The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, V. IV, Part 53

Author: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925. cn
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: New York, The American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 978

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(VIII) Dr. David Comstock Moore, son of James pencer and Julia Ann (Comstock) Moore, was born Strafford, Vt., May 15, 1834, died in South Royalton, t., October 9, 1876, and his remains were interred in trafford. He pursued a course of study in medicine, id after his graduation settled in Sherburne, Vt., and gaged in active practice. In 1862 he removed to South oyalton, where he was successful in the practice of is profession, and was also interested in a drug store. le served during a portion of the Civil War as surgeon

with the Union forces, located at Point Lookout, Md. In 1872 he removed with his family to Charlestown, N. H., where he conducted a drug store, but later re- turned to South Royalton, where he spent the remainder of his days. He married, in 1860, at Woodstock, Vt., Hannah A. Esterbrook, a native of Sherburne, daugh- ter of Richard and Dorcas (Colton) Esterbrook. Shortly after the death of Dr. Moore, his widow and two sons, Dr. James Spencer Moore and Dr. Elmer E. Moore, removed to Boston, and she thereafter made her home with her sons.

(IX) Dr. Elmer E. Moore, son of Dr. David Com- stock and Hannah A. (Esterbrook) Moore, was born in Hartford, Vt., October 10, 1861. He received his edu- cation in the public and high schools of Boston, and spent two years in the famous Eliot School at Jamaica Plains, a suburb of Boston. During the succeeding five years he engaged in the drug business in various parts of Vermont and in Boston, Mass., and later attended the Massachusetts School of Pharmacy. In 1883 he began the study of medicine, and in 1885 entered the medical department of the University of Vermont at Burlington, after which he entered the medical department of Dart- mouth College, from which institution he was graduated, in June, 1886, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the fall of the same year he located at East Provi- dence Center, R. I., and for twenty-seven years was among the most successful physicians of that sec- tion of the State, his practice extending largely over Bristol and Providence counties, as well as adjoining districts of Massachusetts. In 1898 Dr. Moore visited Europe, and pursued a course of study in the medical schools of Berlin, Germany, remaining there a year.

Dr. Moore was extremely popular in his community, both for his genial nature and his well-known ability in the practice of his profession. He was a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society, the Providence Medi- cal Association, and the Providence Clinical Club, and he was also very popular in Masonic circles, holding membership in Rising Sun Lodge, No. 30, Free and Accepted Masons, of East Providence; Providence Chapter, No. I, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Coun- cil, No. I, Royal and Select Masters; St. John's Com- mandery, No. 1, Knights Templar; Rhode Island Con- sistory (thirty-second degree), and Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Newman Congregational Church at East Providence, and for many years prior to his death acted as its treasurer. He was president of the Men's Club of that organization for a number of years.

Dr. Moore married, June 28, 1897, at East Providence, R. I., Annie Richmond Pearse, a native of that town, daughter of Robert R. and Ruth Aune (Kent) Pearse (see Pearse and Kent). Mrs. Moore was educated in the public and high schools of East Providence, and engaged in the profession of teaching for several years in the public schools of her home town. She is a faith- ful member of the Congregational church, and highly esteemed in the community. Children: I. Roger Ells- worth, born at East Providence, R. I., July 12, 1900; he received an excellent common school education, gradu- ated from the Hope High School, of Providence, in June, 1917, and in the fall of 1917 entered Brown Uni- versity ; he is a diligent student, intensely fond of good books, and is particularly interested in history. 2.

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Robert Spencer, born July 12, 1904, at the present time (1917) attending the Bowen Avenue Grammar School at Rumford, R. I. 3. Marjorie Kent, born March 14, 1906, died in infancy. Dr. Elmer E. Moore passed away at his home, No. 280 Pleasant street, Rumford, East Providence, R. I., January 30, 1913, at the height of a promising and brilliant career. His remains were interred in Lakeside Cemetery, East Providence.

(The Pearse Line).

The Pearse family is both ancient and historic in the annals of England, the lineage of Richard Pearse, the immigrant to New England and founder of the Ameri- can family, being traced to the time of Galfred. In more recent English generations were Peter Percy, standard bearer of Richard III. at the battle of Bosworth Field (1485), and Richard Percy, the founder of Pearse Hall. For nearly two and a half centuries the Pearse family has been identified with the political, judicial and legis- lative history of Rhode Island and Bristol. During both the Colonial and Revolutionary periods the name con- stantly recurs either in legislative or military affairs. Captain Nathaniel Pearse commanded an artillery com- pany at the burning of Bristol by the British, during the Revolution, and covering the period from 1757 to 1849, different members of the family represented the town in the State Legislature.

