from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a
souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen" (part 195)
pp. XCI - XCII.
"GEORGE WHELDON - Died Providence Oct. 7, 1890, aged 61 years. He was
a charter member of Providence Union in 1857; national delegate in
1859; President in 1864; treasurer in 1857 - '58; always an
aggressive member; worked at the business also in Boston.
ETHAN WHIPPLE - Died Providence April 6, 1865. His name appears in
the directories of this city as a printer, beginning with 1855, when
he was employed by A. Crawford Greene.
AMOS L. WHITE - Born Sanquoit, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1851; admitted to
Providence Union by card July 13, 1872, and worked in this city on
the Journal and Herald. He is a brother of Arthur F. White. Located
in New York in 1904.
ARTHUR F. WHITE ('Spec') - Born Waterville, N. Y., July 18, 1847;
learned printing in that town, beginning in 1863; worked in
Providence on the Herald, Star and Journal; admitted to Providence
Union by card May 28, 1884; has traveled extensively, visiting
Providence May 13, 1904.
HENRY T. WHITE - Born Stamford, Conn., in 1855; learned printing in
New York city. Mr. White was working in Providence in 1883 when the
movement that resulted in the reorganization of No. 33 was in
progress and contributed very much to its success. His card was third
on the list at the meeting of April 8; in 1907 he was a proofreader
on the New York Herald.
ISAAC H. WHITING - Born Norwich, Conn., April 26, 1823; served an
apprenticeship to the printing business there with Marcus B. Young;
came to Providence in 1840, 'just after the great ox-roasting on
Smith's Hill,' working first on the New Age, a Dorrite sheet, and
later on the Express. Afterward Mr. Whiting was foreman of the
Woonsocket Patriot, and for 13 years, until 1861, was foreman of the
General Advertiser, when he retired to his father-in-law's farm in
North Kingstown. He remained on the farm but one year, when he again
came to this city, working on the Evening Press as compositor and
foreman. In a few years he returned to the farm, staying there until
1876, when Mr. S. S. Foss of Woonsocket started the Daily Patriot and
employed Mr. Whiting as foreman. 'His fingers had been itching for
the little types.' In a few months he left the Patriot and ended his
career as a printer on the Providence Journal, retiring to the farm
when his health began to give way. He died at his residence on
Quidnesset Neck, between East Greenwich and Wickford, Sept. 9, 1888.
It is supposed by suicide. At the funeral, which was from the old
Dyer homestead at Davisville, Messrs. Fred B. Amsden and James Allen,
the aeronaut, represented the craft as bearers. His body was conveyed
to the family lot in a farm wagon, accompanied by a large number of
friends and neighbors. In 1846 Mr. Whiting married Lydia A. Dyer,
eldest daughter of Samuel D. Dyer of North Kingstown. Mr. Whiting's
name stands at the head of the list of initiations into Providence
Union, April 18, 1857."
continued in part 196.