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Frederick W. Holman, son of Thomas Holman, was born in Portsmouth, and married Emily A. Davol, of this town. They have three sons : Clifton T., Charles A. and Merle.
WILLIAM MADISON MANCHESTER is a grandson of John Manchester, who was a soldier of the revolution and partici- pated in the battle of Rhode Island. He married Mary Fish, of the same township. Their children were four sons : Edward, William, John and Isaac, and four daughters : Mary, Lucy, Meribah and Freelove. William, of this number, was born in Tiverton, and after his marriage removed to Portsmonth. He lived to an extreme old age, and in the many positions, both local and state, which he filled, enjoyed the confidence of the public. lle married Elizabeth, daughter of William Fish and Martha, his wife, a lady of many accomplishments. Their two sons are William Madison, and Isaac, who died in early man- hood, sincerely mourned by his many friends.
William Madison, the surviving brother, was born August 25th, 1814, in Tiverton, and in infancy removed with his parents to Portsmouth, where he has since resided. Ilis early advan-
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tages were limited, his boyhood being devoted to work. While engaged in farming, Mr. Manchester, being of a speculative turn, dealt largely in poultry, and in later years found a larger field for his ventures in real estate and landed property, much of the fortune he has accumulated being invested in the latter. In youth he labored under many disadvantages, which by per- severance and industry were finally mastered. He has filled many oflices of trust. He has served his township in varions capacities, and in 1860 and 1861 was elected to the state legis- lature, where his course was marked by an unswerving regard for the right. In religion he is liberal. Mr. Manchester has not lived for himself alone, but by many unostentatious aets of kindness has added to the happiness of others. At his death this branch of the family of Manchester becomes extinct.
ISAAC M. ROGERS is a son of John Rogers who was born in South Portsmouth, where his active life was passed as a farmer. He enjoyed a well deserved reputation as a man of excellent judgment and much enterprise. He was a director of the Bank of Rhode Island, and interested in all measures affecting the public welfare. Mr. Rogers married Ann Manchester, of the same township. Their children are: Isaac M., Sarah M., wife of Noah Coggeshall; Thomas G., married to Eliza Maria Peck- ham; Ruth, who died in early life; Fannie B., deceased; Lewis H., deceased; Joseph, residing in Texas; and Patience, wife of Benjamin B. White.
Isaac M. Rogers was born October 9th, 1819, in Portsmouth, which township he made his lifetime residence. On concluding his school days he engaged in farm labor with his father and elsewhere, and later became a fisherman. This pursuit he con- tinned for many years, ultimately inheriting the farm upon which his widow now resides, where the remainder of his life was spent as a farmer. Mr. Rogers was, in 1852, married to Harriet A., daughter of David White, of Little Compton. Their children are: Lizzie W., wife of Pitt S. Littlefield; Isa- bell, married to Sylvester B. Tallman; and John E., deceased. Mr. Rogers was in his political sentiments an early whig, and afterward a republican, but never an aspirant for office. He was a regular attendant of the services of the Christian Baptist church of Portsmouth. His death occurred on the 16th of March, 1887, in his sixty-eighth year. A leading journal paid the following tribute to his memory:
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"In the death of Mr. Rogers, his family, consisting of his widow and two daughters, lose a kind and affectionate husband and father, whose delight it was to do everything that lay in his power to render their lives pleasant and happy. His loss to the community is also one that will be severely felt, as he was a neighbor always ready to oblige and accommodate and to do kindly offices for those in need, without a seeming thought as to whether he should be recompensed in kind or not, and con- sequently many that took their last look at the familiar features as they lay in life-like naturalness in the casket, felt that they had lost a true friend, as indeed he was."
ALFRED SISSON is a son of Moses Sisson, a farmer and mar- ketman, who resided in Portsmouth township. He married Phebe Dennis of the same township and their children were: Alfred, Albert, Amy Jane (deceased) and Adeline (Mrs. Brown).
