Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Beth Hurd for providing the following information about Albert Clarke Eddy:
(Source: The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farmham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903; pages 424-425)
ALBERT C. EDDY. Colonel Albert C. Eddy, son of Ezra and Sally Eddy, was born in Providence about 1825. In his early days he was employed by the father of ex-Governor Bourn in rubber shoe manufacturing. As a young man he took great interest in the militia and in the volunteer fire department. He was a member of the old Water Witch, No. 6, and of the First Light Infantry Company, Capt. William W. Brown. The highest rank he attained in this, but which he held for years, was orderly sergeant. Before he was twenty-one he went to Philadelphia where he entered a large shoe house, remaining in its employ a number of years. Very soon he there married Emily Greene, a Rhode Island girl. He still maintained his interest in the militia and in the fire department, being active in both. He secured his highest military title through appointment to the staff of a governor of Pennsylvania. Returning to Providence, prior to 1850, he became a traveler for the Providence Rubber Company, the predecessor of the National Rubber Company of Bristol. The firm was then composed of Governor Bourn's father and Col. William W. Brown, and afterward included one Chaffee, an inventor of rubber working machinery, the firm name being Bourn, Brown, & Chaffee. It was located in the building now standing at the corner of Dyer and Clifford Streets. In 1857 with a man named Garfield, he started the first rubber store in that city at No. 15 Westminster Street, in the building then standing on the present site of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. It was called the Providence Rubber Store, which name is still retained by his successors, for the store has never been closed. In 1866 the senior member of the firm retired and Col. J. M. Studley, with his brother, Thomas E., entered, the firm name becoming Eddy & Studleys. The store was then moved a few doors up the street, and is now at 33 Westminster Street. Colonel Eddy retired about 1888. Colonel Eddy was a staunch Sprague man in the contest with Padelford in 1860, hence his store was much frequented by the supporters of the former. Thus he became an active power in politics, though he held no political office. He went to the front as ensign in Company C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, and after his return was efficient in organizing others, having charge of a number of the camps established at different times within the State. He was a member of St. John's Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Providence. After retiring from business Colonel Eddy remained in that city and in Bristol until after the death of his wife. Then as his sons, George O. and Henry C., had settled, the one in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago, he went to the latter city and made him home with Henry. He died there April 5, 1900, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
(Source: The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farmham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903; pages 424-425)
ALBERT C. EDDY. Colonel Albert C. Eddy, son of Ezra and Sally Eddy, was born in Providence about 1825. In his early days he was employed by the father of ex-Governor Bourn in rubber shoe manufacturing. As a young man he took great interest in the militia and in the volunteer fire department. He was a member of the old Water Witch, No. 6, and of the First Light Infantry Company, Capt. William W. Brown. The highest rank he attained in this, but which he held for years, was orderly sergeant. Before he was twenty-one he went to Philadelphia where he entered a large shoe house, remaining in its employ a number of years. Very soon he there married Emily Greene, a Rhode Island girl. He still maintained his interest in the militia and in the fire department, being active in both. He secured his highest military title through appointment to the staff of a governor of Pennsylvania. Returning to Providence, prior to 1850, he became a traveler for the Providence Rubber Company, the predecessor of the National Rubber Company of Bristol. The firm was then composed of Governor Bourn's father and Col. William W. Brown, and afterward included one Chaffee, an inventor of rubber working machinery, the firm name being Bourn, Brown, & Chaffee. It was located in the building now standing at the corner of Dyer and Clifford Streets. In 1857 with a man named Garfield, he started the first rubber store in that city at No. 15 Westminster Street, in the building then standing on the present site of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. It was called the Providence Rubber Store, which name is still retained by his successors, for the store has never been closed. In 1866 the senior member of the firm retired and Col. J. M. Studley, with his brother, Thomas E., entered, the firm name becoming Eddy & Studleys. The store was then moved a few doors up the street, and is now at 33 Westminster Street. Colonel Eddy retired about 1888. Colonel Eddy was a staunch Sprague man in the contest with Padelford in 1860, hence his store was much frequented by the supporters of the former. Thus he became an active power in politics, though he held no political office. He went to the front as ensign in Company C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, and after his return was efficient in organizing others, having charge of a number of the camps established at different times within the State. He was a member of St. John's Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Providence. After retiring from business Colonel Eddy remained in that city and in Bristol until after the death of his wife. Then as his sons, George O. and Henry C., had settled, the one in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago, he went to the latter city and made him home with Henry. He died there April 5, 1900, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Beth Hurd for providing the following information about Albert Clarke Eddy:
