Trails to the Past

Kent County, Rhode Island Biographies

Personal Paragraphs of West Greenwich

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Source: The History of Washington & Kent Counties
Written by J. R. Cole published in 1889 by W. W. Preston & Co.

Andrew B. Stone, son of Charles A. and grandson of Charles Stone, was born in 1889 in Exeter. He is a farmer in the western part of the town, where he has lived several years. He was married in 1873 to Ellen A., daughter of Daniel H. Park, of Connecticut. They have two children : Frank E. and Edna E.

Edward A. Tarbox, son of Fones W., and grandson of Joseph Tarbox, was born in 1838 in West Greenwich. He is a farmer, occupying the homestead of his father and grandfather. The house where he lives was built by Joseph Tarbox in 1815. Mr. Tarbox was married in 1871 to Susan Cleveland. They have two children-Alphonso and Bertha.

Horace Tarbox, son of Fones W , was born in 1830 in West Greenwich. He has been a mill operative, has worked at the jeweler's trade some, and has been a farmer in Warwick. He now owns a farm in Exeter. He was married in 1850 to Adaline A. Mitchell. She died in 1885. They have lost six children  Evangeline E., Louisa A., Job, Nelson, Horace, Jr., and Hassam. There are four living: Adaline A., Benjamin, Hulda T. and Ella M.

Benjamin Tillinghast, born in 1817, is a son of Judge Benjamin, grandson of Captain John, and great-grandson of Thomas whose father, John, is supposed to have been a son of Philip who was a son of Elder Pardon Tillinghast. Mr. Tillinghast has taught school some thirty terms. He has been a farmer for several years, and has been postmaster at Escoheag since November, 1868. He has been a member of the town council four years in succession and assessor of taxes. He was married in 1841 to Mary Lewis. They have two children-Francis A., a physician, and Agnes, who is now Mrs. Charles E. Hutchinson.

L. A. Tillinghast was born at the Ladd farm in West Greenwich in 1848. In 1851 his father Daniel Tillinghast bought the Silas Waite place, which L. A. Tillinghast now owns. He has purchased adjoining lands and now has a country seat in West Greenwich of 800 acres, where he is making elaborate improvements. He went to Providence in 1868 and since 1874 has carried on an extensive business as confectioner and caterer at 231 Westminster street . Providence , R. I.

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