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You're welcome. Thanks for the info on the children. ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > Thanks for correcting that -- the Woodland Cemetery is undoubtedly > the right one. The burial info did not come from the Potter Families > Genealogy but from a Sweet family descendant -- some kind of mixup there. > > > > > At 05:55 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >>Hmm...according to the RIHCTP: >>Benoni & Julia Fish are buried in CY066 not the Levalley Family Cemetery >>which is CY064. >> >>CY066 WOODLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY WASHINGTON ST AT >>KNOTTY OAK ST ->20 ft. NW >> >>CY064 LEVALLEY FAMILY CEMETERY COVENTRY BLACKROCK RD ->500 >>ft. >>E of tel pole #32 >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM >>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >> >> >> > Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. >> > >> > As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their >> > Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and >> > Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in >> > infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source >> > has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni >> > Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a >> > daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in >> > 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is >> > buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This >> > source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. >> > >> > >> > >> > At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >> >>I also found this on the net: >> >>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >> >>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >> >>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode >> >>Island. >> >>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding >> >>together, >> >>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they >> >>get >> >>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, >> >>an >> >>artist on the slack wire. >> >>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire >> >>stretched >> >>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. >> >>Now >> >>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all >> >>the >> >>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by >> >>William >> >>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his >> >>moustache >> >>waxed, and he bowed. >> >>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended >> >>the >> >>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >> >>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave >> >>the >> >>nod which was in approval. >> >>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >> >>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned >> >>their >> >>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked >> >>up >> >>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other >> >>side >> >>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >> >>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >> >>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. >> >>This >> >>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope >> >>in >> >>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near >> >>Olneyville. >> >>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was >> >>this >> >>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson >> >>of >> >>the >> >> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he >> >> > was >> >> > a >> >> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas >> >> > which >> >> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich >> >> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother >> >> > and >> >> > had >> >> > gone with a circus as a boy. >> >>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on >> >>tight >> >>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >> >>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >> >>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, >> >>but >> >>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged >> >>with >> >>the rank of Sergeant Major. >> >>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >> >>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been >> >>stretched >> >>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he >> >>got a >> >>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >> >>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >> >>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >> >>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for >> >>awhile, >> >>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >> >>Providence where he remained until his death. >> >>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >> >>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he >> >>had >> >>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across >> >>Niagara >> >>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >> >>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >> >>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a >> >>piece >> >>in >> >>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat >> >>his >> >>performance. >> >>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long >> >>letter >> >>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't >> >>lost >> >>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people >> >>needn't >> >>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >> >>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all >> >>prior >> >>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >> >>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >> >>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on >> >>old >> >>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >> >>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across >> >>that >> >>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was >> >>good >> >>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >> >>adored him. >> >>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >> >>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped >> >>them >> >>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would >> >>have >> >>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >> >>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >> >>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got >> >>the >> >>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >> >>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >> >>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >> >>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any >> >>children. >> >>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia >> >>Potter, >> >>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 >> >>at >> >>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I >> >>have >> >>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to >> >>Harriet >> >>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >> >>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >> >>Coventry, RI >> >>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 >> >>CY059 >> >>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >> >>CY059 >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >> >>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >> >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >> >>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >> >> >> >> >> >> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In >> >> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of >> >> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War >> >> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), >> >> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 >> >> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused >> >> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope >> >> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the >> >> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to >> >> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] >> >> > >> >> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to >> >> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. >> >> > >> >> > Margaret >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >> >> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >> >> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >> >> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >> >> >>printed in 1907 >> >> >> >> >> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >> >> >>p. LXXXII. >> >> >> >> >> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; >> >> >>learned >> >> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >> >> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >> >> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >> >> >>Sons, Central Falls. >> >> >> >> >> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing >> >> >>on >> >> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >> >> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >> >> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >> >> >> >> >> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part >> >> >>of >> >> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >> >> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >> >> >> >> >> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >> >> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union >> >> >>June >> >> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >> >> >> >> >> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned >> >> >>printing >> >> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >> >> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >> >> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >> >> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >> >> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >> >> >> >> >> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >> >> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning >> >> >>1879. >> >> >> >> >> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >> >> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >> >> >>several years in California. >> >> >> >> >> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >> >> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >> >> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >> >> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & >> >> >>Co., >> >> >>lumber dealers, Providence. >> >> >> >> >> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >> >> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >> >> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >> >> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >> >> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >> >> >> >> >> >>continued in part 180. >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >> >> >> >> >> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >> >> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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Thanks for correcting that -- the Woodland Cemetery is undoubtedly the right one. The burial info did not come from the Potter Families Genealogy but from a Sweet family descendant -- some kind of mixup there. At 05:55 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >Hmm...according to the RIHCTP: >Benoni & Julia Fish are buried in CY066 not the Levalley Family Cemetery >which is CY064. > >CY066 WOODLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY WASHINGTON ST AT >KNOTTY OAK ST ->20 ft. NW > >CY064 LEVALLEY FAMILY CEMETERY COVENTRY BLACKROCK RD ->500 ft. >E of tel pole #32 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM >Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > > > > Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. > > > > As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their > > Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and > > Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in > > infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source > > has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni > > Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a > > daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in > > 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is > > buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This > > source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. > > > > > > > > At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: > >>I also found this on the net: > >>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN > >>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal > >>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode Island. > >>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding > >>together, > >>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they > >>get > >>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an > >>artist on the slack wire. > >>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched > >>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. Now > >>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all > >>the > >>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by > >>William > >>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his > >>moustache > >>waxed, and he bowed. > >>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the > >>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was > >>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave the > >>nod which was in approval. > >>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he > >>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned > >>their > >>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked up > >>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side > >>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. > >>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest > >>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. > >>This > >>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in > >>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near > >>Olneyville. > >>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was > >>this > >>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of > >>the > >> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he was > >> > a > >> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which > >> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich > >> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and > >> > had > >> > gone with a circus as a boy. > >>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight > >>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that > >>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. > >>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, > >>but > >>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with > >>the rank of Sergeant Major. > >>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, > >>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been > >>stretched > >>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got a > >>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the > >>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. > >>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. > >>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for > >>awhile, > >>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to > >>Providence where he remained until his death. > >>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at > >>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he > >>had > >>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara > >>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty > >>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. > >>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece > >>in > >>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat > >>his > >>performance. > >>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long letter > >>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't > >>lost > >>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't > >>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. > >>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all > >>prior > >>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same > >>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were > >>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old > >>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. > >>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that > >>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was good > >>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers > >>adored him. > >>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix > >>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped them > >>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would have > >>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. > >>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years > >>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got > >>the > >>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. > >>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 > >>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice > >>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any > >>children. > >>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia Potter, > >>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at > >>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have > >>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to > >>Harriet > >>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. > >>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., > >>Coventry, RI > >>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 > >>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 > >>CY059 > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> > >>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM > >>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > >> > >> > >> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In > >> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of > >> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War > >> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), > >> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 > >> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused > >> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope > >> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the > >> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to > >> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] > >> > > >> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to > >> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. > >> > > >> > Margaret > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: > >> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" > >> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a > >> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution > >> >>printed in 1907 > >> >> > >> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) > >> >>p. LXXXII. > >> >> > >> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned > >> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated > >> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with > >> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & > >> >>Sons, Central Falls. > >> >> > >> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on > >> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into > >> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the > >> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. > >> >> > >> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of > >> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into > >> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. > >> >> > >> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. > >> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June > >> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. > >> >> > >> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing > >> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper > >> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was > >> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated > >> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope > >> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' > >> >> > >> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San > >> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning > >> >>1879. > >> >> > >> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and > >> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent > >> >>several years in California. > >> >> > >> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned > >> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in > >> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; > >> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., > >> >>lumber dealers, Providence. > >> >> > >> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, > >> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May > >> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal > >> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now > >> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." > >> >> > >> >>continued in part 180. > >> >> > >> >>------------------------------- > >> >> > >> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > >> >> > >> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > >> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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Interesting...the 4 children are buried in SC076, WILLIAM KNIGHT LOT, TUNK HILL RD of tel pole #151.5, SCITUATE, RI > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> > To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > > >> Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. >> >> As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their >> Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and >> Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in >> infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source >> has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni >> Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a >> daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in >> 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is >> buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This >> source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. >> >> >> >> At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >>>I also found this on the net: >>>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >>>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >>>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode >>>Island. >>>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding >>>together, >>>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they >>>get >>>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an >>>artist on the slack wire. >>>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched >>>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. >>>Now >>>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all >>>the >>>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by >>>William >>>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his >>>moustache >>>waxed, and he bowed. >>>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the >>>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >>>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave >>>the >>>nod which was in approval. >>>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >>>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned >>>their >>>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked >>>up >>>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side >>>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >>>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >>>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. >>>This >>>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in >>>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near >>>Olneyville. >>>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was >>>this >>>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of >>>the >>> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he >>> > was >>> > a >>> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which >>> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich >>> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and >>> > had >>> > gone with a circus as a boy. >>>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight >>>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >>>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >>>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, >>>but >>>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with >>>the rank of Sergeant Major. >>>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >>>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been >>>stretched >>>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got >>>a >>>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >>>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >>>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >>>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for >>>awhile, >>>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >>>Providence where he remained until his death. >>>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >>>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he >>>had >>>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara >>>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >>>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >>>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece >>>in >>>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat >>>his >>>performance. >>>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long >>>letter >>>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't >>>lost >>>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't >>>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >>>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all >>>prior >>>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >>>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >>>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old >>>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >>>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that >>>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was >>>good >>>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >>>adored him. >>>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >>>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped >>>them >>>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would >>>have >>>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >>>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >>>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got >>>the >>>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >>>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >>>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >>>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any >>>children. >>>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia >>>Potter, >>>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at >>>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have >>>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to >>>Harriet >>>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >>>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >>>Coventry, RI >>>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 >>>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >>>CY059 >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >>>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >>>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >>> >>> >>> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In >>> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of >>> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War >>> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), >>> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 >>> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused >>> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope >>> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the >>> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to >>> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] >>> > >>> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to >>> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. >>> > >>> > Margaret >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >>> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >>> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >>> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >>> >>printed in 1907 >>> >> >>> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >>> >>p. LXXXII. >>> >> >>> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >>> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >>> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >>> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >>> >>Sons, Central Falls. >>> >> >>> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >>> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >>> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >>> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >>> >> >>> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >>> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >>> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >>> >> >>> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >>> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >>> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >>> >> >>> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >>> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >>> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >>> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >>> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >>> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >>> >> >>> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >>> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning >>> >>1879. >>> >> >>> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >>> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >>> >>several years in California. >>> >> >>> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >>> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >>> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >>> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >>> >>lumber dealers, Providence. >>> >> >>> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >>> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >>> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >>> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >>> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >>> >> >>> >>continued in part 180. >>> >> >>> >>------------------------------- >>> >> >>> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >>> >> >>> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >>> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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Hmm...according to the RIHCTP: Benoni & Julia Fish are buried in CY066 not the Levalley Family Cemetery which is CY064. CY066 WOODLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY WASHINGTON ST AT KNOTTY OAK ST ->20 ft. NW CY064 LEVALLEY FAMILY CEMETERY COVENTRY BLACKROCK RD ->500 ft. E of tel pole #32 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. > > As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their > Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and > Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in > infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source > has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni > Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a > daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in > 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is > buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This > source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. > > > > At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >>I also found this on the net: >>BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >>It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >>community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode Island. >>Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding >>together, >>sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they >>get >>Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an >>artist on the slack wire. >>As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched >>from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. Now >>the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all >>the >>surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by >>William >>Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his >>moustache >>waxed, and he bowed. >>Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the >>wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >>loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave the >>nod which was in approval. >>And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >>couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned >>their >>heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked up >>again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side >>amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >>When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >>promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. >>This >>wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in >>the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near >>Olneyville. >>He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was >>this >>man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of >>the >> > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he was >> > a >> > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which >> > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich >> > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and >> > had >> > gone with a circus as a boy. >>His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight >>wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >>Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >>When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, >>but >>he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with >>the rank of Sergeant Major. >>During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >>especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been >>stretched >>from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got a >>chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >>war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >>"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >>After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for >>awhile, >>then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >>Providence where he remained until his death. >>On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >>George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he >>had >>lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara >>Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >>years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >>Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece >>in >>the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat >>his >>performance. >>Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long letter >>to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't >>lost >>his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't >>think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >>"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all >>prior >>excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >>location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >>decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old >>age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >>As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that >>rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was good >>for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >>adored him. >>It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >>remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped them >>to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would have >>drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >>This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >>piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got >>the >>best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >>His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >>months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >>(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any >>children. >>Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia Potter, >>1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at >>Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have >>found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to >>Harriet >>when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >>He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >>Coventry, RI >>SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 >>SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >>CY059 >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >>To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >>Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >> >> >> >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In >> > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of >> > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War >> > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), >> > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 >> > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused >> > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope >> > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the >> > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to >> > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] >> > >> > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to >> > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. >> > >> > Margaret >> > >> > >> > >> > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >> >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >> >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >> >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >> >>printed in 1907 >> >> >> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >> >>p. LXXXII. >> >> >> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >> >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >> >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >> >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >> >>Sons, Central Falls. >> >> >> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >> >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >> >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >> >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >> >> >> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >> >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >> >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >> >> >> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >> >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >> >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >> >> >> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >> >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >> >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >> >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >> >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >> >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >> >> >> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >> >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning >> >>1879. >> >> >> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >> >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >> >>several years in California. >> >> >> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >> >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >> >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >> >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >> >>lumber dealers, Providence. >> >> >> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >> >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >> >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >> >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >> >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >> >> >> >>continued in part 180. >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >> >> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >> >> >> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >> >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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Thanks for that fascinating article -- Benoni was quite a character. As to children, per the "Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their Descendants in America," by Charles Edward Potter (1888), Benoni and Julia Elizabeth (Potter) Sweet had a couple of children who died in infancy -- Freddie (d. 1866) and Ada Maria (d. 1865). This source has many errors, however. Julia (Potter) Sweet later married Benoni Fish (again, if this source is correct) with whom she had a son and a daughter, Edith, both of whom also died in infancy, the infant son in 1880 and Edith in 1884. Julia (Potter) Sweet Fish died in 1922 and is buried in the Levalley Family Cemetery (CY066) in Coventry, RI. This source, of course, does not deal with Benoni's other wives. At 02:56 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: >I also found this on the net: >BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN >It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal >community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode Island. >Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding together, >sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they get >Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an >artist on the slack wire. >As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched >from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. Now >the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all the >surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by William >Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his moustache >waxed, and he bowed. >Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the >wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was >loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave the >nod which was in approval. >And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he >couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned their >heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked up >again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side >amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. >When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest >promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. This >wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in >the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near Olneyville. >He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was this >man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of the > > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he was a > > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which > > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich > > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and had > > gone with a circus as a boy. >His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight >wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that >Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. >When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, but >he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with >the rank of Sergeant Major. >During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, >especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been stretched >from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got a >chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the >war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. >"Professor" Sweet, they called him now. >After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for awhile, >then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to >Providence where he remained until his death. >On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at >George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he had >lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara >Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty >years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. >Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece in >the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat his >performance. >Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long letter >to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't lost >his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't >think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. >"Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all prior >excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same >location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were >decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old >age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. >As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that >rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was good >for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers >adored him. >It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix >remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped them >to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would have >drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. >This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years >piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got the >best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. >His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 >months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice >(1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any children. >Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia Potter, >1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at >Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have >found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to Harriet >when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. >He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., >Coventry, RI >SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 >SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 >CY059 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> >To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM >Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet > > > >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In > > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of > > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War > > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), > > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 > > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused > > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope > > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the > > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to > > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] > > > > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to > > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: > >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" > >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a > >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution > >>printed in 1907 > >> > >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) > >>p. LXXXII. > >> > >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned > >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated > >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with > >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & > >>Sons, Central Falls. > >> > >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on > >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into > >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the > >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. > >> > >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of > >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into > >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. > >> > >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. > >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June > >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. > >> > >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing > >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper > >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was > >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated > >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope > >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' > >> > >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San > >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning 1879. > >> > >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and > >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent > >>several years in California. > >> > >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned > >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in > >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; > >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., > >>lumber dealers, Providence. > >> > >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, > >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May > >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal > >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now > >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." > >> > >>continued in part 180. > >> > >>------------------------------- > >> > >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > >> > >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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I also found this on the net: BENONI SWEET DOES IT AGAIN It was May, 1860 in the village of Phenix which was then the principal community of Warwick and the chief trading center of central Rhode Island. Business had been lagging the past few months. Merchants, banding together, sought ways and means to promote business. Somebody suggested that they get Benoni Sweet to put on a show. A committee was named to contact Sweet, an artist on the slack wire. As he had often done a few years past, would Sweet walk a wire stretched from one side of the Pawtuxet to the other? Of course he would oblige. Now the wire was there. Crowds filling the village square had come from all the surrounding villages. Benoni Sweet appeared in a barouche driven by William Snell, and emerged dressed in purple silks, his face shining, his moustache waxed, and he bowed. Cheers went up from the crowd. Sweet climbed the ladder and ascended the wire. Now he called to the men to take up the slack, and the bolt was loosened and the wire drawn up more until, Ben, watching, finally gave the nod which was in approval. And now he started across. The crowd held its breath. Ben made off he couldn't do it. Backed up, went forward, backed up again. Some turned their heads thinking the figure in the silk tights would fall. But Ben picked up again, and now he fairly danced across the wire, reaching the other side amidst a wave of hand clapping that crashed against the river banks. When the event was over, the old timer agreed this had been the biggest promotion the village had ever seen. And all the merchants were happy. This wasn't the first time Benoni Sweet had distinguished himself on a rope in the air. In October of 1859 he had gone across Silver Lake near Olneyville. He even stopped halfway and on an improvised stove cooked eggs. Who was this man? Well, he was Phenix-born, the son of Benjamin Sweet and grandson of the > celebrated "Mum" Rice, herself a rope walker of renown. By trade he was a > printer, having learned to set type on the old Kent County Atlas which > later moved to East Greenwich and became the present East Greenwich > Pendulum. he had learned the rope walking art from his grandmother and had > gone with a circus as a boy. His grandmother had been a most remarkable woman, having walked on tight wires around the Pawtuxet Valley. It was from her, it was claimed, that Benoni Sweet inherited his extraordinary sense of balance. When the Civil War broke out, Sweet enlisted. He was wounded in action, but he re-enlisted and when the war was over he was honorable discharged with the rank of Sergeant Major. During the war he entertained the citizens of the Union with his feats, especially an exhibit on Pennsylvania Avenue where a rope had been stretched from the Nation's Capitol to the Clarendon Hotel. It was a wonder he got a chance to fight, so many were the invitations to put on shows for the war-weary troops. Even Governor William Sprague came out to praise him. "Professor" Sweet, they called him now. After the war the Professor came back to Phenix and worked here for awhile, then he opened a store. And not too many years afterwards he went to Providence where he remained until his death. On 4 Jul 1875 he gave up walking on the rope following an appearance at George's Park near Wreatham, Mass. He was getting too old. Some said he had lost his nerve. Blondin, the famous aerialist, who walked across Niagara Falls on a rope, was one of Benoni Sweet's personal friends. Some fifty years after that remarkable crossing to the Pawtuxet at Phenix, John H. Campbell, editor the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix, inserted a piece in the Gleaner challenging the professor to come back to Phenix and repeat his performance. Would the professor come back or was he too old? Sweet wrote a long letter to the Gleaner pointing out that he was very much alive, that he hadn't lost his nerve, that just because he was getting along in years people needn't think he was dead. Sure he'd walk that rope again. "Therefore, if necessary arrangement can be made, I will withdraw all prior excuses and make the attempt at Phenix, R. I. 4 Jul 1894, at the same location." Phenix put on another big celebration. Store fronts were decorated with flags and bunting. Professor Sweet gave a discourse on old age, and made claim to more youth than his years allowed. As he predicted he would, the professor did it again, walked across that rope. Again the crowd roared. It was like the good old days. This was good for him. It would add month to his life, At this moment the old timers adored him. It wasn't only for this particular event that the people of Phenix remembered the professor. Once he made pontoons of metal and strapped them to his feet and started across the river, only to fall over. He would have drowned too if someone had not pulled him out of the water. This crossing of 1894 was the last Benoni Sweet performed. As the years piled up he suffered greatly from diabetes, and the illness finally got the best of him. He died 18 Feb 1913, at 72. His death record shows the date as Feb 16, and the age as 72 years 11 months. His parents were Benjamin Sweet (1815-1876) and Susan Rice (1797-1865). He married three times, but seems not to have had any children. Married first Susan Colwell, 1860 Jan 19 at Cranston, second Julia Potter, 1864 Mar 6 at Cranston, and third Harriet (Williams) Corp, 1875 Dec 23 at Providence. I don't know what happened to the first two wives, as I have found no record of their deaths in R.I., but he was still married to Harriet when he died, and she survived him by only 5 years. He & Harriet are buried in CY059, Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., Coventry, RI SWEET BENONI, PROF 1840 -16 FEB 1913 CY059 SWEET HARRIET M 1827 - 6 DEC 1914 CY059 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. E. Potter" <potter@inch.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Printers and Printing -- Benoni Sweet >A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In > the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of > Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War > Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), > page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 > (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused > the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope > walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the > start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to > Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] > > Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to > transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. > > Margaret > > > > At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >>from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >>prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >>souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >>printed in 1907 >> >>"The Journeymen" (part 179) >>p. LXXXII. >> >>"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >>printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >>into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >>J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >>Sons, Central Falls. >> >>JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >>the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >>Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >>Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. >> >>ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >>apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >>Providence Union June 28, 1903. >> >>EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >>I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >>24, 1888. His father was also a printer. >> >>BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >>in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >>published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >>editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >>into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >>walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' >> >>EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >>Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning 1879. >> >>J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >>withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >>several years in California. >> >>NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >>printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >>1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >>started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >>lumber dealers, Providence. >> >>ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >>Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >>31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >>Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >>foreman Bristol Phoenix." >> >>continued in part 180. >> >>------------------------------- >> >>RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >> >>LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >>history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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A further interesting item referring to Benoni Sweet (see below). In the book, "All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes," edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes (Vintage Civil War Library, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 1985), page 237, Elisha Hunt Rhodes mentions in an entry for July 4th, 1865 (the war having ended) that the Sergeant Major Benoni Sweet amused the party (during Fourth of July celebrations) by a tight rope walking exhibition. [Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted as a private at the start of the Civil War at age 19 and rose through the ranks to Colonel and commander of the 2d RI Volunteer Regiment.] Many thanks to Beth Hurd for the hours and hours she has devoted to transcribing the "Printers and Printing" source. Margaret At 09:33 PM 9/25/2008, you wrote: >from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" >prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a >souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution >printed in 1907 > >"The Journeymen" (part 179) >p. LXXXII. > >"JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned >printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated >into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with >J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & >Sons, Central Falls. > >JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on >the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into >Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the >Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. > >ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of >apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into >Providence Union June 28, 1903. > >EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. >I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June >24, 1888. His father was also a printer. > >BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing >in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper >published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was >editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated >into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope >walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' > >EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San >Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning 1879. > >J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and >withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent >several years in California. > >NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned >printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in >1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; >started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., >lumber dealers, Providence. > >ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, >Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May >31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal >Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now >foreman Bristol Phoenix." > >continued in part 180. > >------------------------------- > >RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > >LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and >history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list >name, the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > >Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search >the list archives or find other useful information to help you use >the list more effectively, please click on the following link: > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 179) p. LXXXII. "JEREMIAH P. SULLIVAN - Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 2, 1868; learned printing with Whittemore & Thompson, beginning in 1883; initiated into Providence Union Feb. 27, 1887; worked for a brief period with J. A. & R. A. Reid; since July, 1888, has been with E. L. Freeman & Sons, Central Falls. JOHN H. SULLIVAN - Born Providence June 11, 1869; learned printing on the Evening Bulletin, beginning Sept. 6, 1887; initiated into Providence Union Aug. 31, 1890; has been a linotype operator on the Journal and Evening Bulletin since completing his apprenticeship. ROBERT EMMET SULLIVAN - Born Providence Jan. 23, 1881; served part of apprenticeship in office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into Providence Union June 28, 1903. EDWARD A. SUTCLIFFE - Born Central Falls, R. I.; died Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 1, 1903, aged 37 years; initiated into Providence Union June 24, 1888. His father was also a printer. BENONI SWEET - Born Coventry, R. I., March 16, 1840; learned printing in Phenix, R. I., on the Kent County Atlas, the first newspaper published in that county, beginning in 1852; John B. Lincoln was editor and proprietor; worked in Providence since 1866; initiated into No. 33 Dec. 11, 1869. Mr. Sweet has been famous as a tight rope walker. He is at present 'Sweet, the Printer, 862 Broad street.' EVERETT H. SWEET - Born Worcester, Mass., August, 1858; died San Pedro, Cal., August, 1893; learned printing in Providence, beginning 1879. J. W. SWEET - Admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877 and withdrew it the same year. He had travelled extensively and spent several years in California. NEWTON J. SWEET - Born Attleboro, Mass., June 21, 1860; learned printing in Attleboro, beginning in 1877; worked in Providence in 1880; bought Attleboro Advocate January, 1881, as E. H. Sweet & Co.; started Attleboro Daily Sun September, 1889; now with L. Sweet & Co., lumber dealers, Providence. ARTHUR H. SWIFT - Born 1874; learned printing with Lee & Upham, Pawtucket, beginning 1891; admitted to Providence Union by card May 31, 1896; worked on Evening Telegram and as foreman at Pentecostal Printing Co. and Franklin Press; also on Moosup (Conn.) Journal; now foreman Bristol Phoenix." continued in part 180.

