Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . n —two sons and ninedaughters : Daniel W., Hannah A. F., Mary L.,Grace G., Hattie V., Amy G., Susie E., Isabella B.,Bertha V., Bertha E., and Charles H. these one son and five daughters are now living,viz., Hannah A. F, Grace G., Hattie V., Amy G.,Isabella B. and Charles H. Peckham. PRICE, Walter, druggist, Westerly, was bornin Plainfield, Conn., June 18, 1845, the eldest ofthree children. His father was a native of Walesand his
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . n —two sons and ninedaughters : Daniel W., Hannah A. F., Mary L.,Grace G., Hattie V., Amy G., Susie E., Isabella B.,Bertha V., Bertha E., and Charles H. these one son and five daughters are now living,viz., Hannah A. F, Grace G., Hattie V., Amy G.,Isabella B. and Charles H. Peckham. PRICE, Walter, druggist, Westerly, was bornin Plainfield, Conn., June 18, 1845, the eldest ofthree children. His father was a native of Walesand his mother of Bristol, England; they came toAmerica in 1838. He was educated in the publicschools, leaving school at the age of sixteen to enlistin the war of the Rebellion. He served three yearsin the army, and after receiving an honorable dis-charge returned to his home, then in Mystic, Conn., MEN OF PROGRESS. 127 where new duties and responsibilities awaited him,his father and mother having died during hisabsence. On his return he found it necessary toobtain immediate employment of some kind, with-out waiting for a choice in entering upon a career,. WALTER PRICE. in order to educate his two younger brothers. Heobtained a position as purser of a steamship runningto Southern ports and later to the West Indies,which berth he held until he was made Agent of theSteamship Company and located at Samana Bay,Santo Domingo, W. I. This was in 1870, and dur-ing that period, in connection with his business assteamship agent, he was naval storekeeper for theUnited States, and also acted as commercial agentfor our government. He was at Samana Bay duringall the period of agitation concerning the proposedannexation of the island to this country. Mr. Pricereturned to the United States in the fall of 1874 andengaged in the drug business at Westerly, R. I.,which business he has carried on at Nos. 26 and 27Main street continuously for the past twenty-oneyears. In politics he has always been a Repu
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