History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . ^^ ^^y^i/^^^^^- ^/^i^ VWVWVKy^ \. ^\\\\Wi-\ X. u/it^ujL <n-t f HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY. 599 rourteons manhood, rendering him a type of a chiss now fastfading from view, significantly styled gentlemen of the oldschool. He entered Hamilton College at the early age of four-teen, and was graduated with honors, receiving the degree of•Bachelor of Arts in 1817. In 182G he married the eldestdaughter of the late Colonel Nicholas Fish. In 1849 he wasapp
History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . ^^ ^^y^i/^^^^^- ^/^i^ VWVWVKy^ \. ^\\\\Wi-\ X. u/it^ujL <n-t f HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY. 599 rourteons manhood, rendering him a type of a chiss now fastfading from view, significantly styled gentlemen of the oldschool. He entered Hamilton College at the early age of four-teen, and was graduated with honors, receiving the degree of•Bachelor of Arts in 1817. In 182G he married the eldestdaughter of the late Colonel Nicholas Fish. In 1849 he wasappointed consul at Geneva, where he remained the term, afterwhich he returned to New York, where he continued to livetill 1856, when he again received an appointment as consul, thistime to Rome. He was there for several years, and after hisreturn home lived a quiet and domestic life, spending his sum-mers (while in this country) since 1849 at Newport, where hepurchased in 1866. He numbered among her most distinguishedsummer residents, and always took a deep interest in her wel-fare. The last two yeais of his life he continued living therethrough the winters, and died there August 19th,
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