from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 178) pp. LXXXI - LXXXII. "EDWIN STANTON STINE - Born Harrisburg, Pa., April 19, 1866; began to learn printing in office of Leavenworth (Kas.) Daily Times in 1899; worked mostly in West; worked in Providence for short time in July, 1906; machine operator. JAMES A. STONE - Born Providence June 16, 1874; learned printing in the office of Chadsey & Clarke, beginning in 1890. He has worked on the News, at the Franklin Press, Remington's and Standard Printing Co. He joined Providence Typographical Union Aril 28, 1901. CORNELIUS STORMEZAND - Born Holland March 15, 1866; learned printing in Cincinnati, beginning in 1880; worked in Providence on the Telegram from 1892 in 1900; No. 5016 in New York Union in 1907. JOHN J. STRONG - Initiated in Providence Union Feb. 8, 1868; worked here until about 1872, when he went to Boston and remained in that city at work on the Herald until the spring of 1896. Then he returned and was employed on the Journal for a number of years. Now resides in Johnston, R. I. IRVING J. STURDY - Born Blackstone, Mass., March 26, 1862; began to learn printing in 1884 in the office of the Attleboro Advocate, and finished his apprenticeship in Fairhaven, Vt.; he worked on the Woonsocket Reporter for a time; also in Providence with Livermore & Knight; admitted to No. 33 on March 30, 1902, by card. FRANK G. SULLIVAN - Born Providence in 1880; learned printing in Journal office, beginning in 1901; admitted to No. 33 as an apprentice member in 1905; now employed in 'ad' department of Evening Bulletin. GEORGE B. SULLIVAN - Born New Milford, Conn., June 8, 1867; first worked at printing in office of New Milford Gazette; joined Providence Union June 28, 1885, and has been continuously a member of the International Typographical Union since. In Albany, in 1889, worked on the Argus; also in the State printing office (Lyon's); also for a short time (under cover) on the Troy Times, in the same year. The Times was a non-union office at the time and no union man was allowed by the foreman to work there. But there were a few union men there, notwithstanding. Mr. Sullivan has been prominent in labor union affairs in Rhode Island. He represented Providence in the I. T. U. convention at Philadelphia in 1892; also represented the State Federation of Labor of Rhode Island at the Boston A. F. of L. convention in 1903. Three different years he has been President of the Providence Central Labor Union and one year President of the Pawtucket Allied Labor Council. He has also been President of Typographical Union No. 33. He has worked in Providence and Pawtucket for the past nine years. He resides in Pawtucket, where he was for two years Councilman from the Fourth Ward and one year was President of the City Council. Now linotype operator on Evening Bulletin. Mr. Sullivan has been a member of the souvenir committee during its existence." continued in part 179.

The reason Betty found out about the two brothers she had was because at the time she was having medical problems. I want to think that she knew someone that was either working at the home or something like that. She had gotten a lawyer and that is how she got some of the information and her two brothers somehow dropped in her lap. All we had on the first two was their names and their date of births. It took a lot of digging and help to find them BUT unfortunately it was after they both had passed away. I finally was able to get in contact with an ex family member of the CLARK family that gave me information on how to contact the one CLARK member that told me about Richard CLARK that was raised by his mother. This family member was very sick at the time and I didn't get much information out of him and he has since passed on. From everything I was told Florence Edith CLARK raised Richard until her death. I am guessing he was almost grown when she passed away. I doubt that he knew about his brothers and sisters as they were left at the home and only Betty AKA Blanche Laura CLARK was ever actually adopted. Thanks for sending me all your ideas. Regina -----Original Message----- From: rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Lepore Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:20 AM To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RI] Help with finding birth fanily Still worth it for Regina to call DCYF. She already knows foster care was involved, so maybe they have a contact address or some other piece of information that could help. Lisa

Still worth it for Regina to call DCYF. She already knows foster care was involved, so maybe they have a contact address or some other piece of information that could help. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:46 AM Subject: Re: [RI] Help with finding birth fanily | no. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> | To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:53 AM | Subject: Re: [RI] Help with finding birth fanily | | | > Interesting angle! Rhode Island has closed adoption | > records, but it never occurred to me that DCYF | > [department of children, youth & families] would | > release information on foster children. | > | > Have you ever gotten information from them? | > | > Lisa | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> | > | > | Try contacting Rhode Island, DCYF, for old records. | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | > From: "Regina Pipes" <rgpipes@hughes.net> | > | > | > | > Several years ago I was asked by my mother-in-law to help find her | > | > birth | > | > family. My mother in law passed away two years ago and I have put | > | > this on the back burner BUT I just received an e-mail from her birth nephew | > | > and he is still hoping to connect with more of his dad's family. I am once | > | > again asking for help to make my mother-in-laws dream come true by finding | > | > her only living brother Richard CLARK or at least we are hoping he is | > | > still living. If we could find Richard it would mean a lot to me as well as | > | > his nephew that he knows nothing of. | > | > This is from a letter I posted on the CLARK web site. | > | > | > | > Thank you so much for letting me post this again and hope that someone | > | > may be able to help us find Richard. | > | > | > | > Regina | > | > | > | > | > | > Several years now I have been helping my eight two year old | > | > mother-in-law; | > | > Betty ROCKLEY PIPES, search for her birth family. Betty was born | > | > Blanche Laura CLARK/CLARKE March 12, 1923 at St. Mary's Children Home in | > | > Cranston, R.I. to Florence Edith CLARK. Florence Edith CLARK was the daughter of | > | > Fred and Anna BOHLIN CLARK and sister of Blanche (b. 1905) and Harry R. | > | > CLARK (b. abt 1908). When we started our search we had the name of Betty's | > | > mother and the names of her two half brothers; Robert Henry CLARKE born March 7, | > | > 1926 and died 1993. Robert "Bob" was raised by a Frances LYNCH in R.I., and | > | > Harold Vincent CLARK born Nov. 29, 1930 and died April 1, 1995. Harold | > | > was placed in one foster home after another and finally joined the | > | > service. | > | > We have been very blessed with much help and good luck finding these two | > | > brothers even though they both have passed on. Through our search we | > | > find that there is still another half brother; Richard CLARK that had to be | > | > born | > | > after 1930. Richard is the only one of the children that lived with | > | > Florence Edith