Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ,Newport, was born in Newport, N. H., December26, 1854, the son of John Hitchcock and Adeline(Emmons) Higbee. His ancestors on the paternalside were among the early settlers of Connecticut,and his great-great-grandfather Stephen and great-grandfather Charles served in the war of the Revo-lution. On the maternal side his ancestors wereamong the early settlers of New Hampshire Hereceived his education at New Hampton Institute,New Hampton, N.
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ,Newport, was born in Newport, N. H., December26, 1854, the son of John Hitchcock and Adeline(Emmons) Higbee. His ancestors on the paternalside were among the early settlers of Connecticut,and his great-great-grandfather Stephen and great-grandfather Charles served in the war of the Revo-lution. On the maternal side his ancestors wereamong the early settlers of New Hampshire Hereceived his education at New Hampton Institute,New Hampton, N. H. In 1871-72 he was em-ployed in the Smith & Wesson Arms \\orks atSpringfield, Mass. He then learned the printerstrade and worked on Newport and Providencenewspapers. He was the Newport correspondentof the Boston Globe for upwards of twelve is now associate editor of the Newport Mercury, MEN OF PROGRESS. 43 and President of the Newport Mercury PublishingCompany. He represented the second ward in theNewport Board of Aldermen from 1889 to 1891 in-clusive. In 1893 he was unanimously elected bythe Newport City Council a member of and clerk. E. W. HIGBEE. to the Board of License Commissioners. In 1895he was elected a Representative in the General As-sembly from Newport. He is a member of Red-wood Lodge Knights of Pythias, of Newport Asso-ciates N. M. R. A., Malbone Lodge N. E. O. P.,Gen. G. K. Warren Associates and Treasurer of theLawrence Club. In politics he is a married, in 1883, Miss Alice E. Thompson;they have three children : Alice Francis, EdwardWyman and Margarita Emmons Higbee. JACKSON, Charles Akerman, artist and portraitpainter, Providence, was born in Jamaica Plain,Mass., August 13, 1857, son of Charles E. and Caro-line E. (Akerman) Jackson. His paternal ancestorswere William and Sarah Jackson of Portsmouth,N. H., and on the maternal side Charles and LucyE. Akerman of Providence. He received his earlyeducation in the public schools of Boston (Jama
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