DAVIS, John William, retired merchant, and Governor of Rhode Island in 1887 and 1890, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., March 7, 1826, son of John and Nancy (Davis) Davis. He comes of old New England ancestry. On his paternal side he is a descendant in the seventh generation from James Davis, who came with a family from Marlboro, Wiltshire, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1630, was admitted a freeman in Newbury in 1634 and in 1640 was one of the twelve original settlers of Haverhill, of which town he was chosen to the first board of Selectmen and was the largest individual tax payer for many years. The line of descent is James and James, Jr. (both from England), Elisha and Daniel (born in Haverhill), Daniel, Jr., and Daniel, 3rd (of Swansea), and John and John W. of Rehoboth. On the maternal side he is a descendant in the fifth generation from John Davis, who came from London, England, to Newport, R. L, about 1678, where he built a house, which was occupied by the General Assembly as the place of its sessions and made practically the Province House from 1682 to 1691, when the first public Colony House was built. This ancestor's descend-ants of the third generation, having identified themselves with the Revolutionary party were obliged, as were hundreds of others, to leave Newport, upon its occupation by the British in December, 1776, and came up to Rehoboth, Mass., and settled there. Mr. Davis received his early education in the public schools of Rehoboth and at a private school in Pawtucket. He was brought up, as all his paternal ancestors were, to the business of farming, until he was eighteen years of age, when he apprenticed himself to the trade of a mason in Providence, teaching public schools in the country during the winters. Having completed his apprenticeship of three seasons, he traveled as a journeyman, working at his trade in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Louisiana from 1847 until 1850, when he went into mercantile business in Providence, which he continued until 1890, and which by industry and prudence through all the vicissitudes of forty years he successfully maintained. True to his ancestral instincts, and in line with his mercantile business (the grain and provision trade), he has always taken a deep interest in agriculture and carried on an extensive farming business in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, still owning and being largely interested in farm lands and plantations in the Western states, in Manitoba and in the Island of San Domingo, to all of which he habitually gives much thought and attention. Having removed his residence from Providence to Pawtucket in 1877, he was there chosen to his first public office, that of Town Councilman, and President of the Board, in 1882, and again in 1885. In 1885 he was elected a State Senator, re-elected in 1886 and again in 1893. In October 1886 he was appointed by President Cleveland Appraiser of Foreign Merchandise for the Providence United States Customs District. In 1887 he was elected Governor of Rhode Island by the Democratic party, aided by a large independent vote, and was for five consecutive years the candidate of his party for that office, receiving in four of the five, the last three successively, the majority vote, though owing to the then law requiring a majority of all the votes cast, to elect by the people, he was but twice seated in office, viz.: in 1887, by a majority of all the votes, and again in 1890, by choice of the General Assembly. The most notable events of his gubernatorial service were an investigation and reform in prison discipline and management; the adoption of an amendment to the state constitution, extending the elective franchise to all citizens upon uniform qualifications, as a right, instead of a privilege as theretofore held to especial classes, and thus amicably concluding a long and bitter partisan controversy of more than fifty years of acrimonious debate with threatened insurrection; the adoption of a ballot reform law and the establishment of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Kingston (which was chartered upon his special recommendation) were also substantially outcomes of his administrations. At present Mr. Davis is employed in the care of various fiduciary interests for himself and others, and engaged in several business enterprises which serve to keep him in active life, and abreast with the state's progressive citizens. His residence is in the suburbs of Pawtucket, and his family, a wife and two daughters, are well known in social circles. Biographie Index