Alfred, the eldest son, is a native of Portsmouth, where he was born August 25th, 1822. With the exception of two years in New Bedford as clerk, all his life has been spent in this township. He received a thorough training in the elementary English branches and began his business career at an early age, first engaging in the fishing trade and later in farming. In 1860 he leased the Bristol Ferry honse, located at Bristol ferry on the Narragansett bay, and became a successful and popular land- lord. This property, with about fifty acres of land, he pur- chased in 1872 and having rendered it a favorite resort, still conducts the house, which is filled during the summer months with a class of patrons that find the spot sufficiently attractive to warrant their return from year to year. He is also engaged in fishing and to some extent in agriculture.
Mr. Sisson in 1842 was married to Mary T., daughter of James Faulkner, of Portsmouth. Their children are: Emma S., Annie, Jenny A., and six who are deceased. In politics Mr. Sisson is identified with the republican party of which he has been an in- fluential representative. He has declined all local offices but from 1871 to 1874 represented his constituency in the assembly, and from the latter date until 1878 in the senate, where he was an able representative of the fishing interests. In his religious views a Methodist, he is a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church of Newtown.
WILLIAM L. SISSON is a grandson of Moses Sisson, who was one of the prosperous farmers of Portsmouth. His children
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were: William B., Ruth, Hannah and Mary Ann. The eldest of this number, William B., was born in the above township which, with the adjacent township of Middletown, was the scene of his active labors as a farmer and butcher. An en- terprising and influential citizen, he represented his district in the legislature and filled various local offices. Hle married Mary T., daughter of James Durfee, of Portsmouth, whose children are: Mary J., wife of Nathaniel Vars; William L., Anna E., widow of Simeon S. Coggeshall; James M., married to Mary A. Elliott; Josephine D., wife of Edward A. Mason; Ruth D., married to John C. Barker, and Hetty C., wife of George W. Sherman. The death of Mr. Sisson occurred De- cember 30th, 1886.
Ilis son, William L., was born May 24th, 1837, in Portsmouth, and in early youth removed with his parents to Middletown. He enjoyed ouly such opportunities for education as the public schools afforded, and early engaged in farming. Endowed with indomitable will and an equal amount of energy and self- reliance, these qualities have with Mr. Sisson been synonyms of success. After a period of service given to his father, he in 1860 rented the farm, and inherited the property on the death of the latter. He was married on the 5th of December, 1860, to Sarah A., daughter of Leonard Brown, of the same township. Louie S. is their only child. Mr. Sisson is an active supporter of republican principles. He represented his constituents in the assembly from 1882 to 1884, and in the latter year was elected to the senate of Rhode Island, which office he still tills. In his official relations, as in business, he enjoys the confidence of the public.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Charles Albro is a son of David Albro, the assessor of Mid- dletown. He was born in 1853 and in 1876 was married to Sarah M. Anthony, of Middletown. The older of their two children is Arthur Albert. Mr. Albro is a dairy and stock farmer in Portsmouth.
Joseph F. Albro, born in 1836, son of Freeborn Albro, mar- ried JJane E., daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Peckham, of Middle- town. They have one son, Lester Franklin Albro. Mr. Albro's business is house carpentering and wagon building.
William Gilbert Albro, born 1859, is the son of David Albro
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of Middletown, and grandson of Peleg Albro. He married Mary E., daughter of George Hazard. Mr. Albro is a farmer.
John Allan, who has been superintendent at "Oakland" since November, 1886, as successor of Robert Elliott, is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated there and in the north of Ireland, and at eighteen years of age came to the United States. Prior to 1886 he was superintendent for Mrs. James G. King, at " Highwood" in New Jersey.
Elisha Allen, son of Benjamin and grandson of Elisha Allen, was born in Middletown in 1827. His wife was Martha W., daughter of Sylvester R. Perry, who was a cousin of Commodore Perry. Mr. Allen has one son, Augustus Perry Allen. Mr. Allen has never cast a ballot in any ballot-box for any officer -- state, local or national-nor on any constitutional or appropria- tion question.
