Frederick C. Sayles

Frederick Clark Sayles (July 17, 1835 – June 5, 1903) was an American entrepreneur and the first mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1885.[1]

Frederick Clark Sayles
First Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
In office
1885–1887
Personal details
Born(1835-07-17)July 17, 1835
DiedJune 5, 1903(1903-06-05) (aged 67)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Resting placeSwan Point Cemetery
Spouse(s)Deborah Cook Sayles
ProfessionBusinessman
The Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library

Career

He began working in his brother's Sayles Bleacheries in 1853, and eventually became a partner in the business.[2] Saylesville, Rhode Island is named for his family. He bought the Hearthside farm in Lincoln, Rhode Island in 1901. At this property, he raised prized Broodmare horses.[1]

He was very involved in the Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.

Personal life

He married Debra Cook Wilcox and had three children.[3] After the death of his wife, Sayles donated a plot of land for the construction of a public library in Pawtucket. The Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library opened in 1902 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] His daughter, Deborah Wilcox Hill and her husband Fred B Hill, contributed to the construction of the Sayles-Hill men's gymnasium (later turned student center) at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, named in Sayles' honor in 1910.[5]

References
  1. "Hearthside Families". Hearthside House Museum.
  2. "Sayles Bleacheries". Rhode Island Historical Society. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. "Frederick Clark Sayles". Geni.
  4. "Pawtucket Public Library - Our History". www.pawtucketlibrary.org. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  5. Minn.), Carleton College (Northfield (1912). Carleton College Bulletin: Catalog number. The College.


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