congregationalist.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
5, 1894 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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August Belmont (1853-1924) —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1853.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1924 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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James Gillespie Blaine III (1888-1969) —
also known as James G. Blaine III —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 1888.
Republican. Investment
broker; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912.
Died November
3, 1969 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Stuart, Fla.
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John Brown (1736-1803) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
27, 1736.
Merchant;
banker; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1782-84; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1799-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
20, 1803 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., March 7,
1809.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; insurance
executive; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1856-59.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 20,
1894 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Donald Louis Carcieri (b. 1942) —
also known as Donald L. Carcieri —
of Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in East Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., December
16, 1942.
Republican. School
teacher; banker; Governor of
Rhode Island, 2003-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 2012.
Italian
and Swedish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) —
of Valley Falls, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., July 22,
1829.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; banker; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1881-85; resigned
1885; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1885-89; resigned 1889.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 30,
1917 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Christopher Grant Champlin (1768-1840) —
also known as Christopher G. Champlin —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., April
12, 1768.
Merchant;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1797-1801; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1809-11; resigned 1811.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March
18, 1840 (age 71 years, 341
days).
Interment at Common
Burying Ground, Newport, R.I.
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George Champlin (1738-1809) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I., November
22, 1738.
Banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island;
Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1793, 1797; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1797-98.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
16, 1809 (age 70 years, 359
days).
Interment at Common
Burying Ground, Newport, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Champlin and Hannah (Hill) Champlin; married, July 26,
1764, to Ruth Wanton; uncle of Christopher
Grant Champlin; second great-granduncle of Charles
F. Champlin; first cousin four times removed of Christopher
Elihu Champlin; second cousin thrice removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; third cousin once removed of David
Hough, Jeremiah
Mason and Josiah
Quincy; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Quincy Jr., Henry
Brewster Stanton, Edwin
Denison Morgan, Samuel
Townsend Douglass, Silas
Hamilton Douglas, George
Isaac Sherwood and David
B. Sherwood; third cousin thrice removed of Enoch
C. Chapman, David
Edgerton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Alfred
Avery Burnham, James
Hammond Trumbull, Richard
Smith Leaming, Robert
Coit Jr., Samuel
Miller Quincy, William
Frederick Morgan Rowland, Samuel
S. Knabenshue, Carl
G. Sherwood and Henry
Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
White and Reuben
Eaton Fenton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Otis
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Elisha Dyer (1811-1890) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 20,
1811.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; Adjutant
General of Rhode Island, 1840-45; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1857-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; president and director, Exchange Bank.
Episcopalian.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 17,
1890 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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G. Harold Gilpatric (b. 1881) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., July 8,
1881.
Republican. Banker; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1919-24; resigned 1924; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1919-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Gilpatric; married, October
19, 1905, to Irene Wheelock. |
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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1880.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1932,
1936.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Salisbury Hayward (1835-1900) —
also known as William S. Hayward —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., February
26, 1835.
Baker;
banker; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1881-84.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
5, 1900 (age 65 years, 252
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Charles Warren Lippitt (1846-1924) —
also known as Charles W. Lippitt —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
8, 1846.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1896.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 4,
1924 (age 77 years, 179
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry F. Lippitt —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
12, 1856.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; bank director; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916
(speaker).
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
28, 1933 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) —
also known as Alfred H. Littlefield —
of Lincoln, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Providence
County, R.I., April 2,
1829.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; thread and
yarn
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1878-79; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1880-83; president, First National Bank of
Pawtucket; president, Pawtucket Gas
Company; president, Pawtucket Street
Railway.
Died in Central Falls, Providence
County, R.I., December
21, 1893 (age 64 years, 263
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Robert Manning (born c.1953) —
of Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I.
Born about 1953.
Republican. Banker; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 2004-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Henry B. Metcalf —
of Rhode Island.
Banker; manufacturer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Prohibition Year Book 1912 |
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Cornelius Curran Moore (1884-1970) —
also known as Cornelius C. Moore —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
27, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); president, Newport National
Bank, 1950-61.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
11, 1970 (age 85 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joseph Moore and Katherine Mary Moore. |
| | | Image source: Newport Daily News,
August 11, 1970 |
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Almond M. Paine (1820-1890) —
of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Rhode Island, September
15, 1820.
Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1850; postmaster at East
Killingly, Conn., 1861-67; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; bank director.
Died, by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1890 (age 69 years, 265
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Conn.
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James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889) —
also known as James M. Pendleton —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1822.
Republican. Banker; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1868,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1871-75; member of
Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1878-84.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., February
16, 1889 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Aram J. Pothier (1854-1928) —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Quebec,
July
26, 1854.
Republican. Banker; officer of Guerin Spinning
Co., Alsace Worsted Co.,
Montrose Woolen Co.,
and Rosemont Dyeing
Co.; treasurer, Woonsocket Hospital;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-88; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1894-96; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1897-98; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1909-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died February
3, 1928 (age 73 years, 192
days).
Interment at Precious
Blood Cemetery, Blackstone, Mass.
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Royal Chapin Taft (1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad;
director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Samuel Welsh (1864-1907) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
22, 1864.
Insurance
business; banker; Consul-General
for Central America in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1897; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1897-1900.
Stricken with apoplexy,
and died a few days later, in Watch Hill, Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
9, 1907 (age 43 years, 109
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October
3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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