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Old Buttonwoods
David R. Tremblay
©June 2010

Old Buttonwoods
2008 photo by David R. Tremblay on Ninth Ave.

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Foreword
First published 2010
Copyright David R. Tremblay, 2010
All rights reserved. Any part of this book may not be reproduced in any form, by
mimeograph, photo copying, digitally or any other means, without permission in writing from
the writer.
Printed in the United States of America.
David R. Tremblay & Thomasine McNamara
First and most important I want to express my thanks to Tomi for her being so patient in the
time I spent in the last two and half years in researching articles for this book. I have always
taken an interest in the history of the area in which I reside. After moving to Rhode Island
over 20 years ago, I have to admit that I had never ventured to Old Buttonwoods, traveling
all over Rhode Island and including the islands out in the Atlantic, before I drove into Old
Buttonwoods. The fi rst impression was as if I was at Martha’s Vineyard only to fi nd out that I
was not the only one to make this statement.
Searching the Internet there was little information on Old Buttonwoods so it was time to visit
the Warwick Historical Society (WHS) that I had spent a considerable amount of time on the
restoration of the inside of the Arnold House at 25 Roger Williams Avenue. There they have a
box of information on Buttonwoods. Fortunately Ms. Felicia Gardella, president of WHS had
everything in the box scanned. I also would like to thank the past president of WHS, Ms..
Maureen Callahan, who died in 2009 and will be missed, for her dedication and allowing my
access to the WHS behind the scenes.
This book is based on the data acquired from WHS, personal research and the documents
that were given to me to review. I also decided to add the information from the Buttonwoods
Centennial Book. The photos from that book have also been added. Some of the photos were
found and updated for better quality and the remainder are as best as they can be from the
copying the Centennial book. The fi les have been organized into chapters to help fi nd the
information on a given topic in one area. Not all the data that has been compiled has been
verifi ed for accuracy. There are some inaccuracies that were found and they have been corrected
based on other sources. However, verifying everything would be a monumental undertaking for
one person.
Credit also goes out to the Centennial Committee of 1971. Below and the picture on the next
page are from this book:
This summer at the Centennial Exhibit, a number of residents asked for copies of the materials

Buttonwood Tree ................................................................................................................ 11
Nasauket in Shawomet .......................................................................................................14
The Greene Homestead ....................................................................................................... 17
Chief’s home rooted in history of old Buttonwoods .............................................................23
The Buttonwoods................................................................................................................27
Old Buttonwoods #1 ........................................................................................................... 29
WILL NOT BE DRIVEN OUT .................................................................................................32
Records of The Buttonwood Beach Association....................................................................36
Buttonwoods Fire District ...................................................................................................54
Neighborhood Rules and Regulations ....................................................................................61
Recalling the days when Buttonwoods campgrounds for a political rally and a free meal to
mellow voters...................................................................................................................... 64
Maps of Old Buttonwoods ...................................................................................................67
From The History Of Washington & Kent Counties. By J. R. Cole. 1889 ..............................79
Providence Sunday Journal, July 1, 1906 ...........................................................................81
Providence Sunday Journal June 28, 1914 .........................................................................85
Providence Sunday Journal, September 9, 1928 .................................................................89
Buttonwoods residents hire police patrols to insure privacy ..........................................93
Old Buttonwoods has a real sense of balance......................................................................95
Some Reminiscence of a Buttonwoods Resident by Harriet Claflin 1906-1945 .....................98
Buttonwoods as I remember it 1922-1952......................................................................... 106
1078 Buttonwoods Ave ..................................................................................................... 112
Buttonwoods Summers..................................................................................................... 116
A Study of the Growth and Development of Buttonwood Beach .........................................120
Buttonwood Beach Garden Club ....................................................................................... 122
Constitution of the Buttonwoods Garden Beach Club........................................................135
The Casino ....................................................................................................................... 137
Bene t Bridge at Buttonwoods ..........................................................................................154
The Chapel ....................................................................................................................... 156
Purchase by Buttonwood Beach Chapel in 1941 ...................................................................160
By-Laws of Buttonwood Beach Chapel................................................................................. 162
Radiator repairman’s artistic touch adds dignity to Victorian..................................................167
Some Reminiscence of A Buttonwoods Resident on the Chapel ...............................................167
By Harriet Cla in on the chapel..........................................................................................167
Buttonwood Beach Association .........................................................................................170
Buttonwood Beach Association Deed ................................................................................ 179
Rev. Moses Homan Bixby.................................................................................................. 181
Buttonwoods #3 - The association, the development .........................................................194
The Buttonwoods Hotel..................................................................................................... 196