Edward Almy, born in 1844, is a son of Edward (1808-1883) and a grandson of Peleg Almy. His wife is Frances R., young- est daughter of Noel Coggeshall of Middletown. Their chil- dren are Annie Rebecca and Katie Fales. Mr. Almy was elected in 1887 for his fourth term as councilman. He is now serving his seventh year as commissioner of the town asylum. He is considered one of the best farmers in Portsmouth.
Susan Hazard Anthony, daughter of Atherton Wales and granddaughter of Doctor Peter T. Wales, is the widow of Levi Almy, who was born in 1809. His father was Jacob and his grandfather Holder Almy. Mr. and Mrs. Almy had five chil- dren: Charlotte, now widow of Christopher Southwick of Mid- dletown; Jacob, Henry W., Robert B., and Holder. At the age of sixteen Levi Almy took a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. He was married at the age of twenty-four, and from that time to his death engaged in farming.
Henry W. Almy, born in 1841. is a son of Levi Almy, de- ceased. His wife is Mary Bemis of Troy, New Hampshire. She was a teacher here prior to their marriage in 1866. Mr. Almy worked at "Oakland" when a lad, and had charge of the greenhouses there two seasons. He was eighteen years in the fishing business. He has two children, Frederick W. and Fan- nie Gertrude.
Robert B. Almy, a son of Levi and Susan H. (Wales) Almy, was born in 1843. At the age of seventeen he began fishing, in which he has been very successful, especially in senpp trapping and menhaden pursing.
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Philip Almy is a son of Peleg Almy, who died in 1887, leav. ing seven children. Philip's wife is Sarah Sherman. His grand- father, Peleg, was born in 1761 and died in 1853. He was a son of John Almy. One of Peleg's sisters, Bridget, born in 1791, died in 1886, was the mother of George B. and Peleg A. Cogges- hall of Portsmouth. Philip's children are: Edna, now Mrs. Clinton Hale of Providence; George M., and Mary, now Mrs. E. Louis Clarke of Providence.
George B. Anthony is a son of Samnel Anthony and grand- son of Seth Anthony, whose father, Isaac, lived during the revolution in the old Anthony house, on the West road, sonth of Butt's hill. This house, now belonging to Henry C. Anthony, is on the scene of some of the hardest fighting in the battle of Rhode Island. Near here is the " Hessian Hole," a spot in the swamp between Butt's hill on the north and Turkey hill on the south, where tradition says several hundred Ilessians were buried after the battle. The house was riddled with bul- lets, and one cannon ball entering over the front door, left its track through the entire building and out at the north side. The grandfather, Seth, then a young man, was taken prisoner by the British. George B. was elected representative at 23 years of age, and in the following year was promoted to the state senate. His wife was a daughter of Samuel Green, of Newport. Their children are: Abbie S., Hattie G. and Seth.
George Anthony, son of Rev. Gould Anthony and grandson of Jonathan Anthony, was born in 1855. He married Lucy Coggeshall, who died in 1883, leaving one daughter, Mary C. Mr. Anthony's present wife, Ellie M., is the daughter of Wil- liam E. Coggeshall, of Middletown. They have one child, Gould Anthony. Mr. Anthony's business is farming.
Robert W. Anthony, son of Joseph, grandson of Jonathan and great grandson of Gould Anthony, was born in 1847. His mother is a daughter of Charles Wilcox, of Tiverton. Mr. An- thony has been postmaster at South Portsmouth since 1877. His father held the office for twelve years before his death. William Henry Gifford was postmaster two years previous. The first postmaster here was Moses Lawton.
Orlando L. Baker, son of William Baker, was born in Tolland county, Connecticut, in 1845. Mr. Baker was in the wholesale produce business at Providence until 1886, when he came to his coal mine farm of 90 acres. His wife, Alpha J., is a daughter
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of George W. Baten. They have four children : Charles H., Cora E., Walter O. and Flora.
