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George W. Bacheller married, in 1901, Lydia M. Greenman, of Newport, Rhode Island.
LAURISTON HARTWELL HAZARD- President of the Hazard Cotton Company, Lauris- ton Hartwell Hazard has been associated with this enterprise during all his active business career. The company was first founded by his father, Captain Jeffrey Hazard and incorporated under its present name in 1894. At that time Mr. Hazard was chosen treasurer and in the course of years, was elected to the office of president.
Mr. Hazard was born on November 22, 1866, at Providence, Rhode Island, a son of Captain Jeffrey
Hazard and Anna L. (Hartwell) Hazard, his wife. This family is an old one in Rhode Island. The name itself is of Cornish and British words, "has" meaning high, and "ard" meaning nature. Thus Hazard means of high disposition, proud, independ- ent. As early as the year 1635 the name of Thomas Hazard, ship's carpenter, appears on the reecords at Boston. In 1636 he was made a freeman, and in a few years he removed to Rhode Island. He signed the covenant of cities in 1639, was at New- ton, Rhode Island, in 1656, and died in 1669. He was also known to have been one of the first founders of Newport, Rhode Island. From him was descended Captain Jeffrey Hazard, second son of John and Margaret (Crandall) Hazard, who was born in Exeter, Rhode Island, on September 23, 1835. Both he, and his elder brother, won fame and distinction for their service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Captain Jeffrey Hazard was educated in Provi- dence public schools and following the completion of the high school course he began his business career as a teller in the Manufacturers Bank, hold- ing that place until he enlisted for service in the Union Army on October 5, 1861. He was sent to the area of hostilities as second lieutenant of Bat- tery A, Ist Rhode Island Light Artillery. Later he was commissioned first lieutenant and appointed regimental adjutant. He took part in many of the most important battles of the war, including Ball's Bluff, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, and Antietam. During his service he won high praise for his bravery, and at Antietam, with Lieutenant Mason, he was the only battery officer present. Later he was made captain, while his brother, John Gardiner Hazard, pursued his military career still farther and was appointed general.
After his return from the war, Captain Hazard entered the employ of the American Wood Pulp Company, at Providence, and later became associ- ated with William H. Reynolds, a cotton broker, with whom he remained until 1868. In that year he formed a partnership with A. Duncan Chapin, under the firm name of Hazard and Chapin. This arrangement was continued with every success for a period of twenty-six years. Finally, in 1894, the Hazard Cotton Company was incorporated, with Captain Hazard as president, Lauriston H. Hazard, treasurer ; and F. O. Allen, treasurer. Until the time of his death seventeen years later, Captain Hazard remained at the head of this company, guiding its affairs surely and safely to the desired goal of success. In other phases of Providence life he was equally active. He was a friend to hun-
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dreds in the city, and universally admired by all those who knew him. Captain Hazard married, on October 20, 1865, Anna Hartwell, a daughter of John B. and Harriet (Hall) Hartwell, of Provi- dence. They were the parents of several children : I. Lauriston H., of this record. 2. John Hartwell, who died young. 3. Margaret Crandall, who also died young. 4. Marion, who married Leland H. Littlefield, of this city. 5. Harriet Hall, who mar- ried William H. Dixon. 6. Anna Rosalind, who married William H. Barnum.
Lauriston H. Hazard received his education in Providence schools. He attended private school, was graduated from the public high school, then entered Brown University, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1889. Immediately afterward he became associated with his father in business entering the employ of the cotton broker- age firm of Hazard & Chapin. When this firm underwent reorganization in 1894 and the Hazard Cotton Company was formed, Mr. Hazard was elected to the office of treasurer, an office which he filled very ably until the time when he was chosen president. This company is one of great importance in the cotton market, with widely ex- tended connections and a large business. Mr. Haz- ard has maintained the high standards of efficiency and service always associated with the firm, and his services have been a decisive factor in the success of the company in recent years. In addi- tion to this connection, Mr. Hazard is also a di- rector of the Providence Washington Insurance Company and of the Anchor Insurance Company. He is a director of the Providence National Bank and a trustee of the Peoples Savings Bank.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Hazard has main- tained a consistent interest in the progress of the civic welfare. He has supported many important movements for advance, and given liberally of both his time and substance to those enterprises with whose aims he is in sympathy. Since 1926 he has been president of Butler Hospital and was a trus- tee from 1913 to 1925. He was a member of the Rhode Island Parole Board, is a member of the School Board of the city of Providence, and is connected with various civic movements. In club and social life he is a member of the Providence Art Club, the Hope Club, the Squantum Associa- tion, the Turks Head Club, the Agawam Hunt Club, the Jacobs Hill Hunt Club, and others. With his family he worships in the faith of the Episco- pal Church, being a member and vestryman of Grace Church in this city.
