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New Book: Research in Rhode Island

May 4, 2018 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

I am so excited to announce the publication of a book by Maureen Taylor and me in the National Genealogical Society’s “Research in the States” series.  Research in Rhode Island was published recently by NGS and is available for sale in both pdf and paper versions on their website; see this page on the NGS bookstore; scroll to the second page of the Research in the States volumes for Rhode Island.

Maureen is the author of an article in the NGS Quarterly from 2000, now completely updated by the two of us for this volume.  Along the way we visited some important Rhode Island repositories, and got special tours and a lot of insight into the preservation of Rhode Island’s past.

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NGS Research in the States, Rhode Island, by Diane MacLean Boumenot and Maureen Alice Taylor.

The book offers a broad discussion of Rhode Island’s founding and how its unique history has shaped the development of the kinds of records that genealogists use – vital records, cemeteries, deeds, court records, newspaper, military, census, and probate.  The availability of published and manuscript record sets is investigated.

That’s me in the picture above; photo by Maureen Taylor.

The book was launched at the May, 2018 National Genealogical Society meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Maureen Taylor and I (pictured below; photo by Kathryn Doyle) are proud of our new book and hope that it will lead Rhode Island researchers to the resources that they need to uncover those fascinating Rhode Island stories.

See both pdf and paper versions for sale on the NGS bookstore on this page; scroll to the second page of the Research in the States volumes for Rhode Island.

From our book signing on May 5, 2018:

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Necrology in the Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1872-1914

March 7, 2018 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

Definition of necrology

1 : obituary
2 : a list of the recently dead

Thanks to: (Merriam Webster; https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necrology)

The other day I noted a fascinating obituary in the 1889 Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society (while looking for something else).  Being an obituary of a historical society member, it focused on the historical and genealogical work that the person had accomplished in his or her lifetime, and on genealogical details of the family.  It gave me some clues about resources that might help me, mentioning other organizational affiliations, books written by the person and even other obituaries published.

These obits may also be useful for other Rhode island researchers, so I am presenting a list of the individuals (see list at the bottom of this post) whose obituaries were included in this publication.  Even if your ancestors aren’t in here, perhaps others from the town of your ancestors might have left some genealogical works behind. Most members got an obituary; if the member was very famous or not (ever) a Rhode Islander, I left them off this list.  These are definitely some wealthy businessmen, but also some teachers, professors, genealogists and antiquarians. Membership was originally not open to women, but eventually it was, and the first female obituary is from the 1890’s. The first Irish member’s death was noted in that period, too; the membership was not a diverse group. The obituaries are sometimes perfunctory but, more often, are revealing, personal, and charming.

Apparently the Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society was published from 1872-1914, although necrologies may have been published elsewhere at other times.  The volumes have been digitized a few times; the list below is from Hathitrust.org and Archive.org and can be used for locating the particular obituary that you find in the list at the bottom of this post.

All volumes containing the cited obituaries, below:

(in the case of multi-volume pdf’s, watch out for multiple sets of page numbers within the same volume)

“Necrology” listings, Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1872-1914.

  • Adams, Stephen Ludlow (1851-1900), b. at Central Falls; mother’s maiden name: Crowell; see issue: 1900-01, p. 46
  • Allen, Candace (1822-1900), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1900-01, p. 46
  • Ames, Anne Ives Carrington (1849-1904), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Dorr; see issue: 1904-05, p. 48
  • Angell, Albert Gorham (1823-1884), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Gorham; see issue: 1884-85, p. 56
  • Angell, Edwin Gorham (1837-1903), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Stewart; see issue: 1903-04, p. 45
  • Angell, John Wilmarth (1832-1910), b. at Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Wilmarth; see issue: 1910-11, p. 32
  • Anthony, Henry Bowen (1815-1884), b. at Coventry; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1884-85, p. 62
  • Anthony, John Brayton (1829-1904), b. at Fall River, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Boardman; see issue: 1904-05, p. 50
  • Aplin, Charles (1823-1889), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Page; see issue: 1889-90, p. 112
  • Armstrong, Henry Clay (1847-1899), b. at Chepachet; mother’s maiden name: Reynolds; see issue: April, 1899, p. 71
  • Arnold, Olney (1822-1900), b. at Newton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Streeter; see issue: 1900-01, p. 47
  • Arnold, Richard James (1796-1873), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1873-74, p. 64
  • Arnold, Samuel Greene (1821-1879), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Rogers; see issue: 1879-80, p. 93
  • Atwood, Charles Atwood (1851-1905), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Pratt; see issue: 1905-06, p. 50

 

  • Backus, Thomas (1822-1902), b. at Brooklyn, Conn; see issue: 1901-02, p. 85
  • Bailey, William Mason (1815-1897), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1898, p. 56
  • Baker, (Col.) George (1790-1878), b. at Ipswich, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Newhall; see issue: 1878-79, p. 91
  • Baker, David Sherman (1852-1906), b. at Wickford; mother’s maiden name: Waite; see issue: 1906-07, p. 49
  • Baker, Nathan Hale (1844-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Towne; see issue: 1906-07, p. 50
  • Ballou, Ariel (1805-1887), b. at Cumberland; mother’s maiden name: Tower; see issue: 1887-88, p. 61
  • Ballou, Frederick Milton (1818-1889), b. at Cumberland; see issue: 1889-90, p. 90
  • Ballou, Nicholas (1828-1896), b. at Block Island; mother’s maiden name: Dodge; see issue: April, 1897, p. 65
  • Banigan, Joseph (1839-1898), b. at County Monaghan, Ireland; see issue: April, 1899, p. 65
  • Barker, Frederick Arnold (1827-1910), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Lockwood; see issue: 1910-11, p. 33
  • Barker, Henry Rodman (1841-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jenks; see issue: 1901-02, p. 57
  • Barnard, Henry (1811-1900), b. at Hartford, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Andrus; see issue: 1900-01, p. 56
  • Barrows, Comfort Edwin (1831-1883), b. at Attleborough, Mass; see issue: 1883-84, p. 76
  • Barrows, Edwin (1834-1908), b. at Norton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Ide; see issue: 1908-09, p. 40
  • Barstow, Amos Chafee (1848-1903), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Eames; see issue: 1903-04, p. 46
  • Bartlett, John Russell (1843-1904), b. at New York, NY; see issue: 1904-05, p. 51
  • Barton, William Turner (1823-1907), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Turner; see issue: 1907-08, p. 55
  • Bates, Isaac Comstock (1843-1913), b. at Mendon, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Comstock; see issue: 1913-14, p. 35
  • Beckwith, Henry Truman (1818-1893), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Truman; see issue: April, 1894, p. 72
  • Benedict, David (1779-1874), b. at Norwalk, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Scudder; see issue: 1874-75, p. 89
  • Bennett, James Munro (1809-1888), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Munro; see issue: 1888-89, p. 52
  • Binney, William (1825-1909), b. at Philadelphia, Penn; see issue: 1909-10, p. 44
  • Bixby, Moses Homan (1827-1901), b. at Warren, NH; mother’s maiden name: Cleasby; see issue: 1901-02, p. 58
  • Blake, Eli Whitney (1836-1895), b. at New Haven, Conn; see issue: April, 1896, p. 56
  • Blodget, William P. (1809-1873), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Power; see issue: 1873-74, p. 70
  • Blodgett, John Taggard (1859-1912), b. at Belmont, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Taggard; see issue: 1911-13, p. 39
  • Bowen, Charles William (1836-1910), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Johannot; see issue: 1910-11, p. 33
  • Bowen, Holder Borden (1844-1911), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Holmes; see issue: 1911-13, p. 40
  • Bradley, Charles (1845-1898), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1899, p. 70
  • Bradley, Charles Smith (1819-1888), b. at Newburyport, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Smith; see issue: 1888-89, p. 43
  • Brayton, Charles Ray (1840-1910), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Clarke; see issue: 1910-11, p. 33
  • Brinley, Francis (1800-1889), b. at Boston, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Henshaw/Harris; see issue: 1889-90, p. 98
  • Brown, Albert W (1860-1909), b. at Hopkinton; mother’s maiden name: Spencer; see issue: 1909-10, p. 48
  • Brown, Harold (1863-1900), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1900-01, p. 50
  • Brown, John Adams (1827-1892), b. at Boston, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Burrill; see issue: April, 1893, p. 78
  • Brown, John Carter (1797-1874), b. at Providence; see issue: 1874-75, p. 85
  • Brown, John Nicholas (1861-1900), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1900-01, p. 50
  • Brown, Joseph Warren (1810-1876), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Rogers; see issue: 1876-77, p. 77
  • Brown, Welcome Owen (1822-1888), b. at Barton, Ver; see issue: 1888-89, p. 46
  • Browne, Benjamin E (1793-1873), b. at Salem, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Andrew; see issue: 1873-74, p. 73
  • Budlong, John Clark (1836-1907), b. at Cranston; mother’s maiden name: Martin; see issue: 1907-08, p. 56
  • Bugbee, James Henry (1837-1900), b. at Pawtuxet; mother’s maiden name: Potter; see issue: 1900-01, p. 52
  • Bull, Isaac Miles (1807-1884), b. at Milford, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Carrington; see issue: 1885-86, p. 75
  • Bullock, Julia (1814-1894), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Peckham; see issue: April, 1895, p. 55
  • Burdick, James (1830-1905), b. at Newport; see issue: 1905-06, p. 50
  • Burlingame, Edwin Harris (1836-1912), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Wood; see issue: 1911-13, p. 41

