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Hugo R. A. Anthony married, in 1925, A. Eliz- abeth Leonard, of Westerly, Rhode Island, and they are the parents of one child, Hugo R. A., Jr.
RAYMOND U. LYNCH-Widely known in the electrical industry of New England, Mr. Lynch enjoys a very high reputation for business and executive ability and is especially highly regarded as a successful sales executive. His rep- utation is the result of many years of successful work as sales manager for several important elec- trical and other concerns, work in which Mr. Lynch continued until a few years ago, since when he has been the executive head of a large
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and prosperous company at Providence. Though this business was already well established when Mr. Lynch acquired a financial interest in it, its prosperity and prestige have been greatly in- creased and expanded under Mr. Lynch's very able and progressive management. Though nat- urally his business responsibilities have always required and received the major share of his time and attention, he has not permitted them to absorb him entirely, but has always taken an active and effective part in the various other phases of the several communities, in which he made his home from time to time.
Raymond U. Lynch was born at Danvers, Mas- sachusetts, May 10, 1890, a son of the late Tim- othy J. and Josephine (Sullivan) Lynch. His father, who was likewise a native of Danvers, was for many years the successful superintendent of the Danvers Municipal Electric Light Depart- ment, occupying this position until his death. Mr. Lunch's mother, who is also now deceased, was a native of Malden, Massachusetts. Mr. Lynch re- ceived his early education in the public schools of his native city and, after having graduated from the Danvers High School, became a student at Boston College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1912. Im- mediately following his graduation from college, he became associated with the Manhattan Elec- trical Supply Company, New York City, with which concern he remained for three years. In 1916 he came to Boston, Massachusetts, and there became associated with the Post & Lester Com- pany in the capacity of Sales manager, a position he continued to hold with marked success until 1920. Next he became associated with the Van Norman Machine Tool Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, of which he was the sales manager during 1920-26. In October of that year he ac- quired a financial interest in the Post & Lester Company of Rhode Island, of which he was elected president and general manager in 1927, positions which he still holds. Mr. Lynch is re- garded as one of the most able, progressive and successful of the younger generation of Rhode Island's business executives and is considered as one of the outstanding business men of Provi- dence. He is a member of the Providence Cham- ber of Commerce, the Rhode Island Electrical League, and the Radio Manufacturing Associa- tion, of the legislative committee of which latter organization he is the chairman, as well as of the Rhode Island Automotive Dealers' Association, and of the Manufacturers' Equipment Associa- tion. In politics he is a supporter of the Repub-
lican party and, while still a resident of Danvers, he served for two years as a selectman and for four years as a member of the finance committee. His religious affiliation is with St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church of Providence. He finds recrea- tion chiefly in golf.
Mr. Lynch married, in 1917, Mildred Barrows, a native of Beverly, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are the parents of three children: Ray- mond F., Robert B., and Kathleen L.
THOMAS G. HAZARD, JR .- Occupied dur- ing his mature life as a civil engineer and a prac- tical farmer, Thomas G. Hazard, Jr., of Narra- gansett, has been highly successful in both activi- ties and has achieved a reputation that has brought him the admiration of the community. He is a representative of old Colonial stock and has lived up to the fine traditions of industry and enter- prise that have been his heritage, making friends wherever he moved and retaining them through an attractive personality and a loyalty to duty and to his citizenship.