DUBOIS, Edward Church, Attorney General of Rhode Island, was born in London, England, during the temporary absence of his parents from the United States, January 12, 1848, the son of Edward Church and Emma (Davison) Dubois. His paternal grandfather, Edward Church of Kentucky, was Consul at L'Orient, France, and his grandmother was Marie Dubois of Paris. On his mother's side he is descended from the English families of Davison and Moore. In 1857 his father had his name and that of his family changed from Church to Dubois. He was a distinguished teacher and lecturer, and the author of several text-books: Church's " French Spoken," Dubois' " Method of Teaching French," a book called " Blunders," and the edition of " Le Petit Courier" published in Boston. The subject of the present sketch received his early education at Russell's Military Academy, New Haven, Conn., the Pawtucket, R. I., High School, and the Friends' Academy, New Bedford, Mass. After graduation he was employed by Thomas Otis, apothecary of New Bedford, for a year, and then went on a short whaling voyage in Jonathan Bourne's Barque Andrews. After his return he renewed his engagement with Mr. Otis, and then was engaged by Corlies, Piatt & Metcalf, wholesale druggists, and by William E. Clarke, apothecary, of Providence. He determined to adopt the law as his profession, and went to Boston, where he studied in the office of Hon. Charles J. Noyes. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in Boston, March 19, 1870, to the United States Circuit Court bar in Boston, May 15, 1877, and to the bar of the Rhode Island Supreme Court December 15, 1877. After his admission to the bar he remained in the office of Mr. Noyes until 1871, when he went to Haverhill, Mass., to take charge of the latter's office there. In 1872 he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Noyes under the firm name of Noyes & Dubois. In September 1872 he was appointed Clerk of the Police Court in Haverhill, and resigned his position in November 1877 to remove to Providence and practice law in Rhode Island. Mr. Dubois removed to East Providence in 1878 and has since resided there. He was elected Town Solicitor and has held the office for most of the time since. He served as State Senator from East Providence from 1883 to 1885. He was elected Attorney General of Rhode Island in 1894 and re-elected in 1895. In politics he is a Republican. He married, February 24, 1872, Miss Jennie Roberts of West Gardiner, Maine, daughter of Henry and Mary J. (Potter) Roberts. They have had three children, girls : the first died shortly after birth : the second was Blanche Emma Roberts, since deceased ; and Desiree Jennie Dubois, born April 5, 1877. Biographie Index
FARNSWORTH, John Prescott, Treasurer and Agent of the Providence Dyeing, Bleaching and Calendering Company, was born in Pawtucket, Mass. (now Rhode Island), February 18, 1860, son of Claudius Buchanan and Marianna (Mclntire) Farnsworth. There have been seven generations of the Farnsworth family in New England, principally-settled in northern Massachusetts. His great-grand-father fought at Bunker Hill, and was a cousin of Colonel Prescott, who commanded. His near ancestors were mostly farmers, living in Groton, Mass. He received his early education at a private school in Pawtucket, until the age of thirteen, and in the next four years prepared for college at Rev. C. H. Wheeler's school in Providence. He then pursued the regular course at Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1881 with the Degree of A. B. In July of that year he entered the bleachery of the Lonsdale Company as clerk, and remained there in various capacities until January 1885, at which time he was serving as Assistant Superintendent, and resigned to superintend the rebuilding of the Great Falls Company's bleachery at Great Falls, N. H. He severed this connection in July 1885 to accept the position of Agent of the Providence Dyeing, Bleaching and Calendering Company, of which corporation he became Treasurer in 1890. Since becoming the executive head of this large manufacturing establishment he has rebuilt the works of the company, adding six new buildings to the plant, increasing its output over four hundred per cent. Mr. Farnsworth is a member of the A. E. Club of Providence, the Providence Athletic Association, the Churchman's Club of Rhode Island and the Arkwright Club of New York, and has been Secretary of the Harvard Club of Rhode Island from 1889 to the present time. In politics he is a Republican, and was a member of the Republican City Committee in 1890-92. He was married, November 25, 1885, to Miss Margaret Cochran Barbour, by whom he has three children : John Prescott, born February 8, 1888; William Barbour, born September 7, 1892 ; and Claudius Ralph Farnsworth, born March 25, 1895. Biographie Index
FOLSOM, Fred William, sail-maker, Providence, is a native of Wiscasset, Maine, born April 16, 1848, son of Samuel C. and Ann E. (Dammon) Folsom. His ancestry on both sides were among the early pioneers in Maine, on his father's side settlers in Starks; on his mother's side he is a descendant of the Newburys of Newburyport, Mass., who went to Maine in 1765. His educational advantages were confined to the district school of his native town. After working more or less in the lumber mills of Wiscasset, at the age of seventeen he apprenticed himself to John Topham and learned the business of sail making. In 1871 he came to Providence and went to work at his trade for George S. Dow. After serving in this connection for quite a long term of years, in 1884 he bought a half interest with Albert Jillson, and upon the latter's death, which occurred early in 1894, he assumed the control and management of the business, under the firm name of Fred W. Folsom & Company. They have lately removed from the old stand in South Water street to new and commodious quarters at 108 Dyer street, where they now have one of the largest and best equipped establishments for the manufacture of sails, awnings, tents, canopies, etc., in the state. Mr. Folsom is prominently connected with various fraternal orders, being Past Grand of Eagle Lodge No. 2 I. O. O. F., Past Chief Patriarch of Moshassuck Encampment No. 2 I. O. O. F., Past Councilor of Narragansett Council No. 2 Order of United American Mechanics, and Past Commander Canton IV, S. Johnson No. 1 1.O. O. F. Besides the above named, he is a member of Providence Lodge No. 17 Knights of Pythias, the Rhode Island Yacht Club, and the Ninety-two Club of Boston. He is a Republican in politics. He was married, January 8, 1887, to Miss Dora A. Whitmarsh; they have no children. Biographie Index
