The Chad Browne memorial, consisting of genealogical memoirs of a portion of the descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an appendix, containing sketches of other early Rhode Island settlers, 1638-1888 . Sixth Generation. 67 Susan (Truman) Beckwith, of Lyme, Conn., b. Oct. 15, 1783,d. May 2, 1878, aged ninety-four years, six months and seven-teen days. His twin brother Daniel died in 1854. When a hidof nine vears Truman Beckwitli came to Providence to livewith his imcle, Dr. Nathan Truman, in whose apothecarys shophe acquired much knowledge of medicine, and thus gained thefamiliar appel
The Chad Browne memorial, consisting of genealogical memoirs of a portion of the descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an appendix, containing sketches of other early Rhode Island settlers, 1638-1888 . Sixth Generation. 67 Susan (Truman) Beckwith, of Lyme, Conn., b. Oct. 15, 1783,d. May 2, 1878, aged ninety-four years, six months and seven-teen days. His twin brother Daniel died in 1854. When a hidof nine vears Truman Beckwitli came to Providence to livewith his imcle, Dr. Nathan Truman, in whose apothecarys shophe acquired much knowledge of medicine, and thus gained thefamiliar appellation of Doctor. In 1806 ill health led him to visitSavannah, where he entered into business, keeping a gen-eral store for some years, and later, buying cotton on commis-sion. After his marriage in 1815 he settled in Providence,where he dealt chiefly in cotton and cotton goods. From 1817to 1839 he had as partner Luther Pearson, under the firm nameof Beckwith and Pearson. In 1838 he married his second wife,Mrs. Abby M. Cooke, of which marriage there was no fifty-five years of business as a cotton merchant, during apart of which time he was the largest dealer in Providence, heretired in
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