Born in Narragansett, Rhode Island, July 20, 1862, he is a son of Thomas G., a native of New- port and a successful farmer, now deceased, and Mary King (Brooks) Hazard, of Salem, Massa- chusetts, also deceased. He was educated in the local public schools and at Brown University, Providence, where he studied civil engineering. He then assisted his father in farming at Nam- cook Farm in Boston Neck and also engaged in his professional occupation. From 1902 to 19II he was superintendent of the Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. In 1911 he became general man- ager of the Wakefield Water Company, which sup- plies water to that town and to Peace Dale and Narragansett. Mr. Hazard is a lineal descendant of Nicholas Easton, president of Rhode Island under the Charter of 1643; of Major Daniel Ly- man, an officer on the staff of George Washington during the American Revolution; and grandson of Benjamin Hazard, who served for twenty-one years in the Rhode Island Legislature and as speaker of the House for many years. He him- self served one term in the Legislature and ten on the Narragansett School Board. Since 1890 he has been engineer for the town of Narragansett. He is independent in politics and is a member of the New England Water Works Association, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Providence Engineering Society, Narragansett Chamber of
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Commerce, Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars, the New- port Historical Society, and the Providence Art Club.
Mr. Hazard married, March 8, 1930, Nancy Lyman Pawle of Chelmsford, Essex, England.
THOMAS EVANS-The advantages of me- chanical training at the plant of the world famous Corliss Engine Company in Providence were re- flected in the after work of Thomas Evans, who made this city his home for forty-five years and who here attained distinction as a constructing and consulting engineer. He was a man of natu- ral attainments that were developed by the life work he selected and as time passed he rose higher and higher in his profession and was looked upon with respect and admiration by the entire community which profited by his achieve- ments. His contributions to the comfort of hu- manity and to the progress of the commercial world were notable and will be a permanent monument to his memory in the official records of Rhode Island.
He was born in England, May 31, 1841, a son of Ephraim and Hannah (Jenkins) Evans, and acquired his education in that country, coming to the United States in 1863 and locating in Providence. Here he obtained employment in the works of the Corliss Engine Company, where he worked for a number of years, during which period his industrious attention to the operations of the plant brought him such knowledge of the operations that he was qualified to take charge of a large steam plant in South Manchester, Con- necticut. He remained in that plant for ten years and then returned to Providence, opening offices in Westminster Street as a consulting and con- structing engineer. He built up a very successful and profitable business. In addition to this work he devised a number of important mechanical im- provements, among the most useful of which was the Evans Patent Grate Bar, which was adapted to either horizontal or vertical boilers and was so patterned that it prevented in great measure the formation of clinkers, which are the cause of much trouble to firemen and are the cause of the warping and cracking of grates. Mr. Evans was a loyal member of the Republican party. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and in his younger days belonged to the Central
Club of Providence. His death occurred in Providence, on June 17, 1927.
Thomas Evans married, in 1866, Martha A. Pollette, daughter of William and Susan Pol- lette, and they were the parents of two children: Anna L., and Thomas S. His wife died May 22, 1921.
In the death of Thomas Evans the city of Providence lost one of its most respected and useful citizens. He was a man of kindly spirit, studious and fond of reading, especially the works of his fellow-countryman, Charles Dickens. He was home loving, a devoted husband and an affectionate and tender father. He was for forty- five years a familiar figure to the people and his accomplishments will long be of service to civil- ization and advancing prosperity.
WILLIAM BATTYE-Having entered the textile business in his native Scotland as a youth of some fifteen years, Mr. Battye has continued to be identified with the textile industry ever since. A resident of the United States since his seventeenth year, he has been connected with vari- ous important textile companies in New England for almost half a century. He has acquired an ex- ceptionally thorough knowledge of all branches of the textile business, a fact which has enabled him to fill the various positions of responsibility which he has held from time to time with marked success. As general manager of one of the leading textile enterprises of Wakefield, he has been one of the city's most prominent business executives for several years. He takes an active part in other phases of the community's life and is greatly liked by all who have the privilege of knowing him.
