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Oscar Jenckes Rathbun

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Oscar Jenckes Rathbun

Birth
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
1 Feb 1892 (aged 59)
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section R 00030
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Educated at Worcester and New York.

President of the Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad Company, the Citizens National Bank of Woonsocket, Woonsocket Street Railway Company and the Household Sewing Machine Company of Providence.

Married Rachel Farnum Harris on 24 Oct 1860

Organized a troop of cavalry in Woonsocket during the Civil War, and served as its Colonel.

Elected to the R.I. State Senate in 1880, elected Lt. Governor of R.I. in 1882.
Educated at Worcester and New York.

President of the Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad Company, the Citizens National Bank of Woonsocket, Woonsocket Street Railway Company and the Household Sewing Machine Company of Providence.

Married Rachel Farnum Harris on 24 Oct 1860

Organized a troop of cavalry in Woonsocket during the Civil War, and served as its Colonel.

Elected to the R.I. State Senate in 1880, elected Lt. Governor of R.I. in 1882.


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