Removing a Buttonwoods Landmark ................................................................................... 211
Ye Old Buttonwoods House............................................................................................... 214
1896 Makepeace family diary............................................................................................ 228
Hurricane of September 21, 1938 ..................................................................................... 235
Buttonwoods District-Special Meeting .................................................................................242
Hurricane Carol August 31, 1954 ..................................................................................... 245
Hurricane Gloria September 27, 1985............................................................................... 250
27 Ninth Avenue .............................................................................................................. 253
Building of Jabes G. Harris’house .................................................................................... 258
Buttonwoods Camp Grounds ............................................................................................ 261
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Table of Contents

Providence Journal July 6, 1839 ........................................................................................ 265
Crest Nursing Home ......................................................................................................... 271
By: John McGovern July 3, 1989........................................................................................ 272
Obituary: McCrae, Frances M............................................................................................. 275
Blizzard of Feb. 1978 ........................................................................................................ 276
Sewer Project .................................................................................................................... 281
The Railroad ..................................................................................................................... 286
Airport.............................................................................................................................. 306
National Register of Historic Places ................................................................................... 318
The year the Buttonwood Homes were built ......................................................................328
The Centennial Year Property Owners In Buttonwoods 1971 .............................................338
Current Residence / Owners 2008.................................................................................... 340
Homes Of Old Buttonwoods .............................................................................................. 342
Andrew Comstock Road..................................................................................................... 342
Amore Road..................................................................................................................... 343
Beach Park Ave ................................................................................................................ 344
Buttonwoods Ave.............................................................................................................. 346
Cla in Rd........................................................................................................................ 352
Clarence Ct ..................................................................................................................... 353
Cooper Ave ...................................................................................................................... 353
Eighth Ave....................................................................................................................... 354
Ninth Ave ........................................................................................................................ 355
Tenth Ave........................................................................................................................ 357
Eleventh Ave.................................................................................................................... 359
Twelfth Ave...................................................................................................................... 361
Thirteenth Ave ................................................................................................................. 362
Fifteenth Ave ................................................................................................................... 365
Hawthorne Ave................................................................................................................. 366
Hemlock Ave.................................................................................................................... 368
Janice............................................................................................................................. 371
Lorna Ave........................................................................................................................ 373
Ode Court ....................................................................................................................... 373
Promenade Ave ................................................................................................................ 374
Woodbine Ave .................................................................................................................. 378
Fourteenth Ave ................................................................................................................ 363
Biographies ...................................................................................................................... 380
C. M. Andrews ................................................................................................................ 380
Lewis Williams Anthony .................................................................................................... 380
William Armour,............................................................................................................... 383
Eleazer W. Barrows........................................................................................................... 384
Moses H. Bixby ................................................................................................................ 384
Richard Martin Bowen ...................................................................................................... 387
Rev. Jonathan Brayton...................................................................................................... 387
Lodowick Brayton............................................................................................................. 389
Hon. Daniel Russell Brown ................................................................................................ 390
John Murray Buf nton ..................................................................................................... 393