Christopher Barker, born in 1818, is a son of Christopher Barker and a grandson of David Barker, who had fourteen children. The younger Christopher married Ruth, daughter of John Hambly and granddaughter of Benjamin Hambly, of Tiv- erton. They have one son, John Barker, of Newport, and one daughter, now Mrs. John L. Borden. Mr. Barker was engaged with his father at menhaden fishing as early as 1829. His father was one of the earliest to "try" the menhaden for oil. The elder Christopher Barker kept a store in a honse next south of the town clerk's office, in Portsmonth. This old merchant was representative in the legislature once, and was an officer in the Second Baptist church at Newport.
William Borden, ex-president of the town council, was born in New Hampshire in 1826. His father was Asa Borden, his grandfather John Borden. He married Susan E., daughter of Clark Chase. Mr. Borden's business was formerly that of tailor in Newport and Providence. In 1849 he gave that up and went to California, remaining three or four years. Then he re- turned and kept a store on the premises where he now lives. They have three children: Herbert W., who married Sarah E., danghter of Benjamin Brown (They have one child, Charles Howard); Ella M., now Mrs. John L. C. Harrington, who has one danghter named Rebecca; Arthur L. Borden, whose wife is a daughter of George C. Fish.
Benjamin F. Borden, born in 1833, is a brother of William Borden. He married Rnth H., sister of Parker Hall Sherman. Their children are: Alfred H., Alonzo E. and Minnie F. Mr. Borden has served several years as school trustee. He is prin- cipally engaged in farming.
Alfred 11. Borden.6 (Benjamin F. Borden,4 Asa Borden, 3 John Borden," Joseph') married Hannah C. Collins of South Kingstown in 1884. She has tanght school here as did also lier father Peleg Collins and her mother, Mary (Hawkes) Collins.
The Bordens of Fall River and vicinity, according to a fam- ily tradition, are descended from a brother of Joseph.
Byron D. Boyd, twelfth child of John and a grandson of Stephen Boyd, was born in 1831. His wife Amy A., is a daugh- ter of James S. Chase. They have three children: Myra, Harry and Ethel. Mr. Boyd has been a marketman for forty years.
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His house is an historic building, built originally at the ferry, where it was owned by Peter Barker, and served as a place of meeting for the early Methodists. John Boyd moved it here abont 1822. On Mr. Boyd's place are remains of one of the original cellars of 1638.
Charles E. Boyd was born in 1819. He is a son of William Boyd, who was a brother of Byron D. Boyd's father, John Boyd. His wife Ruth Ann, is a daughter of Daniel Chase. Their chil- dren, Annie C., Emma F. (Mrs. Clark Chase of Fall River), Mary Alice (Mrs. Sammel D. Howland) and William R. are all liv- ing. Mr. Boyd owns the farm on which is " Hessian Hole."
Harriet N. Bourn, widow of B. N. Bourn, late wholesale and retail provision dealer of Providence, is a daughter of Jonathan Tallman. Her only child is Mary B., the widow of William P. Macomber, who has one child, Marguerite.
Benjamin Brown, deceased, was born in 1821, and was a sou of Isaac and grandson of Gideon Brown. He was married to Emeline B., danghter of Samnel Coggeshall, of Portsmouth. Their daughter, Emeline H., is the wife of Herbert W. Borden of Portsmouth. Mr. Brown was killed on his farm by a horse in 1887.
Leonard Brown, son of Samuel and grandson of Gideon Brown, was born in 1815. He learned the wheelwright trade, bought a blacksmith shop and made a Incrative business by combining the two trades. He is now one of the best farmers in town. He formerly raised poultry and during the winter season he bought pork which, with his poultry, he marketed at New Bedford, Mass. ITis wife is Sarah, daughter of Cook Wilcox. They have six children: Anna (Mrs. William L. Sisson), Edward P., William J., Etta (Mrs. William Cogge- shall), Hattie N. (Mrs. William Tallman), and Eliza G.