(I) Richard Pearse (name changed from Percy in this generation), born in England in 1590, was the immigrant ancestor. He was a son of Richard Percy, grandson of Richard Percy, the founder of Pearse Hall, in York, England, where he lived and died, and great- grandson of Peter Percy, who was standard bearer to Richard III. at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Richard Pearse came to America in the ship, "Lyon," from Bristol, England, his brother, Captain William Pearse, being master of the ship. He married, in Eng- land, Martha -, and among their children was Richard, of whom further.

(II) Richard (2) Pearse, son of Richard (I) Pearse, was born in England in 1015, and died at Portsmouth, R. I., in 1678. He was at Portsmouth as early as 1654, and was admitted a freeman of the colony from Ports- month. He married, in 1642, in Portsmouth, Susannah Wright, born in 1620. Among their children was Rich- ard, of whom further.

(III) Richard (3) Pearse, son of Richard (2) Pearse, was born in Portsmouth, R. I., October 3, 1643, and died in Bristol, R. I., July 19, 1720. He was a freeman of the colony of Portsmouth, in May, 1603. He married Experience -, and among their children was Rich- ard, of whom further.

(IV) Richard (4) Pearse, son of Richard (3) Pearse, was a resident of Bristol, R. I. He married (first) Sarah -, and ( second) May 22, 1723, Susannah Lawton, born April 3, 1689, daughter of Isaac and Eliz- abeth (Tallman) Lawton. Mr. Pearse died October 28, 1744. His widow married (second) in September, 1746, John Burden, of Portsmouth. Among his chil- dren was Nathaniel, of whom further.

(V) Nathaniel Pearse, son of Richard (4) Pearse, was born in Bristol, R. I., November 23, 1708, and re- sided in that town. He married, April 6, 1732. Mary

Lindsay, and among their children was Richard, c whom further.

(VI) Captain Richard (5) Pearse, son of Nathanit Pearse, was born in Bristol, R. I., January 15, 173; and died in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1809. He married about 1760, Phebe Munro, born in Bristol, R. I., Juni 16, 1743, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Jolls Munro. Among their children was Robert, of whor! further.

(VII) Robert Pearse, son of Captain Richard (5 Pearse, was born in Bristol, R. I., July 18, 1777, and died in Rehoboth, Mass., January 3, 1832. He married May 3, 1798, Lydia Blanding, born February 22, 1778 in Rehoboth, died December 17, 1833. daughter of Wil liam and Lydia (Ormsby) Blanding. Among thei children was Robert Munro, of whom further.

(VIII) Robert Munro Pearse, son of Robert Pearse was born in Rehoboth, Mass., October 27, 1803, and died in Providence, R. I. He married Lucy Carpente Blanding, born May 23, 1813, in Rehoboth, daughter of Christopher and Mary (Lawton) Blanding. Amon; their children was Robert R., of whom further.

(IX) Robert R. Pearse, son of Robert Munro Pearsel was born in Seekonk, Mass. ( which became East Provi dence), December 14. 1841, and died there, Decem ber 4, 1900. He married, June 3, 1869, Ruth Anne Kent a native of East Providence, daughter of Isaac B. and Hannah R. (Kent) Kent. They were the parents o Annie Richmond Pearse, aforementioned as the wife o Dr. Elmer E. Moore, and Mary, wife of Dr. Edward Gledhill, a well-known dentist of Providence.

(The Kent Line).

For two hundred and twenty-five years the Kents o the section of country now embraced in Rehoboth and Swansea, Mass., and East Providence and Barrington R. I., have been a continuous family, and one among the honorable and highly respected families of that section Back in Old England the Kents were an ancient family their history reaching back to the year 1295, and possi bly earlier, but in that year they were residents of Sher beck. Various branches of the family had coats-of arms, many of which are of record. In this country the name is now numerous, and most honorably connected with American history. From our colleges have gradu. ated many of the name, a number have risen to the gubernatorial chair in different commonwealths, while many are represented in the learned professions. The family, too, has been fully and ably represented in the several wars of this country, a number being high ir command.

(I) Joseph Kent appears in Dedham, Mass., in 1645 whither he came from England. Later he appears at Block Island, and still later was at Swansea, Mass., of which town he was admitted an inhabitant, December 15, 1673. He married, in 1663, Susanna George, and among their children was Samuel, of whom further.

