John H. Remington

1814 - 1889  (74 years)

• Name	John H. Remington
  Born	20 May 1814	Coventry, RI   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Feb 1889  [2]
  Buried	Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown, RI
  Person ID	I04797	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Daniel Remington,   b. 19 Mar 1779,   d. 30 Jun 1815  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Theodosia Wightman,   b. 20 Jan 1780,   d. 28 Oct 1845  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1798
  Family ID	F01804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Arnold,   b. 1816, RI ,   d. 17 Jul 1896  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Bef 1 Jun 1850
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F01813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Remington, along with his mother and two brothers, is mentioned in the will of Thomas Holden of Warwick dated 14 Oct 1820. John Remington was age 35 in the 1850 Census at North Kingstown. He was an overseer on the railroad. He and Lydia are still living at NK in the 1880 Federal Census; he is a farmer. From J. R. Cole's "History of Washington and Kent Counties," p. 1240: John H. Remington, retired, was born in 1814, in Coventry, RI, where his father, Daniel, died in 1815. His early years were passed in East Greenwich, where his mother contracted a second marriage. There Mr. Remington was married to Lydia Arnold, of Exeter, RI. His active life has been passed in railroad business as contractor and as superintendent of repairs for the Union Railroad Co., of Providence. Since 1872 he has resided in North Kingstown."

  
  

• Sources

  [S012522] The Wightman Ancestry, Wightman, Wade C., (Chelsea, MI: Bookcrafters, 1994), 69. [S012436] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 8, No. 1, Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, 20.