History of Providence County, Rhode Island, Part 57

Author: Bayles, Richard Mather, ed
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: New York, W. W. Preston
Number of Pages: 938


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Captain Stearns removed from West Cambridge to Billerica, Mass., where Henry was born, October 23d, 1825.


When about 12 years of age his parents died. His father, being very desirous that he should have an education, left a sufficient sum of money to enable him to attend school for awhile. He therefore went to Andover Academy, and for two years pursued an English course of studies. At the end of that time, being dependent upon his own resources, he supported himself by shoemaking and shopkeeping until he was 20 years of age. He then made up his mind that he would try his fortune in the West, and in the fall of 1846 went to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, where he engaged with a partner named Foster in the manufacture of cotton wadding, their establishment being the first of the kind west of the Alleghanies. He thus occupied himself until 1850, the works meanwhile being twice destroyed by fire and rebuilt. He disposed of his interest to Mr. George S. Stearns, and for 45 years the business has been carried on under the firm name of Stearns & Foster.


That year (1850) his attention was turned toward California. Gold had been discovered there more than a year before, and an immense emigration to the Golden Gate had set in. Believing that a steam laundry would prove profitable, he purchased the requisite machinery at Cincinnati, shipped it down the Mississippi and over the Gulf to Chagres, and then, after much labor, across the isthmus, the boiler being carried overland to Panama by detachments of men. At Panama he took passage for San Francisco in an old whaling vessel, which sprang aleak and came near foundering; the provisions became exhausted, and all on board were limited to four ounces of bread per day. For four months the old craft floated about on the Pacific, and when Mr. Stearns arrived in San Francisco he had become so much weakened that he was told by a physician that he could not live. But his health being finally restored, he set up his machinery and success- fully established the first steam laundry in California. After awhile he disposed of the laundry business to his partner, and purchasing an interest in a steamboat, ran the first regular steam ferry between San Francisco and the present city of Oakland. While in San Francisco he witnessed the execution by the vigilance committee of numerous ruffians who had for some time endangered the peace of the city. For the next two years he was mainly engaged in running a saw mill at San José and keeping a store at Gilroy. Cutting down the redwood, he turned it into lumber for building purposes.


In the fall of 1853 he returned to Cincinnati and resumed the manu- facture of cotton wadding with the old concern on a more extensive scale. He continued there until the spring of 1857, when, his health having become impaired and a change being considered desirable, he sold out and removed to Buffalo, New York. Here a new venture was tried. In June, 1857, he, with a partner, engaged in the manufacture


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. of hardware. It was not many months after they began business that the disastrous financial revulsions of that year commenced, and Mr .. Stearns suffered the loss of nearly all his accumulations. From Buf- falo he went to Sangamon county, Illinois, where he bought a tract of timber land, set up a saw mill, and carried on a farm, and was thus occupied for two or three years.


In the early part of 1861 he removed to Pawtucket, R. I., and asso- ciated himself with Mr. Darius Goff and others in the manufacture of cotton wadding. The business at that time was comparatively small, but the combined skill and energy of Mr. Stearns and his partners caused it to speedily increase, as is shown in the sketch of Mr. Goff in this volume. Since 1875 the business has been carried on under the name of the Union Wadding Company, and the establishment is now not only the largest and best equipped in the United States, but in the world. Mr. Stearns has held the position of superintendent ever since he became connected with the establishment. The com- pany also has mills at Augusta, Georgia, and Montreal, Canada. Mr .. Stearns's son George is superintendent of the former, and another son, Deshler F., and a nephew, Mr. Harold E. Stearns, are managers of the latter.


Mr. Stearns has devised several contrivances which have been of great value in his business. He has also obtained a number of patents on cotton gins and apparatus for extracting oil from cotton waste and kindred substances. Another patent obtained by him is on the rail- way safety-gate, which has come into such general use within a few years in all parts of the country where there are railroad crossings.


