Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . derof Charles C. Baker Post of Wickford, and wasJudge Advocate of the Department of Rhode Island1890-1893. He is a member of Exeter LodgeI. O. O. F. , having been through all the chairs, andis a member of the Grand Lodge; is a Past ChiefPatriarch of Uncas Encampment I. O. O. F. ofWickford; a member of Orilla Lodge D. of R.,Peacedale, R. I.; of Exeter Grange P. of H. andWashington County Pomona Grange; of CharityLodge A. F. & A. M., Hope Val
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . derof Charles C. Baker Post of Wickford, and wasJudge Advocate of the Department of Rhode Island1890-1893. He is a member of Exeter LodgeI. O. O. F. , having been through all the chairs, andis a member of the Grand Lodge; is a Past ChiefPatriarch of Uncas Encampment I. O. O. F. ofWickford; a member of Orilla Lodge D. of R.,Peacedale, R. I.; of Exeter Grange P. of H. andWashington County Pomona Grange; of CharityLodge A. F. & A. M., Hope Valley; of FranklinChapter Royal Arch Masons, Hope Valley, and ofNarragansett Commandery K. T. of Westerly. Inpolitics he is a Republican. He married, March7, 1869, Miss Rowena K. LilHbridge, who died July5, 1879; they had four children: Aubrey C, agraduate of Dartmouth College and now studyinglaw, Agnes Mabel, Howard and Nathan RichmondLewis, the latter three dying in infancy. Hemarried, August 15, 1880, Miss Nettie Chester,He resides in West Kingston. LEWIS, Sam Warren, florist and nurseryman,Olneyville, was born in Exeter, R. I., April 22, 1844,. SAM V/. LEWIS. the son of Warren Gardiner and Amy (Reynolds)Lewis. His grandparents on his fathers side were MEN OF PROGRESS. 119 Simon and Rhoda (Wood) Lewis. On his mothersside they were Samuel and Deborah (Lillibridge)Reynolds. On both sides he is of New Englandancestry. He received his early education in thepublic schools, and was employed on a farm untilMarch 1870, when he entered the employ of DavidMoore, Jr., nurseryman, with whom he remained until1873, when he commenced business for himself. Hefirst purchased some trees and sold them on theCrawford-street bridge of Providence, but now hasan extensive nursery, one of the largest in RhodeIsland, on Hartford avenue, Olneyville. He hasalso a greenhouse and is engaged in the florist busi-ness, and is also interested in bee keeping and alarge producer of honey: at the present time he
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