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Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth b. November 6, 1841 d. April 16, 1915
US Congressman, US Senator. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 10th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, serving from May 26 to September 1, 1862. He was elected to represent Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881. He was then elected as a Senator from Rhode Island to the United States Senate, serving from 1881 to 1911. He was the father of Congressman ...[Read More]
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Aldrich, Richard Steere b. February 29, 1884 d. December 25, 1941
US Congressman. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of United States Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, and the brother of Diplomat Winthrop W. Aldrich. Educated in the public schools of Providence Rhode Island, he graduated from the Hope Street High School in 1902 and matriculated at Yale University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1906...[Read More] (Bio by: Matthew Fatale)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Aldrich, Winthrop Williams b. November 2, 1885 d. February 25, 1974
Financier, US Diplomat. Born to Rhode Island Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, he was the younger brother of Rhode Island Congressman Richard Steere Aldrich and uncle to 41st United States Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. He attended Harvard University...[Read More] (Bio by: Matthew Fatale)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Family plot
Allen, Philip b. September 1, 1785 d. December 16, 1865
US Senator/Rhode Island Governor. Born on a Thursday to prominent merchant Zachariah Allen and his 3rd wife Ann Crawford. He was the oldest son and forth child born to Zachariah. He was the older brother of Inventor/Industrialist Zachariah Allen and uncle to Rhode Island Governor/Rebellion Leader Thomas Wilson Dorr. His education ranged from private tutors and the Taunton Academy to the Robert Rogers School of Newport. In 1803 he graduated from Rhode Island College, which would, in the next...[Read More] (Bio by: Matthew Fatale)
North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Ames, William b. May 15, 1842 d. March 8, 1914
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Towards the end of the war he served as Chief of Artillery on the staff of Major General Quincy A. Gillmore. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services during the war". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 42, Lot 2
Anthony, Henry Bowen b. April 1, 1815 d. September 2, 1884
Rhode Island Governor, Civil War US Senator. Born, on a Saturday, to wealthy cotton mill owner William Anthony and his wife Mary Kennicut Greene, he was the 4th of 7 children. At the age of 18 he graduated from Brown University at the age of 18. He married Sarah Aborn Rhodes on October 16, 1837. In 1838 his cousin, Providence Journal publisher, George Jackson hired him to be his editor. Within 2 years he would buy a minority stake in the paper. Later on he would become a majority owner. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Matthew Fatale)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 311 Lot 5
Arnold, Lemuel Hastings b. January 29, 1792 d. June 27, 1852
US Congressman, Rhode Island Governor. Elected to represent Rhode Isalnd's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. Also served as a Member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives in 1826, and Governor of Rhode Island from 1831 to 1833. (Bio by: K)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group FUS Lot 168
Arnold, Louise 'Lou' b. May 11, 1923 d. May 27, 2010
Professional Baseball Player. A pitcher, she spent four seasons with the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Raised in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island, she was a stand-out athlete in high school and was signed by the AAGPBL in 1948 at the point when the league was switching to overhand pitching. Lou played her entire career with the Blue Sox, pitching in 1948 and 1949 before sitting out the 1950 campaign; returning in 1951 she had her best season...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Arnold, Richard b. April 12, 1828 d. November 8, 1882
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1850, placing 13th out of 44 (his class included future Union Generals Gouverneur K. Warren, Eugene A. Carr and Cuvier Grover, as well as future Confederate...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: FUS Group, Lot 168
Arnold, Samuel Greene b. April 12, 1821 d. February 14, 1880
Civil War US Senator. Served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island prior to the Civil War, and was a member of the 1861 Peace Convention that attempted to stave off the impending conflict. He faciliated the raising of a 3-month enlistment Light Artillery Battery for the Union Army, which he led until it was mustered into Federal service under Captain (and later Brevet Brigadier General) Charles H. Tompkins. He served on the staff of Governor William Sprauge with the rank of Colonel until he...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Avery, William Bailey b. September 10, 1840 d. July 19, 1894
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the June 5, 1862 Battle of Tranter's Creek, North Carolina. A native of Rhode Island, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry on May 2, 1861. He served the next several months with the regiment, which saw action at the First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861), before accepting a commission of 1st Lieutenant in Company B, 1st New York Marine Artillery regiment on August...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: BC-05585
Balch, Joseph Pope b. August 9, 1822 d. December 2, 1872
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil war as Major of the 1st Rhode Island Detatched Militia. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group R
Ballou, Sullivan b. March 28, 1829 d. July 28, 1861
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served as Major of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry. On July 14, 1861, Ballou wrote an eloquent letter to his wife predicting his death. He was wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, and died from his injuries a week later. His sentiments in the letter became famous, and were quoted in Ken Burns' "Civil War" documentary.