William Battye was born at Tillocultry, Scot- land, March 20, 1868, a son of the late George and Elizabeth (Moody) Battye. His father, who was born at Home Firth, England, likewise was connected with the textile industry, continuing this connection until his death. Mr. Battye's mother, who is now deceased, was a native of Tillocultry, Scotland. Mr. Battye was educated in the public schools of his native town and at an early age went to work in the local textile mill, continuing to be employed there until he was seventeen years of age. At that time he canie to the United States and located at Harrisville, Rhode Island, where he resumed work in a tex- tile mill. Next he was connected for fourteen
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years with the Ashaway Mills, Ashaway, Rhode Island, and then held the position of designer in a mill at Millbury, Massachusetts, for three years. From there he went to Hartland, Maine, where he worked as a designer and as assistant superin- tendent of a mill for eight years. Then, after spending one year as superintendent of the Mer- rimac Mills, at Lowell, Massachusetts, he came to Holden, Massachusetts, where he acted as superintendent of a large mill for eight years. The next two years Mr. Battye spent as superintend- ent with the Angus Park Manufacturing Com- pany of Glastonbury, Connecticut, until, in 1924, he came to Wakefield, having been elected vice- president, a director, and general manager of the Wakefield Textile Company, Incorporated. In this position he continues to serve, being regarded as one of the successful business executives in the textile industry in Wakefield. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Narragansett Country Club. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party, while his re- ligious affiliation is with the Baptist Church. He finds his recreation chiefly in golf. During the World War Mr. Battye, then a resident of Hol- den, Massachusetts, served as a member of that city's fuel commission. During his residence there he also was a member of the board of direc- tors of the Holden District Hospital.
Mr. Battye married, in 1898, Mabel A. Bab- cock, a native of Bradford, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Battye are the parents of one son, George Lewis Battye, a veteran of the World War, having enlisted April 28, 1918, and having served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He was assigned to Company F, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, participated in the St. Mihiel, Mont Blanc, Meuse-Argonne campaigns, and then spent seven months in Germany with the Army of Occupation. He received his honorable discharge from military service August 14, 1919.
JOHN B. ELDRED-Having established him- self in the grocery and meat business at Wake- field in his youth, Mr. Eldred has continued in this business ever since and today is one of the best known and most successful retail merchants of Wakefield. A man of pleasing personality, strict integrity and proven public spirit, he is very pop- ular in the community and at different times has been honored by his fellow-citizens by election to
important public offices. He is a member of sev- eral fraternal organizations, takes an active part in religious work and in every respect represents the best type of useful and upright citizen.
John B. Eldred was born at South Kingstown, February 27, 1868, a son of the late John B. and Dorcas P. (Whaley) Eldred. Both his parents, now deceased, were natives of South Kingstown, his father having been engaged in farming there until his death. Mr. Eldred was educated in the public grammar and high schools of his native town and after leaving school went to New Haven, where he worked for three years with the Adams Express Company. He then returned to Rhode Island and established himself in the gro- cery and meat business at Wakefield, a business which he has built up from comparatively small beginnings to its present prosperity and size by hard work, strict attention and fair dealing. He manufactures the "Kingston Sausage," which is well known throughout Rhode Island and enjoys a large sale. Mr. Eldred is also vice-president of the Wakefield Branch Company and has repre- sented his home community for two years in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. At an- other time he served for six years as tax assessor of South Kingstown. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party. His religious affiliation is with the Baptist Church. He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Narragan- sett Commandery, Knights Templar; and the Order of United American Mechanics. He is fond of sports and outdoor life and is especially interested in baseball, horse racing and hunting.
Mr. Eldred married Bessie L. Rodman, a na- tive of Narragansett, and by this marriage is the father of one son, James Rodman Eldred.
JOSEPH H. BRIERLEY-A varied and suc- cessful career as accountant associated with sev- eral important enterprises preceded the associa- tion of Joseph H. Brierley with the Wakefield Branch Company, in Wakefield, Rhode Island. He is now manager of the company and contrib- uting much toward its progress and expansion.
