The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-28
NE IS A LINEAL DESCENDANT OF COL. BENJAMIN CHURCH
Family Name Of Church Was Changed by His Father For Business Reasons
Born in London He Pursued His Studies al New Haven Pawtucke
and New Bsdod-eamsd the Drug Business and Later Went on
Whaling voyagsAdmted TO Bar al Boston in 1S7O--Admlted
TO the Bar Of This State Seven Years Later

more than any man l know IL had
a business to warrant it,
Mr.. Dubois came to Providence in '6S.
and was employed by Corelis, Platt a.
Metcalf wholesale druggists. Later he
was a clerk for Col William Il. Clarke,
a druggist, now the city clerk OF Provi-
dence. He remained there until fire
wiped out the concern. About this PEE
riod Mr.. Dubois was requested by John
T.. Risley, a well-known and skilled at
torney to study in new office he was
about to open I'm Boston, where partl-
nership was formed with Hon. Charles
j. Noyes Dubois was admitted TO the
bar in Boston, March 19.1S70, on an oral
examination conducted by Hon. Will
liam CASTOR and Ivory y. Richardson.
He was admitted to the bar of the u. 8.
circuit court, in the district OF Massa-
chusetts, in 1877.
In 1871 Mr.. Dubois went from Boston
to Haverhill Mass, to assume charge
of the business in the Haverhill office
of Mr.. Noyes. He remained there in
that capacity until Jan. !, 1872, when he
formed a partnership as Noyes * Du-
bios. Finally Mr.. Dubois took the Ha-
verhil office, the partnership being
dissolved. When Joseph j. Jenness re-
signed the clerkship of the police court
i'm Haverhil, i'm favor of Mr.. Dubois.
the latter was appointed to the vacan-
cy by Gov. Washburn. Sept. s, 1872.
A little earlier in that year Mr.. Du-
bois was married to Miss Jennie Rob-
erts. He occupied the clerkship until
he rendered his resignation In Novem-
ber. 1877. TO come to Providence and
locate.
on Nov. "A a mass melting OF the
leading citizens of Haverhill was held
and Mr.. Dubois was urged TO remain.
He was given a handsome gold watch
and a memorial was presented with
some 100 names. headed by the mayor
OF that day, J. X. Jenness.
The day before Thanksgiving, 1877.
Mr.. Dubois came to Providence TO live
permanently and was admitted 10 the
Rhode Island lar i'm December. 1877. In
the spring of 1873 he went to East
Providence TO live, and opened law
office there for general practice. since
that time he has been succeS2ful lii
law and politics. He was elected town
solicitor there. and held the office as
long as he desired TO keep 1t. Iie was
state senator from May, 'S3. TO May
'S5. and has been I'm the house OF rep
resentatiVes since May, 9S He was at
torney general from May. 1894. to May
1897. and during that period he prose-
cuted dozen or more or the most
celebrated criminal cases In this state.
Mr.. Dubois is a strong party republi-
can He was chairman or the state
convention in 1898 and for years he has
taken an active part In the councils or
the party He declined several OF the
town offices i'm East Prov.-ence. but
was always willing 90 give his home
borough all tho legal advice ~ required.
I'm Haverhil he first became enthusias-
tic in politics, and there he was treas
urer OF the Hayes and Wheeler club.
Mr.. Dubois has one daughter; married.