On June 18, 1907, at Providence, Rhode Island,
Lauriston H. Hazard married Elizabeth Paine Sackett, a daughter of Adjutant-General Frederic Mosley Sackett, and of Emma Louise (Paine) Sackett, his wife. She is a granddaughter of Adnah Sackett, who came to Providence when a boy and later became head of the well-known jewelry manufacturing firm of Sackett, Davis & Company. He was also one of the leading Demo- crats of the State, and was twice the candidate of his party for Governor. Mr. and Mrs. Hazard be- came the parents of two children: Elizabeth, and Marion. The family home is maintained in Provi- dence at No. 177 George Street.
LEANDER K. CARR-More than forty years have been spent in the newspaper business by Leander K. Carr, of Newport, who began his ca- reer in that industry in 1886, after a previous service in other lines for a number of years.
He was born in Newport, Rhode Island, May 18, 1863, a son of Samuel J. Carr, deceased, a commission merchant and a native of Newport, and of Mary Ann (Tew) Carr, also born in New- port and now deceased. Educated in the public schools, he then worked as a clerk in the New- port post office for two years and at the con- clusion of that service was engaged as assistant librarian at the Redwood Library. He was then with Professor Charles E. Munroe as his assist- ant at the chemical laboratory of the Newport Torpedo Station. He remained in that occupation until 1886, when he entered the service of the Newport "Observer," the second morning news- paper to be established in the State. He remained with that paper until 1894, during which time he also acted as special correspondent for a number of newspapers, continuing in the last-named work exclusively from 1894 to 1917, when he became associated with W. Douglas Hazard and Stephen J. Buckley in the purchase of the Newport Herald Corporation. He was made treasurer and general manager and holds that office today (1931).
Mr. Carr is a Republican in politics and serves as chairman of the Newport school committee, of which he has been a member since 1917. He is also secretary and a member of the council of the Newport Association for the Prevention and Care of Tuberculosis. He attends Channing Memorial Church and enjoys walking and reading. He is a member of the Newport Chamber of Commerce and of the Miantonomi Club and is fraternally affiliated with St. Paul's Lodge, Free and Accepted
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Masons; Newport Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; and Washington Commandery, Knights Templar. He is a member of Malbour Lodge, New Eng- land Order Federation, and of the Modern Wood- men of America.
Leander K. Carr married, in 1891, Abbie W. Westcott, of Newport, Rhode Island.
ERROLL K. WILCOX-After careful prep- aration in the public schools of his native State, Connecticut, and at the Rhode Island State Col- lege, Mr. Wilcox, in 1913, entered the teaching profession. For the first five years he was con- nected with schools in Connecticut, but since 1919 he has been identified with the public schools sys- tem of South Kingstown, first as principal of the high school and, during the last few years, as superintendent of schools. To an unusual degree he enjoys the respect and confidence alike of stu- dents, teachers and parents, his popularity being the natural result of his ability and of his per- sonality. He is a member of several educational, fraternal, and other organizations, and also takes an active interest in religious activities.
