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James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) —
also known as James B. Angell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Scituate, Providence
County, R.I., January
7, 1829.
Editor of Sen. Henry
B. Anthony's newspaper,
Providence Journal, 1860-66; president,
University of Vermont, 1866-71; president,
University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 1,
1916 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, 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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George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) —
also known as George H. Corliss —
of North Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Easton, Washington
County, N.Y., June 2,
1817.
Republican. Mechanical
engineer; inventor;
developed the Corliss steam engine; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1868-70; Republican
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1876
(did not serve).
Congregationalist.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1888 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Ellery (1727-1820) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
22, 1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1785.
Congregationalist.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., February
15, 1820 (age 92 years, 55
days).
Interment at Common
Burying Ground, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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George Gray (b. 1824) —
of Elmore, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., August
1, 1824.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Elmore, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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William Jones (1753-1822) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., October
8, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice
of the peace; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1809-10,
1810-11; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1811-17.
Congregationalist. Welsh
ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died April 9,
1822 (age 68 years, 183
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Ira Lloyd Letts (b. 1889) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., May 29,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1927-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1942.
Congregationalist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Judson Letts and Emma (Slater) Letts; married, December
29, 1917, to Madeline Houghton Greene; father of Houghton
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George William Miller (1925-2006) —
also known as G. William Miller —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., March 9,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
executive with Textron, Inc.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1968;
chairman of Federal Reserve, 1978-79; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81.
Congregationalist.
Died, from idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 2006 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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