CHARLES COLLINS VAN ZANDT was born in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon graduation from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, he studied law and began a practice in Newport after being admitted…

ALFRED HENRY LITTLEFIELD was born in Scituate, Rhode Island. He began working at an early age, first in a mill in Warwick, and then in a dry goods house, going…

AUGUSTUS OSBORN BOURN was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduating from Brown University, he went to work in his father’s rubber business, which he later took over after his…

GEORGE PEABODY WETMORE was born in London, England during his parents' travels abroad. He completed his undergraduate education at Yale University and studied law at Columbia University. He began his…

Born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS attended public schools in Rehoboth and a private school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He went on to engage in a number of occupations,…

ROYAL CHAPIN TAFT was born in Northbridge, Massachusetts. He was involved for a number of years in the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods in Connecticut and Rhode Island. He…

HERBERT WARREN LADD was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After finishing high school, he worked briefly in the dry goods business and then joined the staff of the New Bedford Mercury.…

DANIEL RUSSELL BROWN was born in Bolton, Connecticut, where he attended public schools. He clerked in a hardware store, later worked his way up to head salesman at a leading…

CHARLES WARREN LIPPITT was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1865, did post-graduate work, and traveled before joining his father's cotton and woolen manufacturing firm.…

ELISHA DYER JR. was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Brown University and went on to complete a Ph.D. at the University of…

WILLIAM GREGORY was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York. While attending school, he worked as a mill hand, becoming a mill superintendent by the age of nineteen. He went…

CHARLES DEAN KIMBALL was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After receiving a public school education, he went to work for Kimball & Colwell Company, eventually purchasing his father's interest in…