Joseph H. Brierley was born in Allenton, Rhode Island, May 7, 1889, son of Joseph E. and Fannie (Haywood) Brierley, the latter now de- ceased. The father, who was born in England, is engaged in the textile industry. The mother was a native of Slocum, Rhode Island. The son was
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educated in the public schools of North Kings- town and the high school of that community, and completed his training by a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College. He then became cashier for the J. B. Barnaby Company of Provi- dence, a men's clothing store, where he was ad- vanced to the position of bookkeeper and re- mained from 1907 to 1915. His next position was that of head bookkeeper for Talbot & Company, wholesale and retail clothiers of Boston, which occupied him for two years. Mr. Brierley then went to New York City to become head of the payroll department of the Western Electric Com- pany and remained there for a year, when he joined the forces of the United States Shipping Board and was sent to Rhode Island as resident auditor in November, 1917, continuing in the office until May, 1919. Mr. Brierley next spent a year in the offices of the Lord Drydock Company, of Providence, and next became auditor for the Na- tional Exchange Bank. In August, 1922, he came to Wakefield and formed the association with the Wakefield Branch Company which has since con- tinued. From bookkeeper, he was advanced to manager, in 1923, and he has since held this post. He is also a director of the company.
His fraternal affiliations are with Washington Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons, and his club is the Hope Square Club. Horses and horse racing are his hobby. He is a Republican in poli- tics and a member of the Allenton Baptist Church.
Joseph H. Brierley married, in 1911, Bessie B. Phillips, of Allenton, and they reside in Wakefield.
WILLIAM I. MAIN-A native and lifelong resident of Washington County, Mr. Main has been for many years the owner of one of the leading jewelry stores and watch repair establish- ments in Wakefield. He is also successfully en- gaged in the radio business and in both of these lines he enjoys a very large trade, his success being the result of his energy, his well known in- tegrity, and his strict adherence to the highest business principles. He enjoys a very large ac- quaintance in the community, where he is generally regarded as one of the most popular, substantial, and useful citizens.
William I. Main was born at Arcadia, Washing- ton County, Rhode Island, July 20, 1887, a son of William G. and Emma Frances (Whitman) Main. His father, who was born at Norwich, Connecticut, was for many years and until his death success-
fully engaged in the ice cream manufacturing busi- ness in Wakefield, being the proprietor of Main's Ice Cream Company. Mr. Main's mother, who is still living and a resident of Wakefield, was born in Rhode Island. Having been educated in the public grammar and high schools of South Kings- town, Washington County, Mr. Main, at the age of seventeen years, entered the employ of George H. Taylor & Company, well-known jewelers of Provi- dence, with which he remained for four years. During this period he learned the jeweler's and watch-maker's trade in the most thorough manner and, in 1907, he established himself in the jewelry and watch-repairing business at Wakefield under his own name. He has continued in it ever since then and his establishment for many years has been one of the most popular and best known in the city. Since 1922 he has also been engaged in sell- ing radios and in servicing these instruments, meet- ing with marked and well deserved success in this undertaking as well. He is a member of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics. In politics he is an independent, while his religious affiliations are with the Protestant Episcopal Church. De- voting practically all of his time to his business and to his family, Mr. Main has comparatively few outside interests, his chief hobby being radio and everything pertaining to it.
Mr. Main married, in 1922, Katherine Ordway, a native of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Main have no children and make their home at Wake- field.
WILLIAM T. PECK-Prominently identified for more than half a century with the educational institutions of Rhode Island and esteemed in two hemispheres for his erudition and educational achievements, William T. Peck has held the im- portant post of principal of the Classical High School of Providence since 1897. During his career in this office he is credited with sending more prepared students to Brown University than any other instructor, as well as hundreds to other colleges and universities throughout the country. No man stands higher in the educational field of the United States than he; few have attained his rank. His life has been seriously devoted to ad- vancing the cause of higher education and his suc- cess is acknowledged throughout the land, while the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citi- zens of this State is boundless and earned by his loyal devotion to his chosen field of endeavor.