After having lived a year or more in Pawtucket Mr. Stearns re- moved to the adjoining village of Central Falls, where he has resided upward of 25 years. In response to the calls of his townsmen he has. filled various public positions. For several years he has represented the town of Lincoln in both branches of the general assembly; has served a number of terms as trustee of the public schools, and was chairman of the committee that secured the introduction of water into Central Falls. He is one of the trustees of the Franklin Savings Bank of Pawtucket, and for two years was president of the Pawtucket Busi- ness Men's Association. He is a member of the Central Falls Con- gregational church and takes an active interest in its affairs, while as. a citizen no man is more universally respected. He married, June 26th, 1856, Kate Falconer, daughter of John H. and Charlotte S. Falconer, of Hamilton, Ohio. They have had eight children: Deshler Falconer, George Russell, Walter Henry, Kate Russell, Charles Falconer, Henry Foster, Anna Russell (deceased), and Carrie Cranston.


GEORGE C. STILLMAN, son of David Stillman and Rebecca Bliven, was born in North Stonington, Conn., December 7th, 1842. There he spent his early life and received his education. He was married to Louise A., daughter of Elisha R. Coe, in 1870. They had no children.


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In 1878 he made his residence in Lincoln, while travelling as sales- man. January 1st, 1888, he started in the commission business under the firm name of George C. Stillman & Co., which has prosperously continued since. Among the offices which Mr. Stillman accepted in Lincoln was that of member of the council during 1887 and 1888. He is past master of Jenks Lodge, F. & A. M., and a member of the Paw- tucket Royal Arch Chapter.


THE VOSE FAMILY came from Wrentham, Mass., first to Woon- socket. Amaziah Vose had the following children: Alva, Alanson, Willing, Eliza Ann, died single; Aaron, emigrated to New York state: Melissa, married Dutee Mowry; Margaret, married first a Ballou after- ward William Butler. Willing, son of Amaziah, was born January 15th, 1793. He was brought up on a farm and received only a com- mon school education. At the age of 18 he learned the carpenter's trade and about 1825 moved to Woonsocket and was engaged with Hosea Ballou in building cotton machinery. In 1843 he commenced the practice of medicine (Thompsonian school) which he followed till his death, March 20th, 1875. His first wife was Mercy Jillson and their children were: Albert C., Mary Emily, married Robert Blanchard; and Alonzo D., resides in Woonsocket. His second wife was Rhoda Wil- kinson and they had but one child, Julia A. (deceased), who married Lewis L. Miller of Woonsocket. Doctor Vose married for his third wife Lydia B. Peckham, of Middletown, R. I. Albert C., son of Doctor Willing, was born in Cumberland June 15th, 1815, and died March 26th, 1875. He married Minerva Easton and had 11 children: George L., resides in Providence; Laura A. (deceased), married Rens- selaer Mowry; Mary, wife of George H. Miller of Woonsocket; Ellen, wife of Isaac Aldrich of Mansfield, Mass .; Henry, died in infancy; Sarah M., wife of E. M. Clarke of Woonsocket; an un-named infant; Alonzo W .; Harriet, died aged two years; Phebe, wife of Daniel Law- ton of Central Falls; Alice, died young. Albert C. was a resident of Lincoln since 1842. Alonzo W., son of Albert C., was born in what is now Lincoln August 6th, 1849, and married Ida E. Sprague. They have the following family: Flora A., Willing, Lydia, Belinda P. and Howard Winfield. He is a farmer and resides in Lincoln. Alanson, son of Amaziah, was born in 1793 and died in January, 1880. He married Abby Remington of Warwick, R. I. Their children were: Lucy, died aged two years; Carlisle, Orlando R., Josephine Ellen, wife of William Davis of Providence, and Warren L., wounded at the first battle of Bull Run from the effects of which he died. He left no male issue. Alanson was engaged in the mercantile business and came to what is now Lincoln in 1825-6. Carlisle, son of Alanson, was born in what is now Lincoln February 3d, 1833, and married Caroline Ballou, a native of Cumberland. They have four sons: Arthur R. (married Alice Inches, has one child, Carl); Everett A. (married Nellie Marble, has two children, Carrie and James Everett); Elmer C. and Walter I. Mr. Vose is engaged in the mercantile business at Manville, R. I.


