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Arthur Wellington Dennis (April 11, 1846 - November 19, 1920) served as the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1909 to 1910. ==Biography== Dennis was born in Providence, Rhode Island and attended Providence High School. During the Civil War, he served as a clerk to the provost marshal in Salem, Oregon from 1863 to 1864. Returning to Providence in 1865, Dennis was in the clerical service of J. L. Aldrich, cotton merchants. On September 26, 1866, Mr. Dennis married Anne Isabel Smith, who was the daughter of Simri and Sarah (Fuller) Smith. They became the parents of a daughter, Hope Ann Dennis, and a son, John Rhodes Dennis. Anne Dennis died on August 7, 1918. From 1884 to 1893 he was agent for the firm of Woodward & Stillman, of New York. In 1893 he founded and was elected treasurer of the Elmwood Mills, manufacturers of shoe laces, and held that position until 1912, when he was elected president of the International Braid Company, which made boot, shoe and corset lacings. He maintained the International Braid Company in a profitable state, and occupied a leading position among business leaders in Rhode Island. Dennis was also a director of the Lawton Spinning Company, and a director of the National Exchange Bank of Providence, R. I. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur W. Dennis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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