 

  • Caldwell, Samuel Lunt (1820-1889), b. at Newburyport, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Lunt; see issue: 1889-90, p. 99
  • Campbell, Daniel Gordon (1816-1893), b. at Voluntown, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Gordon; see issue: April, 1894, p. 78
  • Carpenter, Charles Earl (1824-1898), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Harris; see issue: April, 1899, p. 64
  • Carpenter, Esther Bernon (1848-1893), b. at Wakefield; mother’s maiden name: Hazard; see issue: April, 1894, p. 90
  • Carpenter, George Moulton (1844-1896), b. at Portsmouth; mother’s maiden name: Walcott; see issue: April, 1897, p. 62
  • Caswell, Alexis (1799-1877), b. at Taunton, Mass; see issue: 1876-77, p. 81
  • Caswell, Edward Thompson (1833-1887), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Thompson; see issue: 1887-88, p. 64
  • Chace, Lewid Jenkins (1826-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Hillwell; see issue: 1906-07, p. 51
  • Chace, Lucretia Gifford (1831-1910), b. at New Bedford, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Tucker; see issue: 1910-11, p. 35
  • Chafee, Hattie Whitman Budlong (1843-1913), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1913-14, p. 37
  • Chambers, Robert Babcock (1830-1905), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Babcock; see issue: 1905-06, p. 52
  • Chandler, William Henry (1818-1882), b. at Pomfret, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1882-83, p. 44
  • Chase, Thomas (1827-1892), b. at Worcester, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Earle; see issue: April, 1893, p. 82
  • Claflin, George Lyman (1822-1886), b. at Pawtucket (portion in Mass at that time); see issue: 1886-87, p. 64
  • Clark, Franklin Chase (1848-1915), b. at Barrington; see issue: 1915, p. 4
  • Clarke, Edward Stimson (1855-1913), b. at Whitinsville; mother’s maiden name: Sheldon; see issue: 1913-14, p. 38
  • Clarke, James Mason (1819-1885), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Bowen; see issue: 1885-86, p. 80
  • Clarke, Thomas March (1812-1903), b. at Newburyport, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Wheelwright; see issue: 1903-04, p. 47
  • Clifford, John H (1809-1875), b. at Providence; see issue: 1875-76, p. 69
  • Collins, George L (1821-1877), b. at Hopkinton; see issue: 1876-77, p. 86
  • Colwell, Francis (1833-1906), b. at Glocester; mother’s maiden name: Tucker; see issue: 1906-07, p. 52
  • Conant, Hezekiah (1827-1902), b. at Dudley, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Healy; see issue: 1902-03, p. 53
  • Cornet, Henry Tew (1816-1872), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Tew; see issue: 1872, p. 90
  • Cranston, Francis A (1837-1909), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Guild; see issue: 1909-10, p. 45
  • Cranston, George King (1830-1898), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Guild; see issue: April, 1899, p. 72
  • Cranston, Henry Clay (1832-1896), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Guild; see issue: April, 1897, p. 56
  • Cranston, James Edward (1822-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Guild; see issue: 1901-02, p. 59
  • Cressy, Oliver Sawyer (1835-1900), b. at Hamilton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Sawyer; see issue: 1900-01, p. 53
  • Crins, William Henry (1819-1904), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Phillips; see issue: 1904-05, p. 54
  • Cross, William Jones (1814-1885), b. at Westerly; mother’s maiden name: Cross; see issue: 1885-86, p. 81
  • Cushing, Samuel Barrett (1811-1873), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jarvis; see issue: 1873-74, p. 68

 

  • Dailey, Albert (1826-1877), b. at Providence; see issue: 1876-77, p. 84
  • Danielson, George Whitman (1829-1884), b. at Killingly, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Prince; see issue: 1884-85, p. 58
  • Danielson, John Weaver (1833-1913), b. at Danielsonville (now Danielson), Conn; mother’s maiden name: Weaver; see issue: 1913-14, p. 39
  • Davis, Charles Abbott (1868-1908), b. at Burlington, Vermont; see issue: 1908-09, p. 41
  • Davis, John William (1826-1907), b. at Rehoboth, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Davis; see issue: 1907-08, p. 58
  • Davis, Thomas (1806-1895), b. at Kilkenny, Ireland; see issue: April, 1896, p. 50
  • Davol, Joseph (1837-1909), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Saunders; see issue: 1909-10, p. 46
  • Day, Albert Clifford (1849-1913), b. at Preston, Conn; see issue: 1913-14, p. 41
  • Day, Daniel (1821-1898), b. at Uxbridge, Mass.; see issue: April, 1899, p. 59
  • Day, Daniel Eugene (1820-1893), b. at Killingly, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Dorrance; see issue: April, 1894, p. 75
  • Dempsey, Henry Lester (1855-1902), b. at West Eaton, NY; mother’s maiden name: Brannigan; see issue: 1902-03, p. 55
  • Denison, Frederic (1819-1901), b. at Stongington, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Fish; see issue: 1901-02, p. 60
  • DeWolf, John James (1807-1894), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: James; see issue: April, 1895, p. 59
  • DeWolf, Winthrop (1830-1882), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Winthrop; see issue: 1882-83, p. 45
  • Dixon, Nathan Fellows (1847-1897), b. at Westerly; see issue: April, 1898, p. 63
  • Dorr, Henry Crawford (1820-1897), b. at ?; see issue: April, 1898, p. 64
  • Dorrance, William Tully (1809-1880), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Pitman; see issue: 1880-81, p. 51
  • Douglas, Samuel Tobey (1853-1905), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Sawyer; see issue: 1905-06, p. 53
  • Doyle, Thomas Arthur (1827-1886), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jones; see issue: 1886-87, p. 66
  • Drowne, Henry Bernardin (1799-1873), b. at Union, Fayette Co., Penn — moved to Foster, R.I.; mother’s maiden name: Russell; see issue: 1873-74, p. 60
  • Drowne, Henry Thayer (1822-1897), b. at Woodstock, Conn; see issue: April, 1898, p. 67
  • Drowne, Thomas Stafford (1823-1897), b. at Fruit Hill, North Providence; see issue: April, 1898, p. 66
  • Duncan, William Butler (1830-1912), b. at Edinburgh, Scotland; mother’s maiden name: Butler; see issue: 1911-13, p. 43
  • Durfee, Charles Samuel (1840-1903), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Mumford; see issue: 1903-04, p. 50
  • Durfee, Thomas (1826-1901), b. at Tiverton; mother’s maiden name: Borden; see issue: 1901-02, p. 62
  • Dyer, Elisha (1839-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Hoppin; see issue: 1906-07, p. 53

 

  • Eames, Benjamin Tucker (1818-1901), b. at East Greenwich ; mother’s maiden name: Mumford; see issue: 1901-02, p. 63
  • Earle, Joseph Ormsbee (1844-1905), b. at New York, NY; see issue: 1905-06, p. 54
  • Easton, Nicholas Redwood (1810-1879), b. at Providence; see issue: 1879-80, p. 86
  • Elliott, Albert Timothy (1818-1883), b. at Pomfret, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Lamson; see issue: 1883-84, p. 74
  • Ely, James Winchell Coleman (1820-1906), b. at Windsor, Vermont; mother’s maiden name: Skinner; see issue: 1906-07, p. 55
  • Ely, Joseph Cady (1849-1897), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Backus; see issue: April, 1898, p. 58
  • Ely, William Davis (1815-1908), b. at Hartford, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Davis; see issue: 1908-09, p. 42
  • Everett, Richmond Pearl (1826-1910), b. at Providence?; mother’s maiden name: Howland; see issue: 1910-11, p. 35