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PATRICK WHALEN, born in Ireland December 25th, 1823, in 1847 emigrated to America and soon afterward came to what is now Lin- coln and engaged in farming, where he now owns two good farms. He married Jesse McManus and has the following family: Mary Ann Thomas, James, John, Frank and Lizzie.


THE WHIPPLE FAMILY .- Among the first settlers of New England there were several by the name of Whipple. There were two brothers, Matthew and John, who came to this country about 1630 and settled in Ipswich, Mass., about the year 1635. John was born in England in 1616 or 1617 and was married to Sarah about 1640. He was a house carpenter by trade and at one time owned a house and 40 or 50 acres of land at what is now Neponset, Mass. This he sold to James Minot in 1658 and removed to Rhode Island. Of his eleven children all but the three youngest were born in Dorchester, Mass. The house he occupied in Providence was on the east side of the river a little north of Star street, between North Main and what is now Benefit street. He died May 16th, 1685. Of his children John was baptized March 9th, 1640, and married for his first wife Mary Olney. Their children were: Mary, who married a carder; John, and Elnathan. mar- ried a Rice. His second wife was Rebecca, widow of John Scott. Their children were: Deliverance and Dorothy, who married a Rhodes. He died December 15th, 1700. John, his son, married Lydia Hawes of Taunton, Mass., and their family were: Mary, John, Lydia, Ethan, Patience, Hezekiah, Mary and Sarah. We are unable to give any more facts in relation to this branch of the family. Sarah, daughter of the settler John, married John Smith of Providence. Samuel, son of Captain John, was baptized March 17th, 1644, and married Mary Harris. Their family were: Noah, who probably died young; Samuel, Thomas, and Abigail and Hope, both married Robert Curry. Samuel died March 12th, 1711, and was the first to be interred in the North burial ground. In his will he speaks of his grandsons, Noah, Enoch and Daniel, who were probably sons of Noah, as he is not mentioned in the will. His son, Samuel, settled in Groton, Conn., and was an iron manufacturer. Eleazer, son of Captain John, married Alice Angell. He died August 25th, 1719, and while he had a large family the supposition is that his sons had no male issue. His children were: Eleazer, Alice, Margaret, married John Mowry; Elizabeth, Job, James and Daniel. Mary, daughter of Captain John, married Epenetus Olney. William, son of Captain John, married Mary and his children were: Mary, who married a Sprague; William and Seth. He died March 9th, 1712. We have no further records of this family. The other children of Captain John were: Benjamin, David, Joseph, Jonathan, and Abigail, who married first Stephen Dexter, second William Hopkins.


Benjamin Whipple, son of Captain John, was born in Dorchester, Mass., in the year 1653-4. He was baptized June 4th, 1654. He mar-


