George Wait Remington

1817 - 1902  (85 years)

• Name	George Wait Remington
  Born	22 May 1817	Exeter, RI   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Aug 1902  [2]
  Buried	Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Victory Hwy., Exeter, RI
  Person ID	I05847	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	William Remington,   b. Abt 7 Sep 1788, North Kingstown, RI ,   d. 11 Jan 1865, Providence, RI  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Wightman,   b. 29 Sep 1791,   d. 28 Apr 1866  (Age 74 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1813  [1]
  Family ID	F02239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Harding Dexter,   b. 27 Feb 1818, MA ,   d. 1 Mar 1896  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1839	Warwick, RI   [1, 3]
  Children	1. William Henry Remington,   b. 13 Mar 1841,   d. 8 Aug 1842  (Age 1 years)   2. Julia Anna Remington,   b. Jul 1846, RI ,   d. 1921  (Age ~ 74 years)   3. Mary Frances Remington,   b. 1848, RI ,   d. 1934  (Age 86 years)   4. Sarah J. Remington,   b. 13 Nov 1848, RI ,   d. 29 Oct 1914  (Age 65 years) + 5. George Henry Remington,   b. 2 Oct 1843, RI ,   d. 8 Sep 1915  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2019
  Family ID	F02241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos
  		On the back of this photo, in very old pencil handwriting: "George W. Remington Brother of Mrs. Betsey G. Clarke Children of William & Mary Wightman Remington - Grandchildren of George & Waity Sweet Wightman and Hezikiah & Ann Hill Remington and great-grandchildren of Col. George Wightman and Wm & Freelove Allen Remington"

  
  

• Notes

  On the membership roll of The Baptist Church in Exeter, 4 Mar 1877: George W. Remington, Olive H. Remington, Sarah J. Remington, & Mary F. Remington. (also noted 18 Aug 1877) He may be the George W. Remington living at Johnston, RI, in 1840. There are no children in the household, just one male and one female 20 - 30. In 1850 the family is in Smithfield, as follows: Georgew W. Remington 32, Olive H. 31, George H. 6, Julia A. 3, Mary F. 1, and Mary J. 1 (census-taker's error?). George is a weaver. In the 1870 Federal census, George W. & Olive H. Remington, ages 53 & 52, are living in District 3, North Providence, RI. In their household are three daughters: Julia, 23; Mary F. & Sarah J., both 21. In 1880, George & Olive are in Exeter, but the census image is unreadable. In the 1900 Federal Census, George W. Remington is age 83, widowed, and living at Exeter, RI, with his daughter Julia and her husband Nicholas Reynolds. Notes from "History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations," Albert J. Wright, Printer, 79 Mille Street, Philadelphia, 1878, p. 187: "The village [of Centredale, North Providence, RI] has a fine library, having been in successful operation for the past few years. The organization is known as the Union Free Library and Reading-room . . . In April, 1869, the society was organized, and the following officers elected: President, Dr. John O. Budlong; Secretary and Librarian, Frank C. Angell; Treasurer, George W. Remington. In the spring of 1870, the building for the use of the society was completed. The town, in the way of appropriations, has aided the society from time to time. The rooms are carpeted and furnished in a suitable manner. The society receive from the State a certain appropriation for the number of volumes contained in their library. There are eight hundred and seventy-five volumes of the standard works of the day in the library, and it is opened Tuesdays and Saturdays for the benefit of the public." Notes from "The Rhode Island Manual, 1888-89, Manual with Rules & Orders for the use of the General Assembly," E.L. Freeman & Son, 1888, p. 313: "George W. Remington, of Exeter, was born in that town, May 22, 1817. Was Republican Senator 1877-79; was twice a member of the Town Council and President one year; was for fifteen years superintendent of cotton mills, but at the present time is a farmer by occupation. Politics, Republican." George's gravestone at Chestnut Hill Cemetery reads: "Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord."

  
  

• Sources

  [S012522] The Wightman Ancestry, Wightman, Wade C., (Chelsea, MI: Bookcrafters, 1994), 102. [S012760] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, No. 2, 186. [S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages, 97.