GORTON, William Arthur, M. D., Superintendent of the Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, was born in North Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., June 21, 1854, son of Tillinghast and Adaline M. (Rice) Gorton. He is descended on the paternal side from Samuel Gorton, one of the early settlers of Rhode Island, and on the maternal side from the Wight family, prominent among the early residents of Massachusetts. His education was acquired in the public and in private schools. He completed a classical and scientific course in Whitestown Seminary, Whitestown, N. Y., graduating in 1873, and entered the Medical Department of the University of the city of New York in 1874, from which he was graduated in 1876, having completed two full courses of lectures, an intermediate course and a course of instruction by Dr. J. E. Winters of New York city. In April 1876 he entered Bellevue Hospital in New York city, and after serving the regulation period of eighteen months in that institution went to Cooperstown, N. Y., and commenced practice in partnership with Dr. L. H. Hills, now of Binghamton. A few months later he was offered a position in the New York State Asylum for Insane Criminals, which he accepted in June 1878. In January 1882 he was appointed Assistant Physician to the Danvers Lunatic Hospital, Danvers, Mass., of which institution he was chosen Superintendent in 1886. He resigned in May 1888 to become Superintendent of the Butler Hospital, Providence, which position he holds at the present time. Dr. Gorton deems it the chief honor of his professional career that he has been chosen to succeed such men as Isaac Ray, John W. Sanger and William B. Goldsmith at the Butler Hospital. The last named was his intimate associate and warm friend; and he is mindful of the great benefits he derived from this association, while the many important plans for the development of the Butler Hospital that were devised by Dr. Goldsmith, he has endeavored to further promote and carry out. Of Dr. Gorton's noted work at the Butler Hospital the least that can be said is that he has endeavored to maintain the high standard of the institution established by his predecessors. Dr. Gorton is a member and first Vice-President of the Rhode Island Medical Society, and a member of the American and the Boston medico-psychological associations. He is also a member of the St. Botolph Club of Boston, and of the Providence Athletic Association. He was married, June 8, 1877, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Langley of Danvers, Mass.; they have had four children: Mary Putnam (deceased), Janet Langley, Miriam Rogers and William Tillinghast Gorton. Biographie Index
GRINNELL, Frederick, President of the General Fire Extinguisher Company, and inventor of the Grinnell Automatic Fire Extinguisher, was born August 14, 1836, in New Bedford, Mass., the son of Lawrence and Rebecca Smith (Williams) Grinnell. The Grinnells were French Huguenots, who came to this country in 1632 and settled near Newport, R. I. They intermarried with the well-known families of Williams, Smith, Ricketson, Tallman, Russell and Howland, all of whom were among the first settlers of New England and distinguished in its history and social and business life. This portion of the ancestry of Mr. Grinnell is all of English descent. He received his early education in the Friends' Academy of New-Bedford, Mass. He adopted civil engineering as a profession and studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1855. commenced his practical work as draughtsman together with shop practice at the Jersey City Locomotive Works in the fall of that year. In the summer of 1858 he was assistant engineer in the construction of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, now a part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. He returned to the Jersey City Locomotive Works and remained until 1860, when he entered the employ of the Corliss Steam Engine Company, Providence, as draughtsman, and was soon after elected Treasurer of the Company. He acted as Superintendent of the Works, and during the war went on three trips on the steamer Blackstone, because of his familiarity with the construction of the engines designed by Mr. Corliss. One of their trips was in search of the line-of-battle ship Vermont, which had been given up for lost. In January 1865 he accepted the appointment of manager of the Jersey City Locomotive Works, then leased by the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Company. In the fall of the same year he was appointed superintendent of motive power and machinery of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. Previous to taking this position he spent three months in visiting and studying the large mechanical establishments of England and Scotland.