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ried Ruth Mathewson, and settled on a farm near Fruit Hill, now in the town of North Providence. He died March 11th, 1704. His chil- dren were: Benjamin, Ruth, Mary, Josiah, who died young; John and Abigail. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, was born at Providence, No- vember 11th, 1688, and died in 1788, in the one hundredth year of his age. He lived on a farm given him by his father, and was a farmer, tanner, currier and shoemaker. Owing to an accident, he lost one of his legs at the age of 75. He was twice married. His first wife was Sarah, daughter of Gabriel Bernon, a French Huguenot. Their chil- dren were: Andrew, died young; Benjamin; Content, married Esek Olney; Daniel, Ephraim, Esther and Mary. His second wife was Es- ther Miller, and her children were: Benajah, who emigrated to New York state; Stephen, removed to Massachusetts; Joseph, located in Connecticut; Benedict, Jessie, Freelove, John and Abigail. Ephraim, son of Benjamin, was born in Providence, November 7th, 1729. He was a farmer, and settled on part of the homestead farm near Fruit Hill. He married Mary Hawkins. His children were: Emer, Ben- jamin and Ephraim. The two latter were twins, and as no further record can be found of them, they are supposed to have died young. Emer, son of Ephraim, was a farmer, and lived near Fruit Hill. He was called captain, having been connected with the militia. He mar- ried Abigail Brown. His children were: Amasa, left no male issue; Ephraim, Mary, Dorcas, married a Gilbert; Sarah and Benjamin. Ephraim, son of Emer, was born July 8th, 1800, and married Susan Farnum. Their children were: George B., who removed to North Adams, Mass., where he died; Ethan, James A. and Mary E., all died young; Albert A., resides in California; Sarah A., wife of Orin Spencer, lives in Providence; Andrew B .; Henry, died aged about six years; Ruth A., wife of Henry C. Arnold, lives at East Provi- dence; Emeline F., wife of Henry C. Bowen, resides at Providence; William A., John E. and Susan F., wife of John E. Mowry, lives in Chicago, Il1. Ephraim died April 14th, 1876. William A., son of Ephraim, born in Smithfield, March 11th, 1840, married Cin- derella Bennett, and had three children: Florence H., died aged six years; Helen G. and Earl B. He is a teacher and resides at Pawtucket. John E., son of Ephraim, born in Smithfield, May 11th, 1842, married Ann E. Arnold. Their children are; Everiane B., died aged 13 years; John H., William A. and George. William A. is a farmer, and resides in Smithfield.


Benedict Whipple, son of Benjamin, was born October 13th, 1739, and settled in Scituate, R. I., in 1772. He was a farmer and black- smith, and served during the revolutionary war. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of James Mathewson, of Scituate. He died June 16th, 1819. His children were: Esther, who married Asa Phillips; James, John, Elizabeth, married Samuel Wilbur, and died at the age of 83 years, and Benedict, who lived single and died aged 80 years. James,


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son of Benedict, was born December 26th, 1768, and died July 16th, 1839. He was a farmer and blacksmith. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of John Batty, of Scituate. By her he had one child, Ruth L., who married Martin Howard. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Parker, and their children were: Margaret B. (deceased), married Robert Rounds; James M., died at Warwick, R. I .; Thomas P., Almond O., died single; Henry E., resides in Providence, and Benedict M. Thomas P., son of James, was born in Scituate, April 24th, 1813, is a carpenter and millwright by trade, and resides in Pawtucket. He married Roby Rounds, and their children were: Phebe B., wife of George Matteson, of East Providence: James A., died young; Nathaniel B., resides at Central Falls; William D .; Har- riet F., died young; Lathera A., resides in Pawtucket; George M., died young; John B., died young, and Anna, wife of Asa Newell, of Adams- dale, Mass. William D., son of Thomas P., was born in Scituate, De- cember 3d, 1843, and married for his first wife, Amy Clark. His sec- ond wife was Mercy W. Elsbree. He has no children, is a carpenter, and resides in Central Falls.


John Whipple, son of Benedict, was born November 24th, 1771, and died in 1856. He lived in Foster, R. I., and kept stage tavern and store. He married for his first wife, Abigail Stone, of Scituate, and their children were: Nehemiah K., died young; Polly, married Richard Howard; Alfred, wastwice married, but left only one son that arrived to maturity, John; Cynthia, married Olney Williams; Selinda, married Reverend Gardner Howard; Robert S., and Jason S., removed to Wa- terbury, Conn. Robert S., son of John, was born December 6th, 1806, lived most of his days in Foster, and was a farmer. His first wife was Orrila, daughter of Deacon Knight Hill. His second wife was widow Abby Tanner, formerly a Pollard. His children were by his first wife: George, died in Minnesota: Albin, resides in Fiskville, R. I .; Abigail S., wife of Thomas A. Hopkins, of Scituate; Harvey O., lives in Minnesota; Knight F., resides in California, and Moses F., born in Foster, January 31st, 1839, married Mary H. Tayer, and has no children. He has been a resident of Pawtucket since 1867, and is a grocer.


