Smithfield is a town that is located in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the historic villages of Esmond, Georgiaville, Mountaindale, Hanton City, Stillwater and Greenville. The population was 22,118 at the 2020 census. Smithfield is the home of Bryant University, a private four year college.
Kieffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnold is a German and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Oliver Chace was an American 18th & 19th-century businessman. He was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the original antecedent of Berkshire Hathaway, which as of 2019 is one of the largest and most valuable companies in the world.
Elizabeth Buffum Chace was an American activist in the anti-slavery, women's rights, and prison reform movements of the mid-to-late 19th century.
Ready is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnold Buffum Chace was an American textile businessman, mathematics scholar, and eleventh chancellor of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Plumer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stadler is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lowell is a surname, see "Lowell family" for name origin. Notable people with the surname include:
MacArthur or Macarthur is a surname, originating with the Scottish Clan MacArthur and now spread through English-speaking countries. Notable people with the surname include:
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Boot is both a Dutch and English metonymic occupational surname. In Dutch, boot sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boots.
Edward Gould Chase (1882–1935) was an American businessman and an entrepreneur in textile manufacturing. Chase led the organization of the Fort Dummer Mills in Brattleboro, Vermont, a cotton mill, and he served as the founding manager. He also served as a vice president and the treasurer of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, a predecessor of Berkshire Hathaway.
Elizabeth "Lillie" Buffum Chace Wyman was an American social reformer and an author best known for her short stories and essays about problems like the mistreatment of factory workers. She also wrote poems and an interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet from Queen Gertrude's point of view.
Rebecca Buffum Spring was a Quaker abolitionist, educational reformer, feminist, and women's suffrage activist. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, fourth daughter of Arnold Buffum (1782-1859), who with Wm. Lloyd Garrison founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society, of which he was the first president. Elizabeth Buffum Chace was her sister. She was co-founder in 1836 of the Fall River Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Rebecca Buffum Spring (1811–1911) was a Quaker abolitionist, educational reformer, feminist, and women's suffrage activist.
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