Erroll K. Wilcox was born at Norwich, Con- necticut, July 26, 1891, a son of William B. and Clara (Kenyon) Wilcox. His father, a native of Rhode Island, was a successful contractor and builder until his death. Mr. Wilcox's mother is a native of Hillside, Rhode Island. Having received his early education in the grade schools of his native town, Mr. Wilcox later attended the Nor- wich Free Academy and finally completed his edu- cation at the Rhode Island State College, King- ston, from which he was graduated with the de- gree of Bachelor of Science in 1913. Immediately after leaving college he became a teacher in the New London, Connecticut, Vocational School, where he remained from 1913 until 1917. Next he served as vice-principal of the Stonington, Connecticut, High School, during 1917-18. In 1919 he was appointed principal of the South Kingstown High School, in which capacity he continued to serve until 1927, making such a fine record that in that year he was appointed superintendent of public schools of South Kingstown, a position he has continued to hold since then. Under his very able direction the schools of South Kingstown have greatly increased in usefulness and efficiency and have considerably extended their influence. Mr. Wilcox is a member of the National Education Association, the Rhode Island Superintendents'
Association, and the New England Superintendents' Association. He also belongs to Hope Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons. to the Hope Val- ley Masonic Club, and to Theta Chi Fraternity. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party, while his religious affiliation is with the Congregational Church. He is fond of outdoor life and especially of motoring.
Mr. Wilcox married (first), in 1913, Ethel P. Henderson, a native of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, who died in 1921. He married (second), in 1928, Helen T. Sample, a native of Nova Scotia, Can- ada. By his first marriage he is the father of three children: Erroll K., Jr., William James, and Phillip D.
THOMAS PIERREPONT HAZARD-In the life of Rhode Island, one of those men who for years has taken a leading part in public affairs is Thomas Pierrepont Hazard, who is associated with a number of the foremost business organiza- tions of this State. The Hazard home is in Peace Dale, the town of his birth and in which he is widely known today.
Mr. Hazard was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, on October 26, 1892, son of Rowland Gib- son and Mary Pierrepont (Bushnell) Hazard, and is the eleventh generation of this family in Rhode Island. The father was engaged for many years as a financier and an industrialist until his death in 1918. He was a manufacturer, was prominent in politics, and was an influential man in his day. The mother, who was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, is living today in Rhode Island. Thomas Pierre- pont Hazard received his education in St. George's School, Newport, Rhode Island, from which he was graduated in the class of 1911; and at Yale University, from which, in 1915, he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then became associated with the Solvay Process Company, of Solvay, New York, where he remained until 1923. In that year, when he left, he was assistant to the president of the company. He then returned to Peace Dale, where he took up management of different estates and trusts, chiefly those of the Hazard family. In this work he has continued ever since that time. He is president of the Amer- ican Fish Culture Company; president of the Nar- ragansett Pier Railroad Company ; vice-president of the R. Hazard Estate, Inc; president of the Rhode Island Estates Corporation; a director of the Caro Cloth Company, of Carolina, Rhode Island; president of the Eastern Trout Growers'
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Association ; president of the Narragansett Library Association ; president of the Community Chorus ; secretary and treasurer of the Community Players ; trustee of the Narragansett Library Fund; trus- tee of the Hazard Memorial Hall; trustee of South Kingstown school funds; and trustee of the Peace Dale Congregational Church Fund. He is the part- ner in the firm of Sturges, Chaffee and Hazard, investment agents, of Providence, Rhode Island.
Active in social affairs, he is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and the Wolf's Head Senior Society, which he joined while at Yale; and of the Hope Club, the Yale Club of New York, the Point Judith Country Club (of which he is a governor), the Dunes Club (of which he is president), and the Narragansett Country Club. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party, in whose af- fairs he is active, as was his father before him. Since 1924 he has been a member of the South Kingstown Town Council, chairman of the fire wardens of Union Fire District, and a member of the committee on water and lights. He served, from 1921 to 1923, as a member of the school board, of Solvay, New York. During the World War, Mr. Hazard was active, too, in the sup- port of his country's cause. He enlisted, in Octo- ber, 1915, in Troop D of the Ist New York Cavalry, in which he held the rank of private. In June, 1916, he was called into active service on the Mexican border. In August, 1916, he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and in March, 1917, was mustered out of service. Then, on March 27, 1917, he was recalled into the service, and was stationed on guard duty at Peekskill, New York. From May, 1917, until August, 1917, he was at the Officers' Training School, at Madison Bar- racks, New York. He was finally commissioned provisional second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was ordered into service with the 14th Cavalry at Del Rio, Texas, where he was pro- moted to the rank of first lieutenant. He served for a time as squadron and regimental personnel adjutant, and was discharged from Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, in February, 1919, with the rank of first lieutenant. When Mr. Hazard is not busy with one or another of his various duties, he is fond of indulging in his favorite recreations, which are tennis, yachting, squashrackets, and skiing. Into all of these activ- ities, as into his military and business life, he ever puts his fullest measure of energy and en- thusiasm, with the result that he is widely known in this region of Rhode Island as a sportsman of ability.
