Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . e class of 1876. Aftergraduation he was for three years in the wholesaledrug business, and since 1877 he has been connectedwith the Kendrick Loom Harness Company and theAmerican Supply Company, of which he is now theVice-President. He has taken a warm interest ineducational affairs, and since 1887 has been a mem-ber of the School Committee of Providence, servingon many sub-committees. He has been a member of the Common Council since 1890, a
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . e class of 1876. Aftergraduation he was for three years in the wholesaledrug business, and since 1877 he has been connectedwith the Kendrick Loom Harness Company and theAmerican Supply Company, of which he is now theVice-President. He has taken a warm interest ineducational affairs, and since 1887 has been a mem-ber of the School Committee of Providence, servingon many sub-committees. He has been a member of the Common Council since 1890, and is now,1896, its President, and served as a Representativein the General Assembly in 1891-92. He was ap-pointed by President Harrison United States Mar-shal for Rhode Island in 1892, which ofifice he nowholds. He was one of the active organizers and formany years President of the Young Mens Republi-can Club of Providence, is President of the Mowry& Goff Alumni Association, Vice-President of theDelta Kappa Epsilon Brown University Alumni Asso-ciation, and is a member of the Sons of the AmericanRevolution, the Masonic Order to the thirty-second. JOHN E. KENDRICK. degree, and various social clubs. In politics he is aRepublican. He married, October 24, 1877, MissPhoebe Elizabeth Champlin of Westerly, R. I., whodied in 1892. In 1894 he married Miss HelenaBoyce of Fairfax, Vt., and they have one son, JohnBoyce Kendrick. LEGRIS, Marie Joseph Ernest, physician andsurgeon, was born in Louiseville, Province of Quebec,Canada, May 8, 1857, the son of Antoine L. andMarie L. (Beland) Legris. He is of French grandfather Legris was born in France andemigrated to Canada about 1770. His son AntoineL. was the father of eleven children, one a priest in 48 MEN OF PROGRESS. Webster, Mass., one a lawyer, now deceased, one amember of the Federal Parliament of Canada, andtwo doctors. Dr. Legris received his early educa-tion in the elementary schools, and took a completeclassical course o
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