THAYER, Philo  Eusha, brush manufacturer, Pawtucket,  was  born  in  Bellingham, Mass., March 4,  1847,  son   of Samuel and Miranda (Sherman) Thayer.   He is of the ninth generation of the Thayer family in America.   The first of the name to arrive in this country were Richard and Thomas, with their families, in 1630; they came from Braintree, Essex County, England, and settled in Massachusetts, calling their settlement Braintree in memory of their old home.   Philo obtained his early education in the public schools and the high schools of Woonsocket, R. I., and West Milton, Ohio.   He worked several years in a brush factory, and afterward for a few years in a grocery store.  Becoming a partner in the. present brush manufactory in 1873, he succeeded to the sole ownership in 1880, and has since conducted the business under the name of P. E   Thayer & Co.   He was also one-half owner in the Woonsocket Brush Company from 1886 to 1893.   Mr. Thayer was chosen to represent his town in the State legislature of 1894-95, and was re-elected for 1895-96. He served as a member of the City Council for the five years 1886-92, was again elected for 1895, and is a member of the Board of Aldermen for 1896, and was elected President of the Board January 6, 1896. He has been actively interested in military matters, and was First Lieutenant in the Woonsocket Light Artillery for the years 1869-70.  He is a member of the different Masonic bodies up to the thirty-second degree and Palestine Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and of Eureka Lodge of Odd Fellows, Pawtucket Council Royal Arcanum and Hope Lodge Knights of Honor; he also belongs to the West Side Club of Providence, the Rhode Island Universalist Club, the Pawtucket Business Men's Association, and the Garfield Club of the last named city. In politics he is a Republican.  He was married, March 7, 1866, to Miss Georgianna F. Arnold ; they have two children : Annie L. and Hattie M. Thayer. Biographie Index

TIEPKE, Henry Edwin, Mayor of the city of Pawtucket, was born March 21, 1857, in that part of Pawtucket which then was in Massachusetts but now is included in Rhode Island territory, son of Henry Gustave and Tabitha S. (Leach) Tiepke.  His father was German and his mother American.  He was educated in the public schools, and being left an orphan at an early age, secured his first employment at the Dunnell Print Works, Pawtucket, as factory boy. Shortly after he engaged with the hardware firm of George Mumford & Company, Pawtucket, and upon their retirement from business, connected himself with Sargent & Co., New York, the largest wholesale hardware house in America.  He returned to Pawtucket to become clerk to the superintendent of the foundry department of the Fales & Jenks Machine Company.   Later, he entered the employ of the James Hill Manufacturing Company of Providence, as manager, and in 1884 he became New England agent for the Iron Clad Manufacturing Company of New York, which position he now holds.   Mr. Tiepke began to take an active part in politics as soon as he was able to vote.  His first office was that of District Clerk of the old town of Pawtucket, and after the city of Pawtucket was established, in 1885, he was successfully elected to the respective offices of Ward Clerk, Warden, Common Councilman 1888-90, Alderman 1891, and Mayor 1894-95.   Thus it is seen that he has had a thorough training for the public service. His best work in public life probably was in his advocacy of the passage of a law introducing the Australian system of voting in municipal elections; his efforts toward the establishment of a municipal electric-lighting plant; his instrumentality in establishing an ordinance requiring contractors for city work to submit bids; and his executive work as chairman of the Cotton Centenary celebration in 1890, at which time was celebrated with pomp and ceremony, and with great credit to the city, the centennial anniversary of the founding of the cotton-spinning industry in America by the use of waterpower, which it will be remembered was the work of Samuel Slater of Pawtucket.   The executive capacity demonstrated by Mr. Tiepke on that occasion doubtless laid the foundation for his future success.  Mayor Tiepke's administration of the executive office in 1894 and 1895 has received its best endorsement from the people, who have witnessed his introduction of modern business methods in the administration of public affairs; the consolidation of several municipal departments into one general public works department, and various other measures of economy, have resulted in the saving of large sums of money for the taxpayers.   He has always been regarded as a safe and conservative public officer, and is a careful and critical student of municipal government.   One of his achievements, which it may be said attracted general attention throughout the country, was in the settlement of the labor troubles in the winter of 1894, when the first substantial fruits of conciliation between labor and capital were demonstrated.   Mr. Tiepke's political affiliations are with the Republican party.  He has held the state office of Commissioner of Industrial Statistics from 1892 to date, and is also Superintendent of the State Census of 1895. He organized the Garfield Club of Pawtucket and has been its President from the beginning, is President of the Pawtucket Baseball Association, and a member of the Pawtucket Business Men's Association and Pawtucket Cycle Club; also a member of the Athletic Association, Union Club, West Side Club and Falstaff Club of Providence, the Home Market, Norfolk and Exchange clubs of Boston, the Republican Club of New York City, and the Patria Club, -auxiliary branch American Institution of Civics.  He is a member of various Masonic societies, including Union Lodge, Pawtucket Chapter, Pawtucket Council, R. S. M., and Holy Sepulchre Commandery Knights Templar, also of Enterprise Lodge, I. O. O. F.   Mr. Tiepke was married, April 25, 1882, to Miss Marietta Harkness Paine; they have no children. Biographie Index

