Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . nd Petersburg. On re-ceiving his discharge he resumed his duties at thestore, which he has owned and managed since Allen was in 1866 elected clerk of the town ofHopkinton, and still holds that ofifice. His con-ceded ability and integrity place him in confiden-tial relations with his townsmen. His knowledgeof town affairs, acquired through years of experi-ence, and his efficiency in all matters coming be-fore probate courts, cause h
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . nd Petersburg. On re-ceiving his discharge he resumed his duties at thestore, which he has owned and managed since Allen was in 1866 elected clerk of the town ofHopkinton, and still holds that ofifice. His con-ceded ability and integrity place him in confiden-tial relations with his townsmen. His knowledgeof town affairs, acquired through years of experi-ence, and his efficiency in all matters coming be-fore probate courts, cause his advice to be fre-quently sought in the drafting of important docu-ments and in the transfer and settlement of politics he is a Republican. His politicalcareer commenced in 1889, when he representedthe town of Hopkinton in the State Senate, andwas thrice re-elected to that office. He was, April1894, elected Lieutenant-Governor, and by virtue ofre-election in April 1895, is the present incumbentof that office. Mr. Allen was married, January1868, to Mary E., de Martha E. Babcock ;^^^^^^^^^^Bt£ two sonsGeorge E., born AuAllen, whose birth. MEN OF PROGRESS. ARNOLD, John Nelson, artist and portraitpainter, was born in Masonville, now GrosvenorDale, Thompson, Conn., June 4, 1834, the son ofBenjamin and Thirza (Whitford) Arnold. Hisfathers family were of the Warwick, R. I., Arnolds,and he is a descendant in the seventh genera-tion from Roger Williams. His mothers familywere from Sterling, Conn. His parents came toProvidence in 1836. He received his early edu-cation in the public schools, and graduated fromthe Elm-stieet grammar school, Caleb Farnummaster, in 1850. He was then apprenticed to
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