He remained in the employ of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Company until 1869, when he purchased an interest in the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Company, of which he has since been the President, Business Manager and Mechanical Engineer. The corporation has done a very large business in equipping manufacturing establishments with steam-heating apparatus, gas works for lighting them, and in providing them with automatic fire-extinguishers. It is in this last department in which Mr. Grinnell has accomplished a work of original genius of the utmost practical importance, and which has made his name known all over the civilized world. He became attracted by an invention of Henry Parmelee of New Haven, of an automatic fire extinguisher exhibited in 1874. In 1878 the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Company began the manufacture of fire extinguishers under an arrangement with Mr. Parmelee. Since that time Mr. Grinnell has so improved and perfected them that he has completely revolutionized the system of fire protection in manufacturing establishments through-out the world. He has solved the problem of automatic fire extinguishing in buildings so high as to be above water service, and when water would freeze in the pipes, by a system of air pipes and force pumps acting automatically. The apparatus has been very generally introduced not only in this country but in Europe, India, and Australia. improvements in the apparatus include some forty patented devices. The work has received the endorsement of all the principal fire insurance companies, and has resulted in a reduction in the rates of insurance for manufacturing establishments of from thirty to fifty percent and in other buildings of twenty-five percent. He is President of the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Company and of the General Fire Extinguisher Company, and a Director of the National Bank of Commerce of Providence, the Mechanics National Bank of New Bedford, the Grinnell Manufacturing Company of Pawtucket, and the Wamsutta Mills of New Bedford. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Hope Club, and the New York and Eastern yacht clubs. He is an enthusiastic yachtsman and spends his brief vacations in that recreation. In politics he is a Republican. He voted first for Abraham Lincoln, and for every Republican Presidential candidate since. He married, October 15, 1865, Miss Alice Brayton Almy, daughter of William Almy of New Bedford, who died January 5, 1871: they had two children: Lawrence and Alice Almy Grinnell. He married, February 17, 1894, Miss Mary Brayton Page, daughter of John H. W. Page of Boston; they have five children : Russell, Lydia, Frederick, Lawrence and Francis B. Grinnell. Biographie Index
HARRIS, William Andrew, builder of the Harris-Corliss Steam Engines, Providence, was born in South Woodstock, Conn., March 2, 1835, son of Elisha and Mazy Ann (Winsor) Harris. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of William Harris who came to Rhode Island with Roger Williams. His early education was acquired in the public schools, supplemented by a term at boarding school in South Wiliiamstown, Mass., in the summer of 1851. He spent the three years from 1852 to 1855 as clerk in the Union Bank of Providence, and early in the latter year entered into the employ of the Providence Forge and Nut Company (now the Rhode Island Tool Company) as draftsman. In April 1856 he entered the drafting room of Corliss & Nightingale, afterwards the Corliss Steam Engine Company, remaining till August 1864, when he commenced business on his own account, on Eddy street, in what was, in Dorr times, Governor Dorr's headquarters. In November 1868 he removed to a new location on Park street, where he has continued building the Harris-Corliss Engine to the present time. Mr. Harris has represented his ward in the City Council, and was a member of the House in the State Legislature for the four years 1883-86 inclusive. He is a Republican in politics. He has recently resigned from the Commercial Club, of which he was a member nearly fifteen years, and also from the Pomham Club, Advance Club and the Providence Business Men's Association. He was married, September 8,1859, to Miss Eleanor Frances Morrill, who died October 28, 1895, leaving two children: Frederick A. W., born August 22, 1864, and William A. Harris, Jr., born June 22, 1872. Biographie Index
HARKINS, Matthew, Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence, was born in Boston, Mass., November 17,1845, the son of Patrick and Margaret (Kranitch) Harkins. He is of Irish ancestry. He received his early education in the public schools of Boston, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., and St. Edmunds College, Douai, France, from which he graduated in 1864. He received his training for the priesthood in the Seminary of St. Sulpice of Paris and the Gregorian University of Rome. He served as assistant pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception of Salem, Mass., from 1870 to 1876. He was pastor of St. Malachi's church of Arlington, Mass., from 1876 to 1884, and of St. James' church of Boston from 1884 to 1887. He was appointed Bishop of Providence in 1887, and has since administered the affairs of that diocese. Biographie Index
