John Allen REMINGTON
1866 - 1895 (28 years)
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Name John Allen REMINGTON Born 1 Dec 1866 Warwick, Kent Co., RI 
Gender Male Died 1 May 1895 Cranston, Providence Co., RI Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Phenix, RI Person ID I00106 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Benjamin Franklin REMINGTON, b. 17 Feb 1832, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 12 Aug 1903, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 71 years) Mother Adeline Tripp MANCHESTER, b. 7 Jun 1835, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 10 May 1893, East Greenwich, RI (Age 57 years) Married 12 Dec 1852 The Amicable Congregational Church, Tiverton, RI [1] Notes - I have a photocopy of Benjamin's and Adeline's official marriage record from Tiverton, RI.
Family ID F00101 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Wilson, b. Oct 1867, Pennsylvania , d. 11 Apr 1887 (Age ~ 19 years) Married 26 Oct 1885 Coventry, RI [2] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Angeretta Williams WHITFORD, b. 10 Nov 1870, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 12 Oct 1958, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (Age 87 years) Married 10 Nov 1891 Coventry, Kent Co., RI [3, 4] Children 1. John Francis Remington, b. 18 Jul 1892, Coventry, Kent Co., RI , d. 26 Apr 1968, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (Age 75 years)2. Chester Philip REMINGTON, Sr., b. 10 Feb 1894, Anthony Village, Coventry, RI , d. 9 May 1948, Providence, Providence Co., RI (Age 54 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00026 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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John's first marriage to Mary Wilson, Coventry.
Wedding announcement for my great-grandparentsGreat-grandfather Remington 
My Great-grandfather Remington
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Notes - I have a copy of his birth certificate from Warwick, RI (Warwick Births, 1850 - 1882, Vol. 2, p. 5); a copy of his official marriage record from the RI State Offices in Providence, as well as the original page from the Town of Coventry marriage record book, p. 89; and his death certificate from Cranston, RI.
The 1880 census lists John A. Remington as age 12 at that time. I have a copy of the page from the census showing his family.
We have a nice portrait of John Allen dressed in his best suit, with a boutonnierre pinned to his right lapel. Perhaps it was a graduation picture, or even a wedding picture, as he was married quite young the first time -- not yet nineteen. His brown hair is neatly parted in the center and combed with a slight wave to either side. He has light eyes, like his father's, and fine regular features in an oval face. I definitely see a bit of his looks in our family, especially my uncles and my dad's cousins. We never knew much about my Great-grandfather Remington; things were left unsaid. His first wife died young of consumption, after only 1 1/2 years of marriage, which must have brought him much grief. Perhaps he took up drinking to cope with the sorrow, and then couldn't get away from it, even after marrying Angeretta, with whom he had two fine sons. For some reason they separated. He died so young, only 28 years old, of some form of cancer, according to the death certificate. I guess the whole story will never be known, so we've left it in God's hands.
- I have a copy of his birth certificate from Warwick, RI (Warwick Births, 1850 - 1882, Vol. 2, p. 5); a copy of his official marriage record from the RI State Offices in Providence, as well as the original page from the Town of Coventry marriage record book, p. 89; and his death certificate from Cranston, RI.
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