TILLINGHAST, Frank Wayland, lawyer and manufacturer. Providence, was born in Richmond, R. I., May 19, 1859, son of William B. and Julia (Thompson) Tillinghast. He received his early education in the public schools, and fitted for college at the New Hampton Institute, New Hampton, N. H. Entering the Boston University Law School, he graduated in 1883, was admitted to the bar in July of that year, and at once began the practice of law in Westerly, R. I. After an active practice of three years he became interested in manufacturing at Johnston, R. L, and removed to that place in 1886. For something more than a year he gave but little attention to law practice, the new enterprise in which he was engaged demanding most of his time; but after getting the business better organized he was able to resume his professional work, and opened a law office in Providence, where he has had a satisfactory and lucrative practice. The line of business in which he engaged at Johnston was the dyeing and preparing of cotton yarns. In 1890 he organized the firm of Tillinghast, Stiles & Company, incorporated, with himself as President and George E. Tillinghast as Treasurer, and with Walter F. Stiles of Fitchburg also interested. The enterprise has developed into a large business and the firm is as well-known and ranks as high as any in its line. In 1893 he became the owner of the Phenix Hosiery Mills, now engaged in manufacturing woolen yarns and for more than a year past in operation night and day. Pardon S. Peckham, Jr., is associated with him in this business, and is superintendent of the mills. In 1894 he organized the Vermont Manufacturing Company, incorporated, and has since been President of the concern, which is engaged in manufacturing butterine, has a fine plant on Jackson street, Providence, and is now selling three hundred thousand pounds of its product monthly.  In 1893 Mr. Tillinghast also purchased, in company with his father, the Arcadia Village in the town of Richmond - the home of his childhood and his father's place of residence.   This purchase included two mills operating ten thousand spindles and manufacturing print cloths, which have since been steadily running. In 1894 the enterprise was incorporated under the name of the Arcadia Company, with F.  W. Tillinghast as President. In politics Mr. Tillinghast is a Republican. He was a Representative from Johnston in the State Legislature in 1888-89, declining a re-nomination, has been Chairman of the Republican Town Committee of Johnston for the past three years, and is Town Solicitor of the town of Johnston, having held the position for three years. He is a member of the Pomham and West Side clubs of Providence. He was married, May 4, 1885, to Miss Grace G. Peckham, daughter of Hon.  Thomas C. Peckham of Coventry, R. I.; they have two children : Carl K. and Leroy L. Tillinghast.  Biographie Index