Cause of death: Casualty of war
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 205A, Lot 6
GPS coordinates: 41.8540497, -71.3802719 (hddd.dddd)
Bannister, Edward Mitchell b. November, 1828 d. January 9, 1901
Painter. He was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick to a father from Barbados and a mother who was believed to be of Scottish descent. After the death of his mother, who had encouraged his early artistic interest, he worked several years at sea in Canada before moving to Boston, Massachusetts in 1848. While working a variety of jobs, including as a barber, he took evening classes in art at the Lowell Institute and exhibited his work at the Boston Art Club and Museum. While in Boston he married...[Read More] (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Barton, William b. May 26, 1748 d. October 22, 1831
Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. Growing up in the small town of Warren, Rhode Island, he was educated to an average level and worked as a miliner. When men were needed against the British was sounded, he left to fight with the local state forces that were called to defend Boston and was in the infantry during the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. He stayed in the Rhode Island militia and advancd well up through the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel . Soon after this last promotion Barton...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Bourn, Augustus Osborn b. October 1, 1834 d. January 29, 1925
Ambassador/Governor. Born on a Wednesday to pioneering rubber manufacturer George Osborn Bourn and his wife Huldah Batty Eddy. He attended public schools eventually graduating from Brown University in 1855. He immediately entered the rubber business in which his father was the senior partner. Upon his fathers death in 1859 he assumed the role of senior partner. He married Elizabeth Roberts Morrill on February 26, 1863 and would eventually have 3 boys and 2 girls. He formed the National Rubber...[Read More] (Bio by: Matthew Fatale)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 176 Lot 2
Branigan, Andrew John 'Andy' b. April 11, 1922 d. April 13, 1995
Professional Hockey Player. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Branigan played the position of Defense for the National Hockey League's New York Americans from 1940 to 1942. The 5'11, and 190lbs, Branigan also played for the East Kildonan Bisons, Winnipeg RCAF (while serving in World War II), Springfield Indians, Indianapolis Capitals, Hershey Bears, Providence Reds, Washington Redskins, and the Eastern Hockey's League's New York Rovers of which he was both player and head coach from 1959 to 1960...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Brayton, Charles Ray b. August 16, 1840 d. September 23, 1910
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, then as Chief of Artillery for the Department of the South. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". After the war he became a prominent Rhode Island Republican politic boss, and controlled state politics and political patronage with businessman Marsden J. Perry and Senator...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 294, Lot 11
Bridgham, Samuel Willard b. May 4, 1774 d. December 28, 1840
Providence Mayor. A 1794 graduate of Brown University, he became a lawyer before entering state politics. He served nineteen terms in the Rhode Island General Assembly, two of those as Speaker. He also served as Attorney General of Rhode Island for four years. When Providence became a city, he was elected its first Mayor. He served in that office from 1832 until his death in 1840, concentrating his efforts on the causes of free public education and helping the poor. Outside of politics, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Jen Snoots)
North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: AO-03906
Brown, Daniel Russell b. March 28, 1848 d. February 28, 1919
Rhode Island Governor. A successful businessman and banker, he was elected to the Providence, Rhode Island City Council when he was only 24 years of age. He declined the Republican nomination for Mayor of Providence in 1885, but served as a Republican presidential elector in 1888. He was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1892, and served two terms from 1893 to 1897. After leaving office he resumed his former business pursuits. (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: Group 394 Lot 4

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