HAYWARD, William Salisbury, Mayor of the city of Providence for three terms, 1881-83, was born in Foster, R. I., February 26, 1835. In 1847, at the age of twelve, he went to Old Warwick, R. I., where he engaged in farming, attending the district school during the winter months. Removing to Providence, his present home, in 1851, he obtained employment in a bakery establishment and followed that occupation until 1858, when he purchased an interest with Rice & Hayward, biscuit manufacturers. In 1863 Mr. Hayward bought the entire interest of the firm, and continued in business alone until 1865, when Mr. Fitz-James Rice again became his partner, which co-partnership has existed until the present time. His fellow-citizens were not long in recognizing the qualities that were chiefly instrumental in making his establishment one of the large and prosperous industries of the city, and in consequence he was called upon to fill many positions of honor and public trust. In 1872 he was elected to the Common Council, and was annually re-elected until 1876. During his terms of office in this branch of the city government he served on many important committees, acting as chairman of the committees on fire department, public parks, etc. In 1876 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen, was chosen President of that body in 1878 and served in that capacity three years, and in 1880 he was elected Mayor, succeeding Hon. Thomas A. Doyle. He brought to the administration of the Mayor's office the ripe experience of a long training in the two legislative branches of the city government, as well as the enterprising spirit and sound judgment which had characterized his business career; and that he filled the executive office to the satisfaction of the community is evidenced by the commendatory terms in which his chief magistracy was referred to, both in editorial utterances and reports of public addresses, by the press of that period. After serving as Mayor three terms he declined a re-nomination, and ex-Mayor Doyle again succeeded to the office. Mr. Hayward has always been, in private as well as public capacity, a supporter and earnest promoter of all measures for the benefit of the city and people, and has contributed much of his time and means to the furtherance thereof. Besides his extensive private business interests, Mr. Hayward is President of the Union Trust Company, a Director in the National Eagle Bank and the Citizens' Savings Bank, and a member of the Sinking Funds Commission of the city of Providence. He was elected Representative to the State Legislature in 1885 and re-elected in 1886, and was appointed a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections by Governor Bourne in 1884, to which office he was re-appointed by Governor Wetmore in 1886. He served five years as Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Repairs of the last named Board, during which time many new and important buildings were erected at the various state institutions, notably the new alms-house, a structure seven hundred and thirty feet in length, with accommodations for four hundred people. Mr. Hayward is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Providence Light Infantry, Franklin Lyceum, Squantum Club and various other societies and organizations. He was married, November 9, 1859, to Miss Lucy Maria Rice, daughter of Fitz-James Rice, Esq., of Providence. Biographie Index
HAYES, Charles, M. D., was born in that part of Berwick now known as North Berwick, Maine, March 7, 1840, and died in Providence, R. I., June 8, 1894. He was the fifth child of Elijah and Jane (Hayes) Hayes. His ancestors came to this country from Scotland early in the seventeenth century. The family in Berwick dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century, and the subject of this sketch was of the third generation born on the farm which is still in possession of the family. His education began in the little country schoolhouse of the district where he was born. When older he was a student at Berwick Academy, South Berwick, and later at Phillips Exeter Academy. An injury in early youth reduced him to the use of crutches, and precluded regular study and out-of-doors sports for a long period. This finally resulted in necrosis of the tibia, from which he suffered many years, the last piece of diseased bone being removed by himself in the ordinary method with knife and forceps when serving in the army thirteen years after the accident which occasioned his misfortune. Through the kindness of an uncle, Dr. Jacob Hayes, then a practitioner in Charlestown, Mass., he received the best surgical skill and advice that Boston afforded, and to the suggestion of this uncle was due his choice of the medical profession as his life-work. With this end in view, and his preparatory course finished, he entered Bowdoin Medical School at Brunswick, Me., and subsequently became a student at Dartmouth Medical College where he pursued his studies to graduation. This however was not without interruption. The Civil War was in progress, and young Hayes was anxious