William F. Carr, deceased, son of Richmond Carr and grand- son of Robert Carr, was born in 187 and died in 1885. His widow, Martha C., is a sister of Elward Sisson. Mrs. Carr has had five children, four of whom are living: Sarah (now Mrs. Nathaniel Brown), Orleana (Mrs. William Weaver of Middle- town), Martha C. (Mrs. John B. F. Smith of Newport), William Franklin (whose wife is Frances E., daughter of Asa Cory) and Jane M., who died in 1861 aged 17 years.
Eleanor Carr, widow of Job R. Carr, is a daughter of Richard and Lucy (Manchester) Fish of Tiverton. Her grandfather was
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John Manchester. Mr. Carr, son of Richmond Carr, was born in 1820 and died in 1877. He was a member of Sea Side Lodge, No. 17; initiated December 21st, 1871; installed noble grand of that lodge in July, 1876, and admitted into the R. W. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island February 6th, 1877. He had five children, four of whom are living: Lucy (Mrs. Asa Coggeshall), Charles, Lanra G. (Mrs. W. T. Tallman) and Alfred. Charles' wife, Cynthia, is a daughter of the late Lewis J. Thurston. Their two children are Charles and Althea Richmond Carr.
Abraham C. Chase, born in 1841, is a son of William Chase of Middletown. His wife, Eunice C., is a daughter of Asa J. Fisher, whose wife was Ennice Coggeshall. Mr. Chase's chil- dren are: Fannie F., Florence M., Ellie F., and Mary C. Mr. Chase is a farmer.
Constant W. Chase, born in 1826, is a son of Clark, grandson of Isaac, great-grandson of Zachens, and great-great-grandson of James Chase. llis wife, Susan, is a daughter of Slocum Col- lins. Their children are: Herbert, Isaac and Emma. Mr. Chase is a farmer and owns what is called the Bowler farm. The old part of the house was built more than two hundred years ago, and what is known as the new part was built in 1730. The farm was then owned by the Bowler family, who sold it to Dan- iel Chase, who in 1808 sold it to Isaac. On this farm is an old stone barn, once a greenhouse, and in it was raised the original Rhode Island greening, from a slip brought from England in a potting tub. The barn is very old; the plaster in it is like that of the stone mill. Herbert Chase married Eliza G., danghter of Joseph C. Dennis. Their family consists of four boys and three girls.
Alfred S. Chase, brother of Constant W. Chase, was born in 1822. He is better known as Captain Chase. At twelve years of age he went to sea, and for abont forty five years he was sail- ing the main. Over thirty years master of a vessel, he made eight trips around Cape Horn and four around Cape of Good Hope. He was master of a vessel during the Mexican war. He was married in 1853 to Susan G. Murray, of Boston.
James S. Chase, born in 1816, is a son of Abner, grandson of Holder, and great grandson of Thomas Chase. The family tra- dition is to the effect that abont 1634 William Chase, Thomas Chase and Aquilla Chase, three brothers, from England, be- came the progenitors in America of the New England families
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bearing this name. Mr. Chase's wife, Mary Fish, died leaving three daughters: Amy, Fannie and Laura. His present wife, the mother of his son, Luther Paul Chase, is Hannah P., daugh- ter of Pierce A. Faulkner.
Alfred Clark Chase, born in 1833, is a son of Clark Chase, a grandson of Holder Chase, and a great-grandson of Nathan Chase. Nathan's father was Benjamin and his grandfather was William, and William's father was the original Willian Chase, the ancestor of this family in America. Mr. Chase's wife is a daughter of William Anthony, a son of Judge William Anthony. Their children are Edmund and Mand A. Ilis business is with Joseph Church & Co., as a me- chanic. Clark Chase's wife was Ann Borden. Benjamin Chase's wife was Amy Borden.