(II) Samuel Kent, son of Joseph Kent, born in 1668, married Desire Cushman, born in 1673, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Howland) Cushman, and grand- daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, both passengers of the "Mayflower." Their only son was Josiah, of whom further.

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(III) Josiah Kent, son of Samuel Kent, born Sep- mber 9, 1705, married. September 4, 1730, Alethea ullock, born April 4. 1712, daughter of Samuel and nna (Salisbury) Bullock. Among their children was siah, of whom further.

(IV) Josiah (2) Kent, son of Josiah (1) Kent, was orn April 8, 1741. He was a patriot of the Revolution. e is referred to as of Rehoboth and of Rhode Island. e married, April 16, 1767, Elizabeth Bullock, of Reho- th, who died August 2, 1781. Among their children as Josiah, of whom further.

(V) Josiah (3) Kent, son of Josiah (2) Kent, was orn in June, 1771. He married, July 5, 1795, Patty rown, daughter of Isaac Brown, and among their chil- ren was Isaac Brown, of whom further.

(VI) Isaac Brown Kent, son of Josiah (3) Kent, was rn July 3. 1812, and resided in Seekonk. R. I., now nown as East Providence, where he died May 8, 1885. [e engaged in general farming, conducting his opera- ons on the homestead, which he inherited at his father's eath, which embraced about one hundred acres, to which he added from time to time, until the estate in- luded over two hundred acres. He was a regular ttendant and supporter of Newman Congregational Church of East Providence. He married, April 20, 1837, Iannah R. Kent, daughter of Alfred Kent, of Seekonk, randdaughter of Joseph Kunt and great-granddaugh- er of Samuel Kent. Among their children was Ruth Anne, abovementioned as the wife of Robert R. Pearse.

JOHN S. PAIGE, deceased, former manager of the actory stores of the firm of B. B. & R. Knight. a well- nown figure in mercantile and manufacturing circles n the city of Providence for many years, was born in Cast Taunton, Mass., June 6, 1843, the sch of John B. nd Susannah (Cain) Paigc. The Paige coat-of-arms s as follows :

Arms-Or a fesse dancettée between three martiets zure within a bordure engrafled or the last, charged with eight bezants.

Crest-A demi-griffin holding a ducal coronet.

John S. Paige's early education was fragmentary, but was supplied in later life by wide reading, close obser- ation and study. At the age of eighteen years he went o Vermont, where he spent several years in various positions. In 1869 he came to Greene, R. 1., and man- aged a store. In 1871 he had charge of A. & W. Sprague's store at Quidneck, R. I. In April, 1873. Mr. Paige came to Providence to become overseer of the factory stores of the firm of A. & W. Sprague. In 1874, after the failure of this firm, he became connected with the B. B. & R. Knight Company, and in 1876 was manager and purchasing agent for the factory stores of this firm. The entire management of these stores, finally twelve in number, the purchasing of all the merchandise and the hiring of help were under the dirction of Mr. Paige. He was an able executive and organizer, and it was largely through his efforts that the stores were suc- cessfully developed. He was highly respected in busi- ness and mercantile circles, not only for his ability but for the strict integrity and unswerving honesty which characterized all his transactions. Mr. Paige was a member of the Masonic order in early life. He was a

Republican in political affiliation, and a member of the Beneficent Congregational Church of Providence for many years, at one time a member of the standing committee. He was a man of simple democratic tastes, essentially a home-lover.

Mr. Paige married (first ) Hattie E. Richmond, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Richmond, of Mid- dleboro, Mass., in 1866. She died in 1881. In 1883 Mr. Paige married (second) in Portsmouth, R. I., Anna MI. Burrington, of Providence, daughter of the late Henry Hudson and Eliza M. (Wadsworth) Burrington, of Providence, and a member of the old Portsmouth fam- ily of the name. ( See Burrington \'). Mrs. Paige sur- vives her husband, and resides at No. 221 Hanover street. Providence. John S. Paige died at his home in Providence, October 17, 1913, aged seventy years, four months, eleven days.

(The Burrington Line).

The Burrington family in America dates from the year 16;1. when the name of William Burrington, the immigrant ancestor and progenitor, appears for the first time on the records of the town of Portsmouth, in the Rhode Island Colony. It has been continuous in Rhode Island since that date, and though numerically small. it has played a prominent part in the life and affairs of the town of Portsmouth. The line herein under consideration is that of the late Henry Hudson Berrington, of Providence, a member of the early Ports- mouth family, and a prominent druggist in the middle of the past century.