He was born in Providence, July 25, 1848, a son
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of George B. and Ann S. Peck and attended the Graham Street Primary and Intermediate schools and the Benefit Street Grammar School. In the classical department of the Providence High School, under the instruction of Samuel Thurber and Edward H. Cutler, he prepared for college. As a boy he was deeply impressed with the stirring preparations for the military activities of the Civil War and was a marker for the First Ward Light Guard, a home guard company. At his entrance examinations for college he won prizes in Latin and Greek and later in mathematics. Enthusiastic in his activities associated with the Gamma Nu Fraternity, he materially aided in bringing it to membership as a chapter of the Delta Upsilon so- ciety in 1868. In his junior year he became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and in 1870 was graduated with the highest honors of his class. For the following two years he served as principal of the Warren High School, then went to Europe, in order to study. He spent two terms at the Uni- versity of Leipsic under professors George Curtius, Brockhaus, and other famous educators, and then attended lectures at the University of Berlin under Professors Mommsen, Haupt, and Ernest Curtius. Following this, nine months were spent in travel study, particular attention being given to Athens, Naples, and Rome, in order to prepare himself for teaching Latin and Greek. In the fall of 1874, he returned to Providence and became assistant to Mr. Cutler in the Providence High School, being elevated to the place of T. B. Stockwell, as teacher of the junior department when the last-named be- came Commissioner of Education, January 1, 1875. In March, 1881, he was made principal of the classical department and remained in that office until 1897, when the department was transferred to the new building and his title was changed to that of principal of the Classical High School. The school is now one of the largest college prepara- tory schools in the country and students have been prepared in it for ten or more different colleges. Mr. Peck has served as president of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, the Barnard Club of Rhode Island Schoolmasters, and of the Brown University Teachers' Association. He has been a member of the American Institute of Instruction, the Massachusetts Classical and High School Teachers' Association, and the New England Asso- ciation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. He served on the conference of modern languages under the "Committee of Ten," and has been presi- dent and treasurer of the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa. He edited Ovid's "Metamor-
phoses," Books I and II, in an edition of school classics, and Washington's "Farewell Address," and Webster's "Bunker Hill Orations," in an edi- tion of English Pocket Classics. A Baptist in his religious affiliation, he has always been interested in Sunday school work and has served as superin- tendent of the Fourth Baptist, Warren Baptist, and Stewart Street Baptist Sunday schools, at other times having been a Bible class teacher. He has been secretary and president of the Rhode Island Baptist Sunday School Convention and of the Rhode Island Baptist Social Union. He is a life member of the Rhode Island Baptist State Con- vention and a life director of the Rhode Island Baptist Education Society.
William T. Peck married, in 1875, Georgie E. Smith, of Warren, Rhode Island, a descendant through her mother of the Burgess family of this State. Their children are: I. William B., a gradu- ate of Brown University, class of 1897; now en- gaged in the jewelry business in Providence. 2. Georgie S., a graduate of Brown University of the class of 1906.
WILLIAM A. PECKHAM, a well-known at- torney, of Newport, was born in Newport, April 13, 1892, a son of the late William A. and Emma L. (Slocum) Peckham. His father, a native of Middletown, Rhode Island, was successfully en- gaged in the grocery business until his death. Mr. Peckham's mother was a native of New York City. Having received his early education in the public grammar and high schools of Newport, Mr. Peckham entered Harvard College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1914. Next he took up the study of law at the Harvard Law School, graduating there with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1917. In May, 1917, Mr. Peckham entered the United States Army and, in August, 1917, was commissioned a first lieutenant. Later he was attached to Company C, 302d Machine Gun Battalion, 76th Division. He served overseas in France with the American Ex- peditionary Forces for nine months and received his honorable discharge, in March, 1919, with the rank of first lieutenant. Returning then to his native city, he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar and became associated in practice with Clark Burdick. Since 1921 he has been a partner in the law firm of Burdick, Corcoran & Peckham, with offices at No. 201 Thames Street, Newport. He is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association and of the Newport Bar Association.
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