TILLINGHAST, Pardon Elisha, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, was born in West Greenwich, R. I., December to, 1836, son of Rev. John and Susan C. (Avery) Tillinghast.  He is a direct descendant in the eighth generation of Elder Pardon Tillinghast, the founder of the Tillinghast family in the United States, who came from Severne-Cliffe, near Beachy Head, England, in 1642, and settled in Providence; he built the first meetinghouse in the town at his own expense, about the year 1700, on the west side of North Main street nearly opposite Star street: he was a compeer of Roger Williams, a prominent merchant and a most useful and respected citizen. Judge Tillinghast, whose father was pastor of the West Greenwich Baptist Church for forty years, never receiving any salary for his services, received his early education in the public schools of West Greenwich, at Killingly, Conn., and at Hall's Academy, Moosup, Conn. He afterward attended the East Greenwich Academy, the Rhode Island State Normal School, and Potter & Hammond's Commercial College in Providence, and later studied Latin with Rev. Mr. Richards of Providence and Hon.  Thomas K. King of Pawtucket. At the age of seventeen he commenced to teach district schools, " boarding around," in order to earn money to obtain an education, and taught for three winters. He obtained his entire education and training without the least financial assistance from anyone. He commenced his active career by teaching school, which profession he followed for seven years,- two years as Principal of the Valley Falls Grammar School, one year as Principal of the Meeting-street Grammar School, Providence, and four years as Principal of the Grovestreet Grammar School, Pawtucket. He studied law with Charles W, Thrasher, Esq., and Hon. Thomas K. King of Pawtucket, and commenced practice in April 1867, succeeding to the clientage of Hon. Thomas K. King on the latter's appointment as United States Consul at Belfast, Ireland. He met with good success as a general practitioner, but soon turned his attention to municipal law and from 1874 to 1881 was Town Solicitor of Pawtucket. He was a Representative in the General Assembly from Pawtucket for three years and Senator for four years, occupying the position of Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the latter body. He was Chairman of the Joint Select Committee of the two houses in the Revision of the Statutes in 1872, and was Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the reception and entertainment of President Hayes on the occasion of his visit to Rhode Island, and made the address of welcome. He was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court in June 1881, and served in the Court of Common Pleas until 1891, since which time he has served in the Supreme Court, Appellate Division.  His opinions may be found in Rhode Island Reports, Vols. 13-19. During the civil war he was a member of the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, Colonel Brown, with the rank of Quartermaster-Sergeant, and was honorably discharged on the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was connected with the state militia from 1862 to 1881, holding the office of Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, First Lieutenant and Adjutant of Pawtucket Light Guards, Captain on staff of General Daniels, Colonel and Brigadier-General on staffs of Governors Van Zandt and Littlefield, and was Judge Advocate-General of the State for six years. He has always taken an active part in educational and religious affairs. He served on the School Committee of Pawtucket for a number of years, also as a trustee of the Free Public Library, and has been President of the First Baptist Society of Pawtucket for six years. He has been one of the trustees of the Providence County Savings Bank for eighteen years. In 1890 he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Brown University. He is a member and was at one time President of the Rhode Island Baptist Social Union, and is also a member of the Rhode Island Bar Club and the Pawtucket Business Men's Association. In politics Judge Tillinghast is and always has been a Republican, and was Moderator in town meetings in Pawtucket for many years, and in West Greenwich for seven years, commencing at the age of twenty-two. He married, November 13, 1867, Miss Ellen F. Paine; they have four children: Alice L., John A., Angeline F. and Frederick W. Tillinghast. John graduated in 1895 from Brown University, and is now in Harvard Law School; Alice married Ralph R. Clapp in 1893 and lives in London, England.  Biographie Index

VIALL, Nelson, Warden of the Rhode Island State Prison, was born in Plainfield, Conn., November 27, 1827, son of Samuel and Hannah (Shorey) Viall. He is of old Colonial stock. His ancestor, John Viall, came from England to Boston, and is mentioned in the second report of the Record Commissioner to January 11, 1639, when he was allowed to be an inhabitant, and on June 2, 1641, was made a freeman. His descendants settled in Swansea and Rehoboth, Mass., where they held prominent positions, and served in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars. His mother was a daughter of Col. Abel Shorey of Seekonk, Mass. He received his early education in the common schools, and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to Hon. Amos C. Barstow, stove manufacturer, Providence, to learn the trade of a moulder. During his apprenticeship he joined the Providence Artillery Company, now the United Train of Artillery. When the war with Mexico broke out in 1846 he joined the Rhode Island contingent in General Scott's army.  He took part in the engagements of Contressa and Chapultepec, where he was wounded in ascending one of the scaling ladders, and in the operation which led to the capture of the city of Mexico.  He was twice promoted for meritorious conduct.  After the expiration of his service in 1848 he returned to Providence, and for about two years was in the employ of the late Thomas J. Hill. In 1850 he went to Bahia, Brazil, to erect and manage an iron foundry, and remained there until 1854, when he returned to Providence and resumed his occupation as a moulder. When the civil war broke out he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Providence Artillery, and immediately recruited a company, which was incorporated in the First Regiment, under the command of Colonel Burnside, and marched with it in the defense of Washington.   On the first of June he returned to Providence, when within three days he recruited Company C for the Second Regiment, of which he was commissioned Captain. He was promoted to Major for gallant conduct at the battle of Bull Run.   On the 12th of June, 1862, he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, and was promoted to Colonel December 15, 1862, while commanding his regiment in the battle of Fredericksburg.   While with the Second Regiment he took part in the battles of Bull Run, Malvern Hill.  Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He resigned January 5. 1863, and returned to Providence, when in August of the same year he was commissioned Major and afterward Colonel of the Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (colored).  He organized the regiment of eighteen hundred men and served with it in the Department of the Gulf until the close of the war.   For his gallantry and merit he received the brevet of Brigadier-General April 15, 1866.   In 1866 he was elected a Representative  in  the General Assembly, from Providence, and in May of the same year he was elected Chief of Police for Providence, which position he held for a year, resigning to accept the position of Warden of the State Prison, which he still holds, his administration having been marked with great success.   He was one of the nine charter members who organized the Grand Army of the Republic in Rhode Island, and is a member of Prescott Post; in 1866 he was elected Junior Vice-Commissioner of the Department of Rhode Island.  He is a member of the Soldiers and Sailors' Historical Society of Providence; also of St. John's Lodge A. F. & A. M. He married, February 5, 1848, Miss Mary W., daughter of Silas and Freelove (Millard) Peckham; they have had six children: Willard Seymour, Arthur Manchester, Grace Eveline, Mary Nelson, Ellen Estella and Nelson Shorey, of whom only two, Grace Eveline and Nelson Shorey Viall, are now living. Biographie Index