(I) William Burrington, immigrant ancestor and founder, was born in 1037. He settled in Portsmouth, R. 1 .. where in 16;1 he was admitted a freeman. On February 21, 16;3, h b ught of Henry Lake, of Dart- mouth, two acres in Portsm uth, and on June 14, 10)7. he bought of William Durfee and his wife, Ann. ten acres. Little beyond these facts is known of his life. It is evident, however, that he was a man of some position in the community. for his daughters married into the Brown, Lawton and Robinson families. Wil- liam Burrington married Jane who died in 1725. He died December 3. 1720, and his will, dated March 12, 1;25, was prived December 8, following his death.

(11) Roger Burringten, son of William and Jane Burrington, was born in Portsmouth. R. I. In 1,24 he became a freeman. He married. April 29. 1714. Eliz- abeth Sheriff, who was born November 16, 1603, and died in 1750, daughter of John and Jane (Havens) Sheriff. Roger Burrington died in 1764, and his will, dated September 23. 1750, was proved April 9. 1764. He was a very large landowner, and a man of consider- able wealth according to the standards of the day. Hc was prominent in the community, although he remained outside public life. The inventory of his cstate was valued at €4.051. (s. 11d.

(111) William (2) Burrington, son of Roger and Elizabeth (Sheriff ) Burringt n. was born in Ports- mouth, R. I., December 18. 1731. He resided there all his life. following agricultural pursuits. He inherited from his father all the housing and lands which the latter owned in Portsmouth, and all his stock and household goods except that which was left to the

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widow. He was charged with the payment of the legacies. William (2) Burrington married Sarah - . (IV) John Burrington, son of William (2) and Sarah Barrington, was born in Portsmouth, R. 1., September 14, 1757, and resided there all his life, a prosperous farmer and well-known citizen, and for many years an active and prominent member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He was married, in Portsmonth, October 24, 1816, by Rev. John Lindsley, to Eliza P. Munro, John Burrington followed the sea for a short period in early life, and served in the War of 1812, and in 1813 and 1815 as captain of Portsmouth Infantry. Later in life he conducted a store in Portsmouth, and was postmaster in 1818.

(V) Henry Hudson Barrington, son of John and Eliza P. (Munro) Barrington, was born in Ports- mouth, R. I., July 20, 1817. At an early age he removed to Providence, where he subsequently established a drug business. Mr. Burrington was located on North Main street for thirty-five years, during which time he be- came one of the best known druggists in the city of Providence. He held office as city councilman for one term, as alderman two terms, and served on the school committee about twenty years.

Mr. Burrington married Eliza Mott Wadsworth, daughter of the late Dr. John A. Wadsworth, of Provi- dence, and Elizabeth (Mott) Wadsworth, of Ports- mouth, R. I. Mr. Burrington received his first training in the drug business under Dr. Wadsworth. He later purchased the drug store of Dr. Wadsworthi, who from that time until his death devoted his time solely to his large practice. Dr. Wadsworth was a talented physician and surgeon and a deep student of many branches of medical science. He introduced many new methods which proved signally successful. Mr. Burrington was for many years a member of Grace Church. Mr. and Mrs. Burrington were the parents of two children: I. Anna M., who became the wife of the late John S. Paige, mentioned above. 2. Bianca Burrington. Henry Hud- son Burrington died at his home in Providence, R. I., October 19, 1884.

GEORGE MINOT BAILEY, M. D .- It was in the year 1890 that Dr. Bailey, then a youth of eigh- teen, came to Providence, R. I., a locality from which his maternal ancestors, the Streeters, had taken their departure from New Hampshire two centuries before. He is a son of George Minot (1) and Philinda (Streeter) Bailey, both the Baileys and Streeters early New England families, finally settling in New Hampshire. George Minot (1) Bailey died at Lis- bon, N. H., six weeks before the birth of his son and namesake, his widow yet surviving him (1918), and resides in Denver, Colo. George Minot (2) Bailey was born at Lisbon, N. H., June 26, 1872. The Street- ers, the mother's family, had taken up a Government grant of land in that region, and being usually farm- ers much of this land remained in the family name. A school near Lisbon was known as the Streeter school, and there the lad received his first instruction. He completed the courses of that school, going thence to Dow Academy, a preparatory, but he was obliged to leave during his senior year. He spent a short time at Dartmouth College, taking the classical course,