 

  • Fairbrother, Henry Lewis (1838-1886), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: May; see issue: 1886-87, p. 70
  • Farnum, Alexander (1830-1884), b. at Blackstone, Mass; see issue: 1884-85, p. 60
  • Fenner, Herbert Nicholas (1843-1915), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1915, p. 4
  • Fessenden, (General) Guy Mannering  (1804-1871), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Williams; see issue: 1872, p. 92
  • Fisher, Charles Harris (1822-1893), b. at Killingly, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Cady; see issue: April, 1894, p. 87
  • Fletcher, Charles (1842-1907), b. at Thornton, Yorkshire, England; mother’s maiden name: Drake; see issue: 1907-08, p. 59
  • Foster, John (1835-1909), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Cady; see issue: 1909-10, p. 50
  • Foster, Samuel (1803-1901), b. at Dudley, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Tucker; see issue: 1901-02, p. 65
  • Francis, Elizabeth (1833-1901), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Francis; see issue: 1901-02, p. 66
  • Francis, Sally (1834-1904), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Francis; see issue: 1904-05, p. 55

 

  • Gammell, Arthur Amory (1862-1887), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1887-88, p. 77
  • Gammell, Asa Messer (1816-1903), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Slocum; see issue: 1903-04, p. 51
  • Gammell, Robert Ives (1852-1915), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1915, p. 4
  • Gardiner, Peleg W (1796-1878), b. at East Greenwich; mother’s maiden name: Weaver; see issue: 1878-79, p. 89
  • Gardner, Henry Wood (1821-1888), b. at Killingly, Conn; see issue: 1888-89, p. 43
  • Gladding, Henry Coggeshall (1827-1908), b. at Chenango County, NY; mother’s maiden name: Rogers; see issue: 1911-13, p. 44
  • Goddard, Francis Wayland (1833-1889), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1889-90, p. 93
  • Goddard, Moses Brown Ives (1831-1907), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1907-08, p. 60
  • Goddard, Thomas Poynton Ives (1827-1893), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: April, 1894, p. 68
  • Goddard, William (1825-1907), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1907-08, p. 61
  • Gooding, Gertrude (1855-1915), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Howland; see issue: 1915, p. 5
  • Gorham, John (1820-1898), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1899, p. 64
  • Gorton, Adelos (1848-1915), b. at Watervliet, NY; mother’s maiden name: Gardner; see issue: 1915, p. 6
  • Gorton, Charles (1841-1898), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1899, p. 60
  • Gorton, George Olney (1835-1915), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jackson; see issue: 1915, p. 6
  • Granger, Daniel L D (1825-1909), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1909-10, p. 51
  • Grant, Henry Townsend (1817-1902), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Hubbard; see issue: 1902-03, p. 56
  • Grant, Henry Tyler (1846-1915), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Howard; see issue: 1915, p. 7
  • Green, Arnold (1838-1903), b. at New York, NY; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1903-04, p. 53
  • Green, George Washington (1811-1883), b. at East Greenwich; mother’s maiden name: Clarke; see issue: 1883-84, p. 64
  • Greene, Albert Rowland (1844-1901), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1901-02, p. 67
  • Greene, Charles William (1861-1913), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Smith; see issue: 1913-14, p. 41
  • Greene, Daniel Howland (1807-1886), b. at East Greenwich; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1886-87, p. 71
  • Greene, George Sears (1807-1898), b. at Warwick; see issue: April, 1899, p. 76
  • Greene, Henry Lehre (1825-1908), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Aborn; see issue: 1908-09, p. 43
  • Greene, Henry Whitman (1814-1897), b. at Warwick; see issue: April, 1898, p. 52
  • Greene, Simon Henry (1799-1885), b. at Centreville; mother’s maiden name: Rhodes; see issue: 1885-86, p. 82
  • Greene, Thomas Casey (1826-1897), b. at East Greenwich; mother’s maiden name: Casey; see issue: April, 1898, p. 59
  • Greene, William (1797-1883), b. at Warwick; see issue: 1883-84, p. 74
  • Gregory, William (1849-1901), b. at Astoria, New York; mother’s maiden name: Naylor; see issue: 1901-02, p. 68
  • Griffin, Thomas J (1838-1911), b. at Providence; see issue: 1911-13, p. 46
  • Grosvenor, (Col.) Robert (1847-1879), b. at Providence; see issue: 1879-80, p. 88
  • Grosvenor, William (1810-1888), b. at Killingly, Conn; see issue: 1888-89, p. 54
  • Grosvenor, William (1838-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Mason; see issue: 1906-07, p. 56

 

  • Hall, Emily Ann (1817-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Lyon; see issue: 1901-02, p. 69
  • Hall, Robert (1830-1910), b. at West Greenwich; mother’s maiden name: Weaver; see issue: 1910-11, p. 37
  • Ham, Benjamin Wood (1817-1885), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ide; see issue: 1885-86, p. 85
  • Hammond, (Lt-Col.) Barnabas Benton Hammond (1825-1887), b. at Esopus, Ulster Co., NY; mother’s maiden name: Gorham; see issue: 1887-88, p. 67
  • Harkness, Albert (1822-1907), b. at Mendon (now Blackstone), Mass; mother’s maiden name: Thayer; see issue: 1907-08, p. 65
  • Harris, Caleb Fiske (1818-1881), b. at Centreville; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1882-83, p. 43
  • Harris, Edward (1801-1872), b. at Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Streeter; see issue: 1872, p. 95
  • Harris, Walter D (1862-1909), b. at Georgiaville; mother’s maiden name: Phetteplace; see issue: 1909-10, p. 48
  • Hart, Charles (1822-1903), b. at Salem, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Wellington; see issue: 1903-04, p. 55
  • Hazard, Jeffrey (1835-1911), b. at Exeter; mother’s maiden name: Crandall; see issue: 1911-13, p. 46
  • Hazard, Rowland (1829-1898), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Newbold; see issue: April, 1899, p. 67
  • Hazard, Rowland Gibson (1801-1888), b. at South Kingstown; see issue: 1888-89, p. 49
  • Hidden, James Clifford (1813-1889), b. at Walpole, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Clifford; see issue: 1889-90, p. 97
  • Hill, Elizabeth C Kenyon (1828-1908), b. at Hopkinton; see issue: 1908-09, p. 44
  • Hill, Thomas Jefferson (1805-1894), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: Walker; see issue: April, 1895, p. 56
  • Hodges, Almon D (?-1878), b. at Norton, Mass; see issue: 1878-79, p. 102
  • Holbrook, Albert (1813-1897), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Hopkins; see issue: April, 1898, p. 53
  • Hopkins, Charles Wyman (1839-1910), b. at Exeter; mother’s maiden name: Lillibridge; see issue: 1910-11, p. 37
  • Hopkins, William H (?-1896), b. at Portsmouth; see issue: April, 1897, p. 68
  • Hoppin, Frederick Street (1834-1907), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Street; see issue: 1907-08, p. 67
  • Hoppin, William Anthony (1844-1915), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Anthony; see issue: 1915, p. 7
  • Hoppin, William Jones (1813-1895), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jones; see issue: April, 1896, p. 55
  • Hoppin, William Warner (1807-1890), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Warner; see issue: 1890-91, p. 101
  • Howard, Henry (1826-1905), b. at Cranston; mother’s maiden name: King; see issue: 1905-06, p. 55
  • Howard, Hiram (1834-1907), b. at Middlebury, Vermont; mother’s maiden name: Taft; see issue: 1907-08, p. 68
  • Howland, Benjamin Baker (1787-1877), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Baker; see issue: 1877-78, p. 112
  • Howland, John Andrews (1794-1889), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Andrews; see issue: 1889-90, p. 109
  • Hudson, James Smith (1833-1910), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Fitts; see issue: 1910-11, p. 38
  • Huntsman, John F (1839-1908), b. at Burlington, NJ; see issue: 1908-09, p. 45

 

  • Ives, Robert Hale (1798-1875), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Brown; see issue: 1875-76, p. 69

 

  • Jackson, (Hon.) Charles (1798-1876), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Wheaton; see issue: 1875-76, p. 68
  • Jencks, Albert Varnum (1824-1904), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: Varnum; see issue: 1904-05, p. 56
  • Jillson, Charles Daniel (1837-1885), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Sheldon; see issue: 1885-86, p. 85
  • Jillson, Esek Arnold (1808-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Potter; see issue: 1901-02, p. 70
  • Jillson, Francocello George (1841-1912), b. at Woonsocket; see issue: 1911-13, p. 48
  • Johnson, Oliver (1799-1892), b. at East Greenwich ; mother’s maiden name: Albro; see issue: April, 1893, p. 79
  • Johnson, William Sullivan (1826-1887), b. at Centreville; see issue: 1887-88, p. 69
  • Jones, William (1875-1906), b. at Worcester, Mass; see issue: 1906-07, p. 57

