Person:Howard Sturges (5)

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census Record Name: Howard O Sturges Age in 1860: 14 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Providence Ward 3, Providence, Rhode Island Gender: Male Post Office: Providence Household Members: Name Age Mary Sturges 39 Helen Sturges 16 Howard O Sturges 14 Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Providence Ward 3, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1208; Page: 314; Image: 205.

BIOGRAPHY: The Providence Society Blue Book Including suburbs in Rhode Island together with Fall River and the Attleboros, Mass. Elite Family Directory Club Membership 1905 - Page 81 Sturges, Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. 177 Hope street Sum. Res.: Warwick, R. I. Mr. Rush Sturges (95) (Harvard) Mr. Howard Sturges (Yale) Mrs., nee Knight (68) Mr. (1-33-49-65-68)

History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920

pp. 430 - 431:

"HOWARD O. STURGES -- Since boyhood, Mr. Sturges has been a resident of the city of Providence, and in return for the education bestowed and opportunity offered, he has given freely of the strength of his manhood and the wisdom of mature years to the city and her interests. While a senior member of Sturges & Gammell, he has given great attention to cotton manufacturing, and has other important corporate interests, both official and non-official, his interests covering a wide range. His years exceed the scriptural 'three score and ten', and in its course he has manfully met every duty, the record of his life including service in the Union army during that fateful period of the war between the States.

Howard O. Sturges, son of Thomas and Mary (Rush) Sturges, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 24, 1845. When young, he came to Providence, R. I., and in the city public schools he obtained his education. He began business life as a bank clerk, continuing two years before becoming interested in cotton manufacturing, a line of activity he has followed for half a century in Providence, now being a member of the firm, Sturges & Gammell, at No. 50 South Main street. He has many other business interests, and during his long and busy life has aided in founding and developing many companies and enterprises which have proved their value to the city. He is president of the Allen & Read Company, a trustee and a vice-president of the Providence Institution for Savings, a director of the Providence Telephone Company, the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, and vice-president of the Providence Building Company. He is deeply interested in mutual fire insurance, and is a director of five companies of that class; the Manufacturers', Rhode Island State, Mechanics', Enterprise, and American. Mr. Sturges served in the Civil War in Company D, Tenth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, enlisting in 1862. He is a member of Rodman Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Hope, Providence, Art, Agawam Hunt, Turk's Head clubs; Squantum Association, and in religious faith is an Episcopalian.

Mr. Sturges married, at Providence, R. I., November 25, 1875, Alice Spring Knight, of Providence, eldest daughter of Benjamin Brayton and Phoebe Ann (Slocum) Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Sturges are the parents of three sons and a daughter: Walter Knight, of whom further; Rush, a sketch of whom follows; Howard, of whom further; and Dorothy.

Walter Knight Sturges, eldest son of Howard O. and Alice Spring (Knight) Sturges, was born in Providence, August 25, 1876, and died May 9, 1913. After attendance at Providence private schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, he entered Yale University, whence he was graduated Ph. D., class of 1898. He engaged in banking for eighteen months after graduation, then until his death was agent of the B. B. Knight estate, his maternal grandfather's. He was a member of Providence Common Council in 1910 and 1911, elected from the First Ward, and during his incumbency of the office, made himself a force in the city government. He was a member of the Hope, Agawam Hunt, and Art clubs of Providence; Bristol Reading Room, and the University, of New York City. Walter Knight Sturges married, April 25, 1903, Marie Hayes, born May 27, 1876, daughter of Joseph M. and Sarah (Boyle) Hayes, of St. Louis, Mo. They were the parents of three children: Thomas Rush, born Sept. 19, 1905; Hayes, born Oct. 7, 1906; Walter Knight (2), born June 30, 1909.

Howard Sturges, third son of Howard O. and Alice Spring (Knight) Sturges, was born in Providence, R. I. After completing the course of graded and high schools in Providence, he prepared at Groton, Mass., then entered Yale University, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1908. He then went to Paris for instruction in music. During the war Mr. Sturges served first as a member of the American Relief Clearing House Headquarters in Paris, and later as secretary to Oscar Beatte in the American Red Cross. His services were rewarded by official recognition from the French government. Mr. Sturges is now associated with Mr. Beatte in business in Paris. He is a member of the Agawam Hunt Club, and the Rhode Island Yale Alumni Association."