Income gap widening in Bristol, R.I. - Business - The Boston Globe
Ficklin Media Note:
The DeWolf Family
Filmmaker Katrina Browne is descended from the DeWolf family (also
spelled D’Wolf or DeWolfe) of Bristol, Rhode Island. The most prominent
member of this family, James DeWolf (1764-1837), was a U.S. senator and
a wealthy merchant who was reportedly the second-richest person in the
country when he died. In the 1790s and early 1800s, DeWolf and his
brothers virtually built the economy of Bristol: many of the buildings
they funded still stand, and the stained glass windows at St. Michael’s
Episcopal Church bear DeWolf names to this day. Across the generations,
their family has included state legislators, philanthropists, writers,
scholars, and Episcopal bishops and priests.
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