(Source: The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farmham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903; pages 424-425)
ALBERT C. EDDY. Colonel Albert C. Eddy, son of Ezra and Sally Eddy, was born in Providence about 1825. In his early days he was employed by the father of ex-Governor Bourn in rubber shoe manufacturing. As a young man he took great interest in the militia and in the volunteer fire department. He was a member of the old Water Witch, No. 6, and of the First Light Infantry Company, Capt. William W. Brown. The highest rank he attained in this, but which he held for years, was orderly sergeant. Before he was twenty-one he went to Philadelphia where he entered a large shoe house, remaining in its employ a number of years. Very soon he there married Emily Greene, a Rhode Island girl. He still maintained his interest in the militia and in the fire department, being active in both. He secured his highest military title through appointment to the staff of a governor of Pennsylvania. Returning to Providence, prior to 1850, he became a traveler for the Providence Rubber Company, the predecessor of the National Rubber Company of Bristol. The firm was then composed of Governor Bourn's father and Col. William W. Brown, and afterward included one Chaffee, an inventor of rubber working machinery, the firm name being Bourn, Brown, & Chaffee. It was located in the building now standing at the corner of Dyer and Clifford Streets. In 1857 with a man named Garfield, he started the first rubber store in that city at No. 15 Westminster Street, in the building then standing on the present site of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. It was called the Providence Rubber Store, which name is still retained by his successors, for the store has never been closed. In 1866 the senior member of the firm retired and Col. J. M. Studley, with his brother, Thomas E., entered, the firm name becoming Eddy & Studleys. The store was then moved a few doors up the street, and is now at 33 Westminster Street. Colonel Eddy retired about 1888. Colonel Eddy was a staunch Sprague man in the contest with Padelford in 1860, hence his store was much frequented by the supporters of the former. Thus he became an active power in politics, though he held no political office. He went to the front as ensign in Company C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, and after his return was efficient in organizing others, having charge of a number of the camps established at different times within the State. He was a member of St. John's Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Providence. After retiring from business Colonel Eddy remained in that city and in Bristol until after the death of his wife. Then as his sons, George O. and Henry C., had settled, the one in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago, he went to the latter city and made him home with Henry. He died there April 5, 1900, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
(Source: The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farmham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903; pages 424-425)
ALBERT C. EDDY. Colonel Albert C. Eddy, son of Ezra and Sally Eddy, was born in Providence about 1825. In his early days he was employed by the father of ex-Governor Bourn in rubber shoe manufacturing. As a young man he took great interest in the militia and in the volunteer fire department. He was a member of the old Water Witch, No. 6, and of the First Light Infantry Company, Capt. William W. Brown. The highest rank he attained in this, but which he held for years, was orderly sergeant. Before he was twenty-one he went to Philadelphia where he entered a large shoe house, remaining in its employ a number of years. Very soon he there married Emily Greene, a Rhode Island girl. He still maintained his interest in the militia and in the fire department, being active in both. He secured his highest military title through appointment to the staff of a governor of Pennsylvania. Returning to Providence, prior to 1850, he became a traveler for the Providence Rubber Company, the predecessor of the National Rubber Company of Bristol. The firm was then composed of Governor Bourn's father and Col. William W. Brown, and afterward included one Chaffee, an inventor of rubber working machinery, the firm name being Bourn, Brown, & Chaffee. It was located in the building now standing at the corner of Dyer and Clifford Streets. In 1857 with a man named Garfield, he started the first rubber store in that city at No. 15 Westminster Street, in the building then standing on the present site of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. It was called the Providence Rubber Store, which name is still retained by his successors, for the store has never been closed. In 1866 the senior member of the firm retired and Col. J. M. Studley, with his brother, Thomas E., entered, the firm name becoming Eddy & Studleys. The store was then moved a few doors up the street, and is now at 33 Westminster Street. Colonel Eddy retired about 1888. Colonel Eddy was a staunch Sprague man in the contest with Padelford in 1860, hence his store was much frequented by the supporters of the former. Thus he became an active power in politics, though he held no political office. He went to the front as ensign in Company C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, and after his return was efficient in organizing others, having charge of a number of the camps established at different times within the State. He was a member of St. John's Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Providence. After retiring from business Colonel Eddy remained in that city and in Bristol until after the death of his wife. Then as his sons, George O. and Henry C., had settled, the one in Minneapolis and the other in Chicago, he went to the latter city and made him home with Henry. He died there April 5, 1900, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