A. Burgess & Son ............................................................................................................. 393
Arthur Whitman Cla in..................................................................................................... 394
Wm C. Chapman.............................................................................................................. 396
Andrew Comstock............................................................................................................. 396
Dr. Forest G. Eddy............................................................................................................ 398
William Elsbree ................................................................................................................ 398
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Lewis Fairbrother ............................................................................................................. 399
Nicholas Arnold Fenner ..................................................................................................... 400
Peter L. Freeman .............................................................................................................. 402
Henry Whitman Greene..................................................................................................... 403
Joseph Harris .................................................................................................................. 403
J. C. Hartshorn ................................................................................................................ 404
Frederick W. Hartwell ....................................................................................................... 405
John B. Hartwell .............................................................................................................. 406
Daniel Stanton Hazard ...................................................................................................... 408
Thomas J. Hill ................................................................................................................. 408
Arnold S. Hood................................................................................................................. 409
Howard Hoppin ................................................................................................................ 410
Walter S. Hough .............................................................................................................. 410
Hough Estate ................................................................................................................. 412
Edwin Johnson ................................................................................................................ 413
Charles R. Makepeace....................................................................................................... 413
Josiah S. Packard............................................................................................................. 415
George B. Peck................................................................................................................. 416
Isaac M. Potter................................................................................................................. 418
Henry Francis Richards..................................................................................................... 419
Niles B. Schubarth ........................................................................................................... 419
George P. Tew .................................................................................................................. 420
Gorham Thurber .............................................................................................................. 421
William C. Townsend ........................................................................................................ 422
Index ................................................................................................................................ 423
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342
Homes Of Old Buttonwoods
Andrew Comstock Road
110 Andrew Comstock Road 120 Andrew Comstock Road
148 Andrew Comstock Road 154 Andrew Comstock Road
174 Andrew Comstock Road

C. M. Andrews
In the Census of 1870 in Providence, RI
we nd Caleb M age 41, leather dealer with
Charlotte 41, Ruth 17 and a personal estate
$10,000, Providence
1 No. 26,510. — GEORGE MILLER
and CALEB M. ANDREWS, of
Providence, R. I. — Improvement
in Leather Washers. — Patent dated December
20, 1859. — The claim and engraving»
explain the nature of this invention.
Claim. — A washer constructed of a leather
strip, wound in coil form, and with or without
the interposition of other substances between
its convolutions, substantially as set forth.
Lewis Williams Anthony 2
Lewis Williams Anthony, b. North
Providence, Sept. 19, 1825, d. at Providence,
Mar. 17, 1903.
He acquired his education at a school
established by his father on the home estate
in North Providence, for the bene t of the
children, and at the academy at Fruit Hill. His
father died when he was ten years old.
At the age of sixteen he began business
as a clerk in the store of David Le Favour at
Pawtucket, R. L. A year later he obtained a
better position as clerk in the wholesale shoe
house. Green & Arnold, Providence, R. L, and
with this house he remained a period of sixty
years until his death. In 1851 buying out
Mr. Arnold and becoming a member of the
rm of Greene & Anthony, and subsequently
of Greene, Anthony Co., the rm built up a
1 From THE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS, By SENATE OF THE
UNITED STATES’Published by 1860
2 Author: Anthony, Charles L., 1836- comp, Subject: Anthony
family, Publisher: Sterling, Ill.: C.L. Anthony, Possible
copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
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Biographies
large business and enviable reputation for fair
dealing and sound credit. Beside his interest
in the shoe business, he was president of the
Trader’s National Bank, Providence; director
of Nicholson File Co.; director Great Western
File Co., of Beaver Fall, Pa.; director Smith &
Anthony Co., Boston; director Central Real
Estate Co., Providence; a corporator of the
Morning Star
Publishing House, Boston; member of the
Board of Fellows of Bates College, Lewiston,
Me.; president Board of Trustees of Storer
College, Harper’s Ferry, West Va., and vicepresident
of the Board of Trustees of the
Evangelical Y. W. C. A., Providence; member
of city government of Providence for several
years. In 1841, in his sixteenth year he united
with the church of Centerdale near his home,
and in 1858, joined the Roger Williams Free
Baptist Church of Providence. From 1865 he
was one of its deacons; for thirty-three years
he taught the Sunday School class. He was
keenly interested in all denominational work.
For twenty- ve years he was president Home
Mission Society and was generous in his gifts as
testi ed in Anthony Memorial at Storer College,
Harper’s Ferry, West Va., and Roger Williams
Hall at Cobb Divinity, School, Lewiston, Me.