then changed his plans, left college, came to Provi- dence, R. I., and spent four years as a drug clerk, this being in accordance with the plan he had formed, to become a physician. During those years he read medicine all the time he could spare, carefully watch- ing his finances in order that the necessary funds might be forthcoming when needed. In 1894 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bal- timore, Md., there pursned a four years' course, and in 1898 was graduated M. D. During six months of this term he was interne in the City Hospital, Balti- more. He began practice in Providence, R. I., July 1, 1898, and as general physician and surgeon has won high and honorable standing during the twenty years which have since intervened. His practice is very large and is conducted from his office, No. 220 Howard building. His success is a distinct personal triumph, as he completely exhausted his resources in accomplishing his professional education, and was almost penniless when beginning practice in Provi- dence. Withont the advantages of wealth, position or influence, he has won his way to high position in a profession not lacking in able men, and with that posi- tion has come the material reward which accompanies professional success. A student always, Dr. Bailey uncovered in his life a ready taste for the intricacies of the law, and in the midst of the duties of a suc- cessful physician he has found time to complete a full course of legal study at Lincoln-Jefferson University, and in 1910 was awarded the degree of LL. B. He is a member of the Rhode Island Medical Legal Society, and is a Republican in politics.

Dr. Bailey married, October 31, 1900, Louise Rus- sell, of Saugerties, N. Y., and they are the parents of a danghter, Mildred Russell, born November 15, 1902.

THE L. B. DARLING FERTILIZER COM- PANY-This business was established in a small way at Mineral Springs, R. I., but that small plant was an abattoir in which every part of an animal was converted into a merchantable product. The founder. Lucius B. Darling, thoroughly understood his busi- ness, and as he prospered enlarged the plant. As it grew a perfect system of operation grew apace, and waste was absolutely eliminated; methods fully tested and proven were introduced for handling the products of the plant, several of which were entirely new. The marketable meat was sold to dealers, lard was ren- dered, tripe prepared, refuse converted in fertilizer and everything made to contribute its share to the gross income. The manufacture of fertilizer provec more profitable than the other products, and after a few years that became the sole business. In 1874 Lucius B. Darling admitted his brother, Lyman M Darling, to a partnership, trading as L. B. Darling & Company. In 1881 the two sons of the founder Ira C. and Lucius B. (2) Darling, were admitted, anc the same year a branch house was established in Chi- cago, Ill., under the firm name of the Ira C. Darling Company. This branch was established for the vari- ous kinds of rendering, slaughter house and marke refuse. In 1891 Ira C. Darling died, and the busines: in Chicago was then incorporated as Darling & Com-

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pany, and has since passed to other stockholders. The Pawtucket business was incorporated in March, :884, as the L. B. Darling Fertilizer Company, the plant now being very extensive. Later the company was absorbed by the American Agricultural Chemical Company, that corporation in 1903 selling out to the consolidated Rendering Company, a Boston corpora- tion which has operated the plant as a branch of their Boston business. Tallow rendering in the varied branches, the manufacture of oils and the base of oleo, fertilizers, and poultry foods, now constitute the pro- ducts, the company also being heavy buyers of hides, skins, wool and fur of small animals. During the coal shortage, in the winter of 1917-18, the plant was allowed to operate without coal restriction.

FRANK R. AMES-During all the changes of name and ownership through which the L. B. Darling Fertilizer Company has passed during the past thirty years, Frank R. Ames, the present manager, has been associated with the plant, although until 1900 his con- nection was as a salesman in Providence, and "on the road." He is a son of Robert N. and Rosamond A. (Luther) Ames, his father a sea captain all his life, which terminated in a collision off Cape Cod, a blind- ing snowstorm preventing the colliding vessels from seeing or hearing each other. The body of Captain Ames was recovered, and he was laid beside his wife in Warren, R. I.

Frank R. Ames was born in Warren, R. I., Febru- ary 23, 1857, and there attended public schools until 1870, when he became clerk in the bookstore of the Tillinghast & Mason Company, in Providence. He remained four years with that company, then until 1888 he was employed in a market in Providence, but had greatly added to his educational equipment dur- ing those years by study and reading. His next posi- tion was with the L. B. Darling Fertilizer Company, as salesman, until the year 1900. From that time until the death of L. M. Darling, in 1902, Mr. Ames was assistant in the management of the plant, and the same year was appointed manager, his present posi- tion. He is a past master of Union Lodge, No. 10, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pawtucket, holding the office at the time the lodge celebrated its one- hundredth anniversary; is a member of Pawtucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Holy Sepulchre Commandery, Knights Templar.

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The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, V. IV, Part 53

Author: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925. cn Publication date: 1920 Publisher: New York, The American Historical Society Number of Pages: 978

Author: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925. cn
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: New York, The American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 978