 

  • Keach, Mary Alice (1854-1910), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1910-11, p. 39
  • Kelley, Arthur Livingston (1858-1915), b. at Compton, NY; mother’s maiden name: Westcott; see issue: 1915, p. 8
  • Kelly, John Balch (1844-1907), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Balch; see issue: 1907-08, p. 69
  • Kendall, Henry Lewis (1805-1883), b. at Watertown, Mass; see issue: 1883-84, p. 69
  • Kenyon, James Stanton (1841-1911), b. at Charlestown; see issue: 1911-13, p. 49
  • Kimball, Gertrude Selwyn (1862-1910), b. at Blackstone, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Farnum; see issue: 1910-11, p. 39
  • Kimball, Horace Arnold (1837-1911), b. at Chepachet; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1911-13, p. 50
  • King, George Farquhar Jones (1867-1910), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Jones; see issue: 1910-11, p. 41
  • King, Le Roy (1857-1895), b. at Rome, Italy; mother’s maiden name: Le Roy; see issue: April, 1896, p. 59
  • Kingsbury, John (1801-1874), b. at South Coventry, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Leavens; see issue: 1874-75, p. 90
  • Klapp (b. Clapp), Lyman (1827-1889), b. at Westhampton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Carr; see issue: 1889-90, p. 102
  • Knight, William (1823-1893), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Fenner; see issue: April, 1894, p. 89
  • Knox, Horatio Bickford (1856-1912), b. at Cambriatown, Penn; mother’s maiden name: Bickford; see issue: 1911-13, p. 52

 

  • Lamb, Estes (1809-1887), b. at Charlton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Barton; see issue: 1887-88, p. 71
  • Lapham, George Boardman (1842-1897), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Gerry; see issue: April, 1898, p. 60
  • Lapham, Increase Allen (1811-1875), b. at Palmyra NY; see issue: 1875-76, p. 71
  • Larned, Edwin Channing (1820-1884), b. at Providence; see issue: 1884-85, p. 67
  • Leete, George Farmer (1849-1912), b. at Rochester, NY; mother’s maiden name: Farmer; see issue: 1911-13, p. 53
  • Lincoln, John Larkin (1817-1891), b. at Boston, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Larkin; see issue: 1891-92, p. 110
  • Lippitt, Christopher (1825-1898), b. at Cranston; mother’s maiden name: Sheldon; see issue: April, 1899, p. 59
  • Lippitt, Henry (1818-1891), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Seamans; see issue: 1891-92, p. 106
  • Littlefield, Alfred Henry (1829-1893), b. at Scituate; mother’s maiden name: Himes; see issue: April, 1894, p. 95
  • Littlefield, George Abner (15-851-1906), b. at Chelsea, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Blair; see issue: 1906-07, p. 58
  • Lockwood, Amos DeForest (1811-1884), b. at Pawtuxet; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1884-85, p. 56
  • Lothrop, Henry Wood (1802-1874), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Adams; see issue: 1874-75, p. 88
  • Luther, George Edward (1850-1897), b. at Attleboro, Mass; see issue: April, 1898, p. 63
  • Lyman, Daniel Wanton (1844-1886), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Dyer; see issue: 1886-87, p. 73

 

  • Mason, Earl P (?-1876), b. at ; see issue: 1876-77, p. 79
  • Mason, Earl Philip (1848-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Larcher; see issue: 1901-02, p. 72
  • Mason, George Champlin (1820-1893), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Mumford; see issue: April, 1895, p. 50
  • Matteson, George R.W. (1834-1908), b. at Dighton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Richmond; see issue: 1908-09, p. 46
  • Mauran, Edward Carrington (1820-1886), b. at Providence; see issue: 1886-87, p. 75
  • Mauran, Joseph (1796-1873), b. at Barrington; mother’s maiden name: Bicknell; see issue: 1873-74, p. 66
  • McGuinness, Edwin Daniel (1856-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Gormly; see issue: 1901-02, p. 71
  • Metcalf, Alfred (1828-1904), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Houghton; see issue: 1904-05, p. 58
  • Miller, Augustus Samuel (1847-1905), b. at Plainfield, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Lawton; see issue: 1905-06, p. 57
  • Miller, Horace George (1840-1908), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: Munro; see issue: 1908-09, p. 46
  • Miller, William Jones (1818-1886), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Smith/Monro; see issue: 1886-87, p. 77
  • Motley, John Lothrop (1814-1877), b. at Dorchester, Mass; see issue: 1877-78, p. 109
  • Moulton, David Carpenter (1830-1905), b. at Chichester, NH; see issue: 1905-06, p. 58
  • Moulton, Sullivan (1816-1890), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Olney; see issue: 1889-90, p. 115
  • Mowry, Arlon (1833-1905), b. at Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Mowry; see issue: 1905-06, p. 59
  • Mumford, John Pitman (1815-1891), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Lyndon/Wilson; see issue: 1891-92, p. 105

 

  • Newell, Timothy (1820-1901), b. at Sturbridge, Mass; mother’s maiden name: May; see issue: 1901-02, p. 73
  • Nichols, Amos Gardner (1829-1904), b. at Hopkinton; mother’s maiden name: Langworthy; see issue: 1904-05, p. 59
  • Nichols, Charles Augustus (1825-1877), b. at Haverhill, Mass; see issue: 1877-78, p. 115
  • Nicholson, William Thomas (1834-1893), b. at Pawtucket; see issue: April, 1894, p. 84
  • Nickerson, Edward I (1845-1908), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: Darling; see issue: 1908-09, p. 47
  • Noyes, James Fanning (1817-1896), b. at South Kingstown; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: April, 1897, p. 53
  • Noyes, Robert Fanning (1850-1912), b. at South Kingstown; mother’s maiden name: Allen; see issue: 1911-13, p. 54
  • Noyes, Samuel Miller (1812-1888), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Updike; see issue: 1888-89, p. 47

 

  • Oldfield, John (1796-1879), b. at Bradford, England; see issue: 1879-80, p. 91
  • Olney, Frank Fuller (1851-1903), b. at Jersey City, NJ; mother’s maiden name: Fuller; see issue: 1903-04, p. 57
  • Olney, George Hopkins (1825-1913), b. at Cumberland; see issue: 1913-14, p. 42
  • Olney, James H (1835-1890), b. at Fall River, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Deane; see issue: 1890-91, p. 110
  • Ormsbee, John Spurr (1816-1889), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Spurr; see issue: 1889-90, p. 96
  • Owen, Franklin Pierce (1953-1905), b. at North Scituate; mother’s maiden name: Mathewson; see issue: 1905-06, p. 61
  • Owen, Smith (1809-1889), b. at Glocester; mother’s maiden name: Dexter; see issue: 1889-90, p. 88

 

