Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . thsides dates from the earliest settlement of New-port; he is of the seventh generation from JohnPitman, who settled in the town in 1710. Hisfather was active in the formatioii of the Repub-lican party. His mother was the daughter of Topham, for thirty years a memberof^ the Town Council of Newport, its Presidentfor many years, and an influential citizen in theaffairs of the town. Mr. Pitman received his edu-cation in the publ
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . thsides dates from the earliest settlement of New-port; he is of the seventh generation from JohnPitman, who settled in the town in 1710. Hisfather was active in the formatioii of the Repub-lican party. His mother was the daughter of Topham, for thirty years a memberof^ the Town Council of Newport, its Presidentfor many years, and an influential citizen in theaffairs of the town. Mr. Pitman received his edu-cation in the public and private schools of NewBedford and Newport. He came to Newport in1856, and in 1862 engaged in the coal and grainbusiness in partnership with the late John O. Peck-ham. In June 1867 he purchased the half interestin the Newport Daily News of Rev. M. J. Talbot,forming a co-partnership with Hon. L. D. August 1887 he bought the interest of Mr. Davisin the News and has since conducted the publicationof the newspaper alone. He has never held publicoffice, with the exception of that of Park Commis-sioner. He has been a Director of the Newport. T. T. PITMAN. and has always been a member of its board of man-agement. He married, November 1866, Miss MarieJ. Davis, widely known in literature as MargeryDeane ; Mrs. Pitman died in Paris, November 30,1888. PEIRCE, William Copeland, President andTreasurer of the Providence Machine Company,was born in New Bedford, Mass., November 2r,1863, son of Charles M. and Amanda E. (Hill)Peirce. He is a grandson of the late well-knownThomas J. Hill. He received his early educationin the public schools of New Bedford, and at War-ners Business College in Providence. In 1881 hewas apprenticed to the Brown & Sharpe Manufac-turing Company for three years. In 1884 he en-tered the employ of the Providence MachineCompany as a journeymans machinist, and in 1885was admitted to the firm, and became Superinten-dent of Construction. In 1891 he was elected
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