CLARK in Rhode Island. I have called every Robert CLARK listed | > | > in R I without any luck so I once again am hoping to find someone on the list | > | > that may be able to help me. I've placed messages on CLARK/CLARKE web sites | > | > as well as the ones in R I. without much success. I'm putting everything | > | > I know about this family here so just in case someone knows someone that may | > | > know someone. | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > In 1899 Anna BOHLIN came to the states from Sweden Oct. 28, 1904. Fred | > | > CLARK | > | > of Augusta, Maine married Anna BOHLIN of East Providence, R.I. | > | > | > | > 1900 census Providence, R I Ann BOHLIN is a house servant from Sweden | > | > and came to the states in 1899. | > | > | > | > Children of Fredrick and Anna BOHLIN CLARK: | > | > | > | > Blanche born abt. 1905 | > | > | > | > Blanche may have married a Gene FOLEY but don't think they had any | > | > children. | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > Florence Edith CLARK born abt. 1908 never married that we know of and | > | > had four children, Blanch Laura (Betty), Robert Henry (Bob) CLARKE , | > | > Harold Vincent CLARK and Richard CLARK/CLARKE. When Florence died her brother | > | > Harry paid for her funeral. I am guessing she is buried at St. Ann Cemetery | > | > in Cranston, R I as that is where Harry is buried. Do not know the year | > | > she died but it had to be before 1991 since that is when Harry died. | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > Harry R. CLARK born June 12, 1908 in Providence, R I and died March | > | >1991 Conyers, Georgia and is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston. | > | > | > | > Harry married Laura HUDSON. They children are Robert F. CLARK born abt | > | > 1931 | > | > and died May 22, 1992 in Georgia, Paul J. CLARK lived in Coventry, R I | > | > and just died in the last year or so and Catherine CLARK that married a | > | >WILBY. | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > Rhode Island is such a small state so I am hoping someone may know | > | > Richard and Betty will finally get to meet her brother if he is still living. | > | > Last anyone can remember Richard was living with Florence when she died. | > | > Paul CLARK remembered Richard coming to Harry F. CLARK and asking if he | > | > could help pay for Florence's funeral as he was unable to do this. I have no | > | > idea how old Richard was at the time. | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > Finding Richard would make such a nice gift to this eighty two year | > | > old that has searched all her adult life for this family. | > | > | > | > Thank you for listening. | > | > | > | > Regina | > | | > | > -------------------------------

no. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [RI] Help with finding birth fanily > Interesting angle! Rhode Island has closed adoption > records, but it never occurred to me that DCYF > [department of children, youth & families] would > release information on foster children. > > Have you ever gotten information from them? > > Lisa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> > > > | Try contacting Rhode Island, DCYF, for old records. > > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Regina Pipes" <rgpipes@hughes.net> > | > > | > > | > Several years ago I was asked by my mother-in-law to help find her > birth > | > family. My mother in law passed away two years ago and I have put > this > on > | > the back burner BUT I just received an e-mail from her birth nephew > and > he > | > is still hoping to connect with more of his dad's family. I am once > again > | > asking for help to make my mother-in-laws dream come true by finding > her > | > only living brother Richard CLARK or at least we are hoping he is > still > | > living. If we could find Richard it would mean a lot to me as well as > his > | > nephew that he knows nothing of. > | > > | > > | > > | > This is from a letter I posted on the CLARK web site. > | > > | > > | > > | > Thank you so much for letting me post this again and hope that someone > may > | > be able to help us find Richard. > | > > | > > | > > | > Regina > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > Several years now I have been helping my eight two year old > mother-in-law; > | > Betty ROCKLEY PIPES, search for her birth family. Betty was born > Blanche > | > Laura CLARK/CLARKE March 12, 1923 at St. Mary's Children Home in > Cranston, > | > R.I. to Florence Edith CLARK. Florence Edith CLARK was the daughter of > | > Fred > | > and Anna BOHLIN CLARK and sister of Blanche (b. 1905) and Harry R. > CLARK > | > (b. > | > > | > abt 1908). When we started our search we had the name of Betty's > mother > | > and > | > the names of her two half brothers; Robert Henry CLARKE born March 7, > 1926 > | > and died 1993. Robert "Bob" was raised by a Frances LYNCH in R.I., and > | > Harold Vincent CLARK born Nov. 29, 1930 and died April 1, 1995. Harold > was > | > placed in one foster home after another and finally joined the > service. > We > | > have been very blessed with much help and good luck finding these two > | > brothers even though they both have passed on. Through our search we > find > | > that there is still another half brother; Richard CLARK that had to be > | > born > | > after 1930. Richard is the only one of the children that lived with > | > Florence > | > Edith CLARK in Rhode Island. I have called every Robert CLARK listed > in > R > | > I > | > without any luck so I once again am hoping to find someone on the list > | > that > | > may be able to help me. I've placed messages on CLARK/CLARKE web sites > as > | > well as the ones in R I. without much success. I'm putting everything > I > | > know > | > about this family here so just in case someone knows someone that may > know > | > someone. > | > > | > > | > > | > In 1899 Anna BOHLIN came to the states from Sweden Oct. 28, 1904. Fred > | > CLARK > | > of Augusta, Maine married Anna BOHLIN of East Providence, R.I. > | > > | > 1900 census Providence, R I Ann BOHLIN is a house servant from Sweden > and > | > came to the states in 1899. > | > > | > > | > > | > Children of Fredrick and Anna BOHLIN CLARK: > | > > | > > | > > | > Blanche born abt. 1905 > | > > | > Blanche may have married a Gene FOLEY but don't think they had any > | > children. > | > > | > > | > > | > Florence Edith CLARK born abt. 1908 never married that we know of and > had > | > four children, Blanch Laura (Betty), Robert Henry (Bob) CLARKE , > Harold > | > Vincent CLARK and Richard CLARK/CLARKE. When Florence died her brother > | > Harry > | > paid for her funeral. I am guessing she is buried at St. Ann Cemetery > in > | > Cranston, R I as that is where Harry is buried. Do not know the year > she > | > died but it had to be before 1991 since that is when Harry died. > | > > | > > | > > | > Harry R. CLARK born June 12, 1908 in Providence, R I and died March > 1991 > | > Conyers, Georgia and is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston. > | > > | > Harry married Laura HUDSON. They children are Robert F. CLARK born abt > | > 1931 > | > and died May 22, 1992 in Georgia, Paul J. CLARK lived in Coventry, R I > and > | > just died in the last year or so and Catherine CLARK that married a > WILBY. > | > > | > > | > > | > Rhode Island is such a small state so I am hoping someone may know > Richard > | > and Betty will finally get to meet her brother if he is still living. > Last > | > anyone can remember Richard was living with Florence when she died. > Paul > | > CLARK remembered Richard coming to Harry F. CLARK and asking if he > could > | > help pay for Florence's funeral as he was unable to do this. I have no > | > idea > | > how old Richard was at the time. > | > > | > > | > > | > Finding Richard would make such a nice gift to this eighty two year > old > | > that > | > has searched all her adult life for this family. > | > > | > > | > > | > Thank you for listening. > | > > | > Regina > | > > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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Interesting angle! Rhode Island has closed adoption records, but it never occurred to me that DCYF [department of children, youth & families] would release information on foster children. Have you ever gotten information from them? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROLYN SCHWAB" <piermonarchs@verizon.net> | Try contacting Rhode Island, DCYF, for old records. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Regina Pipes" <rgpipes@hughes.net> | > | > | > Several years ago I was asked by my mother-in-law to help find her birth | > family. My mother in law passed away two years ago and I have put this on | > the back burner BUT I just received an e-mail from her birth nephew and he | > is still hoping to connect with more of his dad's family. I am once again | > asking for help to make my mother-in-laws dream come true by finding her | > only living brother Richard CLARK or at least we are hoping he is still | > living. If we could find Richard it would mean a lot to me as well as his | > nephew that he knows nothing of. | > | > | > | > This is from a letter I posted on the CLARK web site. | > | > | > | > Thank you so much for letting me post this again and hope that someone may | > be able to help us find Richard. | > | > | > | > Regina | > | > | > | > | > | > Several years now I have been helping my eight two year old mother-in-law; | > Betty ROCKLEY PIPES, search for her birth family. Betty was born Blanche | > Laura CLARK/CLARKE March 12, 1923 at St. Mary's Children Home in Cranston, | > R.I. to Florence Edith CLARK. Florence Edith CLARK was the daughter of | > Fred | > and Anna BOHLIN CLARK and sister of Blanche (b. 1905) and Harry R. CLARK | > (b. | > | > abt 1908). When we started our search we had the name of Betty's mother | > and | > the names of her two half brothers; Robert Henry CLARKE born March 7, 1926 | > and died 1993. Robert "Bob" was raised by a Frances LYNCH in R.I., and | > Harold Vincent CLARK born Nov. 29, 1930 and died April 1, 1995. Harold was | > placed in one foster home after another and finally joined the service. We | > have been very blessed with much help and good luck finding these two | > brothers even though they both have passed on. Through our search we find | > that there is still another half brother; Richard CLARK that had to be | > born | > after 1930. Richard is the only one of the children that lived with | > Florence | > Edith CLARK in Rhode Island. I have called every Robert CLARK listed in R | > I | > without any luck so I once again am hoping to find someone on the list | > that | > may be able to help me. I've placed messages on CLARK/CLARKE web sites as | > well as the ones in R I. without much success. I'm putting everything I | > know | > about this family here so just in case someone knows someone that may know | > someone. | > | > | > | > In 1899 Anna BOHLIN came to the states from Sweden Oct. 28, 1904. Fred | > CLARK | > of Augusta, Maine married Anna BOHLIN of East Providence, R.I. | > | > 1900 census Providence, R I Ann BOHLIN is a house servant from Sweden and | > came to the states in 1899. | > | > | > | > Children of Fredrick and Anna BOHLIN CLARK: | > | > | > | > Blanche born abt. 1905 | > | > Blanche may have married a Gene FOLEY but don't think they had any | > children. | > | > | > | > Florence Edith CLARK born abt. 1908 never married that we know of and had | > four children, Blanch Laura (Betty), Robert Henry (Bob) CLARKE , Harold | > Vincent CLARK and Richard CLARK/CLARKE. When Florence died her brother | > Harry | > paid for her funeral. I am guessing she is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in | > Cranston, R I as that is where Harry is buried. Do not know the year she | > died but it had to be before 1991 since that is when Harry died. | > | > | > | > Harry R. CLARK born June 12, 1908 in Providence, R I and died March 1991 | > Conyers, Georgia and is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston. | > | > Harry married Laura HUDSON. They children are Robert F. CLARK born abt | > 1931 | > and died May 22, 1992 in Georgia, Paul J. CLARK lived in Coventry, R I and | > just died in the last year or so and Catherine CLARK that married a WILBY. | > | > | > | > Rhode Island is such a small state so I am hoping someone may know Richard | > and Betty will finally get to meet her brother if he is still living. Last | > anyone can remember Richard was living with Florence when she died. Paul | > CLARK remembered Richard coming to Harry F. CLARK and asking if he could | > help pay for Florence's funeral as he was unable to do this. I have no | > idea | > how old Richard was at the time. | > | > | > | > Finding Richard would make such a nice gift to this eighty two year old | > that | > has searched all her adult life for this family. | > | > | > | > Thank you for listening. | > | > Regina |

from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 177) p. LXXXI. "OLIVER STEELE - Was married in Boston, Mass., Nov. 20, 1902, to Mrs. Sarah H. Boss of that city. He was a printer and formerly worked in Providence. LEONARD L. STEPHENSON - Born Gloucester, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1865; learned printing in office of New Bedford Evening Standard; worked in Providence from 1879 to 1882; he ran the first linotype machine in Massachusetts and claims 'the honor of being the only 'comp' who ever beat J. Harry West at his own game at the copy box;' employed on the Boston Herald in 1907. THOMAS C. STEPHENSON - Born Bristol, England, Aug. 19, 1854; learned printing in New York Sun job office; worked in Providence from 1879 to 1882; was for many years a successful master printer in Boston; now employed on the Boston Herald. ALBERT L. STEVENS - Born Claremont, N. H., Dec. 20, 1861; learned printing in office of Claremont Mfg. Co., beginning in October, 1879; worked in Manchester, N. H., and Northampton, Mass.; initiated into Providence Union Dec. 31, 1899. CHARLES H. STILES - Born New York State and learned printing there. He was working on the New York Times in 1870, and later worked in Boston, Mass., whence he came to Providence in April, 1885. He was a prime mover in organizing Caxton Assembly, Knights of Labor, and was a charter member. Afterward he was prominent in Chicago typographical circles. He died in that city May 7, 1900, aged 54 years. He is buried in No. 16's lot in Elmwood Cemetery. CHARLES P. STILES - Born Rock Island, Ill., July 3, 1854; learned printing at Aledo, Ill., beginning in 1867; initiated into Davenport (Ia.) Union in March, 1872, and has ever since been a member in good standing. He first worked in Providence on the Journal in 1880. His second visit was in 1885, when he worked on the Telegram. He was a charter member of the Caxton Assembly, Knights of Labor, composed exclusively of printers; employed on Hearst's Chicago American in 1905." continued in part 178.