Thomas Pierrepont Hazard married, on May 20, 1922, Anne F. Cope, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By this union there have been born four children : I. Sophia Francis. 2. Thomas Pierrepont, Jr. 3. Mary Pierrepont. 4. Anne Francis.
EDWARD M. SULLIVAN-Prominently identified with the local bar for thirty years, Ed- ward M. Sullivan, of Providence, holds the esteem of all who have been observant of his progressive activities in the interest of the community. He has always been a worker and in seeking his own advancement has ever had in mind the welfare of the whole people, inasmuch as his keen mind puts full value in cooperation of individuals to promote the prosperity and happiness of all. These char- acteristics are not solely the cause of his popu- larity, for he is the fortunate possessor of a per- sonality that establishes confidence of those he meets in his daily life. Proof of this lies in his selection for important public office, which he has administered with credit and success, and by the large clientele that he has built up during the years of his activities.
He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, April 3, 1875, a son of Michael, born in Ireland and occupied in this country as a bridge builder and stone mason until his death, and Mary (Healy) Sullivan, also a native of Ireland and now de- ceased. He received his education in the Cranston public schools and finished at the high school in Providence. He then entered the newspaper pro- fession and for five years was connected with the Providence daily "Telegram." He abandoned this and entered the Boston University Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1899 and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In September of that year he was admitted to practice at the bar of Rhode Island and has since been so engaged, with offices at No. 17 Exchange Street, Providence. He is a Democrat in politics and in 1910 was elected mayor of the city of Cranston, having been the first mayor of that municipality upon its change from town to city government. He served in the office for four years. He is a member of the American Bar As- sociation and of the Oaklawn Grange. He attends St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church.
Edward M. Sullivan married, in 19II, Mary E. Hines, who was born in Cranston, and they are the parents of Edward Hines Sullivan.
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DUNCAN W. GILLIES and RODERICK GILLIES-Having become associated with his late father, Duncan Gillies, and his older brother, Duncan W. Gillies, in the newspaper publishing and job printing business, immediately following the completion of his education, Roderick Gillies has continued to be successfully active in these fields and, since 1925, has been the owner and manager of this business, which was founded by his father. As publisher of the "Narragansett Times," one of the leading weekly newspapers of Rhode Island, Mr. Gillies has been an important figure in the civic life of his native town, Wake- field, Washington County, and is regarded as one of its leading and most substantial business men. Thoroughly conversant with all branches of the printing and publishing business, he has built up his firm to a very high degree of prosperity and usefulness, and his newspaper enjoys not only a large circulation, but also, to a remarkable ex- tent, the confidence of the community.
Duncan Gillies, the father of Duncan W. and Roderick Gillies, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but spent the greater part of his life in the United States. About 1866 he founded, together with Thomas Wells, the "Narragansett Times," a weekly newspaper. Mr. Gillies and Mr. Wells continued as partners for about two years. At the end of this period Mr. Gillies bought Mr. Wells' interest in the business, which after that was con- tinued under the name of D. Gillies' Sons. Be- sides the publication of the "Narragansett Times," the firm is also extensively engaged in a general job printing business and in both these fields oc- cupies a leading position in Washington County. Mr. Duncan Gillies continued at the head of the business until his death. He married Elizabeth McCaig, like himself a native of Scotland, who is also now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Gillies were the parents of two sons: Duncan W. and Roderick Gillies, of whom further.
Duncan W. Gillies, older son of the late Dun- can and Elizabeth (McCaig) Gillies, was born at Wakefield, Washington County, December 6, 1863. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, attending successively the gram- mar and high schools. Having completed his edu- cation, he became associated with his father, the late Duncan Gillies, in the publishing and printing business and since 1881 he has been a partner in the firm of D. Gillies' Sons, of Wakefield, pub- lishers of the "Narragansett Times" and job and commercial printers. He is a member of West- erly Lodge, No. 678, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is independent, and
his religious affiliation is with the Congregational Church. Mr. Gillies is unmarried.
