Kent County Biographies

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Winsor, John, physician and druggist, Anthony, was born in Sterling, Conn., May 18, 1843, son of Ira and Almira (Main) Winsor. On the paternal side he is of French descent and on his maternal side of English. He received his early education in the district and high schools of Connecticut He adopted medicine as a profession and graduated from the Berkshire Medical College of Pittsfield, Mass., November 8, 1865. He first practised in Sterling, Conn., from December 1865 to 1869, when he removed to Anthony, R. I., where he has since remained, having a large practice. He is also sole proprietor of a large drug store there since 1878. He was elected State Senator for two terms. 1884-85, for the town of Coventry. He was appointed Medical Examiner of District No. 1, of Kent County, in 1884 and reappointed in 1890. He is a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society, member and ex-president of the Rhode Island Medico-Legal Society, member of the Warwick and Flat River clubs, and the Literary Club of Anthony, of McGregor Post G. A. R., of Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows, of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Rhode Island, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. In politics he is an active Republican. He married, September 22, 1878, Miss Carrie A. Bowen; they have no children.

[Source: Rhode Island Men in Progress - Submitted byCathy Schultz]

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