He was married three times and rst marriage
in Sept. 15, 1847 was Britannia Franklin
Waterman of Johnston, R. I. She was born in
Johnston, July 17, 1825, died at Providence,
Jan. 26, 1892. Through her father’s paternal
ancestry, she was a lineal descendant of Roger
Williams, and through his maternal ancestry
of the blood of Benjamin Franklin.
LEWIS WILLIAMS ANTHONY 3 ; was born in
North Providence, September 19, 1825. He is
the son of James and Sarah Porter (Williams)
Anthony, and the fth of nine children. His
paternal ancestry is traced from John Anthony,
who came from Homestead, England, April 16,
1634, in the bark Hercules, and died July 18,
1675, aged sixty-eight years. From him the
succession is as follows: Abraham, William,
James, Daniel, the grandfather of Hon. Henry
3 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island Vol.
I-III by J.H. Beers & Co. Chicago 1908 pg 1507-09 and
The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of
Rhode Island, Providence National Biographical Publishing
Co.1881 pg 492-3

A
Abbott, Norris 126
Adams 101, 109, 126, 243, 319, 332, 411
Adams, Jeremiah S. 319
Admiral Noah 86
Airport 37, 173, 176, 178
Amer, Frederick I. 58
Andrews, C. M. 171
Anthony, Elizabeth 28, 68
Anthony, John 380
Anthony, Lewis W. 171, 382
Apponaug 4, 5, 24, 43, 44, 45, 64, 65, 82, 83,
86, 89, 108, 167, 172, 261, 287, 288,
289, 292, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303
Apponaug Cove 24
Aquidneck Island 19
Armour, William 25, 53, 98, 104, 331, 332,
334, 383, 384
Armstrong 58, 65, 66, 101, 104, 114, 126,
127, 128, 134, 154, 155, 284, 339
Arnold, Bowen 28
Arnold House 2, 64, 65, 378
Arnold, Joseph G. 44
Arnold, Louis 102
Arnold, Philip 41
Austin, Hope 126
B
Babcock, Joseph P. 41
Babcock, Nathan 83
Barber, Jacob 40
Barney, Howard 101, 154
Barrows 9, 41, 42, 50, 125, 126, 171, 176,
177, 308, 312, 313, 325, 331, 332, 384,
386, 392
Barrows, Eleazer W. 41, 42, 171, 384
Barrows, Fred 126
Barton, Benjamin 67
Bennett, George J. 40
Benson, John 41
Betsy Williams Cottage, 12
Bissell, Mary E. 287
Bixby, Bradford 113
Bixby, Ernest Merle 89, 90, 113, 155
Bixby, Lawrence 99, 104, 113
Bixby, Moses 64, 87, 90, 95, 113, 170, 171,
181, 184, 185, 194, 292, 325, 326, 332,
336, 384
Bixby, Thomas H. 44
Index
Blanchard, Marge 58, 59
Bodwell, Beatrice 102
Boston Airport 308
Boston Railroad 44, 50, 287, 288, 289, 303,
304, 305
Bourdon, Allen P. 306, 307, 312
Bowen, Edward S. 5
Bowen, Marshall 119
Bowen, Richard M. 5
Brayton, Jonathan 36, 37, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47,
48, 49, 83, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177,
288, 289, 324, 331, 387, 388, 421
Brayton, Lodowick 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48,
49, 50, 80, 83, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176,
177, 195, 288, 319, 331, 388, 389
Briggs, Albert 101
Briggs, Albert M. 161, 254, 257
Briggs, George W. 287
Briggs, Ralph 102
Brown 386
