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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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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