WEST, Thomas Francis, lawyer, Providence, was born in Dublin, Ireland, February 29, 1844, son of John and Catherine (Cavanagh) West, of Irish ancestry. He came to this country in 1852 and settled in Providence, receiving his education in the public schools of that city. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted, in 1861, in the Seventh New York Cavalry, served with distinction, being wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and was mustered out in 1864. At the close of the war he returned to Providence, joined the Fenians, and participated in the famous raid on Canada in 1867.  In 1872 he joined the Massachusetts State Militia, and did guard duty for two weeks at the great Boston fire in November of that year. He adopted the profession of engineer in 1872, and at one time was connected with Thomas A. Edison, in Newark, New Jersey; also with the American Conduit Company of Massachusetts, but commenced the study of law, and in 1892 was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar.   Mr. West has always been actively interested in politics, having held offices both in Boston and Providence, and is at present one of the State Central Committee of Rhode Island. He is also connected with several secret and social orders, and is a member of the Grand Army, National Veteran Association, Providence Press Club, and other organizations. In 1894 he visited his birthplace, and made an extensive tour of the Continent. Mr. West is married and has two children: Alfred L. and Josephine P. West. Biographie Index

WHIPPLE, William Lewis, merchant, Providence, was born in Olneyville, September 21, 1851, son of Stephen D. and Emily D. (Barnard) Whipple.  His father was a leading market man of Olneyville, and the son has always been closely and very prominently identified with the interests of that community. He received a common-school education, was graduated from the Mount Pleasant grammar school in the class of 1868, and was then employed for three years in the general store of Holloway & Phillips. He next took a course in bookkeeping and commercial law at Scholfield's Commercial College, Providence, graduating from that institution in 1873. Entering the employ of Thomas Sawyer, Jr., as bookkeeper, he continued in that capacity until June 1879, when he resigned to en-gage in business on his own account. In August 1879 he opened a house furnishing establishment at 47-49 Manton avenue, where he has built up an extensive business in the better lines of goods. At the present time over thirty-five thousand square feet of floor space is required to properly display the various lines of carpets, furniture and stoves in his stock. The manufacture of tin and sheet-iron ware is carried on, and a plumbing department has also been added. Mr. Whipple was elected to the Common Council of Providence from the Tenth Ward in 1884, and served three years, to the satisfaction of all concerned; he was Chairman of the Harbor Committee, a member of the committee on Lamps and Highways, and one of the special committee on the extensive "Gray Plan" for sewerage of the city. He was elected Representative to the State Legislature for 1893-94, and served on the important committees of Corporations and Manufacturers. In November 1895 he was again elected to the Common Council from Ward Eight, and is at present serving on the joint standing committees on Police and Water. He is a Director of the Atlantic National Bank, Providence, and was the first Vice-President of the Olneyville Business Men's Association, and the following year filled the office of President, in which organization his abilities have been evidenced in a marked manner. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and in the Odd Fellows holds membership in both the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of Rhode Island. He is also a member of the West Side and Providence Press clubs.  Mr. Whipple was married, October 21, 1880, to Miss Lucy A. Sawyer, daughter of Thomas Sawyer of Providence. Biographie Index