Brown, Henry A.L. 84, 137, 158, 195, 204,
210, 220, 222, 224, 267, 268
Brown, Peley 41
Brush Neck 4, 25, 65, 194
Brush Neck Cove 24, 25, 37, 65, 97, 194, 294,
298
Budlong, Henry 5
Budlong, Henry W. 5, 65, 69, 261, 262, 263,
268, 294
Budlong, John 4–7
Budlong, Rhoby K. 173
Budlong, Warner 5, 65, 69, 261, 262, 263,
268, 294
Burgess, Alexander 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 170,
176, 178, 203, 288, 289, 331, 335, 393,
394
Burgess, E. A. 52–53, 53
Burlingame, George W. 83
Buttonwood Beach Association 4, 5, 24, 25, 27,
28, 29, 30, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47,
48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 52–53, 53, 54, 64, 65,
71, 79, 87, 90, 135, 140, 160, 162, 170,
171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179,
180, 194, 197, 198, 200, 202, 203, 212,
254, 257, 271, 272, 273, 274, 287, 288,
289, 302, 304, 305, 319, 326, 387
Buttonwood Beach Garden Club 104, 122, 126,
134, 135, 152
Buttonwood Beach Hotel 27, 91, 201, 203
Buttonwoods Airport 4
423

Buttonwoods Beach 4, 25, 170, 194, 198
Buttonwoods Beach Hotel 27
Buttonwoods Chapel Association 212
Buttonwoods Crest Nursing Home 4, 64, 65,
214, 271, 272, 275, 338
Buttonwoods Fire District 25, 61, 62, 63
Buttonwoods Hall Association 140, 212
Buttonwoods Hotel 71, 72, 107, 196, 347
Buttonwoods Point 4, 62, 239, 318, 326, 327
Buttonwood trees 11, 13, 29, 79, 81, 125
C
Callahan, Maureen 2, 274
Carder, James 67
Carder, John 67, 68
Carpenter 4, 100, 126, 243, 259, 325, 332,
411
Carpenter, John 82
Carrs, Laura 109
Casino 4, 25, 61, 62, 65, 101, 102, 103, 104,
105, 109, 130, 130–136, 133, 134, 194,
246, 306, 307, 308, 316
Casino Committee 62
Centennial Committee 2
Chafee, John 105
Chafee, John Hubbard 105
Chapel 4, 5, 8, 44, 79, 87, 91, 92, 95, 96, 133,
154, 162, 166, 167, 185, 186, 189, 190,
191, 193, 194, 212, 216, 238, 318, 326,
385
Chapman, William C. 171
Chippewanoxet 29
Cla in 53, 98, 100, 102, 104, 105, 107, 123,
126, 127, 130, 133, 134, 167, 212, 237,
238, 240, 327, 328, 329, 338, 340, 341,
352
Clambake 27, 64, 69, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,
86, 195, 272
Clarke 386
Clay, Henry 64
Cobb, Henrietta 104
Cobb, Ruth 105
Coleman, Earl 101
Colvin, Stephen 83, 102
Comstock, Andrew 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 62, 107,
115, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177, 262,
288, 289, 328, 329, 332, 336, 338, 340,
342, 343, 386, 396, 400
Connet, John 116, 119
Coogan, Dick 59
Cottrell, Calvert B. 83
424
Coutcher, John 25
Coutcher, John F. 94
Cowesett 24, 29, 36, 44, 79, 82, 88, 172, 173,
178, 215, 303
Cowesett Bay 24, 36, 44, 79, 172, 173, 178,
215, 303
Cranston Street Baptist Church 4, 25, 29, 64,
87, 90, 194, 326, 384, 385, 397
Curren, Francis 59
Cutter, Charlie 84, 263, 264, 265
D
D’Amato, Don 64, 194, 292
Darling 99, 126
Decatur 92, 110, 126, 133, 154, 155, 241
DeCatur, Clarence 98
Dexter, Benjamin 69
Dexter, Emeline 68