  • Pabodie, Benjamin Gladding (1799-1880), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Gladding; see issue: 1879-80, p. 92
  • Packard, Alpheus Spring (1839-1905), b. at Brunswick, Maine; mother’s maiden name: Appleton; see issue: 1905-06, p. 62
  • Padelford, Seth (1807-1878), b. at Taunton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Heath; see issue: 1878-79, p. 98
  • Page, Charles Harrison (1843-1912), b. at Glocester; mother’s maiden name: Hopkins; see issue: 1911-13, p. 55
  • Paine, George Taylor (1838-1903), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Taylor; see issue: 1903-04, p. 58
  • Paine, Walter (1801-1879), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Snow; see issue: 1879-80, p. 87
  • Palmer, John Simmons (1828-1908), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Simmons; see issue: 1908-09, p. 48
  • Parkhurst, (Lt-Col) Charles H (1831-1889), b. at Chelmsford, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Fletcher; see issue: 1889-90, p. 86
  • Parsons, Charles William (1823-1893), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Holmes; see issue: April, 1894, p. 80
  • Parsons, Henry Lyman (1833-1888), b. at Sutton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Taft; see issue: 1888-89, p. 60
  • Pearce, Edward (1804-1880), b. at Providence; see issue: 1880-81, p. 52
  • Peck, Allen Ormsbee (1804-1871), b. at Rehoboth, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Ormsbee; see issue: 1872, p. 91
  • Peck, Ira Ballou (1805-1888), b. at Wrentham, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Ballou; see issue: 1888-89, p. 49
  • Peck, Maria Storrs (1857-1908), b. at Providence; see issue: 1908-09, p. 49
  • Peck, Walter Asa (1854-1901), b. at Barrington; mother’s maiden name: Remington; see issue: 1901-02, p. 74
  • Peckham, Samuel Wardwell (1814-1895), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Wardwell; see issue: April, 1896, p. 47
  • Peckham, William Mackey (1852-1915), b. at Troy, NY; mother’s maiden name: Mackey; see issue: 1915, p. 8
  • Pegram, John Combe (1842-1909), b. at Queensborough, Kentucky; mother’s maiden name: Combe; see issue: 1909-10, p. 49
  • Peirce, John (1836-1897), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1898, p. 54
  • Pendleton, Charles Leonard (1846-1904), b. at Westerly; see issue: 1904-05, p. 60
  • Phillips, Gilbert A (1843-1908), b. at Foster; mother’s maiden name: Hopkins; see issue: 1908-09, p. 50
  • Phillips, Theodore Winthrop (1836-1904), b. at Providence; see issue: 1904-05, p. 61
  • Pierce, George Augustus (1828-1885), b. at Providence; see issue: 1885-86, p. 87
  • Potter, Albert (1831-1902), b. at Sturbridge, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Stedman; see issue: 1902-03, p. 57
  • Potter, Americus Vespucius (1808-1872), b. at Cranston; mother’s maiden name: Athmore; see issue: 1872, p. 93
  • Potter, Asa King (1820-1897), b. at Cranston; see issue: April, 1898, p. 65

 

  • Randall, Stephen (1793-1874), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Winsor; see issue: 1874-75, p. 86
  • Rathbone, William, P. (1798-1877), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Kilton; see issue: 1877-78, p. 111
  • Rhodes, James Thomas (1800-1873), b. at Pawtuxet; mother’s maiden name: Aborn; see issue: 1873-74, p. 65
  • Rhodes, William Conrad (1843-1915), b. at Providence; see issue: 1915, p. 9
  • Richards, Henry Francis (1827-1906), b. at North Attleboro; mother’s maiden name: Holmes; see issue: 1906-07, p. 59
  • Richmond, Caroline (1841-1905), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Eddy; see issue: 1905-06, p. 64
  • Richmond, Walter (1839-1912), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Eddy; see issue: 1911-13, p. 57
  • Richmond, William Ebenezer (1786-1873), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Mason; see issue: 1873-74, p. 62
  • Robinson, William A (1797-1872), b. at Philadelphia, Penn; see issue: 1872, p. 94
  • Roelker, William Greene (1854-1912), b. at Cincinnati, Ohio; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1911-13, p. 58
  • Rogers, Horatio (1836-1904), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Curtis; see issue: 1904-05, p. 63
  • Root, James Pierce (1829-1887), b. at Staten Island NY; see issue: 1887-88, p. 74
  • Rugg, Henry Warren (1833-1910), b. at Framingham, Mass; see issue: 1910-11, p. 41
  • Russell, Henry Grinnell (1829-1904), b. at New Bedford, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Grinnell; see issue: 1904-05, p. 69

 

  • Sawin, Isaac Warren (1823-1906), b. at Dover, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Battelle; see issue: 1906-07, p. 60
  • Sayles, Frederic Clark (1835-1903), b. at Pawtucket; mother’s maiden name: Olney; see issue: 1903-04, p. 62
  • Sedgwick, Adam (1784-1873), b. at Yorkshire, England; see issue: 1872, p. 95
  • Shedd, Joel Herbert (1834-1915), b. at Pepperell, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Edson; see issue: 1915, p. 9
  • Sheldon, Nicholas (1830-1911), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Sweetser; see issue: 1911-13, p. 59
  • Shepard, Elizabeth Anne Goddard (1829-1910), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Ives; see issue: 1910-11, p. 42
  • Sherman, William Watts (1842-1912), b. at Albany, NY; mother’s maiden name: Gibson; see issue: 1911-13, p. 60
  • Slater, James Stuart (1841-1915), b. at Slatersville; mother’s maiden name: Carroll; see issue: 1915, p. 10
  • Slater, William Smith (1817-1882), b. at Slatersville; mother’s maiden name: Bucklin; see issue: 1882-83, p. 43
  • Small, Walter Herbert (1856-1909), b. at Provincetown, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Smith; see issue: 1909-10, p. 45
  • Smith, Amos D (1805-1877), b. at Groton, Conn; see issue: 1876-77, p. 84
  • Smith, Charles Henry (1844-1901), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Briggs; see issue: 1900-01, p. 54
  • Smith, David W (1883-1909), b. at North Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Wilkinson; see issue: 1909-10, p. 52
  • Smith, James Y (1799-1876), b. at Groton, Conn; see issue: 1876-77, p. 74
  • Smith, Sanford Billings (1816-1892), b. at Groton, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Aborn; see issue: April, 1893, p. 86
  • Snow, Amos W (1804-1877), b. at Providence; see issue: 1877-78, p. 109
  • Snow, William Cory (1794-1872), b. at Providence — moved to Little Compton; mother’s maiden name: Cory; see issue: 1872, p. 87
  • Southwick, Isaac Harrison (1811-1903), b. at Grafton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Roberts; see issue: 1903-04, p. 63
  • Southwick, Isaac Hinckley (1854-1902), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Keith; see issue: 1902-03, p. 58
  • Spicer, George Thurston (1802-1879), b. at Hopkinton; mother’s maiden name: Saunders; see issue: 1879-80, p. 89
  • Spicer, William A (1845-1913), b. at Warwick; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1913-14, p. 43
  • Sprague, Charles Hutchins (1844-1900), b. at Killingly, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Pierce; see issue: 1900-01, p. 55
  • Stanhope, Frederick Augustus (1822-1885), b. at Newport; see issue: 1885-86, p. 88
  • Staples, William (1834-1894), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Eaton; see issue: April, 1894, p. 97
  • Steere, Henry Jonah (1830-1889), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Smith; see issue: 1889-90, p. 111
  • Stevens, Benjamin Franklin (1824-1908), b. at Boston, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Sprague; see issue: 1908-09, p. 51
  • Stevens, Daniel (1849-1907), b. at Cambridge, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Partridge; see issue: 1907-08, p. 70
  • Stiness, John Henry (1840-1913), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Marsh; see issue: 1913-14, p. 46
  • Stone, Alfred (1834-1908), b. at East Machias, Maine; mother’s maiden name: Poor; see issue: 1908-09, p. 52
  • Stone, Edwin Martin (1805-1883), b. at Framingham, Mass; see issue: 1883-84, p. 65
  • Studley, Thomas Earle (1836-1895), b. at Worcester, Mass; see issue: April, 1896, p. 46
  • Sturges, Walter Knight (1876-1913), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Knight; see issue: 1913-14, p. 49
  • Swan, Jarvis B (1836-1911), b. at Providence; see issue: 1911-13, p. 63

 

  • Taft, Royal Chapin (1823-1912), b. at Northbridge, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Smith; see issue: 1911-13, p. 64
  • Talbot, Frederick (1819-1907), b. at East Machias, Maine; mother’s maiden name: Chaloner; see issue: 1907-08, p. 71
  • Taylor, Charles Sawin (1842-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Deane; see issue: 1906-07, p. 61
  • Thayer, Edgar Shephard (1838-1908), b. at Taunton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Reed; see issue: 1908-09, p. 54
  • Thornton, John Wingate (1818-1878), b. at Saco, Maine; see issue: 1878-79, p. 90
  • Thurston, Benjamin Francis (1829-1890), b. at New London, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Deshon; see issue: 1890-91, p. 98
  • Thurston, Benjamin Francis (1870-1906), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Rathbone; see issue: 1906-07, p. 62
  • Tillinghast, Charles Elisha (1812-1893), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1894, p. 79
  • Tillinghast, James (1822-1898), b. at Cooperstown, NY; see issue: April, 1899, p. 69
  • Trippe, Samuel Gardiner (1819-1895), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1896, p. 54
  • Troup, John Ebenezer (1829-1896), b. at Aberdeen, Scotland; mother’s maiden name: Bannerman; see issue: April, 1897, p. 60
  • Turner, Henry Edward (1816-1897), b. at Warwick; see issue: April, 1898, p. 57

 

  • Upham, Charles W (1802-1875), b. at St Johns, New Brunswick; see issue: 1875-76, p. 71

 

