Seth PADELFORD

Seth PADELFORD

Male 1807 - 1878  (70 years)

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  • Name Seth PADELFORD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 03 Oct 1807  Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1813  Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence Between 1836 and 1837  Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Census 1850  Living in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Occupation Between 1863 and 1865  [3
    lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 
    Occupation Between 1869 and 1873  [3
    Governor of Rhode Island 
    Death 26 Aug 1878  Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Burial Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Notes 
    • He attended the common schools of Taunton, Mass.
      Employed in a wholesale grocery store at Providence Rhode Island and later established himself in the business.
      Member of the City Council: 1837-1841 and 1851-1852
      Member of the City School Committee: 1837-1841, 1851-1853 and 1864-1873
      Representqtive in the State Legislature: 1852-1853
      Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: 1863-1865
      Presidential Elector on the Grant Ticket: 1868
      Elected the 27t Governor of Rhode Island: 1869
      One of the Commissioners of the sinking fund of Providence: 1873-1877
      Vice-President of the New England Emigrant Aid Society
      Director of the Providence Athenaeum
      Member of the Rhode Island Historical Society and of many charitable societies
    Person ID I42953  Main Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2022 

    Father John PADELFORD,   b. 1 Aug 1771   d. 13 Mar 1811, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary HEALTH,   b. 26 Sep 1775   d. 17 May 1834, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 10 Nov 1791  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F05876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louisa RHODES,   b. 1810   d. 07 Apr 1845, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1834  [3
    Children 
     1. Maria Louisa PADELFORD,   b. 1835, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Mar 1903, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Natural]
     2. Emily R. PADELFORD,   b. Abt 1837, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     3. Seth PADELFORD,   b. 1841   d. 27 May 1842, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Natural]
     4. Elizabeth PADELFORD,   b. 1839   d. 26 Mar 1840, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Natural]
    Family ID F05930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary B. BARTON,   b. 1809   d. 21 Aug 1899, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 02 Oct 1845  [3
    Family ID F05931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Seth Padelford

  • Sources 
    1. [S02892] Padelford Webpage.

    2. [S02947] Politicial Grave Yard Website (electronic).

    3. [S01888] Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904.

    4. [S02675] Middletown, Newport Co. Rhode Island 1909-1910, Valuation & Tax list for 1909.

    5. [S02972] Ancestry.com: Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930.

    6. [S13170] Lucius Robinson Paige, History of Hardwick, Massachusetts with a Genealogical Register.

    7. [S02973] Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Data Base Index @ NEHGS.

    8. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    9. [S03544] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. I-Births.

    10. [S02954] Providence City Directory - 1836-1837 - Rhode Island.

    11. [S00205] 1850 Census Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.