Dexter, Jeremiah 20, 69
Doane, Stillman 98
Doell 386
Donnelly, Gordon 117, 119
Dyer, William H. 47
E
East Greenwich 27, 29, 79, 81, 88, 101, 106,
154, 256, 274, 283, 285, 327, 388
Eddy, Dr. Forrest G. 91, 101, 161, 254, 255,
256, 257, 322, 334, 335
Edmunds, Harry 100
Elsbree, Bertha 126
Elsbree, Eugene 101, 113, 126
Elsbree, Shirley S. 58, 113, 339
Elsbree, William 47, 170, 176, 288, 398
Elsbree, Williams 398–422
Elsbree, William S. 288, 289
Emerson 13
Evans, Robert 240
Evans, Sally 118
F
Fairbrother, Lewis 37
Fenner, Nicholas A. 170, 319, 401
Fi eld 37–53, 40–53, 41–53
Fi eld, Moses 37–53
Forrest, Isabel 98
Freeman, Peter L. 170, 176
Frenyon, Charles D 40
Fuller, Caleb 98
Fuller, Fred 98, 99
Fuller, Fred H. 53

Fuller, Oliver Payson 27, 29
G
Gage, Louise 104
Gainor, Margaret 102
Gardella, Felicia 2
Garden Club 104, 105, 109, 126, 130, 131,
134, 135, 136
Gilbreth, Frank 103
Gilman, Hector A. 59, 338
Goff, Owen 40
Goldstein, Ginnie 20, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31,
32, 34, 115, 138, 141, 168, 196, 197,
199, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 214, 215,
216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225,
226, 227, 249, 267, 269, 270, 271, 286,
293, 295, 298, 299, 300, 302, 304
Gorton 17, 67, 69, 387
Gorton, Benjamin 67, 68
Gorton, Samuel 17, 64, 67
Greene, Anne 28
Greene, Fones 4, 5, 17, 19, 23, 24, 28, 37, 64,
68, 69, 319
Greene, Harold 254, 255, 256, 257
Greene, Harriet 69
Greene, Henry 64
Greene, Henry W. 16, 20, 27, 30, 37, 52, 68,
69, 79, 170, 173, 175, 176, 177
Greene, James 5, 17, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 67,
69, 79, 80, 81, 86
Greene, James Warner 28
Greene, John 17, 20, 23, 27, 29, 68, 79, 81,
387
Greene, Mary 28
Greene, Peter 68
Greene, Roby Knight 5, 261
Greene, Sally 30, 68
Greene, Thomas 5, 23, 24, 25, 37, 67, 68, 318,
319
Greene, Warner J. 5, 28, 68, 69, 261
Greene, William 89, 90, 382
Greenwich Bay 4, 5, 27, 37, 64, 65, 81, 97,
106, 194, 205, 261, 263, 268, 274, 282,
296, 306, 318, 324, 326, 327
H
Hall, Aukley 68
Handy, Lois 65, 271
Handy, Roger 273, 274
Harris 35, 50, 83, 101, 103, 104, 105, 109,
123, 126, 170, 258, 260, 338, 386, 387,
403
Harris, Herbert 126
Harris, Jabes G. 258
Harris, Joseph 170, 177, 386, 403
Harrison 69, 79
Harrison, William Henry 64, 69, 82, 87, 272
Harris, Stephen 83
Hartshorn 386
Hartshorn, Joseph C. 46, 171, 175, 176, 288,
324, 331, 404
Hartwell, John B. 10, 36, 42, 43, 48, 50, 51,
52, 170, 171, 386, 406
Hathaway, Fred 83
Hazard, Daniel L. 170
Hazard, Daniel S. 42, 42–53, 42–53, 48, 49,
50, 171, 171–178, 318, 335
Hazard, Jeffery 40
Hill, Caleb 30, 68
Hill, Fones G. 37, 170, 173, 176, 177
Hill, Raymond 93, 339
Hillsgrove Airport 130
Hill, Thomas 287
Hill, Thomas J. 41
Hogan, Daniel 53
Hohler, Emily I. 261, 262, 263
Hohler, Emily Ruville 5
Holden, Randall 17
Hopkins, Augustus 40, 177
Horton 386
Hough 87, 91, 98, 102, 103, 105, 108, 110,
121, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131,
133, 154, 161, 212, 322, 336, 372, 410,
411, 412
Hough, Edward 126
Hough, Edward B. 128, 130, 154, 161, 322
House, Arnold 64
Hudson 386
Hughes 58, 102, 125, 126, 127, 133, 134, 339
J
Jackoony, Antonio 53
Jamestown 29, 106, 112, 247
Jepherson, George 40
Jerauld, James 28
Jetty 117, 206, 240, 241
Jillson 386
Johnson 40, 41, 45, 105, 170, 181, 185, 187,
309, 384, 386, 413
Johnson, Edwin 170
Johnson, Edwine 176
Jones, Frederick A. 254, 255, 256, 257
Adoniram, Judson 181, 189
425

K
Kerns, John Paige 25
Knowles, John 67, 68, 417
L
Labbee, Frances Helen 112
Lamphear, Thomas P. 83
Langseth, Dick 282
Laurence, Eugene 59, 140, 339
Laurence, R. Eugene 59, 339
Lemery, Lorraine 58, 59
Lindall, John A 41
Lindbergh, Charles A. 307
Lippitt, Jeremiah 28
Lippitt, Moses 67, 68
Lockwood, Abraham 28
Lockwood, Arnold 134
Luther 59, 98, 99, 126, 167, 338
Lyman, Thomas 27
M
MacDonnell, Fred 118
MacDonnell, Malcom 119
Makepeace 98, 100, 101, 102, 103
Makepeace, Charles R. 43–53, 45–53, 53, 83–84,
413, 414
Malthewson, Henry 41
Manchester, Benjamin B. 91
Manchester, Stuart 100
Mangini, Charlotte Sweet 106
Mark Rock 29, 296, 303
Martha’s Vineyard 2, 4, 25, 29, 65, 87, 90, 95,
194
Massachusetts Bay Colony 17
Mayor, Dorothy 23
Mayor, Dotty 58
Mayor, John 101
Mayor, Nellie 101
Mayor, Thomas 101, 242, 331, 334, 338, 374
McCaffrey, Kathy 65
McCartity, Clarence 262
McCaughey, William 262
McCrae 275
McElroy, Bartholomew 46
McGillivray, Dawn 165
McGovern, John 3, 272, 274
McGurke, Frank 91
McKenney, Mary 58
McNamara 166, 228, 340
Merlino, Frank 111, 296, 338
Metear, Alexander 41
426
Miller 386
Monroe, Mary H. 321
Mumford, Charles C. 53
N
Narragansett 15, 27, 29, 31, 42, 64, 79, 116,
171, 173, 215, 217, 240, 246, 247, 284,
301, 308, 313, 387, 410, 414, 417, 421
Nausauket 4, 14, 16, 28, 29, 64, 67, 306
Nelson, Peter 119
Newhall 104, 105, 123, 126
Nichols 386
Nickels, William 28
Nickerson, Leon 98
Nooseneck Indians 64
O
Oak Bluffs 4, 25, 65, 95, 194
Oakland Beach 14, 25, 27, 45, 46, 65, 74, 79,
89, 90, 91, 106, 108, 113, 117, 167, 194,
195, 198, 205, 212, 235, 239, 241, 265,
274, 287, 289, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298,
303, 304
Ode 35, 92, 104, 108, 109, 123, 125, 126,
127, 130, 131, 133, 155, 236, 239, 240,
241, 242, 305, 328, 332, 337, 338, 339,
341, 373
Ode, Randolph 126
Ode, Randolph T. 92, 127, 131, 155, 241, 242,
305
Old Buttonwoods 1, 2, 4, 17, 43, 46, 48, 61,
65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 79, 98, 99, 214, 282,
284, 342, 368
Olde Buttonwoods 63
O’Rourke, Linda 96
Otis, Sam 57, 58, 118
P
Packard, Joseah S. 253, 322, 335
Parks, Gail 118, 119
Patience 28, 29, 68, 274, 287, 407
Pawtuxet 82, 154, 296, 297, 302, 303, 418
Pearce, Harold 98, 101
Pearson, Bill 58
Pearson, Ellen 65
Peck, George B. 37, 45, 48, 49, 50, 177, 331,
335, 416
Pequot Indians 64
Perkins, Dorothy 100
Perkins, Fred B. 162, 243, 257
Phenix 82, 387, 389, 421

