Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ool education,was graduated from the Mount Pleasant grammarschool in the class of 1868, and was then employedfor three years in the general store of Holloway &Phillips. He next took a course in bookkeepingand commercial law at Scholfields CommercialCollege, Providence, graduating from that institu-tion in 1873. Entering the employ of ThomasSawyer, Jr., as bookkeeper, he continued in that 148 MEN OF PROGRESS. capacity until June 1879, when h
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ool education,was graduated from the Mount Pleasant grammarschool in the class of 1868, and was then employedfor three years in the general store of Holloway &Phillips. He next took a course in bookkeepingand commercial law at Scholfields CommercialCollege, Providence, graduating from that institu-tion in 1873. Entering the employ of ThomasSawyer, Jr., as bookkeeper, he continued in that 148 MEN OF PROGRESS. capacity until June 1879, when he resigned to en-gage in business on his own account. In August1879 he opened a house-furnishing establishment at47-49 Manton avenue, where he has built up anextensive business in the better lines of goods. At been evidenced in a marked manner. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and in the Odd Fellows holdsmembership in both the Grand Lodge and GrandEncampment of Rhode Island. He is also a mem-ber of the West Side and Providence Press Whipple was married, October 21, 1880, toMiss Lucy A. Sawyer, daughter of Thomas Sawyerof WM, L. WHIPPLE. the present time over thirty-five thousand squarefeet of floor space is required to properly displaythe various lines of carpets, furniture and stoves inhis stock. The manufacture of tin and sheet-ironware is carried on, and a plumbing department hasalso been added. Mr. Whipple was elected to theCommon Council of Providence from the TenthWard in 1884, and served three years, to the satis-faction of all concerned; he was Chairman of theHarbor Committee, a member of the committee onLamps and Highways, and one of the special com-mittee on the extensive Gray Plan for sewerageof the city. He was elected Representative to theState Legislature for 1893-94, and served on theimportant committees of Corporations and Manu-facturers. In November 1895 he was again electedto the Common Council from Ward Eight, and is atpresent servin
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