Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . bruary 12, 1856, son of William A. and CarolineA. (Hargraves) Atwood. His education was ac-quired in the Williamsville grammar and Danielson,Conn., high schools, the Friends School and Uni-versity Grammar School of Providence, and atBrown LTniversity, from which he graduated in1878. Following graduation he had charge of theWilliams\ille Manufacturing Companys store until1881, when he assumed the position of Superin-tendent of the companys m
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . bruary 12, 1856, son of William A. and CarolineA. (Hargraves) Atwood. His education was ac-quired in the Williamsville grammar and Danielson,Conn., high schools, the Friends School and Uni-versity Grammar School of Providence, and atBrown LTniversity, from which he graduated in1878. Following graduation he had charge of theWilliams\ille Manufacturing Companys store until1881, when he assumed the position of Superin-tendent of the companys mills. In 1886 he wasmade Agent and Superintendent, and in 1890 be-came Treasurer, Agent and Superintendent, inwhich capacity he has served until the presenttime. He is also a Director and Trustee of theWindham County Savings Bank. Mr. Atwood is amember of the New England Cotton Manufacturers MEN OF PROGRESS. 155 Association, the Textile Club of Boston, the Hope,Union and Athletic clubs of Providence, the Prov-idence Board of Trade and the Rhode Island Busi-ness Mens Association. He is also prominent inMasonry. In politics he is a Republican, and was. H. C. AT WOOD. a member of the Legislature in 1888 and of theSchool Board of Killingly four years. He was mar-ried in 1878 to Miss Lillian B. Whitford; they havetwo children : Clinton William and Harold Brad-ford Atwood. BABCOCK, Joseph Alonzo, Secretary andTreasurer of the Dixon Granite Works, Westerly, isthe seventh in descent from John Babcock, secondson of James, who with his family emigrated fromEngland in 1630 and settled in New England. Hetherefore comes from lineage well represented in thestruggles waged in behalf of civil and religious liberty,on account of which many fled to seek a refuge uponthese shores. At the session of the General Assem-bly of Rhode Island, held on the first Monday inJuly, 1780, both Houses being resolved into agrand committee, with other officers chosen to fillup the vacancies in Col. Christopher Gr
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