  • Vernon, Thomas (1832-1887), b. at Newport; mother’s maiden name: Peace; see issue: 1887-88, p. 77
  • Vose, James Gardner (1830-1908), b. at Boston, Mass; see issue: 1908-09, p. 55

 

  • Wales, Samuel Hazard (1810-1886), b. at Portsmouth; mother’s maiden name: Hazard; see issue: 1886-87, p. 79
  • Walker, John Pitman (1829-1887), b. at Seekonk, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Cushing; see issue: 1887-88, p. 75
  • Ward, Richard Ray (1795-1873), b. at New York City; see issue: 1873-74, p. 70
  • Wardwell, William Thomas Church (1835-1907), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Gifford; see issue: 1907-08, p. 72
  • Waterman, Rufus (1816-1896), b. at Providence; see issue: April, 1897, p. 57
  • Waters, Hardin Chester (1854-1902), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Chester; see issue: 1902-03, p. 59
  • Watson, Arthur Hamilton (1849-1914), b. at Lonsdale; mother’s maiden name: Dockery; see issue: 1913-14, p. 49
  • Webb, Samuel Heber (?-1912), b. at Bellows Falls, Vermont; see issue: 1911-13, p. 66
  • Webster, George Eldridge (1843-1904), b. at Lowell, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Littlefield; see issue: 1904-05, p. 71
  • Webster, Josiah Locke (1821-1901), b. at Nantucket, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Myrick; see issue: 1901-02, p. 75
  • Weeden, William Babcock (1834-1912), b. at Bristol; mother’s maiden name: Cross; see issue: 1911-13, p. 67
  • West, George Joseph (1852-1896), b. at Providence; mother’s maiden name: Cavanagh; see issue: April, 1897, p. 60
  • Wheaton, John Robert (1835-1907), b. at Warren; mother’s maiden name: Eddy; see issue: 1907-08, p. 73
  • White, Hunter Carson (1853-1910), b. at Zanesville, Ohio; see issue: 1910-11, p. 43
  • White, Stillman (1832-1903), b. at Canton, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Howard; see issue: 1903-04, p. 65
  • Wilbour, Joshua (1840-1902), b. at North Providence  (later Pawtucket); mother’s maiden name: Lloyd; see issue: 1902-03, p. 60
  • Wilbour, L:inda Olney Hathaway (1844-1913), b. at Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Arnold; see issue: 1913-14, p. 50
  • Wilkinson, Henry Washington (1835-1898), b. at Smithfield; mother’s maiden name: Remington; see issue: April, 1899, p. 62
  • William, William Greene (1798-1879), b. at Johnston; mother’s maiden name: Greene; see issue: 1879-80, p. 85
  • Williams, Alonzo (1842-1901), b. at Foster; mother’s maiden name: Hathaway; see issue: 1901-02, p. 75
  • Willson, Edmund Russell (1856-1906), b. at West Roxbury, Mass; mother’s maiden name: Butterick; see issue: 1906-07, p. 62
  • Wilson, George Francis (1818-1883), b. at Uxbridge, Mass.; see issue: 1883-84, p. 71
  • Winsor, Richard Brown (1848-1889), b. at Providence; see issue: 1889-90, p. 114
  • Woodward, Royal (1815-1882), b. at Ashford, Conn; mother’s maiden name: Fuller; see issue: 1882-83, p. 46

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Drill Down in FamilySearch.org: Videos

December 3, 2017 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

Get the popcorn; it’s movie time as we learn more about drilling down at the FamilySearch.org website.  Rather than write about it, I’m going to show you in three very brief videos.

More and more of those Family History Library microfilms are now available online.  It is really a game changer since, no matter what your location, you can see page images from the early records held in various town halls and state offices. But we need to change our mindset from using the Record Search feature to search names, and learn more about drilling down BY LOCATION to access those unindexed record sets newly appearing online. Not all are online yet, and not all online records are accessible from your home, so there’s a lot to figure out as we access these record sets.  But it’s important , as genealogists, that we access the most original source of records possible, and in many cases, these microfilmed images are the next best thing to being in the town hall ourselves.

  1. Basic instructions for drilling down to access records by place and navigating online microfilm images (be sure and click the Play triangle toward the bottom of the screen)
  2. The differences between indexed and unindexed records; using original index pages to find your item (be sure and click the Play triangle toward the bottom of the screen)
  3. How to tell if the images are viewable online; what to do if they are locked (be sure and click the Play triangle toward the bottom of the screen)

If the records found show a camera icon with a key, that means they can only be viewed at a Family History Library or, perhaps, an Affiliate library.

Thanks, as usual, to our friends at FamilySearch.org who are making a tremendous effort to help us access these records, for free.

One example

If relevant to you, check out the late 19th century-early 20th century Providence vital records which contain the “returns” of marriages and deaths. “Return of a Death” forms, from the Providence City Archives were filmed years ago.  The films are not indexed fully.  You have to browse from image to image, jumping forward in the record set as you guess where your date might turn up (the order by date is not very dependable, though, additional cards can be thrown in at the end of the month).  It’s very rewarding when you find what you want AND it contains the FIRST version of the details, before all the re-transcriptions happened, creating errors and omitting certain pieces of data. These have been a gold mine for me.  See sample, below.

Sets of interest for Providence include:

 

The “Return of a death” record for Hannah Andrews Lamphere, my ggg-grandmother, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Early Homes of the Ballous

October 18, 2017 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

An exhibit opened a few weeks ago at the Blackstone Valley Historical Society in Lincoln, Rhode Island, “An Elaborate History: The Cumberland Ballous.” Fortunately for those of us who may not make it to the exhibit, much of the content is now online at that link – just keep clicking “Begin” and “Next.”  The exhibit itself was really lovely and nicely displayed; I enjoyed my visit. The web version is well written and contains the story of the pictures and some fascinating details of the Ballous who lived in those houses.

The entrance to the North Gate Toll House, home of the Blackstone Valley Historical Society. The other side of the building is viewable from route 146. Photo by Diane Boumenot

The exhibit links some pictures taken around 1900 with map sites for those properties taken from mid-1800’s maps, mostly in Cumberland.  ALL the houses pictured and mapped were Ballou households, and the original pictures may have been created for a Ballou reunion or some other purpose; at any rate, the pictures, enhanced now with the map locations and some biographical details, present a detailed glimpse into the early Ballou neighborhoods and families.

One side of the exhibit room.

While originally investigating the pictures, which had been donated to the Blackstone Valley Historical Society, researcher Lori Melucci (Vice President of the Blackstone Valley Historical Society) came across a blog post of mine from a few years ago which contained a transcription of an early article from the Narragansett Historical Register, “The Ballou Pioneer Settlers.” As she started recognizing a few buildings (house images in that post, that I had copied sort of randomly from Adin Ballou’s An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America (1888)), Lori began to realize that the collection of pictures were meant to document the remains of early Ballou households, in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

The exhibit extending around the room.

From there, Lori was on a mission to locate each and every home site.  She gathered the pictures, early and recent maps, local contacts, and a pristine 1888 copy of An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America that the historical society had acquired during a museum closing.  She spent many months pinpointing the location of each house and marking them on the old maps, working sometimes alone and sometimes with fellow BVHS members.  To do this she had to learn about rearranged roadways, former swamps, new developments and, of course, some burials here and there.  In the end, Lori is doubtful that any of the near-ruins from 1900 are standing today.

Lori Melucci, pictured on the grounds of the Blackstone Valley Historical Society

Visit the BVHS exhibit online and let her tell the story of these pictures and what she learned about the occupants.  I’m really hoping some direct descendants of these folks will find this.  MY Ballous were nearby but not really a part of this group, which are mostly descendants of James Ballou.

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ScanSnap Digitizes the Genealogy Workspace

October 1, 2017 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

I own three scanners, and use my camera extensively to save documents. But it wasn’t until I acquired a Scansnap scanner that I truly “went digital.”

Binders by family name

I actually might have said, earlier, that I didn’t have that many paper files.  I had a bin of 8 hanging binders that I have not added to in 6 or 7 years.  I had a file drawer of files.  And I had a growing pile about 8 inches high of paper that had been waiting for the Scansnap purchase for the last couple years.  The problem is that I had some valuable materials amidst those files but wasn’t using them, and didn’t know where they were.

For the last 5-6 years I have exclusively used digital files, and I store new documents in the file structure promptly when I return from a repository visit with photos, or access something I need online. I have these files backed up in a couple of ways.

File cabinet my husband made. The lower is for files, the top is a desk drawer/pencil drawer. The big scanner is on top of it.

