Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . D. J. NEYLAN. in 1885. He was a teacher of gymnastics forseveral years, an acrobat and professional gymnastfor fifteen years and an animal trainer four years,with the John Robinson show, the Great Eastern,Stone & Murrays, Starr & Ortons, and severalminstrel and variety shows. Dr. Neylan served as 200 MEN OF PROGRESS. Surgeon in the Rhode Island Militia in is a Thirty-second degree Mason, is Past Regentin the Royal Arcanum, Past M
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . D. J. NEYLAN. in 1885. He was a teacher of gymnastics forseveral years, an acrobat and professional gymnastfor fifteen years and an animal trainer four years,with the John Robinson show, the Great Eastern,Stone & Murrays, Starr & Ortons, and severalminstrel and variety shows. Dr. Neylan served as 200 MEN OF PROGRESS. Surgeon in the Rhode Island Militia in is a Thirty-second degree Mason, is Past Regentin the Royal Arcanum, Past Master Workman of theAncient Order United Workmen and is a memberof the Knights of Pythias. He was married, July5, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Baxter of Providence. NICHOLSON, Samuel Mowrv, President andGeneral Manager of the Nicholson File Company,Providence, was born in Providence, February 25,1861, son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Dexter(Gardiner) Nicholson. His paternal ancestors wereamong the early Puritan settlers along the easternshores of Massachusetts. On the maternal side hetraces back to Sir Roger Movvry and Sir Thomas. S. M. NICHOLSON. Gardiner, of England, and to Gabriel Bernon, thenoted Huguenot, and is connected by birth withsome of the oldest and most prominent families ofRhode Island. His early education was acquiredin his native city, first in Miss Warrens PrimarySchool, then in the public schools, and afterwards inMovvry & Goffs Classical School. In 1879, at theage of eighteen, he entered the employ of the Nich-olson File Company, of which his father was thefounder and President, devoting the first year and ahalf to the mechanical dei)artment, and learning thedifferent processes of the manufacture of files andrasps. He then entered the main office as clerk, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the book-keep-ing departments, and in 1881 was elected Secretaryof the company. He subsequently made numeroustrips throughout the United States and BritishProvinces in the i
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