HIGBEE, Edward Woman, editor and printer, Newport, was born in Newport, N. H., December 26, 1854, the son of John Hitchcock and Adeline (Emmons) Higbee. His ancestors on the paternal side were among the early settlers of Connecticut, and his great-great-grandfather Stephen and great-grandfather Charles served in the war of the Revolution. On the maternal side his ancestors were among the early settlers of New Hampshire He received his education at New Hampton Institute, New Hampton, and N. H. In 1871-72 he was employed in the Smith & Wesson Arms Works at Springfield, Mass. He then learned the printer’s trade and worked on Newport and Providence newspapers. He was the Newport correspondent of the Boston Globe for upwards of twelve years.  He is now associate editor of the Newport Mercury, and President of the Newport Mercury Publishing Company. He represented the second ward in the Newport Board of Aldermen from 1889 to 1891 inclusive. In 1893 he was unanimously elected by the Newport City Council a member of and clerk to the Board of License Commissioners. In 1895 he was elected a Representative in the General Assembly from Newport. He is a member of Red-wood Lodge Knights of Pythias, of Newport Associates N. M. R. A., Malbone Lodge N. E. O. P., Gen. G. K. Warren Associates and Treasurer of the Lawrence Club. In politics he is a Republican.  He married, in 1883, Miss Alice E. Thompson; they have three children: Alice Francis, Edward Wyman and Margarita Emmons Higbee. Source: Rhode Island Men in Progress - Submitted by Marie Miller HORTON, Jeremiah Wheeler, furniture manufacturer and dealer, Newport, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., April 8, 1844, son of Tamerlane Wheeler and Amanda (Walker) Horton.   He received his early education in the public and private schools of Rehoboth.    He lived on a farm until he was eighteen years of age, and then went to Perryville, Mass., to learn the trade of wood-turning. Two years later he came to Newport, and was employed by J. L. & G. A. Hazard, furniture manufacturers; he remained in their employ until 1884, when the firm dissolved and he was appointed to settle the business, which occupied a year.   He then engaged in the business with G. A. Hazard, under the firm name of Hazard & Horton.   Eight years later he purchased Mr. Hazard’s interest, and took F. A.  Ward as a partner, under the firm name of J. H.  Horton & Co., furniture manufacturers and dealers, which still carries on the business.   He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and was its Treasurer for eighteen years.   He is chairman of its board of trustees, and Superintendent of the Sunday school, a position he has filled for a quarter of a century.   He was a member of the School Board of Newport for six years, and served on the Board of Overseers of the Poor and Asylum for several terms.   He was a member of the Board of Aldermen for two years, and Mayor of Newport in 1893, declining to accept a re-nomination. He was a Representative in the General Assembly for three years, and in 1894 was nominated for Senator but declined.   He served the state in its militia for twenty-six consecutive years as a member of the Newport Artillery’ Company, and held commissions as Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, and is now on the retired list.   He was master of St Paul’s Lodge A. F. & A. M. for three terms, is a member of Washington Commander)* Knights Templar, and is a Past Grand of Rhode Island Lodge I. O. O. F., and was its Financial Secretary for fifteen years.   He is a member of the Business Men’s Association, the Newport Historical Society and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.  He is President of the Coddington Savings Bank. He is President of the G. K. Warren Post Associates Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member of the Rhode Island Hospital Corporation. In politics he is a Republican.   He is not married. Source: Rhode Island Men in Progress - Submitted by Marie Miller

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