Thinking about fires/floods/damage recently, and about the need to lessen the clutter, I decided to make the Scansnap purchase.  It wasn’t cheap, which is why I had debated a long time.

But the Fujitsu Scansnap ix500  has changed everything.  Imagine going anywhere, on every computer, and still having ready access to ALL your documents, pictures, books and notes.  Even on my cell phone!

The ScanSnap doesn’t take up much room when its not in use. It fits nicely on my old portable microfilm side table. View the video below to see it opened up and running.

I started digitizing everything I could find, including household papers. After I went through every notebook and piece of paper in my study, I started eying some bound materials and realized they would be more useful to me if they were searchable pdfs. Plus, I could free up some shelves. I took a box of journals to a copy shop and had the bindings chopped off.

This is a video as one volume is scanned:

Click here for video:  vimeo.com/236313111     When the video comes up, click the triangle in the lower corner to play.

I digitized the journal, and tried searching it.  It worked beautifully!  I can’t wait to digitize more.  And when I do, opening Acrobat Reader and using “Advanced Search” under the edit menu will let me search a whole folder of pdf’s at once.

Of course I still love my book scanning stand (custom made by my husband) for delicate materials – I usually use my cell phone camera for this.

The book scanning stand, made by hubs.

I’ve found Scansnap very easy to use. You open the cover, place the papers and press the button.  The software opens up automatically and the scanning starts, scanning both sides (duplexing) at once (and it immediately deletes images that it decides are blank, meaning you only get images of the BACKS of your sheets if you have content on them).  Then you save the pdf.  If you’ve set the scanner to scan to jpg, then each document shows separately in the SnapScan organizer, and you file it.  Even that is made easier with group naming.  If the papers are different sizes, as long as the tops are aligned, Scansnap seems to have no problem with that.

One feature I love is that each page is scanned to its actual size. So there would never be a need to crop or trim.  And the pages seem to scan much more straight (not skewed) than I’ve seen with any other method.  And fast?  It’s about 25 pages (back and front at once) per minute.

I’m looking forward to using the newly digitized materials more fully, now that they are with my other files.  I was actually surprised at the useful things I had buried in those paper files.

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Hubs’ newest bookcase, on the porch, in “Tsumani” gray. This may be the last one he ever has to make.

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In the Land of Cotton

September 26, 2017 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

A while back, I visited the Linn Henley Research Library (of the Birmingham, Alabama Public Library) for the second time.   My first visit was several years previous, and I found some things I didn’t notice the first time.  Readers may know my great-great grandmother Emma Luella Lamphere was born in Tuscaloosa around 1854, making me anxious to make use of a stay in Birmingham to learn more.

The main reference room at the Linn Henley Research Library.

The main reference room at the Linn Henley Research Library, Birmingham, Alabama.

I think the experience of visiting a repository more than once is an important one.  In this case, it had been three years between visits.  In those years I have learned more about Russell and Hannah (Andrews) Lamphere including the location of their graves, further information about some of their children, Russell’s future business activities after he left Alabama, and my hard-won determination of Hannah’s Andrews Rhode Island-based family.

What I really want to know

It’s Russell’s business dealings in Tuscaloosa that interest me most.  It’s the earliest family story that exists in my mother’s family – that he went down south, started a business, and lost it in the Civil War.

Here is the evidence I have for Russell’s career:

Early years in Norwich, Conn., as a machinist/cotton mill overseer:

  • Russell’s father left Westerly, Rhode Island by 1805 and worked in some of the early textile mills of Plainfield and Norwich, Connecticut, so Russell, born in 1817, grew up in the mill neighborhoods of Yantic Falls, Norwich.  Russell married in 1838 and appeared in the 1840 census with his wife, new son, and 3 extra adults around their age.  Clearly, he was earning a living.
  • 13 Aug 1845 – Russell and his father together gave a mortgage of $200 for property and half a house to (Russell’s brother in law) Henry Palmer in Greeneville, Conn.
  • 9 June 1847 – Russell Lamphere 2nd purchased for $545 part of the homestead of John J. Denison “a lunatic,” “on the north side of the highway leading from the Methodist Chapel to the Paper Mill Bridge” as the highest bidder at a public auction. Also on this date contracted a mortgage on the property for $400.
  • 16 Sep 1847 – the birth record in Greeneville for Russell’s daughter Caroline M. states that Russell was “overseer in cotton mill.”
  • 1850 census (Norwich, Conn.) – Russell is listed as a “Machinist” with property worth $700.  John Denison’s household is just prior to his on the list.
  • 15 May 1851  – Russell Jr “of Montville” quitclaims for $100 his rights to the property  “at the North side of the highway leading from the Methodist Chapel to the Paper Mill Bridge, at Norwich Falls” to John Eggleston.  Quitclaim means he gives up all rights to the land, whatever those rights or the value of those rights may have been.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama years of building and losing a business, and the Civil War

  • 1855 – Russell appears in the Alabama State Census in Tuscaloosa index (FamilySearch.org) as “Russell Lampkin.”
  • 6 Aug 1859 – An ad appeared for a new business (The Independent Monitor, Tuskaloosa, Ala., August 6, 1859.  Vol XXIII, No. 17, p.2):
New Firm - Murrell & Lamphere, The Independent Monitor, August 6, 1859

New Firm – Murrell & Lamphere, The Independent Monitor, August 6, 1859

  • 1860 – Russell was in the federal census in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with his family.  His unreadable occupation appears as this:
The indecipherable occupation of Russell Lamphere in the 1860 census.

The indecipherable occupation of Russell Lamphere in the 1860 census.

  • 1 Feb 1861 – An ad appeared announcing the dissolution of the business due to the death of partner Wm B Murrell (Independent Monitor, The City of Tuscaloosa, Ala. February 1, 1861, Vol XXIV, No. 42, p. 2):
The Dissolution of the Lamphere and Murrell partnership, caused by the death of Wm. B Murrell. Independent Monitor, Feb 1, 1861, p. 2

The Dissolution of the Lamphere and Murrell partnership. Independent Monitor, Feb 1, 1861, p. 2

  • 28 Aug 1861 – An ad appeared for a tin shop (The Observer and Flag of Alabama, The City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Volume 15, No. 35, p1):
Tin Shop ad, The Observer, Aug 28, 1861

Tin Shop ad, The Observer, Aug 28, 1861

  • 1866 – Alabama state census White Population – Russell is head of a household of 9 in Tuscaloosa.
  • 1870 – Russell and daughter Emma (my gg-grandmother) were enumerated in Meridian, Mississippi, and he was a “machinist.”

Later career in Rhode Island as a mill overseer

  • 1875 – Rhode Island state census, in Johnston, lists Russell and family. His occupation was “Manufr. of Cotton Goods.”
  • 1878 – Providence city directory: “Lanphere, Russell, overseer, Oriental Mills”
  • Mar 17, 1879 – married Sarah Rawson, his occupation listed as “Overseer in Cotton Mill”
  • 1879 – 1885 – Connecticut Congressman John Turner Wait submits, three times, a bill for the relief of Russell Lamphere (Session 46-2 – H.R. 5889; Session 47-1 – H.R. 3223; Session 49-1 – H.R. 3182).  Any backup papers have not yet been found.
A Bill for the Relief of Russell Lamphere, filed in 1879.

A Bill for the Relief of Russell Lamphere, filed in 1879.  $50,000.  I almost fell off my chair at the Boston Public Library when I saw that.

  • 1880 – federal census in Providence, R.I., “Works in Cotton Mill.”
  • 1883 – overseer, Oriental Mills
  • 1890s through death in 1898 – mostly boarding with his children

A summary of his career

  1. Skilled with metalworking and machinery, Russell took responsible work in cotton mills when he needed a job.  My guess is that the title “overseer” was more about overseeing the machines, rather than the people, although it could have included both.
  2. Reading between the lines, and hinted by the Relief bills, I believe Russell tried to open his own cotton mill three times:
    1. 1847, at Norwich Falls, on property near the other mills that he purchased from John J Denison, which was very close to other mills. If not, he certainly was making his plans for the Tuscaloosa move, and, possibly, working with a partner to plan the move south.
    2. 1855 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I suspect the south’s growing desire by 1850 to begin processing its own cotton, and not relying on northern mills, drew Russell to Alabama some way, somehow.  I suspect this business, whatever it was, was already dissolved by 1859 when the “new firm” of metalworkers Murrell & Lamphere opened.
    3. 1875 in Johnston, Rhode Island.  This is reasonably certain because it is listed in the R.I. 1875 census.
  3. The family legend, and the size of the H.R. Relief bills, suggest that his business interests were larger than the tin shop business described in the surviving ads.

