Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . s mother was the daughter of Sion Arnoldof Coventry, R. I., a prosperous farmer, and hisfather was born in Pawtuxet, of English early education was obtained in the publicschools, which he attended until he was thirteenyears of age, when he was put to work on a farm,where he remained until he was seventeen, when helearned the carpenters trade, which he followed untilhe was twenty-two. At nineteen he went Southand located in North
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . s mother was the daughter of Sion Arnoldof Coventry, R. I., a prosperous farmer, and hisfather was born in Pawtuxet, of English early education was obtained in the publicschools, which he attended until he was thirteenyears of age, when he was put to work on a farm,where he remained until he was seventeen, when helearned the carpenters trade, which he followed untilhe was twenty-two. At nineteen he went Southand located in Northern Georgia, at the foot ofKenesaw Mountain, in Cobb county. He livedthere two and a half years, getting back to RhodeIsland just in time to escape being conscripted intothe Confederate army. He then worked at themanufacture of sash and blinds until 1872, when heentered the employ of an undertaking establishmentat 55 Ocean street, Providence, in which he is stillengaged, for the last seven years in business forhimself. He is a member of Eagle Lodge I. O. O. T.,Harmony Lodge A. F. & A. M., the AmericanLegion of Honor and Pettacousett Tribe of Red. REMINGTON, Henry Adolphus, undertaker,was born August 7, 1834, in Pawtuxet, R. I., the sonof Henry Adolphus and Sally Ann (Arnold) Rem- HENRY A. REMINGTON. Men. He has had no interest in politics beyondvoting for the most capable man according to hisjudgment. He was married, February 14, 1858,to Miss Mary Cassidy of Providence, and has threechildren : Anna Frances, the wife of Charles Fred-erick Jackson; Charles, in business with his father,and Mary Ann, a teacher in the public schools. 2IO MEN OF PROGRESS. RIPLEY, James Madison, counsellor-at-law. Prov-idence, was born in Wrentham, Mass., Septem-ber 8, 1834, son of Benjamin W. and Lucy(Cook) Ripley. He is a great-grandson of Na-thaniel Cook, who served with Paul Jones on theBonhomme Richard, which captured the was educated at Smithville Seminary, Lyonsand Friezes Grammar Sc
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