Providence County Obituaries
 

 

BARTON, Gen. William, the captor of the British General, Prescott in Rhode Island during the Revolution, died in Providence Oct. 22, in the 84th year of his age. During the Revolution, he held the rank of Colonel. After the war, Congress voted him a sword and grant of land in Vermont. (Oct. 29, 1831) [Source: National Intelligencer, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp]

BOWEN, Jabez - Died - In Providence, Hon. Jabez Bowen, aged 76, for many years Chancellor of Brown University. [The North American Review, July 1815, vol. 1, issue 2, sub. by K. Torp]

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