Try contacting Rhode Island, DCYF, for old records. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Regina Pipes" <rgpipes@hughes.net> To: <RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:12 PM Subject: [RI] Help with finding birth fanily > > > Several years ago I was asked by my mother-in-law to help find her birth > family. My mother in law passed away two years ago and I have put this on > the back burner BUT I just received an e-mail from her birth nephew and he > is still hoping to connect with more of his dad's family. I am once again > asking for help to make my mother-in-laws dream come true by finding her > only living brother Richard CLARK or at least we are hoping he is still > living. If we could find Richard it would mean a lot to me as well as his > nephew that he knows nothing of. > > > > This is from a letter I posted on the CLARK web site. > > > > Thank you so much for letting me post this again and hope that someone may > be able to help us find Richard. > > > > Regina > > > > > > Several years now I have been helping my eight two year old mother-in-law; > Betty ROCKLEY PIPES, search for her birth family. Betty was born Blanche > Laura CLARK/CLARKE March 12, 1923 at St. Mary's Children Home in Cranston, > R.I. to Florence Edith CLARK. Florence Edith CLARK was the daughter of > Fred > and Anna BOHLIN CLARK and sister of Blanche (b. 1905) and Harry R. CLARK > (b. > > abt 1908). When we started our search we had the name of Betty's mother > and > the names of her two half brothers; Robert Henry CLARKE born March 7, 1926 > and died 1993. Robert "Bob" was raised by a Frances LYNCH in R.I., and > Harold Vincent CLARK born Nov. 29, 1930 and died April 1, 1995. Harold was > placed in one foster home after another and finally joined the service. We > have been very blessed with much help and good luck finding these two > brothers even though they both have passed on. Through our search we find > that there is still another half brother; Richard CLARK that had to be > born > after 1930. Richard is the only one of the children that lived with > Florence > Edith CLARK in Rhode Island. I have called every Robert CLARK listed in R > I > without any luck so I once again am hoping to find someone on the list > that > may be able to help me. I've placed messages on CLARK/CLARKE web sites as > well as the ones in R I. without much success. I'm putting everything I > know > about this family here so just in case someone knows someone that may know > someone. > > > > In 1899 Anna BOHLIN came to the states from Sweden Oct. 28, 1904. Fred > CLARK > of Augusta, Maine married Anna BOHLIN of East Providence, R.I. > > 1900 census Providence, R I Ann BOHLIN is a house servant from Sweden and > came to the states in 1899. > > > > Children of Fredrick and Anna BOHLIN CLARK: > > > > Blanche born abt. 1905 > > Blanche may have married a Gene FOLEY but don't think they had any > children. > > > > Florence Edith CLARK born abt. 1908 never married that we know of and had > four children, Blanch Laura (Betty), Robert Henry (Bob) CLARKE , Harold > Vincent CLARK and Richard CLARK/CLARKE. When Florence died her brother > Harry > paid for her funeral. I am guessing she is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in > Cranston, R I as that is where Harry is buried. Do not know the year she > died but it had to be before 1991 since that is when Harry died. > > > > Harry R. CLARK born June 12, 1908 in Providence, R I and died March 1991 > Conyers, Georgia and is buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston. > > Harry married Laura HUDSON. They children are Robert F. CLARK born abt > 1931 > and died May 22, 1992 in Georgia, Paul J. CLARK lived in Coventry, R I and > just died in the last year or so and Catherine CLARK that married a WILBY. > > > > Rhode Island is such a small state so I am hoping someone may know Richard > and Betty will finally get to meet her brother if he is still living. Last > anyone can remember Richard was living with Florence when she died. Paul > CLARK remembered Richard coming to Harry F. CLARK and asking if he could > help pay for Florence's funeral as he was unable to do this. I have no > idea > how old Richard was at the time. > > > > Finding Richard would make such a nice gift to this eighty two year old > that > has searched all her adult life for this family. > > > > Thank you for listening. > > Regina > > > > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rimimma49 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.unknown/46.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi myself and 2 other researchers have been trying to trace a line of Rodmans of Narragansett heritage for a couple of yers now......We have came across the Nancy Rodman who married George Fairweather also spelt Fayerweather here in RI...George was part of the Afican Benovolent Society along with a Nathan Rodman We havent found much on Nathaniel as he seems to be elusive at best....The Fairweather name is consistant in old tribal Newspapers.. If you could contact me directly I could pas along some of those articles my name is Flo rimimma49@cox.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Try this. Ask for Ken Carlson. R I State Archives 337 Westminister St Providence, R I. 02903 401-222-2353 reference@sec.state.ri.us Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <jodiba@cox.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [RI] RI Military records > Here's one for Revolutionary War. It's on-line at Heritage Quest. You > might need to go to Interlibrary Loan. > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: [RI] RI Military records > > >> Does anyone know where I can obtain RI military records (1777-1805)? >> >> Linda >> > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, > the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > > Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the > list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list > more effectively, please click on the following link: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 176) pp. LXXX - LXXXI. "ALFRED C. SPARKS - Born Wilmington, Del., where he also learned the printing trade. He has worked in Philadelphia, Pa., and in Providence since 1889; now employed on Tribune. EDGAR T. SPENCER - Born Glen's Falls, N. Y.; learned printing trade at Albany, N. Y., where he joined the Typographical Union in 1867; worked at his trade in New York city and Boston; came to Providence in 1877; employed on the Journal until 1895; at present (1907) publisher of Hope Valley Advertiser; member of Senate Lodge, F. and A. M., 456, Glen's Falls, N. Y.; Franklin R. A. Chapter, No. 7, Hope Valley, R. I.; Westminster Lodge No. 27, I. O. O. F., Providence; joined Providence Union at its reorganization, April 8, 1883. B. SPRANGER - Initiated into Providence Union May 26, 1901. He was then 44 years of age, and had learned printing in Milwaukee, Wis., beginning in 1891. FRANK E. STACKPOLE - Born in Newmarket, N. H., in 1855; learned printing in that town, beginning in 1873; admitted to Providence Union by card May 5, 1904. CHARLES STANSFIELD - Born in 1867; learned printing in England; initiated into Providence union Sept. 25, 1887; last heard of in 1897 in Bangor, Me., where he was a member of No. 446. WILLIAM J. STANTON - Died at R. I. Hospital May 23, 1885, after an illness of a few days. Rev. Fr. Clune sang a requiem high mass at the Church of the Assumption over the remains, and he was buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery on Douglas avenue, four of his former associates in the Journal composing room acting as bearers. FREDERICK W. STEARNS - Born Mansfield, Mass., Jan. 8, 1847. He graduated from high school at 16; took up the study of medicine with his father, who was a surgeon in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. After the Civil war he learned printing, beginning at Stoughton, Mass.; worked in Providence, on the Evening Press, in 1868. The morning fire destroyed that office in December of that year he missed an early train from Milford, where he resided, and thereby escaped the ordeal of climbing down the chain. Mr. Stearns was initiated into Boston Typographical Union, No. 13, in 1869, while working in that city at Alfred Mudge's. He went to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1872. He is a charter member of Cream City Typographical Union, No. 23; was secretary for eight years; five years delegate to the Federated Trades' Council, acting as its secretary and treasurer several terms; delegate from Milwaukee to organize the American Federation of Labor in Washington, D. C.; delegate to the I. T. U. conventions at Buffalo and Syracuse; served two years as President of Milwaukee Union, and in that capacity opened the 47th session of the I. T. U. in Milwaukee in 1900. Mr. Stearns joined the Knights of Labor in 1885 and held many important offices in that organization. In politics, Mr. Stearns is a Populist. His grandfather, Isaac Stearns, was a member of the printing firm of Stearns & Wheaton in Providence in 1830, and publisher and editor of the Free Press, one of the first daily newspapers printed in this city. Isaac Stearns was not a practical printer. He was born in Mansfield, Mass., Jan. 18, 1790, and died June 16, 1879. Fred W. Stearns was editor of the Milwaukee Union Signal, a labor paper, in 1904." continued in part 177.

Here's one for Revolutionary War. It's on-line at Heritage Quest. You might need to go to Interlibrary Loan. Richard ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [RI] RI Military records > Does anyone know where I can obtain RI military records (1777-1805)? > > Linda >