Borden Chase, of Fall River, is brother of Alfred Clark Chase. He began the coal business at Fall River in 1871, established the Fall River Coal Company, removed there in 1875, and is now interested in the Globe Coal Company. Mr. Chase was born in 1816. His wife is Elizabeth A., daughter of Joseph Thomas, a brother of Gardner Thomas.
Philip B. Chase, the town clerk of Portsmouth, is a brother of Alfred C. and Borden Chase.
One of Borden Chase's sons, of Fall River, is Simeon B. Chase. He was born in Portsmouth, left there in 1866, and has been treasurer of several cotton mills in Fall River. As financial manager he is credited among mill men with large success. Since 1885 he has been treasurer of the "King Philip."
William Alfred Chase, born in 1834, is a son of Alexander Hamilton Chase and a grandson of Abner Chase, a son of Holder Chase. His wife, Sarah C., is a daughter of Joseph and Han- nah (Anthony) Thomas. Their family of six children are: Clara M., Fannie T. (Mrs. Edward R. Anthony), Abbie T. (Mrs. David Frank Hall), William A., Jr., Walter Bradford and Evelyn B. Mr. Chase's farm of abont one hundred and forty acres on " The Neck " was the scene of some of the most stirring events of the revolution. The early generations of this Chase family in Portsmouth were Friends.
Josiah Chase. son of John and grandson of Zachens Chase, was born in 1804 and is a farmer. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and granddaughter of Jonathan Freeborn. She died leaving two children, Benjamin F. and Hannah. Benjamin F. resides at Brockton, Massachusetts.
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John H. Chase was born in Portsmouth in 1835, and is a son of Levi, grandson of John, and great-grandson of Zachens. John H. Chase was married in 1859 to Mary, danghter of Charles H. Carr and granddaughter of Richmond Carr. They have two sons, George H. and John R. Mr. Chase is engaged in the market farming business.
Mrs. Eliza Chase, widow of Jacob Chase, was born in Dart- month. Massachusetts. Mr. Chase, who died in January, 1884, was a "Friend." He was well known as a contributor to a local paper. Mrs. Chase now owns and resides at the Cherry or Stone House farm, near A. W. Lawrence's.
Charles A. Chase, born in 1841, is a son of Jacob Chase, born 1802, died 1884; a grandson of Shadrach, died 1841; and a great- grandson of Zachens, whose father was James Chase, the Eng- lish ancestor of a numerous family in New England. Mr. Chase is married to Abbie J. Boyce, of Massachusetts. Their children are Herbert and Lizzie.
Mr. Chase is one of the successful farmers of this town. His place is near Lawton valley in Portsmouth, where Zacheus Chase settled when a young man.
C. C. & C. E. Chase are now doing business in the store erected by Benjamin Tallman in 1866 and 1867. Philip B. Chase in 1857 erected the building now the residence of A. G. Manchester, and E. F. Dyer occupied it as a store for fifteen years, and was postmaster during thirteen years of that time. He was succeeded by Albert F. Sisson and George F. Thomas. These gentlemen, after running the business one year under the firm name of Sisson & Thomas, took O. C. Manchester as a part- ner, and the firm became Sisson, Thomas & Co. This firm built the store now A. G. Manchester's, and conducted it three years. In 1876 the new store and the residence (formerly store) passed into the hands of A. G. Manchester, the present proprietor. His son, O. C. Manchester, was postmaster from 1876 to 1886. Benjamin Tallman conducted his store for two years, and in 1869 the firm of C. C. & C. E. Chase began, the junior partner having once been clerk for E. F. Dyer. C. C. Chase was post- master at Portsmouth Grove during the war. In 1868 he went to Europe as agent for the Walter A. Wood Mowing Machine Company. C. E. Chase was local agent for the same company from 1865 to 1868, and since that time the firm have been agents here. The Messrs. Chase have been successful and prosperous.
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