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
SpouseDeborah Cook Sayles
RelationsFrederick William Holls (son-in-law)
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] His other daughter, Caroline M. Sayles, married Frederick William Holls, a lawyer and diplomat who served as the Secretary of the United States Delegation to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.[6]

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.
  6. "DEATH OF G.F.W. HOLLS; Well-Known Lawyer Succumbs Suddenly to Heart Disease. Was Secretary of the United States Delegation to The Hague Peace Conference -- Other Public Services". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.


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