Frederick Clark Sayles (July 17, 1835 – June 5, 1903) was an American entrepreneur and the first mayor of

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in 1885.

Career

He began working in his brother's Sayles Bleacheries in 1853, and eventually became a partner in the business.

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is named for his family. He bought the

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farm in Lincoln, Rhode Island in 1901. At this property, he raised prized Broodmare horses. He was very involved in the Central Congregational Church in

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Personal life

He married Debra Cook Wilcox and had three children. 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

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. 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

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, named in Sayles' honor in 1910. His other daughter, Caroline M. Sayles, married

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* 1835 births 1903 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Mayors of Pawtucket, Rhode Island 19th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Rhode Island Burials at Swan Point Cemetery {{RhodeIsland-mayor-stub