to enlist but his physical condition made that impossible. Later came a call for medical assistants in the hospitals and that was his opportunity. No physical examination was required, and November 1862 found him on duty in Washington at Carver Barracks General Hospital. Here he at once gained the attention and favorable consideration of prominent medical officers, and early in 1863 was tendered an appointment as Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. Find-ing himself qualified he accepted the position and was ordered at once to Jefferson Barracks on the Mississippi just below St. Louis, and from this date onward until May 1868 when he was relieved at his own request, he was connected with the army most of the time. During General Grant's siege of Vicksburg he rendered efficient aid in caring for the sick and wounded upon the hospital transports. From this service he was ordered to Baltimore where he became a member of the surgical staff of McKims Mansion General Hospital. Thence his duties took him to Annapolis and subsequently to Fortress Monroe and Yorktown. In the summer of 1864, at the latter place, blood poisoning developed in such severity that he was obliged to leave the army. His right arm was practically useless and he had become reduced almost to a skeleton. The bracing air of his native state soon restored him to comparative health, and in October of that year he received his diploma at Dartmouth, and a few months later again entered the service, reporting for duty at Hilton Head, S. C. He was assigned to Charleston, and for nearly two years was assistant health officer of that port, his headquarters being upon a ship anchored in the harbor, and his duties to board every vessel that entered that port. From this city he was ordered to Wilmington, N. C, and a little later to Anderson, S. C. While here, the Blue Lodge and Capitular degrees of masonry were conferred upon him, a faithful index of the estimation in which he was held by the citizens, who could not be accused of over-friendliness to northerners at that time. After a year at this post he was transferred to Laurens, S. C, where his appointment was annulled at his own request in May 1868. In resigning from the army, Dr. Hayes' intentions were to enter private practice, and in order to be more fully equipped for his profession he pursued his studies farther at Harvard. He began his professional career in Fall River in April 1869, practiced in Bayfield and Ash-land, Wisconsin, 1871-73, in Chicago 1873-75, and in Providence from November 1875 until his death, June 8, 1894. He held at various times the military offices of Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, ranking as First Lieutenant, 1863-68, Surgeon First Battalion Cavalry, Rhode Island Militia, rank of Major, 1878-92, and Medical Director Brigade Rhode Island Militia on the staff of General Kendall, with rank of Lieutenant Colonel, from April 1892 until his death. He was a member of Hiram Masonic Lodge, Anderson, S. C, the association of Military Surgeons of the United States, United States Veteran Association, Soldiers and Sailors' Historical Society, Rhode Island Homoeopathic Medical Society of which he was secretary 1883-88 and president 1888-90, Military Service Institution (N. Y.), American Institute of Homoeopathy, Young Men's Republican Club, Providence, and Visiting Surgeon to the Rhode Island Homoeopathic Hospital from the opening of that institution. In politics he was a Republican, but never held public office. He was married, June 17, 1872, to Miss Abby M. Bennett of Fall River, Mass.; they had four children: Jennie Cook, Ruth Bennett, Charles Jr. and Albert Bennett Hayes, the latter of whom died in infancy. In his character Dr. Hayes added to the activity, courage and persistency which we expect to find in a man, the delicacy, sensitiveness and consideration of a woman. Brave in enduring pain himself, he was tender to others in trouble, while in his professional life, his fellow physicians characterized him as "a man of sound judgment, cautious action, gentle treatment and unremitting attention to duty." Biographie Index
HOLLEN, James H., of Providence, decorative painter, was born in New York city, August 28, 1848, son of Michael and Mary (Malone) Hollen. His ancestry is Celtic. His education was acquired in the public schools, and his training for active life was obtained with decorative painters of New York. He practiced his trade in Troy, N. Y., from 1881 to 1892, coming to Providence in January 1895. Mr. Hollen is a Democrat in politics, and has held various offices in public life, in New York state. He was a member of the Lansingburgh, N. Y., Water Commission, and president of the Village Corporation. He has been identified with the Master Painters' Association of the United States, and New York State Association of Master Painters and the Troy Boss Painters' Association, and is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Troy, N. Y., and the Builders and Traders' Exchange of Providence. He was married in 1875 to Miss Katie A. Rayher; they have four children : Ora, Marie, Anna and Eddie Hollen. Biographie Index
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