David Whipple, son of Captain John, was born in 1655 or 1656, and was baptized September 28th, 1656. He purchased of John, the son of Reverend William Blackstone (one of the first settlers of Rhode Island), land in Rehoboth, Mass., now Cumberland, R. I., in 1692. On this property was "Study Hill." His first wife was Sarah Hearnden, by whom he had one child, David. His second wife was Hannah Tower, of Hingham, Mass., and their children were: Israel, born August 16th, 1678; Deborah, married a Tower; Jeremiah, born June 26th, 1683; William, born May 27th, 1685; Sarah, married a Razee; Hannah, died young, and Abigail, died young. David, the son of David, lived on the old homestead, and the property descended to his


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son David. David, son of David, married Martha Read, and had the following children: Simon; David, born July 14th, 1740; George, born July 11th, 1742; Otis, born August 19th, 1744; Cynthia; Amy; Jona- than, born September 8th, 1752; Benjamin, born November 17th, 1754, and Joseph, born March 21st, 1761. Simon, son of David, was born in Cumberland September 28th, 1738, and married Mary Blake. Their children were: Sally, died single; Martha, married Captain John Hal- lowell, of Providence, a seafaring man; Molly, died single; Simon and John Gray. Simon bore the title of colonel, having been in the revo- lutionary war. He died March 2d, 1824. Simon, son of Simon, was born in Cumberland May 28th, 1776, married Jemima Miller, of Cum- berland, and had three children: Martha, single, resides at Pawtucket; Simon, and Alfred, who resides in Cumberland, and owns part of the land deeded to his ancestor, David, in 1692, by Blackstone. Simon died May 12th, 1824. John Gray, son of Colonel Simon, was born in Boston, and died at Lonsdale, R. I., December 21st, 1865, in his 93d year. He married for his first wife, Nancy Walcott, of Providence, and though they had five children, all of them died single. His second wife was Eliza Barton, of Warren, R. I., and their children were: Em- eline Barton, who resides at Central Falls; Joseph Barton, resides west; Eliza Hemans, died aged four years, and Frederic Eddy, killed during the war in 1862. Simon, son of Simon, was born in Cumber- land February 8th, 1816, and married Nancy M. Polsey. They have had six children: Sarah, died aged 13 months; Simon, died ten years of age; George S. T., born December 19th, 1851, married Annie E. Jerauld, has no childsen, resides at Pawtucket; Nancy, died aged 17 months; Albert Blake, died aged 17 months, and Charles P., born Sep- tember 9th, 1860. The latter has in his possession the original deed given in 1692 to David Whipple. He resides in Pawtucket. Simon was a resident of Cumberland till 1871, when he came to Pawtucket, and is now engaged in the grocery trade.


Jeremiah Whipple, son of David, was born June 26th, 1683. He married Deborah Bucklin, and died in 1760. He seems to have had three sons, David, Jeremiah, and Oliver, who emigrated to New Hampshire. Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah, was born about 1718 and died in 1800. He married Hannah Bowen, and their children were: Lucy, who married John Dexter; Hannah and Betty, died single; Bela, a surgeon in the revolutionary army, died unmarried: Jabez, Anna, and Eseck, died young. Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah, was born March 27th, 1748, and died in 1819. He married Nancy Dexter. Their children were: Bela, died single; Betsey, married Preserved Arnold: Louis and Betsey, died single, and Jeremiah, born 1802, mar- ried Sarah Smith. He died in 1852. His children were: Nancy and Elizabeth, who died single, and Jeremiah, born in 1838, died in France in 1871. His wife was Isabella Carlota Hobson, and no children are living.