WHITE, Hunter Carson, Sheriff of the County of Providence, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, December 18, 1853, son of Amos L. and Nancy J.  (Harris) White. He came from early Rhode Island stock on both sides, being descended from the Perrys, Lewises and Hoxies on his father's side, and on his mother's side from Thomas Harris, who came over to Rhode Island in 1630 with Roger Williams in the ship Lyon from Bristol, England.  He was educated in the public schools of Providence and at the United States Naval Academy.  In business life he was prominent as Manager of the Providence Cotton Lining Company from 1883 to 1892, and he has held the office of Sheriff of the county of Providence from June 1, 1891. In politics he is an active Republican; has been a member of the Republican City Committee from 1878, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee from 1892, and a member of the School Committee from 1881. He was Assistant Adjutant-General of Rhode Island from 1892 to October 31, 1895, and then Adjutant-General. He is an ex-President of the Franklin Lyceum, Vice-President of the West Side Club, and a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, the Soldiers and Sailors' Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence Athletic Association, and the Pomham, Squantum and Press clubs; also a thirty-third degree Mason, A. & A.  Scottish Rite, and Past Commander of St. John's Commandery Knights Templar. He was married, December 11, 1877, to Miss Carrie H. Kelton; they have one child, a boy : Hunter C. White, Jr. Biographie Index

WIGGIN, Oliver Chase, M. D., Professor of Biology in the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, was born in Meredith, N. H., May 3, 1839, son of John Mead and Polly Fox (Wadleigh) Wiggin. He is a descendant of Thomas Wiggin, first Governor or Agent of the " Upper Plantations " - that settlement about Portsmouth, now New Hampshire - who came to this country in 1631, in charge of a colony sent out by the Bristol Company, which had a special grant of what is now Stratham, N. H. Lords Say and Brook succeeded the Bristol Company, and Thomas Wiggin succeeded them, by purchase. He was noted as a most able and useful adviser and manager in those pioneer days. The original homestead has never been out of the family name to this day, and the graves of Thomas Wiggin and his wife, Mary Whiting, are well preserved. Andrew Wiggin, son of Thomas, married Hannah Bradstreet, daughter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet and Ann Dudley, who was a daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, a descendant of Alfred the Great, King of England, also Hugh Capet, King of France. The subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant of Andrew Wiggin. He acquired his early education in the common schools and academies of New Hampshire, was fitted for college in the Providence High School, pursued a two-years elective course in Brown University, graduated from the Harvard Medical School July 9, 1866, and practiced medicine in the city of Providence twenty years, establishing an especially large and successful practice in obstetrics and the treatment of children. He was President of the Providence Medical Association two years, in 1880-82, President of the Rhode Island Medical Society two years, 1884-86, Visiting Physician to the Rhode Island Hospital eight years, from 1875 to 1882, several years Consulting Physician to the Dexter Asylum and the Home for Aged Men, and was an incorporator of the Providence Lying-in Hospital, .  and a trustee and its President from its founding in 1884 until 1891. At present he holds the position of Professor of Biology in the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, in which capacity he has served three years. In addition to his membership in the Providence Medical Association and Rhode Island Medical Society, he is a member of the American Medical Association and the Franklin Society. In politics he is a Republican. Dr. Wiggin has always had a warm love for natural history and for rural life in general. He has had a farm wherein he could find diversion and a field for study and experiment from childhood, and at present has several thousand acres in Virginia. His knowledge of embryology and comparative anatomy and physiology has contributed in no small degree to his success in fine stock breeding, while his knowledge of chemistry, geology and botany in their special relations to husbandry has stood him in good stead in his practical agriculture and horticulture. He has contributed numerous articles to agricultural periodicals and has delivered occasional addresses to agricultural and scientific societies and before other audiences. He was married, December 3, 1878, to Mrs. Helen Mortimer Jenckes, widow of Leland Delos Jenckes, Esq., and eldest daughter of the late Hon. Charles Nourse of Woonsocket; she died May 22, 1890, leaving no children.  Biographie Index