And this is where things stood as I approached the Birmingham library for the second time.

The records in Birmingham

On my first visit, I stuck with the many volumes of vital and military records that I would never have access to in New England.  Nothing much turned up back then except some compiled military listings that seemed to show that my gg-grandmother Emma Lamphere’s two brothers, Charles C. and William, served in the confederate army. A quick review turned up nothing new.

Being more experienced now, I had several ideas about how to get smaller details that might help me.

Maps

I explored the map case.  The first discovery was a map of early roads and waterways in Alabama.  Back in the book section, I also found a map of an inland journey down the Ohio River to northern Alabama taken by Juliet Bestor Coleman, a “Connecticut Yankee in Early Alabama” (Mary Morgan Ward Glass, ed., National Society for Colonial Dames in America in the State of Alabama, p. 17).  These may help me determine, someday, how my ancestors may have traveled to Tuscaloosa.

I managed to find a Sanborn map of Tuscaloosa from 1884 using web access at the library.  Before this trip, I had reviewed the historical materials I had on Tuscaloosa, in particular, The Federal Invasion of Tuscaloosa, 1865 by Thomas P. Clinton and others (Northport, Ala: American Southern, 1965).  I knew that important buildings in Tuscaloosa were burned by federal soldiers in April, 1865 in the waning days of the Civil War, including the University of Alabama and its library, also local factories, warehouses, and munitions.  So a map from 1884 may or may not reflect the Tuscaloosa of the 1850s-60s.  But I examined it closely.

Sanford map of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1884, showing one cotton mill.

Sanborn map of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1884, showing one cotton mill.

Nothing like a visual image to bring a story into focus.  There was one cotton factory in the town of Tuscaloosa in 1884.  One.  Boy, does that clarify the search a bit.  Even if, prior to the war, there were several, what I realized was that this was not a booming metropolis with dozens of cottons mills.  I learned from the Clinton essay that the cotton mill in 1865 was called “Black Warrior” (you can see on the map it borders the Black Warrior River).  I learned on this web page, Tuscaloosa Area Visual Museum, that Black Warrior was founded in 1846.  I checked several resources at the library but could not learn very much about the Black Warrior factory; I learned the names of the series of owners, and traced some biographical info on those folks, with no obvious connections to my Connecticut family.

History

To prepare for my trip I re-read the various sources of Tuscaloosa history I had found during my last trip, and a couple of books I bought since.  At the library, I examined each history book, probably much more closely than I did on my previous trip when I was still mostly interested in finding my family’s name – a practice that I have come to realize causes you to not think and reason enough, although of course it would always be lovely to find our ancestors in those index pages.

“Hard time of the severest nature prevailed in Tuscaloosa in the last days and directly after the war. Any money available was worthless Confederate currency or city change bills, equally worthless. Acorns were frequently eaten for food. … Population fell to a new low ebb in 1870 with only 1,650 residents.”  (– A History of Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1816-1949 by Ben A. Green, ed. W. Stanley Hoole and Addie S. Hoole, University, Alabama: Confederate Publishing Co, 1980).

I’ve been curious about why my family left Tuscaloosa by 1870 and briefly stayed in Meridian, Mississippi, but I think that snippet is giving me a pretty good idea of why.  If the 1870 census is right, the wife and older children were not with Russell … perhaps now I can understand why they may have been forced to live separately, perhaps just to survive.

Records

I also learned, from a microfilm copy of the 1855 state census, that Russell Lamphere headed the following household in 1855 (Department of Archives and History, Montgomery. Alabama State Census, 1855: Tuscaloosa County, p. 75, entry for Russell Lamphere):

  • White males under 21:       2
  • White males over 21:          2
  • White females under 21:    2
  • White females over 21:       2
  • Slaves:                                    1
  • Total inhabitants:                 9

Previously, I had only seen a brief listing of his name from this census. For a family that had just arrived from Connecticut a couple of years prior, it seemed astonishing to me that a slave was counted in the household. There is no way to know if the enslaved person was male or female. A perusal of the census shows a very large enslaved population in Tuscaloosa, and the next household on the page was occupied by Robert Jemison Jr. with 162 slaves.  Were the Lampheres renting on his property?  A check of Tuscaloosa deeds that I did at the Family History Library in 2015 shows no property owned by Russell.  I’m troubled that Russell and Hannah owned another human being, although possibly, they were paying for the service of a slave owned by others.  I’ve always thought of Russell as not so much a dreamer, although he had big dreams, but an ambitious schemer. One assumes he acclimated himself quickly to southern life.

Checking the “7th Floor Records Project” of the Tuscaloosa Genealogy Society for local records which are gradually being digitized (yay for those folks, what an outstanding job) and its compiled index, I found two entries for “Russell Landfier” in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Subpoena Docket Book 10, 1854-1859, dated 19 Sep 1856 and 19 Dec 1856; both were subpoenas issued for cases involving Robert Jemison Jr.  I wonder what else I could ever learn about the case involved and Russell’s testimony, if any.

“James Goodrum vs Robert Jemison Jr.”  “139”  “4th” – not sure what those indicate.  Looks like witnesses for the defendant are James Little, Reuben Searcy, and Russell Landfier.  With thanks to the 7th Floor Records Project.

Robert Jemison Jr.

I got curious about Robert Jemison Jr (see a photo and flattering biography here) and learned that he was a local politician and business leader.  He was involved in many business ventures and, among other things, owned plantations that produced a great deal of cotton.  Could he be the person that enticed Russell Lamphere to move south and help start a cotton mill?

Mr. Jemison’s papers are housed at the University of Alabama.  I was curious if he had any correspondence with Russell and did a search.

3 letters

I found, in the University of Alabama digital archives, three items that relate to Russell Lamphere.  One was, amazingly, an 1867 letter written by Russell Lamphere.  I’m not sure of my rights to reproduce that here, so I leave the link.  Here is a transcription:

DeSoto Miss July 12/67

Hargrove & Fitts

Gents

your letter of the 2d is at hand and its contents noticed in relation to that business I left with you.  I will be perfectly satisfied with anything you think best about the Accounts.  I think they are all togeather however I will write to my wife to send the Book to you just put the thing through and I will and I will pay the bill. I do not know when I can come but if it is nessary you can drop me a line.

Yours Very Respectfully

R Lanphere

(on reverse) R. Lamphere

July 12th 1867

I also found a letter written by Mr. Jemison to Russell Lamphere.  It contained intriguing suggestions of business activities.  Surprisingly, this was from 1860 when Russell was in his Murrell & Lanphere “guttering/piping/repairing” years (see above) … any cotton mill seemed to have been left behind.  I’m confused by this; Russell didn’t have a son named Russell, and indeed the very name Lamphere seems virtually unique in Alabama in this period – there was, presumably, only one Russell Lamphere. Would he be running the cotton mill and the tin shop at the same time? Here is a transcription:

Tuskaloosa 7 January 1860

Mr. R. Landphere

D Sir

Messrs Hines and [blot] applies to me for the use of the two small lathes belonging to the Cotton Mill.  If yourself & Mr. McLester shall think you can accommodate them without prejudice to the Company’s interest I have no objection to its being done.

Very Respectfully

R. Jemison Jun

[illegible] M. Co.

Robert Jemison Jr and “Mr. McLester” ( Robert McLester?) do not immediately bring up many ties to cotton mills, but they were wealthy Tuscaloosa businessmen who could possibly have partnered with Russell Lamphere if they aspired to start a cotton mill.  I now have wonderful new clues (albeit confusing and conflicting ones) about Russell’s ties in Tuscaloosa and Mississippi.

And lastly, I found a 1980 inquiry from a descendant of Russell Lamphere’s son, Charles, that gave me some additional evidence that Charles stayed behind in Tuscaloosa and joined the Confederate Army.  More on that another time.

Lessons learned

  • Looking at the 1855 NEIGHBOR of Russell Lamphere is what led me to the University of Alabama Archives and ultimately to these letters.
  • I should have checked the University of Alabama archives website many times, not just once, years ago.  Records are being digitized all the time, and local universities have MANY archival materials relating to local residents.
  • I had used, over the years, a briefer index of the 1855 census that did not help me realize who Russell Lamphere’s neighbors and household were.
  • I have not searched hard enough for war materials relating to Charles C. Lamphere.

This feels like a huge breakthrough, to have the name of a possible business partner or colleague.  Next stop:  Learning everything possible about Robert Jemison, Jr.

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