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William Whipple, son of David, was born May 27th, 1685. He set- tled on a farm in Smithfield, now Lincoln. His wife's name was Eliz- abeth, and they had the largest family of any of the. Whipples on record, as follows: Mary, Elizabeth, Jemima, Amy, William, Mercy. Jeremiah, Hopestill, John, Anthony, Sarah, Benjamin, Moses, Joseph, Annie, Eleazer, and Hannah. Benjamin, son of William, was born June 3d, 1728. He was a farmer and lived in Smithfield, near Lime Rock. His first wife was Jerusha Peck and their children were: Jere- miah, Phebe, who married William Dexter, and Mollie, married a Thompson. The two last were twins. His second wife was Sarah Matteson and their children were: Hannah, who married Ahab Mowry; Elizabeth, died single, and Sarah, married Seth Sprague. Jeremiah, only son of Benjamin, married Amy Sprague and his chil- dren were: Reuben, died single; Jerusha, died single; Lebbeus, and Arthur, died in what is now Lincoln. Lebbeus, son of Jeremiah, was born August 9th, 1790, and married Amy Clark. He died August 19th, 1869, and his two children, Amy Ann, who is single, and Susan Scott. widow of General Lysander Flagg, reside in Central Falls. Moses, son of William, was born January 13th, 1729. He was a farmer and lived in Cumberland. He married Patience Matteson. Their chil- dren were: Patience, who married Nathaniel Jencks; William, Joseph, and Thankful, married Nathaniel Spaulding. Joseph, son of Moses, married Annie Matteson and their children were: Mary Ann, married Stephen Dexter; Amy, died single; Joseph, died single; Welcome, died in Cumberland; Susan, died single; Rebecca, died single; Stephen \'., and Bela, died single. Joseph married for his second wife Nancy Weatherhead, but she had no children. He died in March, 1849, in his 66th year. Stephen V., son of Joseph, born in Cumberland February 14th, 1813, married Adaline, daughter of Hartford Jenckes. Of their 11 children, nine are living, as follows: Albert J., resides in Woon- socket; Sarah E., wife of Amos W. Clark, resides in Nebraska; Lucy A., widow of Leonard Brown, resides in Worcester, Mass .; Amanda F., lives in Central Falls; Joseph M .; Susan M., wife of Alva Trask, of Bellingham, Mass .; Delia M., wife of Charles Huling, of Valley Falls; Louis F., resides in Providence; Abby J., wife of Samuel Flem- ing. of Central Falls. Stephen V. died October 2d, 1876. Joseph M., son of Stephen V., born in Cumberland March 27th, 1851, married, Esther L. Graham. Joseph Whipple, son of Joseph (called stub foot), was born in Cumberland November 19th, 1828. He was engaged in boat building in his early days, and in 1864 came to Central Falls and engaged in carpentering, which business he finally changed to stair building, which he carried on till his death, April 22d, 1889. He left a widow and two daughters.


THOMAS E. WHITE was born in Canterbury, Conn., January 7th, 1822, and was the third son and sixth child (also being one of a pair of twins) of George S. and Marcy (Walmsley) White. His father was


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an Englishman and came to America in 1814 and settled at Freetown, Mass .; he was an Episcopal clergyman and was ordained at St. John's Episcopal church in Providence, and afterward preached at Boston, Brooklyn, Conn., and Canterbury, Conn. At the latter place he died in 1850. He was the author of various works, among which was the "Life of Samuel Slater," published in 1836. Thomas E. left home at the age of 13 and engaged in the mercantile business at Norwich, Conn., for two years. He afterward learned the trade of tinner, and that business he followed at Brooklyn and Hamden, Conn., and came to Chepachet, R. I., in 1842 and from that time till 1879 carried on business at that point, also in Scituate, R. I., and was for 27 years located at Providence. In 1879 he purchased a farm in Lincoln on which he now resides. He married Louisa G., daughter of Pardon Sheldon of Cranston R. I., and he had eight children: Maria L., wife of Charles N. Fisher, of Valley Falls, R. I .; Edward Aborn, died at the age of four years; George Edward, lives at Providence; Mary Aborn, wife of George W. Elliott; Andrew James, of Providence; Robert, died aged two years, and Robert, resides in Woodstock, Conn. For his second wife he married Mrs. Susan Marble.




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