WILSON, William Edward, Principal of the Rhode Island State Normal School, Providence, was born March 26, 1847, among the hills of western Pennsylvania, near Zelienople in Beaver county, son of Francis Thomas and Mary Ann (Morrison) Wilson. His ancestors on both sides came from the North of Ireland in the eighteenth century, the Wilson ancestry living for a time in Northampton county, then moving to Beaver county in 1803, crossing the Alleghanies on pack horses. He grew up on the farm which his grandfather and his father had cleared in the woods, his early experiences being those of the average country boy during the years just before the war. The school of his boy-hood was kept in a lug house at the edge of a wood, and afterward in a less primitive one of brick. With no other education than that given by the common schools of that day he commenced teaching in 1865, during the winter terms, in the country un-graded schools. He attended the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., and afterward the West Virginia State Normal School at Huntington, graduating there in 1870. Having prepared for college at an academy at Jamestown, Pa , he entered Monmouth College at Monmouth, Illinois, and graduated from the classical course in 1873. He was immediately appointed to a position in the State Normal School at Peru, Nebraska, just then vacated by Professor H. Straight. This position he held for two years, during which time he was acting principal for one term. In June 1875 he went abroad for study and travel; he studied history and literature at Edinburgh University, and visited England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, studying meanwhile during his travels, schools and educational systems of the different countries.  On his return he taught in the Morgan Park Academy, Chicago, and was afterward principal of high schools at Tekamah, North Platte and Brownville, Nebraska. From 1881 to 1884 he was Professor of Natural Science in Coe College, a Presbyterian institution at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From there he came to Rhode Island to teach physics and biology in the State Normal School, which position he held from 1884 to 1892, when he was elected Principal.  In connection with his work as teacher, he has held the position of Superintendent of Schools both in Nebraska and in Rhode Island, and has done general educational work by lecturing and writing. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and of the Temple of Honor. In 1881, June 30, Mr. Wilson married, at Ceredo, West Virginia, Miss Florence May Ramsdell, who is a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower; their children are: Ralph, born April 28, 1882; Florence Alden, August 5, 1883; Stanley Ramsdell and Francis Thompson, August 23. 1887 ; and Caroline Lucile. September 1, 1889.  Of these all are living except Ralph, who died July 27, 1882. Biographie Index

WYMAN, Colonel John Crawford, manufacturer, and Secretary of the Old Colony Co-operative Bank, Providence, was born in Northboro, Massachusetts, September 13, 1822, son of Abraham and Sarah (Crawford) Wyman. He received his early education in the public schools until about twelve years of age, when he was put into a country store in his native town. In his eighteenth year he procured a clerkship in the well-known dry goods house of H. B. Claflin, then located in Worcester, Mass. Subsequently he was engaged in mercantile business for himself, in Boston, Worcester and New York until 1861. Upon the breaking out of the civil war he abandoned business for the military service, and in May 1862 was commissioned as Captain of Company A, Thirty-third Regiment Massachusetts Infantry.   The following September he was appointed Provost Marshal of Alexandria, Virginia, and served in that capacity until the spring of 1863, when he was placed in charge of forwarding supplies to the Army of the Potomac, then in command of Major-General Meade. In October 1863 he was ordered to report to Brigadier-General D. C. McCullom, General Manager of the United States Military Railroads, and was after-wards transferred to the Thirty-third Massachusetts Cavalry in Louisiana, but was ordered by the Secretary of War to remain attached to the military railroad service. In May 1865, after serving as one of the military escort accompanying the remains of President Lincoln from Washington to Springfield, he resigned his commission and became connected with the Renssalaer Iron and Steel Company of Troy, New York. In 1882 he removed to Rhode Island, engaging first in mercantile business, and afterwards (1882) in cotton manufacturing.  Colonel Wyman's business and executive abilities, combined with his personal qualities, soon brought him into prominence in the community and state of his adoption. He was elected Representative to the General Assembly from the town of Lincoln in 1888, served as Executive Commissioner of the State of Rhode Island to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and has recently accepted an appointment by Governor Lippitt as Commissioner to the forthcoming Mexican National Exposition of Industries and the Fine Arts. In politics he is a Republican. Colonel Wyman was married in 1846 to Miss Emma C. Willard, of Uxbridge, Mass.; she died in Brookline, Mass., in December 1861. In 1888 he married Miss Lillie B. Chace: they have one child, a son : Arthur C.  Wyman, born September 21, 1889. Biographie Index

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