Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . epachet, where he recitedhis lessons to the late Hon. George H. Brown a partof the time and part of the time to Alfred Bosworth,then a young lawyer in the office of Mr. Atwell, andafterwards one of the Judges of the Supreme Courtof Rhode Island. He entered Brown University in1838. After three years study his health gave outand he lived on his fathers farm for a year. Hethen returned to college and graduated in studied law in the off
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . epachet, where he recitedhis lessons to the late Hon. George H. Brown a partof the time and part of the time to Alfred Bosworth,then a young lawyer in the office of Mr. Atwell, andafterwards one of the Judges of the Supreme Courtof Rhode Island. He entered Brown University in1838. After three years study his health gave outand he lived on his fathers farm for a year. Hethen returned to college and graduated in studied law in the office of Samuel Y. Atwellin Chepachet for a year until the death of the latterand then for a year in the office of Richard of Providence, who was then United StatesDistrict Attorney and afterwards Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of the state of Rhode was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1845,and commenced practice in Providence, January i,1846. He attended sedulously to his professionand acquired a large practice. He was City Solici-tor of Providence, 1863-65, member of the GeneralAssembly 1863-64 and 1880-81, of the Providence. B. N. LAPHAM. Common Council 1869-71, of the Board of Aldermen1876-S2 and of the State Senate was also for many years a member of the SchoolCommittee. In politics he was a Democrat untilthe nomination of] .Abraham Lincoln for President MEN OF PROGRESS. 51 of the United States, when he became a Republicanand has remained one ever since. He married, June24, 1847, Miss Sophia M. Page; they have had fourchildren: Sophie P., now wife of John D. Lewis,Juha B, Eliza B. and Louis P., all deceased exceptMrs. I,ewis. METCALF, Harold, physician and surgeon,was born in Providence, November 25, i860, son
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