Phillips 101, 126, 155, 328, 338, 340
Phipps, Ron 95
Post of ce 298
Pothier, Aram J. 306–317, 307–317
Pothier Field 307–317
Potowomut 17, 27, 28, 29, 274, 284
Potowomut Neck, 27
Potter & Buf ngton 40–53
Potter, Deliverance 28, 68
Potter, John 67, 418
Potter, Robert 28
Powell, Marilyn 119, 120
Providence Airport 316
Prudence 29, 274
R
Railroad 4, 43, 45, 50, 51, 303, 305, 388
Rallis, Christopher 272
Rasche, Thea 307, 309, 312, 313
Reed, Juliette 102
Rice, Anne 28
Rice, Henry 82
Rice, Thomas 28
Rice, Wayland 58, 104, 113, 140
Rich 109, 114, 117, 123, 126, 127, 131, 206
Richard, Bowen 19
Richards, Henry F. 52, 322, 331, 334, 335
Rich, Herman 126
Rickard, Maude 100
Robert, Eleanor Evans 59
Rocky Point 27, 29, 79, 81, 194, 195, 235,
296, 299, 301, 302, 303, 305
Rogers 53, 100, 103, 126, 143, 154, 155, 338,
339
Roger Williams Park 12
Russell, L. W. 11
Ryder, Edward 101
S
Saacke, Walter 99
Sarris 166
Scho eld, William 91, 109
Schol eld 386
Schubarth, Niles B. 4, 10, 50, 64, 65, 90, 170,
194, 200, 253, 322, 324, 326, 419, 420
Shef eld, Susan A. 80
Sheldon, Helen 101
Showomet 14–16
Slocum, Gardner B. 80
Slocum, Silas E. 80
Smith, Arthur 99
Smith, Clifford 103, 126, 167
Smith, Clifford W. 92
Snell, William H. 83
Spink, Edwin C. 49
Spink, Samuel D. 52, 200, 202, 203, 331
Sullivan, Andrew 112
Sullivan, Daniel 112
Sweet, Bessie 101
Sweet, Charles 41
Sweet, Elizabeth Church 126
Sweet, Herbert 98
Sweet, Hope 104, 107, 126, 338
Sweet, Jessie 101, 102
Sweet, Leonard 114
Sweet, Lotta 53, 167
Sweet, Mary 93, 126
Sweet, Richmond 114
Sweet, Smith S. 201, 320, 332, 336, 337
Sweets, Walter 102
Sweet, Ted 109
Sweet, William 126, 143
Sweet, William L. 99, 242, 243
Sweet, William S. 154, 155
T
Tattersall, Joan 68
Tew, George P. 37, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52,
177, 288, 321, 420
T.F. Green State Airport 246
Thatcher, Alfred 98
Thatcher, William A. 320
Thurber, Gorham 171, 176, 331, 421, 422
Tibets, Rebecca 68
Tillinghast, John 101, 154
Tillinghast, Katherine 101
Tinkler 386
Tippecanoe 69
Townsend, William 176
Townsend, William C. 40, 46, 177, 178, 422
Townsend, Wm C. 41–53, 42–53
Tremblay, David R. 1, 3, 6, 21, 23, 137, 156
Tyler, John 64
U
Union Chapel 5, 25, 87, 88, 162, 319, 326
Union Railroad Co. 49, 83
United Electric Railways Co. 308
V
Van Buren, Martin 64
Vincent, Colvin 83, 99
427

Vinton, John R. 83
W
Walker 104
Wall, Gladys 101
Warwick Neck 19, 29, 43, 87, 88, 218, 285,
294, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304
Waterman, John 28
Waterman, Mary 68
Webster, Daniel 64
Wells, Guy 58, 274
Westcoat, Caleb 40
Wetherald, Houghton 116, 119
What Cheer Airport 307
Whigs 64, 68, 69, 407
Whipple, James 28
White 102, 108, 126, 131, 154, 338, 387
Whites, Henry 100
Whitford, Pasco 28
Whitman 68, 69, 79
Williams, Perle 126
Williams, Roger 2, 12, 14, 81, 154, 173, 380,
381, 382, 383, 388, 393, 395, 418
Wilyward, John. B. 253
Woods 386
Y
Young, Everett 98
Z
Zeras, Peter 96
428