Roderick Gillies, younger son of the late Dun- can and Elizabeth (McCaig) Gillies, was born at Wakefield, Washington County, October 3, 1875. He received his education in the public grammar and high schools of Wakefield and after leaving school became associated with his father and his older brother in the firm of D. Gil- lies' Sons, publishers of the "Narragansett Times" and job and commercial printers. With- out interruption he has continued in this business and since 1925 he has been its proprietor and man- ager. In politics he is a supporter of the Repub- lican party, while his religious affiliation is with the Protestant Episcopal Church. For many years he has been greatly interested in everything per- taining to radio, his interest dating back to its early days.
Mr. Gillies married, in 1918, Anna Robinson, like himself a native of Wakefield. Mr. and Mrs. Gillies have no children and make their home at Wakefield.
EZRA DIXON-At the age of eighty years and after seventy-one years of incessant activity, Mr. Dixon is still effectively active in business as the head of a company founded by him more than forty years ago for the manufacture and distribution of one of his inventions. Though he has always given the major share of his time and attention to this business, he has never per- mitted it to absorb him to the exclusion of other interests and for many years he has taken a very active part in civic and fraternal affairs. Indeed, in every respect, he represents the highest type of upright, useful, and patriotic citizen.
Ezra Dixon was born at Spencer, Massachu- setts, December 12, 1849, a son of the late Dwight J. and Susan A. (Bixby) Dixon. His father was born at Dudley, Massachusetts, and, with the exception of the time during the Civil War, when he served with Company E, 36th Volun- teer Infantry, he was engaged in the textile busi- ness until his death. Mr. Dixon's mother was a native of Schenectady, New York. Ezra Dixon attended the public schools until he had reached the age of nine years. Then, in common with a practice much more frequent then than now, he went to work in a mill at Quardick, Connecticut, where he remained for one year. Next he spent a similar period in another mill at North Oxford, Massachusetts, then worked for two years in a
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mill at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, and for a short period in still another mill at Leesville. Though still in his early 'teens when the Civil War broke out, Mr. Dixon enlisted in the Quar- termaster's Department of the Federal Govern- ment and on December 1, 1863, was sent to Hilton Head, Port Royal, South Carolina. In the following year, 1864, he returned to Massachu- setts, and enlisted at Stoneville in the 42d Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, in which he served with Company F, until he was mustered out of service in November, 1864. Returning again to Stoneville, Massachusetts, he remained there about six months and then once more enlisted in the Quartermaster's Department, in which he con- tinued to serve until the end of the war, when he received his honorable discharge. At that time he again came back to Stoneville and worked in a mill for half a year. During the years follow- ing he was connected for varying periods with different other mills, including the Albert Curtis Mill at Worcester, Massachusetts, also a mill at Whitinsville, Massachusetts, the Manchester Print Works at Manchester, New Hampshire, a mill at Three Rivers, Massachusetts, the Lyman Mills at Holyoke, Massachusetts, and the mills of George Draper & Sons Company at Hopedale, Massachusetts. In 1874 he located in Bristol and for the next twelve years worked for the Nam- quit Mills. While working in this mill, he in- vented and patented a saddle used on machines for spinning cotton yarn. In 1886 he left the Namquit Mills and from that time on he has devoted his entire time to the manufacture and distribution of his invention. The name under which he conducts the business is the Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company and its headquar- ters are located at No. 182 High Street, Bristol. From the organization of the company Mr. Dixon served as president and treasurer until January I, 1930, when the company was incorporated as the Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company. He was then elected chairman of the board, and Ezra Dixon, Jr. became president; William G. Dixon, treasurer; and F. M. Dixon, Jr., secretary. Mr. Dixon is also a director and a member of the executive committee of the Industrial Trust Com- pany, Providence, and chairman of the board of the Bristol Branch of this financial institution. At one time he served for fifteen years as a mem- ber of the Rhode Island State Welfare Board. Politics, too, have claimed his attention and in 1907 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and during 1909-16 of the
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